Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1919 — Page 3

Scouts in the War Zone Chase the Wild Boar

SergL Edward H. Buehler, formerly a boy scout of troop No. 32, Louisville, Ky., now returned to take charge of a new troop as scoutmaster, was overseas with Battery C of the Sixth trench artillery, and because of his scout training he is able to talk Entertainingly of his hikes in Alsace-Lorraine. “There were four scouts in our outfit of 179 men,” he said, “and our captain was one of us, as he used to be a scoutmaster. These included two corporals, a sergeant and a private, besides our commanding officer. Not one of them had a yellow streak, and the smallest chap, a 120-pounder, carried his 90-pound pack when 200-pound men were falling by the wayside. This shows that scout training and hiking are worth something. Our captain was Leslie W. Clyde of Cambridge. We were all able to compare notes as to our scouting experiences during our seven months’ training and after we got overseas. “While under fire we had some interesting experiences, especially in dodging shells. One would make a hole that would take 125 men three hours to fill —if you want to get an idea of the effect when they burst. f “Aside from fighting the boche. we had some interesting scouting after another sort of animal —the wild boar, which destroyed trees in that section. There is a bounty on them, which the peasants collect, besides eating the boar. I have to confess that I did not shine as a wild-boar hunter. One winter morning we went out—the captain, the lieutenant and myself. Two of us were scouts. I was sent over into a galley near an outbuilding belonging to the farm and used to store tools. I could not see any wild boar in this galley —nothing except' a couple of “razor-back hogs,” as I thought. Wlien I reported to the captain that the farmer’s pigs were out, he had a great laugh tt me, because I had seen the only boars that we ran across that day and did not recognize them. Later on we got them, however, and found them good fighters and hard to kill, but rather good to«eat. “When we came back to Brest we had the usual *wet’ time that was enjoyed by most troops. I recall one day when it rained 15 times between 6 a. m. and mess call for dinner. There was another interesting circumstance that I recall at Brest: At 6 o’clock in the morning of December 24 I saw the prettiest and most complete rainbow that I have ever observed. It certainly was a bow of promise for me, because on December 26 we left France for Newport News, Va. “On our debarkation at Newport News from the U. S. S. Georgia one of the first persons to greet us was a little boy scout. I was carrying my ow n rifle and pack and the equipment of a wounded man, who was able to walk but not to carry weights. “I noticed this scout when we were getting supplies from the Red Cross canteen and told him I was a scout myself, and we shook hands with due form'alitv. He said, ‘I want to help,’ and in answer to his urging I let him carry a 50-pound pack belonging to the wounded chap. He was a sight to see the youngster struggling under the 50-pound load; but he wouldn’t put it down for the world. , . , “As he passed a building in the center of the town, without turning his head a fraction he said: ‘The man up there in the window is my scoutmaster.’ ‘Why don’t you shout to him?’ I said. ‘No, it wouldn’t do; it’s all right if he notices me.’ , “So I waved to the scoutmaster and attracted his attention to the scout, who kept his chin in and his shoulders square despite the heavy load. He certainly was a friendly scout.”

POULTRY HOUSE NEEDS SUNLIGHT

In building the poultry house arrangements should be made to allow plenty .of sunshine to enter. In the shed-roof type of house it pays to allow the sunshine to strike beneath the dropping boards. A housg 18 feet deep can be constructed four and a half feet in back and eight and onehalf feet in front and other depths can be made in the same proportions. The front should then have four-foot curtains'along the front and this will allow an abundance of sunshine to strike all portions of the house. Also have the windows about two feet down from the top of the house. One of the causes of disease in the poultry house is damp litter. It is expensive to .change the litter often and for this reason as much sunshine as possible should be allowed to enter to keep the scratching material from becoming damg and musty. Sunshine is the cheapest disinfectant that the poultryman can use and whenever possible it should be used to the fullest extept.

