Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1917 — Page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Boy. Ghees man, of Chicago, spent Sunday with the tatters parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy. in ... i■■ ‘ m.Mf' / '-r> L Mrs. John E. Lyons and daughter, Delords, are spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Moore. Janies Wood, of Remingtpn, is the Jatest purchaser of a Dcnlge car, throug hthe M. I. Adams & Son agency. The lightest running sulky and gang plows on the market are the Emerson. Ask your neighbor who has one. They are sold by Warner Brothers. We have disc harrows of superior quality and our prices are right. WARNER BROTHERS. The Dorcas Sunday school class of the iM. E. church will meet at the church Thursday evening. All members are urged to (be there. C. J. Hobbs, of Kersey, has rented one of A. Leopold’s houses and is moving to Rensselaer in order to be situated to best look after his work as the engineer in several ditch jobs The Ladies’ Aid of the Christian church will meet at the home oiMrs. George Healey Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Frank Hoover will assist Mrs. Healey.

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Wanted Dead Stock We will call at your premises 11 within *wenty miles of Rensselaer, anil remove all dead or undesirable animals. We disinfect barns or pens in which aifimals have been kept, leaving the farm is a sanitary condition. We "tnake no charge for our services. B. & L. M.*F’G. CO,

DIVIRE THE SPOIL

Chinese Coolie*’ Greed Wipes Out Half of Village. Find Unexploded Shell Which They Believe Is "Little Sun" and Try to Split It in Four Pieces. Greediness wiped out half the population of a small in China, according to Capt. Frits Uttmark, who formerly principal of the Seamen's Church Institute In New York city. There were only 30 people In the vllage, a retired spot on the Hwang river, and or the 30, 15 were Instantly killed. * The Chinese government had been making experiments witlr some new shells. A mile from the village a company of soldiers had been doing target practice with the shells, and had then been sent to garrison a fort some distance away. During the target practice the soldiers would not let the villagers get nearer than half a mile of the guns, and the people, all Ignorant coolies, had no Idea what the shooting meant. Some months after the target practice had ceased and the villagers had forgotten about It, two coolies, digging In a field, came upon a bright, round object. It was very heavy, and pointed at one end. Neither knew what the object was. As a matter of fact It was an eight-inch shell that had not exploded. “It Is mine,” said the man who had dug the shell up. “No, it Is mine! I saw it first!” cried the second coolie. “You would not have known It was there If I had not seen It.” “And you would not have seen it if I had not dug it up.” * For half an hour the two men argued, each advancing his claim In highpitched, squealing tones. At last they agreed to let an aged ‘Chinaman, who was said to be very wise, settle the question for them. “You must divide it equally,” was the verdict of the old man. Then came the question as to how they should divide it. They tried to break it with a rock, but the shell could not be crushed that way. “Let the blacksmith divide it,” suggested the old man, - To the blacksmith they Went. “I ! do not work for nothing,” declared the smith. “I will divide It into three parts; one for the man who found it, one for the man who saw it first and one for me.” 1 That arrangement had almost been .decided upon when the old man who ■had given the decision in the case objected. If the blacksmith was to have a third, then he himself ought to have a piece for settling the dispute. "Divide it into four parts,” urged the old man. “One for the finder, one for the man who saw it first, one. for the blacksmith and one part for me.” To that they all agreed. By this time the entire village had become greatly excited, the relatives of all four men crowding into the little blacksmith shop to see that Justice was done. The blacksmith laid the shell on his anvil, and round him gathered all the people of the village. He swung his- heavy hammer in the air and brought it down on the shell. feang! The explosion killed all but two of the coolies who were in.the blacksmith shop and injured half a dozen who were standing at the door and the two windows, -« For a long time the Chinese government could not find out cause of the accident. The natives Were convinced that a miniature sun had fallen from the clouds and, offended, by the rough handling It had received, Had become angry, and annihilated the guilty ones with'their relatives and friends. The mystery was not explained until a small part of the shell casting was found. —Youth’i Companion.

Heredity.

“I have known them ever since I wap a boy, and there has always been something queer about the whole family,” said the landlord of the Petunia tavern. “One of her uncles thought he couldn’t cross a room unless he walked a crack in the floor or come up the road without following a wagon track. Another unde had a notion that It devolved upon him to sit in the open doorway, rain or shine, and wait for the coming of the Angel GabrleL Her grandfather on her paw’s side was a prominent Greenbncker. And now, although she is acknowledged to be the prettiest girl in the village, she openly declares that She don’t believe that she was predestined to be a motion-picture actress Kansas City Star.

