Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1905 — Page 2

PROFESSIONAL CARDS. .] a FjnpvrNTg, I Law, Loans and Real Estate, Toinien firms and City Property. Personal weurlty and chattel mortgage Buy. sell and rent farina and city properly. Farm and city Ire Insurance Attorneys for the American dnllctlng. Loan ond Savings Association Or ram ovit ohioaoo dbpt. stow s ‘ } {~]BKNBABLAEIL IND. JJR. sA. J. MILLER, Physician and Surgeon. &MMMlaer, - Indiana JQoe up statrs tn Forsythe block. Uenerai practice of medicine, surgery and X-ray work □alls answered promptly day or night, Office lid Besldenoe phones 204 (Jasper Co.) RALPH W. MARSHALL, Attorney at Law. Special Attention to Settling Estat s. *—OFFICStnfarmer (JierK’s.o flee. Kistof Opart.House mSSKLAEK, IND. Frank Folia. Charles U. Harry R. Kurrle. f«OLTZ <fc SPITLER, munceesora t > Thompson A Bro.) Attorney-al-Law. (aw, Real Estate, Insurance. Abstracts au< boani Only set of Abstract Boeks In CountsBENBBBLAEB, IND. w. H. PARKISON Attomey-at-Law, liteniance' Law Real Ketave, Abstracts and Loans Attorney for the Chicago, Indlanapoii A Louisville Railway 'o. Win practice In all of be Courts Office th odd Fell >ws’ bldg on i> i Rensselaer, jasp-r county. Ind. [, M. WASH BURN, M. D. Physician, and Surgeon. t Mslim • Spsciulty of Diseases of the Eye*. Fits Eyas for Glasses. Rb,NBBKLAER IND* gj e e HONAN, Attorney At Law, Law, Loans, Abstracts, tnsuraaje u i as, ■suite, will practice in all the Oourv. All business attended to with prompi ness and dispatch. BBNBBBLA.BB, INDIAN A. J,J. HU<C Attorney at Law. \jnrtC, Beall Estate, Insurance. ".Abstracts and Loans. cWIUB: Over Ellis & Murray’s etor W.,W. HARTSELL, M. D, HOMEOPATHIC Physician and burgeon 0 1K> Ho' diseases] Williams block oppjslLe’court house, Phones, BKHSBELABB, IND.

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FARM.AND.CITY LOANS. Money to loan on farms at & per cent interest A special fund to loan on dwellings and business property Also money to loan on personal security second mortgage and obattle mortgage Money on band no delay oall and see me before making a new loan or renewing your old loan. Commission reduced one half. James H- Chapman, Rensselaer, Ii d

GREAT THOUGHTS.

They Have the Gift of Immortal Youth and Strength. The influence of the law of action ' and reaction can be traced more clearly In those everyday human affairs which come under our individual observation than in the greater movements of mankind which are often imperfectly recorded. We act and are acted unon. The people we meet make an Impression on us; the impression may be for the moment or it may last through life. Bloom, fragrance, grace, harmony, beauty, majesty, affect us agreeably; deformity, Imbecility, distress, cruelty, affect us unpleasantly. The plea of the unfortunate, the thought of our visitor, the opinion in the newspaper, the issues of the time, impress us in accordance with our moods or natures. Certain words, tones, sights, awaken echoes within_us_of ojd happiness or pain. There are words and tones which produce beautiful reactions —the lullabies of the mother, the endearments of the lover, the voice of sympathy, the enchantment of music, the messages of the poets, the trumpet calls to honor and duty. And there are words which produce misunderstanding, confusion, aversion, anger—the words of whining, complaining, fault finding, of envy, jealousy, slander, of malice, Intolerance, brutality. The response to the public speaker is reciprocal to his power. If he be dull, the hearers are wearied; If he be convincing, courageous, forceful, the audience will kindle, and he may rouse them to laughter or tears, to indignation or fury, to generosity or sacrifice. He may change the opinions and convictions of some and the course of the lives of others; he may even save a city from slaughter or make a state. If his thought be really great, it may live through many ages, stirring generation after generation. The reaction of moral effort may be prolonged; it may even gain force with time, Indi-' eating its connection with some stupendous primal energy. The echo of a great physical convulsion dies quickly, but the echo of the words of Confucius and Buddha, of Plato, Seneca and Christ, still lives. The voice of Socrates before his judges kindles men whose ancestors were untamed savages when Socrates spoke. Buildings decay, monuments fall, rivers run dry, races decline, but a great thought suffers from no impairment or decrepitude; it has the gift of immortal youth and strength.—From “Balance: The Fundamental Verity,” by Orlando J. Smith.

