Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1910 — Page 2

THE DAILY REPUBLICAN Every Day Eacapt Sunday. ‘ BEAIEY k CLARK, Publishers. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

Tamper and a piatol maka a bad •omMnatlon. To become a successful loafer a man must possess a lot of natural ability. Why will people continue to build their homes on the sides of volcanoes? Trying to tell a new fish story is a thorough test of an average man's originality. One of the best things about the Joy ride Is that it so often turns out to be Its own punishment. The Department of Agriculture reiterates the charge that the housefly carries more germs than a whisker in a culture tube. A Connecticut woman died of Joy, caused by receiving a large sura in cash. It Is not, however, a complaint which la catching. The gallantry of the men of this country is emphasized by the fact that women are permitted to wear big hats even at baseball games. Owing to the fact that there had not been a war In Central America for several weeks the earthquake got busy and Bhook the people up a bit down there. The rush to the vicinity of Mount Etna no doubt will suggest to the average summer-resort proprietor the advantage of having a practical volcano near his hotel. Compelling a Congressman to eat his speeches is cruel and inhuman and besides it spoils a lot of paper stock Which eventually might have a useful and honorable career. Actors and actresses who are fortunate enough to be identified with plays that are decent and at the same time entertaining should not neglect to get down on their knees every night and give thanks.

A Harvard professor of psychology Is conducting experiments to see what advertisements make the strongest appeal. Those containing reference to 49 and 99 cents are sure to get honorable mention. The new Queen of England is taller than the king, but friends of the couple do not believe this has had anything to do with the fact that the king has made the queen’s brothers royal highnesses Instead of serene highnesses. It seems from the stories about King George that an heir apparent has about as much chance to show his paces as a Vice President. Somebody ought to open a correspondence school of instruction for both of these classes of functionaries, so ihat they may not corns to their duties totally unprepared. The cost of living might be less if you would throw out your telephones, qiut using gas and electric lights, go back to coal oil, cut off your magaKines and newspapers, wear cheaper clothes, never go to any place of amusement, entertain no company, and live on bread and molasses —if you care to live that way. It appears Andrew Carnegie woke up one morning recently and found that he was $3,000,000 richer than he had supposed himself to be. It must worry men who are as rich as Carnegie to think how easily they might be robbed of a million or two here or there in such a sly way that they would never miss It. White is henceforth to be the distinguishing color of rural-delivery mail-boxes in all parts of the United States. The Post Office Department has sent ont a request to this effect to the millions who are served by the rural routes. Not only will the color Identify the boxes and posts and promote a desirable uniformity, but the paint will.protect them from damage hy the weather.

Somebody is always trying to fool somebody else. A dime museum proprietor in Boson lately organized a ▼ary complicated hoax, in which a “meteorite," previously heated and skillfully “planted,” was discovered with much circumstance, and placed on public exhibition. Unluckily for him, the museum man did not really know much about meteorites, and picked out a sort of rock that does not tall from the sky. Suspicion was followed by investigation and exposure; sad the "Norwood meteor" has gone to join the once more famous ‘ Cardiff giant.” English non-conformists are pushing their plan for a federal union of the independent churches; to be known as the United Free Church of England. It is proposed that in every Tillage where there are two or three ■on-conformist churches struggling to liTe, they shall all be united into ono strong church, fn one village it may toe a Baptist church which will be the center of union, and all the members of the other churches will become Baptists. This is easier in England than 4n America, aa neither close communion nor Immersion is insisted on by tb« English Baptists. In another community the new church might be Hothodlst, and in a third Presbyter-

