Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 25 July 1912 — Page 3

I CONDEMNS THE MOTOR CAR , tngllah Writer B«yt the Automobile TourlM Ml**** All the Charm of Journey. A writer In T P. O'Contior* Ixm- | don Weekly bold* that the claim* of ■ the motor car u> mlnleter to our plr-**. I twee and our education are preten- ■ tlou«, ei*(«*rated and abaurd, and aa I auch are tab* condemned He boldly I amort* that the motor rar alghueer I may travel hundred* of mile* and reI turn home with no other Impreaalont I of hl* Journey than that he itopped ■ for a few moment* at ihl* or that I place for luncheon, and *uj»ped and I ludßod at amno other place, from I which he flatbed next morning »oundI Ing bl* "honk-honk" to drive the be I wildered people of the country tn the ■ aide of the toad, that the dr*troyln< | motor might pa** In »afety He*ay«: I i "A* the motorlat *hl*k* through El.fleld doe* he ever think how Chari** and Mary Lamb "played truant and wandered among the hill*" there, making believe that the »cenery wa* a« graul a* that of We»tmoreJI land? And "Cbrittopber North?" Im ■ you remember how he aet off < tn la'ch Toll*, thirteen mile* away; arrived there, found he had forgotten the top Joint of hl* rod. walked back. breakfa«ted. tramped to the loch again, fiahed all day. and then began bl* journey home? But a friendly farm houae drew him from hl* track, and midnight found him finlihlng a bottle of whisky and a can of milk When he reached home he had covered •evenly mile* But could your modern motorist, with hl* flabby muscles and bis love of ease, do as much? In his pa*aion for speed he never deigns to understand the charm and suggestion of a half-obliterated milestone or a de caved signpost, U> drink In the spirit of the countryside, or attempt to sense a life that harks back to the begin nlng of our history " USE FOR HOUSEHOLD PETS 1 Psychologist Says Cats and Parrots Would Keep Lonely People From Committing Suicide. A new UM for cats, parrots and other household pets ha* been discovered by Dr. Colin A. Scott, professor of psychology at the Boston Norma) school. He is reported to have said tc an audience of public school principals in Chicago that one reason why people commit suicide is that they feel their own uselessness, and that if an unmarried woman has a cat or a par rot to care for It may give her some thing to live for and prevent her from taking her own life. Anything else that awakens and holds Interest in life would serve the purpose equally well—a fad of any sort, plants, a garden, whist, novels, history, charitable work, crocheting, / votes for women. The number of pos •Ible objects to keep a woman inter ested in life is unlimited. Even for elderly and disillusioned bachelormaids, who find the world a lonesome place, there are countless fascinating subjects of interest. Perhaps cats are among the least promising of such subjects, for cats generally are selfish and self-centered They take all they can get and give as little as they can. No woman really ever owned a cat. The cat owns the woman. And possibly that is why the psychology professor suggested cats as preventives of suicide New Byron Memorial in Greece. In further commemoration of the poet Byron, whose name Is still deep ly revered throughout Greece, the gov emment has just passed the plans for the erection In Mesolongian of a suitable monument, to be surrounded by a small ornamental garden, upon the spot where Lord Byron died in April, 1824. Already a monument exists here in the "Heroon,” or burial place o' Greek champions of freedom, many ol whose mortal remains repose beneath a large mound. The initiative In connection with the idea of erecting this further memorial Is due to the prime minister, M. E. Venlzelog, whose admiration for the English poet and friendliness for Englishmen generally have been demonstrated upon more than one occasion. Repudiated the Idea. Old John, the gardener, had been drinking again, and when he became sober Mr. Brown called him down "This won’t do, John," said he. "As I have told you before, I will not have a man in my employ who drinks.” “Oh, sure, ’twas but a mite of a , dhrop I was afther takln’, Mr. Brown, an’ I was nlver to say dbrunk at anny time In me loife.” “John,” said Mr. Brown sternly, "you are a hypocrite.” "A Dimycrat, is it?” flashed John indignantly. “Well, sir, not to be puttin’ too foine a p’lnt on, I’ve heard say ye was a Dimycrat ycrself!” Rural Financier. • Boggs had managed to ditch bis car, and after bailing a passing farmer tried to arrange a dicker lor help. “Why, ya-as, brother,” said the | farmer, bringing his team to a standstill. “I’ll help ye out. Les see what it’ll come to—one day’s use o’ the team, $5 —” “One day?” retorted Boggs. “’Tisn’t going to take you a day to haul that machine out, is it?" “Why no,” returned the farmer, "but arter I git the 85 1 don’t callate to do no more work ontil to-morrer." — Harner’s Weekly.

