Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-26
TOPICS OF THE TIMES


! Hon. S. Claus. representing Good.
will & Generosity, came in yesterday
with grip noticeably larger than us
ual.
One of Queen Alexandria's hobbies Is
clocks. She has 500 or more of al
kinds at Sandringham. Marlborough
House is believed to boast collection
of some 400 monitors of the passing
moments, and the finest collection OF
clocks in the world is supposed to be
at Buckingham Palace.
In the center of Paris there have been
recently built several large ''hotels" in
which homeless men may, for cents,
get plate of hot soup and an all-night
seat on bench. They are SO crowded
that no one can lie down. The walking
between here and Paris, however, is not
good
The AIT state banks and $50 national
eating ss2.5oo,ooo, and outstanding
loans and discounts of total of $685.
100000
How mean.-Mrs. Newriche-Now,
here's my latest portrait in oils, and
must say I'm perfectly satisfied with
1t. I'm sure it does me justice; don't
you think so?
Mrs Cuttings-Yes, indeed, justice
tempered with mercy!-Brooklyn Life.
The abs tention from medicine is not
peculiar to Christian Scientists. The
natives of Madras. among whom dem
que fever is rampant at present, for
swear medicine. They hold that each
day on which medicine is taken will
mean two additional days of illness.
The world maveis over their delusion,
while undertakers are too busy 40 give
it much thought.
1t is proposed to form the "Carnation
League of America" as a memorial to
President Mckinley.
Judge Horton, of Chicago, decided re-
Gently. that the Bible is not law book,
and can not be quoted as a legal au-
thority. 1t is surprising what author
tiles people in a pinch will try to fall
back upon.
In New Mexico, San Juan county has
taken to onions, and it is estimated
that $4,000 pounds of them were raised
this season. This will make another
strong plea for statehood.
The farmers of Nebraska are increas-
ing the number of cooperative grain
association and will meet in Lincoln
next month to form state association.
There will probably be sixteen such or
CARNATIONS represented. 1t is likely
that within another year at least fifty
of such organizations will be effected.
The grain buyers over the state, SO 1t
is alleged by the farmers, have organ
lied themselves into state association,
which tends to compel the farmers to
accept weights and prices that do not
seem just.
The fact that bubonic plague has
broken out In one Of the western sea-
port towns of Mexico Indicates that the
disease is knocking at any available
door for admission.
49,
The quarterly bulletin of Iowa in
situations just received, contains i'm
portant papers from number of writ
ers on subjects of interest in eonnec-
ton with the management Of such in
situations.
The standard of spelling at ten seats
of learning, according to some recently
collated statistics, is as follows: OF
bad spoilers, Princeton has
a per centage of 10; University of
age of 10; University of Minnesota of
Minnesota, 80; University of Illinois,
20; the spelling standard at Cornell is
high" at Colombia's School of Ap-
piled Science, 'astrocious;" at the Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology the
percentage of bad spelling is large"
at Browns University it is not so large
as in the entering class of Northwest
ern; at Yale the standard is "high,"
and at Wesleyan and the University of
Michigan it is "fair.'
With the mercury at ten below zero.
there is not the slightest suggestion of
greenness about Christmas.
Half billion dollars in gold is the
value placed on the American invest
ments owned by LII American COM
panies, firms and individuals in Mex
leo, according to a recent consular re-
port. Concerning this enormous in
vestment the report says: The impe-
tus given to Mexico's industries by this
enormous augmentation of the ma
tion's working capital accounts in no
small degree for the great industrial
progress which has been made during