lan. and on. The rasult would not decrease the numerical strength ot any denomination, in the view of lta advocates, but would produce an economy of effort and of money. It remains to be seen whether the denominational barriers can bs so easily removed as to make the proposed fsdsratlon successful. Amid the sounds of mourning at London has been heard a note of apprehension concerning the new king and his probable attitude towards the question* which have vexed the nation for so many months. The late king’s diplomacy and open mindedness were greatly relied on to steer the ship of state out of the dangerous whirlpool which involved the constitutional‘question of the lords. His son is said to be of more obstinate character than the father, resembling in this his old predecessors whose name he bears; but so little is known of George V.’s attributes that this assertion may be based upon nothing better than the name he has chosen. Should it be true that one of the old Hanoverian obstinacy and wrongheadedness has come to England's throne It would, indeed, be a serious thing for the country. The Georges, and William IV. as well, tried England sorely for more than a century, and it was not till the crown descended to Victorla that the menace of the dynasty passed from the realm. Ignorance, gluttony, infidelity, indifference, and obstinacy marked the successive reigns of the four previous Georges, and William's was little better in most respects. That the English nation, In spite of its rulers, in spite of internal turmoil and foreign wars, became on land and sea, in commerce, in culture, and In morals the superior to many of its rivals is the highest compliment to the sterling qualities which animate Its people. It is a grave situation which faces the new ruler and his subjects, but the good wishes of the world go out to both with the hope that he has learned from the teaching and example of his father that moderation, that consideration for all parties which formed so striking an attribute of his kingship.

A Treat Ahead.

Look heah, boy, Ah wants to tell you You sho’ got some Joy ahead; Summah gwlne to breng us melon, Black seeds peepin’ out de red. Watahmelon’s what Ah ’fers to, Dat’s right—go on-—hoi’ yo breaf, Dey ain’t nothin’ half so 'licious; Tickles coons 'mbs’ nigh to deaf. Vines Is growin’ mighty rapid. An’ de blossoms is ’bout due. When dey fades dar comes de melons, Sproutin’ dar fo’ me an’ you. Biggah, biggah dey'ill keep gittin’, You an’ me a-waitin’, boy; Pretty soon we up an’ grab one, Den wa tas’ some real true Joy. White folks nevah ’predates ’em Lak de nlggahs, you kin bet. But de black man got to have 'em Evhry summah, else he’ll fret. Look heah, boy, de surpmah’s cornin’, Gwine to be heah aftah while, Brengin’ 'long dat watahmelon; Dat’s right, niggah—go on —smilel —Exchange.

Indian Cremation Must Stop.

Some time ago the agent and other officers in charge of the Yuma reservation asked the braves to refrain from burning the houses of the dead. They showed how easy it would be for a fire to sweep over a part, of .the reservation and put government property in jeopardy. For a time the the request, the Los Angeles Times says, but a few days ago celebrated the tleparture of one of their number in the most approved redskin style. The personal effects of the deceased were burned and his house was set on fire. He was supposed to have arrived la the happy hunting ground, ready For an enthusiastic reception. But, inasmuch as the personal prop erty of a deceased person belongs to the heirs by the California law, there is no doubt that zealous friends overstepped the law when they cremated everything the dead Indian had ever owned. The practice of the Yuma Indians in burning their dead, together with the possessions left by the departed braves, has aroused the federal authorities to action. While there wouldn’t be interference with cremation—a religious rite —the officers declare that government property must not be endangered.

In the Same Boat.

Jack (entering office) —By' George, the rain is coming down all right. I’m soaked. 1 - ’ lr -. Tom —Where is your umbrella? Jack —It’s —it’s what I am.—Boston Evening Transcript.

Liked His Father.

“Don’t you know that little boys who swear don’t go to heaven?” “That’s all right, mister, I’d rather be with pa, anyhow.’’—Birmingham Age-Herald. ' Some people are only critics; they never do anything themselves, and thus give others a ehancs to become critics.

