Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 15 August 1919 — Page 4

I'HE GREENCASTLE HERALD

FRIDAY. AUGUST 13. 1919.

UUAST OVtR COBBLE STONES I

Sport in Modsira Has Many Advantages Over That to Which North-

erners Are Accustomed.

Most Famous Chinese Dish.

What Ini- been considered by Orl entnl rjiinirr' ns the daintiest dish in China, tlie birds’ nest, is the product uf tin 1 sea swallow, which constructs Its nest of a gelatinous substance

t’olilile stones may md aiipeal to the i taken from sea moss. The Chinese uninitiated as Ideal for mnsiinp pur* j method of preparinu tlie nests for tlie poses, but they Hiliniralily serve | table Is to souk them and boil lliein i pni'IMise. It all depends on bow steep' in milk until they are very tender. I is the hill tie* cobbles pave. In other ■ Then they are placed in clear soup j w'irds. it isn’t the material that makes ! and ore ready for use. On his trip ' the “slide," but th ■ pitch of tlie slope, j to Chinn, (Ietierai (.rant was intieli I 'I'bose of ii- v !i • are aeeustotned to , feted, and one of the dishes set besltdmj: down snow-clad liills. nr tiny I fore him was the birds’ nest.

flsretiU) made slippery tty Ice know littie of tlie tlirlll a slide may pos'oss. ;

I or soim laeasiueof tlie delipiit in tlie Keeping Even Temper, sport is frequent y minimized li> the ; W. irine". tired nerves, poor dlpes- ■ that rushes past our tingling sudden nnds, an overdose of eat ' and some measure ..f the enjoy- i perspiration and a dozen other tilings nient is entirely but by tlie chi tiiat '■ dl tmbalatiee tlie temper. You can’t grip our shivering bodies. | ale ays regulate yourself, hut you can Imagine—If you can—the tlirlll of 1 do u gt it deal toward keeping tlie e i istiug down a Mil so sleep that your i I" ly In trim. You can see to It that the “sled'* tiles over the rubbles much as , poor nM bai does not get a loud too I- would speed over enisled snow or an | lo-avy to to* borno. You can also try b o glare. Itistead of Icy air that al- , to guard ngpiti't surprises that unbuilt --t ru ! I s \ -i to the inti now at the I ■ - tlm m.-i, t me'halilstn and .'end tboaght, pieture yotirself in springtime the mereury skipping skyward. It’s garments and fanned by summer t Mu best way to keep an even temper, breezes. _____________

If you ran Imagine such a picture you will have enjoyed at least some part of the sport of coasting In an Island where there Is no snow or Ice. (town the i-obbl" paved road the “sled” thes. r.ir ten minutes you tl»s|i along in bnutb taking rush, then you begin to grow ai-eustomed to the speed and the novelty of the sport and you take time to look about you. lint—like most other enjoyments—just as you’re beginning really to enjoy it to the utmost

your eoasting ends.

Where is this extraordinary slide? the Island of Madeira, whieh belongs to Portugal, and llos In the Atlantic ocean, off the coast of Morocco.

How a Hero Died. »

A drnmat e incident in whieh a he-

Deadly Enemy of Mosqufto.

Tin* so-railed “water dog" of the Pnrtfle eoa-t of the United States is a ni wt live to eight inehes long. Though quito Immune to natural enemies Itself. It destroys all mosquitoes within Its tango, and In the experiments ,,f Prof \ t 1 (’handler, of the llri-gon Agrieultural colloge. a single individual may di vour 2ih> mosquito larvae in I hoars, besides killing as many more This harmless creature may be placed in pool' and 'treafus where no li'lies

< ituld (*vi't.

^ Wheat in History. The Romans introduced wheat Into

- Cro at Ilri’aln They did not have to

tlierly manner is the climax of a true story that recently appeared in Stars and Stripes, the oflieial newspaper of I , '-" 1 the American expeditionary forces. He was Francis M. Fealty of I.uwronee, Massachusetts, and he bad served In the ranks before he won his , eoiiiiriissiou. II- used to tell of the' days when he was orderly to Captain ]

Pershing in the Philippines. One day while lie was resting with his men by j the wayside a German shell came ( whizzing out of space just as the order i arrived that the regiment fall in and ,

move on.

