Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1916 — Page 2

Valley of the Rio Neoro

Thomas falkner, in his book, speaks of the Rio Negro as the largest river of Patagonia. It is not only the largest river of Patagonia but, next La Plata and its two large tributaries, ■which do not, however, belong to Argentina alone, the largest of gentine Republic. Roughly speaking, it drains a large triangular piece or territory lying between 36 and 42 degrees of latitude south, with the base following the line of the watershed between Chile and Argentina and the apex resting at the mouth of the river on the Atlantic coast just south of ~ tfictortleth parallel of latitude. Falknef gives quite a list of names for this stream, of which the Indian name of Curu Leuvu has been retained to this day in the Spanish translation of Rio iNegro. -It-ia not.iQ.be wondered at that the Spaniards neglected the inhospitable coast of southern Argentina in those early days of conquest and settlement. No one could be expected to settle down in an unattractive and desert country ■while there was an unlimited supply of more desirable lands closer at hand and to be had only for the asking or taking. It is only when the good land has become exhausted and fwhen railroads and science make tho

desert more accessible and more easy and certain of remunerative development that the eyes of the colonist are turned toward the less attractive, eavs Walter Fischer in the Bulletin of the Pan-American Union. The most convenient method of reaching the valley today is for the traveler to take the train which leaves Buenos Aires at 6:37 in the evening, arriving at Bahia Blanca at 9:25 the following morning. Leaving Bahia Blanca again at 9:55 on one of the triweekly trains he reaches Neuquen at 10:35 that night; there he passes the night in a hotel or inn, leaves at 5:20 in the morning and gets to the end of —the te en s mixed freight and pasaenger train at either Hh 30 or 12:45 noon,, according to which of the biweekly. tra j n 9 he happens to have taken.

Crossing the Rio Colorado, a rather shallow and rapid stream, the railroad follows the river for about ?5 miles and then strikes southwesterly across the first narrow place to the Rio Negro, which it reaches at Choele Choel. From Choele Choel the traveler follows the valley of the Rio Negro, which is wider below that point and continues to narrow as one approaches Neuquen. River Is Dark and Swift. - We are more particularly concerned •with that part of the valley extending eastward one degree of longitude, or about sixty miles, from the juncture pf the two rivers to the small station of Chichinales. The valley is narrow here, not more than ten miles from bluff to bluff, with the fertile, irrigable land north of the river about half that Width at its widest and narrowing down to almost nothing where the rivers meet. The Rib .Negro Itself is a dark and silent, deep and rapid stream; a steamer is said to take only as many hounj to make the down trip It takes days- to ascend the sWift current. . , The melting of the Cordilleran gtibws often causes "considerable worry to the inhabitants, but therg have been i

ALONG THE RIVER

no floods of any magnitude since the great inundation of 1899 caused the town of General Roca to be moved from the old site of the fort near the present station of Rio Negro* to a safer location about two miles away. The winds of the southern Pacific lose most of their moisture on coming in contact with the cold peaks of the Cordilleras and then syeep down across the Patagonian tablelands like an ocean gale. They often last for days, obscuring the sky and landscape with clouds of dust and are at times of such velocity as to hurl small-sized pebbles, but they are most frequent and-summer, -and. when .once over are soon forgotten in the delightful weather which otherwise prevails —warm or very hot days, according to The time of year, usually with breeze and cool nights always, with the temperature "6613010 below 20 degrees F. in winter. The climate most closely resembles that of the interior of the state of Washington. As snow seldom falls, the abundance of verdure which follows every winter rain is available for grazing cattle and sheep. Good Place for Hunters. Hunting is very good, as many kinds of game are plentiful; the guanaco, the small silver fox, the skunk, the Patagonian hare, three Species of

INDIANS OF THE VALLEY

armadillo (the and molita), and three species of gopher or prairie-doglike rodents (the bizcacho, the tucutuco and the quise) are abundant in the -valley, while other species of game are common bar the mountains not far away; in the river are otter and plenty of fish. The inhabitants are as cosmopolitan a lot as is to be found almost anywhere. As in the greater part of Argentina, the Italian predominates on the farms and the Spaniard in the .small towns;, there are a few Germans, English and Scandinavians, jin fact practically every country in Europe is represented, usually by immltive Argentine! is represented by a few of the gaucho class and by wealthy landowners who possess palatial homes and spend much of their time in Buenos Aires; and there is quite V sprinkling of Chileans who' have filtered in through the mountains from their own country near by, 1 and the Indian has by no means become extinct.

