Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1912 — Page 2

The Daily Republican Kvory Day Except Sunday pHuyi i»nnii(iii< v/t P’Tie. n nil Jl~'TlffllUfH j' '.l^T HEALEY A. CLARK, Publishers. RENSSELAER. INDIANA.

The peace serum does not seem to hare taken in Europe. Nothing withstands the cold breese* like a young girl's white shoes. Unde Sam is short 3,000,000 girls. That number is needed to match the male population. p ..... -- Please note that the burglar whom somebody smashed In the face with a pie got away with it.' A woman gets a hat to fit her face. The fit that the man gets is proportional to the size of the bill. The latest thing in dances is the "horse trot" And probably the next thing to it is the nightmare. Some experts declare that the hobble skirt makes our women knockkneed. We are from Missouri. Poison ivy is full of lovely color In the autumn, but no one should carry It home because of Its loveliness. Los Angeles complains of a school book famine,'but the small boys of that dty are bearing up bravely. They are going to make dollar bills smaller. The grocery man attended to that little detail some time ago. A New York man had his name changed from Arestad to Nightingale. He certainly selected a bird of a name. If the plan to employ policewomen for Chicago is carried out we may expect the crooks to go to carrying mice.* The limit of criticism is reached when one woman says of another: "Why, she doesn’t even make her own bed." Mathematic* tell us the we have been celebrating are frauds But everybody over 30 knew that al/willy. - ■ . . . ■ * Parisian beauties are to be yellow of face instead of pink and white. One moment, please, while we change complexions. A contribution of two cents was received by the Washington conscience fun. Bet the fellow who sent It looks like It, too. A Colorado man had fifteen hives robbed of honey at one time. He must be cultivating the stingless variety of bee. —A Boston doctor says the women of that town are not knockkneed. And he talks like a man who knows whereof he speaks. Somebody is advertising an apparatus for cooking over a gas Jet, but he is no friend to the woman who has a ball bedroom to let There will always be a difference between unlaundered money and tainted money, with plenty of people ready to grab either. A French, expert says that the family is doomed within a half-century through the automobile. Wonder what death rate he figures. The largest stone statue In the world is in Japan. It Is forty-four feet high, accounts for the fact that it is still there. A California Judge refused alimony to a woman who refuses to cook for her spouse. If she’s still cooking for him, what need of alimony? A Chicago bride ran away because her husband would not buy her a new feather for her hat. Trifles fore now overturned empires. The woman conductor on Philadelphia’s street cars Is called a cashier by courtesy. This is, however, no #i«m on conductors in general. A German specialist claims that telephones make the modern man crazy. Until he spoke, It was generally believed the operators were responsible. A New York man was fined for swearing when tickled by a young woman’s hat feathers. Wrong word. He evidently wasn’t tickled. The Fldo muff is the latest armful affected by feminine caprice. Deceased pets do not, however, enter into the composition of this elegant trifle. As a suggestion to a means of preventing so many drownings in the United States navy, it might be a good Idea to teach the sailors how to Awlm. The who married a girl under school age and Is now obliged under a fins to see that his wife goes to school regularly, is somewhat wiser since the fine was Imposed, and perhaps he is obliged to get his own meals. Milk makes as admirable hair tonic, according to the same- prims donna who lately discovered the $15,000 lump of ambergris. Thus is it proved that grand opera is a terrible strain on the Inrsntive powers of the press agent.

COLD CAUSES DELAYS

RAILROAD MEN HAVE TROUBLE DURING THE WINTER. Trains Have Been Known Actually to Freeze to the Track—Hot Boxes Also Common During the Extremely Severe Weather. Perhaps you never heard of a passenger train freezing to the track

But the principal delay comes from human causes rather than mechanical. “It 1b the labor that Is slow,” said a prominent Chicago railroad official, "and I do not believe the public Is generally aware of what the operating department of a railway has to 'Contend with during extreme cold whether. “Sbmetimes It Is Impossible to move a train from the yards to the depot until after Its leaving time. In winter the men, are slow to leave their quarters. They are bundled up with heavy clothing, rubber boots, and gloves. They require more time to get about. At all division points the men must first remove the Ice from the couplings and safety appliances, then Inspect and test them to see that everything is in working order. cold weather it is necessary to generate 130 pounds of steam forms icy coatings, and a warm. This extra steam impairs the capacity o{ the locomotive. Escaping steams forms icy coatings , and a train scheduled to leave Union depot at 10:15 one cold night was actually frozen to the track by reason of these drippings from steam pipes. When the engineer found that he had not power enough in the engine to move the train it was necessary to get a force of njen to remove the ice before the train could get a start. This operation caused a delay of five hours. “There is a popular Impression that hot boxes are more of the summer complaint than in winter. That is not the case. During extreme cold weather the grease and oils in the boxes about the journals stiffen and recede, and thus a journal Is doubly exposed to trouble during cold weather. As the result of such mishaps passengers are dften obliged to be transferred and the car set out. “The general tardiness of employes during extreme cold weather causes delays. Men do not show up for duty and word Is sent to the superintendent that they are sick. In this way the force is very greatly reduced. The railroad is therefore not only obliged to contend with the elements, but also with the lack of men to handle its equipment.”

Pipes and Switches Freeze.

When it Is necessary to uncouple the engine during very cold weather the pipes immediately begin to freeze. There is no way to prevent it until the engine is again attached and all the working pipes are again warmed up. Frogs are frozen solid and must he thawed out in order that switches and signals may be kept in smooth working order. It requires a thousand per cent more effort to get an engine to steam in winter than in summer. During cold weather there is always the risk of the air brakes sticking and refusing to release and thus the wheels become locked and more delay and inconvenience to the passengers follows. It Is impossible -to op erate a passenger equipment with a flat wheel and trains must be delayed and passengers moved to other cars. Sometimes it is not always possible to have these equipments at hand, and it Is necessary to bring a coach or sleeper from some other station. Much trouble is occasioned from water tanks freezing solid and the engine not being able to receive water. Track tanks must be kept free from Ice by means of hot water so that the engine may keep moving.

Kick Saves a Child’s Life.

Milo C. Dodge, fireman on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paufyrailroad, caved the life of Gerald Allard, the two-and-one-half-year-old son of L Allard, a South Dakota farmer, by crawling out on the engine pilot and kicking the child from the track as the train sped by. The little boy, who landed in a ditch by the track, suf- 1 sered minor injuries about the head and body. Engineer Ben A. Rose observed a tiny form playing on the track and strained at the brakes while the whistle shrieked alarm. The child was picking up pebbles, the train approached at 35 miles an hour. Seeing the train could not be stopped Dodge jumped out on the running-board and made his way to tie pilot. While the train was .going 15 miles an hour he' reached out with his foot and knocked the little boy from the track.

while standing in the station under the great depot dome. But that happened several times during cold weather. Trains have met with all manner of delays, ranging from a few hours c to a full day behind their schedule. The cause of these delays may be attributed to a variety of conditions brought on by the extreme cold.

CALLS PACKEY M’FARLAND RING WIZARD

Packy McFarland, Stock Yards Lightweight.

Packy McFarland of Chicago, known throughout the pugilistic world as the “stockyards champion,” because of his being the idol of that section of the western city, is rated by boxing experts as the “wizard of the ring,” says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. McFarland is a fistic marvel. Now at the age of 24 years, he is accumulating a fortune rapidly and has set his plans to make SIOO,OOO in the next year. This is to be done by a combination of his brains and hands. McFarland has gone about his ring contests the same as a contractor assumes a contract. If the task can be completed in three days the brainy contractor realizes that it is folly to waste six, and submit his machinery to unnecessary wear. It is the same with McFarland. If he sees that a bout can be ended In three rounds he rarely fights ten, but if in trying to end the bout quickly and decisively he feels he is endangering his tools, which are his hands, why, he simply wins by the scientific route. It is that element of uncertainty which has made McFarland the magnet to attract ring-goers. His science at times is bewildering and ardent followers of the game are ofttimes at a loss to follow his plan of attack and defense. McFarland has been boxing eight

SNODGRASS HOLDS HIS JOB

Will Not Be Fired for Muffing Fly In Recent World's Series —Error Excusable, Says McGraw. Persistent reports that the New York Giants would dispense with the services of Fred Snodgrass as a result of his costly error in the last world series game are set at rest in a statement given out by John J. McGraw, manager. He says: “I do not blame Fred Snodgrass In the least for his failure to catch that fly ball in the last game of the world series at Boston. Snodgrass is a valuable and conscientious player, and he will be a member of the Giants

Fred Snodgrass.

next season. His failure to make the catch is something that would happen but once in a thousand caseß, and I want to say that he is deserving of sympathy fdr this failure. It hurts him more keenly than it hurts anyone else. **la this connection I may say that

years, has fought more than 100 battles, ranging from one round to twen-ty-five, and in that time has never taken the count. He started his career by knocking his opponents out in short order, winning his first six contests in that decisive fashion, all being won Inside of six rouhds. He continued his knockout record in the second, third and fourth year of his ring pareer, winning 27 out of 37 conrests that decisive fashion. It then began to dawn on McFarland that a skilled mechanic would be at loss without his tools, and he realized that he must nurse his hands, not slug and try to knock a man’s head 1 off with each punch, but deliver his blows scientifically, block those of the slugger and avoid punishment. Like all men who have studied real boxing, he soon discovered that it was far more pleasant to give than receive. From that day McFarland has truly been the wizard of the ring. He is proud of his defense and only during the last, year, when a New York slugger reached him and blocked one of his eyes, McFarland was so ashamed of the discoloration that he passed up a SI,OOO six-round engagement. No man had ever blacked his eye before, and it is said he remained indoors, away from his friends, until the discoloration had disappeared.

I feel even worse for Mathewson than for Snodgrass, as Matty pitched three excellent games without winning any of them. There neve* 1 was and never will be another pitcher like Matty.”

NOTES of SPORTDOM

Chick Gandil, the Senators’ great first baseman, has had his tonsils removed. Germany Schaefer has recehed an offer of a job managing an athletic park at Detroit. Bob Harmon of St. Louis said the Pirate squad was the best in either league this season. Eastern writers seem to think Evers is anxious to get rid of Tinker. Johnny doesn’t talk that way. Joe Kelly of the Toronto International league team will take his team to Macon, Ga., to train next spring. When the football regulars are bumped hard the scrubs begin to move about as though they were being overlooked. 'i& 1 Topsy Hartsel’s admirers at Philadelphia gave him a dinner when he returned home after a successful season at Toledo. Joy riding and attacks on the wine crop are to be dismissed on the Athletics’ team next season. So says Connie Mack. • Jake Stahl, chaperon of the blushing world’s title holders, favors letting thp players In on the picture money of post season aeries. _ Several clubs in the Pacific Coast league are after Frank Chance. They Bhould be commended for'wanting toimprove themselves. Fans of New Orleans are going to have much boxing iij a short time. Another new club is to be started. It will he known as the New Royal Athletic club. Zbyszko, the Polish wrestler, is after Frank Gotch again. His manager, Jack Hermann, say the Salt Lake Amusement company is ready to post 15,000 for a bout between the two heavies.

PUNTER AID TO TEAM

Accurate Kicking 16 Important Under New Code. Field Not a Handicap and Criticism of Shortening of the Gridiron to One Hundred Yarde la Misplaced, Says Eckersall. Although changes in the football rules have met with almost universal approval, there is one alteration in the code which has come in for a lot of criticism. The shortening of the grid* iron from 110 to 100 yards has handicapped the punters, and this change is the one which the coaches do not like, writes Walter H. Eckersall In the Chicago Tribune. Opinion is that the punter does not have a chance to place his attempts as he did under the old code and that the alteration does away with one of the most important factors of the game. This may be true in a certain sense, but a reliable punter is just as essential to the success of a team as he was under the old code. It is admitted that more touchbacks result because of the shortening of the playing field, and the abolition of the onside kick, byt an intelligent kicker does not have to kick the ball in a manner which will result in touchbacks. In the gamesplayed this season the usual custom of the punter has been to get the ball away without regard as to where it is going. The punter kicks the ball high and as far as he can. He never thinks of kicking it away from the men in the backfield or placing it in such a manner that the catchers will fumble it. He also never thinks to boot it out of bounds forty or fifty yards down the field. If these facts are borne in mind and carried out there will be few reasons for criticising the rules committee for shortening the field. If a team is on an opponent’s forty yafd line it is a whole lot better to boot the ball out of bounds on the opposing eleven’s five or ten yard line than it is to drive it over the goal line. When a touchback results the offending team has the privilege of putting the ball in play by scrimmage on its twenty yard line or punting from the same mark. If the latter is adopted there is no chance to block the kick and the ball generally goes to the opposing team on the thirty or forty line yard. If the ball is kicked out of bounds on the defensive team’s five or ten line the opposing aggregation has a chance either to blpck the attempt or hurry the kicker in such a manner that he will not obtain the best results, from his punt. There are so many possibilities to the result of a punt that the coaches should not overlook the principle of teaching their kickers to either kick away from the men in the back field or boot the ball out of bounds. The kicking game is a mighty good one, and it has been responsible for many hard fought victories. A man may be able to boot the ball fifty or sixty yards, but the value of his attempt is lessened when the catchers run it back twenty or thirty yards. As the average punter boots the ball from distances ranging from eight to ten yards back of his scrimmage line, his efforts are of little value when he places the oval in a position where it can be caught and run back with ap* ifarent ease.

CAPTAIN SPALDING

One Player Who Is Always Bending His Best Efforts Towards Making Hla Team the Footbafl Champions.

Horses Appeal to Ireland.

The Irish derby of 1914 will be valued at fIO.OOO, the largest stake •ver completed for in Ireland

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Farms for Children.

Perhaps the smallest farms in the world, each four by eight feet, have been devised, by Mrs. Henry Parsons for the International Children’s School Farm league, and demonstrated in New York. Each child becomes owner of his diminitive farm, in which he works, grows and harvests seven different kinds of vegetables, and these are borne by him in triumph to his family. About each farm is an 18-inch path, which he keeps in order; under his instructor it becomes a tiny ob-. ject lesson in good roads.

Not Needed.

While a traveling man was waiting for an opportunity to show his samples to a merchant in a little backwoods town in Missouri, a customer came in and bought a couple of nightshirts. Afterwards a long, lank, lumberman, with his ti-ousers stuffed in his boots, said to the merchant: “What was them ’ere that feller bot?” "Night shirts. Can I sell you one or two?” “Naup, I reckon not,” said the Missourian, "I don’t set around much o* nights.”—Lippincott’s.

THE LUCKIEST MAN.

Eben —So Miss'Antique is going to get married at last Who Is the lucky; man? ' Flo—The clergyman. He’s going to get paid for It and assumes no re* eponsibllity.

SCOFFERS Often Make the Staunchest Converts.

The man who scoffs at an idea or doctrine which he does not fully understand has at least the courage to show where be standß. The gospel of Health has many converts who formerly laughed at the Idea that coffee and tea, for example, ever hurt anyone. Upon looking into the matter seriously, often at the suggestion of a friend, such persons have found that Postum and a friend’s advice have been their salvation. “My sister was employed in an eastern city where she had to do calculating,” writes an Okla. girl. "She suffered with headache until she was almost unfitted for duty. “Her landlady persuaded her to quit coffee and use Postum and in a few days she was entirely free from headache.” (Tea is just as injurious as coffee because it contains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee.) “She told her employer about it, and on trying it, he had the same experience. / "My father and I have both suffered much from nervous headache since I can remember, but we scoffed at the idea advanced byjny sister, that ooftee was the cause of our trouble. “However, we finally quit coffee and began using Postum. Father has had but one headache now in four years, due to a severe cold, and I have lost my headaches and sour stomach, which I am now convinced came from coffee. “A cup of good, hot Postum is satisfying to me when 1 do not care to eat a meal. Circumstances caused me to locate in a new country and 1 feared I would not be able to get my favorite drink, Postum, but I was relieved jto find that a full supply is kept here with a heavy demand for It.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to WellviHe," in pkgß. “There’s a reason.” Brer reed the there letter? A aew ««e appears free time to time. They ere ctulte. tree, a*d ten mi hmtu totmmet, Afv.