Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1913 — Page 3
GENEROUS AT SMALL COST
Philanthropist's Right to Hava "Mb Name on List of Those JWho Go About Doing Good. At a banquet at San Francisco recently William F. McCombs told of a conversation in a club in which sev- • oral philanthropic personages were mentioned and lauded to the skies. The Conversation had gone to some length, Mr. McCombs said, when a man who was sitting in a comer arose with a merry smile flitting over his features and broke into the gabfest "Your philanthropists are all right,” he remarked, “but I think it Is only just that my next-door neighbor should be included in the kindly disposed bunch.” ‘‘We are willing to add him to the list," responded one of the others, "but is he really so generously inclined?” “Well, I should say that he Is,” was the emphatic declaration of the first. "Dozens of trampß hammer at his back door and I have never known him to send one away emptyhanded.” “You don’t mean it?” returned the second a trifle incredulously. “That's right,” rejoined the ?flrst; “he always gives them a letter of introduction to me.”
LEWIS’ Single Binder give* the smoker. S rich, mellow tasting 5c Cigar. Adv. The man who is a failure at inventing excuses has no business to get married. ' The belles of the Pahoulns, a West African tribe, shave the head and then dye it yellow.
One Home.
Teacher —What little boy can tell me where the home of the swallow is? Small Boy—ls it the stummick? — Columbia Jes'ter.
Doctor's Dues.
“The world owes a great deal to medical science.” “And it will be the last debt paid,” declared the doctor somewhat bitterly.
Youthful Slayer.
A case of “precocious violence” Is reported from Newark, N. J., where a twenty-months-old infant, supposed to have been jealous of his baby sister, two days old,, struck the baby a blow with hjs fist and injured fyer fatally.
Not Going to Waste It.
Young Man (whispering to Jeweler) —That engagement ring I bought of you yesterday— Jeweler —What’s the matter with it? Didn’t it fit? Young Man (cautiously)—’Sh! It didn’t have a chance. Gimme studs for it.
Whom She Preferred.
A lady suspected her two sons of carrying on a mild flirtation with one of the servants, a bonny Scottish lassie. Ip order to arrive at the truth of the matter she pressed the bell, and when the girl it spoke to her. “Tell me, Jane,” she said quietly, “which of my two sons do you prefer —James or Albert,?” “Weel, ma’am,” replied the blushing Jane, "they are both nice, though I think of the two I prefer James; but for a real guid spree gie me the master.”—London Tit-Bits.
Recipe for Making Jokes.
There is nothing any easier than writing jokes. Simply Jot down your ideas for the jokes, say two or three hundred, on a slip of paper; then seat yourself before a typewriter. Feed blank paper into the typewriter and inject the ideas through your Anger tips into the keys. Continue to do this until all of the ideaß on the slip are exhausted, then gather up the jokes, which have piled themselves into a heap on the opposite side of the typewriter, Bend them to editors and receive your checks. A couple ofj hours a day spent in this manner should bring you in revenue enough to support a wife and nine children, run a six-cylinder touring car and buy bonbons for a soul-mate. Try it.
CUBS' FOOD
They Thrive pn Grape-Nuts. Healthy babies don't cry and the well-nourished baby that is fed on Grape-Nuts is never a crying baby. Many babies who cannot take, anyother food relish the perfect food, Grape-Nuts, and get well. “My baby was given up by three doctors who said that the condensed milk on which 1 had fed her had ruined the child’s stomach. One of the doctors told me that the only thing to do would be to try GrapeNuts. so 1 got some and prepared it as follows: 1 soaked 1% tablespoonfuls in one pint of cold water for half an hour, then I strained off the liquid and mixed 12 teaspoonfuls of this strained Grape-Nuts juice with six teaspoonfuls of rich milk, put in a pinch of salt and a little sugar, warmed it and gave It to baby every two hours. “In this simple, easy way I saved baby's life and have built her up tb a strong, healthy child, rosy hnd laughing. The food must certainly be perfect to have such a wonderful effect as thlß. I can truthfully say I think it is the best food in the world to raise delicate babies on and is also a delicious healthful food for grown ups as we have discovered in our family/' Grape-Nuts is equally valuable to the strong, healthy man or woman. It stands for the true theory of health. "There'H a reason,” and it is explained In the little bock, "The Road to Wellvine.” in pkgs. Kvrr rend the «kot* IfttfH A «#i» •if ntufin from time to time. Tfcef •rr crania*, tree, rat fall •( kiau latere* t.
