Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-08
Eur,ug 4n 5nunap s. 1902

would show him specimen of her
kandiwork, but would reveal nothing
that might lead him to suspect her as
being the creator thereof SO the fair
amateur proceeded to guide the real
painter toward her masterpiece. "Of
what school would you call this paint
ing?" she asked, eXpectantly. "Of the
boarding school, promptly replied the
real painter.
Representative Lamb of Virginia tells
a story about little girl and her
prayers. She lives in Petersburg and is
just four and a half years old. Like all
other good little girls. she kneels every
night at her mothers knee and after
reciting the Lords Prayer, silently adds
a little prayer of her own. One night
her mother, rather curious, asked her
daughter what she had told the Lord:
Mamma" said the youngster. II asked
the Lord to please remove that mole on
your face, but added the little one, L
also told the Lord that l thought the
mole had come to stay"
The output of the anthracite coal
mines is increasing and ditto mark
for it.
Mrs. Gay-Yes. / know my husband
can't afford all these things. but I'm
buying them to please him.
Mrs. Schoppen-To please him?
Mrs Gay-Yes, there's nothing that
pleases him more than a chance to tell
his people what martyr he is.-Phila-
dephia Press.
Tall corn story in Illinois. from Car
thage Democrat: a party were out
hunting near town and tied one of the
6ogs to a stalk of corn and when they
returned in the evening found the dog
many feet from the ground. 1t was
found impossible to get the dog that
night, but concluded to rescue him
early in the morning, but on their re-
turn they found the stalk too big to cut,
so they concluded the dog was dead. as
they saw several buZZards flying
around the stalk about half a mile from
the ground.
Mamma--Well, Edith. how did you
like the Kindergarten?
E9ith-I didn't like 1t bit. The
teacher put me on chair and told me
to sit there for the present. And sat
fhsa
present-The School Gazette.
In one ton, seven and one-half
horse power steam touring car, capable
OF forty miles an hour, Treasurer Will
lam L. Dickinson, OF the association
formed for the construction of a great
highway for vehicles between New
York City and Chicago. left the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. New York, with party
CT three at / o'clock on the 9Th to make
a trip of one month over the line of the
route for the purpose of in
spection. His trip will be a sort of
cross country, stump speaking tour to
interest every person along the pro-
posed route III the project and to Sc
cure their active support During a
part of the trip of $50 miles across the
country the big automobile will be OPP
Grated by a woman. Mrs. Meta Jean
Boardman, wife of the vice president Of
the L. A. W., will act as chauffeur. Mrs.
Boardman was the originator of the
for rainy-day skirts. which
she started eight years ago. Treasurer
Dickinson said of this trip: I'VE will
hold mass meetings in every town and
do everything to create great public in
terest in the proposed road. The route
covers $50 miles, of which about 800
miles must be rebuilt. This will be the
greatest expense
The substitution Of pumpkins for
tomatoes in tomato catslp is one of the
latest discoveries made by the Mime
sofa food and dairy commission Of the
wiles of manufacturers. 1t is presumed
that they counted on spices to hide the
deception.
In a single shipment opium of a total
value of $1,00O,0O0 was brought into
San Francisco. This drug is used free
ly in medicine, but so large an import
tation in one vessel may give rise to
suspicious that the hitting of the pipe"
has not been completely suppressed in
this country.
In a Louisiana village the question Of
license or prohibition was decided by a
single voter, who cast solitary ballit |
at the polls. No other citizen had ta-
liar requirements of the suffrage law.
Surely a quaint instance of one-man
power.
Bandits are doing so much in the
way of robbery and terroriZing Cubans
that there is talk of interference upon
the part of our government to produce
safe and peaceful conditions, as it
would have a right to under the Platt
Forty bands OF highway
men are roaming about rural Cuba
and holding for ransom
those who are able to pay. Advices
received here Indicate that every pro-
vince of Cuba has it's band of high !
waymen, who defy law, spread terror
thruout the rural districts, and en-
danger life and liberty. A measure
providing for increasing the rural
guards is pending In the Cuban con-
press but has not yet been enacted