Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1911 — Page 2

With the World's Workers

T T REVIEW - */• PROGRESS - THAT -IS • BEING MADE . ALONG - ALL > LINES • of - ENDEAVOR

MOST FATAL DEFECT

Habit of Looking for Special Favors Like Worm in Moral Fiber. f, ALL ARE EQUAL IN RIGHTS * ■ Except Where Extended by Affection All Privilege Is an Injustice to Someone Else—The Pull Pulls Both Ways Every ■Klir “T Time.

No defect is more fatal than the habit of looking for special favors. Privilege is a pitfall, like the traps in the sand we make as children. AH privilege, except that extended by affection, is an injustice to some one •tea. For we are all equal In rights. It Is not that men are intentionally leas honest than formerly. It Is that the worm of privilege has got into the moral fiber. We are looking for exceptions In our case, for permissions that are denied to others. Patents may be just, yet it Is worth noticing that physicians refuse them aa inconsistent with a blkta sense of honor. The great discoveries in medicine, the Illustrious inventions in surgery, are all freely given to the world. The quack claims a patent Just where the difference comes In between the Inventor In mechanics and the inventor in surgery is not plain. And then, too, there is the great heart and brain of the publicist like Thomas Jefferson and his syndcate of patriots.* They threw their ideas on the winds to bless all mankind. Queer that they did not bottle up those grand truths and claim special privileges for dispensing them by the pint. Strange that Abraham Lincoln never took out a copyright on the Gettysburg oration. It is when we contrast such free gifts of the oil of gladness with the special privilege stoutly maintained by other modern oils that we grow thankful to the unselfish fathers. Privilege, outside the social circle of love, is always and uniformly offensive. The fellow who flashes his pri-

GERMANS DOCTOR MASONRY

Obviate* the Neceesity of Tearing Down and Rebuilding Decayed and Cracked Walla. Ingenious Germans of Hamburg recently hare adopted a method of doctoring masonry that entirely obviates the necessity of tearing down cracked and decaying wadis. la the city of Hamburg two crumbling railway bridges were used in the experiments. They were 51 feet in the arch .spans, and cracks had appeared everywhere, so that the structure barely hung together. Holes were bored through the masonry to get to the depths of the eraeks and a watery Cement mortar was pumped in under b pressure of live atmospheres until all the crevices were filled. When this bad hardened It was found that the bridges were as firm under all tests as new masonry, and were not even Slsfignred by the process. To the antiquary as well as the practical engineer, this should appear as a boon, for ancient stone structures with historical associations, which besome dangerously weak can be given a renewed youth without rebuilding or destroying any of the marks of venerable age. In this country more bridges and other stone structures are torn away because they no longer accommodate their needs than because they are outworn, but there may come a time in America when we Bh&ll have soceslon to do a little patching, and the German methods will serve excel Mtly-

A Mennonite Custom.

When a young man reaches the marriageable age and shows those well kspvn symptoms the elders of the eburch hold a meeting. They decide If be Is bonest and reliable to buy him a farm, usually an eighty. Into the Cana he puts his savings, and then asembers of the congregation raise the rest of the funds to pay for the lids amount the young man must pay back with a small rate of interest. Thus by example and material assistance tbey bind him by the strongest bands, that of debtor to the church. They know full well that nothing can be lost, for the land la always worth what It will coat. After the young people are located on their farm the elders assist with advice and help. Db you wonder that this thrifty people are gradually buying the finest of aV Kansas land and the best part of 'the nicest little city within the borders of that great state?—Seneca Tri

Sulphite Waste.

Mors than three billion gallons of waste liquid are poured into the Otnmms of Bute* each

▼ate entrance, 1 tala complimentary pass, pushes by us with lordly airs In the lobby. He wedges the common multitude apart while he sweeps in to take his private oat. See him where you will, the privileged person is more or less dlsllkable and surely heartily disliked. It does not pay to incur Buch disesteem. The populace evens things up by tripping the man In some other pursuit where he is no favorite. Begun in youth, the habit of seeking unequal treatment grows fast. The _ spoiled child becomes the lawless youth, and calculates that the court will favor him. The petted actor soon asks the public one favor too many. The extolled public officer goes on till ho hangs himself with the rope enough. Notice it in your bank. There Is an end, sure and short when it does come, to the clerjrThat presumes, or the check maker that overdraws because he thinks himself personally permitted above other men. Fight the idea. BurnJA out of your heart as you would a snake bite, tho hope of peculiar and exceptional rights. Reject them when offered, for there is always a string to them. The pull pulls both ways every time, and the pullback generally comes at a most Inconvenient time. There is a growth in manliness, a broad shouldered self-respect, a sunny frankness, a glorious cheerfulness, and, best of all, a freedom in expecting no favors and accepting none, except such as it seems a real favor to receive. Let us help to clear the underbrush for the next generation. Chop down the shelter which ambuscades the weakling, the cunning and the selflßh. A fair field and may the best man win. Handicap races are never just There is a confessed confidence in the personal endowment of nature. More brain, more muscle, is given to some. But for all that, we will risk the competition, since to no man is given exceptional birthright of truth and honor. —Emory J. Haynes.

