Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1912 — Page 3

CURRENT VERSE

My Proud Pa. K s’pose the biff head beadin' over my crib Is my pa. 1 s’pose that wiseacre whose talk la so glib Is my pa. I’ve not been here long now—my days are but three, But there’s something that even a baby cam see. An’ the man who takes all the credit.for me Is my pa. I s’pose that the man with the hat that won't fit Is my pa. I s'pose that that fellow who think he's "It" Is my pa. He’s a lltle guy, too, but as proud as can be, » At\ T that wonderful lady an’ I both agree That the one who takes all the credit for me Is my pa. I s’pose that the man with that facestretching grin Is my pa. I s'pose that that short chap, so terribly thin. Is my pa. My ma Is that wonderful lady In white, Her voice is as sweet as an angel at night. Now rm next to that proud little geezer, an right, He’s my pa. . —Detroit Free Press.

Mesa Land.

I know a place, a boundless place, Where sheep are grazing on each hill. Where man ne’er reckons time nor space But of the landscape drinks his fill, And looks, and gazes yet again Where distant mesas swim In gold, And ne’er a sunset on the plain But brings its surge of awe untold. For who can gaze upon this land. This western land we hold so dear, And feel no throb' of pain? Whose hand Shall fail to brush away a tear? Whose being no response shall yield Unto vast glories—mark them well— When o'er a battlemented field, The westering sun has cast Its spell? in silence were the mesas wrought, And In the silences they dwell; So sound of man-made mart Is caught To break the magic -of the spell; The very bell upon the sheep Sounds faintly In the shepherd’s ears; Here, in the land where mesas sleep, And stored the dim past’s silent years. —Denver Republican.

A House of Worship.

Calmly It stands, this sanctuary old. Crowned with Its spirits, uplifted toward the skies; The portal opened wide ’neath cross of gold, Welcoming all to that which in it lies; And In the cloistered depths, the fragrant air Is glorified with wondrous rays of light That cast their benediction everywhere, From stained glass windows, radiantly bright. Here may the weary pilgrim pause a while, ' Unburdening the sorrows from his breast; And following a length of quiet aisle, Find near the altar balm of peace and rest.

Song.

When love has been a SowerOoe smelled of and laid by, Or set In a glass Where he useth to pass Till It should fade and die; Then one with time forgets it, 1 And another flower contents. Or if he brief regrets It T Is that it pleased his sense. When love has been a throbbing Ot one’s own Inmost heart, The light of his eyes. The breath of his sighs, His BOtil’s bliss and its smart; Then love by life Is measured, Since love and life are one, Together they are treasured, Together they are done.

Looking Ahead.

It’s a world of promise restful That the orators reveal As each one brings forth a chestful Of choice patriotic zeal. We will quite forget the present. Any scenes that now dismay Will be sociable and pleasant, 1 So they say. Some day. We won't have any bosses And we won’t have any loot, There' won’t be any losses To the financiers astute By the lambkins plump and frisky Who In Wall street love to play. Life will cease to be so risky, So they Bay, Some day. —Washington Star.

The Teachers.

Never a» sweet flower idly grows. Or scatters on the wind: (Jut of the ashes .of the rose Springs dreams that warm the mind. Never a cloud floats lightly by. Nor withers like a scroll, But flings a vision from the sky That Ungers In the pouL Never a linnet or a lark Breaks Sabbath with a song, But sends the ear at dawn or dark Some hymn with message strong. Never an Idle thing at all In heaven or the clod; For every beauty, great or small, Preaches the word of God. ►Edward Wilbur Mason in Ave Maris.

The “Filler."

I am not exactly thrilling, I am no poetic treat. All my duty I’m fulfilling If I make this page complete. ’Mongat the masterpiece* never Shall I be assigned a place. I’m no earthly use whatever— S*ve to HU this vacant space. YSt. O Reader, do not scold me, Though I merit little praise; For my author, when he'd sold me. Ate his first square meal In days.

A Book.

He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was dust. Hh danced along the dingy days; And this bequest of wings Was bat a book." What liberty A looecn’d spirit brings. j

-Mary Lord.

-Arlo Bates.

—Deems Taylor.

—Emily Dickinson.

GEORGIA PHILOSOPHY

Any tune Joy plays on his Addle will do to dance by. Life is a circus where front seats come mighty high. After you’ve danced it's no use to ■ay the music wasn’t worth the money. Poverty may be thankful for a crust, but it’s always looking for the meat under it. Life’s so fond of company it’s sometimes Bociable with Misery.—Atlanta Constitution.

WORTH REMEMBERING

Cultivate happiness as you would an art or science, for such it really is. The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time. Do we always use it rightly? Be useful where thou livest, that they both want and wish thy pleasing presence still. It’s no easy matter to overcome a habit of self-depreciation, but by daily striving It can be done. The stone which the builders refused is become the headstone of the corner. How many times do these words come true in everyday life? Go ahead and change whatever displeases you in your life, and by God’s help you will succeed.

