Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1916 — Page 3

The Wrong Man

By Walter Joseph Delaney

(Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman.) “Poor Angela!” "You bare heard from her? There is some trouble!” “Not that affects her—as yet.” replied Mrs. Rushton and her ‘husband expressed a sigh of relief. They were people of wealth and had a delightful home. Mr. Rushton had just returned from a stroll to one of his farms. He noted the distressed look on the face of his wife the moment he entered the house. “It is too bad, John,” she said, “but something has happened that may paean sorrow for our only darling. I am glad she is away. She little dreams the grief that must come to her tender heart, but we must be very firm, John, for her sake.” “If I only knew what you were hinting at,” observed her husband quite testily, “I might comprehend the significance of your strange words.” “It is this, John, replied Mrs. Rushton. “You know that when -Angela went away for a week’s stay with a friend, she told us with tremors and blushes that the young man who proposed to her in the city had asked permission to call upon her.” “And state his case. Go on,” spoke Mr. Rushton impatiently. “He came today—about two hours ago.” “Well?" Mrs. Rushton almost cried. Her face puckered.— She could scarcely control her emotion. “He came, John,” she said brokenly. “The hired man, Fulton, told me about

He Took the Sealed Missive Tendered.

two hours ago that a young man was asleep on the front steps. I was startled and amazed. You know we expected Mr. Lyle Wyman today. Well, there he was, John, helpless—oh, John! worse than that, helpless, intoxicated ! ’’ The strong firm Jaws of the old man came together with a fierce resounding Snap. “What did you do with him?” he demanded. “Hia card had fallen from his pocket —‘Mr. Lyle Wyman.’ I got Fulton to hitch up the buggy and take him down to the hotel.” “Send Fulton to me at once," spoke Mr. Rushton, his brow dark, his lips set. He went into the library and wrote a brief note addressed to the young man he had half decided to accept as a son-in-law. Its import was: “I desire that you have no further acquaintance or communication with any member of my family.” Fulton appeared. He took the sealed missive tendered. “You recall the young man who was here this afternoon?" questioned his employer. “Only too well, sir. He was a wild one! We had a time getting him to bed at the hotel, sir.” “See that this letter gets to him as spon as he returns to his right mind.” “Yes, sir,” acquiesced Fulton, and when he returned from his mission it was to inform Mr. Rushton that the hotelkeeper had agreed to see that the letter was delivered. “You will write to Angela at onces directed Mr. Rushton to his wife, that evening. “Oh, John! about this unfortunate young man?” “The wretch! Yes.” “It will break her heart.” “Better that than a lifetime of drawn out misery. Tell her clearly how the worthless fellow has manifested himself. Further, she must never write or speak to him again. She must forget him.” In her woman’s way Mrs. Rußbton went at the hard task set. The letter was sent to Angela. She aeturned home three days later, wan, samfellent. Except for one brief Interview with her mother the subject of her lover was not referred to in the house. With Angela the will of her parents was law. She mourned, she pined in secret, but she never complained openly. One day she sought her father. If ! was to hand him a sealed letter directed to herself. She had recognized the handwriting. a* -V* * •

