Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1911 — Page 3

REGINA’S DEN

The Blisses were gathered In thpir coxy living room for one of their long, cheerful evenings together. There were four of them—Richard, Tom, Maud and Reglha. Richard, the head of the family, looked scarcely more than a boy himself, but there was his pretty wife, Maud, sitting at his side darning very small white socks. At the other end of the table sprawled Richard’s young brother Tdtn, with a look of uncomfortable determination, over a book whose contents he was not absorbing with any too great ease. Regina, Richard’s sister, who taught school and longed to be literary, had withdrawn to a far end of the room where by the light of two shaded candles she was trying to write. Tom grated his teeth. For Just a moment he was perilously near saying something that gentle, little Maud didn’t allow on these pleasant family evenings. Instead he slammed his book together and came out with a loud, “Rats!” that made Regina pause forcibly in her writing and sent her muse flying, “it just makes my blood boil,” Tom went on, "Jo be stuck with a subject like Latin. The dean says I can’t get my degree If I don’t pass the examination this time.” “Say, Sis,” he said presently, appealing to Regina, “have you seen that tutor of mine? He’s a corker — captain of the crew when he was In college, played first base on the team. He’s the best set up fellow I ever saw r anywhere.” “I don’t see that that has anything to do with bis being a good Latin tutor,” said Regina. “No, I haven’t seen him. Does he come to the house?” , „ ■" “Yes, -®v©ry afternoon. He’ll becoming for the next two weeks, till that beastly old exam comes off. He’ll get me through If anyone could." Regina went back to her writing. Presently Maud looked over at her. “Regina,” she said sweetly, “have you seen Baby’s new tooth today? It’s just as white and nice—l meant to show it to you ” Regina’s patience had been tried to the limit. “Well, of all the places to try to write!” she exclaimed. “I thought you all knew I didn’t want to be talked to. Nbw this settles it I’ll just have to have a den. I've been thinking of it a long time and now I’m settled. Pll rig up s place in the attic where I can be quiet. It’s a perfect shame the way we all herd together—just stick down here as if we 41d Q ’t have an original idea in our heads.” “Why, Regina,” said Maud tearfully, “I thought you liked being with us. We’ve always been so fond of each other till now.” Here there was a little sob. “Oh, to think I have driven you to the attic!” "Don’t be silly,” said Regina. T can’t poke off in my bed-room, so I’m Just going to rig up a place in the attic. Why, I almost think I can write something worth while if I can get off by myself.” In spite of tearful protests on the part of Maud and jests on tha part of her two brothers Regina was installed in her sanctum In the attic. Here, with a desk and a lounge, a bookcase filled with her favorite books and the walls covered with her favorite prints and photographs Regina had a place that was to be all her 6wn. One evening after Regina had retired to this sanctum with a freshly filled fountain pen and her brain full of ideas, her voice was heard in the upstairs hall calling her brother Tom, in none too gentle accents. Tom left his books in the living room below and went two steps at a time to see what his sister wanted. He followed her into the attic and there by the light of the shaded desk lamp he saw the reason for his hasty summons. Regina pointed to a group of cigarette ends, and a box of overturned matches that lay on the blotter at the end of her desk. Tom, In spite of his six feet of dauntless manhood, crumpled before his sister. “I’m awfully sorry, sister,” he said, "but to tell you the truth Harry Titus, that tutor of mine, and I have no other place to go. You know what It Is down In .the living room with Maud and the baby coming in and out It was Just my luck to forget to clear up the cigarettes after him, though.” ’Tve suspected It for a week," said Regina sternly. "I find matches In the rose jar and ashes In the pen tray, and look,” she said, drawing forth a bundle of her manuscript covered with Latin words written In a masculine hand. “If that Mr. Titus did that please see that be doesn’t repeat the offense. Didn’t he know that this was my den?” Tom promised faithfully never again to Invade the sanctity of his sister’s den and returned to his bookk. But the next day when the athletlo tutor refused to give his lessen in the hubbub of Maud’s little \ living room Tom was forced to break hla promise. As Regina didn’t get home from school till four and' the lesson was over at half-past three Tom felt that be would have no trouble In covering his guilt Accordingly the lesson was given as usual (n Regina’s den. Just as they were about to end

