Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1910 — Page 2

THE DAILY REPUBLICAN Every Dey Except Senday. 1 MEALEY & CLARK, PnbJshe s. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

It hurts * grafter’s conscience to be found out All the world loves a lover —up to about 10:30 or 11 p. m. The price of shingles is going up, thus adding to the cost of raising a family of boys. According to the general consensus of opinion, King George has undertaken a man's job. No doubt there are persons who can write poetry, but don’t do IL And others who can’t are willing to risk their necks trying. To judge from the way aviators have been falling from the sky lately there is at least one product of the day which is coming down. • - The Czarevitch at the age of 6 ran away from home the other day, with an idea of going to sea. Some kids don’t know when they are well oft There should be no controversy at present over King Edward's last words. Later they can be fixed up to the satisfaction of all concerned. A 6-year-old girl in Brooklyn has two heads. It must be something of a strain on her lungs when she gets into an animated conversation with her-, self. It has been figured that a cow can be kept in Boston at a profit of $2.80 k year. While the profit is not large, the pleasant associations ought to be worth something.

Notwithstanding the fact that young lady ticket sellers have been Installed In the box office of one of the Chicago theaters, the demand for passes will be as brisk as ever. New York City continues to go up tn the afr. The plan for a new thirty-elght-story building means a notable addition to the finest collection of skyscrapers in the world. In China all the boys born during lhe year have their birthday celebrated on the same day, no matter what date their real birthday is. Idea is worthy of local attention, now economy is all the rage. In buying an automobile it is better to select one of a kind that can be obtained without mortgaging anything as a preliminary, being careful, at the same time, to see that enough money in bank to pay for a year’s repairing. "Fret not thy gizzard!” is the motto that Dr. D. K. Pearson, Chicago’s millionaire philanthropist, gives to the ■world, at the age of ninety. It’s a comparatively easy motto to live up to, when you are a retired multimillionaire, but it’s harder when you don't know where the money is coming from to pay the rent. The dragon-fly, which used to be known as “the devil’s darning-needle,” and was credited in country lore with the habit of sewing together the lips of •mall boys, is known to be the greatest enemy of the malarial mosquito. Instead, therefore, of deserving death at the hands of those who haunt the banks and shores of summer brooks and ponds, it deserves protection. Considerable uneasiness has been manifested by medical men over the spread of the bubonic plague eastward from San Francisco, where it started tn this country. As is now well known, the commonest means by which the disease is carried is the fleas which infest rats. A vigorous warfare has been waged upon the rats by the health authorities, but it was not begun early enough. From the rats the disease has passed to the ground-squirrels common in California, and has thus gone from city to country. The cost of stamping it out will now the great, and will demand the most energetic and unremitting efforts.

There Is a singular fascination about the “bargain.” The habit of hunting It not Infrequently becomes an obsession, an actual disease. Women are no doubt the greatest sufferers, but neither sex and no age whatever is immune. To get “something for nothing,” or at least, for as near nothing as possible, Is the ambition of millions of otherwise sane and honest Americans. Let any department store phrase its advertisements with sufficient skill—dangle the right sort of bait under its customers' noses—and the police have to be called in to keep order. There is plenty of trade to be had by the man who will sell things cheaply—if only he does not admit that the goods are eheap. No one need be surprised that bargain purchases rarely give satisfaction. One who buys for' no other reason than a low price cannot complain if he is pheated. The old maxim of Roman law, “Caveat emptor’’—Let the buyer beware —still holds good. Use common sense and do not believe in Impossibilities. It occasionally happens that circumstances make it possible for trustworthy goods to be sold somewhat below the usual price. If one has taken the pains to learn how to tell genuine worsted or silk or linen from the inferior article, he can times find that elusive thing, a real bargain. Otherwise he had better not try All-wool clothes are certainly not

sold for less than the cost of an .equal weight of scoured wool. All-silk, dresses cannot be bought for less than mercerized cotton is worth. "All linen" which costs less than half the standard price Is sure to be a fraud. If every one would remember these self-evident truths on bar; in day, there would not be so much complaint about the adulteration of fabrics.

