Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 January 1908 — Page 3

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ABSENCE OF MIND. A Funny Story About Ampere, the Famous Mathematician. You all know the old Joke of the professor who, pondering over the saying that In a railway accident absence of body was a good deal better than absence of mind, went to the nearest railway station and tried to take a ticket “for the nearest railway accident," so as to have the matter proved to his own satisfaction. You doubtless know the story, too, of the professor of mathematics whose new parlor maid told him when he rang at his own door that Professor Jones was out. “I'll call again. I'll call again,” he said and went away. But these are stories merely. Here, however, are some incidents from real i life: Ampere was remarkably absentI minded. Hundreds of stories of his absentmindedness are told, but quite | the funniest is that of his dinner at the house of M. Fontnnos, the grand mas- [ tor of the University of Paris. For a joke somebody had told Ampere that he must go to the dinner in his academician's uniform of green and gold and girt with Ids sword. When he got to the house lie was very much annoyed to find everybody else in ordinary evening dross. “I will get rid of the sword at all events,” lie said to himself and slipped it behind tire cushions of a sofa. After dinner Ampere forgot himself, as usual, and became lost in abstruse calculation. He took a little piece of chalk out of his pocket and began working out problems on the black satin cover of the mantelpiece. He became so absorbed In wliat he was doing that all the guests left without his noticing them, and when, he wrote down Q. E. D. no one was left In the room except Mine. Fontnnes, and she unfortunately sat fast asleep on the sofa where Ampere’s sword lay hidden. Ampere went down upon his knees and pulled gently at the sword, so ns to get it away without waking the lady. He pulled and pulled, and presently the sword came out—withouF the scabbard. At this moment Mine. Fontanes awoke and alarmed the house with her screams of terror at seeing a man on his knees before her with a drawn sword in ids hand. Hut mathematical professors have not the monopoly of absentmindedness. La Fontaine, whose fables are the delight of adult Frenchmen and their children's earliest task, went to the court of Louis XVI. to present n copy of his faldes to the king. And ho I forgot the hook. Fortunately, the king knew Ln Fontaine, Ids failles and his | foibles and gave him a thousand plsI tales (about $2.10). Unfortunately, though. La‘Fontaine left the money in j his hired carriage on ids way back to

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But the prettiest piece of absentmindedness of which I have ever heard was that of Professor Pozzl, who asked a lady who was bewailing the fact that she had no children whether she I thought the failing was hereditary. ■ This is even more amusing than tire j delightful answer made by the engineer of the Seine tunnel, M. Uerller, to a servant who told him when he went to call upon his lawyer that that gentleman had died that morning. “Oh,” said M. Uerller, “dear, dear, I’m so sorry. But tell him I won't keep him a minute.”—St. James’ Gazette.

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Oil Walls at Sea.

The whale is by no means the only source of marine oil. Though little known to fame, the humble menhaden yields oil and fertilizer worth $1,000,00<) a year, giving employment to lAoO fishermen and UiOO employees of fifty factories. The people who are so profitably engaged in slaughtering 700,000,000 of these fishes every year naturally claim that they were created providentially for the express purpose, since they are not fit for food, and yet the supply seems inexhaustible. No one knows whence they come or whither they go. All we know Is that every , spring vast schools of them appear In . the gulf of Mexico, heading north In j closely packed masses, near the surface, utterly Incapable of either dofeuse or escape. All that Is needed Is simply to scoop them up with big seines.—