Familiar Phrases Which Recall Adventurous Days

How many familiar phrases we use without realizing the apt and sometimes striking figures they represent! Consider the word “skinflint,” for example, or the expression “a flash in the pan.” We ask for “leeway” or we “shorten sailwe “launch plans” or we “run close to the wind.’’ w We have a “close shave;” we speak of a man as “half seas over.” We “take time by the forelock” and “the bull by the horns.” We “get down to_hard pan” or “to bed rock.” Yet we seldom think of the phrases as graphic metaphors, and more seldom still do we think, as we use them, of the adventurous days to which we owe so much of the suggestiveness of our colloquial speech.— Youth’s Companion.

How Jack Tars Know When Ship Is Approaching Land

Sailors have a curious way of knowing when their ship is approaching land. They go to Mother Nature for their knowledge U you are on the ship they may ask you to feel the deck, which is wet with dew. Even though the stars are shining clearly, and the sea is absolutely smooth, the deck seems as though water had been poured across it. The sailor will then inform you that dew is never to be found more than 30 miles from land, so the dew is a good indication.

SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

Whatever has been attained is attainable.—Sir William Jones. Attempt nothing beyond your strength.—Latin Proverb. Many men continually attempt to make auger holes with a gimlet.—Franklin. They got the ill name of augurs because they were bores.— Lowell. . / A wet August never brings dearths—ltalian Proverb.

Geese Serve as Watch Dog of the Home; Are Reliable as the Family Alarm Clock

No domesticated birds are so faithful, so interesting, so intelligent as geese. They revel in the society of those who own them. In remote parts of Ireland and Scotland 'the geese share the family hearth. This is one of their strongest characteristics. They love to pass the night near the homestead. They do not need a warm, comfortable building to sleep in; they are quite contented, happy, and healthy if allowed to sit down outside the back door. They are light Sleepers. A stranger cannot approach within a hundred yards or so without their hearing him and screaming at the tops of their shrill voices. They will often wander a few miles during the day, but they will faithfully return in the evening. You will find them punctual. They will time themselves to be back just as daylight is failing, and at the hour at which *ou generally get up in the morning liey will see to it that you are called. They will knock at the door, and at the windows too if ■ they can reach them, and every few minutes they will scream. They are as reliable as an alarm clock.

THE DANCING FAUN

Thou dancer of two thousand years, Thou dancer of today, What silent music fills thy ears, What Bacchic lay. That thou dost dance the centuries Down their forgotten way? What mystic strain of pagan mirth Has charmed eternally Thpse lithe, strong limbs, that spurn the earth? What melody, Unheard of men, has Father Pan Left lingering with thee? Ah! where is now the wanton throng That round thee used to meet? On dead lips died the drinking-song. But wild and sweet What silent music urged thee on, To its unuttered beat, That when at last Time’s weary will Brought thee again in sight, , Thou cam’st forth dancing, dancing still. Into the Ugbt. Unwearied from the murk and dusk ! Of centuries of night? Alas for thee!—Alas again. The early faith is gone! , The gods are no more seen of men. All, all are gone— The shaggy forests no more shield The Satyr and the Faun. On Attic slopes the bee still hump, On many an Elian hill The wild-grape swells, but never comes The distant trill L -- Of-reedy flutes; for Pan is dead. Broken his pipes and still. And yet within thy listening ears The measures ring— Those limbs that have outdanced the years Yet tireless spring; How canst thou dream Pan dead when still Thou seem’st to hear him sing? —Robert Cameron Rogers.

Origin of the Veil.

The custom of wearing veils came from the East. The newly married Roman woman wore a red veil. Vestal virgins wore white veils. Early in (Christianity priests gave veils to ows. There lies the'origin of the “widow’s weeds.” .In the Catholic church the white veil is given to novices and the black, to nuns.

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Back Yard Orchard Sure to Bring as Good Returns as Does the Vegetable Garden

The back yard orchard will make as valuable a return for the average family as does the vegetable garden itself. Everyone who puts out a garden can just as well be growing a small home, orchard in It, according to J. C. Whitten of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture. The cultivation given the vegetables is just what is required by the young trees. Select apples, cherries, plums, peaches and pears of varieties that will ’ furnish a succession from the early Richmond cherry, which ripens in May, to the late-keeping apples, Jjke Ingram qnd Lanslngburg, which keep until the following May. One tree of each variety is enough.

