Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1911 — Page 3

A Good Point

By V. H. FRIEDLANDER

We had had a good day on the links, and as 1 leaned back in Massinger's luxurious new car I yawned comfortably and thought of tea. "Wake up," said Massinger. "We’re near Victoria; home In five minutes." Be glanced at a dock. "By Jove, we’ve done the journey in less—'' A piercing scream cut him short, and he drew up with a Jerk. We both jumped out and peered through the dusk. A crowd sprang up from nowhere. "What the devil—!" began MaA singer. ' Something moved on the ground and Whimpered softly; it was the little battered figure of a boy. We leaned over him. "I say, l are you—are you hurt?" asked Massinger. The boy his sleeve across his eyes, stumbled to his feet, and touched his disreputable cap. ; "Hullo! You, Piper?" Massinger exclaimed. “Yes, sir; beg pardon, sir. I didn’t reckernize the car; Very sorry, sir.” He tried to shamble away In boots half a dozen sizes too large for him. "But, I say, Piper”—Massinger stopped him—"if you’re not hurt and we didn’t touch you, what did you—er —let off that yell for?” "Beg pardon, sir,” said the boy again, nervously. “Very sorry, sir.” "You hurted his Kitty,” interposed the shrill, reproachful voice of a little girl who was among the interested spectators. "Kitty?” echoed Massinger. “There, sir! Be’ind ’im, sir!” A dozen fingers pointed to a limp, yellowish object in the road, to which the word hurt was painfully inadequate. Piper’s cat was dead. Massinger cleared his throat uncomfortably. "I say, do you mean we —" "It ain’t of no consequence, sir,” murmured Piper. “Well, you know, I’m uncommonly sorry,” Massinger stammered, counfounded alike by Piper’s humble resignation and the eager attention of the crowd.

Piper touched his cap again, and as his hand descended something from Massinger’s hand passed into it. “Come along, ’’ -whispered Massinger to me, and we walked to the car. But before we could start we became aware with relief that we were no longer the center of interest. A big, loose limbered man had lurched out of an adjacent public house, at 'sight of whom Piper had suddenly put down his head and tried to butt his way out of the crowd. But that body, either resenting his abruptness or anticipating further excitement if they could keep him, stolidly opposed their weight to his. “That you, ye limb?" Inquired the big man, thickly. “Lemme go!" urged Piper, butting again. But it was too late. The big man had him by the coat collar. "What you bin up to, boy?” he demanded. “Nothin’,” said Piper,'sullenly. But the crowd was not to be defrauded thus. Details were amply forthcoming. “Gen’leman thought ’e was dead!” "Gen’leman ran over ’is cat ’n’ killed it!” “Ggn’leman give ’im ’alt a crown!” The drunken nytn looked thodghfully and with less amiability at his son. "Killed our cat. did ’e?” he inquired. "My cat," said Piper, defiantly. "None o’ that, saucebox,” recommended his father. “Cats what live in my house are my cats, and ’alf crowns what are paid for the funerals of my cats are my ’alf crowns. Out with "it.” There was a short struggle, and Piper’s spoil was transferred po his parent. Piper shuffled away with his sleeve across his eyes. “Poor little beggar!” I sfdd, as we started. “It’s no good interfering now, but one might make it up to him tomorrow. Where does he live?” Massinger chuckled. “Don’t waste too much of your pity, Longworth. And 1 don’t know where he lives, nor what his real name is. My wife calls him Piper because that’s the word oftenest on his lips. He-brings my evening papers round and we occasionally give him a meal or a pair of boots.” '• '■ -■ / , .' “What do you mean about wasting myjpltyr Massinger laughed—a tolerant, superior laugh. “Regular little street Arab, isn’t he? Good business, that fight.” “Good business?" “Yes; did you miss it, really r’ “Miss what?" I asked, coldly. Massinger’s air of being particularly in the know is apt to iritate one. “Ha, ha!” Massinger was in his element as he explained. “Why, the half crown business." “I saw his father take it, if that’s what you mean." "Yea, yes! His father took one, and is satisfied, too." “The other? -But how was I to know yon’d liven him two?” I was constrained to remonstrate. "NO, no! Of course not, of course not!” His air of smoothing me down was insufferable. "Still, still! ft talma time to understand these people. My experience on the bench, you know —well, weiM They’ll lie and they’ll cheat and they’ll steal, and without experience It’s highly dangerpus to have any dealings with thsta.

