Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-27
TOPICS OF THE
TIMES q = .

/
A dispatch from Throop. Pa, May d
| says that little girl 10 Jears old af'ei
| jumping skipping rope 200 times, ie1
over and died shortly after in grea'
agony. The Iowa Boa,d of Health
| Bulletin says ii has read cf two or three
similar accidents. The tact that many
do this and live in no wise lessons us
danger. 1t is particularly hazardous tt
| persons with any heart affection.
1t is hoped that the trustees of the
| Albert Lea. Mimi. College which has
| been closed on account o. poor business
management may be opened again, as
| the deficit has been provided for by
subscription.
| A report submitted at the annual
meeting of the American Library AS
ISOLATION shows that $40, zoo, 400 was do
lrated to the founding of libraries In the
year ending May 81. The report in
cludes gifts of $500 or mere, of 200 vol
umes and upward, and such other gifts
miscellaneous In their character, a.
seem specially noteworthy. OF this
amount S7l5,S0O We're given for gen
erai endowment funds, SS6.700 foi
building sites, S6619oN0 for buildings
from Andrew Carnegie, Sl.2aO.S9S N
round numbers for buildings from va
rious donors. $10S.000 for the establish
ment of book funds, slGl,600 for the
purposes the object of which were not
stated.
For the first time in ;he history OF
Rush Medical College one student has
won both Freer medals. The winner
was Philip A. Reppert Of Burlington
who has just led class of 227 in win
ming the highest scholarship for fou,
years. Two years ago he won the
medal.
| Over in Indiana ninet-five head OF
hogs sold for 100000 recently. One in
| lividua is reported to have brought
s17.957. There were no Hoop Pole town
| ship methods used in breeding these
hogs.
| The death of CAPTAIN Evans, of OF
tumwa, reminds Colonel l., b, Ray
mond of the Hampton Recorder, that
| the old guard are rapidly being mus
| tered out. Raymond was appointed one
Of the trustees of the MarshalitoWt
Soldiers Home in January, 1895, only
soldiers being eligible to the place
| to fiji! vacancy occasioned by the
death of Captain n. A. Merrell, and
since that time three Of those out OF
the seven with whom he served on the
board have passed away. l.. David
son, Captain j. j. Russell and now Cap
tain Evans.
Mayor Van Patter, of Buckeye, one of
the new towns In Hardin county on the
Des Moines Short Line, seems the right
sort for a new town. He is carpen-
ter and contractor, deals III coal cat
tie and hogs and takes turn at the
painting trade when things are slack
in the other branches. Mayor Van
Patter seems to be the whole board OF
public works at Buckeye.
Some Comfortable Friend-Yes, sir.
have run over nearly ten people with
that automobile.
F'riend-Did any of them escape with
their lives?
"oh. yes. But they'll never be the
same again" Lille.
French swindlers, about whose meth
eds Il good deal has been written OF
late, are for the most part coplerS or
American crooks. The trick of follow
ing a woman into store and. just as
she goes to make a purchase, assuming
the role of an indignant husband, TAX
ing her money away from her and get
ting away bcsore she has chance To
recover from her surprise, was worked
FOR some time in the west. 1t WASH I
successful here, because American
women are harder headed than their
French sisters, and, uniike the latter,
do not assist the crooks by promptly
going into Mysteries or fainting when
robbed A simple little sNjndle that was
successful for years was worked by a
man and boy. The boy would walk
up the street swinging pitcher around
his head. The man, standing on an OPP
posite corner. would call attention to
the boys recklessness and offer to bet
50 or some larger amount that the boy
would break the pitcher before he
reached the corner. Tie crook rarely
failed to hook a victim. OF course, just
as the boy reached the c2.ner, he would
break the pitcher, and the crook would
win the bet.
Yale College cocl<tightcrs We're sue
cessful in their recers main against
Harvard. the Eli birds winning spurs
down rainst the crimson. An agent
prevent the cruel affair a great many
irnora IT people have heretofore been
unaware that cockfightihg constituted
part of the university curriculum.
The story is told of a Scotch preach
er who gave his peop.e long, strong
sermons, and delivered them in a re-
narkably deliberate manner. One
Sunday he asked a friend who was
visiting him to occupy his pulpit in the
morning.
"An' were You satisfied wi my
preachng?" asked his friend, as they
walked home from The Kirk.
"Weel,' said his host slowly, ut was
La fair discourse, Willm, a fair dis