Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1913 — Page 2

Tales of GOTHAM and other CITIES

Fighting Goat Wallops a Big Quarrelsome Elk

NEW YORK. —About a hundred persons, attracted by the noise of battle. watched Kilkenny, an Irish goat with a disposition for fight and an Irishman’s love of fair play, rush into the breach and wallop the stuffing out of Hose, a big buck elk, who was worrying an Angora goat in one of the enclosures in Central park the other day. Keeper Hoey said Mose was such a quarrelsome elk that he separated him from the herd and put him in an enclosure with Kilkenny. “They respected each other, though the goat weighed 800 pounds less than the elk,” said Hoey, “and everything went all right until I put an Angora goat in the enclosure. Scarcely was the Angora in' the enclosure when ,Mose charged, lowering his four antlers, sharp and hard as rock, and lifting the poor, frightened goat high in the air.

Fish Behave Scandalous in a River of Beer

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.—Thousands of fish In the Mlssissinewa river, In the Hoosiar state, acquired a free jag the other day, when the beer in the vats of the Indiana Brewery were emptied into it. And the way they acted was enough to call forth a set of resolutions from the Indianapolis W. C. T. U. Catfish, carp, white suckers, redhorse and bass behaved something scandalous. They reeled and staggered and threw flip-flaps in the air. Men and boys came from several miles around, when they heard of the bun party, and gathered in the drunks. Every once in a while a bunch of bullheads and pouts that had sworn eternal fealty to each other came to the surface, waved their flippers at the crowd on\ the shore and sang: “Hall! Hall! The gang’s all here.” Next thing they knew they were on the bank with a string through their gills. The big catfish that climbed a mooring stake under the impression that It was a barber pole was hospitably received by a boy with a tin bucket The. redhorse that was carrying home a Welsh rarebit and some toasted marshmallows in a paper ice

Bankrupt, a Little Old Man Seeks Fortune as Newsie

CLEVELAND, O.—A little man in a somewhat frayed gray suit stood on the corner of Euclid avenue and East Ninth street the other afternoon. Under his arm was a bundle of pink and green sporting extras. It was bis first day as a newsboy. His voice was somewhat weak, but he manfully tried to make it penetrate into the Jumbled sea of street noises. Under the determined expression of his face there was great embarrassment, almost shame. He had only !15 papers in all. Even the smallest of the hundreds of "hustlers” who swarmed through the rush-hour crowds had 40 papers. "You see, I didn’t know how successful I was to be,” explained the little man. "At first I was afraid that I might have some unsold papers on my hands; so 1 only bought 20 at first. Tomorrow, however, I think I shall buy at least 40 —perhaps 50.”

Girl Is Successful in a Search for Her Lover

MILWAUKEE, WlS.—Undaunted by the fact that she was only sixteen years of age, Florence Eisman left her home In southern Illinois a few weeks ago in search of the man whom she believed had deserted her. On her arrival here she saw the happy realization of her search when ■he becarifle the tfride of William Beyers, aged twenty-four years, employed by a wholesale hardware house. The ceremony took place In the office of District Attorney E. J. Yockey and waa performed by a circuit court judge. Mr. Yockey has taken an especial interest In the case and he will aid the couple in their domestic happiness. The marriage was made without previous plans and the two Immediately undertook to establish a home on the North, side. f The wedding Is the result of a pretty courtship in the home city of the two. Although several years her senior, Beyers was enamored of the school girl and told her of bis love. obe encouraged his wooing. One day Beyers left the elty suddenly.

“The Angora landed hard an<i remained still, out for the count and badly torn. Mose saw the blood and caught the lust. He roared like an' anarchist mob and’ 1 lowered his head for another charge, just then Kilkenny became interested. He got up, shook himself briskly, pawed a moment like a sprinter getting a start and just as Mose launched forward Kilkenny shot at his side. Like a battering ram Kilkenny smashed into Mose, overturning him. It took Mose a full half minute to understand and then be roared at Kilkenny, who stood bucked up, taut as a bow. “I hollered for Bess, my stag hound, and grabbed a pitchfo'fk. As Mose charged, the wily goat sidestepped as neatly as a boxer and delivered a seoond bump, which took the wind right out of Mose. There must have been a ton of pressure behind the ram, for Mose stood gasping a minute after he picked himself up, Then Bess got to work, nnd with her aid and the pitchfork Mose was driven into a corner. Kilkenny was standing his ground and did not want to shift to an opposite corner. I picked up the Angora goat and carried it to the hospital, leaving Bess on guard. And would you believe It, ten minuteß later Mose and Kilkenny rubbed noses and declared it a dra^?”