The shell plowed up the earth and stretched on the ground several men who were Just getting to their feet. It tilt the tree against which Captain Fealty was leaning and snnpiied it off like a stalk of asparagus. A piece of shell struck him in the hack and tore It* way through his chest. '‘Good-by, boys!" he said, and his head sagged forward. Then it was as if, somewhere In the I universe, an invisible commander had 1 Called, "Attention Captain Leahy raised his head. With clearing voice he called the tiunie of the officer mxt

In command.

“Lieutenant Hansen," ho said, “the

command Is ‘Forward I'

tii rough 1"

Then he died.

[ • d Ttritajn they had conquered Gaul, l Mu* I'l’iinee of modern times, and the

w.-re growing large crops of

j w heat wlii'ii the Romans crossed to the ! western Islands. Tlie P.ritons began to I grow wheat, and the Saxons continued

the work. Still, through the Middle

; :i^(*' tin* hre td of the poorer classes

wn- m,-ole of tloiu’ from the coarser

grain

Really Not Tneir Fault. Marjorie and Clea are prim little ulsters, arid ii' there is a baby brother taniiiiijii lias some trouble putting on the last touches and getting them away to seliool mornings. In the interest of discipline their teacher was obliged to lecture them on tardiness and next morning they were late as usual. She waited for them at the door, trying to look stern, hut (’lea upset all her dignity and cut her lee lull* short by observing: “Well, we < ni t help it if you ring tin* bell too

Od Well Flow Increased. An electrical method of carrying v a nil I It to tlie bottom of oil wells has hi eh found In many cases greatly to increase the flow of oil. according to Popular Meclianles magazine. Tin* hinting process decreases the viscidtty of the oil. tisiiall.v occasioned by the admission of air to the well and the cooling of the rock bed Minute crevices and rapillary i-hannels whii-h nf ford easy passage to w arm, thin oil become quite impassable If thcpil gums.

Livingstone Memorial. able of tin* most i-urioiis memorials of Fivlngstoiie |s the "\aine Irei*." near Victoria falls, on the Zambesi, on the trunk Flvingstone cut bis Inltinl and the date 183." on tin* day of tils first visit to tin* falls. In bis bonk, giviru an account of this, Flvingstone says: “This was the only instance in i* 11ii-11 I indulged in lids piece of vault j."

Auto Service in Porto Rico. Porto Rico Is about uni miles long by 40 miles wide, and autobus lines furnish satisfactory service In covering the parts of the country where railways are not available. For the benefit of tourists nn(J*.others a daily automobile service connects San Juan, on tlo* north, with Ponce, jm tlie south of tin* island, a run of live hours.

To Be of Influence. If vou can t swing tilings your way In life the sensible thing Is to swing with things the way they are going To In* sure you eaii Just abruptly cut away, but that leaves you out of touch with tilings, ft may be a relief to your eonscience to he beyond the reach of compromise. Hut you are also beyond the ti-iieh nf Influence. You can not hope to be able to mold character or even contribute anything toward bending It.

Recipient of Old Honor.

Prime Ferdinand Uadziwill, who recently presided at the opening of the new Polish parliament, is a distant relative of the Holienzollerns and one of the pillars of the old Polish nobility. The iniiior accorded Prince Rndzlwlll was declared to he absolutely without political significance, but entirely a matter of custom. The prince came

Use Life’s Powers Properly.

There is no wealth but life; life. Including all Its powers of love, of Joy and of admiration. That conniry is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings’, that man Is the richest who.

See the hoja having perfected the functions of bis

i own life to the utmost, has also the ] widest helpful influence, both personal

— | and by means of bis possessions, over

the lives of others. RusUln.

Opposed Brothers' Church

There were three of the Wesleys, al though only two of them had anything to do with founding the Methodist church. Sons of an Kngllsh clergyman, and well educated, they were all pious men, but tlo* older brother, Samuel,

Into the temporary presldoncy by roa- | look no stic k in Methodism.’ In fact,

sun of seniority only. He ts eiglityflvo years oKl and Is the oldest member on the floor of parliament. Hy virtue of a similar custom the youngest two Members of the house, a socialist and a Catholic priest, neither of them more than twenty-five years old. acted ns vice presidents and sat to left and right of the old nobleman all through the tlrst session, assisting him iu the carry-

ing on of Ills duties.

Painful Insinuation. T.lttle slx-yenr-old, to young aunt showing him a family portrait; “What n funny way that grnn’pa Is dressed, auntie I" Auntie: “That is the way gentlemen dressed more Minn n hundred years ago.” Six-year-old: “And when gentlemen dressed that way what did yon wear?”