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the lesson Maud’s frantic voice was heard on the stairs. "Thomas, Thomas. Bliss, come here at once! Don't let that Mr. Titus out!” And then as the two men ran to the door to see what was the trouble Maud continued her cries. “Don’t let him out I say! They’ve got measles at the college dormitory and he has come from there and he’ll give It to baby. I just found it out.” Mr. Titus didn’t deny the fact that there was a case of measles at the dormitory and that he lived there. He hadn’t dreamed, however, that he was in any way dangerous. But Maud was stubborn and after she had got Tom out of the attic room turned the key on the tutor to make sure that he didn’t escape. Then rhe dispatched Tom to the health bureau to get someone to come and fumigate the offensive tutor before she would let him pass through the hall to the front door. Before many minutes tihd passed Regina x came id from school, let herself in the front door and, impatient to be at her writing, passed up to her attic den. As she pushed back the door and stepped into her room she almost fell upon the astonished Mr. Titus. Hp had been sprawling on her couch, reading her favorite poems, resting his head on her cushions. For a moment they stood looking at each other. “You see, I am dangerous." he bebegan.’ “No I don’t,” said Regina, feeling added resentment at the unusual looks of the intruder. “Aren’t you afraid of me?” he asked pleadingly. Regina raised her brows haughtily, and it was not until this presumptuous Mr. Titus had actually urged her to be seated in her own sanctum and had seated himself at her side that he was able to explain to her the cause of the disturbance. It was Regina’s turn to be apologetic thou. “It’s a shame for Tom to drag you up to this crazy attic.” she said; “it’s just a fad of mine.” After this under the magnitude of the tutor’s manner Regina forgot t£at she had ever objected to his lntru- 1 sion.and wondered why Tom had never introduced him to her. *"I have wanted to meet you, Miss Bliss,” the tutor told her. ‘ln fact it has been something of a hardship not beln~ able to know you.” In a few more minutes Regina was busy over her tea table, and as the tutor’s eyes met hers as she passed him his cup of tea, she caught herself blushing foolishly. It was not till /after the light of day had begun to fade, and Regina had lighted the shaded lamp on her desk that they heard footsteps on the sjairs below. “I think they have come to let you out, now,” she said as she started to the door. But the tutor slipped behind her and held it closed. "Don’t open it till you promise one thing,” he begged as he put his hand over hers on the door knob. “I want to come here and see you often. Right here —away from everybody but you. You will let me, won’t you?” Regina whispered “yes,” and then laughed as she opened the door. There was Tom, breathless and excited. “They don’t have to fumigate you at all,” he gasped. “The man at the board of health said you couldn’t carry It. Oh, hellb, sister. I guess you know Mr. Titus by now.” It was about a month later. Tom had taken his finals in Latin and had passed with credit to himself and his tutor. Now he had come up to see his sister in her den. There was a large jar of roses on the desk, a halt a dozen new books, a few prints on the wall that a more suspicious eye than Tom’s would have recognized as new.

Suddenly he caught sight of some papers on the desk. "That looks like Titus’ writing,” he said. “He must hawe scribbled over everything.” He looked up to see Regina blushing with her eyes cast down. She quickly folded the papers in her hand. "Tom, dear," she said coming towards him and putting her arms up around his broad shoulders. . “Tom, 1 want-to ask .you. to forgive me for being so cross about your bringing your tutor up here. I’ve wanted to ask you to forgive me. I am really glad you did bring him. You see he liked it, and —well, you see he came so often after you showed him the waythat—” Tom looked densely and helplessly at his sister, who stood before him with tears glistening in her eyes. "That we are going to be engaged, and I want to thank you.”

A Capillary Vegetator.

Bobby—Mamma, I guess papa won’t be bald headed any more. Mamma—What makes you say that? Bobby—-He said this morning that the doctor told him a hair raising story.—Judge.

Doubts of Thier Existence.

“Of course you admit that no selfrespecting man would associate with a wife heater.” "Of course,” replied Mr. Meektou, timidly. “But,, do you know. I’d like to tee one, just out of curiosity.”

BONES OF MASTODON

Fossil of . One of World's Most Colossal Creatures. Three Mammgth Molars Unearthed la Old Doggett Mine, Near WalkMy ~ - California—Largest Contain Four Cuspids Each.

