Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1920 — Page 3

VERA CRUZ WORTH VISITING

Mexlia City Hfoa Number Of Abtraction* That Invite th* ; Wandering Cruz 1* a city of contrast*. Ite vividly painted house* of red. blue and y*U*W tent ci*** to the narrow atrcttA have grated windows and heavyy forbidding doors, which glv* Mttl* evidence at the chartering interiors with their patios,, palm-shaded, Ailed toith exotic Aowsc* and cooled by fountains. - x - *. Modern street cars leek out of place in tint same streets with, burros laden with merchandise, ftulte and vegetihiwy and .caballero* Mk4hntr broad sombreros, vividly colored blankets, enormous opera and silver-mounted saddles. Even th* tropical climate la tn ahiuf contrast with the anew* capped, extipct volcano, Orizaba, which towers- almost 20,000 feet into the cold air above. Although thia peak la nearly fifty miles away from the dty, it can bo plainly seen from there, and make* a beautiful picture standing whitOAagalnst the sky or catching all the colors at the sunrise. Another point of Interest to the ancient ffortyess of San Juan d’Ulloa, which is built on an island, connected to th*' mainland at the northern end by a long sea wan. It has a fair exbeing painted a pure and radiant white, but hidden beneath this Innocent mantle are dark and noisome dungeons where ssany political prisoners of Mexico have been kept for yoarsi " .v

Turning hastily from this unpleasant scone, gentle reader, let us retrace our steps to th* center of the dty, which is.marfced by the fossa. This Is a laige and beautiful square filled with palms and flowers, and watched over benignly by the ancient and statoly-eethodrak. Every evening during th* band eooeart.it is <h*i ouaint custom of thekyouths of Vera Crus to promenade around th* square on the outside of th* watt in one direction, white th* youn< girls, carefully watched over. thdr duennas, walk In the opposite direction on the inside. In this way most Mexican flirtations begun. ,

KNOW ALL ABOUT WEATHER

Animals, In the Construction of Thoir Show They Can Foretell The weather tmam ha* ewputaers in the prrdletioirof a th* wild animate* who qualify- as woathsr prpfoiotatfoX.tMixxporitocwl out-o Moon “Trappers ballot* foWy in the ablb tty of wild anlmtla tmfor*ca*t?w*stb. or coalitions,” mya tho Honter-Trha. “The type of iMMsm which th* maskrat buUdo for. th* seanow ths kind of weather tee anil* iaiyqrhtmoootawlth thicker waiter s cold winter 4s to be expected, blf tbe hentemawe madotaw usually hfgMimuch enowvand hfotofoH ter will earner ' “Just baM».«tetoMteiai animal* ar* unusually active and travel fast and far. Bren human beings notice a difference in their feelings just before a storm, especially if they are troubled with foeumatism or other aUmont* at. a like -nature. -It is reasonable that nature has piovtied animals with a sixth sense for forecasting weather conditions which moan to much te -them.*

Desert Compensations.

Ite aO* teljtbodooerttain* of * man It gives tomponsatlons, deep breaths, deep W>. «< manion uof Waters. It comeo upon one wife,jmw .fu«jp to ton too night feat the Chaldeans were a teMrt-bnd people It is hard to eocape toe sense of mystery aa the Otars movo to toe Wide, dlear heavens to risings and settings unebocured. They ioek4arfef«nd near- and palpitant, aa if they imevad on aeme stately service, not needful to deciare. Wheeling to their appointed stations in toe sky, they make ton peer, worid-frrtof do accent. Of Do Dcceunt you who Ho ent there watching, nor toe lon coyote that atands off in the scrub from yon and howls and howls.—Mary Anstto, in "The land es Little Rain."

Not a Stickup.

While motoring in Tennessee on a lonely read one night joe were being followed to a machine containing five colored men. They kept uncomforbtor rar w, tri ttet f«* mllae wo asotioood them to para hoping they weeM spend along, an a peootbio beMup. Instead of coetinuan, they stopped directly in treat of UR aad when one Mg blpck fotlaW «M OAto stop oat hearts were al> meet nt a standstill. However, we whaw b» "Will nmO hemo kind as to let us hare a Zea 3d? —' -

American Pearls.