A great impetus wan, given to settling and farming by several droughts and crop failures in other parts of Argentina which drove up the price of alfalfa, a crop which was absolutely guaranteed under irrigation. Other crops such as wheat, barley, and to a slight extent maize, are &sown, but lately the. planting of the vine has assumed enormous proportions. There are vineyards of nearly 1,000 acres and several wine presses have been erected, one at Roca having * ffhpacity of 3,000 hogsheads. Sheep and cattle coming from the mountains and from across the desert are “Bought, fed and then shipped on again; hogSrtoo, are raised locally; the drying of the natural pastures in sutnmer does not, however, permit of local ranching. Fruits of all kinds grow well and are being planted, so that in general the small and mixed fartft Is on the increase.

Fruit Prospects There.

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GARMENTS FOR BABY

COLLECTION THAT 13 BURE TO PLEASE ANY MOTHER., -J ‘ - ;• .;V - i r .; ' Almost Impossible That She Should Have Too Great a Supply on —Hand, So That It Will. Be Welcome. Can you think of any more acceptable , birthday gift to a mother than Just a useful and dainty collection of garments for the baby? There can Trercr-ftetoo -many of them.-for a eh-iM wears out its clothes so ‘quickly and outgrows them as fast, and it is a comfort for the neat mother to have a large wardrobe for her little one. When you plan making presents to a mother, don’t embroider a pincushion, or decorate a laundry bag, or add to her collection of whiskbroom holders —unless she is not near enough to you to be able to accept a more useful gift. Just think how you would like some pretty little garment for your Rttle-ohe and make one or a set for your friend. For a child of the age of one and a half to three years the best materials for making this wardrobe would be nainsook or cambric for the underwear; the same of fine linen for the dress and a nice quality 6t flannel for the little sacque. Pink and blue flannel are ihef avoritetintsfor little, ones’...

sacques, because white, while most fashionable for young children, often turns yellow when washed, and it is not always easy to clean white flannel with gasoline. Besides, dry cleaning is expensive. The dress is nothing more than the customary yoke and skirt for small children, but how attractive the bit of a yoke may be made with delicate embroidery and narrbw Valenciennes lace; or how sweet a little needlework looks upon a child's garment! There is so little to sew and the effect is so charming that one has all the fun of making a doll’s garment with the

Child’s Dainty Dress.

added pleasure of knowing that it will be of service. ' The hnderwear should be just as fine and simple as possible, and only a narrow frill at the bottom is permissible, or an embroidery scallop, or a hemstitched ot featherstitcheff hem If you cannot embroider the edges of the flannel sacque-there are a number of small braids used for purposes of applique that look as well as lovely as hand embroidery.—Washington Star. . .

GET THE RIGHT NECKWEAR

Its Appropriateness HSS the Effect of Making or Marring Any Kind of Costume. Starched linen and pique collars are attractive below round, youthful faces, HSut-tbey are hopelessly trying-on thin-' faced women and on jvomen past the freshness of youth, with these childish collars are worn knotted ties of Soft silk in striped blaik and white, or dotted black and white effects; or of crepe de chine 4n somber shadings. The effect with one of the mannishly tailored suits is very smart indeed, but women of mature years do best to coniine themselves to a more formal J:ype of collar, of handkerchief lawn or batiste; touched with a little hand embroidery or finished with A collar of some sort, however, must turn over on ihe dark tailored coat, to give it the correct and up-to-date air. Small snap fastgners attached under the collar and to the collar of the coat will hold these detachable bits of neckwear in trim position.

MUST SHOW THE FOREHEAD

Present Fashions Absolutely Forbid the Concealment of That Part of \ “■—r — th« Feminine FacesAnd now you must have a forehead! The edict has gone forth from the councilsTof fashion, and if yau are to bo countenanced at all in the fashion, world your forehead—“smooth, -fullpoltshed, bright and high”—mupt be aa visible as your nose or your chin.

SKATER’S CHIN CHIN COLLAR

This Season’s Skating Costumes, Excel Anything ; That Has Yet Come to the Fore in Fashions for This Sport. And One of the Most Popular Innovations Is That of the “Chin Chin Collar Which Is Shown Here. The Hat Is of White Velours Trimmed With Black Seal.

USE FOR THE OLD RAINCOAT

Can Bft Utilized to Make Satisfactory Bathing Suit for Use Next Summer. Save your old silk raincoat to make a nice bathing suit for next summer. Cut the blouse and skirt from the best part and make the bloomers from what is left over, or from mohair. j Trim it with a bright braid and make a tie and cap from the spare pieces. Another use for that old coat is to make it into waterproof bags which are very handy for carrying rubbers or slippers to school this winter. These bags are made in the shape of envelopes and are half a yard long and nearly as wide. Bind all around with tape and fasten with a snap. At the top and at each end fasten braid a yard long. This makes it convenient to sling the bag over the shoulder and carry in this manner.

