Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1916 — Page 2

JOEL’S LEGACY

By MARY ANGELL PURVIS.

Joel Cawlett’s first thought on receiving notice that he had fallen heir to a hundred thousand dollars was to conceal the fact from his neighbors. It stunned the little .man, in fact. He had, indeed, known of the rich California uncle; his mother had told him, as if she spoke of a myth; but by the time Joel was twenty, and left alone in the world, he had forgotten all about him. Happily the news came through a San Francisco lawyer, and nobody in Fouracres knew. So Joel kept right on with his little dairy farm, and the neighbors attributed its gradual enlargement to the profits of the business. ; He felt himself altogether unworthy of the wealth that was his. He did not know what to do with it. He put it guiltily in a bank in another city, and left it to accumulate, except for the thousand or two he used in buying pedigreed cows. “I never thought Joel had such a head on his shoulders,” the neighbors began to say. “If he looked more of a man he might have something ofja pick among the girls.” But the girls had always laughed at little Joel, and, not knowing of his wealth, continued to make him the good-natured butt of their pleasantries.-- ‘ - - ’ All except the Stevens girls. Dolly Stevens had always been kind to Joel when he came in shyly, rarely, of an evening, for a chat, and sat with his hat in his hands on the extreme edge of the chair. Perhaps that was because Maudie, her little sister, was a cripple. She had a twisted foot, and operations cost more than was to be thought of. Besides, Jim Stevens had always believed she would “grow out of It," and when he died the debts to be paid made the thought absurd. Maudie, aged twelve, looked to Joel like a beautiful bird trapped by the foot She hobbled painfully from room to room, but however bad her pain, she always had a smile for Joel. The first persons he went to see after his good fortune were the Stevens. At first he almost wanted to tell them, but his courage failed him when he sat on the edge of the chair, and they only thought that Joel was shyer and more silent even than

Stared in Amazement.

usual. Besides, it would have been hideous to say anything when Maudie was suffering even more than usual. Little Joel went away, and he was nearly home when the great idea came to him. I Maudie’s foot must be cured. But how could he go to her and ask to pay for the operation?.. How could he tell them, and, if he did, he knew they would refuse. The Stevens were very proud. So little Joel set his brains to work. 4 “What do you think has happened, Joel!” cried both the girls in a breath, when, a week later, he visited the house in an agony of shyness. “A godmother, of whom I had never known, has left us five thousand dollars! An old lady in Boston! She had quarreled with mother at the christening of Maudie, but she had watched over us like a good fairy, and she knew Maudie’s lameness, and — and one condition is that she has to be operated on at the Boston hospital.” *■ The girls thought little Joel even less enthusiastic than usual. “You never know,” he said dismally. "It may be just a fraud." “But we’ve got the money in the hank!” exclaimed both girls together. A week later Joel went through a causeless agony of fear until he was called up from the Boston hospital, a hundred miles away, and informed that the operation had been a complete success. And a month later Maudie was home, her foot in plaster, but the pain gone and hope in her eyes. And two mdnths after that she was romping with the dog on the lawn, as straight and active as any of them. Joel crept back to his prize cows. It was astonishing how many bewere left to Fouraereg people during the next two years. It got so that the newspapers began to notice it. There was old, half-paralyzed Mr. CdOper, who had been afraid of the poorhouse himself,,and his aged wife. They were left $5,000 too, by a dis-

tant relative in New York, of whose existence they had been ignorant. And Mrs. Patrick, the widow, who had such a task trying to make bdth ends meet, and was afraid she would have to marry did Man Green. She was left $4,000 by a cousin in Alabama, of whom she used to speak vaguely and not affectionately. She at once rejected Old Man Green. And he, to mollify his disappointment, as It were, received a legacy from a nephew in Ireland, who had died intestate, worth $2,000, and said he was glad now that he could afford to get a housekeeper, instead of having to think of getting married. Then gifts began to flow in to the Cripples’ Home, and the Society for thA Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and ‘the Job Nimble Home for Incurs bles. In short, after five years Joel had only $50,000 of his capital left. And Maudie was growing up and going to college. And had married the finest man in the world, a lawyer, who often came over to Joel’s to sit and chat of an evening, and ask disconcerting questions. Joel began to be afraid that folks would find out the truth. But presently the questions ceased, and the lawyer became still more kind and friendly. How wonderful it was, at thirty, to have done so much good to others, instead of having spent one’s money on oneself. Joel began to forget the heartache that he felt whenever he saw Maudie back from college, always with the same kind word for Joel. He had really had more out of life than he deserved, even though he was still the butt of the young folks.

