Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 173, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1915 — Page 3

FREE YET CAPTIVE

By CLARISSA MACKIE.

It had been a miserable dinner —the fricassee had been overpeppered, the sweet potatoes bad been burned in the baking and the dessert had been a grotesque assemblage of half-stewed fruits. Mr. Amory pushed aside his plate in disgust and touched his lips to the cofTee. “Mud!” he muttered, tragically. “I am afraid that Marta is obsessed by the general uneasiness,” fluttered his gentle little wife. “When Pedro brought the mail he announced that a company of rebels was on the way to attack the mines, and the woman is terrified.” “As we all are,” frankly admitted their niece, Barbara Dare. “Haven’t we been sleeping with one eye open —at least I have —and when I heard that Villa’s army was on the way to San Vados my heart actually turned completely over!” Mr. Amory laughed. “Fie Bobs! And I’ve been counting on you as my right-hand man if they attack the mine.” Barbara colored beautifully and her eyes flashed. “Oh, Uncle Dan, of course if it came down to actual defense of our lives, every bit of fear would leave me at once.” ~ * “Well, for my part, I’d rather take gi&dr uffVleff and leave San Vados while therfe is time to do it gracefully. Mr. Ritch says when the critical moment comes we must drop everything and fly in the motor that he will send from town. How I hate this Mexico!” Mrs. Amory arose and clumsy-footed Marta came in to remove the cloth. In the veranda of the adobe house the three sat and watched the stars pricking out in the deep blue sky. They were very silent; perhaps each one was weighing the gravity of the situation that confronted them after many months of false alarms. Suddenly out of the silence there camd the distant purr of a motor coming over the Ledro bridge. Amory tossed his cigar over the railing and rose to his tall height. “I rather think that’s Rltch’s automobile,” he said. “You won’t go, Uncle Dan?” asked Barbara eagerly. “Of course, we will go, Bobs,” interrupted her aunt’s voice sharply. “You should be thankful that Mr. Ritch has provided a means for us to reach the coast and take a ship to San Diego. I’m going to get my things—l’ve had them packed for three weeks —and you had better get together anything you especially treasure. We shall never see Mexico again, if I have my way!” “Are you really going, Uncle Dan?” urged Barbara. "Of course. I know that you’ve had everything closed up at the mines and —oh, here he comes!” she sighed impatiently. "His lights are out, too.” Something black loomed out of the darkness of the drive and a large motor car halted at the steps. A man alighted and came onto the veranda. “Mr. Amory?” he asked in a crisp, authoritative tone. “Yes.”

"Mr. Ritch asked me to take your people to the coast. The Ritchs have barely escaped with their lives and Mr. Ritch Is slightly wounded. They’re half-way to the coast now. I think we can overtake them If we hurry.” “We had about decided to stay and fight It out,” hesitated Mr. Amory. “Fight it out with what?” demanded the other. “How many men can you depend on? Ritch thought he could depend on 200 and every blamed greaser joined the rebel forces and chased him off his own plantation. I believe in going while the going’s good!” “That’s excellent advice, Mr. . ' By Jove, I* ought to know you, your voice is familiar,” apologized Amory. “My name is Campbell. You may remember me as your nearest neighbor on the south—owner of the Cactus mine—and sort of foe, I suppose,” he laughed ruefully. “Campbell—Campbell, of the Cactus mine—why, we can’t be under obligations to you!” chortled Amory with his customary hot temper. “You don’t mean to s&y that you’d let the mere matter of a lost lawsuit stand between you and the lives of your family?” asked the other incredulously. "Perhaps Mr. Amory’s family would prefer to lose their lives than to hold them under obligation to Mr. Gordon Campbell!” interpolated Barbara warmly. “I would rather remain here, Uncle l»an,” she said firmly. Mrs. Amory fluttered onto the veranda, her arms full of bundles. “I’m just in time,” she gasped. “Oh, is It Mr. Ritch’s Chauffeur—no?” As the young man took the bags from her grasp. “It is Mr. Gordon Campbell, of the Cactus mine,” said Amory grimly. “He has come to convey us to the coast, ray dear. Bobs and I prefer to remain here. How about you, Sally?” Mrs. Amory, recollecting the bitterness that had followed Campbell’s winning of the long contested lawsuit, stifled her fears and leaned against her husband's protecting arm. “Of course my place is by your aide, Daniel,” she whimpered. Campbell broke the silence thai fallowed Mrs. Amory’s words. "Do you people mean to say that you'd stay here and be shot up rather than permit me to drive you to

