Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1917 — Page 3

“Dynamo -Plus!”

By GEORGE ELMER COBB

(Copyright. 1816, by W fc G. Chapman.) i„ , _ ... ■ “ 'Dynamo-plus J’ —that expresses the MAfo mon. t!....AKoai)VMi.. thoi luninr tvqrt* lltfW mail, Uu““l tcu tiitr juutvi F*»* v ner of Farrar & Co., department store, River City. “You mean?” insinuated the more ■conservative Mr. Robert Farrar, senior partner and founder of the business. “That I have found a man for you who will fill your store, sell your goods and make the ‘square deal’ look like an old three-eent piece.” “A prodigy, eh?” “They say so. He comes high—five thousand a yeajf—but he’s made a fortunff'for Mr old employers.” "What did he leave them for?” “Says he wants to build up, not stand stilL They got so big they couldn’t go any further, so he struck out for new pastures.” -—- "H’m!” observed Mr. Farrar. “Let It all be your doing—l don’t know as I approve. And what about young Stevens? He’s suited us well enough until you brought home from Chicago these grand expansive ideas of yours:” “Why—er, well, Stevens will have to be subordinate.” “He’s not the man to stand it.” "Then let him go.” Just that came about. Advised of the new plans of the house with which he had been for seven years and had helped build up, Roy Stevens courteously gave notice of his resignation. ~ Mr. Farrar was growing old, Mr. Robbins had put quite some capital into the business and had really done some j* ■*wer '-' • - .

He Was a Model in the Way of Dress.

brilliant things. He was “a live wire” as a buyer. He bought close and his purchases always brought a profit. Mr. Farrar was forced to concede that his junior partner was proving himself a valuable adjunct to the business. ♦♦Take your own, wax.” said the sen- . lor, with a sigh. “Only—l don’t consider -this dismissal of Stevens at all fair.” -....-v. Neither did Roy Stevens, but he said little and did not act at all discomposed. Pretty Leila Farrar, the petted daughter of the old merchant, scolded her father roundly. Then she went to her room and had a good ery over it. For she and Roy had become very close friends, The- marvelous “Dynamo-plus” was Guy Vandeventer and he arrived in River City with a vast flourish of trumpets. He was a model in the way of dress, suave, keen of glance, sharp and short as to converse. His first move was to secure the best suite of apartments at the principal hotelV his next to order a showy automobile, his next to go through the extensive department store i and criticize most of its methods. “Front" was his specialty and he certainly, impressed the community as to appearance and loftiness * in that respect. One being in what he secretly dubbed “the half-baked society of a second rate town” appealed to his refined taste as full perfection. This was Leila. No wonder of that, for she was the belle of the district and fully deserved the distinction. Again, she was an only child, the family, coffers were well filled according jto local repute, and as Leila was courteous to all and as Vandeventer fancied himself Irresistible, it was soon hinted about that the handsome pair were just as good as engaged. “Booming like a field gun!" was the enthusiastic announcement of Robbins to his partner. “Never so many people in our store at one time as last Saturday. Vandeventer attended to the advertising and the bands, and all that. The free dish of ice cream and cake caught the community." “Yes, but how about the sales?” queried Mr. Farrar, none too greatly impressed by the sensational stunt Indicated. “Oh, that will come later. All we expected wif*-T6 get the crowd coming , our way. Wait till next week—one first popular bargain sale.” Certainly the “Dynamo-plus" made « great,deal of noise, spread printer’s ink out everywhere and attracted a

