Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-25
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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"a college education, while fine cor
nerstone for future success, seldom
leads at once to business position with
a salary warranting. an early marriage.
! The boy who begins work at IA is, as a
rule, financially able to marry earlier
than is the collegian whose business OF
professional career does not open until
he is in the twenties."
"How misleading the portraits of our
public men are!" remarks the Chicago
Tribune. Mr.. Bryan's pictures always
represent him with his mouth firmly
closed
| In spite of the famine in northern
Europe the worlds wheat crop in 1902
was the largest on record. According
| 10 Broomhall who is about as salts
factory and careful as a wheat statisti-
| clan can be expected to be. the 1902
crop amounted to 3.072.0O0O00 bushels,
CT about 5 per cent more than the rec
crd yield of 1898. In spite of the fact
that the annual consumption is only
about 2,720, 100000 bushels, the situation
is not so unfavorable to prices at is
looks. For much of the 1902 crop tho
excellent in quantity, was very poor in
quality; and, furthermore, the 1902
when reserves were pretty well eat
en- up
Forty of Missouri's ia almshouses
report 962 inmates an average of TWEEN
tyfour to each county. OF this number
567 were men and 395 women; S4s white
and ia negroes. Tally one for the
blacks.
In Kansas Henry Alien resents the
attempt of Senator Morehouse to
fasten the name of helianthus upon the
suntlower and make il the state en-
blem. HE can not" SAYS Allen. make
the sunfiower any more of a state en-
blem than 1t already liz, and he can't
make it a helianthus by RAISING reso-
luton thru the legislature"
Muncie, Ind, is considerably dis
turbed over the letter V that appears in
the title of the new Carnegie library. as
chiseled in stone above the entrance.
The title now appears: Mvncie Pvb-
lie Library" In art circles there is
unanimous approval of the old Roman
U, which Is V, because, 1t is held, the
old letter conforms with the Roman
style of architecture used in the build
ing. The modern U has it's advocates,
States" letters should l:tvt, been used
instead of the characters of a dead Lam
guage. They insist that Muncie is an
up-to-date city and that an old style
letter might be taken to imply that the
town is a dead one Theirs is not
much prospect of a change, however.
The Iowa republican majority is dis
playing great deal of patience with
the disgruntled members of the party
who insists upon keeping up their mis-
representations of attituGe.
Sweden is said to 1--we the lowest
ing the last ten years the annual aver
age has been only 16.49 per thousand.
But the famine may increase it; or is 1t
a fact that frugality in eating is pro-
ductive of longevity?
American military government is Il
thing of the past in Manila, as it is
thruout most of the Philippines. But
it has left it's indelible mark in the
Malay capital. For the first time in
history Manila is a clean city-cleaner
than New York. as clean as Boston. 1t
has been made SO by the iron hand of
military tyranny" At least this is the
way in which American rule used to be
described by Aguinaldo's adherents in
the Philippines and in the United
States. Imperialism" in practice in
Manila has undone the neglect of CEN
turtles. 1t has unearthed in the main
streets of the city substantial stone
Eavements that have been covered from
human sight from time immemorial.
The Minnesota Legislature is engaged
in an effort to frame model primary
election law. Other states will watch
the movement with interest.
"A supreme court decision reaffirms
the power Of congress to prohibit inter-
state commerce within certain limita-
tons and consequently strengthens re-
cent legislation. Better look out, Mr..
Trust!
Joseph Battell. millionaire land
owner of Middleburg, VT, has offered
to rebuild the business portion of that |
town, which was recently destroyed by |
fire. The proposition of Mr.. Battel1 is |
to buy the sites of all buildings burned |
and to erect on each a fireproof build
ing. Mr.. Battell will also assist the con-
Germs to resume business. The only re-
that he makes is that the vot-
ers of the village must guarantee in a |
mass meeting that no saloons shall |
ever be opened in the village. The
thrifty Vermonters will probably ac-
cept this offer and take chances on get
ting an occasional drink.
Officers of the navy who have seen
much service in the West Indies, altho
that the United States did
not acquire the sites for four naval sta
tons in Cuba, as was the original prop
osition, feel gratitied that two such de-