Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1916 — Page 2

"GASGARETST" ACT ON UP; BOWELS

No sick headache, biliousness, bad taste or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent box. Are you keeping your bowels, liver, and stomach clean, pure and fresh with Cascarets, or merely forcing a passageway every few days with Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or Purgative Waters? Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the sour and fermenting food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will make you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep—never gripe, sicken or cause any inconvenience, and cost only 10 cents a box from your store. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never have Headache, Biliousness, Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipation. Adv.

GOOD REASON FOR STOPPING

Youthful Angler Not Out of Patience But of Something That Was Quite as Important. The old man wafe an enthusiastic fisherman. To him there was no sport like sitting dangling a bit of string at the end of a pole. He set off in purSUit of this hobby one afternoon, and. Just before reaching the river, met a lad coming back, his fishing-rod hanging limply over his shoulder. “What’s this, sonny?” exclaimed the man, in good-natured reproof. “Surely you are not giving up so soon? The fishing will be better still in an hour or two." - “I know,” replied the lad, sorrowfully, “but I’m going home for all that." “You’re quickly tired,” scoffed-- the. older angler. “Next time you come out, bring more patience with you.” “’Tain’t that, mister," the lad answered. “I brought plenty of patience, but not enough bait." * '-r*

Used to Shells and Their Contents.

A stranger became one of a group of listeners to a veteran of many battles, says Postmaster General Burle son. The veteran had about concluded a vividly colored narrative of a furious battle, In which he had taken part “Just think of It," exclaimed one of the party, turning to the stranger. "How would you like to stand with shells bursting all around you?” "I have been there,” responded the newcomer. "What? Have you, too, been a soldier?” "No,” answered the stranger, “I am an actor.” —Philadelphia Ledger.

Boston’s Nocturnal Habits.

A wild pigeon that has a haunt somewhere near the old Boston City club has formed a habit of coming down into the street late at night for his supper. Several nights lately as 1 have come through Beacon street I have seen the bird having its midnight meal. It strikes me as something unusual for pigeons to do so. Shouldn’t self-respecting pigeons be at roost at such an hour? —Boston Post. ------- —

Noah fjust before the storm)—All the animals on board? Shem —All but the leopards, but I’ll soon spot them.

Getting Bald.

Benham—l think I will get a hair cut. Mrs. Benham—That’s right, dear; I would get it cut while I could.

FOOD FACTS What an M. D. Learned.

A prominent physician down in Georgia went through a food experience which he makes public: "It was my own experience that first led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food; a 4nd I also know from having prescribed it to convalescents and other weak patients that this food is a wonderful rebuilder and restorer of nerve and brain tissue, as well as muscle. It improves the digestion and patients gain, Just as I did in strength and weight* very rapidly. "1 was in Buch a low state that I had to give up my work entirely and go to the mountains, but two months there did not improve me; in fact I was not quite as well as when i left home. My food did not sustain me and it became plain that. ~I must change. "I began to use Grapp-Nuts and in two weeks 1 could walk a -mile, and in five weeks returned to my home and practice, takipg up bard Work again, gtnce that time I have felt as well and strong as 1 ever did my life. “As a physician who Beeks to help all sufferers I consider it a duty to make these facts public.’' iTrial 10 days on Grape-Nuts when the regular food does not seem to sustain, the body will work 5 wonders. "There’s a Reason." Name given by Poftum Co.. Battle Creek/Mich. Bm ml the mhere lettert A meet •me Hppemrm from «»<• to time. Ther •r« tfaulat, true, and tall mt fcsaaa

Naturally.

NEW BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEM IN USE

System of Block Signals in Which Rows of Electric Lights Are Employed for Giving the Standard Semaphore Indications.

LATE SIGNAL SYSTEM

METHOD DOES AWAY WITH USE OF THE SEMAPHORE. White Electric Lights on a Black Background Are Being Used by a Prominent Eastern Railroad — Said to Work Well. Semaphores are done away with and the standard semaphore indications are given by white electric lights mounted on a black background in a new system of block signals now being installed on an eastern railroad. The lights are so arranged on the board that the three positions of a semaphore arm, horizontal, diagonal, and vertical, are Imitated by the rows of lights, and these signals are used by day as well as by night. Two boards, corresponding to two semaphore arms, are used for each track, the upper board constituting the stop signal and the lower board the cautionary signal. When a train enters the block the horizontal row of lights on each board is lighted, giving the -stop signal to any following train. When the train passes out of the block, which is 3,500 feet long, the horizontal row on the upper board is lighted, while the lights on the lower board remain horizontal! This is the cautionary signal, meaning “Proceed, prepared to stop at next signal.” After the train reaches the third block ahead, the lower board. If no other train has entered the block in the meantime, also changes to the diagonal row of lights, Indicating that the track is clear for three block ahead. — Popular Mechanics Magazine.

