Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-11
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in Sundays Nonpareil Texas poetry Is
like the Texas steer. well meaning bu'
al! horns and feet.
Sixty-five members cf the next
United States senate are lawyers, one
is a civil engineer. two are doctors and
the others bankers, miners. business
men and politicians. The average age
is Sc. Senator Pettus OF Alabama ths
Oldest, is 50. and Senator Bailey OF
Texas. the youngest. Is 40. Twenty
five members fought in the civil war.
OF college graduates there are fifty
five. Seven members of the senate were
born in other countries
New York has but one female rura'
mail carrier. Iowa has dozen OF
more. This is another instance where
the progressive prairies have an ad-
vantage over the effete east.
II is reported from Washington that
proceedings are to be begun against the
anthracite trust and that an invest'sa-
ton has satisfied the officials OF the ue-
nartment of Justice that good case
may he made under the Sherman law.
The public will hope that the report Is
correct. The thorough going me'i'oos
of the trust in its desire to press the
price OF hard coal to the limit OF lor-
lhearance has not made that organlza-
ton popular with consumers.
$50
Acting Attorney General Brown, of
Nebraska, has ruled that all foreign
icornorations must incorporate under
the laws of that state and pay into tue
state treasury such fees as are pre-
scribed by law for the privilege OF
ltransacting business in Nebraska. 1t is
estimated that the corporation regis
tration fees under this ruling would
within a short time wipe out the entire
state debt. which at this time exceeds
SO. 600, 900. There is certain TO be big
legal fight over the ruling. but Brown
noints to New Jersey and Delaware
where foreign corporation fees run into
vast sums and is ready to go to the
courts with his contention.
Lehigh claims to be the most pros
nerous town in Webster county. The
editor of the Argus finds upon invests
CATION that an average of S525.t0 for
each working day is distributed among
Lehigh workingmen.
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| Because the navy department is
wisely training the Atlantic fleet in the
nroblems of attack and defense certain
sensational journals are trying to work
Iup a scare on the ground that these
! maneuvers are made in expectation OF
lhostilities with Germany, which coun-
TRY, 1t is said. Is spelling for fight.
There is not the least probability that
lGermany or any other European coun-
try has the slightest hostile intentions
toward the United States or could be
dragged into a conflict with this coun-
try except under the most extreme
provocation 1t is an excellent plan to
keep the fleet in training, however, In
order to give the officers and crews bet
tier practice than can be obtained in or
dinary cruising service, so that II an
emergency should arise they will have
isome idea of the possibilities of TIL;
lsituaton.
Colonel William j. Bryan has been
lappointed one of Nebraska's sixty-twt
delegates TO the National Farmers
Congress to be held next month at Nj
agara Falls. Speaking Of bunco steers
this seems Mr.. Bryan's opportunity.
A commercial paper published in th'
Interests of the trade of St Paul anc
MINNEAPOLIS recently sent 300 circular
letters to the merchants of western
Canada asking them if they would blu,
goods in the twin city market If they
had the chance. and also their opinion
on reciprocity between the two coun
tries. A surprising degree of interes
in the subject was developed. The 30
letters brought 1876 replies; and OF tn
t ANSWERS Jos expressed desire to blu.
American goods. OF the remaining
lightweight, most were in favor of tn
exclusion of American goods an
, against reciprocity. 1t will be notices
that a good working majority favore'
reciprocal trade relations.
Artificial rubies in appearance, tex
ture and material indentical with tn
2 genuine ruby are being made in Europ
e from oxide of chrome and aluminium
! land shipped to this country, as an ap
lpeal by the importers from surveyo
: Iof customs to the board OF general ap
lpraisers recently developed. The i'm
porters testified that the gems are mad
of little chips of rubies that come fror
the rough ruby in the cutting OF IN
latter, united together with glass an
1 put into a kiln. and subjected to sue
S a high degree of heat that they are as
f sembled and cemented together. TIL
n customs officers have discovered, how
ever, that they are made by combina
ton OF oxide of chrome and aluminium
t This is the natural combination of tn
d true ruby. The composition OF this ~
ticle and the true ruby are identica
They have the same degree of hardness
specitic gravity and color. The onl
way the imitation can be distinguish
from the real is that the former unde
powerful lenses shows number OF con
: centric lines. These appear in the man
: ufactured but never in the nature
7, ruby, and are accounted for by the RAJ
S of the powerful pressure necessary
the manufacture of the artificial art
Gle This distinction is very uff1cult