AIRSHIP IN FIVE YEARS

Prediction Made That It Will Be Capable of Traveling 75 < Miles an Hour. WELL BE TJTTE a FLYING FISH. •■•r Dream of Magazine Writer, the Fulfillment of Which Is Not Beyond Realm of Possibility. From the standard of present development the airship of 1915 may be conceived as having a hull of rigid construction, 1,000 feet long and 80 feet beam, with accommodations for 125 to 150 passengers, with a crew of forty-two men. The new air liner will resemble a submarine, or rather a flying fish, a writer In the Century says. All its parts will be Compactly built Into the hull. Its under body, 800 feet long, 12 feet wide and 9 feet high, will extend between the elbows fore and aft where the hpll begins to curve toward its pointed how and stern. The underbody will hold seven passengers and eight operating sections, after the fashion of a compartment sleeping car. A continuous passageway will extend from end to end. The prow, glazed with artificial mica, will furnish an aerial observatory. Its« interior will be a series of grill galleries, connected by steps. Here will be the "bridge,” the air liner’s nerve center, with signal radiation to all parts of the ship. A narrow gallery will reach the extreme nose, where a small exploring gun, Bwung on--a universal Joint, can be fired toward most points in space. On Its several platforms will be the. navigating deck, the helm, the “wireless,” the chartroom and both meterological and astronomical “observatories.” Below the “bridge” will be a hatchway to the main passage In the forward underbody of the ship, where there is a companion way which is the ship’s portal. A,haft of this will be the captain’s cabin. The sides of the "hold,” or tunnel, five feet high and eight feet wide, will be lined with continuous tanking, containing gasoline fuel, to be forced upward Into the engine rooms, as needed. The outside of the “hold” will serve as the airship’s rounded keel, and will enable the craft to float on water; elastic buffers for landing will be fixed under each engine section. The eight motor compartments will each be equipped with one 200-horse-power motor. The electric power plants, for lighting, •cooking and operating the escalator, will be in the engine compartments. The top of the hull, now the Zeppelin’s observatory, will become a long "hurricane deck” of thin, light planking, with side rails. Here will be kept tervice implements; two slender masts, carrying the "wlrele'sss” atennse and the yellow “top lights”; observatories for cloud triangulation and taking the altitude of stars; winch and the airship’s "boats,” two small, swift aeroplane “scouts” —one fore, the other aft, with ample space •or launching and alighting. Along tho port and starboard sides five sets of curved aeroplane surfaces will help to lift and support the airship or steer it up and down. They will be "stopped” to avoid interference. Between them will be eight small propellers, four on each side, at alternating levels along the hull. It Is believed that within five years such an air liner will be capable of traveling seventy-five miles an hour, ordinarily, and often 120 miles, In the upper levels. In ten years an airship driven fifty miles an hour may perchance make that trip in eight days, flying at a speed of 120 miles an hour, or 3,000 a day. Is It all a dream? Ten years ago a prophecy of the present achievements of German air navigators would have been received with incredulity.

SLEEP OF HIBERNATION.

Different from Ordinary Repose and Near Complete Insensibility. The sleep of hibernation is a very different matter from the sleep of repose. If It be complete, respiration can no longer be detected. A torpid bat when disturbed will heave a sigh or two and, being left alone, again to all appearances cease to breathe. Submerged J.n water of a temperature slightly higher than his own, the hedgehog not only continues to live, but appears to suffer neither Inconvenience nor harm. Inclosed in an airtight receptacle his atmosphere undergoes a change so slight that It affects hkn slightly, If at all. But circulation does not cease. Harper’s Weekly says. As respiration diminishes, the Irritability of the muscles of the heart increases; and thus, wtlhout the stimulation of oxygen, although much more Blowly, the heart continues to beat. In the absence of the fresh air drawn into the lungs In times of activity, uncleansed and unrevigorated and venous blood passes on to fill the whole system of circulation; - - ' —ti . ■■ - : A profound lethargy Ensues, distinguishable from death *. only by the slight beating of the heart. The waste Is very small. The fat accumulated during the plenty of summer and autumn supplies all expenditure until the coming spring, when earlier or later the hibernating animal, having no capital In reserve, begins to suffer the pangs of hunger. In response to