San Francisco, ’’al.— ■Five gigantic teeth, which in some prehistoric period probably graced the cavernous mouth of a mastodon, predecessor of the mammoth, and one of the most colossal creatures that have ever inhabited the earth, have been unearned In the old Doggett mine, on the,banks of the Klamath river, near Walker, Cal. The three largest of these stupendous molars contain four cuspids each, each tooth measuring seven inches across from the first to the last cuspid and a little o er six inches from, the tip of the root, or that part of it which remains, to the top of the center cuspid. The teeth measure four and a half inches in width.

In a remarkable state of preservation, they were found in a pocket of sand and gravel eighteen feet under the surface of the earth, by a gftng of shovelmen in charge of Edward B. Frost, a mining engineer, who was in charge of an excavation project at the mine. That the teeth were those of an herbivorous animal seems evident from their evenness. They are too large to have belonged to the mammoth. This would seem to indicate that they belonged to the mastodon, which towered In size abov? the mammoth as that creature did above the modern elephant. Close to the teeth was found an ancient stone hatchet, which is believed to belong to a period co-ex-istent with that in which the animal to which the teeth belonged is believed to have lived. Indians of the Klamath river tribes, on being shown the hatchet, declared that they had •never seen or beard of-anything resembling It, and the medicine men and chiefß stated that the traditions of their people contained no account to show that the hatchet had ever been made or used by theip. In the same pocket where the teeth were found was a horn seven and a half,feet long, which crumbled in the hands of the shovelmen when they attempted to take it up. The horn measured at the butt fourteen inches in diameter, but, according to Frost, who has spent some time in Alaska, where he saw several specimens of the horn of the prehistoric mammoth unearthed, it bore no resemblance to the horn of that animal. The horn, Frost states, was of the same contour aB that of ordinary cattle, and contained a core and a thin shell similar to that of the ox. These relics were found in a stratum of earth which bears evidence of being the ancient channel of the Klamath or some other river from which the Klamath was evolved. The general formation of the earth gives every indication of having been massed ages and ages ago, and from the trees and the partly petrified trunks of trees which were found at bedrock twelve feet under where the relics were unearthed, there is every reason to believe that the teeth have lain imbedded where they were found upward of 10,000 years. That the teeth and horn could not have traveled far from the very spot where the animal met his death is the belief of Frost. He bases this on the fact that the gravel wopld grind to a powder anything that was caught in it as it slowly moved along as a mighty mass in the process of creating some new geologic formation. This he states is partly proved by the quick disintegration of the horn once it was touched by the.hand of man.

Child Nicknames a City.

Charleston, W. Va.—“ The Cog City.” meaning coal, oil and gas, has been adopted as the slogaq for Charleston at a large open-air meeting on the capitol lawn. Miss Nan McDowell, aged 14, suggested the name, and it wgp selected out of 1,300 suggestions.

Sentences Prisoner to Job

Judge Sabath of Chicago Goto Employment for Young Man Who Was Pursued by Misfortune.

Chicago.—" Young man, you have a good face. I sentence you to work at $1.60 a day ” “Judge, that’s fine.” i "And here’s a dollar. Get a room near the factory.” It didn’t take five minutes, yet Sabath, sitting in the Maxwell street police court, the other day, heard Harry Jackson’s story of woe, took stock in it, got him a job and gave him a dollar with which to make a good start. Thirty minutes after the case had been called and he was led to Judge Sabath’s bench by a policeman, Jackson was at work. Jackson was arrested by the Maxwell street police. He was idle and was taken on suspicion. He told Judge Babath a story of hard luck. He said wherever he turned misfortune pursued him, even caught up with him and detained him. "I’m n{t a ‘bum’ judge,” .Jackson said sorrowfully. “I’m just playing in fierce luck For seven weeks I’ve slept out of doors. I’m an orphan and I ain’t got anybody to help me when

