Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1910 — Page 2

THE DAILY REPUBLICAN Bmry bay Bacapt Snorter, "'■EAtEY k^mßK7Piibißshef»r RENSSELAER , * INDIANA.

TO BAR UNBIDDEN QUESTS.

■*Ai Baddatbam Palace la Kmt M> - end (nil Their Intrusion*. That uninvited guests not Infrequently put in an appearance at big parties has long been a well known tact in London. These Intrusions generally have for their scene the political “crushes" where naturally a goodly number of the guests are not very well known to the host or hostess, but, according to London Truth, there were Instances of the kind, at no less important a gathering than the fleet state "ball of the season at Buckingham palace. This became known and the lord chamberlain therefore sent a card with each invitation for the second ball, which had to be shown on arrival at the palace. s^“At one time," adds Truth, "such outrageous impertinence would have been impossible without immediate detection, but the various lists have been so much enlarged of late years that the palace is thronged with people utterly unknown to the lord chamberlain’s officials, whereas In former days every guest could be identified, and, indeed, everybody knew everybody, at least by sight.” According to another authority, arrangements are being made to put a stop to the intrusion of uninvited guests at London parties. It is a well known fact, this authority says, that two persons have been guilty of this piece of gross impertinence, and it is satisfactory to know that they are now marked, and should they have the temerity to appear at any assemblage uninvited they will be requested to withdraw without any further parleying. These two individuals—a mother and daughter, by the way—were present at the marriage of Lord Villlers and Lady Cynthia Needham, last October. They appeared again at Londonderry House at a reception given by Lady Londonderry early in the present year, and last year put in an appearance at Lady Lansdowne's reception at Lansdowne House. Many well-dressed persons attend weddings, pretending that they are representing a newspaper, and they have been known to go on to the house where the reception-is held, -Of course it is very difficult for a hostess to know her guests personally, as so many oT them may be relatives or friends of the bridegroom and his family. There is no doubt that hostesses would be wise if they sent a small invitation card, to be presented at the door, whenever they give entertainments on a large scale. Indeed, several persons invariably take their cards with them, as some years ago a lady well known in the social world went to a ball given by a great lady, who approached the guest and said, “I never invited you to my party,” whereupon the lady triumphantly produced the invitation card, which she handed to the hostess and Immediately left the house. \

IN NEED OF FARMERS.

SewMHjr for Men of' Intelligence on Eaafern Farms. A Georgia newspaper, commenting on the cry from one of the counties of that big State for 1,000 more farmers, remarks that there are 146 oountles in the State which need as many. The chance of getting fanners for the neglected Georgia land is better than tha chance of getting good farmers. All the Eastern and Northern States sadly need good farmers, competent, Intelligent, up-to-date men to till the soil properly and get from it the largest and best crops with the least possible expenditure of toll and money, the New York Times says. A fair share of both capital and labor is needed in agriculture, of course, but intelligence. a good measure of enthusiasm, the will to learn and the ability to apply learning practically are more essential. New York State needs farmers of the best sort as badly as Georgia needs them, though perhaps not so many; 146,000 swooping down at once on the abandoned, neglected or 111-managed farms of the Mohawk valley and the upper and lower *ti4r counties would scarcely be able to find land enough to work on. There are some intelligent farmers in New York and New England, but not many in comparison with the poor and thriftless onea The modern farmer must adapt himself to modern conditions. He should know how to market crops as well as to grow thorn. should not be content to do things the way his honorable but benighted forefathers did them. He need not, if he have his wits about him, be controlled by middlemen. Hia market opportunities are enormous. The development of chemistry and mechanics has greatly increased his chances of makihg agriculture profitable.

MEXICO WANTS MULES.

