Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1915 — Page 2

SAFETY AT SEA.

fteete That Entity the Bailor Whfi Baldt -Qod Help the Poor Folks Ashore.” you * tbouiirt ships or moro <mn lost | ths year before the Mi took Marly ths same toll. To ths tourist his assurance of safety Use in the tact that tt Is the sailing TSsnnl. with Its dependence on the fickle Mai. that largely makes op the tremendous loss. Freighting steamers, voyaging on ■■familiar courts, nearly complete the disaster roll; but to the great liners, with their familiar routes, well known lanes of travel, their ■warded and euril lighted harbors, and aS their appliances for safety, the manifold dangers of ths ocean are amlj the remote possibilities that glee a touch of adrenture to their passage from land to land. Accord* lag to a writer In the Century, the probabilities of disaster are trifling. / Every morning brings us some story of death or accident on eland, while the great passenger ships come »■< go In monotonous regularity, bringing no reports more stirring those of high seas that have kept them from making new records. With the present madness for speed and Its attendant recklessness, our streets demand constant alertness if you would cross them with ufety. Speed at sea has come through larger and more stoutly constructed ships So the familiar old story of sailorman at sea In a storm who, serene in his consciousness of ample tea room, piously ejaculated: "Qod help the poor folks ashore to-night]** is not wholly fantastic.

FRIEND VS. ACQUAINTANCE.

Consider Judiciously What Friendship Means to You. It is a great thing to be able to know the difference between friends and acquaintances. Those who help you develop the better side of your life, who would have you love your family and be honorable in all your relations with your fellow men are the only friends worth having. Avoid the man who would have you do wrong, because he will betray you when It serves his purpoee. Consider Judiciously what the friendship means to you, of those whom you have been calling friends, determine definitely whether or not they can be depended upon under all circumstances. Remember you will have no trouble in finding plenty of men and women who will do favors for you if you are in a position to grant special privilege*. but this class of “so-called friends’ will fall away when they find they cannot use you. or when your position in life has so changed that you cannot do something for them. Look sharp id picking your friends and acquaintances: see to it that the fundamentals of loyalty, honesty and integrity are deeply grounded in the character of those in whom you place your faith. —Common Sense.

EAGLES OF SHETLAND.

So Annoying That Gulls Were Encouraged to Fight Them. In Fonla, one of the Shetland Islands. the natives make a business of rearing skau gulls in order to rid the Island of eagles that congregate there and commit many depredations. The magnificent red sandstone cliffs that skirt the northwestern coast became a favorite haunt of the eagles, and in this inaccessible spot they increased so rapidly that they became a terror to the farmers and fishermen who dwell on this isolated spot The skau gulls are also strong and fierce and the inveterate foes of the eagle. In battle the gulls are nearly always victorious, and so the inhabitants of FOnla hit upon the novel plan of feeding and oaring for the skau gulls, which, though formidable to their feathered enemies, are very peaceful and docile when brought in contact with man.

SPREAD OF DRUG HABIT.

A New York Law That le Burdensome to Hospitals. The Boylan law in New York requires that anybody with drugs in his possession shall be arrested and t.van before a police magistrate. If he is found to be a drug victim he must be sent to one of the city’s hospitals for treatment Inasmuch as there have been nearly 1,000 such patients since July 1. including many usdte of drugs who have voluntarily gone before the magistrates and begged for a chance to be cured, it is obviously unjust to regular hospital patients to crowd these institutions vith "dope fiends." The Boylan law has already dis■losed a disquieting number of drug , which lays upon the city a new and grave responsibility. * The hospitals should not bear the whole burden.

Height of Britons.

The average height of Englishmen is I ft T 1-8 in-; Scotsmen, 6 ft 8 1-2 is.; Irishmen, 5 ft 8 In. and Welshman, § ft « 1-2 in. The Stalled States annually exports mom wheat, including wheat floor, than any other country in the world —iUB.MMVOOO oat of 841,000,000 builds

Many Pawnbrokers' Shops.

There are 812 pawnbrokers’ shops within a radius of M miles from the I '—hi m » »»B||>l i I

THE MEAT BILL.

