Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1912 — Page 2

The Daily Republican Kxwpt Son day HEALEY * CLARK, Publisher*. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. ■BHpW'iep',■ ••• -itf: V- ,; v-£'• - A calendar gives no trustworthy cine to weather. '4.. ■ j . ' .. f_.,\ Sr No sunstrokes have thus far been reported this spring. ; • ■ —-T 1 ■ Life Is getting to be Just one state convention after another. r Distinctly, the opening of the basem bsu season was not a frost. Now the umpire in his turn becomes the object of oratorical attack. Nobody will care how much the fly Is kicked around this summer. F You do not hear band musicians ' objecting Seriously to political campaigns. A largo spot has been discovered on the sun. Draw your own political 1 deductions. When an editor becomes gloomy he rises to predict the revival of the hoopskirt Our notion of an easy Job is to persuade a man to become a candidate for office. The Incubator erase is leading to numerous Area This will not, however, check the craze. New York, the worst crowded metropolis In the world, always has room for easy mark visitors The world certainly do move. It has been lo! these many years since • we read a folding bed Joke. Much more readily do some men pay out hard cash to a baseball Impresario than to a coal dealer. f, Now they are going to grow Turkish tobacco In California Why not as well as Havana or Connecticut? p A New York woman wants a divorce because her husband has another wife. Isn’t she the finicky thing! jfej A Cleveland lawmaker insists that male bathers on the beaches be forced to wear skirts. The shameless hussies! The report that The Harvester was sold for $50,000 is enough to make an automobile salesman green with envy. The Little theater in New York is said to be for Intelligent people. Now we know why it is called the Little theater. A license of $1 has been Imposed on cats in New Jersey, but a license on midnight concerts would be preferable. ■ ‘T— 1 People who Insist on building near the Ohio and Mississippi rivers should get on the safe side by building skyscrapers. That Missouri man who is hatching grasshoppers to feed his chickens should be careful that the supply does * not exceed tbe demand. - While those reformers are Investigating the baseball trust, we hope they will establish an age limit for peanuts. Just to prove that there is nothing

new under the sun a Harvard professor has discovered that women talk too much. A Harvard professor says Oklahoma Is five years ahead of any other state. It's a long way from Harvard to Oklahoma. too. A European Judge has declared that It is not lawful to cheat American tourists. Nor especially easy, we may add. Why does no one ever Intone a hymn to the vernal recrudescene of the chorus of the frogs? It is not so bad. “ Some alarmist now announces that sauerkraut 1% a dangerous explosive, but we’d rather risk it than boiled cabbage. A statistician tells us that only §P one song out of ninety-five becomes popular. Judging from the popular songs we have heard, the worst song | of the ninety-five is selected. A military authority tells us that / Washington could be captured easily by a foreign foe. He does not realize that myriads of office seekers would | arise to defend their chosen city. A woman In Philadelphia broke the record by obtaining a license to marry £, three minutes after her divorce had £ been granted. Compared to this. Philadelphia. Is even swifter than Reno. 11. Russia is said to be planning for the greatest navy of dreadnoughts In the world. And by the time it gets it built dreadnoughts will be all out of style. Navies are largely built to be thrown plg3 A Boston reformer says each bridegroom should have a certificate of financial competence to support a wife, and each bride a certificate of culinary competence to feed a husband. In the absence of these there should be no wedding ceremony.

DISPOSE OF OLD STOCK

RELATION OF SECOND-HAND DEALERB WITH RAILROADS. Good Demand for Used Equipment That Still Is of Service —Material Most Frequently Bhipped to Foreign Countries. Many of the railroad cars and engines when they become old are Bold

