Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 May 1919 — Page 4
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FHE GREENCASTLE HERALu
MONDAY, MAY 19, 1919.
Browning's Grocery
INYE WAS* WAY OFF
HEALTH FADS SEEM FOOLISH J
UKKEN UKA NS NKW I’KAS NKW ’MTA TOES TOMA i’OEH U A DISHES
STKAWHEKK1ES RIPE FINE APPLE OKAI'E EKL IT B \.\ \NAS OKANDES
I How Humorists Ware “Stimg" in
Business Venture.
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| Anecdote James Whitcomb Riley Used to Tell, Dealing With the Wiles of the Publisher—All They Cot Was a Feed.
After All, Their Devotees as a Rule Lie Dov/n end "Die Like Anybody Else.”
IMfJ BEAR FEAST HAS MANY VALUES
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I liiK 1 :.. | Atnohif I lie mnny (‘onitr.'tl sti>rli'>!
air LANE PATfin!S! D0GS HELPED T0 WIN
nil! LrtliL I ft 1 lit L J Part P|aycd by Pets of the AmcrieM i "N,, mill Illlij's Itullwiiy ! Soldiers Should by No Means i < r avt ‘ 1110111 ii broad perBritain Already Looking Into the 1 Bc o-nooked. i r.' 11 ."" ,1 - 11 “M-nenoe wm,
Future.
Ttvonty years !ii;o I know a tnnn calU'il Jl^^ins, who had llio hoaltU habit, ohsorvos Si 'phon l.oaoock lu ihe l>allas News. lie used in take a cold phiitKo every mnrninK. Me said II opened his pores. After this ho took a hot spun so. Ho said It closed Hie pores. He pot so that ho could open and shut his pores
at will.
.Unpins used to stand and hroa:lie
I Fc.tival That Is Really a Communion Service.
CtremcnlRl One of a Number of Similar Celebrations That Have Religious Significance Among Pcopiec of Lowest Cui'.jrc.
Tin* niosi iiuportnat (ih|"ot of imp Ainu chase Is the hear. At a oortain sea»nn ol the \oar It is the ambition
tit tin open window for half an hour j ,, r i umt ,, r ., ;, f t . V(>| . v tl > , ap-
Ho said It * . winded 1 ., WPe ,, j.
his lunps. He miplit of roars.- have ■ nn(| ui|h j.ir.., )f, „ s |., had It done In a shoe shop with 11 ofton the rase, the little creature Is loo
• I.,,* .ill it I
Ushers. I’roni tliolr llrst tour in 1880, ..... A hewihli rlnp mass of | rlntod mat-I ll ‘ , ' ,r r " n 1 ' i, ‘ l "T* 1 the Idea of 1 »t| - etrlier, hut, u:. r all. 11 younp to have been properly taken tor Is uccuiinilntlnR which hears upon | < ’ oln "' l ' :ill ' vil - v hTlhle for just sueli : ^ i "‘ nothlnp this waj. Am •\h.it i. I lls ,„ 11 H 1 .. r it i.s tinned over to
tlio rolative and imrinsif usefulness tra\elers as they tiiein-| 1111 0,l, i i.f itipu.ito •«• rvk•«<•(/.. \• i#*• 11.tit.k.i * proved to he. for the imin. ns • Alter he lu
from Its njotlmr, it is turned over to j the yotin^ women of the village, who
Necessity of Having Force to Guard I « ,f 'iirloas ape tides whidi contrihiiteil 1 , "'' ,vwl to l "'* fo1 ' *'ie mail, us 1 Ar,or lll "| X oi llis '' , ‘ sl J! ”‘ 1 sml.le i: at their own hrensts. A spo-
to the wcdfnre and comfort nf the * n ^ ' v, ’ ofe iu the introdnetion, **who ^* ns used to hitch himselt up lilo* a j ^jal |H*n made of h>gs in erected for the American army hi France. There la onoiiiHiusiy pots into a ear which is ; ln harness and do shadow oxor-^ eul>, and lioie II is renred. the pot of nlso niueli disoussion of tlio part 1 ''' 1 Iniokod and swept out mill | cll<es ; 1,0 did them forward, back-, entire villapc, ualll I'alrly prov.n
Country's Merchant Ships in the Clouds Against Sudden Attack
Is Pointed Out.
sidetracked
which French women and children I s, ‘ nll,lu * 11 '’J' people who take In curs I n . 1, „ , I h.iniside up. | When llte day of the toast comes the , ' ,n , , 1 plat id In mltlpcllns the loneliness i l " S|, njh and laundry.” Ho could have pot a Job as a doR ‘ Invited pilosis m-.-eiulilo from all <|ti:irI nr* fiutch pnpiT Tolepraaf report- | 1 — 1 ' - — . .i
. . , , and hardships of service far from I anti I,” Kiley used to say, 1 anywhere. Ho spent all Ids time at icrs; food and drink, in plenty have
I i , " , , . i '' 1 11 , Imino. Hut little has hoen said of ihc ihonpht a lltlle hook made from our • lllls k 111 ' 1 °f •hlntf. In his spare llmo | been prepared. The signal given, the
1 1 *■ ■ * 1 road.ups might perhaps stanch a long- I 1,1 ** ie 0, heo ho used to He on his stom-1 hrnr is led out from Its wooden pen;
<iermaii.v is sluylnp. No suggestion is made
j . . si rvice I’onrferc'l l*v r'roneh Hogs. . , .. .. . v ..