— HOW HE SOLVED PROBLEM Sqirlr* Ptrkln* Quickly Kaplalncd th* High Coat of Living to th* .Village Loafara. W* *«re airing around th* redhot stove In the lobby of the village tavera, and Ju*t when a alloseo had fallen upon the group one man turned to another and nak-d: "Rquar’ Perklna. If you don’t mind, I’d like to aek you n question " The squire didn’t say whether he minded or not, but th* other went ahead with: "It** about thia ’ere high eoat of living. Have you flggered out what** the reason for It?" “1 have.” was the answer. | "Then I’d like to hear It." I "Did you raise any wheat, corn or oats lu«t year?” "Noap” "Any potatoes, beets or carrota?" “Noap.” , "Didn’t ralito nothing whatever to eat?" “Guesa I didn’t." "Just ate al! you could of what other folk* raised?" "Ixx>k» that way." “And act around and let your wife take In washing to support you?" "Why, she like* to wash.” "W’ell, I’ve anawered your question. You and 100,000 lazy loafera like you boosted the coat of living!" 1 expected to see a row follow, but none came. There wae a minute of suspense and then the questioner yawned and stretched and exclaimed: “Well, by thunder! I’ve been puz- - sling over that matter for more’n a : year and here you have solved ft In three mlnita!"—Detroit News Tribune. HARD-WORKING SWISS DOGS They Are Used as Draft Anlmalr and Are Not Always Well Treated. An amended law for the prevention I of cruelty to animals, such as that ! which came into force in England on | New War’s day, is much needed in Switzerland. Not that the Swiss as a I nation are cruel to animals, one oi i the best proofs of which is the num ber of sleek cats about. For whet people have learned to be kind to cati they have generally learned to b« fairly kind to animals in general But. whether from thoughtlessness or some other cause, there is a good dea to be desired in the way draft dogt are treated in Switzerland. Dogs, at every visitor to the country must have observed, are still employed there for drawing or helping to draw all kinds of light carts. Most milk men and bakers employ dogs wher taking around milk or bread. Butch ers and vegetable fruit sellers alsc use them. These dogs are, of course all of strong build, but of very differ ent breeds, those most commonly em ployed oeing of the St. Bernard ot mastiff race. Ou a market day the streets of Berne are full of them As a rule they do not look 11l fed and their harness fits them well. Never theless. It is evident that they an often hard worked, for they may be seen lying stretched full length asleep on the cold, wet ground, or even on the snow, and this, after they have been heated by the exertion of pulling, frequently causes pneumonia oi rheumatism.—Pall Mall Gazette. Lazinea*. Persons may share the common complaint of laziness without any appreciation of how far it is responsible for the saddest cases of mental and moral disintegration. Laziness is really the key to a large share of what passes for lack of balance and perhaps for insanity. It takes hold in the schoolroom where pupils slight the work they most need because they like it least. Having shirked the studies which would have done most to balance their mentalities, they proceed to emphasize this lopsidedness by refraining from every line of endeavor which Is not to their liking. They find a hundred excuses for doing so, but nearly always their excuses are not reasons. They do only what they like until finally they do not like doing that. Then they drift and regret that the ravens of today are not as active in their charities as In the days of Elijah. Died Cheering the Kaiser. The bravery displayed by the musicians on th* Titanic and the similar exhibition on the English ship Birkenhead recalls also the patriotic conduct of the band on board the German gunboat litis, which went to the bottom of the Chinese sea on August 25, 1836. The scene was at that time described by one of the few survivors of the . disaster, which claimed 118 of the litis’ crew. He said that; the men stood at parade, the band played “Heil Dlr Im Siegerkranz” with all the precision and force of which they were capable and swinging their caps, the officers and men went down cheering the kaiser. Women Fought With Pitchforks. A duel with pitchforks took place at. Dijon, near Paris, France, the other day, between two women. They both worked in a biscuit factory, and were continually quarreling. The women in their workroom, tired of the perpetual bickerings, advised them to ; settle their differences In a fight. The , two women armed themselves with pitenforks and fought in a lonely field. News of the duel soon spread, and the police hurried to the field, where they found one of the women I lying unconscious with a wound in her I head

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