Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 304, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1927 — Page 3

Make Annua! Roundup of Wild Island Ponies There nre mnny etorles to Recount for tiie wild poniee on f'ltlncqtcogue »nd Awoteague and some other (♦lands off the Virginia con?t. but there seems to be nothing of an nu ihorltntive nature to explain their presence. Some of the ponies off the Virginia roast have never seen a hitman amt pre very wild. The largest ponies measure about 13 hands high, and he rouse their principal habitat Is Chin roteague Island—a strip of land about nine miles long by a mile and a half Wide— they are often referred to as Chincoteague ponies. One of tiie stories concerns n Spanish nobleman who undertook to take advantage of the opportunities offered In the New world for dorse breeding He started over with a herd nf the animals, but on the way the vessel was wrecked and he was lost, although some of the animals managed to find their way to the shore of Chincoteague. This story is corroborated to some extent by the Indian legend concerning the origin of the animals at this point. Though the animals run wild, . they are not public property, for the) are owned by the persons who own the islands, and there is a round-up every year, when some of the animals are conveyed to the mainland and sold. Animals Make Little Response to Pictures During tests made in Berlin by Dr Victor Mendel, animals and birds showed a rather surprising lack of re sponse to moving pictures. The pie fares were especially selected for eact animal and animal group, and the ex periments were made in an exhibition room especially adapted to the pur pose. The response of dogs was pine tically nil. Neither St. Bernard, set ter, spaniel, poodle nor collie gave the slightest attention to the pictures Only a little mongrel of doubtful orl gin evinced a momentary interest by sniffing at the human figures on the screen. The experiments with cab were much more favorable. Os five subjects, three responded actively siiowing fight on the appearance of i big dog on the screen. Experiment* with birds were rather negative. Gee 1 and ducks, chickens and pigeons pah some attention, while owls showe, great Interest. Small birds and b: :n yard fowl showed anxiety whet, hawk appeared in their line of vision A squirrel displayed interest when a weasel made its appearance on th. screen, but reptiles and fish were, amifflit have been expected, quite in different. Fez Is Disappearing The red cap worn by Turkish mer received its name from Fez. a city i: Morocco, where Pitch caps were first made. Fez was long a seat of Arabia) learning in Africa and is still regardei as a sacred city of Islam. Until re cent times the city had a monopoly of the manufacture of Fez caps, it be ing supposed that the dye winch givethe cops their dull crimson line couh not be obtained elsewhere. This dy« is made of a berry whicli grow-- in pro fusion in the vicinity of Fez. The fc. is made brimless to allow the wearei to bow his forehead to the carpet while praying in the mosque. Thi form of headgear, however, is fas: losing its place in the national cos turne of Turkey. Expression Is Old “Paying through the nose" mean? t< pay a fancy price for a thing—to pay more than it is worth—4o get stung The origin of the expression is lost it obscurity. There was a legend that Odin, the Norse god, Imposed a tax re sembling the modern poll tax. !• Sweden it was callee a nose tat. I»< cause it was a penny a nose, lit de fault of payment the nose was sup posed to be the forfeit. "Pnyim through the nose" may have originate, with this myth. The French have s similar phrase—“payer par le nez. I‘ithfinder Magazine. Feed Through Roots Roots anchor the trees to th< . ground, absorb water from the soil nnd transport water to the stem, say , the American Tree association. With ( out roots, trees could not stand up | and without roots trees would starve for they supply water and food to th j stem, branches, twigs, leaves an ( other parts of the crown, ihe cipal work of the big roots near th. . stem is to help the trees stand up • while the fine root hairs at the end j of the rootlets are the ones that nb sorb the water from the sell. < Fear Makes Poor Workers * “Employers of vision are fast learn ing Hint workers who fear losing t >eti jobs are not half so efficient or orlg Innl as those who have emtinopa e. { themselves from this vety tun". f curse,” says Helen Woodward su,< »«• ( ful woman advertising executi-e an author, in McClure's Magazine. . J there are still a great many vvho oe h ifeve in making punctual nme-iln”’ frightened and baffled workeis, < - 1 to the prison of a Job Must Earn Success One reason why so few nize opportunity is * H!l ’ a,:Se ' nn ,. guised as hard work, i • L were willing to pay the pllt ' ft| . cess they would be n,o,e • than they are today. ITice ts away F hard work.—Grit. -

