Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-02
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
Every fine March day is that much

; unexpected gain.
South Dakota can boast of another
feature. She had an earthquake severe
enough to shake down stones and break
ice in river.
The time has passed when Iowans
could hope for a pure water supply
from the rivers of the state.
Miss Mary l.. Rogers graduate of
| Wellesley, is one of the most talked
of young women in Rhode Island at
present. 1t must be said, also that the
state is quite proud of her. Her jump
into fame occurred at Pawtucket
| Wednesday, when she punched the e.
foot captain of the high school football
/ team in the nose so hard that the blood
came, and thumped another youth of
/ the same class with such vigor that the
young man went home to his parents
with his right eye blackened. All this
Miss Rogers did without other weapons
than the good fists with which nature
provided her. 1t all came about because
Miss Rogers was the new" teacher. In
other words, it was her first day with
this high school class and the evidence
at hand tends to show that the brawny
youths of the class thought it emnently
proper to have fun with her by DISC
| bedience, impertinence and improper
/ remarks.
Smallpox has been a little late in re-
newing it's work in Iowa, but it seems
to have been established very firmly in
some sections of the state.
period.
At recent debate among the men,
bers of a Philadelphia literary society.|
on the question, Should Capital Pun
ishment Be Abolished?" speaker in
the negative took the position that as
the general sense of justice of mankind
for centuries had justified the death
penalty for great crimes, therefore
those of this generation ought not to
abolish it, for" said he, IF hanging
was good enough for my father, it is
good enough for me-"
Frederick w. Job, after tour of Illi-
nois organizing employees associations,
says there is a widespread organiza ton
of farm hands and other laborers in the
latest novelty.
Regarding the race problem pooley
finds this fault with Roosevelt's policy: |
But tn throuble with this here plan
is that tn higher We boost tn .laygur
be askin' him to tn white house, tn |
farther he has to fall whin he gets
about two blocks south iv tn white
house.
The lightning rod must enjoy greater
favor in Europe than here if what the
London Chronicle says be true, namely,
that the new Campanile of ST. Marks
will have a lightning rod" No rod was
erected on its predecessor until 1866,
after the tower had been repeatedly |
struck by lightning, and upon one oc-
casion badly damaged in thirty seven
places. This must have considerably
weakened the stability of the old Cam
panile, tho the circumstances does not
appear to have been mentioned in the
official report on the disaster which was
moHned by the world. Before the
adoption of Benjamin Franklin's light
ming rod it was thought sufficient by
the orthodox to consecrate bells against
the malignity of the demons who were
supposed to hurl the electric fluid at
holy places. Altho this pious device
failed signally. the lightning rod was
long rejected as no better than COM
promise with Satan himself.
After discussing the race problem pro
and con with his friend. Hennessy, Mr..
Dooley observes: eth throuble is. that
tn naygurs iv tn north have lived too
long among tn white people an tn
white people iv tn south have lived too
long among TIL naygurs."
Illinois has $50 cases of smallpox dis ;
trbuted in thirty-four counties The /:
II.
No Danger-"Do you think there is
any danger of America being dominate
ed by Europe?"
mo, SIR answered Mr.. Meekton, with
emphasis; mot so long
as eminent Europeans continue to mar
ry American girls. "--Washington Star.
Its peculiar how many men there
are who are monomaniacs on the SUBJ
ject of their Watches said a New York
jeweler. Il know of about dozen men
who have bought watches here ana who
now come in every day to see how much
their timepieces are varying. There was
a time when they stood watching for
the noon ball to fall, bul since we have
put in q telegraph sountfer which ticks
Washington time every two
seconds they come in here. The sound
err is quiet for twenty seconds before
each new minute, so the variation of
second can be noted. Some OF our Gus
toners are mighty cranky about being
two or three seconds off. We don't
guarantee that any watch we sell will
run Within two seconds a month, bu. we
do hit 1t about as close as that in many
cases. know man who set his watch
on the first of last November anG hasn't
turned the hands since. He told me
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