Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1910 — Page 2

THE DAILY REPUBLICAN Bvry Dv Bxcapt Sunday. ICAItY k CLARK, PifcHrtwrt. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

KNEW SLAYER OF LINCOLN.

Cuul Aevnalntann Only Camte of Suspicion A(mtnat New Senator. Col. James Gordon, the new senator from Mississippi, is a spare-built, stooped man, with a scraggly, gray beard wbich covers his thin and upper Up. He Is unreconstructed and has no | apologies to offer for the civil war or the part he played In it. While the War Department was denying that a reward of SIO,OOO was put on his head as one of the Lincoln conspirators the old gentleman was searching his memory for the facts. Col. Gordon met John Wilkes Booth, the slayer of Lincoln; in a hotel in Montreal, the Washington correspondent of the New York World says. It was a casual acquaintance* formed through Col. Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior under President Davis and at that time an agent of the Confederacy in Canada. Col. Gordon was not well acquainted with Booth and the fact that Booth left Montreal and came direct to Washington was the only cause of the suspicion directed against Gordon and Thompson. The new senator went to Canada after his escape from a Union prison ship. He had been abroad negotiating for the purchase of a warship for the Confederacy. In returning the party tried to run the blockade at Wilmington. He was made a prisoner with the common sailors on the boat. An officer noticed that he was not an ordinary seaman and questioned him. Col. Gordon said that he was the son of the Duke of Argyll and that he had fled from Scotland because of com-' plicity in a duel. The officer helped him send a letter to the British ambassador in Washington. Later he was released and in his gratitude he gave a dinner to the Union officers at Old Point Comfort. After his release he made straight for New York and thence to Canada. “When we had crossed the boundary,” said Col. Gordon, “and were nearing St. Johns, I was so happy at being free from the fear of arrest that I jumped up in the car and yelled: ‘Hoowy for Jeff Davis and the Southern Confederacy. Immediately I had a crowd around me, all joining in the yell, and we all got off the train to get a drink. A detective who was followlng me came into the bar. He took a drink, but when I proposed a toast to Jeff Davis he would not drink. I threatened to break his head with a decanter and he changed his mind. He kept on my track after that and after the death of President Lincoln he shadowed me constantly.”

IT'S SO NICE TO BE HOME.

Even the Dining; Room Chairs Seem Glad to See the Traveler. It Is so easy to understand that going away from home for a short time is beneficial, for there Is before you all the while the captivating pleasure of getting home, the New York Evening Sun says. You begin thinking of It the moment you leave home, and when the moment comes it Is such fun and you are glad all through. All the chairs look glad to see you, and none of the plants has died, and there Is about everything such an Intoxicating atmosphere of having the same old cat. The clock has run down and acts a hit grumpy, but It is quickly wound and good-naturedly bears no grudge. The pictures are oddly crooked, but straighten them and ask no questions. They may have been up to a little something, but it is only fair that they should, because that’s exactly in a mild way what you have been doing. One’s dresses are hanging in the closets so fresh and faithful, and above all sllm l (never should one ceaße to be grateful for the positively svelte appearance that all dresses assume in the closet), and one’s books seem to have taken on an added geniality, and the windows are dirty, which only shows how necessary one Is in one’s own home. The desk is loaded down with letters to be read, some of them are advertisements, but they look like letters from a distance, and make the desk feel just as important as though they each contained checks, and the rugs wrinkle up as though they wanted their backs scratched, and one's bathtub has an air of understanding one’s ways which no other bathtub ever has; one’s favorite whiskbroom is in place, and’ bo is one’s, pet pen, and altogether everything smiles at you, and you smile at everything, .qnd in a soft, inarticulate chorus you all exclaim: “Oh, isn’t it nice to get home!”

FERRIES COINED BY MINT.

Output at Philadelphia Shows Big Prolt for Uncle Sam. Daring the year the United States mint in this city established a new record in the coinage of pennies, the Philadelphia North American says. No less than 1154)68,263 were coined. In former years the highest number was 76,000,000. JL ' . Demand for the new "Lincoln penes tfftiTwas responsible for the large ontdeclared that the requests for the pennies during the summer and especially daring the holidays assumed amazing proportions. To meet the demand, be Installed a plant for the manufacture of blank tolas. Prior to 1 999 all blanks war*

