Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-06

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TOPICS OF 1ns Tines
Strike while the Iron 10 hot" IL good
policy. It Is feared the steel strikers
will allow the iron to grow cold and UNI
yielding.
Washington Snow, locomotive en-
gineer on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railway, figures that In the
thirty eight years in which he has been
running engines on that road. at an
average Of $4,000 miles year. he has
Travelled 1,46s,0oo miles.
Reports of the national banks Just
published show that the country is In
good condition commercially and in
dustrially.
Jackson. New Orleans. Captain John
t. Martin, who is In command, began
the oil treatment to exterminate moss
quitoes long before the war department
issued the order giving of1cers authori-
ty to use crude petroleum In the effort
to rid the various posts OF mosquitoes,
and there IL not mosquito at the bar
racks. Captain Martain declares that
the oil will not only prevent the hatch-
ing of mosquito eggs. but kills the
grown mosquitoes. II have corralled
several thousand mosquitoes" he said
lately, and tried oil en- them. and
it invariably killed them. Just as soon
as they get the fumes they 90 of some
place and die. and they die very quick
ly."
Statistics show that Americans lead
the world in the production of iron and
steel-and steel strikers.
Senator John NJ. Tkurston, OF Nebras-
ka. said recently that the published
statement that he had rendered his pro-
incorrect. "As his warm friend and
admirer." said the senator, II wired him
a message indicating my friendship and
desire for his complete vindication, but
nothing in the line OF professional as
ssstance was suggested or thought or"
According to Weather Prophet Hicks.
from about the 9Th to the 9Th look for a
very warm wave to eliminate In thun-
derstorms with hail and high winds.
Following these storms expect a marked
fall Of temperature"
President Hadley, OF Yale, is such a
busy man that someone recently re-
ferred to him as perpetual notion
He is president OF a great university.
a contributor to current literature, Is
writing book and in addition FREE
quently speaks at colleges, assemblages
and banquets. Such a man needs a
large stock of vitality to prevent
breakdown.
A Berlin newspaper publishes some
curious details respecting the letter
bags of the principal European sover-
eigns. The pope holds the first place,
as he receives every day from $4,000 to
$4,000 letters and newspapers. King
Edward VII. comes next, with 5000
newspapers and 1000 letters. The car
and the German emperor receive each
from 500 to 700 letters, appeals, ETC.;
the king of Italy. 500, and Queen Will
helmina, from 100 to $50. The pope,
says the same authority, employs no
fewer than thirty five secretaries.
The latest seaside fad in Europe is
the wearing of sandals by grown per-
sons. Many girls seem to be especially
taken with the new idea. The sandals
are generally worn without stockings.
The craze has spread to London, where
we'll dressed woman can be seen san
daled in the parks.
Among the inventions patented by
women Of late years are many articles
of great use to business men. Some OF
these are motors. bicycle attachments,
railway appliances, clocks. threshing
machines. screw crank for steamships,
syllable type and plumbing devices.
self-fastening buttons, Improvements In
cigars, a cooking clock and a deep-sea
telescope are prominent in the list OF
things unique and curious. Strangely
enough, says the New York Tribune.
there are few toys. baby carriages or
other Inventions for the amusement or
profit of child among patents taken
out by women, and Improvements in
nursing bottles or cradles have almost
invariably been the work OF men. Dress
and cooking appliances, however, and
toilet articles. cosmetics and patent
medicines have been the most popular
subjects upon which women of inven-
tive genius have tried their skill.
The appearance OF the katydid two
weeks ahead OF time has caused some
uneasiness among the farmers of Dell
aware. They say that it comes about
six weeks ahead Of the first frost, and
II this should prove true the corn and
buckwheat crops would be damaged.
Last weeks movement Of harvest