Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1911 — Page 2

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In the cbm of a hoc wave It is pleaaant to speed the parting guest To be certain at finding buried treasure. dig In your vegetable garden. Th* pistol in the house generally gets somebody Into trouble sooner or )&tcr. Fathers, teach your boys how to Swim—ls you have to learn first your ■■—■■■— ■■ Persons who don! like to have their MNtohb taken usually show it In the 1 ' . A large per cent of the marriages turn out happier than the gossips Imagine they win. There’s another advantage that aocrues to a highbrow—his straw hat stays on in a gale. . MMaaaaaHßMHaaßaaaßßaawaßMmMaßaa'* The pitch for tuning pianos' has been increased from 485 to 488 vibrations. More misery. Porch sleeping Is regaining popularity. It is all right until the early milk man begins to arrive. One mad dog can' cause more ex- < citment in a community than a thousand that are safe and sane. Likewise, we are advised to swat the tussock moth. Of course we alt know what a tussock moth is. An Atlanta man has been ordered by the court to kiss his wife at least once a day. Serves him right An Indiana minister died from the effects of being bitten by a catfish. Let's have the catfish muzzled. Few people enjoy a run on a bank, but a run on the bank of a swimmln* bole is a popular pastime these days. Before going too far let us reflect upon the fact that abolishing war would soon leave us without colonels. “Most Americans eat too much,” opines a New York physician. Likewise. some physicians talk too much. New York contemplates having Its policemen wear Red Cross badges. Better make them double-cross badges Even the old oaken bucket is under the ban these days. Health is worth a whole lot more than sentiment One way to keep cool and at the same time mirthful is to Bp down into the basemen' and look at the furnace. . Some married men don’t seem to accomplish any more now than they did when women wore 22 buttons down the back. Vassar college announces its fiftieth birthday, but none of the graduates admit that they were in at tho beginning. - A Chicago woman, suing for divorce, says that she won her husband on a bet And now she’s trying to welch on the deal. "Overwork." says a physician, “is the curse of the day." True, but what is a man going to do when he needs the money? The big cotton crop is likely to help make woolen goods cheaper by lowering the price of cotton to mix with .the “all-wool” fabrics. Mirrors installed In street car platforms. Instead of inducing women to alight properly, might prevent them from alighting at all. It is now claimed that Ananias died of heart failure. Somebody probably told him about the club that was to be named in his honor. A Chicago clergyman declares that the tree is man’s best friend. It Is certainly a great convenience In a field where there is a cross bulk And apropos of the present situation, not even the most experienced weather sharps can predict accurately how the lightning is going to strike. The clergyman who claims that Ananias died of heart failure and not of prevarication will probably tell us that Baron Munchausen was an honest man. S A Cleveland woman was cured by a surgical operation of an abnormal desire to play the plana Other persistent piano players should consult specialists W U It la stated that Boston is to have a hospital for the rich. Still, the man of sense, whether rich or poor, would prefer to stay outside of even the most elided of hospitals. — Two-mtllion trees hare been planted in Kansas this year. Good When Kansas gets a sufficient number of shade rre«s it may become easier for

STEEL TRUST OFFICIALS TELL CONCERN’S METHODS.

WASHINGTON. —The stories about the formation of-the "steel trust" as related to the congressional committee by officials of the United States Steel Corporation have proved extremely Interesting reading for the public. Presumably, also, the revelations made have assisted the committee in determining the proper course of action which the government should take in dealing with the gigantic corporation. Judge Gary; the virtual head of the trust, was especially outspoken in voicing his ideas of the way in which such concerns should be treated. In the photograph the officials, from left to right, are N. B. Ream, Judge E. H. Gary, Percival Roberts and Richard Lindaburg.

TRAINING IS NEEDED

Professor Suggests College of Domestic Relations. In Its Administrative Division Our Matrimonial Laws Require Drastic Revision at Almost Every Point. Lincoln, Neb. —“A college of domestic relations" —a step in advance of Chicago’s court of domestic relations —is strongly urged by George E. Howard, professor of sociology at the University of Nebraska. “The sociologist, the economist, the household scientist, and other specialists should join forces in such an institution to give sound training in the problems of sex, parentage and the household. “No more harmful blunder was ever committed by theological subtlety than the setting aside of marriage as par excellence, the divine institution.” Trained officers to perform the marriages in districts and revision of the matrimonial laws of the country were suggested by Professor Howard. Improvement of the present marriage customs in the United States Professor Howard proposes as follows: Endowment of motherhood by the state. Abolishment of the common law marriage. Twenty days’ public notice before the issuing of license. Limiting marriage to those who are of age. Of the endowment of motherhood. Professor Howard says: “Recognizing parentage as a social service, a social duty which should be paid for at the public expense, looks very much like social justice. “In its administrative division our matrimonial laws require ’drastic revision at almost every point. We need a better and a uniform license system, so as to secure full publicity and a faithful compliance with the spirit of the law. “It is time that in school and college the family and its related institution should be as freely, and openly, and unsparingly subjected to scientific investigation as are the problems of modern political and industrial life. “The time honored American plan of optional civil or religious ceremony, at the pleasure of the persons contracting, is crude, illogical and unsafe