Forbears of the Seal. It Is a enrions fact that the fur seal was onee a land animal. The baby Sials are actually afraid of water: they would drown If thrown Into it. and have to learn to swim hy repeated efforts. When onee they have been taught te swim, however, they soon forget to w a Ik.

First Private Fnglish Phone. The first telephone ever placed in a private Fnglish residence is still to he seen at Marlborough lumse. It was made In ISYS on hoard tin* warship Thunderer and was subsequently si" up bet neon the sehoolrmiiit unit the boudoir of the princoss of Wales.

In combat.-I it. and wrote of 4^ upon on** oren-om as “a spreading delu-

sion.”

Life Not All Chance.

Kvonts are shapeless except as per-s-inality shapes them. Mirth and death and changing fortunes are common to liumnnity, hut what different Individual' make of them Is a forever varying story. We cannot know what experiences await ns, hut may know tolerably well, by what we are making of ourselves, how we shall pass through

them.

Ship* and Their Name*.

Fence has brought with It the Incidental discussion in ft section of the Fnglish press of the meaning of and reason for (lie names of certain ships In the Brlt’sh navy. Truly my lord* of the admiralty, acting ns sponsors, have gone to some strange sources for the nomencluture. Not merely countries ntid ellles have been drawn upon, hut man? of the creatures figuring in a menagerie have been freely utilized. Then (here tire the vessels named afier the public schools and Institutions of Fngland such as Uppingham, Toubrldgo, Westminster, Rugby, Cheltenham, Kpxoin and so on. If Fton

should feel Jealous over the matter of “Inventor" of Pork and Beans. Its neglect It can take a kind of re- An eccentric Knglishman. Daniel fleeted comfort In the fact that there Day Good, is accredited with the Inti a destroyer called Windsor. vcntlon of pork and henna. The first

Ft lilny in each July he would nssem-

Weights a Locomotive Hauls. hie a party of friends under an oak In “How much more weight does the the forest and feast Miem on bacon and average pa- erger locomotive have to I beans. From this festival grew the haul than In Mh* days before the ad- popularity of the dish,

vent of the steel car?" I asked an ex-

Saved in Nick of Time.

Many wonderful bargains nrereroril* ed In connection with old hooks. The priceless Coverdab- Mihle In the Hrit* Ish Museum library, for Instance, was bought hy an amateur hook collector from a butcher who was delighted and astonished on being offered ten shillings for It. He was about to use Its valuable leaves to wrap up his meat.

Laying a Carpet. Tn laying a carpet In a room where there ts a fireplace, the section cover trig the fireplace or hearth should he cm down its center by the shears, and then tin* carpet should he cut toward the sides, so ns to form two flaps, which should be turned under.

Hadn’t Fooled Helen. Mother eniild not fake Helen with her when sh,* went downtown and was trying to slip away without her knowing It. so father called Helen to come to him, when she said, "I lias to watch ntuvver, 'cause she’s tryin’ to rim'd away.”

Life Much as We Make It. No person is ever condemned fo n small life. Many are assigned to small elrcumstances, but our lives maybe as large o« we want them to he. For the only limits of life are aspiration, sympathy and interest.—Selected.

Prison Hi» Safety, When the West Indian city nf st. Pierre was destroyed hy the eruption of Mont I’elee some years ago all its inhabitants except one lost their lives. The sole survivor was a prisoner in an underground dungeon.

Reason for Optimism. “Some men are optimists," said Uncle Fben. “fob do reason dat It’s most times easier to sell a man stimpln’ hy tellln* him a funny story dan it Is hy Ullln' him de truth.”

pert Philadelphia locomotive builder. "The old wooileq passenger ear weighed 4o,o.io to 00.000 immiihIs,” he answered. “The steel suhurhun car weighs Itd.lNNl pounds. “The larger steel ear weighs 110.000 pounds. “A parlor ' ir weighs 115.000 pounds ■»nd the sleeping cur 140,000. “As for the locomotive itself, the heavy I’acIfU' type for passenger traffle weighs ‘jso.ixxi t„ 300,000 pounds. The freight locomotives, of course, go far beyond Mils figure, to more than hUU.OOO pound*.'—Phtladelphl* Ledger.

Perplexing. One of the mysteries of this life Is why they call it a tanning when every kid knows that the area affected by the performance doesn’t get tan at nil.

