Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-25
TOPICS OF THE TIMES


There are forty-threa divorce cases
scheduled for the coming term of the
Pottawattamie county court. Is it pos
s.ble that thl9 discussion of the shelter
plank has invaded the homes of Potta-
Wattamie?!
The agricultural department has been
making some elaborate experiments in
the sale of American peaches, pears,
apples. grapes and other fruits in Brit
ish. German and French markets. 1t
has proved that at certain seasons these
fruits, properly packed and shipped in
refrigerators, can not only be delivered
in prime condition. but sold in compe-
tition with fruits from other lands at a
very much larger profit than can be
obtained in the American market. In
this connection it may be said that
California plums were selling on the
London market last summer in success
full competition with those of Kent. The
secret in that case lay partly in the at
t%.active way in which they were
packed.
From the pulsating heart of the
Cedar Rapids Republican comes the
refrain, Robins and ~viclets, violets and
rcbins-isn't it a delicious thing to
know thai spring is almost here again.
and young onions.
The strike commission gave President
Mitchell. of the mine workers., a just
and honestly earned meai of praise. Its
estimate of Mitchell Is much to the
same purpose as the remark made by a
some weeks since. The small boy
boarded the train alone at State Cen
ter and his youth and loneliness at
tracted the conductor, who stopped to.
jolly" him. Whose photograph is
that?' queried the conductor, pointing
to 4 button on the lai's coat. John
Mitchell's," promptly responded the
youthful unionist. John Mitchell's?"
repeated the conductor. WAL, who's
John Mitchell?' He's a man with a
head on" answered the boy testify, and
the passengers within hearing testified
10 the aptness of the reply. The strike
commission amply certified to the cor
rectness of thu little fellows judgment.
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That the rush to northwestern Can
ada is losing one of its volume Is
shown by reports of emigration from all
parts of the United States. The return
rush will not be SO noticeable. Instead
of coming back in the painted cars the
journey will be made in a prairie
schooner.
roster, Mo-, State Veterinarian Luckey
urged farmers to bred horses. He
pointed out how the excessive demand
had depleted the surplus in the breed
.rg districts, and showed what a large
profit vas to be obtained in the next
few years by breeding the proper kinds.
He urged farmers to take up the mat
ter of draft horse breeding, as it was
the most certain to prove remunerative.
He pointed out that the great CONNER
cial interests of the country demanded
big horses for heavy draft work, and
that no matter if such i thing did come
to- pass as that ordinary horses would
be s%upplanted, which was hardly likely.
the draft horse would still continue 4
adjunct TO business enter
prise.
Objection is made to the standard of
.renmanship prevailing among the
clerks in the recorders office of
county, Pennsylvania. Sew
eral lawyers declared that they could
not read the indexes of the mortgage
has also complained. Many voters in
Schuylkill county speak other Ian
guages than English.
The Boone News thinks 1t a hard
task to convince a poor old woman who
writes a half-column poem about a de-
parted grandchild that the verses can
be printed. The News is in error
not in regard to the undesirability OF
the task, but as to the literary quality
of the Offering. The doggerel that thus
takes advantage of death as a stepping
stone to publication is never poetry.
And the bereayed grandmother rarely
MIR. Wegg's example upon flu
rersal occasions. Some semi-officious
friend of the family, who rhymes light
with blight in hamstring numbers,
is usually the guilty party.
The value which Philadelphia puts
upon it's firehouses is $565.000, and upon
it's wharves sS50,00o.
The temperance of foot-and-mouth
Giss ase in New Hampshire has led Sec
Wilson to quarantine that state
again. The order forbids the shipment
OF cattle. sheep or other ruminants or
swine from or across New Hampshire
into other states or foraign countries;
also the shipment from that state of
hides, skins. hair, wool, horns or hoofs
of ruminants or swine. Animals Tor
slaughter may be shipped
across New Hampshire in cars which
nave been sealed by inspectors of the ;
9epartment of agriculture, provided
these seals are not broken until the
animals reach their destination. {
The registration in Chicago the first
day was 67,4S6. which is 6.903 greater