Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-07
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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The sundry civil bill. carrying addl-
| ;ional ST. Louis Worlds Fair approprl-
alton (s1,O4S0O0) and providing Tor ele
| postponement of the fair TO l9o4, WAS
approved by congress. Exclusive Oh lhe
| island and territorial exhibits, congress
has now made appropriations aggreSat-
ing $6,29S,OO0 on account OF the "orlu
fair.
over 10000 Oregon republicans
scratched their candidate for governor
| and that enabled the democratic candl-
date TO pull thru by $50, official. The
rennhlican majority on supreme judge
| was 1I,146.
| traveller in England came upon
solitary fisherman, who looked as II
time and the world might pass away
without disturbing his content. Have
YOU fished long in this stream asked
the traveller. Eighteen years, was the
calm response. Get many bites. was
the next question. The fisherman
scarcely turned his gaze from the rod
in his hands. give years ago In THIS
very spot had q fine bite, he an
severed, hopefully.
Once upon a time an honest and in
dustrious son of northern Sweden emf
grated and came to the United States.
AT the end of thirty years he retired
with a competence.
The first use he made of his leisure
was to revisit the old country, intend
ing to remain a year or two among the
scenes of his boyhood, but in two or
three months he turned up at his for
mer place of business. which, it is hard
~ necessary to say, was in Minneapolis.
How is this?' they asked him.
what brings you back so soon?"
WELL he said, "the old country
amt what it used to be. l couldn't get
any sleep. It's daylight till it's mid
tight, and the next morning begins
right away already"
1t takes about three seconds for
message to go from one end of the At
lantic cable to the other.
The ship subsidy bill did not exhibit
any signs of life in the last congress,
yet despite this during the past year
1867 new vessels were built at the
yards in this country, and the build
ers had orders for more that they could
not handle.
There is a very remarkable cave In
Custer county, South Dakota, which the
government is being asked to buy. Ac-
cording to the reports OF the scientists
who have made q survey of 1T, there ar.
5000 chambers in the cave and 100
miles of passages. The cave is said to
be the largest and most remarkable in
the world. About twenty years ago
cowboy riding in the vicinity was at
tracted by loud noise caused by the
rushing of air thru small opening IN
the rocky surface of the earth The
aperture was opened by drilling and
what has proven to be most
| wonderful cave. Explorers who have
entered the cave have not begun to dis
cover its full extent, but the chambers
Eaready visited are found to contain
| curious natural formations of rare
beauty One of these is Noahs beard,
which consists of long strings like sill
yer WIRE Ii is said that many of the
chambers are large enough to hold the
congressional library. The proposition
for the purchase of the great subterra-
mean wonder has already received ia
| yorable consideration in the senate.
| The Boone News says: "The Times
| Republican now becomes the only really
independent paper in Iowa except the
| Sioux City Nondescript." The Times
Republican accepts this as a compile
ment. While being loyal republican
paper 1t aims to keep as far as possible
from the biased ruts of partisanship.
| Speaker Henderson and Congressman
| Hepburn are both Iowa men, but they
| DO not follow the same rules as to the
| pronunciation OF proper names. The
other day Mr.. Hepburn had the floor
and Mr. McRae desired to ask Il ques
| ton. mir. Speaker, l yield TO the gen.
tleman from Arkansas said Hepburn.
rronouncing the last two syllables of
the state name as tho it We're Kansas.
THE gentleman from Arkansaw has
the floor" said the speaker.
| $50
"This search of the democrats after
AN issue in the Philippines" said Rep
resentative Olmstead, of Pennsylvania,
reminds me of client OF mine the ne
cessities of whose large family, recent
IL augmented by twins, made him poor
He came to me joyfully one day and