But with it—well, well, aa a rule they’ve a good point somewhere.” "Indeed?” I observed, with an irritation quite wasted on his pompous complacency. “As a rule —as a rule! Now this lad l —his fondness for his pet. Quite a good point, that—what? And he’s grateful, too. Because I’ve been able, to do one or two little things for him, he was quite upset that I should have been' troubled; you noticed that? Yes, yes, of course; quite obvious, as you say. Still, a good point—a good point.; Didn’t recognize the new car, you see, and when he saw me would have gone off without explaining If some one hadn’t pointed out the cat Very nice feeling—very. Well, well, here we are. But mind you”—he laid a hand impressively on my arm as we got out —“don’t mistake me. It doesn’t do for anyone without experience of these people to trust to their good points. No, no! You’d find them too sharp for you one day. Why, even I’ve been done more than once —more than once.” “You surprise me.” “In years gone by, of course,” he" hastened to explain, -v' “N6t lately—naturally not lately.”

We had reached the drawing room door, and Mrs. Massinger met us with a finger laid warningly on her lips. “I hope you don’t ifilnd, Mr. Longworth," she whispered, smilingly. “Audrey has dropped asleep at last, and the poor mite has had such a day.” We tiptoed across to the couch ■where the Massinger’s little girl lay curled up, “What’s been the matter?” Massinger asked below his breath. “She looks as if she’d been crying.” “Crying?” Mrs. Massinger made a little despairing gesture. "She’s been inconsolable. Poor Marigold was found dead in the garden this morning. I told Rogers to bury her, but unfortunately Audrey came upon him in the act, and then we had scenes. Finally nurse hit upon an idea. She suggested laying Marigold in the bicycle shed in the hope of an angel passing and flying off with her." “And did he?” I asked. "Well, he was rather a soiled one! The paper boy came round at last, and we gave him Marigold to bury.” My eyes caught Massinger’s, and their abject appeal softened my heart. But I kept him a moment in suspense —he deserved that. Then I said hypocritically, "Was Marigold a dog, Mrs. Maßsinger?” She was gently rearranging her little daughter’s cushions. “A cat,” she answered, absently; "a yellow cat.” —Throne and Country.

Triumphs of Bong.

Twas in . the commercial room at a hotel, and as usual, the “gentlemen of the road" were boasting one against the other. Presently they got round to the subject of singing. ■ “Aw, now!" said one, “talking oi singing reminds me of my early triumphs on the concert stage. I had a voice then, and could always move an "audience. I remember when I sang ‘Rocked in the Cradle of the Deeii’ in so realistic a manner that several of my audience were attacked with sea-sickness." “Bah,” said Boaster No. 2, "that’s nothing. Why, I once sang ‘The Dast Post’ with such fervor that several of my absent-minded friends, seated in front, starting licking their programs, and then rushed out to post them." Silence then reigned, supreme.— Ideas.

Repairing the Body.

The wise woman takes this time for repairs. She knows she must to keep ber youth and charm. If her hair la thin or harsh she goes in for a course of regular treatment. This opportunity is seized for crude oil massage, which does the scalp good. While indoors she changes her method of hairdressing to loosen the tension at certain spots; she also lets her hali; hand, giving it sun and Mr. There is nothing like an hour or two of tjie sun daily, to bring back the color lost in the winter. This Is the time for improving the figure. The thin girl can go on a raw egg diet, plenty of milk and sleep; the stout one can begin a hard diet.

Her Limited Experience.

This account of an incident was related by a missionary in his attempt to convey to his youthful audience some idea of the vastnem and loneliness of the Australian continent. At a wooden house hf called at (far from the beaten track), occupied by a man, hie wife and little daughter, the mother related how when a neighbor called to see them some time previously her little girl ran into the house excitedly crying out: “Mother, here’s another thing like daddy!” The ehild had never seen any man but her father.

Sensitive.

“Is Pllktns a lazy man?” "Not very lazy, but he always shudders when anybody speaks of perpetual motion."

Two Celebrities.

“George Washington won fame because be could not tell a lie." "And Baron Munchausen because he could."