Science Is merely "organized common sense,” in Huxley's words, and, therefore, what this experience of life teaches the average man Is pretty apt to be formulated as a scientific "law” by some savant. It has been a truism for ages that to marry is to "settle down,” to become steady and "responsible." Now Dr. Bertlllon, on the basis of very elaborate^ French statistics and studies, has pronyjlgated certain "theories” concerning the Ration between marriage, family life and criminality. There is nothing strange or new in these theories, but they are Interesting simply because they are now demonstrable by facts and figures. Crime, Dr. Bertlllon shows. Is not as “rife” among married men as among bachelors: the bringing up of a family imposes “beneficent burdens” and creates a desire for respectability and an honored name. Widowers revert to the criminality records of wild bachelors— Including "Apaches.” Childless widowers are the worst offenders of all; they stand highest on the criminality lists. This shows the value of woman’s control or companionship. The presence of children Is wholesome and deterrent, but the best moral condition of all Is complete family life, with- a wife and mother to guide the household and Inspire—or curb—“the old man." Women, whether married or single, are much less addicted to crime than men, and, when they are, "men are usually the cause.” There Is thus need of a new formula: "Search for the man.” After the age of 40 criminality rapidly decreases; old ruffians are rare; conservatism, timidity and prudence accompany age and experience. But, alas! universal education Is no preventive of crime In youth or early life. To open schools Is not to close prisons, for education only sharpens Intellects bent on mischief. All of which scientific generalizations, we repeat, have long been household possessions of "common sense.” It is only doctrinaire scientists, half-baked theorists, that have questioned them.

HE HIT THE BALL.

Genuine Rube and What Lajoie Saw Him Do. "Down at Woonsocket one day, before my name had been in the papers more than half a dozen times,” says Lajole, "a big, broad-shouldered, ath-letic-appearing man came out to the ball park and asked to be allowed to Play. “He was so big and powerful we decided to give him a chance. He knew nothing at all about the game, but he did quite well in practice. He got in front of everything batted in his direction, and once his hands clasped tjie ball it was a case of Maggie, lock the door. “When he came to bat the opposing pitcher shot the ball straight across the plate. “ ’One strike!’ yelled the umpire. “ 'Why is it one striker asked the man. ” 'Because I said so. Look out! There comes another. “The big man let it go by. " ‘Here, explain this thing to me,’ the fellow said. Why do you say two strikes when I haven’t struck at the ball at all?’ "Before the umpire could reply up came another —a straight one — high. Mr. Amateur let go with all his might, ani away went the ball—faster and faster, higher and higher, as It sailed away. Just as the ball was passing over the fence I looked toward the plate, and there that numbskull w’as standing stock still, a look of abject alarm on his face. " ’Run!’ I shouted, with all my might, for we needed the tally. ‘Run! Don’t you see the ball has gone over the fence?’ ‘“Run?’ he .howled back. *Not on your life. I’ve done nothing to run for. I didn’t mean to lose the ball, but I’ve got the money to pay for it How much is the damage?’’’—Washington Star.

Not for Her Market.

had not been maid of all work in the family of a well known literary woman for six months—ever since her landing—without assimilating more or less household news. At first’, ship had asked her mistress to save herbages for her, but at the end of six months she expressed a desire for some money. "I’ll give you this, as I’m a little short of money to-day,’’ said the lady, and she tendered Bridget a check for the full amount due her. Before she had an opportunity to explain about the bank, the young Irish girl had backed away from her, hands behind her, shaking her head with violence. "No, mim,” she said, firmly, "no, mlm, if you plaze. I’m no ortygraft collector; 'twould be no good to' me, mlm. I’d rather the money, if you plaxe."

Ethyl's Complaint.

Claire—Ethyl is awfully angry with Jack. He threw a kiss at her. Loita— Why did that make her angry? Claire —Oh. she says there are some things that ought to be delivered—ln -person. —Lippincott’s.

After a woman passes 20, when she marries there is always some one to say, "Well, she got a man At Tant" It is the alm of the man behind th* gun to make his mark-

The family listens to paw a-practlcln’. —Minneapolis Tribune. - ■ —-

QUIT KICKING!

