Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1917 — Page 2

Little Problems of Married Life

By WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN

\ (Copyright) THE SPECTRE OF CONSTANT JEALOUSY. When a man is afraid to remark at the breakfast table, even mildly and casually, that, from what he has heard, Cleopatra must have been a beautiful woman, it is fair to assume that the spectre of constant jealousy dwells in that household. When a wife fears to look at the moon because she may be accused of admiring the man in it, the husband needs to be gently reminded that he is taking a very rapid Short-Cut to killing the love he seems to hold so sacred. Love is fed by confidence, trust, faith and serene restful reliance. Morbid jealousy is a poison of doubt, suspicion and injustice that dulls the love it does not deaden. Scientists tell us that every known poison is, in small doses, a stimulant; in larger doses it is a narcotic; in still larger it kills. In a mild form jealousy is inseparable from real love. It Is the heart’s guardianship of its treasure. It is the hunger for the sacredness of sole possession; the righteous demand to be first, absolute and "supreme. It is the instinctive protest at even the thought of another sharing in those little tendernesses, graceful attentions, and words, looks and expressions of love that should be concentrated on one, not syndicated among many. This instinctive jealousy, though roused in an instant, falls gently to, sleep again with a smile of peace at the recognition of, a false alarm. Jealousy, in any instance, must belong to One of two classes. It is either Justified by the facts or it isnot; it is a right charge or an unjust one. If justified, the one who causes it may do so, in one or two instances, through thoughtlessness or because of a less finely balanced appreciation of the demands and duties of love, for some natures are more wounded by a look than others by a blow. Here a few words

of gentle protest may bring a new course of action that is absolutely jealousy-proof. If the offending acts become a continuous performance, then the offender is unworthy of either the love or the Jealousy. But if the constant jealousy be undeserved, the one thus continuously storming in jealous tempest is not worthy of the love and loyalty thus traduced and put to scorn. Nothing weakens loyalty and constancy so quickly as morbid Jealousy; nothing inspires, feeds, strengthens and almost guarantees Tdyalty and constancy like loving confidence, real comradeship and restful trust. Jealousy, even when-justified-, should not be permitted to run away with discretion. The emotional pain it may be natural to feel it may not be wise to express. There is a tendency to an emotional explosion that may wreck happiness. It is a moment wjien—oaC should heed the advice of the sign at a railroad crossing: "Stop, look and listen.” The first suspicion in married life may be more hazardous than the first real quarrel. It may develop an exaggerated estimate of the importance of what may have been merely a foolishly indiscreet word or action. The offender, conscious of innocence of real wrong even in thought may become angered and Indignant at condemnation many sizes too large for the offense; apology for the minor thoughtlessness may be withheld or if spoken, ignored in the presence of the injustice of a weightlei charge. The burden of Injustice beer -ues shifted to the one originally innocent. If the inadvertence of a moment, now looming large, be but an error of action, not of mind or of heart, it should instantly be forgiven and forgotten because explained and understood. If there be real reason for jealousy to a trifle, wise action may confine it to the trifle. Jealousy through its own Indiscreet expression may plant what it fears. Let the wounded one seek to find the cause that led to the action Inspiring the jealousy. The wife, through pique at being neglected, may receive innocently and unwisely the kind attention of another-- —The husband, brought to realization of the drifting possibilities of his negligence, may by special -marks of affection, returning to the old courtship methods, restore the old certainty of faith and alines?.. If wise, he will let the consciousness of his initial wrong keep him from revealing too plainly Angry protests and condemnation never cure; they merely put a premium on secrecy and deception. It does not remove the disease, it merely drives it into the system. In every instance of jealousy the Innocent one should meet it at the beginning, at its earliest manifestation. Tl»is mean#, oecognition and a wise determination to ’’Tigmove the cause, but does not justify JMame-or indignant st reams of vmtderitogrtnn flowing hot and lava-like from an emotional Vesuvius. There isa* false pride that says, “If he is growing interested in another let him go. I will not compete for his affection,” or, “If she feels that way, let her havener way." Love, happiness and trtfsf are treasures too sacred for us to permit them to slip out of our lives and leave us lone and dreary, OB- the mere technicality of the petty pride of a moment This philosophy of ret.; Jon may be proper whert it