But when Maudie .came back for good and went to live with Dolly and her husband, and their little boy, Joel knew that nature was stronger than he was. He was shyer than ever when he called, and at last he gave up calling altogether. Only the lawyer, and perhaps Maudie, understood. But what could they do? If Joel had seen himself as others began to see him now, when sorrow had dignified him, and self-forgetfulness had stamped itself on his insignificant face. . . . But Joel only knew that he was desperately unhappy, and that he must go away. He advertised his farm. Then it was that the lawyer betrayed the secret he had wormed out of the little man.

For one morning a strange deputation approached Joel’s house. He came to the door and stared in amazement at the neighbors—all Fouracres, that had come to do honor, no more to the village butt, in pleasantry, but to the most popular man in town. Joel found himself hoisted, struggling, upon the neighbors’ shoulders and carried to the council hall. And there, to his amazement, the mayor himself, and all the council were assembled. Someone was making a speech, too. Joel caught vaguely the words, “Our next mayor.” Then, somehow, he had broken from- the cheering throng and found himself outside, alone. No. Somebody—Maudie—was at his side, looking into his face with tear-dimmed, radiant eyes. And she was asking him if it was true he was going away, if he would not stay. At that moment Joel caught at his destiny. For he saw only the little trapped bird, not the college woman, and he took her by the hand. “I will stay if you tell me to,” he said. “Stay, then,” whispered Maudie shyly. (Copyright. 1916, by W. Q. Chapman.)

RIGHT WAY TO RIDE A HORSE

Individual Who, Seemingly, Has Been There Gives Some Valuable Instruction on the Subject. The horse Is a domestic animal of the species abesquinaspiclinebiloquibatisque; which from the original Greek means an animal with four legs, a tail and a head; this differentiates him from other animals. Before you can ride a horse you must get on; many people have tried riding first, but instead of riding the animal the animal has ridden them. Most saddles have a one-rung ladder attached; Whether this is a means of mounting or an easy method of dislocating your leg, there is some dispute. The old-fashioned stepladder is good enough for the author, but the last time when we had reached the top my horse had left before schedule time. Now the next point Is, how to start the animal; most are self-starters and stopping is the all-important thing. An easy and simple method for starting is by the use of an icepick; hold it aloft and with a downward stroke make contact with the horse. This causes the pedes equorum to vibrate, this either sets you off on your journey or off of the horse. Now, if possible, always go with the horse, never arghe. Going ahead or behind the horse is no joke. A method of stopping which rarely fails is the following: Pick out a convenient precipice, guide your animal, if it is possible, toward the precipice, and you now come to an abrupt stop at the foot of the precipice. A shovel is an elegant way of arising. We have known people who have never ridden again after once stopping.—Princeton Tiger.

No Ambition.

“My hair is troubled with an acute form of loss of ambition.” “In what way?” “It pays no attention to the fact, that there is always room at the top.”

Helps Locate the Game.

“Pa, do hunters have guides?” “Generally, ;my son.” , “Well, what guide does a fortune hunter have?” * _ “ “Bradstreet,”

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

RIDDING SALONIKI OF SPIES

Espionage was an easy matter in Saloniki and made matters difficult for the allies until stringent measures for its suppression were taken recently. The photograph shows a British patrol bringing into camp a captured spy.

