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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11

in Chinatown or in Tammany Hall. and
they wanted the mayor to act as toast
master. The Chinese preferred to give
the dinner at the Joss House, No. l6
Mott street, and afterward the prince,
If the invitation Is accepted, Will go to
Tammany Hall in carriage, so that all
the Cinnamon can meet the prince ana
ask him his age and if he is married.
The Cinnamon want to give dance IN
honor of the prince at Tammany Hall.
At the dinner in Mott street, instruc-
lions in the use of chopsticks will be
given to the prince. If he objects 10 the
chopsticks then he may use anything
he likes.
President Fornes of the board of al
dermen was called on by the visitors
and an invitation was extended to him
to attend the dinner.
You pletty big gun, too said
Charlie Hop. You all lite for blig
splead."
Il shall be happy to accept your in
yitation," said Mr.. Forbes.
You bling Mr.. High Low--you bully
boy" said Charlie Hop, smiling his
sweetest at Mr.. Fornes.
The delegation said that they would
come again and see Mayor Low. who
was not at the city hall yesterday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
Chinatown Ready for Prince Henry.
New York Tribune.l

If Prince Henry does not feast on ali
the delicacies of modern Chinese in
vention 1t will not be the fault of the
warm hearted Cinnamon of Mott and
Pell streets, who have determined to
uphold the traditional courtesy of
their nation toward guests of rank.
Three Cinnamon, whose names were
given as Chin ST. Lung Sow and Char
Who do you want to see" asked
"Billy," of the mayors Office.
See Misser High Low-boss High
Low" said Chin ST. "Wantee give
glad handee him and Pine Henly-al,
samee glad handee-allee samee hot
hot timee-no belly cold timee.'
"Pine come Chinatown belly good
time alice samee glad handee," chuck
led Lung Sow. grinning and rubbing
his hands
Billy Kennel is linguist cop"
but he's little backward with his
Chinese.
You want to see the mayor about
Prince Henry?" he said.
"Ya, va, you all lite-you glood stuff
you no slob." said Charley Hop.
Then the visitors beamed until the
very atmosphere seemed like a summer
garden filled with flowers.
You catchee on?" ventured Lung
Sow. "Chineetown velly glad Plince
Henly come Chinatown. Givee gland
feed-swell upee gland blow upee lalee
samee big mandarin-bird's nestee,
sali--
"stuffee pig. suffice duck, rice patty
put in Mr.. Hop.
sSaN beer chop suey. lice wine, wall
ly mellon seeds, gingel clandy," added
Chin ST.
BY dint of much questioning and lot
of guessing thrown in, Sergeant Ken
mel finally decided that the visitors
wanted the mayor to invite Prince
Henry to come to grand dinner either
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
Enpnng u1. 9nrsdap Fhuarp IT. 1902


Grande, there is no water for for the
Mexicans farther down stream. The
supreme court may be able to determ-
inc these conflicting rights equitably,
but 1t hardly will be able to do so sat
isfactorily to all concerned.
Now that the rivers of the far west
ern states have begun to be used for
purposes of irrigation they assume an
Interstate character they did not pos
sess before. New and curious ques-
tons are to be passed on by courts and
legislatures. The general government
is being urged to enter upon the irri-
cation of the arid lands of the west,
of which it is the principal owner.
This is an undertaking which can not
safely be taken in hand except on a
limited scale until the general govern
ment shall be assured of the control
in states and territories of the water
available for purposes of irrigation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
DEVASTATING FIRES.

