Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-29
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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on the nerves of irritable persons. One
of them went over to the treasury de-
partment to see him about something.
and thought he had been delayed too
long. MIR. Shaw has some cabinet
qualifications" he said, later. For IN
stance, he would make q good secretary
of war. with one wal twenty-five years
behind him and the next n twenty
five years in the future"
When Chaplain Russell. of the Mis-
souri, house, prays. he wants the mem
bers to give attention. His prayers
being SEM up especially for them, he
thinks it unseemly for them not to
listen. Having observed that the MEM
beers did not attend to what ne said.
Rev. Mr.. Russell waited the following
petition up to the throne OF grace a
few mornings ago: 90. Lord, l ask
that those I'm the house who rise to
their feet for prayer may not continue
to read their papers while the chaplain
prays. Grant that they may have some
respect for God If they have not for the
chaplain"
A Mississippi man made the following
reply to a matrimonial advertisement
recently: In inclose my p%hotograf
with My Full Description. 1t shows the
features as nachel as a bee only it is
to Dark; I am very lite Complexion.
Gray eyes, orborn hair. 6-foot high,
waight 100 Lbs, inclined to be hump
shouIdered; A Muskler Man n a Wild
over 2S years old with a Common
School Equations, but a- Got Anof to
Atten to Emmy Business. I am Strictly
Morrel, Don't use Tobacco MOI Whis-
ky He is anxious to have her UNDER
stand that her Age. Complications,
wait and All Suits me to atee, Kind
Loving Girl. I l1av Only One Thing to
Offer. And 1t is Neither Lands Mar
Gold. But a Strong Arm and True Heart
and will Lay Down Ny Life for the Rite
Girl and Be happy, for j am tired OF
living Alone. The Girl that Steels my
Hart and takes my Name for the Re-
mainder of Ny Lif / will make Happy,
for / ann Hunting a Girl that a idle
Use and Make a Angle Of"
49,
One of the most beautiful sights ever
seen in California, according to he pa
pers of that state, was observed at
Corona this month, when a vast cloud
of butterflies passed over the place.
They flew about five feet from the
earth, and the mass WAS half a mile
wide and several miles long. No one
knows how high in the air the flock of
brilliantly colored insects extended or
where they went or came from.
A tail and athletic-looking man, sun
tanned and wearing a soiGbrero, said to
q senate d~oorkeeper a s!ay or two be-
fore the session ended: Il want to see
Senator Quay" The doorkeeper, rather
Impressed with the tall nlan's appear
ance, stammered: THE senate is very
busy now, and I'm afraid the senator
can't come out and talk to you" i
don't want to talk to him. I only want
to see the noble features of the man
who has been fighting fer Statehood.
I'm from Arizona He al shown into
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the gallery by a page, who pointed out
the Pennsylvania statesman. The Ari-
IONA man gazed long and earnestly.
Then he said sadly to TIE page: son,
liz wish I hadn't come to see him. He
don't impress me none"
A young and impetuous lover In At
lanta, Ca, recently decided to get mar
r:ed. He took out his license for him
self and a girl whom he thought would
make a good wife. Then he went to
consult her about it. He produced the
license and served it on her as a sort
of warrant, mandamus or other potent
legal document. She said she did not
want to marry. Her father agreed with
her, and held a gun on him. giving him
his choice of the conten.s OF the gun or
a horsewhipping from the young wom-
an. He took the latter, and regards the
marriage license as a failure.
She-She calls herself Maze, but
that isn't the way her name appears in
the family Bible.
He-Perhaps she doesn't think the
family Bible should be accepted liter
ally. Puck.
The inconvenience of the similarity
between a ~gentleman's evening dress
and the attire of a waiter has received
yet another instance. Mir. Choate, the
American ambassador to England. was
the victim on his occasion. At the
state banquet to the King at Guild Hail.
the American ambassador was n of
the few men In evening dress, nearly
every one being in court or municipal
uniform. He was Interested in the pull
pit arrangements in which the carving
was done, and ventured to ask n of
the f~unctionaries a question concerning
them. Never mind about old customs"
was the reply, look lively, and clear
away he soup plates!"
1t was Heine, wasn't it, who declared
that the ass was chiefly created for
purposes of comparison. From Wales,
then, comes the report that a new
weekly paper has just made its appear
ance, and that among other ADVERTISE
ments was this one: "Bassinette for
Sale. Apply at his office A basis
nette is a species of cradle. In a rival
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