becomes inevitable, but never before. We would not let health, money, position, reputation or property thus drift awfiy without using every effort to retain it; why does false pride sometimes make us so reckless with what means most to us? Morbid Jealousy is a real, sad problem of the married life of many homos. It may break out at any moment and many a guest, as he passes his cup for more tea, is struck with surprise at the strange expression on the face of the hostess, sees the lightning flash in her eyes and watches it strike the innocent husband at the end of the table, and the guest almost hears the thunder as* he hopes he will be home before the cloudburst comes. And the sudden sultry atmosphere, and that strange hush, with the air of the room surcharged with electricity, may all have coma in a moment with not the slightest real justification. It is the self-torture of love. . . To morbid jealousy civility, just of the ordinary type, becomes flirtation; Indifference, disguised feelings; good spirits, conscience masking a wrong; silence, thinking of some one else —all is translated by the cipher code of jealousy. Jealousy always plays with loaded dice —the cast is always foreordained. Jealousy does not require a cause, it is satisfied with an opportunity. It may be inspired by what one does or does not do, what one thought or did not think, what one said or did not say; it may be what one might have, could have or should have done or said or left undone. Jealousy conjugates in all moods and tenses. To this morbid jealousy explanations mean nothing but aggravation or a change of a base of attack. The most tactfully delivered explanation is often dexterously caught, and with a whisk of the vocabulary is quickly transformed into a foaming whipped-cream conviction on some other phase, while 4he innocent-sufferer, in a dazed way, wonders how it was done. Vesuvius, in its eruptions, is slow, snail-like inactivity compared with the explosions of this jealousy. Unlike qigar smoking, jealousy is not a one-sex specialty. This morbid jealousy is always unreasoning and unreasonable. Its misinterpretation of a word, a motion or a glance may throw into eclipse the loyal unselfish devotion of a life, and the one who suffers Innocently in this tempest must bow the head in helplessness, realizing that words of protest would "count no more than attempting to lead a tornado to change its Itinerary. Jealousy stifles faith, which is the soul of love. It is emotional suicide. It is a peculiar form of fear which seeks constantly to discover what it

does not want to find. Jealousy is the chloroform of confidence. It requires faith to keep faith, trust to retain trust, love to cherish love. Jealousy blights spontaneity and the free expression of one’s thought; one soon consigns one subject after another to the quarantine of the unspoken. One involuntarily sterilizes one’s conversation, omitting simple little incidents and references nothing in themselves but which experience has shown carry storm-signals, so that one involuntarily picks one’s way carefully in talking, like a person getting up at nj-gtosto a- dark, chatr-sprinkTe<r room. 3Jdw Cupid must moan when he finds “married people grown tactful and politic with each other. The delightful free interchange of thought cun exist only as love and trust make Bluel>eard chambers of interdicted subjects unnecessary and impossible in conversation. We should guard carefully against closing up any room of confidence in the mind and heart of one we love;

There is pathos in this morbid jealousy, for innocence of the object of the feeling can prevent it. It is like one of those concave or convex mirrors that distort whatever passes before them. This unreasonable jealousy is hard on two people—the subject and the object. Its presence in the home means a problemfortwo. For oue it niean.'L the overcoraing of a morbld suspicion and the other somehow to keep the sacred flame of love burning despite the suspicion. There is always a benumbing, paralyzing sensq>of helplessness and of hopelessness in resting under"!! cruel, unjust charge more lawful when it is made by one who should be most ready of all the world to be convinced of the innocence of the accused. Jealousy is a disease that can be cured only by the subject, not by anyone else in all the world. No matter how gentle, kind, forbearing, gi vinganJforgettingtheObJect" of 1t inay.be, thisln itself will not cure the attacks. Thesubject whose heart is thus swayed by fierce gales of jealousy must first awaken to the folly of it, the injustice of it, must be conscious of the trail of bitterness and unhappiness it brings to both, must realize the (Juel continued assault on the tolerance, love, loyalty and patience of the other, and when the next attack comes, seek by strength of will, by force of character, by consecrated selfcontrol and by every help of highest wisdom to kill the feeling.

