Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 30 November 1915 — Page 2

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* POLiTiCAL GOSNIP—* [BY WILLIS S. THOMPSON.] ¥ * GREENFIELD, Ind., Nov. 30.—If all the rest of the country were like Hancock county the republicans could spend all the money in all the banks in New York and any more it could get, promoting its campaigns, and even then it could not repeat its performance of carrying Utah. Hancock democrats are the best behaved and most consistently democratic lot of democrats on top of earth. They are always there with the majority. So when Congressman John A. M. Adair, Congressman Finly H. Gray, Attorney General Evan B. Stotsenburg, Auditor of State Dale J. Crittenbergcr, Phil Zoercher and several other speakers came here the other night to talk to Hancock democrats, they knew they would have a crowd large in size and large with enthusiasm. They were not disappointed in either particular. The crowd filled the large court room where the meeting was held, and when all the space about the walls had been filled with people standing, the rest of the crowd collected in the corridors and listened

through the open doors.

Mr. Stotsenburg was given a cordial greeting when he was introduced as the first speaker. He told his hearers that the democratic party was not coming to the people with promises to perform or apologies for performance. The party is before the people on a record of performance which needs neither words of apology nor adjectives of praise. Platform and campaign promises were made in 1912 and again in 1914. In each instance far more progressive legislation and more good things in national and state government have been given than were promised. Not a single promise was made that has not been fulfilled. The state of Indiana under Governor Ralston has had more constructive progressive legislation than any previous administration ever accomplished. The new laws and reforms and changes in government have been put into practical operation and carried forward with a wisdom that has been commended by the people without regard to politics. In national affairs no one is ignorant of the great reforms that have been V.rought about through the effort of Woodrow Wilson, and which have come closer to restoring the government to the people than has any administration since the days of Jefferson and Lincoln. He declared that any party which cannot go before the people on its record deserving approval has no right to ask to be continued in power, and it is in this attitude the democratic party at this time submits its case to the people. Congressman Finly H. Gray referred to the progressive steps taken by the democrats of Indiana and the nation. He called attention to the fact that to democrats was due the credit for the Australian ballot, which was brought about facing the opposition of the republicans. The registration law had a similar history. Then the corrupt practices law had to wait for democratic majorities before it could get into the records In the interest of honest elections. Now comes the primary election law, and not satisfied with having fought the passage of the law in the legislature the republican state central committee has assailed the essential provisions of the law' in the courts in the hope of invalidate the whole statute before the 1916 election. The

democrats are fighting to sustain the

primary law.

Dale J. Crittenberger told the audience some of the things which the democrats of the eighth district have accomplished in the way of constructing democratic majorities. He believed that the democrats of the sixth, led by such a county as Hancock, all sections being swamped with prosperity, ought to have even more democrats than the eighth, which but a short while ago was hopelessly republican. He told them the splendid story of the re-establishment of the state credit by paying off in five years the debt of over a million dollars which was left behind by the republicans. He told how William H. O’Brien as auditor of state had undertaken the task of not only paying off the debts left by the republicans but how he had undertaken a reconstruction of state finances on a business system that will not again admit of the condition which had grown up prior to the time when the democrats came into power in 1911. John A. M. Adair was the principal speaker of the evening. He dealt at some length upon the excellent work of the state administration and declared that upon this record alone any democrats could go before the people of Indiana and proudly ask support for any office within their gift. He spoke of the excellent business administration in both nation and state. He declared that no republican candidate would dare say to the people that he would, if elected, seek to undo any of the things done by democrats in nation or state, or promise to return in either instance to the conditions prevailing nder the republicans

prior to 1912.

o PROSPERITY SHOWN IN REPORT OF THE STATE BANK DEPARTMENT.