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jo.. .'xx:ooooooco<xaX(fA>3coooq THE ONE WHO WAS LYNCHED, booooo?x>oc<>o«’ , xx>oooooo< [Copyright. 1907. by E. C. Parcells.] When Miss Violet Bennett decided to reject Frank Kuapmau and marry Waller Harper. Kuapmau thirsted for revenge. One night, six months after the marriage, ns he was going to his boarding house after being detained at his office, he met Harper. There was a lumber yard occupying one side of the block, and there were no houses on the other. Harper had been drinking and was In an ugly mood, lu fact, It was proved later on that he had had n bitter quarrel with his bride and that it was uot the first. He replied to Knupmau with a sneer and a taunt The latter tired up and struck him with a heavy cane he was carrying, and he threw up his hands and went down like a log. / Kuapmau waited for a moment for his victim to rise, and as he did not he bent over him and found that he had probably Indicted u fatal blo\V. Ills first idea was to summon assistance. He rejected that and dragged the body Into the lumber yard between two piles of lumber and hurried away. No one had noticed him. Next morning the body was found and the alarm given. Within three days an arrest was made. It was that of n butcher named Sanderson. He had had two or three rows with Harper over a hill the latter had refused to pay and in the presence of witnesses had threatened to get even. It was shown that he was out that night. His wife admitted that he came home In a state of agitation. His assistant at the shop said that he acted strangely next day. The butcher at first vigorously protested his Innocence, but upon living told of the proofs collected against him he at once owned up. He said that he met Harper at the lumlier yard and offered to make a reduction in the hill, but that the man called him a swindler and cheat and finally provoked him so that he lost his temper and gave him the fatal blow. He had started to summon assistance when fear of the results Impelled him to turn hack and secrete the body. Before the butcher’s examination came up a singular tiling happened. A fanner living two miles out of town awoke one night to find a burglar In his house and to give him the contents of a shotguh. The fellow was fatally wounded, nnd on being so informed by the doctor he said lie wished to make a confession. He w as the murderer of Harper, lie was a stranger to the place nnd had planned to break into a store that night. He had been hiding in the lumber yard for an hour when he came out to look around a bit nnd met Harper face to face. Harper demanded wluit he was doing there, threatened him with arrest and even took him by the collar. In defense the robber struck him with n stick lie had picked up in Ids place of hiding. The robber lived for thirty hours, having his senses to the last, and they could not shake him in Ids story. Here was a pretty ndxiip for the officers, hut a worse one awaited them. Knnpman had been amazed at the butcher's confession, and the confession of a second man for the crime ho himself hurt committed made (he lawyer wonder if he w as not going crazy. Four days after the deatli of the robber an Italian navvy entered a house In the suburbs of the town and stole a watch and other things. He was seen and pursued. He turned and fired at his pursuers, hut they closed in on him, and he was made prisoner. The town was in a state of excitement, and great Indignation was felt. Threats were freely made to lynch the navvy, nnd lie lost ids nerve and pleaded that he did not mean to kill Harper the week previous. Upon being Interrogated along tills new Hue he made a confession. He had come from n point fifty miles away, being told there was work for him. When he arrived lu the town there was no work. He was penniless and hungry and while wandering about and having planned to sleep lu the lumlier ynfd that night met Harper and asked him for a small sum. He said that he received a kick In return, and he showed a black and blue spot on his hip to corroborate Ids statement. He had a stick in ids hand to menace any prowling dog..and upon being kicked he struck back. Harper fell and was drugged among the lumber, and the murderer took about $2 in change from his pockets #ud fled He had a dime of the money left. Here were three arrests for the same crime, with Knapman knowing that he alone was guilty. Just what the out come would have been hut for the excitement of the people it is Impossible to sey. All felt that the Italian was the man, nnd public vengeance refused to await the delay of the law. When he had made nnd signed his confession, n mob gathered and ho was taken out and hanged to n limb of a tree. Next day the other two men in custody were discharged. It was, of course, remarked as a strange thing that men perfect ly Innocent of a murder should confess to it, but much lay behind that All confessed that the crime was com mitted at the same hour, the same spot nnd with almost the same weapon. All dragged the body into the lumber yard. In the case of three of them there were confessions straight enough to bring n verdict of guilty. Did Knapman commit the crime or Imagine that he did? Did the butcher commit It? Did the robber? Did the Italian? Only one bud a hand lu It. Which one was It? And If only one committed it by what process of rea sonlng did the other three accuse them selves? It Is a mystery yet, and the man who wauls something obtuse to work his head over during an Idle day can try to solve this problem.

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INSULTS TO ROYALTY. Some of the Thing* That Conetitute Le-e Majesty In England. Many people think that leze majesty —giving Insult to royalty—Is uot a crime lu Great Britain. The English statute books, however, contain many penalties for such offenses. IMacing a postage stamp on a letter upside down is a punishable offense, as is also the defacement of a coin hearing the royal Image. This is insulting the king's effigy. Private individuals may not raise the royal standard over their dwellings. This is the emblem of the regal authority to be displayed only where the king Is present. While an agitator may talk against royalty In the abstract as much as he chooses, contemptuous or insulting personal references to the reigning sovereign opens the offender to a heavy fine and imprisonment. The slightest slap upon the face of the king or queen—or any other part of tlie anatomy, for that matter—is punishable with the deatli penalty. In the reign of Queen Victoria u Lieutenant I’nge struck her across the face with his cane. He was sentenced to death, but the queen commuted his

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It is likewise a crime to bring the uniform of the sovereign into contempt. To garb a low comedian or a villain of tlie stage in a discarded uniform of the army or the navy is sufficient to bring heavy censure from the government. For this reason theatrical managers usually see to it that the uniforms worn are not exactly copies of the real things.

