Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1910 — Page 2

NEW KING AND QUEEN FOR EUROPE

On the occasion of his Jubilee as a ruler, on August 15, Prince Nicholas of Montenegro assumed the status and title of king, and his wife, ■ Princess Milena, will assume royal rank as a queen. At the same time ■tile name of the old principality of the Black Mountain was changed to the ancient name of the country—Zeta. Prince Nicholas was born in 1841 And succeeded his uncle, Prince Danilo, in 1860. It Is said the new king land queen will remodel the court at Cettlnje on the lineß of the court of 'Vienna, where, after that of Spain, tbe most elaborate and complicated system of etiquette of any European court prevails. Nicholas and Milena have three sons and six daughters, one of the daughters being the queen !of Italy.

BANISHES ALL PETS

Dogs and Cats Should Be Ellm- \ inated From All Cities. I3L --Ktt {Health Commissioner Evans of CM- \ cago Says Animals Bpread Contagion and Are Responsible for Great Many Deaths. . Chicago. Health Commissioner Evans put a ban on cats, dogs and Other pets. [ He declared that they were a means 6f spreading contagion, and undoubtedly were responsible for many deaths In a year. ' "There is no question lp my mind,” he said, "but that dogs and cats, especially the latter, should not be permitted in cities. I "Without doubt they carry conjtaglon and are responsible for many deaths annually—Just how many no man can surmise. I "We quarantine a bouse where jthere Is scarlet fever for instance. It pms been established, that contagion Is spread principally through contact. We say: ‘No one inside the house shall come out, no one outside jshall come in.’ But there Is a family cat. It is constantly in contact with infected things, if not actually stroked by the sufferer. "The cat runs in and out, through loors and windows. It roams about the neighborhood. It is stroked and petted by the neighbors’ children. Much contagion certainly is carried in this manner. Parents should guard against a cat from Infected premises as carefully as against children from the same premises. ? "But the cat is not nearly as easily guarded against. ; "The dog to a minor degree spreads contagion, in a minor degree because a dog as a rule sticks closer to his master’s house. | “Dogs, though, are a general nuisance, and they spread the deadly rabies. Not all cases are of local origin, many persons being brought ■to Chicago for treatment, f "It Is in the spread of contagion.

CHILDREN IN AERIAL LEAGUE

English Boys and Girls Organize to Aid In New Science of Aero- \ nautlcs. London. —Although the science of aeronautics has only just found a footing in England, schemes for helping it along are springing up on every side, and the latest of these has developed in the shape of the Boys’ and Girls’ Aerial league, In the organization of which Miss Gertrude Bacon is actively Interesting herself. Mies Bacon is herself an aeronaut of considerable experience, though that, up to the present, has been confined to ballooning. The object of the institution's to educate and Interest children in all mat- , ters of aviation, to encourage them by means of competitions In modern flying machine construction, and In essay writing on aeronautical subjects, ■aid to stir up public interest by organizing a lecture campaign through tha

Old Man Rides Far.

! Greeley, Col. —Roos Magnus, 80 years old, rode Into town the other day from West Virginia, having covered the distance on horseback. I He came west to locate a farm on government land. In the United States land office he displayed 85,000 la mii« which he had carried in his bootleg. 1 *1 feel like a boy,** he said at the end of his three months’ ride.

Twins Come Three Times.

i Winsted, Conn.—For the third time 'Mrs. Elof Peterson has presented her husband with twins. They are boys this time, weighing six and one-half pounds and seven and one-half pounds, fir. and Mrs. Peterson are 39 years jbld and have had 11 children during jthelr Id years of married life. Seven Of them, six boys and one girl, ars living

though, that cats and dogs offer the greatest menace. Of what avail is it to quarantine a house when cats are going in and out and mingling with the neighbor's children? "When we drew up our bakery ordinance we had occasion to investigate the matter of cats in bakeries. Chief Sanitary Inspector Ball collected considerable data. The presence of the cat was defended on the score that It kept down the rats and mice. Mr. Ball in his investigation found that In fact cats aid little In keeping down rats and mice, and that the harm they did far more than offset the little good they were supposed to do. It was demonstrated that they were a nuisance and a menace in bakeries. “There is much on this subject which comes under the head of reasonable surmise—and the indictment is severe against family pets, When it comes to incontrovertible facts, though, the case is not so clear, but there is no question that family pets are a menace in large cities. "I might add that it is significant that in certain sections of Chicago, where there is a dog practically in .every house, we have had much trouble through epidemics of contagious diseases—diphtheria in one particular ward which I have in mind.”

