Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1910 — MONKEY CAPTURES BURGLAB. [ARTICLE]

MONKEY CAPTURES BURGLAB.

Oanada seems to be getting a better neighbor all the time. Occasionally a comet butte Into view hithout first sending in its card. Commander Peary wants the Stars MU Stripes planted on the South Pole, t* to a patriotic idea. Ne matter what he says almost e> •ry man yearns for the time when he bo rich enough to do as he pleas* Somebody has presented another modal to the Wright Brothers. Up to lan. >5, ultimo, the brothers had -wo •all kegs full of "medals. Trust in Providence is beautiful and blessed. but if you jump into holes With your eyes open and think Providence will pull you out you are a sacker. One of the professors says woman’s ■esses 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. What a lucky thing it would be if a good constitutional lawyer could occasionally be induced to examine a bill before the Legislature wasted time and oratory in passing it A. burglar stole diamonds worth 8800,000 from a' woman's room in a New York hotel. We shall probably hear, now, how he overlooked 880,000,•00,000 in eash which was lying on the dresser. It appears that it was Rowland Hill who invented the adhesive postage ■tamp, but to our glory be it said it was an American government contractor who Invented the non-adhesive postage stamp. Dr. Felix Adler states that Amerl«ans are maniacs for work. It isn’t so much wealth they desire as work, he thinks. Possibly this accounts for the existence of the Sons of Rest Society. It Is the natural reaction. If the mean man’s championship is ■till open to challenge, the Brooklyn, dairyman who was convicted the other day of selling adulterated milk to an orphan asylum certainly has claims upon the title that are worth considering. An observant Frenchman who has been visiting in New York makes the just comment that Americans do not know how to economise in little things. "Saving five dollars may appeal to them, but saving five cents—no! We believe in France that saving five cents makes it possible for us to save five dollars; and this has made France a rich country.”

A suggestion for household economy was given in a scientific lecture recently, when a professor of physics said that the ordinary stove used in most kitchens wastes in a day enough heat to keep food hot for a month. Anything that will cool the kitchen in rammer or warm it in winter, whether er not it cooks the meals, will be welcomed by the cooks themselves. "Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree!” wrote Thomas Campbell' a century ago. The appeal was heeded, andthe great beech which stood near Ardwall House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, was not cut down. Now, however, it teas blown down, and another of the famous trees which have inspired poetry, or been glorified by tradition, is gone. The elm which suggested to George P. Morris his poem of similar sentiment was probably cut down years ago. Helen continues to retain its popularity as a name for girls. Not long ago it was voted the favorite name by the students of a men's college and It has been discovered, as the result of a canvass of the names of the students in Smith College, that mor* than a hundred of the total of 1,600 bear that name. Mary, with lees than ninety. Domes next Margaret, Ruth, Florence and Elizabeth follow in the same or- • AUO fcUUU UIU-lO3UIUUCU lV names have fortunately displaced the fancy names of a generation or so •go. Per million of population, the number of felonious homicides In 1909 was as follows: In Canada, 3; Germany, f; England, 11; France, 13; Belgium’ the most criminal country in Europe* 15; in the United States, 129. Owing to lax enforcement of law, and the mistaken policy of giving the criminal top may chances for escaping the penalty of his crime, only one out of sev-enty-four murderers in the United States Is convicted. Political and personal influence and the maudlin sentiment that regards crime as disease and a murderer as a sick man to be cured. Instead of a dangerous beast to be exterminated, permit the average mankiller in America to escape with seven years in prison. Crime is crime. The murderer is a murderer. The sooner American prisons cease to ba jhwyint sanitariums for mental abnormals and become institutions for punishment of criminals by hard work and rlgld discipline the better for our national reputation. It is easy to draw' a historical contrast between the past and present position of women tn the body politic «nd society. Our sisters who are die-

satisfied with their lot may find some •omfort in comparing their own status with that of their grandmothers, gi sat grandmothers and remoter ancestors. The comfort will He not in rejoicing over the limitations of the women of the peat generations, but in the evidence afforded of the great progress made by the sex. But there is a closer and contemporary companion picture which conveys the same lesson. A To klo newspaper has recently questioned the Japanese commercial commissioners on their return from a tour of investigation in the United States as to what displeased them most among the conditions they encountered on their trip. Among the answers were the following: “Extreme respect paid to women." “Presumptuous attitude of women over men and the mingling of boys among girls in schools.” “Too much respect for women.” ”Unreasonable egotism on the part of women." “Too much pride on the part of women." “To salute any kind of woman.” “Unnatural gestures and phraseology of women in talking.” These replies were given by some of the most enlightened and progressive men of Japan. Japan has made great progress along many lines, but the notion of the inferiority of women still persists. Her chief duty among them is obedience—obedience to her father before marriage, to her husband after - marriage, and to her son If she is a widow. She must bow low before her masculine masters. She cannot walk beside her husband on terms of equality, but must follow humbly In the rear. She must carry his packages and perform all the little services which American gallantry prescribes as the part of the male. It is true that these customs, which from our standpoint would be called loutish, never prevailed In American or European society; nevertheless, the notion of the duty of obedience of women in essentials was almost as strong among our ancestors of even 200 years ago. In our modern social life the conditions are practically reversed. It is the man who must be obedient; and It may come to be the same In politics if the present trend continues.

Pelts Him with Crockery and Grapple* with Him and Canae* Arrest. After a lengthy sojourn In Madagascar, M. Louis Charmot returned to Paris recently and took up his residence at 43 Rue de Sevigne, the Paris edition of the New York Herald says. He had brought with him, in addition to a number of curios and tapestries, a large monkey named Ernest, which he kept as a pet in his apartment. While M. Charmot was absent yesterday afternoon a burglar entered the apartment by means of a skeleton key. He was busy making a parcel of a number of objects of value, when the monkey Ernest, who had been hiding in a corner of the dining room, suddenly began to pelt him with a perfect hall of plates, cups, saucers, ash trays, an inkstand and other portable objects at hand. _The burglar first hesitated, and then made a dash at Ernest with a heavy cane. The monkey wisely beat a retreat and climbed on to the top of the buffet. The Intruder got a chair to reach the monkey and was about to strike when the monkey Jumped at him and, amid a terrible noise of breaking plates and overturned furniture, monkey and man fell together to the floor. The noise immediately attracted the neighbors and the burglar was quickly overpowered. He turned out to be an erstwhile convict named Georges Redel. Thanks to the monkey the burglar was caught, but the material damage done In the apartment is almost as great as if the burglar had quietly carried the goods away.