Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Bnbiea Never Gfct Seasick. “Babies never get seasick. % have carried thousands of them In my time,” said an American line steward, according to the Philadelphia Record, “and 1 In rough weather I have seen their fa- 1 thers, mothers, brothers and sisters ’ keel over like soldiers before a cannon ball; but not so with the babies. Whether it be rough or smooth at sea, a baby Is always an excellent ' sailor—rosy, Jolly and with the appetite of a horse. Do you know the explanation of this singular fact? It Is as simple as the fact is strange. Babies don’t get seasick because they are accustomed to the rocking of the cradle. That movement Is much like the roc-klng of a ship. A baby aboard ship, therefore, Is merely a baby In an unusually big cradle, and there Is nothing odd to him about the rocking, for it Is what he has been accustomed to all his life.” Capacity of Boxes. •A box 4 inches square and 4 1-5 Inches deep will contain one quart; 8 inches # long by 4 Inches wide and 4 Inches deep, one-half gallon; 8 Inches long by 8 2-5 Inches wide and 4 inches deep, one gallon; 8 Inches square and 8 2-5 Inches deep, one peck; 16 Inches long by 8 2-5 inches wide and 8 Inches deep, one-half bushel; 16 inches square and 8 2-5 Inches deep, one bushel; 14 inches wide, 23 1-5 inches long and 10 Inches deep, one and a half bushels; 24 Inches long by 16 inches wide and 14 inches deep, two and a half bushels; 24 Inches long by 16 Inches wide and 28 inches deep, five bushels. Ralxwater Good If Toa Lika It. “When a man gets used to drinking rainwater,” said a New Orleans man to the Washington Post, “there Is no other water in the world that tastes so good. Most of the people in New Orleans have cisterns In their yards which hold an abundant supply of water caught j from the clouds, the purest and best In the world, according to my notion. The winter rainfall alone is used, the summer catch not being desirable. It is somewhat curious that in northern latitudes the cistern water does not keep wholesome and sweet as it does In our country.” Had No Time. The Boy’s Father—Madam, let me ask if your daughter knows bow to run a house—can cook, for example, and nurse the sick, mend clothes nod, in fact, is familiar with all the multifarious details of domesticity? I The Girl’s Mother—Certainly not, sir! Why, if she had learned all those things, her education would have been neglected.—J udge. A Change. “Well," shid Noah as he hunted for l dry spot on the top of Ararat, "a lot of people came down to the pier to Josh us w-hen we started, but I dou't see any of them around to poke fun at our home coming.”—Life. How It Happened. Judge—How did you come ta club this man so severely? Officer—Well, yer honor, he kept parflctly shtill an’ wndn't dodge a single crack Oi made at him.—Judge. I He who gives a trifle meanly Is mean-, tr than the trifle. j