furnished by a company at Waterbary/ Conn. A saving of $220,000 in the coinage of cents alone resulted from the installation of the plant. This, with the seigniorage on minor coins of $1,385,000, shows a profit on these coins alone of $1^805,000. The seigniorage on silver coined during the year amounted to $2,600,000, making a total of $4,205,000. The total appropriated by Congress for the mint's running expenses was but little more than $400,000. The showing made. Superintendent Landis thinks, entitles the mint to the appellation “a regular moneymaker.” In 1907 the mint reached the highwater mark for pieces coined, 189,000,000 being turned out. Last year the total was 149,951,'921, with a valuation of $15,570,468.93. The large number in 1907 was due to the fact that millions of pieces were coined for the Philippines and for the republic of Panama. These coins are now being made at the San Francisco mint. Dtfring the last year 161.282 double eagles, 184,863 eagles, 627,138 halfeagles and 441,896 quarter-eagles, with a total value of $9,314,707, were coined. There were 2,368,650 half-dollars, 9,268,650 quarter-dollars and 10,240,650 dimes, amounting to $4,525,562.60. Of 5-cent pieces there were 11,590,626, with a value of $578,526. With Increased coinage the mint is now working with a lower complement of employes than ever before. In four years the force has gradually been decreased from 568 men and women to 454. We Cannot Afford Bad Government. Nothing is so foolish as to tell Business that it opght to be good, says Charles Edward Russell in Success Magazine. Evolution will take care of that. Either Business will come to be operated on broad, clean, humane methods, looking far ahead to great results, or it will defeat itself and man will be compelled to find some other source of primal supplies. For instance, the vice and graft alliance, although it enhances the day’s receipts, does not really pay in the long run. You can not in any city have a wide-open policy without very great waste. That is Inevitable. If you sanction graft in one way you sanction it in all ways. Booming red light districts mean a lax city administration with loot of the city treasury, dirty streets, bad pavements, reckless appropriations and a municipality down at the heels. Inevitably and always it means just this. In time all these conditions react upon Business. The game isn’t worth the candle. Taxes, and bond issues increase, dust. from the dirty streets injures" goods and spreads disease, the bad transportation service keeps customers away, the stolen assessments multiply on your heads.

Helping the Minister.

A Scotch preacher had in his congregation an old woman who was deaf. In order to hear the sermon each Sunday, this old lady would seat herself at the foot of the pulpit stairs. Oaa day the sermon was about Jonah, and the preacher became very rhetorical. “And when the sailors threw Jonah overboard,” he said, “a big fish swallowed him up. Was it a shark that got ’im? Nay, my brethren, it was ne’er a shark. Was it a swordfish that eat him? Nay—” “It was a whale," whispered the old lady excitedly. “Hush, Biddle,” said the preacher indignantly. “Would ye tak th’ word of God out o’ yer ane meenister’s mouth?”—Success Magazine.

Holiday Visitors.

An appalling case of deafness was that of an old lady who lived just across the street from the navy yard. On Washington’s birthday they fired a salute of twenty-one guns. The old lady was observed to start and listen as the last gun was fired; then, adjusting her cap and smoothing her dress, she exclaimed, “Come in.”—Success Magazine.

Unheeded Remonstrances.

“WAs that you scolding a poor dog that was merely indulging his natural inclination to howl at the moon?” ask ed the kindhearted man. “Yes,” answered his neighbor. “Don’t you know you ought te bt kind to dumb animals?” “That dog isn’t dumb, he’s only deaf.” —Washington Star.

There Was.

The disheveled hard entered the weary-eyed editor’s apartment “Is there an opening here for a poet?” he inquired. “Yes, indeed,” replied the editor, touching a button underneath his desk, and the next instant the poet disap peared through a trapdoor in the floor

A Good Loser.

“John,” she asked, “do yt>u evei play poker for profit?” “No,” he - replied, thoughtfully; “the game serves as my way of being charitable.”—Philadelphia North American.

An Absolutely Honest Man.

“Is he a man to be trusted?” “Absolutely. You may even have a cigar exposed in your vest pocket and he won’t reach over and grab It.’’— Detroit Free Press.

The optimist cheers, but the pessimist saves his breath for the purpose of letting out a calamity howl later 08. “ A prude is sometimes a person who noses around for something to get shocked at How much louder it sounds when sonio one else slams the door!