Concerning Names. Said the observing cuss, “When an ! actress starts out to make a name for herself she has to think up a good on* to start with before she makes It.”

Beware First False Step. Honor Is like an island, rugged and without a landing place; we can never more re-enter when we are once outside of It.—Silver Threads.

English Surgeon in Civil War. Sir dharles Wyndham, the famous Fnglish actor, served as a surgeon in the American Civil war.

Optlmist/e Thought. Many a one threaten* while quakes with fear.

Spasmodic Sermon. Next to the woman who will slap a br.hy, the most disgusting creature Is the one who will talk baby talk to a dog.—Indianapolis Star.

Daily Thought Worth makes the man, and want of It the fellow.—Pope.

NEEDED IN BUSINESS WORLD

Urgent Reasons for Transplanting Returned Soldiers From Army to Civil Life Without Delay. Your cosmopolitan doughboy who hn' shaken hands with fhe king of ( Fngland, ilaneed with the princess of Roiimnnia. learned the slang of a doz- | pu nations and cocked a knowing eye j af till the choicest sights of the Continent. may sound extremely sophist!- j rated hy cable, but wait -until he j strikes tin* United States and see what fttrrln travel has done for him! If has iiuidr him love, not Furope less, j hut home more, and ho hardly tries to conceal his grand passion under a . pi ker face, either. For he has been IrffTtiesirk and weary for months, and tin* Goddess of Liberty look- like an angel, and New York harbor like heaven. tii his fond eyes. As a national asset, then, tin* ' -Idler I- pt rh tps our best cltlzet and be eause the A K. F. it' a whole is ram- , pnritly enthusiastic about its homeland and her Interest'. Atnerv’a may look to her soldiers for real Inspiration in ^ citizenship. Thrse are the men to put Into our hti'lno's life as rapidly as | they can he transplanted from army to e-vil jobs. ’I ermake tin* transposition more slmph and effective, the war department through Col. Arthur Woods, assistant - to the secretary of war. has set up the wheels of a giant machine, which Is working night and day to co-oper-a’e with ,all employment agencies for ftp 'ake of the returned soldier who 1 lets no Job Hut more than that, this great employment system operates for tin* good of America. Colonel Woods 1 and bis thousands of assisting com- J mlttoes hcllevi* in the doughboy and In Id' power of real achievement in the 1 future national life of the United I States.

Japanese Gala Day. Of all floral festivities. Japan’s Feast of the Cherry Blossom is the most generally observed. Fiuctlcully every town and village throughout the land lias Its own particular cherry iree for honoring at this great occasion, hut I the most famous of them all is that j at Kioto. Here early in April is to > he seen such u sight us can he wit- j nessed nowhere else in all the world j There are seldom fewer tliuii I ,ixm>,ixhi I persons present, who gather from all parts of the empire. Everywhere Is feasting, dancing and merrymaking.— “Flaneur,” iu Indianapolis Star.

SELFCTIXO A STANDARD. 7I -

Centipede a Fly Killer. The centipede is found pretty much all oxer the world. The species common in the United States Scutl* gero foreeeps, was reported over twenty year.' ago as devoting the nights to killing house flies. Fater an observer detected one in the act of capturing a butterfly much larger than itself. The Insect remain' concealed during the day under doorsteps or window frames, or In any crevice sufficiently large to hide its' numerous appendages.

Honor Is John Wesley’s. The term "Methodist” was first applied to Charles Wesley, and not to John Wesley, the real founder of Methodism. And It was applied as a term of ridicule, or ns an epithet. Charles Wesley was a student at oxford, where, us he says, he began “to observe the method of study prescribed by the university.” He must have been a stickler for “method,” for he was always using the word. “This gained me the nickname of Methodist,” he says in one of his letters.