Incompatible.

The caller was Inclined to be affected, and so informed little Ruth that everything in her home! was “coleur de rose.” ~ “What did he mean, mother?” Ruth asked after he had gone. “He meant color of the rose." explained mother, “but b e Ba *d it In French.” ,“Oh, mother,” exclaimed Ruth, “I always thought he was from Missouri.” «,

Playing for Bigger Stakes.

“Why didn’t you accept thp Bropm’s otter to take us In their car to the parthought I’d wait. They have Just an ordinary auto, and the Watsons have a limousine. They might offer to pigk us upT 1

THE REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IMP.

FEW COLD FACTS ABOUT HEAT

Temperature, Which .Is Merely Matter of Vibration of Molecules, Mysterious Force of Nature. Heat is so common that most of ue never give it a thoaght except to complain of it In summer and coax it in winter. And yet heat Is one of the most difficult things In nature to understand. It Is as mystorlous as electricity, says the PKllAdelphla Inquirer. Heat Is not a substance. It is merely the vibration of the molecules composing the material heated. Every material Is made up of molecules, and each molecule Is composed of atomsMolecules of matter are held together by a force called "cohesion.” At absolute* zero, colder yet than liquid air, or minus 270 degrees, all molecules are at rest. As the temperature rises the molecules begin to move to and fro. The higher the temperature Is raised the further and faster swing the molecules. Heat is produced hv combustion of fire, by friction, such as rubbing a coin on the sleeve; by electricity in the electric furnace, by chemical action and otherwise. No matter how heat Is produced Us effect Is always the same.

The molecules of a bar of Iron are ut rest at 459 degrees below zero. As the temperature rises they begin to oscillate. As more and more heat Is applied they swing further and further apart, until finally they begin to roll one over another. Then the Iron Is melted aud runs like water. If still more heat be applied the irbn will be diffused into gases and dissipated In the air. Apply heat to water and it forms a gas called- steam and is easily dissipated In the air. Lower the temperature to 32 degreed and the molecules slow up and pack close together, forming ice. Heat Is closely related to light. Both travel through the ether in a wave motion. All light rays carry some heat. This explains how the sun supplies us with both heat and light. Molecules are so minute that there are about one sextilllon of them In a cubic inch of aih These at freezing temperature oscillate back Wild' forth at the rate of 1,470 a feet a second. The average length of their path between oscillations Is about one two-hundred and seventy-seven thousandth of an inch. Each comes Into collision with Its fellows about 5,000,000 times a second.

Odd Custom of the Bagobos.

Among the curious customs of flic Philippine islands one of the most peculiar Is that of “beautifying” ths teeth by filing and blackening them, which prevails among the Bagobos ol Mindanao, says Popular Mechanics. Both boys and girls of this tribe undergo the -filing process before marriage, and this usually occurs while they are still very young. The youth who Is to be thus decorated sits on the ground beside the native dentist, gripping between his teeth a stick of wood to keep his mouth open. The dentist then files each tooth down to a stump or else be cuts or breaks each to a point, as preferred by the beauty-seek-ing patient. All that Is left of the teeth Is blackened by a powder secured from a certain native tree.

Submarine Earthquakes.

The biggest waves In the world are termed by scientists earthquakes, solitary ocean and cyclone storm waves, a writer in the Boston Post says. Of these abnormal waves the biggest are those caused" by submarine earthquakes. Some people who have seen these tremendous walls of water have estimated their height to be as much as 210 feet, but it seems probable that this is an exaggeration. Prolmbly earthquake waves do not ever reach a height of more than 80 feet. A big submarine earthquake draws the ocean water away from the land for a long distance. Then the mighty wave comes smashing shoreward, probably the most terrific engine of destruction loosened by nature, destroying everything in its path.

Cat Is Ancient Animal.

The cat has an ancient history. Tradition has it that the creature appealed In Egypt about 1500 B. C., and being highly regarded there as a fireside Sphinx, snuggled down near the seats of the mighty and made himself very much at home. Mummy casts are found in the pyramids. The first cnt is believed to have been of African origin. Travelers from Greece seeing the cats so comfortably ensconced in Egypt saw to it that some of them were brought to Athens, and from the ancient sent of culture the cat is supposed to have spread over* Europe. The anlmal in Europe was adopted by man as a pet about the ninth century.

Something Coming to Willie.

