Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1918 — Page 2

Success of a New Remedy Far Backache, Kidnays, Rheumatism • Quincy, 111. —* lam glad to tell what Dr'. Pierce’s Anuric has done for me; it to • fine remedy. Ihave been a great sufferer with my back and hip for years but Anuric did wonders for ma. I have taken two bottles of the tablets and tell every-. one what a good medicine It is." Mrs. Stella Steckdall, 644 Madison Street. Dalb, lll.—"This Is to certify that I have used the Anuric Tablets for kidney troublq and can truthfully say that they have been of great benefit to me. I had pains in my limbs at night so that I could not rest. Since I have taken the tablets that is air gone and I am not disturbed more than once a night. Before taking Anuric I had to get up three or four times. I think it is a grand remedy.—Mabcus F. Allyn. Note : Folks in town and adjoining counties are delighted with theresulta they have obtained by using ANURIC, the newest discovery of Dr. Pierce, who is head of the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, in, Buffalo, N.Y. Those who started the day with a backache, stiff legs, arms and muscles, and an aching head (worn out before the day began because they were in and out of Bed half a dozen times at night) are appreciating the perfect rest, comfort, ana new strength they obtained from Doctor Pierce’s Anuric Tablets, double strength. To prove that this is a certain uric acid solvent and conquers headache, kidney and bladder diseases and rheumatism, if you’ve never used the Anuric, send ten cents to Dr. Pierce for a large sample package. This will prove to you that Anuric is many times more active than lithia in eliminating uric acid. If you are a sufferer, go to your best druggist and ask for a sixtycent bottle of Anuric.

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An Apt Student.

A young woman who went to Columbia' to take her degree of doctor of philosophy married her professor in the middle of her second year. When she announced her engagement one of her friends said: “But, Edith, I thought you came up here tp get your Ph-D.” “So I did,” replied Edith ; “but I had no idea I would get him so soon.”

Important to Mothers

inipuritiiii iv nivuici n Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that it < Tn Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria

Ought to Have.

“He hasn’t the ghost of a chance with that girl.” “I don’t see why not, when he is a lad of spirit.”

For a disordered liver, take Garfield Tea, the Herb laxative. All druggists Adv.

The Sort of Man.

“Mamie’s admirer is a manufacturer of umbrellas.” • “I see; a sort of rain beau.” - '

GREEKS AUGUST FLOWER has been a household remedy all ovei the civilized world for more than half a centiyy for constipation, intestinal troubles, torpid liver and the generally depressed feeling that accompanies such disorders. It is a most valuable remedy for indigestion or nervous dys pepsin and liver trouble, bringing on headache, coming up of food, palpita- . tion of heart and many other symp toms. A few doses of August" Flower will immediately relieve you. It is a gentle laxative. Ask your druggist. Sold in all civilized countries. —Adv.

Consistent Garb.

“How was the runaway convict dressed?” “In a cutaway coat and slouch hat.”

For Pimply Faces. w remove pimples and blackheads smear them with Cuticura Ointment Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura ■ Soap and hot water. For free samples, address “Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston.” At druggists and by mall. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50. —Adv.

Poor John.

John —“There are always two sidej to every argument Martha.” Martha —“Yes; yours and the right side John.” ' ■ Atlanta has Increased salaries oi 1,444 city employees.

Marins for Tired Ejes. = BfoVl— Red Ey«-Sore Eye.-| TriiHsa-* tor that feel dry ud = - HlrtitilM ta, FrMlMdi

Home Town Helps

FO AVOID HAZARDS BY FIRE Hight Kind of Construction and Efficient Inspection Will Prevent Much Damage, Says Engineer. "Proper methods of construction and ‘fficient building Inspection will prerent a very large proportion of the Ires which annually do so much damige in American cities,” says R. S. Whiting, an architectural engineer, who has made a compilation and' careful study of more than 200 building ;odes. Whiting sums up his conclusions thus: “The allowance of ten feet between Buildings in uncongested districts is about the average found in building -odes, although a greater distance is advisable and often specified, and in some cases the space is increased to JO feet or more. If an ordinance limiting the distance between buildings had been provided in the building code 3f Atlanta, Ga., the conflagration of May 21, 1917, might have resulted not so disastrously. It Is next to Impossible for firemen to fight a fire satisfactorily between two burning buildings if the space between them is not wide enough for two persons to pass comfortably, which seems to have been the case in Atlanta.