KEEP PANAMA CANAL OPEN BY DREDGING ONLY

Scientists Prove by Experiments That Numerous Suggestions Offered Are Useless. GEOLOGIST IS VINDICATED Found That Drainage and Wells Would Do No Good —Believed This May Be Last Time Great Waterway Will Be Closed. Ancon (Canal Zone), Panama.—That the rocks in which all the present sliding in the Panama canal is taking place cannot be weakened to any notable degree by heavy rains, and other facts instructive for the civil engineering profession, are results that have been derived from investigations made to ascertain what value, if any, there was in the innumerable suggestions for controlling the canal slides that have been mailed to General Goethals from all parts of the world. ’ That there was nothing practical in all the schemes that contemplated draining the area that has been giving trouble, by means of tunnels or wells, as has been suggested from many quarters, has been conclusively proved by a series of experiments made under conditions that will make the results convincing and of interest to all civil engineers and geologists. Advised That It Was Water.

“It is the water in those slides that makes them slide,” General Goethals has been advised in all languages. ‘ If you had drained off that water by means of small tunnels and wells these slides would not have occurred,” and “by means of wells and tunnels future slides from this rock will be avoided” are two other opinions that have been insistently sent to him for a long time, and especially of late. What General Goethals thought he did not say, but a cable was sent for everything that was needed To conduct a series of investigations that would be the last and convincing scientific answer to all these suggestions. Donald F. MacDonald, the qanal geologist for the last five or six years, was retained and ordered to conduct the most exhaustive experiments along the lines

BARONESS IN FANCY DRESS

Baroness Lily yon Winckler is one of the social lights of Washington who took part in ‘The Gypsy Prince,” given by the members of the “400” for the benefit of the destitute of Washington. Baroness von Winckler, noted in the capital for her beauty, is shown here in her costume for the “firefly dance.”

of the latest geologic knowledge and the suggestions of the commission of scientists that lately came to the canal. Prof. J. K. Mead, a geologist from the University of Wisconsin, who has made a specialty of just such experiments as were suggested, was engaged to come to the canal and assist Mr. MacDonald with his very special knowledge of his latest development of geological work. What Experiments Prove. The experiments Messrs. MacDonald and Mead have been making prove that the rocks that have been sliding contain about 30 per cent, by volume, of water, a very large amount. The rocks that are moving toward the channel of the canal are so broken up that they have had every opportunity to drain and to- lose their water by evaporation. Notwithstanding these conditions, these rocks, as these experiments prove, have only about onehalf of 1 per cent less water than the rocks of the same class that were examined after they had been submerged in the canal for months, a period long enough to have thoroughly saturated them with water.

With this general result as a basis, Messrs. MacDonald and Mead continued their experiments until they proved conclusively that while the rocks that have been sliding contain the high percentage of water mentioned, this water is largely in capillary form and cannot be effectively drained except to the extent of possibly 4 or 5 per cent by any system that could be devised. No more convincing argument can be advanced to prove that not deep drainage of the weak rocks but vigorous digging away by dredges of-the material now sliding, is the remedy for the slides under present conditions. One Theory Absurd. A theory held tenaciously during the dry excavation construction period among the engineers directly connected with the Culebra cut was that the high ground above the canal channel should be allowed to slide so as to reduce the amount of blasting. This was one of the many ideas that General Goethals had to overrule during the building of the canal. These experiments prove that he was absolutely correct from a scientific geological viewpoint in overruling this theory and in digging away with steam shovels as much earth as possible of the banks that might slide. Geologist MacDonald from the first maintained that initial movement, and by this the great weakening of the canal banks should be prevented by terracing the slopes back with steam shovels; for before any movement occurred, slopes might be maintained at an angle of something like one in three, or steeper; but after movement was once started, the sheared rocks could contain enough extra ground water to bring them almost to the consistency of mud. They would, therefore, stand only at a very flat angle, perhaps at one in ten. prove that this is what actually has been happening. They prove that the rock in the canal banks that has given the recent trouble is not weakened or affected to any special degree by heavy rains except after is has moved and thus been weakened. Geologist Vindicated.

