Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-06
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

An Australian scientist has analysed
meteor which contained traces of
gold, showing that that clement is not
lnonopolized by the ear.h.
Mrs. Charles King. of Corpus Christi,
Texas, owns more land than any other
woman in the world Her husband, one
Of the famous cattle barons. left her
100000 acres in Neuces, Hidalgo,
Starr and Cameron counties, and there
are now about $4,000 cattle on her
ranges. This vast estate must be kept
intact until her oldest grandchild comes
of age.
Illumination, or cud chewing in hum
since 1918, and it is thought that con-
siderably more than 100 cases are now
on record. A German physician recent
ly reported three cases in one family
a father and his two sons. The father,
always a rapid eater, begun Tire act at
the age of and 1t continued until death
at so, rumination being commenced
fifteen or twenty minutes after the
meal and lasting half an hour to an
hour Food was returned to the mouth
at intervals of three or four minutes.
when it was masticated and reswallOw-
ed. The substances had their natural
taste, without the acidity they would
have had If digestion had begun, and
meals were only enjoyed during and af-
ter this process. This case was typ
ical, except that after death the stom-
ach was found to have a very unusual
hour glass form.
did you have a pleasant time at
Sunday school?" asked Betty's mother.
No" said the child.
why, what was the matter?
Jesus wasn't there
Yes, dear, he must have been; He
| is always there"
He wasn't today" insisted Betty.
"for the teacher got up and said, .Je-
sus is calling today and then we just
sang and came home."-Harper's Mag
azine.
| The Kansas courts have had to pass
| on the question of the legal status of
| a woman, divorced from her husband
under an interlocutory decree, during
the six months before the decree be-
had passed the pair went to living to-
| gether again, supposing that no mar
riage ceremony was necessary If they
| took up marital relations again inside
| of the prescribed time. Some months
/ ago the husband died, and certain kim
! folks set up claim for his estate, al
| leging that he had no wife in law. 1t
was the defence of the wife that, as
| they had taken up the marriage rela-
| lions before the divorce became final
| the decree of divorce thus became null
and void. 1t was also offered in defence
that she had lived openly with tho de-
| ceased, and that, therefore, she was
his common law wife. The court up
held her right to inherit the estate,
on the latter ground, refusing to take
| the view that she had not been wholly
| divorced.
An Austrian engineer Of note, Herr
| Wetkovic, has invented new type of
ship which he claims will be capable
of travelling at lightning speed. Herr
| wetkovic declares that when perfected
III will enable a journey around the
world to be made in a week. The ship
does not displace water, but glides over
the surface like a skate over ice. In
genious contrivances are constructed to
minimize friction and air pressure.
They tell good one on prominent
real estate man of Waurika says the
Kansas City Journal. Some time ago
he carried prospector over on Beaver
creek to show him certain claim. He
| told the man that it was an exception
ally fine claim; that the land did not
/ owe rfiow, and that he would sell it to
him for $4,000. The man looked around
and discovered some red mud way up
lin a tree, and asked the real estate
man what caused that mud in the tree
tops IL the land did not overflow. The
agent promptly replied .hat there was
| l,ipd of hOer rniced over in the Chick.