Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-01
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

! TOPICS OF THE TIMES ;
The northern part of southern lllinoi.
has nearly full crop of apples of ex-
teptionaily good quality.
The earthquake disturbances III
southern California, and the destruction
cf buildings at one point, Los Mamos
suggest similar possibilities at other
4 lonts. If at Los Alamos Why not al
Los Angeles a little farther southo TIL,
latter city is growing at a rapid pace
aud NOW has a population estimated Al
100000. \ similar shock there WOULD
result in greater disaster. 1t Would
seem prudent to put Zip loW structures
/ in that region. To guard abainst posi-
1 Utilities. In this period of seismic shocks
no one can forecast the possibilities
In buying little earth ii will be pru-
dent to get some of the kind that
coesnt quake.
Few newspaper paragraphs reach
the intense dramatic nature of the fol-
Il wing notification in an English paper:
4 The announcement made in this col
umn Yesterday of the birth ON the 9Th
inst of twin sons to Colonel -,
vas without foundation"
The king of Italy was unpopular at
the time of his coming to the throne
because of the stories of his extreme
economy, but has lately shown that, tho
he is circumspect in his expenditure. he
ie liberal ANA benevolent. He gives
largely to charity. both organized AMI
invidiual. and III his social life seems
ready TO make any outlay that is ne
cessitated by his position. Among his
recent benefactions was gift, of 100000
lire to the town of Palermo, to be dis
iibuted among the poor and three
charitable institutions. OF this sum
10000 lire is TO 90 to the poor, 10000 lire
10 the town hospital 10000 lire to the
marne hospital and 10000 lire to he
Red Cross Society.
Armed strikers i'll the anthracite coal
region are using force to drive men
away from Work or to prevent them
from entering the mines.
kinsman county G<as.) farmer is
growing row of corn a little more
than twenty i've miles long for no
l,a x.it ,,,I., Il,
extraordinary. He commenced i'm a fir
ty-acre field and went round and
round in Il circle with a lister until he
had planted the whole in !; single row.
which commences at one of the edges
and terminates in the middle. When he
cultivated it, of course, he had to plow
the same way.
George Stickney. who lives in Lam
easter, N. H., is Well known in Lewis
ton. Me. He has a boy who is coming
along like q 3-year-old trotter under
training. Mr. Stickney asked the super
iatendent of schools when it would be
advisable to send the boy to school. The
superintendent said the full term would
be a good time. but advised Mr. Stick
ley to teach the lad that two and two
make four and how the letters of the
alphabet ran before he let him out
A short time afterwart the superin-
tendent met the boy aud asked him ii
he knew his letters.
Sure said the boy.
We'll, sir, what is the first letter."
"A was the answer
Correct" said the superintendent
Now what comes after AZ"
All the rest of the push" said the
boy.
The Usual Kind Nodd--what do
You mean by saying that my baby is
just an ordinary baby?
Todd-Why, he is precocious and
isn't he? Life.
farmer living in central Missouri |
says he has n very simple method OF
the growth of horns on |
calves. He applies a mixture of com
mon concentrated I've Of each horn spot
just once before the calf is three days
old. If the rain does not wash it off I
that is all that is needed. If washed off I
he says apply ii again. The spot to be
covered by the I've should not be larger
than silver dime
"Paymaster General Bates is the
proud possessor OF what is probably the
argest cigar in the world says the
Times. 1T is a product of
he Philippines, and was the gift of Ma
or w. H. Comegys. of the pay depart
nent 1t is sixty three inches long and
IS big as n mans arm. Ii is a curiosity
II another way, inasmuch as it con-
aims specimens of twenty-five kinds of
,ative Philippine tobacco. In note
Iccompanying the gift Major Comegys
ays: Il send YOU the largest cigar
'ou have ever seen-at least the largest
have ever seen. 1t is made of num-
yer of the finest brands of tobacco
,rown in the islands. 1t was manufac-
ured at San Fernando de Union, in
tnion province, Philippine islands. The ,
ase is also a curiosity. 1t may be {
allied a family cigar, as all smoke it, J
nd the grandmother is supposed to fin
sh it. or the cigar to finish the grand
aother.' :
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