Telephone Girls Perform Neree-raelc-lus: Work for Thankless Public. One member of the family was quarreling over the wire with the telephone operator at the other end. When the brief dlsppte was ended another member of the family said: "You ought not to do that. You ought never ‘to say an impatient word to a telephone operator. You can’t do enough to make the work easy for them. Were you ever In a telephone exchange?” “No,” replied the guilty one, looking repentant. “Well, go to the first one you have an opportunity to visit. The manager will have some one show you through, and you will never lost patience again with one of those (girls. You will be humiliated and amazed and Instructed to see what wonderful work they do — what Impersonal, patient and really self-sacrificing work they perform, hour after hour—nerve racking, straining work, for a thankless public. You will respect and esteem every one of them and you will feel that nothing Is too good for them, Instead of being critical of a slight mistake that may at times creep In. The wonder is that they do anything right, considering the difficulties with which they have to contend. Instead of giving us the leally marvelous service they do. If you want a lesson In patience, forbearance, fortitude, endurance and all the other virtues, don’t fail to visit a telephone exchange.” __

STAIN WOOD AS IT GROWS.

The idea of staining wood as it grows seems revolutionary, but a Louisiana man has Invented a process by which this can be done. By this method it is claimed any light wood can be made practically any darker color or dark wood made still darker, though

TREES COLOR THEMSELVES.

it will be difficult to lighten the natural shades. It also obviates the necessity of dyeing mahogany or other woods of this nature. A bucket of col-' orlng fluid is hung just below the branches of a young tree, or any tree that is in good, healthy condition. A hose runs from this bucltet to a point near the base of the tree and here the bark and some of the fibers are cut out and the coloring matter applied to the pores thus exposed. As the sap flows through the tree the stain is circulated with it and the wood changes its color to any shade desired. The possibilities of such a process are almost unlimited, and some unusual colorings can be obtained in this manner. The expense of dyeing the wood later is also saved. —Chicago Tribune.

UNHAPPY NAME.

The Four British George* Not the Sloat Beloved of Monarch*. The death of King Edward VII and the accession to the 'throne of the Prince of Wales under the title of King George V has set a wagging the heads of those who recall British history, for the name of George has not been a happy one for the people of England. George I.—Reigned for 13 years. He was the first monarch of the House of Hanover. IJe was 54 years old when he ascended the English throne, and he never could learn to speak more than enough English to say that he preferfed ver to his - new; gpuntry. George II. —Son of George I reigned for 33 years. He owed more to the sense of his wife, Carolina Wilhelmina, than to his own, quarreled with Walpole, and found a ready tool in .Carteret in his efforts to make himself absolute, as had been Henry VIII. He

YESTERDAYS.

THE NEW BAND MEMBER.

was the last English King to appear on the field of battle. England was In the turmoil of war a great part of his reign, but the wisdom of Pitt and the skill of her soldiers saved her colonial supremacy, and the heroism of Clive saved her In India. George lll.—Grandson of George 11, reigned 60 years. His unpopularity was so great that his statue in London had to go without a name lest the people should smash It. To him, however, were due the birth of the United States of America, and the final establishment of Parliamentary government In England—the two things he tried most to prevent. In the end his Insanity became unmistakable, for wherever he went attendants had to follow him to rub off the walls the indecencies he chalked there. Four times he was partially cured, and then became permanently mad. George IV.—Son of George 111, was regent during his father’s periods of recognized madness, and reigned In his own name for 10 years. He, too, was unpopular. After marrying Mrs. Fltzherbert in secret, he married Caroline of Brunswick and then tried to divorce her. His brutal treatment of his wife aroused the hostility of the English people to the highest pitch. Parliament as a rebuke to him voted Caroline a large annuity. He opposed many measures of reform, and had the country on the verge‘of civil war when death removed him. Perhaps the reign of George V will serve to offset some of the discredit associated with the name, so that heads now wagging In doubt will be glad to nod In approval.

The Duke and the Laundress.