DlßralllM of the Vrr» Cnu Farmer OVer Floe lad nerniea I One of the chief problems for the farmer In Vera Crus is the transportation of his crops to market, his pro- - dace paying always a heavy tribute in the way of freight before it gets to the consumer, according to Daily Consular and Trade Reports. The heavy cost is due to the rugged, broken character of the country and the deep mud. which naturally makes It difficult and expensive U* handle freight Wagon roads

cannot be built skve at enormous cost. The railroads furnish transportation at fair rates to those situated on their lines, but for the producer off the lines of railroads the mule is the only hope of getting out his corn or coffee, or whatever crop he may raise. . It naturally results that there Is a constant deipahd far good mules all over the State, by both freighters and planters, at gtood and even high prices. Very few mules are bred in the State, and the supply is brought almost entirely from the interior of the country. Last yeai ninety were brought from the United States for the city Of Vera Cruz alone. Freight charges, if they are shipped by rail, or driving expenses when they are brought in on foot, add very considerably to the price of mules. An unbroken 3or 4 year old commands on an average not far from 1125 Mexican money (one Mexican dollar or peso equals 49.8 cents). It seems strange, therefore, in view of the constant demand and good prices paid, that no 'attempt has been made to raise mules Tor the market. For the breeding of mules land can be secured in large bodies at $lO to sls Mexican money an acre. The industry can best be carried on in connection with cattle raising, as mules cannot be run on the low swampy lands on which cattle do spldhdidly. On a plantation the higher levels not subject to inundation can be utilized for mules during the rainy season, and during the dry season they can run on all the lands of the coast and foothill regions. Made pastures are necessary to insure an abundance of feed during the year, but no shelter or grain is required at any season of. the year. It might be well to provide large sheds to give shelter during excessively wet weather, but this Is not absolutely necessary.

GOING BACK INTO THE PAST.

Some Smile, and Some Frown, but Reeolleetloua'ATre Mnch the Same. They do say that one of the things a fellow remembers Is the first time he ever went courting a girl. And it is one of the last things he wants to forget) even if she -turned him down later on. It Is not the trial now that It was back In the good old days. In the country districts folks lived in houses of one or two rooms, or three at most, so that when a fellow went sparking he had to face the whole family, and you may depend upon it that the whole family faced him. Sometimes they didn’t try to make life pleasant for him. This was specially true of the girl’s younger brothers and sisters. Do-you remember how big your feet felt, and the trouble you had to find places for your hands, and how difficult It was to keep up a conversation? But if you had grit enough you would stay or die right there., __ But yon_ never forgot'Tt, and you never will. Nor will you ever quite forget the effort necessary to get your courage up to the point of asking her " if you might call on her, nor how gladsome you were if she said you might, nor how mean you felt If she refused your request. As a frost this beat the June affair of ’59.

One Comfort.

Dick was a very clean little boy, and dirt disgusted him. One day he found a poor little starved kitter crouching in a ditch atr the roadside and he brought the wet. muddy little waif home with him. He took it to the hydrant and carefully rinsed off all the mud. but the shock was too great for the sick kitty and the breath of life departed. Dick brought her to his mother, who exclaimed at the sight of the wet, drooping kitten. “Why, Dick, what have you done?” “She was all mud and I washed her.” Dick replied. “Oh, Dick.” his mother said, sorrowfully. “I’m afraid she’s dead.” Dick looked shocked and grieved for a moment, then Ills face lighted up with a gleam of comfort as he exclaimed: “Well, she died clean, anyway."— The Delineator.

Heights to Be Attained.

A crotchety old farmer of Massachusetts had trouble with his neighbor, and as a result sought his coun-sel—ex-Congressman Samuel L. Powers. says Lippincott’s. “I want yeoy ter write him a letter an’ tell him this here foolishness hez got ter stop." he declared firmly. “I know what 1 want ter but I ain’t got the lamin' ter put It just right.” "What do you want to say?” Mr. Powers asked. "Wa-all. begin by tellln’ him thet he’s the darndest. lyln’est, thievin’est. low-downest skunk on airth— and then work up.”

More Tangible.

“I suppose," remarked a friend of the aviator, “’that you would hate to bump info some fellow's air castle while flying.” — —— L -i—- ---' “Oh. yes.” replied the aviator, "but I would hate much more to bump into the ehlmney of some fellow's terrestrial dwelling.’’—Birmingham AgeHerald.

Contrariwise.