safety just because you don’t like me?** “It seems to be a unanimous decision," retorted Amory grimly. “Are you aware that a band of 75 Mexicans Is encamped five miles below here and that it is their boast that the Amory house will be a ruin by morning and the Amorys—” he paused uncertainly. “The Amorys will fight their own battles!’’ finished Amory obstinately. “If Ritch had sent his own car — had come himself —would -you have gone with him?” demanded Campbell in an ugly tone. “Very likely the flight would have proved more attractive to us,” sneered Mr. Amory. Silence followed. Then came a clatter of shoes on the stones. “Who is that?” asked Amory sharply while the women held breath.' “Adios, senor!” shrilled Marta's voice, and they knew that she was fleeing with the faithful Pedro. Barbara had joined her uncle and aunt and the three stood in a little group at the edge of the veranda. A dim light from the hall showed them standing in stiff opposition to the burly young mine owner who had been their enemy. Suddenly something flashed in the lamplight and the Amorys winced to find themselves staring into a pair of long, blue-nosed guns held in the muscular hands of Mr. Gordon Campbell. “Hands up,” he ordered sharply, “and, believe me, I mean every word of it!” he snapped. When they had obeyed dazedly, Amory muttering threats of vengeance, Campbell continued: “Mrs. Amory and Miss Dare, you will please walk down and get into the car. You, Mr. Amory, will hand over any guns you may have- 1 — thanks. Now, Amory, just hustle those bundles into the tonneau and take your»seat beside me. Got any cats and dogs you want along—no? Well, here’s hoping you come back again some day.” The machine trembled and then shot forward Into the night, Daniel Amory grumbling at the bonds Campbell had knotted about his wrists.

As they swept into the highway there came a rush of hoofs from the east and the moonshine glittered on the meager accouterments of the attacking cavalry. There was a roar of anger from the Mexicans as the machine and its occupants disappeared around a bend in the road, and there followed a clatter of hoofs and rattling volleys of musketry. “Just in time,” admitted Daniel Amory sheepishly. Campbell said nothing. Barbara, holding her frightened aunt in her strong, young arms, felt that she hated Gordon Campbell for the high-handed manner in which he had saved their lives. Campbell stopped the car and got out and lighted the big searchlight at the front. Then in a broad, triangular path of white light they went down the hill. There they could see the bridge still stretching its wooden spans across the black gorge. “Thank God!” Campbell muttered, and his three captives, knowing that a grave danger had been averted, felt a sudden revulsion of feeling toward Gordon Campbell. As they rounded the shoulder of a hill a glare of light from above showed them that their home was in flames and their depart* ture had been none too soon. Across the bridge that swayed under the weight of the heavy car and then on to solid ground again, they turned west and mile after mile curled from under tfie tires until at last they could smell the salt Bavor of the Pacific. Just as dawn was breaking behind them Campbell turned in his seat and with a flash of his penknife severed Amory’s bonds. “I’m sorry that it was necessary, Amory,” he said brusquely. “Now, perhaps the ladies would like refreshments; you will find food in the lunch hamper on the left side —and hot and cold drinks in the thermos bottles.” Amory opened the lunch hamper and supplied the wants of his wife and niece. He passed several sandwiches and a cup of coffee to his captor, but took nothing himself. He was feeling mightily ashamed of himself and the part he had played. When they reached a rise of ground that showed the blue ocean sparkling in the sunshine, while the white walls of a peaceful town slumbered at its edge, Gordon turned his gray eyes on Daniel Amory. “Below us is a little town of Santa Ana. You will see three ships in the harbor flying the Star and Stripeß. We will be safe aboard in half an hour.”

