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GREENCASTLE, INDIANA. FRIDAY, JAN. 10, 1008.

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E.B. LYNCH House Furnisher and # Funeral Director

iHE SLEEP OF DEftffl

Superstitions of Many Peoples In Many Lands.

ODD RITES OF THE SIAMESE.

GREENCASTLE, IND. 12 and 14 North Jackson St. tTelephones 89 and 108

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program of the Farmers’ Inwhich Is to be held the 24 of January, has been changthe following is the new reMorning. Invocation—Music. Chairman’s Remarks. Successful Oat Culture, Oliver Kline, Huntington,

Ind.

Discussion, J. W. Robe, J. B. McCabe, leaders. Manurial Value of Farm Wastes, Prof. H. A. Hus- , ton, Chicago, 111. Discussion, O. F. Lane, leader Afternoon.

Music.

Highway Constructien, Oliver

Kline.

Discussion, H. M. Randel, J. 1). Torr, D. Brookshire and

others.

How to Test the Soil to Learn What It Lacks, Prof. ' Huston. Discussion, Dr. Blanchard,

leader.

Evening.

William Watson Woollen of Indianapolis Will Talk

‘'Birds.’' Morning

9:00 Invocation—Music. The Growing of ''Potatoes, Oliver Kline. Discussion, J. L. Hillis, leader 10:00 Education for Home Making, Mrs. Margaret Mathes Romlne, Mooreville, Ind. Discussion, Mrs. W. V. Torr,

leader.

11:00 Mixed Farming in Putnam County, A. P. Burnsides, Discussion, John Jones, lead-

er.

Afternoon 1:00 Breeding of Seed Corn, Oliver Kline. Discussion, Wm. Burris, lead-

er.

The score card will be explained at this session. Afternoon. 1:00 The ladles will hold a seperate session at this hour, and have a “Bread Making” talk by Mrs. Romlne. Discussion, Mrs. J. B. Borris, Mrs. Emma McNary, and others. Don’t hesitate to ask questions at these sessions If want them answered.

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Precautions to Prevent the Spirit of the Departed From Returning—Funeral Procession of the Shans—Queer Belief of the Gilicks. When death comes to tho head of a Siamese household tho family gathered alxait ttie deceased cry out: “Oh, fattier, benefactor, why leave us? What have we done to offend thee? Why depart alone?” The coflin, covered with gilded paper and decorated with tinsel (lowers, Is removed through an opening In the wall made for the purpiisc ami hurried three times round the outside of tho house with the cautious hope that the bewildered ghost may tints lose his way and be unable to return on any haunting expedition. It is then ceremoniously borne iipon a barge and placed on a platform under a dais. The barge, followed by many little boats, floats to the temple, where the cremation Is to take place. At a rich man’s funeral tents are erected within the precim ts of tho temple for the indulgence of games and gambling, while wonderful theatrical performances introducing monsters and other thrills entertain the

funeral guests.

Among the Shuns the eldest son of the deceased leads the funeral procession, a drawn sword in hand t > ward off evil spirits, while (be ether relatives dance as they go Ucerchlefs, umbrellas and yellow robes, presents to the priest, give a gala air to the whole. Arrived at tlin grave, before the coflin Is luton-cd, the deceased’s wife and children and bis brothers’ wives march impressively around the bier with lighted camlbs. Unexpectedly wo Hud one if the native tribes of Australia bearing a very poetic conception of a spirit world after death. Souls, they believe, ascend to a future place among the stars by mentis of a rope. A meteorite Is a falling rope cast aside by a suoiessful ellmlHir, but should it burst with noise

the rope has broken

A tribe in New South Wales lias legends prettily akin. The I’lelades, they explain, were young women of unusmil beauty who. pm-'tied by lovers, climbed up Into the sl.y by means of the treotops, while the leader of the pursuers Inis become Orion. The Burmese also tLow poetry of thought In their belief that the spirit of man takes the form of a butterfly which wings its flight whenever lie is 1 asleep, declining to awaken him sud1 denly “for fear that his butterfly may

not return In time.”