For The Children

Blackie’* Trick. Gladys sat holding Gray-Paws, one of her kitties, in her lap. But presently her thoughts were recalled by a soft rubbing against her arm. Bhe looked round, and there was Black ie, Gray-Paws’ brother, evidently trying his best to attract her attention. He rubbed against her, and put his nose under her arm. , ‘ But anyhow Gladys seemed to think that her lap was full enough just then, although she was often known to hold Sve kittens at once, asJßlackle was well aware. At last Blackie seemed to conclude that there was no room for him at present, and he was perhaps jealousof Gray-Paws. It really seemed as if he must have thought the matter over carefully and made deliberate plans, for this is what he did. Blackie suddenly sprang down beside the dish used for food and began to eat, or prebend to, with the greatest relish, occasionally looking at GrayPa wa,"RB if afraid he would come and take a part of the feast. This, of course, was too much for Gray-Paws to resist, and in a moment he had jumped from Glady’s lap and run to the side of the dish. Quick as a thought Blackie turned away, ran up the steps and jumped into Gladys’ lap, where he curled down in a ball and began to purr. Them was not one thing in the dish! "You naughty, funny little cat!” exclaimed Gladys, and she could not help cuddling the little rogue nor laughing at his trick, while Gray-Paws walked slowly away.—Youth’s Companion. Acting Out Rhyme*. For this game half the players go outside the door, whilst those who stay in the room choose a word of one syllable, which should not be too difficult. For instance, suppose the word chosen be “Flat,” those who are out of the room are informed that a word has been thought of that rhymes with “Cat,” and they then have to act, without speaking, all the words they can think of that rhyme with “Cat.” Suppose their first Idea be “Bat,” they come into the room and play an imaginary game of baseball. This not being correct, they would get hissed for their pains, and they must then hurry outside again. They might next try “Rat,” most of tbefn going into the room on their hands and feet, whilst the others might pretend to be frightened. At last the boys go In and fall flat on their faces, while the girl’s pretend to use flatirons upon their backs. The loud clapping that follows tells them that they are right at last. They then change places with the audience, who In turn become the actors. Getting Dressed. Here’s a foot and here’s a shoe. See that they agTee. If both are right or both are left They’ll fit quite easily;

But if the little foot is left, You’ll tug with all your might And never get to breakfast, if The little shoe is right. Jones’ Hat or Jones’s Hat. It is not strange that boys and girls are sometimes bothered over the right way to use the sign of the possessive after a noun ending in s. Good usage is about equally divided in the matter, so that either Jones’ hat or Jones’s hat may be considered correct. Literally speaking, however, Jones’s hat is to be preferred, for the possessive form is nothing but a contraction of "his,” the original form having been “Jones, his hat,” and most grammarians say that we should give recognition in the sound to the contracted pronoun. Goold Brown’s grammar says, “To avoid a concurrence of hissing sounds, the s is sometimes omitted, and the apostrophe alone retained to mark the possessive singular, as ‘Moses’ minister," but the elision should be sparingly indulged. It is In general less agreeable than the regular form;” and it illustrates the point by quoting “Hicks’s” as preferable to “Hicks’.” , . With Your Ryes Shat. zlf you have never tried, you will be surprised how difficult It is to judge distance or the whereabouts of anything with your eyes shut. Place a’ piece of paper on the floor before you and, shutting your try to tread on it. Then try to pick it up. Next, stick a pin in the wall about four feet up and try to pick it out without "groping” for It. Stand about six feet away from a table and, shutting your eyes, try to walk up to it without knocking against it ■ — ; —— : ■—- 4 No Presidential Notice. It seems queer, when you think about it, that there is no provision in the Constitution of the Unted States for notifying the successful Presidential candidate of his election. The two Houses of Congress meet on

a day axed, and open and certify tha returns, but there the matter ends, and th» President-elect has to depend on 'hear say” for the result. Many persons wonder why some provision has not been made for giving him for* mal notice of his election.

On Writing Write.

Write, we know, is written right When we see it written “write”; But when we see it written wright. We know it is not written right; For write, to have it written right. Must not be written right or wright; Nor yet should it be written rite. But write, for so ’tis written right.

CRIMINALS DREAD SLEEP.

Malefactors Frequently. Reveal Dark Deeds Under Its Infneoce. Criminologists say that the greatesl terror that afflicts that fraction of humanity suffering from an uneasy conscience is not dread at the police by any means, nor awe of any other acknowledged enemy of law defiers. What the criminal dreads is sleep, which is, it appears, the friend 61 the righteous only. To men with the knowledge of dark stored within them, sleep is the most treacherous of foes. The countless poems that have been written In praise of It very naturally appear as so much cold-blooded mockery to such as are in hourly dread of betraying themselves under its influence. An untold number of crimes have been confessed by their perpetra tors during sleep. Is it any wonder, asks a writer in Science Siftings, that thoSp conscious of irregularities of conduct prefer to remain awake? It was not long ago that a wellknown detective happened to be traveling in a sleeping car. The detective who chanced to be occupying a lowei berth, heard the sleeper above him burst forth into a long-winded confession regarding several daring jewel robberies wherein he had taken part." Much impressed, the officer kept an eye on him. Further inquiries proved that the confession had been an exact record of what had taken place. Many years ago a common lodging house was the scene of a sleeping criminal’s confession. The room was occupied by himself and one other — a young sailor. While the sailor was lying awake he suddenly heard a curious and ghastly laugh issue from his companion’s lips. The laugh was fol lowed by a long and rambling descrip tion, of a murder he had committed horrible in its details. The sailor crept downstairs and informed the landlord of what had occurred. The latter at once summoned a policeman, who recognized the sleeper as Jhe man “wanted” for the crime in question.