Pastors In Gum Test.

Canton, O.—To find who could chew his gum the longest and stretch it the the most, ministers, deacons and elders entered into an original oontest at the picnic of the German and United Evangelical churches. Disappointment was caused by the quality of the gum, which refused to be stretched more than a foot or two. The prize was awarded to John Btiters, an elder. Rev. William Davis of the Trinity United Evangelical church, was beaten by a mere fraction of an inch.

Belgian King Had London Estate.

London. —Estate in this country worth 827,140 was left by the late king of the Belgians, whose will has been proved in London.

PIED PIPER BADLY WANTED

Rodents Overrun Town of Greenwich, Conn.—Get Intoxicated on Deacon’s Liquor. Greenwich, Conn.—“ Wanted —ln Greenwich, Conn., one pied piper similar to the one who formerly operated in Hamelln, province of Hanover, Prussia, and whose effective business methods have been described by the late R. Browning.” This advertisement or one something like it may soon be published by the Greenwich board of selectmen if the rats here continue to Increase in numbers and boldness as they have been doing in the last two weeks. Driven by thirst occasioned by the long dry spell, they seek liquids wherever they can find them. They are overrunning everything and the worst part of it Is the cats seem to be all on a strike. Druggists have sold more rat poison In the last two wekes than In a year previously. Merchants, particularly fruit dealers, are greatly worried by tho.rats. More surprising than anything else Is the story of the depredations committed in the house of a certain aged deacon and temperance worker here, whose name is withheld by request. The other night when he went to bed he left a quart bottle of cold tea, with which he refreshed himself this hot weather, on the top of a cupboard. When he arose early the next morning he found the bottle broken oh the floor and rat tracks all around it He believes the rats, with almost human sagacity, pushed the bottle, which was of the small bottomed, broad-shoul-dered variety, off the shelf and drank the contents. wnen the cook arose to build the fixe she found four rats lying intoxicated on the floor of the kitchen, which adjoins the room containing the cup-

IS LAZIEST OF MEN

Lies in Bed for Days at a Time, His Wife Declares. Makes No Protest When Spouse So Described Him In Tottenham Police Court Recently—Cannot Find Work and la Healthy. London.—Though Archibald Depau of Tottenham has never claimed on his own behalf to be “the laziest man In the world,” he made no protest, when his wife so described him at Tottenham police court recently. The court was much amused by the [ecital of his misdeeds, or lack of deeds, and the magistrate advised Mrs. Depau to leave him agd then summon him ?or maintenance. a 2_ I leave him with the children? asked Mrs. Depau. “For two years he hasn't worked and won’t try to get work! Through the National Society for the Prevention ** of Cruelty to Children he was sent to prison for six months last summer for neglecting them an} me. “While he was away I was allowed five shillings a week for the three youngest children, and with the help of my son Robert, who is twenty, and a liftman in the city, we got along all right But five weeks ago Archibald came out again—they knocked off a month and gave him a few shillings wages when he left Pehtonville, so he must have worked there. “Since then he hasn't done a stroke, even in the house, and the five shillings a week has stopped. I can’t feed him, and we are worse off than ever. He used to lie in bed for weeks, and once when I lifted b|m up ( bed and all, and put him out of the house, he crawled in again through the window. He doesn't lie abed so much now, but he has only been out one afternoon these five weeks. "We used to respect him once. He was brought up as a waiter, and his father kept a hotel. He hasn’t any trade except waiting and bartending, but he could get something.” Archibald himself, the world’s laziest, wearily sauntered into the room and gazed at the visitor with lack-luster eyes. "I don’t sleep when I’m in bed,” he said gently, very gently. "1 shall be fifty this month,” he said in reply to a question. “I can’t get work., I’ve no pain. It’s not a disease.”' He was too tired to smile or cough. But he is not ill looking at aIL Hla iron-gray beard and whiskers are becoming. He 1b not bald, and hla features are good. “Things can’t go on like this,” said his son Robert. “They won't have him in the union because he’s Bane and healthy. ' - . ~ “My eldest brother Archibald, was killed in the South African war. The next one, Joseph, has gone back to Australia, where father lived for 17 years, and where I was born, because he couldn’t stand father's laziness. “People tell us to turn father out, but what would people say if we did and any harm came to him. He’s as well able to work as I am. Why should I support him? It’s as bad for him to sit about In the kitchen as to lie abed. He’s never unkind and doesn’t hit anybody. If he was like that it would be different. He’s Just lazy.” Archibald, before dozing off again, said that he was too old and nobody wanted "him. He wanted new teeth and some hair dye and better clothes. “I’m happier in bed than anywhere," he concluded, as his chin fell on his breast