MoCLURYGRAMS

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty. Nobody’s going to keep you from making an ass of yourself, if you persist. Likewise, nobody’s going to keep you from making a success of yourself, If you persist. Size yourself up. ’ l Total your mistakes on the debit side. Your accomplishments on the credit side. If the debits exced or equal the credit, you are still an ass. It is up to you to make less mistakes. —McClury*s Magazine.

TIMELY TOPICS

There is a fault that is always attributed to women—that of never being on time. No woman can afford to be a moment late if she expects to be called businesslike. Tending to the little time appointments is the training that enables you to keep the big ones. Business today will not wait for anybody. It is always progressing—always a few steps ahead. You might be extraordinarily brilliant and capable of putting a deal through that requires brain and tact and personal charm and knowledge, and all the other traits that go to make a successful worker, but if you lack one thing—the ability to be on time, you might as well be without these qualities.

THE MAN BEHIND THE BUND

Uneasy lies the head that wears a straw hat. Had clocks on their stoekings for years. Some of them are alarm clocks. Going to ba embarraslng on Chicago girls. Nothing short of town clocks will do In their case. —c. Watches on slippers is the latest feminjne fad. Good idea. Got a stiff neck picking the time off church steeples. Chief Bull Moose's first roar was twenty-three thousand words. Safq bet he’ll carry the dictionary by a tremendous majority. Estimated police of New York collect 33,000,000 a year in graft. Cost of police protection is keeping pace with the increase in other necessities. Be interesting to watch the effect on the masculine shape. Stooped Bhoulders will supplant the upholstered kind. Tailors will have to cut coats with a circular saw.

WHY SHE LOST HER FRIENDS

She was not loyal to them. She measured them by their ability to advance her. She was always saying mean things about them in their absence. She did not' know the value of thoughtfulness in little things. • She was cold and reserved in her manner —cranky, gloomy, pessimisticShe never thought it worth while to ppend time in keeping up her friendr ~

CNINA'S WALL AN OBJECT LESSON

THE great wall of China never fails to impress the traveler, no matter how many times he has seen it. At Munkow pass, where-the magnificent scenery gives it an appropriate setting, it is particularly impressive. It is not so much its height, nor solidity, nor even its seeming endlessness that causes the observer to marvel. It Is rather the bold, theatrical way In which the whole panorama of the wall has been staged. The dauntless builders, who erected it over 2,000 years ago, seem to have selected the highest mountain ranges and the most precipitous peaks for the foundations of their wonderful wall. They probably took delight in placing the wall where it would make the best showing —on the topmost ridges and overlooking the highest precipices, writes Luther Anderson in the Chicago News. As the eye follows the wall over the mountains to where it loses itself in the hazy horizon one cannot help thinking of the tremendous length of the wall. From ltß western end in the sanfiswept desert of inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liantung, where it comes jlowii to the sea, is a distance of over 1,500 miles. And yet this distance does not represent the entire length of the wall. It has many branches and is in many places doubled and even trebled. At Koupeikou there is a perfect network of walls stretching off in every direction as far as the eye can see. At Nankou the same prodigality of walls shows that the ancient Chinese felt that one wall was not a sufficient protection against the wild hordes of Tartary. In Days of Old. One cannot look upon the great wall without picturing in one’s mind the days of old, when these ramparts were thronged with soldiers, who guarded the frontiers of the empire against the warlike tribes of the north. The roadway on the top of the wall served as a military highway for the various contingents garrisoned in the fortresses, which stud the wall at Inters vals of from 200 to 600 yards. Where the wall climbs the steep slopes of the mountains this roadway is provided with long flights of stain. The bricks of these stairs are well worn, showing that thousands of soldlen must have passed to and fro from one fortress to another. One can picture the reinforcements rushing along the wall and climbing the lofty stairs and hastening to assist their comrades, hard pressed by some hostile army. One can see the fires lighting up the signal towers built far to the south of the wall. One can almost hear the shouts of defiance from the defenden answering the taunts of the besiegers. Those ancient soldiers of China did their work well. For over 1,000 years they held the wall against the Tartar hordes! When the Mongols finally did break through the barrier in the thirteenth century they were able to do sc only because an effete dynasty neglected to send proper reinforcements to the defense of the wall. The great wall Is remarkably well preserved. Though Weatherbeaten by the storms, the frosts and the suns of two milenniums. It shows signs of decay only in a few places. The great body of It is Intact and in as good a condition as when It was built. The ages have hardened the mortar and bound the brick work together so that the wall is probably stronger today than it has ever been before. It seems to be as eternal as the mountains upon which It rests. As a bulwark of defense the wall has long since become obsolete, but its usefulness is by no means at an end. It has become a monument to toll, perseverance, will power and 40 Imagination. It serves to Inspire all who see it with a new faith in human effort. At ten o’clock we passed the last of the great ramparts and were "outside the barrier,” to quote a Chinese phrase. The region to the north of the wall has always been regarded by t&e Chinese as a wild and lawless oountry. Banishment beyond the great wall has always been considered a severe punishment The Chinese living there have always had the feeling that they wore outside of their own country and almost at the edge of the world. ~7; At noon of July 12 we stopped at an inn in a little hamlet called Pangshlhying. where we rested and had tiffin. The proprietof of the Inn evidently had a mind to the moral Improvement of his guests, for he had ornamented tbs walls of tbs guests’ rooms with