When a Chin of Burma dies his body, dressed, fully tinned and bolstered up in a sitting pc tare, presides over tl rtninmo t p ven In bis honor, relatives and friends drinking, dancing and singing otr ' In praise of the number of bend lie has taken, the number of slaves he b: s captured and firing off their gun as they circle round the poor deaf, dumb, dead crea

ture of their tribute.

The Karens of Burma celebrate marriages and funerals togeiln r The body of the d< ■ eased is placed on a bamboo platform in front <>f bis recent dwelling. Young i icn and maid eus form separate chont os on either side of the remains. One by one the youths slug ardent love to the maiden

of his fancy, who c<

buck discouragement until finally won. When the general enurtiug 1- accomplished the young people withdraw ami the funeral rites | recced. According to the belief of the Giliaks of Silieria, the soul passes from the body of the dead master into that of his dog, who Is surprised by till sorts of dainty food until the guest within Is prayed out, when the poor.animal, equally mystified, Is put to death on

his master’s grave.

But In the glad, free days of primitive savagery many tribes were not satisfied with so petty an offering as a dog. They demanded lino.an sacrifice to grace their graves. Such were the Snkalava of Madagascar, and later when forced to modify their views the poles erected around their tombs were gari lily decorated with skulls and horns of .cattle killed

at their funeral fete is.

The sign ami symbol of the Malay Sakai’s belief In a life after death is crudely expressed In the custom of burying a tobacco box with the body of a man, a necklace with tlut of a woman. But tho ignorant tear of the body’s pollution seems highly developed, and the house of death is bunted down and the site abandoned, even If it means a lost crop of sugar cane or

tapioca.

Lying between the Malay peninsula and Wales Is a long sw eep of map and civilization, but so remarkable a custom was followed in the latter country “within the memory of men living today” that wo cannot par.. It by uuchronieled. This was tho presence of the sin cuter at funerals. Broad, beer and cheese placed upon tin* corpse were consumed by the sin eater, who thus “appropriated to himself the delinquencies symbolized by the viands and prevented theta front destroying the rest of the dead.” Los Angeles

Times.

Highest Elevator Service. The highest elevator service In the world Is that of Burgem . >ck, a mountain near the lake ot Lucerne, where tourists are rabi d m i feet to tne top of a vertical rock.

FLAGS OF NEW YORK. National Emblems Under Which the City Has Been Ruled. The first European visitor to Man hat tan Island was Henry Hudson, who in loop sulk'd up the river now hearing his name. The flag under which he sailed was that of the Dutch East India company, which was the flag of the United Provinces of the Netherhinds, orange, white and blue arranged in three equal horizontal stripes, In the center of the white stripe lieing the letters “A. O. C.”—Algeineene Dost ludise eompagnie (General East India compute h From the time of the discovery no visitor came Into these waters of which there is record until 1(512, when Manhattan was settled under the East India company, which continued in possession until 1(122, when the government fell into the hands of the West India company. The flag of the Dutch West India company was the same ns that of Its predecessor, save that It bore the letters “G. W. C.”—Gooetroyeerde West ludise eompagnie (Privileged West India company). This was the dominant tlag till llXU, when the IMand was surrendered to the English, and the union jack (cross vs of England and Scotland) of Great Britain supplanted the tricolor of Holland, and the mime of New Amsterdam was changed to New York. The union jack at present Is derived from the union of the three crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick, adopted In isol, when the net of union v.iih Ireland was passed. In the month of July, 1(173, the Dutch again took possession of tin city, which they occupied until Nov. 10. 1(574, when by virtue of a treaty of peace between England and Hoi land the union jack again floated over

the city.