Lead in Horseshoing.

The Australians claims to have advanced the art of horsesholng to a greater extent than any other people.

MUSIC IN WORKSHOP

New Solution of Labor Problem Is Seen in Recent Electric Invention. I - . TELHARMONIUM IS RESTFUL Electrical Music Machine Boothes Nerves and Leaves Little Room for Discontent —Cheerful Stimulating Music Mixed With Slow and Restful Kind. Will electrical music in the workshops help to solve the labor problem? j Would the garment workers have organized a walkout if they could have stitched to the music of "Tannhauser," “Faust,’’ “The Merry Widow" or “The Sweetest Girl in Paris?” Dr. Thaddeus Cahill, inventor of the telharmonium, says that his instrument will be the saving clause when disruptions are threatened in the big Industrial plants of the world, George Cahill, a brother of the inventor, has been in Chicago for some time interesting electrical concerns and financial men in the formation of a $1,000,000 corporation to furnish telhannonic concerts not only in the workshops of the great industrial plants, but also to the clubs, cases, hotels, and public schools. Chicago will get its first glimpse of the telharmonium at the annual electrical show in January. Tel harmonic music is distributed from one big electrical musical instrument, known as the telharmonium and invented by Dr. Thaddeus Cahill. There are now only two of these wonderful instruments in existence. They cost upwards of $200,000 to build. One is now at Dr. Cahill’s laboratories at Holyoke. Mass. The other is working with success in New York City. in a word .the teleharmonium is a system by which a few musicians at a central station will do the work of 1,000 orchestras with orchestral purity and volume in each subscriber’s place, it is claimed. This music is delivered on the same principle that you get your electric lights on your telephone service —Just turn on the switch. Dr. Cahill’s intention all strings, reeds, and pipes are dispensed with snd alternators are used to produce the required vibrations. One alternator produces electrical vibrations corresponding to one note and another alternator, vibrations corresponding to another note, and so on through the whole musical compass. Alternation can be made of any horse

TIPS FOR YOUNG MEN

AVERAGE YOUTH GAN MANUFACTURE OWN “PULL.” One Way le. to Do All Your Wo»Ji Well and Take an Interest in IL

A great many young people claim that they have no “pull” and hence cannot get along rapidly. Let me say that you can manufacture your own “pull.” There are two ways of doing this, but the most effective way is to cent bine the two. One way Is to do your work so well, and take such an Interest in it that you will have a decided “pull" with your employer. This is the best kind. The other way is to make friends, especially of people who are older and more experienced than you are. It is hot generally known, but it Is a fact nevertheless, that business men like to be noticed by young people. Make their acquaintance, and when you meet them, smile and speak pleasantly. Do not wait for them to speak to you, because frequently their mind Is occupied and they do not see you until you speak. Keep up this practice and you will soon find that you have a Ust of friends who constitute a "puU” that Is more valuable than that of any wealthy relative. You would be surprised to know how frequently business men discuss the merits or demerits of young people who have only recently entered some office.

The Way They Do Business Today.

The man who boasted that he carried his business “under his hat” has passed. His place has been taken by the man who keeps written records of every business transaction —records of money spent, of money received, and of prospective customers, of any detail that has a direct bearing upon his work. From the hastily chalked memorandum on the shop door to the elaborate cost-keeping and bußlnessgetting systems of-.today, the written record has become a vital factor in all business.

power required, those used by Dr. Cahill varying from ten to twenty horsepower. It is not necessary to multiply performers to multiply volume. Referring to the possibilities of electrical music for the workers during working hours, Dr. Cahill says: “The efficiency of music in relieving physical fatigue has been knowh and used In the armies of the world for thousands of years. Men can march with little conscious effort when aided by music and at a speed they would find fatiguing without music. And so in other kinds of work. There is here a new field, the Importance of which is Just now difficult to state, but it seems reasonable to assume that in many factories and shops where work involving manual labor, rather than intellectual effort, is done music might be used during working hours. At times cheerful stimulating music should be used, at other times slower and more restful music. Good musio of any kind would tend, by pleasing the workers, to relieve their tasks and to diminish the discontent which tired muscles and nerves so easily create.”

