Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-10
TOPICS OF THE TINES!

TOPICS OF THE TINES
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The corn boomers of Chicago are
completely overshadowed by the STOCK,
gamblers Of New York.
United States Senator John p. Jones,
Of Nevada. has $4,000 invested in
orange growing near Los Angeles. Cal,
and has become quite an expert judge
OF the fruit,
These who have a sweet tooth should
take courage. DR.. Willoughby Gardner,
of LONDON, endorses In a medical paper
the lately developed opinion that sugar
is great creator and main,ainer Of
physical Mercy.
barbed wire fence should be built
around Wall street
Col A. * Mcclure Half a century
ago the news paper was a luxury. today
ii is universal necessity. our Won
derful progress in railways, in the tele-
graph ard in the journalistic mechan-
ism Of the world in progress, with the
free schcpl at every crossroads, have
made the newspaper multiply into an
snual countless millions, and ], is today
the greatest OF the great public educa-
tors
The presidential party has been
greeted everywhere in California by a
Meal,h'ef flowers The cactus is wisely
concealed.
Tom L. johnson says of his handsome
house on Euclid avenue, Cleveland:
Here's where forget all about poll
tics and business. make it a hard and
fast rule never 70 think Of them after
j pass the door Of this place, ard that's
why I'm 50 healthy.
And why i ven,urea to ask, ARE
you called a Creek?r
Because replied the red Indian,
with rare condescension. I'm apt to be
turbulent when my head gets swelled,"
Anyway, it was clearly not because
of his having mueil Of anything TO do
With water Detroit Journal.
Havana pineapples are now arriving
in market in small quantities. They
are coming also from the Florida grow
ers.
Kansas is to revolutionize her treat
ment of the insane. Instead of crowd
ing the patients together into one inn
lnense building. they will be placed in
cottages similar To private homes
Gen. Macarthur says that Manila
compares favorably with cities Of the
United States in respect to morality.
Andrew Carnegie, who with his fam
liz has just arrived at Paris from AK
les 3ains. has had to give orders to the
proprietor of the hotel where he is
lsstaying to protect himself against the
solicitation Of the managers Of various
pillanthropical and educational
schemes
| The lake commerce OF the Duluth
| Superior harbor shows in immense in
crease over that OF last year.
| Mr.. Conger's Sincere friends ought 10
be found in his home county of Dallas
They advise him TO keep out of the GU
bernatorial contest and 1t is highly
probable that he viii heed.
Despite all efforts of the Health de-
partment in New York City smallpox
is spreading in the great metropolis
During the month OF April there were
1919 cases. In the first Six days of May
| 107 new cases were reported. The rec
ords of cases show that the disease has
| spread to all parts of the city. When
the first cases We're reported they
We're principally in one or two sections
narrowly bounded. But the houses
from which the reports OF cases now
come are scattered all over the city.
Mr.. Cummins needs 821 votes in the
out of ninety-nine have held conven-
tons and he has 1ia of the necessary
| votes.
Tomorrow the three great colleges OF
Iowa-Ames, Drake and Grinnell-wil
contest to determine which possesses the
best runners. jumpers and throwers
Field athletics are the ideal college
sports and should be viewed with that
general public interest that character
ICED the ancient Grecian games Of the
same nature.
OF the Ave county conventions already
held every one instructed its delegates
II seems to be quite the fashion this
year to express the local wish on state
candidates at the county convention and
it is quite right. There 10 nothing sc