Crochet Buttons.

The woman who can crochet can make many pretty varieties of crochet buttons to smarten up her wash dresses for morning wear and ornament her children’s frocks. A set of crochet buttons in two sizes, for 4he front and sleeves of a frock, is a very nice gift suggestion to the girl who is already planning ahead for her Christmas sewing.

Foreheads been considered good form with old Mother Nature; she’d never think of asking anyone to get on without that very necessary feature, but it’s different with the Mother of years she’s been concealing lovely woman’s forehead behind bangs and ringlets and fluffs and such. Now all of a sudden she’s changed her mind. She’s made allies with the old masters, and she’s enlisted the hairdressers and between them they've brought the forehead back to its place of glory. For the new styles in hairdressing, women are studying the old masters —Gainsborough, whose women owe half their beauty to high marblewhite foreheads; the Watteau women, whose “eyebrows like aerial bows” were never concealed by curls, or the fair maids and dames of the directoire period, when Tortez and other noted painters drew just the tiniest scallop of hair down upon the forehead, b.ut with the effect of emphasizing its whiteness and smoothness, rather than veiling its beauty. -

Combination Sport Outfits.

Some of the bright-colored corduroy* sport coats have skirts to match, these skirts usually being of the conservative sport lines, amply wide for cpmfort in action, but not over, full, well supplied with pockets, a trifle high in waist line and very often buttoned all the way down the The coats are likely ftp oe on Norfolk lines, but occasionally one seen a straight coat, loosely belted, pocketed and of any length from hip to knee.

IF YOU ARE WELL BRED

If you ara well bred you will be kind, says the Irish World. You will not use slang. # You to make others happy. You willnot“be shy or self-con-, scious. You will never indulge in ill-natured gossip. - You will never forget the respect due to age. '■ *■ <t You will not swagger or boast of your achievements. —You will not measure your civility by people’s bank accounts. You will be scrupulous in your regard for the rights of others. You will never make fun of the peculiarities or idiosyncrasies of others. You will not forget engagements, promises or obligations of any kind. You will never under any circumstances cause another pain if you can help it. You will not think that “good intentions” compensate for rude or gruff manners. You will be as agreeable to your social inferiors as to your equals and superiors. You will not have two sets of manners, one for “company” and one for home use. You will never remind a cripple of his deformity or probe the sore spots of a sensitive soul.

BIBLE TERMS

A farthing was l%d. A cubit was nearly 22 inches. # - A shekel of silver is about 2s 6h. A shekel of gold was about £1 15s. A talent of silver was about £IOO. A talent of gold was about £2,800. A mite was less than half a farthing. A finger’s breadth was equal to one inch. j A penny of silver, or a penny, was B%d. A day’s Journey was about 23 1-5 miles. A Sabbath day’s journey was about an English mile. 0 A hand’s breadth was equal to three and five-eighths inches. .■ f An ephah, or bath, contained seven gallons and five pints.

COUNTRY TOWN SAYINGS

You can’t always trust people; in fac;t, you can’t alwayw trust yourself. When a man takes a bitter medicine, he usually leaves a littlejp—the, spoon, r • What fierce, undying love you see on the stage; and what a tame variety there is in the audience. If a man ofTers you a good thing, you have a right to wonder why -he does not keep it himself. As a rule, the possession of any considerable sum of money represents industry, saving and old age. Half the people fear a crisis if a certain thing is done; and the other half fear a crisis if it is not done. A really dangerous man tries to avoid trouble; he has been in it before, and knows that trouble is disagreeable.—Ed Howe in the Atchison Globe.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT

For the city cat who wants to live all its nine lives. For the woman who tries to catch up with the styles. For the man who hopes to learn everything about women. For the housekeeper who is waiting for the cost of living to go dowtfT" For the girl who is waiting foir the “hero of her dreams” to materialize. For the old-timer who looks forward to the day when Bryan, will finally be elected president of the United States.

SAYS THE OWL

When marriage is a failure, Cupid is never a preferred creditor. '■ / - Memory is simply a quality that enables a man to forget judiciously. Some people., Can, never find anything when thfey want it, except fault,.. Marriage may be a lottery, but a man can only buy one ticket a*, a time.

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Lovers’ Conversation. -7~With a lot left to the reader’s imagination. She—(Sighs). . He—(Sighs). She—Do you love me? He —Cours’ I do. She—(Sighs).' He—(Sighs). She —Do you really love me? ~ He—With all my »oul! She—You don’t love me! He —Yes, 1 do! She —No, you don’t! He—Yes, I do! zShe—No, you don’t! (Etc., until The wee small hours of the morning.)— Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.

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