“Please bum it, papa!” she pleaded, in crushing agony of spirit. “You are a good daughter,” spoke her father and for the first time in his stem career his voice was husky and unsteady. “We will go South soon and see if we cannot woo the roses back to your cheeks.” Angela sighed wearily. Her father, alone, read the letter. It pleaded for an interview. It spoke of injustice, mystification. John Rushton tore it to ribbons and ground his teeth. Angela sat in the lonely garden one afternoon a week later. Oh.! where was the roselit rapture of the near past, when love was hers? All life was dull and expressionless. She bowed her face in her hands and shut out all save memory. There was a rustle in the hedge behind her. She lifted her head. Her heart stood still. She arose to her feet swaying, her face white and drawn. “Angela!" spoke Lyle Wyman and held out his arms appealingly. She drew a rustic chair towards her. «he held it so it was a barrier between them. “You must not speak, you must go, now and for all time!” she uttered in pained fluttering whisperings. “Yes, that is true,” came the sad resigned reply, “but I could not leave you, home, friends, all, never to return without once more looking upon your face. Dearest Angela, what does it all mean? Why have I been suddenly cruelly parted from you as though 1 were a pestilence?” “You must go, go!” faintly reiterated Angela, “In all Ijonor do not linger. I only hope that time will heal the wounds, that you will forget and repent and —and become a man among men. Oh, leave me I beseech of you! My soul is rent —I am dying!” She felt that the words were true. A weak young girl, unaccustomed to the harshness and world experiences, that moment seemed to bulk up all the agony and heartbreak she had suffered, a mute, obedient victim, for the past few weeks. She tottered. He caught her limp, swaying form and supported her. She had not fainted, but her senses were reeling, and she was very nearly at the point of a collapse. As he held her she waved her hand feebly and her eyes distended. “Go, go,” she gasped. “See —my father!" The next moment there came a rush past a line of high bushes. A man burst through them with force, a human whirlwind. "Father, it is he—father, he is going! Oh, I cannot say the words —I love him so! I love him so! I love him so!” wailed poor Angela, and swooned to the garden seat. John Rushton was white to the lips. He faced the young man, his great hands gnarled, his eyes flashing dangerously, his giant frame fairly convulsed. “Go!” he said, and posed as though he would rush at the devastator of the family peace. Lyle Wyman cast one fond look at the blighted flower on the garden seat He was helpless to resent the dictates of stern, relentless destiny. A sob choked him. He turned to leave, with bowed head and stricken soul. Fulton, a few steps behind his master, caught the latter by the sleeve. “Sir, sir, this is not the man!” he spoke rapidly. “What do you mean?" challenged Mr. Rushton furiously. “Not the one I took to the hotel —oh, no, sir!” “Wait!” A dim suspicion of a possible error urged the utterance of the word. After the retreating Wyman Mr. Rushton hastened. And then explanations, the truth, a wretched error revealed. Upon that inauspicious day in his life, just approaching the village where he expected td see the parents of his fiancee, a telegram had reached Wyman, directing an immediate return to Jhe city on important business. His cousin, a weak, Irresponsible young man, was with him. He had given him his card and directed him to see Mr. Rushton and explain that a later call would be made. The cousin had fallen a victim to his habitual infirmity. He carried the letter of dismissal to Wyman. When gentle Angela awoke it was to find her lover anxiously awaiting her return to consciousness—and to happiness complete.

Money In Swiss Banks.

Switzerland has the distinction of being the richest country in the world in a savings-bank sense. While the Dane, the German, the Norwegian and the American have only $75.46, $56.16, $52.11 and $42.46 in deposits per unit of population, respectively, Switzerland averages $86.46 per capita. The school bank of the country, however, while an Interesting institution, is not an unqualified success. Indeed, its success is somewhat sectional, as at Berne the undertaking has been a distinct failure. Deposits in that city are declining each year, and in six of the eight school districts it has been necessary to liquidate the banks.

Food Value of Fruits.

Fresh fruits have but little food value, but their use In dietaries is of great Importance, nevertheless, on account of the mineral constituents which they contain. These constitU'ents are made of potash, combined with various vegetable acids, namely: tartaric, citric, malic, oxalic, eta, which render the blood more alkaline wnH the urine less acid. The antiscorbutic value (prevention of scurvy) of fruits is due to these constituents. A case of scurvy is quickly bettered by the use of fruits, 'll /

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“FIGHTING SIXTY-NINTH” GETTING AWAY

A scene at the railroad siding showing the crowd of spectators, among whom were the wives, mothers and sweethearts of the “Fighting Sixtyninth,” the first infantry outfit of the National Guard of New York to leave for the mobilization camp at Camp Whitman, Beekman, N. Y.

IS REAL PRODIGY IN MATHEMATICS

William Stong Solves Most Intricate Problems Quickly and Without Effort. ANSWERS APPEAL INSTANTLY Has Declined Many Offers to Travel and Demonstrate His Gift In Public—Enjoys ' Amazement He Evokes. Bloomington, 11l. —Illinois possesses a mathematical prodigy in William Stong, twenty-eight years old of Tazewell county. He has been able to solve any problem in arithmetic that has been given to him. He reels off millions and billions with equal precision and promptness. One of his feats is to wander down to the railway station when a freight train dashes away and add up the numbers on the sides of the cars. By the time the last car has passed he has the total. People who are skeptical concerning his powers come long distances to test them. They are primed with brain-racking problems, but all prove easy for Stong. One of the most common questions relates to the number of seconds in a lifetime, given the date of birth. One who propounded this problem gave him the date January 26, 1873. Right off the reel came this re-