Knowledge as an Aid to Economical Buying. Nowhere will a young housekeeper show her ignorance more than at the butcher’s. A little knowledge goes * long way in a market,' and the woman who knows what to ask for savea 10 per cent on her moat bill. Suppose she asks for veal, unless she is able to specify the cut she la sure to be given the loin or filet, where often a less expensive cut would serve the need. Generally, in cutting up veal the hindquarter Is divided Into loin and leg, and the forequarter !■ divided into breast, neck and shoulder. From the hindquarter comes: The loin, the choicest cuts for roasts and chops; filet, used for roasts and cutlets; chump end of loin, for roasts and chops; hindknuekle. for stew and potpie. From the forequarter comes; Neck, best end for roasts, stews, and chops; breast, best for roasting, stews and chops; bladebone, for pot roasts and baked dishes; foreknuckle, used for soups and stews; breast, brisket end used for baking, stews, and potpie; neck* scrag end used for stews, broth, meat pie, etc. If you are buying pork the most generally used cuts are leg, used for smoked hams, roasts, and corned pork; hind loin, roasts, chops and baked dishes; fore loin or ribs, used for roasts, baking and chops; spare ribs, chops, stews and roasts; shoulder, roasts and corned pork; brisket and flank, used Jor pigling in salt and for smoked hanjs;Vmutton, leg for roasts and boiling; shoulder, for baked dishes and roasts; loin, for roasts and chops (saddle and double loin); chump-end of loin, for roasts and chops; rib chops, for French chops and choice stews; breast, for roasts, baked dishes, stews and chops, and neck for cutlets, stews and meat pies. These lists should provide at least a working vocabulary for the young housekeeper.

PASTOR ENTERTAINED.

A Delicate Point and Enlightenment Wanted From Etiquette Expert. "About the hardest problem I have had to solve In my brief housekeeping career,” said the woman, “is what to do with the pastor when he caliß on the servant girl. We have a good girl. She is a regular attendant at a chapel in the neighborhood. Every so often the pastor or his assistant In his rounds of the parish calls on her. "I am a heathen myself In the matter of religious observances, nevertheless I know what Is due to geptlemen of the cloth. The best room about the house should be at the disposal of one’s spiritual adviser always. Should Lucy, then, receive” her guest in the parlor, or should they compromise on the dining room? The kitchen as a place for entertaining the minister is quite oat of the question. “So far, the ministers calling at my house have been spared even the Indignity of a dining room reception. I have taken to the back regions myself while Lucy held forth in the parlor. I know other women with churchgoing maids who are equally considerate. Altogether this is a delicate point on which we need some enlightenment from the etiquette experts."

DISRUPTION OF GOOD HABITS.

Even This Is Wise, Occasionally, for Both Men and Women. Comfort Is only another term for habit The older we grow the more "set" we become, until any break in the routine of existence spells dls comfort One’s slippers must be beside the bed and one's clothing disposed on the same hooks and chairs day after day; the water for shaving must be of the right temperature; breakfast is wanted when It is want ed, and so through the 24 hours. Now, travel disarranges this rou tins, therefore it is well to travel — more or lew; to fish for slippers In the welter of a valise's contents, to shave with cold water, to breakfast at some one else’s convenience, and. in general, to move along the line of most resistance. Even good habits need disrupting, now and then, for the pursuit of comfort leads to selfishness and inconsiderateness, as the paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Spare the Horses.

A cavalry sergeant had endured the stupidity of s recruit for many days. One day the "rookie" was thus greeted when he had violated the sergeant’s orders: “Don’t ever come at tie horses from behind without speakin* to them!" exclaimed the sergeant ‘"They'll be kicking that thick head o T yours; then the first thing you know there’ll be a lot of lame horses in the squadron."—lllustrated Bits.

The Earth’s Popuiation.

It has been estimated that the earth can maintain a population es 6,000,000.000. total which will be reached about the year 8100 at the present rate of increase.

“Sweet Allce” Outgrown.

Do you remember Sweet Alice, who ' wept with delight when Ben Bolt gave her a smile and trembled with fear at his frown? Women are not boQt that war nowadays. Would yen coni your true Mends? Fall Into misfuiten^-Ofapoleon.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSBELAER, INP.

LAWN TENNIS BIRTHDAY.

Proposed Celebration to Honor Name of the Inventor. To celebrate the fortieth birthday of lawn tennis it is proposed to erect a memorial to the man who introduced —if he did not actually invent—the game, says Pearson’s Wekly. Major Walter Clapton Wingfield, M. V. 0., was the name of the pioneer of lawn tennis, so far as the British Isles were concerned, and he brought the game to England In 1874. Major Wingfield’s lawn tennis was not, in some ways, the same game that is so popular today, however. “Sphairistike" was the name under which he patented It, and one great point of dlffernce was in the shape of the lawn on which it was played. The first tennis courts were marked out in the shape of an hourglass. "Sphaldstlke" soon became very popular, and a year after its Introduction it was being played all over the country. Prom being a sort of compromise between real tennis and badminton, it rapidly became a far more popular game than either. Improvements to cope with the "speeding up” of lawn tennis soon came about The net was lowered from five feet at the sides and four feet In the middle to three and a half and three set respectively. The out-down racquet bats at first used were replaced by tightly strung special racquets, and tennis balls were made much more ‘lively” than they were in the beginning. A schoolboy discovered the present way of cutting the flannel used In covering the balls, and the patent brought in many thousands of pounds. As a boy King George played Major Wingfield’s “Sphairistike,’* and that the game gave him a lasting fondness for lawn tennis was shown by the fact that he engaged in several "sets” as recently as last summer. ■» “Sphairistike” officially became lawn tennis in 18S8, when the English Lawn Tennis association was formed.

