Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1910 — Page 2

PAPERS BY THE PEOPLE

THE APPEAL OF POLITICS TO WOMAN.

It is just possible that if political equality had been ours from the beginning of this country, without the long and bitter struggle for it. we might have prized it less keenly. So all the more for the effort, when it comes —and it is so right that it must come—suffrage will be held a dearer privilege and more 'sacred possession by the women of America than it ever has been, or ever can be by the

men, uorn to the purple. It is because the women of America are loyal and patriotic citizens; because they know the necessity of having good men in office; because they want good schools and the children protected from every evil that they may become good citizens in the future; because they believe that they can do infinitely more toward attaining these things if they stand on the same plane with their husbands and brothers, with reasonable human beings and given the ballot. No one claims that all women are thoroughly conscientious or that their judgment would never be at fault. Neither do I think that all women would be benefited by the privilege of the ballot. I do not think that all men vote honestly or that all men should have a vote. Yet they do have it, to the exclusion of women; a great majority of whom are thoroughly W’orthy and capable.—North American Revicpv.

HUNTING IN ITS VARIOUS PHASES.

One of the greatest fallacies of the day is that we must hunt for larg| opportunities alone while countless smaller chances for doing good are constantly passed by'unnoticed. A large city like Chicago offers an unsurpassed hunting ground for philanthropic people, both rich and poor. If the man of means Who annually betakes himself to hunting game in neighboring states could but realize the ruth-

less suffering he inflicts in order to satisfy a savage instinct inherited frcm past ages, and if he could further realize how. this same, hunting instinct with its expenditure of time and money could be directed into channels of comfort and pleasure to his less fortunate associates and with a thousandfold greatfer satisfaction to himself, how glad he would Be to make the change and how much better off the world would bei Come with us almost any day and join the hunt for wretched, worn out, limping, sore and suffering horses that majr be seen on the city streets, especially in the poorer quarters; do something to alleviate the overworked, overdriven, and cruelly treated beasts of burden, and you will have the satisfaction of having done one of the most unselfish pieces of benevolence for which you will not receive any thanks, but which will make you feel far better than it you had hunted wild animals

NOTES OF FOREIGN LANDS.

Furniahed in Consular Reporta and Gathered from Other Sonreea. A limited stock company has been formed in Berlin by leading German industrial concerns 1 for the manufacture of flying machines of the Wright system. Wilbur and Orville Wright have conveyed all the rights for Germany to the new eompany. eral Electric Company of Berlin and New York is interested. Schools are being established in every part of the Chinese Empire and are being put in charge of educated Chinese who have studied in Japan, Europe and the United States, says consular report No. 3636. Popular education is a strong feature of the new movement in China for the general betterment of the country and its people, all tending toward a limited monarchy in place of the centuries o.u autocracy. << The new dealer’s annual license tax of $Bl.lO imposed at Aden may injure the sale of American kerosene in that busy city, and force the natives to reBume the use of candles. Next to cotton goods, kerosene has for years been the leading American export to Aden after driving Russian and Sumatran oil out of the market. —: —— One hundred thousand dollars Is to be spent for improvements in the service of the fire brigade in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. In the effort to reorganize the rubber factories of Scotland on American lines American experts are being put in charge of the principal departments of manufacture. The salaries are much higher than the British standard. The industry turns out about 6,000,000 worth of rubber goods yearly. American competition aoroad is forcing the change, says our consul at Edinburgh. Liberia, West Africa, is energetically calling for American goods even among the 2,500,000 aboriginal popu-' laticn. " China buys $2,000,4)00 worth of for-eign-made printing paper every year. The American share is insignificant. Why? See consular report No. 3635. The Euphrates river will probabljbe bridged at the three points where the Crossing is now done by ferries. The first bridge will be constructed next spring. * Mining concessions are being snap-' ped up in Turkey. The new governor of Adana is favorably disposed to concessionaries.

The Peculiar Snail.

The Common snail has lungs, heart and a general circulation, and is in every respect an air breathing creature. This notwithstanding, he can live on indefinitely without inhaling the least atom of air, that which is usually considered the essential to existence in ail creatures supplied with lungs. Leppert says: “To all organized creatures the removal of oxygen, wate< nourishment and heat causes death to ensue.” When that statement was made he did not appear to consider the

By Rosamond Lee Sutherland.

By Hugo Krause.