His Sisters Beau —Willie, you ought to go to school every day. Then you will grow up to be a wise man. Willie —Huh, I guess the law won’t let me know too much. H. S. B.—Why, my boy, what has the law to do with It? Willie —Welir something, I guess, 'cause father says you don’t know any more than the law allows.

The Average Citizen.

“A man ought to attend to his own business.” “It can’t be done,” answered til. Orosslots. “Every time a strike Is threatened people wbo don’t know ms get together and decide whether { •ball be able to ride to work."

SECRET NOT LOST

Composition of Greek Fire of Ancient Days Still Known. Ingredients Are Said to Be Identical With Those of Liquid Used In Modern Times by Some of Warring Powers. It Is a common error to suppose that the secret Of the composition of the Greek fire so jealously guarded by the emperors of Constantinople Is lost. On the contrary, it is set out at length in an Arabic manuscript of the year 1225, no\* In the Royal museum at Leyden, as well as In the bet-ter-known “Liber Ignium ad Comburendum Hostes” of Martin Graecus, written five years later aqd republished in 1842.' Its ingredients are there given as naphtha, pitch, resin and sulphur and are identical, according to a scientific writer, with those of the liquid used today by some of the warring nations. The well-known passage in the Sire de JoinviUe’s Memoirs about it “coming flying through the air like a winged dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the speed of lightning so that the darkness of the night was dispelled by this horrible illumination,” has misled scholars as to the way it was projected. Pots containing It were undoubtedly hurled by engines on board ship resembling the modern —which was also the ancient —catapult; but the Greek sailors of the Middle Ages also used a chelrosiphon, or hand tube, worked by an officer, called a siphonator, which enabled him to direct it on ~ any potnC he pleased of the enemy’s vessel. This was undoubtedly the parent of the modern method.

How the liquid In question was forced out of the tube may still be doubtful but Professor Bury, in the notes to his edition of Gibson, thinks it was done by gunpowder, the composition of which was, according to him, already known to the Greeks of De Joinville's time. This would, perhaps, get over the difficulty of igniting the liquid before it was pumped on the enemy. The Germans, for example, seem to have improved on their model by nslng compressed air. The ignition was also arranged by mixing with the naphtha an organic substance which will spontaneously take fire when exposed to the atmosphere. But this •was found to have its disadvantages. The liquid, once Inflamed, was liable to blow back upon Its projectors, and had the Inconvenience of revealing the carrier of the engine and thereby exposing him to the attention of “snipers” of the other side. Hence It was found to be more prudent to separate the burning fluid Itself from its means of Ignition. Attacks are now begun by throwing fireballs Into the enemy’s trenches, with a fuse which lights them as soon as they touch the ground. -—Louisville Courier-Journal.

Texans Hail Birthday.

Texans celebrute their own private Independence day, commemorating the signing of the declaration In 1830, which freed their ancestors from Mexican role. Texas was In all probability a part of the ancient Aztec empire, and since then it has been under six flags. Spain claimed - the country by right of Its conquest of the Aztecs, and France, too, claimed It as a part of the terrttory of Louisiana, with the Rio Grande as the southwestern boundary of French possessions. When the Mexicans gained their freedom Texas became a part of their republic, and so remained until 1836, when the Lone Star banner of the republic of Texas was raised. In 1845 the 1 Stars and Stripes were raised over Texas, to be temporarily replaced by the stars and bars of the Confederacy during the Civil war.

A Man’s Work.

The distinction and end of a soundly constituted man is his labor. Use Is Inscribed on all hlB faculties. Use is the end to which he exists. As the tree exists for Its fruit, so a man for his work. A fruitless plant, an idle animal, does not stand In the universe. They are all toiling, however secretly or slowly, In the province assigned them, and to a use in the economy of the world, to higher and more catholic service. And the man seems to play, by his instincts and activity, a certain part that even tells on the genral face of the planet, drains swamps, leads rivers Into dry countries for their perforates forests ai/ stony mountain chains with roada, hinders the Inroads of the sea. on the continent, as If dressing the globe for bajgpter races.—Emerson.

Mother Knows Better.

Willie liked to look through the pages of an Illustrated history, and had a good memory for the pictures. One day a friend of his mother came in wearing a new hat “Oh," Willie exclaimed, “you look Just like a witch.” The lady was very much complimented, as she thought he meant she was bewitching, but his mother was much embarrassed because she knew he had reference to a yeryjigly sulem witch In the book.