From this time there was no Interruption hi (he supremacy of the English until the#year Pis;*, when the memorable rule of I.eisler, speedily terminated by bis death, occurred, lie was a warm supporter of William and Mary, and it Is possible that while he held possession of the fort the flag of William, not then proclaimed king of England, might have floated over New York. But there is no record of this. Were It so. however, it could have boon but for a very brief period, ami

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In the olden time when New York was New Amsterdam there was a fort where the mu and b i.tifu customs | house now ; lands On a little street j not far east of the fort lived Diedrieli Ten Broek—Broek 1* the Dutch for. brltclies-r-a dyer, whose daughter An- ‘ ueke was one of the belles of the town. I In those da\ s in New Amsterdam every merchant lived over his s: re and

Banner Skating- Rink Open each Afternoon and Night SKATING HOURS: Afternoon, 2:00 to 5:00; nights, 7:30 to 10:00 ADMISSION: Gentlemen 10c; Ladies free. Skateslo cents. ERNEST WRIGHT FRED GLORE

those who practice*! a trade had their shops In the yard. Th" lower story of Ten Brook's house was wide enough to take In his vats without discommoding the family. One night when there was a Are on what Is now Broad street, where the bulls and hears daily devour the lambs In the stock market, Annekc saw a young man of her aopiali'tanee, \\ ■ uter Blocker, In the line of those passing buckets, suddenly dart to the burning building, shin up a water spout and rescue n child. The young girl was filled with admiration of the swain, and under her encouragement ho later paid his court to her. t nfortunately for the lovers, Ten Broek frowned upon the connection, which is not surprising since young Bleeker h: d no place to put a bride. Nevertheless Annekc could l t tie prevailed upon to give up \Youter. and he continued Ids vi-its at the lon e, while Ten Brock's eholer con;imn d to rise, Ilk*' the men ury climbing a thermometer. One evening it was p ist i* o’clock and every Dutchman was In bed—the angry father went Into the kitchen, wheiv the lovers were si ling hand in hand within the spacious fireplace, and exploded his wrath in the face of the suitor. Wouter arose and backed out through an open door that led into the dyeing room. Ton Broek following nnd shaking Id list in the youth’s face. Since' Wouter was moving in a contrary direct ii n to his line of vision, he could .-av noihing behind him. Suddenly I,I-, heels > aught upon a vat, and he went back ward, into the

dye.

When he emerged not only Ids clothes, but every square inch of his body, was as red a the Imlinir fi in whom the island of M.mna-liatta bad boon purchased. Ten Brook FUrVc;. od

the English flag waved undisputed un-1 him. shrugged his shoulders, v. Rli an

(il the era of the^Vmerican Revolution. At the beginning of the Revolution hero, as hi New England, the people, although aggrieved, were loyal, and upon tho same day, June 25, 1775, New York witnessed the double entry of George Washington, just elected by the provincial congress general in chief of the American forces nnd on his way to take command at Cambridge, and Tryon, the English governor, who had arrived the day before. It was about this time that the first raising of any but the English flag hi New York occurred. Before this, in deed, liberty poles bad been raised and cut down again, but now, March, 1775, a Union flag, with a nsl field, was hoisted In New Y'ork upon the liberty pole on the common, liearing the Inscription, "George Rex and the liberties of America.” and upon the

other side “No popery.”

The British, under Governor Tryon, vacated New York in 1775. but there Is no record which gives any positive dale as to the raising of the American

flag here.

The city was held by American troops after this event until Sept. 13, 177(5, when Washington retreated to Harlem and afterward from the island, and the city was occupied by Sir Henry Clinton and from that time held by the British until the close of the war. They evacuated the city Nov. 25. 1783. Since then no flag but the stars and •tripes has waved over the city in ■token of power and authority.—New

York Sun.