Jealousy must be fought as one would battle against a pestilence that threatens the safety of a town or a county. It is not sufficient conquest merely to hold- back tho express!onSof the jealousy; the continuous repression simply defers the explosion and makes the next outbreak more disastrous. Jealousy must be killed in the thought. In the mind, the battleground of the soul, must the fight of extermination be waged. In the thought must the Jealousy be neutralized by faith, conquered by justice, and transformed by trustful love into a restful abiding coati dence that only absolute proof and certainty of just cause can ever reawaken.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER, IND.

KEEP SEED CORN SAFE DURING THE WINTER

(From th® United States Department of Agriculture.) Seed corn may be left on the racks where the ears ha’ve been dried. But it is generally preferable, says the United States department of agriculture, to store the ears in mouse-proof barrels, bores or crates during the winter. In any case they must not be exposed to dampness or they will absorb moisture and be injured. After hanging In the drying shed, or lying on the racks where there Is constant circulation of dry air for the first two months after they have been selected from the stalks In the field, the seed ears should be bone dry and contain Jess than 10 per cent of moisture. Some farmers place the thoroughly dry ears In the center of a wheat bin and then fill the bln with loose, dry wheat. Destroy Weevils and Moths. If signs <>f weevils or grain moths show, the corn should be Inclosed with carbon bisulphhl in a practically alr-

CONVENIENT RACK FOR DRYING SEED CORN.

ASPARAGUS THRIVES IN ALMOST ANY SOIL

Planting Can Be Done Any Time in Fall, Winter or SpringPlow Land Thoroughly. (By W. W. THOMAS.) ~ Asparagus will grow and thrive in almost any kind of soil so long as it ißwelldrained. It can be; and is, successfully grown in the North and South, East and West. Planting can be done any time in the fall, winter or spring, whem the ground can be put m proper condition with a good harrow.- — ‘ The land should be plowed thoroughly and deep, and put in proper condition. Rows should be marked off with a two-horse plow 4 feet apart, going twice in the same furrow, making it as deep as possible. There will be several inches of loose ■soil in the bottom of the furrow on which to place the plants, the crowns of which should be 5 or 6 inches below the level of the ground. The plants should be set from 12 to 18 inches apart in the row. They should be covered with about 1 inch of soil when planted in the early fall or the spring, and as soon as they commence to grow the dirt can be worked to them with a cultivator until rhe ground is level. if planted in the late fall dr winter It should be covered with two furrows with a one horse plow. The ridge thus formed should be worked down very early in the, spring with disc or cutaway harrow, gbing as deep as possible but not deep enough to injure the plants.

One year old roots should be used. The practice of planting two, three and four year old roots should be discouraged, as it has been thoroughly demonstrated that the one-year old roots are superior to -others in starting an asparagus bed. It should do equally as well planted in the fall as-the spring. From experience I find late fall planting very successful. I would, however, advise the planting at whatever time best suits the planter. A field when once established will last for years. I know of many fields from which asparagus has been cut for 30 years, and they are still producing good crops. After the field has been thoroughly worked with the disc or harrow in the spring, as described above, use the cultivator as often as necessary to kft-p the ground in good, loose condition, and keep all the weeds out of the rows .with a hoe. . === The cutting season, will last about two mouths, during which field should be cultivated oftlen. Asparagus should be well fed with ensnare or commercial fertilizer which can be applied at almost any season of the year. Manure is either spread on top of the row late in the fall and covered with a plow, thus leaving a ridge until spring, or is applied in a furrow close tothe rowTeither to the spring, summer or fall. • >, This gets the manure closdto. the