Building Character and Muscle in Summer Camp
HEN a boy has spent a season at a good summer camp It leaves an impression on his mind that time will not eradicate. At the close of
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the season he has had the fun that he wanted to have, hp has taken his part in the games and contests, he has climbed mountains and sailed oh lakes and streams, he has cruised with the fellows and shared their pleasures and hardships, and he has returned home fllled with the memories of gorgeous feasts, of midnight pranks, of adventures on sea and on land, of encounters with friend and with foe, and of moments when the success or failure of a battle depended solely on his strength, his Ijkill and his valor. The influence left on a child’s character Toy a summer thus spent cannot but be important. In the first place the child is away from his parents, away from those to whom he is accustomed to go for sympathy and advice. He is placed on his own resources in a manner quite new and strange. A camp 1b not at all like a boarding school, there are regular duties and a fixed routine for each activity of the day. The summer camp means fun, freedom, frolic and a chance to do nothing if one wishes. The boarding school means ordlr, discipline, restraint: and hard work at all times. Therefore, when a boy finds himself at a camp for the first time in his life he is often &t a loss to know what to do, because he is / often left to his own choice. He has many new problem? which must be thought out alone. He has come to camp to have a barrel of fun, .and he means to have it. His first impulse is to make friends with everybody, and especially with the counsellors. It is quite right that he should do this. And it is the especial duty of the counsellors to have a watchful eye out for the new boys, to see that they do not get homesick or tire of the camp because of Inactivity. Ten weks of damp life cannot but have its effect on the character of lads who are-just beginning to feel the first impulses to do things that they have read about in books. There are no boys so bad that there is not some good in them, and there are no boys in camp so good that there is no bad in them, and some of it is pretty sure to crop out before summer is over. In many boys this badness has been lurking for years. It has not shown itself because of lank of opportunity. The boys’ camp is one of the places where the inherent badness in a lad has an opportunity to unbottle itßelf without serious injury to the boy. But camp life is of such a nature that these unbottlings are not of frequent occurrence. Before a bad habit has been fixed on the boy be is brought fO a halt and paving been shown that he has been doing wrong he learns a valuable lesson. The average summer camp is not a Sunday school. It is not intended for such. On the other hand the directors of these camps are for the most part Christian gentlemen, having high ideals. A proper respect for the Sabbath dp Is required not only for the
HAVE NO POWER OF FLIGHT
“Flying Fishes,” 8o Called, Bald to Be Only Capable of Maintaining Themselves In the Air. This much-debated question is discussed by William Alllngham in the English Nautical Magazine. The or thbdox scientific opinion is that the “wings” of the flying flsb merely serve as a parachute to sustain the fish for a brief period in the air, after he has launched himself Out of the water by
good of the boys, but also out of respect for the felings of the people who live in the neighborhood. Where possible the children are invited to go to church, after which they take walks, go in bathing, read, tell stories, etc. Usually a song service of g more or less religious nature is held in the evening. Often one of the directors delivers an address in the main hall of the camp. Some of the influences that are brought forcibly to bear, upon the youths are those which put a premium on honor, truth, patience, generosity, forgiveness, usefulness, politeness, sturdiness, pluck and the like. A camper 1 who is lacking in any of these qualities is soon made to feel the need of them, greatly to his benefit It does a boy a world of good to mix with a lot of other bpys of his own age, observing, as he usually will, their good traits and bad traits. The educational advantages of camp life are only less important than are the moral advantages. For the most part the school books are closed, but nature is wide open. Book knowledge is of great value, but practical knowledge is often of more value. In camp boys often get their first practical knowledge of money values. Here first they manage their own allowances and learn what it is to go broke till the next allowance is distributed. They aften compete with the native boys of the village in their efforts to earn small sums of money to tide them over or to enable them to buy coveted treasures. This is a very good experience for any boy. I have noticed that during the second year at camp a boy takes better care of his things than he does during the first year. This may be due to the fact that near the end of the first season his clothes, especially his trousers, were in bad, condition, due to carelessness, and as no new ones were forthcoming, the lad became more or less self-conscious about his appearance, greatly to the delight of his companions. Sometimes a boy’s shoes go wrong, and the parent, knowing where the fault is. makes him get on the best be can till he reaches home. At camp children learn from necessity to mend, sew on buttons, sharpen tools, and best of all they learn how important it is to keep tools sharp by practice in turning the grindstone.
