Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1919 — Page 2

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The Next Thing.

“I suppose it will collie to that next.* , . , "That we’ll have to buy a beefsteak on the Installment plan."

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His Build.

“How angular that financier Is.** “You know, don't you, that he was made by corners?”

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No Brains.

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CUPID BUSY IN WAR RISK OFFICE

Miss Dorothy Vernon went to Washington to do war work and acted as secretary to Maj. Orin C. Lloyd, chief of personnel in the war risk insurance bureau. A few days ago they were married and are now living in Chicago.

DIAMONDS GO UP ON EUROPE MART

Intwerp Clubs Reveal Efforts of Germans to Control . Gem Trade. MONEY DEPRECIATION HELPS Wen of Wealth, Nervous as to Financial Outlook, Buy Diamonds instead of Securities Because the Safest Investment Antwerp.—Antwerp Is In the throes >f a “diamond fever” such as has lever been known anywhere before. Not less than six "diamond lave In the last three nonths. i These are “clubs” only In-name, for hey have bottling of the usual com'ortable accommodation generally astoclated in our minds with such inititutlons. Their main feature is a arge room filled with rows of small rard tables. The room looks for all ■Jie world like a card playing estabi ishinent. • I It is the guests, however, who pre- ; .ent the strangest appearance. There ire smart young meh dressed in the ! atest styles, and important looking ■ nen bearing the unmistakable mark if thp stock exchange habitue anil pemliar old men with long' beards and lolled linen and ancient Prince Albert mlts all mingled together and driving bargains among themselves at figures hat would rejoice any banker even in America. Handling Diamonds. i Two by two they sit, opposite each, dher at the little green tables, careessly fingering handfuls of uncut-dia-nonds they were common poker •hips. , The conversations ate' pretty much I he same all over the room : “How much did you pay for this ot ?” • L__ ; : g . ...... I “Two hundred thousand crowns."— "All right; I’ll buy it with 8 per ent profit for you." “Done.” And thy money Is handed over at ince in cakh. Then the seller looks tround and having nothing better to 10. leans over the shoulder%f an ac- ' (ualntance at another ' table, driving mother bargain. And the gambler 'ever gets him again and he feels lorry he has sold. So he buys andher Jot and sometimes he buys back he very one he has sold. Thus ‘ the 'prices tire 'pushed - tip 'Ter his extraordinary “diamond ex•hange" of tlie world. One of the oldest firms has given he following figures concerning dla,uond- prices; \ - ~ Before the war the uncut stone cost ;23 a karat and $32 after cutting. I mmedlately after the declaration of vttr the price slumped to $23 and renatned that low as long as 1915, when he Germans, beginning to get nervius about the value of paper, money, j tarted buying all the diamonds they I ould find on the market. ! France. Switzerland. Italyand Eng- ! find followed suit, and the price went hp by leaps and bounds. On the eve T the armistice the karat was worth ITO and fell again to $34 within a ew weeks of the cessation of hostilties.

Since the beginning of the year the Ifamond market has boomed, owing o the general depreciation of Euro>ean money, the difficulty of exchange tnd the embargo on export of currenles from one to another European •ountry. Demand Is Heavy. Today a karat of uncut stone finds tn easy market at $l5O. Merchants •eed no longer seek customers. Credt is no longer given." As soon as a lew consignment from Lonlon the dlfctnond clubs are filled to krerflowing and the bidding starts

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vHth unheard of zest. Many accounts are settled In America, and even there merchants prefer to be paid in -kind nrthvrthan In money. 1 1 seems certain that the price of dlamiuvls will continue to rise until the economic condition of the world is better balanced than at present. In every country there is an astonishing number of rich men who are still very nervous as to the financial outlook, especially In relation to possible labor troubles. These men do not buy securities and do not keep large bank balances. They buy diamonds because they know they are tlie safest investment and the easiest to transport. The fact that Gormans have been the heavrest purchasers of cut and uncut stones since 1915 Is beginning to worry the allies who find in it the explanation of the apparent optimism shown in Germany as to the economic ■future of the country. It is said that the greatest supply of diamonds in the world is now safely stored by Germans who, when they choose, are In a position to command the market.