* * * 1 j Some irulliorllIrs ehiim flint on Ih^ ^ ^ I’Ublic wiinf, lu fuct, we grow m- on the floor :tml see il lu* eouhl | Jt is tethered hy u rope to n post unil i ;ivttj!go there \v;is ,m pet dog to every ! l l, u nsllc ns our eyes swept the pros- Nff hiinneli up with his Knuckles, if j everyone tenses eud irritates the uu-
. , ,|v r " ; compnn.v of soldiers avornglng I 1 ,, ‘ , 'L N'ye. indeed, thought there was 1 ' I M 1 ' ' ".'l ’ 1 men. ait the oiits"t. This would make 1 n'.nne.i in it. j nuueuiher that, in his p.inii, no a 1 ''I''" ’ 1 ' f ■ | i ixhI dogs for 1.000.000 men. or 8.000 oplindMn, he wrote: ‘Let us make
men Is only three miles from the Her- , , . . . , ,. ,,,, , dogs for the entire Atnorlcnn arni.v ,
■min frontier. 1 he report does not | mention any casualties, nor does It
under 0X l irill< * J" 11 ' him.(If | j t | s (|1 ,| |( , p OS ,||,| n ffmf those t limi-^ J'oh.; ill the story, under fire, though it would have boon , - . P . .. J "Well, we went to Chicago to look
, some money, he posh, and put it in our
I ran e when the armlstlc? was pocket. Ii feels bully.' Riley signed, | always chuckled reuiiniscenily nt this
lift hlinself ti|i with his knuckles.
In* could tlo'ti ho tried soim* other way fortunate creature; it Is sot upon, until ho found one llmt he couldn't j S' nick, prodded, healen. When the do. Then he would spi ml tin* re 1 <»f j kcciic has heeome one of wild excitehis luticli hour < n his stoimieh. per-, im nt, and the tonaented creatuiv fcctly happy. snarl* and turns uml rtius In every In the evenings In his room lie used' way to escape from liis tormentor.-, lit lift iron hnrs. cannon halls heavy, young men come forward with two dumb hells and haul himself up to 111' pole*, one of wliieli is placed upon Ihe
■ ground. They then throw themselves
Yuca One of the Most Prized of Earth’s Productions.
SUGGESTS GUNS AS POSTMtn
Englishman Cite* War Teats as Argu. ment for Plan That Seems to Have Possibilities.
Important Article of Diet Among South American Indians Should Find Ready Appreciation Here.
It the war had lasted much longer no doubt we would have been using real Indian Hour hy now—flour made from the yuca. or manioc or cassava plant—a tropical shrub which grows to a height of s!\ feet. Herbert .! Splnden of tlie stall' of ihe American Museum of Natural History, who has spent much time in Central andSouili America, recently described the yuca
and its value as a food.
Manioc flour, lie said, Is made from the root of the manioc. It is probably j
New uses have been found for tMny things that were Invented largely „ r entirely for war. Submarines may yet assist us in pence lime for certain |tn r . poses in connection with salvage, airplanes as a menus of rapid ti'i uspart, munition factories for the muiiufnetnre of sewing machines. Of thi-o things typ have heard much, but wind of that first and foremost lustrum, nt, i|ii>
shell?
Men are being demobilized hi millions, but shells in hundreds of mil.
Hons.
A shell has all the points th: t go t n make a good servant and a r liuh|.. messenger. Ii is quick, punctual, certain. accurate, Is not uuroiminrlc. can travel In all weather, cun any a heavy load r>, 10, ‘JO or 7." miles, brooks no outsiders on its Jourm y. and
the principal food of Ihe Indians of | ls . moreover, available In such tin-
■ u-.-.i i,,, e, Mining ,„.n ooi.iook, — .-a.iM.e.u on,, moi g, -j- ....... ... i upon the stunned creature, and. seir.- . I , . i , , 11 '' v ' l ' ; and ,*v(-n those that served in the lied ! s Dn on ihe door. 'Drop MSS. Ilere.' i He spent half the niRd shng ''- lug Jiiiu l.y the leg-, place his head ! '' ' l "’' 1 * „ j Cross to liad wounded and (Xliaiistrd | ^ 1 ‘ drojiiied ours and went away feel- | himself around the room, lie said h up in Ihc pole ill such a way that the .. . . t . !lnn ". n ' soldiers and cmry flrst-al.l comfort to I ing pretty good." j made his brain clear. Winn he got j lowor Jaw rests oil It. The second '* 1 ' ■ 1 " '■ them where they lay, in obscure places 1 Riley then told of a long wait, dur- 11 brain perfectly dear in* went to t,,, < , • v ia.«I acros the hack ol the
noi easily dls. ivcrod by human sense. I ihg whiclt they vvomlered vvlielher flu For the pets helped mightily in keep- j manuscript yvould tie accepted; then Ing up tin, morale of men lire! and how glad tlu-j* wen* to tiinl the honk
t attered by the hard work of the cam- | *' :i *ule at the ik*v’8 stands, and tlnall.i i
" all the j how they paid a visit to the publishers '
pnign. They were “on tire Jo!,” time. They were a montl tonic and they taught, us fine dogs always do. Ihe kind of devotion niul loyalty which j is the very soul of a good army.
