Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1910 — Page 2
INTERESTING NEWCOMER AT THE LONDON ZOO
afre ’ ° n ° 0f i he few ever born ln ca P t,vlt y. was born the other day In the zoological . ... in, hei * three days old it stood five feet high and toddled about in lively fashion. It has taken to the ****•, aVld ‘ ty \ h r gh UlB not “Elected by its mother, a 13-foot Kordofan giraffe. With the tion of a three-year-old brother of the latest arrival, no giraffe has been born in the zoo for a generation.
KEEPING COW QUIET
Milk Affected Where Animal Is §ubje<?t to .Excitement. Well Known Physician Cites Instances Wljere Headaobes Have Been Caused, To Be Obliterated by Weak Tea and Lemon. London. milk comes from cows that have been kept calm, unexcited and in a good temper," will be the guarantee of the honest dairyman of the future. -. r For milk from excited or Irritated cows is, according to the latest scientific opinion, more immediately, though transiently, harmful than when i? contains disease germs. reason is this,” a well known physician declared recently. "When a man is subjected to unpleasant emotions. such as temper, fear or sulki ness, his blood throws out toxins. Intense excitement has the same effect, and this is the cause of the bitter taste in the mouth after such experiences. "Now, these poisonous bodies are eliminated from the blood by means of the various secretory organs of the body, among which are the salivary and that is why their presence is defected by the taste. "In the case of milch cows a definite percentage of the sum of the toxins caused by fright, bad temper or irritability reaches the milk, and in extreme cases will cause it to go bad much before the normal time. “Patients frequently call upon mo and complain that their health, though not radically bad, fluctuates unpleasantly in a way that they can only define as resembling slight, but very unpleasant, liver ailments. “In listening to their descriptions of their symptoms I have been struck by \the fact that many complain that very often they come down to breakfast feeling very fit and hungry after a vigorous cold tubbing, but half an hour are not well. ‘■There are Sensations of headache rather than reaKi) ea< l a che, unpleasant heart sluggishness of thought and a se* l8 ® °* irritability,
All-Night Bank Didn’t Pay
Little business Done After Nine OVtock and Directors Decide to Close at Midnight. New York. —New York always likes to regard Itself as the busiest city in the world. It takes itself very seriously on this side, however much it may frivol for amusement and recreation. Nothing pleases a New Yorker more than for a visitor to notice the great rush in the streets and to express- admiration at the immense concourses of people, and to protest against the terrific congestion on the transportation lines. Indeed, the average New Yorker regards the physical discomfort of dense population as a tribute to his personal sagacity and cleverness. Give him half a chance and he will talk volubly in statistical terms about the tremendous volume of business done on Manhattan island. A few years ago a banking institution was started that appealed strongly to this peculiar side of the Manhattanite. A bank was opened to run day and night, never to dose its doors. So rushed were the people, it was announced, that it was absolutely necessary, in order to enable them to jptrjd of their surplus cash and put K infco a safe place, that dn opportunity should be offered to bank at all boars. Strangers were shown the Night and Day bank as an evidence that New York never sleeps. The
even of pronounced, but irrational, apprehension. “This wears off and passes away after lunch, especially if light wine or a beverage containing lemon juice is drunk with it “I got the clew to the cause of these symptoms the other week from a farmer I know, who sends a large quantity of milk to London. “Milk warm from the cow is an excellent nerve tonic, and I went out in the early morning to obtain a glass of it from the milkers, my farmer friend coming with me. “A large cow was being milked, and I asked for a drink to be given me from the pail. “ ‘You’d better not have any of her milk this morning,’ he said. ‘One of the cowmen has just told me that she was chased by a dog in the night. If you drink her milk it may upset you.’ “Then I remembered the toxins thrown out by the blood under such
COTTON SEED FLOUR
Wholesome Substitute for Meat, Says State Chemist of Tex^S. ’ • -- • > — — As Manufactured in Lone Star State Can Be Used as Human Food, Is Professional and Scientific Opinion of Dr. Fraps. College Station, Tex. —That cotton seed flour, as manufactured by the cotton oil mills of Texas, can be used as a human food is the professional and scientific opinion of Dr. G. S. Fraps, state chemist of Texas. In explaining what cotton seed flour is, Dr. Fraps states that it is cotton seed meal which has been especially treated so as to remove the hulls as thoroughly as possible. It is finely ground, of a bright yellow color and with pleasant odor and sweetish taste. According to the investigation made by the state chemist, the following
burning withir. the institution were ' regarded almost as reverently as altar flames. The midnight tellers were considered as the highest type of metropolitan enterprise and progress. But lately the directors of the Night and' Day bank have noticed that while the lights burn brightly and the institution is pointed out with pride by New Yorkers escorting rural cousins about the city, and loudly proclaimed by the orators on the sight-seeing automobiles, little business was done after six o’clock. So having more regard for dividends than for furnishing an object of tourist interest, the directors have decreed that hereafter the bank will open at eight o’clock in the morning and close at midnight
Topless Potatoes.
