Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1913 — Page 2

i These very recent photographs are of unusual interest because they show the side of the life of a future king gnd queen that appeals especially to the people. At the left is the crown princess of Sweden with her baby, Prince Bortll, and at the right is the crown prince playing with his little daughter, Princess Ingrid.

PAVED STREETS IN 2000 B. C.

Babylon and Other Ancient Cities Took Marked Interest in Good Roads. Chicago.—When or where the first road was built is not known. Herodotus speaks of a great Egyptian road oa which King Cheops' employed 100,000 men for ten years. According to the historian, this road was built of massive stone blocks ten feet deep and lined on both sides with temples, mausoleums, porticos and statues. The streets of Babylon are said to have been paved as early as 2000 B. C., and several well surfaced roads radiated to neighboring cities. Carthage, before its fall, was the center of a highly developed road system. The ancient Peruvians had a wonderful system of national roads connecting all the principal parts of their empire. Bridges were also built by the ancients at a very early date. The Euphrates, at Babylon, was crossed by a stone bridge prior to 2000 B. C.. and it is known that the Chinese built bridges as public works as early at 2900 B. C.

The first definite and fully authentic information concerning the systematic construction and maintenance of permanent roads comes to us from the Romans. It is generally understood that the Romans learned the art of road building from the Carthaginians. However, the construction of their great road was as perfect as that of any of their later ones. The first of the great Roman roads was from Rome to Capua, a distance of 142 Italian miles, and was begun by Appius Claudius about 312 B. C. It was known as the Appian Way or • Queen of Roads.” This road was later extended to Brundisium, a total of 360 miles, and was probably completed by Julius Caesar. About 220 B. C. the Flaminian Way was built. It crossed the Nar river on a stone bridge which had a central span of 150 feet, with a rise of 100 feet. When Rome reached the height of her glory, under the reign of Augustus, no less than 29 great military roads radiated from the city. More roads extended to every part of the vast empire and are estimated to have a total length of 50,000 miles. The Roman construction was In general extremely massive.

SUMMER ‘WHITE HOUSE’ ROOM

Apartment Where the President and His Family Will Enjoy ‘‘Light" Music.

Cornish, N. H.—A view of the beautiful interior of the “music room’ at Harlakenden house. Cornish, N. H., where President Wilson and his family no doubt will spend many of their evenings during their sojourn in the summer “White House,” located on a

President’s Music Room.

• beautiful mod picturesque estate of TOO acres on the Connecticut river. It la said that the tapestry seen hanging en the wall cost the owner of the bouse. Winston Churchill, 140,000.

DOMESTIC SIDE OF ROYAL FAMILY LIFE

A strike, however, plays far greater havoc with the mouse population of a pit than any number of cats, because the food of the ponies and of the men and boys Is no longer available for the unfortunate little creatures. When, by way of example, the Durham colliers joined in the great general strike last year many of the pits In that county were overrun with mice, but for some time after work was resumed not one was seen. Dogs also are among the animal trespassers in mine?. By some means a terrier entered a disused pit in Swaledale, and for qlgbt days it roamed about the workings without anything to eat. More remarkable was a dog's intrusion into a South Wales pit which has the reputation of being haunted. The animal in question was seen prowling about the workings, and, as it seemed to vanish when an attempt was made to catch it, a number of colliers at once “downed tools” and went home. Some of them then consulted a local wise woman, telling her of the “vision” they had seen earlier-in the day, whereupon she predicted a disaster. As a result more than 200 men refused to go down the following morning, and, though the manager did his utmost to induce them to resume work, they obstinately determined to remain idle. And, what is more, it was not untlb three days later that all the men were at work again. There were two curious sequels to this incident.v One, which took place about a week afterward, was the prosecution and conviction of the fortune teller for causing the miners to absent themselves from work. The other sequel happened much more recently, and was the discovery of a skeleton of a dog (doubtless that which had been seen by some of the miners) In the workings.

BUS VISIT MINES

British Collieries Have Many Strange Visitors. * 1 Cats, Mice, Rats and Dogs Not Un-common-Animal In Pit the Cause of Strike With Curious Sequel. London.—After a colliery explosion at Llanbradach one of the rescue, parties made a surprising discovery. Perched on a tub in the mine was a robin. Now, most collieries regard the presence of birds, particularly those with white plumage, about pits as a “token,” and the \ “fire” which had occurred was, therefore, attributed to the intrusion of the perky little stranger. Rats are not uncommon about a pit head, and some of them reach the depths beneath, occasionally with fatal haste.