’1 wonder” said Amelia, pensively, "why they call all the German cure* somethlng-or-other 'bed?’ ” “Because,” responded wise Reginald, “with the usual peveretty of human nature, people expect them to make good.”—Baltimore American.

Daily Thought.

Let us have faith that right makes might, and In that faith let us. to the end, dare to do our duty as ws under stand It'-■Abraham Umv>ii»

TRUMPET CALLS.

Rm>»* Horn Sound* a Waralng Not* to (be Uaredersnted. 1 ~ f- * - • -- ~ 7*

T.he man who would walk with God must have clean feet. Every goo* cause is most hindered by the people who are unfaithful ][»„ little things.

The r e iff no place in Gcrd's service for either a lazy man or a coward. The friend of God is never the foe of man. When riches fly they generally do it with strong wings. s It lg hot doing wrong that damns men. If is their love for sin. The great question is not how long we are going to live, but how? Whoever tries to lhake others happy gets paid for it in heaven’s money. The man who is down on excitement in religion, never objects to it in politics. ‘ The man who digs a pit for another to fall into, is digging a grave for himself. Every boy believes his father could have killed Goliath, if he had had David’s chance, i Those who can patiently bear their little trials will not break down under their big ones. If you take your boy to see the procession, don't whip him for wishing to go to the circus. **■ The prayer of a grateful man will be sure to please God, whether it pleases anybody else or not.

HORSESHOE MYTH.

Traced Back to the Greek* and Their Sea God PoaeldoK. Of all the emblems for good forhorseshoe stands among the first. Everybody knows it is unlucky to pass a horseshoe on the road without picking it up. Jit Is a luck emblem of the greatest power. Again, we are indebted for this statement to old tales, centuries in age, that have descended from father to son. from mother to daughter, through the years. The old myths repay research. The luck of the horseshoe has a most respectable beginning. It is traced to the religion of the old Greeks and their sea god Poseidon, who was identical with the Roman sea god Neptune. To Poseidon horses were sacred, and to him they were sacrificed. Poseidon was believed to have created the first horse when he struck the ground with his trident and a horse sprang fr<mr the - hole, which afterward became a spring. The sbq god was the lord of springs. X° him all springs were ascribed. In the shape of a horse he sometimes wandered by the shores of his ocean domain, and where he struck his hoofs deeply there the waters gushed out and permanent springs were found. This is the reason why horseshoes are reckoned lucky. Going to the root of the matter, one sees a nature myth as the root principle. From the sea all rain comes and to the sea all springs^ primal origin, and to the rain and the fresh waters, sea derived, we owe all fertility on earth. The old Greeks therefore worshiped Poseidon as the fortune giver through his springs. They gave him horses, his precious beasts, and they adored the footprints of horses when they found them, for they might be the very footprints of the god himself. When horses came to be shod the transition of the luck emblem from the footprint Itself to the. shoe mark —practically the same thing—was easy. Pegasus, the winged horse, from whose hoofs the water springs gushed copiously when he came to earth, has been credited with the origin of the horseshoe luck. The horseshoe was a specific against earthquakes. It would keep a house safe from harm by earth shaking. Again one perceives the sea myth—Poseidon was the shaker of the earth.

Rouget De L’isle's House.

-The sale of Rouget de l’lsle’s old house In Paris has revived the old question whether he was the composer as well as the author of the “Marseillaise,” the Dundee Advertiser Aays. The air Jbas also been claimed for a violinist of some note in his day, named Alexandre Boucher, who Improvised It —so the story goeß—to oblige a colonel whom he had met at a hotel. The colonel, Ao the story continues, hummed It to the bandmaster of his regiment, who wrote It put and orchestrated it, and Rouget de I‘lsle wrote words for It (merely altering slx-«ight time Into common time) at the suggestion of the jailer of the prison in which he was confined In Marseilles. What truth there Is In the story It is practically Impossible to say; but there la no donbt that Alexandre Boncher, who lived to be 92, told It to a Journalist in 1860 two years before his death.

Proof.

Knlcker —Do you think Shakespeare was a lawyer? Bocker—No; If he had been he would have made a fortune deciding whether Hamlet Was mad.

