Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1919 — Page 2

Novel Bicycle Ice Speeder

This novel bicycle ice speeder carrying two passengers besides the operator, was made by attaching a fork of wood to the original fork of the bicycle and ice skates fitted on this the same as on the heel of a shoe. The rear tire is non-skjd and a piece of chain can be put on just the same as is used M an automobile tire to prevent ikiddinfl-

Size of Poland

Ranks as Fifth European Nation

Notwithstanding the fact tharin the war nearly 3,000,000 Polish-speaking soldiers were forced into fratricidal combat, driven into battle by German and Austrian and Russian conscriptions, to fight their cousins and brothers, many persons seem to believe Poland a small tiatfon. writes Frederick Moore In World’s Work. They Torget the magnitude of its historic domain and the numbers of its people. The kingdom of Boleslaus the Great (992-1025) stretched from the Baltic sea to the Carpathians. It included part of Saxony. the whole of Silesia, and stretched awny almost to Berlin. In 1772, when came the first dismemberment, Poland covered'3oo.ooo square miles, almost 100.000'miles more than the German empire of today. Its population was 11.500,000. It ranks, indeed with Jtftly as the fifth European nation. Before the outbreak of the war 'here wits a compact mass of 3a--900,iW people in Europe speaking the Polish T nngungef and whatever ruler mightTlaini dominion over them, they were one; n<? mutilation of the national body.<>»' erut-roes. or oppressions, could dissever the Poles in They remain today one nation-in. language and in aspirations, despite a century and a half of political slavery, and through all these years the love of liberty has burned within them -as an inextinguishable flame.

Former Kaiser Tried to Be Sure of “Me und Gott"

The kaiser's religious mysticism offers a very inadequate shield for his conception of personal sovereignty, David Jayne Hill says in his "Impressions of the Kafter.” A mystic he seems to be. but .in practice he IS a realist and an opportunist of the most strenuous type. In Turkey he wore the dress and •Dtrered the speech of a sincere Mohammedan. At Rome he visited the pope and sent gifts to him as if -he were a fervent Catholic. ' Ex-officio he was a Lutheran and urged all to help him “maintain religion in the people.”

In Queensland.

THe natives of Torres Straits, Queensland, make numerous ornaments out of tortoise and pearl shells. Hair combs, carrings, finger rings, chains and brooches made of tortoise shell and inlaid with mother of pearl are given an artistic finish. And often the only tool used is a knife or a piece of broken glass.

WISE AND OTHERWISE

It spoils a favor if your are asked to return it Nothing boosts the value of a blessing ’ike its removal. The oTator who deals largely In quotations speaks volumes. Sometimes a man avoids a lot of tremble hy having a bad memory. Only those who have plenty of gold ifer get anything out of a silver wedding. Make the truth your motto and your guide and you will be the-gainer in the end. .

700,000 Men of Draft Age in the United States Who Cannot Read or Write Any Language

The war revealed an extent of illiteracy in America almost unbelievable, notes a writer in Leslie’s. Secretary of the Interior Lane points out that there are 700,000 men of draft age in the United States who cannot read or write in English or in any other language. There are 5,500,000 persons over ten years of age who cannot read or write in any language. The regular army never enlisted Illiterates, but the draft act brought into the army approximately 35,000 illiterates and as many more who were almost illiterate. These soldiers could not sign their names. They could not read the manual of arms. They could not read their letters or write home. They could not read their daily orders posted on bulletin boards in camp. They could not understand signals in time of battle. The economic loss through illiteracy is estimated at $825,000,000 a year, on the conservative assumption tiffitthe productive labor value of an illiterate is less by only 50 cents a day than that of an educated person. Ten per cent of our country folk cannot read or write a word, Jn view of these fact's, Secretarw-Lane urges an appropriation for a systematic campaign to eradicate adult illiteracy.

