Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-23
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Speaking of press censorship how
would Governor Pennypacker like to be
the car?
| The Siberian climate seems to have
no effect upon the pipes of the war
correspondents - but these are not
water pipes.
/ An experiment which city property
owners will watch with interest Is 20
Ibe conducted in Cincinnati when two
/ houses. one built Of concrete, the
other of steel, Iron and fire proof brick,
are ia be erected. filled with inflam-
/ able material and then set on fire.
They ire TO be constructed on plans
/ that VIII give draft and every aid to
the f.c which viii be fed with wood,
5oii and other ip,Iamnable material.
The fire VIII be allowed 10 burn GER
tain length of time. sufficient to thor
egghly les, the fire-resistlng quality of
the material.
In divinity essay written by an
English school boy appeared the fol-
loving passage: so he sed unto
Mosses, Come forth: but he come fifth
and lost the iobb. Moral. Git up
,urly."
An adaptation Of the Plngree potato
A., Ao. x,-tty
success In Philadelphia. II is in charge
of the superintendent of vacant lot
farming" His annual report, just pre-
sented. shows that the utilization OF
vacant lots by partly disabled and
decrepit. or by otherwise idle people.
has brought good returns. Over thirty
six hundred people, including a hun
dred and forty orphan children. were
given employment on these vacant lots
last year. and brought a return OF 5000
on each quarter acre garden at n nom
inal expense OF $4,000, each dollar In
vested in instruction. tools and seeds.
yielding a return Of from SIS to 81. The
usual obstacle In the way OF success
Of this scheme has been to find people
who were willing to make use Of the
opportunities offered.
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With eggs at the present price the
farmers wife appears to have the best
of the milliner on the principal feat
ures Of Easter.
The name Of Fashoda is to vanish
from the map. This is in consideration
for French susceptibilities. This is an
official decree, and henceforth Fashoda
is Fashoda no more. The privince Of
that name becomes the Upper Nile
Province, the fort and outskirts be-
come Kodok, and the village. which has
also been known as Fashoda. is re-
named pabwar. These changes are to
take effect In all future maps official
reports and recognized books Of ref.
erence.
Justice Finger OF Davenport resents
the claims OF brother justice who
butted In with mark of five weddings
in one day and claimed the record.
justice ringer has Il marx OIL cleVSsl
in one afternoon: case
OF ease and rapidity of finger work
which would do credit to Paderewski. |
Mrs. Naggs-Tm going to call on
one of the neighbors this evening,
John. Don't worry IL I'm not back by
0 O'clock.
Naggs (cheerfully}-Oh. that's all
right. I'll not worry If you don't come
back for week.-Chicago News.
The Des Moines Capital approves
and strongly urges the adoption of the
bill prohibiting the docking of horses
tails. Nature" it says, gave the
horse its present form and comeliness.
It made the horse a thing of beauty, |
and required no suggestion from man
in the completion of the process. He |
who attempts to improve on what ma
ture has done in this respect, is mar
el of presumption and is deserving of
pity. n not contempt While the
Capitals stand against docking" Is
without question the proper position to