th* demand respiration very slowly Increases. His oxidized blood flows more quickly and his energy returns. Then the bat flies forth ofice more from ths hollow tree in the wood to find the warm dusk teeming with in sect life and'the hedgehog comes, it may be, from 1 the cavity under the gnarled roots below, to find beetles worms and slugs once more among the spring grass. Hibernation has saved both from death by starvation, but if their nooks had not been snug and wisely chosen they would not have been preserved from death by frost. The hiding place also must be secret? and free from Intrusion, for the hibernating animal cannot bear to be suddenly roused. Even the little dormouse, which comes out at Intervals to feed, when In deep sleep must be carried indoors to the warmer tegn perature of a room or revived by the heat of the hand passing through the nest. He then wakes refreshed and full of activity. But he does not survive too hasty an awakening.

POPULAR SCIENCE

new method of producing thin metallic films by volatilization in a vacuum was described at a recent meeting of the Academy of Sciences, Paris, by Prof. L. Houllevigue. The metal to be deposited is first disposed in a layer on a platinum wire, which is then heated in a high vacuum. The film forms on a plate of glass, which is kept in rotation near the heated wire. In this manner thin films have been produced of gold, silver, platinum, iron, copper, zinc, tin and cadmium. Up to the present time, says F. L. Hess, the most important use of tungsten is as an alloy for steel tools. From 16 to 20 per cent of tungsten Is ordinarily used for tools. It enables the steel to hold temper in a much higher temperature than ordinary carbon steel. A lathe may be speeded up until the chips flying from the tool are so hot that they turn blue. It is estimated that about five times as much work can be done with such a tool as with one made of ordinary steel. In scientific annals the Beagle, in which Darwin made his first exploring expedition, is almost as sacredly remembered as "Old Ironsides” in American history. This ship has long been lost from sight, and nobody knew exactly what had become of it. Toyozi Noda now writes to Nature that the Beagle was broken up In Japan, where It was used as a training ship until 1899, and that a part of Its ribs has recently been found In use as a stand for stones piled up near the temple of Sultengu, near the Oakl shipbuilding yard. The predaceous beetle, Clerus formlcarlus, which has been found useful in the United States as an enemy of the pine-boring Scolytidse, is to be Introduced In Ceylon to make war upon the “shot-hole borers” which are ravaging the tea plants. In that island. The experimenters are only doubtful as to whether the imported insects will thrive in the tropical climate of Ceylon. The need of a foe capable of dealing effectually with the borers is emphasized by ijie fact that an allied species of borers is attacking the camphor plants also. On the night of Jan. 21 some of the residents of Lake avenue, Chicago, were alarmed by what seemed to be a long-continuing earthquake, which jarred tables, Bhook curtains and moved pictures on the walls. It was found that these startling effects had been produced by the pounding of" the waves on the shore of the lake where the • ice had suddenly gone out, thus permitting the impact of the waves to come direct against the frozen soil. In that condition the ground was rendered more elastic and the force of the blows was transmitted to a considerable distance from the ghore. During his recent expedition in the Himalayas, Dr. T. G. Longstaff discovered a new chain of the Karakoram range, containing a group of Immense peaks, one of which, Teram Kangri, situated in about latitude 35 degrees. 30 minutes, longitude 77 degrees, rises, according to his measurements, to the stupendous height of 27,610 feet. Only Mount Everest, Kinchinjunga, K 2 and Makalu are known to have a greater height than this. The newly-discov-ered peak is said to he the culminating point of a totally distinct massif, which has hitherto appeared on no map. Dr. Longstaff has also discovered that the Siachen (Salchar) glacier is the longest in the Himalayas, and probably the largest outside Alaska an<J the polar regions. Its length is more than forty-four miles.

He Doubted Her Sincerity.

“I cannot give you a favorable answer until you have talked with my father.” The young man seized his hat. “What’s your hurry?” the fair girl asked. y ”1 take no chances,” replied the youth. "I am going to see your father before yofl can get to him.” And "he hustled from the voom.— Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Unprecedented.