vast throng. It appeared that Vandeventer had induced Robbins to’bay up a great ’job lot of cheap brooms. The price was low, but the quality of the gobds was also. Everybody bought a broom, to discover that they lasted about a week, when the rotten cord securing the wisps broke, letting out the straws promiscuously. It was Vandeventer who had purchased the brooms. In fact he had invaded the department of Robbin. They had become great chums. They went to the buying marts together, and it began to be hinted about town that they were indulging in some pretty lively doings while away from home community restraint. Mr. Farrar was confined to the house wiffiafi Injured ltmb during these business spurts, and Vandeventer took advantage of the fact to call frequently, avowedly solicitous for his health, but in reality to get closer to his daughter*, and heiress. Roy saw little of Leila, although he constantly thought of her. He had no antagonism for his former employers, but in view of some plans he was car** rying out Roy adeemed it etljlcal to merely courteously pass the time of day with them as future competitors. For some sudaen fortune had come to Roy. An old aunt, dying, had left him several -thousand dollars and* Roy proceeded to invest it in a business. He was watching and analyzing Farrar and Company and the gquare lPeal. Both, he observed, were retrograding as, to quality and utility of the merchandise they carried. When one store got up a special bargain sale, their rival put forward one better. Farrar and Company made a vast flare on tack hammers. The Square Deal came forward with a patent bread knife. The tack hammer broke very readily and the break knife bent, and the deluded public began to. weary of these ' bargain delusions. Then one day Farrar and Company and the Square Deal sat up and took notice. Behold! in the same square an empty store suddenly bloomed forth into merchandise plentitude and freshly painted sign read: “Roy Stevens and Quality, Inc.” Neat posters placed all about town announced the establishment of a store where, no matter how low priced an article offered might be, Its quality would be always of the best of its class, with a distinct line drawn at-the shoddy and useless grade. Roy Stevens and Quality, Inc„ went with a boom. The “live wire” tactics of the “Dynamo-plus” specialist went stale. Mr. Farrar, conservative old line merchant that he was, fumed and fretted in his invalidism over the prestige fast departing from business he had founded, for the new-store throve and as it won its established clientele it held it. “Got to do something to get the crowd away from Stevens,” said Vandeventer to Robbins one day, and forthwith hired a wandering circus troupe and announced free tickets for every person purchasing up to a dollar from Farrar and Company. Vandeventer had been paying attentive court to Leila, little dreaming that her thoughts were faithfully centered on the only man she really loved. Leila was at the circus its first performance. A violent storm came up. Vanderventer, at her side, made good his own escape as a baby cyclone blew down the canvas. Roy sprang to her rescue, saved her from being crushed by a heavy pole by holding it across his shoulders until assistance came. The story of Vandeventer’s base desertion of Miss Farrar In a moment of peril got out. He faded from town, for Mr. Farrar, calling bis sensational partner to the carpet, insisted on a resumption of the old standard ways. “I knew that you would win out!” declared Leila to Roy two months later, and she glanced proudly at the engagement ring on her finger and smiled loyally at the new partner in Farrar and Company. . ■ ■ o

“In God We Trust”

In 1861. when Salmon P. Chase wds secretary of the treasury, he received a letter from a farmer in Maryland suggesting that ■ a religious motto be placed on the coins. Mr. Chase referred the letter to James Pollock, director of the mint at Philadelphia, and in his next annual report Mr. Pollock approved of the suggestion. In 1864, congress authorized the coinage of a new 2-cent piece bearing the words, “In Go We Titfffr and in 1865 It enacted that the motto should be added to the devices of other coins “whenever practicable.” It is froller the “Star-Spangled Banner:” “Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, ; _.IL~ And this be our motto, ‘ln God is our trust’"

Honduras a Lumber Treasury.

It is estimated that there are in the Mosquitia territory, Honduras, 90,000,000 pine trees, more than 45,000,000 cedar and mahogany trees, and about 14,0*30,000 trees of miscellaneous varieties. ‘ Valuing the pine treA at 25 Cents United States gold each, or $22,500,000; the cedar and mahogany trees at $5 each, or $225,000,000, and the miscellaneous trees at 10 cents each, or $1,400,000 gives an estimate forestal value of $248,900,000 for the territory alone. .

Club Rates.

“My wife and myself aye- trying to get up a list of dub magazines. By taking three you get a discount.” “How are you making out?" “Well, urs cab gel turn that "T don’t want,- -and one'that she dofesß’t want, qnd one that neither of us wants," $2.25.” —Farm Life.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, TND.

STROMBOLI’S GREAT VICTORY OVER ROAMER

SUBURBAN HANDICAP WINNER READY FOR BARRIER.

Thrilling races hava been run in the past; thrillera-will baataued TaPt6» years to come. But none probably will be closer, furnish more excitement or send a crowd into a greater frenzy than the Stromboll-Roamer battle on Labor day at the Belmont (N. Y.) track. It was a two-horse race around the full one-and-a-half-mile course; with Itoamer an odds-on favorite at 11 to 20, and Stromboli heavily backed at 7 to 5. Roamer got the jump at the break, shot into the lead by half a length and made it another length within the first 100 feet. And so they ran for more than a mile while the crowd waited in anticipation for a great stretch struggle which only horses such as that pair can produce. And what an amazing finish it was! At the turn for home, Stromboli, un-

GREATEST FIGHTER IN RING

Sporting' Element Having Tired of Pjckinq Baseball and Football Players Take Up Boxers. Having fought to a draw over the question of “Who was the greatest ball player,” and still deadlocked on “The greatest footballer,” the sportive ele-

Bob Fitzsimmons.

ment now is “rassling” with another one, entitled, “The greatest fighter.” Some, folks think the greatest was Peter Jackson; others Incline to George Dixon.. A few “vets” cling to Sullivan. Terry McGovern has won several votes, and so has Jim Jeffries. The present day crowd likes to string with Bob Fitzsimmons. And there is a scattering of ballots for the others whd have made ring history.