The year 1902, yet in its initial
fire disasters. The opening days OF
February present an appalling list. To
the great confiagratLon at Waterbury,
Conn, which burned over thirty acres
of houses on the Sd and caused loss
of 100000. has been added the de-
wasting march of devUuring flames at
Paterson, New Jersey, where on sun
day twenty six blocks were destroyed
IN the main business center, and five
hundred dwellings, consumed, all in
yolving a loss of sS.o0O,000. In adj
dition to this a fire at Springfield, o.,
on the next day caused a loss of over
100000. These are only the great
recorded at number of places In
volving great destruction of property
and loss OF life. In q fire disaster at
st. Louis on Sunday eleven lives were
lost by the burning of a hotel valued at
$4,000. Verify, in this field of calam-
ity. misfortunes have come in groups.
Holocausts of this kind largely mean
destruction of capital, even tho they
are wholly or partially covered by
insurance, for they call for reserves OF
Of funds to recoup the losses. In many
individual cases the damage wrought
can never be retrieved. for homes and
fortunes uninsured have been swept
out of existence.
The obvious lesson to every town
and community is to renew the needed
caution against fires, and to extinguish
them If possible before widespread
disasters increase the record of 1902.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
not surprised that Miss Daisy Deigh

not surprised that Miss Daisy Deigh-
ton, the new leader of the Iowa wom-
an suffragists. was offended by the
action of the legislator who, while re-
Gently talking with her, drew cigar
from his pocket, lighted and smoked
it. 1t remarks that the legislator was
deficient in courtesy The TIL. is
impressed with the thought that the
name DAISY reminds one of the
flower, and it is suggestive of roman
tic maidens who read novels in ham
mccks and dream of moonlight prom
enades with doting lovers. 1t is all
together too much a pet name for the
chieftainess of great cause. Minerva
or Juno or Catherine or Elizabeth
each and all severely dignified and
reminiscent of power, would be more
appropriate"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
az WA~1.Al
A GREAT IRRIGATION PROBLEM.
TChicapo Tribune1

IChicago Tribune.1
The United States supreme court
has been called on to determine a con-
troversy between the states of Kansas
and Colorado. The suit is novel one
but 1t may not be the last of the kind
to be brought.
The Arkansas river flows thru g
part of Colorado before it enters Kan
sas. An increasing quantity of the
water of this river is being diverted
by the citizens of Colorado to irrigate
their lands. The more they take the
less is there for Kansans to take to ir-
rigate their arid lands. The aridity
torious. Therefore Kansas has
brought suit against Colorado to re-
strict the diversion of the waters of
the Arkansas. 1t is alleged that di-
version affects 100000 acres of Kan
sas land, worth s50.0O0.o00. much of ii
being owned by the state itself.
In the brief which has been filed for
Kansas is is said that the destruction
of irrigation bitches now used by var
ious persons and corporations in Colo
RADIO is not asked for. All that is de-
sired is to prevent the state OF Colo
RADIO from granting further irrigation
privileges and thus. perhaps, diverting
all the waters Of the Arkansas before
the river reaches the Kansas boundary
line friendly arrangement with
Colorado is probably out of the ques-
ton, and hence this application to the
supreme court, the only tribunal which
has jurisdiction.
If there We're enough water to irri-
gate all the land in the west which
would be fruitful If irrigated, there
would be no occasion for this Kansas
Colorado suit Coloradoans would use
all the water they needed and there
would be enough left for the Kansas
There is a superiority of arid land
however, and a scarcity of water
Hence controversies are sure to arise
as to the respective water rights oil
those who live higher up river and
those who live lower down its course
II the former take all the water they
can use to advantage, as is the case
with the New Mexicans along the Ric
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
Cures
Sore I nroat
A Simple and Easily Applied Remedy
That Should Be In Every
AanSahnld.

There is one remedy for this common and
when neglected most dangerous complaint tn ,..
should be on the medicine shelf OF every FANNY i
1t has been In use In many families for more tnaa
80 years, and every year sees its use mcredsins
as It becomes better known.
This remedy Is known rs Mothers Save.
Mrs, Della A. Kimberly OF Allondori, iowa, say ,
of It; sThe merits of Mothers Salve canhot DC
told, For throat trouble 1t Is unequaled.
DIR. +. b. Clarke, one of Chicago's Ieaults
physicians writes that he uses Mother save ~
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throat and all forms Of disease.
Mrs Jennie MacBride, Of Boone, iowa, writes:
II cannot thank you enough for what Neither 5
Salye has done for my throat trouble from "hlch
PAGES Of this paper could be nlled with stories
Of cures.
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Chapped Skin, Piles, ETC., 1t will prevent
Diphtheria and Pneumonia. Has been ia suc'
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
THE RAILROAD PASS THREATENED.