1 If S.liiiit dogs, or only 5,000. were I kept as | i ts hy American soldiers In
I runcc it |s certain that they pro
rr yaltips. The door was locked. Some mmiths liner. 111 re-ponso to their letters. came an Invitation to a banquet
given hy ihe publishers in their honor. | nia.
Hopefully they presented themselves. "As we ti!, *1 In to dinner Nyc wills-
SHcrltleed.
'i'he report Is vague in the extreme, hut whether or not true. It suggests various exciting possibilities in the fulttre. I'irney and smuggling hy airplane are pos-ihliitics not to h** overlooked. of course, while all Europe Is still armed, and the Herman army resembles a pack of wolves without s pack lesiier, nothing could lie easier th. n for some (c-nuaii airmen who <1.‘approve of the ex-crown prince's Oonduci in general and are resolved that no counter-revolution shall ever make him emperor, to pultit out tin* imtlonal marks on their mnehiues, fly
'' ' , ‘ ' inlo lliillanil. ■ the faith which never wavers, aril such I pushed hack Ids clmir, ruit his finger ', . ! l! ’ " Ml* te! ,-* *t,. : .,|f 1Istn ,. SH *vas good for fighting I tips mi the cloth, heatned on us, and
f.ioir hotnh . In i cy lone sllll retain- , rm , n in „„ J -aid *
ir-g ns ills jilme ui'il II e discipline of 1 ..|, net j ye service at that, such action )
would he wildly impossible.
In times of pane** mieli raids would he h as .easy. All airdromes and their I airplanes will of eoursi* he registered: I th* m iv 'nie’its of a in •aft v.'lll be even
hid and slept. As soon ns he vvokej head, above. A group of the young he began clearing it again. I :iior now throw themselves with all .Ilgglns Is dead. He was. of course, their might upon the upper pole. The a fdroiecr; hut the fact that he dumb- In ad of the animal caught hctarien the publishers I heih-,1 Jiiuirc'lf to death at an early two poll's Is suitjeeled to tin* pres tire
to Inquire timidly Into the matter of age does not prevtnt a whole genera-• >f the whole mass of straggling ha-
lion nf young men from follow in-; iul as. l.eiinlng over the (lyinc cr,-., ids path. ture. one of the old men strokes both They are rltltl it hy the health ma*| ‘ <*l' his f/ *nd iin*l prays, at tl)«*
>. in,* time eaichinu ami in'.iallng tli
I v id ",l mill!,.ns of hours of pi, ■ -are I p* red to me, ‘Think they’ll hand for weary men and soothed a multitude du cks with the cigars?’ Well, when ! of homesick h art . Thg.i typified the ; the cigars were passed at length the nfTeeflon vvlileh flies not grow cold, publisher at the head of
They make J hen wolves a nuisance. | hrea.li. When the They get up at Jlliposslhii* Jimirs.| f has hreaihed J'ia lust gasp -a.id Tbcv go out in silly iltll,' Mill'sw id l! l '« hiiied v-ilho.it ill * ihc , g run marathon heirts More breukfntt' 1 '' ' ' ; r ,ld ' ■ Tin y chase around »>a refold to get the. i’ "" d* rmt l * r, st of ti." I"',!.* I-
to Imttle tin,I Ihe etianeo of death.
“‘UonllenTCft and publishers, we have met to do honor to our two Illustrious luiniori'sts tonight in an tuitisual way. We appreciate tl/elr hnm,>r. espei-iall.v that* which has mad,* onr book so sue es- fitl. And in token of our appreciation we now present to
brief,*;*.
Mor;
Get Ncv/ Legs.
