Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1911 — Page 3

The Son of His Father

'town much frequented by Tfommer visitors. Host any grocery may bo «• family grocery, but most any man ]|||j|pl not be ft John Hoke and have a, spn twenty-one years old and sagely say to him: ' > "Harold Hoke, within a fortnight after you were born I was planning 'your future. That was the reason I named you Harold. You have grown up. You know the canned goods trade. You are an expert lit butter jftnd eggs. You can two sorts [of the poorest? coffee and bring forth a blend of Mocha and Java. There Is {nothing further for you to learn in [the grocery trade. It 1b for you to marry money and set up as a gentleman. You have the name Harold to {begin with. That Is half the battle. ‘Except during the morning and aftermoon rush hours at the store you can be looking around for a wife." Harold Hoke knew his father to be «■ successful business man and a wise adviser. He was a short young man and a fat young man, and had never [been in love. The grocery trade had (been too brisk for that. He had inherited hie father’s assurance and: wisdom, and he also had a good oplnjton of himself. As soon as he had [had a little time to think things over jhe came to the conclusion that getting married was going to be an easy {thing in his case. He wrote down a list of all the marriageable girls In {the village and then began the work toC elimination. For this or that reason he erased name after name until he had reached the end. He couldn’t {throw himself away on any of them. |The father soon got on to his perplexities and then the sage advised again: "My son, with that name of yours, [and taking you as you stands you should go further afield. There are i» dozen young ladles summering all around us. Some are the daughters 'of rich men. I believe there are two [or three here from whose fathers in [New York we order tea, coffee and [sugar as we want It, and whose bills ;are promptly met when due. In delivering orders at the various houses {you must have met some of these young ladles. It Is now up to you to push the acquaintance. The grocery trade Is full of cheek, and I am pleased to know that you have your share of It.” It la one thing to stand behind the counter of a grocery and ask a young lady from New York or Boston whether she wants seedless or layer raisins, and speak about the dusty roads and the farmers wanting rain, and another to approach that young lady ,socially. For the first time in his life [Harold Hoke realized this. He had delivered many orders at houses where they took summer boarders, (but always to the cook at the back door, and many of said cooks had familiarly called him Harry and Joked him on his shortness and his fatness. The thing must be got at In some way, however. His father was behind the movement and would ex'jpiet results, the same as when he got stuck on a tub of butter and sent tt to the house to be worked over and sweetened up. Each day when the rush was over Sf&rold dressed up and walked about and made bis appearance at the postofflee. He raised his bat to a score of young ladies he had sold sweetmeats and canned hardshell crabs to, and when they Btared at him In an icy way in reply he capld not exactly make It out, and went away to see if by gbcident one end of his collar was trying to climb over his head or he had got a spot of grime on his nose. . “You are too coy, my son—a bit too coy,” chided the father* as he weighed oat three and a half pounds of granulated sugar for a quarter. There's nothing in trade unless yon push it Bams with falling in lovs and getting, married. You must observe the social amenities. Oo out and pay formal calls. Let It become knoyrn In an Indirect way that your same is Harold, and that you have to a great"extent retired from trade." The next afternoon Harold made three calls at villas where they took boarders. It took mors than cheek. It took the gall of a government mule. At the first villa the landlady, who traded at another grocery—a grocery which made no pretense of keeping its stock up and its prices down—said that, her house was full and she could take ho more boarders. When Harold would have mingled with the guests on the law® she stared after him with go much suejfiMm In her eyes that he'gave up. At the sepond place one of the servants knew him and asked the price of butter, and at-the third two good looking girls giggled at him and sent him walking away. His afternoon had not been spent in vain, however. He decided that one of the gigglers would fill the bill and straightway began laying his plans. He needed advice from the »age again and he got it The grocery was on the point of dosing after a successful day's fetubteds when the father leaned on the handle of the broom with which he was sweeping out and said: _ "Perhaps you are pushing trade ft too vigorously, my son. Perhaps the pensive attitude should «*• m that I wa. defect'd art troubled

