Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-01
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The United States soldiers are teach
ing the Filipinos baseball. probably
with the idea of directing their resent
ment away from the army and against
the umpire.
If Sir Thomas attempts to drown
disappointment in the flowing bowl he
Will be obliged to use some other cup.
The stagnation of building operations
due to labor conditions and other
causes has resulted in a heavy increase
in the rates of rental for dwelling
houses especially. September leases are
being written 10 per cent higher and 1t
is expected that the rates for next May
will have risen Is to 80 per cent.
BY winning the international golf and
tennis matches and losing the shooting
and sailing contests the English seem
to be jussifytng Mr.. Kiplings reference
10 the "nanneled OATS at the goals.
If Governor Taft aims at the presf-
dency as certain prophets claim to have
discovered he Is doing it at extremely
long range There is no question OF
who viii be the next president ana
Governor Taft's aspirations must CEN
ter in 1908. His ambition is not only
natural but laudable. and he has earned
a claim TO considerations but four
years is long time in this age and
bring many changes in sentiment and
opportunity.
The German and French govern
ments are said to have adopted for
army transportation the methods used
by big American circus which toured
those countries this season. The rapid
methods of loading cars were reve-
la.ion to the foreigners.
She lost her head when he proposed,
But he, a trifle holder,
Made search for 1t distractedly,
And found it on his shoulder.
philadelphia Record.
Probably before the present slump In
Wall street is over persons with a taste
for quaint and costly wall decoration
viii be able to crafty it after the fash
ion of Mr.. w. N. Amory. Mr.. Amory
is the gentleman who lately came be-
fore the public as the author OF the
vicious attack on the metropolitan
Street Railway Company. Mr.. Amory
has Just sold his New York house, and
the sale invites attention to the Curl
Gus fact that one room in 1t Is papered
with $1,000 bonds whose face value is
several million dollars. They are bonds
Of mining concern organized by Mr..
Amory and his friends about ten years
ago. In whose securities the public did
not take the interest expected. Having
the engraved bonds left on his hands,
Mr. Amory thought they would make a
pretty wall paper. Another amusing
story about this wall paper is that Mr..
A1nory was offered 100000 for these
bonds by an emissary OF the Metropolis
| tan company il he would drop his suit
| against them.
DIR. Frances f. Clark in the current
| issue of the Independent suggests the
value of Iceland and i.s purchase by
| the United States. Our zeal estate VEN
lures have heretofore paid out after a
very satisfactory fashion and possibly
Iceland might prove to be a good bar
gain.
The republican party IS not what 1t
! was In Lincolns time-West Bend Adj
vance.
And as an acknowledgment of the
implied compliment from a democratic
paper republicans might reply that the
present democratic party shows consid-
cradle improvement over that of '6l-5.
A scheme to propagate a race OF
giants may properly be classed with
giant enterprises. Dispatches from
! Paris state that the 100000 legacy
laft by Count Alfred St. ouen de
Pierrecourt to his native city or Rouen
on condition that provision be made for
| propagating a race of giants has final
Nv been disposed of. The natural heirs
began litigation, which has now re-
suited in an agreement that the city
/ shall spend $4,000 in founding an In
stitute for giants, keeping $600000 lr
reserve and giving the balance to- the