Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-11
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

The tea tax question is one OF proHt
and loss with the tea dealers.
Senator Berry, of Arkansas, is an
other of the democrats who is afraid
the strike commissioners may get more
than they are entitled to, SO he has in
troduced an amendment limiting the
compensation of members of the COM
mission to $4,000 a year and their ex-
penses to $40 day.
Successful religious revival meetings
have been held in some sections of the
state, while in other localities the re-
suits have not been so marked.
To find a parallel for the recent
sumptuous entertainment of the Ger
man emperor by the Earl of Lonsdale
and of King Edward by other British
peers and commoners one must go back
to the palmy days of the French mon
archy. To entertain a queen for week
the Comte dArtois rebuilt, rearranged
and refurnished his castle from thresh-
old to turret, employing 500 workmen
day and night. The Marshal de Sou
bise received Louis XIV. as his guest
for a day and night at a cost of 100000.
II hear said his majesty to the mar
shall, who owed millions, that you are
in debt" 81 will inquire of my steward
and inform your majesty" replied the
host, hiding yawn behind his hand.
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1t looks as If the omnibus would not
carry all the territories into statehood.
Both oxygen and a salt solution will
produce heart beats after death, ac-
cording to Chicago scientists, but as
they will not renew life people look up
on the experiments with languid in
terest.
Apparently there will be no rest for
the Missouri farmers this winter. In
many localities the corn crop is so large
that it is almost impossible to get
enough men to gather it. Unless more
help is secured there will probably be
corn in many fields when the time
comes for spring blowing. Many Iowa
farmers will be in the same fix.
Congressmen are getting ready to go
home Saturday to examine their
Christmas stockings.
"On the Rock Island last week. says
dressed, ardent lovers, evidently a new
ly married couple, amused the other
passengers with their cooling. After a
| while the fair young bride leaned back
in her chair and fell asleep. Her COM
panion took advantage of the lull in af-
| fectional demonstrations, and went into
the smoker to enjoy cigar. While he
was gone long, lean, lank, grizzly
specimen of humanity came in and sat
down in the vacant chair beside the
sleeping beauty Presently the young
woman, half asleep, turned and laid her
| head lovingly on the shoulder of the
stranger and put her plump arm around
| his neck. The green, gawky stranger
seemed a trifle surprised at this unex-
pected familiarity, but made no desper-
| ate effort to escape. He merely looked
around at the convulsed passengers and
| grinned. Then the hilarity awoke the
young woman and, opening her large
blue eyes, she saw her mistake. With
/ flushed cheek she stammered an apollo
gy. "You needn't 'pologize to me-"
drawled the stranger, Il didn't keer."
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| Gentlemen" said a judge, addressing
the jury in recent Irish case reported
| in Law Notes, "you have heard the evil
dence. The indictment says the pris-
oner was arrested for stealing a pig.
The offence seems to be becoming a
common one. The time has come when
it must be put a stop to; otherwise,
gentlemen, none of you will be SAFE"
r. Uny-Funny thing about mission
aries.
E. A. Sy-How's that?
II. Uny--Why, they usually go to the
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Punch Bowl.
Now that "Dooley," or Finley Peter
i Dunno, is married, the people will be
curious to see whether his quaint Irish
humor will run into new channels
i Dunno sustains himself as a witty wri-