Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-09


, packages, which they are obliged t
consume. Young men, said Captain
Leibhard, superintendent of the Dea'
Letter Office, should be particulars
careful to address and to put full post
age upon boxes of candy they are send
: ing to their best girls. Frequently larg,
| boxes of candy are sent to the Dear
Letter Office. AS it is impossible Il
, keep such articles for a year, the clerk:
of the division enjoy a feast at TIL,
expense of the unfortunate swains. L.
the holidays they are plentifully sup
piled with all sorts and descriptions o,
confectionery"
"Some men," said Uncle E,ben talks
$50 much dat dey can't think o. muffin
wuf sayin', on account o. DER own dis
turbance." Washington Star
i Philip Matter, the wealthiest citizen
Iof Marion, Ind, owns a building in
which two men have been running a sa-
|loon. Complaints reached him regard
ling side entrance to the place, SO he
lordered his tenants to close it, The
Isaloonkeepers refused to do so, and Mr..
Matter celebrated New Years day by
hiring carpenter to nail up the door,
standing by the mechanic while the
work was being done
1 City Nephew-Have very many of
/ the farmers around here bought gold
!, bricks. uncle?
Uncle Gamalel-wa-al 1 cackerlate
| there's a sufficiency of 'em to warrant
their organizin an association, buyin'
uniforms and giyin' yell.-Puck.
| Stephen Babbitt, formerly of Cleve-
land but more recently of Waco, Texas,
interested in the oil gushers of Beau
mont, Texas, declares that The Beau
| mont field is giving out. One prominent
company has served notice on it's pat
rons that it can no longer furnish oil.
Not only has the gas pressure given
out, but many wells are pumping 10 per
cent salt water Two of the biggest
companies will soon have to abandon
business. There is great deal of oil
yet, but the fields are going dry. Hun
dreds and thousands of people who
have put their money into the compa-
MES there will find soon that they own
stock in dry holes. 1t is possible that
the pipe lines and tankage systems may
be Of use to the Standard Oil Company,
but believe that the boom days are
over at Beaumont
sss
The New Orleans newspapers bitterly
attack the president in connection with
the Indianola postoffice trouble, and
accuse him of trying to stir up race feel
ing for political ends. Such charge is
to be expected, but it will not deter
Roosevelt from doing what he con-
ceiyes to be duty.
Representative John Wesley Gaines
of Tennessee gets into the Congression-
al Record more times than any other
man in the house, says the Baltimore
News. Mr.. Gaines makes speech or
asks question on every possible oc
casion. A constituent asked page to
bring Mr.. Gaines out to the lobby.
Cant do it, said the boy. Why"
Because he's only spoken six times
this afternoon and he's due to make
another speech in minute"
Mr.. Punch" has discovered the fact
list and caricaturist are safe are Great
Britain and the United States. In
France, he goes on to say, the cartoon
list is likely to be challenged to a duel.
In Germany there are laws about lese
majestic. The Turkish caricaturist, if
average one week after taking UP the
profession. In China the maker is
liable to ACKNOWLEDGMENT, the occasion
being made public holiday, with fire.
works in the evening.
The potency of dreams is demons
trated by the experience of Mr.. Knell,
a Carthage .(Mo.) undertaken, the CONF
bination of whose safe came to him in
a dream, after he had been unable to
open it for three weeks because he had
forgotten the numbers.
In the steerage OF the White Star
line steamship Teutonic, which sailed |
from New York Wednesday for Liver
pool, were thirty-two colored men,
twelve women and ten children, who
are going to Liberia to settle. They |
come from Irwin county, Georgia. One
Of the men said: I'VE are just poor
farmers. Business was not very good
with us, so we got together, sold out
our farms and are going out to Liberia
to begin life again." The party has
about $4,000 and is contributing its
mite in an indirect way to solve the
race question.
A bill to pension blind residents Of
illinois is to be introduced In the legis-
allure of that state. Those who have
lived in Illinois five consecutive years
Ind who are not charges in charitable
Institutions are to receive $3.50 per an
lum. according to the provisions of
he bill. which is said to be framed in
harmony with laws of some other
states.
Natural n.-Maudie-Why
should you think I'm engaged to him ?
L you had seen us together you would
n opoa haya caap tbara was nothing