Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1917 — Page 2

WHEN A BACHELOR TAKES A WIFE

Whom flr«t w» love, you know, we seldom wed, Tim* rules all. And Kite, Indeed, is not The thing we planned it out 'ere hope was , dead- v ’the problem which worries ninny a bachelor Is whether or not lie could

for the npxg, suit his fancy.—He grants that love usually ‘Changes a man’s entire nature. But the question is, how long will it remain changed? By no possibility would lie drift into hlsvold ways and notions? Of all men the bachelor should be the most clever in choosing the right kind of a wife to make him happy. The callow youth, who has not had his experience, is apt to make the mistake of his life by imagining fervent admiration to be the grand passion. When all is said and done, the man in his thirties is not much wiser. He is just as apt to stray far afield in search-

SOME SMILES

Power of Will. Hojax—There goes Mrs. Jimjones. They say she married Jimjones to reform him, and has succeeded by mere force of will. Tomdlx —But she’s such a frail little thing! How did she manage it? Hojax—By giving him to understand that if he didn’t brace up and do better she would will her money to charity.

Friendly Comment.

Fresh Roasted. “What are you doing, my pretty maid?” “Gathering chestnuts, sir,” she said. Smilingly he watched h?r' saucy capers. Gathering them from the funny papers. A Hurried Manner. “Now, this naturalist tells Us that ' we never heard of a squirrel worry- ~ ■ Ing himself tp death?” “Perhaps not, but I’ve seen squirrels in revolving cages that, seemed to have something on their minds.” ~

Asked and Answered.

Mrs. Newed — Why don’t you get your life insured, my dear? Newed afraid people might say 1 was too coward 1 y to take chances on your COOking. That’s why.

Getting Paw on a String, W4lUe— Say. paw, will you buy me a nickel’s worth of fly paper? p aw _What do you want with fly ..paper, my son? Willie —To make a kite. • Smith—Old man Green was forced to start his son in business. ——- Jones—Forced to? Smith —Yes; he couldn’t induce anyone to pay him a salary, • Our Sawed-Off Sermon. A woman says there is no accounting for taste, but a man can merely always account for that dark brown taste he has the morning after the night before. As Others See Us. . ' Upson—l understand that young Sllmkins is a great social light, ’ Downing—Your understanding is doubtlessly correct. He weighs only 110 pounds. Quid Pro Quo. *1 won’t buy my husband any more cheep cigars for a Christmas present” “Why? Hid he give them away?” “No; he bought me a box of those horrid cheap chocolates.” 5

By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY.

content himself to conform to the ruling ofrtne.l woman after having been a free lance so long. He hasn’t the home spirit in him and never had. He has been used to living here and there as long as he found it pleasant —striking out for pastures nqw when his surroundings became was case with his loves. He discarded the bld

“Yes,” said the new 1 y - elected freighnmyer, as he lighted his trusty -old pipe, “it was a case of love at first sight for mine.” “Well, it’s too ' bad,” rejoined his old bachelor friend, “that you didn’t have time to take a second look.”

ing for, the right kind of wife. It is often the matter of simple luck that he gets the right one. The well-seasoned bachelor has had so many Ivssohs in the book of life that his studies <>n wopian and her nature should he valuable to him. lie knows the pouting sweetheart would evolvr- intrra ’grumpy" wife. He knows there!* nothing like a sulking wife-to make homelife unhappy. He is wise enough to steer clear of the young woman who would do all the talking. He can see far enough ahead to realize that her tongue would run on incessantly through all the years. No I matter how much the flirt has attracted the bachelor in other days, he Is wise enough not to take her to the altar. A flirting sweetheart is bad enough, but a wife whom other men were making-eyes at —oh, never' The bachelor can judge with much accuracy whether or not he would be suitable for a woman when he has been in her society a few times. There is one groat and glorious gbod trait about the bachelor when he does meet the right woman, he surrenders straightway and loses no time in asking for her heart anil hand. He makes one of the best of husbands. Places outside of home have no longer a lure for him. He is forever grateful to the woman who has married him; realizing that the first and best years of his ltf§ have been squandered and that only the husks of life's fruitage remain for her. His devotion makes up for all else. The bachelor does not exist who does not secretly admire modest, noble womanhood. (Copyright.)