FAT POLICEMAN IS DISAPPEARING

New York Officers Who Fail to Keep Fit Labeled Incompetent. MUSJ BE TRAINED ATHLETES Gotham School for Policemen Uses Same System of Training as Is Employed at West 'Po i nt— Schooling Is Thorough. New York.—The day of the flat--footed. obese copper is waning. The New York department dflicials label all men who 'do not keep themselves in proper physical and mental condition as incompetent, and as a result the last decade has witnessed a change in the Eastern city’s policejnen who, instead of being impediments to themselves and the force, are athletes, abld to run when they have Jo catch a criminal. In the Inspection of the New York police system, the aldermen of the Chicago city council police committee, who have been cherishing a dream of. “establishing a police college in Chicago, learned several vital particulars in which the training of policemen for the Chicago department Can be improved. The details of the operation of the school v?ere gleaned from; Inspector James’OTirien, who, despite his youthful appearance, has been a member of the department for 27 years. In demonstrating the agility his own system of physical training, has given him, the inspector stood stiff-kneed and put his clenched fists against the floor. No Value Unless Physically Fit. “No policeman is of value to the department unless he is physically fit,” said the inspector. ‘The system of training in school is the same as that employed in West Point, including boxing, wrestlings jiu jitsu, wall climbing, the proper method of walking. the manual of arms. and target practice. “No candidate can take the course until he has first passed mental and physical examination. He is then placed on probation for six months, three months of which Is spent in school. Aside from bodily training the men are given Intensive courses in first aid to the injured and instruction in the laws, ordinances and regulations

Girl Lassoes Hog to Save Father Injury

Paris, Ky.—When John Howard, a tenant on the farm of Frederick Wallis, attempted to pick up one of a litter of pigs in the barnyard he was savageattacked by the mother of the pigs and received a number of serious injuries. His daughter came to his rescue and lassoed the enraged animal-and with the assistance of a hbora on the "farm carrfed her father to a place of safety.

HOLD RECORD FOR PROPOSALS

Hamel Sisters, Knights of Columbus Workers, Received 234 Offers ofMarriage in Europe. New York. —ThetHarncl sisters, Simmone and Clarette, K. of C. workers just back from Europe, hold the records for proposals. In traveling through Europe for more than a year Slmmone received 114 proposals of marriage and Clarette 120. “The Irish are the best proposers and the English next,” Slmmone. “We received offers also from, Roumanians, Frenchmen, Americans and one Dutchman. Most of our proposals came from army officers, but there were a few civilians mixed in.” The Misses Hamel are to be In New York only a short time. Then ,they are going home to Hamilton, Ont.

GERMANY TO HAVE AIR POLICE

Flying Squad to Be Held in Readiness for Quick Service in Berlin When Required. Berlln.—The contemplated reorganization of the police department of Cheater .Berlin _provid.es for a - “flying squad” which is to have at its disposal swift airplanes and skilled pilots. The department already has equipped a parking place near the dhtskirts of the city where crews and. machines will be held in readiness for quick service'when required. The system of aerial police is to be extended throughout Germany. In this connection a landing place near the Swiss frontier has been secured.

Didn’t Like Untidy Ankles.

Luton, England.—Neat ankles and short skirts may be fashionable, but — "When scrubwoman at The local workhoust pinned up their skirts and dis.played pairs of rickety old boots as they got into action with the scrubbing brushes, the workhouse’s guardians called'sm executive meeting and appropriated S2OO to buy them overalls.

of both city and state. Experts in the department are assigned to give lectures on their subjects, including detection of crime, the operations of criminals, anarchists and bolsheviki. Given Incentive. of time in the school 18 none too long to learn all that a policeman should knoyy whe& he undertaken the" task of becoming the public’s protector. Prior to graduation the records .each man Jias made in all studies are Carefully gone over, and the highest man is awarded a regulation revolver. This is an incentive for them to do their best in school. “After the preliminary schooling the ordinances of the city provide that the commanding officers of each precinct continue the instruction of officers, and every day a few minutes is devoted to calisthenics umjpr the leadership of a sergeant. "The transformation from fat officers to athletes in the New York department has been going on fQr ten .vears. Every possible encouragement is given the policeman to keep in firstclass condition.”

