Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 152, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1910 — Page 2

THE DAILY REPUBLICAN Every Day Except Sunday. BEALE Y &CLARK, Publishers. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

Xiaok la a friend of the hustler. Spelling reformers continue to take simplified spelling seriously. George V gets up at 7 a. m. Almost any man would do this for three million a year. Gir Ernest Shackleton knows how to boom the South Pole. He reports signs of gold there. The new style of paper currency is cut to better advantage for such as hoard it away in stockings. There will always be enough good men out of jail to look after the banking business of the country. Three years in prison is the punishment given a man who stole a .ham. He should have a cell in bankers' row. y ■ . . ■ 1 ' The Stars and Stripes have been planted on ioj> of Mount McKinley, ‘marking the spot which Dr. Cook failed to reach. A St. Louis writer of great originality referred to Mr. Carnegie as “the Canny Scot," and the printer set it “the Candy Scot.” — A postniastership at Wheatfleld, Pa., awaits the patriot who loves his country better than he loves steak and chops. The job pays 18 cents a day. Mr. Burbank is said to have produced a chestnut tree that from a mere bush ten feet high produces chestnuts the year round. Ring the fecit? : ’ ----- ; "Anthracite is a luxury,” says the Philadelphia Press. It is more than, that. Mr. Baer has made it practically impossible for a good many people. Officials are trying to compel people who sell strawberries to quit putting ! 'the bottom of the box up near the middle. Life is becoming more and more burdensome for those who desire to graft.

The man who finds a substitute for rubber will confer a benefit on the world and make himself rich. Jhs present extraordinary demand for rubber has sent the price up from 84 cents to $2.60 a pound in two years. Naval vessels soon become obsolete In these times. The torpedo boat Winslow* only twelve years old, upon which Ensign Bagley was killed in 1898 the first American officer to lose JBs life in the war with Spain—is to be struck from the active list, and will soon go to the junk heap. A New York paper manufacturer •ays that his company gets old rope from all parts of the world, and that 80,000 tons of it were manufactured into paper in this country last year. This will surprise those-wfao had thought that the only use for old rope was In making campaign cigars. Under certain circumstances a woman may legally consume her husband's leg in the kitchen fire. So a Pennsylvania judge decided the other day. It should be understood, how®vcr, that the leg was a wooden one, and that the woman burned it to prevent her husband from going to a saloon. There is now judicial warrant for a man changing his name whenever he desires, provided he has "no criminal intent. The New York Court of Appeals cites in justification of its decision the well known fact that the men known as Voltaire, Moliere, Dante, Richelieu. Loyola, Erasmus hnd Linnaeus were not born- to those names, but assumed them at their pleasure. When women change their names—and they have judicial as well as religious warrant for the custom — it is at their pleasure, as well as- at the pleasure of the man who gives his name to them.

If It Is a commonplace that kings •leep uneasy o’ nights, it is no less trite, though true, that the days of some monarchs are not all cakes and ale, even when they are young. The new English king, w'hile not young, did not expect to be called to the throne for many years to come, and if report is true he dreaded particularly the duties of kingship. , He is said to be shy and tp have a dislike for public appearances. And, like his fellow monarch at Rome, he is never so interested, as when immersed in his collection of postage stamps. Then there is young Alfonso of Spain. He Is not much older than the average college senior. Had he his way he would spend the time rushing about the kingdom in his motor car or cruising about the coast in his yacht. But Instead of allowed to sweep about on an aeroplane, hefias to stay down to the dull level of the earth and puzzle his brain with intricacies •t state questions and court etiquette. Nor Is Manuel of Portugal any.better •ff. This young stripling, about old ntongh for a freshman, is passionately fond of the piano and falconry. But instead of being free to play the nocturnes of Chopin or to set his falcons in flight, he is as much a prisoner as they were when chained to his ■wrist, and, try as he may, he cannot nndnrstand the stupid figures of the NW which his ministers lay before

him. So being a king when you are young is not all it might be.

