Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1913 — Page 2

Red is Most Flags.

TBere to only one flag In the eastern hemisphere that does not cqtfCaln red. That la the flag of GfSece. Other standards in the western hemisphere net containing red are those of Argentine Republic, Brazil, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Uruguay and Honduras, i In Great Britain there Is no red in the union jack nor lu the flags of the secretary of the navy, the admiral of the navy, the rear admiral, senior in rank, the rear admiral junior in rank. Red appears in the pennant of the rear admiral second in rank and the pennant of the revenue marine. The flags which are entirely of red, except the devices in some, are those of Egypt, Morocco, Austria-Hungary and Japan. That of Turkey is nearly'ah red. The flags of iorty-two other countries also contain most conspicuously thv color which is supposed to rep» resent war. As t 9 devices, the star is represented on 20 flags; the cross, including the double cross, on 12; the anchor on two, the eagle on four, the elephakt on one, Siam; the lion (not including the lion and the uincorn) on one, Persia; the dragon on one, China; the sun on while Burma la the only flag on earth which has the turkey. 7 The only all yellow flag is that which represents quarantine. After red, blue is the prevailing color In flags of nations.

A Business of Benevolence.

It takes a practical mind to make a fortune. Men have often said in my nearing, ‘‘Oh, how I wish I were rioh! If I had money I should do this great work or that.”. No,' those men will never be rich, says John D 7 Rockefeller. They haven’t got the purpose and practical bent of mind for It., They think of the fruits of victory without the struggle. I fear it is necessary to fix the mind pretty firmly upon the making of money before it is possible to plan its spending. I remember clearly when the financial plan—if I may call it so—of my life was formed. It was out in Ohio, under the ministration of a dear old minister, who preached, "Get money; get it honestly, and then give it wisely.” I wrote that down in a little book. I have the little book yet, with that writing in it I have tried ever since to “get money honestly and to give it wisely." There is e great deal of folly shown in the distribution of benevolence. If substance is a trust, then it is a very serious business, this matter of dispensing it. One can’t simply get rid of it and have a free conscience. A responsibility attaches to the distribution. I have an idea on that point, to this effect: Let us have benevolent trusts —corporations to manage the business of benevolence. .** 9

Broaden Use of School-Room.

When we speak of schoolhouses we do not mean that they are places merely to pursue studies. We can bring into them features like concerts and lectures, which will add to the social enjoyment of all. We should treat these buildings like tremendous educational plants, and anything that tends to stimulate the intellect has its functions in the school house. To limit the schoolhouse for school purposes only is wrong. It is criminal negligence to allow those buildings to remain idle when there are organizations that are only too glad to utilise' them for entertainments; lectures and other purposes which help to broaden and improve the mind. In Chicago some years ago we were compelled to go to Ac Legislature and ask for a law giving us permission to utilize our school buildings, valued at more than 125,000,006, for other than school purposes.

Necessity of Trade Schools.

W« have come to the point where It Is manifest that if millions of American boys and girls are to have thei~ fair chance we must establish hew public policies to give it to them; If anything like a desirable number are to become good workmen, the sohools must train them for it; If we are to be Just to the rich and poor alike, if we are to let public policies give equal support to all of the oo nmon Interests, and If we are to have the conditions which are precedent to the moral and intellectual Worth of men anu women, we must establish in the educational system s Just balance between the interests of those who are to work with their headß and those who are to work with their hands throughout the country.

Danger in Cigar Cutters.

The Gherman health official* are •pnsidertng abolishing the devloee tor eutttjMl off the ends of elgars that form a familiar part of the equipment of tobacco shops. It la alleged'that many smokers make use of the Instruments after having already placed the cigar in 4 * their months and therefore render possible the tftUMfer of germs to other