The width of building lots is a matter that should be carefully thought out and regulated by local authorities, and especially in a congested dwelling house district, and should not be permitted less than 35 feet; better still, platted with a width of from 40 to 50 feet, thus allowing liberal space on each side of every dwelling. “Buildings such as public garages, oil houses and refineries, rendering plants, varnish works, etc., as well as buildings used for the storage or handling of large quantities of combustible material, whether of fire resistive »r non-fire resistive construction, should be erected only in isolated locations, where their contents cannot be considered as a fire hazard for adjoining or nearby buildings.”— . •

FEARED NEW QUARTER BOGUS

Coin of Recent Vintage Caused Baltimore Business Houses to Make Hurried investigation. In the future Uncle Sam should certainly notify Baltimore in advance when he is going to spring a new coin, for the appearance of a new quarter of the vintage of 1917, which differs slightly from the first issue, has causedj anxiety to a number of good Baltimoreans because they thought they were “stung.” Rumors that counterfeiters were flooding the city with “phony” money naturally followed, states the Baltimore Evening Sun. The new coin arrived unannounced and it was not long before experts noticed the slight difference between it and the first issue of the 1917 quarter, and then they got busy. The most persistent rumor was that counterfeiters were plying their trade in Baltimore and that many of the large business houses, the United Railways and the public in general had been “caught” for hundreds of dollars. On the old quarter there are no stars under the eagle, while on the new coin there are three. There are seven stars on one side of the eagle and six on the other on the coins of the first issue, while the bird on the new coin is flanked by only five stars on each side with three underneath. , The milling on the new coin is different from the old and the “In God We Trust” on the one is much larger than omthe other. The of inquiries about the coin, and a halfdozen banks which were consulted had also been asked to express an opinion as to whether it was good or not, and they all vouch for it. The whole trouble seems to be that the new coin was sprung on Balttffiore without notice.

The Life of the Skyscraper.

Builders and men of allied interest are discussing again the question of the lifetime of the modern skyscraper. When a symposium on this subject was published along in 1905 there still were in the foreground some “ifs” of corrosion, vibration and electrolysis as affecting steel frames. Nevertheless, estimates of durability ranged from 5,000 years to a vague “forever.” Today sees the old “ifs” happily disposed of, says a writer. Tall structures torn down after a decade or more of service have revealed their protected steel work as good as nfew. But the very act through which this reassuring condition has been made known has shown forth the real, lurking enemy of the towering city edifice. The foe of the modern skyscraper Is the more modern skyscraper. And the prophet is justified who, in the 1905 symposium, merely said for the manystoried structure that it would last “as long as we want it to.”

Master and Servant

Itls held to be the duty of a master to see that the number of servants engaged on any particular work is sufficient to secure the reasonable safety of each one of them, in Wallace V. Tremont & G. R. Co., L. R. A. 1917 D, 959, which further holds that the duty of a master to furnish proper tools, appliances and a safe place, embraces human instrumentalities and mechanical devices. -

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. IND.

CALENDAR IN HEM

Good Method Now That So Few Are Being Printed. Little Mental Arithmetic Required by System Which Is Explained HereLittle Rhyme to Be Committed to Memory. • Calendars for 1918 are going to be scarce, partly on account of the paper shortage and partly because advertisers are cutting down expenses, the large insurance companies, for instance, having made it a rule that their agents will have to print their own calendars. It used to be that one was flooded with calendars of all sorts and shapes about the first of the year; now one has to buy them. Why buy a calendar if one can carry the whole thing in one’s head? There are several ways in which one can figure out the day of the week upon which any day of the month will fall, but the majority of them require an amount of mental arithmetic that is beyond the powers of the man in a hurry, or the woman arranging for a party. Here is a simple calendar arranged by a memory expert. It consists of twelve words arranged as a rhyme. These twelve words are indexes for the twelve months, and they are three in a line, so as to make it easier to get at the months by taking them three at a time:

