Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1911 — Cheerfulness. [ARTICLE]

Cheerfulness.

’Tla a Dutch proverb that "paint costs nothing,” such are its preserving qualities in damp climates. Well, sunshine costs leas, yet is finer pigment And so of cheerfulness, or a good tamper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains. The latent beat of an ounce of wood or stone is Ih•xhaurtible. You may n*> the mate chip of pine to the point of kindling, 100 times; and the power of happiness to any soul is not to be computed or drained.—Emerson.

By playing 27 hours, 46 minutes and 3 seconds, Harry A. Bennett, of Bethlehem, Pa., Monday broke the world’s record for “long distanee” piano playing. During all that time Bennett did not remove either hand from the keys. The previous record was held by Charles Wright, of Battle Creek, Wictu* Bennett just exceeding it by one minute' and three seconds, when be fell exhausted from the piano.