One of the most interesting reports from any department of the Indiana state government is that made by Arthur Craven, chief clerk under Auditor of State Dale J. Crittenbergt in charge of the state bank department. This report shows the condition of 726 banking institutions under state supervision at the close of business September 30. In the list are 373 state banks, 202 private banks, 14. r > trust companies, five savings bunks and one mortgage guarantee company. The total deposits September 30 were $208,246,991, an increase of $10,459,502.08. Total resources $281,955,123.04, an increase of $17,357,182.01. Total loans and bonds $201,443,032.25, an increase of $2, 492,6187.2. There is an increase of $360,306.83 in the surplus over 1914 and the average surplus is 22.4 per cent. The state requires a surplus of 15 to 20 per cent. There were 28 banks showing a reserve as large or larger than their capital. In addition to the $281,955,123 resources in these 726 state institutions, the 258 national banks of Indiana had resources June 23 last of $245,669,441.19 and :’41 building and loan associations on i January first last had resources of 1 $56,427,548.66. This makes a grand total of $584,052,112.89. Owing to a campaign of supervision and caution adopted hy the state bank department some months ago a decrease in overdrafts is shown of $60,042.21. The av< rage overdraft is $529.12 to each

bank.

o CLOVERDALE. Mr. and Mrs. U. V. O’Daniel, of Greencastle, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Horn. Dr. Noble of Indianapolis was called Sunday to perform a surgical operation on Mrs. Silas Meek, who lives four miles south of town. Mrs. Meek i; doing nicely at present and It is hoped she will have a rapid recovery. Thos E. Fidler purchased a fine Jersey cow at the Carter-Ellis sale last Wednesday. John Watson spent the latter part rf last week with J. C. Moore and family. , . Mort Mugg and family of Quincy were in town Saturday. John Meek and family, of Midland, are visiting J. R. Horn and wife. Mrs. Lillie Jones returned home nf- ' ?r a weeks’ visit at South Raub. Roy Herbert and Julian Scobce of Quincy were here Saturday. o For quick results try a Herald Want Art

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M I I H I 3 I I "Well,” said her husband, “for whom are you going to vote for alderman of the ward?” The pretty young woman surveyed him with a touch of dignity. "That,” she told him, "is a topic far too early to discuss!” The man laughed rudely in the way of husbands. "Huh!” said he, "you can’t put it over on me with your sup ercilious air! You don’t know a blamed thing about it! You haven’t even considered the subject! Why it’s one of the most important things put up to you women—the choice of the man who is to represent your home and streets and alleys! I’m surprised at you, an intelligent woman who was howling for the vote, appreciate it so little now that you've got it! 1 suppose you know all about the kind of a hat you’re going to get don't jou? And you haven’t thought in the least about the alderman!” "1 didn’t say I hadn’t thought,” retorted the pretty young woman. "Smith is in now, and there’s Jones and Brown and White besides!” “What yuh know about 'em?” demanded her husband. "Didn’t you get notice that there would bo a pallor meeting to discuss White? Y'ou didn't go, did you?” “No,” admitted the pretty young woman hesitatingly. “You see, the notice was sent out by that dreadful Mrs. Himmerschorn on (he next street and was to bo at her house, and, Harold, I wouldn’t set foot in her house for a thousand dollar.-,! Uhe is the pushing kind, and if I went to a political meeting under her auspices she’d be claiming me ns her dearest friend and coming here to dinner whether I wanted her or not!” “Huh!” jeered her husband. "There you go! Letting personal prejudices affect you! That’s where a man shows more sense—he uses his head on the question at Issue and doesn’t drag in the fact that the other man Is a dub at golf or wears the wrong sort of neckti»s! That’s the trouble—you women will let silly little personal prejudices ” “Now Harold,” Interrupted his wife, "Should you really enjoy having the Himmerschorns to dinner—with his nose and laugh and her——’’ "Heaven forbid!” said her husband, hastily. But meeting her in politics and saving the ward is entirely differ cut. If you had heard White speak you might hr.ve got an entirely new idea of him!" “His pictures are good looking,” mused the pretty young woman. Her husband twisted in his chair and addressed the ceiling. "And they went to moc’dlo in affairs of the na tion!" ho gasped hoarsely, before no again cast bin eye:-, upon her. “Good looking!” he snorted. “Bo you sup po.-o when a man considers a candidate’s points ho cares whether the follow has cross eyes and Is four feet high and posses a disposition that would r.hivcr boilerplate? No! All he asks Is whether the man Is able intelligently to handle Important nf fairs with an unbiased, clear mind! If you're looking for looks, I expect you’M pick out Joncr -he has matinee eyes and a touching voice and always wears a perfectly cute carnation In Ids buttonhole!” “Yes he Is very effective," agreed the pretty young woman, brightly. *‘t should think he’d ho an ornament to any count 11.” Her husband groaned. "You don’t care how ho votes on the pure milk question, do you?” he demanded, ‘it never would enter your head that the alloys ought to be cleaned up, pro vidlng his smile was sufficiently sweet, would it? Oh, politics will go to the dickens with feminine fingers in the pie! It's a shame! Men will get elected on their complexions instead of their brains! I suppose you think Brown is a peach, too, because he drives I hat Mg automobile and looks like a millionaire!” "It’s a beautiful car!” sighed the pretty young woman. "I think it would give tone to a ward to have Its alderman so conspicuously attract-