■ HOOSIER HEADS ’ i NATIONALTICKET John Zahnd. Os Indianan- ■ Ohs, (Jets Overwhelming Majority In Referendum Indianapolis. Dee. 27-(!N8)-Indi. ana today presented the nation with a lui.-fledged candidate tor the presi(fancy in 1?28, Mabel Larue, national secretary of the National party, announced today , that tin- referendum vote now being taken throughout the country to pick ‘ candidates for the offices of president ' and vice-president of the United ( States gave John Zahnd of Indiant apolis an overwhelming majority and t Zahnd therefore wil be the national party's standard hearer in the coming election. , 1 lie official vote will be announced at the party's national convention in Chicago on January 1. Only members wlio carried membership certificates and showed dues paid , in full were allowed to vote in the ( referendum. . The race for the vice-presiden.y j nomination is between W. H. Bennington of Cleveland, Ohio, 1., E. Eickelberg of Waterloo. lowa, and Florence Garvin of Londsdale, Rhode Island. The National party claims it will control -i.000.000 votes in the approaching election. The National party fav--1 ors the election of the president and vice-president by direct vote, of the ' people. J o 1 Police And Bandits Engage In Gun Battle Cisco, Texas, Dee. 27— (INS) —G E. Bedford, 61, veteran chief of police, is dead. George Carmichael, 60, police officer, is dying, and Louis , Davis, 33, of Briston, Okla., is prob- , ably fatally wounded in a Fort Worth i hospital as the result of a pitched battle between officers and bandits who yesterday held up the First National bank here. I 0 Negro Grocer Foils Holdup Chicago, Dec. 27 — (INS) —Andrew Jones, 43, a negro grocer, was commended by the police department today for his bravery in accounting for two bandits who tried to hold up his stole. Jones seized a gun. killed one bandit and wounded the other. He himself was slightly wounded. The bandits also were negroes. o Train Kills Two Girls Camden, N. J. Dec. 27 — (INS) — singing joyously on their way home from a Christmas celebration, two girls were killed and four seriously injured when a train struck an auto niabile in which they were riding at a grade crossing at Monroeville, nea here. oTanunany Hall Favors Cleveland As Site For Democratic Convention New Yoik, Dec. 27— (UP) —Tammany hall believes Cleveland would be the best city in which to hold the Democratic national convention next year because it would be dry. Tammany leaders were said to be opposed to Detroit and Chicago because of ' wetness." They believed the interests of Gov Alfred E. Smith would be fostered best in a drier city. They favored Cleveland, Miami or Sar Francisco with special advantages to the Ohio city. GENEVANEWS Clayton Smith of Berne, attended to business matters here last week. A'ice Hollingsworth is spending the holidays witli her brother and family in Robinsen. 111. Emmett Tully and John Martin are home from Indianapolis Dental school, to spend Christmas week. Abe Shoemaker went to Columbi Cty to spend Christmas with his daughter. Mrs. Cecil Kupely and fa M| b and Mrs. Chas. Thornhill of Fort Wayne, camo Saturday to spend Christmas witli their parents. Mr and Mrs. Rufus Byrd and Mr. and Mrs. Waatherholdt, of Fort Wayne, are the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Neal Schssfai* and faniilj. Mr and Mis. Francis MacWlunney came Saturday to spend a few days Mr and Mrs. Merril Teeple and daughter Elaine, spent Christmas day Sh (he C. F. Greene familyMrs. Elmer Stuckey, of Berne, called in Geneva Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Sophia Mattax fell down her cel’ar steps and has been unable to got around although no bones were ‘ jr Mr en and Mrs. John Whiteman and Mr and Mrs. Harry Steed are tn Elkhart over the week-end. * notice I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife, Mar304me ,lann ' Bereford Hann ' HOW IS VOUR°COAL SUPPLY? . et° ta k It over- Located at the Lets ta Jefferson streets, corner of 7th «■ ’ BENNET --

