Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1917 — Page 2

EXCURSION To Lafayette SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES RENSSELAER ABOUT 9.30 A. M. RETURNING TRAIN LEAVES LAFAYETTE 7.00 P. M. 95c ROUND TRIP. ACCOUNT OF HAMMONDLAFAYETTE FOOTBALL GAME. W. H. BEAM. Agent COLDS, GRIP, TONSILITIS DON’T SUFFER—USE GLANDO TONIC, THE RELIABLE Cure you? colds, grip and tonsllitis. Don’t let them hang on and wreck your health. Glando Tonic is guaranteed to break up these diseases quicker than any other known remedy. If sore throat accompany colds or grip. Glando Gargle should be used in connection with Glando Tonic. Prepared by the Gland-Aid Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., and sold by druggists. Price 50 cents.

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PAY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT At The Office Of CHAS. M. SANDS City Treasurer All special assessment* for Street and Sewr Improvement in the City of Rensselaer fall due and are payable on or before the First Monday of November. Thse assessment* must be paid at the office of the city treasurer. If not paid on the above date they become delinquent and are subject to penalty the same a* other taxes. CHAS. M. SANDS City Treasurer

FOOTBALL SATOR., NOV. 3 RIVERSjDE PARK HAMMOND H. • S. ■ ■ ' • . . . “t- ’ vs R. H. S. Game Called at 2:30 Admission 25c ; ' .7 \

WHEN FATHER TELLS A JOKE

Mother Sees Nothing Funny In It and Daughter's Glance Is Expressive of Her Pity. When a man hears a joke which his primitive sense of humor classifies as “the funniest thing he had ever heard” he hurries home to bear the glad tidings to his wife. Father produces his great discovery, but mother’s countenance remains untroubled by so much as a smile, observes the New York Evening Sun. Nine wives out of ten will gaze blankly Into that interesting emptiness to which woman’s eyes are continually traveling over her husband's shoulder. The tenth and cruelest creature will wither her spouse with a penetrating stare which registers: ‘‘l see nothing—absolutely nothing—funny In that." Disgusted and baffled, the husband tells the same joke to hfs daughter. Her only Indication of amusement Is a pitying uplift of the eyebrows and a subsequent absorption in her knitting. With his finger on the last unbroken string of hope father approaches his nearest masculine relative. At last success Is his, for his son or his son-in-law or his uncle roars, applauds and slaps him on the back. Father bows to Imaginary audiences and compliments his fellow man on his perspicacity and his fortunate possession of a sense of humor. He pities “those womon—those poor defective women.”

THAT EXTRA TEN MINUTES

It Is Good Business to Be Willing to Give a Little Time Over and Above Hours Paid For. She had been promoted three times within the year, and when I asked her what her secret was she laughed and said: “Oh, I guess It’s just that extra ten minutes.” _ I laughed, too, for I knew what she meant. It was her mother’s favorite bit of preachment. • “Sell your time for all you can get for It, my dear. But never hesitate to give an extra ten minutes.” It Is good business to sell your time which means your brains and your work for all you can get for them. But it is also good business to be willing to give ten minutes over and above the hours you are paid for, when your work requires It. A few minutes’ overtime will often clear up your desk, leaving no odds and ends for next morning. It will make a success of a job that would only Just scrape through If you quit on It will prove both to yourself and to your employer that you care for your work; that you’d rather do it well. That you prefer to sacrifice a little for the sake of excellence. The successful employer Is usually the discriminating employer. Your extra ten minutes may prove to be your best Investment. —Exchange.

The Thoughts of Worldly Men.

The thought of worldly men are forever regulated by a moral law of gravitation, which, like the physical one, holds them down to earth. The bright glory of day, and the silent wonders of a starlit night appeal to their minds In vain. There are no signs in the sun, or in the moon, or in the stars, for their reading. They are like some wise men who, learning to know each planet by Its Latin name, have quite forgotten such small heavenly constellations as Charity, Forbearance, Universal Love and Mercy, although they shine by night and day so brightly that the blind may see them; and who,, looking upward at the spangled sky, see nothing there but the reflection of their own great wisdom and book learning. —Charles Dickens.

Where France Excels.

The French are past masters in the art of draping fabrics. A Parislenne has truthfully said that French taste is distinctly feminine and as clear as the Gallic language Itself. It possesses the genius of curves, the secret of what is graceful and the, intuition of what brings about harmony. These characteristics are all to be found in French art, French industries and French creations. It is in France that we find the work of-the most skillful hands, the most artistic jewelry, the richest clothes and the most beautiful hats. In foreign countries the idea of ugliness or bad taste is never associated with the woman of France.

Important Discovery.

