Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — Page 2

THE DAILY REPUBLICAN Bvry Day Bacapt Sunday. "wbin & CLARK.PBbllsherT"' RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

A noiseless cannon? The next thing will ba a uniform without gold braid. The coming race Is likely to be one between some comet and a flying mar •bine. A Washington boy baby Is said to be In great danger of Inheriting SIOO,••0.000. The Indications are that the Englishman still loves a lord, but not as fervently as he used to. A fortune awaits the man who can Invent an alarm clock that will have a pleasant sound at 4:30 a. m. Germany Is agitating the question «t abolishing prison stripes. Has'Germany been sending any bankers to Jalir With a last effort to be Impartial a New York woman willed SIO,OOO to her dog and a stlmlar amount to her husband. A Cleveland paper is trying to trace the relation between poetry and insanity. We care for our insane, but neglect the poets. In Denmark every egg that Is sold must bear a stamp showing just when it was laid. People have time to watch the nests over there. There are still a few old-fashioned mothers in the country. One of them broke her hand while spanking a 10-year-old boy the other day. A Kansas City judge has advised all women out there to carry revolvers for their own protection. The Innocent bystander will, therefore, take notice. The wife of an English baron has •loped with a young man who possesses no title. A lot of American heiresses will regard this as decidedly careless. Caroline Bartlett Crane says dairy cows should be bathed all over every day and wiped dry with Turkish towels. They should also be provided with napkins while eating bran mash. The man who claims that the extravagance of American women Is responsible for the high cost of living probably forgets that he wouldn’t wear socks and mittens knitted by his wife ts she were willing to furnish them. A New Hampshire farmer claims to have a hen that lays three eggs at one sitting. We are compelled, owing to the fact that he is not "rich beyond the dreams of avarice,” to doubt the truth of the New Hampshire man’s statement.

A suggeetion comes from New York that hockey ought to be reformed. As ft is now played the game is said to be brutal and a mere excuse for the development of rowdyism. One of the best things we know about hockey is that nobody is compelled to play 1t against his will. Norway has for the first time elected a woman to the Storthing, its national parliamentary body. The woman who gets this distinction is a teacher in the public schools. She is elected as a deputy, or alternate, and has a vote only in the absence of the regular member from her district. Nearly a hundred and fifty million dollars were given last year, in large sums, for educational and philanthropic purposes in America. It is estimated that the total of such gifts tn the last seventeen years will reach more than a billion dollars. Yet there is need for more, and the small sums given by the persons of moderate means are as welcome as the millions of the weatlhy. Anthropologists have long held that the shape of the head was an Infallible indication of race, far more trustworthy evidence than that offered by language, complexion or national customs. Now an inquiry made under the direction of a professor from Columbia University seems to demonstrate that It takes only one generation for the "cephalic index" of immigrant peoples to show a marked change. Children of long-headed Sicilians and* those of round-headed Russian Jews present an almost identical intermediate head form. This fact, if verified, makes it appear that many of the most pronounced variations of race are superficial, and point to the development sooner than was at first thought possible of a homogeneous "American" racial type. The new administration building of the Carnegie Institution in Wsshfafr ton, which has recently been completed at a cost of 1220,000, gives HtUe'suggestion of the magnitude of the work carried on under the auspices of the institution. It will bo recalled that Andrew Carnegie gave (10,000.000 a few years ago to endow the institution for assisting In investigations In any department of science, literature or art, and to co-operate to this end with governments, universities, colleges, technical schools, learned societies and individuals. The fund is In the hands of a group of representative men as trustees. They have made appropriations for Investigations in anthropology, archeology, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, economics and sodstogy, engineering, geography, geology.

history, literature, mathemtlcs. meteorology, paleonotology. phonetics, physics, psychology, zoology and other subjects. -The Washington headquarters are occupied by the executive of the institution, but the research work is conducted in all parts of the world, wherever a man is engaged on an investigation of importance and needs money to carry it on.

R- T. Crane, a wealthy and wellknown Chicago captain of industry, not only feels, like a certain village worthy, that there. are lots of lunkheads in college, but believes that ths college may spoil good raw material and produce lunkheads In defiance of the original plana and gifts of Mother Nature. The indictment Is so thorough that It condemns both hallowed traditions and the practices of'pur own day. Educational reformers who have sneered at the old academic idea are left far In the rear. All the time spent in the higher institutions of learning Is wasted. While the college boy is throwing away precious years, the fortunate youth who Is denied the former’s opportunities, so-called, Is acquiring tlhe best kind of learning In bls brekuwlnnlng work and Is laying up capital for the future. Let It be admitted that there Is truth in the picture. Many a college graduate who has failed to make a financial success of life has cried out In bitterness of spirit that his education Is worthless and that he should have gone Into business earlier. There are even men of professional training who would consign both the college and the professional school to the bottomless pit when they themselves by dollars and ceiifta But It Is also a fact that there are very successful business men who lament their lack of a college "training. We have here a very complex question of values. There are other measures in addition to the dollar. And there are college graduates who have acquired great riches in business and who have never found the college education a handicap. There are men who believe that It has a value of its own and that It has actually helped them to get on In the world. These are statements of facts that lend themselves to pages of Interpretation and argument. But passing from Individual cases, the all Important fact Is that the experience of the world leaves very little encouragement for Mr. Crane’s crusade. The higher education responds so well to the needs, aspirations and ambitions of many men and women that before it can be destroyed humanity will have to be made over. The crusade will not stand Mr. Crane’s own tests because it is futile and, therefore, not a good business proposition.

IN THE 5-CENT THEATERS.

I'ecnllxr Characteristic* of Many of the Motion-Picture People. After having seen some hundreds of moving picture shows a New Yorker has reformed, says the ‘ New York Press, and now possesses a hazy notion of what he has seen and the following convictions: The funniest thing in the woiid is a fall dowq stairs or into water. All men who get into financial trouble are fat and elderly. All professors and scientists are thin and foolish-looking. All acts of heroism are performed in the summer. It would be asking too much from hero and heroine to take a plunge into Icy water and run around in cold weather. Servants are never kept for other than comedy purposea When you see people in evening clothes look out for some dark deed or villainy. Except in "society” pictures, tall hats are made to be sat upon. Valuables in detective pictures always are concealed in the most conspicuous and accessible places. Country boys are always skinny, bent, shambling and semi-lmbecdle. Country girts are always plump and pretty. A drunk is as surely good for a laugh as Vulcan's game leg used to be among the gods on Olympus. School readers are the source of most of the novel and stirring tales depicted. It is perfectly proper to maltreat a fat lady. Of course, there are other minor points that are strictly observed, but the above are the leading ones. If they are followed carefully you have the typical moving picture.—New York ’Press.

Doctor's Fault.

Judge—l am led to understand you stole the watch of the doctor who had just written a prescription for you at the free dispensary. What have you to say to this charge? Prisoner —Well, your honor, I found myself In a desperate quandary. His prescription said "a spoonful every hour,” and I had no timepiece.—Fl legends Blatter. The Reliable Dish. Now, let our hopes anew be fired, The frugal mind this comfort gleans:' No wicked trust has yet conspired To raise the cost of pork and beana —Washington Star.

Had One Spotted.

"Do you know anything about crude Hibbert*’ w "There’s one In the Turkish bath establishment that I patronise."—Houston... There being no Indians or bandits or perilous adventures these days, it is easy for any man to tell his wife ho is Brave, and make it good. We may be pessimistic, but we will never believe that a fortune can be made froth ten hens in town. ■ *'•>» ■ v -.'

PARIS A CITY OF FLOODS

Forty-six Serious Risings of the Seine Chronicled Since the Year 173 a. THE BIG HHTNDATIOM OF 1658. Many Times the lie de La Cite, Birthplace of French Metropolis, Has Been Submerged. Paris has had so many floods that the scientists and expert watchers of the Seine have classified them and divided them in to three groups, according to the height of the water registered on the gauges, the New York Evening Post says. It was on this river at Paris that the world's first system for forecasting floods was worked out. In 1854, and It has been In use ever since, so the city authorities of Paris knew weeks before of the calamity that was In store for them. Since the dally readings of the flow of the Seine at Paris and other points were begun, In 1732, there have been forty-six floods, counting the recent one. According to the classification by height, thirty-one of these were “ordinary,” twelve "extraordinary” and three "exceptional,” the exceptional ones being those 1740, 1802 and 1910. In the century preceding 1732 there were five devastating inundations of the city, that of 1658 being the worst on record, until the present time. There is no record of what the Seine did previous to 1632, but the natural conditions have been the same since long before the history of France began, so the little He de la Cite, which was the beginning of Paris, and on which the Cathedral of Notre Dame was consecrated in 1182, must have been many times submerged. When Julius Ceesar conquered Gaul, in 58-51 B. C., the Parisil were a small tribe settled on the island in the middle of the Seine, and they called it Lutetla. Constantins Chlorus, a Roman emperor, who had his residence there In the year 293, called It “his dear Lutetia,” which may have been the beginning of “that dear Paris.” Most of the structures demaged by the recent Hood antedate the beginning of the flood records of Paris in 1649 by many years, in some cases centuries. The Jardin des Plantes, which was the first institution to feel the effects of the recent rising, is on the lower left bank of the Seine, near the entrance of the river within the city limits. Although a botanical garden, it Includes a museum of natural history and zoological collection, chiefly famous for the bear pits. The Jardin des Plantes was founded in 1635 by Guy de la Brosse, physician to Louis Kill., and was originally nothing more than a collection of medicinal herbs. In 1793 the royal menagerie was transferred to it and in 1794 the library. Notre Dame, on the He de la Cite, the famous walls of which have been washed by many floods, was founded In 1163 on the site of a church of the fourth century and was consecrated In 1182, but the nave was not completed until the thirteenth century. The foundation stone was laid by Pope Alexander HI., at that time a refugee In France. In 1793 Notre Dame was converted into a temple of reason. The sculptures were mutilated and the statue of the Virgin replaced by one of Liberty. The orgies of which the church became the scene led to Its being closed the following year. In 1795 it was restored to the Catholics. .Floods of the Seine present a mixed character, owing to the torrential nature of its tributaries, the Yonne and the Marne, which, with their high floods, exercise a predominating influence on the floods of Paris. As the torrents from the farthest parts of the basin take only three or four days to reach Paris, whereas the floods of the tranquil affluents only arrive four or five days later, a great flood at Paris is rarely the result of a single fall of rain. Generally, a high flood Is caused by the arrival of a second torrent from the rapidly flowing tributaries, before the long-continued floods of the slower branches have time to subside. Only two unusually bigh floods threatened Paris between 1850 and 1510. They were In March, 1876, and in January, 1883, reaching 21.33 feet and 19.69 feet, respectively, though the floods of December, 1872, and 1882, were only a little tower, as they rose to 19.19 and 19.16 feet. These last two floods were the first of unusual height to which the system of predictions and warnings was thoroughly and successfully applied. protections of Paris have been increased frojp time to time by the raising of the quale along the river and by prolonging the outfall sewers so as to place their outlets beyond the town;. and embankments have been built for many of the low-lying districts. The rebuilding, also, of old bridges with more ample waterways and the improvements In depth for navigation have generally Increased the discharging capacity of the river.

SCIENTIFIC BABY RAISING.

Sweeooa AtteoSiM* Collesre-Bired Mother’s Method of Reorin* Boy. ' “Scientific babies” are' not necessarily prodigies, neither are college women, as many writers have averred, not qualified to bo good mothers. The experience of Mrs. William Noyes, a

college graduatarwlth her son Leonard, now 2 years old, disproves both these thorles and furbishes a new line of thought in the raising of children for mothers of all classes, says Van Norden’s Magazine. It proves, too, that science is casting out and uprooting superstitious methods and la leading the mother to forego her selfish pride for the Infant's sake and that .ultimately means a better and stronger citizenship: Leonard Noyes was not clad, to begin with, In the filmy draperies with which mothers delight to clothe their children. He was never rocked or sung to sleep; he was never cuddled or shown off to an admiring company; and kissing was left entirely out of hie scheme of life. His mother had all the maternal Instincts, but science declares that these manifestations of affection are harmful to an Infant’s nervous organization and she banished them all—rfor the child's sake. To begin with, Mrs. * Noyes, before Leonard’s birth, made a layette so dlffrent from the ordinary one as to be revolutionary, being composed of loose, knitted cotton garments which would not Interefere with either his circulation or his freedom of movement. His crib—not a cradle —was a plain wicker basket, light enough to be carried from one place to another and small enough to be placed on a window sill. Soon after the child’s birth the mother began to keep a record, similar to those kept by nurses, of his treatment and his behavloßounder it. She , registered each of the” natural functions, and every rash or pimple, each cold or fever, each nap or spell of crying went down into her book. At regular intervals she entered his weight and measurements and made observations on his muscular and mental development Convinced that too little rather than too much food would be of most benefit, she reduced his meals to six a day. Just enough and not too much, was her motto. At 2 months Leonard weighed 12 pounds—one and a half pounds above the average established by Dr. L. Emmett Holt, the famous child specialist. At 3 months he was two and seven-tenths pounds above the average. From the first months he was systematically exercised, first by massage. Later, holding him by the feet, the mother began by letting him bend himself backward on her knee till his ■headlining down to the floor and he supported his body by the muscles of his feet and legs. When he began to take notice Mrs. Noyes fastened a wooden rod across his basket and he entertained himself by pulling himself up to a sitting position by its aid. The “average”, babies observed by Holt do not hold up their heads until the third or fourth month. Leonard held up his in the third - week. Holt’s babies do not laugh until the third or fourth month. Leonard laughed in his twelfth week. Holt’s babies do not reach for objects until the fifth to the seventh month. Leonard grabbed for a pair of scales In his fifteenth week.In his twentieth wesk he began pulling himself up to the sitting position by the rod fastened across his basket; in his twenty-sevqnth to pull himself up to his feet and stand alone, In his thirty-third he began to walk. Everything that affected the health or demeanor of the boy was noted on a chart such as hospital nurses heep, and this record when consulted proved to be an infalliable guide in case of a recurrence of the symptoms.

Bird’s Sense of Direction.

The migratory instinct -in birds Is combined with another equally mysterious, that of the sense of dlrectio-i. A gentleman engaged in scientific research work for the fishery board on board the government steamboat GoldSeeker recorded a very interesting observation he made of this characteristic of migratory bird life. An oyster catcher that was being buffeted ,by a head wind In its eastern flight across the North Sea toward the continental shores alighted on the boat. It took kindly to the attention paid to it so long as the boat kept its easterly course, but when the course of the boat was altered a few points to the northward the bird immediately showed signs of uneasiness, and after an apparent consideration of its bearings flew into the darkness of the night on its eastbound course. The alteration in -the boat's course was revealed to tfiose who were watching the bird only when the compass was examined. —Scotsman.

Mining Cedar Trees.

An Industry, the like of which does not exist anywhere else in the world, furnishes scores of people in Cape May County? New Jersey, with remunerative employment, and has made comfortable fortunes for many citizens. It Is the novel business of mining cedar trees—digging far beneath the surface Immense togs of sound and aromatic cedar. The fallen and submerged cedar forests of southern New Jersey were discovered first beneath the Denntavllle swamps seventy-five years ago, and have been a constant source of Interest to geologists and scientists generally ever since. There are standing nowhere at the present day such enormous specimens of cedar aa are found embedded tn the deep muck of the Dennisville swamps.— Scientific American.

He Has It.

“I took Dolly Greenroom out to supper ans she ordered thirteen courses." “Thirteen! Did any one have bad luck?” “I did. I had to pay for them." Most men claim to have a poor memory for dates, but we notice few of them forget when a note they hold comes duo.

MILE RECORDS ON LAND.

Electric tooomotirt Makes the Beat, Awto Cornea Next. ' For convenience in comparing speeds made on land by various vehicles as well as by horses and men the following table of mile records has been prepared by a writer ip the Metropolitan: Electric locomotive, 27 seconds, 1903. Automobile, 28% seconds, 1906. Steam locomotive, 32 seconds, 1893. Motor cycle, 1 minute 6 1-5 seconds, 1904. Bicycle, unpaced, 1 minute 49 2-5 seconds, 1904. Running horse, 1 minute 35% seconds, 1890. Pacing horse, 1 minute 55 seconds, 1906. Trotting horse, 1 minute 58% seconds, 1905. Man skating, 2 minutes 36 seconds, 1896. Man running, 4 minutes 12% seconds, 1887. Man walking, 6 minutes 23 seconds, 1890. It will be observed that the ence between the locomotive and the automobile Is trifling. For 100 miles the record of the steam locomotive is much better than that of the auto. However, both the electric locomotive and the auto may be expected to show further Improvement, as their development Is incomplete, while their steam brother has attained about the limit The horse racing and foot racing records added to the table were all made In recent years. Evidently we breed better and train better than evft- before.

PRESENT OF SACK OF COFFEE.

In Brasil Set Aside for Child at Its Birth for Wedding; Day. “We have a custom in the coffee raising said Ricardo G. Muller of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who is Interested in coffee plantations in that country, according to the Washington Herald, “which Is unknown In other parts of the world. When a child Is born in the coffee country a sack of the best grain is set aside as part of the Inheritance to be received on attaining its majority. “Usually the sack is the gift from some close friend or relative, and it is guarded as sacredly as if it were a gift of gold or bonds. No stress would Induce a Brazilian parent to use coffee which was made the birth gift of a child. “As a rule it is sealed with the private seal of- the owner and bears a card giving all particulars about the variety of grain, its age on being sacked and the birth of the child to whom it is given, and other details, which are very interesting when the gift is due. “Generally the coffee is opened for the first time when the child marries. The coffee for the reception or marriage feast is made from the legacy, and according to precedent this must be the first time the sack is opened. After the coffee is made for the wedding feast the sack Is carefully closed and sent to the new home of the young couple and should keep them in the staple for a year at least.”

Wealth of the Presidents.

Washington left an estate valued over 5800,000, and was considered the wealthiest man In, the country. John Adams died moderately well off, leaving about $75,000. Jefferson was so poor that If Congress had not bought his library at $20,000 he would have died pauper. Madison was frugal and left about $150,000. Monroe died so poor that he was burled at the expense of his relatives. John Quincy Adams left about $55,000. Jackson died worth about SBO,OOO. Van Buren left some $400,000. It Is said that he did not draw his salary while in office, but at the expiration collected the entire SIOO,OOO. Polk left an estate of about $150,000. Taylor had saved something from his pay while In the army, and died worth $150,000. Tyler married a lady of wealth. Fillmore was always frugal, and added to his savings by marrying a lady of wealth, and was worth about $200,00*0. Pierce’s estate was valued at $50,000. Buchanan left $200,000. Lincoln about $75,000, and Johnson about $50,000.. Grant was wealthy, but tost his fortune In the Grant-Ward failure. Hayes was frugal and added to his fortune. Garfield was only moderately well off. Harrison died worth $250,000. Cleveland was said to be worth about SIOO,OOO. McKinley was never a rich man. Roosevelt has never earned any money except In writing and politics, but he Is a member of a wealthy family.

The Coat of Living.

She was having a little bite after the theater with the impecunious man who had gone with her on her pass. “What sort of Welsh rarebit will you have?” asked the waiter, “plain, with an egg in it, or—" "Thank the Lord you stopped him at said Bhe. / The Impecunious man, who had .turned quite white, came back to hia natural color. “Thank the Lord you stoped him at tho one with an egg in it,” said he. “That’s only five cents more than the plain, they run up to a dollar apiece, these fancy Welsh rabbits. Didn’t you know that?”

Found Wanting.

“So ha has lost faith in deep breathing?" “Yes, it wouldn't keep his hair, from falling out” —Louisville^.hourler-Jour-nal. As we understand it. there is no such thing as a climate suitable for turkey raising. Don't- be a tall to some other mkn's kite. ’ x

LEFT AND BIGHT TELEPHONES.

“Hello'’ GArt’m Little Hiat May Prare of Value to Yoa ia Future. "Right-handed people invariably-put a telephone receiver up to their--left ear and left-handed people to their right,” said one of the telephone 1‘hello” girls. “We girls get to bo psychologists in a small way by,talking over the telephone every day. It is impossible to keep from sizing <kp and classifying the people on the other end of the wire, simply on a "basis of what they say and how they say it. There are almost as many ways of talking Into a telephone as there are kinds of people who, use the telephone. But it is, nevertheless, rather easy to classify them. .One thing I have noticed is that"the vast majority ts people, being right-handed, hold th? receiver in their left hapd. The left ear, by long distance, thus becomes mord acute and well trained. Consequently, when for any reason, a manor woman takes the receiver in his her right hand, it is comparatively easy to sense it at my end. The man is apt to speak nervously and dlsjolntedly, to talk too loud and to ask me to frequently repeat, showing th.'it; his ear—his wrong ear—is not serving him with such fidelity and accuracy as his more accustomed left.' I had great difficulty in hearing a woman once, and so I asked: ‘You are lefthanded, aren’t you?’ ‘Yes,’ she gasped. ‘Then don’t hold the telephone quite so close to your mouth and put the receive? against your other ear.’ She did, and we were able to hear each other perfectly."

QUEER STORIES

In Spain the old-style charcoal brazier is still in use for heating purposes. ' Canadian housekeepers complain because general houseworkers want - (S> a month instead of $6. On an average a man requires 1,600 pounds of food per annum, a woman 1,200 pounds and a child 900 pounds. Just closed, the Yarmouth and Lowestoft herring season has yielded 800,000,000 herrings, which sold for (5,000,000. It is said that enough horse power goes to waste in the rivers and streamsbetween Austin and San Antonio, Tex., to run all the Industries in the State, i Owing to the rapidly growing population of Germany, especially in the industrial cities and towns, and th» relative scarcity of productive land, the nation becomes each year more dependent upon foreign countries for its food supply. Bagdad and Bassorah are excellent prospective markets for motor boats and pleasure craft. The possible buyers, however, will pay no attention to catalogues, as they wish, to sit in the boat Itself, feel it go through the water and enjoy the noise made by the., engine. In an outward-bound Boston car the other evening there was not a seat left. A woman entered and not a man noticed her standing, apparently. Finally one man rose from his seat and offered it to the woman. She thanked him, hdding: “You are thee only gentleman in the car." She was startled by the answer, "Yep betcher life I am, kiddo." Dr. Jesson reports the astounding fact that out of a total of 100,00(1 school children from the different German States, from 81 to 99 per cent were found to have diseased teeth and that practically only 1 per cent had normal, healthy mouths. The examinations of the teeth of the school children of the city of Berlin showed, according to Dr. Ritter, that 90 per cent had defective dentures.

The Town of After Ten.

I wlsht I was as big as men, To see, the Town of After Ten; I’ve heard it is so bright and gay. It’s almost like another day. But to my bed I’m packed off straight 'When that old clock strikes half-past eight! It’s awful hard to be a boy And never know the sort of joy That grown-up people must have when They’re in the Town of After Ten. I’m sure I don’t know what they do, ~ For shops are closed, and churches,, too. Perhaps with burglars they go ’rounds And do not dare to make a sound! Well, soon Til be a man, and then I’ll see the Town of After Ten! —Harper’s Magazine.

Baryptian Bmbalmin*.

The modern embalmer is still ignorant of the secret that was so welt known to the 'inen of ancient Egyptq The process followed by the Egyptian embalmers is known only In part, ths main part being still a mystery. Xs to the cost of becoming a mummy, Herododtus and Diodopis tell of three modes of embalming prevalent In Egypt, the first very costly, answering to about |2,000 of our money;' the second, S6O; the third within the reach of all.”

What, Indeed ?

The girl was very pretty. Leaning her dimpled elbows on the table, she ! said.to the critic: "And what is your lecture to be .about, professor?” "I shall lecture on Keats,” he replied. “Oh, professor,” she gushed, “what are keaUT’—Tit-Bits.

Poor Opinion of Countrymen.

One of the great Intellects of England has stated that not* above 50,000 people in all Britain can*reod and understand the ordinary London negr>peper.