ive!*'

Her husband looked as if he was on the verge of apoplexy. He threw up his hands. "It's awful!” he groan ed. "Here’s Smith, who has been alderman two terms with an excellent record and you’ll pass him hy and elect a dub just because ” "Why,” said the pretty woman, sweetly, "Smith Is the one I’m really going to vote for Harold!" “What?” yelled her hosband. In be wlldermont. "Well, why In thunder didn’t you say so?” "Oh.” giggled the pretty young woman, “because I do so like to hear you talk!”

A Cruel Blow. "I sec you have your arm in a sling," said the Inquisitive passenger. "Broken isn’t it?” "Yes, sir,” responded the other pas senger. "Meet with an accident?” "No; broke it while trying to put myself on the back.” "Great Scot! What for?” "For minding my own business."

Angry Brofessor—“You young ras cal, were you responsible for that rock coming in contact with my head?” Small Boy—"No, I weren’t. Talk to me brudder, he was the power behind tLr throwin’.”

GREENCASTLE HERALD.

DOG PATRON OF MOVIES

Shows Interest When Scenes arc Ex citing, but Sleeps if They Bore Baltimore, Md.—Patrons of the mov ing picture parlor near the corner oi North avenue and Charles street are accustomed on many night to have rather an interesting companion who is just as ardent a movie fan as any one present. The visitor Is a fox ten--rier, which regularly takes Us place in tho audience and behaves itsell with full decorum. Jack, for that is the animal’s name, accompanies its mistress, Mrs. John S. Constable, of 328 East Twentieth Btroet. Once in tho movie parlor Jack must have a seat to himself. lie sits up and keeps a close watch on the movements of the figures on the screen. Jack has little or no appreciation for pallors where there is not music, and. like the people, he likes the pictures of action best. If a picture is dead or monotonous the dog will often jump off its seat, and, lying on the floor, will quietly drop off: to sleep. But first of all Jack is a lover of j music. Let him hear musical Bounds ] coming from any building and he will insist on being taken in to listen to it ! One of his favorite weekly jaunts is I down to the band concei t on »he Falls- I way. While the concert lasts there Is little hope of getting the dog to go home. With his ears pricked up he ' will listen to the strains with delight and seems to take great pleasure in martial pieces. It is hard to judge how far a dog can follow the action on the screen. Scientists claim that it Is hard for thorn to keep their eyes focused on tho screen for any length of time. Mr.i. Constable says, however that Jack keeps his eyes on tho pictures and the occasional pricking of hla cars and other actions show that he follows the action with a certain amount of appreciation. It Is too bad Hint on a recent night when Jack was not there a pieturo in which a cat ran across the scene was flashed. However, some other dog had crept ia and It crealid some excitement by dashing for the stage and making such an uproar that It plainly showed Its disapproval of tho cat’s presence. Jack has many other accomplishments. One of his favorite stunts Is to go out each evening to meet Mr. Constable coming borne from work. As scon as he meets his master, the dog takes the evening paper from him and brings It home in its mouth. He insists on going shopping, too, and must always he permitted to bring some of tho articles home himself. One thing he positively refuses to do and that is, stay home alone. In fact, he has a decided dislike for being alone at any time. When In the house he will always keep near somebody and If only one Is In the house he will follow that one from place to place.

