Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-20
Topics Of the Times


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -ss, !
Hayti having signifed her willing
| ness to throw off" half her debt, thu
creditor nations should be equally gen.
erous and not suffer the black republic
to Guido them In liberality. They
should throw off the other half.
Henry @. Davis seventy-seven year
old brother was nominated for con-
gress last week by West Virginia dem
ocrats in the district once represented
by the late William Wilson, of tariff
bill fame. The Davis family evidently
loses ambition late in life.
AS a sample Of what may be done
with newspaper in small town, the
Thompson Courier is worthy of atten-
ton. Thompson is given population
of $50 in the 1900 census report, but
the Courier would be creditable to
towns Of twice that number Of inhab-
tants. st is newsy, and editoriany
bright, and its very pertness argues
that 1t is making fair living.
Prominent residents OF Massachu-
sets are taking steps to preserve the
house of Paul Revere, In North square,
near the old North church, in Boston.
frim which he started on his night
ride to arouse the countryside way up
to, Concord and Lexington. April 10,
1875. The place was about to be torn
down, but a number of citizens have
undertaken the task OF raising $4,000
to buy the property.
Because Richard Wagner's widow
declared thai. the noise which auton1o-
biles caused was out of harmony with
the poetical atmosphere of Bayreuth,
the municipal authorities have prohib-
tied them from entering the town.
Russell Sage. lti-millionaire, who
is now about ninety years of age, has
practically retired from business. The
old gentleman continues habits of fru-
gality which he formed when he was a
young man with leaner purse. AL
though his income is reckoned at S.,
900 a day, at least, he has lived at the
rate of $4,000 year, or less, and
his personal expenses have not been
500 year. Curtis, Of the Chicago
Record Herald, ayers that Sage has
two suits of clothes. one for week days
and the other for Sunday and he has
worn them as long as anybody can re-
member. He has not bought a new
overcoat for fifteen or twenty years,
and his hat is quite as old as that, il
not older. a few years ago he sent
for a gentleman who had done him
favor, and in a confidential way said
that he was going to reward him with
a tip that he could work for a profit.
Then, to the mans establishment, Mr..
Sage gave him the address of a store
on Seventh avenue where he could
get shoes for 81 a pair
In 1850 diamonds were sold in Eur
ope at $40 a carat. In 1770, when
Brazilian stones were poured on the
market, first quality diamonds sold as
low as IS carat, and in 1890 they had
increased to $50 and remained about
this figure until 1S4S, when from SIS
to $50 a carat was asked. From 1850
on the pric Of diamonds advanced, ac-
cording to the Indianapolis News, and
with the worlds diamond mines prac-
tically in the control of one company
during the last ten years, the price
has steadily increased until the pres
ent time, when first water stones are
quoted at $14O carat or more.
A young man who was about to be
married was very nervous, and when
asking for information as to haw he
must act, put the question: ut is kiss
tomary to Gus the bride? "-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Beginner-But I can't play golf we'll
enough to get any enjoyment out of
it.
Enthusiast--Yes but that is where
the game is so successful. The poorer
you play it the more exercise you get.
Life.
The Wisconsin divorce bill which
has been passed by both houses OF
the Legislature requires a residence
of one year in the state to secure a
divorce, and upon order of the court
a divorced person may remarry i'm
There is section in the
present law prohibiting a divorced
person from remarrying within year
after the decree has been issued, but
it is dead letter. as practically all
orders for divorce are accompanied
with an order suspending the prohi-
bition. The new bill makes it unlaW-
full for any person against whom a