Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-30
! TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Everybody is rejoicing over the fine
rain which fell in central Iowa. In Mar!
shalltown the fall Was &c OF an inch.
g. X. Gilbert says in the annual re-
port Of the United States geological sur
vey that In $500 YEARS the Falls of Nj
agara will be no more, the bed OF the
river will be dry and the great lakes
will be emptying into the Gulf of Next
GO thru the Mississippi river. There will
be plenty Of time TO see the Falls before
this happens.
Speaker Henderson draws a pension,
hui, according IL i. g. Hard. :.:s y.
buque law partner. the amount he re-
ceives hardly keeps him in artificial
legs. These he wears out about as
quickly as the ordinary man uses up a
pair of shoes.
Senator Clark of Montana, has a
new son-in-law, If not a seat in the ma
floral senate. and the current OF expen-l
ditures can be turned in a new direc-
ton
The choice of profession" says Sir
Henry Irving in The June Success AL
Ways difficult for a young man, should
he governed somewhat by inclination.
1t was this which governed mean in
tense liking, supported by youthful
familiarity with Shakespearean litera-
Tall n In.
4 had chosen a profession for which L
Was lnsuited by nature, j might have.
accomplished nothing iii life. Every
man must choose for himself and the
safest plan Is to improve the talents one
is sure he possesses III. however, a man
Is unhappy or dscontented in his work,
4 take it for granted that that person
has undertaken work for which he is
untitled by nature and the sooner he
takes up something else, the better It
will be for him
In Burlington Monday work was be-
gun at tlleneW button finishing factory,
with twenty-four operatives at the ma
chimes. sixty machines Will be in oper-l
One by one new factories arc being es-9
tablished in Iowa TO turn hitherto
worthless mussel shells into useful ar
,ticles.
& j, II Manley, national committeeman
from Maine, said Monday that the re-
publican nomination for vice president
ly,.x Gt4fs
John ID, Long and ex-senator Wash
burn. Minneapolis. There isquite5a SEN
tinent developing for Washburn, and II
may be that conditions are such as to
help the movement along.
The orange expert estimates Fi0rida's s.
orange crop for the season of l900-ls0l
at 100000 boxes. The average price for
the coming season Is approximated at
81 per box on ths trees. Now that
Florida orange growers are getting on
pllsir fee again after the freeze of sew
eail Years ago. much in the wayBof de-
lictous fruit, Is expected from that quar-
tier ard competition With California
and our new possessions may reduce
prices.
The democratic editors of Indiana, in
convention at indianapolis on the 18th
Inst. resolved 10 shelve free silver and
flight the campaign on the Issues of
TRUSTS and imperialism. Indiana is not
q state hat Bryan can afford TO ignore.
Hon VIII hereconeiie IL and keep states
of the Arkansas stripe in line?
Lord Roberts has had few equals in
\ the handling of sword and lance. says
la Writer in THE New Penny Maya
ZINE. He was always especially fond
LOT tent pegging, and SO excelled in the
3ldificult diversion that he carried off the
FIRST prize al the Indian tournament
from The whole Indian army when he
/ Was already past his Goth year The
Hove Of free, rapid movement soon made
i him an accomplished cyclist, and he die
much of his work in Ireland. especially
at maneuNers, on the wheel. He SO be.
lieNed in his bicycle that he induced hi.
A.staff TO follow his example, altho al
4 We're not equally we'll equipped for rid
4 ing 1t.
i The United States senate has retired
4 another Boer resolution to the silenc,
i3ofsa communicable by vote OF 40 to &c
Among the Republicans who voted Will
the minority were Chandler of New
4 Hampshire; Hale OF Maine; Hoar, o
/ Massachusetts, and Billy Mason. o
q Illinois.
s Minneapolis Tribune: Grosveno
J. wants Deliver of Iowa, for vice presi
a dent- but he Will find that the friend
Of Speaker Henderson in Iowa Will no
take kindly 10 the suggestion. Hender
son will be candidate for recollection
and he knows that it is unlikely tina
the presiding officer of the house will b
!; taken from the same state that the pre-
! siding officer Of the senate halls from.
Il There Will be no reduction of wa
taxes at this session of congress. TIL
difficulty in doing anything In the wa
of reduction this session comes fror
the pressure of other matters whic
I had the right-of-way by consent, an
could not be disposed of In time TO jus
tify any attempt to take UP revenu
{ legislation. 1t is admitted on both side
) that debate over any proposition to re