| The house committee on judiciary
of the Iowa legislature has decided to
report favorably on the Hughes anti
pass bill. prohibiting the issuance to
and acceptance of railroad passes by
state officers. including judges and
members of the legislature. The mar
row margin by which it was reported
/ (nine to eight indicates division OF
opinion on the subject that may fore
shadow its defeat when the house
comes to vote upon it, or it's passage
by narrow margin. The issuance OF
passes to such officers has come to be
a recognized policy upon the part OF
railroad companies, and to some ex-
tent it is a burden to them; and ii is
done not SO much to influence them
wrongfully as to prevent them from
assuming a hostile attitude when any
thing comes up for action. In other
words, it is a friendly overture to lead
state officials to base their official ac-
for would-be reformers have hitherto
wrought UP sentiment adverse to
railroad corporations.
Strange as it may seem certain
kind of legislator expects to have
passes on all railroads and seeks them
when he comes into office, and IL for
any reason he should be refused he
may be reckoned upon thereafter to
foster any legislation hostile to the
railroads. Thus is comes to be a mat
ter of self protection that such passes
are issued.
seeks to exert in preventing legisla-
ton inimical to certain interests. Tho
principle is wrong, but it is looked
upon with more leniency now than
when calamity politics was pulling
every string to influence the people. 1t
is not probable that the acceptance of
such passes influences members of the
Legislature to any great extent to the
detriment Of the state. 1t would dis
credit the intelligence and honesty of
members to say that the railroads are
able to obtain all they seek thru the
issuance of passes. Yet 1t may be true
that they are halnpered less by what
might prove to be unwise measures
enacted by legislative bodies as the re-
suit of bitterly partisan feeling
against them.
The Times Republican speaks In
this way not because 1t favors the pol
icy of passes, but with the aim to treat
1t with as little prejudice as possible.
The railroads and the people are mu-
tually interested in each other.
Equitable relationships should exist
and can only exist when fair treat
ment Is accorded on each side. The
state officials would be less influenced
in doing their duty If the whole pass
system were blotted out, and all un.
fair partisan rot about the railroad
octopus We're driven out In desire
to be perfectly fair on both sides.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
The Congressional Conscience.
IOmaha Bee.

The expense bin of congressman
who attended the Mckinley funeral is a
little over $4,000. If the senator's had
been paying their own way the figures
would doubtless have been consider
able less. The congressional conscience
can stand considerable of an awaken
ing in the matter of these petty raids
upon the treasury, which are made ev-
cry time party of senators or con-
gressmen attend a funeral or make a
trip on any sort of semi official BUSH
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11

ledge or rock. like flash of light, but
the bayonet bill of the road runner
must catch him before he gets there.
Neither can afford to miss his mark
These strange and curious views of
the deserts and their desirability may
be held by a few, but the great major
ity will continue to hope they may be
reclaimed as far as mans ability is able
To do Ii
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
What Heiress Has the Price?
brooklyn Eagle.

So long as quality marriages are to
be commercial there is only praise for
the frank member of the British peer
age who announces that the wants a
rich wife, who must pay s125. 900 to him
on sight and whose age and looks will
be forgiven. That man is honest
enough to succeed in other employ
ments than being a lord.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
Bank Cashiers and Gumption.
lNew York TIihune ]

Cashiers of banks are generally sup
posed to have enough financial samp-
ton to appraise at their true value the
pretensions of bucket shops and get
rich quick organizations. and 1t reads
rather queerly that twenty-three OF
them are found among the creditors of
a recently collapsed concern of that
kind. If they manage their own money
in that way they can hardly be safe
custodians Of that of others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
WORKING Overtime.