Why Some Folks Go to Europe.

When New York society doesn’t know what else to do it goes abroad. An ambitious woman gets wind of some rival’s intended function. Not to be invited or not to be seen among the guests means a slight easily endured if the world be not cognizant of the fact, but intolerant if it is; therefore the ambitious woman sails away to Europe. She may not be gone six weeks, but her absence Is thus to be accounted for. In other cases it is known that society takes this absent treatment to cure heart troubles, to escape social obligations that weigh too heavily ftn the income or, again, from sheer ennui it departs. This restlessness of certain sets In society would be dangerous were it not for the safety valve which that really overworked Atlantic ocean has become of late years. When all else fails, go to Europe.—Boston Herald.

The Beautiful.

Beauty prevails in spite of all we do. We may build ugly buildings, we may think ugly thoughts, we may wrinkle ourselves in worries or the contemplation of ugliness, we may even worship ugliness under the name of utility, but lightly, without an effort, the gentle hand of beauty descends upon all. Beauty may do her subtle work In many ways. Sun, moon, fog and rain are alike her servants. The fresh red houses, garish eyesores in the sun, become wonderful as they loom blood red before the man in the mist, or in a few years the red is quieted, and the searching light only makes it more beautiful. —Arthur Bansome.

A Conversion.

A country circus advertised that “at 12 o’clock the cannibals will be fed.” A large crowd assembled, but to everybody’s disappoiutment the savages ate potatoes. In reply to some Indignant questions the manager said: “But, gentlemen, don't you see that their diet Is evidence of my skill? I have converted them Into vegetarians.”—Fllegende Blatter.

The Selfish Man.

A bachelor one day set the table in his lonely abode with plates for himself and an Imaginary wife and five children. He then sat down to dine, and as he helped himself to food he put the same quantity on each of 1 le other plates and surveyed the prospect, at the same time computing the cost He Is still a bachelor.

The Game of Life.

Life Is a queer game of blind man’s buff, played In a mist on a mountain top, and the players keep dropping over the precipices. But nobody heeds because there are always plenty more, and the game goes on forever.—H. Rider Haggard.

Good to Have and Bad to Lose.

"A man, like a razor, must have some temper to be any good at all.” "Yes, temper is a good thing to have, but a very bad thing to lose.”—Philadelphia Tress.

An Impudent fellow may counterfeit modesty, but a modest man can never counterfeit Impudence.— Goldsmith.

HOBO STEW.

A Culinary Triumph That la Dear to the Tramp. The professional hobo generally travels and operates alone, but if upon arriving at some large town or city he happens to meet other congenial members of bls profession a pooling of Interests is sometimes undertaken, a hobo camp set up, and the town is systematically worked. The spot or a camp usually chosen is in the outskirts op some wooded tract not too far from the railroad. Here the profits are divided and the different territories allotted. At nightfall all congregate to this point with the spoils and supplies, and over the “hobo stew” incidents of the day are discussed. “Hobo stew” is a triumph of culinary art that these gentry have a particular weakness for. A large iron pot is purchased, begged or stolen and half filled with water. Into this are thrown pieces of beef, pork, chicken (from some robbed henroost), bread, potatoes, carrots, onions and, In fact, everything edible that has been or can be secured. When the savory mess is sufficiently boiled it is eaten with much gusto by the tramp. These camps are never kept in existence long, however, because the hobo realizes that the danger of detection and a roundup is an ever present one when a large number remain long together in any one camp. Professional tramps, like the birds, have regular migratory seasons. From April to September this tide of immigration is toward the northern and eastern states and the region of the middle west. From November on through the whiter his peregrinations take him south, southwest and to the southern Pacific coast—Pilgrim.