Man Would Not Kiss Widow

Pennsylvania Magistrate Chides Daniel Reardon Because He Threw Away Chance to Embrace Woman

Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Aiderman John F. Donohue, who has been called the Solomonllke magistrate, held Daniel Reardon of North Wilkesbarre under bail to keep the peace because he bad failed to kiss Mrs Mary Burke, a good-looking widow. Reardon, it la charged, had talked of kissing her until she taunted him, wnereupon he had words with her about -t and Mrs. Burke had him arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct _ Aiderman Donohue auked Reardon if he had kissed Mrs. Burke and when he said that he had been unsuccessful the aiderman gave one of his timely lectures on the fads and fancies of the present day, as on a previous occasion he discoursed at length on the beauty of women’s faces being enhanced by paint. “Reardon," he said, "all members of the female sex from their infancy up like to be kissed. Osculation is one of the necessities of Ufa It is the beginning of love. It is the stamp of devotion. I do not consider you a

"There is the clergyman, and here is the justice of the peace. Take your choice.’ That is the system in a nutshell.

“No standard of legal, mental or moral fitness is established. Often this important function of social control is exercised with incredible ignorance and levity. The frivolous or mercenary magistrate and the fleet parson flourish on American soil. The story of our marriage resorts or Gretna Greens shows that we have small reason to boast."

LEAVES $3,500 TO PARROT

Sailor, Who Cured Pet Bird of Bad Habit of Profanity, Wills Money For Its Support. Oklahoma City, Okla.—A will leaving $3,500 for the support and maintenance of a pet parrot has been drawn and witnessed by Thomas Billingsby, a capitalist of this city.’ The parrot is twenty years old. Billlngsby was a sailor many years ago and came into possession of the parrot in Polynesia. When he left the sea he carried the bird with him inland, and succeeded in reforming the bird, which at one time was an expert on profanity. Three men are named in the will as trustees of the fund to be expended in the care of the parrot, and during the bird’s lifetime the money cannot be devoted to any other purpose.

Go Back to Wood as Fuel

Director of Pennsylvania State Forestry Believes We Will Get to That Situation Within Near Future.

South Bethlehem, Pa. —That wood for fuel will rise again to an important or the most important domestic fuel even hereabouts, so near the coal fields, was predicted by E. A. Ziegler, director of the State Forestry school at Mt. Alto, in a most interesting address at Lehigh university. Mr. Ziegler spoke on the "Financial Aspects of Forestry," but before taking up the subject of finance gave a lucid description of the Forest academy at Mt Alto, an Institution conducted more in the German sense. He said:

“The primary aim of forestry is to grow trees as a crop—trees for lum-

gallant in having asked this woman for a kiss and then not taking it “I have found through experience that old women as well as young take an interest in Ufa When you asked this woman for a kiss why did you not pucker up your lips to show your sincerity at least. Fbr your lack of gallantry in not kissing I will hold you under ball to keep the peace and order you to pay the costs of the prosecution or serve ten days tn jail."

Four-Year-Old Fresh Egg.

Williamsport Pa.—Harry Burns of Hornell, N. Y„ worked in a cold storage plant in this city four years hack One day he took an indelible pencil and wrote in small letters his name, address and the year “1907“ on an egg. Burns has since returned to Hornell to live The other day he went to market and bought a dozen “strictly fresh * eggs and paid the extra price. Among them he discovered ths identical egg bearing his name, address and date of four years ago. The grocer says he "bought them for strictly fresh eggs."

NEST OF PASSENGER PIGEONS

Pair of Birds of Race Almost Extinct! Raising Young—Specimens Worth SI,OOO Apiece. ■ i; Independence, Mo. —What is believed to be a pair of passenger pigeons, supposed to be almost extinct in this country, where once there were millions of them, has been found in the deep woods east of Independence, and members of the Independence patrol of boy scouts are guarding the nest until the young ard hatched. After that, probably, the birds will be taken and efforts made! to propagate them under conditions as nearly as pdbsible in their wild state.