: Time Flies Fast, : : Men Wisely Say; : : Men Think, Alas! : ; , , Time’s Fooled Away. : The initials of these words give us the day of the week upon which the first of the months will fall in 1918, taking them in order. T stands for Tuesday, Th for Thursday. S is for Saturday and A for Sunday. M and W are for Monday and Wednesday respectively. It is obvious that if. one knows upon what day of the week the first day of any month will fall, one has only to add sevens to it to discover the dates of all similar days of the week in that month. If the Ist of August falls on a Thursday, the Bth, 15th, 22d and 29th must all be Thursdays. Now suppose you have committed this little rhyme to memory and wish to know upon what day of the week the Fourth of July will fall in 1918. July is the seventh month and the seventh word in our couplet, beginning the third line, is Men. As M stands for Monday, the Ist of July must be a Monday, so the 4th will be a Thursday. Let us suppose your birthday is March 23. As March is the third month the word is at the end of the first line, and the initial F shows that the Ist of March will be a Friday. If the following Fridays are the Sth, 15th and 22d your birthday will be on a Saturday in 1918. Suppose it is Christmas day you are looking forward to. December is the last of the twelve months and the initial of the last word in our little rhyme is A, which stands for Sunday. Then the Sundays in December will be the Ist, Bth, 15th and 22d, and Christmas day will be three days after Sunday, or "Wednesday.

Yellow Gasoline as Good as White.

If motorists realized that their prejudice against yellowish gasoline was unwarranted the gasoline supply might be increased considerably. In the early days of the oil industry poor refining methods were responsible for the production of yellowish kerosenes and gasolines, which were sometimes dangerous. This led the public to demand that gasoline be “water white,” and the prejudice has hindered the development of cracking processes which produce perfectly safe gasoline with a slightly yellowish tinge. Another handicap in the industry, according to petroleum experts, is the necessity for refiners treating gasoline with sulphuric acid arjd caustic soda to remove unsaturated hydrocarbons, which have a high fuel value in an explosion engine. It is estimated that there is a loss of $10,000,00() a year in the United States through these prejudices, represented by 30,000,000 gallons of gasoline, 35,000 tons of sulphuric acid and 3,500 tons of caustic soda.

Improvised "Armor."

The way in which the Londoner makes the best of his air raids has often been commented on, and one of the latest incidents described is worthy of special recognition. A woman appeared on a balcony wearing a heavy dishpan on her head She thought the raid was over, but took that precaution against shrapnel, Another woman, having to cross a square to reach her shelter, also wore a dish cover with a cushion under it, while yet another had a pewter dish as a shield. —Christian Science Monitor.

No Terror!

“Do you believe in fire and brimstone as a possibility after this earthly life?” “I don’t exactly believe it,” replied the shivering citizen, “but I’m kind o’, hopeful.”

Holdover.

“Are you laughing at the necktie my wife bought me this Christmas?” “No, I’m not;” replied Mr. Meekton. “You’re better off than I am. My wife’s making me wear the necktie she bought a year ago.”

WESTERN CANSADA'S CEREAL CROP

One of the Best Ever Harvested.

The-cereal crop of Western Canada for 1917 was the most valuable one ever harvested; the returns from all classes of live stock have been equally satisfactory. The wool clip was not only greater than in any previous year, but the price obtained was double that of 1916, which in turn was almost double that of the year before. As was the case in 1915 and 1916, many farmers were able to pay for their land outright with the proceeds of their first year’s crop. Further evidence of the prosperity of Western Canada is shown by the fact that one in every twenty of the population Is now the owner of an automobile. If the farming community alone is taken, it will be found that the proportion of automobile owners is still greater. The bank clearings of the leading cities of Western Canada were consistently higher than they were in the corresponding periods of 1916, and then they were higher than the year preceding. In Winnipeg $500,000,000 more was cleared in the 11 months ending November 30 than in the same months a year ago. The entry of the United States into the war has strengthened the bonds between that country and Canada. We are now working together for the same ends. Those who are not fighting are promoting a greater production of foodstuffs. In this connection Western Canada offers a wonderful opportunity. Not only can larger quantities of staple foodstuffs be produced, but the cost of production is lower and the remuneration greater than where land is more expensive. Notwithstanding the fact that the price of farm products has doubled during the past three years, there are millions of acres of arable land in Western Canada which can still be bought at a low price.