Illusions of a Passing Car

Why a r Wheel Sometimes See mi to Revolve Backward-

Under this heading, in The Autocar. Charles F. Street notes and explains the fact that at night a moving wheel frequently appears to revolve abnormally, at times going too Slowly, again appearing to stop, and still again seeming to turn backward. Under similar conditions, if a walking stick be twirled in the hand, a series of distinct images will be observed at intervals, their distance apart depending upon the speed of whirling. We read: “These illusions, are only obtainable In the light emitted from an electric lamp supplied with an alternating current. The alternating current changes its direction, in some cases 40 times per second, and in others as many as .90 times per second. “In order that the current may change its direction, there must be an instant In every reversal when there Is a momentary but entire cessation of the current, and this cessation necessarily affects the emitted light In the form of a very short flicker. “Owing to a peculiar property of the human eye, these cessations of the light, when the eye is viewing any fixed ' object, are not noticeable. • * • "In the case of the moving walkingstick, an impression is gained as to the position of the stick at an instant of maximum illumination. This impression is retained by the eye, and the various positions occupied by the stick during the period of less brigh. light. are not appreciated. * • • "Suppose that a wheel is under observation, and that an Impression is formed in accordance with the posi-

Successive Images That Make a Wheel Seem to Revolve Backward.

tlon of the spokes, and that the view Is then obstructed for r time, during which period of obstruction th@ wheel, having ten spokes, say is turned through one-tenth of a' revolution. “If the obstruction referred to be removed, and another observation of the wheel be made, there would be absolutely no evidence that the wheel had been turned at all, the sppkeg being all alike in appearance, and now occupying a similar position as before. ' —...

“This 1b exactly what happens when a wheel Is viewed in an artifleal light supplied with alternating current * * * Therefore if the speed of a wheel be such that the spokes occupy the same relative position to the car every time the light reaches its maximum value, the sen" sation gained with regard to the movement of the wheej. is that it is not revolving at all, and this speed can be defined as synchronous speed." If the wheel Is revolving at a speed slightly less than synchronous, then the first impression of the spokes is as shown In the figure by the full lines, and the next is obtained when the

spokes are in some position as shown dotted behind the first- The wheel thus appears to revolve backward — the Jumps from one position to the other being unnoticed. If the speed t>e greater than synchronous, these spokes appear a little further ahead each time, and the wheel appears to be moving slowly forward. "Another illusion is obtained by watching the wheels of a passing car through a length of distance of, say, ten yards from the observer. Such a slew is almost unique in demonstrating the well-known fact that the top of a rolling wheel moves at twice the speed of the center of the wheel, and Infinitely faster than the bottom of the wheel, both relative to the earth."

Diamond Cleaving.

The art of the lapidary is one of the most delicate employments of mechanical force known. The practical diamond cutter learns many tacts about precious stones which are Sealed books even to mineralogists. For instance, It Is the lapidaries Who have found out that diamonds owning from different districts vary remarkably In their degrees of huranees. It appears that the hardest diamonds known come from New Booth Wales. An unfamiliar fact Is that diamonds are made to assume approximately the required shape by slitting and cleaving and by "bruting,” which is the rubbing of one diamond against another, before they are submitted to the polishing wheel. In cleaving the diamond is cemented on the end of a wooden stick, and a steel blade is driven with a smart blow In the direction of the natural plane of cleavage. Diamonds that hare been cut by the lapidary’s wheel lack some of the brilliance possessed by those that have simply been steered. —New York Herald. The world’s coal mines yield 40fy> NUN tans of coal every year.

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INSECT EXTERMINATOR

Light Utilized to Attraot the Insects to Certain Destruction. An Ingenious method o: exterminating insects and other vermin baa been devised by a Canadian Inventor. It la well known that all klndß of insect and rodents are attracted by light, and particularly a ‘ luminous power crested in a cool state, with or without combustion. Accordingly a coating of a luminous mixture is applied to a card having a surface which can be painted to prove an attraction to the insects. On this surface is placed a smeary poisonous substance which will have the effect of entangling and, if necessary, poisoning the Insect or rodent. The luminous substance employed consists of a mixture which in the dark will show a brilliant blue light, while in the daytime it will absorb light. A blue light is more efficacious in luring the Insects. In the center of the piece of cardboard is a piece of bait to tempt the vermin into the adhesive substance, where it will die and not be able to get away readily to die in some forgotten corner and thus pollute the atmosphere. Over the surface of tire lumlnant substance is placed resin, castor oil or other essen-

tial oil which throws off a pleasant perfume, but which proves very effective in destroying such insects as mosquitoes, flies, beetles and the like.