and she came to my relief. Secure a woman’s sympathy and you have secured her love. Be pensive, my boy, hut at the same time be prepared to be heroic. It’s a great combination—almost as good as a bar of aoap > and two dozen clothes pins for a. dime.” *.„i; The giggling youngs lady, vrho now occupied Harold’s thoughts to the exclusion of kerosene and molasses was in the habit of ridlng out every morning on her bike. She always took a certain road and covered a certain distance. On a certain morning she came across a dejected-looking young man seated on a stone by the roadaide. She couldn't say whether ho had busted his suspenders or lost his mother by the chicken pox, and she didn’t care. She whizzed past him In the most cold-hearted manner. He was there again on the following morning. This time she was satisfied that he was sighing as well as looking dejected. On the third morning he looked at her appealingly, Justas If he had an attack of the colioand wanted to ask If she had her! flask of brandy with her. It was the same on the fourth and the fifth. ‘ It! Is not a fat man’s nature to be pensive and dejected for long. He gets discouraged over it and wants »[• change.- The girl had never slackened her pace by a second. She had never, wavered. She had never seemed to see him. So far as he could tell, she had regarded him as a toadstool or fungus growing on the rock. The sage had just weighed out 14 ounces of 60-ceat tea for a pound, which is allowable In all well-regulated family groceries to offset the leakage of the N. O. molasses barrels, when his advice was again asked for and given. "My son, there are three ways of winning a woman,” /he said. “First, try cheek. If that is a failure try the pensive business. If that goes back on you try heroics. The two first will generally win, but you have the third in reserve. The sex love a heroic man. The shorter and fatter and more herolo he is the quicker they fall in love with him. I leave It to you to perform some daring deed. In trade here we have often mixed 23 and 30 cent butter together and sold the same at 23, but to capture a young maiden’s heart it must be something more heroic than that.” It was. Harold had all the Ingredients at hand and ho proceeded to mix them. The young lady who would not notice his pensiveness mnst be saved from a tragedy, and he was the one to do it She had not yielded her sympathy, but she must her gratitude. When morning came again and she rode out she saw the same pensive young man sitting on the same pensive' stone. He still turned an appealing eye, hut still In vain. She simply took it for an obstinate case of colic and let It go at that. Twenty minutes later, as she returned, there was a cow In the the road. It was a cow with a glare in her eye and a seeming disposition to pick up girl and bike and toss them over the fence. The girl was coming down a long hill at the rftte of forty miles an hour. Even a cock-eyed man could see the Impending tragedy. If she held for the eow It meant broken bones; If she ran Into the ditch it meant sudden death. Bnt the herolo Harold was there. It was his business to be there. He had timed it all by the watch, and It was no dollar watch, either. The girl came on without a word. He sprang out to drive the cow aside or perish With her. He was about to shout out something appropriate to the occasion when a cyclone hit him. Another hit the cow. Both were knocked Into the highway ditch, and when the young man recovered consciousness he was fondly resting with his head on the cow’s heels and she was trying to Jdck that head off. The cyclone had done Its. work and passed on. Harold staggered to his feet and looked around for dead girls and fragments of hikes, bnt the rqad was clear." They were eating breakfast at the villa half a mile below. "You see, my son,” said the grocer sage after driving a spigot into a new barrel of cider vinegar made without reference to cider, “some young men are a success at love and some at clerking In a grocery, and after resting up for the day and night you may be here at the usual hour In the morning to take down the shatters and make the usual display of tomatoes and green corn on the platform."

side. She couldn’t say whether he had busted bis suspenders or lost his mother by the chicken pox, and she didn’t care. She whizzed past him in the most cold-hearted manner. He was there again on the following morning. This time she was satisfied that he was sighing as well as looking dejected. On the third morning he looked at her appealingly, just as If he had an attack of the coliqand wanted to ask If she had her! flask of brandy with her. It was the: same oh the fourth and the fifth. ' It! Is not a fat man’s nature to be pensive and dejected for long. He gets discouraged over It and wants a change.- The girt had never slackened her pace by a second. She had never, wavered. She had never seemed to see him. So far as he could tell, she had regarded him as a toadstool or fungus growing on the rock. The sage had just weighed out 14 ounces of 60-cent tea for a pound, which is allowable In ajl well-regulated’ family groceries to offset the leakage of the N. O. molasses barrels, when his advice was again asked for and given.

‘That neighbor of yours Is constantly changing his odltkiia^ “Yes,” replied Fanner Corntossel. “He’s one of these people who Insist on blaming the administration for the kind of garden seeds his congressman distributes.”