Thie year will be marked by a revision of the American Pharmacopoeia, which is made once in ten years. The occasion is, therefore, of peculiar Importance to those who are interested in raising the standard of purity of drugs. Tho Pharmacopoeia is a bulky volume containing a list and specifications of all ihe drugs In ordinary use. It is the joint work of a committee of the American Medical Association, a committee of the American Pharmaceutical Association and tire medical boards oi the army and navy. Since the government has never established any official standard of its own for measuring the purity of drugs, the Pharmacopoeia has been adopted as the only available authority, and such legislation as has been secured has been based upon the specifications there laid down. Some of these specifications—as, for example, that of sodium chlorid, or common salt are so high as to be commercially almost impossible. Others are so worded as to permit serious adulterations by the trade. Certain members of the American Medical Association have recommended the preparation of a restricted list, consisting of about three hundred drugs in common use and approved by the majority of medical practitioners; and that all other particles commonly carried in the medical stock of a pharmacist, and not of a proprietary nature, be included in a separate volume or department Pharmacopoeia. The effect of this plan would be greatly to extend the number of articles for which a standard of purity is established, and at the same time not to any special Ist of drugs shrdlu oin restrict the practising physician to any special list of drugs. "A bill has been Introduced” In Congress—unhappily that means lltile or nothing—so to amend the Pure Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, as to prevefit the sale of many preparations now on the market. The present law, so far as it refers to drugs, does little more than lay down' rules for labeling; and even they are lax.

REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR

For anybody to appreciate advice he always has to pay more for it than it’s worth. The worst of getting out of trouble is there’s so much more to get right into again. Even a crazy man would have more sense than to read the novels women like. A woman never goes to a railroad ticket -yvindow without hoping it might happen to be the day for bargain sales. The reason a man wants to pay more for his cigars than he can afford is so he can say he paid still more forthem.—-

The Tibetan Explanation.

Everyone has heard of the Chinese myth explaining an eclipse, and the enormous dragon that stalks through the sky seeking to devour the sun; but the Tibetan legend is a little different, and very inieresting as described by Sven Hedin in his “TransHimalaya.” After describing the eclipse, and the terror and depression with which it was received, he says; Then I visited Hlaje Tsering with the corner pillars of my caravan. He sat at his lacquered table, drinking tea, and had his long Chinese pipe in his mouth. “Why is it that h has just been so dark?” I asked him. “The gods of the Dangrayum-tso are angry, because you will not allow me to visit their lake.” “No, certainly not. A big dog roams about the sky and often conceals the sun. But I and the lama Lobsang have prayed all the lime before the altar, and have burned joss-sticks before the images of the gods. You have nothing to fear; the dog has passed on.” "Very fine!” I cried, and made a desperate attempt to explain the phenomenon. Robert held up his saucer to represent the sun. and I rook two rupees, to represent the earth and moon crossing each other’s orbit,’ Hlaje Tsering listened attentively io Muhamed Isa’s translation of my demonstration, nodded approvingly and finally expressed his opinion that this might do very well for us, but that it did noi suit Tibet.

Sounded Queer.

"All right behind there?” called ths conductor from the front of the car. "Hold on!” cried a shrill voice. "Wait till I get my clothes on!" The passengers craned their necks expectantly. A small boy was struggling to get a basket of laundry aboard.

His Object.

Wigwag—What, roses! Don’t you know a girl never marriep the fellow who sends her flowers? Old bach—Sure, I do. That’s why 1 always try to keep on the safe side,— Philadelphia Record. _

Calls Off the Boy.

Mother’s Voice from Next RoomWill Je, come here! You must never listen to your father shaving.—Life. A girl is sorry if she can’t marry the man of her choice—and sometimes shs Is sorry If she does. , „

HOME FOR AGED ILLINOIS PYTHIANS AND ORPHANS.

Illinois Knights of Pythias are pardonably proud of their home for aged members of the Order and orphaned children of members, just completed at Decatur. The home cost $150,000. In 1906 the Grand Lodge ■'accepted the report of the committee on location, Decatur offering the strongest inducements. The building is four stories in height, brick and stone being used In the construction, and it is fireproof. An auditorium on the main floor will accommodate 400 people. One hundred and fifty inmates can be taken care of, and the board will construct cottages should the number of Inmates exceed the capacity of the main building.

FORMER U. S. TREASURER, WHO DIED OF APOPLEXY.

Charles Henry Treat, treasurer of the United States under President Roosevelt, who recently died of apoplexy, was born in Frankfort, Me., about sixty-eight years ago. Among his ancestors were Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Robert Treat, a colonial governor of .Connecticut. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1865, and at once entered business with his father and brothers, who operated a fleet of twenty-eight vessels engaged In the Import and export’ trade. Tn 1888 he was Delaware’s delegate-at-large to the Republican convention in Chicago and was credited with solidifying the Delaware delegation for Benjamin Harrison.

Charles H. Treat.

Soon after McKinley's election he was appointed collector of internal revenue for the Wall street district, serving during the Spanish-American war.

ONE-MINUTE WIRELESS.