What will'lt profit 'a man to behave In all other particulars, and then be feared because he talks too much? Many a woman trusts a man wk her affections who wouldn't land him 30 cents.

Young Folks

Two Vlalta. To visit Aunt Julia is Just heaps of fun We wear our old clothes and we race and we run. I *Gu try the new swing," Aunt Julia, “my dears. It’s put up so firmly you need have no fears; Since you were here last there’s a lot ; to be seen. Take a look at my garden, all starting up green. i/in’t forget the new chickens out back of the shed, ■ / ■ And when you get hungry there’s fresh gingerbread." we go to Aunt Esther's, we wear our best clothes, hold up our heads and we turn out our toes; We look at the album with pictures so old, When father was only a baby, we’re told. But when she says, “Children, here is your treat, For I know you like sweeties and nice things to eat," James Brings in a tray, but—the cakes are so small We could each eat a tray full and not mind at all! —Youth’s Companion. A Fable for Old and, Young. Once a child who thought well of herself was walking along .the street, and saw another child, who was poorly clad. “How wretched It must be,” she said to herself, “to be poor and shabby like that child! How thin she Is! And how her patched cloak flutters In the wind; so different from my velvet dress and cloak!” Just then an angel came along. “What are you looking at?” asked the angel. “I was looking at that girl,” said the child.” “So was I,” said the angel. “How beautifully she is dressed!” ~ “What do you mean?” said the child. “I mean this one coming toward us. She is In rags, or at least, If her clothes are not ragged,, they are wretchedly thin and shabby.” “Oh, no,” said the angel., “How can you say so? She is sparkling white, as clear as frost. I never saw anything so pretty. But you, you poor little thing, you are indeed miserably clad. Does not the wind blow through and through those flimsy tatters? But at least you could keep them clean,? my dear, and mended. You should see to that.” “I don't know what you mean!”

said the child. "That girl is a ragged beggar, and my father is the richest man in town, I have a white dress and coat, trimmed with expensive fur. What are you talking about?” “About the clothes of your soul, of course!” said the angel, who was young. "I don’t know anything about souls,” said the child. "I shouldn’t think you did,” said the angel.—Laura E. Richards. Lion, Wolf and Fox. A Lion was old, weak and infirm; all the beasts of the- forest presented themselves at his den to pay him their respects. The Fox alone did not appear. The Wolf took this occasion to try to win the favor of the king of animals. "I can assure your majesty,” said he, “that it Is only pride and insolence which prevent the fox from appearing before you. He is not ignorant of your illness, and he is only waiting for your death to take possession of the throne.” "Bid him come here,” commanded the king of animals. He came, and. suspecting the Wolf of having played him a bad turn, said: “I fear, Sire, that some one has blackened my character in your mind; but permit me to give you a faithful account of the reasons for my absence. I was on a pilgrimage, and was fulfilling a vow I made to aid your recovery. I found in my journey skillful and learned people whom I consulted about your malady; I have been so happy as to be informed of an Infallible remedy.” • "What remedy?” demanded the Lion eagerly. “It Is,” responded Master Fox, “the skin of a Wolf, wrapped, all warm and reeking, about your body.” The king of animals approved the remedy. Instantly the Wolf was seized and slain, 'and the monarch wrapped himself up in the skin. Those who seek to blacken others by false reports sometimes the victims of their own wickedness.— Chicago News. Adverb (>nme. One person must go out of the room while ,the others choose an adverb, such as pleasantly, crossly, slowly or haughtily. When he returns he asks the company questions In turn, which they must answer in the manner of the adverb they have chosen. For instance, if they have chosen "sweetly” for their adverb they must put an extraordinary amount of sweetness into their replies, but if they have chosen "snappily’* they must answer in an equally disagreeable manner, or in a spiritless way. The object Is for the person who asks the questions to gtiess frbm the answer what adverb has been chosen.