Fame In Certain Quarters. Edwin Markham was one of the guests of honor at a reception given by u wealthy New York woman. During a conversation she said: “My dear Mr. Markham, I've wanted for years to meet you nnd tell you how 1 just love that adorable picture of yours—the one with the man hoeing, you know—and he Is taking off his cap, and that poor wife of his—at least 1 suppose It's his wife—bowing her head, and they both look so tired, poor things! 1 have a copy of it In my own den, nnd the children have another in their playroom, nnd It's-it’s —simply exquisite!” “ ‘The Angelas,’ I presume you mean?” replied the poet gravely. “Yes,” doubtfully, “but we always call it ‘The Hoe Man!’” “I am glad you like it, madam,” said Mr. Markham. And he took an early opportunity of escaping from his sincere but mistaken admirer.—Success Magazine.

Windmills. The windmill is not yet superseded as an engine driven by the power of “unbought wind.” hi Holland they are used for sawing timber, cutting tobacco, grinding trass and draining the polders. Holland has 10,000 windmills, each of which is said to drain 310 acres of land, at an average cost of 1 shilling an nere n year. In Norfolk they have been of Inestimable service for works of drainage on the marsh lands. A fifteen horsepower windmill erected at Faversham raised In ten months 21,000,000 gallons of water from u depth of 109 feet, saving 100 tons of coni- In the United States iron skeleton windmills were employed to pump water for domestic purposes long before they were applied to Irrigation work. Powerful miJls have given farmers living on the plains a cheap source of power for various purposes, among other things to introduce town luxuries luto their homes.— Manchester Guardian.

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“Ugh!” and, lurniu : Ids bo U. left him The newly dyed man ran hoiue am!, standing under the pm q>. re eived enough water to waGi oa :l o 1 o had It not been of the best and clung to

him like a new skin.

The poor boy arose tb ■ next inornhig to survey bine If In a ; la and sec* that Ik* was boqelessl.' i rp. son. lb* went to a chemist a id b : :ed him to try to do somethin : to remove his color. The chemist give him a bath In which were certain drugs: but. alas, when the bather e:cr ed 1 cnuisoii

skin had turned violet.

Wouter went home in des; ilr. There he found a note fr cu Aum a* appoint ing a meeting on the bank < f the Hud son river for that very evening. Won ter would gladly have stay* 1 a ay. but feared his future happines i ild de pend upon tin* meet in . Tl I ar was just after sunset. \ ueke \ as waiting When Wouter slcna.'! up I i tier and she saw his violet line sb burst Into an uncontrolled lit of lau rha r. Wouter, incensed, turned on b - bool and left her to laugh if : ho liked till tin sounds reached the Jersey shore. The next morning the unfortunate youth weld again to the < ail and besought Id o to i a'e am .her trial. The cheiiib t consenle 1, but this time Wouter came out tin* 1 no el’ (he grass 4n the Bowling green. H®\ g with disappointment, he ran home, and who should he see sitting oil the 6 'Op but

Annekc.

“Go away!” he cried, covering his

face.

“Dear Wouter,” she said, “I have come to crave your forgiveness for

laughing at you.”

Wouter, reassured, advanced, at the same time uncovering ids face. As soon as Annekc saw ids green visage she again burst into a lit of laughter. Wouter ru lied past her a d up to Ids room, where ho locked Id; >eif In, and nothing could induce him to come forth till Annekc had gone away. The chemist told Wouter that Ik* hoped at bu t to find so ie ch uieal substance that would act upon the dye, changing it ( > skin color. Wouter gave him another trial and vameout a bright orange. Soon after (ids Annek ■ met her lover walking between the fort and the junction of tho Hudson nnd East rivers. She was hurrying to Mm to sue for pardon for her apparent want of sympathy. Tho afternoon sun struck his orange countenance, and again she

failed for laughter.

