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GREENCASTLE HERALD

FKIDAT, SEPTEWBEB 1, I9u.

THE HERALD PIB1.ISHKI> EVERY AETER.NOOX

Except SimUuy by the Star-Democrat Publishing Company, 17 and 19 South Jackson Street, Greencastle, Indiana. PHONK «r.

Charles J. Arnold Editor Will T Sltllngton City Editor

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DESIRE BLONDE CHILDREN. Many People Want Light Chilrirei When Adopting Little Ones. Btraag* tut It may seem, said a proaineht philanthropist in the New York Tribune, not a few children ol the thousands who must he classet as street walls receive a valuable in heritance of blue eyes and light hair , which, without too great a stretch o. the imagination, may be callec golden While I do not pretend U -understand the psychology of the question, facts will nevertheless bear this out. Of the great number of requests received by the charitable institutions of this ulty for children for adoption Ora majority of those who specify ask ter Ihs Mat eyed, golden-haired type • iAo you see, the Inheritance of such ■ coloring Is & sort of "open sesame' to a good home This curious predilection was much more marked 10 oi Is romm ago than now, but it still crop* up occasionally and is certainly an Interesting trait. The hgures and letters obtainable at charitable institutions contain iuformaueu corroborative of this state meat For Instance, in the records of the New York Juvenile Asylum, an tbstltuthm wtilch for the last o0 year has given a real home and useful training to some 40,000 children wht would otherwise have grown up in the slums and has placed 6000 of then In outside homes, mostly in the West, ihsre is a multitude of letters asking for cbildra* to be adopted. Some ol thsm show this curious blue and yellow choice Can you send a cniid out here for adoption? says one letter from a West era stats which every year receives many children from the institution "If so, have you a little girl with hint eyes and curly golden hair?” We should be glad to give a gooi horns to a little boy, says anoiner. Wt prefer one with light hair and blue eyes Of epurse a brunette complexion is no hkudicap to the child for which the Juvenile asylum Is striving to ge a square deal. But those who wish to adopt llght-hatrsd children geuer»U> specify on this particular, since on other points the Judgment of the aeykim authorities is regarded as sufficient. One man who has long watched the wyrh'of this and other institutions ot -j^almUai kind insists that the psy chologj of a selection is simple. According to his theory the West, where a real chance is found for many of the children, has a population made up in y large part of settlers from Northern European countries, where blue eyes and light hair constitute the prevailing type. Naturally enough when adopting a child one of such coloring is iJieferrad. all of which, while directly opposed to the theory of attraction of opposites, serves to emphasize tin value of blue eyes and light hair U the New York waifs.

Strange Holiday Custom?. iThe posadas (“posada’ mcanint dualling place or inn) commemorate ths Journey of Joseph and Mary from Nasareth to Bethlehem, whituer they rypant In obedience to the Homan cm geror's mandate, to be enrolled in tin census This Journey, made by Mary on a donkey led by Joseph, is sup posed to have occupied nine days. Wherefore the posadas last also foi alas days. Each evening as the ■hades of night descended, tl.e hi.mbit pair naturally begged shelter, which. In many cases, was at first reiv^ed. it Is this nightly episode that is commemorated in Mexican homes by the poeadna, or "begging shelter." Very nearly every Mexican family, of whatever rank, gives a series ol ’‘posadas ’ on varying scales of grandeur, and to these [unctions numerous guests are invited Each guest is expected to be present at the entire series of nine "posedas," and it h considered extremely discourteous ti absent one's self from even one o’ thsm. In the conservative and oldtasbloacd families, only dear friends and relatives are allowed to shar« the posada season, but the more cos mopolltan Mexicans are broader minded, and frequently Invite foreluuerv to Jain their Christmas parties