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some convenient place and then inviting the second-hand dealer to look it over. There are a number of these second-hand dealers in New York and Chicago who dispose of the old rolling stock to small roads and contractors all over the world* Some little road running through a secluded section of Asia or Africa needs an engine. The second-hand railroad man enters into negotiations with the result that an engine which once pulled a train in this country may still do the same service in some other land on a smaller scale. Mining companies also buy much of the surplus stock from the second hand men for carrying their output to one of the big railroads. One of the largest assortments of this kind of railroad stock ever put into the hands of the second-hand dealer at one time consisted of engines and cars used on the elevated roads in New York before they were electrified. Nine years have passed since the Interborough made the change. There were 340 engines to be got rid of and 134 cars. It wasn’t a very hard matter to dispose of the 340 engines. They were remarkably strong for their size, a special type made for the elevated roads, and proved to be very much In demand as second-hand material. These engines are found In all parts of the world today. There are some of them at present in India, Africa and South America, in mining districts and in many remote parts of the world. 0 It is not difficult to dispose of old rails. They are generally In demand for sidings and new lines In new countries and form a large part of the bußlpess of the second-hand, railroad equipment man. Taken altogether the business of disposing of railroad equipment furnishes quite an industry for the second-hand man.

SNATCHED BABY FROM DEATH

**. ~ _ One More Locomotive Fireman Who Proved Himself Equal to Emergency When Called Upon. Ed. Templeton, a fireman on the local train, with the assistance of Engineer L. M. Woodworth, made a sensational rescue of a little girl last evening, says a dispatch from Hepner, Ore. ' - ■■ .' Just after leaving lone the engineer saw far ahead in the middle of the track a baby complacently watching the approaching train, not realizing that its life was in danger. Woodworth applied the emergency brakes and shouted to Templeton. It was impossible, however, to bring the train to a stop before reaching the little girl. Templeton, seeing this, climbed out on the pilot, and just as the train swept up to the child he reached down and snatched her from death’s path to a place of safety on the pilot beside him. A few seconds later the engineer brought the train to a stop. The child’s name was not ascertained and its mother probably does not know how near to death it was.

Punctual Trains.

The West of France State railway has devised a method of bringing trains to their destination on time, which must surely appeal more to a Frenchman's sense of humor than to his convenience. Instead of accelerating the speed of trains which have been notoriously behind time, says the Scientific American, the officials of this road, who happen to be government officials, have adopted the naive plan of startings the trains as much earlier as the average time by which they have been late. The Standard of London, commenting on the matter, says: “Whereas hitherto the stipulated times of departures and arrivals were purely mythical, they will henceforth be statements of fact, unless, of course, it should again become necessary to apply brake power to the — time table.” ■

Largest Station in Germany.

The largest railroad station in Germany has just been completed at Leipzig at a coßt of $34,000,000. Heretofore the central station at Frankfort has held the record for size. The new building at Leipzig has been in oourse of construction for the lajot nine years. The immense cost does not so much represent an outlay for ornamentation and decoration as It does the enormous size of the structure, which has almost unlimited Bpace for the accommodation of freight and passenger traffic.

to second-hand dealers who fix them up and resell them to smaller companies in this or foreign countries. As a railroad company gets new equipment it generally discards some of the old material by storing it up in

NEW TYPE OF STATION AGENT

Big Eastern Railroad Una Is Trying Plan of According to Him Enlarged Powers. The St. Louis and San Francisco la working out an interesting plan for enlarging the authority and responsibility of its station agents. The plan is based on the idea that this class of employees can be trained to do more useful work for the railway, while at the same time improving their own condition and opportunities for advancement, by making them the representatives of the company in all matters regarding which they may show themselves capable of acting for 1L At most railway stations the agent is the only resident representative of the company, and for that reason he frequently becomes charged with responsibilities beyond his power to act. It is the belief of the management of the Frisco, says the Railway Age Gazette, that by making him In a larger sense a business man, with broad authority, In accordance with the practice of large business institutions in other lines, a good agent will be found capable of handling' many matters that now require the attention of a superior office or a special representative.

The first part of the plan was put into effect last year, after the Frisco adopted the plan of transferring to the operating department the function of making settlements of claims. On August 1 the agents at all stations were authorized to from station funds claims for visible loss and damage In the case of both carload and less than carload freight, with certain exceptions, and within the limit of SSO for any one claim. This feature of the plan is no longer an experiment, but has so demonstrated its practicability and advantages that It is now regarded as a permanent arrangement, and at a recent conference of the beads of departments it was decided to extend its scope.