After this Wouter gave up trying to find anything to change Ids color and determined to try to wear It away. Taking a bont. he pulled down through the bays till he came to what is now called Coney Island. There I ■ strip ped and rolled and scraped b e!f in the sand every day for .eve i weeks, living on terries he found on ' e mainland and sleeping under ids b it turned over on the beach. Day by day # week by week, his skin wore away, to be succeeded by one of a natural color. When lie had scraped away the old skin and a new one had formed, lie went back to New Amsterdam. It

A PRIVATE'S HEROISM. Carritd Water to Wounded Soldiers In the Face of Death. It Is one of tlie anomalies of war that, although it stirs the savage nature of mankind, it also calls out the highest qualities of courage, unselfishness and devotion. Many a deed of martial heroism is done in the name of j mercy rather than of the god of bat-1 tie. No description of a fierce charge, ’ says the Youth's Companion, records more determined valor than does the story of Richard Kirkland as told by General Kershaw. Ker haw was a private who served' in the South Carolina volunteers during the civil war. After the bloody battle of Fredericksburg his brigade occupied tin* road near the field. One hundred and fifty yards beyond the field la,\ the Federal troops, and between the ground was covered by the dead and dying. All day long the air was rent with the cries and groans of (lie wounded and the pitiful calls “Water! Water!” In the afternoon as General Kershaw sat In tlm upper room of his headquarters overlooking the field Kirkland asked permission to speak to him. “General,” said the young man, “I can't stand it.” “Stand what, sergeant?” “All night and all day I’ve heard those poor people crying for water. I came to ask permission to give them a drink.” “Kirkland,” responded the general, “don’t you know that if you ever step over that wall you’ll get a bullet In your liend?” “1 know it, but 1 am willing to try.” Tbi* general considered a moment. “I icglit net to allow you to run such a risk.” lie said, “but 1 cannot refuse your request. Trusting God will protect you. you may go.” The sergeant's eyes lighted wi(li pleasure. “Thank you, sir!” he said heartily nnd ran down the stairs. When he reached the bottom of the flight he hesitated, turned and ran up again. “General, can 1 show the white handkerchief?” The gen. nil slowly shook Ids head. “No. Kiikland, you can’t do that.” “All rigid! I'll take the chance,” and lie was off again. From the windows of the house the officers watched him run across the road and climb the wall. He made his way quickly to the nearest sufferer, raised the poor fellow’s head on ids arm and gave him a long drink of cool water. From one tie went to another until his purpose was si\plain In the eyes of the Federals that all danger was over. From all parts of the field came the piteous appeals; again nnd again Kirkland had to return for water, and he spent an hour and a half in ministering to the needs of the wounded. Then he rejoined his company unhurt At Chickamauga Kirkland fell. His example was one which dignified all humanity.

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Misleading Names.

Perhaps the most misleading name on the map is that of Tierra del Fuego, tho “Land of Fire.” The name would Imply that it was a land of volcanoes In constant activity. The fact is, however, that it contains no volcanoes nnd is a country of perpetual wet and cold. It got its name from the fact that It was sighted by Magellan at night In consequence of a large fire having been ignited by the natives on shore. The same discoverer happened to have

was the middle of tho aftern > m, ami ; very flue weather after he had round-

lie appeared upon the Bowlhnr green. One of the first persons ho met was Annekc. She approached hii i-avIUi a smile, tills time of contrition, and ecu gratnlntcd him upon bi- leroy his natural color. But, although e made continued attempt to coneHti'o him.

ed the Horn mid so gave the name “Pacific” to a part of tho ocean which ts exceptionally subject to storms. Again, Boothia Felix, a peninsula In arctic America, In which the magnetic pole Is located. Is anything but “happy” or “pleasant,” ns its name would

she failed signally. W • utcr n ■ or re- Imply. It was named after Sir Felix

newed ins of or for her Uan 1 and even tunlly married a daughter or Petrus Van Schoonevnn, a dealer hi ft rs. MABEL R TURNING

Booth, who provided funds for the expedition which discovered it. In another sense tin* name of America is wholly misleading, since it is derived from that of Amerigo Vespucci, who did

not discover the new world.

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Ship Your Freight By T. h. I. & E. Trac. Line Express service at Freight rates to all points touched by Tractiou Line in Indiana and Ohio. Inquire of Local Agent.

Engraved cards—script —at the Herald office. One hundred curds nnd a plate for 91:50.