’Of all liquids, scientists have found that mercury has the greatest specific gravity; but another has recently been discovered which is also so heavy that stones of all kinds—granite, limestone, quartz, etc. —float in it. It Is aqueous solution of tungstoporate. Its specific gravity is 8.3, whereas that of ordinary rocks does not exceed 2.7. Only a few precious stones have a specific gravity greater than that of this liquid, for which reason it is proposed to employ it for the separation of such stones from masses of broken rocks.

Woof! Woof!

Gladys—Maribel fears that if her four suitors meet they’ll fight. Lucille.—Do they all love her so desperately? that, Her schooldays’ sweetheart is Jack Shepard; Bjork, the titled foreigner, is a great Dane; Chauncey Bright is a diamond setter, and Captain March a West Pointer.— Town Topics.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER. IND.

PROSPEROUS CITY OF EAST

Shechem, or Nablus, as It Is Now Called, Site of Impressive SceneA in Biblical History. A prosperous Oriental city nestled In a fertile valley between two mountains and surrounded by gardens and oliv#' groves, Shechem or Nablus, as It is now culled, occupies the site of sone of the most impressive scenes In Bible history, says the Christian Herald. Here Abraham pitched his tent and made the first stopping place in ills migration--ta-the.country of which the Lord -said: “Unto tliy seed will I give I his land." Here Joseph divided the Israelites Into two hosts, one of which encamped on the slope us Mount Ebul on the north and the other on slope of Mount Gerlzim on the south, while tlie Levites read the law of Moses which was to be the constitution >f the infant nation. Shechem seems to ave been a sort of capital for the .lebrew nation even after David had established his r< <ldence at Jerusalem, ns- wp read in I Kings 12 that all Israel assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboani. The separatist elements of the nation sought to legitimatize their acts by making Shechem a temporary capital, although the residence of the northern kings was established at a point about six miles northwest and called Samarta. Shechem is nowhere mentioned by name in the New Testament, though till her it or suburb appearslnJohn 1;5 under the name of Sychar; and it was here, at Jacob’s well, that the Samaritan woman met Christ and first heard the message of his universal gospel. Jacob’s well is still pointed out and is almost the only undisputed landmark of our Lord’s earthly 4lfe. The •ity now contains about 25,000 inhabitNablus contains a small colony >f about 200 persons, who claim to be the descendants of the Israelites of ihe northern kingdom. They accept only the five books of Moses as being of divine authority and hold Mount Gerlzim to be the seat of their religion, insteadof J t-rusalem.

SHE WAS KEPT A PRISONER

Woman Tells How Husband Confined Her to. Their Home With the Aid. of a “Horrid Mouse." A woman called at a police station the other day . and complained to a superintendent that her husband had, in the most cruel manner, kept her a prisoner at home for the last ten days. “Ah," said the superintendent, “does lie lock the doors on you?” “Certainly not.” “Does he have somebody to guard you and keep you from going out?” “No, indeed; not he.” ; “Well, does he—-does he tie you to anything?” “No, sir; he dare not.” “Well, I should suy, madam, that—pray excuse me—that you have about all the freedom you could want” “Gracious goodness!” exclaimed the lady, with clenched fingers and flashing eyes, “a horrid motise tied to the top of the box witli my hat in It, and you talk to me about all the freedom I could want.”

To Tell a Fish’s Age.

Could you tell the age of a fish if isked to do so? It has been found that the age of a tish may be read from its scales. L'hese increase in—size by annular growths, two rings being formed each year. The "otoliths,” or ear stones, which lie in two sacs on either side of the base of the cranial cavity, afford mother means of determination. Like the scales, the otoliths increase •by two rings annually. Each spring a white ring is formed, and each autumn a black one. Thus the number of either white or black rings in an otolith gives the age of the fish in years. In the case of flatfish the latter method has beeu found more reliable, whereas in the case of the cod the scales give a better result. Although varying much in size and shape in different species, the otoliths show a remarkable constancy in the same species; hence they are of considerable value in the diagnosis of a species.

Tricks of Vanity.

According to tradition, the Introduction to fashionable society of my lady’s dainty, pointed-toe shoe harks back to the reign of William 11, when mere man, in the form of a certain Count Fulk ; first wore a long, pointed boot to conceal the disfigurement -of feet “misshapen by bunions.” A trick of vanity closely akin is the high guimpe introduced by the secqnd wife of Philip HI of France, “for the special benefit of her long throat and ilat chest,” while it is claimed that the ruff, which has had so great an influence upon . woman’s neckwear from generation to generation, was invented in Henry Vi’s time bjrfa Spanish lady of quality to hide a wen ou her neck. —_ ' \

How to Open a Book.