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Iowan Sight-Seeing In Cap- j ital Mistaken tor N ice President. WASHINGTON, (Spl.)—“This is 8 pretty nice town, but I'm never going 1 to come hack until Jim S her mar ! ceases to be vice-president.” This is the private opinion of William P. Chambers, of Corw.th, Iowa j publicly expressed after a day ol nerve racking experiences in the j course of which he was mistaken fot I ‘Sunny Jim" by aoout two out of i three persons who epoke to him. * j Chambers arrived In W ishington j after a motor trip from his home j town and started in to see the sights, j Leaving his hotel he strolled down | Pennsylvania avenue about noon and j almost immediately met a tall indl- | vidual in a frock coat and silk hat; who Inquired: “Ah, Mr. Vice-President, aren’t you] a little late for the session today?" Mr. Chambers thought it a little: strange that anyone In Washington j should know that he was vice-presi- j dent of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ ' dank at Britt, Iowa, but he did not ] protest. A little while later he wanJered up | to the Capitol to see the two senator from his native state, but, afu r spending a strenuous half hour, an- j swering questions addressed to him | by persons who mistook him for t a j presiding officer of the Senate, he j left in disgust. The likeness between "Sunny Jim" and the man from Iowa caused a large amount of comment at the Capitol and grave fears were expressed lest the two dromios should get mixed up and on one would be sure which was | which. According to Chambers statement ! he was in.ited to lunch nine times by members of the House who had known the Vice-President when he was in that branch of the legislature and he .ays that the cleiks at the hotels in New York and this city were so sure that he was the second Executive officer tf the nation that they almost insisted that he sign his "real name” on the registers. Finally Mr. Chambers got so peeved that he climbed Into his buzz wagon and Washington will see him no motuntil after a change in the present administration, for he does not consider it a Joke to be a "living likeness.” Just as the Iowan’s machine wapassing out of the city the last mistake took place. One of the traffic squad, who had an idea that thf automobile was exceeding the spec limit, rode up to the machine and started to inform the occ. pant that he would have to go with him to th station house. When Mr. Chambei lifted his goggles, however, th policeman gasped, bowed and ejaculated: "Excuse me, Mr. Sherman, I didn't know it was you.” Whereupon Chambers smiled grimly and resumed his 1500-mile journey homeward.

MRS. ROBERT GOELET.

This well known New York society woman was thrilled by her first tri| In a submarine. Secretary of tlx Navy George Von I.. Meyer Invitee her to take a trip in the Octopus which lay at anchor in the harbor ol Newport. Mrs. Goelet acc-pfed wit! pleasure. During the con sc of the under-water nip about the h rlw, she ate a meal and tried her hand at steer ing the craft, saying it was “entrauc-

fngly Cipllvatlng.”

LIFE ON MONT BLANC. Scientific Obeervers as Sadly Off There at Arctic Explorers. Ufe in the observatory on the summit ot Mont Blanc is even fio.-i.er than on an arctic expedition. Ti observatory was founded by Pitrie Janssen, the French physicist., in iJl, and since the first ast\ ;.t U u.c 1.1 .*ntain in I7i>t; a temperatare acj.e Ireciiiig was never recorded .uril IbOh. wu.en lor a few no a . i a temperature of two ccp. .n stade,. oi about 36 degrees i. ,.c.ibeu, was observed. The obfaer.aiory Is generally o-i ipied from about the Lcgihniug oi June to the end of September, xht • are the utmost limits a: which i... a could live there. The work is both astronomical and meteorological. One of the greatest drawua us to i .cwork Is the stream of tourists m July and August, who expci ; to have everything shown to them regaruh of the loss of time to ihe men of science. One of these, W. de Fouvielle. in a recent account of the work on tie mountain top dwells on the com e that it takes to spend weeks a l months amid the monotony of t,o snowflelds and glaciers. The inen.al depression is all the harder to fight on account of the physical conditions, u which it is very difficult to becun.a accustomed. At that elevation human beings are tortured by an unceasing thirst, a e to the rapid evaporation of moist me from the body. On the oilier h i:. I. the appetite almost entirely di-. ppears. At first all the system can stand is a few glasses of warm tea daily , vvith plenty of sugar and pulverized milk in it. Recourse to alcohol is absolutely forbidden. Spirits of all sorts are found to be exceedingly harmful When the men begin to get acc'imated, a diet pricipally made, up ol meat is found to be best. The xoo it is carried up from Chamounix ui d frozen in order to insure its presei v i-

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It is stored in the cellar of the observatory, where the teinperatuie ranges from 13 to 15 degrees Fuhniheit. Canned or preserved meal is never used. It is found to be too trying to the digestive powers in th a region. The meat is for the most part boiled. Greeu vegetables are eabn with it to prevent scurvy or similet disorders. The process of cooking is far nu e tedious than at ordinary levels. As water boils far below 31J degrees, :t lakes four or live times as mucu boiling to render the 'bod fit to be eaten as it does in ordinary places. The scientific men who spend their summers at the observatory have to live In Arctic clothing. They spend d / and night in an atmosphere a’ !re< ing point. It is true that the building is warmed with fires of coal and woo ». But it is only warmed 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The moisture from ti ■ breath of the inhabitants condensis on the walls in a thin coating ot ne, dini icicles depend from the ceilings and beams an lintels. When It ge s a little too warm the ice melts ai l there is a veritable rainfall in every room. The observers gradually learn to be comfortable at 32 degrees. They take off their gloves to handle thn mote dcli<ate instruments. They steep in bugs and keep their health. When they go home for the winter they don t feel the cold. Their scientific work is. besides, generally recognized as compensation for all they endure to accomplish it.

