Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1919 — Page 3

Fir Seeds to Help Reforest France

Bag in Hands of Secretary of American Forestry Association Estimated to Contain 50,000 Trees

P. S.Ridsdale, secretary of the American Forestry association, on his way to France with all the Douglas fir seeds the association could find in the American market! Mr. Ridsdale figures there are 50,000 trees in the bag he carries, and he will ask French officials to tell him what other kinds of seed they want with which to reforest France. As soon as he returns the associationwill start a campaign to procure the needed seeds. Douglas fir was the first variety asked for, and a scarcity of this kind was immediately discovered.

UKRAINIAN YEAR BOOKS

Publications Have Wider Circulation Than Newspapers

The yearbooks published by the Ukrainians in the United States and Canada are highly important features of their household libraries, accordingto tin- committee on public Information. The Ukrainians do not publish any illustrated magazines in this country but issue a number of paper-covered annuals dealing with an enormous number of subjects and filled with pictures. Thus one of the most recent Ukrainian almanacs, which ■ is just off the press, contains articles on airplanes, agriculture, politics, international relations, music, wireless telegraphy and travel. And this is only the beginning. There is one article about Woodrow Wilson, accompanied by a picture of the president and quotations from some of his memorable speeches. These of which there are about ten, have a wider circulation than the Ukrainian newspapers and one or more of them is pretty sure to be found even in the humblest Ukrainian household.

English Writer Tells About Films That Actually Talk— Latest Edison Invention

Thomas Alva Edison, in his wonderful new invention, has given us pictures that not only move but talk, relates a London correspondent. , The kinetophone and the phonograph, and its effects are weirdly realistic. The machine is so constructed that the sounds of the voices of the actors in ~ the picture drama are reproduced in the most natural way. When figures appear to be walking toward the front of the stage their voices get louder as they get nearer to the audience, and softer as they retreat. , When a plate is smashed the noise of broken crockery Is distinctly heard. The notes of the piano 05 vidlin are reproduced ■ when the actor plays on one of these instruments, the expression and time being clearly marked. Whistling, singing, opening and shutting doors, etc., are all heard. Talking pictures are also to.be seen in a similar invention, the klinoplastikon. The effects here are most Wonderful. Dancers come from the wings, perform and sing, and retire to the wings again, and after applause come and bow their acknowledgments to the audience in the most natural manner. What is more, the stage is not in darkness, as in the case of ordinary bioscope pictures, but is perfectly light, and there is no screen. The illusion of living people singing and dancing as in a real theater is thus almost complete, for the figures do almost everything that a living artist can do.

Scarcity of Scythes.

Before the' war Russia’s need of scythes was estimated at 6,000,000 annually, of which about half were required in Siberia. To fill these require* ments about 4,000,000. scythes were imported annually and the remainder manufactured in Russia. According to latest Information there are hardly any scythes to’be found, Russian indnstry being at a staudstili-and the Importation closed. < •

Farmer Turns Sandy Tract of Land Into Flourishing Forest Within Few Years

England and Scotland are Keparing to replant forests which have been cut to provide war supplies. They are* doing it now. Never before have those countries been so bare of timber. Hunting ranges and sporting grounds have been sacrificed to supply munition factories at home and armies abroad. The old forests were primarily ornamental and incidentally useful, but those w’hich are now yeing deliberately provided for will be primarily useful and Incidentally ornamental, says Popular Mechanics Magazine. In the we are not in so much need of tree planting as tfcey are in the British isles. But there are two kinds of timber which the war demandhas greatly depleted, and they are kinds of much importance, .locust and black walnut. There is another point to be considered in" the planting of these trees: They can be grown on sandy tracts of land which are now considered of no value, and thus reclaim this land. An excellent illustration of what can be accomplished in the way of reclaiining useless land through the planting of trees has been carried out during the last six or eight years by a resident of Whites! de county, Illinois, In these years he has accomplished the seemingly impossible task of turning “some TO acres of sand, formerly as barren as the desert of; Sahara, into a -flourishing forest. Nor is that all; for this forest, acting as a sand binder, has. been' the means of saving other fertile acres from the inroads of the drifting sand, the total result being that the farm has increased several times in. valpef* The sandy tracts, which, before being planted, to trees, were practically worthless, are now worth anywhere from SSO to SIOO an acre.

