Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1910 — Page 2

THE DAILY REPUBLICAN _ ■" ’*"-W»ry Day Except Sunday. PEALEY & CLARK, Pablishers. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

**W« are at peace with all the 'World.” Nicaragua doesn't count. Hare you seen any of Selma L&gerlofa books among the six best seller*? So far no one has gone to the extreme and criticised Dr. Cook’s literary style. . .«. No man should try to nurse all the orphan grievances that are left on his doorstep. One thing about the Panama canal, the more it costs the more we want it. It's like fresh eggs. Harry Thaw is getting pretty tired of living among a tot. of dull people who never created a sensation. Inventive genius has done a whole lot of things for the lazy man. The latest announcement is a machine to breathe artificially. Doubtless there are those who will keep a diary to the end of the year. Just to show that they possess remarkable will power. It may be worth mentioning that there is no record of the trusts having contributed anything to the government’s conscience fund. A Pennsylvania couple applied for a divorce because they are “tired of each other,” and the judge turned them down because he is tired of such cases. The world’s population is now estimated at 1,685,000,000. Good idea for the man who thinks he’s the whole works to paste these figures in his hat for occasional reference. One of the professors says woman’s senses are less acute than those of man. He probably bases his decision on the fact that a woman can get along all winter with low shoes. Mrs. Hetty Green begins her 75th year in excellent health and with about 8100,000,000 to keep .her from the need of an old age pension. If she is economical she will die a rich woman. Among the books that a member of Peary’s party took with him for reading in the long evening of the arctic night was Whittier’s "Snow-Bound.” It certainly was suited to the surroundings.

A prominent preacher declares that (inborn generations will bless John D. Rockefeller’s name. J. D., however, is probably willing to call it square if only the born generation will quiit scattering tacks on- Standard Oil’s road. Some of our folks fret about the Philippines as a very heavy burden; the responsibility we have assumed there terrifies them. How v&uld they be feeling if this country had the 293,000,000 Hindoos and Mohammedans of India on its hands? It’s well, occasionally, to think on our mercies. Schoolboy football has fallen under serious suspicion. in the public schools of New York City it has been wholly prohibited, after careful study and sharp debate; hnd school committees in other cities have the matter under advisement. Of the serious accidents to football players during 1909, the largest number happened to members Of school teams. The youth of the players is greatly against them. Germany has recently allowed France to erect a mdnument at Wissembourg, Alsace, in honor of the French soldiers who fell there in 1870, but it carefully censored the inscription and refused permission for the emblems which were to be placed on the pedestal. The unveiling of the monument was the occasion of a great demonstration of Alsatian loyalty to France, and emphasized anew the tragedy of the lost provinces which France mourns with unceasing bitterness. It is illustrative of a new view of “history.” and perhaps a new view of teaching also, when the University of Wisconsin sends a professor in the history department across the water to watch the budget campaign in England. The quick appreciation of the Immense importance of that momentous election, and the determination that the instruction given to their students shall be as vital and full of human iaterest as possible, are creditable alike to the Intelligence and the scholarship of the univerisity authorities. Another attempt is being made to have Christopher Columbus “enrolled among the saints. The Congregationot Sacred Rites of the Roman curia Ims jurisdiction over such matters, and the formalities of procedure, as now vmA In the process of canojQl»tion and beatification, were established by Pope •iztus V. in 1687. The proceedings often cover many years, as in the case )f Joan of Arc, whose name was added last year to the Hat of saints In 1892M, when the four hundredth inniveroary of the discovery of America was

millions of people, representing all the civilised nations, were sent to Pope Leo XIII. for the canonization of Columbus. The congregation of cardinals took the matter in consideration, out made no recommendation to the Pope. It is said that their unfavorable attl tude was due to revelations regarding the" not altogether blameless private life of ColUmbus; but his admirers are not discouraged, and will try again.