WORLD'S BEAUTY.

Lives In Africa, Says Edward Wllbern, Globe Trotter. In faraway Morocco, that land of dreams and romanoe, in the city of Tangiers, lives the most beautiful girl in the world. So says Edward Wilbern, 39 years, wealthy bachelor of Cincinnati, who spends most of his time globe-trotting, and thinks because of his vast experience he Is competent to Judge of woman’s beauty. Wilbern says he hopes he will never see her again, 'although he keeps her picture always where he can see it He calls the attention of his friends to her charm, and they claim that America has far prettier girls than this Moorish dancer. “What country has the prettiest women?” a friend asked this man who is ever haunted by the charm of one girl’s face." “Ireland, If you speak of all the women,” answers Wilbern; “but hare Is the most wonderful girl in the w’orld," and he shows again the picture of the girl of Tangiers. "She’s a Moorish dancer,” explains Wilbern. “To see the real Oriental dance you must go to the Orient It’s the poetry of motion. This girl is a poetic romance. She Is a brunet — and heY eyes!” Wilbern is so afflicted with wanderlust that his friends never knew whether he Is at home or in the Fiji islands or at the North Pole.

POETRY AND POVERTY.

Their Frequent and Pathetic Alliance In England. Writing of Poets’ Corner, W. J. Loftie, in "Westminster Abbey," comments on the frequent and pathetic alliance between poetry and poverty. The first of the poets laid iere, Chaucer —who dwelt in a house in the monastery garden known as “The Rose” —“fell into poverty in his old age.” Spenser, according to Drummond of Hawthorne, "died for lack of bread” in King’s street Westminster. Ben Johnson “died in great poverty" in a house on the north side of the abbey, near St Margaret’s. Dryden is another immortal to whom the same fate attaches; also Butler, of “Hddibras” fame. Chaucer’s house was demolished to make way for Henry VIPs chapeL His gray marble tomb dates only from 1665. Though so late In erection, It is good to recall that the tomb was the gift of a brother poet in happier material cli<instances, Nicholas Brigham.

Always Is It Thus.

To buy her presents his cash Is spent And her words of thanks were sweeter than honey; But when he had squandered his last rod cent She married a youth who saved his money.

The Bank of England.

' The Bank of England was proh. jected by a Scotsman named Paterson. It was established in the city of London in 1094.

Church on Ships.

A novel feature of ships which are being built for the National Steam Navigation Company of Qreece is a little churchwhich has been fitted on board eaoh vessel. „ What Is your Ufa* R Is even a vapor. Steam la har-

AN ASTONISHING DOG.

!• So Well Liked They Call Him Mayor of the Town. Togo la an astounding dog living In Seituato. Mass., where he is so well known and liked that they call him the mayor of the town. Nothing short of a chain, writes Will Irwin, can keep Togo away from any public -function. When the ladles of this or that church give a sale, a strawberry festival or a lawn sociable, Togo is the first guest to arrive, the last to leave, and altogether the life of the party. His own family is Catholic; but he himself sheds his broad tolerance upon the Unitarians. Is there a dance anywhere on his beat? At some time in the evening you are sure to see him at the door, radiating delicate but majestic patronage on the proceedings. “Enjoy yourselves, my children," he seems to say. Does the life-saving crew go out for their practice, Togo will usually superintend the proceedings. Saturday night, when the Idle Hour moving picture theater offers a special, the bowling parlors are running full blast, when the soda fountans keep open until midnight, when there is a dance at library, when the farmers from Greenbush way and the mossers from the beach repair to the harbor for a sociable evening—that is Togo’s time for a periodical canine debauch. Never by any chance may he be found at home after supper of Saturdays. He seems omnipresent at the harbor. Drop into the bowling parlor, he is in the corner watching the game. Repair to the moving picture show; he is there, too, visiting with the ticket seller in the office or watching the film from the back of the house. By and by sounds of yelps, howls, barks and shouts arise from Front street. It is Togo again, reducing a new dog to the true respectful attitude, or settling some old score. Now Sunday morning is different —although Mrs. O’Neil was at some pains to teach him that difference. He nearly made scandal at the church before he learned that he must not follow to mass. Even yet, though he knows Saturday night and Sunday morning, he has not mastered the church calendar to the extent of recognizing fixed feasts. On those occasions the ushers watch the door carefully to guard againßt the appearance of a large orange and white dog searching in the pews for his family.

