Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1913 — Page 2

CAP and BELLS

OIBBLE HAD ONE WEAKNESS Greetings Were Always Highly Commendable Until He Met a Friend j Wearing New Suit of Clothes. "Dibble Is a man who would never suggest a remedy for a cold.” * “Just so.” "He wouldn’t ask, ‘ls it hot enough tor you?’ ” “Highly commendable.” “And if jcou should inquire about his health, no matter how well he was feeling, he wouldn’t answer, ‘lf I felt better I’d be in the hospital.’ ” “Dibble must be a fine fellows.” "Indeed, lie is. Still, whenever he meets a friend wearing new togs Dibble invariably chortles. ‘I didn’t see anything in the papers this morning about a clothing store being robbed/ ”

Little Surprises.

'‘No, sir, you haven’t a single tooth that needs any attention.” “Put your money back in your pocket, Mr. Kajones. 6 You’ve made a mistake in your dates; this note isn’t due for six months yet” ‘1 have detained you after hours, young man, to notify yo\i that next week and thereafter your salary will be $lO a week more than heretofore. You can go now." “Hiram, I’m not a mind reader, bet anybody can see that you’re aching to ask me to marry you; why don’t you do it?" “I’ll gladly change berths with you, Mr. Quiggley; I prefer the upper one."

Lucky Louis.

A Washington clubman was ciceron* Ing a friend from the west through the social whirl of the national capital. “Who,” asked the westerner, indicating a big, good-looking fellow at one of the dubs, “la that distinguished person?” “That,” replied the Washingtonian In the gravest of tones, “is Louis the Fourteenth.” “Don’t be absurd,” exclaimed the friend. “What <fo you mean?” “Well, his name is Louis, and he is always invited when without him there would be thirteen at the table.” —Argonaut.

Man Worth Knowing.

“I am very anxious for you to meet my friend, Tribble.” “Is he a generous fellow?” “No, he’s about as stingy as a man ever gets to be.” “Is he a man of superior Intellect?" j “Oh, no.” "Is he rich, influential or in some other way different from the common order of men?” “Now, you’ve struck it! Tribble is neither rich nor influential, but he knows two or three funny stories that I am quite sure you have never heard before."

COMES IN HANDY.

“So your papa gave you a new watch before school began, did he?” “Yes; an’ now when I get to school I kin look at it and see how many minutes I am late.”

An Autocrat.

Downtown (visiting suburban Crlehd) —Who was that man to whom you just took off your hat? Subbubs —Him? He’s the engineer Vt our village water works, you know, He has a great Idea of himself, and if we don’t act with proper humility in his presence he shuts off the pressure and we can’t wash, much less sprinkle our lawns.—Puck.

In Paris.

lira. Newroc'x* —Dear me! We must leave Parts tomorrow, and we are only up to pace 19 of the guidebook. Mr. Newrocks —Mark the* place, and well come' back next rear and begin

HIS CIGAR WAS DISTASTEFUL

Man Accosted on Railroad Platform Not Sure of Other’s Society, But Certain of His “Twofpr.” "I hope my society is not disagreeable to you,” remarked the mffcft who was smoking a “twofer” to another man who rather hastily moved over to the other side of the station platform when he got a whiff of the first man’s cigan - « “Not being acquainted with you, sir,” answered the man addressed, “I cannot say whether your society would be agreeable to me or not, but as concerns that cigar you are smoking I have reached a conclusion that is final. I cannot maintain that serenity of bearing with which I am accustomed to face the daily problems of life and at the same time inhale fumes that Induce in me an acute sensation of nausea.”

Fancy and Fact.

‘‘So you managed to propose to that girl at last?” said one young man. “Yes; but the dialogue wasn’t anything like what I had figured out. I intended to say; ‘Hortense, I have ldng regarded you with the affection siich as a man feels for but one woman In the world —the woman he would make his wife. Will you be mine?' And I thought she would say something like thTs: ‘Harold, I feel that T can trust my future 'happiness to you.’ ’’ “That sounds fine.” “Yes. But what took place? I showed her the engagement ring and said ‘Huh?’ And she just said ‘Ubhuh!’ and put it on.” —Washington Star.

USUAL WAY.

Mrs. Gotrocks —I am sure Mrs. Nokoyne’s husband is on the verge of bankruptcy. Mrs. Richasmud--Why, how do you know? Mrs. Gotrocks —She has just ordered seven new and very elaborate gowns, with hats to match.

Discouraging a Bore.

“Hello, Blobbs!” “How are you, Kirkly?” “Say, I’ve got a new story to tell you.!’ “When did you originate,it?” —“Oh, I didn’t originate iL 1 heard It somewhere.” “Then it isn’t new.” i “Well —er, not exactly new.” “And long experience has taught me, Kirkly, that you never hear a story until it has traveled all over town four or five times. That’s why I’m not at all enthusiastic. But fire away. What is the story?” “Shucks! I’ve forgotten it now.”