One of XataiVa Blna«era. During the first year of ths Hoefords* residence at thtir newly he

quired country home Mrs. Hosford was In a chronic state of surprise, with many periods of indignation. “Jusjt ’because I’ve always lived in the <!tty, they take advantage of my ignorance to make me believe all sorts of stories.” she said, plaintively, onje -night, to her husband. “I have been real provoked, but no*w I’m just hurt.” “What's happened?” inquired her husband, as he prepared to listen. “Why, old Mr, Compton, our neighbor down the road, told me that the trep which had the most apple blossoms was likely to have the most apples,” said Mrs. Hosfprd, “and I believed him.” “Seems reasonable,” assented her husband. “Oh, but It’s just the other way,” said Mrs. Hosford, with considerable heat for a person no longer provoked. “The tree that I got the very most blossoms from, the one that almost decorated the Hibbards’ parlor when Margaret was married, has hardly any -apples-on It at all!” —— V'

PERSONS OF MANY NAMES.

Farmer I,ad with a Name for Every Letter In the Alphabet. One cannot help sympathizing with Lieutenant Tollemache, who, after groaning for many years under the burden of seven Christian names containing no fewer than sixty letters, has at last decided to jettison five of them and to be known for the future as plain “Leo de Orellana Tollemache,” a designation long enough surely to satisfy any reasonable man. And yet the gallant lieutenant, according to Tit-Bits, was an enviable person compared With the other members of his many named family, nine of whom share 103 Christian names among them, ranging in number from ten to seventeen, the latter number being the baptismal dower of one of his sisters, who If ever she has time to sign her full name must write: “Lyona Decim Veronica Esyth Undine Cyss Hylda Rowena Viola Adela Thyra Ursula' Ysabel Blanche Leilas Dysart Plantagenet Tollemache.” After such an autograph as this one turns with relief to the royal signature of the Empress Dowager of China, which contains but a paltry fifty-nine letters, or to that of a native of Hawaii who is content with fiftyone letters, eight of which are k’s and fifteen a’s. That a multiplicity of names is not the prerogative of “the higher classes was proved a few years ago when the infant boy of a Buckinghamshire farmer was presented at the font with twenty-six Christian names, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, from Abel to Yarlah and Zacharlah, and when a farm laborer handed a list of twenty-onejiames to the vicar of a church near Tunbridge Wells as the dower of his baby boy. Fortunately for the child, the father was' induced to cut down the allowance to half a dozen. Even thus we can imagine that in future years that boy will look with envy on the offspring of a Mr. Penny, who labeled, his children' One Penny. Two Penny/ and so on, up to the full shilling’s worth of pennies. The absurdities of Christian names are illustrated in a Sussex jury list of the seventeenth century which may be seen in the British museum. Among the Jurors of that time were Safety-on-Hlgh Snat of Uckfleld.Kill-Sin Pemble of Westham, Fight-the-Good-Flght-of-Faith White, Small-Hope Biggs, Faint-Not Hirst and Earth Adams, although after all the names are no more remarkable than those given a few months ago to twin Infants in the Midlands, who will go through life as Faith Hope Charity Rogers and Pentar teuch Rogers.

Duties of Old-Time Carrera.

•—At the formal banquet of the sixteenth century the man who carved the meat was bound with the red tape of precedent. When carving for distinguished guests he had to remember that certain parts of the birds or meat must be set aside. In carving for his lord and lady he was expected to exercise great discretion In the size of the pieces he sent around, “for ladles will be soon angry and their thoughts soon changed, and some lords are soon pleased and some not. as they be of complexion." He was expected to have the rules both of the kitchen and the peerage at his knife’s end. A pike, for instance, must be dished up whole for a lord, and In slices for commoner folk. The rank of his diners, too, determined whether a pig was to be served up whole, sliced, plain or with gold leaf, or whether new bread or bread three days old should be eaten.

Social Satire.

“Mrs. Trumps, so I am informed, has announced her Intention of giving a whist party for the benefit of the poor.” • "Indeed! That hints of selfishness, I’m sure, for I don’t know of a poorer whist player than she Is.”—Boston Courier.

The Wherefore.

“Why should a bride wear such an enormous hat?” “Because It was the only way to transport It,” spoke up the lady. ”1 couldn’t get it In a trunk.”—Kansas City JournaL - , J

The Etiology of Pain.