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ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. e Most Brilliant Illumination Is Not Always the Best. \ writer in an engineering magazine offers some disconcerting information on the subject of illumination, disconcerting because She render will probably find that lie has been, innocently - enough, following a course of procedure there described as injurious. For instance, in the case of eye strain he may have felt that even the dim light by which lie worked was too strong, and so turned down tlie light, thus increasing the difficulty, or, what is more likely to he tlie case, when tile strain 1ms been caused by too brilliant illumination lie fancies that what is needed is stronger light nnd so increases It. Overstrain from too bright a light is said to manifest itself by an itching sensation In the eyeballs, with tlie tendency to rub the eyes for relief. The proper course, then. Is to see that the light is more perfectly diffused or softened nnd that it falls in the right direction. After these precautions have been taken it is worth while to try a smaller quantity of light, this trial to continue long enough In time for tiie eyes to become fully adjusted to the change. The value of illumination is not to he judged by the apparent brightness of the lights when looked at directly the brighter the light tlie better- but by the effect on the object to lie looked at. and the most dosirable effect) so far as the eyes are concerned, is not always produced by the most brilliant lights.—ludiauapolis Star.

Set the Pace. Young Mabel had a habit when soup was Served at the table of mushing her crackers or bread in it until it was a great mess. Her mother made many efforts to have her correct this strictly primeval habit. y One day there was to be company at the table, and the mother said: “Now, Mabel, Mrs. Brown*'is to dine with us tonight, and i want you to act at the table just ns nicely as-she does. I’lense don’t ‘mush* your soup.” Maliel promised faithfully to follow the example set by Mrs. Brown, and the dinner opened with every promise of a line time. However, Mabel was using a Ipair of very sharp eyes on Mrs. Brown and in an instant idurted forth at the top of her voice: “Oh, mamma, Mrs. Brown is ‘mushing!’ May ur

Had Tried Electricity. A benevolent gentleman attempted to converse with the motherly old lady who sat next to him lu the railway carriage. lie discovered that she was very deaf, and the conversation was established by shouting. “You are very deaf, aren’t you, mad am?" ultimately bellowed he of the benevolence. “I nm so,” was the reply, “and haven’t been able to do a tiling for it.” “Have you ever tried electricity?” shouted tlie kind hearted man. “Yes,” she said, nodding vigorously, “I was struck by lightning last summer.”—Loudon Graphic.

How She Felt. Stella—So you kissed tlie young parson In the dark hall, thinking it was your brother? You must have felt awfully cheap when you discovered your mistake. Mabel—Cheap! Why, I felt like a Friday remnant at a Monday bargain sale.—Chicago News.

Foreign. Doctor (after careful examination)— Some foreign substance is lodged in your eye. Dennis — Oi knowed ut! That’s what Oi git f’r wurrukin’ wld them Frenchmen!—Illustrated Bits.

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Reginald Overocker was n trial to ids mother. Mrs. Overocker had unbound ed respect for wealth and sought to train her sou to esteem all roads to wealth. Including marriage. The son cared nothing for wealth nnd was ale sorlied in the sciences. Everybody knows that there Is nothing cheaper than brains and nothing more profitable than a knack for getting rich. This Is the reason that Mr4) Overocker lamented that tier son insisted on wasting Ids time on chemistry, geology, astronomy, biology—indeed, every science

ending in y.