Some Support

“Mr. FlUbdub, I am a candidate for your daughter’s hand.” “Well, I’m unpledged, my boy. If a ballot Is taken you can have my vote.” ,

IS LAND or UNTOLD WEALTH

Mountain* of the Various Countries of South America Contain Fabulous Fortunes In Minerals. Fifteen million ounces of sflver Is one of South America’s annual contributions to the world's pocketbook. This would make more than 17,000,000 diver dollars. Silver to the amount of more than $2,000,000,000 has been mined In th* last 800 years from PotoM, the famous “peak of sliver” In Bolivia. The hills of South America are seamed with gold. It la found in every state. All this gold and silver could be studded with precious stones from Colombia. Seven hundred thousand carats of them are dug out of her hills annually. Almost all the emeralds In the world come from there. Our famous copper mines In Michigan, Montana and Arizona are surpassed In richness by those on the west coast of South America. Enough silver la mined with the copper of one Peruvian mine to pay all the expenses of the mining, of shipping the ore over the mountains and up to North America smelters. It also pays the oost of smelting. The Bethlehem Steel works In Pennsylvania could be kept busy for 75 years with the Iron ore of one of Chile’s provinces, Coqulmbo. More tin Is mined In Bolivia than anywhere else In the world except th* Federated Malay states, and only a few of the mines have yet been opened. Although South America Imports most of her coal, there Is enough tucked away in her mountains to supply the needs of both America# for ages to come. But there are no railways to bring it out. Chile’s nitrates fertilize the fields of the world and bring her an annual revenue in export duties of more than $15,000,000. The value of the deposits must be reckoned in ten figures.— World Outlook.

Whan Strength Begins to Go.

A medical authority states that the muscles, In common with all organs of the human body, have their periods of development and decline, our physical strength Increasing up to a certain age and then decreasing. Tests of the strength of several thousand Individuals have been made, and the following figures are given as the averages derived from such tests—the lifting power of a youth aged seventeen years Is 280 pounds; In his twentieth year this Increases to 320 pounds; and In the thirtieth and

thirty-first year, respectively, It reaches its height, 885 pounds. At the expiration of the thirty-first year the strength begins to decline, very gradually at first. By the fortieth year It has .decreased eight pounds, and such diminution continues at a slightly increasing rate until file fiftieth year is reached, when the figure la 330 pounds. Subsequent to- this period the strength falls more and mors rapidly until the weakness of old age. is reached. It la found Impossible to obtain trustworthy statistics after tba fiftieth year.

Pullman Washrooms.

Pullman washrooms are the only places there are where It Is possible to brush your teeth and comb your hair at the same time you are pulling on your shoes. In the confusion of hastily dressing In a crowded Pullman washroom one very often Is exasperated to find that he has spent five minutes lathering someone else’i beard. Then again It is startling to discover that yon seem to have grown bald over night And to have the fat man whose head yon were brushing dig t v e soap out of your ear with no gentle thumb. A Pullman washroom is excellent In many ways and if you lurid a grudge against a man persuade him to dress and wash with you In the same Pullman washroom. Ton will find It easy to batter and bruise him horribly, though yon may havo to take an awful beating yourself. Never cross your legs while seated In a Pullman washroom. Ton may kick someone In the face. —Detroit Journal.

Why They Lika to Dance.

It’s funny, but the women are crazier about dancing than the men, says the Atchison Globe. In nearly every home In Atchison, Kan., a civil war Is raging. The wife la wild to accept an invitation to a dancing party and the husband says he won’t go But he goes Just the same. Bachelors grumble about going; too. But they go. Why do women care so much fox dancing? One Atchfeon woman says: “It’s because we look so well in oux party clothes." Another woman (married) says: “It’s the chance we get to talk to any man except our husbands.” _

Bolling Eggs In Vinegar.

All albuminous compounds, such as fixe white of eggs, are quickly acted on by adds. An egg will becone as hard by being put into vinegar as U It ware boiled. B there Is a Utfle vinegar In the water, than, when an egg Is to be poached, the add starts to act on the albumen and hardens It enough for It to keep Its Shape. TMs Is valuable In serving, because ts the water bolls too hard It will break up the white of toe egg Into little flakis and a great deal of It will be kwh

Outgrowing Poetry.

