Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-10
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unusually we'll the pas: week at tn
hands of his patrons. First he receives
a quantity of honey from Frank Brin
last Thursday, and since he has re
ceived butter from Grant Hegarty,
lot of cherries from Jack Hegarty an
a big load of hay from o. A. Stone
rock. These little gifts are small
thing individually and collectively. blu
they mean much to the carrier. If NOR
people thought of the carrier in prac
teal way the average OF the service
which is high, would rise higher.
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Howard Burrell. of the Washington
Press. has sold his paper and says h
is going fishing; but-"Why Go Fish
ing?"
The grand penitentiary in the papa
court differs materially from the ordi.
nary understanding of penitentiary
The Office of grand penitentiary Is held
by a cardinal. whose duties are. among
others. the delivering OF decisions anc
dispensations and the hearing of mat.
| terS or conscience.
| How is that young man who was
subsisting on a borax diet?"
in fine condition." answered the mar
who was conducting the food expert
ments. 'HThe only danger is that he
and milk before his vacation is over
and he gets back to chemicals"
Washington Star.
Seventeen days on good track
would suffice the automobilist to circle
the earth could he keep up the mile a
minute clip recorded in the Irish road
race.
You have been conspicuous In the
halls Of legislation, have you not?"
said the young woman who asks all
sorts of questions.
Yes, miss" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. blandly; Il think have paruci-
pated in some of the richest hauls that
legislation ever made"
Washington Star.
A republican administration paid a
S10,676,396 installment on the public
debt in June.
She had fifteen million dollars,
Placed in bonds. aud shares, and
rents;
He had fifteen million dollars.
So they merged their sentiments.
Now they've raised son who's valued
AT exactly thirty cents.
Chicago Tribune.
OF all the words of tongue or pen
/ think the saddest ones are wher
Your gasoline has run its course
And small boys chorus
Gitahorse.
Chicago Journal.
The Professor of History-In the
great rebellion. how many soldiers
fought on the union side?
The Pupil--About fifteen million.
Great Scott. man! You must have
got your information from the pension
lists!'' Life.
The Mason City Globe Gazette whose
editor was present at the republican
state convention gives 2 racy account
of the Cousins incident He says in
part: There was pink in his cheeks
which looked like health. and soft vel
vet in his voice like the purring OF q
tigress just before she is about to
spring The daring and en-
couraging manner in which Congress
man Robert G. Cousins stripped the Idol
of tariff reform In the presence of the
sculptors who made 1t and showed the
thing to be cheap imitation was the
sensation of the day, and Bob was the
lion Of the hour" Could the T.-R. cor
respondent be blamed for the impress
sion that Cousins WAS "skinnine"
A proof of the change Of educational
ideas at Oxford and Cambridge is the
popularity Of the natural SCI
ences. There is at the same time
decadence of the mathematical tripos
at Cambridge. 1t has always stood
first until this year. when, at jump.
it has gone to fourth place. Natural
science comes first with 1870 students:
Classics second. with 1ol: history third,
with eighty five; and mathematics
fourth, with only seventy-two. It Is
pointed out that forty years ago there
were only ten men in the natural sci
ence tipos.
Your Druggist Will Buy It Back.
You assume no risk when you buy
Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. Your druggist will re-