NOTED CHICAGO SURGEON IS AID TO BUND GIRL

Takes Her Home With Him and De. Clares “She Will See”—Touched by Her Story. Los Angelos, Cal.—This tells how a Chicago surgeon, spending his vacation on the great desert is San Ber nardino County, found in a small desert mining town a pretty 14 year-old orphan girl, who had been blind from birth and suffering from severe burns sustained a few days ago. And when the Good Samaritan laid hands upon tho sufferer, he discovered, ho said, that the girl’s sight could be restored Later the Santa Fe limited train took the physician, his wife and the little orphan girl on their way to Chicago to recover from her burns, and to be led Into the light of vision. The girl is Lottie Smith. The physician is Dr. W. E. Kluttz. The girl was living with distant relatives mini ed Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hamath, In the mining town of Ivanpnw, thirly miles north of Barnwell. Some days ago the girl’s clothes caught fire from tho kitchen stove in the Harnath home. She was severely burned before Mrs. Harnath could heat out tho flames. There are no physicians In Ivanpaw, and the girl, it is said, lay for hours ill and without medical atten Hon. Then came the Good Samaritan Dr. Kluttz and his wife in a party of easterners motcrcd through the desert. They stopped at the mining town. They heard of the suffering blind girl. Touched hy the story of the suffer er, Dr. Kluttn visited her. He gave first aid to the burned area of the girl’s body. Then he examined her eyes. "She shall see!" exclaimed tho physician. Then ho hogged permission to take tho girl back to Chioago with him for Iroatinont. Tho Hnrnaths consented, and full of hope that helped kill her pain, the little girl flitted eastward with her benefactors. MANY SIGHTS HAS HE SEEN

Oklahoma Farmer Is a Native of the Holy Land. Popcw, Okla.—There In a farmer living near hero, Ibrlm Shaffen, who wan horn under a venerable cedar In the elasslc Lebanon mountains, lived for some time in Jericho, attended school In Damascus, herded sheep rear Mount Carmel, fished in the rlv er Jordan and repeatedly bathed In the Red Sea. Ibrlm was crippled in his right foot while climbing down off the great pyramid In Egypt. He now raises cantaloupes and peanuts on a littlo farm In Creek County, Oklahoma.