Power of Flight That Is Possessed by Birds One of the Wonders of Nature.

There is nothing more wonderful in nature than the power of flight possessed by birds, and no subject which yields more startling facts upon investigation. “The way of an eagle in the air” is one of those things of which Solomon confessed himself ignorant; and there is something truly marvelous in the mechanism which controls the scythelike of wings peculiar to most birds of prey. Yet even naturalists of the, first order have had little or nothing to say about the power of flight in birds, while some of them speak on very insufficient evidence, says the Boston Transcript. Witness Michelet’s statement that the swallow flies at the~rate of U4O miles an hour. Roughly this gives us 1,000 miles in four hours,! but naturally, even in its swiftest dashes, the swallow does not attain to anything like this speed. But the Duke of Argyll is rather under than over the mark when he computes the speed at more than 100 miles per hour. The mechanism of flight Im the swallow is carried through an ascending scale, until in the swift it reaches its highest degree, both in endurance and facility of evolution. Although there are birds which may, and probably do, attain to the speed of 150 miles per hour, this remarkable rate is not to be looked for in any of the birds of the swallow kind -

In their migrations-swallows stick close to land, and never leave it unless~cnmpcttM.'~"TKey cross straits at’ the narrowest part, and are the most easily fatigued of all birds. Apparently, though they possess considerable, speed; fli’ey Tiave no powers of sustained flight. ‘ ?

Mistletoe an Odd Parasite; Has No Use for the Earth.

The story of how the mistletoe gets on the trees is a most interesting one. Covering the mistletoe twigs are pearly white berries. These come in the winter season, when food is comparatively scarce, and hence some -birds eat them freely. Now. when a robin eats a cherry he swallows simply the meat and flips the stone away. The seed of the mistletoe the bird cannot flip. It Ls_siicky_ and holds, to his bill. His only resource is to wipe it off, and he does so. leaving it sticking to the branches of the tree on which he is sitting at the time. The seed sprouts after a thpik.,uad,Jiu!i fliidlng earth—which, indent, its ancestral habit has made it cease wanting—it sinks its roots into the. bark of the tree and hunts there for the pipes that carry the Sap. Now, the sap- in the bark is the very richest in the tree, far richer than that in the wood, and the mistletoe gets from its host The choicest of food. With a strange foresight it does not throw its leaves away, as do most parasites, but keeps them t<s‘ use in winter, when the tree is leafless. ,

Odd Facts.

OU fuel is used to some extent on no fewer than 40 railroads in the United States. / Until 1874 the Japanese used to vaccinate on the tip of the nose. Roller skating dates back to 1790, Mecca’s” 'pilgrims annually exceed 100,000. There have been woman sailors among the Finns and Norwegians for many years. „ ’

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Here Are Simple Tests by Which to Tell Whether You Are Physically Fit.

--<» the last nnalys’s.'the coTtdtttojj Of the fibers of a man’s heart determines his physical fitness. Or, stated in an-, other way, a man is not physically fit unless his heart fibers will stand certain -tests. These tests have recently been , reduced to such simplicity by French army surgeons that they may be applied by ahy intelligent person; and they offer an excellent hygienic suggestion for persons in civil life for determining their physical condition. —The tests as described in the bulletin -of the Fretrctr academy are made as follows : 'Jbe fir -St test coftSlatS_ln: having the subject, after the jhilse rate at. rest in the standing .position has been determined in the usual manner, execute running steps on one spot, with the thighs, at the rate of two -steps a second. At the end of one minute the subject stops and remains standing, while the pulse is counted for fifteen seconds in each minute, and continuing the count until the pulse rate has returned to formal, or nearly so. If the jml.se rate has returned to normal by the end of the second minute. the subject is considered fit for any kind of hard physical exertion. If, at the end of the second minute, the ptlJSe rate is fiver thirty in- the fifteen seconds —that is, 120 beats per minute Instead of about seventy-five or eighty, It is a sign of slight weakness of the heart. Such a condition, however, may.be corrected by proper treatment, and treatment should be undertaken at once. In the second test the subject, while standing, raises a ten-pound weight over the head, then brings it down between the legs with the body bent forward, repeating this for one minute at the rate of one cycle in two seconds, or one second for each upward and each downward movement. The pulse rate is then tested as in the first exercise. This second test Js considered somewhat more exacting than the first; but either is adequate for practical purposes.

