Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-28

article in the Pail Mall Magazine on the
,sCbject of the SAYING OF WHY law
zion of anecdotes does not contain the
wi,tv rerlv of an English lawyer named
Adam to a letter from a brother barris-
ter named Eve. Ii is the custom in En-
giand for a barrster, when lie applies
to the lord chancellor for leave TO don
silk" to write to men OF his own stand
ing at the bar in order 10 courteousiy
Ewes contemporaries, when he took
silk was a Mr.. Adam; and in reply to
the official circular this gentleman
wrote as follows: Dear IIve--WhetheI
YOU wear a silk gown or 4 tigleaf, don't
care.-Adan.'
An Iowa Falls paper tells of young
man who attempted &c lmmoftalize
! himself by carving his name on me
stone window ledge OF me new Depot
He paid a considerable sum TO nave the
ledge dressed down by stoneworker
and thus kept out OF lal'. Inc olilclais
are 10 be commended Tor their pronlp'
punishment of the offender and thel:
TIE charges of crue! slavery IN the
! Congo Free State are tEely TO leaa 20
intervention by the powers and the loss
of Belgian sovereignty there. This
state, created as 1T was upon phllah-
tnropic principles, seems to be hot
bed of slavery, cruelty AID oppression.
II is time for readjustment.
Lord Wemyss has the unique distinc-
ton OF being the only man who ever
struck the present king of England. II
happened during a debate in the house
OF lords when the king. then prince OF
| Wales. occupied Il seat in front Of Lord
Wenyss, who was speaking with a
great deal of animation. While empha-
sizing a point he brought his fist down
on ton of the princes silk hat with such
force that the hat was smashed In and
pushed down over the eyes of the royal
listener Apologies followed. The prince
az Lord WemysS' remarks, and then
moved out of range of his energetic arm.
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Joseph Letter and John D. Rookie
Teller are competing with Jewish junk
dealers for possession OF the famous
Ferris wheel, which is 70 be sold to the
highest bidder on June . Letter wants
to take the wheel TO the st. Louis expo
nany wants with it is beyond conjec-
ture.
Frozen eggs are recent development
OF the cold storage idea. 1t seems tina,
every egg dealer receives 4 greater or
less number OF cracked eggs, which, al
tho perfectly fresh, could be sold only
for immediate consumption, and then
only at a great reduction. Dealers now
break the shells putting the yolks into
tins separate from the whites, seal
taurant wants to use few yolks or
whites all it has to do is to thaw out a
can.
In Scranton. Pa, last Sunday closing
was enforced against ali dealers exct,;
cigar stores. milk dealers and drug
stores. The Sunday stock of the butch
g, shops went to waste. Many will fail
to see the propriety of closing the meat
sway. To them meat viii seem as nee
eesarv as tobacco.
If the decision of the Jones county
court to the effect that Il paroled pris-
oner. returned to prison TOR violation of
his parole. can not be made to forfeit,
the good time he earned prior to his
suspension of the sentence Will stand,
paroles are likely to be much less fire.
ouently granted. Many who have con-
sidered the parole system oSerworked
will be glad to see a check upon the re-
lease of prisoners under promise to be
GOOD.
The w. C. T. Z. and kindred organi-
cations al Waterloo have been making
a stiff fight against summer carnival.
The wide open" street fair of a few
seasons ago gave carnivais black eye
in that city and guarantee of respect
ability became necessary to overcome
opposition. This the managers have