Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1919 — Page 3

Capital of League of Nations

ALL roads henceforth lead to Geneva. The Rome of Ihe Caesars and of the Popes, which held pre-eminence in this respect for many ages, fields' to veneta, yt’hltfh, since John Calvin’s time, has been called “the Protestant Rome,” writes lining R. Bacon in the Detroit Free Press. Geneva is to be the capital of the league of nations, which is but another way of saying the capital of the world. Thus the peace conference at Paris has decided. In the middle of the nineteenth century, when, under the qiiasi-dictator-ship of James Fazy, the radicals of, the Swiss canton Geneva spent money with almost reckless extravagance to develop and modernize the eify, de la Rive, a conservative, exclaimed: “They want to make Geneva the smallest of the great cities; oh, that they would only allow her to remain the greatest of the small cities!” And now, seventy years after he expressed this wish, it is about to be realized; for from now on it is there that the parliament of nations will hold Its sessions and the roads from all ends of earth will focus there. The census of 1911 gave Geneva in the neighborhood of 150,000 inhabitants, divided almost evenly between Protestants and Catholics. In point of languages the French preponderated nearly seven to one as compared with German. On Beautiful .Lake Leman. The city is the southwestemmost point of Switzerland. It Is on the picturesque Lake Leman (called also Lake Geneva), and is divided Into halves, ( the old and the new towns, by the River Rhone. The number seven figures geographically in Geneva as It does in Rome. The latter city has seven hills; Geneva, seven bridges. Geneva, however, is of but recent date compared with Rome. It was little more than a village of the Allobroges, a Gallic tribe, when Rome was mistress of the Julius Caesar took his stand there when he heard that the Helvetians (the Swiss of today) had decided to emigrate from their own country, which they had come to consider as too cramping for their national growth. “They shall not pass,” was Caesar’s watchword. And two-thirds of the Helvetian people perished In d futile attempt to force their passage through the Roman’provinces. It was the beginning of the Gallic war, which lasted nine years' and became the fulcrum by which Caesar raised himself to the position of dictator of virtually the whole civilized world. Birthplace of Rousseau. Few cities have produced so many Illustrious sons or been the arena for the activity’ of so many great men as Geneva. Jean Jacques Rousseau was born there. And it Is no small coincidence that the city of his birth should have been chosen as the capital of a league of nations of a democratized world. For to no other one man does democracy owe a greater debt than to Rousseau. His pen was the flail which first set thrones a-tottering. Kingcraft began to decay beneath the corroding assaults of reason which he leveled at the “divine rights” upon which royal prerogatives were based. Lord Byron’S noble tribute to both Geneva and Rousseau constitutes almost thti entire theme of the third canto of his magnificent “Childe Harold.” The same great poet has also, celebrated the misfortunes of anothe? Genevan In the well-known poem of “The Prisoner of Chilion.” x Chlllon is a castle on top of a crag which rises perpendicularly nearly 1,000 feet above Lake Laman. Here, early in the fifteenth century, Francois de Bonnivard, prior of St Victor, was Imprisoned. Where Calvin Ruled. In 1532 William Favell, a Protestant preacher from Dauphine, who had just won Vaud, a Swiss canton, to Protestantism, made his appearance at Geneva. His success was so considerable that be established his home there and, in the following year, Geneva entered into closer religious relations with the Swiss City of Berne, which had embraced Protestantism. Fribourg, .which remained ioyjfl to Its old faith, Withdrew from the alliance with

Geneva and the New Bridge.

Geneva. On August 10, 1535, Geneva formally adopted Protestanism. A year later, John Calvin, a refugee from France, stopped at Geneva, intending to remain there only one night. FnveT in(iucedhim to protract his visit; In 1538 the opposition succeeded in having Favel and Calvin expelled; but, although Favel never returned, Calvin went back in 1541, and gained such an ascendancy that he was soon enabled to set up a theocratic form of government, with himself sat the head. He was, at that time, in his thirty-second year. The site of Calvin’s house, at Geneva, Is at No. 13 Grand Rue. That of Rousseau, which still stands, is at No. 40, the same street. After the French revolution the city was the capital of a French department, but in 1814 it became the twentysecond canton of the Swiss confederation. Since that time the history of Geneva, as regards its foreign policy, has been Identical with that of the confederation.

