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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13
THE NEW YORK PLAN.

The last number of the Bulletin of
Iowa State Institutions, issued quar-
terly by the board of control. contains
a very interesting article written by
Cam Culbertson, superintendent OF
the Industrial Home for The Blind at
Knoxville, upon the subject of labor for
TIE inmates of state institutions. 1t
is given in part on the opposite page Of
this issue
Mr. culbertson proposes a plan for
the division of labor among the var-
Gus state Institutions which has been
found to work successfully in the state
of New York. He would have the man
ufacturing work divided and dstrib-
uted so that one Institution would
make one article of common necessity
for all the others and would have the
legislature pass a law compelling each
institution TO purchase it's supplies of
the others Where possible The spe-
cial application of the advantages of
such a plan as they have appeared to
Mr.. Cuibertson are in the manufacture
of brooms at the Knoxville institution,
which is the only occupation the blind
can engage in. They can make brooms
and could make enough for ali the
other institutions leaving their inmates
free in engage in the manufacture of
clothing, utensils, etc; not 50 bad an
idea after all.
The plan of specializing the industry
of our state wards and dividing the
labor among the institutions is nothing
more nor less than the plan which has
been found most economical by society
in general. For ages the process known
by economists as the division of la
Dor" has been going on in society I'M
til today there is not . line of industry
that is not specialized. The most highly
perfected form of cooperation and di-
vision of labor marks the highest civ
liZation of the nineteenth century
When applied to our state institutions
Mr.. Culbertson shows how economical
~ 1t would work as regards his own in
stitution. If there is but one thing the
blind can do why not let them do that
and the more fortunate of our public
wards can turn their efforts to other
lines.
At the close of his paper when read
in the meeting Of the board severa
criticisms were made Of the plan most
~ accustomed by the fact that so man,
institutions are already equipped fol
manufacturing in several different
lines. Brooms are now made at severa
different places and each superinten.
dent is loath to give it up. However
it would seem there are many feature.
Of the plan that are very desirable. II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.


A good criticism comes from the Dav-
export Times on the character Of some
papers as follows: Despite the fact
that the Burlington Hawkeye is elect
ing Mr.. Gear by a large majority in
every issue, the Des Moines Capital
positively asserts that A. B. Cummins
is the man who will be elected by the
legislature when the time comes to act.
conviction that the senatorial fight is
still far from the finish
The latest addition to the mass of
opinions on the all-important subject is
supplied by the Glidden Graphic, which
says: Gear supporters viii learn be-
fore the present senatorial contest ends
that their opponents were not, figura-
lively speaking, born in the woods
to be frightened by boot owls" All the
information we have on the subject is
that the Cummins men confidently ex-
pect to organize the house next winter
and elect their man and only an adverse
vote at that time will put them in any
other band wagon. There is no founda-
ton for the extravagant claims made
by Senator Gears friends at this time
The Boone News wants to know If 1--WE
are to understand that Council Bluffs
intends to base her claims to population
on the vote cast at the republican pri-
maries?"
The Ottumwa Courier rightly re-
marks: "As a matter of fact. the re-
publican press of the state is not de-
voting nearly so much space nor atten-
ton to the What Cheer Patriot as are
the newspapers of the opposite political
persuasion"
Sam Clark in the Keokuk Gate
City has this to say of Heron:
Professor George D. Heron, an
nounces or lets it be announced that
he may resign from Iowa college and &c
| to Russia as Tolstoi has invited him
IL he knew the ways of the Russian
| police and government better he would
know that his stay in Russia would BIZ
short; he would be passed on to Siberia
He Is Better off here. All he encounters
J Is some severity Of criticism and tina,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13

they eat more meat and have more
money to pay for 1t. is proven by the
actual facts now witnessed. The only
difficulty .is that the laborers are inter-
ested In the reduction Of the price OF
meat, while the farmers are jubilant
over considerable increase. How tc
strike the balance and produce condi-
ton where both the farmer and the me-
chanic are mutually benefited is one OF
the problems which statecraft has not
yet solved.
One by one the new regiments are
steaming across the continent and will
soon be crossing the Pacific. Each Is
over 1900 strong, and largely composed
of experienced soldiers. Aguinaldo will
forget all about the fall elections when
our army resumes operations.
The death Of another millionaire in
the person of Cornelius Vanderbilt calls
to mind the wonderful growth of this
country's progress and wealth during
the lifetime OF a single generation. Al
though Vanderbilt had good start
from his father and grandfather. his
fabulous fortune was greatly augment
ed by his deals in railroads and has In
creased in proportion to the develop
ment Of the country during his lifetime
1t is almost incredible that a single
man could amass so many millions.
The eyes of the nation will be turned
toward the great meeting OF brainy
men to be held in Central Music Hall In
Chicago tomorrow and the remainder OF
the week for the purpose of discussing
the Trust" The Importance of the
meeting can hardly be everest mated in
view Of the high character of the men
who will attend and the great impor-
lance of the subject discussed.
Nearly third Of the ten new regi-
ments has already been raised. Very
nearly as quick time has been made
thus far in the recruiting Of these regi-
ments as was made in the raising of the
earlier ones. Probably even greater
speed will be made now that the torrid
weather has ceased all over the country.
The fact that so many men are enlisting
at a period when labor of all sorts is in
more active demand than at any pre-
vious time within the memory of any
person now alive shows the patriotic
spirit Is as active as it ever was in the
,e,ct
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13
THE FRUIT 1T BORE.