SPIDERS’ WEBS VARY.

And Some Spiders Do Not Spin Webs at All. “As fine as a spider’s web” has long been a standard of comparison, but it makes a difference as to what sort of spider’s web is meant. All spider’s webs are not alike, nor are all of the threads of which they are made. These may be dry or sticky, fine and regular, or coarse and rough, according to the will of the spider, and the use he wishes to make of it One kind of web is that seen on the grass on dewy mornings. This Is merelly a level floor on which the spider runs and catches his prey. The thread is not sticky, and the web may last if undisturbed, a whole season. Attached to it is a tube of web, in which the spider hides. Another web is in large meshes, but of indefinite shape. Insects get entangled in the mesh, but are not held by any glutinous nature in the thread. Then there are dome webs, In which the spider runs about to catch the insects which get entangled. In addition, there is the familiar geometrical pattern. In making these the insect first places the radiating lines in position, Cfn these are woven the circles of sticky thread, which, however, never reach right to the center. These are the webs which eatch insects by their stickiness. There are, in addition, many varieties of spiders which build no web at all, but catch their prey by running after it

Good Packing Helps Flowers.

For packing shallow boxes should be used, 1 as the flowers will travel much better if packed in single layers. The boxes should be just long enough to comfortably accommodate the flowers and be lined with some soft nonabsorbent material. Wood wool is the best material to use, but fresh moss will also answer the purpose. Over this place a layer of white tissue paper and then lay the flowers in position, packing them as closely as possible. Cover with another layer of tissue paper and fill in if necessary with a little more packing material till when the lid is placed iirposition the contents of the box are quite firm and unable to shift . ... , ▲ freckled person always wears specks. Did you notice that?

Derivation of By-Law.

“By’* is an ancient Danish word for town or village, and “bylaws" meant a law of local or Hmited application. In modern usage it means a standing role, not so binding as the constitution of a society and more easily changed. Professor Flake says: “In the shires where the Danes acquired a firm foothold the township was often called a *by.’ and it had the power of enacting Ms own bylaws or town lews,** ■ --■I— For short sports, the salmon Is the as test swimmer of Che flsh tribe.

A Fine Bird

An Irishman who wasn’t much of a hunter went out to hunt one day and the first thing be saw to shoot at was a bird sitting saucily on the top of a fence. He biased away and then walked over to pick up the victim. What he happened to find there was a dead frog, which he raised at arm's length, looking at it with a puzzled air. Finally he remarked: “Well, but ye was a deuce of a foine looking burd be fur Oi blew the Others off o’ ye!”

A FRIENDLY LIFT.

“Climb on there, all you fellers that’s going over!”

All Were Busy

A physician started a model insane ayslum, says the New York Sun, and set aside one ward especially for the crazy motorists and chauffeurs. Taking a friend through the building he ponted out with particular pride the automobile ward and called attention to its elegant furnishings and equipment. “But,” said the friend, “the place is empty; I don’t see any of your numerous patients.” “Oh, they are all under the cots fixing the slats,” smilingly explained the physician.

His Fear

A sad story is told by a Pennsylvania man of a lad in his town who, like many another boy, has been compelled to wear the castoff clothing of his father. One afternoon this lad was discovered in tears. " “What’s thp trouble, my boy?” asked the man who tells the story. “Why,” explained the youngster between sobs, “pop has gone and shaved his face „ clean, and now I s’pose I’ll have to wear all them whiskers he ÜBed to have.”

Tommy Knew

The lesson In history was in progress and In vain the teacher coaxed her class to answer. At last she brightened up. She had reached the star pupils of her little class. “Now, Tommy,” she said, “Mary followed Edward V. and who followed Mary?” Yes, Tommy knew that, and his answer was swift. “Her little lamb, teacher,” he shouted, triumphantly.

Why He Remained

"So your constituents objected to your absence from Washington?" “Yes,” explained the representative. “Didn’t you tell them that your vote was paired?” “Yes; and they said' that they would see to it that it was pared still more when I came up for re-election.”