COLLEGE SONGS THAT LIVE

Really Notable Pieces of Music That Are Connected With Universities of the United States. Every person who has seen a phalanx of Princeton students standing with heads uncovered and singing the sonorous and majestic college anthem has thought with regret of the death of Professor Langlotz, the writer of “Old Nassau.” Professor Langlotz was a man of real musical attainments; he had played under the direction--of Wagner, and he had written various oratorios and ambitious productions, yet this song, hurriedly composed, is far more widely known than anything else he wrote in his long career. Yale-and Harvard also have songs which" always bring the students to their feet and pull their hats from their heads. Brown has “Alma Mater,” written by a sophomore, one of the best college hymns. Amherst men stand uncovered when they sing, “To the Fairest,” the words and music written by a student of the class of 1903, and Williams has the oldest American college song written by an undergraduate. This 'undergraduate was the distinguished clergyman, Dr. Washington Gladden, a member of the class of 1859. who wrote “The Mountains” while teaching school during a winter vacation. Among New England schools, too, Tufts has two excellent songs, “Dear Alma Mater,” stately and fine, and “The Brown and Blue," more popular in character, the words of both written by Prof. David L. Maulsby. -——

Safety at Railroad Crossings.

Although many people are beginning to think that she man who meets disaster by racing a railway train to a crossing Is worthy of little sympathy, still there are enough genuine accidents to stimulate suggestions for increasing safety at these points. One apparently effective plan recently proposed Is to turn the road at a right angle near the track and continue it parallel with the tracks for a short distance before crossing the same by another right angle turn. This would compel an automobile to slow down before crossing the tracks, and should insure the safety of the average driver. Unfortunately there are very many places where such an arrangement is impossible.—Scientific American. '

Wrong Again.

“Do you see that fellow talking to the girl in blue?" "Yes." "He writes two moving picture scenarios every week.”' "I’m a poor- Judge of character. ± had him steed up as a deep thinker.” . - s * • .

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

FEW NEW LINES IN 1915

Railroad Construction During the Past Year Has Been Comparatively Unimportant. In the United States in 1915 only 933 miles of new railroad were constructed, as against 1,532 in 1914 and 3,071 in 1913. The total was the smallest since 1864.' The longest new construction for any one state was Pennsylvania with 98 miles. There are now about 242,000 miles of railroad in the whole oountry. Of this 38,661 miles were in receivership at the close of the year. The statistics have been compiled by the Railway Age-Gazette.. The number of freight cars built In the year was 74112, against 104-.-&44-in 1914 and 207,684 in 1913, and the number of locomotives and passenger cars built was smaller thap iu any Tecent years except 1908. The length of railroads in the United States operated under the block signal system on January 1 of this year was 97,809 miles, an Increase of 9,677 in the year. The automatic block signal mileage was 31,160, an Increase of 1,471 miles since 1914. Limiting of income by government regulation is blamed by the Railway Age Gazette for the small expenditures for extensions and improvements, and it adds that the situation is improving, owing to a change in public and ofllcial sentiment toward the roads. The new railroad construction in Canada last year was 718 miles, as against 1,978 in 1914, and In Mexico it , was 36.5 miles as compared with none in 1914.

WILL HAVE DIAMOND SMILE

Kansas Chauffeur Has Had Effective “Sparkler” Set In One of His Gold Teeth. Some people walk around their chair to change their luck; others hunt for the left hind foot of a rabbit. William (Smiley) Rutledge, a colored chauffeur and houseman, has sprung a brand new scheme, says a Wichita (Kan.) dispatch to the New York World. He is having a diamond mounted on one of his teeth. Every time “Smiley” smiles one of his golden smiles it will be more than golden, for Smiley is introducing the “diamond smile” to WichitaWhen- a dentist, who is building a new set of front teeth for Smiley, gets through the happy colored man will have a mouth filled with gold, and from the front of one of the gold teeth will gleam a diamond about an eighth of a carat in size. When a boy he climbed down into a well and a playmate dropped a stone on him. The rock hit him oh top of the head and caved in a part of the skull. A physician took out the crushed bone and inserted a silver plate.