A pleasant story is told of the Duke of the Abruzzi. There was a laundress at Salsomagigore who had always enjoyed the duke’s patronage whenever he went there. The duke, of course, knew nothing about this matter, which was attended to by his chauf-feur-valet. For some reason the servant had taken a notion tq change laundresses, hence great humiliation on the part of the good little woman who, naturally, prized her great>patron. A writer in McClure’s Magazine tells the rest of the incident. What was she to do? She wanted to get an explanation of the matter, at any rate; so one day she placed herself on the road where the duke whs to pass. When he came up, she said to him, ‘‘Your highness is no longer satisfied with your forffier laundress?” . /■ . "Who said so?” “Why, your highness no longer sends me his linen, and I am very unhappy about it.” ‘‘My poor child,” exclaimed the prince, “I knew nothing about It! Come with me, and we will settle the matter out of hand.” No sooner said than done. The duke ordered his chauffeur to send his linen to his usual laundress in the future, and when she narrated the incident, she added, enthusiastically. “And he isn’t a bit proud, is our duke, for he is the first man who ever lifted his hat to me.”

“I wonder,” said the wild looking man with the multiplied whiskers. “You wonder what?” asked the meek looking boob with the concentrated eyebrows. "If the man who figured out the length of a week was referred to as a weekling.” "Sure,” said the boob. “They also called the man who discovered ink an Inkling.” Whereupon the driver from the asylum backed his wagon up std the pair were dumped in.—St. Louis Star.

Father (who has caught Patrick stealing)—l thought you knew better than to commit a theft You know how the law punishes people for small offenses. Patrick—How about you, father, whep you stole mother’s heart? You never got punished for that Father—l got a very severe punishment, my son. I got, penal servitude for life, and I’m doing it now.—London Tit-Bits.

“I never heard Mrs. Green make so poor a speech.” —"Yes; wasn’t It awful?l’m certain her husband couldn’t have written it" —Detroit Free Press. We are willing for people to save money, if they will quit talking about it Money may make the mare go* but it will not banish the nightmare.

Where They Ought to Be.

A Victim of Draconian Law.

Fixing the Responsibility.

BEAR HUNT IN JAPAN.

Battle with Bruin Resulted in the Death es a Hunter. It happened on the 18th ult, shortly before sunset, that some' surveyors accompanied by laborers were stilf surveying a field at Uyenal In Esashl-gun, Hokkaido. While engaged In this work, says the Hakkaido correspondent of the Japan Advertiser, a bear made Its appearance from a cave near by, and, ambling threateningly toward the party, sprang upon one of the workmen who was In the act of running .away. The man escaped with lacerated arm and the bear was left victor, the field being cleared of its human occupants in a remarkably brief space of -time. The incident came to the knowledge of some local Nlmrods and some days later Bruin was tracked to his lair. One of the gallant hunters fired, but there was something wrong with , his gun. Unfortunately It went off In a rather irregular way, the gun being rusty and the powder damp. All these things, however, only served to enrage Bruin, which attacked his enemies. The other hunters took the opportunity when the bear’s attention was centered upon his companion and fired his gun, but thls-weapon, too, was useless. The bear apparently now had both men at his mercy and in a short time they were lying seemingly lifeless and mangled on the ground. A passing mall car carried the vanquished hunters to the nearest village where one of the men seems to be on the way to recovery wrder treatment, but the other died of his wounds.

THE FAMILY DOCTOR

Dlnorders of the Stomach. The stomach, like all the other organs of the body, is subject not only to various forms of organic trouble, hut also to many kinds of functional disorder, or neurosis. In these nervous disturbances of the ■tOmach pain may be just as severe and the list of symptoms just as long and as trying as in true organic disease, and it is often impossible to convince the victim that he is not suffering from some terrible local disorder calling for immediate operation. The stomach is usually a somewhat, abused organ. It works hard, generally overtime, and often at tasks extremely distasteful to it. Small wonder, then, that it sometimes goes on strike. a When Itdecldes to do this, the weapons it controls with which to boycott and intimidate the rest of the system are most efficient. In times of normal health we are no more conscious of the tremendous commotion and toll going on in the st.omach than the passengers on a sunny deck are conscious of the trials of the engine room below them; but when the stomach has stood all it is going to for the present, it telephones the brain to that effect, with the immediate result that the whole consciousness is flooded with the misery resulting from its rebellion. The visible signs of this rebellion are myriad. Among the most usual of them may be mentioned nausea and vomiting, eructations that are sometimes so acid that the very throat is scalded, disagreeable sensations after eating, that range from discomfort to agony; and naturally In time a general “run-down condition” of the system. When it can be proved that this state of affairs is traceable to abuse of the stomach, the treatment becomes a comparatively simple matter; but in many cases of so-called “nervous dyspepsia” the trouble will be found to be a fault of the nervous system, the stomach Itself showing no sign of disease, but simply suffering from faulty nervous control, just as any other organ of the body may. This diagnosis, however, will be of little comfort to the patient so long as his stomach is made the vicarious culprit for the guilty nervous system. When the trouble arises from causes that can be easily controlled, such as Improper food, hasty eating, Irregular meals, Insufficient mastication, the cure lies largely in the hands of the patient himself. The small boy who heard his father pronounce a eulogy on a statesman said: "Father says Mr. Blank has intelligence, tact and honesty, and also abdominal courage.” This is a form of valor far too prevalent, and this is the kind that should be tempered with discretion.—Youth’s Companion.