New Process in Staining Glass.

The art of coloring glass has been , lost and resound. Jealously guarded and maliciously stolen so many times in the history of civilisation that it seems almost impossible to say anything new on glass staining. Yet a process has been discovered for making the stained glass used in windows, which is a departure from anything known at the present time. What the Venetians and the Phoenicians knew of it we cannot tell. The glass first receives its design in mineral colors and the whole la then fired in a heat so intense that the coloring matter and the glasa are Indissolubly fused. The most attractive feature of this method is that the surface acquires a peculiar pebbled character in the heat, so that when the glass is in place the lights are delightfully soft and mellow. In making a large window in many shades, each panel la separately molded and bent and the sections are assembled in a metal frame.

Big Find in Syria.

Petroleum and iron have been found in Syria in sufficient quantities to warrant their exploitation by a native company. !_ -

Novel Power Plant

Water flowing from subterranean streams of unknown depth la used for power la a novel hydro slsstrto plonk la Arisons.

TOO MUCH THROWING IS BAD

John Kling, Premier Catcher for Chicago Cube, Telle How to Win— Lot Umpires Alone.

- f BY JOHN KLING. (Copyright. 810. by Joseph B. Bowles.) When I was a pitcher in semi-profes-sional teams around Kansas City I lost many games by trying to do too much, by throwing too often, and by wearing myself out by wasted efforts. 1 was a failure as a ball player in several towns before experience taught me that one play at the right instant is worth ten at any other time. It was the old "stitch in time saves nine” idea, but it did more for me than anything else to "Win games and tp bring me up in the profession. • * When I began catching, one of the first things I learned was that the catcher ean break up a team quicker than any one else can. He need not even make an error to do it. One! of the easiest ways to lose a game is for the catcher to throw too much. He may throw perfectly, and yet by keeping the infield moving and out of position, expecting his throws and studying him instead of watching the batter, he may cause the game to be lost. My idea has been to make plays when they count and not to use too mapy signals. The infielders have a lot to watch, and if the catcher keeps them watching him all the time he takes their minds off their other duties and causes them to make blunders. First and foremost in importance In winning is that the catcher never shall make or attempt to make any play, especially a throw, unless absolutely certain that the other men in the play have caught the signal, understand what is to be attempted, and are prepared to make the play with him. There comes a time in almost every ball game when the opposing team has a good chance to win by scoring .a lot of runs in a bunch. The inning in which that happens is the one in which the catcher ought to pull oft his play. In such a situation, when a team is having a batting rally, it is twice as easy for a catcher to catch

John Kling.

men off bases by fast throws than it is at any other stage of the contest The team that is rallying and sees victory almost in hand always 1b excited, and the base runners take more liberties, longer leads and lose their heads quicker than at any other time. Excitement robs them of their natural caution catcher who keeps cool and keeps thinking can catch runners off their bases frequently, and perhaps break up a winning rally and save the game. The Cubs have done that many times, and it helped them win pennants. I am not claiming I won those games. Confidence in each other is one of the big elements in winning games. The catcher who does not have confidence in his infield is afraid to throw, and even when he does throw he throws timidly. A bad first baseman or one in whom the others have no confidence makes bad throwers of a{L I believe in helping umpires and doing all I can to make their work easier. If they are let alone and not nagged at their work is much more satisfactory.

BADGERS PLAY SEVEN GAMES

Number of Contests Increased as Result of Systematic Campaign Carried on by Students.

Wisconsin will play seven games of football next season as the result of a systematic campaign which has been carried on by the students, who demanded a longer schedule for the gridiron squad. The decision granting the extension of the schedule was handed down by the faculty the other day after the athletic oounoil had voted in favor of seven games. Owing to the reform wave which struck Wisconsin four years ago the schedule was cut from seven to five games, hut the student body vigorously protested and finally won their point

Dates for Spring Games.

In the absence of Connie Mack, the local inter-league* series between the Phillies and Athletics in Philadelphia was arranged to start at Shibe park on April 1. The negotiations were carried on between John Shibe, representing the world’ll champions, and Horace Fogel, president of the Phillies. The 1911 series, as usual, will consist of nine games.

