Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-26

the way she breaks loose. During my
last visit to England / was invited tC
dine with Mrs. Stannard, who writes
Strange Winter. When dessert was
served her two little boys aged,
should say, ten and eight, We're permit
ted to come to the table. After eating
all the sweets in sight, the youngsters
each drank Il glass of benedictine and
smalted couple of Turkish cigarets
Then their mother kissed them good
night and sent them off to bed. 1t was
all could do to believe my senses
If General Jeffries. the Colombian ma
val commander, lives up to his name
we may expect to read in the sporting
column of prospective battle before
the club offering the largest purse.
The Rev. Harry Wilson, vicar of st.
Augustine's, Stepney, London. and
founder and director of the famous Red
House, has further shown the strong
dash of public spiritedness i'll his many
distribution a for page leatlet in favor
of vaccination. 1t was he who. when
working among the hop pickers in
Kent at the outbreak OF smallpox which
has since befallen London, set UP a
couple of tents and. bringing in doctors
the result of which was that large
number of east enders of the poorest
class courageously cast aside their an
characterization sentiment and barred
their arms for the operation.
Water, seems to disagree with the
average Filipino. 1t would seem a
should be proof against water.
Among the trusts which have lately
attracted the attention of the courts is
the fish trust. An action has been be-
gun in the United States court for the
northern district of Ohio to investigate
a concern capitalized at $5,500,0O0,
whcih is said to practically control the
fresh and salt water fish bushes from
Boston to Astoria, and from Chatta-
nooga to Selkirk. Any one might sup
pose that the navigable waters of the
country being free, barring the limita-
tons of the game laws, fish would be
one of the articles of died that couldn't
be cornered by combine.
Possibly it would be we'll to issue a
lot of circular letters or handsome IN
yitations to the amigos delicately
suggesting that the United States army
will receive deposits of guns and bolos
The artesian well has been the saliva
ton of the semi-arid portion of South
Dakota. From the deep bowels of the
earth a supply of water has been Sc
cured ample to make amends for the
deficiency In rainfall and the low ebb
of the streams and springs. 1t is for
tunate that this subterranean supply
shows no signs of exhaustion in spite
OF the heavy draughts made upon 1t.
Huron man who has been leader in
promoting the sinking of these wells
predicts that 800 new ones will go down
during the present year, and contrib
ute their flow to the filing of sloughs
and the creation of lakes and ponds,
besides furnishing water for stock, ir-
rigation and household purposes.
The Danish Landsthing semes to be
the real thing when it comes to real
estate deal.
They do listen on rural telephone
lines. A Marshalltown business man
recently had occasion to use one of the
rural lines connecting at Marshalltown.
His wife had company coming and her
heart was set on turkey, of which the
local dealers had no supply. Calling up
a farmer he asked: Have you any tur-
KEYS ?" and before the farmer could re-
ply the questioning answer came in
half a dozen feminine keys: DO you
want to buy some turkeys?" He got
his turkey.
An eastern paper says: Many good
men grow poor dreaming of millions in
thousand dollar towns and planning
Queen Anne cottages for Mary Ann
Yields Sharp Ak.
Millions marvel at the multitude of
raladies cut off by DR.. Kings New Life
Pills-the most distressing, too. Stom-
ach, liver and bowel troubles, dyspep-