*Mr. Crimes,” said the rector to the vestryman, “we had better take up the collection before the sermon morning.” - r- : “Indeed r' "Yes; I’m going to preach on the subject of economy.”—stray Stories.

H you will soak pecan nut* over nJfbt in water, and than crack theta on the end, they will come out whole and in fine condition. 1 '

Perpetual Resentment.

Feared Hie Own Eloquence.

Cracking Nuts.

INTERESTING WEDDING SOON TO BE CELEBRATED

Washington.—Society folk of Washington and of the east generally are Interested in the coming wedding of Mrs. Albert Clifford Barney and Mr. C. D. Hemmick, both residents of this city. The event will take place In Paris in the near future. Mrs. Barney is one of the wealthiest social leaders In the national capital and has been very prominent in amateur aramatlc affairs. She owns a magnificent residence' in Washington which she has willed to the District of Columbia.

FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE

Preparations for the Coronation Already Under Way. ./. ■: a ,. •' ■' London to Be “At Home” to the People of the British Realm —Carnival Parade From Hyde Park to Crystal Palace. London.—One of the most spectacular events open to tourists in London during the coronation season will be the “Festival of Empire” at the Crystal palace. King George and Queen Mary will attend the festival on May 12 to hear the great empire concert, In which Mme. Clara Butt will take a prominent part, and in which there will be 5,000 voices In the chorus, under the conductorship of Dr. Charles Harris of Canada. The famous Queen’s hall orchestra, conducted by Sir Henry Wood, will also take part Arrangements are completed for a series of grand empire carnivals. The city of London corporation has voted £2OO (31,000) for the construction of a car symbolical of the life of the capital of the empire, while a number of other cities in Great Britain are sending cars. There will also be emblematic cars for each of the oversea dominions and others to represent great industries. In all there will be fifty huge cars. The festivities will be held periodically on the grand terrace of the Crystal palace. During the coronation period there will be a carnival parade from Hyde Park to the Crystal palace. In addition to the fifty carnival cars—Nice has but fifteen —there will be mounted calvacades and thousands of people In fancy dress, the men wearing grotesque, heads. Rapid progress Is being made with the construction of the "All Red Route,” the mile and a half of electric railway which will give visitors a comprehensive review of the British empire at work and play. This work, together with the oversea dominion parliament bulldlhgs, which the line links together. Is costing £176,000 (1880,000). The chief six spectacles will be the wheat Helds of Canada, the tea plantations of India, the vineyards of Australia, the geysers of New Zealand and the gold and diamond ilnlnes of Routh Africa. The exhibits in the various government buildings will include thirty tableaux of "The Romance of Empire.” These will illustrate what the British settlers had to contend with' In the early days and how the history of the oversea dominions has been made.

The all-British exhibition of arts and Industries, to be held In the Crystal palace itself, which Is being rearranged and decorated for the purpose, will make-'* special feature of machinery in motion. The duke of Marlborough Is sending from Blenheim palace a priceless gallery of paintings which relate to the history of the empire and portraits of men who lave helped to jßfthe that history- The photographlo clubs of Great Britain end the oversea dominions will hold s competition. Mr. Frank LasceUes, the master of the festival, explained that on thta occasion “a great at-home will be given by the people of London, the mother city of the empire, to her sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters. “A sum of more than £250,000 ($1460,000) is being spent," Mr. Lasoelles continued, "In order that the palace and grounds may be made Worthy of the occasion. In the 230 seres of ground will be seen exact iwpUcas, two-thirds the actual size, of thj* Dartl&ixMUQt building*! of Caiumla.

Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland and India. Inside these buildings in each instance will be shown the progress and development of the country to which they belong —their scenery, their resources, their interests and their industries. The government of Canada alone is spending more than £70,000 ($350,000) in a representation of the parliament buildings at Ottawa. There will also be camps for boy scouts from all parts of the empire; empire sports, under the presidency of Lord Desborough; a play, ‘Hiawatha,’ by Iroquois Indians from Canada; battles of flowers and carnivals; and, lastly, a series of scenes In the great amphitheater, which Sir Aston Webb hqs designed, of the history of London. Under the presidency of Princess Louise, the performers already enrolled throughout London to take part in the representations of the city’s history number 12,000."