Lewistown, Pa. —Parks Murtiff, proprietor oTthe St. Charles hotel, owns a farm in th* vicinity of Burnham park, and his farmer called him over and informed him that he was growing topless potatoes. An investigation proved that two rows, supposed to have been early rose seed, were absolutely without sign of stalks; yet there are roots with potatoes the size of large shellbarks in the rows. " b The farmer says it’s a good thing, as it will fool the bugs.
conditions as the cow had been subjected to, and I thought of my patients who felt upset after breakfast. “Since then I have advised my patients to drink weak tea with a little lemon juice in it Instead of milk, and the results have been good. “Unfortunately, boiling the milk is ,not of much use, for these toxins are not germs, but definitely poisonous secretions, very little, if at all, affected by heat “The remedy is to keep cotvs calm and to drive them very quietly to the milking place. “If one is at all sensitive to alimentary irregularities milk should never be taken unless it is certain that the cow from which it comes was not unduly disturbed for at least eight hours before she was milked. “Milk from a cow that has been in a violent temper, or has been thoroughly frightened, might easily have a serious effect upon a child—throw his blood out of order and upset his nerves for a day or two. In extreme cases it might produce pronounced gastric trouble, very difficult to diagnose and to treat.”
facts regarding the cotton seed flour have been deduced: Cotton seed flour resembles meat more closely in its chemical composition than it does wheat flour. It is quite different in character from wheat our;-it contains less crude fiber than cotton seed meal, in that it contains less hulls. The flour contains more than twice as much protein as themeats, which is due to the water in the meat, but whatever the cause of the difference, the cotton seed flour contains over twice as much flesh forming (not fat) materials (protein) as anyu of the meats. A portion of cotton seed and meal 3 contains over four times as much protein as eggs, and about the same quantity of fat. It contains over four times as much protein as wheat flour. Wheat flour, however, contains considerably more nitrogen—free extract, consisting chiefly of sugars and starches. Thus wheat flour is a different kind of food from cotton seed meal. Cotton seed flour is a meat substitute. It Is not a flour substitute, being low in sugars and starches in which flour is so rich. Protein is the chief constituent of meals and is generally considered as the most expensive nutrient of our foods. 1 The bakery products which were examined had a yellow or brown color and a pleasant taste. The color is not noticed in ginger snaps and gingerbread. „ Doctor Fraps advises against bleaching the cotton seed flour, believing that as it is different in nutritive value from ordinary bread, it is well that its color should call attention to the fact. Doctor Fraps says; “There is no question that cotton seed flour will be wholesome, but experience and experiment most determine the quantity that man should eat. “It is very jich and it would be an easy matter to eat tdo much. For that reason I don’t think that it ought to be used except as a mixture with other .flour, not less than four parts of other flour to one of cotton seed flour.” \
Cheap Dresses Make Hit.
New York.—Twenty-seven of the 243 girls who were graduated from the Washington Irving high the other night received their diplomas wearing dresses some of which cost as little as 72 cents and none more than one dollar. Among the other 216, some bad on dresses that cost as high as $75. More than 1,000 persons were present, but not one person was found who was able to pick out one of the 27 girls whose dress had been made complete for less than one dollar.
