Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-16
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The employees of Deere & Co., the
Moline plow manufacturers, picnicked
opposite Clinton lately and drank 100
barrels of lemonade Forty eight thou
sand glasses. Lemonade seems to be
as popular at Moline as peer at Daven-
port.
President Hall, of Clark University,
advocates a tax on bachelors over 40.
The president asserts that when a
man reaches 40 and is still unmarried
that something is wrong, that the man
has neglected his duty, and should be
classed with those who will not fight
for their own country in time of war or
pay taxes" All this looks a little like
class legislation and unthinking people
may clamor for tax on old maids as
we'll without considering that the old
maid wants to marry and can't and the
old bachelor can marry and won't
President Hall takes the motive into
as widows.
That there is very little new under
the sun has once more been proved, ac-
cording to the London Chronicle, at
Tobermory Bay. Null, where Captain
Burns, of Glasgow, has, with the per-
mission OF the duke of Argyll. been
searching for relics OF the Admiral OF
Florence, one of the vessels OF the
Spanish Armada, known TO have been
blown up in 1888 in that PARKWAY wa
ter, With the aid of an old chart the
diver went down into twelve fathoms
and came across a bronze breech-
loading cannon, four and a half feet
long, eight inches in diameter at the
breech, and bearing the date OF 1863
The diver also discovered pistol heav-
fly encrusted with lime, Il sword blade
and a kedge anchor. The relics VIII be
exhibited in the Glasgow Royal EX-
change on an early date. Breech-
loading in artillery and small arms Is
popularity supposed to be an invention
of the middle Of last century, but such
is by no means the case. In Dublin
gunsmith's shop, at Cork Hin, is on
view a breech-loading rifle offered to
the British war Office ut the close OF
the eighteenth Gentry, and rejected, as
i. was considered to need too much am
munition!
Archbishop Keane is likely to regen-
crate Dubuque IL he is permitted a few
more years of the useful life he is liv-
ing. The statement comes from that
city that whereas before the coming OF
the archbishop 1T was possible to see
drinking and the vices of gambling and
prostitution at all hours of the night,
now from II p m. to s a. m. everything
is closed and order prevails.
The board of trade carnival at Wa
terloo. which closed Saturday evening,
has probably been much more success
full than the most sarguine OF its mem
bers previously anticipated. The at
tendance was all that could be desired,
and the information given out Is to the
effect that the net receipts to the board
of trade would undoubtedly reach $500
OF more.
Adelina PATHS intention of paying
another farewell visit to America is the
signal for the statistical tiend to let
himself loose on an unoffending public.
He calculates that her voice has netted
her many millions. and proves with
pencil and paper that during some of
her tours to the United States she was
maid $3.50 for every second she was on
the stage; that each note she sang was
paid for at the rate of s3.25. and that
every time she drew her breath on the
stage she earned something more
than 81.
The case of Gaynor and Greene, the
American thieves whom the United
states government has been trying to
get extradited from Quebec, has been
appealed to the imperial privy council
at London. These gentlemen are as
thrifty as ever. In Quebec they en-
pioyed as counsel Mr.. Taschereau,
whose law partner is a member of the
provincial LII 1Loiiupii lifSS
will employ Mr.. Asquith. an eminent
member of the Rosebery branch of the
liberal party and likely to have place
in the next ministry. 1t remains to be
seen whether this dodge will work as
well in London as in worked in Quebec.
A two line want ad can run two days
temporal powers have failed to defend
in the T.-R for twenty-five cent? and
IS, 900 people will read it.
Jacob A. Riis. who has been called by
President Roosevelt New Yorks most
useful citizen" is very busy just now
in getting together material for his
book. ",rheodore Roosevelt the Citizen"
which is to be brought out by the Out
look company. To a friend who re-
Gently asked for information concern
ing the work Mr. Riis wrote: What
can l saw about the Roosevelt material
except that it will deal with Mr.. Roose-
Welt as a citizen, and as friend from
the standpoint of friend? l am busy
gathering the material now, but 1t is
not EASY. because of the people | want
| to reach being scattered mere and there.
However. / shall get what want. 1t