tight room, bin, box or barrel for 48 hours. The liquid bisulphid should be placed In shallow dishes on top of the box or barrel holding ten bushels or less. The fumes from the bisulphid are heavier than air and gradually fall to the bottom of the receptacle, permeating the whole mass. One pound of the carbon bisulphid is enough for a room or bin ten /eet in each dimension. After fumigation the ears must be thoroughly aired, whereupon •he unpleasant odor disappears. Great care should be used with carbon bisulphid; Its fumes are quite a.s inflammable its thoae front gasoline. To prevent the entrance of weevils and moths, the ears may be stored In comparatively airtight boxes or barrels with one poqnd of moth balls or naphthalene for each bushel of corn, which is not injured. Ten pounds will protect enough seed to plant 60 acres.

roots, and is considered the best way to use either manure or commercial fertilizer. Stork poao can also he used to help Ifi~ fertilization and tq keep the soil loose; They canbe.Bowedl>roadcast when the cutting season is over. Salt is a good fertilizer for asparagus, and if applied early in the spring will not only assist in fertilizing, but will greatly retard the growth of other vegetation so that during the cutting season there will be but little growth of weeds or grass. A cheap grade of salt majTbe obtained for this purpose. ’ In the fall all the asparagus tojps should be mowed and removed from the field. Then take the plow and throw two furrows on the row after applying the manure. Cutting f*»r 'market commences one year after planting, and as soon as the stalks are a few Inches high. The cutting should be very light the first year, and the season should wot We long.

STRAW TOO PRECIOUS TO BE THROWN AWAY

May Be Used in Feed Ration for Horses, Sheep and Rougher Cattle With Silage. (By F. W. Peck, University Farm, St. /Paul. Minn.) Burn no straw this fall. Every ounce of straw is always of value, arid this year it will be of greater value than usual. It is needed for live stock, because the roughage crop is short. Straw may be used in the feed ration for horses, sheep and rougher cattle with silage and a small amount of grain. This cheapens the ration and saves good hay and grain for other uses • . Liberal bedding with straw. If it la plentiful, also increases the amount of manure to bo applied to the soil. Less of the fertility elements in liquid manure are lost and bedding with more costly material is made unnecessary;- The stock are made more comfortable and hence more productive. The fertility value at normal prices of the fertilizer elements amounts to about $3 a ton for wheat straw and $4 a ton for oat straw. At presept abnormal prices this is increased several times. At least 75 per cent of this should be saved by proper conservation. Threshing straw In the barn or baling it before unsettled weather comes are excellent ways of preserving. Otherwise straw should be stacked where it will be easily accessible for winter use. Not*an ounce of straw_ should be burnt d thi? fall.

HANDLING OF COLT FAVORED

Young Animal Should Be Kindly and Carefully Treated Will Help i Greatly in Breaking. J. Handle the colts as much as possible during the winter and as carefully. The most marked feature of thia horse’s intelligence is its memory, consequently the handling given the colt in early life will always be rememOwed, andJT'it has been of the right sort wiltaid to the “breaking.”

Persistent Insuits of Germany Drove United States Into War

By W. G. McADOO.

merchant vessel, neutral or belligerent, should not be sunk by an enemy war vessel unless the lives of the passengers and crew were first made safe. Under this law an American citizen had the right to travel upon a British or a French merchant ship with the full knowledge that ship would not be sunk by a German war vessel until the passengers and crew were taken from the ship and their safety assured. Civilized warfare always has respected the lives of noncombatants. If a German regiment should capture a Fren.ch town or city, and while marching through the streets should fire upon a crowd of unarmed and helpless men, women and children, killing a great number, crippling and wounding others, the whole world would gasp with horror; yet this would be far less inhuman than to sink a ship at sea containing noncombafant men, women and children. On land those wounded may be rescued, while many not hit by bullets may actually escape. If you sink an unarmed ship without giving the noncombatants a chance to escape, all must perish. What, therefore, would be a crime of the first order in the killing of noncombatants on land is a crime of colossal and inexcusable proportions when it fs committed upon. the high "seas. Yet Germany has done just this