Much has been said about the unfor-
tunate experiences of Waterloo's street
fair with the tough elements that were
attracted by its gayety, but little did
they think that the tree of folly thus al
lowed to flourish would bear fruit sc
loo Reporter that tells tale terrible to
contemplate:
Amid the din, tumult and confusion,
the glare and gayety of the street fair.
the head of at least one giddy girl has
been turned. her judgment and better
inclination cast aside and she has
yielded to that singular fascination thai
sometimes leads astray those who have
been credited with better sense.
A few weeks ago young lady came
to Waterloo to visit friends in this city.
She was the daughter of prominent
and respected business man of Fowler
Indiana, and her parents sent her forth
on her western trip With little thought
but that their daughter would return to
them benefited rather than otherwise by
her visit with her Iowa friends. Today
an agony of grief overhangs the Hoos-
Ter home, to which it is not expected the
daughter Will ever return. or If she
does return it Will be with the freshness
of her innocence gone and With her
whole future life clouded by memories
Of an irretrievable folly.
Three days ago the young lady Joined
1.-THE -caochee company that has
loeen holding forth at l9l Bridge street
ana when the company was arrested
-J,.
fair but foolish females who We're taken
in charge by the police.
AS soon as she had joined the show
company her Waterloo friends tele-
graphed at once to her father, but thu:
him. Ii almost appears as if the par
Ients had cast off and disowned thei
weak and erring daughter and wouls
make no effort to reclaim her from tn
downward course upon which she ha
i so recklessly entered and in which. a
the book of Proverbs declared 800
years ago. Her steps take hold OF
hell"
If this is what street fair does for
lefty there are hundreds of towns il
A Iowa that are praying God TO delive
them from such calamity, but Their,
are many towns in which preparation
for similar caulivals are now unde
way, the street fair is all the rage, an,
it becomes the urgent duty of ever.
management to protect its city from tn
4 attacks Of the horde of moral leper
4 that have passed like a scourge througI
Dubuque and Waterloo. 1t can be don
and the fair not robbed of any of it
mothers of each community should Sc
that ii is done
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13
COTTON AND EXPANSION.

Following close upon Henry Waiter
IONS appeal to the South in behalf OF
expansion comes the account of Sena-
.or Morgan's efforts to convince the
people of the south of the commercial
Importance to them of expansion. He
cotton" He forasees the time when
cotton and cotton goods will be sent
across the Pacific to Manila, and thence
distributed over Asia, the great market
II the world for cotton goods. All the
profits viii go INTO American pockets.
without paying toll TO Liverpool and
Manchester There Will be a great
saving in the cost Of transportation,
md various other charges now oner-
rus. viii heightened.
Senator Morgan may or may not b
90 enthusiastic in believing that Ma
lila is to be the great cotton handling
.ity of the world. He is absolutely
:orrect in telling the southern cotton
,lanters that they must have new mar
rets, and that they must find them in
he East. Those planters are contin-
tally lamenting that too much cotton
IS grown. Every once in a while they
ire proposing to enter into some child
sh and impossible agreement to re-
strict the crop. What they need is to
grow all the cotton they can and 10
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13
IOWA NEWSPAPERS.
MEN WANTED EVERYWHERE.
TClinton Herald.

LClinton Herald.l
The scarcity of labor is still serious
problem with contractors, both ON new
railway lines and also With the river
Improvement. With the latter the
profits will be cut down considerably,
rs many Of the contracts were made on
a basis of sl.25 day for common labor
Now that help can not be secured at
sl.5o a day renders the condition serious
ON the part of the contractors, but all
are pushing ahead as rapidly as posi-
bic and considering the scarcity of help
are making good Roadway.
Contractor Pickley could put 500 men
| to work at Albany and Camanche,
where the wing dams are being built.
He is unable 70 secure workmen in suf-
ficient numbers and has several men
working the country over in an endeav-
or to secure labor. A representative of
| this company comes to Clinton regular
lly, and holds out the most fattering
inducements to those who look as IL
! they had never done lick of work In
/ their lives. In fact Pickley would en-
lploy any one who would work, regard
/ less OF former habits, but he can't get
them, and that Is where the contest
comes in. All kinds of inducements.
coupled with the best kind OF wages.
are offered, but there are very few that
have not something to do, and the fiat
tering inducements of the agents of the
contractors are, of necessity made To
that class of men who are afflicted with
la strong aversion to labor.
i Such a state of affairs has never be-
fore existed in this city. and the same is
true the country over. Times are Sc
good, and work so plentiful that the
workingman is able to dictate terms
and even then there is too much worl
to be done for the unemployed labor
4 E. z. McEvoy, of Dubuque, represent.
ling the contracting firm Of John Pick
ley & Co, is the agent for the compan,
doing the work at Albany, and is nego
tiating with workmen in this city dali,
in an endeavor to secure their servicel
on the river Improvement work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13
TRAMPs BoTHER1NG THEM.