HOUSING PIGEONS

Sanitary Conditions and Sufficient Space for Comfort of the Birds are Essential Requirements The essentials of a pigeon house are fresh air, dryness and good drain age, sunlight, and space enough for the comfort of the pigeons according to Farmers’ Bulletin No. 681, Squab Raising. A southern or southeastern exposure is best. Care should ho taken to construct a house that can not easily become infested with rats, and it is best to leave space under the house into which cats and dogs can go for rats without being able to get at the pigeons. This is usually accomplished by building the house 12 to 2-1 inches above the ground and boarding up the space between the ground and the floor, but leaving small doors for cats and dogs. Floors built several inches above the ground, except in warm climates should be double, with building paper between the layers. Tho house should be tightly constructed on all sides to prevent any drafts. While more open and less expensive houses may bo built In warm climates, the house must be comfortable In cold weather. The squabs produced in winter may be increased somewhat by heating the pigeon house, bu this does not pay under average conditions. Sunlight Is essential. Windows should make up about one tenth of the front of the house and be so arranged that they can he taken out during tho warm weather One window In each pen may he replaced hy muslin curtains for ventilation in cold weather. The windows should be placed just below the eaves to allow the sun to shine well back Into the house. A gable roof building 10 to 13 feet wide, C feet from the floor to the eaves, and 8 to 9 feet to the ridge, makes a good pigeon house. A pen 8 by 9 feet will accommodate 25 pairs of pigeons, while 40 pairs may bo kept in a pen 8 by 13 feet. The necessary floor space to allow per pair varies from 2 1-2 to 3 square feet, according to the size of the pen, as a pair of birds requires less floor space in large than in small pens. Alleyways 2 1-2 to 3 feet wide are usually built on the north side of pigeon houses which contain more than two or three pens. The pens are arranged to open into the alley so the attendant will niot disturb the pigeon > any more than is neceevu-y in Koln>' through the house. Alleys Increase tho capacity east of the house and are considered an unnecessary expense hy some pigeon raisers. If the pigeons are confined, a flywuy or outside yard covered with wire, is attached to the south side of tha house. The flyway is usually from G to 8 feet high, 15 to 30 feet, long, and tho width of the pen. The sides are usually covered with one inch mesh wire, and one or 1 1-2 Inch wire is used on the top. A few pigeon hole.; about 4 1-2 Inches high and 3 1-2 inches wide are cut in the front of the house at a convenient height, usually about 4 or 5 feet above tho floor. Lighting hoards G Inches wide may be placed at the bottom of these holes both on tho outside and inside of tho house. Roosting boards about 4 inches wide are placed 4 or 5 feet above tho ground at the end ami on the sides of the fly way. It is not considered advisable to have roosts ex tending across the flyway. Fittings should be as simple as pos siblo and easy to clean. Two nest boxes should be provided for each pair of pigeons, and there should be some extra nests. The nest boxes are usually made about 12 inches square, yet some breeders prefer this width and height with a depth of 15 to 18 inches. Egg or orange crates may be used for nests but they ate difficult to keep clean and less desirable than nests made with one inch boards. A good method of construction is to use lumber 12 Inches wide for the floor of the nests, arranging each floor so that it will slide on cleats and can be easily removed and cleaned. The nests are usually built in tiers against the rear wall of the pen extending from the floor to 7 or 8 feet high, but they may also be placed on the side walls. All partitions should be solid to the top of the ncr-ts, but it is advisable to use wire netting above the nests for ventilation. Some breeders use nest pans made of wood, "wood fiber, or earthenware from 3 to 4 inches deep and 8 to 19 Inches In diameter, which may be secured to a board slightly larger than tho nest pan or set directly in the nest box, If It is of heavy material. Rome breedere claim that earthenware nests are too cold in winter. Some do without pans hy putting a 3 Inch strip on the front of the nest to retain the nesting material. Short pieces of hay, straw, pine needles, and tobacco stems are used for nesting material. This is kept in an open crate or In a corner of the house where pigeons select and build thelt own nests. Roosts of various sizes, usually arranged in perpendicular rows, are placed at convenient points In the pen. A good type of roost is A shaped, made of two boards about 5 inches wide and 6 or 7 inches long, placed directly over each other so that the pigeons will not soli one another with their droppings. If hoppers or feed troughs are used they should be of good size, while the hoppers should be constructed so that the pigeons cannot waste the grain.

TUESDAY, NOV. 30, 1915.