LOVER WITH WINGS

No more your chariot with wings Shall sail the conquered sky; How long before my heart shall cease To hear yuu planing by ? - ■~ You went the hard way to the stars, 4 Lover of mine with wings! So often and so long outsoared, - - TheTtralTbf earthly things - Was hut the chain of gossamer That snaps at noon’s fierce kiss: Nay, was the love that bound our souls So frail a thing as this? O fine: fair spirit! Dreamward-bound, I climb your trackless space; Is there yet room among your stars For my remembered face? , Music you made for me is hushed; Yet still, on muted strings, -—— f r hear the-ttrrrTbbing of your fiight Lover of mine with wings! —Ethel !NI, Hewitt in Harper’s Magazine.*

Uses Blocks of Ice in Making Hollow Concrete

According to the Bruckenbau, the productipn’ of hollow concrete bodies completely inclosed, which has hitherto only been possible xftthin certaft limits, is made easier by the new patent system of Stefan Rohm of Munich, who proposes to inclose a block of ice of the required shape in concrete. Of course, small i openings or channels would be left, by means of which the thaw water could escape. In this way It is possible to produce not only small concrete bodies with hollow center but large ones as well. The process can be applied to artificial stone.

Pig Iron From Sands?

Experiments in New Zealand have demonstrated the practicability of producing pig iroh from iron sands. The development of the industry has reached the stage where iron Is actually produced at the rate of 15 tons per day. Plans are now heiqg made for greatly enlarging the plant.

Sheep in Uruguay.

The sheep of Uruguay are amazing in number. They seem to fill every hill and valley for miles. Statistics show that there are 27,000,000 within the bounds of the country.

THE EVENTNTi REPTTBT-TCAN. RENSSELAER. TNT).

Exports for 1918 Reached Over Six Billion Dollars, Double Value of Imports

American exports dur!ng the year 1918 amounted to $6,150,000,000, or $83,000,000 below the total for the preceding year, and more Than ilouble The value <>’f Imports. The Import total was $3.031,000.000. compared with $2,952,000,000 in 1917. ~ ~ ’ ~ Heavy exports in December brought the total well beyond early estimates. During December, the first full month J after the signing of the armistice, ex- 1 ports reached a total of $566,000,000, j an increase over the $• >22.000,900 re- J ported for November, although not up to the high mark of .s<^o,<>oo,ooo. for December, 1917. Exports for December were low, being $211,000,000 against $251,000,000 for November, and $288,000,000 for December of the previous year. Imports as well as exports of gold continued to decrease, the Imports amounting to $62,000,000 in 1918, against— in 1917. and the .exports to $41,000,000 and $371,000,000 in the same year. - Imports of stiver increased from JS3.WO2XKLin the calendar year 1917 ■ to $71,000,000 in 1918. The exports of silver during December, 1918, amounted to $58,000,000. a larger amount than Tn any month during the last three years. For the calendar year exports of silver amounted to $253,000,000 in 1918,' against $84,000,000 in 1917.

Soda Fountains Are More Profitable Than Liquor Bars in New York City

Most of the soft drinks now sold are too sweet to suit the taste of the average man, according to a writer in the New York Commercial. Old-fash-ioned ginger beer and ginger ale made with real ginger, instead of red pepper, or capsicum, as the trade calls the extract, would make a hit when prohibition comes in force. Raspberry vinegar, loganberry juice, pure apple juice, grape juice, lemonade and similar drinks should command a large sale in the soft drink bars and our hotels after July 1 next. The great thing is to give the people pure beverages at fair prices. Today soda fountains are more profitable than liquor bars in many parts of New York city. In the alco-hol-less poor men’s clubs of the prohibition period that will supplant saloons, the secret of success seems to He in furnishing beverages that do not clog or sicken. There are plenty, if those in the business are wise and honest enough to sell them.

Mother’s Cook Book

The cares of tha day, old moralists say, Are quite easy to perplex one; Then drive today’s sorrow away till tomorrow. And then put it oft till the next one. —Charles Dickens. Food for the Family. A variety of salads, crisp, simple, well-dressed with a simple French dressingr-makes the task of planning meals easier and the meal more wholesome. For a dinner salad, lettuce, water cress, endive or Chinese cabbage, with a plain dressing of any kind preferred, is liked. Jellied Vegetable Salad. Take a half cupful of finely shredded cabbage, one-half cupful of cooked peas, a tablespoonful fir two of small cubed cooked beets and a half cupful of peanuts. This will be a good combmation. Soak one tablespoonful of gelatin in one-quarter of a cupful of cold water and dissolve in one cupful of boiling water ;-then add one-quarter of a cupful of sugar, the same amount of mild vinegar, one tablespoonful of lemon juice and one-half teaspoonfu) of salt*. Strain, cool and when the mixture begins to thicken add the vegetables and nuts; there should be about one and three-quarters cupfuls, Turn into a ring mold and chill thoroughly. Arrange on a platter with sliced cold roast lamb garnished with water cress.