Are there, after all, any artistic standards, any fixed principles of esthetics? Most persons win answer yes at once, and proceed to dignify their own tastes and likings by these lofty phrases. But those more deliberate souls who have attended sc-mewhat to the history of art will not be so certain. Fifty years ago the women of Lyons presented to the city of New York a copy of the familiar Stuart portrait of Washington, woven dexterously on a loom of their famous silk-mills. It was an ingenious product, quite a triumph of mechanical performance; and a generation whicc was sincere in its admiration of the marvels of machinery hung the picture conspicuously in the governor’s room of the city hall. From that place it has now been removed by the Municipal Art Com.mission on the ground that it is not a work of art. No douljt the commission is right, but not many of our grandfathers would have thought so. They had not much use for tho charmingly realistic paintings of the Dutch school, over which modern connoisseurs rave, and they had the authority of so famous a critic as Ruskln for their opinion. It was little else than blasphemy in those days to speak of Rembrandt in the same breath with Raphael. They had got over thinking Beethoven the rank anarchist in music their own fathers had believed him, but they would have stopped their ears in horror at the sounds which kindle the emotions of advanced musical critics to-day. If, in addition to these perfectly dofensible hrtistic views, they chose to think that things like the silken portrait of the Immortal George or the homely Rogers groups were art,and their own somber and ponderously carved furniture more beautiful than the graceful designs of Chippendale and Heppelwhite, is it quite sure that they were wholly astray? "It’s clever, but is it art?” queries Mr. Kipling in one of his ballads. The world is always asking that disturbing question, and it seldom gives the same answer for two generations in succession.

LONDON’S ONE-ROOM FLATS.

Erection of Bulldlnga Containing Tiny Apartments Approved. By virtue of the official action of the London county council the “one-room flat” is to become an actual reality, a London dispatch says. Heretofore the average human being, even the expert who has attained proficiency in folding his physical body so as to accommodate himself to the compactness of a Harlem flat, has held the opinion that the term could not be made to apply to any residential base smaller than two rooms. But the London county council has demonstrated the fallacy bf such belief. >. The latter body has just declared for the erection of fourteen of these oneroom flats in the development of the municipal housing scheme which has to do with the council’s estate at Old Oak Lane, Acton. These single.roonl flats by formal proclamation are to be devoted chiefly to the use of single persons, hut the council's members also have promulgated the following: “That a young married couple with no children, or with one infant, shall be eligible as tenants for a one-room tenement on condition that they shall find other accommodations when the infant: reaches the age of 3 years.” The estate at Acton is a large one and the total cost of its development has been estimated at no less than 81,700,000, with the work covering a period of ten years. The present development wcheme entered upon contemplates the erection of 338 shops, cottages and flats, the cottages to have not more than five or less than two rooms. It is the intention to make this particular estate suitable for workmen earning from 86 to 87.50 a week, and the rents in consequence will range from 87 cents to 82.50 a week.

Tommy to the Reacne.

Remedies are unfortunately sometimes worse than the disease which they are made to cure. Tommy’s mother, says a writer in Lippincott’s Magazine, had made him a present of a toy shovel, and sent him out In the sand-lot to play with his baby brother. “Take care of baby, now,” said his mother, "and don’t let anything hurt him.” Presently screams of anguish fk>m baby sent the distracted parent flying to the sand-lot, “For goodness sake, Tommy, what has happened to the baby?” said she, trying, to soothe the wailing Infant. “There was a naughty fly biting him on the top of his head, and I killed it with the shovel,’,’ was the proud reply. Different Want., "What we want,” said the attorney to the reporters, “is Justice.” “What I want,” said the client to the attorney, “is a verdict in my favor.%Lite. - Incontestable Truth. This world Is a hospital of incurables. At least, I never knew anyone to go out of It alive.—Father Bernard Vaughan. 7 ■ V Occasionally the human race Is ruD over the course jf true love.

THE FAMILY DOCTOR

Earache. —The old Missouri remedy Is to cut out the heart of an onion and fill with tobacco, then roast. When soft, squeeze out the Juice and pour a few drops in the ear as hot as can be. Repeat if necessary. We never print g remedy in this column without having tried it on the dog and know it is all right. Small Pox.—To prevent or cure this distressing disease mix sulphate of zinc, one grain; digitalis, one grain, -and half a teaspoonful of sugar with two tablespoonfuls of water. When mixed add four ounces of water and take a tablespoonful every hour. This remedy, it is said, will also cure scarlet fever. Either disease will disappear in twelve hours. For a child smaller doses should be given according to age. Inflammatory Rheumatism. This most painful ailment may be overcome by heroic measures. Have a druggist put up eighty grains of iodide of potassium, 160 grains of bicarconate of soda and one dram and onehalf of fluid extract of colchicum root wth water sufficient to make two ounces. The dose is one teaspoonful In water every three hours, but usually not more than three doses can be taken consecutively because of the cathartic effect and generally no more are necessary until another attack comes on. Verminized Kids. —At some time or another, just as children get measles, whooping cough and the itch, they will somehow manage to get vermin in the hair. Take a cup of coal oil and a soft old cloth. Dip part of the child’s hair in the oil and rub the scalp and sop the hair with the oil. Let it remain thus for an hpur, then take an old towel and rub the head and hair as dry as possible and comb the hair gently with the fine comb. Do not scratch the scalp in the process. Two or three applications three or four days apart will do the business. The coal oil is considered good for both scalp and hair. Never apply the oil in a room where there is a fire, and keep the child away from both light and fire for several hours. _

BELLA COOLA DOOR KNOCKER.

