Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-03
TOPICS OF THE
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The peculiar case OF Sioux City
Ipugilist who has retired from he rims
iwith enlargement of the heart will bt
acted with interest AS usual thlns
the enlargement in such cases Is con
fined to the head.
Hamilton county adviees are to 'h'
effect that -fourths of the corr
crop of that county is safe. Generally
lspeaking the Hamilton county report
i viii do for the state. There Will be ne
scarcity of corn. The scarcity that vii
be most noticeable is in the labor te
harvest it.
Near I.atimer the Franklin count,
farmers patronize the city water work
and pipe city water thru their resi-
dences and over the farms.
Those Iowa towns whore respecta-
bic proportion of the population iooR
upon the ordinary billiard and bowling
halls as devices of Satan will be inter-
ested in the movement Of an Evanston
| H., church which has organized com
pany to establish public pool and
/ billiard room in Evanston. with bowl
| ing alley connection. 1t is intended TO
| conduct a public place of amusement
properly safeguarded against drink and
immortality of all kinds. Billiards will
| cost 10 cents an hour ard pool cent
| per cue. If the churches desire to put
billiard halls under private ownership
out of business, the Evanston idea is
suggestive Of a successful method
| Hon, Jeremiah Sullivan is on the list
OF free attractions at the Cedar Rapids
carnival next week. Jerry might su-
Derintend the casting OF lots for w. j.
Bryan's raiment, which IS also fea-
,ure of the carnival
The Globe-Democrat is authority for
he statement that in the region of st.
Louis the average price OF coal at the
mines is about $3.50 ton. With Iowa
coal at s225 at the mines and going
higher it would be interesting to know
he reason for the difference.
Unofficial estimates put the annual
ut of lumber and shingles OF the three
Pacific states at i,6ooooo.0oo feet. OF
which California supplies s6o,000.00o
feet. Oregon 74o,Ooo,oo0 feet and Wash
ington 2,300,00o.Ooo feet. At this rate
ii is calculated that the forests of the
Pacific coast will be exhausted in forty
years. Shipments by water alone at
Seattle were 564.47a.S0l feet of lumber
IN 1902, and 500. 964.749 feet in 1901. In
1902 rail- shipments to the interior
amounted 10 562.l75.O00 feet, and in
shows a traffic toward the interior by
rail ranking next to Seattle in impor-
lance. In the calendar year 1900 H.
$50 cars of lumber We're shipped from
that port, 1877 in 1901 and 1876 cars
in 1902
The milk consumers of Waterloo are
likely to strike against the price of
milk which has been advanced to s
cents by the dairymen. The advance
has stirred up much discussion, the
cream of which is that patrons are
fight the trust.
Paragra piers are calling the atten-
ton of the postal department at Wash
ington TO the fact that a s1.S00 clerk
of the insular department. was en-
trusted with 100000 in bank notes to
be delivered in New York and that he
delivered them. There should be moth
ing astonishing in this. The average
man does not betray a trust, but keeps
1t. There are thousands of bank mes
sengers working for SIS month who
and very few go wrong An act of sim
pie duty, honestly performed, is not re-
markable, but common. The clerk is
but one of the great army of trusty
employees in public and private employ
and his salary is probably quite COM
IreHSuFdlt with MS ucsSl -. i At etS-
erage man doesn't steal.
There once was wealthy young lieut..
Who rented a house to d nieut.:
1t happened he sent
A note for the rent,
Sugges ting: The money is dieut."
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There are so few occupations which
can be carried on by the blind that it
is pleasant to learn that blind persons
can very successfully learn and apply
massage. THE Hospital states that in
Japan, where massage is much in
vogue, the blind man who is otherwise
healthy can always earn livelihood
and a notable feature Of any Japanese
town toward evening is .he blind mas
seur as he walks along announcing
himself with his peculiar sounding
whistle, in search of work, which he
can always find in plenty. There is
now a textbook IN the Braille type
which renders 1t possible for sightless
pupils to materially assist themselves
and their teacher during the course of
instruction.
The growth of the silk manufacture
ing industry in the United States az
fords one of the most striking lessons