Sash less Window Pane Tor Cars.

i The last vestige of wood entering into the design of the modern passenger coach has disappeared in the utilization of the sashless window frame. The sash is dispensed with entirely and its place is taken by a piece of plate glass covering the entire window opening. The glass is held rather firmly In place between two strips on each side of heavy felt, between which it is moved with a slight effort, but the adhesion of the felt and glass surface Is sufficient hold the pane at any point that the passenger may desiTe. The movement of the glass is facilitated by two knobs secured to the pane near the top, which also serve the purpose of preventing the glass from dropping below the sill when lowered to its fullest extent for the admission of air. The upper edge of the glass is protected by a narrow edging of metal. The opening being at the top and over the heads of the occupants of the car, there is no unpleasant blast of air*

Must Bring Railroad to Date.

The board of public utilities commissioners has handed down a decision ordering the Philippine road, on its Cebu lines, to install better lights in its second and third class coaches, £ad to supply to all passengers Individual drinking cups at a nominal cost. The company Is also forbidden to permit more passengers than there are seats to ride, in the coaches.

Large Order for Fruit Cars.

The Northern Pacific railroad has ordered 2.000 cars especially for handling fruit. Cost, *#3,500,

HIGH CROWNS IN VOGUE

FABHION TURNS TO IDEAS OF A PAST GENERATION. Hat> Coptod From the Painting* «F Alfred Stevens Have Been Taken Up by Those Who Bet the Btyles In Millinery. We are quite “Alfred Stevens," so far as our hats are concerned. This popular painter has always had a strong influence on the world of fashion. When he was living he painted all the fashionable beauties of his day in their best and most attractive toilets, the Empress Eugenie, for example, and all the lovely women of Queen Victoria’s court, writes Idalla de Villiers, Paris correspondent. Just now the high-crowned Alfred Stevens hat is an absolute rage in Paris. I have sketched one of the new models, and you will be able to see for yourself that the outline Is as charming as it is unexpected. The narrow brim of this hat was covered with mink fur and the exaggeratedly high crown was made of bordeaux red silk ribbon, the latter being arranged in a series of large loops over a stiff net crown. Directly In front there was an oxydized silver rose. This style of hat looks charming when worn in conjunction with a smart little tour de cou, as shown in my drawing. Any woman possessed of small, regular features will find these Alfred Stevens hats most becoming and it must always be remembered that the hair must be dressed close to the head when such hats are worn. Very high-crowned toques are alsofash ion able this winter; the material used for these toques Is almost always velvet and no trimming is introduced. T ey fit close to the head and are pressed down over the hair. The folds of velvet are so cleverly manipulated that they form a *ort of cup in the middle, while the sides rise to unexpected heights. Lewis, the famous Parisian milliner, is again using large “weeping” feathers, and when this artist gives a decided lead one may

One of the New “Alfred Stevens” Toques of Bordeaux Red Silk Ribbons With a Brim of Mink.

take for granted that he will have a large following. It sems almost a pity to revive the fashion of “weeping” feathers. Though they were undoubtedly picturesque, they had a tendency to make a hat or toque look very heavy, and then the spirit of exaggeration seems to cling to feathers of thiß order; once women

STOCKING LORE WORTH NOTE

Proper Fit, and Other Details, Are Seldom Given the Atention That They Deserve. Now that black dyes are scarce, women throughout the country have been urged to wear white or lightcolored stockings. We have been warned several times of the dearth of dyes for black stockings, but apparently the supply of black stockings is good and the dye seems to be as good as ever. Probably later in the season we shall feel more acutely the effects of the dye famine. Really there is wisdom in wearing white, or light-colored stockings, apart from the reason of the dye scarcity. Now that shoes are worn extra high one can wear white or light stockings without having them Bhow, and, in fact, so familiar -have stockings other than black become to most folk that there is no reason that we shouldn’t wear them, anyway. Light stockings, especially white, wear better, on account of the absence of the chemicals of the Besides, white stockings can be washed cleaner. If you must wear the cheaper sort of stockings there is no comparison between the cheap black stocking and a white stocking at the same price. The white one at the priee ; is both more durable and feels better to the skin. Few persons reaUze bow lmportant It is to see that stockings fit perfectly. It Is, in fact, as important as to see that shoes fit well, for chiropodists say that many foot ills result from stockings that are too tight or from stockings that are creased and wrinkled.