Isbell at Pueblo.

Frank Isbell, the veteran White Sox player. Is about to move his Wichita (Mm to Pueblo. The Wichita city fathers notified Isay that there would be no Sunday baseball in that city this summer and Frank immediately notified them that there would he no baseball during the week than.

1910 ALL-AMERICA FOOTBALL TEAM

Ends—Kilpatrick, Yale; Wells, Michigan. . Tackes—McKay, Harvard; Walker, Minnesota. Guards—Benbrook, Michigan; Fisher,' Harvard. Center—Cozens, Pennsylvania. Quarter Back—Sprackling, Brown. Half Backs—Wendell, Harvard; Pendleton, Princeton. Full Back—Mercer, Pennsylvania.

Western football In 1910 received a stronger recognition from Walter Camp, In Collier’B Weekly, In bis all* American gridiron team, than It hag been accorded for many seasons. Three players were chosen as teammates of eastern stars by the Yale alumnus, and, though the number is less than half the whole eleven, the representation of the western section is gratifying to followers of the game, and incidentally accords Wells and Benbrook of Michigan and Walker of Minnesota the high honor which they dfliiftrVA uoaut —— ■■ . -— i — Considering that the season recently brought to a close was one of the most weird in the history of the game, a

PARTY GOING TO ANTIPODES

Barney Oldfield, Frank Chance and Jim Jeffries Plan Trip to Australia —Former to Race.

Barney Oldfield, Mr. and Mrs. James J. Jeffries and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chance are planning a trip to Australia. Oldfield recently turned down an offer to go to Australia. A larger offer has been made and he has tele-

Jim Jeffries.

graphed to Bill Pickens to come to the coast and prepare far the trip. Pickens probably will go to Australia to arrange for the races there and Oldfield and his party will follow/ In about a month. Oldfield’s proposal that Jeffries and Chance go along has ipet with their approval. Pickens* return to the Oldfield camp tndicatea that Barney is not likely to be reinstated by the American Automobile association. f

Stagg’s Good System.

Staggs former stars continue to make great records for themselves as la different sections of the country, thus showing the thoroughness of the system thst the famous old Tale star uses at the Midway.

BY WALTER CAMP.

gauge of players presents innumerable difficulties. The three western selections come from the two teams that were Inestimably stronger than any of - their rivals, with the possible exception of Illinois, which has as its strongest claim to consideration an unbroken string of victories and an untarnished goal line. No school either in the east or west, has more than two players on the honorary eleven, a change notable in comparison with other years, when Yale alTd Harvard, in particular, claimed the bulk of the places. And for this reason Mr. Camp’s eleven is more representative, probably, than it ever has been.

S PORTING FACTS A ND FANCIES

Friends of Battling Nelson are happy to know a benefit In his behalf would be a huge joke. Ottumwa should not complaip. That little Cub episode has put the town on the 1911 baseball map. Both Referee Selig and Moran want the credit for saving Battling Nelson’s life. Bat would like to take a tap at both for their impertinence. Competition is free in one thing; anyway, and that is athletics. Maybe that is the reason both the A. A. U. and the A. A. F. are thriving. “American baseball players lose their batting eyes in Cuba,” says Umpire Bill Evans. Maybe the Cuban twlrlers have a little to do with it. . The National Trotting association is trying to fumigate that sport and it Is hoped the move will travel along at a dizzy pace. The question arises: Are barnstorming trips of championship ball teams more detrimental than the constant glare of the footlights In vaudeville? All the major league magnates are willing to trade players except Connie Mack. Connie wouldn’t break up his winning combination for loVe or money. Philadelphia is a slow town, admits s newspsper of the Quaker city, hut is not so slow thst it would fall for a bicycle meet like another burg they call the metropolis. There Is no disposition apparent among wrestling officials anywhere to “nag” Frank Qotch. It Is much easier to nab s world's title If the big lowan stays In retirement. Aviators are becoming almost as adept as fancy skaters in cuttttng up their little capers, but none has been so audacious as to cut his mme in the aqueous vapor of the clouds. A prise fight at Schenectady was stopped because It was too tame. Other cities are suppressing ring bouts because they are too brutal. What la the game up against, anyway? The way the old-timers of the ring hang on is a caution. Jem Mace, who fought WO battles, lived to he seventynine years old. and his sparring partner. Bill Clark, Is still kicking around at eighty.