PROTECT THE MIAMI VALLEY

Work of Protecting Immense Reservoirs One of the Greatest Projects of the Kind. Were It not for the fact that the United States has been, engaged in the greatest of world wars, the building of the reservoirs as part of a flood-prevention plan in the Miami valley would arrest the attention of the nation, says Howard Egbert in Popular Mechanics Magazine. Further than that, international construction experts would be watching the work with considerable Interest, because the project is by far the greatest of its kind ever attempted in this country. The plan, of course, is to Insure permanent protection to the more than 700,000 Inhabitants living in the Miami conservancy district, a regipn following closely the Miami river, an important but not navigable waterway which threads its way through southern Ohio counties. The cost is estimated at $20,000,000. More than 2,000 men are required to complete the construction work, and three years as a minimum is the length of time estimated as necessary to carry out th' designs of the district. Five huge retention basins, or dry reservoirs, are being constructed, all of them now well under way. To construct any one of these dams means the digging, transporting, depositing and compacting of from 850,000 to 4,000,000 cubic yards of earth. For the Miami river channel the estimate is 4,000,000 cubic yards. Dams and river together will mean the excavation and transportation in’ all of some 13,000,000 cubic yards of earth. The flood-conservancy project consists of the dry-reservoir systenj( which, once constructed, will occupy five different tracts of land in the district. At unusual periods of high water it is designed to permit all overflow water to run Into these basins. They will be so stoutly constructed that they cannot break under pressure of millions of gallons of water. The river channel thus relieved of the additional burden of high water, will not be threatened, and the customary danger of banks breaking or is entirely eliminated.

To stain your floor a dark walnut have the floor perfectly clean, then take a pound of burnt umber ground in oil; paint stores sell this preparation.' Next take boiled linseed oil and mix enough of the umber with it to color the oil, but not thicken it. Try, on a small piece of board and add umber until you have the required shade. Rub this Into the floor until the stain ceases to come off and the wood is of a rich walnut brown. Some of the color may dry out, in which case another coat should be applied.

“Cholly tried to kiss me, upset the canoe, fell out, ruined his new suit and was nearly drowned. He’s in the hospital now. “Well?” “What should I do?* “I think, you ought to go round and give him hat kiss.”—Louisville Cour ler-Journal.

Best Way to Stain Floor.

Least She Could Do.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it. Woipens’ complaints often prov.e to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the ■esult of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. Pain in the back, headache, joss of ambition, nervousness, are often times symptoms of kidney trouble. Don’t delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physician’s prescription, obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Get a medium or large size bottle immediately from any drug store. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten, cents to DA" Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.—Adv.

The Usual Thing.

“There does not; seem to be much fraternal spirit among your citizens,” said the spectacled guest. “They appear to be almost at swords’ points with each other—backbiting, gossiping, denouncing, and —” “Yep I” returned the landlord of the tavern at Wayoverbehind. “But that’s all on the surface. Just wait till some stranger comes to town and gets into trouble, and you’ll behold a united community jump onto him with both feet and in one voice." —Kansas City Star.

The Way Around.

Mrs. Wakeup—Where did Mrs. de Style get her new hat? Mrs. Blase—That’s a problem. She bought it with the money which her husband borrowed from her uncle, who had won it in a poker- game from her brother, to whom she had loaned it shortly after her mother had taken it from her father’s pockets and giyen it to her for a birthday present. —New York Globe.

Eventually.

“I eay, Fritz, I’ve found a diamond stickpin.” “Where is it?” “For the time being ever there in the scarf of the old gent with the monocle.’'—Ulk, Berlin.

Old Friendship Sweet.

The years have taught some sweet, some bitter lessons—none wiser than this: To spread in all things else, but of old friends to be most miserly.— Lowell.

Everything Spread Out.

Mistress I—ls 1 —Is the table all set? Maid —Yessum, I think so. I don’t see anything that isn’t here.

Superfluous.

Victim —“But have you drilled any wells yet?” Promoter—“We don’t n.eed ’em; on our claim it rains oil.”

' Care and Responsibility, r I K responsibility attached to the preparing of a remedy for infants and children is undoubtedly greater than that imposed upon the manufacturer of remedies for adults whose system is sufficiently strong to counteract, for a time at least, any injurious drug. It is well to observe that Castoria is prepared today, as it has been for the past 40 years, under the personal supervision of Mr. Chas. H. Fletcher. What have makers of imitations and substitutes at stake? What are their responsibilities? To whom are they answerable? They spring up today, scatter their nefaripus wares broadcast, and disappear tomorrow. Could each mother see the painstaking care with which the prescription for Fletcher’s Castoria is prepared: could they read the innumerable testimonials from grateful mothers, they would never listen to the subtle pleadings and false arguments of those who would offer an imitation of, or substitute for, the tried and true Fletcher’s Castoria. „ nu-Children Cry For r«i - ■MM ALCOHOL' 3 PER GKN?- I fiE Nk. Word About Truth. SOnffiE® “Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.” J So says the Old t Testament, yet it is equally true to-day. Truth shows no favors, fears no enemies. . F / om of Fletcher’s Castoria, Truth has been the Narcotic watchword, and to the conscientious adherence to this motto in the IBM preparation of Fletcher’s Castoria as weU as in its advertising is due gM ' 1 the secret of its popular demand. All imitations, all substitutes, all just-as-good preparations lack EIWM the element of Truth, lack the r ghteousness of being, lack all sem- ' blance even in the words of those who would deceive. r And you! Mothers, mothers with the fate of the World in your hands, can you be deceived? Certainly not. fS’.■ I! • Fletcher’s Castoria is prepared for Infants and Children. It is l|W|O| ~ Enn and Diarrtt*! distinctly a remedy for the little-ones. The BABY’S need for a medmEW j j OnS !t isbnes* 1 icine to tajce the place of Castor Oil, Paregoric and Soothing Syrups xZg of Si-ee 1 * was the sole thought that led to its discovery. Never try to correct : BABY’S troubles with a medicine that you would use for yourself. , mothers should read the booklet that is around every bottleof fletcher'S castoria K genuine CASTORIA always Bears the Signature of Exact Copy of Wrapper. y M j e «NTAu. company, Niwvo.it crrr. '

