Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1910 — Page 3

THE USE 07 FLOWERS. God might have bade the eartlf bring ■ forth ' - : > L Enough for great and small. The oak' tree and the cedar tree. Without a flower at all. We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine and toil. And yet have had no flowers. Then wherefore, wherefore were they made. All dyed with rainbow light. All fashioned with supremest grace. Uprising day and night— Springing in valleys green and low. And. on the mountains high, And In the silent wilderness Where no man passes by I Our outward life requires them not — Then wherefore had they birth? To minister delight to man. To beautify the earth; To comfort man—to whisper hopes , Where'er his faith Is dim. For who so careth for the flowers Will care much more for Him. —Mary Howltt.

CONFIDENCES

After the dißhes had been washed and put away, Mrs. Pratt and her married daughter, sat down to discuss those things which they really wished to talk about. It Is true that ever since Mrs. Pratt’s arrival at noon the conversation had never once halted—as was indeed only natural, for mother and daughter had not seen each other since the, latter’s weddingday, seven years before. But while they had sorted over a wealth conversatlonal odds and ends, they had tacitly laid on on|i side all the pieces that Interested them the most, until at last, when the evening lamp shed its radiance over the room, mother and daughter sat down and looked at each other attentively. Very much alike were Mrs. Pratt and her married daughter, Mary. The same perpendicular line marked their foreheads, the same tight lines com-

"BUT HE ATE THEM.”

pressed their lips, sod each had the same firm chin. But Mrs. Pratt's eyes had twinkles lurking in them and her mouth displayed many a tender Smile —twinkles and smiles which were not visible in Mrs. Pratt's married daughter, Mary, —— r. ——; •‘Mary," said Mrs. Pratt. "John doesn’t look so contented as I’d like to see him.” •• John’s footsteps were still echoing from the sidewalk as he made his way to the grocery store where he had worked for the last ten years. ‘‘No, be doesn’t,’’ said Mary, shaking her head and setting her chin, ‘‘though I’m sure I've done everything 1 can to help him. But somehow poor old John doesn’t seem to get along like other men.” “M-m-m-m,” said Mrs. Pratt. "In the first place," said Mary, "when I saw that his money wouldn’t be enough for comfort, I made up my mind that Pd help, too, for when we got married I had my heart set on two Hew hats every year and a woman to do the washing. Anyhow, I got John build me a coop, and I kept chickens and sold 'the eggs. “It didn’t pay, though. In winter, when eggs were eggs, the chickens wouldn’t lay, though you can be sure 1 did my best to make them, and tn the summer eggs were so plentiful and cheap that it didn’t make much difference whether the hens laid or not. Sixteen chickens I had, and when I found out they didn't pay, they lasted ns sixteen weeks—one every Sunday. Jbhll declared at last that he wouldn’t - eat-them—but be ate them.” It #onld have 1 been difficult to aay whether Mary looked the more- determined when she told bf trying to make thtf scene lay or when she mentioned that John continued to eat chicken. "Then I went Into a sort of partnership with Mr. Valentine, who keeps the big grocery store where John works,” continued Mary. “I was to supply him with home-made pies and cjkedf he was to sell ihepr/and the; ■ to be divided between us.” Mary’s lips tightened at the recollection. “First off,”, she said, “I made too many, and fliey nearly all went stale, and when I made only a few It didn't pay” “What did John say to all this!* “He ate the stale ones, but I don't remember that he said anything. I was too busy to notice him much because I was opening the millinery shop Just then. I-wrote you about that” "Tea." “Of coarse If rd had a proper stock ttt would have bLea different hat I