The only other Known survivors of the once vast flocks of these pigeons are, or were until recently, in the zoological gardens at Cincinnati, O. Ornithologists here say that if the birds now being guarded are real passenger pigeons they are worth at least SI,OOO apiece. For fear of frightening them away, no effort has been made to observe them closely, but from what the ornithologists have been able to see of them with field glasses they have every characteristic of the true passenger pigeon. Their color is a dark, slaty blue on top, fading off to a soft brownish tinge underneath. The pasenger pigeons once were so plentiful in this locality that they could be killed with clubs, and during their migrations so many of them were killed that they sold as low as 50 cents a barrel.

ber, trees for railroad ties, trees fox' paper, trees for staves, posts, poles, fuel wood and so on down the long list of wood uses. And the growing of this tree crop will bring in a profit! if properly handled, as we shall presently see. If I should predict that wood for fuel will again rise to an important or the most important domestic fuel, here so near the coal mines, I should hardly be taken seriously. But that very thing is coming—-I need not try to foretell the moment Coal is rising is price gradually, and it is only a matter of reaching a certain point (one cord of wood equals, roughly, one ton of coal) when the financial advantage will go to the wood suel —in fact, in many districts where the transportation charges on coal are high, wood is today in universal domestic use. t "In southern California the high price of coal and scarcity of wood put the price of fuel wood delivered at sl2 a cord. A plantation of trees for fuel is a very remunerative investment there. In Washington, D. C., I paid $7.50 to $8 a ton for anthracite coal delivered in the suburbs. A’ cord of air-dried white oak cost me $6 to $7. The wood was the cheaper fuel and I used it largely in the kitchen range, using coal only as a more convenient fuel in the furnace. The significant fact is that coal beds cannot be renewed, but forests can.”

Mule and Boar Battle.

San Antonio. Tex. —One of the most ferocious fights ever witnessed in this country between two animals took_ place in the pasture of John Friar, a few miles east of Cuero,, between a boar and a mule. The mule had been turned in for a Sunday graze The presence of this animal Infuriated the boar and the fight began, and contln* ned until the mule was killed. The ground about where the dead mule lay showed that a desperate struggle was made. The hog was bruised and skinned in many places from kicks of the mule, but the latter was liberally cut to "'pieces by the tasks of th* tnftorlatad hoar. .

LOCATED HIM RIGHT AWAY

Powibly Display of Bill of Generous Denomination May Have Had -> - A Krtbemer »ho n. rtrtttag Bt Louis wandered Into the dining room of the hotel and, seeing a negro servant who had all the Importance of an army officer standing near the door, asked him who the “head nigger” was wound there. The negro stretched aimself to his fall height, and pompously replied that “there ain't no niggers In St Louis, sab. We is all gem'men of color.” "Well,” said the southerner, drawing a |IOO bill from his pocket and Angering it *1 expect to be at the hotel tor some time and want to make sure that I will be taken care of. “Oh, sah.” said the negro, whose eyes were t opping from his head, "did you want to know who the head ‘nigger waiter’ la? That's ma.”—Allen town Call

Settled Them.

"I’ve a sight o’ sons—thirteen altogether,” remarked a prosperous old farmer, “and all of *em*s done me credit save the three eldest, who sowed wild oats at a pretty rapid rate, and then came home and saddled my shoulders with the harvest. “Well, I own I Was, glad to see ’em back, and I feasted ’em, and petted ’em, and set 'em on their legs again, only to see ’em skedaddle off afresh when things had slowed down, with all the cash they could lay hands on. "That thereabouts sickened me,’so I called the rest of ’em together and said: “ "There’s ten of you left, and if any of you ’ud like to follow t’other three I won’t try td stop you. But, understand this, though there may be a few more prodigal sons, there’ll be no more fatted calves. I’ve killed the last of ’em!’ “And,” continued the old man, triumphantly, ‘Tve had trouble wl* none of ’em since!”

Her Father’s Child.

The six-year-old daughter of a wellknown evangelical preacher was playing on the sidewalk one day, when a shabbily dressed and downcast man approached her father’s house. Halting at the foot of the steps, he looked at her, and in a weary Voice — the voice of an unsuccessful book agent—he asked if her father might be found in his study. “He Isn’t home,” said the little girl, drawing close to him, and gazing up into the tired face, “but he’ll be home pretty soon. You go into the house, you poor,, perishing soul, and mother’ll look after you till he comes.” —Youth’s Companion.