NOT HIS UNLUCKY NUMBER

Although Unpopular, "Thirteen” Has Been Decidedly Mixed With This Englishman’s Life. ' Superstitious readers will be interested in the following extraordinary st<>ry, of which the hero 1? Mr. F. G. Cordwell, the well-known and popular Fleet street journalist. Mr. Cordwell has been literally dogged by the number thirteen. It w*as on the 13th day of the month that he went to France, that he went into action, got his first leave and returned to take up his commission. It was in the thirteenth* tent, in line 13. camp 13 that he had his- first lodgment in France. The tent contained 13 mqn. He had 13 days in hospital. He was given No. 13 pills. And, returning to civil work on January 13, he found that his old room had been renumbered 113. Now count up the coincidences. You will find 13 of them! —Answers, London.

No Trust.

"Rufus, aren’t you feeling well?” ■ “No, sah. I’s not feelin’ very well, sah.” “Have you consulted your doctor, Rufus?” “No, sah; I ain’t done dat, sah.” “Why? Aren’t you willing to trust your doctor, Rufus?”’ . “Oh, •yes, sah; but de trouble is. tie’s not so alt’gether willin' to trus’ me, sah.” —Yonkers Statesman.

Couldn’t Read German Sign.

“No, I don’t want any insurance? Didn't you see ‘No Admittance’ on the door?” ' Agent—Sure I did! The Germans had “No Admittance” written in barbed wire and bullets outside their trenches, but we got in, just the same. —Life.

That Language of Ours.

“Ah, your idioms, I cannot grasp them." “What’s the trouble, count?” “The politician is happy because he was whitewashed.” “Yes?” “Yet the baseball pitcher who was whitewashed today, he is sad.” —Kansas City Journal.

Subject to Change.

“Mrs. Smith-Jones is a decided blonde, isn’t she?” “Yes, but she only decided last week.” —Stray Stories.

Mark Twain says that cauliflower is’bnly a cabbage with a college education. It sometimes.comes to pass that a newly married man is almost as fond of his wife as he is of himself.

IBaWkla JJermeticallv | sealed in its wax* K wrapped package. air* flfl tight, impurity proof— ■ WRIGLEYS I is hygienic and whole■somd. The goody that’s good for young . and old. a The Flavor Lasts . /cfty Look for the name

A man imagines he meets a lot of inferiors daily—but* he doesn’t. It takes a strenuous man to win a victory *over himself.

The man who thinks he knows it all is an easy mark for a designing woman. W. N. U., CHICAGO, NO. 26-1919.

One on the Judge.

A certain judge could not control bls temper, and consequently could not control other people. One day there was unusual disorder in court, and at last the judge could endure it no longer. “It is impossible to allow this persistent contempt of court to go on,” he exclaimed, “and I shall be forced to go to the extreme length of taking the one step that will stop it.” There was a long silence, then one of the leading counsel rose, and with just a trace of a smile, inquired: “If it please your honor, from what date will your resignation take effect?”

Crawfish Decide to Migrate.

Passengerp arriving in New Orleans on a recent Sunday evening by the Louisville & Nashville railroad said the tracks were swarming with crawfish practically the whole distance between Micheud and Chef Menteur. Hundreds were walking along gathering the seafood. Baskets, heavy with squirming, wriggling, pinching crawfish were brought in by scores of persons. Expert fishermen said the fish were crawling back to calm waters, to escape the squalls outside.

Comparing Notes.

“Truly, am I the first girl you ever kissed?” “You are, darling; and it makes me happy to hear you say I am the first man who ever kissed you.” "If I am the first, how does it happen you do it so expertly?” “And if I am the first, how do you know whether I do it expertly or not?” —Exchange.

Hard Task.

Tom—Halloa, Dick, old boy! Writing home for money? Dick—v No. Tom —What are you taking so much trouble for? You've been fussing about two blessed hours over that one letter. Dick —I’m trying to write home without "asking for money.

Explained.

“How did she raise the money to go abroad to study music?” “The neighbors raised a subscription, I believe.”

Smart.

“I planned the house out of my own head.” “Oh, I didn’t know it was a wooden house.”

When speaking of her age a woman doesn't tell you one thing today and another thing ten years lateitf „ It is never safe to judge a woman's courage by the way she manages to avoid an interview with a mouse. It’s easier to acquire 9 poor wife than a good servant girl. Bnifibow chasers get at least a run for their money. .