board. The deacon says he thinks the rats crawled half a mile from the cellar of a local barroom.

TWINS FIRST MEET WHEN 39

Brothers Were Parted Almost at Birth and Come Together After Many Years. Greensburg, Pa. —Separated a few days after birth, 39 years ago, neithei having seen the other, Amos and Cyrus Lape, twins, met here for the first time. Amos is employed near Export, and a few days ago a stranger approached him with the greeting, “Hello, Cy, what are you doing here?” Amos, with quiet dignity, informed the stranger his name was not “Cy.” The stranger apologised, saying he thought Amos was Cyrus Lape. Questioning developed that Cyrus lived at Dunbar, Fayette county. The meeting followed, and the twin brothers have gone to Amos’ house at Delmont Amos and Cyrus Lape were born at Blacklick, Indiana county. A few days after their birth their mother died. The boys were plaoed with two families, living some distance from each other, and neither boy ever knew of the whereabouts of the other.

Coins Melted In Pocket.

Vincennes, Ind.—Arthur Moore, a young man living near Bridgeport, OL, was sitting on the front porch of his home when lightning struck the house. He was rendered unconscious and was revived with difficulty. It was found that several keys and coins were melted In hla pockets. Young Moore does not seem to be any the worse for his experience

PAVEMENT PHILOSOPHY

Go early and you’ll get In than rush. " ./ " Low cut gowns are not that way hi price. Some captains of Industry are merely pirates. . jtf •; How women who cant wear high heels detest them! Misfortune overtakes the speeders rather than the plodders. Skeletons in most closets are too well kept—and aired. The average farmer's boy isn’t looking for any bay-day of youth. A watched pot never boils; it doesn’t have to, the watcher does that. There are other fish besides the biggest ones that get aawy, but you never hear of them. Souvenir hunters and shop lifting are more closely related than first cousins. * Street cars are always too fast or too slow for some of the passengers. Don't have two strings to your bow, but have an extra one in your pocket. The hobo has this much to his credit: He isn’t a wolf in sheep's clothing.— It only takes two to make a quarrel; but they are bound to get a third party into it if it’s possible. You have reasons for disliking some people, but for the life of you, you can’t see why they dislike you. What a world of early risers this would be if they all thought they’d wake hp to find themselves famous.

ODDS AND ENDS.