FRUIT MYSTERIES.

The Banana la Seedleee, Though Nobody Knows Why. The banana is seedless, or nearly so, and has been for centuries, though nobody knows why. It is propagated by suckers and possibly had no seeds when it was first found in its wild state. The banana is a modified berry. Cutting the fruit through the middle you will sometimes see a few little brown spots, which are the rudimentary seeds. Occasionally the banana does actually produce a few seeds. The pineapple Is seedless, being propagated likewise from suckers and from slips. The eggplant, which is a fruit, botanically speaking, is occasionally seedless. This plant is able to produce developed fruit whether the blossom is fertilized or not. Horticulturists are endeavoring at the same time to rid fruit plants of thorns. Some oranges and lemons are very thorny—for example, the high priced King orange, which is the best of the mandarins. The first trees were brought to the United States from Cochin China. In Florida its thorniness has been reduced by selecting buds from the branches with the fewest thorns. Thorns are objectionable because they puncture the oranges and lemons when the branches are blown about by the wind. Efforts are being made to get rid of the thorns on raspberry and blackberry plants simply for convenience in picking the fruit. The thorns are meant by nature to protect the plant from animals. Cultivators select those plants which happen to be thornless or nearly so. i

Laugh.

Learn to laugh. A good laugh is better than medicine. Learn how to tell a story. A well told story is as welcome as a sunbeam in a sickroom. Learn to keep your own troubles to yourself. The world is too busy to care for your ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croaking. If you cannot see any good in the world keep the bad to yourself. Learn to hide your pains and aches under a pleasant smile. No one cares to hear whether you have the earache, headache or rheumatism. Don’t cry. Tears do well enough In novels, but they are out of place In real life. Learn to meet your friends with a smile. The good humored man or woman is always welcome, but the dyspeptic or hypochondriac is not wanted anywhere and la a nuisance as well.

Gorgeous Japanese Robes.

In number the diaphanous robes worn by a Japanese woman of high rank of the eleventh or twelfth century were seldom less than twenty, while on great occasions even more might be necessary. Thus at a great palace fete It Is said that “some as many as twenty-five suits, showing glimpses of purple, of crimson, of grass green, of wild rose yellow and of sapanwood brown, their sleeves and skirts decorated with golden designs, while others, by subtle commingling of willow sprays and cherry blossoms and by embroidered patterns picked out with gems, represented the poem of the jewels and the flowers.”

Fathers and Sons.

Observers are struck with the camaraderie carried to the verge of equality which obtains between fathers and their schoolboy sons, so that their mutual companionship is a source of unfeigned pleasure to both and should prove a safeguard against many evils In the futpre. This Is essentially a modern development and Stands to the credit of the fathers of the present day.—London Spectator.

Shams and Realities.

The good man quietly discharges his duty and shuns ostentation; the vain man considers every deed lost that Is not publicly displayed. The one Is Indent upon realities, the other upon semblance; the one alms to be good, the other to appear so.—Robert Hall.

• To equftl a predecessor one must have twice his worth.—Balthasar Grecian.

ALPINE GUIDES.