SHORT AND SNAPPY

-"The keen edged proverb is a crosscut saw. It’s a wise man who shapes ■ his plans to fit the inevitable. ■ The rule of love is usually • more effective than the rule of might. • Second thoughts are best, un- j less they happen to be second- ; hand thoughts. , i Hope makes a man believe | that something will happen I which he knows will not. | The man who thinks he knows ■! it all usually marries a woman I who can teach him a lot more. *1

Man’s Work Should Provide Happiness and Peace of Mind

A man's work should always mean more to hiny than a mere livelihood. He should draw froth it happiness, contentment, peace of mind. This he can do only if. he looks upon his work as contributing something worth while to the lives of,his fellow men. For men are so built that the cohsciousness of rendering service is an Instinctive need of theta being- Those who have not this consciousness are certain to be unhappy, whetheV they do not work at all or work up to the limit of their powers ahd whether thp monetary return.fromtheirwork.lß small or great. • ■ ,*>..

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Each Must Learn His Own Best Way of Living, Then Get the Most Out of Life

There is only one best conduct of life for you, and that is the one that is best foe you. Those who wander aimlessly in quest of the single right ' "formula for exisTehc'e. gf<sr)KTh''a"Tnnze through which they must tread their .way endlessly in search of the center which does not'exist, observes a writer in CollieFsWeekly. There is no one recipe which will serve for all mankind. Each must learn not his neighbor’s but his own best way of living. To one it may be the routine task, the daily round, to curb the wandering will and bring content; ' To another If "may be the fortitude to escape the sheltering care of habit or the lassitude of sloth. To one it should be the abandonment of philosophy and Introspection to rub elbows with his fellow-men; to another, the willingness to let the soul awaken and breathe amid the skyrimmed prairie and under the deathless stars; to one, hearthstone and slippers; to another the seven seas, lha-AHnHa.liQrealis._and the southern cross; to one, society; to another, solitude; to one, the quiet whichJslills the passions; to another, flic eternal restlessness which brings achieve--menfc- —. ....... .

The best rounded life contains something of each and all. There are but two attitudes to avoid —the level line of least resistance and the rigidity or self-distrust, which denies every impulse simply because it is impulse Somewhere between the two- Hes’your x£Hirse;..Many._are the thickets to be hewed down, many the crags to be scaled. But beyond stands the inn in the clearing, where faithful travelers may find the refreshment, the rest and the kindly words of welcome which form the goal and the reward of life well lived.

Curtiss Is Credited With Originating Hydroplane

The idea of the hydroplane was suggested in patent specifications by Gugo Matullath of New York, 1899, but it had its practical origin in Glenn Curtiss, who added floats to the airplane with which he was experimenting over Lake Keuka in 1908. These were placed under each wing, so that in case of accident the machine would not sink. Langeln and others had made their experimental flights over bodies of water for the same reasons. Probably the first to make the floats an integral part of the machine .was Fabre, who on March 28, 1910, made the first flight with a practical hydroplane at Martignes, on the Seine. Cur-, tlss soon abandoned floats and built boat bodies, and for this accomplishment he received the A£ro Club of America trophy in 1911.

JUST FOR A LAUGH

Ignorance. “What are you reading?” “An old tome. It is full of quaint and surprising stuff.” “What surprises you?” “I see constant references to handmaidens.” “Well?” “I didn’t know they had manicures in those days.” Generally the Way. “He married 'money;” -7 “Wasn’t there a woman attached to it?” • “Too much attached to it, he found out later.” • Thrown Down.