Value of Nutria. Nutria fur comes from a little animal which makes his home on tl.e hanks of the River de la Plata in South America. The climate and P*. cation suit him so well that he has “• ver been found in any other locality. He is equally at home in the water or i.*,ioie, being provided by nature with nostrils set very high, so that he can swim with just the tip of his nose out of the water. The old lady Nutria swims around with five or six young ones on her back, the rest of her anti-race-suicide family lagging along as best they may. Nutria holds Hie same position amoug the hunters’ furs as gold does among the metals or silk among fabrics.—Hat man.

Shooting the Whale. The Norwegian whale fisheries extend over nearly the whole oi the Arctic Sea, from the north of Norway toward Spitzbergen and even to the Shetland Islands. The whales are shot from small steamers, the implement used ueing the so-called bomb harpoon, an arrow shaped iron spear furnished with a line which is discharged tYom a small cannon. The whale often drags the vcsfr! a long distance until It becomes exhausted and expires. It is then towed to the anchorage, where it is stripped of the blubber. This whale fishery was begun by a well known Norwegian, Svend Foyn, in 1868. While only thirty whales were killed In the first year, 1,080 whales were taken In 1897, when 513 men were engaged on twenty-five steamers. At first only the blubber was utilized for train oil; now the bouet are crushed for manure end ths Besh Is used for fodder.

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To Scallop Polaloes Cut four cold boiled potatoes of good size into slices a g'Ood eighth of fills of flour until smooth. Add onu an inch thick. Melt two teaspoonfuls of butter and stir into two tablespoonpint of milk, stirring carefully until it boils, then season with a teaspoonful of salt, and pepper to taste. Put ■\ layer of the sauce in the baking llsh, then a layet of potatoes, alter•utlne them until they are all used, u.e the last layer of sauce, spriakie viih h'oad inimhs and brown in the en fifteen minutes. Forced to Leave Home. Every year a large number of poor suffers, whose lungs are sore and racked with coughs, are urged to go to another climate. But this is costly and not always sureThere’s a better way. Let Dr. King’s New Discovery cure you at home. “It cured me of lung trouble,” writes W. R. Nelson, of Calamine, Ark., “when all else failed and I gained 47 pounds in weight. It’s surely the king of all cough and lung cures.” Thousands ow-e their lives and health to it. It’s positive guaranteed for Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Asthma, Croup—all Throat and Lung troubles, 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free at the Owl Drug

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Summer Tourist. To New York-Boston-Norfolk, Va and Old Point Comfort, Va., on sale June 1 to Sept. 30th. Return 30 or CO days. To summer resorts <n Northwest, Pacific ODast, Southw’est, Atlantic Coast, and certain other points in Canada on sale daily. Return Oct. 31, 1911. I Ionics cokers Excursion. To Michigan Points on sale 1st and 3rd Tuesday. Return 8 days Western points 1st and 3rd Tuesday Return 25 days. J. D. ELLIS, Local Agent.

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CHICAGO (Special)—A nationwide movement to force a reduction of express rafes will be instituted immediately by the American Association of Railway Commissioners, consisting of the railroad commissioners of all the states. This war upon extortionate express rates was decided upon at a meeting of a sub-committee of the association, which has Just concluded its sessions here. The sub-committee will make its report at a meeting to be held in Washington in October. A majority of the committee members favor a total abolition of the express companies as “barnacles and parasites” on the commerce of the nation.” They will recommend that congress enact remedial legislation and suggest that one of the three following p'ans be adopted: Establishment of similar service by tile railroads, with tariffs regulated by the Interstate commerce commis-