William Stong.

ply: “15,873 days, 378.392 hours, 22,703,540 minutes, 1,362,211,000 seconds.” Another problem was: “It is 155 miles to Chicago. How many pounds of rails in the track at 80 pounds to the yard.” Without hesitation came the reply: “436,380,000.” Some of His Feats. Another one was: “An automobile wheel is 30 Inches in diameter. How many .revolutions will this wheel make In traveling the 100 miles to Chicago?” Strong came back with this answer: “104,476 revolutions." A nail problem came next. He was told that 32 nails were to be driven. One cent would be paid for the first, 2 cents'-for the second and double the sum for each succeeding nail. He was asked how much he would be paid for the thirty>second nail. Almost instantly the answer given: “21,474,000.48. One skeptic propounded:' “With 25,000 miles around the earth and silver dollars at an inch and a quarter

In diameter, how many will it take to girdle it?” Stong answered: “1,267,200,000.” “The Illinois river flows at the rate of 400 cubic feet an hour. If a reservoir was constructed one mile long, one mile wide and half a mile deep, how long would it take to fill it If the water from the river was diverted?” Strong hesitated for a few moments and then gave the answer: “183,997,440 hours.” One man tested Strong with this railroad problem: “There are 750,000 miles of steam railroads in the world. There are 352 rails to every mile. To every pair of rails there are 18 ties with 4 spikes per tie. There are 5 bolts to every rail and 2 steel plates per tie. How many rails, ties, spikes, etc.” Within a few moments Stong told his audience to put down the following answer: “There are 264,000,000 rails, 2,367,000,000 ties, 528,000,000 flanges, 950,504,000,000 spikes, 1,302,000,000 bolts and 4,752,000,000 plates. At 85 pounds to the yard there are 224,400,000,000 pounds of steel in the rails. At 50 tons per carload, there would be 2,244,000 cars or 44,880 trains of 50 carp , per train.” Was Despair of Teachers. He was asked to give the total of all the numbers .from one up to 9,600, adding them together. His answer was 46,084,800. The total of the numbers from one up to 78,000 was 3,042,939,000. Stong was asked how many bricks would be required to lay a pavement from New York to San Francisco, 3,578 miles, the pavement to be 60 feet wide and the brick 8 inches long and 2 inches wide. He figured that it would require Just 10,201,377,600 bricks. Asked to divide 68,719,476,736 by 32,768, he answered instantly: “2,097,165.” Stong says this peculiar talent has been with him since early youth. He was the despair of the teachers and the envy of the other children when he solved problems in a moment that required hours for the others. He says there is ho particularly severe mental strain when working out the problems, that the answers stand out in front of him, so promptly is the response of his extraordinary brain to the demands that are put upon it. Stong never grows Impatient when there are undue demands made upon him for answers to their problems. He treats all courteously and enjoys the look of amazement he evokes. Stong has had many opportunities to travel with a circus and exhibit his extraordinary mental gift, but has declined all offers.

FINANCIER DISOWNED SISTER

Displeased Over Her Marriage, He Gave Her No Share in His Fortune. Baltimore. —By the will of John Black, aged retired financier, probated recently, $275,000 is left to a number of Episcopal institutions and the Johns Hopkins university, which also became residuary legatees. The estate is estimated at $1,000,006. Provision was made for one of the financier’s two sisters. She, however, died kvfew weeks ago. Mr. Black had another sister, Harriet, whom he disowned about forty years ago because she married a Doctor Adler, a Jew. Mrs. Adler also is dead, but there are two or three sons surviving, one of whom is said to be a rabbi, who are now believed to be in New York or Philadelphia. The estrangement had been complete between Mr. Black and his sister Harriet, although Elizabeth, the other sister, is said to have forgiven her sister, and had her picture hanging In her bedroom. Mr. Black never married, and his nearest relatives in Baltimore are said to be second cousins.