GILHOOLEY IS AROUND AGAIN

Yankee Outfielder, Whose Leg Was Broken Last Year, Has Recovered Full Use of Member. V Frank Gllhooley, the outfielder of the Yankees, who had_fais leg broken last season, recently consulted a doctor In Cleveland.and was told that the member was again O. K. an* that he would suffer no diffiedlties next sea* son. Gilhooley’s presence In the outfield, if he plays up to his last year’s form, >-wWI be a great aid to Bill Donovan. Gilhooley batted around ..275 in the game he played for the Yanks In 1916.

der the coaxing of Johnny McTaggart, began to come along. With giant strides he closed the daylight gap and crept up to Roamer’s saddle bags. It looked as if he would pass him there, but Roamer, grand old horse that he is, met the challenge and maintained his half-length lead until within about 500 feet of the finish line. Stromboli, with the crowd shrieking in racing madness, came on again. Inch by inch he crept along. Roamer led by a neck, now a head, now a nose — and then they were even. Nose and nose they raced, with the thunder of the throng ringing in their ears; ran as horses never have run before. Fifty feet from the finish line it looked as if the race would be a dead heat. And then Stromboli, with herculean leaps, gained an inch, two inches, four Inches —and the race was over. Stromboli was the better horse. 1_

SPORTING WORLD

Billy Miske Is an awful queer fighter. "He fights. t • • If ball players earn their money the rest of the working world is underpaid. * * * If the ball players go on strike it’s a cinch they will not demand an eighthour day. * * * The difference between an amateur aiid a professional is the professional admits it. * * * A commercial paper reports a shortage of ivory, without having heard of any ball players dying. ~ ' The reason so many young men aspire to be professional ball players may be attributed to a dislike for hard work. * * * “Benny” Leonard may be worth $50,000, ljut that does not hecessarily mean that he earned it. He’s a boxer you know. . *- * . * __ r , ...1--.:: It is not difficult to distinguish between an amateur and professional boxer. In fact, most of them are ameteurs. - - ■ , Attempting to learn to play baseball by the correspondence school method is about as nutritious as eating bouillon with a fork. * * * . -• # Sparrow Robertson, the noted starter and track builder, has been engaged to build a new quarter-mile track for the Bates college athletes. Captain Warner of Williams college has sent out a call to all swimming candidates and hopes to start practice for the divers and plungers immediately. * * * EddieMensor, formerly with Portland, later with Pittsburgh and last season with Spokane, has been signed to play with the Oakland club next year. • * * Such are the temptations to extravagance. in a" college community that many a football star leaves the temple of learning with no more coin than when he entered.- • * * . Guy Morton of the Cleveland is the leading strike-out pitcher of the major leagues for 1916, his feat in fanning 13 Mtrckmen on June 12 earning him the honors. r ' 'V : ** * V Judging from the forecasts of the scribes of various cities, the second divisions of all leagues will be vaeaa* next year, while the first divisions will have straphanging room only.

LAUDS HIS TWIRLERS

Manager Donovan Expects Them to Be Best in League. .. * * Every Member of Bquad of Lett Season Will Be Kept—SHawkey Has • Been Most Reliable—Cullop and Mogridge Also Btar. Although his pitching staff was In none too good Condition at the end of the past season, “Bill 11 Donovan Is sanguine that with a fair share of good fortune his bor brigade will be one of the best, If not the best, in the American league next year. It is a foregone conclusion that every member of the present squad will remain with the team and that next season the Yanks' will have at least seven pitchers. Those who are reasonably certain of their positions are "Bob” Shawkey, “tfick” Cullop, George Mogridge, Allan Russell and Urban Shocker. Shawkey has been by far the most reliable of Donovan’s pitchers this season, while Cullop and Mt>grldge, too, have dope splendid work, except when injuries impaired their effectiveness. “I believe the Yankees will be one of, the best teams in the American league next season,” remarked Dono-

Nick Cullop.

i ~ van. “For one reason, I expect to have the best pitching staff in the league, and a club with a topnotch twtrllug staff will have a big advantage on its rivals. “Shawkey was our most dependable pitcher this season, and I expect him to have Just as good a year next season. Shawkey is a hard and energetic worker and Is my idea of an ideal

Bob Shawkey.

pitcher.- It is pretty certain also that Cullop, Mogridge and the other pitchers with us now will be on the club next season. “Our pitching staff had a lot of wretched lack last . season, usd that helped largely to beat ua but .of the flag. Cullop, ohe of the best southpaws in either league, pulled a muscle at a time when he was needed most and had to stay out of the game for a few weeks. Mogridge. too, was laid up when his services were needed. .But that is part of the game. Next season, provided we get our share of the breaks, I expect the ‘Yanks’ to be :in the race all the way and that the pitching staff will surprise the baseball realm.”