numerous mottoes such as “Seek righteousness as your profit and riches will never be lacking,” “Amiability attracts riches a thousandfold; with justice you will enter into a wide region of wealth," "In your casual conversation do not speak of people's failings.” Music Attracts Children. That evening we stayed at a caravansary in a little mountain village. Here we astonished the natives, and especially the little boys, by playing a mouth organ. The strains of “Poor Nelly Gray” and “Hot Time in the Old Town” soon drew a small crowd of half naked urchins, who surveyed us with wondering eyes. Having gotten together our little audience, we proceeded to question them as to what they had had to eat during the day, how old they were and whether they went to school or not. They had all eaten millet porridge, melons and various kinds of vegetables. Meat was evidently a luxury and eaten only once in a great while. They all said they had gone to school, upon which Mr. Peck examined them like a schoolmaster and made them repeat the san zu ching or trtmetric&l classic, which is the first book studied by Chinese children. Of twelve boys between the ages of flvs and twelve only one was unable to repeat the san zu ching, and he was a deaf mute. We were astonished to find that so many of these children of the mountains had been to school. A similar examination in a mountain district in America would not have given better results. These mountaineers were so poor that their children had to run naked in the summer, but they were, nevertheless, able to send them to school. When the examination was over we awarded the boys a few pennies each and urged them to continue to go to school. Before nightfall the report had spread throughout the whole town that some foreigners had come who made wonderful inusic and who were so learned that they could conduct examinations in Chinese. Many people came to us asking for foreign medicine. Mothers brought little sick babies and crippled children to us asking us to cure them. They seemed'to have the idea that all foreigners were skilled in the art of healing. When we told them that we could not cure their diseases they did not believe us. It was only when we told them that we had not brought any medicines that they went away. It made us sad to think of all the misery that must be endured unalleviated In China. It brought hpme to us the fact that literature alone cannot make a people enlightened and that without science they must endure all the Inconvenience and misery of barbarism. One sees many strange things in China. At Wangchaiying, where we stopped for the night on the 13th, 1 saw a piece of brick tied to a donkey's tall to .keep it from braying. The muleteer told me that it was a physical Impossibility for a donkey to bray with a weight tied to Its tall. I lay awake a long time that night waiting for the donkey to bray, but the brickbat seemed to do the work. The donkey never brayed once. The next day was the sixth out from Peking. We traveled through many beautiful mountain passes and were constantly climbing over rocky ridges or descending into narrow valleys. At several places we saw Chinese placer miners washing the sands of the mountain streams for gold. They were using a wooden cradle very much like that used by the gold seekers of our western states. At Launpinghsien, where we stopped for tiffin, we saw a large monument erected by imperial order to the memory of a French Catholic missionary who had been killed by the boxers In 1900. About four In the afternoon we came to Kuanjen pass, which is cut in the solid rock, and overlooks Jell 01. We stopped there for s while to enjoy the beautiful panorama which lay stretched before us. In the valley, only s few miles sway lay the city of Jehol, and beyond it the palaces of the Manchu emperors. After a short rest we pressed on and entered the city. We found a large Inn called Poo Tuan Tien, where we found comfortable quarters.

Evening Up.

Mistress—What would yon give, Annette, to look as nice as 1 do? Maid —As much as you would, ma’am, to be as young as I am.—VUegmfo Biaetter.

Gathered Smiles

VOUCHED FOR BY A FAN. mm ___ *(— "Ladles and gentlemen,” bawled the empire, “the batt’ries today are —” “Fresh roasted peanuts! Only five s bag!" “Grape juice! Right off the ice! Only a nickel!” “Ice cream cones! Who wants the next one?" “Remember, they’re only five a bag!” “Score card, sir? Gotta have a score card or ye won’t know who’s playln!” "Right off the ice! An* only a nickel!” . "Cushions, gentleman? Five cents!” “Only a nickel ,a bag, remember! Who wants the next one?” “Strike two!” vociferated the umpire.

From Green to Green.

Redd —It’s a funny thing about wood. Greene —What’s so funny? “Why, when it Is green they put It through a long process to overcome the greenness.’ "Certainly.” “And then they sometimes go and paint it green again.”

