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MOUNT VERNON HAWK-EYE.
I
IOWA STATE NEWK mWA,S WmNING
Fine 8reek Breeders. Reports Indicate That the Exhibits
At the twenty-fifth annual conven-at the Omaha Exposition Meeured
tion in Iowa City of the Iowa Fine Many Premiums.
Stock Breeders' association Ames was All the reports of Iowa's winnings
selected as the place of meeting next at the Omaha exposition have not been
year and officers were elected as tel- received, but there is enough to show
lOWS:
President, William Beardshear, Ames, that the state secured more than its
president of Iowa agricultural college; vice share in most lines in which exhibits
presidents, J. F. Heinz, Wapello; John were made. The live stockawardshave
1LIowell, %Vllton; Richard Baker, Farley; S. not been announced, but they will ag-
A. Converse, Cresco; S. H. Hoadly, Cedar gregate more than 20 per cent. of all
Rapids; H. D. Parsons, Newton; Prof. C.
A. Curtiss, Ames; C. C. Norton, Cornlng; the premiums, medals and diplomas of-
Charles Etcher, Batavia; F. A. Edwards, fared. Iowa sent 36 carload : of fine
Webster City; H. G. McMlllan, Rock Rap- stock to the exposition, and the Iowa
ids; secretary and treasurer, W. M. Me- commission paid all the freight and ter-
Fadden, West Liberty.
minal expenses, amounting to a little
Important Deeislons. more than $2,000. The exhibitors make
BRYAN'S JAW UNLOCKED.
~ae Me~nphonie Mouthpleee o|
Cheap Moneyltes I. Amuln ia
WorklnE Order.
Col. Bryan could not wait for the ae-
eeptance of his resigna~ion before nn-
bottling his pent-up opposition to that
inevitable result, of the war, expansion.
The same day that he forwarded his
reslgnmtion by wire he gave out an ex-
tended interview in the strain of Bailey.
Cleveland, Hoar and Vest.
Not the least significant feature of
thds interview is the avoidance of all
reference to silver or the finaneia: quea-
tick in any form. Evidently Mr. Bryan,
in his character of boy orator, has a new
toy, and wants to play with It. This is
{I
A PLATFORM FULFILLED.
The Promises of the Republlenla
ty Have Been Faithful-
ly Kept.
A party that keeps faith with the
people deserves the commendation of
all who believe that political platforms
are guides for action, not mere rhetor-
ic to catch votes. The platform adopt-
ed by the republican national conven-
tion in St. Louis June 18, 1896, has al-
ready been wrought into history. Every
intelligent voter asks that his party
not only have a full purpose to vitalize
its principles as announced, but that it
shall show the capacity tu do it when
intrusted with power. Tested by this
standard the republican party has per-
,:A [ARG[ IAVING
of the Work of Board of
in Five Months Is
Gratifying.
IN GOOD SHAPE,
bliention of Definite Starts-
and Employes Are to
UniIorms--The New Teach-
,ok -- OtherNotes of
Or Less Interest.
,eclal Corresl)ondence.]
Mnes, Is Dec. 26. The board
sl ate institutions has now
official charge of all the state
~ns for nearly six months. The
It of the first five months has
gratifying ~o those who
the system would effect a very
to the state. The balance
November 1 in the various sup-
amounted to $102,821.28.
what we might have spent but
said ex-Gov. Larrabee, chair-
the board, in explaining the
statement just prepared, from
less figures were taken. '*This
t give a fair idea of the balance
~," Mr. Larrabee continued, "for
this money tn hand we have
supplies bought and
in all the institutions. Some
in potatoes, but-
and many other things for
months to a year. In the state-
regard to the soldiers' home
mlltown and the home for the
Knoxville a little explanation
,e made in regard to the com-
a of employes, which will oth-
eem very small. Many of the
s in both these institutions are
thereof, and are paid a trifling
month for performing cer-
s. The inmates of all the in-
are required to work if they
but none receive eompensa-
;ept in the soldiers~ home and
~ome for the blind."
Some Mt~tiltlcs.
ollowing table, taken from the
V statement of the board for
mr, is the first publication of
statistics concerning the oper-
the board of control and the
maintaining each institution,
r with the number of employes
nares in each:
7::
iiiiiiiiii!ii
!i]!iiii!i!i! ,
institutions mentioned in this
xe: Anaznosa and Fort Madison
?risons; Clarlnda, Independence
ount Pleasant hospitals for the
; Davenport, soldiers' ol~hans'
Elders, Industrial school for
Mitchellvtlle, industrial school
fie; Glenwood, institution for
minded; Knoxville, home for the
Marshalltown, soldiers' home;
t, college for the blind; Council
school for the deaf. In addition
pay roll reported here there were
t special pay rolls in four tnstitu-
amounting to $1,258.09, making
tal pay roll for all the Institutions
|.53. The pay roll for both pent-
ties comeS out of the general
In the, other institutions it is
dad, and the general fund, less
y roll, is the amount paid out for
ea and other expenses.
statistics here collected show
here are 2,e51 insane in the three
tale, 1,125 eonvtctstn the twopenl-
tries and 652 boys and girls in the
trial, or reform schools.
Will Make Comparison.
this table shows a net saving
more than $100,000 in
~onths from the old system, it is
impossible to make a close com-
)n of the cost of maintaining the
utions under the old system and
few, because there was no ads-
system of bookkeeping under the
[stem. The board intends to era-
an expert statistician before long
~ake inverAlgations and compile
the best information obtainable
,at se plw ed in, the palace
in which they w rl l~e e: hlbtted betwee~
February.15 an, Febr cry 20, 1900.
Since the la~ b Par,exposition no
countr'," iU the world has made ~uck
enormous progress in all kinds of in-
dustrisl enterprise a~the United Sta~es.
and, the manufacturer~ alone of this
country would use, if it" could, be se-
@uteri, ten times the space allotted t~
Ameriea.--~. Y, Commercial Adver-
llaer.
His ~lflr~n~me Hla Weapon.
An English wrlter who likens Talleyo
rand to a cat which scratches, dealing
wounds that inflame but that do ~ot
kill, gives a few examples Of his im-i-
fating wit. Director tRewbell, in a fit
of rage, flung an inkstand at Talley-
rand's head, exclaiming: "Yile emigre,
your mind is as, crooked a= your feet."
The cripple waited his revenge. / "How
are things going?" asked Rewbell one-
day of the prince. "Crossways, as yott
see," replied Talleyrand to the direc-
tor, whose eyes crossed. Mme. de Stae~
was suspected of painting herself as the
heroine of her romance, "Delphine,"
and Talteyrand in the eharseter of th~
greedy and artificial Mme. de Vernon~
"They tell me," said the wit, meetin~
her soon after her 1rooks had appeared,
*'that both you a~nd I are in the book,
ma,~lam, disguised as ferns!as."--De-
troit Free Press.
A Narrow ~s~ape from |orl~w.
Mr. Weddeman---The poet says pearl~
are angels' tears.
Mrs. Weddema~--It'a lucky you
aren't an angel, Arthur. If you were I
Btt~ Owed.
"John, dear, I found ~en dollars In
your Old coat, ,this morning."
."Good, my dear, good. You may haw~
half of it.'
'~l'hank~, dear. NOW 1 9.Sly owe 30Sl,
fl~'---Harlem Li~
t