Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-17
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Signs of spring Will have to be pu
The skin of the diamondback rattle
snake is a homemade barometer il
D Florida. When preserved like rawhid
! and hung up the skin Will begin to emf
beads of moisture at the first indica
f tons of "a storm. even tho several hour
before the arrival of the atmosphere
disturbance.
King Edward opened the English
parliament in grand style today
Attorney General Knox has expresse
the qualification of the administration
over the enactment of anti-trust legis-
ation.
When the trading stamp fad first ap.
peared 1T Won its way hands down,
but it soon became a nuisance. Now
UP in the Minnesota legislature an eff
fort is on foot to make the practice o:
/ giving trading stamps punishable by !:
maximum fine of $1,000 or six months
/ imprisonment in the county Jail. The
measure introduced by Senator Jepson
| has the approval of the Retail Groccrs
Associations of st. Paul and Mnneap-
Oils. The bill prohibits the bestowing
| of articles in consideration of purchas-
/ es, whether for personal gain or the
/ benefit of an institution. The provis-
ions of the bill are broad enough to in
clude the sale of real estate. merchan-
| disc or tickets of tileaters and amuse-
nents. Trading stamps are used most
| ly by grocers. butchers and other ven
doris of articles purchased by house
wives. The argument offered against
the practice is that the consumer event.
ually has to pay for the stamps. The
trading stamp concerns of the Twin
Cities will fight the measure vigorous
ls.
Iowa's zero weather would have been
intensified had big snowfall preceded
the cold wave.
Helen-Yes, social life is wearing.
have so much on my shoulders.
Emily-1n what way
Helen-Going to balls, etc.
Emily-But, my dear, every time
saw you at ball you had nothing on
your houlders.-Phiadelphi Record.
The Minnesota State Federation now
last year. OF these two are devoted to
political economy, three each to parlia-
mentary law and current events, two
to cooking, four TO child study, seven to
public Improvement, eight to music
twenty-seven to history, forty three to
literature and art, sixty-eigi,t ID tourist
subjects and thirty t. miscellaneous
topics. A woman's reformatory and a
state art commission are among the
things the federation will try to wrest
from the legislature this year.
Il hear you want to sell your dog,
Pat. They tell me he has a pedigree"
"Shure, an Oh niver noticed it, sor.
Anyhow. he's nothn' but a puppy yit, |
an Dim thinkin' as how he'll be afther
Times.
The blockade of the Venezuela coast |
has been raised and he distressed re-
public may get at The work of paying
its many obligations.
d
The proverbial ingratitude for repub-
lies. as we'll as the want of reciprocity 1
in political parties, is uniquely shown
in a letter recently received by Secre-
tary Hitchcock in case appealed over
Pension Commissioner Ware. The secre-
tary could not help seeing in the story
related by his CORES pendent not only
the faithful performance of military
services in defence of the union. but
also undoubted political allegiance for
many more years to the G.. o. p, clev-
arly suggested in the reference to the
typical animal of that party. The vet
eran, with sense of humor that adds
ouch of pathos to the situation, wrote
simply: Honorable Secretary: The
rejection of my claim reminds me that
when small boy circus came to
own. l got the job of carrying water
% the elephant in order to earn my
way into the big tent. l pumped over
lalf the wells in the neighborhood dry, h
rot myself soaked with water. and
poured enough into the india rubber |
,rute to float the Olympia. When got
hru the circus was over"
If everybody knew that your house {
vas for rent someone would want 1t. 1
fifteen cent for rent" ad in a paper +
verybody reads will tell them all about
t.
The March Pearson's has one of the
est written of the many articles on
which has yet appeared. This
a brief sketch, IN Mr.. Daniel Glib
ons' usual clear and forceful style. of