Capacity Underrated.

Mrs. Kindly—Now, I’ll give you a dime, poor man. But I hope you will not go and get drunk with it. The Poor Man (much hurt) —Lady, you do me a great wrong to suggest such a thing. Mrs. Kindly—l didn’t mean to accuse you— The Poor Man —I’m glad of it, lady. Do I look like a man who could get drunk on a dime? —Puck.

A Doubtful Transaction.

“I don’t know whether my oldest boy is treating me right or not,” said Mr. Bliggins rather gloomily. “I told him that if he wouldn’t smoke until he was twenty-one years old I would give him a thousand dollars.” "Did he keep his part of the agreement?” “Yes, but he took the thousand dollars and bought an interest in a cigar store.”

Living in New York.

Some people have queer ideas of what it means to live in New York. “I couldn’t possibly live elsewhere than in New York,” declared one lady. "It is the only town." “It is a remarkable place," admitted the visitor. "What part of the city do you live in?” “East Orange, N. J.”

Misconstrued.

An American motoring through a small Scotch town was pulled up for excessive speed. “Didn’t you see that notice. ’Dead Slow’?’’ inquired the policeman. "Course I did,” replied the Yankee, “but I thought it referred to your durned little town.” —London Standard.

Between Girls.

*'Anything good at the theaters next week?” "Hadn't noticed." said the other girL "Whys" “If there is I’ll start a quarrel with Freddy now and then he can send me a couple of matinee tickets V> square himself."

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DIMM FAMILY MEET

Senior Member in New York to Rejuvenate Name. C Seeks to * Rescue It From Any Blight Cast Upon It by the Newly Risen Hell Family In , Pennsylvania. # New York —After a 43-year absence, Adam Damm, Sr., a wealthy retired restaurant man of Sacramento, Cal., has returned to New York to rescue his family name from any blight cast upon It by the competitive fame of the newly risen Hell family of Pennsylvania, which is now advancing claims for superior public attention. Forty-three years ago Adam Damm followed his brother, August Damm, to America, - leaving behind him eight brothers and sisters in Bingen-on-the-Rhine, Germany, which is the home village of the Damm family. He paused a short time in New York, then went with three companions to Sacramento, where he married the daughter of a German “forty-miner,” who crossed the plains in a covered wagon. Thereafter he remained quiescent, amassing a comfortable fortune in the restaurant business. Two months ago various news services carried reports of the Hell family in Pennsylvania. Immediately Adam Damm, Sr., called a family reunion in Chicago, and with his Hell clippings, was there met by his nephews, Philip Strauss, a hotel man who is very proud of his mother’s maiden name. Damm, Sr., had planned to have a family reunion in Chicago two years ago, but was unable at that time to corral his bunch. On the last occasion, however, the uhcle and nephew came to New York to see Peter Damm. secretary and treasurer of the Fleischmann Vehicle company, and Miss Damm. Now Peter Damm, Adam, Sr., and Philip Strauss expect to go to Watertown,' N. Y.. to visit ♦ d •

MISSIONARIES IN OLD JAPAN

Karnizawa Is a Resort Where American and Other Religious Workers Gather for Pleasure. Karnizawa, Japan. work and no play tends to make any task grow irksome, is the cry on which is based the establishment of the summer resort of the missionaries to Japan, located at Karnizawa, a mountain resort. Here the American workers find relaxation from their arduous task of conversion

Missionaries' Summer Resort.

and take on new strength with which to further the conquest. Here sectarianism is forgotten and all unite in having a good time. Perhaps the greatest treat for them is to be able to carry on conversation in the English tongue, after a year of talking with converts in foreign languages. To see this playground reminds one of a typical summer resort, with baseball grounds, tennis courts and croquet inclosures. The women can serve tea on the lawn or veranda. On Sunday all attend services in a nody, the preacher being drawn in turn from the various denominations assembled. \

THINKS RATTLERS WILL PAY

Mt Union Man Most Sanguine as to Their Poison —Will Also Bell Their Hides. Huntington, Pa.—Lawrence N. Crum, proprietor of a grocery at Mount Union, has started a rattlesnake farm, and he says that during the coming winter he will realise as large a profit from tbe rattlers as he will from hfs store. About a week ago, while out on the mountains, he succeeded in capturing a dozen of the venomous reptiles, and since that time he has been Aeglng them oa exhibition in his store window. The number of snakes has Increased to 20, and now Crum has constructed a den and will raise them. The main profit Is made from the poison, which is takes from the rattlers at short intervals. He will also sell the hides.