A young soldier walked with military stride into the office of the illsability reviewing board nt t'ainp I'ix
, , . , , yesterday and presented himself to tin* .. . „ l ," , ‘ ' 1 ‘ ' ‘ , ' !' il | l,,M .-,' l " l | 11 l '•fflrrr at the desk. “What's your! them one hundred .-hares apiece fn
, 1,1 ''' Iroublc?" nsi;,*d the llentennnf as the o*nr great company. AId.-iu—I believe of ahscmoj so|(Ii( , r nV(T , lls eertifiente of that Is nfir
' ' l ' 1 ' 1 '" ' 111,11 1 | dlsahlHty rating hy the camp exam-j “It was all. N'ye and f imped at
iairig board. “No leg-', dr." answered ! first for flic best, hilt rrelther of as
: : oonl<1 ncvpI j ihe soldier. "Wlnrt’a thi.t?” n-ke,i the j aecrafly eoafl find any inait.ei for oar *' 1 < ''' : ' ,n , ' 1 ' 1 ‘ mipb ia* and ; *"! ; \ V |i,i had seen the man walk j shans and rbe company never paid ' 1 ’ 1:1 'I riel , lev. I he,i Inlo the rooin, his se'dierly tearing at-| any fflvidends before if vv<*nf out of ' ’'"'d' '•''Ii 1 ""ty, rn,11 tract!ng tin* ndmlrntlort of the officer's j business'."—Harper's Mngnzfatx
He fore their opera ions . oiild only ^ ,, V) , , (l;;s j, one _ r ,. )t tlwy've fitted h** (testtucl.vo and no, profitable. ; | ( | ( , up j||nmKt as good as new with avMat - * (* in list not overlook Hit* po* ■ ; tlficlal ones.” answered ihe soldier; rihllit;, that a p over vs rv I disposed who Is Sergt. Samuel I*' IlnH of neRT aii.i reckh-s r- fieri ::iy was in 1011 1 Somerville, Mass., and tl» first sid,mk'lit suddenly begin i systematle at-j ,|| er minus both legs who had been tack on HI the aircraft of a rival. Th,* I brought up to Camp Dlx for <11.charge: experiences of Hie pa I warn us to In* I He demonstrated he hud Vnrtied to cautious In the future. walk with the use of his new* legs with* It will he the task of the royal ah*; perfect ease and was tlierefsro given force to guard the air merchantmeu an Immediate discharge. Except for* of Drltuln For years their work linn ' the loss of his legs, which were helnvv
plied, and it
the table) d^w on their feet. Tliev bent far) *• » in-ido a ml prepared f«r cs-kn.” oP,nc They bother ahmif pepsin, i' r “ ' 1 Iwnd :.re n,m raroftr!;. They meat been rise it ltasi !l *'‘ 71 «!>••» >i lt..iH •me mot- Vbvn to,,'much nitrogen. They won't eat '•* * i ' 1 J ,'' " '-'•'l ^ fruit because It hasn't tiny. Tint fire-1 * 1 *' ' r " ' Il » •• 1 '"‘ ' 1 " l! •‘' A /'" *
f,*r albumen and starch to Iiuc!;lcl,*i*ry * • ’ ‘ '
the wet lowlands of Smith America, and is also tiiucli used In the West Indies. Two species of manioc are known, of which one contains hydrocyanic add, a poisonous juice which has to la* extracted hy a special process, while the other is tmn-p'iis,Hides. This latter variety is. however, generally considered to furnish an inferior meal, and Is used chiefly us h
fresh vegetable.
In making manioc flour, the very Juicy rool# of the plant, which somewhat resemble sweet potatoes In shape, arc grated according to Italian fashion on a board set with rock crystals. The grated meat must then he subjected to high pressure in order to drive n(T the poisonous Juice. The Indian* accomplish lid* hy stuffing the meal into n basket tube, which is then stretched out so that its volume i* decreased. It,‘ally tremendous pressure Is exerted hy this simple machine. Tin* poisonous fluid is drained through the basket-work into pottery vessels. The lyeal is then taken oat of the tube and used chiefly for making thin wafers, often of large size, which arc slightly hrowned on either side hy baking on griddles. These cakes will last for a long time and are considered execlleut food. Till II Is the genera 1 ntltify of this plant that would truly delight Mr. Hooter's heart. For besides (he fl.uir, tie* pfflnt yields an excelli'iit sfarcli, a
mediate and abundant supply that it is a little short of an get of felly to tel 'gate to the scrap heap m* w;.i musettui, without fidr Investigation of its potentialities, our vast and wonder-
ful array of artillery.
Every one Is familiar with the system of eolb-i'i!ng mid roeelptlng customers' payn.inis In big shops. Th,* money N put into halls which roll along skeleton tubes to the ,•ashler's desk, where they are unscrewed, the money taken out and the hall sent rolllug buck with Hie change and the re-
ceipt.
Here Is an army of messengers, onch of whom Is a rolling hall. Do not think that my suggestion that In'll* should he used likewise is altogether
new.
When a brigade Is “going over Hie top" one of the gun teams of the Stokes mortar battery is sometime* told off for a "mysterious pnrposr." They have been attached, with th-ir gun, to heartquart'ers, and supplied with n slratige-looklng kind of -iioll that msscrew* to reeolv * m* -- age-, which they fire to battalion h,*t!,l,piasters across the hitmigo. The shell cenfnins a smoke cart ridge, and when it falls (he sir,*ain of smoko show, th,* j position so that the battalion - •■udI ers can dash from their cover to p t; it up. This method was improvised to r: *t cerlain eiu/litieeiicb s ; it coni * I;.