Western Canada has an enormous acreage prepared for seeding to wheat in 1918. It is larger than in 1917, and will probably surpass the record area put into crop in the year 1915, when the largest crop ever known in the West was harvested. The year 1918 should also see a further increase in live stock activity. Farmers have been investing considerable sums in cattle; the high prices secured .for wool and mutton have opened the eyes of Western farmers to the possibilities of sheep, and such was the demand for breeding animals last fall that it was impossible to meet it adequately; the campaign for greater hog production is expected to yield an Increase of between 25 and 50 per cent In 1918. Those who are contemplating coming to Western Canada cannot do better than come early in the spring when they can put in a crop and harvest it in the fall. In this way they will be able to achieve something that will not only be of great benefit to themselves, but also to the great cause for which the Allies, including the United States, are now fighting.—Advertisement,

RACES QUICK TO AMALGAMATE

Intermarriage of French and English in St. Louis Began Promptly and Continued. “Mimi” was a pet name for girls in the old French families a century ago. It was Indian and meant little pigeon. “Virginia” was a fhvorite name for daughters angong the French families. The suggestion did not come from the Old Dominion state. Baby girls were christened Virginia because the mothers had read, tearfully, the story of Paul and Virginia. Bernardine de Saint Pierre’s novel came out in 1797. It circulated all over the world and reached St. Louis. The romance made the first literary impression on the village. It prompted the use of the name the heroine many times. Comfningling of the elements of the population of St. Louis came promptly. There was no line of exclusion in business or matrimony. The evolution of the typical St. Loulsan'was rapid. Of the more than one thousand descendants of Madame Chouteau, the mother of St. Louis, not two hundred have borne French names. Tn the present generation these descendants are rep resented in families of six formter na tionalities. From “Missourian One Hundred Years Ago,” by Walter B. Stevens.

His Vacation.

“Booze even gets into man's vacations and tangles them up,” declared a temperance lecturer some time ago. *A man took the steamer for Boston 7ith his wife. But the minute he got aboard he disappeared into the black, ill smelling hole they call the bar, Some hours later his wife hurried down to the bar and said to him: “ ‘Oh, George, come up on deck and enjoy the scenery. The hills and woods are pust beautiful.’ “After swallowing his ninth beer, George growled, ‘AvV, what do I care for your hills and woods? Do you think I’m gonna lose my vacation over scenery?’ ” —Pathfinder.

A Yearn for Beauty.

“Why did you pick out such a hand some shaving mug?” “Well, I’ve never been satisfied with my own mug. I thought I’d indulge my fancy a little in this.” Many a man neglects his family i> order to pose as a public benefactor.

FILLING HER CLUB NIGHTS

How One Girl Succeeded In Banish. Ing Loneliness Caused by Giving Up Old Custom. Barbara Carson felt bored as she sat toying with, her book under the light of the table lamp after dinner. It was club night for the girls of her set, and she pictured them enjoying the excitement of the lights and the music as she had done every week through the winter. She had had to admit, however, that the tone of the club-night dances had gradually grown lower as the winter wore on, and she had made up her mind to break away frota this group of young people. She wanted to attach herself to persons who were more worth while. In remaining away tonight she had taken the first step, but she had not realized how hard it was going to be. Just then her mother entered the room and noticed the troubled look in her eyes. “What is the matter, dear?” she asked. “Has something made you unhappy?” “No,” said Barbara, “not exactly that, but I didn’t realize how deadly dull it was going to be to spend club night at home.” “Aren’t you trying to take something out of your life without putting anything else in its place?” asked her mother. “The Bible speaks about our overcoming evil with good. You are trying to overcome it with nothing. You are like the man of whom Christ spoke who had swept and garnished his soul-house and then left it empty. The result was that the old evil spirit came back and brought seven other worse devils with him. And, as Christ tells us, the last state of that man was worse than the first. The man merely had a soul to let. Where he made his mistake was in not getting in some good tenants to take the places of the ones he had turned out. The Italians have a proverb that says that the busy man is vexed with only one devil, the idle one with seven. It illustrates the old saying that, if you want to keep chaff out of the granary, fill it with grain.

“The point of all this is that, if you are trying to break a bad habit, you had better start a good habit to take its place rather than to sit thinking how wretched you are. I would suggest that you start now to make an engagement for every club night during the rest of the season. Give yourself something interesting' to do that night; something positive to take your mind in another direction instead of leaving it to revolve on nothing.” “I hadn’t thought of it in that way, mother,” said Barbara. “I believe you’re right. Only the other day Marjorie Sears said she wished some of us girls could get together one evening a week to do some Red Cross work. I believe I’ll call up now and ask her to come over and help me make some plans.” That night after Marjorie had gone Barbara said to her mother shyly, “I guess any little blue devil that comes looking for lodgings with me on club nights hereafter will find that I have, no room to spare.”—Youth’s Companion.

