Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-09
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

InOl9JlO1 Ill OIueE tilsil lISy may SlNS
first aid to the injured in accidents will
|be greatly commended; hut the public
would commend still more highly Il sys-
tenn which might make accidents of this
description practically impossible.
/ The North China College at Tung-
|Cho is now approaching compilations
/ Tung- Cho is to be the educational CEN
ter for American board missions in that
part OF China, and already four mis-
sionary residents have built there with
4 in within the last year. The work is
progressing rapidly, AMI this institution
lis TO be established i'll full vigor. and
the work, so badly broken in upon by
1.-THE destruction that attended the Boxer
lraid of 1900 is being re-established UNI
der better conditions than formerly.
|
| Let us hope that the heralded dis
covery of specific for scarlet fever in
the nti-streptococcus serum may not
| Ike so many similar announced discov
cries fail to make good
| The way in which billiard playing is
| simplified by the device of a Munich
professor has astonishe1 those who
have witnessed the test. The sides of an
ordinary billiard table are provided
can be turned down when a play is
made and the advantage rests in the
fact that any image is reflected in the
same angle in which it falls on the mir
ror. just as the billiard ball rebounds
from the cushion in the same angle as
that of striking. The mirror shows at
once the different ways in which a shot
can be made. Even the tyro is said to
make difficult indirect shcts as readily
as direct ones. and the intricacies of the
game are quickly conquered by any
body.
The widow had just contributed her
mite
Thank goodness." she exclaimed,
II got that in ahead of Parkhurst any
wsy!"
With happy smile she congratulated
herself on living before the day Of the
department church.
Largely thru the efforts of the Hon.
on public lands of the house of repre-
sentatives recently made favorable re-
ports on two or three bills affecting the
forest reserves. The most important !
CT these measures is that authorizing |
the president, in his discretion, to des
ignate certain areas of the forest re-
serves, which shall thereafter be game 1
refugees, within which the destruction i
Of mammals, birds and fish shall be +
governed wholly by regulations to be
by the secretary of the in
terror. The session was so far adj
and there were - many legsla-
tive matters which for che cause and
another were hanging fire, that there
was no prospect that this most impor- Il
tant measure could become law. 1t is
bitterly opposed by at least one con-
who is the advocate OF the
sheep men. To him the horseman, the
eattleman, the rancher and the forester
are all as nothing, provided the sheep
men are protected. These sheep men. i
by the way, are having a pretty hard {
time in these days in some parts of
Wyoming, and it will be interesting to
watch the progress of the contest that
Is going on between these destructive
and the Woodworking people Il
who have established permanent homes
in the state. :
Postmasters and carriers of rural |,
mail are waiting somewhat anxiously
for the coming of the special inspectors
Who are now touring iowa rural free L
routes. About the only person
Who is showing apathy over the mat
ter is the farmer whose interest in free
rural delivery should be greatest of Z
any. The general impression seems to q
be that as the route has once been ID
started it can never be discontinued. II
This, however, is dangerous view for I
he farmer to take. There is small e
doubt that bad roads ara paucity of q
nail will, in many instances, result in a !,
oss OF the service.
The editor of the Williamsburg !,
Journal Tribune is predicting an early $
spring, basing his representations on
he facts that 1.-THE seed circulars are in !
he mail: several jackasses in each
own would like to be mayor of the city, !
md nearly every farmer is comment
ng on the early shedding OF the winter =
coat by both horses and CATTLE
II was thinking" said the humorous
barber, "of hanging out sign: Hair
ut while you wait" But that's t
protested the victim. ]
Usually it's some other fellow who r
,ets his hair cut while you watt
Philadelphia Press. !,
A Baltimore firm has been sending :
tut q circular to ministers offering to
ell ready-made sermons, written by {
an earnest and able theological student
n England" The incident evokes both
urprise and Indignation in the religious :,
,ress. This is an offense against min 2
STEERS of no small proportions, says the y
st. Louis Herald and Presbyter; IAN J
nemy, seeing this circular, might i'm G
CINE that there is some basis for such t
proposition. We know of no minister Z
i, our Presbyterian church who would
ee anything attractive in such an offer,