Thore ta a species of groanor M> MtojPgMpß • fMSCAfIBOQAUV 1

DIED WITH LOVES BROTHER

■ ...y - ■ Pretty <Mtere »fwb Concerning th* - Affection and Uorefor Woplayd by A legend concerning Mount Popa, dealing with the ttato whom too -Burmese court flowriabod, tads of a blacksmlth at prodigious strength named MahagM. Ho possessed a sister of groat beauty who was commanded by the king of Tagaung to bo brought b* foe* him, shortly afterward being shooon a* tKe principal queen. The king's infatuation brought jealousy among th* leaser Qu*ens, and they instituted * plot to destroy her. A* a means of doetroytag the girl s InfluMW over the Ung, her brother was charged with being a traitor, and th* king, to hte terror, ordered th* blacksmith to be brought to fostico and burned The unhappy sister used Iter- aMnromonte to save her brother, but failed. Anally asking thai jK* might bo present at the burning. During th* ceremony, before a hand could be outstrotdied to save h*r. sho jumped into the Are, and was burned with her brother. ▲ few days after the burning the spirits of the two victim* were reported in the form of two “nets.” In recognition of this. King Kyan-yit-Tha later issued an edict that all his subjects should honor the spirits by sospendlng a coconut shell in their booses, this custom still being observed by every Burman in tho country.

WESTERN SPIRIT IN CHINA

Hoad f*f University In Yfo kret Tarittory Has Proof of Spread of Occidental Idea*. “H* tafo<bee* pretty-well all ever - the wort®* said th* prefessor, -and when'l baked him wh*t country had impressed him most, he said at onre China. And when I asked him wtat tn China had impre—od Jdm moek h « said faience, Mho- -West caUha Union univcreMy.a prefoaaor’s remarks weremate tothe IMlly Mews, and h* foitowed them up with a d*< Ilghtfoistoor** th* way tnwhteh Chinese -emthenc** Showed their appreciation of rids blossom of Western enterprise,, th* university of which the professor happens to be the prosldent,. years ago h* was floetamfor klaiifw IfoOmlles down the Yangtze to save his heed. He was a “foreign devil,” and no university had been started. fleven or eight years iatsn the mllltaiy governor * Szechuan font him a beautifully MRi scribed statement at bls : opinion of the university* and .a gift of, >B,OOO. The professor was on his way hemo Ma r«klW+.ln tho Chlo«oe capital he sod an interview with the president of the Ohiseupciupublle, then Yuan Shih* , Mal, 'who also gave him a declaration bf approval and MOW as a personal gift to the university;

The Firet Congress.

Tbd first congress was supposed to moot omMßrch 4, 1789, and it to n euriotto fart that there was not a quorum of either house present fora month; thereafter. Only eight senators were present on March 4, and they adjourned from-day to dayuntll April «, when a quorum was present Only 18 members.-Of the house assembled on March ; 4, xand. a quorum was not present hntU.April L The Constftu* tton nd too DnlteAßteteo took effort to the following states: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New JersstK Georgia,' Connecticut Massachusetts, Maryland, South ;l oamtUka, New Hampshire, Vto gtnid/ismdNewTork, on March 4 1788. ■ <. '

Dream That Means Death.

A peculiar drama,is that whlchhaa vtotOdia certata lrihh faßrily for ga* orations, invariably ketose a death or semebig. change. They call it fbett kiMinT.lady. dream. The person who experiences to dreams that they are sitting la i very old-fashioned room before.* biasing wood fra when suddenly the door behind tlwm opens and a beautifulgirl In green, tight-fltttng garments, stealing teMy behind thorn, drown their head gently back «nd drisßes them toll on the lipa. As she dose so there Is always too clanging of steel on a stone stalrcnae, the. hurried tramp of armed mon, and they awake troubling.

Demonic for Cramea.

Sdontldc papers are getting to use the metric system of weights and measures more and mom and tt haa become almost necessary for every one te be able to convert such torses as grams Into ounces at ones. It is not w. _ . Mami HkdM mu MJ6 gruss in aa oumo. Howmoa ts oner remembers too sentence, -It •* eunce,” toe Sguroo .stolen to . WUtoN Will lutanuy recur un quao, rvr toe number of lattens in each weed * Mnemonics for other terms < the ketrie ufftomi are neodeto

statue of Greek slave.