But when one day the young man told his mother that he was engaged to Lucy Le Boy, who had come of age and into possession of a large estate at the same time, Mrs. Overocker was much mollified. She embraced her sou half a dozen times and told him he might waste his time with his sciences to his heart’s content. There was one difficulty In the way of Miss Le Roy’s peaceable possession of tlie Le Roy estates. Her grandfather hail accumulated them, and as her father, Henry Le Roy, had married her mother contrary to the old *e Roy’s wishes, dying he had left all the property to Peter Le Roy, his only other child. Miss Le Roy’s uncle. Peter disappointed the old man by lending a wild, roving life nnd had twenty-five years before been Inst heard of in South America. From that time he had hot troubled her brother or her brother’s family, who at the old man’s death had entered Into peaceable possession of the estate. But, then, supposed-to-be-dead people have nn inconvenient way of turning up when least wanted, and the engagement of the young couple had scarcely been announced when notice was served on Miss Le Boy that her uncle Peter had returned nnd demanded ids possessions. The blow was n severe one to Miss Le Boy and Mrs. Overocker. Bcginnld was engrossed In Ids scientific studies nnd experiments and did not seem to have common sense enough to take notice that he, n poor man, had J pledged himself to marry a gill who j at tlie end of a lawsuit If she contest- j ed the claim—would likely be as penniless as himself. His want of appreciation of the fact was very annoying to ids mother and correspondingly re freshing to his fiancee. He who claimed to be Peter I.e Boy had long lived under the name of Frederick Briggs, lie had very little resemblance to the boyish pictures of Peter, but this was not surprising, as few people will easily recognize even a friend not seen in a quarter of a cen tury. He secured the services of a lawyer with a talent for making tlie most of his points of evidence, and many people had no doubt that he was the real Peter. However, Miss I.e Boy’s counsel advised her to contest his claim on tlie ground lhat he was no one else than Frederick liriggs. It was well known that the real Peter Le Boy when a boy of eighteen had been hit in the temple w ith n baseball and had consequently lost the use of his right c\e. Miss I.e Boy’s counsel relied on tills fact to prove liriggs an impostor and ordered tiie man before an oculist for examination. Whether Briggs and his counsel knew what their opponents intended to gain by the examination and were prepared for their tests or whether the man was really blind In his right eye, tlie oculist was unable to prove that lie could see with It. However, when the case was called and Briggs had brought the strongest possible proof that lie was Peter Le Boy, Miss Le Boy’s counsel introduced the oculist, who vainly tried by a number of tests to entrap the claimant into reading with his left eye closed. Tlie trial bad readied the climax, and Miss Le Boy was so Wrought up over the probability of living reduced to poverty that she prevailed upon her studious Inver to leave his sciences for one day gad go to court with her. He sat in the courtroom evidently far away with some problem till tlie oculist began bis efforts to entrap the claimant. After that he was nil attention. When tlie oculist failed Bcginald whispered something to Miss I.e Boy’s counsel, then left tiie courtroom. In half an hour lie returned and was called upon to examine the claimant’s eyes. Giving the man n pair of spectacles to put on, Bcginnld hold a black card before ids eyes, on which were words written in green letters, and asked him to read them. This the claimant did without any difficulty. Reginald glanced at Miss I.e Boy’s counsel, indicating that he was satisfied, and lie was called on for the result of his test. “Of these glasses," he said, "tlv; left Is red, the right is ordinary transparent ’glass. The red glass before what he admits is ids sound eye combined with green letters produces black. In other words, through this glass he cannot see the letters at all. Consequently he read them with his right eye, which he claims is opaque." The Judge looked at the Jury, the Jury looked at each other, the spectators tittered, the oculist blushed, while Miss Le Boy beamed on her lover. Then the Jury without leaving their seats found a verdict for the defendant, nnd the property remained lu the hands of Miss Le Boy. When Reginald Overacker was praised for his shrewdness In unmasking the claimant’s rascality he wat puzzled. He couldn’t understand why such a simple matter should inspire judge, Jury, attorneys and a room full of spectators with wonder and admiration. However, since he was thereafter permitted to pursue his studies without the Interference of his mother. J. ANTHONY TWINING.

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NOTICE OF DEMOCRAT PRIMAR'

Notice is hereby given to tin Democratic voters of Putnam county that there will%e a primary election held in the different townships of said county on Friday the 10th | day of January, 1908 to nominate j a candidate for each of the following offices, to-wit: Representative, Treasurer, Sheriff, Cornoner, Surveyor. Commissioner 2nd District, and ! Commissioner for 3rd District. \Vm. B. VESTAL, Chairman. JAS. P. HUGHES, Sec.

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OBITUARY. Bertram Leland Monnett was born November 2 5, 1881 In Putnam County, Indiana near Walnut Chapel. Died December 18, 1907. Aged 20 years and 24 days. He leaves a mother, one sister and three brothers and a host of friends to mourn his departure. Bert as he was familiarly called was loved by all who knew him. He always had a smile for every one. He united with the South Greencastle M. E. church faithtuf member until death.

NOTICE TO COMMITTEMEN The City Democratic committee will meet at the office of William Vestal on Tuesday night, Jan. 7. Important business w’lll be transacted and all committeemen are urged to be present. Gt37

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