NEVEN SPEAK AS THEY PASS

Husband Provides and Wife Cooks, Both Using Sign Language. Detroit, Mich.-—In the family of Orrin Harlow there is strife and unrest. And a situation that perchance might be declared a bisis for farce comedy, but never would one imagine that in real life such u thing could transpire. Orrin and his wife lived on a farm In Brownstown in the manner of tho usual rural family. They arose with the lark and the rooster and retired with the same promptness. They brought forth three children and they tilled the soil. Very commonplace and very monotonous it all was until a few weens ago. Then tho wife left the farm and went home to her mother—at the earnest solicitation of her husband. Lai er she desired to return, and it was necessary to seek the courts of Wayne county for an injunction to force the husband to allow her to en ter the place. In the meantime a bill of divorce was filed. The attorneys impressed very earnestly on each, but should the two sit on tiro porch of an evening when the moon was full and the scent o* the flowers crept In with tire evening mist and added to the witchery of tire summer nights that are known to provoke love, and should they forget the domestic wounds and allow their Ungers to stray until they linked one with the other’s, wiry the whole works would be off, as attorney Robert Toms graphically and somewhat idiomatic language remarked. He represents tho woman. So these two fortified themselves as best, they could and took up residence In the home -at opposite sides of tire house. They agreed on certain rules of warfare wherein the wife was to cook tho meals for each and the husband was to provide tho where with to cool:. They agreed to share a common table, but not to speak one to another or even allow the attitude of a city landlady in treating with the hoarder who was three weeks be hind for the second floor front. The wife cooks and places the dishes on the table. Tito husband stalks in and sits down. If ho happens to want the salt and it Is out of reach, he points and grunts. If tho wife wants tho bread, cite gestures and nods. The meal goes on In stony si lence. Afterward the husband takes his pipe to the back porch and the wife takes her sewing to the front. The robins hop about in pairs, crim son breasted protests to the state of affairs; the chickens cleave to tho lit tie red rooster and the big Poland China boar keeps watchful care of his wives, hut those two look not at each other and pass the time in gloomy quiet. Tho other day Orrin discovered $200 in cash. The wife claims it was her savings from butter and egg money before she saw her husband. He claims it is his. And lie took it. The wife, under the rules of warfare, could not enter verbal protests, but it Is said her facial contort ions were wonderful to behold. She did tell her lawyer about it, and he appeared before Judge Hosmor with demands for alimony, solicitor’s fee and a few other little matters. The court allowed most of the requests. Said he: "Arc you sure those two are not living as man and wife?” "No,” said both attorneys in cho rus. "They don’t even speak.’’ "What a happy home," murmured a little man on the front row of spec tators, glancing askance at a large, determined woman in the new suit. "And how peaceful,” said Attorney Toms.

SELLING RATTLERS

Stranger Is HIs Own Show Window and Comes Well Fortified With Snakcblts "Cure". Walla Walla, Wash.—Alfred Boock of Wallula created excitement here when lie marched down main street with one big, live rattlesnake wrapped around bis neck, another entwin ed about an arm and three smaller ones In a tin can, searching for a druggist who would buy them for their oil, which he said was valuable. The man collected a crowd and a citizen insisted that a rattler had bitten Booek in the hand. Two policemen took him to jail In an express wagon and searched him, but no signs of snakebite were found. However, a policeman stated that Booek appeared to have swallowed a quite sufficient amount of the “cure.” Officers searched him gingerly, ns it was reported ho had his pockets full of Hnttkes. The can of serpents whs left in the street. Patrolman Gati> killed them with n stick.

ROOSTER EATS 425 KERNELS

Novel Guessing Contest at Masonic Picnic in Iowa. Sioux City, Iowa.—More than 1,50ft Masons and Eastern Stars attended the picnic given at the Shore Acre Boat Club under the nusptees of Isis chapter, No. 173, O. E. S. One of the entertaining features was a novel guessing contest. A largo rooster was allowed to go all day without any food. Contestants then guessed how many grains of corn the rooster would eat when fed. At 5 o’clock 2,000 kernels of corn were placed In the coop, and the bird was allowed to satisfy its hunger After it had stopped eating a count of the remaining grains was made. It was found that the rooster bad eaten 425 kernels. Miss Helen M. Miller, who guessed 425, won the rooster.

