Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-15

liable for work in mines and powder
magazines The lamp consists of
glass jar In which n lining of saltpesre
and gelatine, inoculated with bacteria.
lis placed. Two days hafter inocula-
ton the jar becomes Illuminated with
a wonderful blush green light. caused
by the innumerable bacteria which
have developed in the time The light
will burn brilliantly for from two to
three weeks, atterward diminishing in
brightness. 1t renders faces recognis
aole at distance of two yards, and
large type is easily legihe by it. Pro-
fessor Molisch asserts that the lamp
Yields cold light, which is entirely
safe.
Tiers at Kanawha tapped pond
with neither outlet nor inlet and founi
fish of considerable size and in guam
titles. Like King George with the
apple dumping the Kanawha Record
wants to know how they got there.
When Bridget sat down TO her simple
fepast
She folded her arms with a sigh.
There's bafesteak an onions, pertaters
an ham.
An biscuits an pickles an pie.
But, sure. there is somet,iin' l had in
me moind-
yIould on, till take a good look!
The folks has ate up all III patty foy
grass!
Begorra. they'd starrve TIL poor
cook"
Comfort.
a verdict rendered recently in CAL
houn county is OF interest to cities
ana property holders alike. Moeller
Bros. of Knierim will ray to the
town of Kierim the sum OF sS17.50, by
the terms of Judgment arranged by
stipulation and rendered against them
this week In the district court of Cal
houn county. This sum covers the
abount of the damage the town was
compelled by suit to pay to Peter Nc
Caiyille, who fell down the area way
in front of Moeller Bros, brick build
ing in that town and suffered bodily
damage thereby. Settlement of the
case was made on the ground that a
property owner is liable for maintain
ing a dangerous opening In the side
walk without the permission OF the
council. which. If given. would prob
ably fix the final liability upon the
town. 1t was not claimed that notice
to guard the area way had been given
dent.
A Marathon firm gave an order for
s24O worth of perfumery to the sales
man OF New York house after the
accommodating agent had inserted a
protecting clause providing that the
goods might be returned within Ave
days after shipment. The drug firm
is now wondering how 1t can get the
perfumery back to New York within
less than week after Ii has been
shipped.
Noticing that the gray uniforms of
German troops and the blue clothing of
Chinese spectators could NOT be distia-
guis1ed from each other at long dis
tances. a German officer in China ex-
perimented on the visibility Of uni
forms A column was divided into five
sections, each with its special cloth
ing. and was placed in close forma-
ton behind bushes without foliage. !
section in gray and that in overcoats /
appeared like uniform dark posts, while
the section in khaki and that in can
vas were hardly visible. AT five hun
bred yards the gray began to ook light
err than the dark blue. The t,ray over
coats, Nike long dark strips. made very
good marks, but both khaki and canvas t
were difficult marks at all distances.
He (whose wife has beer reading |
some of his old love letters to her)
What is the use Of keeping all those |
old things?
She-Lest we forget-lest we for |
Life.
The case of Leona Ireland ene of tho |
victims of the typhoid epidemic at
Ithaca. New York, as told in the press
dispatches Is interesting to medical men
and the laity alike. Shewas "ne of the /
first attacked and every complication
known to medical history Whit follows
typhoid fever has afflicted her. She I
has had a fever constantly since Jan. |
90, 1902, her temperature reaching los
degrees every day for weeks ut time.
Her heart has beat $50 times u minuts.
and again only twenty for hGurs con
secutively During July and Angus, |
she was kept alive by hourly hypo-
dermic injections of stimulants. She
has lived thru more than score Of
a heesseS and fs now recovering from