• ”1 couldn’t believe my ears." •What’s up?” “My wife told me yesterday that she discovered a flat she likes better than the one we’re in now, and the rent Isn’t a cent higher.”—Detroit Free Press. ■ •-L , • ■ It takes the grappling hooks of confidence to remove truth from the bottom of a welL

A GHOST AT SEA.

Tfc* riutom That Board** tho Bark Sea Flower. The following incident la recorded as a true short story by an English publication: The Sea Flower, a bark of some 450 tov3, was in the early hours of the 23d of June, 1864, bound for Bristol, England, under the command of the first mate, her captain, John Ellis, having been left behind at Kingston, Jamaica, suffering from “yellow jack.” It was about four bells in the middle watch (or 2 a. m.) when the mate, who was standing near the binnacle giving the helmsman his course, suddenly became aware of a ihysterious presence in the waist of the ship. At the same moment his companion clutched him by the arm, and, point-_ lng, shrieked, "D’ye see him, sir?" Before he could reply the mate became aware that the dark shadow he had just before observed had so far materialized that it bore the appearance of Captain Ellis. The figure of the captain advanced along the deck and disappeared slowly down the companion. Recovering himself, the mate left the helmsman and hurried down into the cabin, meeting. Just coming out of it, the second mate, who told him he had been awakened with a start after dreaming that the captain had come aboard and was calling him. Both men then made a complete search of the saloon and the other cabins, but, it Is needless to say, without result. Later it was found that Captain Ellis had died between 1 and 2 a. m. in the morning of June 23. The story got about, and the ship obtained a reputation for being haunted; consequently a difficulty was found in obtaining crews, and In the end it was renamed and sold to a foreign firm.

THE FAMILY DOCTOR

Corns. In the present article a departure is made from the usual custom, and treatment, and little else than treatment, is considered. Doctors as a rule ignore corns, seeming to regard their treatment as belonging exclusively to the chiropodist. The result of this is, as usually happens when the uninstructed or partly instructed try to practice medicine, or when one treats himself, that the disease is often maltreated, and the corn, instead of being cured or Improved, Is made worse. A corn is not a callosity, although often so called, for the two things are produced in different ways. A collosIty is due to pressure intermittently applied; a corn is due to .more or less constant pressure, combined with friction. A callosity is superficial; a corn is yrell described in its Latin name, clavus, a nail. It Is like a nail driven into the tender tissues of the lower layers of the skin and the parts beneath. Paring a corn, the usual treatment, may give a little relief for a time by relieving the pressure, but soon the horny growth is pushedLabove the surface again, and the condition-Is as bad as ever, or worse. The only lasting benefit Is from the removal of the entire growth, and this is best effected by the application of moisture. Every night the sufferer should go to bed with a thin poultice, or a wad of absorbent cotton saturated with glycerin and water, on the corn, the surface before the application being thickly dusted with bicarbonate of soda. In the daytime an ordinary corn plaster should be worn, and in the hole should be placed a very tjbln layer of absorbent cotton soaked in glycerin. Thiß simple treatment is better than the use of salicylic acid, glacial acetic acid, and other chemicals which are often recommended. Simple rest in bed will do Just as well, but it takes longer. In fact, a good long illness, Buch as typhoid fever, may be depended upon to cure any corn. It is the only good thing to be said of typhoid fever. Of course after the corn has disappeared, better-fitting shoes must be worn, so that none of the prominent parts of the foot are pressed upon and rubbed by the leather at the same time. If the badly-fitting shoe is put on again the corns will quite certainly come back.—Youth’s Companion.

A Remarkable Strike.

A man In Ohio recently sought an expert In oil because he believed that he had struck oil on his land. He brought a sample in a bottle. Evidently he had been In a great hurry and had hastily grabbed the first bottle at hand, for when the chemist had duly analyzed the sample submitted he sent the following telegraphic report: “Find no trace of oil. You have struck paregoric.”—Youth’s Companion.

Not Needed.

“i see you only have on* chair in the kitchen, Mary; I must get another one for you.” “You needn’t mind, ma’am, I have none but gentlemen callers.’’—Buffalo Express. A woman never cries for the purpose of making herself feel better. She turns on the briny- flow for the purpose of making some man feel worse.

WOMAN ESCAPES OPERATIC Was Cured by LydiaE. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Elwood, Ind.—“ Your remedies hav®cured me and I have only taken six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta0e Compound. I as sick thre» onths and could red all the time, le doctors said I. >uld not get well irdly stand thedns in my sides, pecially my right. ie, and down my jht leg. I began to feel better when I had taken onlyone bottle of Compound, but kept on as I was afraid to step too soon.”—Mrs. Sadie Muluen, 2728 N. B. St., EL wood, Ind. Why will women take chances with, an operation .or drag out a sickly, half-hearted existence, missing threefourths of the joy of liWng, when they can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound? For thirty years it has been thestandard remedy for female ills, and has cured thousands of women whohave been troubled with such ailments as displacements, inflammation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion, and nervous prostration. If you have the slightest doubtthat Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound will help you*, write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., for advice. Your letterwill he absolutely confidential* and the advice free.

Side Lights on History.

Kero was explaining why he threw so many Christians to the lions. “I’m simply trying to give the people, what they want,” he said. For even Nero disdained to hide behind the pretense that the mission of' the showman was to educate the public.

This Will Interest Mothers.

Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Children, cure Feverishness, Headache, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, Regulate theBowels and Destroy Worms. They break, up colds in 24 hours. Pleasant to take, and harmless as milk. They never fail. At. all .Druggists, .25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.

Its Painful End.

The last of the Labrador ducks was about to die. “It Isn’t the thing of dying, in itself,” gasped the duck, "that grinds me! It's* the fact that while my race hereby becomes extinct, the gaunt, ungainly,, wofthless shitepoke will live on!” Uncheered even by the reflection that the carrion crow survived the dodo, the hapless biri breathed its last.

The Midnight Sun.

The midnight sun is , not visible south of the polar circle. It is above the horizon throughout the twentyfour hours at Bodo from June 3 toJuly 7, at Tromso from the 19th of May to the 22d of July and at tho North Cape from the 12th of May tothe 29th of July. There are corresponding periods during December, January and November when the sun is not seen, but the darkness of the winter is by no means so great a* might be imagined. The whiteness of the snow and the glimmer of thenorthern lights make a sort of perpetual twilight.

Thackeray’s Correction.

A distinguished foreigner visiting Epsom Downs in Thackeray’s company noticed, St. James’ Budget affirms. many men dressed as sailors who were not, to native and experienced eyes, the real article. "Ah,” said the visitor, “these are, T suppose, what you call your Britlsfi tars?” “Oh, no,” replied Thackeray. “Only Epsom salts.”

FEED CHILDREN

On Property Selected Food—lt Pa yw Blur Dividend*. If parents will give just a little Intelligent thought to the feeding of their children the difference In the health of the little folks will pay, many times over, for the small ble.,A mother writes saying: “Our children are all sq much better an<t stronger than they ever were before we made a change in the character of the food. We have quit using potatoes three times at". day with coffee and so much meat. “Now we give the little folks some fruit, either fresh, stewed, or cannedj some Grape-Nuts with cream, occasionally some soft boiled eggs, and some Postum for breakfast and supper. Then for dinner they have Borne meat and vegetables. “It would be hard to realize the change In the children, they have grown so sturdy and Btrong, and we attribute this change to the food elements that, T understand, exist Id Grape-Nuts and Postum. “A short time ago my baby was teething and had a great deal of stomach and bowel trouble. Nothing seemed to agree with him until I tried Grape-Nuts softened and mixed, with rich milk and he improved rapidly and got sturdy and well.” Read “The Road to Wellvllle,” found in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.” fever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest.