Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1913 — Page 2

REWARD OF THE FAITHFUL.

■nt Bt|*filinM mercnani rrinci w*» Exceedingly Thoughtful. The Merchant Prince had sent tot the Faithful Clerk, who confronted Us master tremblingly. "JeakfcuT said the Frinoe, -you have hem in my mu ploy tor twenty-five years." "Tee, Mr." faltered the Faithful Tweatydtvo years today, is it ■strv "Tea. air. Thank yen, sir. for re membering it.” “Tut! Tut! You hare been aa honor Is the house’* "Thank you again, sir.” “Too have proved yourself worthy of my confidence." $ “Oh, air!" / "Yon have grown grey la my service.” “Jenkins, as a slight token of my recognition of this fact 1 have a present for yon. Pray accept this bottle o< hair dye!" _V. '.. ■

THE IDEA!

Mobs —What did Nightingale do with that new piece he wrote? s s Jinbs —Sold it for a song.

The Meek Man Retorts.

"Fountain pens," snapped the nagglng wife, "remind me of some husbands." "What Is the resemblance?” rendered the meek, little man. „ "Fxpenslre, can’t be depended upon, went work, and half the time they are broke." "Hint’s pretty rough, Maria, but yea couldn't compare a fountain pen with some women." "I guess not." "Mo; a fountain pen will dry up, and some wives won't" And then he made for the suburban troDey and made a bee line for town.

The Retort Courteous.

• ▲ merry party being gathered in a city Hat made such a racket that the occupant of a neighboring apartment sent his servant down with a polite message asking if it would be possible for the party to make lesß noise, since, as the servant announced, "Mr. Smith says that he cannot read." "1 am very sorry for Mr. Smith," replied the host. "Please present my compliments to your master, say that I am sorry he cannot read, and tell Mm I could when I was four years aid!" •" ' ■ '

Miss Jackson’s Curiosity.

Mr. Snowball Jackson (at the telephone) : “Am dat you, Miss Lilywhite?”. “Ah reckon it am?” “Could yo* love me?” “Ah reckon Ah could?” * “Do yo’ love me?” “Ah, reckon Ah do.” “Could yo’ marry me?” >. “Ah reckon Ah could?” v s ' “Will yo’ marry me?” “Ah reckon Ah will. But say! What nigger am dls here talkin’ anyhow?”

The Human Test.

Lady in touring car beckons to pedestrian. "Will you kindly do me a email flavor, sir?” “Certain, madam." "Then please stand out In the middle of the highway and let me see how quickly I can stop my car without hfffing you. I’m afraid this brake la out of order.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Loved His Pa Best

A devoted mother was hearing her four-year-old son in hie evening prayer when he suddenly stopped in the middle of it and said: “I don’t want to go to heaven." “Why not?” said Die mother. “Why I would rather ge with father.”

A Professional.

A widower who waa married recently tor toe third time and whose bride had been married once before herself, wrote across the bottom of ths wedding invitation*: “Be sure and earn*; this is no amateur per

An Invitation.

Haaur Host—Tm going up In aa air Ship tomorsow. Vtetman—'Wall, drop in ms us if you*ie passing our way. ,

No Stumbling-Block.

Hs Bakes w* bsoome engaged I meat taX yo* that I had a relative right I’vefgot about twenty that ought to be.

Plain Speaking.

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A Suggestion.

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Spend July 4th IN RENSSELAER. BIGGEST EVENT OF YEAR. The Committee haß raised a large sum for the entertainment of viiitoro, and everyone is sure of having a glorious time. Not a Dull Moment! Something doing all the time! Everybody welcome I Come, Help Make the Eagle Scream. 18 BIG FREE STREET ATTRACTIONS IS 1 mk 'mk I I wifi I IBirffK W/fhf\ r ■ jfi^HRvJLTV^T? ■RKi4i..J I mm. ' Jamflgm gJBB| Its'*. ■ —~——— —' ‘ W'ffl"” l THE JAPANESE TEAM, O’KURA, in their juggling and swinging wire act. i Xi t LA BELLE CLARKE and her Dancing Horse, Duke, Doves and Jumping Dog. CAMORONI—PuIIing against two teams of horses. He allows you to bend a 4-foot, %-inch iron rod by striking it across his forearm, and slides by his teeth. r ________________________ ■r wKm K * -m ■•-«j-"i, ■ ,•••;■ B i ■ Mm ,:■ Jhi •■• m •M w? JH li k l m m Hfi V9JBHP* jr y*^ jv [*mm jjm {I M : ‘ : '- V - ■=■' ——— % -rJI THE TYRO.NS, in their comedy casting act—William Tell Shooting act and comedy jpljaff® track number. Grand Display Fire Works Races, Band Concert. One Continuous Round of pleasure, starting at early morn and lasting till late at night. SMALL BILLS FOR COMPLETE PROGRAM.

FOR SALE AND EXCHANGE. 8-room house, Hammond, Ind.; 11-room house, Montpelier, Ind.; 5room house, Elwood, Ind.; 160 acres, Polk county, Ark.; 160 acres, Saskatchewan, Canada,; 110 acre§, Washington county, Ind.; 225 acres, Washington county, Ind. Will trade either or all tor land or erty here 60 acres, imp. stone road ..SB6 64 aerfes, imp., school, R.P.D 46 90 acres, imp., black land 46 97 acres, imp., good soil 66 160 acres, imp., all cultivated....s6 240 acres, imp, well 10cated.......60 160 acres, imp, nice home 110 390 acres, Imp., stock farm .....46 180 acres, imp, a bargain 66 320 a, no buildings, prairie land.4o 80 a, pasture land, cheap at ....36 560 a, improved, choice land ....60 We have many other pieces of land for sale and exchange and can sell on very easy terms. Also a large list of city property G. F. MEYERS. When it comes to making love, a girl can always listen so much faster than a man can talk. No matter how ornery her hijsband is, a wife is always glad that the other woman didn’t land him. A Classified Adv. gill find it

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IS LEPROSY CONTAGIOUS?

Specialists .Still Doubtful Whether One Person Can Give It to Another. There is possibly no disease- the presence of which inspires greater tear in the public mind than doe* leprosy. This Is perhaps in a mea» lire due to the loathesomeness of the disease In its later stages, but it Is is most cases simply fear of a name. ' The disease or diseases spoken ok as leprosy in the Bible are popularly supposed to be as the leprosy of to-day, add the evident feu the leper inspired is the people o| old is held to justify the dread with which he is still regarded. The BlblV cal descriptions do not, however, fit modern leprosy, so that whether ths fear of the “leper” of olden times was or was not justified It should not be allowed to color the view with which the leper of to-day is regarded. Leprosy is indeed an infectious die esse, ,that is to say, it is due to ths presence,hi the tissues of a bacillus, after ths Norwegian ; . physician who discovered it; hut whether it is contagious under the ordinary conditions of modern life in temperate climates, at least, is held by specialists in diseases of the skin to be very doubtful. Of the few lepers known to the physicians in all the larger cities some are cared for in hospitals, others liveat home and visit the clinics or the doctor’s office from time to time; yet an instance in which another person has acquired the disease from any of these lepers is unknown.* There are many diseases more to be dreaded than leprosy because more rapidly fatal, more painful or more contagious; yet none of them except perhaps smallpox is more feared. Th* illogical terror of leprosy may be the cause of great cruelty to those afflicted. There are thousands of peo pie who show culpable indifference to the enforcement of the laws against spitting in publlo places, although they know full well that the suocess of the crusade against? tuberculosis hinges largely upon care In this regard. Yet these same persons would fly In horror from any place that bad harbored a leper.

Arbitrated.

Conversation among travellers is frequently absurdly trivial. After several days together, as on shipyard, every one is idle, and talks about the most unimportant matters with the deepest interest. R. H. Milligan, In a book entitled “The Jungle Folk of Africa,” recounts with what complacency the conclusion was reached that the thirteen colonies should never have rebelled, and that the blame was all on the side of England. One man, moreover, disclosed the fact that he always wore safety-pins Instead of garters, and descanted upon his preference with such enthusiasm that he made at least one convert . One night we put in practice the at arbitration, of which we were all adherents. An argument had. arisen among us as to which was the more simple of the two currency systems, dollars and cents, or pounds, shillings |md pence. At last, the captain arriving, we decided to refer the (natter to him, and to surrender our Judgment to his arbitration. The captain, an Englishman of the very stolid sort, after a period of reflection, replied very slowly, and with all the gravity of a Judge: “Pounds, shillings and pence Is the simpler system; far, don’t you know that when you are told the price of a thing In dollars and cents you always have to convert It into pounds, shillings and pence.” There was a little objection to this theory, but in general it was perfectly satisfactory so long as the voyage lasted.

Coal Dust Explosions.

As a precaution against coal dust explosions Prof. William Galloway said that if the coal duet In a roadway in a mine were regularly strewn With a sufficient amount of salts' containing large quantities of water of crystallisation, or with much larger proportions of the dust of eiay, elate, limestone, ohalk or other substances, it would be rendered quite as Innocuous as if It were damped with water.

Latin-American Excesses.

No modern tropical people perhaps, accept the Chilians, are outright drunkards. Sillies often talk of ths temperance of Mediterranean peoples. As s matter of fact, many men In Latin America die in middle life from heart and clroulatlon diseases—of a type rarely seen hero—from excessive and continuous consumption of eoCs* sad cigarettes.

Wagner's Bickering.

■van th* amaslßg and non-aueh genius of Wagner was given to the gentle art of bickering to beat the hand. Bpencer, Darwin, Helmhola and Nlstseh* had all sorts of theories and notions about music, bat notions only, lor they never saw music as w# do la Qotbam Ge* whisl They only heard to

Wilhelm M.’s Checkerboard.

Th* German Emperor owns to* most valuable draughtboard In sxlstaao*. The light sad dark squares are gib** of silver and gold, and Iks draughts are also mad* of silver sad gold, each having a diamond or. ruky to too centra.

The Greatest Baseness.

Ho Is great who confers the most benefits. Hs is baa* —and that is th* sa* bass thing la to* universe—to receive' favors and render non*—-

The Serpent's inducement. ~ Perhaps the serpent told Eve that Sl~'-- w are *nod for the rQmDlexlon.

HARMOUNT'S Big Uncle Toni's Cabin Co. Under a Big Tent Monday Evening, June 30 Free Band Concert In Evening on Main Street Seats for 3,000 People. Pack Siberian Blood Hounds. Band and Orchestra. Company of 30 People. Ail Special Scenery. You have seen the rest Now see the best. Prices 15 and 25 cents i/^Mr r Jragab* \TWHa an m|] - f-t .»• jg, C. < j •> ■ v OME in any day and celebrate with us. If you want a fine blue serge suit, or a soft gray worsted, or any of the new colorings and patterns in tweeds or cheviots, they’re all here for you. Hart Schaffner & Marx get a smart style and snap into their models that gives thewearerdistinction. Sack suits iq many styles; Norfolk such as you want. Prices low for such qualities, sls $lB, S2O, $25. The G. E. Murray Co. This Store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes. Drain Tile! Write us for delivereds prices on Best Clay Drain Tile. SUMNIITViLLE DRAIN TILE CO., 4 Summitvilie, Ind.