Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1911 — Page 2

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Dibley’s Reckoning

Laurence Dlbley looked ruefully at the flat punctured tire of his automobile and then around at the thickly wjfoded section tn which he wka •ymded. yhe road ran through tall woods and a X al »f B* length it was perfect for n^toTOg;’Laurence had never been on the Cross highway before and he bad been an ardent admirer of the quaint little villages and picturesque farm house* scattered through this New England country. Once in a while he came upon the river and crossed it through echoing covered bridges. Be had just passed through the wood when a tire burst beyond all repair. Laurence slipped it off and applied the emergency tire he had carried and had barely gone another hundred yards when a rear tire exploded loudly, ruinously. “Talk about disasters at seal** Crumbled Laurence as he pushed the light roadster into an open space among the trees beside the road and gathered branches of autumn leaves to heap over it until It wks quite hidden under October foliage. “If over a mariner was marooned at sea —this landlubber is wrecked on dry land! I wonder how many miles from civilisation I am?” He pulled out his road map and studies It closely. ‘Tour miles to a repair shop—whew!" He pocketed the map and tucked his long dust coat into a locker with his heavy fur coat, and with cap tilted on the back of his head set forth to tramp tX*e four miles Into the next village, Melton.

At last he emerged from the woods into a more open country and there, temptingly on his right hand lay a long, low, white-painted farm house whose great square chimneys denoted hospitality as well as did the roomy front porch furnished with comfortable chairs and tables. Laurence could bee large barns in the distance and on rolling meadows In the background were dotted a doxen cows. “That looks like glasses of buttermilk and hunks of cold Johnny cake,** murmured Laurence wistfully looking backward as he passed the place. A quaint signboard swinging from a fall elm tree near the gate arrested his attention and sent his feet speeding in the opposite direction and up the path to the Inviting front porch. “Refreshments Served to Travelers.” it stated plainly. Laurence llfed the polished brass knocker and made known his presence there.

Light footsteps sounded and there ■was the click of high heeled shoes on bare polished floors and the door nwung open revealing a girl clothed Ca chine blue pinafore that envelopher from neck to heels. She was a pretty girl—nay a beautiful girl, with a mist of fine dark hair breaking Into tendrils around her rose-tinted face and with delicately arched black brows above large hasel eyes. There was a dab of flour on her nose of which she appeared unconscious. She looked inquiringly at Laurence, for so absorbed was he in contemplating the charming vision of her that he quite forgot his errand. « 1 He whipped off his cap and stuffed tt in his pocket “Good afternoon —1 ■—er have had a breakdown with my car back here In the woods and I am on my way to Melton for a mechanic. I happened to be mighty hungry and I saw your signboard—so I came right in. is that right?” “Certainly." said the girl gravely. “If you will sit down In the porch 1 will bring .you whatever you wish. It is so warm and sunny out there people seem to prefer it, but If you'd rather we have a room inside.”

“Out here by all means,” protested Laurence dropping gratefully into a comfortable rocking chair. “I dreamed of buttermilk and cold Johnny cake.” he smiled. “Your dream will be realized, only the Johnny cake is hot from the oven —I have just made IL” She flashed out and In the door again leaving in his hand a small card on which was set forth a list of viands served at Kim Farm. The handwriting was angular and the ink was of old-fashioned violet hue. Laurence ate his hot Johnny cake and drank glass after glass of cold buttermilk in addition to various other delectable viands, all served by the beautiful girl In the blue pinafore. She went about the business of serving him with a quiet gravity that charmed him He could have remained hours amd would willingly have eaten op and down the bill of fare several times over if bo had not feared the mrsve inquiry of her eyes “Sbe must think Fm a glutton.” bo

- ;*• a- bl •» ’A jkw iiyoßir Work as if th> Built were made for thee; Be strong “ if thou hadat courage. And charitable as If thou hadat been rewarded; Remain poor If riches are dishonorable. And carry poverty with the dignity of virtue. When others dine sumptuously, eat thy crust; Let love be thy guide and JuaUbe thy god— ® Not for threelf *l<sne, bat fur taen. Pursuing these tilings thou wilt t» misjudged. .. . Then, uncomplaining, lie thou down at even. Cheered by the love tn thy heart And by the full grown soul of thy charity; Then hast thou won the heroic battle. E—. —Max Ehnnan... ~

