Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1907 — In Medio Tutissimus Ibis. [ARTICLE]

In Medio Tutissimus Ibis.

“Always steer a middle course, my son,” counseled the aged parent. “Avoid extremes. They are equally dangerous.” “I know it, father,” said the son, who was starting out to seek his fortune.* “I am not going to be either a balloonist or a Pennsylvania coal miner.”