No Cause for Alarm. Passer-by (excitedly)—Officer, that man leaning from the fourth-story window’ is yelling “Police!” New York Policeman (calmly) —Oh, he’s probably a theatrical manager who wants to get a new play revised in a hurry. Appropriate. “What kind of a portrait is the artist going to paint of that public speaker?”— “To be natural, I think it ought to be a speaking likeness.”— A • Long Record.

“How long hqve you had your . cook?” asked the abrupt woman. “More than two years,” replied the < patient hostess. “My! One of you must be easy ' to please.” - »■ ’

7 z Considerate Man. Friend Husband (reading)—lt tells here about a man who, when he found the family cat sleeping in the coal bin, immediately ordered a ton coal. Friend Wife—Oh, whaddy think of that. I’ll bet you that’s just a newspaper story. That’s All. “A Hottentot gives a girl’s father blankets, cattle and much fine ivory.” “WellF .civilian father gate Is I bum cigar occasionally?*

New’ Drummer —Hello, Cutey; is the buyer in? Ribbon Counter Mary—No, freshy; but the cellar is downstairs.

Care for Crippled Soldiers

Government Plans to Give All Vocational Training and to Find Employment for Them

It is intended by the government that there shall be no crippled soldiers selling pencils and shoe strings on the street corners, and small necessity for “homes”' where crippled men may be cared for. . - . . ■ ' The government has made 'plans to re-educate every disabled soldier and sailor, to secure employment for him, and to watch over his welfare thereafter that he may be^ndependeift~ntiid~serf fCSpbbtfng, The actnal steps which the government will rake are five: ■' 1— Election by the disabled men of a course of training. 2 Preliminary training to fit him for a definite occupation. 4 Placement in suitable position. 5 Follow-up work to safeguard his interests. r The government will support the man while training, will pay his tuition, traveling expenses and any other expenses incident to his training, and will give his family the same support which it has given during his military .service,.. \ .... The disabled man may elect the line of work he wants to take up. He may be retrained for the work he did before the war, or turn to something entirely different. He may take further/ training in his old occupation. . And in addition to his support and- the support of his family he will be given all the medical care he needs, and will be supplied with any artificial contrivances ncceoaary because -of-the-doss-of-ltefiteor-faculties, - The machinery through which this work of rehabilitation will be handled cofefists of a federal board of vocational re-education with brancK~S~lg thg~ principal cities of the country. David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture, IS chairman of the board; William C. Redfield, secretary of commerce, and William B. Wilson, secretary of labor, are also on the hoard, and an executive staff of experts in vocational education have been employed.

Mother’s Cook Book

Ah. what would the world be to us If the children were no more? We would dr«ud the desert behind us, Worse than the dark before; — What to Feed the Child. For a normal baby, with a normal mother, the first few 7 months or a year there“Ts nothing better to do than feed it with nature’s food, mother’s milk. Orange juice and water for refreshment will cool the swollen gums and give great relief when teething. If the child has taken prune juice, unsweetened, and orange juice occasionally the digestive tract will be in good working order. Then in the second year scraped apple or other fruits like pears and peaches if well ripened, may be safely given in very small quantities. A drink of cool water should be given frequently. How many worrying babies,* who cannot tell what they want would be made comfortable by frequent drinks of pure cool water. All changes in a child’s diet should be made very carefully and when any new food is introduced give it in small quantities, a teaspoonful or two being sufficient. , Baked potato is a food particularly adapted for a young child’s food. Use a little milk with a grain or two of salt, then cream and butter may be added. After a child has become accustomed to potato a teaspoonful of finely mashed peas may be given, as well as carrot, spinach and any vegetable not too woody. Given to the child in small quantities, well mashed and seasoned, he will learn to like all kinds of vegetables; in fact he will never need to learn, for the good habit will be ■ formed early in life. A child’s digestion is so much more rapid than an adult’s that they need to be fed oftener and in small quantities. A child fifteen months old will need some such diet as to food and time as the following: At seven or eight* a breakfast cereal, bread or toast and a cupful of milk; at noon an egg, potato, one other vegetable, bread and fruit, either juice or scraped fruit. Five or six, milk and rice or bread, and at ten a cupful or bottle of milk. The cereals should be varied so that they may become accustomed to like a variety. The- chief thing to remember in cooking cereals-for children is to cook, them long enough. Serve with good top milk and no sugar. In early youth the child gets all the sugar he needs from the fruit he eats. One good reason for having little people*eat tilone is that foods P that must be denied them are not put temptingly before them.