By JOHN CHARLETON

thought with chagrin as she carried the empty dishes away. T never ate so much in all my life at one time, and I’d do it all over again Just Tor the privilege of watching her trip in and out!** He summed up the cost of his meal and asked the girl if it was correct "What Is my reckoning?” hb smiled. ” She said It was and he thrust his hand into a pocket for his wallet He went through one pocket after Another with growing embarressment, finally fishing up a solitary dime. “I—l must have lost my wallet,’* he stammered awkwardly, before the concern In her eyes. He was conscious then that his clothes were dusty and that bls hair must be untidy. What if she thought him an imposter? He blushed deeply. “I’m glad you've got grace to blush, young man,’’ rasped a shrill voice and behind the girl appeared the sharp features of a middle-aged woman clad in a violet print dress % and white apron. “That’s an old story—you’re not the first impostor I've cooked tor and waited upon only to have serve me such a trick! Fd be ashamed —**

"Miss Malvina!** protested the girl with a shocked look at Laurence. “I’m sure this gentleman must have tost his money—pray, give him a chance to explain.*’ * Laurence turned a grateful look upon her and then addressed Miss Malvina. “I am sorry, madam,” he said a little stlfflly, “but appearances certainly are against me; my automobile broke down in the woods back yonder and now that I come to think of it I must have placed my wallet in my dust coat and the dust coat la in a locker in the car! If you care to send somebody with me as a guarantee of my return I will go back after it, and return to pay my reckoning!” “Fiddlesticks!” sniffed Miss Malvlna “There Isn’t a soul to send along with you now. Here I am without a mite of help around the place today—everybody gone off to the county fair at Melton. If Miss Fairly hadn’t put on her big apron and come down and helped me I don't know what I’d have done —It ain’t right either, her being a boarder and up here for a rest! You can set right down here, young man, until my brother Samuel comes back from the fair —I reckon he’ll walk back with you after your pocketbook!” “Miss Malvina!” cried the girl again, and thia , time she was quite indignant “I will pay you the ndoney because I am sure this gentleman will return —there!’’ She flashed in and out of the house, returning witha silver mesh purse, from which she took some money and paid Laurence Dibley’s reckoning with Miss Malvina. “I hope you don’t object” she said with a smile toward him. •'

“Miss Fairly, I am deeply grateful,” he said-warmly, and under the scornful eye of Miss Malvina Lee he strode down the path and returned to his disabled machine. When he reached the spot he came upon a large motor car full of people lunching in the shade of the trees. Among them were several friends, and after he had told them of his trouble there were many willing hands to pull out his car and with an elaborate tool kit the chauffeur of the big machine repaired the broken tires sufficiently to send him rejoicing on his way to Melton. Nobne could blame him for tooting his horn triumphantly as he stopped before Miss Malvina’s gate, and when he reached the porch and had paid the money he had borrowed from Miss Fairly into her’pretty pink palm, he grasped it for a moment in his own strong clasp. “You’ve been a friend indeed to me.” he said soberly. “My reckoning with Miss Malvina is paid—but my reckoning with you. Miss Fairly—well. 1 never want to settle that!" With a smile and a blush from her he was gone—<but he went back again.

“Last night I saw a cab full of calves.” “That’s rather strange. What made you think the cab was full of calves?” “I was merely .judging from the number of French heels I saw sticking out of the window.”

“1 was just wondering one thing In ail this talk of weighing souls.” “What are you wondering?” “If they can do it with a spirit •» ' ■ *• * HPTCL. . ■ ■'•-,

”1 wonder why gossip travels so fast r “Beesyay the tongues which carry it are always on the rail"

A Gala Night.

The Apparatus.

The Reason.

BLOWING UP IMAGINARY ALIEN FLEET

NEW YORK. —Three towering columns of water leaped four hundred feet into the air In the Narrows between Statqn Island and Brooklyn when United States engineers fired three mines, each containing 100 pounds of guncotton and 100 pounds of dynamite, in order to test the explosive effect of a new type of mine. Floating rafts representing a hostile fleet of batleshlpe were released so that they floated over the mines, which were then exploded by means of electric wires connecting the- mines with Fort Wadsworth. The experiment shows New York is safe froip, any war fleet and that vessels could not pass the Narrows.