Toe never say anything about the Am«H*aii eagle In your speeches.” “No,” replied Senator Sorghum. “My people out home got tired of tost stylo of oratory. They sent me word that they weren’t keeping me In Washington

YOUNG LADY OFFERS SERVICE TO COUNTRY

Miss Anna Leonard Prefers to thrive Ambulance and Tenders Her Service to Governor. So far the first young touy from Jasper county to tender her services to the country in the war with Germany is Miss Anna Leonard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Leonard, of Gillam township. Miss Leonard wrote to the adjutant general of the state, tendering her services and stating that she preferred to be an ambulance driver for the hospital corps. Miss Leonard is a graduate of the Rensselaer high school and a talented musician, both as a singer and pianoist and has 'been taking voice culture under Mrs. Loren Sage. Her father is one of the most patriotic citizens in the country anffJw# k&n sending his 14-year-old son and his farm hand here every Wednesday night to take the drills given by AMptsfe Tuteur. Mr. Leonard is a gieai bOliever in the brotherhood of main and holds that German autocracy is the most serious bar to its accomplishment. He is anxious to bring about*tfipufefeat of the central powers and tkuSAto extend the cause in which he is ; so' much interested. He is beyond military age and has no sons old enough to enter the service, but has given approval to his daughter. Miss Leonard received a letter from Adjutant General Smith, stating that the units for the service she seeks to enter are not compleely organized and referring her to one of the organizations of the state. She ha® taken up the matter through aq officer in the militia and it is probable her proffer will be accepted. Miss Leonard says she could not remain out of the service and feel that she was amything but a slacker. She says that she is thoroughly capable of driving a motor vehicle in service and that she would feel if she did not enter the service that there wae one ambulance without a driver and that there were young men woumdedand remaining on the battle field, which she could have helped to gather up and take to the field hospital. Her decision to offer her services was arrived at after a full consideration of the subject and she will abandon her musical education as soon as accepted into the service and resume it after the war is over. Asked if she would not sooner be a Red Cross nurse, Miss Leonard replied that to become one would require professional training and that she did not care* to enter upon that training, but that she did know how to drive an ambulance and that the services were closely allied and she felt that she would do more gooff as an ambualnce driver. This would make it possible for one more mam to fight. Mies Leonard spoke of the duty women could perform by aiding with the heavy tasks of farm work and garden making and said that if she was not accepted -as an ambulance driver she would put her services where they would remdev the most good to the cause of the country.

Here Are a Few Who Oppose Conscription.

■Kaiser Wilhelm. Emperor Charles, of Austria. The Sultan of Turkey. And a number of pacifists. Selective draft to the fair (basis. It is opposed in this country mainly by sentiment and greed. The war is not a war of the volunteers. It is a nation’s war and those who enjoy tA blessings of the nation must solve it. This country can not take a more retrogressive step at the very outset of the war than to do the very thing which the three monarchs here named are most highly in favor of.

“DO YOUR BIT."

Washington, D. C., Aoril 15.—iPresdent Wilson appeals to all the ofll the nation urging than to join' the great service army. To Tarmers—lncrease the production of your land and co-operate in the sale and distribution of your products. To Men and Boys—Turn in hosts to the farms to help cultivate and harvest the vast crops imperatively 1166(16(1 To Middlemen—Forego unusual profits and organize and expedite shipments of supplies, r To Merchants—Take for your motto: “Small profits and quick service.” To Shipbiuldere—Speed construction of ships, for the life of the war depends upon you. To Miners—-If you slacken or fail, armies and statesmen are helpless. To Manufacturing Men—Speed and perfect every process, for your service is absolutely indispensable to the nation. To Gardeners —By creating and cultivating gardens you can help greatly to solve the problem of feeding the nations. - To Housewives—Eliminate wastefulness and extravagance. To Editors and Advertising Agencies—Give widespread circulation and repetition to this appeal.

Card of Thanks.

We wish to express our thanks to our friends and neighbors; also to the Gv- Av R. Post and toe Ladies of the Milroy Circle for their sympathy and kindness during toe mdmesß mad death of our beloved husband and father. Also for the beautiful floral offerings.—Mrs. A. J. Abbott and Family.

Marriage license.

April 14. Bert John Meyers, born Illinois, June 8, 1895, occupation farmer, and Sarah Ethel Tippie, born Illinois, March 11,. 1893, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. John King states that he received a letter this week from a niece of his in Clay county, Nebraska She stated that they bad sowed 115 acres of winter wheat last fail and that H was aH killed. The ground is ftowaowed is oats. Most aM of the Nebraska ’ wheat has been killed. t The original and orfy genuine four wheel planter Is the Hayes. It Is sold by Warner Brothers.