Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1919 — Page 2

Electric Spanker for Unruly Children

Children, beware! Science has contributed the electric 6panker, doing away with the cat o' nine tails. Operated by ordinary electric current, such as is found in most homes today, the machine works silently and effectively.

Says Moon Has No Effect

Illinois Weather Prognoiticatof Ridicule* Old Theories

H. M. Willis, official weather prognosticator at Springfield, 111., throws a the pet theory that the noon has a great deal to do with the vegetable, animal and human life growth. It is all bunk, he says. Hark-’ en to him: "We have calls every day seeking the phase of the moon from people who are rnprompluting planting something or who believe it has some effect on human life. The moon has no on human life on the earth’s surface. The only effect It has on conditions on the earth’s surface is that it draws the tides. Under proper conditions of the sky, the only ivay the moon can affect human life is to furnish moonlight for young couples.”

Post Offices Liken Unto Miniature Barnyards as Farmers Ship by Mail

Cat calls and barks of penned-up canines will mingle with the crowing of fowls in the country post offices in the near future. Live things of noisy age may now be sent by rural parcels post as a result of the new ruling of of the postmaster general, extending the service which heretofore has rejected live things except germs in sealed bottles, and one-day-old chicks. The new service is “confined exclusively to raral motor vehicle routes and country motor express routes and then on]v when drUvrrr can he effected on the route where mailed or on a connecting rural motor vehicle truck route, or country motor express route.” Interpretation of this ruling does not permit the receiving of fowls and live animals for shipment between cities where delivery by train and numerous handlings would be necessitated. Delivery must be made within 4S hours. Fowls and animals must be carefully and securely crated.

How Men Should Dress at the Morning Wedding

The essential dress for the bride* #ro6m at'’tlie’hl drtfftigweddirn: of a black or dark blue frock coat, a waistcoat that matches the. frock coat or a white pique one, -irray trousers, white lines, a white silk or satin tie. .pearl tie pin, pray suede gloves. patent leather shoes and a top hat. The best man generally follows the groom's example. Ushers usually Agree among themselves to dress as nearly alike as possible. ’ They should be fully gloved •while serving in the aisles. Tuxedo coats should never be worn in the morning. Plain dark business suits may be worn by any male guests not of the wedding party who wish to be informal. -

30,582 Belgian Soldiers Killed.

Of the 14.000 officers and 365,000 men mobilised by Belgium during the world war, 982 officers and 29,600 men were killed, according to a telegram printed in the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, quoting from an alleged official report given ont in Brussels. r

First Roller Coaster.

The first roller coaster was built at' Island In 1884, only 450 feet long »nri with the longest drop but 10 feet

Daily Thought

He bath no power that hath not power to use.—Bailey.

THE OLD MELODEON

There, like some ancient visitant Of bygone days it stands; Its yellow keys a welcoming Extending to the hands. No fingers wander o’er the keys, No feet its pedals press; *ReTt of the sou L-of music there It waits some hand’s caress. It leans against the chamber wall Lake some old broken form, Too weak to stand alone without Assistance in the storm. Its bellows gaping wide i§ hung With cobwebs to the floor; The dust upon its yellow keys Is strewing thickly o’er. As in the stillness of the night The ancient thing it grieves, And plaints in echo to the soft, —L>ow whispering of the leaves, Then from the lonely chamber floaty —Sweet tones of ’Ueuiah Land;" T A spirit song from spirit throat Chorused by spirit band. But when the light of morning falls —hr glory everywhere The dust upon the yellow keys Is strewing thickly there. From Beulah land the player cam® To spell away the gloom; And, passing, left behind the same Sweet lavender perfume. —Horace,S. Keller in New York Sun.

Weeds and Flowers Serve as Nature’s Barometers

Chickweed is an excellent thing by which to get a forecast of the weather. When the flower expands fully we are not to expect rain for several hours. Should,* it continue in thaU state no rain will disturb the summer’s day. When it half conceals its miniature flower the day is general’y showery; hut if it entirely shuts up, or veils” the white flower with its green mantle, it is a sign of a very wet day. The different species of trefoil always contract their loaves at the approach nf a st nrm £k> certainly does this, take place that these plants hnvp nogufrod the rmnuA of the nurseryman’s barometer. The tulip and several of the compound yeliow, flowers all close before rain. There is also a species of wood sorrel which doubles its leaves before a storm. The banksia. or mountain ebony, capia, and other sensitive plants observe the same habits.

TO THE POINT

The most difficult things to understand are frequently the explanations which some men Prices may be high, but we don’t see the cost of living scaring any young folks who have made up their minds to get married. The rich man in the box may be a little more comfortable, but he doesn’t get any more fun out of the show than the gallery gods. Keeping out of debt beats getting out.