The Trouble They Sometime! Have With Reokleae Cliiubera. The Alpine guide frequently risks his health, strength, even his life, for persons who may have been themselves the cause of tlie peril encountered. The qualities of a first cinss guide, says the author of “Adventures on the Roof of the World,” Include not only skill in climbing, but the ability to form sound conclusions in moments of danger. A certain climber tells an anecdote which bears on the importance of the guide’s powers of judgment A member of the Alpine club was ascending a peak in company with ail Oberland guide. Part of their course lay over a snow field which sank gradually on one side, sharply ended by a precipice on the other. The two were walking along not far from the edge of this precipice when the Englishman, thinking that an easier path might be made by going still nearer the Mdge, diverged a little from his companion’s track. To his surprise, the guide Immediately caught hold of him and pulled him back with more vigor than ceremony, well nigh throwing him down in the operation. Wrathful and not disinclined to return the compliment, the Englishman remonstrated. The guide’s only answer was to point to a small crack, apparently like scores of other cracks in the neve, which ran for some distance parallel to the edge of the precipice. The traveler was not satisfied, but he was too wise a man to argue while a desired summit was still some distance above him. On the descent when the scene of the morning’s incident was reached the guide pointed to the crack, which had grown perceptibly wider. “This marks,” he said, “the place where the true snow field ends. I feel certain that the ice from here to the edge is nothing but an unsupported cornice hanging over the tremendous precipice below. It might possibly have borne your weight, though I don’t think it would.” Thereupon he struck the neve on the farther side of the ice sharply with his ax. A huge mass Immediately broke away and went roaring down the cliff. The traveler was full of amazement and admiration and thought bow there, on an easy mountain and in smiling weather, he had been very near to making himself into an avalanche.

SYMPATHY.

Sympathy is food to a starving heart. Sympathy is two hearts pulling at one load. Sympathy is the staff on which trouble leans. Sympathy is the cream that rises on the milk of human kindness. Sympathy in sorrow’s hour is like the gentle rain to drooping flowers. Sympathy is the least the rich may give, the most the poor can offer. Sympathy is the blossom grown from the costly bulb called personal suffering. Sympathy is a well toned Instrument that readily responds to notes of weal or woe. Sympathy is the most powerful human magnet for attracting and holding friendship. Sympathy is perfect forgetfulness of oneself In true feeling for the unhappiness of others. Sympathy is love’s healing balm spread by pity’s tender hand on sorrow’s heart wound.

Artificial Beauty In Rome.

Personal artifice is at least as old as the Roman empire, for, speaking of the artificial beauty of a coquette, Mar* tiol says: “Gollu, you are but a composition of falsehood. While you were living at Rome your boir was growing on the banks of the Rhine. At night when you lay aside your silken robes you lay aside your teeth also. Twothirds of your person are locked up in boxes for the night. The eyebrows with which you make such insinuating motions are the work of your slaves. Thus no man can say, ‘I love you,’ for you are not what he loves, and no one loves what you are.”

A Lord Sold Into Slavery. Charles Reade found the hero of his novel, “The Wandering Heir,” In th* person of Lord Altham of Ireland, who was sold as a “redemptloner” at Philadelphia In 1728 and who served for twelve years in effect as a slave to one or more masters In Lancaster county, Pa. The young nobleman was recognized by two Irishmen who came by accident to the house where he lived, and Admiral Vernon afterward took him back to Ireland. Reade laid the scene of Lord Altham’s servitude in northern Delaware, but It is pretty well established that this was an error.

The Saving Light.

We boast our light; but, if we look not wisely on the sun Itself, It smites us Into darkness. The light which we have gained was given us not to be ever staring on, but by It to discover onward things now remote from all knowledge.—Mll ton.

When a Kick Heips.

When one lacks the courage boldly to advance along the perilous course his intelligence counsels, he Is lucky If he can and will goad some one Into kicking him along It past the point where retreat is impossible.—Success.

Love.

George—Are you quite sure that you really love me? Bessie —Oh, yes; certain of It I never knew any one that could make me so furiously angry at times!—Exchange.

Even Then.

Think twice before you speak, and even then nine times out of ten the world won’t lose anything If you keep still.—Somerville Journal.

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