WONDERFUL GLASS CURTAIN FOR THEATER IN MEXICO

A glass curtain, weighing nearly thirty tons, is the latest thing in theatrical construction and in fife protection. This curtain has just been completed In New York and will be shipped very soon to the new $8,000,000 National theater in the City of Mexico. The curtain consists of more than 2,500 squares of Favrile glass seated In a heavy bronze frame. It will be raised and lowered by hydraulic pressure in seven seconds. The scene shows the last rays of the setting sun to the right of Popocatepetl, gilding the icy summits of the volpano and revealifig the prone form of Ixtaccihautl, the upper slopes of the mountain suggesting her streaming, luxuriant hair. In the foreground fir trees stand out in bold relief, and in a gorgeous harmony of tone are displayed the variegated leaves of the bougainvillla and ardlia. These and the giant cacti present a color picture truthfully portraying the tropical charm of the country. .At the base of the foothills of the mountains a stream of water wends through the fertile valley. Above is the vast expanse of sky, the glory of the blue changing to s deep purple as night approaches. ‘S’V • ■ v ...

GIRL STUDENT BEST

Brighter and More industrious Than Men. Dr. James M. Taylor, President of Vassar College, Explains Why Young Ladies Are Superior— Women’s Motives Serious. Chicago.—Girl students are smarter than men. For instance, take a thousand girls and a thousand men from the same homes, put them In college and when diploma day comes around yon will find that a considerably greater percentage of the girls carry away the sheepskins than the men. Why? “I’ll tell you,” said Dr. James M. Taylor, president of Vassal’'college, the famous girls’ Institution of learning, who was in Chicago recently. “The women,” he explained, “go to college to study and learn. The men are lacking In that spirit. While a good many men do really strive and succeed, there are many more who are more interested in college sport, and even those who. do study and try to keep up do not .take any special pride In letting the others'know that they are working. , Girls, though, are different They are conscientious about their work. They are vastly more humiliated by failure than a man. I grant that there are physiological reasons. A girl develops younger and she naturally should be keener. But it’B the woman of it, you know, to be more conscientious.” "But, doctor,” was suggested, "how

BARE OPERATION SAVES MAN

Stitching Together of Two-Thirde of Spina! and Bew|ng Up . Covering Insures Life. Mount Vernon, N. Y.—Patrolman Pasquale J. Ruffalo of this city, who was shot through the spine during a saloon brawl three months ago, has been discharged from the hospital completely recovered, thanks to the unusual operation which was performed on him. It consisted of stitching together two-tblrds of the spinal cord, which had been shot away, and sewing up the envelope which covers the cord. The surgeons at the hospital marvel at the recovery of the policeman, because be was seized with paralysis in tho lower limbs, and It was generally believed that he could not live.

Woman Whips Two Tramps.

Neenah, Wls.—Two tramps tried to break into the residence of Mrs. James O’Brien and wish they hadn’t She caught them at it She weighs nearly 800 pound sand when she told them to stand still while she used the horsewhip liberally on them they did. They were not hesitant either, when she asked them to saw wood, as she stood near by with the whip poised for aotlon.

Now York Timber Cut Drops.

Albany, N. Y.—A decrease of 1,000,000,000 feet in the total production of timber In the state the last year Is reported by the state forest commission. The cut has fallen off each year since 1907, and it Is to be expected that each year, for many years to come, will show a similar shrinkage. ,-- . I

about their frivolities? Are they conscientious tin social matters and gossiping and>h®r ambitions?" “Now, that’s out of the question of intellect,” replied President Taylor. “I’m not dismissing that phase of it. I’m speaking of the girl In college, her mind and her ambitions.” “Spbaktng of ambitions, doctor," came another interruption, "how do the Vassar girls stand on suffrage?” “Again, I mast ask you to excuse me. That is something I prefer not to talk about But take our graduates, our college, our girls, compare us with any other college In the world, and 1 tell you we take oil our hats to none!" “Vassar 1$ considered a good finlshlhg school, Is It not?” was suggested. “Please do not confuse us that way. Vassar Is a college—a regular college with the best talent we can get on onr faculty." “Are Chicago girls ever reported for misbehavior?’’ “Oh, tut! tut!” President .Taylor laughed. “I'm not telling tales out of school,” he remarked. "I wouldn’t tell you if they were. It doesn’t happen very often, though, I can assure you. Chicago girls are nice girls and they hare been a great credit to the collage.” “Do you find any difference In the social breeding of the girl of the east and the girl of the west?” “There is a distinction, but it is rapidly* disappearing. As it Is, however, 1 would not set the culture of one over that of the other. The 18hour train between Chicago and New England is a great leveler. The ultra-