GIVES MUCH SPACE IN CAR

Vehicle Especially .Designed for the Transportation of Autos and Theatrical Scenery. Two special car? for the transporter tlon of stage scenery and automobiles have been installed by the Illinois Traction System. The design of the

Car With Doors Closed.

cars is Interesting, particularly the roof ends. Swinging doors at one end make the entire width of the car in? terlor available for loading, and the Bloplng end of the roof is so arranged that it can be raised as shown in one of the illustrations, thus making the end opening, equal in height to the inside height of the car. With this arrangement there is no waste of space.

Open for Loading.

as anything within the height and width of the car may be loaded in it. The swinging doors at the other end of the car are but 29 inches wide. — Popular Mechanics.

Axioms of a Railroad President. = ~&y O. L. Dlckeaon. ’ The clock is the young man’s worst enemy. Friends are all right for thO young fellow who is just getting his start, but he must not lean on them too hard. Always look at the sunlight and forget the shadows. Memories of what might have been do very little .gOOd. . ■ Be more than worthy of the job you hold; you’ll then be worthy of the place higher np. Kissing Gallery for Btation. “Of the many innovations,'’ said W. Kittredge, chief engineer, in describing ths new Grand Central terminal at Yonkers, N. Y., “the ’kissing gallery* will be perhaps the most strik-V ing. “This is a balcony in the incoming station arranged for persons who come to meet relatives and friends. There will be room for two lines of greeters and a sufficient elevation to get a perfect view of the. door* through which travelers arrive.”

UNIQUE POSITION OF CLEVELAND PLAYER

Neal Ball stands in a rather peculiar position on the Cleveland club. No one reckons that he has a chance to become a.regular in the immediate future. The only thing that may bring that title to him is an injury to Nap Lajoie or a shift of Larry from second to first. But every one reckons Neal a regular member of the club just as they do Larry, Gregg and Olson. Neal isn’t fighting for a job. He is a star utility man. Before the gong sounds announcing the opening of the campaign he can rest assured that his name will remain on the roster, no matter who else departs. It is doubtful if there has ever been a parallel to his case fn the history of baseball. A utility role is a hazardous one at its best. Forced to rest upon the bench during the greater part of a season, then suddenly called upon to jump into a breach during the heat of a race, asked perhaps, to fill the shoes of a man who has been playing brilliantly, the

PIRATES’ HOODOO IS SOLVED

Pittsburg Team Find Long-Wanted First Baseman In “Dots” Miller—Has Hard Job Ahead. 7 The Pittsburg team of the National league claims to have found its long looked-for first baseman in* “Dots” Miller, the Kearney, N. J., boy, who has been shifted from second base to first. The Pirates have searched diligently for a first baseman ever since they traded Kitty Bransfleld' to the Phillies in the spring of 1905. In the last seven years the Smoky City aggregation has tried out first sackers by the wholesale, but never succeeded in landing a high class man. Among the men tried were Del Howard, Nealon, Flynn, Swacina, Gill, Abstein, Sharpe, Hunter, Keating and McKechnie, but none of them suited Fred Clarke or the Pittsburg fans. Last spring and through all of 1910 the Pittsburg scribes were singing

“Dots” Miller.

the praises of Fred Hunter, said to he by far the greatest first sacker that ever performed in the American association. Fred lasted half the season, when he was shunted to the side lines, and was leased before the season was over. ‘ Followei sos the Pirates now are

Neal Ball, Naps’ Great Utility Player.

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fans invariably demand that the utility player deliver the same high-class article as the man who preceded him. It’s an injustice to expect a man, virtually out of practice, to do so. The utility player who can do so is one of the rarest things in baseball. By the same token he is almost invaluable. That’s just what makes Neal Ball a great player for the Cleveland club. The folks around the circuit are still talking about his performance last year. There was not a better fielding second baseman in the league. A huge number of the critics and players believe that Neal was the greatest fielding second baseman of 1911. Neal is undoubtedly one of the most popular players with his teammates that the club has ever had. It is doubtful if anyone ever heard a Cleveland player criticise the “triple play hero.” He’s everyone’s friend. He’s a conscientious athlete. On the field he gives the club everything he possesses. Off the field be takes perfect care of himself.

asking themselves whether Miller also will prove to be a fizzle at first base. "Dots” has a hard job ahead of him, as there seems to be a hoodoo to the position on the Pittsburg, team, ft" 16 even intimated in Pittsburg that Hans Wagner would rather not tackle Tfie place, as he believeß he might succumb to the hoodoo and lose his batting eye oij his fielding ability.