' * ;
mi ii led being the principal artief,? of I Kl '>n ami i hihia'atlcti. Ins* ad • f (!„• commerce derived from Ihe yin*,*,' i 0: ' s * 1 :!l StHes ff'tt.*. ftua* tie * , . The starch I* c. a»;ilnc,l In Ihe |»4- nn ‘ "olng to u*<* it fi.2 howitzer. « • h /anous juice which Is extracted frofw j ■'* acenrat" ,o a * *.rd !n 1'J * | the meal. The .March I* allowed to I nemtrafe Indeed ilutf n shell , oiild I-
pfe and dmighnuls. They won't drfftk k'* - *' • '* - a .. d (••liken r ,M '' ( settle In the fluid, which fs then poured j depended upon l<» itrrive nt II.,* water oat of a Up. They won’t ,..vt; ' ;-' 1 ••* • * ’ ; ' rer.ilmled o the [ ^ j n certain ptaces, the manioc Panted spot vviiho.it the aid
sardines ont of n tin. Th v won't use I •> '' ,1 ' '’* '* * 1 " 1 ' ” '' I, :,* ■ h i- -lio*.. :i . ,jfeat I* not subjected fn pressure hut oyster* ^*nf » pall. Tlu'y won t j ' ,tl * *" J*’ , , n> 1 il l M ‘ : j Ik tbfrrrwzfily siirnsl tn wafer In or-
out of a pail. They won't) “ u .<* *-»»»' M ' ir pci: did out Of a glass, 'i hoy are) ’• l '" ,111,! ri " 1 ’' (1: 111 ' < (nsr -nts and
■ i -.*ud favor and prinfierily to thorn
he as bloodless as was the work of th,* navy from Navnrlno to 1914. hut • lie navy was needed at last, mi,I It would he very rash to declare that tin* royal air force will never again send
a foe down in flames.
We must remain prepared on land, on the sea and, hist hut not least, lu
Ihc air.- London Mail.
the knee. II,ill was In perfect pliVRicnl condition. Under the terms of his war risk Insurance Hall’s Injury constitutes a total disability and In* will draw $10(1 ,t month for ihe rosy of his
life.—N, > lurk San.
Life of a Collier.
A ScoUIsJi correspondent of the Yorkshire 1’ost living la u colliery disli’ci, writes: The sentimental pity ex-
Ccbliog Fifty Years Ago The enrsimeme* muss of matter which Is being cabled from I’aris may recall to some old wowsiwiut men iha-dltfi-eultie* wi ll which, the work wao i»crompfished' flirty years ago. For one thing the rate •*»» tnen » sovereign—
H,r Fortunate Investment
Sosthcne Hiilliiks. fornier wluuPsale oyster a ml ice cri'ina dealer. vvh<.* entered into husliieM- in St. I.oill* as a scissors grinder, inwl who necmntilhtipd a fortune estimated hy fit* family at Ffi.ono.tyxi, ttina'gh Investment, vcveril years ago, of $:{0.iKKi in < iklnhoinn land, an which oil later vvir* found, dic'l r«eently at hi* Home in Tulsii, Okla. Uoillais' r <e to riches I* one of the rest interesting of the many oil re* xinnci’s In < flilnhomn Hi- odglnnl Investment hu.l lain dormnut for years and he did nor know that (ill had' been discovered on his land until He received’ Mis first royafty. Since tfteu Ids vvonlth
drink milk
afraid. Yes, sir. afraid. Cowards!
And after all their fuss they pres-' “ 1 1 " 1 ' ‘ l "' 11 ' ris-rt. lo.cnti u entfy incur some simple, old-fashloued j nvatmmit. 1 *:,*,-*•* _ ..f the
nrui <lie Hko anybody k*1^’.
!»ri* auUrml aiv iheii brmijcht
uui (rttcral to him. Aftvr th**.*** Tr«ty WMI De Hand-Writlon. j ! ' I”k.v* r. thaiik- .ving ami wor-New-di-pat,*hes from Far,' say that, "‘ I’* .''-'pie thems-lves hoctn to rtie old t radii ion Hiaf treaties shall he) ‘ ’ '• •'■’''Klai ' millet l>e**r I,a* written fn hand : ?nrxlves. and rhnt -h-! " l ' 1 ' ovW, rt * to the
sclil, Casio of the French ndnisirj of foreign affairs, nflicb'.l raligrapliist and "piflliter. i:« writing the n> vv pv.-rre
treaty.
For about 40 yen/.* the post of nfflelal illiimlmitor 111 ihe Fremh miaIstry of foreign affair* vvn* held l.y M. (iuraplm He had hwe in life "the pen.” tn quote Ml* own woifi
UmVod on the "poor devil who never » \vor,U ***,1 Its* gentlemax. (>re•secs Ihe light of day" is sheer rubbish. I siding over rhe l-ooilon end *d. the ■and when Uttered hy union leaders Is j Anglo-American, Tetegnipli cojapuny in, relv chip-trap. I meet plenty of our | , V as an ailtinmt vitm did not much
loco! miners coming Inane dally he- ♦ vv«s*n two and three In lie* afternoon, having done their shift from 7 a. rn.. and probably earned $.' In the tin-nntline. If you stopped one of these men to commiserate with him
his “dreadful” employment, he
believe In s|»ee*,ai fncilities fesn the press and among i»tte*r things ewreted that the word, 'tj,roh>n"—representing a sov - eign -iiirild to* added Ivi the sign a lore in ewch ease. "Y(j«|' npproaelied I,in eitiie." It was vsnitten.