DECLINE OF TASTY TERRAPIN

Prediction !« Made That Delicious Reptile Will Boon Be Exterminated by New Methods. Philadelphia.—Warning comes from Baltimore that the public must not be deceived by the sudden plenty of terrapin in the markets. They are in abundance now. but the sad prophecy Is made that pretty soon Bre’r Terrapin will be no more found on the tables of even the richest epicures. A new method has been found for harvesting these > delectable' reptiles which has caused the sudden plenty. It appears that about this time of year the diamond backs come up out of the deep mud In which they have Mbernated to rest awhile on the upper stratum before beginning the season’s a<£ tlvities. A Yankee genius has invented a sort of rake which sweeps the bottom of the sounds and rivers and thus gathers bushels of the animals Into the steam dredges which are how at work. But we are solemnly informed that three seasons of this sort of work will make an end of the species. ” It is not a great issue, but It la Interesting to that small body of persons who consider terrapin the most delicious dish that can be served on the table. Some cannot abide It; others pay willingly the high price demanded. Many persons do not like reptile food at all. In the south rattlesnake is considered a great delicacy. If one can forget Ms prejudices it must be admitted that the flesh is tasty and quite as refreshing as dried codfish, for instance. An ancient colonial law of Maryland \ -•. *-» 111. I •!> ‘s -S*** ■ w .*•**«*

conservatism of the east is being tempered by the breeziness of the west, and soop there will be no distinction between the east and the west at all. I’ve lived in New England most of my life, and I think you were all easterners not long ago anyway.”

DANGER IN FEATHER DUSTER

Doctor Tells Chicago Medical Bociety That It Is One of Agencies for - Spread of Germs. Chicago.— The public drinking cup. The common house fly,The feather {luster. These are the best known agencies for the spread of tuberculosis germs, according to Dr. Ethan A. Gray, who gave a stereopticon lecture the other night before the Chicago Medical society. The rim of the drinking cup was pointed out in the pictures Os one of the world’s greatest disease disseminators. The common house fly and Its deadly work was shown in the same manner. The feather duster was ostracized forever from the household and a common, ordinary rag urged as a substitute. Dr. Gray called attention to the crusade against the “cup of death.” He said that It had already been abolished in several schools and that It would be ousted from all others before the campaign closed. “Whatever you do, don't forget to swat the house fly," he said. Kill Mr. Fly if you have to shadow him for an opportunity. He Is one of our worst citizens. “Another Instrument I would, banish from the house and office is the feather duster. It stirs up the dust, and in all dust there are germs. Take a rag and wipe up the dust.”

has just been dug up. It shows that slaves were not treated ks well as they deserved, particularly in the matter of food; hence it was ordered in council that no slave should be fed on terrapin more than four times a week! Think of that, ye epicures who have to be content with a few portions each season! Things have changed mightily since terrapin was considered unfit food for slaves a# a steady diet. It seems likely, however, that' part of the duty of the slave was to bustle for his terrapins after working hours, and this may have been the greater part of his injury, ft gray be considered by some In the nature of a gastronomic calamity thta the terrapin is to disappear, As ff fact, most persons find snapper just as good, or would If it only cost enough. Imagination has a lot to do with our likes and dislikes even In the fashions that pertain to the things we eat

Hens Lay 1,226 Eggs.

New York.—The. wonderful record made by 60 hens owned by Henry Johnson of Glenville, which laid 1,036 eggs In February, winning a bet for their owner, has been surpassed. The bens have kept up the good work and Mr. Johnson said they had laid 1.226 eggs during March. Dr. N. H. Freeland has come forward with a story that he owned 14 hens that produced. 19 eggs a day, and Alderman Irving Derevere, also of Tarry town, said he owned an Andalusian hen which laid two eggs a day, one at five in the morning and one at five In the erenintr ? ' A

