Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-28
Eunng ana 1nersda 5ap e. 1902

ment of foreigners. Erasmus refers to
1T and a Hungarian gentleman who Wis
tied London and moved in good society
in 1863, was much struck with the way
in which men kissed ladies when they
greeted them, where Hungarians would
have shaken hands. There are many OF
the old time customs the revival of
which would prove highly satisfactory
Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago is
authority for the statement that Chl-
cago is as safe for strangers as tiong
Kong. Mayor Harrison probably had in
mind the period of the boxer troubles
in China.
A 5-year- old boy of Baltimore, who
had for several months been regular
attendant at Sunday school, had many
questions to ask of his mother rs the
recent circus parade passed. When the
wagon containing the rhinoceros came
along, the beast opened its mouth, and
he OBSERVE: Mamma. did God make
that?'' Yes, dear" was the reply.
We'll, 1 amt going to Sunday school
any more"
about to Invade Iowa. 1t is reported
that the start will be made at Center
Vile.
The London Shipping World says 1T
would probably make an English CRATIC
managers hair stand on end and give
our locomotive superintendent fits If
they were seriously asked to transport
1000 tons of coal in a single trainload.
And yet on Sunday, April 90. the Plila-
delphia and Reading Railway Company
moved trainload of coal from Read
ing to Philadelphia which weighed ex-
elusive of the engine and caboose, 4.0fS
tons. The train consisted of siXty-on
cars, of which fifty seven We're of 100,-
600 pound capacity. The air brakes
were connected up on the first forty
cars In this country we meander along
why our railway rates are so high.
Well, we ought to have passed the Won
dering stage by now. But we haven't"
The island of Barbados, which is
nearly hundred miles from ST. Vim
cent, received in twelve hours a coat
ing of volcanic dust amounting to
twenty-five tons to the acre, or 2.352,-
1870 tons for the entire island. The un-
progressive Barbadian has not, how
cause of this addition.
There are 1000 socialist voters in
the city of Haverhill, Mass, which has
twice elected a socialist mayor, and
has come to be considered the social
list party headquarters in Massachus-
cts Recently Frederick Gordon, one
of the socialist leaders in Haverhill,
withdrew from the ocial-democratic
party, declaring that the socialist
movement is unscientitic, as it is based
upon an antagonism between the
take into account the vast middle
class, which is larger now than ever
before, and is the great controlling and
determining force in American poll
tics.
The total vote of Oklahoma, the most
populous of the territories now seek
ing admission into the union as states,
was $4,000 in the election of 1900. In
the same contest Delaware cast 41,00O
votes, Florida $4,000, Idaho $1,000.
Louisiana $4,000, Mississippi $4,000,
Montana $4,000, Nevada 10000, North
Dakota $1,000, Rhode Island $4,000,
South Carolina $4,000, Vernon $4,000
and wyoming $4,000.
Eavesdropping at the telephone is
much more prevalent than 1t ever was
at the Standardization being 50
much less probable. 1t is said that one
sign Of eavesdropping is the receding
tone of a speakers voice. Some one
has "cut in" Acting on this hint, a
woman who had her suspicious
aroused said to her friend suddenly:
Some one is listening" Instantly,
from nowhere in particular, In a
strange voice, came an indignant eX-
clamation: I'm not doing any such
thing" The government telephone
exchange at Stockholm, Sweden, fol
the last year has been experimenting
with a continuance the object Of which
is to indicate to the subscriber
whether or not the central station OPP
orator is listening to the conversation
Thanks to the prompt action of vari-
Gus nations, there is no longer hunger
or lack of clothing and medical sup
plies among the sufferers on Martinique
and st. Vincent. 1t would be well also
to send ships to remove the population.
A small island with huge volcano in
ERUPTION is a desperately bad sort of
prison.
The Mason City Globe Gazette tells
of a stranger who registered at the
Wilson house in that city as August
younhinkiesl Observation-Disclosures, resi-
dence at Harlan, Iowa. The above
named gentleman is a farmer residing
near Harlan and was an over Sunday
visitor in that city while en- route home
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