One, during the process of falling down a shaft, acquired such a momentum by the time it reached the bottom that when it struck a collier there was a'loud report as of an explosion, and the man was knocked to the ground with great force. In warm mines, too, mice are numerous. A few reach a new pit in the trusses of hay and bags of corn that are taken down It for the ponies, and these, notwithstanding the strangeness of their environment, multiply so rapidly that cats have to be installed in the stables. It might be supposed that they, at any rate, would not take at all kindly to the subterranean world, but they soon become used to their surroundings. In one mine a fine pit tabby used to knock off with the men on Saturday, but, unlike them, t-lie did not start again on Monday morning. She was always missing till Wednesday or Thursday, when she returned from the old and disused portion of the mine.

Town Has Business Manager.

Rlverforest, 11l. —This town has hired a business manager, Karl M. Mitchell, who will have entire charge of public affairs. He will control the entire administration of the town and will be responsible only to the village board.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

AMERICANS WIN POLO CUP

Crowd Madly Cheers When Scffrw of 4/2 to 4/* in Favor of U. a. Was Posted. New York. —The cheer that went up from the thousands who came to watch the second game of the polo series, when the final score, American 4%, English. 4hi, was posted, rent the air and sent its resounding echoes through the hills of Long Is*

Mighty Crowd Cheers Teams. land. Tjie mighty crowd cheered the team thgt won, and cheered the team that lost, for the - plucky fight and the sportsmanlike way in which they took their defeat, but the like of the cheer that went up when the American team for the third successive time they defeated the English players was never before heard at any contest held on the level stretches of Long Island.

THIS ’COON MOTHERS CHICKS

Said to Be the First One on Record to Overcome Natural Killing Instinct. Monessen, Pa. —"Smoke,” a pet ’coon belonging to Franklin Sauter, of this place, has cast aside bl« hereditary instinct of enmity towi rd birds and fowl of all kinds and a-lopted a brood of young guinea hens that had been hatched in the oven of Air. Sauter’s stove a few days ago. Naturalists and woodsmen in this section declare it is the only instance on record where a ’coon is known to have overcome his natural instincts to kill all feathered creatures Several months ago Mr. Sauter, on a hunt, captured a young ’coon that had been pulled down and injured by the dogs Taking the animal home, it soon became domesticated and became a great pet around the house. Not having an incubator for his missing guinea hen’s eggs, Sauter placed the eggs in a box back of his stovb. He was considerably astonished yesterday to find the ’coon in the box with young guineas, “mothering” them. Since that time the animal has refused to leave the guinea chicks and keeps them well covered.

BOLT SPLITS BED UNDER TWO

Feather Mattress Saves Lives of Jersey Children When Lightning Strikes. New Brunswick. —A lightning bolt went through the roof of Henry Johnson's cottage, ran around a four-post bedstead in which his two children were lying on a feather mattress and split the bfed into a dozen pieces. The children were not touched. The bolt tore a big hole in the roof and in the floor. The bedstead collapsed and the children fell to the floor with the mattress. Johnson’B< cottage is on the Peter Cortelyou farm at Frauklin Park.

Sleuth is Trapped.

Chicago.— The fire department ran up ladders and rescued a city detective marooned on a root. The sleuth chased a burglar to the roof, but in climbing knocked down the ladder.

STORIES from the BIG CITIES

Hand Painted Crab Surrenders in Jamaica #ay

NEW YORK.—That there are stranger fish in the sea than ever have been caught is a proverb that will have to move along to keep up with a creature taken out of Jamaica bay by John Leahy of the Bronx the other day. Mr. Leahy has the reputation of being one of the best amateur clam diggers that ever plied his trade along Rockaway beach, but he added to his reputation when he caught the largest horseshoe crab the oldest inhabitant of the beach has ever seen. The crab, in addition to being more than a foot wide across the narrowest part of its back and fully eighteen inches long, not counting its tail, was taken from the end of the pier at Holland station. The fact that horseshoe crabs seldom take a hook and the added fact that this one was a whale compared to others taken in the bay

Sprightly Bold Thief Dares Her to Chase Him

RIVERHEAD, L. I.—The meanest thief in the world is at large somewhere on Long Island. One day recently he looked into the fruit store of Samuel Gordpn, on Main street in Patchogue. Nothing much is ever doing in Patchogue and this was a particularly dull day. Nobody was visible in the store. But subsequent developments indicate that this pesky marauder made a careful reconnoissanCe nevertheless. He entered in a bold and sprightly manner and, without hesitation or haste, opened the cash drawer and jauntily inspected its contents. He did not seem in the least surprised when a head appeared above the top of a big screen in the rear of the store and a startled feminine voice gasped: “Well, of all things!” In fact, he merely looked up and grinned and calmly proceeded to transfer all the cash in the drawer to his pockets. But presently the same feminine voice, proceeding from the aforesaid visage above the screen, shrieked: “Help! Police!” Even this did not seem to disturb him. And when it was followed by “Stop, thief!” as he reached the door, he merely turned

Pathos in the Comedy of Actors at Hobo Benefit

CHICAGO. —Hobos of Chicago spent «their “bed money” the other night in hobo entertainment. For their dimes they received shudders and tears and homesickness. The show was the “Hobos’ Ragtime Benefit,” at Bowen hall, Hull House. The actors were bos; the audience was comprised of bos, and there were reporters who had gone expecting to find comedy, only to see tragedy in its most pitiable form. Tattered clothes, unshaven faces, bands that needed soap and water — the regulation markß of the “Weary Willie” —were plentiful. Funny stories, hilarious songs and Jigs had been listed on the one pencil-written program. Harry Wilson, whose voice has won him fame throughout hoboland, was greeted with shouts as he walked onto

Dog Earns His Daily Bone as a Dray “Horse"

CLEVELAND, OHIO.—Two familiar figures for blocks around 3389 West Ninety-second Btreet are Frank Podlesak. thirteen years old, and “Mg." “Nig” is a great, black Newfoundland dog weighing 1&0 pounds and each day he works for his living, though only three years old. He seems to enjoy pulling a four-wheel wagon loaded with enough lumber or wood to tax the strength of a small horse. Frank, ‘‘Nig’s’’ owner and chum, says he gets cross if not allowed to work, at least enough to earn his living, so in loafing hours “Nig” Is kept chained. After “Nig” has hauled in enough wood for the Podlesak family’s kindling or enough lumber to build the chicken coops, Frank quite often becomes drayman for the neighbors, making trips with “Nig” way down In the river flats and to grocery stores. “Nig” also Is guardian of the Podle-

caused a small sensation, and all the fishermen on the pier put down their rods to have a look at the monster. This crab was not only larger than any other ever taken at this point, but in other ways it Is Baid to be the most marvelous* for on the back of Its shell it had a man’s face, done in water colors. The face had been painted by an artist of no mean ability and it depicted a man who had looked long upon the cup that cheers. The eyes were half closed and the nose was very red. The entire shell was taken up with the features of a Broadway “rounder.” Mr. Leahy, who is a member at one of the fishing clubs of the beach and is fond of his little Joke, is accused at having bad the crab decorated in advance and to have hooked it on his line when no one was looking, but this he stoutly denies. «, Old fishermen say the er&b is at least one hundred years old, but the best experts pronounce the painting to be of recent origin. Whatever the antecedents of the crab may be or its previous condition of servitude, there are at least half a hundred witnesses to declare that it was pulled from the bay by Mr. Leahy.

about, made a low bow and said, with a broader grin: “I dare you to chass me.” As the reader may have surmised, it was Mrs. Gordon behind the screen. What he probably has not surmised Is that she was in the act of taking a bath. Somewhat unconventional, to be sure, but Patchogue Is Patchogue, also beautifully primitive and simpla “I thought,” said Mrs. Gordon afterward, “of wrapping myself in two Turkish towels, but I couldn’t find any pins. And there he was, emptying the money drawer. And there I was. It was only $8 he got, hut, dear me, it would have been the same if it had been SBOO. Indeed, I wouldn’t have run out to catch him If it had been $8,000,000.”