Fertilizing Explosives Bring Excellent Results

Two experimenters have endeavored to apply the lesson they learned during the war. They were struck by the fact that vegetation grew in profusion in shell holes, and when they returned home gave much thought to the subject. As a result they have designed a fertilizing cartridge which blasts a cavity about a yard deep. -After the soil has absorbed the gases produced by the explosion, a tree is planted in the hole. Working with cherry trees, the experimenters have recorded a gain of 100 per cent.

Flax in Australia.

Flax raising in Australia has passed the experimental stage and the industry Is becoming firmly established.

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Modem Forestry Turns Against Word “Woodlot” in Professional Lingo

Forestry is a new science, comparatively speaking, and so it is not surprising that its leading exponents ha ve just reached the point of perfecting the language in, which Its work is expressed Every profession has its peculiar vocabulary; in some cases the “lingo" is the most impressive feature of the profession. One of the first steps taken tn elevating and dignifying the language of forestry is the banishment of the good old word “woodlot,” says the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. It was more in use in New England than anywhere else and possessed a dlgtinetjrn.ffgßlPg. There that was well understood by the natives. One?forestry expert says that “woodlot” does not mean anything in sections Of the country where a tract of forest may embrace thousands of acres. “We have nothing in the West,” says Professor Cheney of the University..f Minnesota, “that corresponds to this eastern expression." It is quite possible, however, that the real secret of the offensiveness of the word to professional ears is better explained by State Forester Holmes of North Carolina, who boldly declares that “to me ‘woodlot forestry’ sounds perfectly ridiculous.” So it has been decreed that “woodlot” cannot be tolerated ip learned society. Removing it from the common speech of New England is another matter.

Mother’s Cook Book

It Is not the revolution that destroys machinery* but the friction.—H. W. Beecher. Some Main Dishes. With the main dish sufficiently filling and satisfying the dessert may he light and the meal will be well balanced. Baked Fish With Parsley Butter. Split open and bone a white fish, spread with soft butter and dredge with flour, salt and pepper. Bake in a hot oven from twenty to thirty minutes, according to the weight and thickness of the fish and serve promptly with lemon as a garnish.

Parsley Butter. CreanL four tablespoonsfuls of butter, add the juice of a small lemon very slowly, mixing well a teaspoonful of minced parsley salt and cayenne to taste. Heap in the shell of half a lemon and serve with the fish.. Supreme of Chicken. Run through a meat chopper the breast of a large chicken, beat into it, one at a time, three eggs; season well with salt and paprika, a speck of nutmeg and one and one-third cupfuls of thick cream. Place in buttered molds and steam for thirty minutes or until firip. Serve with a white sauce made with chicken stock and cream, adding two beaten egg yolks. Mock Duck. * Aninexpensive dish' (or less expensive) hf lamb can be made by buying the shoulder instead of the leg. Have the bone removed and make a mock duck of the meat. Cook in a moderate oven, basting occasionally. Serve garnished with parsley. Scalloped Meat. T.nnih, Tn Ilttf>n or chicken make nice, scalloped dishes. Chop fine, removing •all. gristle and bone; season to taste. Have ready as much bread crumbs as meat. Put into a buttered baking dish a layer of meat, then a layer of crumbs, bits of finely minced onion I and a few spoonfuls of gravy or stock ;to moisten. When the dish is full, sprinkle with milk and bake half an ; hour in a moderate oven. Serve with | a plain lettuce%alad with boiled or French dressing.

Bolshevism Is Not New Excepting in the Name

There is nothing new in bolshevism excepting the name, writes Gustavus Myers, in the Review. * The essentials of it, he says, were spread broadcast in the United Stated 90 years ago. Industrial communism, free and easy marriage and divorce, children the property of the state, abolition of religious instruction, etc., were all proposed here during the -years 1826-34. The bolshevism of that time, like that of today, became an acute public question with astonishing suddenness, but the approaches were gradual and could be traced to the French revolution and the anti-religious campaign headed by Thomas Paine. Then caj®e Robert Dale Owen, with his gospel of perfect social and Industrial equity.

Silk Discovered in China Year 1700 B. C.

In the garden of Hoang-Ti, emperor of China in 1700 B. C., Si-Ling-Chi. the empress, gathered the cocoons of the silkworm and discovered a way to reel the silk. From this she learned to weave marvelous, shimmering fabrics of silk; For many years the secret of the source of silk was guarded with thA death penalty by-the emperors of China. However, this mysterious cloth was exported to many countries. And even to this day Si-Ling-Chi is worshiped in China as the “Goddess of the Silkworms.”