Apple trees should be planted 25 to 30 feet apart each way, and plum and peach trees 16 to 20 feet apart. One-year-old trees should be selected for planting, although in the case of the apple, sour cherry and pear two-year-old trees will usually transplant successfully if they have not grown too large. The trees may be planted either In fall or spring. They should be set just about as deep as they stood in the nursery. As soon as they are planted the tops should be pruned back somewhat. Fruit trees should be given as thorough cultivation as corn or vegetables, at least until they reach bearing age. Any kind of garden vegetables, or strawberries, or other small fruits, may be grown between the tree rows. If a rank-growing crop like corn grows higher than the trees one row should be left out, preferably north and south, in the tree row, so that the fruit trees will not be shaded until they are well established. Low-growing vegetables or berries may be planted as close to the trees as desired.

Dots Miller Arrives Home From Army Duty in France and Joins the Cardinals

After spending nearly a year and a half with the marines in France, Dots Miller, one of the really capable ball players of the major leagues, has arrived home. He attended a few banquets and -■ then hiked for St. Louis to join the-Cardlnals. :. ■ - Miller was one of the first ball players to enlist and saw service almost

Dots Miller.

from the time the American fighting forces got into action. When Miller Huggins managed the Cardinals he said once that there were only two men on his team he would not trade and both were named Miller, meaning himself and Dots Miller.

Sun the Universal Clock. But It Was Always Wrong

From the beginning the sun was the universal clock, and the universal clock was always wrong—that Is to say, twelve o’clock today was not exactly the samp as twelve o’clock yesterday. But the sun had to serve as a clock to most people until little more than a hundred and fifty years ago, when public clocks took the place of sun dials and watches began to be comparatively common. Doubtless one of the earliest forms of getting somewhere near the hour was by length of shadow, an upright stick or spear, or even the erect form of the time teller himself serving as a natural gnomon. Even today, all over the far East, the only clocks In many, and, indeed, in most places, is the .shadow which is obtained after one or other of these methods.

Creed That May Well Be Applied in Life Each Day

To Mve content with small means: To seek elegance rather than luxury and refinement rather than fashion: To be worthy, not respectable, wealthy, not rich: To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly. To listen to stars* and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart: To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never: ,In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.—Williaro Ellery Channing.

Smaller Farms.

*ln Francp, Germany, Holland and even in Great Britain to a slight extent, there has been in the last hall century a decentralization of agriculture. The number of small farms hai Increased Instead, of declined; and at the same time the peasants have gained in prosperity and ease of life In our own country a similar increase Ih small holdings has occurred. The average farm has been ’reduced li size from 203 acres to 138 acres.

Tank Aims at the Top of Pikes Peak

Climber in preliminary test before attempting to scale Pikes Peak, which Is 14,000 feet high and always snow covered at the top. The start was madei from Colorado Springs on behalf of the Victory loan. Similar tanks made demonstrations all over the country to aid in putting the loan over the top. •

Waste Not

“Clean-Up” Movement Rewarded

by Government

The definition of waste is appreciably narrowed by the war which the department of commerce, in conjunction with the national “Clean-Up and PaintUp” campaign bureau of the savings division the United States treasury, has declared on the»city dump. That institution is a notorious prodigal. How extravagant are its destructive methods, says the Philadelphia Ledger, is demonstrated by the government’s plan, to exchange War Savings stamps for sufficientquantities of “trash" gathered together as a result of the spring housecleaning. Old paper is especially valuable. The practice of burning it on the dump has been a glaring example of American extravagance. England w r as cured of this sort of wanton destruction during the war. The opportunity of the American housewife is now at hand. She can augment her collection of War Savings stamps, make the cellar neat and at the same time aid the government if she deals with the “Clean-Up” agents who will visit her. The individual who will venture to call anything “worthless trash” nowadays is likely to be ’way off in his economics.