cream box, with the idea of placating his wife, was nabbed while he was looking for the keyhole. The convivial party of young suckers that tumbled into a landing net for the purpose of going on a Jcjy ride, were easy. As for those that swam ashore and laid down for fear they would fall out of the water —it was almost a sin to take theni. It all came about, because the Indiana Brewing company had notified the deputy internal collector of the district that it would cease manufacturing beer before the end of July. Tho beer was measured and it was found there were barrels in the tanks. The revenue officer at once prepared to drain this through pipes into the sewer, and soon it was running into the Mlssissinewa river.

He held out a paber to a passing man. The customer reached isto his pocket, and was immediately assailed by a ragged boy of twelve, who shoved a paper into his hand, seized the cent, and was gone. The little man tucked the paper back under his arm. v “That doesn’t seem fair to me," he observed. “He stole my customer. Still, I suppose I will have to expect that. Perhaps I, too, may learn to do it” No one knows the name of the little man. He refuses to give it. “I wouldn't like the people at home to know that I am forced to sell newspaperti on the street," he explained. “You surely wouldn’t ask me to do that, would you? “You see, I waß the owner of a small general store until a short time ago. - No. I can't teH you where it was. It’s of no real importance. “And then I became a bankrupt I was told that I had not managed my store systematically. Perhaps f had not, but I had worked hard, at any rate. Even the firms to whom I owed money admitted that. “So 1 sold what I had left and paid what I owed. After I had finished paying them all, I had but very little left. And so I came to Cleveland. There was no place for me at home.”

After waiting patiently for some months, no word was heard from Beyers other than that he was seen In Milwaukee. T.he girl pleaded the case with her father and be consented to her trip to this city. In order to pay the expense of the journey he took a mortgage of SIOO upon his property. When she arrived in Milwaukee Florence sought the aid of District Attorney Yockey and he showed a keen interest In her welfare. With no further information than a description of Beyers, the official took up the search and was rewarded with success. Tbs two met in Mr. Yockey'* office and greeted each other warrniy, when they were married.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

DARING AFTERNOON GOWN

Model of white satin embroidered in gold and trimmed’ with pearls. Tunic of white tulle. Deep slit in front of skirt.

ROOMS DECORATED IN BLACK

New Idea Comes From Vienna and Reflection Will Show It Has Much to Reeommend It. Behold black now as the fashionable color of the interior decorator. The liking for it arose in Vienna, where interior decorating is an art much thought of. There some of the new houses, or rooms which have been redecorated, show wall papers with black backgrounds, in which huge, bright flowers are printed. Carpets, too, are of black. The idea of this method of decorating is," apparently, to make the room strictly a background for the furniture and persons in it. The brightly flowered paper, of couse, detracts from this effect, but the sort of paper more often used does not have the bright flowers. It shows a black ground, with a gray or misty white figure. In a room thus grounded pictures framed in black are hung. The effect is startling. The pictures stand out in reality from their somber surroundings. White enameled furniture is looked on with favor for use in black rooms. , Surely such a setting would give thq persons in it chance to shine forth in all the glory of color lent them by skin and eyes, hair and clothes. On the other hand, wouldn’t a room bo furnished cast a depressing spell on the woman who found herself shut within its four wallß for many hours in a day? There is an outgrowth of this craze for black which is interesting, especially to those who live in apartments or other crowded quarters, where the kitchen as well as the other rooms of the house comes under occasional inspection of guests. This is the black enamaled jar or box for cakes, bread and grocery supplies of various sorts, it is painted brilliantly with big red roses, and makes an interesting note of color. Six boxes or jars of this sort ranged in orderly array on shelves give a distinctive note to the the most uninteresting pantry or kitchen.