CAPTAINS OF BIG FOOTBALL ELEVENS

Here are the captains of five of the big college football teams of thl| season. Abpve, from left to right, are Munns of Cornell, who kngwft tire game from Alpha to Omega; “Hobby” Baker of Princeton, a skillful and untiring worker, and R. N. Hogsett of Dartmouth. Below are R. T. P. Storer, .leader of Harvard’s eleven, and G. C. Paterson, who captains the husky boys of the University of Michigan.

another branch of the Damm family. August Damm’s sons, who lived at Fort Hamilton, near New York, have disappeared, but the other Damms hope to find them. Two Damm brothers also live in the central west, but their homes are xfot known. Adam Damm, Sr., declares that his family is long lived, and that be has

GIRL OF SEVEN CLIMBS FUJI

At One Time Women Were Forbidden to Ascend Japan’s Sacred Mountain. Tokio.—Mount Fuji, a dead volcanic mountain nearly fifteen thousand feet high, famous around the world for its graceful contour, has been climbed this summer by a Japanese girl, seven years old, who made the trip unaided by her elders. Considering the youthfulness of the climber, this is a record. . / Another ascension will be made before the summer is over, for if all goes well with him, Sajuro Ota, eightynine years old. will accomplish his one hundredth ascension. With the close of last summer his record was eightythree. August saw. him complete his ninety-fourth trip to the summit. From time immemorial, Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, has been considered a sacred peak, and until about forty years ago women were not allowed to make the ascent. Even now much religious sentiment is attached to the mountain, and group after group of pilgrims from all over the country visit the little shrines on the snowclad summit, murmuring in their ascent up the long slopes “Rokkon Shojo,” meaning “May our six senses be clean and undeflled." Aside from these pilgrims, all

MAMMOTH IS FOUND IN ICE

Finest Specimen of Its Kind That Was Ever Discovered Now in Paris Museum. Paris. —Count Stenboch Fermor of the Island of Great Lyakersky, New Siberia, has presented to the natural hißtory museum in Paris what Is considered to be the finest specimen of a mammoth yet found. The gift is especially interesting because the animal had not finished digesting his last meal at the moment of his death, countless centuries ago. Thus the savants are for the first time able to study accurately the nature of the flora of the far distant epoch; they have simply to examine the contents of the mammoth's stomach. He was found in an absolutely complete condition in a strata of ice. The skin, which is without a scratch, is covered with reddish hair, thick and soft to the touch as that of a lap dog. The work of digging out the monster from his primeval cold storage and bringing him to Paris was one of extreme difficulty. The body was cut carefully into pieces, each one labeled, and then carried 1,800 miles to a railway line on dog sledges. The museum has come into possession of the skeleton of an enormous dlnosauruß found near Majunga, on the west coast of Madagascar, by the explorer Perrier de la Batle. Some Idea of the dimensions of this monster may be gained from the fact that a strong man can barely lift one section of the* vertebrae. Although only partially disinterred, the natural history experts of the museum estimate from measurements of the parts they already have that this dtnosaurian considerably exceeds in slse the diplodocus, a plaster cast of which Mr. Carnegie gave the museum. Another acquisition is the skeleton of one of the Cbulous birds known to palaeontolosts as apiornls, which stood 18 feet tall. -

Damm relatives who aye from ninety to one hundred and seven years old. He is proud of the fact that the Damm family Is large and that all its members are artisans, mechanics or prosperous trades people. He confidently expects that other Damm men wilTbe found. He says he remembers very little of New York In 1870.

classes of people, including some of the “new women” of Japan, climb up the mountain. Recently a prize climbing coptest was held, and a of the Waseda university made a record ascent by the summit in two hours an'd a half. Prince Hirohito, crown prince of Japan, thirteen years old, often expresses his earnest deßire to climb Fuji. This year he hopes to do so with Prince Yi_ former croyn prince of Korea, who is now studying in Japan. Fuji is coy In summer, and rarely discloses itself to the view of visitors who try to see it from points of vantage. This is due to the prevailing mist and clouds. ' /

PRINCE ERNST JOINS WIFE

Reunion of Couple Is Regarded as End of Fight Over Throne of Brunswick. Berlin, Germany. Prince Ernst August of Cumberland returned here and joined his wife, the Princess Victoria Luise. who has been staying with the empress, her mother, while recovering from her recent illness. The reunion of the prince and princess is regarded as a definite sign that the trouble over the succession to the throne of the duchy of Brunswick was a controversy rather between the imperial chancellor, Dr. von BethmannHollweg, and his advisers than between the Hohenzollern and Guelph families.