E. G. Janeway of New York sava that ye should be dautious in labeling a severe pain as hysterical. Pain? due to toxic influences may baffle us unless we make diligent inquiry of the patient and hi» friends. Sciatica should be carefully scrutinized, since a condition that seems simple maybe caused by pressure of a malignant growth. Pain in the gbdompn may come from the kidney instead of the appendix, and it requires careful Search to know whether pain comes, from the kidney, gall bladder or appendix. Pain of ataxia may stimulate some of these conditions. Pain in angina pectoris is severe and characteristic; when combined with increased blood pressure and ashy lips it should not be mistaken. —Medical Record.

WISHED DEATH MIGHT COME

To. RelieVe the Antal Suffering of Advanced Kidney niueuxe. William Gibson, Greenup, Ky.» says: “Three months I was in bed, and

would have died, I believe, but . for -Doan’s Kidjiey Pills. My doctor said the case was hopeless. My back felt as if it were being seared with a red-hot iron. The kidney secretions .were painful,' irregular and full of

sediment. There were puffy spots beneath my eyes and my head pained terribly. I was miserable in every way and often wished death might relieve me. When I began taking Doan’s Kidney Pills my condition was so serious that they had little effect, but I persisted, getting gradually better, and it was not a great while before I was cured. The effect has been,-last-ing.” Remember the name—Doan’s. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

The Meaning of Dreams.

It is well known, for example, says H. Addington Bruce in Success Magazine, that dreams have stimulated men to remarkable intellectual achievements. and have even supplied the material for these achievements. Thus, Coleridge composed “Kubla Kahn” in a dream.. Tartini got his "Devil’s Sonata" From a dream in which the devil appeared and challenged him to a musical competition. It was a dream that gave- Voltaire the first canto of his Henriade,” and Dante’s “Divina Commedia” is likewise said to have been inspired by a dream. Many novelists, on their own admission, have obtained the plots for some of their best works from materials provided in dreams. A particularly impressive instance is that of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose “Chapter on Dreams,” in his book, “Across the Plains,” should be read by all who would learn what dreams can’"do~foir a man intellectually. The solution of baffling mathematical problems, the ideas necessary to complete some invention, have been supplied by dreams. Occasionally the dreamer has been known to rise in his sleep and jot down the information thus acquired. In such cases he usually forgets alf about the helpful dream, and on awaking is greatly surprised at finding the record he has made of it. Which shows that—as with the visions so potently influencing health—it is possible for dreams to aid a man in an intellectual way without his being consciously aware of them.

Thought He Knew Better.

“Well, anyway, it is safe to say that when women really want the ballot they will get it “No, I don’t think it would be—eiv—quite safe for you to say it in the presence of my wife.

FOOD QUESTION

Settled with Perfect Satlafaelloa bp a Dyapeptlc. It’s not an easy matter to satisfy aH the members of the family at meat time as every housewife knows. And when the husband has dyspepsia and can’t eat the simplest ordinary food without causing trouble, the food question becomes doubly annoying. An Illinois woman writes: “My husband's health was poor, he had no appetite for anything I could get for him, it seemed. “He was hardly able to work, waa taking medicine continually, and as soon as he would feel better would go to work again only to give up in a. few weeks. He suffered severely with stomach trouble. “Tired of everything I had been able to get for him to eat, one day seeing an advertisement about GrapeNuts, I got some and he tried it for breakfast the next morning. “We all thought it was pretty good, although we had no idea of using it regularly. But when my husband came home at night he asked for GrapeNuls. "It was the same next day and I had to get it right along, because when we would get to the table the question, ‘Have you any Grape-Nuts?’ waa a regular thing. So I began to buy it by the dozen pkgß, My husband's health began to improve right along. I sometimes felt offended when I’d make something I thought be would like for a change, and still hear the same old question, ‘Have you any Grape-Nuts?* "He got ao well that for the' laat twoyears he has hardly lost a day from his work, and we are still using Grape-Nuts.” Read the book, "The Road to WeUvllle.” in pkgs. There’* a Reason.” Ever read the above fetter? A. new one appears from time to time. They ore genuine, true, and fall of human Interest. „ .. .