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Hard to Get Exact Size of Hailstones , The maximum possible «lte of a “igle hallstone cannot l>e stilted positively for tb e pimple reason flint : I always a trained observ- I " r on hand to measure every large I J hailstone which fulls. Hailstonesl larger than a person's fist and weighbig more than a pound have several i times been reported on good authorby, according to the United States weather bureau. During a storm in 'iitnl In 1874 linllstones fell which weighed u pound and a half. They passed through a corrugated iron root as If it liad been made of paper. Hailstone* 11 indies In circumference fell in New Soutli Wales in February. 1547. At Cazorla, Spain, on June 13. 1829, houses were crushed under blocks of lee, some of whicli are said to have weighed four and a halt pounds, in October, 1844, a hailstorm at Cette, France, wrecked bouses and sank vessels. But these, like all reports dating back many years, must be taken with a grain of salt. The untrained observer often unconsciously exaggerates. Then, too. some of these reports inny refer tfl cases where masses of Ice resulted from the coalescence, after falling, ot a number of smaller hailstones lying closely packed together on the ground. —Pathfinder Magazine. Girl’s Father Settled H. C. L. Complication A congressman Investigating the high cost of living said to u Washing ton correspondent: “Tiie it. c. 1. is responsible for many vagaties and queer complications. “A young cliap who had got engaged to a girl was talking over the future witli lier. “'With prices what they are,’ said tiie girl, 'we must be content, George dear, with a small flat and one or, at the most, two servants.' "George coughed. •“it’s my idea,’ he said, 'to live with your old man tiie first couple ot years.’ “‘But, George—’ " 'That’s my idea.’ he interrupted. 'Think of tiie money we can save. No rent, no light, no grub bills, no coal.' “ ‘But—’ “ T insist on this thing,' George Interrupted again. 'I tell you, I —’ “Then the door opened softly and tiie girl's father entered the room. “‘Children,’ he said, tenderly, ‘I have decided that when you get married I’ll come and live with you for the rest of my life.'"—Washington i Star. Blue Laws Banned Pies “The pumpkin, or pompion,” we road in Peters’ “General History of Connecticut." published in 1781, “It 1 one of the greatest blessings, and held sacred In New England. Os its meat are made beer, bread, custards, sauce, molasses, vinegar nnd, on thanksgiving days, pies, as a substitute sot what tiie blue laws brand as antiChristian minced pies." The same author explains why New Englanders were called pumpkin heads. As every male was required to have his hair cut round by a cup, “when cups were not to, be had, they substituted the hard shell of a pumpkin, whicli, being put on the head every Saturday, the hair is cut by the shell all around the head."—Gas Logic. Appearance of Tornado The chief visible feature of a tor nado is a long, whirling cloud, extend ing to or toward the earth As tin storm travels along, nt about th» speed of an express train in the aver age case, and In a direction that Id most cases is approximately frotr southwest to northeast, tiie zone ot destruction is little if any wider that the track swept by this cloud. Tin width of the zone may lie only n few rods nnd Is seldom as great ns hall a mile. Its length average? somethin), like 25 miles, but is not always eon tinuous, as these storms have away of jumping over places along their paths and leaving them unharmed. Keep Departments Efficient There is in the government a bu rettu of efficiency, the duty of which among others, is to investigate the needs of tiie several executive depart mentis nnd independent establishments with respect to personnel and to in vestlgate duplications of statistical and other work and methods of busl ness in tiie various branches of tin government service. There is also a bureau of co-ordination, which investl gates cases in which it is possible U avoid tiie overlapping of departments Busy Man at Home Mrs. Fletcher—Did you have a hard day at the office, dear? Fletcher—in re your question as to my day at tiie office, will say that business matters were pressing and that 1 am very tired. Mrs. Fletilier—Well, dear, dinner Is ready. Fletcher—Your statement In re dinner duly noted, and your suggestion will be acted upon ns soon as possible. —Vancouver Province. A Typical Woman ••Bey, tell me the truth!" thundered King Arthur of Round Table fame. “Who or what made all these nicks In my broadsword?" “Sire," replied the tremulous page, “I should not squeal on a woman, but the queen's been sharpening pencila."