a powerful screw-like movement of his tall. According to thiß view, the fish has no power or directing his flight after he has left the wafer. However, Mr. Alllngham, who Is a nautical expert attached; to the British meteorological office,<dnd is in constant intercourse with seamen, reports many observations that tend to controvert this opinion. Certain observers claim that the wing-fins are iu constant rapid vibration, and seem actually to serve the purpose of flight. One vessel master watched a fish
More than once I have heard a tired boy exclaim: “Gee whiz! I 1 didn’t think that it was that much work to sharpen an ax.” Few city boys know the names of the common trees at sight, much less are they able to distinguish between pine, spruce and hemlock boardß. Unless they see the fruit on the trees
they do not know the difference between a pear and an apple tree. In most camps boys learn to make these distinctions. In camp boys and girl learn to wash dishes, to be economical with food and to like food that they would not previously eat at home. I have known camp life to change a boy’s appetite completely, so that on going home he was glad to eat such wholesome foods as boiled rice and Indian meal mush, which he would not touch before, Camping life will not make a child expert at any particular trade or occupation, but it serves to show him how much skill is required in doing much of the work usually performed by the laboring classes. Whenever a boy tries to perform any manual labor his respect for it increases. He has a try at rowing, swimming, sailing, fishing, running an engine, repairing a boat and sometimes in building small boats. He learns the use of tools common to country people, who are more independent of plumbers, carpenters, masons, etc., than city people are. Perhaps one of the most imporf&nt lessons for a child to learn is respect for labor. When a boy has hoed a sets hills of horn he instinfetively remarks that he would hate to keep that up all day. If he follows the hay cart for an’ hour he realises that “raking after” is not all sport. When he takes a shovel and attempts to assist in digging a trench or drain he suddenly realizes why those laborers whom he has seen in the city at the same kind of work seemed to take their time about it. After five minutes of that work he learns just where his backbone is located. There are many other educational advantages which are incidental to camp life, such as practice in singing, speech making, editorial work on the camp paper, literary entertainments, etc. The camp paper though, seldom more than a simple manuscript, is often a very ingenious production. In which the editor, together with the camp artist, succeeds in bringing home to the lads some wonderful bits of news as well as some healthful truths. The social advantages of camp Ufa are many and varied. The close relation in which boys live at camp Invariably results in the formation of permanent friendships. ,
that had attained an altitude of SI feet above the water and was flying toward the mizzen rigging of hie ship, when, apparently noticing the obstruction, it changed its course about 60 degrees, crossing the vessel’s stern to regain the water. Many other slm liar observations are mentioned. A series of cinematograph picture* might solve this question once for all Minnesota's new prison at St ill wain will cost 12.000,000. It 1* a “daylight” prison.
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CLOSE TO NATURE’S HEART
Ono of the Boons Granted to Farmers for Which the City Man Will Grope In Vain. On evenin’s when the southern breeze comes soft an’ sweet an’ mild, just dingin’ an’ caressin’ like the fingers of a child, it brings a kind of longin’ to v a feller’s heart to be at peace, an’ feelln’ full of love t’wards all humanity; it thaws out all the hardness an’ the spite he’s stored away an’ charged ’gainst some that’s wronged him, to be used some other day; it makes him mild an’ yieldin’ so he hardly could refuse a favor to most any one even if he knows he’ll lose. ' - .' ; ' v ■ ~t- : : T| 1 The birds an’ beasts are matin’ an’ the trees an’ growin’ things are spread pith all the soft new life an’ beauty summer brings. It all acts like a tonic —lightens up a feller's heart; it brightens up old friendships an’ helps new ones get a start; it helps a feller see the work of his Creator’s hand; he gets a glimpse of mightiness that man can’t understand—that is, if he’s a farmer with a real farmer’s heart —when the mild, sweet southern breezes of the early summer start —Christian Hehald.
ECZEMA BURNED AND ITCHED
203 Walnut St., Hillsboro, Ill.—“My child had a breaking out on the lower limbs which developed into eczema. The eczema began with pimples which contained yellow corruption and from the child’s clothing they were greatly irritated. They seemed to burn, "which made the child scratch them, resulting in a mass of open places. They made her so cross and fretful that it was impossible to keep her quiet. They caused her to lose much sleep and she was constantly tormented by severe itching and burning. ”1 tried several' well-known remedies, but got no relief 'until I got a sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment, which did so much good that I got a large quantity that cured her in ten days after she had been affected for two months.” (Signed) Mrs. Edith Schwartz, Feb. 28, 1913. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard “Cuticura, Dept L, Boston.” —Adv.
Plans to Live as Savage.
To prove that the people of the twentieth century need not be slaves to civilized convention. Joseph Knowles, a Boston painter of outdoor life, plans to plunge into the wilderness of northern Maine this month without clothing, food, matches, firearms or ammunition. He promises to stay there until October 1, to subsist on fish, game, berries and wild vegetables and to come out fully clothed. He will live 60 or 60 miles away from any settlement, and will accept no help from the outside world. Knowles will make his own fire by friction; will build a log cabin from material he finds in the woods, and will make traps out of what he discovers in the practically unexplored northern part of the Pine Tree state.
Call Again, Please.
Bix—Jones says he gives employment to a large number of men. Dix —So he does—other people’s collector*. People who were born on Friday always have something on which to blame (heir failures.
# Plump and' nut-like in flavor, thoroughly cooked with choice pork. Prepared the Libby way, nothing can be more appetizing and satisfying, nor of greater food value. Pot / up with or without tomato sauce. An. excellent dih/ served either hot or cold. Insist on Libby's r' /
Let Them Wear Them!
It Is observed that one or two tasteful advocates of embellishment of the male dress are writing to the papers declaring that he should be allowed by custom to wear not only bracelets, but earrings, too, if they desire. Well, who prevents them? They can wear both if they wish. They can also dobetter and wear nose rings, which would be a more truly American adornment, inherited from the real natives of this country.—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Mean Mint.
“That was a strong scene, my dear;it nearly took my breath away.” “I noticed your breath was stllll stronger, my dear.”
Its Proper Place.
“Pop, where will I find an account of swearing?" —> “It ought to be in profane history.”" Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Bjmp for Children teething, softens the gams, redness iaflanun*tion.nl lay* p»ln,core* wind c0110,36c* bottled* The Lord helps him who helps himself, bat don’t let that prevent you. • from helping others.
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