Spoiled Children.

On a crowded Interurban car the day after Christmas there was a jostling, pushing, complaining bunch in the aisle. There was just one woman in the bunch who was not complaining, and she was good to look at, being cheerful, pretty and perfectly clothed, from her russet shoes to the brown hat that topped her gold-brown hair. Her lovely brown suit was coming in contact with all sorts of shabby clothing, but she chuckled, and remarked to the strange woman next to her: “What spoiled children we are! Here we are In a warm, comfortable car, fairly flying over the road, and grumbling all the way. I can remember when a trip to Indianapolis meant, for me, a-chair in a farm wagon, maybe way back over the hind Wheels; and yet, even in zero weather, jolting and jouncing over fifteen miles of frozen road. I never whimpered. I was just glad all through for the chance to take the wonderful trip to the city.” ’ . A sheepish grin spread over a number of faces in her vicinity, proving that others could dig up similar memories.—lndianapolis Star.

Greeks In Turkish Territory.

Professor Andreade of the University of Athens, who is a specialist on the extent of Greek citizenship beyond the Greek frontiers—in Macedonia and the other Balkans, la Turkey, Syria and Asia Minor —pointed out the great predominance of the Greeks in the regions to be evacuated by the Turks if they are to leave Europe. The whole vilayet, or province, of Adrianople, extending from the Balkans down to Constantinople, he declared, is as much Greek as It Is Turk and with the Turks out It Is practically all Greek. “Even Constantinople,” he said, “is a Greek city—the largest of Greek cities—with a population of 350,000 Greeks. That gives an idea of the extent of Greek citizenship* in all this section down to the straits, which will have to be considered on the basis of nationality and race, when the Turk leaves Europe.

Certain to Win.

“How’s your boy getting on at the training camp?”. “Wonderful!” replied Farmer Applecart. “I feel a sense of great security. An army that can make my boy* get up early, work hard all day an’ go to bed early can do most anything.”—People l Home Journal.

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Jewish Blood in Royal Veins.

Legend tells that when Count Albrecht (or Albert) HI, the real founder of the House of Hapsburg, returned to Rome from a crusade he fell in love with the pope’s niece, the farmer Jewess, and took her for his wife with the pope’s consent. The official genealogical table of the Hapsburgs designates Albrecht’s wife as a Roman woman and relative of a pope, but does not mention anything concerning her descent. It seems, therefore, very probable that she was a Pierleoni. Count Albrecht HI, dlso called the Rich, died in 1199. He was succeeded by his son, Rudolph 11, count of Hapsburg, whose son, Albrecht IV (died 1240), was the father of the later Emperor Rudolph. From emperor to emperor, or, rather, from King Rudolph, descend all the Hapsburg-Lorrainers of the present day. As all the ruling houses are. through intermarriage with the Haps-burg-Lorrainers, intimately related, it is obvious that through them Jewish bjood has come into the veins of all European dynasties.

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Value of “Holding On."

The bulldog grip—the grace of holding on —is a powerful asset in any boy’s life, declares a writer. A good many who start out- with “Great Expectations,” as Dickens puts it, peter out. A man past middle life brought some of his paintings to the great English painter, Rossetti, for examination and judgment. Rossetti was obliged to tell the man that the works were lacking in strength and power. Then the man drew out other paintings ’ and drawings, saying that they were the work of a young student. Rossetti declared them full of talent and promise, and asked who the student was. The middle-aged man, with pathos in his voice, admitted that they were the products of his younger days. He had failed to live up to the promise and possibilities of his young manhood; he had failed to hold on to his ideals. It’s a good plan to learn to “hold on.”

Well Named.

Private A—Wot kind of cigarette have you got? Private B. (handing him one)—Flor de Pershing. -gr Private A. (takes a few puffs and throws it away,J remarking)—They would floor better men than Pershing.

Proving It

“Jubbe is a man of great promise." “Hm! So, he’s been borrowing from you, too?” * . * >

Fortune’s Foundation.

"How did you lay the foundation for your fortune?” “I didn’t lay it. I’m in the poultry business. A hen laid It”

| u I |ir 'TYornen whose sensitive < nerves often yield to coffee’s harmful stimulation, appre date the change resulting from a ten days’ trial of INSTANT . PostuM INSTEAD COFFEE Such a delicious drink makes the change easy and better nerves make it a permanent one. “Theres a Reason