TEMPLE FOR SCOTTISH RITE MASONS

WASHINGTON. —The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the southern Jurisdiction of the United States soon will commence the erection of a mammoth temple In Washington, which it Is expected will be the largest and most magnificent of Its kind In the world. The cost of the site was f 164,000, and the cosf of the new temple \when completed will exceed a million dollars. Classic In design, the structure will be of white mafble, four stories high, with two basements. The building will be square in shape, the frontage 156 feet and depth the same and hare a gold dome rising 160 feet from the street steps leading to the temple will be symbolic of the Masonic degrees. On the terrace will rest symbolical and allegorical statuary. Over the massive portals of the entrance to the temple will be a golden sunburst, the rays of which will flash from the symbolic double eagle and triangle of the thirty-third degree. Above this will rise great columns, 33 in all, each 33 feet high, which will support the temple on three sides and support the entablature, from which rises the square shaped golden dome. Each one of the 33 states' in the southern council will be provided witlj an apartment on the main floor. The cathedral, which will be the crowning glory of the temple, will occupy the entire upper floor of the building. The temple will be completed in time for use of the international conference of supreme councils of the world, 26 in all, which meets with the southern council in Washington in October, 1912.

King George Has ’Phone

Special Exchange Has Been Installed In Buckingham Palace With Three Fifty-Line Boards.

London. —Among many other Improvements at Buckingham palace, sweeping alterations have been made in regard to the telephone department, which in King Edward’s time was of the most primitive description. The late king heartily disliked the telephone and never used it if he could maange without it, but King George, who is methodical and businesslike, uses it constantly day and night. The general postoffice has now installed a special exchange to the palace with three fifty-line switchboards, two for day and one for night service. There Is an extension from the switchboard to the king’s private apartments and in addition, the king has a private exchange line of his own which is used for specially private conversation on affairs of state with cabinet ministers and high officials. Thera -is also a private wire to Windsor castle and to the residence of Lord Knollys, Sir Arthur Bigg and other court officials; to Marlborough house, York house, the residence of the duke of Connaught and St James Palace. The most extraordinary precautions have been taken to prevent these private conversations from being overheard. The king’s number, which is, of course, not made public,

I feel blue. Look at my shoes. The soles are gone. I might as well be barefooted. Say, if I could get work I’d be all tight. On the square, judge, I’ve been after Jobs every day. Nobody has any work for me to do. I’d feel swell if I only had a Job and a chance for a pay envelope. When a man’s not workln’. judge, he's no good.” / At this juncture the court paused and stroked his chin. “Young man,” Judge Sabath said. “You look all tight I’ll sentence you to go to work at a dollar and a half a day. IH get you a Job." —— He then called up an acquaintance who Is In the picture frame manufacturing business and got work for Jackson.

Robins' Nest on Trolley.

Danbury, Conn. —A family of robins have built their nest on-a trolley wire ft Reynolds Bridge here. The nest! is cleverly mounted around the heavily charged wire so that the trolley pole of passing cars will not interfere with the birds' housekeeping. The bird family remain in their place when a car goes by. apparently enjoying the oscillation of their

is "832 Westminster,” but any one who expected to “get through to the king” by calling up that number would be disappointed. Queen Mary, in addition to the same facilities, has a private line from her boudoir to the children’s school rooms, and she, too, uses the telephone on every /possible occasion. King George frequently gets through a lot of business on the telephone before be goes out at nine o’clock for his ride in Hyde Park.

FAMINE IN CIRCUS LEMONADE

New Yorker Gets Away With Forty* sevefi Glasses of Concoction— Owner of Pushcart Loses. New York.—Well, as "Loole Zleb mer, ( rear admiral of the East Side Land and Water Wireless News service, reports, It was this way: "Dugan was as dry as a fish, but Bloomstein could not . quench his thirst. ’lce cold lemonade! It’s ice cold! Keep cool! One cent a glass,' was shouting Harry Bloomstein, the lemonade peddler, as he pushed his small cart containing a large glass cask of lemonade in it along Pitt street the other day as he stopped In front of Dave Reiff’s barber shop at No. 47 Pitt street “John Dugan, known as ’Red’ Dugan, the coach driver, had Just returned from a trip on Long Island and stopped In front of Reiff’s shop. *1 am as dry as a fish,’ said Dugan, and rushed over to the lemonade man: 'How much is a glass of lemonade,' said Diegan t + " ‘One cent a glass.’ ‘“Such a small glass,' said Dugan. "But Bloomstein answered, ‘Never mind, the glass is thin and holds more than a large glass that Is thick.' " 'Your glasses are very sihall; X can drink forty of them.’ ‘“Yes, he can,' said the barber, ‘and I believe, the whole Jar.' "Keiff, who knows Dugan and the great appetite be has and who come time ago ago ate over forty-six baaanes from Bromsky’s pushcart, knew what he was talking about “ ‘Ah, I can’t believe it mister,’ said the peddler, ‘he cannot drink all my lemonade.’ “Another who knew Dugan’s wonderful appetite said, ‘And If he don’t finish and drink over forty glasses I’ll pay you, and if he does you don’t get paid.’ “ 'All right, all right,* said the peddler. “The crowd watched and all eyes gazed at the lemonade peddler and Dugan, who kept right on drinking until he finished forty-seven glasses of the lemonade. You ought to see the face change on Bloomstein. The others who waited to buy a drink wont dry."