VESSEL WILL CROSS DESERT

Steamboat Will Navigate Canyon of Colorado River—Built for Use of Mining Company.

San Francisco. —One of the strangest projects of navigation ever known is to be put under way with the completion of a steamboat that Is now being constructed at a local shipyard. The craft is first to cross the desert and then is to be launched on the Colorado river and navigate part of its deep canyons. She will be 70 feet long, of 83 tons, and will be driven by stern wheeL

She Is being built for the use of a mining company which has been conducting some large operations in taking gold from the bed of the Colorado canyon at Lees Ferry, Ariz. This is the only crossing op the river for hundreds of miles, because the stream runs through great sand cliffs which start well up in Utah, and a few miles below the ferry it dips into the Marble canyon, which then leads into the Grand canyon, and the water goes through the Buckskin mountains Tar below their summit

Although the river throughout most of its course is wild with rapids and falls, there is a long stretch in the vicinity of the ferry house where it runs smoothly, and the curren is not too strong. It is for the purpose of taking workers and supplies up and down stream in the gold operations and for carrying coal from a deposit that has been found in the Marble canyon that the vessel is being ■ built She will

FINED FOR DRINKING SOUP

New York Electrician Admits In Court That He Turned Bowl Up to His Mouth—Gets Ton Days. New York.—“Ma! That man’s drinking soup from his plate!” cried Miss Amanda Richter In horror as she viewed a diner in her father’s restaurant at 812 Eighth avenue. Mrs. Richter came from behind the cashier’s desk and said to the drinking diner: “Decent people don’t eat soup' that way." “If you’ve got a sponge that ain’t working, you might lend it to me.” he retorted. ' “He’s laughing at you, ma." Miss Richter said. The man took another, swig at the bowl and announced: “I didn’t come here for no table etiquette. I come in here for soup and I’m gettln* what I come for.”

He said some other things that so shocked Mrs. and Miss Richter that they called In a patrolman. . In the night court the soup swallower said he was Bernard Quinn, an honest num and a good electrician. Mother and daughter told their story. “Did you oat soup out of a bowl?” demanded Magistrate House of Quinn. “I did. indeed, and it was good soup," answered Quinn. “Don’t you know better than to eat soup out of a bowl?" ’ •That wasn’t eatln' soup, your hbnor. That was consummation soup, the kind you drink " “Do you mean consomme?" T suppose I dor replied Quinn. “Well. I And you guilty and line yon or ten days,” the court announced. Quinn didn’t have |lO.

have a speed of ten miles an hour, enough to overcome the-current, and will enable the gold hunters to reach places now Inaccessible. The boat will be built as any other, and after she is completed she will be taken apart, put on a train, and taken to Flagstaff, Artz. From this point she must be taken over a sandy waste for 200 miles by wagon. At Lees Ferry a crew of men from the shipyards will <>ut her together again and launch her. The operation will be costly, but the miners expect to pay for the steamboat soon with the wider operations and make her a fine investment Persons who have been at the ferry will await with interest the attitude the Navajo Indians will take when they first behold the monster of the water as they cross the river for their trading with the Plutes. Nothing the whites have brought to their attention so far has shaken their stoic calm, bYit this revelation may do so.

Man Embroiders.

St Paul, Minn.—F. E. Brandt won a premium in the women’s department at the state fair, being the only man who was awarded a prise tn that department He won on a Hardanger embroidered lunch cloth fire feet square. It took ninety-three skeins of embroidery floss to work the article. A large number of pieces embroidered In Hardanger were exhibited, but Mr. Brandt was the otaly man competitor.

FINALLY UNEARTH CLAY PIPE

Antiquarians Discover Many Interesting Indian Relics in Heart of New York City.

