Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-18
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

l The value of the human whistle may
soon be determined by Chicago court
lin suit for $4,000 damages against a
street railway company. brought by a
policeman who was injured in trolley
accident. The chief result of the acci-
| dent was inability to whistle, and on his
whistle the policeman sets a great
value.
The Ohio Dairymen's Association has
appropriated 5000 for local meetings
with the duty Of aiding butter and
cheese makers to get rid of faults in
! their products. Each creamery or
cheese factory which secures the aid of
an instructor is to pay the railroad fare
I and hotel bill. Unless the instructor
considers it essential he will not give
more than three days time free at one
visit. This action Of the Ohio dairymen
suggests that Iowa has similar asso-
citation which might do well to act on
the Ohio idea.
A Sermon on Money.-.'No, my son."
said the Bilville parent. money doesn't
bring happiness. 1t Only pays house
rent and the grocery bill, and makes
the bailiff and the bill collector respect
us six days in the week. While the par
son gives us the halleluia smile on
Sunday Atlanta Constitution.
The labor question is causing almost
as much discussion in the countries of
North America. AT the beginning of
last March there was opened at Bue-
nos Ayres the first session for this year
OF the Labor Congress. Eighty-two
delegates elected two presidents and
the secretaries Of the congress, whose
second sitting was announced to take
place on March 8, when the debate was
TO begin.
The question of Boer emigration to
Argentina is being discussed and at
tracing considerable attention. Ac-
cording to the latest information on the
subject, the minister of agriculture at
Buenos Ayres has sent detailed instruc-
tons to the Argentine consul general in
Cape Town to prevent any misunder-
standing on the part of the Beers as to
the advantages offered by the Argentine
government to those desirous of settling
in the Chubut colony. II is stated that
sixty leagues of land IN that district
will be divided into lots Of 625 hectares
each, to be given gratuitously to Boer
immigrants after they obtain naturali-
cation as Argentines.
Cooling" has very Scotch story OF
an old caddie and his wife. The min
lister who was called in tired to comfort
the wife, saying, that while John was
very weak he was evidently ready for
a better world. Unexpectedly, how
ever John rallied, and said to his wife:
Jenny, my woman, I'll maybe be
spared to We yet"
ma, ma, joint" was the reply;
we're prepared, and I'm resigned! Dee
noo!'
The capon industry thrives at Crop
Sey, ILL.,, says the bloomington fdHta-
graph tho much attention is paid to the
business at Roberts and some at Fair
bury. One feature of the industry is the
Increased price which the raiser of the
fowl gets, the common price on the
place being $3.50 and in Chicago $3.50.
One man caponizes 5000 fowls between
the months of October and February,
when they are put on tha market. Phil
adelphia is the best mariet for capons,
they being in great demand at hotels.
Farmers about Cropsey and Fairbury
raise from twenty to 100 capons each,
and the demand appears to be unlim-
tied. The dressing of these chickens is
an art by itself. They are hung up by
the feet and their throafs cut so they
will bleed to death, and the picking is
done before they get cold enough to set
the feathers, no water being used. The
manner of picking is peculiar, feathers
being left on a third of the leg, half of
the wing, the tail and those over the