The Story of Lot

By Rev. Stephen Paulson

w v wv TEXT.—God delivered Ju»t Lot, vexed with toe filthy conversation of the wlokedL for that righteous man dwelling among them vexed his righteous soul day to day with their unlawful deeds.—* Peter These words bring before us the story of a man who to bo rich. Let us recall the story and seo what his overpowering desires for riche* led him into. Lot was associated with Abraham from the first move from Ur of the Chaldees. With Abraham be tarried at Haran, and went down into Egypt, and returned 1 from Egypt But to be perfectly fair. Lot should be considered apart from Abraham. A face that is comely may suffer by comparison with one that is beautiful. So the character of Lot suffers by comparison with Abraham, and we will take him by himself. That he was a Just man we' have On the authority of the Now Testament Crises do not make character, they only reveal it A crisis came In the affairs of Lot He and Abraham had grown to such wealth in flocks that they could no longer dwell together. So Abraham took him upon a high eminence and told him to choose any locality where he wished to dwell. And here It is that Lot’s character la out In Its true colors. He thinks he has the chance of his life, No consideration of Abraham enter's his mind. He gets where he can look over the land, and then he chooses. What did he choose? ■ ' “Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan and Lot Journeyed east; and they separated themselves one from the other. Abraham dwelled In tne land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled la the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.” He chose the well-watered plain in the valley of the Jordan because it was rich and like Egypt He bid never forgotten Egypt with its great cities and wealth, oat of his heart. He saw that In the plain were cities, centers of commerce, where men were making money fast The only consideration that entered his mind wae his own personal advantage. You notice that it said that Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom. Why 'not "within Sodom?” Because he knew perfectly well that Sodom was a wicked city, that the people of that city dishonored the God whom he wished to serve. So he did not feel right about going into the city, but he would get near It for the material advantage It would moan to him. But let us see what happened. In the fourteenth chapter of Genesis we read that Lot is living In the city, and he has become an Important man. “Lot sat In the gate.” He had become a chief magistrate, an administrator of justice, and one who extended the hospitality of the city to strangers. What a wonderful case or success. Was he pot right that day he made his choice? Try him by the business standards of today. Look at Abraham. He is still pitching his tents up and down the hills and valleys, and that Is all he has amounted to. But let us not be hasty in our eulogy. Let us get all the facts. Lot had become wealthy, and he had position, but what had it all done for hita? A ray of light la thrown on the story by our New Testament. We leant that Lot "vexed his righteous soul from day to day." Is that a condition to live in? He was living among people who did not observe common decency. But yon know, an his property was there, and he, could not get away. When men were "laying, ’’How well Lot Is getting he never had an hour's peace. But what had Lot’s wealth and success done for his children? Would not they be well brought up and well provided for? You know the awhil story of corruption and sin that came out of that life. One evening two angela came and warned Lot of the doom that was coming upon the city: "And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? Sons-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-ln-law, which married his daughters, and said, ‘Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city.* But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-ln-law.” That shows the Influence he had over his family. Next morning when he fled the city, only his wife and two daughters accompanied him. Let me point out Just one lesson at this story. There is success that ends in failure. Man can do a great deal) without God. You may acquire wealth! and position without God, and men may flatter you. But after all, what good la It? There win be no peace of mind, no abiding happiness, and your wealth and power will never accomplish any good purpose, tlt it right to desire success, bu£ It you leave God out of the qpestioh It will end In failure. ' ;.x;L So when you are planning your own life, or choosing the life-work of your children, your first consideration should be whether you and they can. serve God In the calling which you have chosen, and remember;'' that “godliness la profitable for the Ufa that now Is, and for that which la to come.*' ij( * , . • 1 •