New York.—Many interesting Indian relics and much histories! material have been unearthed recently in the borough of the Bronx W two consulting engineers and antiquarians, Reginald Pelham Bolton and W. L. Calvert of this city. Messrs. Bolton and Calvert have made the excavations on Sundays in the last year to satisfy their thirst for antiquarian and the acene of their operations has been where Jonas S. Bronck, the first white settler in the Bronx, had bls home. Very little has been known 'About these places, from an antiquarian standpoint The Morris manor house was occupied by Gouverneur Morris and was the great residence in that neighborhood. It was built In the year 1840 and is now in rains. The two antiquarians found Indian pits in one of which was discovered a portion of a clay pipe, which may have been used by Jonas Bronck. The antiquarians were Jubilant when they struck a now of bake overts which had been used not only by the Indiana, but also by the soldiers of the revolution. A large number of bronze coins of George K George 11. and George HL were found. Some of these coins were in splendid condition, and one was almost bright They discovered a large quantity of cutlery, which was used by CoL James De Lancey's

FEVER FROM GOATS

Disease Has Been Known to Exist for Many Years. 0 - - . Belief I. General In Section. Where ft | Prevails That It I. Connected With inauexry ndo Many Names. Austin, Tex.—Some weeks ago the presence of Malta fever in Texas was announced by the Journal of the American Medical Association. Further InUnited States army show the presence of thia disease in a considerable section of Texas, in which goat raising is an important industry; An area approximating 300 miles along the Rio Grande and extending 90 miles tp the north, including the Nueces and lower Pecos river countries was examined. For the past 35 years the raising of goats has been the principal occupation of this section. Careful inquiries" through this section show that for many years there has existed, principally in the Nueces and lower Pecos river countries, a continued fever characterized by frequent relapses, pains in the jointsand a very low mortality. This fever has been known to exist in ty, at the head of the Nueces river, for a period of at least 25 years. li has been known there as slow fever, continued fever and occasionally by the significant term of goat fever. During the summer of 1894 about 25 cases of fever occurred in the Nueces river canyon, almost entirely in families that had goat pens immediately surrounding the houses. More recently a number of cases have occurred near Barksdale each year. Many people have believed that the disease was in some manner contracted from goats and occasionally have applied to it the term “goat fever.” It has also been called “dust fever" on the theory that it came from working in dusty goat pens. Since the disease is during the months of May, June and July, when the prevailing wind is from the south, some of the goat herders have located their goat pens on the north side of their houses to avoid the dust The Mexican goat herders have long believed that slow fever was due to drinking unboiled goat's milk, and for this reason, and also because it improves the taste, practically all Mexicans drink only milk which has been boiled.

The disease appeared in the Pecos river country about ten years ago, and it has been known there as slow fever or Rio Grande fever. Owing to the fact that the country is vdfy sparsely settled in that locality, the disease has failed to attract much attention, but it is certain that a few cases have occurred there each year for several years past.

In order to ascertain the source of Infection definitely a careful examination of the goat herd at Langtry was made. Twenty-three female goats were the result that height out of 23 goats (34.7 per cent.) were found to be Infected.

Malta is prevalent throughout the older goat-raising sections of Texas,—and probably a large proportion of the cases will be found to be suffering from Malta fever. All cases of Malta fever found have occurred in the territory devoted to goat raising and all patients either have a history of drinking unboiled goat's milk or were actively connected with the goat raising industry,

Hen’s Peck Blinds.

Tarrytown, N. Y —Frederick Henshaw will be blind in his left eye for life as the result of a henpeck. H« was petting Clara, the blue ribbon fowl in his flock of fancy poultry. She was peeking at his face playfully when her beak struck the pupil of bit eye a glancing Now.

battalion of the Continental army. The excavations at the Morris mansion have not been completed and much more material is believed to be awaiting their industry. The Morris manor house stood at the end of Cypress avenue, near the Willis avenue bridge, with a series of vaults and wine cellars. It has been said that there was a subterranean passage leading to the Bronx Kills, but the excavators were unable to find any trace of such a passage. Near the Morris manor houde was the home of Jonas Bronx, who had a tiled root An old record says that Bronx used real silver on his table, had a table cloth and napkins, and possessed as many as six linen shirts. In this bouse, which was like a miniature tort, the treaty with the Indian sachems, Ranaqua and Tuckamuck, was signed by the Dutch in 1641. Messrs. Bolton and Culver made excavations near the Willis avenue bridge, and found a atone vault, in which there was chinaware. It was probably the property of Jonas Bronck.

Want More Clothes on Psyche.

Boston —“I think this statue ot Psyche should be removed. You know more dress is needed even on statuary in this climate than in the old countries.” Such was the verdict of Franklin Simmons, the sculptor, after an inspection of the Boston Museum of Fine Art His visit had been brought about an a result of the recent criticisms of the museum in showing nude pieces In the public exhibition rooms.