SENTENCE SERMONS
A pious fraud is sin’* host friend. Pain is often hut the dregs of pleas* ore. The doors to heaven are in retired places of helpfulness. My love of God is wrong unless it makes him more lovely to others. 1 When a man’s religion is on his sleeve it is usually part of his cloak. Nothing will help you more than helping a man when you do not want to, Saintliness and sanity are both a happy balance between self and society. % ~ Too many of our ideas on duties are sadly mixed with notions on rev enue. - It is easy to love truth ardently when its edge is toward your adversary. If you 'cannot sometimes forget to count yourself you will never b.e worth counting. Too many are praying for a harvest of love who have planted no seeds of kindness. This world would be a good deal more healthy if we might quarantine the grumblers. The preacher who would guide to the ideal life must live in the heart of our real life. It is good evidence you have only half a truth when you think you have a monopoly of all.The greatest difficulty in winning the esteem of others lies in our foolish estimates of ourselves. The most uncomfortable people in this world are those who are anxious only for comfort.—Chicago Tribune.
ALL SORTS
The crumpled horn 1s one that leaves a headache. The lamb that plays around a mint bed tempts fate. ‘‘There’s no place like hum,” remarked the apiarist. Stray lambs that gpimbal in wheat reck not of futures. Every good plowman follows the straight and narrow path. Birds are highfliers that never get away from the simple life. After a dog has indulged in short pants he usually goes in swimming. Freedom doesn’t always bring happiness, but you’ll notice that it is the tied dog that howls. Can people of tart dispositions but loving hearts be said to be overflowing with the buttermilk of human kindness? Fate has no terrors for the unsophisticated. There isn’t a bird in the orchard that doesn't understudy Eve every minute of the day.
BITS OF FACT
The camel is In general use as a carrier in South Australia. The first record of English horse racing was in 1609 at Chester. Wolf hunters of India are advised to disguise themselves as peasants. Only one ounce of soap a head Is annually used by the people of India. The government stamp collection at Washington is visited each year by 1,000,000 men. Of all the dried fruits none-perhaps equals the raisin in food value and ease of digestion. • At the approaching French maneuvers a severe test Is to be made of the value of dogs as carriers. Rubles as large as 80 carats have been made by “building up,” that is, cementing one stone to another. The fine firs of the Pacific northwest are so colossal that after the trees are hewed down the stumps are used for children’s playgrounds, houses for families to live In or for dancing platforms.
HOOTS FROM A WISE OWL
A little thing like getting Into defep water doesn’t embarrass the mail who paddles his own canoe. Women can keep the secrets of their own making much better than those imparted to them by another. It Is true that money once made the mare go, but now it buys an auto and the mare is allowed to stay in the pasture. \ A woman wants to be prettier than she was the last time, and not quite as pretty as she wants to be the next time. —Judge. ,
GIRL FASHIONS
Girls this year will run largely to loud colors. They wiH be seen everywhere, as usual. The quiet effects will, however, be used to some extent, and are always more serviceable. The summer resort styles will be very much worn, and there are several popular varieties already on the market. Mountain girls, as usual, will come high. , European varieties are ln great.demand on account of the surplus cash that usually goes with them. Large, handsome blondes lead in interest and activity. Of these there is the peach blonde, the svelte blonde, the hippy-hippy blonde and the languid blonde. Several brunettes with flashing eyes have made a hit. A prime favorite, much sought after, is a medium sized mushroom chantecler variety, with a good disposition and a hatred of ice cream soda. Motor girls continue with immense activity. One should be careful in selection, however, until outward wraps are removed, as appearances are deceptive. Domestic varieties are a drug on the market. It is thought that this style will go out entirely.—Life.
BLESSINGS OF HOME
Home joys are blessed of heaven. — Seneca. V - Home is the sacred refuge of our life.—Dryden. Home is the chief school of human virtue. —Channlng. Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.—Beecher. A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace.—James Hamilton. Domestic happiness, thou only* bliss of paradise that hath survived the fall. —Cowper. • Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she was homefcoeping.—James Howell. Silence chaste reserve Is woman’s genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house. —Euripidqs. The sober comfort, all the peace which Bprings from she large aggregate of little things.—Hannah More. She was little known beyond her home, but therfe she silently spread around her that soft, pure light, the preciousness of which is never fully understood till it I<3 quenched.—Channlng.