Shopping In Egypt.

The streets are generally crammed with people, and lined with busy shops, each shop being a small open room, unconnected with the house by any door or passage; and closed in ‘at night by folding-doors, secured by locks and bolts ontside. It is fitted all round with shelves or cases for jn’erchandlse, and has a floor raised about two feet from the ground, which projects about the same distance into the roadway, and upon which carpets and cushions are placed for custom-

ers, who seat themselves on this rude divan while they arrange purchases. This is always a lengthy business, and expected to be so by buyer and seller, who quietly give themselves up to a half hour’s “haggle” over every trifle. The buyer seated, the seller offers a pipe, and sends to the nearest coffee-house for cups of the hot beverage. Then begins the exaltation of the article to be sold, and an extravagant price is named, to be succeeded by as great a depreciation of price and quality on the part of the buyer. Then the subject is dropped, pfres and coffee resumed, to be after a time renewed, as before, until something like a fair medium Is reached, and the bargain concluded. There is no fixed price for anything; hence you cannot ask for an article, pay its value and leave the •hop with It in the course of ftye minutes; It Is impossible thus to economize time in the Bast The subdivlsioof trade, too, is another hindrance/

If a man wants a turban he has to go to one dealer for the scarlet skullcap, fez or tarboosh; to another for the heavy silk tassel, and to a third for the shawl which he winds about It, and so makes It complete. One man deals in pipe stems, generally made ot Jasmine or cherry-stick; a second trills them; a third deals in amber mouth-pieces; a fourth in the red earthen bowls from Slout or Stamboul; a fifth In leaf-tobacco, which a man cuts up for you; and thus half g day may be easily consumed in obtaining what half an hour would seture for you In our country. Each trade is distinct, and has Its own appointed district, so that much time Is occupied in visiting shops widely ••under.

Balloon Fell Among Fisher Folk.

An element of humor characterised one of Mr. Spencer’s Indian experiences. One day after making a parachute descent his balloon came town among some flsherfolk, who promptly unpicked the uet to use tor Jshlng lines and cut up the balloon Itself to make waterproof clothing.

How Rob Won His Reward

By Frank Sweet.

Two letters coipprised Roy Grar ham’s mail that morning, but they were so unexpected and so conflicting that he felt dazed after reading them. He had been crossing the campus toward bis room when he met the postman, and he thrust the letters into his pocket, thinking to read them after he got inside. But he had. a half hour to spare, and the morning was so inviting, that presently he dropped upon a bench under the spreading branches of a big oak and gazed about contentedly. It was such a beautiful world to be in, and Just now It seemed to be opening its doors so widely and so cordially for his entrance. Perhaps that was why It was,so beautiful, that and the fact that he had done It all himself.

How wonderful it semed to him, sitting there, the poor little factory boy of 10, earning $2.00 a week, but with suddenly awakened ambition, and the young freeman just finishing his first year at college. But between the two had been years of hard factory labor, work overtime, late study, book canvassing, school teaching, and always the strictest kind of economy. Yet with it all, he was still one of the youngest boys in his class. Of course his father and mother had enoouraged and helped him In every way they could, except with money; that they did not have. And now they were watching and hoping for him just as ardently as he could hope for himself. He drew forth one of the letters. and, opening it, read: ‘‘My Dear Nephew Roy—l have been watching yor as I have my other nephews and nieces-—there are some dozen or 16 on both sides of the house, I Relieve —and am glad to find that you are able to succeed by your own exertions. For this reason I am willing to assist you a little. A person who can’t climb by himself isn’t worth pushing up and propping afterward. I enclose with this a check for S4OO. At the end of three months I will send another for a like amount, and so on. , 3 Glve all you, time to study—except, of course enough for proper bodily exercise, r "Yours for success, “Uncle James.”