Eight-hour laws are ignored by those
ttreless little workers-Dr. Kings New
Life Pills. Millions are always at work.
night and day, curing indigestion. bill
iousness. constipation, sick headache
and all stomach, liver and bowel trou-
bles Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only
|2b cents. at George p. Powers drug
ctnra
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11

her to the local butcher for all your
neighbors to have u hand in eating her
up. The principal difference is that in
the first case you get the cussing, while
in the last the butcher gets It."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
Shaw and the Surplus.

The surplus is one of the chief prob
lens Secretary Shaw has to confront,
and upon It's solution will depend the
question whether he is one of the great
secretaries or not.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
INSPECTING the T.-R,
Rhodes Review.l

KHOuHS ItVItW.J
While at Marshalltown Monday the
editor of this paper spent nearly u half
day inspecting the plant of Iowa's best
daily, the Times Republican. 1t was
time profitably spent, for the plant, like
the paper is up to date in every re-
Snanf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
Conditions in Ireland.
[Chicago Inter Ocean,

LNHICHSU IHttI OCtttII.1
Lord Salisbury would have covered
the situation completely had he simply
said that so far as Ireland Is concerned
everything remains unchanged save for
the worse.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
A Fireman,s Close Cali.

II stuck to my engine. altho every
Joint ached and every nerve was racked
with PAIN" writes c. w. Bellamy, a To-
connective fireman of Burlington, Iowa
II was weak and pale, without any APP
petite and all run down. AS was about
to give up got bottle of Electric Bit
tiers and, after taking 1t, felt as well
us ever did In my life" Weak, sickly
rundown people always gain new life
strength and vigor from their use. Try
them Satisfaction guaranteed. Price
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
STORY OF A PIONEER.
Prominent Topekan Gets Wonderful
Results from Kodol.

Thomas L. Ross is the pioneer real es-
tate dealer of Topeka, Kas. He has been
in business twenty-seven years and In
that time has sold more land than all the
dealers together who are now in busi-
pess there. He located in Topeka in 1873
and witnessed its growth from town
Of few thousand inhabitants to its
nreeapt size
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11

The round bale gins at various Texas
towns are being closed down. This
ends the Texas cotton season.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Upton Advertiser notices tina,
the $4,000 Carnegie library gift has
given the town "a great deal of free
advertising thru the newspapers. l,
AYERS that "a great many OF them
have spoken In spirit of captious en-
Wy which of course does not hurt Tip
ton but only demonstrates that in pub
lie spirit as we'll as natural advan-
tages this city is far ahead of the aver
age smaller cities of the state"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11

The Maquoketa Excelsior things
President Roosevelt is demonstrating
that he fears nothing. 1t adds that
the entire frame work of the patron
age system is seemingly tottering to
its fall. 1t may he that politicians will
go out of fashion. And yet DIR. Pear
sou doesn't believe in miracles"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11
Richard Mansfleld gets more free

Richard Mansfield gets more free
press notices than any American actor
and Dr. Cranes Quaker Tonic Tablets
are in more American homes than any
proprietary remedy known. The perfec-
ton of purity in medicine. Kidneys,
liver. indigestion, headaches an6 eonsti-
patton. ALI drug stores; so cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11

The Rockford Register notices that
the verdict of the state press is that
the abuse of the pardoning power by
the ex-governor was unwarrantable
and a menace to good government"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11

The Dubuque Times believes the
Sweeley bill is right in so far as it
proposes municipal control of tele-
phone rates. 1t declares 1.-The city
should never charter telephone COM
pany without retaining the right to
regulate it's rates for service within
the municipality" basing its view on
the fact that section 725 of the Code of
Iowa authorizes city councils to char
ter gas. water, light or power COM
panies only upon condition that the
city shall retain the right to regulate
rates. The Times asks. why should
not this provision be extended to tele
phone companies? There Is no public
reason for excepting them from Ito
provisions"
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald Is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-11

1t is gratifying to the Keoknk Gate
City to note that the prospects that
Iowa congressional district boundaries
will be disturbed by the legislature at
it's present session are becoming
smaller by degrees and beautifully
less" 1t declares the true inward
ness of the reiistricting movement
has been pretty thoroughly disclosed,
and that ut was instituted by a few
ambitious gentlemen as means of
furthering their own selfish political
interests, regardless of the best in
terests of the republican party and the
state.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-05
scHooLRooM HUMoR.
Laughable Excuses Brought by Pu
pills and Some Rare Crittcisms
by the Latter.