Not Yet

The politician said: “There are some people who are too .impatient and cynical over the matter of prayer. They are like little Tommy. “Pa," said little Tommy, “you know Jim and Horace? Well, pa, Jim mid Horace say their prayers every night and ask God to make ’em good boys.” “How nice," said the father. “How very nice.” “But He ain’t done it yet, pa, the urchin added.

Her Excuse

“Don't you know, Emily, that it Is not proper for you to turn around and look after a gentleman?" “But, mamma, I was only looking to see if he was looking to see if I was looking.”

His Preference

“This Is a carious old world. If you have no money you are snubbed; If you have too much you are investigated.” “Very true. But I barf rather be investigated than snubbed any old time.”

His Size

Miss Jaggs—“ls he one of those chaps who would sooner be right than President?" Mr. Raggs—“Oh, be is not so rigid as that; but I think he would sooner be right than Vice President.”

Sure

“Can you kill flies with moth balls ?” asked the boob. “Yes,” replied the wise guy, “but you've got to be aide to throw straight”

Not Flattering

“What did Johnson say about my play?” “He said he certainly felt that ha’d got his money'a worth.” -Huh! I sent the beggar a oo»# —PW

Did His Best

*1 never knew before how funny pa can be," said the eldest Miss Fibbert, after th* guests had departed. “Quite a revelation!” declared Mrs. Fibbert. “He Ought to bring his guests oftener. It is delightful to see your father so good-natured and droll!” “And the adventures pa has had! exclaimed the youngest Miss Fibbert “And tbe lies he told!” cried Uncle Dick. “I didn’t know Bob could grind them out impromptu like that I would have thought It would require time to polish ’em up.” “Father must have been quite a romantic young man!" mused the second Miss Fibbert. ... “Oh, he was!” said Uncle Dick, with a grin. “That was pretty good where he and the other young man swapped girls. I admired that very much. It sounded good to me. It was just a little bit like your father, too. He fell In love with his sweetheart’s sister, and swapped h*r off with the sister’s young man.” “And It was just like two girls of spirit to give them t>oth the bounce!” put in the eldest Miss Fibbert. “Your father used to be so fickle —” “Will you shut up?” howled Fibbert. “You people make me tired. Why should you rake up all these horrible details of the past? I know I said a lot of things on the spur of Vie moment for my guests’ entertainment, but hanged if I think It’s right for you to rehearse them in this cold-blooded way! I did the best I could!" “You did mighty well!” said Uncle Dick, admiringly. “I started to count and classify them—lies, confounded lies and true lies. “Those where the truth would have been funnier I characterized as lies. They were inexcusable —not artistic, not anything. There were seven of them. Of the confounded lies —the kind where the truth was exaggerated to good advantage, the kind I admiringly characterize as confounded lies —there were thirty-seven. The true Ilea —those which might just as well have' happened as not —were three in number. It wasn’t your fault that they didn’t happen. They are the highest form of self-expression. “Quite a high score, old man! Any one who can tell a true lie that Is refreshing and bright is a credit to huihanity. you did remarkably well, and we are all proud of you!”

MISINTERPRETED.

Agitator—Fellow . citizens. w* have lost our rightsVoice (from rear) —Why don’t you advertise?

Crude Work

“I should regret very much to hear that anybody has ever offered money for political influence.” “Yes,” answered Mr. Graftwell, “your hearing of it would indicate very crude work on somebody’s part.”

Sleeping Cake

“Cake can sleep, can’t it?” asked a hoy of his father. “No, my son; have you lost your senses?” “Yes, it can sleep, too, for haven’t you heard of ginger’s naps?”

Where to Begin

Mrs. liighmind—l think it’s a great pity that one can’t find a newspaper that isn’t filled with all sorts of horrible crime. We ought to have an organization to prevent such matter being printed. Philosopher—Would it not be better to have an organization to prevent such horrible crimes tpm be inf committed? j

Should Beat Faster Then

“You know it is stated that man’s heart beats 92,160 times a day,” said the young man. “Every day?” asked the sweet young thing. “Yes, every day.” “Well, if a young man’s heart didn’t beat more times than that the day he proposed marriage I’d consider him a a pretty cold proposition.”,

Has Quit Worrying

“When I first came to Washington,” remarked Senator Sorgum, “I was afraid I could not satisfy my constituents.” “And now?” "Now I’m sure of it-”

Kings Classified

“A king hasn’t as much real power as some of the officials in a great republic.” 1 “Of course,” replied Sorghum, “you are tailing about one of those hereditary monarchs they have abroad. You dona mean a regular oil king or a king of fiuiance.” 4 Rinks—'“That giri fa- the green wig looks good enough t* eail”. Jinks —“You must be eating like a JME