Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-16
TOPICS OF THE TIMES


President Roosevelt shows an incli-
nation to thoroughly adopt the Iowa
idea of tariff revision.
On the great lakes the commerce re-
ceipts for seven months increased
nearly 100000 tons at 144 ports. The
shipments of 217 ports increased over
100000 tons. These arteries of trade
are growing more valuable to the peo-
pie as competitors with rail lines.
The schools of this country are doing
effective work. During the last decade
there has been a healthy increase in the
number of children between the ages of
10 and IA years who are able to read
except Nevada and Arizona, show in
crease. Every ten years the census bu-
reau reports the number of persons
able to read and write in any language.
These figures throw light upon the ex-
tent to which the rudiments of educa-
working of school systems. A large
amount of illiteracy among adults indi-
Gates that they were reared under an
imperfect school system, but neither il
literacy among immigrants nor litter
acy among elderly natives of the coun-
try is any index of the present condi-
ton of American schools.
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A Missouri doctor pronounces a
steady diet of onions and whisky sure
cure for malaria. He neglects to state
what becomes of the patient. and his
friends.
one pair of shoes in seven years, in
stead OF getting her picture in. the pa
persi at the head of testimonial for
the manufacturer did the unromantic
thing of suing for divorce. Otherwise
this story of the shoes would not COM
mend her economy.
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An Extremist-"Is Mr.. Fuse much
afraid of microbes 2"
well, should say; he washes the
antiseptic gauze gloves he wears in an
antiseptic fluid before he even handles
the sterilized glass that contains the
boiled and filtered mineral water he
intends to drink! "-Balt imore eHrald.
Not only the title of the Panama ca
nal is in doubt, but the ground OH
which 1t is located.
A firm OF tobacco manufacturers in
Bristol, England, has a letter from
George Washington to the firm $50
years ago. while the Father of His
Country was grower OF tobacco. 1t
runs as follows: Virginia, 25th No
vember, 1759-Gentlenlen: Some time
this week expect to get on board the
Cary for your house fifty hogsheads of
tobacco of my own and Jno. Parke Gus
tis's, which please to insure in the usual
manner. I shall also by the same ship
send you ten or twelve hogsheads more
IL 1 can getsthem on board in time; but
this, 1 believe, will be impracticable, II
Captain Tulman uses that dispatch In
loading which he now has in his power
to Co.. am, gentlemen, your most
obedient, humble servant. G. Washing
TOM
The labor forces desire to abolish
parties and machine" politics and vote
for citizen on his merits, but if they
were to enter the political arena with
this program they would merely create
another machine.
The Bulletin of Iowa State Institu-
tons" for July has reached the T.-R.
table. It contains some Instructive arr
ticles from public men. Among the ar
ticles is one on '.The Canteen" from G.
C. Horton, commandant of the Soldiers
Home, whose opinions on this subject
have been given in the T.-R. The Bull
letin contains views of groups of or
chestras and bands of the various state
institutions.
In rural justice court in Georgia re-
Gently an old negro whose testimony
had been questioned by lawyer said
in his own defense:
"Jedge, I'm good man. have been
a-livin' 'roun' heah ten years. I amt
never been lynched;en de only boss
ever stoled th'owed me en- broke my
two legs!"
A committee of the Memphis board
Of education has been appointed to in
vestigate special and revised edition
of the Holy Bible. with view to adopt