Latest Vending Machine Is Detector of Spurious Coin

One of the interesting developments in the vending machine field is a large I apparatus that dispenses bottled beverages, sandwiches and chewing gum. In order to encourage patrons to return empty bottles to the machine, a stick of gum is discharged when a bottle is placed in the receiver provided for it. A counterfeit detector rejects spurious coins. A complete record of all transactions is kept Jby a sales registering mechanism. The only attention the machine requires is that Involved in stocking and icing it daily.

Suffrage States.

These states have full suffrage for women: Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. 'Ndvada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, ,Kansas, New York. Presidential and other partial suffrage: Illinois. Tatation, bond or school suffrage: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, lowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connect!wt.

Why Wisconsin Is Known as “Badger” State and Origin of “Sucker” for Illinois

Wisconsin is called the Badger state, not, as most people seem to think, because the badger formerly abounded there, for in the past Wisconsin was never a favorite home of this little quadruped, writes acorrespondent. The familiar nickname originated rather ’with .the early settlement of southwestern Wisconsin, whose lead mines attracted the first considerable, migration to Wisconsin. The hardy lead miners who pushed into the portion of the northwestern wilderness intent on digging fortunes from the earth with their picks were composed in the main of two groups. One, made up of men from southern Illinois and further south, went down the Mississippi to their homes every winter and returned in the spring to labor for another season; the other, composed of miners from the Eastern states, could hot thus easily go home, and so they “burrowed in” for the in rude shacks or huts, which - frequently were built after theFfashT ion of dugouts.,/ The men who went south for the winter and returned in the spring were given the name of “suckers” from the similarity of this practice with that of the well-known fish of the Mississippi, Rock and other Western streams. The men who wintered in the lead mines were called “badgers.” They were the first permanent settlers In the lead mines north of the Wisconsin line, and thus the name became associated with the state. Thus did the people of Wisconsin and Illinois gain the popular nicknames of “Badger” and “Sucker” by which they have ever since been known.

Memorial Planned to Dogs Sacrificed in Gas Tests

Prompted by girls of the chorus at the Hippodrome and indorsed by other women, and, it is said, by the New. York club and the Toy Dog club, a movement is under way to set up a memorial to the dogs whose lives were sacrificed in work for the army. It is stated that the chemical warfare division of the war depart l ment used on an average of 80 dogs a month in testing gases and protection devices. It was suggested that a fund be raised for the erection of a dog’s drinking fountain in a park to bear a tablet explaining the service done for humanity by the dogs.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

■ To prevent mustard from dryi ing in the mustard pot, add a -little salt when making it. Tan shoes which have become ; discolored can be dyed black and have’ their usefulness prolonged. Cold boiled rice added to griddle cakes makes them lighter. Persian ladies ornament their faces by painting on them figures of insects and small animals. - It takes three men six months to make a cashmere shawl, which requires ten goats’ fleeces.