E1IEB DESEBIE3

HUSBANDS USUALLY CLING TQ HELPMATES WHO BELIEVE IN □ ABIES, REPORT SHOWS.

Ill FANES IDE 1150 FIEN9

Whiners ate Most Likely to Lose Liege Lords, Chicago Invest!gators Find. Chicago, 111. When you see a lnin> woman industriously engaged at u daily occupation you can feel assured she has a husband who sticks by the fireside and never dreams of desertion. Furthermore, if you see another woman hurrying along with two babies in her arms and anywhere from six to a dozen tugging at her skirts, you can wager all you have that site] too, hits a husband who will never Uc' Bert. The prevailing idea that physically heroic women, because of their mu% cular superiority, often lead men p, abandon the fireside, and that lbs wails and cries and tears of a house full of children have the same effect has been exploded by the investigators of the Chicago Bure au of Public Welfare. So hearken ye all to the wisdom of the investigators: “No. 1—A physically large woman who is a willing worker is very sel dom if ever deserted. "No. 2—Women of this type have the knack of retaining the affection and attention of their husbands and keeping the homo happy. "No. 3—Wives who bh ss their homes with plenty of children are id most ns successful ia retaining the affections of their husbands Dirge families, contrary to the general belief, is a guarantee of marital happiness and permanenee. "No. 4—Wives who devote much time to preparing little doliracb for their husbands, who master tho science of cooking, who greet him with smiles and kisses when he comes home, are never deserted "No. 5—Wives who greet husbands with the complaint that the children were cross all day, that little Charley engaged In a fis.lic enrounter with It tie Hal the next door and cite other troubles are apt to he deserted any time. "No. G Wives of the dinging variety who want to tango, to do the hesitation whether the husband is tired out from his labors or not. often find themselves searching for their missing spouse.” The percentage of desertions it was found, is highest among American horn. The llalians, ft was di covered, seldom desert their wives Seventy per cent of the desertion i are due to the heads of the family being out of employment and worried over bills. PADDIT TO PATCH SKULL

French Physician Grafts Animal’s Shoulder Blade on Shoulder. Paris.- At the last meeting of the Academy of Medicine a paper was read describing an operation performed hy Dr. Reynior in grafting a piece of shoulder blade taken from a living rabbit onto the skull of a youm; roldicr, which had been smashed by a shell splinter. Tho patient bad rerovered sufficiently to return to the front. Dr. Reynior said he preferred thl' form of grafting to any method of protecting the brain yet devised Prof Sebileau, however, spoke in defence of a metal protection saying that It hud hitherto proved highly •uccessful while he feared that after a time tne animal grafting might he absorbed and disappear. A paper was read on cerobro-.-pinm meningitis, which has shown a regr.’lable activity during the year and ha-’ been chiefly fought with Intorspinal Injections of a serum. Tho mortalib among patients treated with this atie^ meningoeoccie serum was less than per rent. The serum also henefitted sufferers hy attenuating the force of the malady and saving them from t!" complications and after results 'L 1 ' frequently follow. To obtain the** satisfactory results the disease mu be diagnosed at an early stab 1 '' ,l ” serum Injected at onre, in eon sb i able quantities, and repeated sysieu* ntleally for three days at least. SET THEIR WATCHES BY HIM

; Switchman Seems to be a Ft liable Time Piece, utchlnson, Kan.—People in lb° u y of Santa Fe yards in HutcHj 1 set their watches by Louie W'-i-' hen they see a short sawed of •liman wit I; a pronoun' *d ig the west with his forearmed in a cross, they know it 1 p. tn. and that Louie Winkler b ig tho signal to the Califor' 11 - 1 I Oil, >r twonty fivo years Winkler ho i standing at this switch e'’ 1 rnoon waiting to signal the in ‘ It is his duly to throw the ,, Just two trains every day, • 0 ’’ No. 4, the east and west bou teds. i-