STYLISH AND USEFUL

Handsome utility coat in a heavy mixture of gray, black and white, in a cross-bar pattern. Seams piped with black and collar and buttons of black corduroy. The raglan sleeves are finished with deep inset cuffs. Large patch pockets.

begin to wear them they do not know where to stop; two, three and four —large, loose feathers are quickly found on.a single hat or toque.

STYLES SHOWN IN NEW YORK

Ideas That May Be Accepted as Authoritative and Adopted Without Further Consideration. Window displays of spring millinery, primarily intended for the edification of southbound tourists, reveal interesting fashioir points which may prove useful later on. In one smart basement shop, a hat of green straw with a round crown has a wide upturned brim. On the top of the crown is a bow of green tulle with branches or rose Bilk made pears spreading out on either side and quite covering the crown. One of the large department stores fronting on Fifth avenue exhibits an entire window full of black satin hats of many shapes and sizes. Many of these are trimmed with straw motifs. A black • satin sailor with a green straw crown is trimmed with a large silver buckle only. Another sailor sports an uncurled quill, held in place with a Jet made flower. Jet is one of the fashionable trimmings selected for the first spring models. So definite is the selection, jetted lamp shade „veils are also showing. The jet is used in tiny paillettes in the shape of flowers and scrolia, decorating brown, white and colored veila as well as black. Ostrich feather trimmings will be very prominently used, especially on low crowned leghorn straws of the garden hat variety. ■

Taffeta Wrap Lined With Velvet.

One new evening wrap is of taffeta on the outside lined with velvet. Both taffeta and velvet are exactly the same shade of Jacqueminot *ed.

right length, but it must also be of the right width, and this can be secured only by finding a brand of stocking that is Just of the right proportion, and then sticking to it. Tall women have most 4 of their stocking trouble from breaking at the knees. Recently, however, a progressive manufacturer put extra length stockings on the market for the tall woman. But when these special hose cannot be bought, the regular sort can Be lengthened by sewing a strip of muslin on in the shape of an extended hem. Much time in darning stockings can be saved by simply sewing on the paired numbers that come in woven tapes especially for the purpose. In this way one can see at a glance when the stockings come from the laundry just which should be paired off.

DICTATES OF FASHION

Crystal bead trimming seems to be in no end pf favor. Deep Chinese blue is a favorite shade for' evening gowns. Tub silk waists with stripes In strong cttlor are the latest. Taffeta remains a winter favorite,, and will head the list of spring materials. * Georgette crepe is the moat favored material for the dressy separate blouse, and the very pale tints, such as champagne, flesh pink and ivory, are most in demand. In the new materials are fine nets, velvets, taffetas, georgette crepes, tulle, brocades and crepe de chine. Colors include Ivory white, violet. Galt blue, claret, cup rose, bisque, silvery gray, peacock, reseda and rookie tan-

BEGIN HOT WATER EMOTING IF YOU DON'T FEEL RIGHT

Says glass of hot water with phosphate before breakfast washes out poisons. pMSMI If you wake up with a bad taste, bad breath and tongue Is coated; If your head is dull or aching; If what you eat sours and forms gas and acid In stomach, or you are bilious, constipated, nervous, sallow and can’t get feeling Just right, begin drinking phosphated hot water. Drink before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it. This will flush the poisons and toxins from stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels and cleanse, sweeten and purify the entire alimentary tract Do your inside bathing immediately upon arising in the morning to wash out of the system all the previous day’s poisonous waste, gases and sour bile before putting more food into the stomach. To feel like young folks feel; like you felt before your blood, nerves and muscles became loaded with body Impurities, get from your druggist or storekeeper a quarter pound of limestone phosphate which is inexpensive and almost tasteless, except for a sourish tinge which is not unpleasant. Just as soap and hot water act on the skin, cleansing, sweetening and freshening, so hot water and limestone phosphate act on the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. Men and women who are usually constipated, bilious, headachy or have any stomach disorder should begin this inside bathing before breakfast. They are assured they will become real cranks on the subject shortly.—Adv.

Might Be Different.

“Our romance began in a most romantic way. -My wife saved me from drowning. She’s a magnificent swimmer, you know.” "I notice you don’t go out very far now.” "No. I don’t know if she would sava me again.”

What force cannot do, ingenuity may.

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