"ns ,von would nf*f>r»»icli n shrine, n
Mud increased 1 hy leaps and houndk
until it ennldWr him tt> become the I erelgns. and all the letters which are 1arg(>st Indlvfdtml property owner In ; sent to them and signed' either hy
Tnisn. caused' tifm to erect a 1 history OiTiee huihling ttiere ns a monument to
(*,,,1 th,* celehrittlon ends in a scetm* ©f
v’tld littoxiflotfoo-
'I he hear feast is evaily an iuteresfIt,.e comtntmioir s*s*vir,v To kill the god. I,I cat Ids flesh and. (Slrlnk Ids hlond i* c couimottplace* in* many religions of i-owrr culture.. Tin- b.-.,r feast Is the most startling eeyMivnnlal of the Ainu, isj M'd s is only om** of « ,*»iisl,lcn(hl *
“tills slntplh inid mitrveloiis insritr-: onsuVor of -inilhii* reiWs*uyians. Thus ment through which immtn f»,.light! Jm.v •upiuiv and rear Imuks and other Is transcribed’and forever preserved:''! '>Hal* o, prey. eagAcowl... rooks and one hate—•'llle vulgar uml iinncsrllet!c 1 *"'''‘ > - ' ,l ’ un* in* te l, with kind tyts'wr ter, wliieli prints vvlrhout art ■••_'»*. All nit him rely ace sneritlcisl pages that time will not iM'spect." jwllh funyer an,I o,I,■tings, to secure The official cnligrupMst not only I H'" 111 tfe'ireatures ,rf rtivir itiinl hleswrites treaties nnd coastetitinns, hat j kigs , i t favor for rla* peapls:—A-ia
also all Hie otfleial dts'innents eon- ‘ Mugu/.iuo.
ferring orders of dt*COnations on sov*-
,lcr to .'Struct the largest possible amoitiif slnrch. .Manioc starch, which coTmiinr.ils a higher pric,** in the tropics n-Kin* corn starch. Is gor.crnlly regarded as <vf the higliest q*.*illfy. After the i*xtraction of th, starch. ?!»>■ Jtllre of the yuca 1* subjected to hv*s» snillclciif to ilrsf.syr the poison in tf It Is tlien used as a condiment (eassii* ref(»). This cxltact. which has a *hsr7>. [K*|>j,ery qiiiiiffy, has conshferHd,* commercial value, and serves as a base for certain table sauces and for the soup known »s f'tdladelphia pepper pot. Tnpioca Is otUalli,',l hy besting the March while if fs moist.
smoke st ream to advertise Its p *1 —and can carry not a l.c.-ylily '’ !.’■ -t note, hat a mail of L'.tKill r i. i-
ter*.
the*
tM* city near which he found hik w eilth and carried tilin Im > aflllienre.
tomjdc of s,an»* fsr-ofT deity.’* and when pres* im-sages were alUwod to go nt a redticv*! rate he lm><.M>d H cod,* under which lie dealt vvijtl them
would stare at you In amazement, and wonder vvluit on earth you were talking id tout. At a smoking concert some month* ago one of our miner* sang a song (tilled “Down In the Mine." It drew a lurid picture of a miner’s life,
and one line referred to his “tolling | W1 , n |,( r,,. ,ci s ,niched,
to j a Imre existence." The miners retired with laughter, in vvlileh the j
singer Joined.
ns he Chose, which meant tbit there Smith, were III provided, and there Is
was no kmwving Imw or vv Wn they
Novel Counter-Claim.
i A novel plea was pat forth hy I.lefur Slgurdson, an I,*,’lander, descrlhed as an accountant, who was cmiuiitted for trial at the liulldlinll. London, charged with embezzling money hilonging to hi - employer*. When the chief bookkeeper of the firm was called to the colors, Slgurdson was engaged at $1‘g a week, and later it was discovered that smaller sums had been paid Into the hunk Haiti had beci^ received. Questioned, he agreed that lie hud used about $1.f»Ud for his own purposes, and ufler arrest added: “I have a heavy counter-claim against them for Inciting a young man to commit forgery.” He went on to argue that by not keeping a sufficient check on him Hu* firm hud induced him to use their money, nnd that he had a didm for damages against llicm.
Ex King Manuel Well Housed. Vtitwell park, where ex-King MutuMf of IbHtirgnl hits lived since *e hook fJ* bride to England five yea** ago, Is n historic mansion built mainly In rh<* Georgian style. A part of It dcares hack to .lames II. hut It tj«i* been considerably enlarged from time to Mine, and now contains a me.gnlfic n,* siflti* of six entertaining room*. I’.,*m;U*s the nine-hole golf course there lire several tennis courts In the •grounds, for this Is a game at which the ex-klng excels. There Is good fishing in the Klver Crone, on vvlileh nts,, heating Is p,,»
slide. Fulwcll park has been the homo
of many famous fH opi,*, nnd Twickeo ham itself abounds In historic tin im*v
ries. In 180d Orleans house vvn* the j residence of Louis t*ti!llppe, then duke
of Orleans.
The Kaieerin’e Baggage.
The kalserln seems to have been* more fortunate than some ipieens In* 'ft,* matter of dtggage in her flight to Ifldland. since* her luggage, though described as r^-irHer shabby, was apparently plentiful; As n mtl* escaping *f”ecn» have been tiadfr provided. fi"hen Charles X and bfs entourage were turned out of France one who n*t nt down ro see theov lemnrked rtlaf they lia*1 nothing In ihe way of “fiinilshings. * though they had
the president of Hie ropulHlc or niinia-
ters.
Talked Navy Slang.
"Now. this striper takes mo- up in Hhe eye* and shows om a dnle gadget, where -iill you liad! to ,1,, wu* unon* a doohickey,, turn over a glmi,*k_ and lllooey—(l would slide every Min fi-ti within a mile." Si> stiid tile tunned
Pretty Smart Chirttens.
A recent morning a Missouri farmer*
placed ftiree crates of chickens and j and w 111(1*111irned 1 youog sailor of th, five bushels of |»»tatoes Ini his trailer.. V. S. R, Florida. Kxeryono oa< the glteliesl the traihsr to* tils automobile ! subwii} platform tiiTne*,l to lo,*it at
and started for town; ID** was almost there when he dlso»Ter>*d' he hml no* trailer. He found tie tons parted coin* puny with it a quarter of a mile frotni home, and when he got hack to It tine crates were empty Wldt rile potatoes
frozen.
He presumed, of ooume. the chi,'Ms»ns had l«*i*n stolen, and' was greatly surprised when lie went to the hen.
money. Iamb I'hilippc and his queen ! house early next day after breakfast eroKsing tin* channel ns Tit*. , ln ,| yt rM m find every ode of tlie'thlrkens there.
tin* ('ick* off the ex-Eni|aress Eugenie, whose message to a friend when she reached Kb gland was “Come to me;* I have n.cfiliig—not even a handkerchief !"
Cflrcay of Mourn,tig Wear. N,along Is more rcnmrkahie In *<>cliil ,’jfe at this time than the ear tty of conveutional mourning, says Lon,Ion f>ally Chronicle. There are mill ion- of bereaved people In these IsInsiK yet It is uncommon ro civc.irater anybody who wear* the "(.•appl* gs and tlw* suits of vv,*e.” \V,. have found u jirter way of showing respect for the dead than by chaug rtig the lute of ,air clothes, ftnly at the two ,*\tr, ws, (*.*1*1 an*! vvo'st, will you ti,»\v discover a woman wrarlug widow’s “weeds."
Crowns to the DisiarJ. Ib nllsl What -eems to tie (h(* troif hie tialay? Your fa,*,* Is all swollen. Fa Hen I — Why some of m.v teeth hnvr Mtart*sl a revolt uml have picked on the crown you put on :ny hack tooth.
Not one was missing. They hud all returned home, hut how they got out, cut of the crates prnbufdy will nlvssys
remain a mystery.
Him. What he war miking M«o»,h*d like EuajIsIi. hut* Ir wasn’t the Eimpish spoken in N<*w* Yorfc. In the buest form of navy slang tla* sailor wan telling how an ensign had shown, him how to tvorg a deptlt homh doxv i at Guautumimn hay. Caha. A "srrper" Is un eaaign, and tile “eyes" ihe from of the ship. "(Jiidgvt" and “glmlck” are words that fit any coiitrlvumv the sailor doesn't know the name of„ and "tin fish" Is the latest word, for nhJi-
niarino.—New York Sun.
Army Discipline. The cistern had sprung a leals. and
Fish With a Long Name.
Tin srrlpplopH (tided* I* her,.- But how* H ever rtfadbed this section of the eouutry I* a mystery to iclithyokoglsts. The sdpploputtided.* hasn't anything
the master plumlier and Ids deDiohil-, to do with the Jazz, ndtlLer Is it good (zed men came to investigate*, says ; to rub on your head or cat. ft Is nothn writer in Lmulo,* Evening News. | in, c more or le.** than a poor fisli. p.ut The hole whs flm.id, a»st the bt is here uml how It ever migrated to master said to Ws man: “Put a jbesc waters Is what Is puzzling th,* patch on here, .Irni." Indicating the | R,Mowers of Iznuk Wattun. I, was place with his finger. The patch was < . mn .|,t here the other ,hiy S.txxi miles put on, hut the , i-tern still leaked, and away from Its sporting ground-. The Hi, master found that the patch hml ; immigrant's name J- nut found b, on put on at the side of the hole. "I . or ,|im, r j dlctlonarleK. lie has a head put it Just where you pointed, gov- n kt , u wolfttsh. a n.perlng toil, giound nor," said Jim. "I've been two years , h , s sld< . s Tllls W(ls *_,, in the army, and now 1 always do ex- , lonK Anglers are agreed that On* sdp.