“You are going, too?” Campbell shook his head. “I’m going back for a few days to finish up my affairs.” He threw in the clutch and the car started on its final lap of the journey. At last came the gaoment to say farewell to Campbell. The two Amorys were loud in their gratitude. “I am ashamed,” murmured Barbara Dare, looking adorable in her humility. “If you can ever forgive our stupidity, I hope you will come and see us and let Us thank you again.” “You are very good,” said Campbell gravely. “I’ll come with pleasure. There’s something I shall - ask of you. Miss Dare.” Barbara hung her head under the masterful look in his eyes and her heart was beating tumultuously. She knew very well when that time arrived she would go forth with him the happiest and most docile captive in the world. (fiopyr’.ght, lSi5, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

GERMANS USE RUTHENIAN CHURCH AS WORKSHOP

Typical Ruthenian church in Galicia used by the German army as a workshop during the great drive on Lemberg.

FACTS ABOUT BUND

Affliction Less Common in America Than Other Countries. More Prevalent Among Men Than Among Women—More Blind Indians and Negroes Than Whites— Many Self-Supporting. Washington.—The blind population of the United States in 1910 numbered 57,272, or 62.3 to each 100,000 of the total population in that year. Blindness is less common in America than in most other countries; it has apparently decreased among the youngest classes of the population in the last half century; it is more prevalent among men than among women; it is very much more prevalent among Indians, and considerably more prevalent among negroes, than among whites. Trades taught in schools or workshops or the blind have equipped more than 1,500 blind persons for total or partial self-support. These are some of the facts brought out in a bulletin, “The Blind Population of the United States, 1910,” recently issued by Director Sam L. Rogers of the bureau of the census,' department of commerce, and prepared under the direction of Dr. Joseph A. Hill, expert special agent in charge of revision and results. The total number of blind persons in the world is roughly estimated at 2,300,000. The only countries and provinces in which the ratio of the blind to the total population are lower than that of the United States <.62.3 per 100,000) are Canada, where the ratio was 44.9 per 100,000 in 1911; Belgium, where it was 43.5 in 1910; Denmark,. 52.7 in 1911; Germany, 60.9 in 1900; Netherlands, 46.3 in 1990; New South Wales, 61.4 in 1911; western Australia, 50.3 In 1911; and New Zealand, 47.8 in 1911. In the United States blindness is most prevalent in New Mexico and Nevada, in which states the ratios of blind to total population in 1910 were 169.3 to 100,000 and 118.5 to 100,000, respectively. The high ratio for these states are due to the fact that Indians, among whom trachoma (granulated eyelids) is of frequent occurrence In those sections of the country, constitute relatively large elements in their population. In Arizona, Kentucky, Tennessee and Vermont the ratios are also high—9s.9, 94, 89.5 and 84.6, respectively. The relatively large Indian population of Arizona is responsible for the high ratio in that state; trachoma is prevalent in certain parts of Kentucky and Tennessee; and in Vermont there are relatively more people of advanced ages than in other parts of the country, to which fact* is doubtless due the high ratio for that state, since susceptibility to blindness increases with advancing age. In 1850 and at every succeeding census the proportion of blind has been greater among males than among females. Although blindness may occur at any time of life, it is peculiarly a defect incident to old age. In fact, approximately one-half —49.4 per cent — of the blind population reported in 1910 were sixty years of age and over, whereas only about one-fifteenth —6.8 per cent—of the total population were sixty years of age and over. Among native whites, the number of blind persons per 100,000 population of the same race and nativity was only fifty-five, whereas for the total population the ratio was 62.3 to 100,000. The corresponding ratios for other ele-> ments of the population were. For-eign-born whites, 74.5 to 100,000; negroes, 90 to 100,000; Indians, 302.6 to 100,000; Chinese, Japanese and all other nonwhites, 23.2 to 100,000. The fact that blindness is more common among foreign-born than among native whites is, however, due to the fact that the former class contains relatively more people of advanced age than does tne latter. Of the 31,473 blind males ten years of age and over in 1910, only 7,976, or 75.3 oer cent, were reported as being