WANTS TO FIGHT, BUT IN AMERICA

James Bracy, Black, of Portsmouth, Doesn’t Care for Foreign Legion. “SCRAPS” AROUND WHOLELOI Isn't Afraid of the Germans, but Wants to Battle With Them at Home Where He Knows the J _ Country. By FRED B. PITNEY. Paris. —“Yo all is Americans, isn’t ye?” It was a very plaintive query, indeed, and I turned from the automobile in which I had ridden into La Yall bonne, the headquarters of the foreign legion, to see a small and very black negro in the uniform of the French army watching me anxiously. “Yes,” I replied, “we are Americans. Are you?” “Yassuh,” said the negro. "Je snis Americain. Parlez-vous Anglais? Ah comes Tom Po’tsmo’th, Virginia. Mah name is James Bracy, suh. James Bracy, B-r-a-c-y. Is yo’ got dat name right? Perhaps, yo’ wants to write it down?” James was not martial. He was feline. He was like a small kitten, playing around, begging to be scratched behind the ears. “How do you come to be here?” I asked. “Ah come in a grand ship to Bordeaux, wrastlin’ hosses,” he replied, “an’ when Ah got there, there wasn’t no way to git back, so Ah ’listed.” “How long ago was that?” “Eight months, suh.” He Knows Norfolk. “I suppose you know Norfolk, James.” “Norfolk?” exclaimed James. “Why, of co’se Ah knows Norfolk. Ah comes from Po’tsmo’th.” “And Old Point Comfort T “Suh?” “Old Point Comfort, Chamerblain's hotel, Fortress Monroe.” “No, suh. Ah don’t know none of dem.” “But if you come from Portsmouth and know Norfolk, you must know Old Point. It’s only eight miles away.” “Aw-h,” said James, “you means Hampton -Roads. Why, yassuh, Ah knows Hampton Roads. Ah sailed outtah Hampton Roads when Ah come heah.”

James crept a little closer, and became confidential. “Does yo’ all reckon America is goin’ to git into, de wah?” he asked. “Do you want America to come in?” I queried. “Yassuh,” he said eagerly. “Yassuh, Ah suo’ does want America to come into dis heah wah.” “Why?” Wants tb Fight Germans. “Cause,” he replied, “ev’ybody ronn’ heah says if America comes in we all Americans ’d be ’matically released an’ could go home. An,” he added, pleadingly, “Ah sho’ would like to weah some clo’es again—some reg-las clo’es. Dese heah ain’t clo’es, rightly speakin’, an’ Ah sho’ would like to weah some clo’es again, suh.” “But don’t you want to fight the Germans, James?” I asked. "Yassuh, yassuh,” he said. “Yassuh, Ah wants to fight de Germans. But Ah wants to fight ’em at home. Ah sho’ wants to lick de Germans to a finish. But Ah wants to do it in de United States of America. Ahse eager to fight de Germans. Dey ain’t nobody moh eager’n Ah am to fight ’em in Po’tsmo’th, Virginia, wheah Ah knows de country an* de people an* Ah can fight ’em right* “You must have had some experience already, James,” I said. “Yon have been In the legion eight months; you must have done some scrapping.” “Oh, yassuh,” he replied. “Ah done right considahbul scrappln’.” “What part of the front have yon been to?” I asked.

Scraps Around a Whole Lot. “Ah ain’t been to de front,” he said. “Theah’s a couple of other fellahs an’ me scraps aroun’ heah a whole lot. Sometimes we wrastles an’ sometimes we scraps, but mostfy we scraps.” We had gone to La Vallbonne to see the American members of the foreign legion who were still at the depot, and I asked. James if we would see him In the squad. “No, suh,” he said, “Ah ain’t goln’ to be in it.” “Why not?” I asked. “Ah heahd yo’ all was cornin’,” he explained, “and Ah went to- Sergeant Bouligny an’ Ah says to him, Ah says, salutin’ of co’se, “sergeant,’ Ah, says, •when de gemmuns comes to see de legion, Ahse ready, when Vo’ is. Yo’ can call on me,’ Ah says. “But Sergeant Bouligny comes from New Orleans, an’ he looked at me an’ he says, ‘We don’t need you,’ he says, an’ he turned Toun’ an’ walked away. Ah reckon it’s ’cause Ah’m eullud, so Ah come ovah heah to ask yo if yo’ all thinks Mistuh Wilson Is goin’ to do anything ’bout de wah so we all can go home.”

Train Rider No Respecter of Irons.