SAVED FLOCK IN BLIZZARD

Aged Wyoming Shepherd Followed Sheep for Five Days Without Food ** 4 ■ _. ' — -7“ n -if Five days In a snowstorm, without! food, fire, rest or sleep, WHBam Mo-. Cormick, a sixty-year-old sheep herder, arrived at the Murdock camp. Wyoming, In a deplorable condition, but still guarding the three thousand sheep with which be had left the camp. His collie dog underwent similar hardships, but assisted Win In bringing the flock hack to the corral. McCormick is employed by George Murdock, a prominent sheepman, Murdock’s sheep range over the great “Red Desert,” which, instead of being a desert, is one of the finest sheep ranges in the Vorid. While out In this great plain McCormick and hie big herd of three thousand sheep were overtaken by a howling blizzard of wind, enow and sleet As is usual , during such storms, tie sheep immediately turned their tails to the wind’ and drifted with the storm, despite the efforts of McCormick and Ms dog to prevent the animals from going too. far from their range. For three days the band drifted, the herder and dog trying all the time to stop the animals, which moved slowly in a great body before the wind. McCormick had no food with Wm, and there was no way to cook it even had he been supplied. On the open prairie he was unable to procure any inflammable substance. He dared not lie down to rest or sleep for fear of losing his sheep as well as from fear of being frozen to death. On the evening of the third day the storm abated and the sheep came to a Standstill, many miles froth water or range. McCormick knew his life depended absolutely upon his ability to reach camp, and although now three days without food, water, ffre or rest, he started on the return trip, driving his sheep before him. At the end of another two days the aged sheep herder arrived at the camp and was taken in charge by his companions. During the five days he hgd sucked bdow for water and had gone entirely without, food, rest, sleep or fire. His face, hands and feet were frozen. Surgeons report that he will live. About one thousand of the sheep were missing, but these were rounded up by other employes and brought to camp. McCormick’s feat Is looked upon as one of the most extraordinary Instances of ’endurance ever known In \yyomlng. •

Postal Bank, In Franca.

The record of the postal saving# bank system in France has been one of continued progress. In 1882, wbenf this Institution was established, tba total number of postal banks in operation was 6,024 with 211,580 deposit accounts remaining open at the close of the year. These accounts, Including Interest due depositors, amounted to $9,187,116, the average sum of the deposits being $43.41. On December 31, 1909, the latest year for which complete statistics are available, the number of banks had increased by nearly 2,000, the deposit accounts numbered 5,542,882, and the deposits, including Interest, represented an aggregate amount of $816,456,866, averaging $57.08. The expenses of administration during 1900 amounted to $1,504,678, and the net profits to $526,786. It may bo recalled that individual accounts are limited by law to 1,600 francs ($289.50). When an acoount exceeds this the surplus is invested by the bank in national bonds. The total value of the bonds purchased in 1909 was $2,080,676. The withdrawals. Inp”rd“*“- *“ w As the Wild Geese Fly. There can be no more impressive sight than a straining line of wild geese moving i» the clear air with steady strokes, their, rigid necks pointing to their northern summer home, their outlines slowly diminishing until, as a row of floating dots, they yintsh in the uncertain distance. As they scan the dOntinent in their northward sweep the feeble efforts that dot H here and there with cities must seem to them helpless presumption. They call in the joy of their' strength and the poor prisoners o£ gravitation fancy that the resonant; tones from the vast* airy dome are a special message to their own little worlds. More Impressive than this voice of the open day or the sight of the vigorous and steady forms coursing the air is the sonorous mingling; cries in the starry dome when the lofty way of travelers Is concealed by the enshrouding night

Our Wonderful Language.

Speaking before the American Physical Education association In Boston Prof. John M. Tyler of Afhherst cob lege warned bis hearers emphatically against allowing girls from ten to fifteen years of age to over-exercise, hammering his Ideas home with this scintillating nugget of philosophy: “Too much of nothing is good That may be true in Boston, perhaps the less of its greatest notoriety seeking product the better; but we hope the professor won t seek to apply his self-reversible theory to Jobnny Meehan’s Park row dougbnuts, nor yet to our debtors’ bank balance. Which reminds us of the old word »!«,: “It rains or it does not rate. Therefore, if it does not rain, U rains.” The Sun once called this a “logical fallacy of reciprocation of mutually exclusive terms.” That’s just what Professor Tyler’s nugget is, a fallacy It you don’t believe It, get too muett of nothing and see If it will be good,