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Here's a hitherto unpublished snapshot of Mrs. Ruth Snyder, now awaiting electric chair death at Sing Sing, N. Y., for murder of her husband, Albert Snyder. Mrs. Snyder Is pictured with her daughter. Lorraine, little dreaming ot the fate tn ■tore for her. • (International Illustrated News) For the Golfing Course The bureau of plant Industry say? that for putting greens on a golf course southern German mixed bent, Rhode Island bent or Colonial bent should be used. For fairways a mix ture of 80 per cent Kentucky bluegrass and 20 per cent red-top should be used. — o Harmless Flying Insect Devil’s darning needle Is merely n popular nickname for rhe dragon fly. The name is suggested by the long, slender body of the Insect which is supposed to resemble a darning needle Contrary to the general be lief the devil's darning needle is perfectly harmless and Its bite Is not poisonous. o All Right After All Another day we never expected to live to see but did was the day when some nice people of our acquaintance v.ere inexpressibly relieved and dismissed all anxiety from their minds upon learning that their missing six-teen-year-old daughter had been safe In jail all the time they had been worrying about her.—Ohio State Journal. O Heat and Coldness Cold is the relative want of heat, and there are no determinate boundaries between cold and heat. By a mere arbitrary distinction the degrees of a thermometer below the freezing point are sometimes called degrees of cold. — o Hardy Fruit Deciduous fruit is fruit that Is borne on trees that shed their leaves In the fall. They are usually hardy or semi-hardy and belong to tiie rose family. Million Road Employees ft is estimated that more than 1.00t'.000 people are employed in road building In the United States. ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT You go to bed dog-tired but still no sleep, no real rest. Morning finds you a rag. One of tiie first effects of a poisoned system is "nerves"— restless, sleepless nights. 1 lie whole thing is traceable to our modern habits of life which put too great a burden on our vital organs, especially the liver. _ f The liver becoming "dead" or sluggish fails to remove the toxic j>oisons from tiie blood, which then poisons the system, weakening stomach, kidneys and heart, causing high blood pressure and undermining health in general. It is universally recognized that occasionally the liver needs a little help. Nothing is better for this, say medical men, titan ox gall. Ox gall is a great natural stimulant for tiie human liver, promoting its normal active functioning so essential to real health. Dioxol tablets arc genuine ox gall in dainty and tasteless form, each tablet representing 10 drops of pure ox gall. To be sure of getting the genuine ox gall, be sure of getting Dioxol. They cost less than 2c caclt at good druggists, and a few bring new days. W yeth Chemical Co..tacr f l. E7B Madison Ave f fgg | OS I New York,Dept M-3S ' 1 ww Mail me Free samples.

DAIRY PROBLEMS TO BE DISCUSSED Variety Os Interesting Subjects To Be Discussed During Fanners’ Week Adams county farnicts who attend Farmers Weeks at Purdue Unlvt -liy. January It to 1, will have an opportunity of healing a variety of Important dairy problems discussed. The first discussion Tuesday morning will be by I’rotewor J. W. Wilbur of Purdue on tiie value of grinding feeds for dally cattle. During the past three years some extensive investigations concerning minding of gtalns and roughages for tiie dairy ration have been conducted nt Put due University and considerable valuable In formation has been obtained from these investigations. From tiie number of local farmeiH who have been ask-' ing county agent's opinion of grinding I roughages for daily cows, Illis sub-; Ject should prove interesting. The subject of minerals for dairy cows is causing dairymen much concern at this time. Prof. C. F. Huffman of Michigan State College who has recently completed some experimental wotk in regard to the value of certain minerals in the dairy rations, has been secured to present this subject. Sterility in cows and heifers is cost ing the Indiana dairyman thousands of dollars each yeat due to tiie hindrance it is causing. titem in the development of better herds, it is a prob-' lent whicli has caused not only the dairymen of Lawrenceburg, Ind., has done some outstanding work In tie treatment of sterility in dairy cow . and he will present some of ills experiences in this work on Wednesday morning, January 11, in Smith Hall. Friday the 13th Is the date for the annual meeting of most of the state breed associations. Carl H. Musser, secretary of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, and C. T. Conklin, secretary of the Ayrshire Breeders Associations. H. E. Dennison, fieldman for the American Jersey Cattle Club will address the Jersey meeting and a representative of tiie Holstein Association will appear before the Holstein meeting. "Farmers Week" is planned to be of value to the average, dirt farmer of Adams County, just as much farmers from any other county. Last year, mole than 2,500 pe-pie registered, Adams County furnishing 20. Can't this progressive county have more than that number there this year to take advantage of the good program. o Females Don’t Count If a fattier nf an Atimimlte family fs asked how many children tie has, he will answer with the number of hoys. He may have six girls, but they don’t count.

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I Appreciation For Gifts Wo wisli to take this method t > again express our sincere and heartfelt appt<‘ciatl<>n to those who had a patt in the Christmas cash gift, nnd to the members of the Phoebe Bible | class for tile very useful gifts, und tn | the many others who brought or sent Individual gifts to tiie parsonage, us well as to those who sent greeting cards. We have ••nJ yed a very Merr' I Christ mas in your midst. Rev. A R Flcdderjohaiin and family - - - —o— --- • IXTEKX.VHONAI. PAPF.B COM I’AW New York. N.Y , Nov 29, 1927. Tiie of Directors have declared a regu'ur quarterly dividend of one and three-quarterii per cent (144%) on the Cuinu alive 7'7 Preferred Stock of tills Company, and n regular quarterly dividend of one and one-half per cent on the i Cumulative 6% Preferred Stock of this Company, for the current quarter. payable January 16, 1928. to holders of record ut the close of business —December 29, 1927. Checks will be mailed. Transfer books will not i-iose OWEN SHEPHERD. Vice President & Treasurer i'ec. 9 27 q _ —•

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