The Girl’s Handicap.

In her pretty new frock sister Mabel felt quite proud as she sat on the front step and watched some boys playing on the sidewalk. After a time one little boy came up to talk to her and to admire, in his rough little —way, her bright shiny shoes and pink sash. “See my nice square-cut waist,” exclaimed the girlie, “and my nice coral beads! Don’t you wish you wuz a girl?” “No sir-ee,” replied the boy. "1 wouldn’t want to be any girl at all, because lookie how much more neck you has jto wash.”

To Make Fruit Jar Rubbers Last.

To have fruit jar rubbers last, keep them well covered in a jar full of flour until used, and as soon aa removed from empty jars? One can then afford a good quality of rubbers, as kept thus they will, safely last several seasons. When there is doubt of old rubbers, they may often be made to eke out one more season by using two of the rubbers to each jar and screwing down tight. Always stand newly filled jars upside down until cool, to test the tops and rubbers. —Designer.

WRONG SORT Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and Bread May Be Against You for a Time.

▲ change to the right kind of food can lift one from a sick bed. A lady in Welden, 111., says: • “Last spring I became bed-fast ‘with severe stomach troubles accompanied by sick headache. I got worse and worse until I became so low I could scarcely retain any food at all, although I tried about every kind. *T had become completely discouraged, and given up all hope, and thought I was doomed to starve to death, until one day my husband, trying to find something I could retain, brought home some Grape-Nuts. “To my surprise the food agreed with me, digested perfectly and without distress. I began to gain strength at once. My flesh (which had been flabby), grew firmer, my health improved in every way-and every day, and in a very few weeks I gained 20 pounds in weight “I liked Grape-Nuts so well that for four months I ate no other food, and always felt as well satisfied after eating as if I had sat down to a fine banquet . j ■'; *T had no return of the miserable sick stomach nor of the headaches, that I used to have when I ate other food. lam now a well woman, doing an my own work again, and feel that life is worth living. “Grape-Nuts food has been r Godsend to my family; it surely saved my life; and my two little boys have thriven on it wonderfully.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mieb. Read the little book, “The Road to WeUvffle,“ in pkgs. “There’s 1 a reason.” Bvwr seed tke abare letter f A eew erne appears trass ttase ta time. They are Crsw» Sett at hdfrans

CARING FOR TUBERCULOSIS

and hnanftala for' tnberrnloais have been established in 31 states, and 114 municipal or county hospitals in 26 states, vastly more public provision is needed to stamp out consumption, says the National Association for the study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Nearly every state east of the Mississippi river has provided a, state sanatorium, and west of the Mississippi river, state sanatoria have been' established in Minnesota, lowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Oregon. There are 38 sanatoria provided by these states, Massachusetts having four. Connecticut and Pennsylvania three and Texas two. Including special pavilions and almshouses, there are 114 municipal or county hospitals for the care of tuberculous patients. Apart from these institutions, however, and a few special pavilions at prisons, hospitals for the Insane, and some other public institutions, a grand total of hardly 200, the institutional care of the consumptive is left to private philanthropy.

A DIFFERENT ENTRANCE.

First Burglar—l see that Mr. BlDyuns entered his yacht in the July races and got a 3100 silver cup. Second Burglar—l’Ve got him beat a block. I entered a yacht lab’ week an* got a whole silver service.

Easily In the Lead.

Louis Jennings, Elsie Hathaway and Florence Brintnall are three schoolmates whose Indulgent parents provided a picnic for each of them, giving carte blanche as to the number of their guests and the manner of entertainment on the beach. Three parties in ten days means a lot to young ladles of the tender age of eiught. But they recovered quickly enough from the fatigue. Followed comparison: “I think,” said Lou, "ours was a very nice party. And we had ice cream twice, if you remember.” “Oh, I don’t know," quoth Ellse—she insists upon being called by her full name and will answer to no other —“I notice all my guests rode ’round on the carrousel as often as they wanted.” “I’m sure my party was the best of all," spoke up Flo. “Father says every d —d kid in town was there.” ’

Modern Ethics.

Do not kick a man when he is down. Turn him over and feel in the other pocket—Galveston News. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets, small, sugar-coated, easy to take as candy, regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels and cure constipation. The successful borrower is as quick as lightning. Also he never strikes twice in the same place. Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic, 26c a bottle. The silk stockipg girl is very much in evidence.

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