Kaiser Makes Bricks.

Berlin. —The emperor’s brick factory at Cadlnen is so successful that an extension of the premises is necessary to cope with the growing business. The prosperity of the establishment is due primarily to the emperor’s own keen interest and activities.

$200,000 Horse Is Dead.

New York. —From Paris comes the news that Flying Fox, the great race horse which Edmond Blanc purchased some years ago for $200,000, is dead. He won $130,000 in purses on the French turf alone. . *

IRON MINES ARE UNEARTHED

81 te of Old Junk Yard Yields Wealth to All Those Who Are Willing to Work Hard. Chicago.—There Is a mining camp In the heart of the West side. It is a real camp, that grew in the same sporadic way as the old western Eldorados. It began with a discovery of valuable metal and a rush to uncover mineral wealth. There was claim jumping and anarchy, followed by the establishment of a crude government to protect the claimholders. The camp is located In a large vacant lot at Vest Taylor and Jefferson streets. It all began a week ago, when a young citizen of the neighborhood uncovered a quantity of old scrap Iron while digging on the lot. This be took to a junk dealer and was soon exhibiting ft bright sliver quarter among his playmates. The story of wealth spread and within a. few minute# the lot was covered with children of all ages, industriously panning out the Iron. The pennies, nickels and dimes brought home at the end of the first day's work caused the older relatives of the children to take notice, and the next day there were scores of adults on the ground, with pickaxes and wheelbarrows. ! The “pay dirt” Is on a lot which was covered for years with gigantic piles of junk, which was recently removed. The weight of the piles forced smaller pieces down into the soil, and these are now being recovered by the hundredweight. When the first mines ware opened the discovery of quantities of copper aad large pieces of Iron which netted the finder $7 for a day's work caused the news of the underground wealth to spread over a wider circle, and soon there were more claimants than claims. V/ , A few fights followed, end the original discoverers sew that something

HIGH PRICE FOR RARE BYRON

First Edition of His "Poems on Bew oral Occasions” Sold for $426, Setting Record. New York.—A copy of a Lord Byron rarity, the first edition of his “Poems on Several Occasions,” published at Newark, England, in 1807, brought $425 at Anderson’s auction rooms in the sale of the library of Judge Jacob Klein, of St. Louis. It is said to be the first copy ever offered at publio auction In this country. It was owned by Col. E. G. Hlbbert of England, and brought $250 In 1902 at the sale of his library at Sotheby’s. The highest price for the book is $645 for a copy sold in London In December, 1901, but that contained a presentation inscription from Lord Byron and three autograph stanzas on the fly leaf. Only 105 copies of this first edition were printed, being for distribution by Lord Byron among his friends. For the Klein copy of the first edition of Byron’s "Hours of Idleness,” published at Newark, England, In 1807, s6l was paid. Other items of Interest were: First edition of Gilbert A. A’Beckett’s “Comic History of England,” In the original parts, SSO; a presentation copy from the author of a first edition of Thomas Bailey Aldrich’s “Out of His Head; a Romance,” sl6; first edition of Matthew Arnold’s “Empedocles on Etna," author’s presentation copy, $27.50; the original autograph manuscript of Walter Besant’s novel, "Andromeda,” 401 pages, signed and in binding, $87.50; John Major's edition of Walton and Cotton’s "Compleat Angler, London, 1824, $l4O, and the “Private Journals of Aaron Burr,” S7O.

must be done or they would lose the fruits of their finds. Their remedy was the effective one of the primitive western camps. When the next claim Jumper tried to drive out a holder he was beaten down by a score of neighbor miners. That ended all trouble, and now the camp Is a scene of peaceful industry for twelve hours every day. Entire families are at work digging out nickels, which mean the necessities of life to them. The mothers and older boys and girls are digging up the ground with picks and shovels, while the younger ones are carrying the recovered metal In baskets and cans to carts and wheelbarrows on the sidewalk.

PLAN ALL TO WEAR KILTIES

New York Organization Formed to Em courage Use of Scots’ Costume and Bagpipe Muale. New York. —An organization Just incorporated here urge* the wear fog In America of the highland costume and proposes to perpetuate and encourage the wearing in America of the Highland costume, to foster recollections of Scottish pipe music, liters, tore and traditions and to unite Scotsmen and their descendants. The mens bers promise, In a preliminary statement, to do everything they can to see that the highland costume Is in mors general use on the streets of New York this summer than It was a yea* ago.