Hold the book with its back on a smooth or covered table; let the front board down, then the other, holding the leaves in one .hand while you open a- few leaves at the bgck, then a few at the front, and so on, alternately opening back uud front, gently pressing open the sections till you reach the center of the volume. Do this two or three times und you will obtain the “best results. Open the volume vio.ently or carelessly in any one place .nd you will likely break the back afld a use a start in the leaves. Never orce the back of the book.—Mdderu doukbluding.

GOLDFISH THRIVE IN OPEN

Grow to Lenjj'.h of, From Ten to Fourteen Inches When Allowed to Live In Natural State. Most of*, us are bo accustomed to seeing goldfish swimming around, apparently contented, in a glass bowl that we somehow have the Idea that they would be utterly lost if they were to be placed in a pond or lake. But as a matter of writes George F. Paul in St. Nicholas, goldfish are just like other flsh in that they enjoy freedom. When they are allowed to L live tn the natural state, they often grow to a length of froaa ten to fourteen Inches. What is, perhaps, the largest goldfish hatchery in the United States is near Thornburg, in Keokuk county, la. Here several acres are covered with ponds in which the goldfish acquire the desired sheen and brilliancy. There are, in all. 17 of these ponds, so that the fish of different varieties and sizes can be kept separate. Oatmeal, is the great staple tn the feeding of these finny beauties. Every day more than a hundred pounds of It are cooked and fed to them. Whenever they want a little vegetable food, they nibble dt the abundant mosses. ; Pure water is one of the prime necessities. This has been abundantly provided. Windmills are kept busy pumping fresh water up from deep wells. The frogs also do their share In keeping- the ponds—free froni iinpurities. Should the water become impure, the goldfish would not acquire such brilliant coloring.

BE WARY OF STRANGE FOODS

Rhubarb Leaves, for Example, Are Poisonous to at Least Some People, Warn Medical Authorities. t The Journal of the American Medical association issues a warning against some of the plants that have been suggested as easily found and inexpensive substitutes for high-priced foods. Rhubarb leaves, for example, are poisonous to at least some persons. The many species of edible fungi should be eaten only by those who are perfectly certain of their ability to distinguish them from the poisonous kinds that resemble them so closely. And in these, as In the quite harmless seaweeds, there Is so little real nourishment that it seems scarcely worth white to take chances with them. The edible part of rhubarb (the leafstalks), for example, is 95 per cent water, and one would have to eat a full pound of it to get--100 calories. Green vegetables are valuable because of their bulk, and not for the negligible quantity of protein they contain. They also supply certain salts and vitamines, which are essential to health; spinach, for example, being very rich In Iron.

Cattle Used as Money.

Anything that Is used In trade as a medium of exchange or a measure of value, recognized alike by both parties to a transaction, Is money. It may be wampum, skins of animals, shells, metal or paper, but if by government authority or by common consent It Is recognized as a medium of exchange or a measure of value it Is money. Even live animals have served the purpose and uses of money. Among some ancient tribes oxen and sheep served as a medium of exchange, ten sheep being reckoned equivalent to one ox. The Latin word for money is pecunia, and it Is derived from the word pecus, cattle, showing that pecunia, money, meant property in cattle. Among some South Sea islanders whales’ teeth serve as mouey, and among the early English colonists in America tobacco served the same purpose and was a legal tender in payment of debts at a fixed rate a pound. Experience has proved that gold and silver possess the necessary attributes of money to an exceptional degree and they are now the basis of the monetary system of all civilized governments. The Constitution of the United States gives congress the exclusive power to coin money and the power is jealously guarded and carefully exercised.

When Timid Becomes Ferocious.

The telephone was undoubtedly invented In order to place small, timid men on equality with their more aggressive fellows. It is the great leveler. Many a meek, crushed Individual, Incapable of asserting himself at close quarters, gives, when’ talking lnto a receiver, so close an imitation of a roaring Hon of the jungle that experts are deceived. No man by taking thought can add cubits to his stature, but he can do It in a couple of minutes by talking in the telephone. The smallest member of the Boganny troupe of acrobats feels as tall as Jess Willard after he has hurled a few home truths into the receiver and hung up in time to foil the scorching come-back. —Telephone Topics-

Body Crumbled to Pieces.

A boy aged seven died at Zurich of old age. His case was exceptionally unique, for he was the youngest member of a family who had won local repute as athletes. The eldest brother was a first-class boxer, whilst the younger had won many prizes on the sports-ground. Doctors from all parts of Europe flocked to Zurich to tiy and diagnose its cause and effect a successful cure, but In vain. A few days before this unfortunate child’s death his teeth actually crumbled to pieces and his flesh began to rot. His eyes were found to be the size of a shoe button and his bones an brittle as glass.

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