u dliSy JuHcllou ESpIeSs.l
The return of the tramp is being
noticed and they are beginning to &c,
more numerous at back doors about
town. During fair week they We're har-
raising the residents in the vicinity OF
the fair grounds and despite the vigil
ant Des Moines officers many depreda-
tons were committed. They may be ex-
pected to resume the habitation Of the
rendezvous in the willows along the
Raccoon south of Valley Junction. For
several years this has been their hold
out and incoming trains on the various
divisions centering at Valley Junction
have brought onstant additions tc
their number night and day. Thievery
has been common practice and fire.
quent raids by officers have resulted In
recovery Of ill-gotten booty. There
should be taken some radical step t.
break up this tramp resort. 1T is a
menace to the community and especial
~ to those who live In the Immediate
neighborhood
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13
A simpIe Imitntf0n,

Imitation japanese work is the sim
plest thing in the world. Take any box
with smooth, wooden surface. and on it
paste leaves that have been pressed out
flat. arranging them in pretty designs.
Then yarnish and polish, and the effect
is exquisite japanese art.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13
Bcggs' German salve

Is an old remedy we'll known to most
German housewives. 1t is guaranteed to
cure scalds. burns. sores, cuts and
bruises. 1t heals without a scar. Geo. r.
Powers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13

When man is broke. be is generally
Filling to mend his ways.-Kansas City
I ar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13
punI1sHED DAILY By THI

Republican State Ticket.
For Governor
LESLIE NJ. SHAW.
For Lieutenant Governor
JAMES C. MILLIMAN.
For Judge Supreme Court
JOHN C. SHERWIN.
For Superintendent Public Instruction
RICHARD c. BARRETT.
For Railroad Commissioner
EDWARD A. DAWSON.
Republican County Ticket.
For State Senator
j. B. CLASSEN.
For Representative
THOMAS KIMBAI.L.
For County Treasurer
c. H. SMITH.
For County superintendent
j. MORRIsSEY.
For County Sheriff
T. j. SHOEMAKER.
For County Coroner
DIR. T. P. LIERLE.
For County Surveyor
WILLIAM RREMNER.
For County Supervisor
7. j. SHEARER.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13

How surely a partisan Injuries his
cause by resorting to underhanded
methods. The bitterly personal and I'M
warranted attack upon the private life
of Fred White by newspaper editor
is now being used by the friends of
White as political capital. The article
lis being given free publication in the
columns of the democratic press as it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13

Senator Lodge now proposes to nom
mate Gov. Roosevelt for the vice presi-
dency on the republican ticket in case
it is not thought advisable to run Mr..
Hobart for that honor. Lodge processes
10 be a friend of Roosevelts too, which
is the funny part of it. The public at
large is disposed to keep Roosevelt for
1904 when he could become president.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-13

1t is suggested that in view of the
Worldwide demand for American APP
pies the apple blossom should be our ma
tional flower. The mingling of the beau
tiful and the useful in such an emblem
would be unsurpassed.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-08-16
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$500 REWARD!

WE will pay the above ward for anv case of
Liver Complaint. Dyspe, STA, Sick Headache, In
digestion Const patton or Costiyeness we cannot
cure with Liverita. the Up To Date title Liver
Pill. when the directions are strictly complied
with. They are purely Vegetable, and never
Pills 1oc boxes contain 40 Pills. sc. boxes con-
tain 10 Pills. Beware OF substitutious and ami
tst;ons. Sent by mail. stamps taken. NER-
VITA MEDICAL Co., Cor. Clinton and Jack
son SITS Chicago. Ill. Sold by Feldmeyer Bros.
Druggists Annapolis, Nd. q 9tf.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-08-16
Saved From Bear by Soap Powder.

