Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-15
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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A 9-year-old boy preacher in Georgia.,
whose mental faculties are precociously
developed, is leaving older ministers in
the shade in the matter of drawing
crowds. Itching ears favor novelties.
A Nebraska man complains that his
wife left his happy home and their chill
dren to teach the young Filipinos. Per-
haps she prefers the unadulterated
heather.
Professor j. Scott Clark, of the Chi
cago University, who has been con-
structing large dwelling with his own
bands opposite to the campus in Evans
ton, has given up the job and retired
temporarily from the carpenter trade.
He was all right until he got to the roof
but there the rub came, and he had to
call in two men who make business of
building houses.
Hard coal dealers are waving their
hands to attract people away from the
ice man.
Mrs. Edward Pisco of Denver, who
started last October on a trip thru the
east, south and north to obtain funds
for the National Jewish Hospital for
consumptives, has reached her home
with 100000 as the fruits of her work
Cases in BANKRUPTCY continue to illus
trate the amazing difference between
the mountain of debt and the mole hill
of assets.
There is near Philadelphia" says the
Record of that city. "a really wealthy
publishing house that brings out only
worthless books; volumes of verse and
of prose fiction which have no literary
value. and which the house issues at the
authors expense. These volumes do not
sell; they never appear on bookstands:
their editions are about large enough to
supply 500 copies 10 the newspapers to
review and 800 copies to the authors for
distribution among their friends. The
contents of the volumes, which never
fail to include the authors portraits and
brief biographies, are very amusing in
their banality." Books of this sort are
issued by this firm at the rate of about
six per week.
The government weather bureau
claims that only one in five out of its
weather predictions is incorrect, yet
proof of its accuracy is often given in
localities where we do not live.
The bureau of admissions announces
the attendance at the Buffalo Pan
American exposition during the first
three months, ending at midnight on
July 81, as 2.724.90S. With the excep-
ton of one week, the admissions have
shown steady increase.
When girls are chosen for the new
government telephone service in Lon
don the educational examination sinks
into insigniticance before the physio-
logical test. No girl will be employed if
she is below 5 feet inches high in her
stocking soles. She must possess good
hearing, have no defect of speech, and
must. be tested by viva voce exami-
nation. in which particular attention is
ito be paid 20 articulation, pitch of
voice. and general self possession"
Any candidate showing any Indication
of nervousness, hysteria, want of self
possession, or a strongly marked twang
shall be rejected. The majority will
probably pass in possession, but
dialect is a severe test.
I The removal Of the tariff on goods
brought into Porto Rico from the United
States has made a reduction in the num-
Der of customs employees necessary on
1.-THE island. Thirty-one men were in
formed that their services would not be
needed after Aug. IL, and two transfers
were made.
Up at Anoka. Minnesota. potato
grower sold his load of murphics for
sl2O.40. or at the rate of 95 cents per
/ bushel.
The weather bureau report indicates
that late corn in the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys shows Improvement
and that in some localities the crop will
exceed previous estimates. tho the lat
ter statement may well be doubted.
Mrs. Tom Moore, or 'Zeeke," is one
of the Oldest Indians on the Pacific
coast She is Makah Indian woman
of Washington, born and reared at
Neah Bay agency. and is without
doubt more than 100 years old. The
first thing she will ask a stranger for
is tobacco, which she eats with great
relish. She is nearly blind and can
| just tell daylight from night. II er hus-
band has been dead for over 30 years
and she has no relatives living. being
supported by rations furnished by the
government.
Behold how good and how pleasant II
is for brethren to dwell together in uni
ty."-Psalms
i 1t is said that discoveries have been
made which are believed to establish
conclusively that wholesale smuggling
of Chinese from British Columbia Into
the United States thru Santa Barbara
CAL, has been carried on.