Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-30
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
A little sunShine now and then is rel
ished by the best of men.

A little sunShine now and then is rel
ished by the best of men.
Among the novelties in aerial fire.
works is rather costly piece called the
national streamer." 1t is a large rock
ct, which on reaching its altitude, re-
leases long streamer showing the
stars and stripes held up by an enor-
NOUS parachute.
The skin of the mocha. variety of
sheep, native of Arabia, Abyssinia, and
around the head waters of the Nile. is
much used in the manufacture of fine
gloves. IN 1868 large glove manufac-
turer of Johnstown N. Y, made castor
gloves, mostly from vatliquor-d dressed
antelope skins. After the determination
| of the buffalo, the supply of antelope
skins was also greatly diminished. and
experiments were made with various
other light skins in order to find suit
able substitute. In 1877 two bales of
skins of unknown variety were found
with a shipment of mocha coffee ship
ped to Boston, Mass, from Hodeiah,
port on the Arabian side of the sea-.
They appeared to be haired sheepslsins
and were sent to be dressed, and as
they dressed out well, a Boston house
was induced to import more. Two years
| later a New York importer sent an
agent to Alden, in southern Arabia, to
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mocha came from the fact that the
first bales came with mocha coffee, and
I as this name seemed as appropriate as
any, it has continued in use.
Iowa farmers are improving every
| day of sunshine to work their corn.
| The theory that the cutting down Of
| forests has an adverse effect on rainfall
has but few supporters in central Iowa
| this season.
James Russell Lowell so delighted in
the sixth month of the year that he was
moved to put the query, 20 what is SO
rare as day in June?" If the poet
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of the portentous happenings in the
| last few weeks, the amazing vagaries
of the weather on both sides of the At
Ilantic, the snowfalls in America, in
England and on the European CONT
nent, he would have been convinced
| that many of the days of the June of
| 1902 have been rare and strange almost
beyond precedent.
June has indeed been the month or
roses in Iowa this season. They were
never finer.
In writing to Mr.. Ketchum about his
candidacy for railway commissioner,
| the publisher of the Moulton Tribune
writes: "If you are so good man as
the Ketchum wagon you will be able to
catch my VOTE"
A certain American writer of inter-
national reputation who died recently
was, like so many other geniuses,
strangely incapable of managing his
own domestic affairs The small boy
of the family was his fathers pet, but
the terror of the rest of the household.
Now it happened that under this same
roof with this small boy lived two
maiden aunts, sisters of his mother.
| That they were thorns in his flesh. he
made no pretense of conceallng. On one
occasion when he had overstepped bit
| farther than usual the bounds of pro-
priety in addressing his relatives, his
Aunt Julia appeared before his father
Ito state the case. Her nephew had
called her a fool, while his aunt Martha
I he had characterized as damn fool.
The young offender was summoned to
the paternal presence. Fixing him with
his eve the father demanded:
.Did you call your Aunt Julia fool?"
YES"
"Dod you call your Aunt Martha a
damn fool?'
Yes
"NIy son." was the prompt reply, that
is exactly the distinction l should make
myself"
Among the "reminiscences Of the class
of 'O2 at Yale is the story of stout and
healthy looking member, who was told
nv his tutor that "he was better fed
than taught" you teach me; l feed
myself" was the retort.
The Missouri papers are telling this
story of Mark TWains recent visit to
the state: A big crowd gathered at a
railway station to meet him. A little
how knew that somebody was coming,
hut he did not know Mark Twain, and
perhaps had never heard of him. This
kid perched himself on top of freight
car, where he could see what happened.
The train rolled in, and as Mark step