NEW WIRELESS 12,500 MILES

Bordeaux Station to Reach French Colonies All Over the World. Paris.—The new wireless station to hp erected at Croix d’Hins near Bordeaux will have a sending radius of 12,500 miles, according to the Excelsior. It will bejone of the most powerful wireless stations in the world, the paper adds, with five times the strength of the Eiffel Tower, three times that of Lyons and twice that of Naum. The station wijl have a capacity of 72.000 words daily and will reach all the French colonies throughout the world.

Young Joyrider.

Sharon, Ptr.—“Billy” Burns, three years of age, can lay claim to being one of the country’s youngest Joyriders. A machine drove up in front of the Burns home recently and little Billy got aboard the running board and clung on to the extra tire. When the driver started away he failed to notice the child and carried him five miles. Meanwhile the Burns family had the police hunting for a supposed kidnaper

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Just So.

“Don’t you think a hen trust_lS a good thing to lay for?” “Eggs-actly.” .

BACK LIKE A BOARD? IT’S YOUR KIDNEYS There’s no use suffering from the awful agony of lame back. Don’t wait till it “passes off.” It only comes back. Find the cause and stop it. Diseased conditions of kidneys are usually indicated by stiff lame backs and other wrenching pains, which are nature’s signals for nelp! Here’s the remedy. When you feel the first twinges of pain or experience any of these symptoms, get busy at once. Go to your druggist and get a box of the pure, original GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, imported fresh every month from the laboratories in Haarlem, Holland. Pleasant and easy to take, they instantly attack the poisonous germs clogging your system and bring quick relief. For over two hundred years they have been helping the sick. Why not try them ? Sola everywhere by .reliable druggists in sealed packages. Three sizes. Money back it they do not help you. Ask for “GOLD MEDAL” and be sure the name “GOLD MEDAL” is on the box.-Adv.

Jasper's Clay Man.

Little Jasper Senter learned from the minister’s sermon one Sunday that man was made of clay; so, after returning from church, he resolved to make him a man after his own fashion. The work proceeded in the clay bank back of the garden until his mother called Jasper to luncheon. He had completed all of the man save one leg. That afternoon Jasper and his mother, while walking along the street, met a man with one leg. walking with crutches. Jasper accosted him and grabbed his coat. “See here !” he said. “I thought I told you to stay there in the yard till I put that other leg on yotf.”—Judge.

His Experience.

“Goodness gracious, Ysobelle! What sort of a butler is tills new one you have? He admitted me with- the most condescending unction, strutted half-way across the reception room with all the dignified pomposity of a strolling behemoth, and then suddenly sogged down in a chair, produced and lighted his pipe, flung his feet up on another chair and began scratching himself.” “Oh, you’ll have to bear with Bllggtas. -AU the experience he has had as a butler was In the movies, where he buttled for the width of the scene, and then was at ease until he got his cue again. But doesn’t he do it beautifully while he lasts?” —Kansas City Star. Fortunate is the girl who loses her temper and never finds it again.

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Vague Comment.

“They say the making—of illicit whisky will now be a great industry:” “Oh, that’s all moonshine.”

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Joyful Occasion.

“My darling,” said a fond mother, who believed in appealing to children’s lender feelings instead of punishing them, “If you are so naughty you will grieve mamma so that she will get ill and have to lie in bed in a dark room, and take nasty medicine, and then she may die and have to be taken away out to the cemetery and be buried, and you—” The child had becpme more solemn, but an angelic smile ’’overspread ,his face at his mother’s last words anu, throwing his arms about her neck, he - exclaimed : “Oh, mamma, and may I sit beside the coachman?” —London Tit-Bits.

Solving the Problem.

A new boy moved into the neighborhood, and Gordon’s mother heard bad reports about him. “Now, Gordon,” she warned, “I don’t want you to go over into the next yard and play with that little boy. I hear he’s very naughty.” A time later she heard Gordon calling over the wall: “Hey, there, kid! My mother says I ain’t to go in your yard ’cause you’re naughty, but you kin come over into our yard. I ain’t naughty.",,: —

Exonerated.

"Whatever did you see in me to induce you to marry me?” she <flked. “Nothing,” he replied. “What?” she cried indignantly. “Oh, it wasn’t your fault, my dear, I evidently had visions and I ought to have consulted an oculist at the time.* —Boston Transcript.