Sardine and Lettuce Salad. Skin and bone three sardines for each serving, arrange on crisp head lettuce and garnish with a stuffed olive ; add a squeeze of lemon juice and a spoonful of mayonnaise on the side of the plate. Lettuce With Roquefort. A most delicious salad for those who are fond of the cheese is prepared by blending a tablespoonful of Roquefort cheese> with paprika, a bit of salt and French dressing. Pour over the head lettuce just before going to the table. A bit of catsup may be added t if liked, or a teaspoonful .of Worcestershire sauce. ' + Tomato Salad. Tomatoes may be served in numberless ways as salad. Cut in cups and filled with chopped cucumber, an onion and a good dressing is one very appetizing way. A thick slice of tomato, topped with a slice of hard-cooked egg and a spoonful of salad dressing; a slice of tomato heaped with chopped celery and onion and salad dressing, all are good. '

Artificial Limbs.

.u-A Danish physician, who formerly manufactured artificial legs out of papier mache, now makes artificial feet out of paper pulp.

Public Work Opening Up

Report* to the Council of National Defense Indicate Project* to Cost $100,000,000 Will Be Started This Spring

The following statement is made by the council of national defense, showing that the nation has heeded the requests to find jobs for soldiers: "Th? signing of the armistice has opened the way for carrying on public works postponed during the war because of labor and material shrotage. “Partial reports from 28 states deceived in answer to questionnaires turned out by the council of national defense show more than $58,250,000 in expenditure already authorized; These reports included roads, canals, reclamation. construction, and the erection of public buildings. 1 • “In order to provide necessary employment for returning soldiers, sailors and war workers, the council of national defense has asked the aid of all state, county ap’d local community councils in fostering this work. “The problems faced by the states are diversified, but it is probable that there is now a total of more than $100,000,000 worth of public work authorized or financed.* The $58,250,000 already reported is a conservative figure, as it is made up from funds already issued for actual projects, budget items for road work and definite items for public improvements, “The legislatures of more than 40 states are meeting and it is probable that a large number of new projects will be authorized and financed —partially as emergency measures.”

DISINFECTANTS FOR THE POULTRY

Good disinfectants destroy the germs of contagious diseases, the external parasites, such as lice'and mites, and in some cases the eggs of parasitic worms. —The eggs of some kinds,of worms are so resistant that disinfectants other than heat have little effect upon them. The disinfectants should be thoroughly applied to the interior of the houses, worked into the crevices, spread over the ceiling and the floor, the roosts, dropping boards and nest boxes. At the same time the feeding and drinking troughs should be disinfected by pouring boiling water into them and afterward drying them in the sun. Disinfectants are most easily applied to the walls and ceilings with a spray pump or by using a brush. As it is difficult to keep them from coming in contact with the face and hands, the more harmless of the mixtures should generally be used. Ordinarily limewash made from freshly slaked lime is excellent, and its properties are well known to all. In the case of an actual outbreak of virulent disease it is well to add to the limewash six ounces of crude carbolic acid to each gallon, to increase its activity as a disinfectant.

Will Shoot Projectiles Entirely Off the Earth

In a detailed scientific discussion of the German long-range gun which bombarded Paris last spring, Maj. J. Maitland-Addison, writing in the, Journal of the Royal Artillery, takes a peep into the future, observes the Scientific American, and considers the possibility df a guu capable of shooting projectiles entirely off the earth into space, a la Jules Verne. The requisite velocity of such a gun Is not, he says, so very much higher than what has already been achieved; viz., a muzzle velocity of a mile per second. When we are able to increase this to five miles per second, the projectile, if fired at a suitable angle, will travel around the earth, as a grazing satellite, completing its orbit between 17 and 18 times daily. With a velocity of about seven miles a second, it will move off into space, never to returij.