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Acquisition and operation of express companies by the government. Establishment of a government parcels post. The commissioners admit that government ownership is, to their minds, the poorest of the three remedies suggested. The committee pointed out that one company, said to be the Great Northern Express company, operating on the lines of the Great Northern, is capitalized at $1,0*0,000, and represents an original Investment of $71,280. Last year it showed gross receipts of $2,164,435 and net profits of nearly $700,000. AMERICAN HORSEMAN PIS ENGLISH HIRE London, (Special)—Britons are much puzzled to understand why Walter U'inans, the American horseman who lives in England, should finally have made up his mind to s< 11 out In England and devote himself to the turf in Austria and Russia. Was it because of trouble with the controlling body of the English horee shows? a reporter for the Sussex News asked, point blank. “I’d rather not answer,” replied Mr. Winans, “but people may think what they like about it,” But whatever may be the American's relations with the horse show authorities there is no question that the former is tired of British taxation, for he was "uublushingly candid” in saying so, as the News reporter expressed it. He had already contributed about $1,000,000 to the government, he said, and thought that was nearly enough.

WANTED A TRIP. "Jack is proposing to me over the ’phone and he says he’d go to the ends of the earth for me.” “Say, Sis, ask him if he’ll take you to Europe on a honeymoon then and take me along." “COULD YOU BUT GUESS.”

Could you but guess, dear child, how I adore you, How your touch sets my nature all on fire; Could you but see my heart laid bare before you, Beating with all its longing and desire. Could you but guess I’d give all I possess, dear, To kiss your lips—my dearest and my best— You would be cold, since your sweet eyes confess, dear. You cherish naught but friendship In your breast I will not speak though years be long and weary, But be your friend—and give you counsel wise. Maybe some day, If I am patient, dearie, I shall awake the lovellght in your • eyes. WHAT THE COOK WAS DOING

While a certain Richmond family were in Europe, the duaky housemaid actel as caretaker, and more than once she received In the dining-room an admirer in the person of Henry Morgan, cab-driver. One evening, as the maid and the Jehu were making merry, there oame from the kitchen a painful, scratching sound. “What’s dat noise In the kitchen?” demanded the maid’s admirer "Must be a dawg tryln’ to git in ” “Dcn’t yo’ worry,” answered the maid; "dat ain’t no dawg a-acratch-ln i at de do’. Dat’s de cook a-wrlt-In a love-letter to her honey-suo’ j« ” —Llpplncott’s.

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Notice to Contractors, Sealed proposals will be received at Die office of Fred E. Todd > trustee of Floyd townsship, Putnam County, State of Indiana, for the Construction Erection and Completion of a School Building located in School District No. 1 in Floyd township, Putnam County. Indiana. Bids will be received up to 2 o’clock p. m on Tuesday. September 5, 1911. Said bids will be opened and read pubUcally at that time by said Trustee and Advisory Board at said Trustee’s office in the presence of the bidders on said date. All bids must bo filed in strict accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by M. L, Carr Architect Indianapolis Indiana The plans and specifications will be on file in the office of the township trustee nn and after August 22, 1911. Forms of proposal will be furnished to Contractors and it Is urged that they be used otherwise the same will not he considered. All bids must be accompanied by a certifled check of five hundred ($500.00,) on some National Bank in the State of Indiana and said check shall be payable to said Trustee as a guarantee mat the successful bidder will sign contract and execute bond in double: the amount of approval of said Trustee if said successful bidder fails to sign said contract and execute said bond within five days (5) after being notified of the acceptance of his bid, sai-l check will be forfeited to said trustee otherwise the same will he returned to said bidder The right to reject any and all bids Is hereby reserved by said Trustee and Advisory Board of Floyd township, Putnr n County Indiana. Dated ot the office of said trustee, August 7, 1911. FRED TODD, Trustee of Floyd township Putnam County, Ind Wkly 2t Aug 18

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.South Bound. No. 3 Louisville Mail 2:25 aa No. 5 Louisville Express .2:17 pa No. 11 Laf. Fch Lck Acco.8:25 aa No. 9 Laf. French Lck Ac. 5:23 pa North Bound. No. 4 Chicago Mail l:6u au No. 6 Chicago Express . tf:28 pn No. It) Laf French Lick Ac 9:65 au No. 12 Laf. French Lick Ac. 5:48 po Freight trains will not carry paa sengers. All trains run daily. Phoni 59. J. 1>. ELLIS, Agent

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Important C hange in Time Table. Brazil Division, T H„ I. & E. Trac. i’o., Effective Sunday, August 27th.

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