Fire the Great Destroyer

Fire not only destroys about $300,000,000 worth of property annually in the United States, but 15,000 people are burned to death and 50,000 are injured by fire each year. Most of the victims are women and children. . It is an established fact that most fires are preventable and due to the careless habits of the American people. Europe, by being careful, has an annual per capita fire loss of less than 30 cents. Ours was $2.63 last year. More than half our fires are in homes. The majority of these occur because of defective furnaces and flues, faulty electric wiring, careless smokers, open lights, thoughtless use of electric appliances, rubbish, careless use of matches, gasoline and kerosene, and other easily avoidable causes. Therefore the following suggestions are made: Make sure your heating plant and appurtenances are in safe condition before starting fire for winter. Paper flue-stops court disaster. Place ashes in metal cans, never in wooden receptacles. Examine electric wiring for worn insulation and defects in installation. t Protect open lights with globes. :%? Clean up rubbish, especially in basements, attics and back yards, and keep clean. Use gasoline, if you must use it, only "with greatest care and never near a fire. The vapor from one gallon of gasoline has an explosive force equal to 83 pounds of dynamite. Never fill kerosene lamps while lighted. Never use kerosene to start fires. Keep matches in metal boxes and away from children. Never discard a match until the last spark is out. Place used matches in metal receptacles. Never throw them on the floor or in waste baskets. Oil mops and oily rags ignite from spontaneous combustion. Keep them in closed metal receptacles. Never leave an electric iron, or other electric heating device, even for a minute, without disconnecting at the socket. Careless smokers cause thousands of fires, costing many lives. Cigaret butts and cigar stubs should be extinguished before being discarded and care should be used in depositing pipe ashes. Observance of these and other simple precautions will do much to reduce our fire waste. It is the duly of every person to assume a sense of personal prevent fires and to be careful at all times and in all places under conditions likely to cause fires.

HINTS FOR THE POULTRY GROWER

Those who have green crops such as wheat, oats, rye and barley for their fowls are fortunate. There will be times during the winter when these crops will do the fowls much good. But where for any reason no green crops are available oats may be sprouted to provide green feed for the fowls. A good way to do this is to_ get a few boxes that may be easily handled. Fill the boxes with garden loam soil and put in the barn, cellar or outhouse where there is ventilation. Moisten the soil and sow oats in, these boxes. The seed may be planted very thick, as it will be best to set the box out and let the chickens have access to them as soon as the plants are an Inch or more above the ground. Anpther sowing may then be made in the box. In this way the fowls may have green food to give them a good appetite and keep them in fine health and vigor. It is a very difficult matter to keep hens in good laying condition during the winter without green fuodTThe best way' is to sow green crops. If this has not been done, then oats may be sprouted as has been suggested.

WORDS OF WISE MEN

It’s the easy job that is hard to get. Today’s decisions may determine your destiny. It is easy to find remedies for other people’s troubles. A broken friendship may be soldered but will never be sound. Platonic friendship is like carrying matches in an explosive works. Our ideals are not worth much if we surrender them at the first attack. The ignorance that is bliss generally leads to the knowledge that, is expensive.

Ingredients Required for Home-Made Apple Butter

Apple batter Is generally made with cider, bat this can be left oat if desired. Four quarts of sterilized sweet cider should be boiled down to two quarts. To this add four quarts of apples peeled and cut into small pieces. If the texture of the apples is coarse they should be boiled and put through a strainer before being added to the. cider. Boil l this mixture until the cider does not separate from the pulp. When two-thirds done add one pound of sugar. One-half teaspoonful of cinnamon, allspice and cloves may be added. Pour into sterilized Jars and steam for five minutes.

First Elephant Shown.

The first elephant ever exhibited in America was shown at Philadelphia in 1796. Grown people were charged a dollar a loqfc and children a Quarter.

Wasps Are Wise and Vain; Know Ail About Aviation; Keen on Air Resistance

. Who would be a wasp ? The bees get all the credit! But our affection, for heesTs largely cupboard love, due to the honey they provide us with, and the wasp has virtues which few people trouble to recognize. Wasps are wise, declares a writer in London Answers. It is doubtful whether any action in a beehive is more sagacious than the action of a wasp when he has killed a-hluebottlf, and is faced with the problem dfearlying him home. He carefully cuts off the-legs and wings, leaving the body of its victim quite compact. Why does he do this? To save weight when flying home with the booty? Not at all. The wasp knows all about aviation, and he gets rid of the legs and wings of the bluebottle to reduce air resistance! Wasps are strong as well as wise. They can carry a weight equaling 40 bluebottles. They are also more friendly than one imagines; rarely stinging without good cause. But they are vain, for yellow and black are their fhvorite colors. And, when all is said and done, they are a nuisance!