SAYINGS OF SAGES

We sometimes meet with men who seem to think thet uny indulgence in an affectionate feeling is weakness. —Miss Mulock. The year passes quick, though the hours tarry, and time bygone is a dream, though we it never would go while it was going.—Newman. When a man does a noble act, date him from that. Forget his faults. Let his noble act be the standpoint from which you regard him. There is much that is good in the worst of men. — Doctor Bellows. Every man has a work to do proportionate to his abilities and opportunities. —• A. A. Hodge, D. D. .. —— ■—- -

Has Menshevik! Also

There are now two factions of the Russian socialistic party, says the World’s Work, and these two factions were called the “Menshevik!” and the “Bolshevik!.” In Russian these words mean nothing more startling than the “Minority” and the “Majority.” A “Menshevik” is a moderate revolutionist, a “Bolshevik” is a “whole hogger,” who is determined to obtain the earthly paradise instantaneously. '

Japan’s Knitting Industry.

The knitted-goods industry of Japan began ten years ago in a. small way at Osaka. It is now estimated that there are no fewer than 1.300 manufacturers of these goods in that city alone.

$8,830,204,000 in Live Stock.

Live stock on farms and ranges of the country on January 1 was valued at $8,830,204,000 in an estimate made public by (Jhe department of agriculI tore. This is an increase of $546,006.000 over their value a year ago.

No Horses, Only Tractors Are Used to Work 200,000 Acres of Indian Farm Land

Wheat will be harvested next fall from one of the world’s largest farms comprising about 200,000 acres of In.dian lands in Montana and Wyoming. On this huge farm not a horse will be used., Instead, large tractors capable of turning over large quantities of prairie sod were purchased. In all 52 of these machines are now the property of the corporation, and the plowing record for last summer was more than one acre a minute for the working time. On one day 1,880 acres were turned and broken. Of this big tract, about 33,000 acres of irrigated land have been plowed and seeded) and the remainder it is announced will be cultivated during the coming summer. The land is located on the Crow, Blackfeet and Fort Peck reservations in Montana and the Wing river reservation in Wyoming. To make this land productive a corporation with $2,000,000 capital was organized last spring, when Thomas D. Campbell, a North Dakota farmer, conceived the idea of cultivating the thousands of acres of the Indian lands in Montana and Wyoming. Campbell lacked capital, but obtained the approval and assistance of the secretary of the interior, Franklin K. Lane, and J. P. Morgan and other leading New York bankers. The corporation was then formed with several of these bankers as members of the board of directors and Campbell was president.

Finest Dogskin Clothes Come From Manchuria and Mongolia

Dogskins are made up into rugs for sleeping mats and clothing. The hair is long and thick and of all colors, from a rich black through all shades and combinations of brown, yellow ahd gray to pure white. The last are the finest. There are thousands of dog farms dotted, over southwestern Manchuria and eastern Mongolia, where from twenty to some hundreds of dogs are raised ahnually as a source of wealth; for example, a bride will have as her dowry a number of dogs in proportion to her father’s means? Nowhere else in the world are found such splendid dogskins—for size, length of hair and quality—as the extreme cold develops there. A fullsized robe is 8 by 68 inches, taken from eight dogs. The dogs are cruelly strangled when eight months old. In midwinter, the coats being then at their best. The export in 1916 was 806,000 pieces.

1918 Output of Quicksilver Showed Decrease in Quantity

The domestic output of quicksilver in 1918, according to statistics compiled by F. L. Ransome of the United States geolbgical survey, department of the Interior, was 33,432 flasks of 75 pounds each, valued at the average quoted market price at San Francisco ($117.92 a flask) set about $3,942,301. Compared with the output in 1917 of 36,159 flasks, valued at $3,808,266, this shows a decrease in quantity of 2,727 flasks, but an increase in value of $134,035. The productive states were .California, Texas, Nevada, Oregon and Idaho, named in the order of decreasing importance.

Take a Grape Cure.