An African Task Story.

A certain man had a most beautiful daughter who was beset by many suitors. But as soon as they were told that the sole condition on which they could obtain her was to bale out a brook with a groundnut shell (about half the size of a walnut shell) they always walked away in disappointment. However, at last one took heart of grace and began the task. He obtained the beauty, for the father said, "He who undertakes what he says will do it"—Burton’s "Negro Wit and Wisdom.”

A Bitter Tongue.

He —This article says, my dear, that men’s heads grow until they are 65. I wonder what effect that has? She—Merely increases the vacuum, I suppose.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Boasting of what you have done doesn’t knock down the narsimmona

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la This the Meanest Man?

Instances of remarkable and ingenious selfishness are, unfortunately, not hard to find. A writer in the New York Sun gives one which would be difficult to match. Two strangers met at one of the small tables'in a dining car. They found a common bond in the effort to secure something to eat, and by the time the coffee came they were on friendly terms. ~ "I wonder if you will do me a favor,” said the first one, as he paid his bill. The other man seemed receptive, and the first one continued: "Have you a lower berth for tonight?” The man across the table nodded. “Well, I’m traveling with my mother, who is well along in life, and I’m anxious to make her comfortable. Would you be willing to give her your berth?” “I should be delighted,” responded the stranger. They went back to the sleeper, where the accommodating man was presented to the old lady, and was radiating with a sense of charitable kindness. It led him to remark affably to the other man: “ Bu t where are you going to sleep?” “Oh, that’s all right,” was the answer. “That’s my lower over there.’'

A Poverty Stricken Queen.

Partly owing to the fact that she was wedded to an avaricious king and partly because she was generous with the little money allowed her, Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII., spent but a small amount for dress. She was very often in debt, and the sums she spent were ridiculously small, shillings ($5) being the greatest amount expended at any one time. Her gowns were mended and turned, and new waists were made for them, as is shown by the record of bills paid to her tailor. These bills prove that she wore her clothes for a long time, for her gowns were obliged to be newly hemmed, and also that, though a princess of the great house of Plantagenet, she wore shoes costing but 24 cents, which were decorated with tin buckles!

A DETERMINED WOMAN

Finally Found a Food That Cured Her. "When I first read of the remarkable effects of Grape-Nuts food, I determined to secure some,” says a woman of Salisbury, Mo. “At that time there was none kept in this town, but my husband ordered some from a Chicago traveler. “I had been greatly afflicted with sudden attacks of cramps, nausea, and vomiting. Tried all sorts of remedies and physicians, but obtained only temporary relief. As soon as I began to use the new food the cramps disappeared and have never returned. “My old attacks of sick stomach were a little slower to yield, but by continuing the food, that trouble has disappeared entirely. I am to-day perfectly well, can eat anything and everything I wish, without paying the penalty that I used to. We would not keep house without Grape-Nuts. “My husband was so delighted with the benefits I received that he has been recommending Grape-Nuts to his customers and has built up a very large trade on the food. He sells them by the case to many of the leading physicians of the county, who recommend Grape-Nuts very generally. There is some in using a really scientifically prepared food.” Read the little book, “The Road to Wellville,’’ in pkgs. ‘There’s a Beason.” Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest.