Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-20
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

/ fame is made luminous by the addition
Of coal oil or crude benzine, or the or.
binary non-luminous flame is used to
! give incandescence to 4 Welshach man
tie. Some lamps have from sixty to
burners yield about thirty candle-power
per ounce of alcohol.
/ David B. Hill will now probably hide
that seize the coal mines socialstic
/ plank.
Andrew Carnegie's secretary says
that during July. August and Septem
Der Mr.. Carnegie received from 400 to
500 applications for assistance in the
establishment of free libraries. He has
#already done Il great work, but the field
! is unlimited.
Thomas f. Walsh, the multi-million-
| aire and former owner of the bonanza
camp, Bird gold mine, at Ouray. and
| former president of the National Irriga-
! ton Association, spent money with Il
| lavish hand during the three days ses-
sion of the irrigation congress at Colo
RADIO Springs. Mr.. Walsh not only spent
money like water for the entertainment
and happiness of his friends and the
delegates. but felt much aggrieved to
think that he could not part with more
Of his gold. His hotel bill was $1,000,
tc which was added an itcmiZed account
of $4,000 for extras"
What have you gone to smoking for,
at your age?"
Il want to show my boys how easy it
is to break off a bad hapit.'
Then YOU are going 10 quit it Q?
''Yes--as soon as l get the habit
little more firmly fixed"
Chicago Tribune.
Some years ago. writes the Wash
iIston correspondent of the Boston
Transcript, "the bureau of harbor sta
tistics made a compilation of the length
Of time which would be necessary at the
advance of wages resulting from ali
successful strikes for the men to get
back the money they had lost by being
out of work. In some strikes, which
were rated as successful it would take
as long as six years for the employees TOT
Iecoup themselves for their direct loss
a!tho the average was Only about three
months. In the partially successful
strikes. the designation of compro-
mise class, the length of time necessary
averaged about one year He esti-
mates that it would take the hard coal
strikers four years to regain their loss
c:; under ordinary conditions.
Ex-senator Blair, of New Hampshire, /
believes in the government ownership
of public utilities. Not only does he j
want the federal authorities to take
charge of the coal mines. but he like
wise insists that it would be good policy
to place the schools under government
control. to the end that correct eco
nonic theories alone be promulgated.
Mrs. Crabbe-Here's an article in the
Iaper about a JOB for the Fool-Killer.'
Mr.. Crabbe (crossly)-Oh, I don't I
know. never met one. /
Mrs. Crabbe-Naturally.
Catholic Standard.
1t is said that the savage tribes do not
indulge in the formality of counting;
they make raid and steal women for
wives, but there are others. Doc"
Brown, of Morgansfield, Ky, who repre-
SCENTS his district in the state legisla-
ture, is one of kentuclSys unique char
acters. TO illustrate point in a recent
speech he gave the following account of
his courtship: Take my advice and
never give a woman ANYTHING she can't
eat and never make love to her out OF
an ink bottle. Why, when courted my
wife l just grabbed hold of her and
said: .Sallie, you are the sweetest thing
on earth and your beauty battles the
skill of man and subdues his ferocious
nature, and got her.
Sunday was one of these bright peri
DDS that make a big span across the
fading landscape. 1t was an ideal fall
day.
lie 81. LOUIS eApuSitloiI VIII IdNe
s25O000 worth of souvenir gold dollars
coined for it, half of which will bear the &:
bust of President Mckinley and the !
ether half that of Jefferson. The fair
will charge 50 apiece for
them, thereby netting $250,00O in cash
il all are sold. The first few hundred
will be numbered from one up and Il,
for the small figures is eX-
pected to be lively. II would not be
surprising Ii No. l Mckinley and No. I :
Jefferson should bring $4,000 apiece.
But each dollar should have hole in It.
90 that it may be carried on string,
End this without affecting its value in
In 1899 we minted 50026
Lafayette dollars" in silver. In 1892
l3 the coinage of Columbian" halves
500, 1o5 and Il quarters 49, j
l23. The first Columbian half dollar
sold for 1000.
The town of Modena. Iowa. has a
petticoat Club. Good name, too, tho
all the other names had been
selected by rival clubs.
In some parts of Ireland the names
ire. simply chalked on carts and other
vehicles kept for public hire, in order to
comply with legal regulations. Unfor- .