Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1910 — Topits of the Times [ARTICLE]

Topits of the Times

Philippine tapioca flour is now on the market. In the world’s production of paper Germany’s yearly output stands second only to that of the United States. England’s birth rate last year was the lowest On record—2s.sß a thousand of population. This Is nearly 1.0 below the rate for 1908, which showed a slight increase over 1907, the first for many years. “Pennyweighters," as the detectives call them, have been busy In Washington during the last few days. Eleven dentists’ offices have been entered and robbed of gold leaf and platinum to the value of about S3OO. “Probably you wouldn’t believe It, but snow fell during the past winter in Valdez, Alaska, to the of fiftyeight feel by actual measurements taken during the year,” said W. M. Gilman, of that city.—Washington Herald. There is at Castletown, in the Isle of Man. a clock that was telling Manxmen the time of day before Oliver Cromwell was born; and there is a clock, xt is said, still marking time at Castle Rushen which Queen Elizabeth bwself presented to the owner of that castle some 310 years ago. There man in Pratt, Kas., who made tVe mistake of inquiring about fathers feelings on the support of his matrlmgniai addresses before making sure'ofcsdaugmer’s. “Do you think your father would object to me marrying you?” he said: She replied: “I don’t know. If he’s anything like me he would.” —Kansas City Star. A large crowd attended the annual picnic at the Mountain ahd a pleasant time is reported; except one or two buggies were torn up and the “blind tigers” did a good business. There was some fighting and shooting. One got more licks across hi 3 head than he can count, and the scars will be with him for life..—Washington (Ga.) Reporter. Countess Szechenyi ((nee Vander-; bilt, of New York) has made, in the name of her husband, Count Ladislaus Szechenyi, a gift to the Academy of Sciences at Budapest of 600,000 crowns ($120,000), for endowing Jhairs in foreign universities for instruction in the Hungarian language, history, literature and law in order to obtain recognition of the Hungarian nationality the world over. A letter is now conveyed eleven thousand miles for a penny. Foreign correspondence was a costly luxury less than a century ago. In 1815 William Wilberforce records in his diary the receipt of a note “from Hatchard telling me that a letter from Haiti weighing eighty-five ounces had come for me and was charged at £37 10s, and that he had refused to take it in.” —London Chronicle. Ingenious descriptive time tables have been issued by a western railroad, in which the traveler finds, just opposite the figures showing tbe time of arrival and leaving of trains, a description of the place and the interesting scenes along the route. Between the figures are scenic photographs. At the top of each page is a Magram giving the altitude of the line at the various points.—Popular Mechanics. Elizabeth Hirscji has been elected vice president of the city council of Liegnitz, Germany. She is the first woman to occupy that office and was chosen because of her ability as a business woman. Several years ago her husband died and she inherited his large manufacturing business. She assumed the charge of the business, stepping at once into her husband’s place. Under her management the business has prospered. Although the wolf and coyote season Is scarcely begun, County Clerk Peter Johnson of Republic county re'poris the bounty business as first class, he having received twenty-three scalps in one day recently. Between nine to eleven is the largest number yet brought in by one party. Bounties are also allowed on the heads of pocket gophers, crows and crows’ eggs. Two farmers residing north of Scandia found a nest of twenty young wolves. —Topeka Capital.