In view of these results geologists will be interested to know that Mr. MacDonald’s officially printed reports as long as five years ago emphatically urged upon the division engineer then in charge of the excavation of the Culebra club that these banks that have recently caused trouble by sliding be dug back until the slopes were very much flatter than they were when these recent slides occurred, just where MacDonald predicted they might be expected. The division engineer of the central division, of which the Culebra cut was the principal part, was always absolutely convinced that the slopes considered safe by engineering precedents rather than those the canal geologist recommended and urged would be the ones at which to stop steam shovel excavation. This engineer’s opinion influenced General Goethals, until the time camte, as it did, when the general found that he had to take personal charge of the excavation work in the Culebra cut. When he did this, and, in actual charge, came to see moreTn detail therecommendatlons the geologist had been making, he adopted them as far as* the limits of time and .the advanced condition of the whole work then made possible. Since that time General Goethals has taken genuine inter-

eit in the suggestions experienced geologists have been able to offer after • study of local conditions. This attitude toward practical geologists means much for their future work with civil engineers engaged -in tasks in any way similar to the problems of canal excavation. Work Is Vindicated. The vindication of the work of the canal geologist during the last four or five years made by these experiments has qalled Into notice here the fact that it was the canal dredge division and not Geologist MacDongld that fixed the approximate datq of the last of November, 1915, as the time when a channel say 125 feet wide, would be cleared through the sliding ground. When Mr. MacDonald, in October, made a brief examination of these slides during a stay here qf a flay, he asked the canal engineers when they oould get a narrow channel through the. mass of earth and rock that was then completely barring the canal. They answered, “Two weeks." Whereupon Mr. MacDonald said to a New York World correspondent that if such a channel could be put through by “about the last week in November,” so as to give the dredges and scows a chance properly and effectively to attack the slide, the channel could probably be kept open and gradually enlarged to normal size in spite of the sliding movement, Mr, MacDonald said that there would be some possible chance of the channel closing again during the next four or five months, but when the material now moving had been brought under control by dredging, no new sliding that would close the canal channel would occur, “as long as Gabriel’s trumpet remains unsounded.” The dredging engineers did not have-a narrow channel cleared through the sliding material on the last of November because a dredge broke down, but they had such a channel through about ten days later. The governor of the canal is not permitting vessels, except its own, to go through the channel, because passage interferes with the dredging, and because, as Geologist MacDonald suggested, there is a remote possibility of another closure of the channel should very heavy rains or other unexpected conditions occur, until such time as the dredges remove all the menacing material. After this has been removed, and it is not great in quantity, according to measures on the canal, thouglf it is known that small slides will occur for some years, no slide that will close the canal can occur.

YOUNGEST FANCY SKATER

Mary Margaret Rowe of St. Paul, is the youngest fancy skater in the world. She is here shown doing the Indian war dance on a three-foot-cake of ice.

FOOT HURTS, FINDS $350 GEM

Girl Student in Rochester, N. Y., Discovers Diamond Embedded in Her Shoe. Rochester, N. Y.—Miss Irene Maitland, a student at Mechanics institute, whose home is in Geneva, while walking in Main street, felt a pebble hurting her foot through the rubber. She tried to shake it off, but could not, as it was embedded. When she picked the stone from the rubber she noticed its brilliancy and kept it. Today a jeweler told her it was a blue white diamond, perfectly cut, worth $350. Ts the stone isunclalmedand unidentified, Miss Maitland will sell it and use the money to help complete her education. At present she Is doing office work outside of school hours.

LOVED HER THIRTY YEARS

Second Suit, When Woman Is a Widow, Proves Successful, and Marriage Ensues. Adlen, la. —A romance of 30 years ago was concluded here lately, when Robert H. Lucas of Chicago married Mrs. Ada B. Dewey of Milford, la., his boyhood sweetheart. The romance began when both were youngsters at Vernon, 111., but Mr. Lucas was not successful then. Some 'years ago Mrs. Dewey's husband died, and Mr, Lucas heard she was a widow. He renewed his courtship and won the second time. \ - ~ i li6y W6T6 marnea uy kbt. *» • '-** Muhleman,.'a Methodist minister, who is the husband of one of Mrs. Dewey's daughters. Rev._Mr. Muhleman has also performed the weddings of two of Mrs. Dewey’s daughters and her two sons.

