Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-03

impressed by the book when he first
read it that he made up his mind to try
the kind of politics he described by the
novelist. Tie nomination to lead for
lorn hope in the Seventh New York
district gave him the desired opportu-
nifty. Ford would have made great
campaign manager" AYERS Mr.. Lessler.
Thomas Dunn English, the many
sided author of Ben Bolt died a poor
man The Society of American Auth
ors, to which he belonged, has under
taken to erect monument to DR.. Eng
lsh. and issues an appeal for gifts,
small or large to be applied to that OBJ
ject. Should any funds be left after the
monument is provided for, they will be
trned over to DR.. English's family.
A Mrs. Myrtle Wilcox has been made
a substitute rural carrier at Sigourney
which paradoXcal as it may seem
makes a mail carrier from a female.
An indication of the far-reaching in
terest with respect to the treatment OF
widely destructive diseases is afforded
by the meeting of the American Con-
gress of Tuberculosis in New York IN
June. Important advances have been
made by physicians in the relief of vic
TINS of the white plague as this dan
gerous malady is often called. Doctors
from other countries and from all the
states in this republic will be present,
and still further light may be thrown
upon the best methods which can be
used in combating this affection.
Crabbe-Today, for the first time, l
was really delighted to hear Miss Mex
dores piano going.
Notwithstanding worth listening
| to, Ell?
| Crabbe-I should say. heard the in
stallment men taking it away.
| Philadelphia Press.
| The following letter was sent by a
| Mississippi man in answer to matr1-
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Steels my Hart and takes my Name for
the Remainder of My Life will make
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can idleise and Make a Angel Of
A new name to be seen on the latest
maps of British East Africa is Ugowe
Bay, applied to an arm of the Victoria
Stanley, the explorer, in singular way.
When he was making a chart of the
lake shores he came upon great bay,
and. calling to native, he asked what
III was called. After repeating the in
auiry several times, he got for an an
swer something that sounded like YOU
go way" and the interpreters efforts
met with no better success. SO Stan
ley, accepting the sound, named the
bay Ugowe. which is pronounced like
the English phrase quoted above.
A Russian specialist has decided that,
contrary to the general opinion. electric
light plays less havoc with the eyes
than other forms of artificial light. He
bases his deductions on the fact that
disease and damage to the eye are pro-
portioned to the frequency of the clos
ure of the lids. He found that the lids
close in minute 6.S times with candle
light, 2S times with gas light, 90 times
with sun light and is times electric
light.
Little Dorothy is years old. She was
naughty the other day, and her mother
told her that she would have to ask
God to forgive her. The penitent little
girl got down on her knees by her
mothers side, and after she had prayed |
in silence short time, arose.
and did God forgive you?" asked the |
mother.
NO" replied Dorothy; "He said He
was bizzy and asked me to call again."
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