TOO LATE.

Henderson —I understood you were pretty well off before you were married. Henpeck (sadly)—l was, but I didn’t know It

Budding Genius.

“Henry, the baby shouldn’t havp been given that hard rubber ball. He has just thrown It at his sister and made her cry'” “I saw it happen. Wonderful, wasn’t It?” “What was wonderful?” . “Why, the little cub threw it with a curve.”

Justified.

“Look here, Snip,” said Slowpay Indignantly to his tailor, “you haven’t put any pockets In these trousers.” “No, Mr. Slowpay,” said the tailor, with a sigh; “I judged from your account here that you never had anything to put In them.”—Harper's Weekly.

Making His Fortune.

Parvenue —TO buy these three pictures for $5 each. Artist—But It’s so little. Parvenue —I'll hang them in my drawing room, tell everybody I paid 3200 each for them and your fortune Is made. —Lustige Blaetter.

A Change Needed.

Physician—What is your profession, sir? . Patient (pompously)—l’m a gentleman, sir. Physician—Then you'll have to try something elsfe; it doesn’t agree with you.—Tit-Bits.

Entertainment for All.

“Mr. Chuggins considers himself a public benefaction because he owns an automobile.” “He likes to take his friends riding.” ‘Tes. But he doesn't count them. What he figures an is the -crowd he always entertains when the motor stops and he gets out and tries to Bx It”

Privileged.

Mrs. Dashaway—Your husband complains that you never allow him to exercise his own judgment. Mrs. Henpeckie—Nonsense! I let him sew on his own buttons!

Without an Argument.

“Do you have any trouble getting your daughter to practice music?” “sot at all. I simply say that It Is time to wash the dishes, and she goes right to the piano.”

Quoth the Pessimist.

What ages of preaching, What oceans of ink. Are shed without teaching The people to think!

Reason Enough.

Joy Ride* (talking on the telephone)—ls there anything to prevent you from getting a car around here promptly? . Garage—Yes, sir—your last bill.— Satire.

Generous?

Bacon —How did that box of cigars I gave you effect you? Egbert—Made me generous. “How sol" "I gave all of them away hut the tr *t I smoked. 4 *

NOT NEGOTIABLE.

Cook —Do yon ever look back on tbs' days of your boyhood, the dear facesIn tiie home, the moon shining on the* river, the hills, the valleys, the— Hook (interrupting)—No; it doesn’t pay l Cook —Doesn’t pay what? Hook —Dividends.

On the Other Hand.

'lt seems so strange to ns, yon know,” the American traveler was saying, “when your people speak of the ’honorable umbrella,’ the 'honorable teacup,’ the ‘honorable scissors,’ and the like.” “Tes,” said his educated Japanese host, “to your unaccustomed ears it must sound so much more absurd than ‘happy accident,’ ‘grateful warmth,’ or ‘glad tidings.”’

Heartless.

“And now that you are through college, what are you going to do?*’ “I shall study medicine." “Rather crowded profession already. Isn’t itr “Can’t help that. I shall study medicine, and those who are already in the profession will have td take their chances, that’s all.” —London Opinion.

Helping Father.

“Yep,” said Farmer Corntoesel; "my boy Josh Is a great help to me since he got home from schooL" “Does he know much shoot farming?” “Not a thing.” “Then how does he help yon?” “Keeps the summer boarders Interested by explainin’ all about agriculture to 'em.”

DIFFERENT RATES.

“Prices vary.” “Well, I should say so; I was In n confectionery store just now where kisses 'were sold for 27 cents a pound, and I have paid s dollar for one at n church fair, and I have read of a fellow being fined 310 for taking one without asking.

That’s Different.

“Why, that boy of mine was one of the greatest, pitchers in his day yon ever saw,” said the farmer to the city visitor with the red tie. “What brush league did he belong to?” asked the city man. “League nothing ’’ replied the rural one. “Im talking abernt pitching hay!”

Culinary Status.

“After another season.” said Farmer Corntossel, ‘1 guess well have a chef." “What’s a chef?” asked his wife. “A chef is a man with a big enough vocabulary to give the soup a different name.”

A Favored Mortal.

“Phyllis is always in a good humor.” “Why shouldn’t she be always In a good humor? Her hair curls naturally and her complexion Is good.”

Two Sorts.

Some men believe in being gay And laughing at their can*, While others mope along their way Just enveytng millionaire*

Willing to Accommodate.

Mistress—l want you to understand. Anna, that I will not have that big policeman in my kitchen! Anna —All right, ma’am! I know a smaller one.—Judge.

Talented Man.

Junior Partner—l see you have engaged a new clerk. Is he n good salesman?. Senior Partner—Good salesman? I had to sand for the police to prevent him from talking me Into taking him Into the firm.