An Odd Device Above an Indian Ariatocrat’a Doorvrag. Perhaps the strangest door knocker in the world may be seen in the pagan Indian village at Bella Coola, about halfway up the coast of British Columbia, an exchange says. It consists of a wooden, carving representing a man. The arms are movable and between the hands is held a knocker, apparently so formed as to represent the stone hammer the Bella Coolas used generations ago. Across the knees is a board, like part of the wooden drum these Indians formerly used much more extensively than today. When the ayns are raised the hammerlike knocker may be dropped so as to make a terrific knocking on the board. This figure, instead of being fastened on the door of the house, stands above it, but the doorway is low and the knocker is easily reached. These Indians are fond of tobacco, but seldom smoke cigars, and the owner of the knocker handled his cigar as clumsily as he wore the ready-made white man’s clothing, which is also new to him and his people. Above the door is an interesting inscription, the pride of his family,. This has been put up in honor of one of his ancestors and it reads: "In memory of Chief Clelamen, who died July, 1893, aged 50 years. He was honest & well disposed & respected by both whites and Indians. In December, 1892, he gave away wifti the help of his sons* Alexander & Johnny, property in blankets, candes, etc., valued at 84,000, this being his eighth large potlatch & feast that he had held.” . This sign is painted and was apparently made by a white man, but the wording and the arrangement of the lines show that the work was done to order. The reference to the giving away of blankets and canoes is characteristic of these people. By so doing: they gained not only an aristocratic position in the tribe, but also credit, for the property was always returned with interest and feasting in due course of time. At first this latter fact was not understood by the missionaries and InIndian agents, who supposed that the potlatch was a boastful wasting of property. They caused a law to be passed in British Columbia making it a criminal ofTense to give a potlatch, and many Indians have been imprisoned for disobeying the law by continuing their forefathers’ methods of financial investment, but nowadays the law lß,no longer enforced. Sometimes property was given away for :tfae benefit of sons and daughters. When they became a certain age they had In consequence an aristocratic position and Credit of whicb they were, as proud as are the Bons of families of social position in .New York or elsewhere, This class of potlatch may be likened to endowment Insurance". Occasionally property was gives

awmy where no return was expected. It was then mostly food, and with a f®w dresses, bracelets and similar articles, just as white swells give dinners with favors, souvenirs and birthday or wedding presents. Such giving away the Indians of the whole coast call a cultus potlatch, cultuß meaning useless and'indicating that no Investment has been made or return expected. Potlatckes of one kind or the other, according to the proprieties of the occasion, are given at christenings, weddings or when neighboring tribes are brought together.

A DEFENSE OF WORRY.

Nobody Advances Mach, It Is Areraod, Who Is Always Tranqall, The turtle never worries. He lives, it is said, in some parts of the earth for 1,000 years, or very nearly that long, and maybe longer. In fact, nobody cares very much Just how long a turtle does live. Living 1,000 years may be a good thing for the turtle. His only discovered purpose is to continue to exist. But animals that worry live more in a minute than the turtle does in his 1,000 years. We hear a lot these days about “Don’t worry clubs," and it is an extensive fad to hang up “flon't worry” •mottoe. All rot! says the Memphis News-Scimitar. Worry kills, they say. If it does, it Is simply because it stimulates the qualities which are life, and in the degree that there is stimulation there is wearing out, which is death. But what man would want to live the life of a turtle? him that anybody can respect; there is nothing in him that he can respect himself. He could tolerate anything. Toleration would be his virtue. You could spit on him and he would smile back. You could kick him and he would draw more closely within himself and say nothing. All he wants is to be let live. This turtle on two legs is of no more use than one on four. And his shell of complacency is as hard and shuts him In as closely from the nerve-throbbing world as does the shell of the turtle. The successful .man has to worry, and he does. Worry is one of the best forms of expression of mental activity. It is the reflection of dissatisfaction with one’s shortcomings or conditions. It is the first incentive to improvement. It is the first step toward resolve and effort. Worrying over trifles Is foolish. Worrying other people with our worries is pernicious. You can make life miserable for yourself with the one ahd for everybody who knows you with the other. But don’t be a turtle! The man who never worries is nothing but an existence, unsatisfactory to himself and disgusting to others. The mother who never worries has had, the chances are, ten or • twelve children born to her and has complacently put eight or ten of them in their graves. The graves will probably be nicely kept, but the children underground cannot appreciate that. Don’t worry over worry. You need It A little of it.

LIGHTS IN STREET CARS.

Explanation of Why They Are Sometimes Dim, by an Expert. Who has not noticed when riding on the street cars at night that sometimes the lamps which light the cars burn very dim for a minute and then seem to burn very bright? Sometimes they almost go entirely out; then suddenly come on again. To the ordinary traveler all this is very mystifying, but to the electrical engineer it is simplicity itself, the Electric News says, If a small hole were drilled In a water pipe just above a faucet, the water, under pressure, would rush out at terrific speed, but if you should open the faucet the pressure would immediately drop down so low that the water would all but cease to flow out of the tiny hole. This is exactly what happens to the incandescent lamps in a street car when they suddenly grow dim, only it is electricity we are dealing with, instead of water. To start a loaded street car requires an enormous amount of electricity, the motors fairly eating up the current in order to get the necessary starting power or torque, as it is called. Using such a quantity of 'electricity relieves the pressure, or voltage, of the system, and of course the lights burn dim until the car is under way. Nearly all street car systems operate at 550 volts pressure. The lamps in the car consume current at 110 volts pressure, and they are connected in groups of five in series across the 550-volt circuit. When the voltage for these lamps drops below 110 because of the large amount of current going to the motors under the car not enough electricity is being forced through the lamp filament to heat itto Incandescence, and of course the light is dim. Opening wide the current conductors to the motors suddenly lowers the line pressure, which in turn reduces the pressure to the lamps. Once the car is under way the motors do not require So much current and the pressure returns to the lamps and they continue to give their rated can-. power until the next rime the car is started.

A Way It Has.

“De truth,” said Brother Williams, “is lak a rubber band: De mo’ you stretch de mo’ it comes bfwk ter de place whar it started fum."—Atlanta Constitution.

Any community can endure a coward -who ds -afrafat-to do wrong.

ANCIENT CHINESE PROVERBS.

Cholca Nnggeta of Wlsdoox Iron Mur Oriental Source*. If yob have not enough influence with the judge to excuse your felony then saddle your ass quickly. The sandalmaker does not go abroad to find cocked eyes to straighten. A coat noi paiu for is always tight under the arms. Beware of the woman who bites her finger nails. She is possessed of • devil. Do not despise friendships. Even that of a beggar is better than none. You are suspicious of a dishonest man, even if he does offer you honest goods.

Do not abuse a poor man. He may not always be poor, and the abused have a good memory. Do not qtand ftehind the woman who is about to throw stones. If you are afraid of your wife, exchange clothes with her. When your wife is brawling run for the beehives. —* Your pile of straw is a thousand times biggqr than its pile of ashes. Do not Interfere with a dog gnawing a bonq*' It is one of his few pleasures in life, and, besides, he might bite you. Hay ropes do not bind a ship in a storm, and if your boat is leaking sail close to shore. Before you kill the fowls scratching up your garden seeds be sure they are not your own. It makes a difference whose cat it is that yowls on the housetops. Too much wine crosses your feet. Do not saddle your ass backward. If he pitches you off you cannot Bee where you are falling. The fawning guest is a great eater. He who mimics the ways of his betters wears the clothes of a fool. Let each man talk of his trade and there will be no neighborhood quarrels.—Exchange.

FIG LOOSE IN A BALLROOM.

At Stamford, Conn., somewhat of a sensation was caused at an assembly dance given by Stamford’s exclusive social set, when a little pig was led into the ballroom by two young men and turned loose. The pig ran squealing about, and some of the ladies climbed on chairs, presumably thinking of rats. When they discovered that it was just a harmless little pis they joined in the chase about the ballroom floor. The scared little porker was finally captured and taken out of doors. The prank was enjoyed by every one.

A Plausible Deduction.

A Baltimore school teacher had encountered such a degree of ignorance on the part of one of her boys, in relation to the recorded acts of the Father of his Country, that she grew sarcastic, with a result which Shipping Illustrated records. “I wonder,” she began, “if you could tell me whether George Washington was a sailor or a soldier?” The boy grinned. "He was a soldier, all right,” he said. “How do. you know 7” the teacher challenged. "Because I saw a picture of him crossing the Delaware. Any sailor would know enough not to stand up in the boat.”

Longest English Lawsnit.

The longest lawsuit ever heard in England was that between the heir of Thomas Talbot, Viscount Lisle, and the heirs of Lord Berkeley respecting certain lands and possessions not., far from Wootton-under-Edge, in the county of Gloucester. It commenced at the end of the reign of Edward IV. and was pending till the reign of James 1., when a compromise took place after it had lasted about 120 years.—London Answers.

Whar Wus Ye?

He was an old darky. He wore no overcoat and the Icy wind twisted his threadbare clothes about his shriveled body. “Wind,” he demanded whimsically, “whar wuz you dis time las’ July?”— Everybody’s.

Inherited.

- "Where did Phlyem get his propensity for ballooning?” “I don’t know, but his grandfather died in the air.” .. “Above the trees?” “No; under one."—New York Journal.

Prompt Treatment.

A paper describing an accident says; “Dr. Caatoroif was called and under his prompt and skillful treat* ment the young man died on Wednesday night.” Occasionally a man takes his wife’s advice bo he can taunt her with the worthlessness thereof If it turns ’out bad. ' •' Cheap notoriety often turns out to tiraa expensive luxury.

For : ; Sprains i , Sloan’s liniment is the best remedy for sprains and bruises. It quiets the pain at once, and can be applied to the tenderest part without hurting because it doesn’t heed to be rubbed—all }rou have to do is to lay it on ightly. It is a powerful preparation and penetrates instantly—relieves any inflammation and congestion, and reduces the swelling. Here’s the Proof. Mr. L. Roland, Bishop of Scranton, Pa. says:—“On the 7th of this present month, as I was leaving the building at noon for lunch, I slipped and fell, spraining my wrist. I refiirned in the afternoon, and at four o’clock I could not hold a pencil in my hand. I returned home later and purchased a bottle of Sloan's Liniment and used it five or six times before I went to bed, and the next day I was able to go to work and use my hand as usual.” , Sloan’s Liniment Igg is an excellent antiHI septic and germ killer—heals cuts, fIHpHBH bums, wounds and K&uhE|H contusions, and will ilhllillAiM draw the poison I wf I f rom stiug of poiflCj? I sonous insects. 260., 60c. and SI.OO I .TL'M/fi.,. I Sloan’* book oa ■ liUlHifellil ■ hone,, cattle, sheep ■ —■ and poultry sent - ■ —p£?- - ■ free. Address I B Dr. Earl S. Sloan, ■■MB Boston, Hass., U.SJL

Strength at Various Ages.

According to excellent authority the muscles, in common with all organa of the human body, have their periods of development and decline, our physical strength increasing up to a certain age and then decreasing. Testa of the strength of several thousand Individuals have been made and the following figures are given as the averages derived from such tests: The lifting power of a youth of 17 is 280 pounds; in his twentieth year this increases to 320 pounds and Id the thirtieth and thirty-first years it reaches its height, 365 pounds. At the expiration of the thirty-first year the strength begins to decline, very gradually at first. By* the fortieth year It has decreased eight pounds and diminution continues at a slightly increasing rate until the fiftieth year is reached, when the figure is 330 pounds. Subsequent to this period strength fails more and more rapidly until the weakness of old age is reached. It is found impossible to obtain trustworthy statistics of the decline of strength after the fiftieth year, as the rate varies greatly in different individuals. *

Dolly’s Retort.

“I won’t iwash my face!” said Dolly Jefiantly. “Naughty, naughty,” reproved srandmother. “When I was a little jirl I always washed my face.” “Yes, and now look at it!” —Everybody’s.

GET POWER.

The Supply Cornea from Food. If we get power from food, why not strive to get all the power we can? That is only possible by use of skilfully selected food that exactly fits the requirements of the body. Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a poor fire is not a good steam producer. , “From not knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs, I suffered grievously for a long time from stomach’ troubles,” writes a lady from a little town in Missouri.

"It seemed as If I would never be able to find out the sort of food that was best for me. Hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my stomach. Every gave me heartburn and Blled my stomach with gas. I got thinner and thinner until I literally became a living skeleton and in time was compelled to keep to my bed. “A few months .ago I was persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from the very beginning that I have kept up US use ever since. I was surprised at the ease with which I digested , it. It proved to be just what I needed. ,

“All my unpleasant symptoms, ths heartburn, the inflated feeling which gave me so much pain disappeared. My weight gradually increased from 98 to 116 pounds, my figure rounded out, my strength came back, and I am bow able to do flay housework and enjoy it. Grape-Nuts did it.” A Sen days’ trial will show anyone some facts about food. Look in pkgs. for the little book, "The Road to Wellville.” “There’s a Reason.” Ever read th% above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They ere genuine, true, and fall of human t Interns*. ~