Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-02
TOPICS OF THE TINES.
And now labor organ is turning
upon President Shaffer to read him for
of the strike.

And now labor organ Is turning
upon President Shaffer to read him for
mismanagement of the strike.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the International Good Roads
Congress-the first ever held-at Buff
congress will be the good roads train,
which will be taken from Chicago to
Buffalo and exhibited on good roads
day at the exposition.
Chicago is rejoicing over the fact
that her isolation smallpox hospital is
empty for the first time since Novem-
Der %.
The past two nights have been sug-
gestive of frost, with temperature as
low as As in central Iowa.
AT rough estimate the total amount
of income taxes which Americans in
England are compelled to pay for John
Bulls support is $5,OO0,O00 year. All
whose incomes are below $500 year
escape free. The wealthy ones are
those who most frequently go to Eng
land to live and this mulct is not regard
ed with displeasure by those who live up
to the idea of America for Americans.
1t is probable that restaurants will
now be serving up prairie chicken
(alleged) on toast.
The general land office has been
making Il new examination of the pet
rified forests of Arizona. The silicified
logs lie in great abundance within an.
area of eight square miles in Apache
county. In some places they lie more
thickly than they could have stood
while living as trees. and it is thought
that they must have been carried there
by a swift current of water in the me-
Sozoic age.
The public schools reopen at many
points in Iowa tomorrow. 1t will be
the teachers busy day.
Six thousand teachers and 100000
pupils begin school work in Chicago
tomorrow. A little thing like that Gre
ates considerable stir.
Representatives of eight nations met
at Christiana. Norway early this sum
mer to consider methods of systematic
international oceanic research. Swed-
en-, Germany, Great Britain. Denmark,
Belgium, Norway, Russia and Holland
We're the nations represented. The
scheme Professionally adopted divides
the eastern North Atlantic and it's es-
tuaries into spheres, each of which is
looked after by one of the nations 1t is
expected that each country will equip
a special ship for it's work. There
is to be a cenetral international labora-
work of the various ships will be coll
lated and combined and the general re-
suits Of the work made ready for the
public. The work of the association
will be of a practical as well as scien-
tific character. The study of the dis
tribution of fish, fish food deposits, etc.
will be one of the first items in the
present plan.
The public has not been fully educated
up to the point of the universal use of
Labor day as a holiday. There is large
room for expansion here.
General Fred d. Grant credits the
Filipinos with having keen sense of
humor.
Colorado Springs has a club of wo-
men who are engaged in homework
for living at weekly wages. The
club is called the Sheldon Union and
meets every week. Not long ago they
had debate on the subject: Re.
solved that the trials of the servant
are greater than those of the mistress"
One of the points made was this:
Training schools for servants have
often been discussed at great length
at women's clubs. at the home and else
where, but a far greater good could
be accomplished If we had training
schools for mistresses." 1t was re-
ceived with great applause, as the de-
baters We're evidently not aware, says
a posted writer. that great many of
the women's clubs have domestic
science committees" that are practic-
ally training schools for housekeep-
ing" while number of womens coll
leges include that science in their cur
riculum.
Labor day and labor are inseparably
mixed for the greater part of hui
manity.
ST. Louis is said to have $17.O0O.0O
in sight for its exposition and expects
to begin building operations November
/. That leaves eighteen months in
which to do the job before the opening
day. May 1, 1903 If we may credit
ST. Louis talk that city will not only
show the world an example of getting
ready. but greater exposition than
has yet been held.
1t may be that 1t has not occurred to
Candidate Phillips to heap Goals of fire
upon the heads of his detractors.
II ever two illustrious legal lights had
reed of their professional powers 1t was
Judges Hubbard and Trimble when they