THE BACHELOR GIRL
Alas! Why Is the marriage relation always a distant one? Money talks! Yes, and it will also keep a lot of other people quiet. It takes a man with lets of nerve to marry a woman with lots of nervesr It Is more often proximity than affinity that leads to these summer soul-matings. As a preparation for h?r great lifework one brother is of more assistance to the average girl than a college education. It doesn’t make a man jealous when his wife tells him about the men she might have married and didn’t; it tperely makes him envious. The lower the neck the higher the price, but it’s so difficult to convince a husband that the most expensive part of an evening gown is what’s cut off at the top. The road to hades may he paved with good intentions, but the men who go by the limited express escajre all that by never having any intention of being good.—Helen Rowland.
HINTS FOR ANGLERS
A bookworm does not make good bait for trout fishing. Trout may or may not make brains, but they certainly make liars. The angler is like the actor in one respect, he must not'forget his lines. Birds are often brought down on the wing; trout are frequently brought up on the fly. We prefer, however, having our trout stories overdrawn rather than our bank account. The red spots on a trout do not Indicate scarlet fever or the measles, as some suppose. Like many humans, the trout that keeps his mouth shut saves himself lots of trouble. If you hook a trout yon pull It In; If yon hook anything else you are apt to get pulled fn yourself. That is all we know about trout.
IMi Oh, children, during the campaigns, Whene’r the voter’s ardor wanes There comes a burst of thunder sound That rends the air and shakes the ground And weaves a potent, mystic spell With one upsoaring, piercing yell. You’ve heard it? Yes, in dead of night The sound that filled you with affright. Be not alarmed at all the fuss—'Tis the Hip-Hip-hoo-rah-tamus. Be calm, my child. Come to my side, Come see this being blazing-eyed. With frenzied voice- and raucous throat That bellows forth the fearsome note. ’Tis gentle as a bleating l#mb That nuzzles to its soothing dam. Acquainted with it, you will find Its strength entirely runs to wind. Hark to its roars continuous—’Tis the Hip-Hip-hoo-rah-tamus. You will hear it at the' baseball game, Where it will rah-rah of the fame Of one who bravely dares the worst And violently slides to first. You hear It when the hero comes Home from the wars to throb of drums And blare of trumpets—ere he knows The quickness with which glory goes. Its task is to thunder thus— The loud Hip-hlp-hoo-rah-tamus. Fear not, wee ones. When it grows hoarse Its surging yells will lose their force, And it will feed on brown Jujubes To heal its aching bronchial tubes Until it finds its voice, and then 'Twill rah-rah with its might again. Ofttimes it finds it hard to tell What reason there is for its yell. Oh, child, no harm can come to us From the Hip-hip-hoo-rah-tnmus.
A Tip.
The person with the long hair and the flowing necktie sits at the table and reads and rereads a typewritten note. Finally he turns to the waiter who has brought his luncheon and says: “Can’t help feeling happy today, my man. Just got a note from an editor accepting the first poem I have ever sold.” “Yes, sir,” says the deferential waiter. “Makes a man feel joyful—more than joyful. I can’t describe the strange thrill of exultation that possesses me.” “Yes, sir? Something, 1 should presume to say, like a pusson feels when he gets his first tip.”
Almost a Nonenity.
“Scribbles doesn’t seem to have grasped his opportunities as a war correspondent in Manchuria, does he?" asks the friend. “I should say not,” responds the other friend. "Why, the man didn’t even —actually, now!—didn’t even haveone picture taken showing, him and his pack mule and corps of servants.” Shaking their heads dolefully, the two say that really he was a young man of promise when he went over there and they would have expected better work of him.
Why, Then?
“Did you finish your shopping today, my dear?” asks the model husband. “Tes, I think so," answers the trusting wife. “You think so?” “Yes; I don’t know, though. You see* I went to get my hat, and there
were so many, and all of them so pretty, that I got five of them.” ‘‘Five? Why did you do that?” “I —really, I must have lost my head.” “In that case, why get a hat at all?”
His Present Attitude.
“Oh —er —Mrs. Crusher, does your husband quarrel with you. when you want a new frock?” « "No, indeed. Long ago he learned that that was a waste of time, and now he only quarrels with me when I get the new frock.”
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