COTTON TREES OF BRAZIL

_ A - ■ , ■ i. 1 . growing wild in certain regions two ayiaalaa Itpaa which it exists hTthe "united States and toother countries, the idea of cotton being from-trees presents a GcCluEu XaOVclXy• WOt vuO iwßv tv y markable fact about these trees to; weir oecuricuce in precisely tuurw possible or at least difficult to grow ordinary cotton. No other country tn the world possesses so large an area of land which may be utilized for tho growing of cotton as 'does Brazil, and that in other areas It is possible to cultivate trees for the production of cotton fibers-must appeal to the tex-tile-producing world as indicating that Brazil must be reckoned with as a future source of large quantities of the world's cotton supply. One of these trees to called “Barraguda,” from its being barrelshaped, after the peculiar, swelled trunk which is its characteristic. The tree grows twenty-five to thirty-five feet in height, tapering from the great bulge in the trunk to a very slender one, from which branches form about twelve feet above the ground. The trunk is entirely covered with hard and sharp thorns. The pods in which the cotton grows are five to eight Inches long and two to four inches in diameter. The fiber is coarse and white and adheres closely to the seeds, which are somewhat smaller than peas. It is a long and a strong fiber, „ and while too coarse for use tn textiles of any degree of fineness, it would lend itself admirably to the fabrication of blankets, cotton twine, and a large variety of other materials. The habitat of this tree Is in central and southern Bahia, and it grows to a lesser extent in the State of Pernambuco.—Consular Reports.

Starves Self Fifty Years.

A strange case of a brother’s fifty years’ voluntary starvation was brought to light lately by the death, near Lucerne, ot a Swiss shepherd, named Dangeli. Dangeli, who was seventy-seven years of age, was found lying on some straw in a barn. He was in the last stages of exhaustion, and was starving. “My papers are correct,” Dangeli told the farmer. “You will find that I am wearing three suits of clothes. In each of the suitsare pockets in which you will find altogether 86,400 in notes and shares. For fifty years I have worked in France as a shepherd, and I saved almost every penny of my earnings for my sister. I walked frond France to Lucerne so that she will benefit by every farthing of my savings." The money was found, on Dangeli, and given to his sister. She believed him to have died long ago.

Any OIL to Order.

She had been married a week, but she wasn’t going to show it She had spent half the morning scrubbing the newness off her shopping bag and the other half in practicing a supercilious droop of the eyelids before her mirror. And she was quite sure of herself as she sailed Into the local department store. - * . “Yeis, madam’’’asked the floorwalker in a voice of milk and honey, “and what can I show you?” \ “I want—something In oil,” she de*, manded, “suitable for my dining room.” "Quite so, madam; quite so,” said the floorwalker, gazing meditatively at her wedding ring. "Would you prefer salad oil, oilcloth, oil paintings, or sardines?” —Rehobeth Sunday Herald.

Hog That Climbed a Ladder.

When" Charles Prausa of Kadlee, Wla, beard a racket in his apple orchard during the night he started out with his gun to investigate, says the Milwaukee Sentinel He saw something pulling apples from a tree and supposed It was a/person. He demanded a surrender, but no answer came. Then he threatened to shoot In due time he pulled the trigger and upon closer investigation discovered that he had shot one of his own hogs. The hog had climbed up on a stepladder and was helping himself to the apples.

Paper and Ink for Our Money.

' —r - - •ywwdMm* The materials that go to make up our paper money are gathered together from all parts of the world. Part of the paper fiber Is linen rag from the Orient. The silk comes from -China or Italy. The blue ink Is made from German or Canadian cobalt. The black ink is made from Niagara falls acetylene gas smoke, and most of the green ink is green color mixed in white sine sulphite made in Germany. The red color in the seal is obtained from a pigment Imported from Central America. —Scientific American. <

One for Each Face.

A western politician had quite a reputation in, his Own town for successful duplicity. It was generally believed that his idea .of party principles was to work and vote with the winning side. He once entered the store of a druggist who happened, at the time, to bo opposed to him politically. “I want a Jar of face cream,” be said. "Be sanitary, Tom," replied the druggist- "Get two Jara”-From Success Magazine. > 1 J 1 .... ’