NOTES of the DIAMOND

The St. Louis Browns send Pitcher Hawk back to Burlington. Birmingham has released Charles Bell, a recruit, to Chillicothe, O. The veteran Happy Jim Crandle will play the outfield with Oshkosh. Stahl, Davis, Callahan and Griffith, all in new berths, are making good with a rush. St Paul has sold its giant catcher, Hub Dawson, to the Beaumont club of the Texqs league. Joe Raidy, last season manager of the Zanesville team, h’as been given his unconditional release. Charles B. Smith will manage the New Castle team of the.Ohio-Pennsyl-vania league for Owner Leist. Veteran Jack Warner says Amos Rusie had more puzzling curves and better control than Rube Marquard. Manager Wallace of the Browns has' sent a recruit first baseman named Miller to Lowell, along with Wolfgang and Magee. "If you can show me a better outfield than Carey, Donlin and Wilson, ru buy,” says Fred Clarke, the Pirate’s manager. Clark Griffith has his eye on Tal Pendleton, the brilliant football player and speedy shortstop of the Princeton baseball team. “If St. Louis could buy Lajoie for SIO,OOO he would more than earn the purchase price back for them in ten days,” says Hughie Jennings. President Comiskey, of the White Sox, has promised his team a training trip to California in the spring of 1916, the year of the Panama exposition. Big Bill James, the Cleveland pitcher, has the biggest hand of any player in the major league- A baseball look like a pea In the giant’s hand.

BACKACHE NOT A DISEASE But a Symptom, a Danger Signal Which Every Woman Should Heed. Backache Is a symptom of organic weakness or derangement. If you have backache don't neglect it. To get permanent relief you must reach the root, of the trouble. Bead about Mrs. Woodall’s experience. ’zr Morton’s Gap, Kentucky.—“l suffered two years with female disorders, my H health was very bad and I had a continual backache which wad simply awful. I could not stand on my feet long enough to cook a meal’s victuals without my back nearly killing me, and I would have such dragging sensations I could hardly bear it. Had soreness in each side, could not stand tight clothing, and was Irregular. I was completely run down. On advice I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and am enjoying good health. It is now more than two years and I have not had an ache or pain since. Ido all niy own work,, washing and everything, and never have backache any more!. I think your medicine is grand and I praise it to all myjieighbors. If you think my testimony will help others you may publish it.”—Mrs. Ollib Woodall, Morton’s Gap, Kentucky. If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound will help you, write to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass., for advice. Tour letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman, and held in strict confidence.

Some people waste a lot of time trying to save it Dyspeptics, despair not! While there's Garfield Tea, there’s hope. Assuming That. Brown —What reason have you for hating Blank? Smith —Well, you see, he’s a relative of mine, and — Brown —Yes, yes, I know, but what other reason? —Harper’s Bazar. An Exception to the Rule. “Jinks is a man who has his hammer out on all occasions.” “I bet there is one occasion where he hasn’t.” “What’s that?” “When it’s time to put down the carpet" What Every Woman Knows.

A Cleveland school teacher writes that she asked her class what was the difference between the expression, “a while” and "a time.” Nobody seemed to have any ideas on the subject Finally the light of intelligence wa§ seen to shine in the eyes of one Tittle boy, and the preacher called upon him to save the intellectual honor of the class. -» “I know, teacher!” he cried eagerly. “When papa saya he’a going out for a while, mamma says she knows he’s going out for a time!” ' . Thai’s one way of looking at it— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Knew Something About It. The small boy of the household was not notably proficient In sacred lore, but when his sister asked him, “Where was Solomon’s temple?” he indignantly resented the supposed impeachment of his stock of information, and retorted: “Don’t you think I know anything?” She assured him that she did not doubt that he knew, but urged him to Btate for her benefit Though pot crediting her sincerity, he finally exclaimed, curtly: “On the side of bis head, of course, where other folk’s are! D’you s’pose I’m a fool?”

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