The First Sponge Farm.

Around the shores of an island off the west coast-of Florida has been established the first sponge farm In existence, it Is believed. It is estimated that 500.000 sponges are thus being cultivated. The method—is simple. Concrete disks, about ten inches in diameter, are sunk, the bits of sponge being first attached by a srpall piece of aluminium wire; this is to hold them in position as a safeguard against being washed away. One disk is planted or dropped for every square yard. Fully 80 per cent of the sponges planted mature. The water possesses sufficient nourishment for them, and, unlike other farming sponges require no cultivation during their growth. They may be left alone after planting until they are large enough to gather.

Much Soli Washed Into the Sea.

An average of 95 tons of soil and loose rock.is washed into the ocean every year from every square mile of the United States. This estimate does not Include the Great Basin. The, immensity of this contribution may* b€ better comprehended when it is realized that the surface of this country covers 8,088,500 square miles.

May Issue Iron Coins.

Copper appears to be as scarce in Scandinavia as it is in France. A dispatch from Stockholm states that the governments-of Denmark, Norway and Sweden are seriously considering the advisability of issuing iron coins for the smaller.currency, and three national banks are in favor of this projeet- ~ ?

How He Lost His Friends

He was always wounding their feelings, mrtkjng sarcastic or fuppy remarks at their expense. He was. cold and reserved in his manner—cranky, gloomy, pessimistic. He was suspicious of everybody. He never threw the doors of his heart wide open to people nor took them into his confidence. He was always ready to receive assistance from them but always too busy or too stingy to assist them in their time of need. He regarded friendship as a luxury to be enjoyed instead of an oppertuni ( y for services —■— —He never learned that implicit, generous trust is the very foundation stone of friendship. He never_ thought it worth while To, spend time in keeping up his friendships. He did pot realize that friendship will not thrive on sentiment alone, that there must be service to nourish it. ‘ He did not know the value of thoughtfulness in little, things. He borrowed money from them. He .was not loyal to them. He never hesitated to sacrifice their reputation for his advantage. He measured them by their ability to advance him. —Success.

Ability to Help Others.

It is by steadfast drilling into the medrock of the world that we are able to bring up the drafts which we can >ass to others.—A. F. Schauffler.

WAR TAKES MOST OF COPPER OUTPUT

At Opening of Hostilities Industry ' Used Nine-Tenths of That » Produced. ■■ —:—l— . ■ > 1916 YIELDS 950,000 TONS United States Now Able to Mine 2,4oo,ooo,ooo'Pounds a Year— Curtailment Feared After ■ ■ the War Ends.' New York. —Authorities on the copper trade estimate that approximately 75 per cent of the world’s present production is being used for war purposes, the remaining 25 per cent going into commercial consumptive channels as before the war began. At the outbreak of hostilities, Jt Is estimated no more than 10 per cent of the copper produced by all the countries with deposits of the metal went into the manufacture of war material. The peaceful trades used up 90 jjer cent, and this proportion existed for several years before the upheaval in Europe. These are significant figures, particuhiflyasTegards the market for copper after the war ends. The United States produced copper *in the autumn months* at the annual rate of 2,400,000,000 pounds, compared with about 1,900,000,000 turned out in all of 1916. In July, 1914, the mines and refineries of the country were turning out the metal at the rate of 1,700,000,000 pounds yearly. From the beginning of the war to the present time, then, production has been increased 700,000,000 pounds. This increase alone is greater than the entire production of the rest of the world at the present rate of output. With talk of peace in the air, it is natural that copper producers and con-