the poorly lighted stage. He recited the old, old “Face on the Barroom Floor.” And there were no shouts when he finished. Begrimed hands rubbed equally begrimed faces and a few torn bandannas appeared. The gloom was mad% even more gloomy a shudder went through the audience. as he encored with "The Dope Fiend.” Then came two more “Jolly knights of the road,” whose offering was any. thing but laugh-starting. Upon accordion and guitar they played “My Old Kentucky Home." Somebody started singing. This was the song: You will eat; by and br. . In that glorious land above the sky; Work and pray, live on hay. You’ll get pie in the sky when' you die. That was the nearest approach to comedy. When it whs over the weary ones who had spent their bed money struck out for busy corners to try and find “live ones” and "mooch” another dime. The proceeds of the efcow went toward defraying the expenses of an official labor agent for the International Welfare Brotherhood association.

sak family milk supply. When Bossy, the cow, strays away and cannot be found by the five small Podlesalu, “Nig” is put on Bossy’s trail aind Is sure to return with her. When a big circus was here Frank says a showman of the circus tried to buy “Nig,** but he was not for sale. Though the Podlesaks have a horse. “Nig” stands first in the family affeotlons, especially with the children. And small' wonder, for he saves them many steps and Is a dog that really works for a living.

The QNLOOKER HENRY HOWLAND Henrietta

Henrietta was a maiden with a pair o£ witching eyes ' And her voice was like the sweetest music man has ever heard; She had all the charms that nature in her gracious moods supplies— Henrietta was a, beauty, as you doubt* /less have inferred. ♦ She possessed a gentle manner' and a temper that was sweet. She was always doing something for tha ones who needed aid; Scandal was a thing she never found it pleasing to repeat, From the path that leads to heaven Henrietta never strayed. She possessed no taste for ragtlmfe and she ne’er indulged in slang, Henrietta was artistic from her finger* to her toea; Sweetest ecstacles were given to her hearers when she sang, She was free from affectation and was not inclined to pose. She respected age, believing that the old could be sublime. And instead of reading novel* *ha dipped into classic lore; She could neatly darn a stocking or construct a witty rhyme, And she wasn't always thinking of til* pretty things she wore. Do not think and do not say that Henrietta was a myth, Do not say that one so perfect never oa this earth was known; Henrietta lives and answers to the nami of Mrs. Smith; I've described her as Smith saw her er* be claimed..her for his own.^

Uncle Jim.

“Pa, is it true that the good always die young?" “Oh, no, not always. I was a very good little boy.” “Didn’t you ever disobey your pan ents?” - “No.” ‘‘Nor fight with your little brother?” “No, I always was very kind to him." “And didn’t you ever tell lies o* play hookey?" . “Certainly not.” “Nor steal jam nor cookies out of your mother’s pantry?” “Of course I never did such wicked things.” “Gee, what an imagination Uncle Jim must have. He was tellin’ me, this morning about when you and him were boys ”

For Two Years.

“For two years after I was married I was ashamed to meet the preacher who united my wife and me in the holy bonds. You see, in my excited condition, I made a blunder and gave him a $5 bill Instead of a S2O, which I intended to hand him. I suppose he thought I was mighty cheap, but 1 couldn’t very well explain it without ■making myself ridiculous or causing him to suspect that I was lying about it.” “You say you felt that way for two years?” “Yes. After that I began to b« sorry I had given him anything.”

His Hardened Heart.

Ills heart _wa» hardened, he was deaf t« pleas; He knew the wdrld—had learned its lessons well) Ah, he had sutTerea untold agonies. Within him love had long since ceased to dwell. t His heart was hardened, but there cams his way A woman with a crooning voice and low, And after he had known her for a day His heart was like a soggy lump oi dough.

What He Knew.

“Do you think you can support mt In the style to which I have been so customed?" she asekd. , ■ “I don’t know,”, he replied, “but 1 know this: HI be able to support you In a better style than you will be customed?" she asked, accept me. Your dad has sold short on wheat and I’ve got It cornered.”

Wholly Unnecessary.

*T wish,” said the guest, “to leav. a call tor 3:30. I’ve got to catch • ■ train.” "It won't be neoeasary to call yon.* replied the night elerk. "The man la the room next to yoora has asthma gj badly that ba makes a noise like steam sire*.”