Humor as it appears in the tex
cuses" brought by the pupils or in
:heir examination papers is all the
more enjoyable because it is uncon
scious humor, writes J. L. Harbour
In Christian Endeavor World. A
teacher in South Boston school one
day had grimy little urchin hand hel
the following Excuse written on the
fly leaf from some book:
Friend Teacher, exscooze absinsts
of my sun yistiday. The lady in the
tennymint below mine offered him
ten sents to wheal her Baby out vile
she attended the phuneral of lady
friend and as she don't often git out
or have much injoymint being sickly
I let my sun oblige her an at the same
Time urn ten sents SO he was not
there yistiday afternoon. Pleze ex'
scooze."
A teacher in one of the suburbs OF
Boston read to her pupils Whittier's
MAUD Muller" and then she asked
the boys and girls to express in writ
ing their opinion of the poem. Here
are two or three of the youthful criti-
cisms exactly as they were written:
'It is silly and unnatural like most
poetry. It rimes all right and makes
fairly good enough piece to speak
in school but it is soft and the Judge
and the Muller girl would both have
wished they hadn't if they had mar
ried each other. So this is my opinion
of the poem"
Another boy expressed his opinion
with equal fearlessness and self-con-
fidence:
"The poem has some good points
It shows that the Judge had good man.
ners for he said Thanks when Maud
handed him the water and so teaches
politeness. The poem goes on and
shows that many things might of been
that amt in this world, but it don't
prove that folks would of been any
better off if things had turned out the
other way. All things considered, it is
a fairly good poem and it does credit
to Mr.. Whittier. 1 amt much stuck
on any kind of poetry
A third criticism was as follows:
'The piece is well written but too
sollum. Iwould of put some snap into
it by having the judge elope with
Maude, I and her father, the farmer,
come ripping after them with pitch
fork and a dog or two or something
of that sort to make the poem more
lively. The poem is weak in spots
and one of them is where it makes out
that the judge wishes that the wine in
his glass was water. This seems to me
to be unnatural in judge. If had
wrote the poem I would of made it
more true to life in a good many re-
spects, but l suppose that the author
done the best he could"
1t is hardly necessary to say that
these criticisms were by boys. A brief
criticism by girl was as follows:
II think the poem real sweet and
nice. But it would suit me better if
Maud had married the judge if they
were in love with each other. I thiek
it dreadful to marry for anything but
love and think the poem teaches US
to always marry for love if we would
be on the safe side. I like the way
the poem rhymes, but think Maud
appears prettier barefooted in the
poem than she would in real life. I
don't think women show to advan-
tage barefooted, and it does not seem
nice to me-"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-05
DON'T STARVE THE MIND.
Some People Prefer Their Riches Al
Their Pockets Instead of in
Their Heads.

How many there are who have been
very successful in saving money, but
whose minds are as barren as any
thing beautiful as is the hot sand of
the Sahara desert! These people are
always ready to invest in land, stocks,
Of houses, but are never able to buy
books or collect library, says Sue
cess.
We know men who started out as
bright, cheerful boys, with broad, gen.
erous minds, who have become so we'd
ded to money-making, so absorbed in
their business, that they cannot find
time for anything else. They never
travel or visit their friends. They
consider it foolish or extravagant to
go to the opera or a good play; the
daily paper limits the extent of their
reading; recreation of any kind is rele-
gated to a far-away future, and yet
these men are surprised, when they re-
tire from business late in life, to
find that they have nothing to retire
to, that they have destroyed the ca
pacity for approaching the things
they thought they would enjoy.