DOWIE $100,000 HOME GONE

Former Michigan Judge Forecloses on a $12,000 Debt at White ( Lake, Mich. Whitehall, Mich.—Judge Charles E. Soule, Grand Haven, Mich., foreclosed a mortgage of $12,000 on the magnificent Bummer home of John Alexan-

Mrs. Alexander Dowie.

der Dowie on White lake. The maaslon, together with golf links on a 'portion of the estate. Is valued at SIOO,OOO.

Dying Man Makes Unusual Request.

Unlontown, Pa.—Angus Tubbs, forty-one, who Is dying of tuberculosis, asked Rev. P. H. Thompson, pastor of a Methodist church, to preach his funeral sermon while he was alive, explaining that he wanted to hear what the minister, had to say about him. Tubb’s request was refused.

POLITENESS OF VALUE

IS CONSTANT* HELP AND BENEFIT TO OTHERS. No Greater Good In This World Tha» Love, Kindnoke and the Consideration of Others In the Home. Politeness that Is bred in the bone and is In constant use creates in the character a resemblance to a flower whose beauty and perfume pervades the atmosphere in which it develops, and is a constant help and benefit to others. I Suppose there is no greater good in this world than love, kindness, and the consideration of others in the home. Boys in a family where there are no girls, owe It to their mother to help her with the heavy housework. There is nothing degrading in pushing a washing machine or turning a wringer, but on the contrary it is honorable service. Any boy who will let his mother do any heavy work that can be done by him is making a wrong start In life and h> laying up trouble for somebody’s daughter when he marries her. Most of us take life too seriously and fail to see the bright and beautiful side of things as we plod along with our daily work. Cheerfulness and the ability to be happy and make those around us happy are not Divine gifts, but simple heart growths that can be cultivated at the same time we cultivate corn and the flowers. Thpy are crops that pay 1,000 per cent. The most beautiful thing in the world is a wholesome, sweet-tempered girl, whose r cardinal points are unselffishness, clealiness, neatness and poU-t-nesB —whose natural lovableness is so ifresistible that people swarm around her like bees around a honeysuckle. She is a tonic tp the ill .And unfortunate. She is the embodiment of joy, and her friends are legion. This girl is the one who helps her mother —who sings at her work-—who caresses and cheera her father, looking after his comfort —who works Instinctively and quietly without ostentation. She thinks her people are the finest people in the world and they adore her as she deserves. —Julie Gordon.

SOME HELPS FOR WASHDAY

Several Simple Ways by Which Busy Housewife Can Save Time and Strength. ■ 1 * When taking clothes off the line fold smoothly the wash clothsi bath towels and hose and lay them away without ironing. They are just as good for use as though they were Ironed, and the busy wife needs to save her time and strength whenever possible. Always iron embroidery on the wrong side so as to bring out the pattern. A -tablespoon of kerosene in starch will keep it from sticking. If you scorch an article badly when ironing, moisten it with lemon juice, rub in sor'Q Balt and lay it in the sunshine. If it is only a slight scorch the sunshine Mrill remove it. If possible, sprinkle the clothes ‘the night before ironing day. The dampness will be evenly distributed and they will iron easily next day. Black goods will not look shiny and the white starch will not show on it if it is ironed on the wrong side.

A Country Pot Roast.

In a hot frying pan melt a lump of butter ©r fry out a small piece of pork. While very hot put In the roaßt, browning all sides. v ßoll it over. Do not insert the fork so as to keep all the juice In. When browned put In a pot which has been heated; put water in the frying pan to get any juice that may have escaped and pour over the meat. Cover closely and cook slowly for three hours, turning occasionally. Keep about a cupful of water undqr the meat and sprinkle a’ little flour and salt over it fifteen minutes before taking out Turn, several times.

Potato Markle.

Take six mfedlum sized, freshly baked, meaty potatoes, scoop out In a chafing dish, breaking them slightly, season to taste With salt and pepper; take off the uhder pan of the chafing dish and place the under pan directly on the flame; add a good lump of fresh butter. When the butter is Incorporated, add Bweet cream to bathe nicely; add then paprika till- the potatoes have attained a light brick color; leave over the flame till fairly dry. When about to serve, add a drink of madeira; stir and serve.

To Clean a Light Cloth Suit.

Buy two large blocks of magnesia. Lay suit or white felt hat on sheet on flat surface, and rub into the garment as much magnesia as it will hold. Do both sides. Lay article away in sheet for a week or more. Then take up, snake and brush, and the suit will be much cleaner and fresher. Especially good for white felt hats and baby coats. **

Mock Apple Pie.

One an done-half common crackers rolled. Juice of one lemon, one cup sugar, two-thirds cup water, little salt and nutmeg. Mix and bake with two crusts.

Mend Before Washing.

A great advantage Is found by the thrifty housekeeper. If all rents or worn places are mended in clothing before being sent to the weekly wash.