SCOTT IS CAPITAL FIELDER

Appears Indifferent on Field, But Grabs Everything Hit in Dlrec- • •; / ; tion of Shortstop. - - ——r - - •• — 1 Everett Scott of the world’s champion Red Sox, although a wonderful fielder, does not look like one.' _He goes at his work 1» an indifferent sort of a way, and Is this carelessness that takes away much of the brilliancy of h)s work. But hit anything near Scott and It’s almost sure that he will get it.

HOME TOWN HELPS

SCOTCH cm HAS SIDE LINE Glasgow Reports Gratifying Succeed of Its Municipal Agriculture— Lesson for America. The individual efforts of many • city man to convert himself Into a farmer may perhaps remain a subject of occasional Jest, but Glasgow, in Scotland, has shown the world that a city, as a city, may tak<» up a farming enterprise and come off with the smile quite neatly turned t’other-way about" By " the reports Just returned to Glasgow** lord.provost, the municipality has accrued a round $9,000 of profit from the, products of Its farming. It all began in 1879. At that tlrke It. was found that the city refuse destructor was becoming less and less adequate to deal with the ever-increasing volume of the city's refuse —the ashes from its furnaces and pots from its households, the paper from the streets and all this manner of collectible material. So a tract of bogland was taken on a lease, and turned over to the uses of the cleansing department. The experiment of filling in these t lands proved so successful that more territory was taken in 1891 and later at a combined cost of about SIOO,OOO. The soil was "cold and uncongenial,” says the Glasgow Herald, b%t its handicaps have been gradually neutralized by the work of the department the enrichment of the land. According, to the repdrt of Glasgow’s; farming, “the produce grown Includes oats, wheat, barley, potatoes, turnips, bay and grass, and the total amount reaped during last season Is valued at £10,306, thus sum being exclusive of produce sold, which realized £2,728. The present hay crop Is so abundant that after the needs of the department’s stud of horses are met, It is so abundant that there will be a surplus for sale of about 500 tons.” Surely such tuj-ecord as this should counsel American cities to see what they can do after Glasgow’s example.

BIRD BATH MADE ORNAMENT

Simplicity and Beauty Combined in< Article Constructed by Lover of Man’s Feathered Friend*. . Individuality and beauty mark •* simple bird bath made of concrete, .

on the sidfe, instead of being fashioned with a mold, has been worked out by hand so that It contains less of a suggestion of the artificial than Is found in many molded-concrete lawn ornaments. A number of these rustic baths have been made. —Popular Mechanics Magazine.

TREES MUST BE PROTECTED

' y. . '+3i Once Attacked by Disease There la Little Hope That They Can x£Z--— r Be Preserved. ...... Trees die from many causes, but few indeed die from the top downward, probably far less than I per cent. A tree may starve or die of thirst, but the great majority die from diseaPe, few succumb primarily to ravages of insecta or other pests, though these materially aid in hastening death. Fungous disease is the most potent factor in the destruction of large trees. The much-dreaded and fatal disease of the chestnut now ravaging some eastern states is one of them. We occasionally find a hugp oak which suddenly dies when apparently, in f#B vigor and health. After attack no remedial measures are known.

Payton’s Civic Playground .

The division i of parks, which has charge of this garden work, cleaned up. graded and prepared for the use of children a dozen additional playgrounds, so that Dayton, 0., a town of 150.000 people, now has 28 playgrounds, whereas the city of Washing- , ton, with a population of 350,000, ha# only 13. - „ When Dayton children start out for a frolic? on Sunday afternoon the - chances gre that they go to Island park, in the Miami river, which flows through the town. For years and | years the principal item of news In the Monday newspapers was a chronicle' ; of the drownlngs at Island park. The division of recreation of the new city government has made Island park air - safe as a river front can be. A ttfe*§ saving station has been established;''' with U fast gasoline launch, thoroughly equipped for saving life, and. by a trained Ufesaver. Lifesaving st^- # tons and lifesaving equipment also have been provided along the river bank and a lifesaving crew has bee* organized in the fire department. :.r||

which adorns the' lawn of a home in' Omaha, v Neb. At a glance it ippears to have been made by placing a thick cross section of a big log on top of a stump in the yard. But both parts are made of concrete. The imitation bark