Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-26
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

A reader of the Eldora Herald asks
that paper to publish the picture of
its editor which appeared recently in
the Sioux City journal. And Editor
Smith had the nerve 10 comply with
the request
The executive committee of the Car
negie Institution. Washington. has
made grant of $4,000 and travelling
EXPENSES to Professor Arthur Gamgee.
emeritus professor of physiology. Ow-
ems College, Manchester, to enable him
to prepare a report on the physiology of
nutrition.
There has been a large increase of
Immigration of Jews from the Russian
empire during the last few months. In
the fiscal year ended Jurc so. 1902. the
number of Jews entering the United
States from Russia and Finland was
1856. In the first ten months of the
current fiscal year the number was 49,
314. There has also been great in
Roumania and Austria Hungary. Rou-
manian Jews to the number of 6,5S9
entered this country in The fiscal year
1902, while the number for the last ten
months was $3.50. In the last fisca!
year the number of Jews coming from
Austria Hungary was i2.S4s, and the
humber from the same country in the
ten months ending April so last was
1888. The whole number of Jews en-
tering the United States last year was
57,6SS; the number during the last ten
months was GLS16.
Senator Clark as presidential nomi-
rec would embarrass the democrats
more than the opposite party. The
opening of Clarlis barrel or more prop
erly speaking his hogshead, of cash
would be a boon to imrecunious demo-
cratic politicians.
The worlds sugar crop for the manu-
featuring year 1912 WAS in excess of
ten and three-quarter millions of Ions
tons, or, in round numbers, twenty -four
billion pounds. If this were loaded upoa
wagons, two tons to each. and the wag-
ons set in close order, the train would
encfrcie the earth. or this great guam
tity, more than two-thirds was made
from sugar beets.
The lover Of fiction-esrecially in the
form of short stories-will turn with
pleasure to the latest issue of the Cos
mopoatan Here appear charming
love story by Francis Wiling Wharton,
beautifully illustrated by, Thomas
Mitchell PIERCE: dramatic railroad
story by r. II. Farnham: a romance of
the business world by ,rrumbull White,
ard contributions by II. r. Martin ana
Henry Seton Merrimar. In the same
number. which is remarkable for the
great variety of topics that are dis
cussed, Edward Everett Hale writes
on "Old Age Pensions:" DR. Albert
Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews,
discusses Journalism" as n profession:
II. CT. Wells advances some fore of his
ideas on Love and the Cultivation Of
the Imagination" and Mary E. Thorn
ton gives some practical advice on
How to Care for the Sick in the
Home" An essay on THE Rose of Yes
,erday and Today" is superbly illus
trated with photographs; some fine
illustrations being also feature of an
article on "Gateways: Artistic and
Characteristic" contribution on
Floral Head Dresses" and an interest
ing account of IAN English Garden
CITY" The personal articles include
character sketches of George Gilbert
Williams, the great banker; William
Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the
New York rapid transit commission;
and Baron Strathcona and SMount Roy
al, high commissioner for Canada.
r. LEIGHTON, Antoinette Van Hoesen.
John Brisben Walker and Julian Haw-
thorne. In all, there are twenty-one
stories and articles in tho June Cosmo-
politan.
| Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son lives in Cambridge next door to a
Catholic priest, whose COW occasionally
strays upon it's neighbours lawn, mas
much as no fence serves as barrier.
One day the priest asked Colonel Hig-
ginson If he objected to The intrusion of
the cow on his lawn, to which the
colonel replied: mo, have no serious
objection to the COW. ! only draw the
lime at papal bulls"
| Christian Register.
| IT is generally believed that students
when they graduate from college are
two years older than was the case fifty
years ago, and on this superstition vari-
Gus plans have been proposed to shorten
1.-The college course. 1t is somewhat curl
| Gus that this assumption has hitherto
passed almost without question. In the
Popular Science Monthly for June Mr.
| w. Scott Thomas, of Columbia Uni
versfty, gives statistics for those coll
Ileges that publish alumni catalogs, and
| it appears from 10000 CAGES that for the
past century the age of graduation has
remained almost exactly stationary. For
the past five decades, beginning with
1850 the average age has been % years
and months: % years and months;
90 years and months; % years and 4
months; 90 years and months; and %
years and months. Educators appear