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FORESAW A LENGTHY SESSION

. .1 —WHOM. :■ -V... ' • LMgte When, c th* fling Humber ffnt The very small ladyriteunArf a oortota diAcuity in maintainingM Otatsttate restgnattow aa sbo ante*** thdr chnrehi To 'begtnt with, she had on a psrdectly now summer .frock, and rtMtwas quite aware that her hair, ju*t coßnbediout sf »<rart papeflA loohedt-a Mttto ntasr'ith**.)nsgMd4: Purthorm®te ah* was being allowed 'to icome to ctairch like p grown up, v*a fo* ciwasn eoopanton of an enttreiy grown-up uwale.:. It l wa*' tbw too. ! So. so dbeibegiantag of .thing*. *h* strugto,*, overcome ~ an- n un-Christian Atobe, testing at the same time qnita aomy foenehlWron who were still, for, towed to go only to Bunday schooL Thefc after what-soomed. a very.long ttane of very long speeches, which pbvtewiiy were not original because the rector read, titata out.ef a book, and WWh .stagiWoOf' music of ,a not par-, Asfoariy mtereating sort, things began to Sewn a Httto dull. Try an she might, i aha eouMn*! eacap* a consciousness of | th* teat that the sun was shining brightly outside, and .that .it was getting on toward th* hour when everyoaa wouM >be going to take a swim or paddte la a canoe or dp something else lidwcsttag Than the congregation root to stag a hymn, and the grown-up URMie gravely opened a hymnal and beta it so that she might see the words. It was opened at hymn Mo. 1. 8t» eould a*a that, and she had heard the rector aanounre.-it,..... The grown-up unde observed resttveness on the part of the very small tody, whlfo he translated as a desire to whisper. He leaned down to listen. “Uncle Henry,” she said, “they—they don't go straight through the book, do they?”—Cincinnati Times-Star.

HAS REGULAR THUE TO EAT

VogetaM* Him In flouth PdcMc Wands Itomand* It* Ffod and fleam* to Apprsetato It. —a - ■ wpuHukN as the natives call IV* the most wohdatful rogetabte'plant tn th* world. ■ ’ It grow* op certain South Pacific tatante. aW'in appearance is i like a giant turnip, ’but blood-red to coldru To too fodte man M te a very tough and taetetea* vegetable.- To the nativna, 'howev*r, it la a main item of - thslr dfeb 3>ey cook it and mln it with their eecoout and breadfruit, for it to supposed to be very nourishing. They cultivate the plant in a rough sort of faridon tar large ditahes w awampa.-'"'' ‘ r| ’ Ito moat peculiar feature I* that it haa to be fed, and flor this purpose the, native children go> over the island coltectittg all decayed vegetable matter. Thi* to soekto in pteoty of salt water, and to thro taken in armfuls; to the plants’md pat in the center of-tho. leaf ( steen* **ro> the Short, 'thick stem from ' which the leaves spread out on every sid*. ; Slowly but surely the decayed matter dteappeare, -the leaves stiffen and ' spread > out erect—signs, apparently, j that the fount has dined' heartily, for? it really Is a case of feeding a -plant. There is no. opening jof . the stem or .th* leaves; the food Is.-slowly and gradually absorbed in a silent and wonderful

Bird Migration.

For many yeasr the t annual inigss-, tom of the birds; although’ U perfectly । lamlliar 'fact, was shrouded flnnmyer tory. New Toeklffun.f Except tn the cake of a stow birdsfillke top roblnv which winters' not far.eouth of' Its summer home, no one knew where toe song birds or the shore birds went in the fall, or when they began their northward journey la the spring..’ But the subject has been carefully and patosftly studied by te ) many ( observers andl naturalists toatitt ieitea.. longer Impooelblei to answer those questtaem» The ellff swallows and >blsto-’ | poll wnrblers spend -their winters;in tropica* Booth America t toe goiden plover, which nests on the Arctic as*, wintars Bjooo miles away in the Argenttoe; ths scarlet .taaagqpleto be fqpnd in December and January in ,Ecuador , sad Peru, and the bobolink in aoutoem, BraslL

For Hinterlands

Wan Joan of Arc .bumodl The querttan wiU tonow a Mmb tnte huutaa totahtaß Doswnsatary evidence « too moot autoorttattve chamcter completely negatives’ top; story of hoc > being bunmd-r-ehowo ttet abs wasnttvw and /happily masrisdc sovsml yearn MNou. -toe data .of trhon . ■teorniitmPi In Boueto ildBL These documenteasn in toe regtetsy of itbo /ctty of May— e»> Thor toow she cams; tirither dn 14B&. Her brothers, Plane and Jean, reeogntaed bar. Her marriage eontraet to Mert d'Ambroise, kriihh and lug tea nama Joanna dMirA laipucelle., has been dtacovosed. WhaV docs R' aH umanl No queotion Is to tergiHM oat AM. write bomw

In Memory of Nell Gwynn.

