Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-24


st Paul Pioneer Press
used now by the Star. The additional
capacity of the mill will be a reserve
Tor increased circulation. The mill will
make only the paper used in the Star
office. 1t will give employment to about
100 people and will cost upwards of
S250.ooo. The undertaking indicates the
independent financial position of the
Star and its desire to avoid the exac-
tons of the paper trust.
The University of Chicago has
bought collection of $4,000 bugs.
Each one is impaled on pin. Let the
good work go on. Every college should
lave q collection" remarks the Kansas
City Star.
Approximately 100000 acres of land
in northern California were provision
ally Withdrawn from the public land
area for the creation Of forest reserves
under orders issued Tuesday by Com
missioner Hermann of the general land
office. On these lands an immense rush
recently has been made for timber land
by Spectators, and complaints have
been numerous from men who settled
tlnder the mining laws.
Now it's a kansan who wants the
Rible expelled from the public school
hecause his boy was expelled for dis
erderly conduct while it was being
cad. 1t is suggestive that reforms
rimarily begin at home.
To encourage the beaatifying of the
.ty the municipality of Paris awards
s.rao gold 44,euais annually to the de-
igners of the most artistic dwellings,
he owners of these homes are relieved
II half their annual taxes. In this is
hint for the new world
In China 1t Is nothing out of the way
Ia secure, at a price, a substitute to die
for him at the hands of the executioner
Money, of course. comes mainly into
clay, the price going to the substitutes
relations. a remarkable case Of such
substitution is reported from Foo
chow. The particulars to hand show
that, when certain chlldless criminal
there was adjudged to Geath, his fam
lily met to see what should be done. The
superstition of the land ran counter to
man dying without leaving son. at
least, to worship him after death. The
criminal had a brother who had so
many sons that he had no fear of being
left without worshippers. The family
decided to put him in as a substitute
for the childless one, so that the latter
1ould live on to get a son. The mill
tary mandarin concerned was bought
over, the criminal set free and his
guiltless brothers head was cut off.
lie were satisfied. But the mandarin's
.iuperiors did not see it in that light,
and informed the project of the city.
lie ordered the mandarin to be
scourged like a common coolie.
winch Is IL lHS5 IIlcdSo iIecOTQ-
herald notices that "Some of the indie
pendent steel companies are getting
Feady to fight the big trust. Or 1t may
be that they desire to be absorbed at
profitable figures
Poor woman! After her hard days
work she has to stay up half the night
With her babies"
whats the matter With her hus-
3and? Why doesn't he help herr"
"Oh, he puts in all his time agitat-
tng an eight-hour day for the working
Philadelphia Press.
Only in few emergency instances
will the president announce the APP
continents before the converting of
in December. This decision
has been reached by the president and
his cabinet advisers In order that sue
cessful applicants may not be put to
the expense and annoyance of furnish
ing two bonds for the same office within
- period of two or three months. When
congress convenes a large batch of
will be sent to the senate.
The Minnesota state food commits
sio nhas started a crusade against inn
pure preserves. Evidently there is q
wide field for effort in that direction.
Double Work.-First Decorator
advised him to have his house deco
rated during his wife's absence as Al
surprise.
Second Decorator-Good! Then we'll
have to do 1T all over asain when she
gets back Life.
PIttsburg, Oct. pa strike of the
employees of the McBeth Evans Glass
Company, the Chimney conlbine)
which affected $4,000 men. was com.
promised today and work will be re-
sumed Immediately.