Saved From Bear by Soap Powder.
Carl Livernole, German peddler,
had a lively encounter with a small
brown bear in the woods south of
Brackney, Pa, few days ago, in
which. for the first time in history, a
mans life was saved by the use of soap
powder. Last winter bear tracks were
seen in the neighborhood, but hunters
failed to discover bruins whereabouts.
Livernole was going along the dug
road when there was a crashing in the
bushes beside the path, and a brown
bear plunged through the brush and
rearing on his hind legs stared at the
peddler.
Flight was his first thought, but his
legs are stiffened with rheumatism,
and he realized he would take second
money in a race with bruin. The bear
blinked savagely and advanced slowly.
Quickly unstrapping his pack Liver
mole took out several packages of soap
powder, and opening them dashed the
contents into bruins face. For a mo-
ment the act surprised his bearship.
Then he let out howl Of rage and be-
gan paving the air and trying TO rub
his eyes. Taking advantage of this
occupation Livernole left his pack and
plunged into the brush and escaped.
Later he obtained a wagon and drove
to the scene. recovering his goods. He
could see where the animal had rolled
on the ground in agony, but did not at
tempt to track him to his den.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-08-16
RATES OF ADvERTIsING.
ORIGIN OF MOVABLE TYPE
The Honor Is Now Ascribed to the
Coreans, In the Fifteenth Century.

Even Corea can boast Of her share OF
the great inventions OF the world,
though, singularly enough, neither the
world at large nor she herself, except
IN one case, has benefited permanently
by the inventions.
Corea was the first OF ell peoples to
originate movable metal type. For
hundreds of years the country and the
King had been under the domination
Of the Buddhist priesthood, and the
land was suffering the extremes Of sa-
eredotalism. Every third son must by
law become monk-in other words.
an unproductiye member of society;
The killing of COW was greater crime
than the killing of a man. The peo-
pies houses were being seized for the
erection of worse than useless monas-
.eries.
AT last the General vi T'a-jo. whom
1otard King had sent upon the insane
mission of invading China. turned to
his soldiers and said: ''Shall we return
20 the capital and apply ourselves to
the cleansing of the unspeakable cor
ruption of our country" He was APP
plauded to the echo, and, like Julius
Caesar. but with better purpose, he re-
crossed the Yalu, Corea's Rubicon,
marched back upon the capital. and
sealed the death warrant of sacredotal-
SIN.
No sooner had the new dynasty been
founded in 1892 than literature receiv-
ed a new impetus through the revival
Of Confucianism and the study of the
ancient classics. The monasteries,
which had become the repositories of
the scholarship of the land were filled
| wi no al icih Ia 10 of l.
hism. and literature was almost wholly
confined to its ritual. But now schools
were being established, books were be-
ing demanded, and students were call
ing impatiently for the time-honored
classics.
Thus it was that in the reign of King
Tajong a font of metal type was cast.
the first the world had ever seen. The
art of typography had existed fc- cen
turtles, and clay type had also been
used in Japan, but Corea was the first
to discern the need of the more per-
manent and durable form of metal
type; and so well did she carry out her
plan, that the type then cast has come
down to the present day practically I'M
impaired.
Each type was built on the principle
Of the arch, being cylindrically concave
on the under side. The purpose of this
was to secure a firmer hold upon the
bed of beeswax which constituted the
form" technically SO called. A shall
low tray was filled with wax, and the
type, after being firmly imbedded in it,
were ''planed" in the ordinary manner.
The printer, sitting cross-legged be-
fore it. applied liquid ink by means OF
soft brush, after which sheet of pa
per was lightly laid upon the form. A
piece of felt was brushed softly across
the porus paper with the right hand,
and the left removed the printed page.
In this way it was possible to strike off
some 10000 Impressions in a day
Harper's Magazine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-08-16


That members of parliament should
be allowed to wear their hats in the
house has often surprised foreign Wis
itors to the historic chamber.
1t is lucky for great many members
that the rules of debate, while demand
ing the wearing of hat, make no pro-
visions as to the character the headgear
shall take. The obvious result is that
the variety of parliamentary hats is
wonderful and vast.
But ii is not so much the character
of parliamentary hats as the manner
in which they are worn that is of in
terest Some truly marvellous balanc-
ing feats are performed with hats dur
ing every session.
A. ]. Balfour and the Duke of Devon
shire can balance their hats in the
bridge of their noses as if they had
been weaned practicing the feat. The
Duke of Devonshire is especially clever
in this way, and it is very difficult to
say whether he is not doing peacefully
behind the ample brim tilted over his
nose.
1t has been said that the leader of the
house Of commons deliberately sets a
trap for his adversaries by pretending
to sleep in the shadow of his hat brim,
so they may fall into error and he can
pounce upon them.
Another wonderful trick is that per-
formed by Tim Healy. who balances
the front brim of his hat upon the
bridge OF his pincenez in way few
men could accomplish the task. 1t is
one of the unmistakable signs that
trouble is brewing in the immediate
neighborhood of Mr.. Healy's seat 1t
practically amounts to an ultimatum
to the government, one which the
party whips must not ignore.-London
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