sumers alike should devote agreat deal of thought to what may come when the treaty of peace is signed. With three-quarters of all the metal of the world going into munitions, it is plain enough that a tremendous alteration of market and consumption plans will come with peace. It is only natural to assume that prices will reflect substantially the change of conditions, but copper men are not persuaded that there will be anything like a slump. There will also be need -for a drastic curtailment of production unless peace demands should suddenly expand to a level offsetting the war demand, which experts in the trade hardly expects— — —— Next Six Months' Output Sold. The sellers of copper safr they are quite comfortable about conditions for the first half of this year. They have _reasoa_ta.Jjfi.JSO, for practically all the expected output has been sold, and sold on “firm” contracts —that Is, contracts which call for delivery and payment whatever may be the conditions marketwise. If the war lasts beyond July 1, the copper companies maintain, business must continue good for the allied governments' have to come to the United States, for their supplies if they are to be adequate to the demands of the armies. It is clear, therefore, that the duration of the conflict is the vital factor in the copper trade, not only as regards consumption this year, but a part of next year as well. Copper .prices after the war, in the opinion of a leading seller, will not fre -governed solely by the law of supply and demand as hinged on war operations. They will be affected sub-

stantially by the attitude of the American* producer toward foreign buyers who- come seeking the metal for commercial uses. It is estimated that Germany, Austria, Turkey and Serbia are producing copper at the rate of 100,000,000 pounds a year, air or which, and more, is going into the war machine. Such reports On conditions in the central powers as are available show that these nations have raked and scraped the countries over for all copper implements, which means that in the end vast replacements will need to be made of these supplies. The copper cooking utensils for 100 years or more; roof? of churches and dwelling bouses; electrical implements and railroad and telegraph supplies have been thrown into the melting pot. In fc9lX Germany and Austria imported from this country 500,000,000 pounds of copper, and while a part of'this probably went into war reserves, much of the metal was bought for manufacturing purposes. > __ Curtailment of Buying Expected. These factors of reduced supplies and the known movement of copper Into the central powers in times of peace lead up to the part which American producers will need to play, A jreat deal of the replacements, doubtless, will have to be made in these and otjier European countries, whatever may be the cost. ■ But it stands to reason, as copphr men see it, that high prices and diffident selling methods will tend to curtail buying, especially if the nations of Europe have financial difficulties to solve. American copper interests are aware that committees have been organized in several countries of Europe to devise ways and means of caring for their needs on an economical basis after the war. These organizations, with government co-operation, obviously are laying plans to buy their • metal at prices favorable to themselves or to restrain buying if prices are not suitable. With the thought ip mlrtd that government control is likely to be exercised for a long time over foreign purchases, it is plain why prominent topper men have lately gone on xec-

ord with predictions that 30-cent metal will go by the board when the war ends. If production Is to be~ maintained at a high level, prices will be called upon to bear the brunt of the post-war reaction. There are produc- j ers who feel that the American output will sag back within a year or two after the conflict is over to where it was In 1913; others are persuaded that it will not again fall-so far unless something happens to injure business ail over the world. There are producers who look forward to 15-cent copper after the war demand has been cleared away, while others'think - That quotations will not drop under 20 cents. A great deal as regards both production and prices, it is said in the trade, depends upon legislation, which will permit American exporters to cooperate in sales abroad.

1916 Prices Break All Records. The average price of copper in 1916 was 27.202 cents a pound, according Vo the records of the Engineering and Mining Journal, compared with 17.275 cents the year before. December brought the highest average fpr any month, with a price of 31.890 cents, while in November the average quotation wqs 30.625 cents. The prices of 1916 were never approached In any other year in the history of the industry. Spelter was sold at an average quotation of 12.804 cents a pound, against 13.232 cents in 1915, a slump in the middle of the year- working to keep the average under that of the preceding 12 months. Lead, on the other hand, sold at 6.058 cents, compared with 4.673 cents in 1915 and in December the average pr|ce for the month was 7.50 cents.