Meat Chart of Prime 1,100-Pound Steer Dressing 64.05 Per Cent or 704.55 Pounds. Percentage Pounds Cut Price Proceeds 26.70 189.27 Chuck $ .15 $ 28.38 10.01 70.59 Ribs .21 14.83 18.2 128.22 Loin .25 32.06 22.1 155.70 Round .19 29.58 3.04 - .. .. 21.42 Shanks - 4.33 30.56 Flank .09 2.75 12.52 86.95 Plate .11 9.56 3.1 21.84 - Suet .05 1.09 !00 704.55 $119.75

snail as one among the great host of "organized beings,” for the experiments made by Prof. Spallanzani prove that any or all the usual life conditions can be removed in its case without terminating its existence or in any way Impairing its functions. It is a fact well known that the common land snail retreats into his shell on the approach of frosty weather in the-fall and that the opening or mouth of the shell is hermetically sealed by a secretion which is of a silky texture and absolutely impervious to air and water. In this condition it is plain that he is deprived of three out of four elements of life mentioned by Leppert—viz., air, water and nourishment. ?.

February is an excellent month for transplanting flowering trees and shrubs from the woods into the home grounds, says the Garden Magazine, especially if the January thaw has bared the ground and the air thrills with the promise of spring. The trees are dormant, their roots packed tight in frozen earth. It is harder digging, but you get a better ball of roots.

Certain flowering trees among our native trees are as beautiful as any exotics obtainable from a nurseryman, in fact, all the best ones are sold by nurserymen. Every garden needs a flowering dogwood, with its snow of white blossoms in spring. It should be planted in the border of an open lawn, but overtopped behind by large trees, because It has no foilage of its

for sport. Get the habit of opening your eyes and ears to the many irregularities and wrongdoings of those who bunt for riches alone, and learn to report violations of the law made in defense of the helpless. Do not be a case of arrested development, but help establish the fashion of hunting for truth, righteousness and justice.

REINCARNATION AND ITS NECESSITY.

carnation, Implying that man can become master of his destiny, he being the result of his own individual past, being what he has made himself. The savage of to-day is the saint of the future; all tread a similar road; all are destined to ultimate human perfection. Pain follows on mistakes and is ever remedial; strength is developed by struggle; we reap after every sowing the inevitable result; happiness growing out of the right, sorrow out of the wrong. The babe dying shortly after birth pays in the death a debt owing from the past, and returns swiftly to earth, delayed but for brief space and free of his debt to gather the experience necessary for his growth. Social virtues, though placing a man at a disadvantage in the struggle for existence, perhaps even leading to the sacrifice of his physical life, build a noble character for his future lives and shapes him to become a servant of the nation. In every case the individual past explains the individual present, and when the laws of growth are known and obeyed a man can build with a sure hand his future destiny, shaping his growth on lines of ever increasing beauty Until he reaches the stature or the perfect man.

IS WOMAN FITTED TO RULE?

dependent creatures, because we have to depend on others. If society will profit by our effort to attain man’s level in these matters, it is our duty to strive towards that end. If the time is not yet here, we serve the race best by staying where we are. ■

HOW TO CUT $119.75 WORTH OF MEAT FROM A $40 BEEF.

Trees from the Woods.

There are but three explanations of human inequalities, whether of faculties, of opportunities, of circumstances: I. Special creation by God, implying that man is helpless, his destiny being controlled by an arbitrary and incalculable will. 11. Heredity, as suggested by science, implying an equal helplessness on man's part, he being the result of a past over whch he had no control. 111. Rein-

By Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Some of us talk and think a lot of the sufferings of the woman through the historic period. Suppose we have suffered some; we came through, didn’t we? We aren’t exterminated yet,. If it hadn't been for the good of the race t hat we should have adopted a subordinate place in the civilized world, it wkiuld never have happened. We are behind man-in civilization. We are

own at flowering time to make a background for the blossoms. The price of sucn a beautiful tree is careful transplanting and patience with its slow growth.

A Russian Scare in Australia.

“Russian scares” were at one time common in Sydney and Melbourne. Once, when Australia was not yet connected with the Old World by telegraph, a mail steamer from London beat the record in smart passage, and to signalize the event she fired off all her guns as she advanced up the harbor of Melbourne. But the Melbourne authorities misconstrued this demonstration and, feeling sure that the Russians were really coming at last, promptly mobilized all their military and naval j-esources before they discovered their mistake.

Wigwag—When are you going to pay me that $lO you owe me? Borrowell —My dear fellow, you can’t get blood out of a turnip. Wigwag—l know, but if I punch your head I can get blood out of a beat. —Philadelphia Record.

A Family Likeness.

"Here's an account of ajhen in Kansas that has learned to crow and re. fuses Jto lay eggs.” “Gee! Don’t that remind you of th« ’new woman!”’ —Cleveland Leader.

“Vy don’t you reduce der price on does all-yool suits?” “Vat! Vos you crazy? Vid cotton so high?”—Puck.

By Annie Besant.

One Better.

PRESIDENT TAFT AS HE WOULD APPEAR WEARING THE PROPOSED STATE JEWELS.

Amember of the National House of Representatives has evolved a plan to distinguish Mr. Taft and all future presidents by a splendid syrribol of gold and jewels. According to the plan the decoration is to consist of a' chain of gold with a huge pendant, which is to be a replica of the great seal of State, emblazoned with diamonds and enriched by the highest art of the engraver. The remainder of this gorgeous chain is to be wrought of smaller reproductions of the seals of the forty-nine States and territories of the United States, linked together with jeweled golden doves, to symbolize the peace and unity in which they all dwell together in one republic. Such a superb embellishment, the originator of the idea believes, would fitly designate the president of this great republic and mark him out among his fellow men on any occasion of formality. Besides, it could be retained by ex-presidents as a sort of token of political pastmastership and passed on to their as a pleasant reminder that an ancestor had been in the president’s chair. The supporters of the plan would have-a replica of the Taft chain presented to Theodore Roosevelt, and favor the wearing of a similar but less ornate chain by the governors of the States for purposes of distinction. The opponents of the decoration say it savors of Zelaya or Castro rather than of a country which is proud of its Lincoln, its Franklin, its Jackson and other Americans who needed no gilding to make 'them great. And no one enjoys the joke, it is said, more than President Taft himself.

Science AND Invention

Continuing his researches, begun with the ordinary ultraviolet rays, Bil-lon-Daguerre in France has recently experimented with still shorter rays of the spectrum, measuring down to 1,000 units, for the sterilization of all kinds of liquids. He finds that the very short rays are 25 times as effective as the longer ones in their sterilizing power. He uses quartz vacuum tubes, immersed in the liquid, and lluminated with currents much more feeble than those required for the mercury vapor lamps at first employed. One of the pressing problems in aerial navigation is that of producing automatic stability. Some investigators think that a way may be found to cause an aeroplane so to adjust itself to atmospheric vagaries so that its balance will be maintained without interference. Others are doubtful, believing that stability must always be obtained very much in the manner in vjfhich it is acquired by a bicycle rider, that is, by unconscious adjustment. Birds, the best of fliers, it is remarked, do not possess mechanical stability, but maintain their balance tn gusty weather by action which has become 10 hatritual that it is unconscious. Thus the element of intelligence is involved, although by virtue of long practice it is applied without conscious exertion of the will.

From 1900 to 1906 L. S. Berg carried on investigations round the Sea of Aral, and the results have been published in Russian. They lead to the conclusion, contrary to that reached by others, that therd is no general drying up of this inland sea, but that periodic changes of its water level occur, and that the level has been rising contlnualy since 1880. Berg finds the salinity 10.75 per 1,000, as against more than 12 per 1,000 about 1870. The sea has now a superficial area of about 24,000 square miles, but is very shallow, the mean depth being about 220 feet. Its total volume of water is only about one-tenth of that of the Lake of Baikal, which bas but little,

more than half its area. The water is supplied wholly by the rivers Amu and Syr, which together deliver, on the average, 1,500 cubic meters per second. The water is derived from melting mountain snows. Titanium steel rails for railroads were first made experimentally in 1907. The results that they showed led to their manufacture by several steel companies in 1908, and during 1909, according to the Engineering and Mining Journal, their manufacture entered upon the commercial scale. Experiments on the New York Central have confirmed those made elsewhere in showing that these rails wear several times as long as those made of ordinary Bessemer steeb Titanium has a great affinity for nitrogen, and since it is believed that considerable nitrogen remains as an impurity in ordinary steel, the good effects of an alloy of titanium are ascribed to its acting as a flux, thereby removing impurities and increasing the solidity of the steel. The increased cost is put at $3.50 per toh of rails.

Really Poor Penman.

There is a certain Philadephia physician of considerable prominence who is renowned among his friends as the worst penman in the Quaker city. He used to write them letters and then feel hurt when they could not read them. When Ire wrote to persons who were not familiar with his scrawl they frequently would not know whom the letters were from. Some time ago he introduced a typewriter into his office, and this rendered the body of the letter intelligible, but did not clear up the difficulty over the signature. Now, however, says the Record, he has had made a rubber stamp bearing his name and address in printing. He signs his name in the usual gcrawl, but alongside he impresses his stamp. It is a little humiliating, he says, but he no longer has any trouble about persons to whom he writes not knowing from whom the letters are. In the west, an automobile story Is always started on every man who makes more than a hundred dollars a month. , . " j. • The city is always In the situation of a poor man with very extravagant tastes. ’

JOLLY JOKER

The Vicar—Now, children, what is false doctrine? Inspired Maiden — Please, sir, bad medicine. Young Woman (adoringly)—lt must be awfully nice to be wise and know —oh—everything! College Student— It is.

“What did you say last night when Jack asked you to marry hkn?” “1 .shook my head.” “Sideways or up and 'down?” ’ • She —How did you know I was going to wear my hair curled this evening? He —I saw it in the papers this First Fair Invalid —Which kind of doctor do you prefer—the allopathic or the homeopathic? Second Fair Invalid —I prefer the sympathetic. Bobbie (to .Featherstone)—bid you know that you were a relative of Ours? Featherstone—Since when? “Mother says you are our weak brother.” Boy—A man came in and said he wanted to squeeze some money out of you. Boss —What did. you tell him? Boy—l said I was sorry you weren’t in.

“Kitty,” said her mother rebukingly, “you must sit still when you are at the table.” "I can’t mamma,” protested the little girl, “I’m a fidgetarian.”

"On what ground, madam, do you desire a divorce from your husband?” "Intolerable cruelty; he put the date of my birth in the family Bible.”— Chicago News. , “What a bad toothache you’ve got.” “No; but I’m calling on the dentist for the money he owes me, and this is the only way I can get into his house.” — Fliegende Blatter. “Women vote! Never, -sir, with my consent.” “Why not?” “Whaf! And have my wife losing thirty-dollar hats to other women on the election!” — Boston Transcript. Mrs. Newbride threw a biscuit at me. One that I made .myself, too. Mother —The monster! He might have killed you,— United* Presbyterian.

“How much does it cost to get married?” asked the eager youth. “That depends entirely on how long- you live,” replied the sad-looklng man.— Philadelphia Record.

“Isn’t your hat rasher curious in shape?” asked the uniformed man. “Certainly,” answered his wife. It has to be. Any hat that wasn’t curious i$ shape would look queer.” The Girl (rather weary, at 11:30 p. m.) —I don’t know a thing about baseball. The Beau—Let me explain it to you. The Girl —Very well, give me an illustration of a home run.

Lottie —Is your young minister so very, very fascinating? Hattie—Fascinating! Why, lots of girls in our church haye married men they hated, just to get one kiss from the rector after the ceremony.—Puck.

Chumplelgh—Well, my dear, I had my life insured for $5,000 to-day. Mrs. Chumpleigh—l’m glad you did, John. Now y,ou won't have to be so careful about dodging street cars and automobiles. —Chicago Daily News. “The American eagle,” said the orator, “knows no fear.” “Yes,” replied Mr. Sirius Barker, “the American eagle is mighty lucky. Any bird that isn’t good enough to eat has a right to congratulate itself these days.”—Washington Star.

Physician—Have you any aches or pains this morning? Patient—Yes, doctor; it hurts me to breathe; In fact, the only trouble now seems to be with my breath. Physician—All right. I’ll give you something that will soon stop that.—Boston Globe.

Aunt Spinsterly—l hope that your opinions uphold the dignity of our sex, Mamie, and that you believe that every woman should have a vote? Mamie—--1 don’t go quite so far as that, auntie; but I believe that every woman should have a voter! —Human Life. Modern Girl—Father, I long to be independent—to rely upon my own exertions for support. What trade or profession would you recommend? Wise Father —First class cooks .made $5,000 a year. Modern girl —I don’t like cooking. It’s too feminine! —New York Weekly.

Dr. McCree —My dear Mrs. Goodman, how could you bring out a young child on such a day as this, with such a strong east wind blowing? Mrs. Goodman —Ah, doctor, you will always have your little joke. How can a child of this age possible know what wind it is?—Tit-Bits. ,

“I hope you don’t mind me asking,” raid the young woman, diffidently, "but should I call you professor nr doctor?” ‘‘Oh, call me anything you like,” was the great man’s rejoiner, “some people call me an old Idiot.” “Really,” the lady murmured, with sweet innocence, “but then ‘they would be people who knew you intimately.” Lady—You say, professor, that tobacco is an aid to thought and a stimulant to the reasoning faculties; but Professor Greathead says tobacco is In every way injurious. How do you account tor that difference? The Professor —Easily enough, madam. Professor Greathead does not smoke, and consequently he can neither think straight nor reason correctly.”