IMITATORS OF GOD

In All Ways His Children Should Strive to be Like Their Heaverijy Father. “Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children." —Eph. 5:1, (R. V.). Where shall we begin our expression of these words? Where shall we place the emphasis? Everything depends upon our point of view. We must not begin with the word “imitators,” or the ideal may paralyze us. We must begin with the word “children,” and imitation will appear as the natural and inevitable fruit. We are the “children” of the Father, with the large privileges and enjoyments of "at-homeness” with God. We are “beloved” children, the life of the eternal God flowing out toward us in affectionate goodwill and ministry. “Be ye therefore imitators of God.” Why, if we realized and utilized the privileges enfolded in the two words “children” and “beloved,” we should not need to be counseled to imitate the Father. Imitation would become inevitable; we could not help it! Take a little child; let her be set in a home of perfect freedom; enswathe her with a conscious possession' of parental love, and what will happen? The ministry of imitation inevitably begins. We speak of our little ones as “perfect little mimics.” They mimic our ways, our words, our tones, our accents. In them we find ourselves repeated. One little trait appears, and the father says to the mother, “That’s you,” or another little feature is produced, and the mother discovers the father repeated. Well, now, this word “mimic” is the literal word that lies behind our English word imitator. In the profoundest and most deeply spiritual sense we are to be mimics of God; we are to catch his ways, his tones, his accents. We are to repeat and reproduce him. Vigilance Essential. What, then, are the essential factors if beloved children are to be imitators of God? Can we fruitfully analyze the mimicry of a little child? I think we can mention two or three elements which enter into a little child’s imitativeness. Before a child can imitate a parent it must observe him. Vigilance is essential. We say of little children that they are “all eyes and ears.” They are alert, observant, receptive, ever watching for unveilings. But they are more than observant. They are aspiring. They want to become like that which they see. The child notices its mother’s attire, and wishes to wear it. She delights in putting on her mother’s gloves, or hat, or ribbon. Ah, but the aspiration proceeds to deeper and more vital ends. They not only wish to imitate in external attire; little eyes can see through the vesture of the body and can perceive the habit and garments of the mind and the soul. What they discover they desire to reproduce. They want to wear our clothes!

But they do not rest contented with the mood of aspiration, They make ceaseless endeavors to repeat us. They are forever trying to be like us. Almost unconsciously they seek to obtain our likeness. Now, cah we carry over these suggestions into the realm of the spirit, and find in them any help to express our relationship with God? If we are to be imitators of God we must certainly watch him. We are to have a similar vigilance in the spirit. We must fix our eyes upon the revelation of God in Christ, and mark every line and feature and color in the unveiling. But we must not only fix our eyes, we must set our desires upon the Lord. And let us remember for our encouragement that a desire can be trained, taste can be acquired. To wish to be like the master is to intensify desire. To express a wish’is to confirm it. To be in the presence of God, even to wish to desire is to have the beginnings of heavenly aspiration. And like the children, in their imitativeness, our aspiration must be registered in endeavor; we must seek to repeat what we see. Deliberately and strongly must we attempt to reproduce the lines and colors of the glory we have witnessed. His Love Everlasting. And let us not forget that all this time the Lord is loving us; the affectionate energy is flowing from his heart, and is working upon us for our redemption. While we are looking love is strengthening our eyes! While we are endeavoring, love is strengthening our wills! “Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.” I am to move like a child among all this, and I am to imitate the walk of the master. I, too, am to go down the ways of life, distributing myself to the right and to the left in ministries of love. . I, too, am to use my gifts and powers in generous offering. If heed be I, too, am to shed my blood. Let us watch and listen and then confidently Imitate. Let uslive with him as children, and we shall begin to imitate his life. We shall not rise into his likeness in ai day. The glory will come line by line, color by color, until the fashion is perfected.

Before All Things, This!

There ls.no action SQ sllght or so mean but it. may be done to a great purpose tod ennobled therefore; nor is any purpose so great but that slight may help it, most especially that chief of all purposes, the pleasing of God. —Ruskta.