As Animals of Earth Grew Smaller So Did the Humans

That the human race, like the animals of the world, was in prehistoric times of marvelous size is a theory that has been advanced by many students of antiquity. It was, however, anly the French orientalist, Henrion, member of the academy, who fixed exact sizes for the earliest members of the race, declaring Adam to have been 123 feet 9 Inches tall and Eve 118 feet 175 inches. He also gives a table saying tfeat Noah was 103 feet tall, Abraham, 27 feet tall; Moses, 13 feet tall; Hercules, 10 feet tall; Alexander the Sreat, 6 feet tall, and Julius Caesar, 5 teet tall. This proves, according to his theories, that great men are not all jig men, and also proves that as the mimals of the earth grew smaller, so lid the humans, until today the man svho is more than six feet tall is considered above average height.

Members of Supreme Court and Where They Came From

The Supreme Court of the United States at present consists of Chief Justice Edward D. White, of Louisiana, born in 1845, appointed in 1910; Associate Justices Joseph McKenna, of California, born in 1843, appointed in 1898; Oliver W. Holmes, of Massachusetts, bora in 1841, appointed in 1902; William R. Day, of Ohio, born in 1849, appointed in 1903; W. Van Devanteh of Wyoming, horn in .1859, appointed in 1910; Mahlon Pitney, of New Jersey, born in 1856, appointed in 1912; James C. Mcßeynolds, of Tennessee, born in 1862, appointed in 1914; Louis C. Brandeis, of Massachusetts, born in 1856, appointed in 1916; John H. Clark, of Ohio, born in 1857, appointed in 1916.

FACTS AND FANCIES

By act of one state legislature J soldiers in the active :• service of tile United States are : exempt from the payment of :■ poll tax. Money spoils some men,-but • that’s a risk everybody is per- j fectly willing to run. A successful man Is entitled : to less praise than the man who : makes another effort after each : failure. The would-be actor who cpn- : slders himself a budding/genius • is apt to strike a frost the first j time he appears in public.

Encyclopedia of China Is Most Stupendous Literary Work in History of World

The first European encyclopedia was probably the work of AbUlpharagiu, the first volume of which .was published 676 years ago. To the Chinese, however, belongs the credit of having originated the encyclopedia idea, and China boasts of having the largest of these. The Great Encyclopedia of China is by far the most stupendous literary accomplishment in the history of the world. The work of compilation has been carried on for centuries, and has engaged the labors of over 2,000 scholars. The “Yung-Lo-Ta-Tien,” as the work is called, comprises over 22,000 sections and is bound in 11,000 volumes, each half an Inch In thickness. The work contains a total of 917,480 pages. The volumes when laid flat one upon another form a stack of books 450 feet high. There are only a few complete sets of this gigantic work in existence. The first English encyclopedia was issued in 1620, and the great French one was published in 1751 and succeeding years. The Encyclopedia Britannica was first published by William- Smellle, in 1771.

Mother’s Cook Book.

I’ll no be denyin’ that wimmen are foolish. God Almighty made ’em so to match the men.—George Eliot. Good Things for the Family. Cold boiled rice may be served in various ways, making most appetizing dishes. Served with sliced bananas and cream a most wholesome and delightful dessert Is the result. Rice With Parsley. Cook rice as usual until tender, then season well with butter and finely minced parsley.’ Serve with steak in place of potato. Spring Dish. Take young onions, carrots and peas, cook until tender, add while cooking a little chopped salt pork well browned. Just before serving add enough milk to serve as a sauce with the vegetables. Season well and serve hot. Parsnip Fritters. A very nice fritter, and one that may be given to the person who will not eat parsnips as usually served. Cook the parsnip until tender, mash and season well, then drop by teagpoonfuls into a fritter batter and fry in deep fat. Drain on paper and serve hot. Beef Rolls. Cut thin slices of round steak into oblong pieces, place a spoonful of sausage meat on each and tie up with a string. Dredge with salt, flour, and pepper and brown in a little hot fat. Place in a casserole with a cupful or more of broth. Simmer for two hours. When ready to serve, take off the strings and serve with the sauce poured around the rolls. Codfish and Macaroni. Break into inch bits a half cupful of macaroni, cook and cool. Add one cupful of flaked codfish, put in layers, Ip a buttered baking dish, sprinkle with salt, if needed, and pepper, a little chopped onion and milk to molsten. Bake until brown. Swedish Cabbage. 801 l until tender a dozen leaves of cabbage. Drain and fill with the following mixture: One pound of beef chopped fine, ope egg, two tablespoonfuls of cream, pepper, salt and parsley to season. Rub the dish with the cut side of a clove of garlic, mix well, then roll a leaf around a spoonful of the mixture, tying it and trimming the ends neatly. Place in a baking pan with a pint of stock or butter and water. Baste and bake for a half hour or until the meat is tender. Serve with the sauce poured round the rolls. The strings should be removed and the gravy thickened before serving.