Girls No Longer Blush.

Boston.—Another phase of “Thing* aren’t like they used to be.” is devel oped by Rev. Dr. Herbert 8. Jdhnaoa In his assertion that the girts blnsh any more. Seif-possesalon U blamed by the pastor for the dJeanj pe&rance of this Interesting femlnlof attribute.

BONED FRESH HAM IS GOOD

Try This Method of Removing ttw Bone and Preparing the Meat ! T* With Dressing. Scrub the meat Well in lukewarm water and singe off any bristles. If the marketman cannot bone it, take the longest aSd thinnest bladed knife you have and insert at the large end close to the bone; cut steadily and” carefully as far through as possible; then repeat the process through the small end until the bone can be turned about and withdrawn. Cover the meat with boiling water, to which add two tablespoons of salt and simmer six hours; remove, and while hot fill the cavity with bread dress- » tag; set In a dripping pan and pour over a pint of cider; place In a hot oven and baste every five minutes for half an hour. At the end of this time remove and take the rind from the fat, sprinkle with granulated sugar, cracker dust, and score with a hot poker. Dressing for Ham. —Put In a saucepan a tablespoon of butter and fry In it one minced onion; then add one cup of soaked bread, the water being pressed out; half cup of stock, one teaspoon of salt, half teaspoon each of pepper 'and sage, half cup of celery cut Into small pieces. Stir until It leaves the sides of the pan.

WASHSTAND THAT FOLDS UP

Novel Arrangement That Is Designed for Flats in Which Bathrooms Are Bmall. An Ingenious arrangement to overcome lack of space in bathrooms has been designed by a Philadelphia man. It might be terntoff-vr-folding wash stand, for it consists of a wash basin that lets down into the tub.and can

he folded up against the wall when not in use. A bracket in the wall holds a curved supporting arm which Is hinged In the center. On the other end of this arm the basin is pivotally affixed. When the arm is extended It supports the basin over the center of the tub and can be swung* In either direction so that the receptacle can be held under the spiggets to be filled. In emptying the basin all that has to be done Is to tilt it on its own hinge and the supporting arm can then be folded back against the wall and the whole apparatus be out of the way if anyone wants to take a bath. For fiats and apartments or anywhere where bathroom space is at a premium this device will take the place of a stationery wash stand.

The Wessagusset Chowder.

This is an old-fashioned dish; it's good. Take a large fish, as cod, haddock or halibut, and cot in slices after having scaled and cleaned it —be sure not to put any bone in. Catsome slices of raw salt pork, placing them in the bottom of your iron kettle. When partly tried out put cm top of the pork a layer of fish, then a layer of onions and a layer of potatoes, both sliced quite thin, add to each layer a little salt and pepper, cover with milk. Let it boil three-quarters of an hour.

Russian Tea.

Put two teaspoons of tea into a fine strainer, pour- half cup of boiling water through to cleanse the grounds, then turn the grounds into the scalded teapot. Pour on one pint of freshly boiling water. Keep hot fire minute*. Put two cubes of sugar and one slice of lemon into the tumblers, half filled with broken ice., Ponr on the tea and serve. Never let the tea leaves remain In the tea. If desired, pour it from the grounds as soon as steeped.

Salmon Draft

One can salmon, pour off oil and pick out bones, one cop stale bread crumbs, two eggs beaten, one tablespoon butter, salt to taste, a little lemon Juice. Mix well together, put In a mold or small granite pan, steam one hour, turn out on preUy dtah and garnish with parsley or hard-boiled egg* cut in rings. Make a drawn but?* ter gravy with lemon Juice and pour over salmon.

Parisian Fruit Macedoine.

Mix together strawberries, stoned , cherries, orange slices, white grapes, or slices of pear, red raspberries and green almond*, shredded. Add one or two tablespoonfuls of pineapple Juice to the syrup from maraschino cherrie* and pour over the fruit. Serve very

Quick Pudding.

Soak and aplit sobmj cracker*; lay the surface over with retain* and ctfc rw> ; put the taITM towtw. tt. lo a bag, and boll 16 mlnnUa In mil* „4 .««; turt. . rl«H»m «u~.