MUST HAVE THE SUN’S RAYS

Golden Hair Absolutely Requires Them, if Beautiful Tint of Tressea Is to Be Retained. Summer time Is a time of trial for the girl with golden hair. Dust and grime collect with disastrous effect during the summer months, giving a dull effect to locks which should have a lively luster. What can she do to bring back the gold? the blonde asks in despair. In nine cases out of ten she is tempted to turn to the peroxide bottle, but if she is a wise girl she knows danger lies that way. Peroxide dries the sculp dangerously, makes the hair brittle and easily broken, and besides Imparts an unnatural yellow to the hair which deceives no one. If your hair Is drab and dull-looking instead of gleaming with gold do not Immediately begin to doctor it up by applying various lotions, but first look to the cause of this lifeless condition. Have you fallen into the bad habit of washing your hair at night and going to bed with It half dry? Or perhaps you taka a rainy day, when there isn’t

anything else to do, to give your tresses a thorough cleaning. Of course you think that heat from a radiator or stove or vigorous fanning is enough to dry the hair. It is not Your hair needs sun if it is going to keep Its gold, and a sun bath you must give it as often as you can. Let your hair down your back and sit in the sun for an hour or two, -letting the golden rays impart a bit of their brilliancy of your hair. Blonde hair must be washed more frequently than dark, and the selection of a shampoo and the manner of washing have much to do with preserving its color. A few drops of ammonia or a dash of soda added to your basin of /water will brighten the hair, but they are both drying agents, and unless tha hair is naturally very oily will finally injure the hair and spoil Its gloss.

BLACK SATIN OVER WHITE

Model of black satin ovsr white satin trimmed with whits tulls and lace.

Wear Under Thin Waists.

Dainty corset covers are made oi pink or blue crepe de chine with elaborate trimmings ot lace, or of net with puffings through which ribbon is run, with ribbon extending over the shoulders.

CAMP FIRE STORIES

CHIEF MUSICIAN AS FIGHTER ■! ■' ' Thrilling Account of Battle at Gettysburg by Member of 136th New York Volunteers. ••• - The duties of a chief which position I occupied in the One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth New York volunteer Infantry at the battle of Gettysburg, were hot very different from those of any ether fighter in the great test of strength between north and south. We went position on Cemetery hill as soon as we arrived on the field, and made use of the stone walls on either side of the Taneytown road to protect us while we supported the batteries on the hill. I As a viewpoint to observe the action on all sides of the field we could not have been more favorably placed It was as If we had been given the best seats In a theater and the entire action was going on before us on the stage, writes Dr. R. B. Tuller In the Chicago Record-Herald. The chief difference was that we occasionally had to take a hand in the stage action, and that the bulle.ts that flew from the stage weren’t stage bullets. While we, ab support of the batteries on Cemetery hill, were not, by some fortune, in the fierce hand to hand fighting of that charge; we were In the center of the most furious cannonading of the fight, which was the prelude to Lee’s advance on that fateful day. Cemetery hill was a point of concentration of our batteries, and of course of the fire of the rebel guns in their efforts to weaken our fighting facilities. The shots from the enemy and of our own guns passed over our heads mainly, but when a rebel shot or shell found the stone wall used by ds for protection, the havoc was sometimes greatly multiplied by flying portions of stone. Many were so wounded. In the cemetery proper, used by Gettysburg people for many years and being Well filled with headstones and monuments marking the graves, scarcely one stone was left upshat tered and thrown to earth long before the end of that day, if not the day before. Our battery men and our own men found themselves greatly annoyed as soon as the enemy had possession of the houses of the town in our proximity by the well aimed shots of sharpshooters firing from windows and other cover. Mainly they were engaged In picking off the gtinners. A well-plantod sharpshooter capable of picking off the gunners of a battery one at a time, usually taking advantage of the cannon’s smoke after first picking out his victim and making very sure aim, is quite apt to unnerve battery aien and cause panic more than the crash and destruction of the shots of the cannon of their opponents. When a man feels that he Is beihg aimed at personally and with little chance of missing, it is apt to create a decidedly panicky feeling. Such being the state of affairs among us and the batteries back <fl us it was finally decided to bring a large gun down into the road and blow Borne of the houses occupied by the sharpshooters to pieces. The house aimed at was brick. The result of the big gun shots was to open more ports then before, for several shots only knocked holes through about the size of big barrel heads. As the sharpshooting continued, shortly after noon It was decided to Belect Infantrymen to rush those places, only a few yards distant, and capture the shooters. Volunteers were sought to iqake the rally yand there were plenty. They collected behind the barricade that had been thrown up across the road, and when all was ready at a given signal they scaled the barricade! and rushed the brick house. Did they' capture the No, not one. It Isn't the ethics of war. Some five corpses were laid out around that house and when the boys returned the sharpshootlng at that point was at an end.