The lights of the world never tell you to watch their smoke. Life soon denies all pleasures to three who deny themselves none. The man who likes people can be led to like any really good thing. It is wise to put sand into the bottom of tall vases before slipping the flowers into place. The weight of the sand will prevent the flowers from being topheavy. ~~ Be sure to include borax in the toilet accessories when going off for an outing. Should the water be hard, borax will soften it, so that the skin will not suffer. Every day beat and shake the pillows. Pushing the hands In each pair of corners in turn, work the hand thoroughly through the feathers to separate them and make them fluffy. If the varnished surface of a piece of furniture la injured by chloroform, camphor or any other liquid which dissolves varnish, rub the spot at oned with olive oil or linseed OIL

PROVERBS OF THE HIGHWAY

Rise wid de lark, an’ w*en meat to higher'll you kin reach, ketch de lark an’ br’lle him fer br’akfast. Many a man dat wears out de knees of his britches prayin’ gits mad an’ falls from grace kaze .Providence don’t give him a new pair. Moses wuz a great man, though he wuz found In de bullrush; but es he lived in dis day an* time I doubt es he could stand a bull rush In Wall street. Job growled kaze he had two friends; but he’d ’a’ raised de roof es he’d had a friend on ever’ corner, waitin’ ter ax him ter indorse his note. You don’t rlckemize de Happy Lan’ when you is in it; dat’s why you alius lookin’ fer It whar it never wuz an* never will be. Bar’ll be a lonesome time on de streets o’ heaven es Bom,e o’ de speculators git In de gate, only ter diskiver dat it ain’t no use ter corner de gold market—Atlanta Constitution.

THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING

t" You cant keep a Food thermometer down. Smite a fly on one cheek and be returneth to the other. A hook In the Jaw is apt to finish r both the fish and the fighter. { If you want a high time on yoor vacation hie to the mountains. Undoubtedly many of our sweet girl graduates wRI malm good—fudge. This is thirsty weather. Even the .mercury la filling Its glass higher these days. Henry asks what Is good for moeqtdto bite*. Human cuticle Is considered w?y good, Henry,—Boston Transaerlst . -r~ — —v

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Every woman looks good to some man. , How can a bachelor of arts be wedded to his art? No, Cordelia, a. tall man Isn’t necessarily high minded. You’ll.never get to the front by following the procession. ■When lowly people rise in’ the world they are apt to feel uppish. . Don’t get discouraged; it’s a long lane, but success lies Just beyond the turn. Jf A sane man has more respect for a thermometer than he has for an almanac ■ And the more children a Woman has the less time she has for attending mothers’ meetings. A woman never loses Interest in a man as long as be knows something she is anxious to find out. Liberty is represented by a female, but the suffragette is firmly convinced that the facts are all to the contrary. Some men ore loved for the enemies they have made, but more are loved for the dollars they have inherited.—Chicago News. ® c

DON'TS FOR TRAVELERS

Don't travel unless you can afford It Don’t return civility with Its opposite. Don’t permit your children, if you bave any with you, to annoy people by 111-bred behavior. Don’t carry a chip on your shoulder. Most of the people you meet are welldisposed and kind. • Don’t fail to assist any infirm, crippled or aged fellow traveler who may need a helping hand. Don’t refuse courtesies When offered by strangers if exceptional circumstances occasidn them. ' Don’t ask questions, except of officials on the road, or the ship; or of policemen on the street. Don’t exchange visiting cards with strangers, unless this is Justified by exceptional circumstances. Don’t forget that you owe a duty to every human being, the duty of looking pleasant and being gracious. Don’t by a single thought or action add to the burden of sorrow pressing so heavily upon many fellow-pilgrims.

SPARKS AND BUBBLES

Explosions are odorous. All smell that ends smell. A chauffeur and his honey are eoon started. A large tip turneth away a country constable. Honk, toot and be noisyl Tomorrow pay the bilL' A spark! A spark! My gold trophy tor a spark! A speed ordinance worth breaking is worth breaking welL The Joy rider scorches when no fly cop pursueth. Meters cannot lie—but they spin around like fury while you whisper honeyed phrases Into the ear of Gwendolyn the fair.—The Widow. The song of the taxicab is one of fearsome meter.

THE WISE MEN

Faith needs her dally bread.— Georgian a M. Craik. You can't order remembranoe out of a man’s mind. —Thackeray. I would give all my fame for a pot Df ale and safety.—Shakespeare. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.—Lowell. The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.—Emerson. rt- There la no kind of idleness by which we are bo easily seduced as that which dignifies Itself by the appearance of business. —Johnson. \ It a man really loves a woman, of Bourse he wouldn’t marry her tor the World if he were not quite sure he jtraa the best person she could by any possibility marry.—Holmes.