Th«n He V/iltedl. There is a distinct frigidity r«. Ih<* atmosphere In the home of lsn.iv H ilt, retired fanner, in Valparaiso-. wi>*never the subject of groceries ns,i delivery hoys is mentioned in the hearing of Hie master of the household. There's a reasoa: Mrs. Wilt tele phoned a f. < l. D. order. There was Hie ciiKtoninry HeAiy in ,(,,*Hv,**y ami Mrs. Wilt stepped across the street t<» n neighbor's, leaving Mr. Wilt to receive and 1 pay for the groceries. Tlie boy with *a armful arrived and laid Ids load* on the table. Mir Wilt scanned the Mil and paid II from, a pocket-book In- which reposed live $‘J0 bills. Ele lu UP the purse on the table ami proceeded to confirm the hill by an inspection of the goods, depositing the wrappings on that part of the table where the pocketbook lay. Everything being found satisfactory, he swept the wrappings and purse into a bundle nnd threw It into tbu stove..— Imllumipolis News,
Air Current to Cm do Corf An Interesting method of ; , fine coul by mean* of an air n Is in use al nil Engj!s!i colliery,
coni Is del I lire, I' to tit** vvti-liery by :i bticket elevator ahrf <.’!>,•h*."l*,-I on
Slvukilig scnetis. grading
rat ns (s fixed immediately ov.'i* the delivery chut,* of the delator. Hi** mixed coal allowed M flow over n hinged we+r plate. Inimerfiately niider tills pi.He is nn orifice t-i'vrongt, whlcli a poxverfat current of a-fr i* drawn hy mei ns of a eontrlfuga! fan Tin* size nf tbo opening Is oapnlde of ikIhisimenr hy menns of a sleflug fd.it,*. The passing stream of ooal is Immetit ncarei* to ,,-,* kept farther frou the so,Hoit by avijnsiIng Hu* lilngcrl v.i, |date, so rival* any tlosired iiropo tesi of small coal can he drawn mV. A deflecting plate Ih tilted Into MV re celver. which serves to throw Hk’ larger pieces ,M' ,*11111 to the hottem; Hie fine dust, pnselng with the air through Hie fun. is finally collected In
cyclone separators.
nctly as I am told.'
Letters. "Do yon gd any letters about the league of nations?” "L, Hors!" exclaimed Senator Sorghum. "I'm keeping the post office busier than the village queen uu SL Valentine's *iay 1“
piopaftId,-, is mast have nrcompnnled a Ilrazllinn schooner which passed Hits way last New York Tillies.
Proper Place. "The Germans will have to sign the |M*H(*e treaty in the Hall of Mirrors." “Then they will have plenty of reflection about It.”
Pleasures ef Brussels. A friend who IWts been in Brussel** for some time writes most runtuiir.Ing account* of the delicious caJios and pastries which may lie consume,1 with cups of chocolate and creuiu in- the popular rendezvous there, ssys a writer In Loudon Evening News. None of the custard or crumb-tilled eoufoctlons we luivi* become accu.-tonied to here, hut cakes coated with lying accompanied by almond paste, etc. He tells me that many of the Improvements made la the city by the German* during their ocruimtloii are of the costly and permanent type, which illustrates the- German view* that they would keep Brussels. Drainage systems were altered, electric lighting was install,*! In parts which had hitherto been devoid of It, and dancing hulls were provided.
Efficient Paris. \ Isitors to France are much struck Just now with the reuiftrkable reslitenc* of the French people. Notwithstanding that Hu* German armies were encamped for nearly four and a half years within 50 miles of Paris, the city Is tn a wonderful state of repair sml efficiency, thus Justifying Its coat-of-nrniH and motto—n ship, with a Latin Inscription undeniealh which reads: “it often rolls, hut never sinks.”
Sir Douglas Ha g's Popularity. The prime factor In, Sir Dougin* Haig's great popularity among the British armies was undoubtedly the interest In* always sh*>wed In tin* tie.* soldiers. During the many inspection* It* France it w.v; the Invariable practise of nearly all’ general*—Kitchener and French Included- -to hurry along tlie ranks until' they came Ho tin* old auditors with th** rows of cnmpnigw ribbons on llielr Tires sir. tdir Douglas Ihitg always singled' out The youngest hoys for his iittenllotli You eould see then flush nnd slnnnner and straight ell ;ip with pride at being noticed b\ the commander in chief. Nor ,Ti*t Is* *rvej omit In these early days hK spe claf word of thanks “to all those »h<> have left their benches, shops, aud offices to hel|i us professlotnil soldiers to sec It thriiugh.”
Incidence of Flu. An Interesting example of the Incf den<i* of Influenza was given hy Mir Rr. fdair Thomson. In a siinltm'imn f,»r cotiKmnptlvos seven mile* from the nearest town ther.e was an <>nfbrctik of ttilluenzH. There were 1fh> isinsiilnptives and about 100 on the domestic staff. Among those of tin* con--iiiiiptlv,** who caught the die,'lire none had any ,*ompll,*atlonr, and nope died: several of the cases among the stun’ pioved fatal. Sir St. Glair Thomson said that the eonsuniptlveH probably escape hecnn-e the system* were Hltendy orgnntxcd to fight disease and they could he con ld»•re' , In the same position as vaccinated pi-ople.
By Sea and Land. “Water, water everywhere, and not n drop to drink !” w alled tin* ancient mariner. "Yes,” said the mermaid. "Prohibition Is surely a succesa. Even the ocean Is cntltvly 'dry.’”
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