Fine Memorial to Edith Cavell. In a quarry, midway between Bodw'n and Caaielford, on the moors of Noi ih Cornwall, England, a memorial is being fashioned out of granite in j memory of Na.’se Cavell. One of the huge pieces is nearing completion tin- \ di r the guidance of Sir (ienrge Frampton, wlm is giving his services free, ibis figure represents a woman with (iiitis half upraised, holding a little i ' I- Id on her lap. while nnderneoth, on Mte base of tin* monument, Is carved a \ croas. The group is symbolical of the I stronger nations protecting the smaller I and weaker ones, while the cross is the - emblem of mercy. The whole group is carved In the fortn of a cross, giving speeinl significance to the order to " It *-It Nurse Cgvell belonged. Another huge block of grmite near by has a big lion carved on it. with head erect and inane hrjfttllng. Trampled beneath Its feet is a serpent, writhing, but defeat- j ed. The total weight of the memorial, j when finished, will be about 170 tons. | with a height of about 40 feet. The group probably will he erected near the British National gallery. Tasting With the Nose. The sensation of taste, while of common and constant experience, is highly complicated in Its nature. What is commonly called taste is not a simple | sensation at all, hut rather a complex. In addition to the actual functioning | of the apparatus properly pertaining ' to the sense of taste, the tongue receives impressions of various other sorts, all of which go to make up this | complex. As finally recorded In the I consciousness, the taste of any sub- I stance lias to do with its heat or cool- i ness, perhaps with a mild amount of ! pain, certainly with astringeney or acridity—which are in themselves further complexes of thermic and tactile sensations—and above all with smell. The reader will probably agree that j lee cream and coffee are entirely dlf- ; ferent from their true selves when j served at inappropriate temperatures; ! and it is a matter of record that a per- | son of the keenest taste may make the j most ludicrous errors if asked, blind- I folded and with his nose stopped to | identify substances placed in his { mouth.

First Safety Bicycles. The first of the’safety bicycles was put on the market in 1880. In this the high front wheel was reduced and the rear wheel was about two-thirds tin* height of the front one. The machines with wheels of the same size appeared In 1885. Bicycling began to he popular about 1891, and the “eraze” reached its height about 1895, when wheels bad be- | come low euougb i i price to he within i the means of the multitude.

Doubts Which Beset the Young Man In the Business World. A great many young men who go out Into the world of business from school or college or from tha Influences of a refined home are often puzzled to hear experienced men say that Ideals are all right In their way and In theory, hut that In practical life. In the rough-and-ready game of business, or In the professions, the sooner young men get rid of inurti of their “fine-spun nonsense” the quicker they will succeed, says the Philadelphia Ledger. What is a young man to say to that sort of talk? If he ho weak and disposed to hs “highly practical," and of an unformed character, and with only a veneer of civilization spread thinly upon him, he will hearken to the callous man of the world and do as ho does, becoming hopelessly vulgarized. If he have the framework of character, he will simply say that If that be the way of tho practical world, the world Is wrong, and that there Is a better and higher view and pathway for him. How far would the world advance If its Ideals were based on the opinions of the most mercenary and common of the people? It would retrograde. How much progress onward and upward would a young man make if he were to key his existence and conduct to the ordinary pitch fixed h/ the low average of those with whom he comes in dally contact. He would be ashamed to own to himself that he had fixed sueh a standard for himself. The right standard to take is to choose the very best., and to try to the utmost to live up to that standard.i—Philadelphia I.ert-er.

Wise Relaxation. The wise know that . a Judicious amount of wasting is, iti the end, not wasting nt all; for those who have learned to relax and to forget at the right moment, to lay aside care and thought and time completely, when they do labor do it with a fresh and mighty power that the weary slaves of time service never know. To lose time profitably is an exquisite art.

Water and the Human Body. The specific gravity of water and the human body Is virtually the same. A body in the water is supported hy equal pressure at all points. It is more likely to lie at ease than under other circumstances. It is, therefore, more likely that it may move without pain. So cripples are often given their exercise in the water.

No Race Suicide There. Jean, who had always lived In the city, was going to the country for the sur-mier. As she sat gazing out of tiie ear window a flock of blackbirds frightened hy the train, rose from the ground and flew away. "t>. aunty." exclaimed Jean excitedly, “look what a large family those birds have.”

New York'* First Railroad. The first railroad in New York state and one of the first passenger railroads In the United States was constructed of wooden rails from Albany to Schenectady, n distance of 17 miles, in 1831. Ten years later the Erie railroad was opened from Plermont to Goshen.

Famed Rest of Noted Men. Tlie Diamond bar, famous for nearly 50 years as a part of the old Auzerals house, of San Jose, Cal., is being fitted up for a grocery store. The Auzerais house, on West Santa Clara street, housed live presidents of the United States and was for a time the abode of n king. It was built In 1803, according to John E. Auzerais of Sun Jose, and the barroom was the meeting place for many of the men whose names have been written Into the history of California. President Grant was entertained at a banquet tu the Auzerais house In 1979. The following spring King KaInkau of Hawaii was a guest, nn<t In September of the same year President Hayes delivered an address from the balcony. President Harrison ,was a guest In 1891 and both McKinley and Roosevelt visited the famous old hotel on their tours of the United States.