Great Advance With More Unity Has Been Made in Grammar and Spelling

Tn the days" of Chaucer there were undoubtedly differences among writers which made their grammar and spelling seem singular to us; yet erode though they were, the art of literary composition was well advanced. That, however, says the Christian Herald, was not the greatest age; It came in the Elizabethan period; and while the literary peculiarities of Shakespeare’s style were strongly defined, it could not be said in any sense that they re* vealed lack of knowledge in either grammar or spelling, the standards of that day being suited to the culture of the time. And a great advance had been made over the days of Chaucer. In the days of Addison, Johnson, Swift, Congreve and Goldsmith, we find a great advance with more unity in both grammar and spelling. The authorised version of the Bible in the line of Hterqrv workmanship noted the greatest advance of all, and reached a point which has not been surpassed if, indeed, equaled. There was a certain latitude in spelling, it is true, to which we today look back with interested curiosity ; but even that was not the result of ignorance, but rather of custom, which allowed the latitude, and it was in no sense a literary disfigurement.

St. Ethelbert, King of Kent, Was First English Ruler to Be Given Christian Baptism

The first Christian king of England was St. Ethelbert. king of Kent. Ethelbert reigned over Kent from 560 to 616, and he also held imperial sway over the other Saxon monarchs as far north as the banks of the Humber. Like all his predecessors on English thrones he was a pagan. To Increase his power he married Bertha, daughter of the king of Paris. His queen was a Christian, and she brought with her to England a French bishop, who held services for the benefit of Bertha and her attendants in a small building near Canterbury. King Ethelbert was not very favorably impressed with his wife’s new-fangled religion and preferred that of his fathers until an Italian missionary, St. Augustine, arrived in England. The king and his stalwart pagan warriors gave a hearty greeting to the missionary, and Augustine soon convinced the Kentish king that Christianity was an improvement over the old faith. Ethelbert was duly baptized, and the lesser chiefs and common people soon followed his example. Go great was the eagerness of the people to embrace the religion of Christ that on one day 10,000 people were baptized.

Evaporation of Moisture Aids to Keep Body Cooler

Evaporation of moisture from the surface of our bodies is one of the things that keeps us from getting too hot in the summer time. Humid days seem to be much warmer because there is not so much evaporation of moisture from our bodies to keep us’ cool. In winter, too, moist air seems to be warmer than dry air. Even at 70 degrees the air in a room will seem cool if very dry, while at 68 it is comfortable if enough water vapor is present. A pan of water on the radiator or stove often will save a shovelful of coal and give more health and comfort.

SMILES FOR ALL

Precocity. “We heard your baby crying two blocks away.” “Wonderful child!” exclaimed the father with a gratified smile. “He makes known his state of mind. Even at his age he is an uncompromising advocate of pitiless publicity.”

Stylish. "Were you at their wedding?” “Yes.” <* n Was it a fashionable affair?” , “Very. Everybody seemed to be dressed as uncomfortably as the groom looked to be.” _ . I Probably Not “She wants to be an actress?” “And her parents object?” “Yes. I was just wondering if any' girl ever became'an with the consent of her parents.” i * ’* - The Reason.

"Why hasn’t Robinson accomplished more? He is a man of such broad views.” “Yes, but of su z ch narrow means.”

A Very Good Reason. i i A lady who was summering in ai quaint backwoods village* met a native, and in the course of a little talk asked him why all the village children went barefoot. . : •». I “Why,” he exclaimed ip surprtafcl “that’s the way they were born I” ■ |

~~ : Good Neighbors. “How do you like your new neighbors?" “Great. We’ve lived in this apartment seven months now and none of them hae bothered us yet.” ;