The effect of unfermented grape juice as a drink has been studied at the European “grape cures” and to a slight extent in laboratories. It is generally claimed that the consumption of a reasonably large quantity of it improves digestion, diminishes intestinal fermentation and results in an increase in weight.

A River That Petrifies.

The water of the River Tinto, in Spain, hardens and petrifies the sand of its bed, and if a stone falls in the stream and alights on another they, in a few months, unite and become one stone. Fish cannot live in the water.

A Sacred Number.

Thirteen was the sacred number of the Mexicans and the ancient people of Yucatan. Their week had 13 days, and they had 13 snake gods.

Bottomless Pools Mysteries of Chimney Rock Section of Mountains of North Carolina

Nowhere else; on our continent are more pronounced evidences found of nature’s tremendous cataclysms than in the mountain sections of western North Carolina. Granite bowlders split in twain as by a giant’s hammer, fissures torn in the sides of lofty peaks, beds of streams upheaved in colossal mounds of jagged rock, or with great cavernous holes rent in them —these are seen on every side. One of the so-called mysteries is the “bottomless pools” in the far-fame<i Chimney Rock section. The gorge through which pours the flood of Rocky Broad river is a great fissure torn through’ the very heart of the mountains. From the moment the waters enter the head of the gorge the river becomes a tempestuous torrent, plunging along a bowlder strewn bed, sending nocks grinding against rocks, leaping downward in a series of cascades to disappear at length with a wild plunge into the bottomless pools. No one knows how deep they are. Every effort to sound them has beeis without success. At the foot of a cataract the first of these pools presents a boiling surface, from which leaps upward a blinding spray, drenching the limbs of trees that hang high above it. The second pool is like a simmering pot, while over the Mm of the third, or last of the pools, the overflow trickles with a musical gurgle, spreading out into a shallow crystal stream that ambles away gently to the valley beyond the cascades. j

Tracts in North Pacific as Large as This Country With Unfathomed Depths

There has been discussed the need of a comprehensive exploration of the Pacific ocean. It is believed, observesa writer, that such an undertaking should be on a far greater scale than has hitherto been attempted, and that future work should be broadly areal rather than local, as on single or linear, as in single voyages. The work of the magnetic survey ship Carnegie, which makes repeated trips over many interwoven sea routes, is an example of the kind of exploration that is wanted. In the opinion of men of science, it should be continuous through ten or twenty years. It has been shown how little definite information the world has about the largest of the oceans. One specialist declares that in the north Pacific there is a tract twice as large as the United States that has been crossed by only a single line of sounding at intervals of 250 miles-wide, and that there are a number of tracts as large as this country that are entirely unfathomed.

With the Jokesmiths

The Way of It. “They don’t reckon prize fights as they do money.” “How do you mean?” “In money it takes ten mills to make one cent, but in the ring it takes hundreds of pounds to make one mill.” Her Divorce “Suits.”

Good to His Folks. “See here, Jones, why don’t you sprinkle ashes on your icy sidewalk?*’ “Because I don’t want to deprive my family of any pleasure. You have no idea how it amuses the Children to see people slip and fall down.” The Truth. “He told his wffe their evenings at the club were very quiet and harmless ones, and that for hours at a time they would just sit around the table and hold hands.” “Just so; he was speaking by the card.” > Don’t Do It.

“You wouldn’t wear an overcoat that way. Yet many men—” “Well?” “Sqem to wear their dispositions wrong side out.”

Coarse Bark. "I reckon you wouldn’t believe It, ma’am,” remarked the backwoods feller to the gullible old lady from the thickly populated districts, “but lots o’ nights we are kept awake by the bark o’ dogwood trees.” “ Quite a Difference. "Ther.e is quite a difference between the ■ blowhard and the garrulous to-, per.” “Say it.” “Onfe is inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity and the other is verbose with the exuberance of his own inebriation.” The Market Value. “I will pledge you my honor to re* pay a loan — “Oh, your honor is security, is it? How much do you want? Thirty cents?” a.

_ Male Friend —- Looking forward to your- divorce, eh? Mrs. Flyppe— Yes; I’m simply dying what the papers will say about my costumes.