Most Valuable Plant. No plant renders man greater service than does the wheat, tieeause It supplies to the greater part—and the better part, too—of the western world its staff of life. From wheat the lending nations of the earth obtain their bread.

Some Grownup* Have Same Idea. Miriam had been over to a neighbor's to see tlie new baby, and on her return I asked her what she thought of it. She replied: “Oh, 1 don't like ’em so fresh; 1 like ’em better afterward."

Life’* Little Peeves. T.ife Is Just one thing after another, hut chiefly It is getting up tn do something you have forgotten after being comfortably settled in your chair for work or reading.

Her Part. The physician had diagnosed the young woman’s case mid was compounding for her a bottle of medicine. Hi* put two nr three drugs Into the bottle and then took up a Jar of pep sin. The Jar was almost empty and there was not enough pepsin to finish filling the patient's bottle. The physician li nked around for another Jar. He didn’t find one, however. For a minute lie was frankly perplexed,'and then came sudden relief. He turned to the faucet and finished filling the bottle with water. "Oh,'' the young woman’s voice was very cool, “you needn’t have done that. 1 can put In the water myself."

For Social Success. Whenever you see n man who Is successful In society, try to discover what makes him pleasing and, if possible, adopt his system.— Beacotisfleld.

Store ( lollies in Mexfoo. This city has for some years post been a cosmopolitan one and It is becoming more so every day, says the Mexican Herald. Even the rntnmon people and the poorer classes ore learning to behove with tho indifference to what Is strange and novel In costume and manners, charecterlstlr of the residents of a great metropolis. Not so long ngo the sight of the outlandish in dress on the streets used to excite wondering attention A Chinaman or an Arab In his national gxrb was followed down the chief thoroughfares and was the renter of a somewhat ganehe curiosity, though the rudeness of the crowd never went to the length of pulling the Celestial's queue, an Indignity which has been Inflicted on Chinamen by the hoodlums of New York. But at. present people Iu strange dress may appear In public and receive but a languid and passing attention Perhaps here and there in the less central thoroughfares a small group of gamins may follow- the oriental In flowing robes for the a short distance, but this curiosity Is as a rule passive or quiescent and certainly never goes to offensive lengths. Marriage, Health and f/ongevlty. Marriage is an institution highly conducive to the health of both husband and wife. dtatJstlcs prove that among married men over 20 years of age and women over 40 the mortality rate Is far less than among those who remain single. Among the vrtdowed and divorced tho mortality Is exceptionally great Suicides among the unmarried are much morn numerous Hiuii^naong the married. Tho matrimonial Hiite promotes temperance in every form. Furthermore, tbs probable duration of life of a married man of I!0 exceeds that of hla unmarried brother hy flvo years, and tho wife may expect to live one year longer than a singlo woman of the samo age. Dancing Men In England. Men who can danm are apt to bo •dewed with suspicion by their own sex; and at public schools—the nursery of so many of our Insular foibles and prejudices a dancing boy Is almost, as much "rotted” as a boy who speaks French with n Parisian accent. I have met many a man who caa Jump seventeen feet, dance a ''shuffle” or a cakewalk, run a three mile race, play with twenty pound dumbbells. vault, walk, ride and swim, but who cannot dance a waltz, and doean't-seem to want to. The Englishman regards dancing as effeminate and ''footling”—and foots it accordingly; and tho girls he meets at dances have to dance to his humor. Mustache Compulsory. Venders of hair lotions and other mustache producers In the Punjab should be coming In for a busy time. The lieutenant general of the northern command says that he has "noticed that, contrary to regulations, many officers are in tho habit of shaving tho upper lip." He has requested division and brigade commanders to "take measures to have Uls practice stopped.”—Lahore (India) Gazette.

The Mea.iest Man. The meanest man iu the world put fishhooks In his change pocket when he took off his trousers at night.

Q E. D. It wouldn't he ilifticiilf to convince the nvorngp man (hat greenbacks are printed on flypaper.

Daily Thought. He hears hut half who hears one party only.—Aeschylus.

Wettest Place In the World. The wettest place In the world Is CherrapuiiJI, in Assam. Its average rainfall for tho last 10 years has been nearly 37 feet. Next to this come the environs of Bombay, with some 21 feet annually, though the single station of Debunduscha, In Kamerun. has had for several years an average of 34 feet, chiefly In summer.