gainfully employed, while of the 24,000 blind females ten years of age and over only 1,345, or 5.6 per cent, were reported as gainfully employed. The corresponding percentages with reference to the total population were 81.3 males and 23.4 for females. It does not follow, however, that more than 9,000 blind persons were actually selfsupporting, since in most cases their earnings were far from sufficient to constitute a livelihood, and often amounted to a mere pittance of less than SIOO a year. In this connection it should, of course, be borne in mind that a very considerable proportion of the blind population have already passed the age when retirement from active employment usually occurs, so that the number of blind persons not reporting an occupation does not by any means indicate the number of individuals lost to the working force of the United States by reason of blindness. Of the 7,976 blind males reported as gainfully employed, 1,768, or 22 per cent, were returned as farmers; 665, or 8.3 per cent, as broom makers; 646, or 8.1 per cent, as musicians and teachers of music; 619, or 7.8 per cent, as retail merchants and dealers (other than hucksters and peddlers); 401, or 5 per cent, as hucksters and peddlers; 349, or 4.4 per cent, as piano tuners; and 242, or 3 per cent, as chair caners.

HAS NOVEL WEDDING SUIT

Farmer Bridegroom in Kansas Led to Altar in Plaster Cast.

Saline, Kan. —Miss Mary Elizabeth Seraner came all the way to Saline county from Fayetteville, 0., to become the bride of Francis de Sales Schneider, a young farmer near Salina, and even ‘then came near losing out for a delay at least, but she was equal to the occasion and is now Schneider’s bride. The promised delay in the nuptial affairs of this young couple was caused by Schneider getting into a runaway accident and sustaining a broken leg, fractured ribs and bruises all over his body, and his sweetheart found him bound in plaster of paris casts so tight he could not move. The situation was discussed, the young lady hooked up the favorite horse to a buggy and came to Salina, secured the marriage license, engaged the preacher and returned to the farm.

KNIFE SMALLEST IN WORLD

Weapon Owned by Pennsylvania Man Weighs Less Than Half a Grain. Harrisburg, Pa. —Dr. John B. Temple of Marshallton has made “the smallest knife in the world.” The knife contains nine pieces; the handle is three-sixteenths of an inch long; the lining is of two pieces of silver; the outside is two pieces of 18-karat gold; the blade is steel one-eighth of an inch long; there are three rivets in the handle through side pieces; the rivets are five one-thousandth of an inch in diameter; the weight of the knife is less than half a grain; the blade will open and shut and is in every way an exact counterpart of a larger knife.

STUDENTS RUN FROG FARM

Kansas Youths Work Their Way Through University by Curious Business Enterprise. Lawrence, Kan. —Frogs and turtles are taking Donald Carpenter and Harvey Kerr through the University of Kansas. The two students have devised a scheme to supply the university biological laboratories with frogs and turtles lor experiments and are being well rewarded financially. Because of the dry climate of Kansas few frogs or turtles are found there. The university tried importing the 3,000 frogs and 1,500 turtles it uses each year from Chicago and Detroit, but the long trip proved impractical. On a vacation trip to the .Ojsarks, Carpenter and Kerr caught a large

WIDOW SUES RAILROAD

Mrs. William S. Lambeer of Long Island City brought suit against the Long Island railroad for $300,000 damages for the killing of her husband. Mr. Lambeer lost his life when an automobile in which he was riding was run down by a train. Mrs. Lambeer is prominent in society in Long Island and New York City.

number of the amphibians and dumped them in the water-filled cellar of a deserted house in Lawrence, where they multiplied rapidly enough to meet all the needs of the laboratories.

FIREMEN NOW KNIT SHAWLS

Sandusky Fire Stations Lay Away the Checkerboards and Take to Yarn. Sandusky.—Sandusky firemen are knitting, not socks for soldiers, but shawls for their wives. The knitting idea was put into their heads a few weeks ago when a fireman from one of the Columbus stations visited the local Central station and remarked that knitting is the principal pastime of Columbus firemen. Cards and checkerboards were promptly put aside, and now almost any evening firemen in each one of Sandusky’s five stations may be seen sitting around with yarn, knitting needles and shawls well on the way to completion.

WOMAN WEARS GLOVES NOW

W. C. T. U. Mortgage Is Cleared and Mrs. Anderson of California Now Is Happy. Pasadena, Cal—For the first time in twenty-five years Mrs. H. P. Anderson of Burbank put on a few days ago a pair of kid gloves. Mrs. Anderson, who is a delegate to the convention of the Southern California Woman's Christian Temperance union, had resolved that she would wear no gloves until a mortgage on the Los Angeles W. C. T. U. temple was paid. The debt, which originally amounted to $30,000, was cleared by funds made available from a legacy of $25,000 left by Samuel Little.