Birdsbow, Pa. —Rudolph Michelott, a train rider arrested by an officer of the Reading railroad, managed to Jump a freight train and escape in spite of the fact that both his hands were man acled in irons. '

MUST WATCH FOOD

HOUSEKEEPER’S RESPONSIBILITY IN THE HOT WEATHER. Almost Every Variety Will Quickly Spoil Unless Especial Care Is Taken—Points of Importance Worth Remembering. An additional responsibility la brought to the housekeeper'ln the hot season, writes Mrs. Christine Frederick in the Chicago News. She must pay greater attention to her food supplies and the way they are kept. It is in periods of high temperature that all foods, and particularly meat, milk and fruits, are likely to spoil and decay. The laboratory is not so far distant from the kitchen and, indeed, the best housekeepers are those who make a laboratory out of their kitchen and follow in it the principles that science has proved. It is undisputed that there are minute organisms or bacteria in the air which feed on our foods. There are also in the foods themselves certain substances which, while not alive, are the products of living things and which cause fruits to ripen, seeds to grow, etc. Both these causes result In deterioration or decay of the food unless they are prevented. Bacteria of various kinds and allied plant organisms like mold attack and break down food tissue, causing the food to become unfit for use. Now, there are about three ways in which the honsewife can prevent food from deteriorating: 1. By keeping the food in a low temperature, as with the icebox, etc. 2. By sterilizing and killing the bacteria by means of a high temperature. 3. By the use of certain preservatives, as sugar, salt, vinegar, spices, etc. ■ t - The first means entails constant supervision of the refrigerator, Newspapers should not be used on the shelves or on the ice, as this prevents proper circulation of air and may cause the box to become bad smelling and damp, the very conditions under which bacteria flourish most It should be kept clean and foods properly placed in It Overripe fruit, hot or even warm foods, strong smelling foods, like onions' and bananas, should never be placed In the box. Small quantities of leftovers should be covered with glass or agate saucers and only glass, china or agate should be used in which to lay away food.

The second point can be followed by cooking a quantity of food which seems to be on the point of spoiling. A box of berries can be saved by stewing with sugar. Milk which undoubtedly would not keep until the next morning will be satisfactory if scalded. Many other foods which might become subject to mold or spoliation can be saved by being thus cooked or sterilized and perhaps canned temporarily. Salt, sugar and vinegar are helpful, natural preservatives. Their addition to many fruits and vegetables will make them “keep” several days longer thnn if they were not used. For instance, beets, string beans, encumber, etc., which in warm weather cannot be allowed to stand over night unless in a very low temperature, will be perfectly preserved if covered with a weak solution of vinegar or brine. Soups and all twice cooked foods like stews, etc, are particularly likely to ferment and should be watched carefully. All containers of food must be allowed sufficient air and not closed when the foods are still warm.

New Tea.

A beverage that is indorsed by science as being perfectly harmless is known as mate. Unlike ordinary tea, mate is improved by boiling, and the same handful of herva, or prepared mate leaves, can be used for two infusions and the second may be better than the first. It is a tonic, a stimulant and a diuretic. It is especially desirable for those who wish to counteract the consequences of physical or mental work.

Fruit Conserve.

Two quarts of cherries pitted, two quarts of gooseberries, one quart of red raspberries, one pound of seeded raisins, three oranges cut In pieces, leaving rind on; one lemon. Juice only, three-quarters of a pound of fruit. Boil half an hour or more and put in tumblers. Prepare the fruit and sugar over night. By morning the sugar is dissolved.

Nutmeg Cookies.

Mix two cupfuls of sugar, threefourths of a cupful of butter, two thirds of a cupful of sour milk, nutmeg enough to flavor, two eggs, a teaspoonful of soda and enough flour to roll. Roll out thin and bake in a quick oven.

Mussel or Clam Salad.

Wash, boll five minutes, remove heads and black membranes, dip In melted butter, salt, pepper and lemon Juice mixed, set in Ice box one hour; serve with lettuce. French dressing and minced parsley, cress or cucumber.

Dyeing Rags for Rugs.

When dyeing rags for home-made rugs, tie the bunches of rags tightly round before dipping in the dye. This will give intervals of rags without color, and the effect when woven will be greatly admired.

To Keep Meringue From Falling.

To keep meringue from falling, add te it a saltspoonful of baking powder Just before putting the meringue on the pi* ■* 'i . ' . '-v t f