Nation Cannot Risk Its Future on the Hope of a Permanent Peace

By HOWARD H. GROSS,

The world is sick of war. Every right-minded person will rejoice when peace comes. The monstrousness of soaking a world with human blood and tears to further the ambition of a war-mad kaiser is stupefying—it is appalling beyond expression. Words fail utterly to voice the horror o. it all. May God hasten the dawn of peace,- — We must not be deluded, however, with the hope of a permanent peace. There are not sufficient grounds for ; which we may have a reasonable hope. Tor a thousand years those who have suffered by war and realized the awfulness of it said wars must cease. In enthusiasm they phophesied enduring peace. After a few years or a generation later, history shows that war again raged. CentralJEurope has been drenched with blood time and time again, and now, in this twentieth century, when civilization was supposed to be at high-wAter mark, comes the most awful war of all—a war unapproached in horror, in cruelty, in brutality and suffering. So long as human nature remains selfish; so long as there are nations that are ambitious and whose purpose is a “place in the sun;” so long as population presses and there is need for more room; so long wars will be. Trade expansion brings intense commercial rivalry, and with it come controversies, some of which will lead to war. Let us hope that a league to enforce peace will be established. Let us hope it will Work and let us hope that it will endure, but do not let us risk the future of our great country for anything so uncertain, so problematical and so visionary. Being ourselves honest and peace-loving did not keep us out of this war, nor will it the next one. War does not depend upon the purpose or the attitude of the pacific, but upon that of the bellicose. If as a nation we are strong and ready, with our incomparable resources no nation would be so foolish as to force war upon us. If weak, we invite attack because of our wealth and helplessness; In a world where there are nations that classify as pirates, whose moral code is that “might is right,” where treaties are scraps of paper, nations that, like necessity, know no law, there is but one safe and sane plan to intrust with our peace and tranquility, and that plan is to be at aH times prepared and ready to defend ourselves. I here is but one wav to do this and that is the adoption as our permanent policy, universal military training and service. Then we can call, if heed be, millions of men to the colors, men who have been trained in the fundamentals of warfare and able to meet upon even terms any foe that may attack us.

City Dwellers Must Change Habits of

By Dr. D. A. Sargent

More than one-half of the male population of the United States between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years ate unable to meet the health requirements of military service. Although the largest and strongest of our country folk are continually pouring into our great cities, like fuel into a fiery furnace, to feed what is termed our civilization, they deteriorate so rapidly that barely one of their descendants born in the city ever attains to the third generation. The reasons are that city life, with its crowded streets, smoky atmosphere, absence of sunlight and crowded quarters in stores, offices, shops, schools, dwellings rind amusement halls, leads to inevitable crowd poisoning and rapid deterioration and decay. —* " The division of labor adds further to this rapid physical impairment by requiring some to work intensely with their brains, others with their muscles .and still others with scarcely any brains or muscles at all. - It Is possible for a man to gain a livelihood by the glance of the eye, the nod of the head or the movements of one or two fingers. But the men who are successful in cities are living on the inherited physical vigor of country ancestors who developed their muscles. The descendants of city dwellers of today will not be able to hold their own in the fight for existence unless the present and next generation change their habita in cities.

It has been stated repeatedly that America entered this war tb make liberty and democracy secure throughi out the world. , While that is true, it must always be remembered she entered this war primarily because of the persistent insults and aggressions of Germany, the wanton disregard of American rights, the contemptuous violation of international law and the ruthless 1 destruction of property. Before this yar began'every civilized nation accepted and honored the rule that in time of war a

President Universal Military Training League

Secretary of the Treasury

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