Roy drew a long breath and looked at the check. Yes, It was for S4OO, and made payable to him. But somehow, he did not look very well pleased. Uncle James was the one rich man of the family; rich through hard, niggardly and perhaps unscrupulous dealings with the world. He had no respect for anything save success, utterly devoid of sympathy or of feeling for his own kindred. There had been times of straightened circumstances of destitution, of death even, among some of them, and Uncle James had been applied to for temporary assistance, ' but always with the same result, a curt, positive refusal. Thus he had gradi ally grown away from his brothers and sisters and their families, until he had become almost a stranger to them. Roy had not even seen him. And now this letter.

For a moment he felt an Impulse to return the check, with a note reminding the sender of the $25 which had been refused his father during a severe spell of 'llness some years before. Then a tl >ught of how his gentle, Invalid father was always hoping for a better understanding with his "brother, caused him to change his mind. This was the first overture Uncle James bad ever made to any of the family, and his father would be pleased. And the money would be of great help, for he could complete’ the course at least a year earlier by being able to devote all his study. Then he drew out the second letter and opened It. This was from home, and read: “Dear Roy— You are needed at home. I am sorry, and have tried to make It otherwise, but cannot. All my time has to be devoted to your father now, and that means giving up the living I was able to make by sewing. Then medical care makes extra expense Just now. We are sorry, dear boy, but perhaps by another yqar your father will be better again, and I can resume my sewing, and you return to college. Bat just now we need you. “Mother." “P. S.—Except for requiring constant care and attention your father la as well as usual. The doctor says he may live many years yet, and So r that we should be thankful.”

Roy thrust the letter back Into-'his pocket with the other, then dropped his chin upon his breast and stretched his legs to their full length. That was his way when thinking. If only he could-send this check home everything would be all right, and he could continue to worst his way through college as he shad been doing, and then go back and take care of them as they planned. But that woud not be tJncle James’ way. Not one dollar; of the S4OO would he be willing to biave sent to the man whose Illness had made his life the very reverse of IChe suocess he revereu. But not much thought" was required for Roy to discover the cnly course open to him. Presently (his jaws set, and a quick Indrawing of hia legs and a light spring bro> ftht him to his feet and a half dr ben yards down the* path. Ten min stag later the check was on Its way la«A to Uncle James, with a tow wurd(fc4f

explanation, and ha was packing Mi trunk. There was no work at home except the factory and a few* Indifferent jobs among the surrounding farmers. Buy was familiar 1 with the factory Moreover, It allowed film to be at home daring the night, and so able to relieve his mother with the nursing. Thirty minutes In the house, with broken regrets and tears on their part, and cheery, hearty expostulation on his, and he was on his # way to the factory. Thirty minutes more, and he was at work.

On the whole, it was not an unpleasant year. He worked hard during the day, and was often ‘awake much of the night, helping his mother or studying. In the factory, too, he was able to devote considerable time to his books without interfering with his work. At the end of his machine was a window with a broad ledge, and on this he always kept one or another of his books open, ready for a hurried snatching of a few sentences as-he passed back and forth about his .duties. Indeed, with the exception of a few studies, he felt that he was keeping pretty up with his classmates at college. | i • And fit home, with his father and mother depending so wholly upon him, with their eyes following him about wistfully and regretfully, he realized as he had never done before, what his absence had meant to them. And yet their every look spoke eloquently of the longing for him to be able to go back and finish the college course which had been interrupted. Sometimes he wondered if this would ever be. He would’never leave them again to the support of his mother’s needle. He had only done so before, because it seemed the only way, and because they had Insisted on it. But he was oldej now, and thought he saw 11b duty differently. At the end of the year he was, financially. Just where he had been at the beginning. But he had made them a good living, and his father had greatly Improved. Another year, and perhaps another, an d- - Then his problem was solved for him. A second letter came from Uncle James, wMtA read:

“My- Dear Nephew Roy—l have kept a close espionage over you during the past year, and still believe that you are perfectly able to succeed by your own exertions, and, therefore, capable, according to my theory, of being helped. I enclose with this two checks for the same amount as the other. One you may leave at home to take your place; the other Is to help you a little more expeditiously through college. “Yours for success “Uujle Jai 4*.v”

A Feat of Strength.