PICKINGS FROM PUCK

Borne of us get into the limelight before we have time to put ou our make-up. The way flf the transgressor Is hard, at course, 5t Is so thoroughly and aeatetantlr traveled. *

If iff W ILBURn NErarr

(As narrated by her friend Tottie of the English pony ballet.) D’lsy Chlse—upon my wold She can never act the lydy. Testerd’y—per’aps you hold ’ * ‘ —Wot she said to me an’ Sydy. Forrad thing! she saw us gyse At a gent who comes here d’lly*» Truth! He comes twice Saturd'ys, And ’ls name, we ’ear, Is B'lley. And this poyson, D’isy Chlse— , Lor*! Td love to slap ’er Ileal Mister B'lley, as X s*y, Pahses ’ere at 'alf pahst 'eight, - Sometimes pahslng twice a d’y i Never 'alf a moment Ute; I and Sydy 'ave a w*y Of observing pahslng stryngere— Though we’re not the least bit g*y And well know a city's dyngera. And this poyson, D’lsy Chlse— —ll JBow I’d love to slap 'er floe! "i Yesterd'y we stood a while W’tting there for Mister B'lley, , Wondering If he would file \ To pahss, as he ÜBed to, d'tly. D’lsy Chlse, she wolked a gime— She is nothing more than snlkyV— Strolled, and met him as he cyme. Lor’! I'd think she would feel shlkyl O, that poyson, D’lsy Chlse— But I’d love to slap ’er flee! She cyme along the w*y, Did this floyting, scheming D’lsy, ! Pausing at the gyte to s'y Mister B’lley thought us ertsy! I Said he’s seen us on a pyge ' As before and ahfter tyklng! Every lydy hides hsr rlge Or for her I had been myklng. j t7gh! That poyson D’lsy Chlse— I should like to slap *er flee!

Force of Habit.

Motoring along in -our elegant new six-cylinder, high-power auto, wai come upon a dignified looking gentle* man standing beside an auto, about! which are scattered tools of various sorts. Two of the tires are removed. The dignified looking gentleman is per* spiring freely and looking helplessly! at a sympathetic lady In the tonneau; - “Having some trouble f- we ask, stopping. “I decline to be Interviewed, * he re* plies. "Carburter out of whackr* we inquire. “I have nothing to say," he answers, stiffly. “Had a blowout?” “I will not make any statement at this time,” “Stripped your transmission?" "I don’t remember." "Look here, old chap, you seem to be in trouble. Isn’t there anything we can do to help you?" "I refuse to answer on the advice of my attorney." “Did the steering gear get stuck, or what?" i “You may quote me as saying I had nothing to say." “Well, you’re a crusty person. Don’t you want some assistance?" "I have nothing to say.” “Oh, don't bother him!” begs the sympathetic lady in the tonneau. “The poor man has been a witness be* fore the grand Jury and two investigating committees in the past month, and it has affected Mm oddly.”

No Alternative.

"Are yon the person who answers questions?” asks the worried looking man who enters the office of the an-swers-to-the-anxlous editor. “I am,” answers that individual, answering a question Tight away, as you see. “Then what I want to know is, will It be wrong if I wear a pair of plaid brown trousers to a morning wedding?" “It certainly wilL You should wear a light gray stripe.” “But the plaid brown ones are the only ones I have.”

Also.

“No,” said the first little girl, 1 , never skip the rope,” “But why? It's lota of fun.” “Yes, but there was a little girl in Kalamazoo who skipped the rope so much that it made her die—and besides, it shakes my hair all out of curl.”

What She Needed

“What you need,” said the doctor, '“ls country air. Evidently you are in a- sadly nervous state. What brought It about?” “Just because I wanted country air, doctor. My husband absolutely reftl***l to buy me an auto.”