Men Who Can Put Up Portable Station in That Time. There is no other country with a trained squad of men possessed of apparatus which can be taken from a wagon, set up and put in operation capable of sending a wireless message twenty-five miles and occupying one minute and eight seconds only from the time of command, “Halt, open station!” to the first buzz of the wireless wave-producing spark. There is more to opening a wireless station than hauling the apparatus from the wagon. It means erecting a mast 40 feet high, spreading for 150 feet each, four-stranded wires which perform the double purpose of holding up the mast and of serving as the antennse of the wireless set, spreading another smaller set of Insulated wire at the base of the mast for a “ground,” and connecting the instruments and the source of pow'er. When the first portable wireless was made in this country a few years ago a 60-foot mast was required, demanding a complicated system of guys, a troublesome ground and several hundred feet radius of clear space for the erection of the station. The writer well remembers” seeing the first tests of erecting this mast at Fort Myer, Va., and thinking that a hostile force would have little trouble finding time to demolish such an outfit during the three-quarters of an hour it took to get It in working order.—Popular Mechanics.

An Inquirer.

Political Agitator—l say again, gentlemen, the socialists are putting in the thin end of the wedge. Voice from the Crowd—Say, guv’nor, you wouldn’t 'aye ’em put in the thick end first, would yer?”—M. A. P.

The Motorist’s Definition.

Daughter—Papa, what is a foot passenger? ' t Fatherr-A fool who gets in the way of the cars, my dear.—Sourire. Many a man fails to make good because he spends most of his time trying to prove '.hat luck Is against him.

The FAMILY DOCTOR

Tubbing; and Rabbins. A great many people seem to pride themselves on being well bathed individuals on the ground that every morning they jump for a short. moment into a tub of cold water. A 3 a matter of fact it is quite possible to perform this feat for three hundred and sixty-five days in the year, and yet to miss entirely the real purpose of the daily bath. The cold plunge or shower Is excellent in its way for those to whom it is suited, that is, for the young and the vigorous, who react perfectly. For these it is invigorating and stimulating. As a cleansing process it Is hardly enough, because getting clean does not mean merely leiting water pass over the surface of the body. To be really clean one must make sure that the millions of tiny pores, by means of which the skin does its work for the physical economy, are kept cleared of waste products and in good working condition. The skin is one of the most important of the scavengers of the system, but one cannot expect it to do its work properly if its myriads of tiny holes through which it gives off waste matter are blocked. This waste matter is largely given off in the perspiration, which Is coming through it all the time, whether sensibly or insensibly. If this perspiration is checked, the waste products are driven Into the system, with the result that the other organs of elimination, the kidneys or the bowels, are asked to do double duty, and double duty is not demanded of any organ long without a bill having to be paid somehow, some time. To keep the skin in perfect working condition an occasional bath that really washes it is called for. This bath should take the form of plenty of warm water, some good mild soap, a small brush, and above all a good rough towel, for the final rub is really more important than the soap and water wash. The skin is renewing itself all the time, with the result that it is always giving off minute scales, and it 13 these which largely serve to block the pores. Anyone can stand in a good light with a clean, dry nail brush and prove this. Us the brush vigorously anywhere on the skin and observe the minute dry particles that will fly off. It stands to reason that a swift plunge into cold water and a gingerly dab with a smooth towel* are not enough to properly remove these scales. In fact, if one were so placed that it was temporarily impossible to get a bath, the skin could be kept in condition by vigorous dry rubbing, so far as all the purposes of health demanded.—Youth’s Companion.

Out of Tune.

A piano tuner employed by. a city firm was sent to a certain suburb- to tune a piano. He found the Instrument in good condition and not in the least need of attention. A few days later the firm received a letter from the owner of the piano, a lady of musical intention, saying that the piano had not been properiy tuned. It was no better than before. After receiving a reprimand from his employer the hapless .tuner made another trip to the suburbs and again tested every note, only to find, as before, no fault with the instrument This time he told the lady so. ‘““Yes,” she said, “it does seem all right, doesn’t it, when you play on it, but as soon ks I begin to sing it* gets all out of tune again.

One Honest Man.

Mrs. Youngbride—Mrs. Smith says there Is lots of cream on her milk bottles every morning. Why Is there heveir any on ours. The Milkman —I’m too honest, lady, that’s Why. I fills my bottles so fhll that there ain’t never no room left for cream—Woman’s Home Companion. Whisky and love never affect two men jsa exactly the same way.

SHAD IN HATCHING.