The Habit of Cheerfulness.

Cheerfulness will attract more customers, sell more goods, do more business with less wear and tear than almost any other quality, says Orison Swett Marden in Success Magazine. Optimism is the greatest business-get-ter, biggest trader, the greatest achiever in the world. Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up. In the business office, as in society, everywhere, the favorite is always the cheerful person. Good-natured, cheerful people do not waste their vital energy as rapidly as the grumbler, or the too sober, too sad people. They work with much less friction. Good cheer Is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery. Shakespeare says: “A merry heart goes all the day, «Your sad tires in a mile —a.” There is no other life habit which can give such a prolific return in happiness and satisfaction as that of being cheerful under all circumstances. If the resolution to cultivate cheerfulness is strongly made at the very outset, it will not be difficult to form the cheerful habit, and it will be the best protection against suffering and disappointment. Cheerfulness Is also a great producer. It adds wonderfully to one’s active ability, and increases mental and physical power. It makes hosts of friends, apd helps us to be interesting and agreeable.

Every Bit of Reform Counts.

The effect upon the public mind of reform defeats following reform victories constitutes a serious hindrance to the orderly and continuous progress toward better political conditions, says E. A. Van Valkenburg in Success Magazine. Pendulum-like, there always is a back swing to every reform movement forward. But, unlike the pendulum, it never swings backward so far as it has swung forward. In this country every period of seeming reaction Is in reality merely the marking of a new starting point from which progress will make a greater gain than from any earlier one. . When any reform movement is regarded in its entirety, a gain always can be counted. If the millions of earnest citizens who every year give their support to good causes with seemingly scant results could be made to understand this demonstrable fact, the forwarding of civic betterments would be encouraged and simplified.

His Specialty.

“That justice of the peace, who is also a shoemaker, I understand is a favorite marrying one, particnlarly with widows,” ... “Yes, in both the shoe ousiness and matrimony, his specialty Is repairing.” —Baltimore American. When a young widow proposes to a man heiiso afraid that people might suspect It that he pretends he did it himself.

TRUMPET CALLS.

■mb'* Horn Sonnil* n Warnlßg Not* to the Unredeemed.

Whenever you m see a boy, wait a —. __ minute, and you M w?Ta will hear him I whistle for hia Woman may Rvi wCulr have been to blame for the fall, * l My but she certainly has been the first

to rise again, and to her belongs the credit for nine-tenths of the good there is in the world to-day. If we knew all it would be easier to forgive all. Babes in Christ should not be fed nn watered milk. Some of us pray most for the things we need the least. Imitation virtues don’t wear any better than imitation jewelry. Experience TO dSSf teacher, but her diplomas mean something. Talking for Christ should never* be done with a frown on the face. It is better to kill a snake in a clumsy way than to let it escape. When the name of Christ is everything to us, it will do everything for us. No work is so small but that faithfulness in it will sooner or later be seen and rewarded. Our Lord praised two women for their liberal giving, bpt no man gave enough to attract his attention. The preacher who gets his sermons out of the magazines is always wondering why people won’t go to church. There are some people in every community who do more for the devil in the church than they do for the Lord outside.

Evolution Has No Favorites.

The best is none too good for Business—the best of everything, the best of ideals, the best and highest standards of humane policy in this government of ours it has assumed, says Charles Edward Russell in Success Magazine. Only the very best will keep it and us off the rocks. To preach at it that it ought to do certain things because these things are prescribed in a code of morals, or to threaten It with law, dissolution, fines and other punishments, is just to waste our good time. If it goes down dark alleys after vice and graft alliances; or arm-in-arm with San Francisco and Philadelphiarings, and if it eonfeinuea to let poverty pile up, it will learn in time that these things do not pay. But whether it will learn this fact before it gets crumpled up by a nation where Business is wiser, or before it declines at home among a nation of slum-dwellers, nobody knows and evolution doesn’t care. That’s one beautiful thing about evolution; it doesn’t care a rap and has no prejudices about race or nationality. If the people of one nation desire to get—for a while —outside of its lines, it works on cheerfully in Germany, New Zealand, Denmark or any other old country. And after a time a fold of the stratum topples over upon the reversionary spot pnd crushes it out forever.

"Bread" and "Plareon" Seed.

Schoc* children in the crowded parts of New York do not speak of corn and oats and wheat by those names, but always refer to them as “seeds.” The other day in one ol the big schools the teacher was talking to her pupils about gardening. She ended with a request for each pupil to bring a few seeds the next day to be planted In the window boxes. The following morning the children appeared mostly with either oats, wheat or corn. While putting a few grains of each in the earth the teacher- referred to them by their familiar names. One of the girls in the class took courage to “set the. teacher right” and said: “Some one must ’a told you wrong, teacher. That” —pointing to the wheat—“is bread seed, an’ that yellow stuff ain’t corn; it’s pigeon seed. We always call them that in the block where we live.”

The Power of Napoleon.

The desperate struggle to do something worth while is the Very thing which draws out our reserve forces and develops latent power, says Orison Swett Marden in Success Magazine. Without this struggle, many people would never have discovered their real selves. Napoleon was never so resourceful, never so levelheaded, never had that vigorous mental grasp, was never able to make such powerful combinations as when he was driven to desperation. It was when all bridges were burned behind him, and there was no possibility of retreat, that the possible Napoleon came to the rescue. Napoleon said of his great general, Massena, that he never showed his mettle until he saw the wounded and and dead falling all around him in battle; then the lion in him was aroused, and he fought like a demon.

A Devoted Hatband.

Wise —Dearest, if you and I were thrown on a desert island, what would yon dot —— - Husband—Thank heaven I can swim. —Brooklyn Citizen.

Early Australian Squatters.

Squatters in Australia used to be able to take up crown lands at a rearly rent of a penny an acre. Many a man does more kicking with Us tongue than a mule dees with hia two hind feet.

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Drownings in British Isles.

A return issued recently as a parliamentary paper, shops the lives lost by wreck, drowning, or other accidents at sea, and In rivers and harbors in Brit.seargoing merchant ships during the years 1891 to 1908 Inclusive. The total number of passengers, masters, and seamen who lost their lives in 1908 was 1,139, the number of casualties at sea being 722 and in rivers and harbors 417. With the exception of the years 1906 and 1904, this total is the lowest recorded during the past 18 years, the most fatal year being 1894, when the total loss of life was 3071, viz., 1,874 masters and seamen and 1,197 passengers. The number of masters and seamen who lost their lives was 1,047, viz., 633 at sea and 414 in rivers and harbors. The number of passengers drowned was only 92. This number included 83 passengers lost from the SS. Sardinia of Liverpool. Lives lost in yachts and fishing vessels are not included In the return.

The Innocent.

Bachelor Brother (visiting married sister) —Well, sis, how are you, and how is the kid? Sister—Baby’s troubled a good deal with his teeth. B. B. —-His teeth. I’ll just telephone to the dentist and have them out In a jiffy.—Boston Transcript.

CLEAR-HEADED.

Head Bookkeeper Moat Be Reliable. The chief bookkeeper In a large business house In one of our great Western cities speakß of the harm coffee diid for him; “My wife and I drank our first cup of Postum a little over two years ago, and we have used it ever since, to the entire exclusion of tea and coffee. It happened in this way: “About three and a half years ago I had an attack of pneumonia, which left a memento in the shape of dyspepsia, or rather, to speak more correctly, neuralgia of the stomach. My ‘cup of cheer’ had always been coffee or tea, but I became convinced, after a time,' that they aggravated my stomach trouble. I happened to mention the matter to my grocer one day and he suggested that I give Postum a trial. * “Next day It came, but the cook made the mistake of not boiling it sufficiently, and we did not like it much. This was, however, soon remedied, and now we like it so much that we will never change back. Postum, being a food beverage instead of a drug, has been the means of curing my stomach trouble, I verily believe, for I am a well man to-day and have used no other remedy. “iiy work as chief bookkeeper in our Co.’s branch house here is of a very confining nature. During my coffee-drinking days I was Bubject to nervousness and ‘the blues’ in addition to my sick spells. These have left me since I began using Postum and I can conscientiously recommend it to those whose work confines them to long hours of severe mental exertion.” “There’s a-Reason." Look ih pkgs. for the little book, “The Road to Wellville.” Ever rend the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full as human interest.