Here’s Candor. “I like to be complimented once la a while and I enjoy being flattered,” says the editor of the Howard Co irant, “but there’s one o’d girl around here making me mighty tired by claiming me as one of her old beaus." —Atlanta Constitution.

SELF-CONTROL COMES FIRST Man Must Ce Able to Rule Himself B*. fore He Can Be Allowed to Rule Others. The ether day a man who makes hi* living by fighting was struck by an undersized man. and instead of returning the blow he walked away from hi* . diminutive assailant. This man exhibited much more self, control than the malortty of people Men who class themselves as being on a higher plane than this fighting man would have mixed immodiuiuly with the hot-headed individual. What would you have done? The chances are that you would have rushed at the fellow with all your might; you would have pcrmitled your savage instincts to rule you This proves that you have not as much power us you should have over your impulses. » You may boss oth^r people, but juu are not boss of yourself. Maybe you wonder why others are forging ahead of you as leaders of men. It is because they have a check rein on themselves. They have schooled themselves that they may be able to guide others. Self-control is the „t tribute of a leader—Chicago American.

GERMS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH Decayed Teeth One of tjve Most Potential Causes of Disease in the Human Family. A hole in a tooth is dqe to decay. The animal matter of which the tooth Is composed is decaying. In that mans of decaying matter the germs of all kinds of disease find a hotbed of Ur tile soil in which to thrive and multiply and grow strong. Swarms of them go down into the stomach with every swallow, some of them being destroyed by the action of the stomach Juices, but some passing into the blood and being distributed to organs of the body, where they lodge and cause tuberculosis, pneu monia, sore throat, appendicitis and many other diseases. In fact, it is difficult to pick out a single disease to which we are subject that may not enter the body by way of a decayed tooth. Decayed and broken-down teeth prevent proper mastication of ihe food, and this in turn causes malnutrition or poor nour ishmont of (he body, which m**an» physical degeneracy, and physical ihgeneracy means mental and moral de generacy.

Breaking It Gently. Speaking of breaking the news gent ly, the story la told of a well shooter who operated in the oil fields in south west Kansas ten or twelve years ago While he was going from one well to another with a load of nitroglycerin the wagon fell over the side of a bridge and landed on the rocks fifteen feet below. The well shooter, hi* wagon and his team were immediately distributed over the surrounding coun try. A friend, who happened to see the accident, felt that he ought to notify the unfortunate well shooter's wife, but he wanted to break the news j* gently as possible. He called her up over the telephone and said "My opinion is, Mrs. Ix>op. that your husband won't get back home in tlm* for supper, and I reckon you might as well not wait for him.'' “Which way did he go?' asked Mrs I-oop. ‘‘Well, ma'am," said the tool shur pener, who was breaking the new "he was goin' purty nigh straight u; when I last saw him, though I think he was headin' a trifle to the north east, and I should say at the rate he was traveltn' that It won't be possible for him to make It back by supper time.”—Saturday Evening Post

What Is a Barmecid Feast? The model of Bagdad was the older Persian capital of Ctesiphon. situated only a few miles away. Doubtless also most of the builders employed by Mansur were Persians, for his <je*ert Arabs were not versed In that art Persian influence was conspicuous from the first, and the chief adviser of the Abbasids were all Persians un til the time of llarun ul Rashid They belonged to the famous Barmacid family whose power began with Khalid Mansur's vizier, and ended with Jaf far. v'ho used to accompany his mas ter Harun tn his incognito excursion through the streets of his capitaJ in search of adventures that are familiar to every child. Despite his romanti' picturesquenesa. Harun was a wean ling, and like many another oriental tyrant his last days were marked with shocking crueltien, one of the worst of which was the slaughter of the whole Barmecid family at a feast that has become a proverb with us today.—William Warfield in Harper s Magazine.

Emblem of South Africa. The springbok, which has been adopted for the device of the South Al rican contingent for Europe, was so named by the first Dutch settlers from a habit of suddenly leaping/In the air. and is the characteristic antelope of the Union. It occurs almost everywhere, from the Cape to Rhodesia Prodigious herds of springbok some times travel through the country In dense masses that sweep away flocks of aheep or goats, and even carry wltn them entangled Ilona These curious migrations are inspired by an instinct which tells the hungry herds whers rain has lately fallen and caused a new growth of gras*.

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