Work of Expert* Aboard the Coast Vessel, the Fish Hank. Lying at anchor in the Delaware River off Gloucester la a little vessel painted an immaculate white, which bears across her bow the name, Flah Hawk, the Philadelphia Ledger says. She ’belongs to the United States fish commission. Her crew Is clearing her decks for action, laying out long spawning tables and toiling away in preparation for the millions of shad eggs which will soon come to the vessel from the fishermen up and down the river. While the Fish Hawk has been employed In shad hatching on the Delaware many seasons since 1881, this is her first visit here in four years. She covers the entire esatern coast from the Kennebec to; Key West, The work of egg collecting is done by the crew of forty-three men, all of whom are experts. They go out to the fishing grounds in small boats towed by steam launches and there secure from the market fishermen the shad which are about to spawn. These eggs are fertilized In large pans and after several days are placed In jars In which they hatch isl from four to seven days, the length of time depending on the temperature of the water. When the shad have attained the size of-half an Inch they are taken to the river beds and turned loose. The Fish Hawk has collected as many as 125,000,000 eggs In a season, 80 to 95 per cent of which have proved fertile. In nature, it Is said, not 6 per cent of the eggs hatch. The Fish Hawk has 350 hatching jars, each capable of holding 85,000 to 90,000 eggs. When the fish are hatched they find their way through a drain pipe into an aquarium, where they remain until turned out.

TALKS ON ADVERTISING

A newspaper has 5,000 readers for each 1,0,00 subscribers, says the Albion, Mich., Recorder. A merchant who puts out 1,000 hand-bills gets possibly 300 or 400 people to read — that is, if the boy who is trusted to distribute them does not chuck them under the sidewalk. The hand-bills cost as much as a half column advertisement in the home paper. All the women and girls and half the men and boys read the advertisements. Result: The merchant who uses the newspaper has 3,500 more readers to each 1,000 of the paper’s readers. There is no estimating the amount of business that advertising does bring to a merchant, but each dollar brings somewhere from S2O to SIOO worth of business. When a man is caught in one exaggeration will have a pretty hard frime trying to convince the world that all he says it not colored by exaggeration. The first exaggeration may have been innocent enough. It may do no harm. But, leaving out all moral considerations, exaggeration and untruthfulness in advertising are mighty bad business. They serve well enough until the truth Is found out; then, as the old adage has it: “Truth i 3 mighty and will prevail.” The exaggerator must be on the strain continually to exceed his last exaggeration. He will have to appeal each time to a new set of customers. This it is imposible to do continuously among any one class of people. The old proverb may be true that “there is a sucker born every minute.” But it Is very dangerous to attempt to found a stable business supon such a foundation of sand. We wonder if our home merchants ever stop to think why the big mail order houses are so successful. Their success lies in their continual advertising of their goods, says the Hunkville (Mo.) Herald. They never stop advertising because of changes of season or for any other reason. The country newspapers have been fighting these mail order house hard for years for the benefit of the home merchant, and some of the merchants appreciate this and some of them do not. If the mail order houses would practice advertising by “spurts,” in certain seasons of the year, like some country merchants, they would soon go out of business While the local or home merchant keeps his business “under a bushel,” so to speak, or out of their local paper on account of hot, dry or wet weather, or bad roads, they are giving the mail order houses the advantage of them before the people, for those houses never stop advertising for any kind of weather or for dull times.

He Ate His Own Words.

Not long ago the punishment for libel In Russia was the requirement that the libeler literally eat his own words. A man who published a small volume reflecting on the unlimited power of the sovereign was seized, tried In a summary way and condemned to consume the objectionable words. In one of the public streets the book was severed from its binding, the margins cut off, the leaves rolled up one by one and fed to the unfortunate author. A surgeon was in attendance to pronounce upon the number possible to give without endangering his life, but he is reported to have set the limit at something like 200. Parades are attractive, if good, but people laugh at them if they are not. Be careful in getting up a parade of any kind.

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CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the /9r .VtfW Signature of LfLajt/X CostliVr Than Yachting;. 'More money is wasted every year by women buying needless things under the excitement of the bargain, hunt than is spent in all the gambling houses and racetracks put together, says Mary Heaton Vorse in Success. When you say that I have no statistics to prove this, I answer that I have common sense ana nave spent much time in city shops. I know, too, what I am capable of, and I am but a> half-hearted hunter. I know what my friends do. It isn’t for nothing that I have seen earnest* young student* of economics succumb to this hunting: instinct and fare forth to buy 98-cent undergarments. It is not only in the stores frequented by poor or uneducated women that I have seen the more brutal instincts of the human race come to the surface. I have seen a charming elderly woman in a high class storo snatch a dress length of gray voile from the hands of another elderly woman, and the reason I happened to see these sights was because I myself was at the sale looking at garments I didn’t want and didn’t nded, and buying them. The bargaifl chase, the shoppinggame passion &r sport, life-work or recreation —for it may be any one of these, according to the temperament of the woman—has American women well in its grip. Hardly one of us escapes some one of the psychological deviations from the normal which I have mentioned. Between two evils It’s better for a woman to marry a man who chews tobacco rather than one who Is alwaya chewing the rag.

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