had to do the hast 1 could witn -what' I had. The first two months I paid the rent out of it, and along toward the end of the third month I had a rummage sale and sold everything out. Most women wohld have been discouraged at that, but 1 wasn’t” “It was then that you started your cooking classes?” asked her toother. "Yes. 1 wrote you about that, too. But only four joined, and twenty lessons at three dollars a course was only fifteen cents each, or sixty cents for the four, and sometimes they’d spoil a dollar’s worth of food in a single lesson. Of course John ate some of ltd but I finally thought it best to give the class up. If I could only give him a little of my ambition! ’’ "Mary,” said her mother, “I do believe there’s only one thing you haven’t tried, and if I were you, I’d try that, too.” "What is it?” Looking attentively at her, Mary’s mother was silent a moment; then she said, ‘‘Mary, I’d try to make him happy." They both sat silent for a time. “Well,” said Mary, slowly, at last, “i suppose I might even try that.” And as Mary’s mind busied Itself with details, the faintest possible twinkle appeared in her eyes. The night following the. departure of Mary’s mother, John came home and found his slippers waiting for him. It was a little thing, but John’B expression was a study as he put on his slippers, and when he walked into the dining-room he held his shoulders back like a man whose slippers had been found for him, and who was consequently conscious of his worth. The next night John feasted on his favorite vegetable—which was cauliflower—and regaled himself wth his favorite dessert—which was cottage pudding. He was still at the pudding when a neighbor’s dog came and howled unpleasantly under the dining-room window. John opened the window and spoke to the dog with such a tone of authority and decision that the dog ceased and went away, abashed. The next night John found a fire in the open grate, and when he had finished his dinner, Mary produced a corn-popper and a bag of corn, and professing ignorance on the subject, she let John teach her how to pop the corn. A month or so passed, and one noon John came In with the step of a conqueror. “Mr. Valentine called me into his private office to-day,” he said to Mary. "He said that Mr. Wilcox was leaving, and he asked me if I could take place. The salary is just twice as much as I have been getting, and it didn’t take me long to say I’d try it.” Before Mary’s mind rose a vision of two new hats every year, and of a woman doing the washing. Hope, long deferred, swelled in Mary’s heart "Mr. Valentine saldHtTS been" watching me the last month,” continued John, “and he said if I kept on as I had been doing he’d be satisfied.” "John,” said Mary, her voice shaking a bit, "do you think you can do it?” "Do you think I can, .Mary?” he asked. "I know you can!" cried Mary. “Mary! Mary!” whispered John. “And so do I know I can!*—Youth’s Companion.

Amusing Visitors.

It is not every poet who possesses the sense of ht)mor. Longfellow had It In unusual degree, writes William Winter In “Old Friends." Nothing absurd escaped him. Among the relics that he especially treasured was an Inkstand, once the property of Coleridge. One day, showing that relic to a stranger who had called on him, he said, "Perhaps ‘The Ancient Mariner* waa written from this." "Yes,” said his visitor; "and ‘The Old Oaken Bucket,’ who done that?” As ndsnirer of Longfellow’s once wrote him, saying, "Please send your autograph in your own handwriting." He haß recorded a characteristic dialogue with a strange lady, who accosted him one summer morning at his house door. "Is this the house where Longfellow was born?" "No, he was not born here.” “Did he die here?" "No, he la not dead.” "Are you Longfellow?” "I am." "I thought you died two years ago. ’ That recalls the intelligent remark made to Walter Savage L&ndor by a lady who rushed to compliment him on his “Perlclea and Aspasla.” "Mr. Landor,” she said, “I haven’t had time-to-read your 'Periwinkle# and Asparagus,' but I hear it is very good.”

Honesty It's Own Reward.

Trolley Magnate—Wall, sir. what can -I do for you? Applicant—l would llko a Job as conductor on your trolley line. I am one of the legislators who voted you the franchise. Trolley Magnate—Sorry, but we want only honest men for conductors.—Judge.

A Gastronomic Discovery.

"Bobby." mid the boy’e mother, "here le tome nice oatmeal mush for your breakfast.” "1 don't Ilka It.” answered the youthful epicure. "Oatmeal mueh Is only Just paste with the seeds left In.” —Washington Star. Patent medicine adrertlsements are attractive reading for women, hereuee they have a great deal to say about woman who bttiefr in slleaeC

"QUANTITY, QUALITY AND PRICE"

The Three Enrntt»l> That Are Give. Ing Western Canada Greater Im- [ noise than Ever This Year. The reports frbm the grain fields of Central Canada (Which comprises the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta) are to hand. 1909 has not only kept pace with previous years in proving that this portion of the continent is capable of producing a splendid yield of all the smaller grains, but it has thoroughly outstripped previous seasons. There is quantity, quality and price, and from air parts of an area of about 320,000 square miles there comes the strong refrain of contentment and satisfaction. In the distribution of the conditions causing it no district has been overlooked. Various estimates of the total yield of wheat for the country have been made, but it is not the vast total that influences the general reader so much as what has been done individually, ■she grand total—say 130,000,000 bushels—may have its effect on the grain prices of the world; it may Ve interesting to know that in the world's .markets the wheat crop of Canada lias suddenly broken upon the trading boards, and with the Argentine, and with Russia and India is now a factor in the making of prices. If so to-day, what will be its effect five or ten years from now, when, instead of tliere being seven million acres under crop, with a total yield of 125,000,000 or 130,000,000 bushels, there will be from 17,000,000 to 30,000,000 acres in wheat with a yield of froin 325,0.00,000 to 600,000,000 bushels. When It’ is considered that the largest yield in the United States but slightly exceeded 700,000,000 bushels, the greatness of these figures may be understood. Well, such is a -safe forecast, for Canada has the land and it has the soil. Even today the Province of Saskatchewan, one of the three great wheat growing provinces of Canada, with 400,000 acres under wheat, produces nearly 90,000,000 bushels, or upwards of onetenth of the greatest yield of the United States. And Saskatchewan is yet only in the beginning of its development. As Lord Grey recently pointed out in speaking on this very subject, this year’s crop does not represent one-tenth of the soiL equally fertile that is yet to be brought under the plough. individually, reports are to hand of yields of twenty-five, thirty and thirtyfive bushels to the acre. Scores or yields are reported of forty and some as high as sixty bushels. The farmer, who takes care of his soil, who gets his seed-bed ready early. Is certain of a splendid crop. The news of the magnificent crop yield throughout the Canadian West will be pleasing to the friendß of the thousands of Americans who are restdenta in that country and wbj* are vastly instrumental in the assistance they are rendering to let the world know Its capabilities.

His Statu.

"Your husband doesn’t seem to take a very active part in politics,” observed the caller. “No,” said Mrs. Lapsling. “He doesn’t believe in going to extremes in anything; he’s a conservatory.”

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Not the Only One.

The Court—Ephraim, this Is the fourth or fifth time you have been up before me for petty larceny. You are an old offender. Uncle Ephr’m—Yes, suh; It’s about aa tough a Job to refawm me as It Is de Standahd Oil comp’ny.—Chicago Tribune..

Tarime!

Rivera (who Is writing an article on Imports)—Say, Brooks, what’s the rate on automobiles? Brook*—ln the suburb where I live It** not less than forty miles an hour.

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SOMETHING FOE EVERYBODY

The smokers of England consume 3,000,000,000 cigarettes every month. The Swiss watchmaking industry nas shrunken to half of its one-time size. The oldest waiter in Gerinany, aged 77, recently retired from his Work at Eibing. ’ North Carolina, South Dakota, Colorado, Alabama and Virginia, in the order named, lead in the production of mica. * In 1908 the American merchant marine carried only 1% per cent of the freight between the United States and Uruguay. New Mexico produced 2,467,937 short tons of coal last year, a decrease of a trifle more than 6 per cent from the output of 1907. France has followed the lead of the United States in the establishment of a laboratory for the investigation of .mine accidents. The cruiser battleship Invincible of the British navy- maintained a speed of 33% miles an hour for eight hours in a recent, test. About 2,000,000,000 barrels of oil, or ehough to fill the Panama canal twice, was produced in the United States during the last fifty years. Brazilian scientists have succeeded in developing a new variety of coffee, with unusually large, fine berries, which ripen very early. , English, was spoken by 22,000,000 people at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Now more than 100,000,000 people speak it. Asbestos is being used now in the construction of warships to a considerable extent, to replace the inflammable wood and the heavy iron. . There are 240,000 different species of insects on the earth. Some are so small that 4,000 of them are only equal in size to a grain of sand. The pineapple is proving the most important and valuable of all the fruits in Formosa. A single firm had an output of 350,000 tons last year. If some holes are punched through a coal shovel from the back, dust and slack will drift through and the roughened places will prevent coal sliding off. In Australia there are ants which build their nests along a north and south line so accurately that a traveler may direct his courses by their aid, - _—u~,._ __ _ There are in Great Britain 510,000 holdings of over one acre, of which 67 per cent are under fifty acres, whereas only 3% per cent are over 300 acres. The project of linking India and Ceylon by a thirty-eight-mile railroad bridge that will have coral reefs to support its piers is again being agitated. In Massachusetts tree planting is systematically conducted along the public highways. Fifteen thousand trees have been [planted in a few years. t' A cigar lighter and Incandescent lamp, mounted on the same handle and operated by the current from ignition batteries, is a convenience for automobilists. Of late there has been an extraordinary development of service in fine, new modern fast ships between South America and ports in England, Ger» many and Italy. Work has begun in Germany ;on a university professor’s airship, of the general plan of Count Zeppelin’s, but larger and having wooden instead of aluminum frames. Twelve geologists, seven topographers and three engineers, divided among fourteen field parties, are exploring the mysteries of Alaska for the geological survey.

A wire screen, supported at the ends by curved metal springs, has been patented by an Illinois man as a pillow, which he claimed to be cool and comfortable and sanitary. Motor boat service has been Introduced on the Viga Canal from Mexico City to Lake Xochimllco, the trip being made in about three hours. S. Malo Is the head of the concern. There Is a telephone line over the Alps, but the record elevation In this respect belongs to the United States, there being a line at Camp Bird, Col., which is 13,000 feet above the Bea level. t , According to the census of 1905 the population of the five principal cities in Saxony waa as follows: Dresden. 516,296; Leipzig, 503,627; Chemnitz, 244,927; Plauen, 106,381, and Zwickau, 68,502. > A patent waa recently Issued for an arc lamp In which use is made of a mantle similar to that of a Welsbach gas mantle, whichVitarrounds the arc and is heated to incandescence thereby. 1 \ No matter at what time of the year _jhe Japanese child Is born, whether In May, the middle of summer, or late in December, it Is always said to be one year old on the January 1 following its birth. One kind of Mexican pineapple, known as the cuyonne, is entirely free from spines, and the flesh Is much more tender and Juicy. These cost up to .75 cents apiece and the demand Is far ahead of the supply. So often we hear it said: "He is a good talker. He will ‘make good.’” la talk so necessary, for success?

Physiciaks In Japan.

Medical students in Jar&i must have had -eleven or twelve years of preliminary training in the lower schools. No one may practice medicine who has beten convicted of a crime. All physicians' for the first ten years during which they follow their calling must keep full written records of all their cases, and they must not issue boastful advertisements or claim the exclusive right to any healing with a secret formula.

Skin Humor knitted 25 Years.

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Face Covered with Pimples.

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Apples as Omens.

In parts of England many quaint superstitions still center round the apple. Apples hung on strings and twirled before the fire are said to fall off in the order that the marriages of the various owners will proceed. An apple eaten before a looking glass is supposed to give a view of the inquirer’s future husband, who will be seen peeping over milady’s shoulder. Peel safely taken from an apple, tossed three tifnes round the head and thrown to the ground unbroken forms the first letter of a future lover’s name. A more recent, though hardly more serious custom necessitates a bowl of water in whi£h a re floating a number of apples. Mothers must drop forks into the bowl from a distance of about four feet. If the fork pierces an apple the feat is believed to protect the performer’s children from catching cold. — London Scrapß.

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March of Science.

“Just what I’ve been expecting!” Wailed mamma. ,-!.‘lt’s the croup!” “No, ma’am; he’s been neglecting To Fletcherize his soup.” —Chicago Tribune.

This Will Interest Mothers.

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Doing a Thorough Job.

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