MAY ADO CUBIT TO STATURE

Berkeley Scientists Discover Substance at Base of Brain to Make People Grow. Berkeley, Cal. —Scientists at the University of California have discovered the substance that produces growth in the human body, it wailUfe nounced. Tethelln is what they call it. It is in the pituitary body at the base of the brain, and by retarding or accelerating its functions it may be possible, according to the Berkeley sclcntists. to control the stature of human beings. Announcement of the discovery was made by Dr. T. B. Robertson, professor at biochemistry, who said that life, had succeeded in Isolating tethelin and that he believed it was the first time in the history of biological science that it had been done. ' Doctor Robertson said his experiments covered a period of four years. He said the utimate importance of the discovery made by him and his associates could nift be estimated at this time.

WOULD SERVE FOR FATHER

Son of a Banker Convicted of tyurder in Texas Would Go to Prison. Waco, Tex. —A son’s devotion to his father was witnessed here recently when Roscoe Watson, a member of the Texas National Guard, told Judge R. I. Munroe that he would like to assume the penalty assessed against his father, T. R. Watson, who was guilty of the murder of John S. Patterson, state commissioner 'bT"6anklng and insurance, and sentenced to 99 years in state prison. The Jury <ook the case at night at six_ o’clock, and the verdict was returned next morning at 10:35. Watson, it was chargec^^shot,.Patterson at Teague on August 28, after Patterson had closed the Farmers and Merchants’ State bank at that place, of which Watson was president.' Patterson died at Waco on August 23.

BIDDING HIS INFANT SON FAREWELL

Many are the pathetic scenes tn connection with the for the battle lines, in this photograph Private George Magee, a member of a famous Irish regiment, la seen taking a tearful farewell of his infant son„ who for nihe months has been a patient in the East London Hospital for Children at Shadwell. Magee has seen 19 months of active service at the front, having participated in numerous important engagements.

CLARA LEFT HIM $500,000

Janozt Rigo,. gypsy violinist, was once the husband of the late Princess Chimay, who before her marriage to the Belgian nobleman was Clara Ward of Detroit, Her father left her many millions when he died. Rigo met the princess when she and the late king of BelgiunJ with members of his staff were dining in a restaurant in Paris: Rigo played, s and afterthe performance kissed her hand. A few days later they eloped, dressed as gypsies. For 11 years the princess showered him with presents. Today he possesses- caskets of jewels worth many thousands of dollars given him by her. The gypsy talks of nothing now but Clara Ward and her generosity to him, of her gifts and their romance. He declares she left hinu $500,000. He is now playing in a New York restaurant, and declares that when the war is over h* will claim his fortune. The coat he is wearing in the picture was to - him - by the late King Leopold' of Belgium.

SALE OF CIDER IS STOPPED Nice Discrimination Needed to Tell Whether It Is a “Wet” or “Dry" Drink. Wooster, O.—“ Sweet” cider is barred in Wooster following a visit to the city representatives of the state-liquor license commission. The men sampled the offerings of lodal restaurants which have been selling cider at 5 cents a glass. Then they conferred with the city police authorities and the dealers were requested to discontinue the sale of cider to “avoid complications.” No charges were made that the cider had accumulated more than its allowance of alcohol, although it is said to be more in demand when a nice discrimination is required to tell whether -it is a wet or dry town drink.

LIVES WITH BRAIN EXPOSED

Top of Head Blown Off by Shotgun, Bernard Archer, May Yet Recover Health. r McKittrick,' Wis.—Bernard Archer/ of this city, is still living, after jartjofL his skull was blown, away by the discharge of his shotgun. The movement of his brain can plainly be seen. Archer was returning from a claybird shooting event when a rabbit ran across the road in front of him. In g<>. ing through the brush his gun was knocked from his hand and was discharged as it struck the ground. He was stilf able to walk into town after the accident and has never been unconscious.