Squelching an Upstart.

Lincoln always took part in political campaigns in Illinois, and, being very popular, was oftep the at which the opposition fired their shots. In one campaign he was frequently annoyed by a young irian who thought he was "some orator." At Springfield the young man became so offensive that Lincoln stopped in his speech and turned on his tormentor: “I don’t object,’’ said he, “to being interrupted by %ensible questions, but my noisy friend does not always ask that kind. He reminds me of a steamboat that used to run on the Illinois river. Its boiler was jUBt big enough to push the boat along, but it had an enormous whistle attached, and every time the whistle blew tnW-beat-stopped.” < ,

What They Had.

Some of the boys in camp back of Alexandria, Va., tfent to town, imbibed too freely, kicked np « row and landed In the provost’s clutches. That functionary asked one what he had at the saloon. . ' ) "Four glasses of beer,” was the re ply. "Next?’’ ; , "Two glasses of whisky." ’•Next?" “One glass of brandy.” “Next?” “A fight."

HPTOf HQWIANP mummy 15 COMING Those rascals thrive while honest meni must, toil for slender gains. Though brass may take the fair rewards that should be won by brains. Though Judges chosen to apply and to se-< fend the laws Exert their cunning In the task of finding little .flaws, Keep on, oh ye that honestly pursue the upward way, 1 Wrong never yet has managed to escape its judgment day. - Belshazzar’s palace lies In dust and Carthage Is no more. The aristocracy of France repaid In full with gore; - \ ' A Stuart’s head fell from the block, no ; Stuart wears a crown; The walls that Infamy erect are sure to crumble down. They may sometimes loom very high, their outlines may be grand. But always underneath them there Is only shifting sand. Though rascals, laughing at the law, walk put through prison gates. Though Justice Is led far astray by cunning advocates. Though judges serve the rascal’s ends and scorn th,e public’s right. Though foul Corruption’s slimy trails are everywhere In sight. The wrongs will have their ending in the old, old-fashioned way; Keep on, hope on, oh ye that serve to haste the Judgment day.

Lucky.

"I am afraid,” said the doctor, after he had thumped the gentleman on the chest and again and again tried his’ pulse, “that there is something radically wrong with your heart. I don’t want to scare you, but be careful about running to catch trains and don’t hurry when you go upstairs. If you are careful you may live for years. Still, if you have not made your will and arranged your affairs so that they would be In good were suddenly taken off it might bo weH for, you to attend to those matters. I would not tell you this if t did not feel that it was—" “Thank heaven!" “What N do you mean?” “Now, I’ll have nn effective excuse when life lniurance agents come to 1 see me and I wish to get rid of them in a hurry.

That Which Is Love.

That is not Love which halts To ask about the way. Which stops, beholding faults, To let calm reason sway. That 1s not Love which tries To see beyond the brink. Which, ere it breaks the ties, Sits gravely down to think. Love does not stay to heed Sane counsels of the mind; That which is Love Indeed Is daft as well as blind.

The Horrible Doctor.

'What has happened?" asked Mr. Bnsklrk as his agitated wife met Mm at the door. "1 saw Dr. Pelletier down the street and he told lire you had or-' 1 dered him to send In his bill and never . cross our threshold again." miserable old wretch!” she panted. “If I hadn't been so short of breath and could have had a horsewhip handy; I’d have taught him a lesson!” “Why, my dear, I’m aston —, Tell me the truth! If he has dared to make love to you I'll thrash him within an Inch of his life. I’ll —” "It wasn’t that —oh. it was a thousand times worse,” she sobbed. “He told me, 1 had fatty degeneration of thefhoSHTS

Would Have Scaled the Price.

was the first thing the duke said after you got started on your wedding trip?” “Let me see,” said the happy duchess. "Oh yes, I remember now. He told me he loved me eo that he would have taken me even if papa had Insisted on not giving more than a million."

He Deserved It.

“Why was he expelled from the automobile club?” ■» > “For getting up at the banquet and paying of another tnember that it waa when he took a 20 per cent, grade at, a 40-mile-an-hour clip that he woa his -spurs’ as a chauffeur." ,