Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-16
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

With winter half gone. with bare
ground and a moderate temperature,
/, the shedding industry is inclined to Ian
guish.
| In its January first edition the Los
in the way of progress for the city and
southern California.
President Castro has borrowed all OF
the available money in Venezuela, his
soldiers refuse to fight and he is alto
gether without resources. Under the
circumstances his willingness to get
under the cover Of arbitration Is not
surprising.
The teachers retirement fund of the
state of New Jersey is maintained by
system of voluntary payments by the
teachers turnout the state and a GER
tain percentage of each years salary
makes one eligible to The benefits of the
fund The plans ana workings of this
system were recently presented before
the Educational Association of Newark
by Miss u. A. Allen. of Hoboken, who is
deeply interested in this work.
Congressman jackson, of the Third
Kansas district, is having troubles
enough for a whole delegation. During
the campaign he fell and broke his leg.
At the election he was defeated. He
went to Washington last week to fin
ish his term and his leg began to bother
him. He went to New York to consult
specialist, who found 1t necessary to
break the leg again. and reset 1t.
A Missouri farmer gave his son
eighty acres of land. saying: My son,
l believe I am bette. father to you by
giving you eighty acres of Missouri
land than by sending you to college to
learn how to smoke cigarets and play
football"
This is the way an Austrian paper at
Vienna talks: Germany will have to
consider in good earnest the possibility
of a conflict. Should Germany, Austria,
Italy. France and Russia Jointly decide
upon radically solving the American
question, England will also be one of
the party. And there will be rich
spoils; the forty-five states and the six
territories would afford abundant COM
pensation for the costly ornaments.
The powers will not be at q loss to par
4 a c
territory of colonization" What fool
ishness!
The Burlington Hawkeye exclaiins,
.srhe Iowa idea'-phew! Some one
open the window, quick!" Well, we
should say: Hawkeye hot air will not
serve the purpose now.
It is expected that with duties on
Canadian coal abolished, large
amount of Nova Scotia and Cape Bre-
ton coal will reach New England and
will relieve the pressure on Pennsylva-
mia and West Virginia mines. This
ought to enable the latter to meet the
demands from other points.
$50
The oldest engine In active service on
the Northern Pacific reached the west
coast ahead of the roadbed, being
shipped around Cape Horn, and did
service in construction work. 1t does
duty now in the humble capacity of
tweed burner" In the fertile sections
along the division this locomotive
pushes flat car arrangement equipped
with an oil contrivance used to burn
the weeds that grow rank along the
right-of way, thus threatening, when
left to catch fire from passing trains,
the destruction Of meadows or crops.
THE late Thomas B. Reed made po-
utical address in a small PENNSYLVANIA
town some years ago. The town hall
was small and badly lighted and the
sneakers desk was set close to the
edge of the platform. Mr.. Reed, as his
speech progressed. became excited. He
forgot his surroundings; he forgot how
near ne was to the platforms edge, but