If any pne told you it was possible to break a stone with a blow of your fist, you would laugh at him. But there Is a way by which you can accomplish this feat, entirely by your

Stone in Position for Trick.

own etrength and without imy Injury to yo«r fist. Flint select your stone —or rather two atones, each of which should be about twelve inches long, but one should be only a slab one-half inch thick. whLw the other Is three or four inches i.lck. Lay the thin tone flat, firmly and immovably on the ground and 'On It place one end of the other stone, raising the opposite end to an angle of forty-five degrees. The raised end of the seoond stone must be over the center of the stone on the ground and must be kept In position by a piece of twig or stick the necessary length. Ybu are now ready to demonstrate your tremendous strength. Strike the elevated stone a smart blow at about the center with the little finger side of the hand —the prop of course will give way and the bottom stone ?11 be broken to pieces as the elevated stone falls upon it from Its ang* ‘or position. Thus you have broken the stone into pieces by one blow of your bare fist, to the astonishment of any one who may have doubted your ability to do so.

Origin of Royal Purple.

Comparatively few persons know how purple came to be symbolical of royalty. The distinction probably grew out of Its excessive costliness In ancient times. The only purple color known then was thu Tyrian purple, which was obtained from a species of shellfish found In the Mediterranean sea. But It was ohtalned only In minute quantities and Its rarity made it very expensive. In the time of Cicero, a pound of wood, double-dyed with this color cost a thousand denarii, or about $176 In our money. The shade was more of a crimson than Is the modern purple. At Wellington, a little town o( 7,000 Inhabitants In the west es pngland, over 5,000 tramps had ft» be accommodated last yean

FAIR OAKS.

John Casey aijd Mrs. Dickerson tvent to Whegjfield to attend a Milenniura Dawn meeting. Edward Wilson, of Otterbein, brought Mrs. Cottingham and her jaunt, Mary Millet; borne Monday. Chas. Manderville, of Kentlancby (Same home to stay over Thanksgiving. t Jack Umphress, who has been working near Fowler for some time, came home the first of the week.. Mr. Cottingham and Walter 'McConnell arid family went to Mohtence the first of the week. Mrs. Gundy and son, Charles, came here from Rensselaer to spend a couple of days with her daughter, Flossie. Mrs. Warren Zellars is here visiting her parents, T. J, Marlatt and wife.

John Dean is husking corn at Shelby. The M. Society will meet next Thursday with Mrs. McConnell. Orvil Bringle is home from Lafayette. . i Miss Fawn Casey has gone to Mt. Ayr to stay with Mrs. Cale Barker. CKas. Stewart was in town Tuesday looking after truants. Florence McKay and Ruth Gundy will be here for a week’s vacation. About all the Monon workmen were at Lowell Tuesday. Mrs. N. D. Carr, who has been to Muncie for a couple of weeks, lias returned. Our teachers spent Thanksgiving with home folks.

Obituary.

Fanny J. Antrim, daughter of John and Hannah Antrim, was born in Mt. Vernon, Wabasli county; April 24;~1848,~"ahd died at 'her home in DeMotte, Nov. 19,1913, aged 65 years, 7 months and 25 days. She was married to Nathan C. Weathers at Rensselaer, March IC, 1869. One child was born to this union, Mrs. Lulu Cure, now living at Bowie, Texas. They moved west in 1875, and the husband died at Norman, Okla., Feb. 3, 1899. She was again married Sept. 2, 1904, to William Shry, at Hall, Okla. She leaves a husband, one daughter, seven grand children, one greatgrandchild, three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. A. A. Maxon, Bowie, Tex.; Mrs. William Nickerson, of Quinlan, Okla.; Mrs. Henry Sparling, DeMotte, Ind.; T. E. Antrim, Norman, Okla; John W. Antrim,. Norton, Kansas. She came with her husband to DeMotte last April to visit her sister, Mrs. Henry Sparling, which was the first meeting of the sisters in 3JT years. Her health was very poor when she came and she rapidly grew worse and was a great sufferer until death came. She had been a member of the M, E. churcn since childhood. The funeral was held at the church Friday at 10 a. m., conductedby Rev. L. E. Morris, assisted by Rev. A. T. Briggs. Interment in DeMotte cemetery.

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