Men, Women and Children Helped Bring Big Victory

Just what name posterity wjll give to the , war nobody of the immediate present can say; but if it is fairly descriptive it will perhaps somehow include or suggest the part by the women, who, in 17 months, forone thing, have/ turned out something over 14,000.000 knitted articles. The women, in fact, have knit themselves into history in a way that the future historian will have to take into consideration. Literally it has been a war women and children against

IF HE CAME NOW

If he came now! My haact, .would .Jbe like a once quiet street. Hung with gay lanterns on a fete night, wild With singing! And my heart would be » Child • Sleepily to a Jdag, then flinging Sleep from it, springing . Out of the night, into the world again, And finding that its toys were all once more • ’ . • . There where it left them, waiting on the st? Toyjrie played with again. My heart would be An opened book fitted full with witchery. Filled, too,-with pain. An opened book that had been left too long Upon a dusty shelf. It would be a song too, Opening under the moon, and shivering at the dew. But liking it. And it’ would be a flame, Red In the night. I used to be glad when he came, But not so very glad—because I thought That I would always have him. Then war caught Him up from me. and bore him out To be where danger is; and killed my doubt, .' .. My hesitation and half fears. Ah, now I would run to welcome him, if he came now,! —Ma r yCnraly n -Davis,,—in Good ■ Housekeeping.

Hogs Contract Colds and Pneumonia—Caution Urged

Trouble often develops among hogs at this season of the year in the form of cold and pneumonia, according to Dr. Robert Graham, professor of animal ■ pathology at the University of llirnols. DoctorGraharo'giveswafning that when pigs of all ages and sizes are allowed to pile up at night in a warm shed some are likely to come out steaming in the morning And ttat the cold winds and frosty atmosphere will have a bad effect on them. He recommends the following precautions : Hog houses and feeding places, runwavs. fences and sheds, should be thoroughly cleaned and sprayed with a 3 per cent water solution of compound of cresol (U. S. P.) or its recognized equivalent. Quicklime should be scattered freely about the lots, after they have been raked clean of cobs and manure. Wallows should bedrained and fenced off, all small holes filled and large fields where the infeo tion prevails should be cultivated.

HINTS FOR THE POULTRY GROWER

Small eggs, dirty egap, old eggs of eggs which have been kept at a high temperature for any length of time are the kinds not to select for incubation, according to a circular prepared by the poultry husbandry department of the Kansas State Agricultural college. Not all eggs from the best breeding stock are good for hatching purposes. Often the eggs are small, uneven in shape or poor in shell texture. Small eggs should never be Incubated, as they do not hatch well, and pullets from them often lay undersized eggs. The small egg is not wanted upon the market. The two ounce egg is the standard in weight. Only clean eggs should be selected for incubation. Dirty or washed eggs never hatch as well as do those which have never been soiled. Since the egg begins to incubate when it reaches a temperature of 68 degrees it should be kept below that point. From 45 to 65 degrees is the range of temperature permissible for eggs that are being kept for hatching. Eggs should not be kept any longer than is absolutely necessary. If they are turned frequently and arfe kept at the correct temperature they may be kept for two weeks before being placed tn the incubator, but it is not advisable to try to keep them for that long a time.

Explorer Says North Pole Weather Not as Pictured

Another cherished illusion is dispelled and relegated to the junk heap of vivid misconceptions that have suddenly faded. Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, who has just returned from a five years’-cruise in the regions around the North pole, tells us that the weather up there is by no means the frigid terror we have pictured in our minds. It is much cooler in central Siberia than at Herschel island. Even near the geographical pole the climate never gets realty bad, although the mercury occasionally runs down to 60 below z,ero. Indeed, it was so mild and compatible with physical comfort that he usually disrobed on the porch Of hIS Igloo and passed the evening in his underwear, -resting at night in his sleeping bag. His upderwear, by the way, was of reindeer’s skin with the fur inside. He has explored about 250,000 square miles amid all kinds of weather, and claims to have suffered no hardships, until his return to civilization. —Christian Herald.

Arizona Is Cleaning Out Beasts Which Kill Stock

One of the efforts of the state government of Arizona had the federal government in their campaign for the eradication of predatory animals./ which cause large losses in range stock, is the employment of skilled hunters. Thirteen are now in the employ of the state and federal governments. Othermdh are exterminating rodents which destroy ranges. One of the hunters within two months killed 11 mountain lions. Another killed 55 coyotes within. A.monthzz