Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-29
Topics Of the Times

Wages have increased so per cent
in the Philippines. Men who formerly
got 10 cents per day are getting IS
now.
The total values of the sewing ma
chimes and parts thereof which were
imported into Germany during the first
six months of 1902, and 1904 were
$745,S92, $1,036,4 50 and s1,417,52S, res
pectively. The exports amounted TO
s2,550,170 during the first half of 1902,
So, 4O4450 during the first six months
of 1903 and $3,163,O2O during the same
period in 1904.
The one thing Mr.. Parker makes
plain in his letter is that he would like
very much to be president.
Two professors of Geneva, Switzer-
land, have discovered a new anaesthe-
tic which promises to revolutionize the
practice of dentistry. They find that
tooth can be extracted painlessly af-
ter patient has been subjected to
blue light for three minutes. Hereto-
fore the blueness has been turned on
about the time the tooth came out.
Following the example of Frank
Stauffer of the Sac Sun, Walt Ram
sey of the Belmond Press announces
by card his intention to forsake single
blessedness. This about cleans up
the marriageable Iowa editors, with
the exception of Cyrenus Cole of the
Cedar Rapids Republican.
Miss Rapidde Tin dark halD: "O-o>
oh, mercy! who is that?"
Bob Gayleigh: Jack the Hugger."
Miss Rapidde :"Oh, how you scared
me! Come right in here where We
shan't be disturbed."-Town Topics.
A Grinnell music dealer advertises
"For short time 1 will give fine
indexed fire escape with each new $500
piano all for $685. They are selling
fast Possibly protection agains,
"A Hot Time"
the conversation that recently took
place between two southerners, the
first of whom had but lately returned
from a trip thru New England. Said
the first man from Dixie to his friend:
"You know those little, white, round
beans?"
yes" replied the friend, "the kind
we feed to our horses?"
1.-THE very same. Well. do you know,
sir, that in Boston the enlightened cit
liens take those little, white, round
beans. boil them for three or four
hours, mix with them molasses and
know not what other ingredients, bake
them, and then-what do you suppose
they then do with the beans?"
"They-'
"They eat 'ern, sir!' interrupted the
first southerner impressively. Bless
me. sir, they eat enl!"-Lippincotts
Magazine.
Ae democratic paper says ''The let
ter of acceptance is a sound exposition
of democratic principles" That is the
fault that has been widely pointed out
by republicans. 1t is mostly all sound
where the people have the right to
expect sense.
Seattle is to send out ship early
in November to visit Russian, Japan-
csc, Chinese, Australian and some
South American ports, carrying an ex-
hibition of American products. The
only passengers will be exhibitors ana
the only cargo exhibits, and the voy>
age is expected to last about SIX
months. There is excellent business
sense in the movement, and will do
more for American trade in South Am
erica than dozen windy Pan-Am-
erican congresses.
After October Is, the government of
the dominion of Canada will cooper
ate with the United States postottlce
department for the conveyance OF
mails to and from the Yukon district
via White City and Dawson. The man
will be restricted to letters, postal
cards and single copies of newspapers.
Getting Back at Him. = Wagsley:
Ibid your wife listen to your excuse
for not coming hime until l o'clock
this morning."
Jagsley: ooh, yes; she listened pa
tiently for ten minutes"
"And then what?"
"Then it was my turn to listen fos
couple of hours. "-Chicago News.
Poultry experts are predicting AZ
excellent crop of turkeys and that the
toothsome fowl will be within reach
of ordinary pocketbooks this fall.
The cash balance in the treasury OF
Mississippi is seventy cents But this
| is eight street car rides ahead OF the
Mississippi governor.
]. III. Wickwire, an aged Michigan
| PRINTER, who boasts of having estaD-
lished thirty-seven county weeklies In
| Michigan, has decided to quit it and
has made application for entrance to
| the Soldiers Home at Grand Rapids.
1t is not stated whether his applica>
ton is made on account of army SER
vice or on his military record as a
compositor.