Students of Right of Birds Give Gull of "Master of the Air”

A student of the flight of birds is inclined to give the title of ’’master of the air” to the gull, which often follows a ship at sea and lives on the scraps thrown from the galley. No other bird, he says, performs such seemingly impossible feats of flight or looks so completely at home in the air. Sometimes, by the perfect adjustment of their bodies, the gulls will poise on outstretched wings and appear to defy the laws of gravitation by remaining perfectly motionless; or, again, they may be seen moving without if single visible effort, straight against a gale of wind. -“Their flight IS altogether different from that of the Caspian tern, which IS as graceful as it is unusual. “Unlike that of any other birds, whether of sea or land,” says some one who has watched the terns, “it reminds one a little of the high, apparently uncertain flight of a large-winged butterfly; and It is in perfect harmony with the idea of a being where life,is spent amid wind and mist and fluctuating wave."

First Woman School Official.

Probably the first woman in America to hold an elective school office was Emma Willard, the famous educator, who in the early’■part of her career was elected superintendent of schools in the town of Kensington, Conn.

Wire in the White House.

In the White House there are about 175 miles of electric wire, providing for 3,000 incandescent lights, together with a call bell system and a private telephone system for the use of the executive household.

Migration of Water Fowl

The migration of several species of water fowl £3 from west to east Instead of north to south.

There Are 246 Bones and 527 Muscles From Tip to Toes of the Human Body

Do you know how many bones you have? Probably riot; for we have such little curiosity about ourselves and our composition that we generally know very little beyond what we can see, remarks a Writer in London Answers. You possess 246 bones from tip to toe. They are distributed about you as follows: Your ears have 6 (3) each. Your head has 8. Your face has 14 and your teeth comprise 32. Your backbone, with its base, has 26 bones and so has the area of your expansive chest. Your legs and feet have 62, your arms and hands 64. The grand total is reached by the addition of 8 small movable bones. There are more muscles in your body than bones. They number 527. If you are curious for further knowledge regarding your bones you will be interested to know their composition. They include phosphate of lime, carbonate of lime, phosphate of magnesium fluoride of lime„ chloride of sodium, cartilage an£ blood vessels. The next time you say “feel it in your bones,” you might remember this!

Scarcity of Goal and to Save Expense Should Be Kept in Mind This Winter

From all reports, coal will be as hard to get this winter as it was last. For this reason, as well as for the reason of cutting down expenses,-it should be known in every household how coal may be saved. Following the old adage that “it’s never too early to begin,” this information may be acquired right mow as a sort of stitch in time. In the first place, keep your stove, flues, pots arid pans free from soot. Anything soot covered requires a long time to beat; If the fireplace in your kitchen is very large, fill it in with firebricks, clay balls or lumps of chalk. Mix coal dust with clay and-saw-dust, form into balls, let dry a few days and use for banking up the kitchen fire. Burn coke and coal mixed. Heat the oven qpce or twice a week only, not daily. Once it Is heated it is just as easy to make three or four cakes or pies as one.

HAVE A LAUGH

It Never Fails. The Interested Listener. —It was lucky for you the wind sprang up when it did after you had been becalmed so long. The Ancient Mariner —No luck about it. When I seen the wind wasn’t goin’ to come of itself I fills my pipe an’ -takes out my last match an’ lights It on my pants, an’ up comes the wind an’ blows it out an 1 starts the ship. Shaking Shakespeare.

Thought and Speech. “Do you believe that speech was given man to conceal his thoughts?" ' “Ido, for I’ve noticed that, as a rule, the talkative man never reveals any thought.” They Made Up. ' “Jack gave me a rainbow kiss lasi night.” “What kind of a kiss is that?” “One that follows a storm." Its Advantages. “A bee is odd in one “What Is that?” “It is not a fake and yet it is 4 humbug.” How They Love Each Other. Ethel—How do I look in this dress? ’ Marie —Charming, dear. Isn’t it wonderful how much a dress can do for one? Just Out of Cold Storage.

“How do you want yonr eggs, sir?” “Soft boiled, and see that I get ’em that way. Those you served me yesterday morning were merely thawed.”

No Traveler. “They do tell as how th’ professor chap wot lives atop o’ the hill yonder ’ave just wrote a book about ■** “Mars? Wot do ’e know about Mars? Why, to my knowledge, ’e ain’t bin out of his neighborhood for seven years." Fool-Killer. Small Bobby—What is a fool-killer, father? Father (ex-soldier) —The gun 'ha blows Into, son.

Daily Optimistic Thought

/ They are deceived that look for ang reward from treason.

“Were you concerned in the actors’ strike?” “No,” replied Mr. Stormlngton Barnes. “What 1 want is some binding arrangement that will prevent the audience from quitting on me.”