Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-26
Topics Of the Times

A curious case of polygamy was re-
Gently tried in a French court. A bak-
er, 81 years old, stood before a YER
five women. The wives were all alive,
and none had been divorced by the
baker. The weddings took place in the
years 1876, 1881, 1890 and 1904. OF these
marriages four had received the bless
ing of the church. and altho the we'd
dings took place in churches of neigh
boring districts, the man had no diff
Guilty whatever in contracting them.
The trial Of the pentagomist took a
humorous turn. The defendant de-
clared that he did not marry because
Of love or for the sake of money. In
deed, he asserted that he had not mar
ried the women, but the women had
married him. When one of them pro-
posed marriage he had not the courage
to refuse. OF the mans five wives three
appeared as witnesses. They deposed
that their mutual husband was
drunkard of whom they wished to be
free. Oddly enough, he was acquitted.
The famous bacteriologist, Professor
Robert Koch, who, in the spring Of
this year, went to Africa to study the
somnolency disease, has established
that the plague. raging principally in
British Uganea, on the northern shore
of the Victoria Nyanza, carried away
more than 100000 people. Not only
the natives, a 5 first assumed, but also
The germ Of the disease is transmitted
by a singing fly. Prevention of the dis
ease is, according to DR.. Koch, only
possible thru determination Of the flies.
3a 80
you are SO POPULAR" sighed the
swain. You have so many suitors."
@The ideal" smiles the fair young
thing. ''Why, I can count them all on
the fingers of my left hand See. The
index finger is Mr.. Smugforth, the sec
ond finger is Mr.. Balder, and the third
tinger-the third finger of my left hand
the third finger, is you"
& Next day he got the ring for it. -
Chicago Evening Post
There are three women on the pen
sion rolls Of the government who are
daughters of revolutionary soldiers.
They are Rhoda Augusta Thompson, of
Woodbury., Conn; Phoebe NJ. Palmeter.
OF Tatlette, N. Y, each So years old,
and Mrs. Sarah G. Hurlbutt Of Little
Marsh, Pa, So years old The widows
of soldiers of tie war, of 1912 who draw
pensions from the government number
600.
Various authorities have passed on a
letter received at the postoffice de-
partment a time ago, and 1T has finally
been sent to the postmaster general.
The letter cam. from western post
master at a small office and read:
In accordance with the rules of the
department, write you to inform you
that on next Saturday will close the
postoffice for one day, as / am going
on bear hunt. am not asking your
permission to close up and you can
discharge me i. you want to-. But II
Will advise now that 1 am the only
d--n man in the county who can
read and write
The trouble said the dentist, as he
probed away at the aching molar with
long, slendel. instrument, is evil
IDENTIFY due to a dying nerve."
ssyEo11 or,oo,, ~ <,..
to you to treat the dying with a little
more respect. Tit Bits.
The people who read the T.-R. spend
not less than s2o,ooo.OOo annually in
supplying the wants of their families.
1t might pay to tell them about the
goods we have 10 sell. The fellow who
sells them one dollar out Of every
thousand gets $4,000 of their business.