Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-26
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

DR.. Bushrod w. james. of Philadel-
phia. left s55, 1000 to eye and ear infirma-
ries for the poor.
Miss Ruby Powell, a member of the
"Florodora" double seNtette singing
"Teil Me, Pretty Maiden" was the re-
cent victim of an attack of appendicitis.
1t probably was not much of an UNDER
taking for Miss Powell to undergo an
opera '-tion.
The Fort Dodge ministers are after
the slot machines in Fort Dodge. and
being supported by the edict of the po-
lice have hope of terminating their use.
Six members of the Kansas 1egisla-
ture are expert cowboys. They are all
In the house. NJ. Beeson of Ford, w.
II. Weldon of Clark. w. w. Martin of
Morton, Fred Friar of Wichita, r. b.
Campbell of Meade and Sherman Will
lam of Stanton. Chalk" Beeson is dean
of the outfit. He has always been a
cowboy, tho he owns a fine ranch in the
southwestern part Of the state and
keeps it stocked with from 700 to l,0oV
cattle. 1t was Beesou who in 1880 got
together a real cowboy band, which
later became famous all over the
try.
The Arkansas legislature has one
member who is six feet eight inches in
height, but when the question is put to
him he says he is five feet twenty inch
es tall. He is a school teacher. S.
Rowland, of Valley Springs.
Pardon me- said the polite man in
anything sweet in my coffee"
1T amt been sweetened at ALL" re-
piled the waitress az she set down the
thick china cup before him.
An! may be wrong, but I thought
l saw your thumb In It."
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The only female member of the Utah
legislature voted for Apostle Shoots
nomination In the republican caucus
The fact that she is 3 Gentle and the
executive head OF the Federation Of
Women's Clubs in that state may tend
to ice water the claims OF some of the
folk who are expecting to overturn the
situation out that way.
sss
The leading color pictures in the Feb
ruary Century-the most novel and
curious in subject of any that maya
zine has yet published-are from inter.
esting and beautiful studies OF the
aurora borealis made by Frank Wilbert
Stokes while in the arctics In the fall
ject. They reproduce in tint for the
first time in a popular magazine he
wonderful effects Of the aurora. Mr..
Stokes. probably the first real colorist
to visit the arctic regions. vas with the
Peary and relief expeditions on the
kite when he was privileged to sec
some color displays worth all the dam
gers and %privations of the trip. His
word painting is as vivid and interest,"
ing as his color work.
Another fellow and I have agreed to
leave a certain matter to o Is there
such a thing as a stream without n
banks?"
20, yes; there's the Gulf stream"
"Er-so there is. Thanks"
Is But as he dumped heavily out, with
his jaw hanging down, he left the inn
preston in the mind of the answers-to-
correspondents man that he had lost a
bet. Chicago Tribune.
]. Pierpont Morgan Is undoubtedly
the most fascinating figure before the.
world today. mr.. Morgan, His Adj
visers and His Organization are dis
cussed in the January Cosmopolitan by
John Brisben Walker. who spent ten
days between Mr.. Morgan's and Mr..
John Mitchell's offices, in September. in
the attempt to settle the coal strike.
John W. Yerkes, commissioner of in
ternal revenue, tells o: campaigning in
Kentucky with another stump speaker.
The latter thought to make a good inn
preston In the famous distillery town
of Owensboro. and In his speech there
sounded the praises Of whisky. why,
gentlemen said he, II have noticed In
my reading of history and biography
that all great men drank liquor. / tell
you, whisky makes men smart"
whats that?' said ar old farmer who
was a noted teetotaller. Whisky makes
men smart" reiterated the orator, and
I challenge denial" "Then," said the
farmer. you'd better get a couple of
barrels and begin on it at once"
The Popular Thing to Say.-The SER
mon was exceptionally long. and the
minister had just reached the seventh
division of his subject.
"And now, dear brethren" he X
claimed, what shall 1 say more?"
"Amen.' suggested the thoughtless
man who had just walked up.
Chicago Post.
II you could tell $4,000 people that
your farm is for sale some n of them
would buy it. The T.-R. will tell them
the story for is cents invested in a For
Sale ad.
The Paris health department has
been devoting it's leisure to calculating
the number of rats and miceln the city.
Not that the statistician has been