BRITISH LORD IS MACHINIST

Ex-Chief Justice Norbury Puts In Thirteen Hours a Day*ln Aeroplane Factory. London. —Lord Norbury. former chief justice of the court of common pleas, ha§> taken employment as a fitter in an aeroplane factory in a London suburb. He will put in thirteen hours daily at his work. At the same time, Lady Norbury had begun work as a waitress in a soldiers' coffee canteen at Euston station.

ON RIGHT THINKING

Matter That Is of the Highest importance to the Individual, Here and Hereafter.

All beginnings of manifestation aro In consciousness. The self or ego thinkß about that of which he is conscious and thereby sets the creative forces in motion which will produce the corresponding condition or object on its respective plans of expression, either mental, moral or physical. It is, therefore, of the greatest importance that one should become conscious of that which is true, right and good in order to think in a way to produce right and harmonious conditions. After becoming conscious of the truth and reality of being, one should gain control of one’s mind and think thoughts that are according to~ the truth which has been learned. It follows that if we are as we think, by taking thought—that is, by taking control of our minds and thinking—we can make ourselves whatever we will to be and do whatever we will to do. If one desires to express the good, the true, the perfect, it is necessary to have and to hold that ideal in mind, as the plan or pattern which is to be outwrought in expression. ■ The ego or self is the architect who creates or formulates in the mental substance of his mind the plan or pattern of the thing which is to be put into tangible Bhape or condition. After the plan is formed, the builder's energies set to work to construct the building or ob-. ject, whatever It may be, according to the plan which has been designed by the master builder or architect. It will be copied exactly by the creative energies, which are the builders. Therefore, if the plan is defective in any of its departments, the manifested structure will be imperfect and unsatisfactory. Hence, it is of the utmost importance that the architect should give sufficient thought and consideration to the formation of the design which is to be wrought out in manifestation to have a satisfactory result when it is completed. Developing souls are like children playing with building blocks. A block house is built by the child, and then knocked down because it does not suit his fancy. He then tries again, and again sweeps the blocks over with his hands,. that he may begin and build them up once more, and so continues until the result is satisfactory to him, when he ceases his endeavor for the time being, until the de-ire to create again takes possession of his mind, when he will repeat the process. We thoughtlessly imagine that the child is merely being amused by the play, not realizing that the creative power is seeking expression through his instrumentality—and that the selt of him, through practice and experience, is learning to build or express the perfect ideal which is latent within his soul, and which is ceaselessly seeking expression. When Problem Simplifies. When the soul has developed to the Btage where It becomes conscious of Its constitution and destiny, it can oonsciously co-operate with the law of its being, and then become more successful and make more rapid progress in the evolution of its latent and divine possibilities. His affairs and conditions will then become more harmonious because of the unity of his will with the Supreme will in the* working out of his destiny. All opposition will cease for he will no longer be in an attitude of resistance to that wHI. He will go with instead of against it, and the living of his life will become a much easier problem. He will then consciously and wisely use his creative powers in a way to produce right and harmonious results and health, prosperity, peace and happiness will be his legitimate portion, because of his having created them. Make Own Environment. The things which he creates rightfully belong to him. They are his own possessions which none can take from him. Thus, you will see, by the light which the Truth gives, that we are the master of our fate and can make our environment what we, will. We can have our heaven right here, and now, on earth, if we will make It, or we can have the opposite state of affairs—ignorance, darkness, confusion, friction, antagonism—hell. We are free to choose which we will have. There is no power in heaven or on the earth that can interfere with our freedom of will unless we let it do so. The divinity and sacredness of the will is recognized by Deity itself, and all are left free to use .it as they choose. Through the freedom of choice the soul learns and develops its consciousness and powers, and finally becomes a master with knowledge gained through experience. He will reap the consequences of his use of free will in choosing and thus will learn how to govern and use it wisely through the results which follow.

All Responsible.

Human suffering and human sorrow all came because sometime, somewhere, some soul forgot God; and if you or I forget him, somewhere in the future someone will suffer for that sin. —Rev. L. E. Johnston. ■ •• .. I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for Information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.— Locke. _ • : ■ VfH ; : '