There is alwaycatmmnpetoA piste :teMiihsn«’<dMtoiSNßnr; the .docMr > Bavopahapti, in Leadoh»'‘te i ,O*'®nn*" •ay idNee’ ChristataS.. The cnstom ta wry St Nrii;

HOW SHIPS GET LATE HAIL

Airplan** Upfo te iprertak* klner* and Drop Bags WWI* fo* Vtetel ls j '? ■ .7 it - ‘ / ' EXperiinenta have proved ft entirely practicable to deliver belated transatlantic mail to steamers at sea by ateplanes. ’ Thetfoilp may have taken it* depar-ture-several hours prevtouriy, y«t the 'flying machine, with a speed of 100 ifoles or more an hour, can easily catch up Vith it and put the mail aboard. A plane at the “flying boa!” type to 'used for the pqrpoee, and th* waterproof mail bas is held in a. chute on the side of the hull The aviator flies over the ship and the rigging ew tangies a long line dropped-from the plane amt has grapple tails on its end. This Une fs attachcd to the mail bag, which, vfoeii the- grapple tails catch, to jerked out of its chute, falling into , the sea. p It is-then, an easy* matter to haul 1 th* mali> bag aboard; while the steamer i continues .its uninterrupted voyage.

DIDN’T WAIT TO BE ASKED

Llfti* .Scheme to Trot Sweetheart's Fidelity Could Hardly Be Called a Success. Elsie, abdut t* be married, decided at the last moment tp' test her sweetheart; so, going to her friend, Maude, the prettiest girl she knew, she said although she knew it was a great ylfoi ‘TH arrange for Fred to take you out, tonight—a walk on the beach in the moonlight, supper, and all that sori at tJHbt>-anA I want .you, in order to put hls fidelity to the. proof, to ask him for a kiss.” , Maude laughed, blushed, and. assented.. The foot was carried out. The next day Klsie visited her friend, and said, “Welk Mande, did you ask bimF i “No, Elsie, dror.” | “No! Why not?” t “I didn’t get a chance; he asked m* flret” - .

BREAK IN TRAIN’S SCHEDULE

Fair Driver wf Autd Had a Hunch, and th* fl«qu«l Prov*d AH* Was Correct. .. J ■ I-- Let me recommend a rid*.in a new car with a woman driver as the best prescription for a thrill that will last s lifetime, writes a correspondent Mln* came When, after reluctantly accepti teg an invitation to ride from a friend । who had just received her n*w machine, we mounted the incline to a .grade crossing In. a suburb and started across the tracks. In the exact middle the engine stopped and nothing i vro. could do had the slightest effect on It. WhUe working we were approaehed by an excited flagman. ' “A limited to due here in two minUtes,” be said, “and it never has stopped at this station.” “It will..today“ calmly replied my friend. And It did, but not before it had been : flagged, and the train crew . helped boost up from the rails.

Stale Goods.

•This sword is Very old,” said the Curio dealer. Tn fact, It is over a hundred years old.” “Indeed!” said the customer. “Aye. It came from the battle of was in the year ISlfi, rib—and'titert*» an anecdote goes with it." The. customer listened patiently while the oilman recounted toe story. Then, at the conclusion, ho returned the sword to Its owner ' j *l3»aito you! That’ was very fntotetolg, and I quite enjoyed It,” he replied kindly. "But, unfortunately, I bought that same anecdote onto be- ! fore with an old musketl” i■ ' ?

Taking After Mother.

; Bert just came home from college ■ and he had a “shadow” on his upper i lip. He stopped to say “Hello” to his grandfather. f Hid grandfather looked him over and paid, "Why, son, you look more like your mother every day.” "What makes you think sot’ asked -Bart • / because your father had 1 mustache that come down to his chin. Mst look at that one of yours; you must **ke after your mother.” y

The Terrible Future.

•What's the mattery v *Tm terribly worried about toe fb"Why fret about the futureF' Tfs this way: Tm not maklng very, mneb moiboy. rm just going along toe, ordinary way without piling up anything feat looks like a fortune.” , “WeU, why worry? Tou’ro happy, aren't you?” K . > “Yea, Fm happy enough now, but .twenty or thirty years from now, when £ the record of this age is written, what shall ! to 1 my children whop they: ask me what I was doing when every-. . body else was getting rich?”

More critical.

“Kind sly” began the measly tneadlcant “tbcLonl lovqp even fee meanest and moot humble pf us. and—” • am more particular I” interrupted ~

Tribute to a Financler.

"King Solomon was fee wisest mae > st hid dgy*r roa»iirita<l Mr. pustta T/U ThnNta-’ga feat is*-one

X ..Xi- ’ *JL< Bee Suppies ROOTS GOODS A SOLD AT CATA- | MBI LOGUE PRICE B< X SAVING YOU THE ▼ FREIGHT ■ • ' < 1 I —— 1 . -2J." : * A FULL SUPPLY NOW IN STOCK : •x* ; I . • ■ * " ' ■■ ’ " ■ — ■ ""' ' ' ’ supplies are as the beat made, and the prices are but little, if any. higher than infen or goods. We carry hives, supers, brood ' frames, division boards. : sections, starters and all JS *-*<* '-' '■• small parts for hives in < stock, ' Rmßi 1 ,■ • * . । hi — i — " — — ' ■" "" -- 1 ■ -■', ASK FOR FREE CATALOGUE LESLIE CLARK > REPUBLICAN OFFICE Rensselaer, Ind. Phesm IB

NATIONAL TICKET. President ' Bfarmn G. Harding JSJSdent — Calvin United States Senator ——dense B. wsem / * X ' ' ’ . " STATE TICKET. Governor---------- -——— ————Warren. ■ T. aIMM Lieutenant Governor Emmet F. Braad Secretary of State Auditor of State WilHmb G. Oliver Treasurer of State O** Attorney General : Superintendent of Public Instruction -—nr** *•. Reporter Supreme Court --»? H. Adaam Appellate Judge, First District E. A. Dausesan Appellate Judge, Second District Ira C. kwfaißnnreme Court- — Julius Travis DISTRICT TICKET. Representative in Congress Judge Thirtieth Judicial Orcutt— —George A. WilHewis Proeecuting Attorney— —*• C. Murphey , ■ <_ ■ * ■- ■ '■••-. ... COUNTY TICKET. _ ' w . Tro&suror --------- BL Slmnff Surveyor-.-----— —.IK, NGGDitt Comnuaoioner-—Third District— .Fred Banes Commissioner—First District H. W. Martie - COUNTY ORGANIZATION. Chairtnan ........ —- ————————-Meoee.; Leopold Vice-Chairman D - Secretary..— —.————--——Otpe. J. rsanM Treasurer George W. Scott •JC Ci Ci A , 'A \ ■ 1.. A‘\ - ■>■ PRECINCT CHAIRMEN _ Bartley. —Kenton PartiMn Barkley, Weet — — — * sXett’PortZ carpenter, soutn-.----------—--------------• Carpenter, West — ----~-A._ A._ FUm oBAy E. *Biu UUMB—■' . Hanging Grove— -————--— Jordan— Kangakee—-—-----—.-————--vßaswo f ij***s?** Keener.——-- ww Marion, Finrt ;—----------—a——-————ifrad a j» ■ Marion, Second----------—-.-—-a—— jMßjfcsMM "■ Marion, Lhird— ——«—————————a— Msurion^iFourth—-—--—— Yog MGOK:; Milroy ———- —-—_» ..IrtRA * ; - NGWtOD w UHlOIls NOrtal —••— .GR*.' unions Ooumi-— WalgMta————MM ruBGRtfiGM--------------------•--•AIGM I*

1 Women remind us of angels because they are always flying around. ' It la easier to dodge responsibility Hi— ft la to dodge the result. Tae many adwaaced 'ideas -am advanced in the wrong direction. The strength that flowers la beauty ta twtee strong.—Blcbard Barton. —

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