Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 23 March 1920 — Page 4

Hfe GREENCASn.t HER ALf

TL'ESDAY, MARCH 23, 1920

ZIMMERMAN PINE MOTH. Entomologists Advise Cutting Out Brood Trees to End an Infestation of this Insect. r.y th« simple method of usins ".spike-topped,” lightning-striu'k, aid gnarly branched mature trees for inewood or other domestic purposes, ths entomologists of the department believe that the damage tfone by the Zimmerman pine moth, especially to yellow pine in the west and white, red nn.i various other pines In the ea t, t.in he greatly minimized. The caterpillar of this moth is the cause of extensive boring under the hark of pint trees, which results in pitch deposit* in the wood, making the lumber too pitchy for commercial use, besides killing portions of the trees. This moth is about one-half inch long and light to reddish gray color, Ita wing expanse is from 1 I t to 1 1 2 inches, and the fore wings are shaded reddish and marked by \V shaped sines. The hind wings are pale yellowish white, it is the parent of caterpiliais which, wh< n fully grown are about three-fourth* inch in length, with a chestnut-brown head, black jaws, naked body, and a series of dots, darker ihan the skin, each surmounted Ic- a bristle. The caterpillar ranges in color from dirty white, tluough reddish yellow, to vivid green, according to the kind of tree on which it is feeding This caterpillar in turn changes to a chrysalis about three-fourths inch long and light brown in color, which latter changes to blackish brown. The caterpillar v .tv*-.-, its cocoon only in 'he tunnel of its operations, and the motn leaves it there upon emergence. The moths fly and lay thrir eggs in batches, mostly during July, ami hibernnte in the form of caterpillar*, hence the necessity to burn infested trees before spring. The chry. ills is formed in the spring tad the moths i& c^ue shortly there; fin. The moth as a rale attacks malum trees from 10 to .id feet front the top down and secor cl growth trees from about breast-hi Ji up to bO to 10 lee:. Tlie presence t«i larvae which bore into the h :1; is ij.-l ted by drops of pitch oozing out o; t ■ tunnel.-, and tli > young lanae shows its presence in inJested trees by the mixture of bath dust ami course ceilings thrown out of the boles in the bark. A.s a general rule, trees that below the spike show branches with yellow needles are almost certain to be infested Such tn r , ns well a.s liglrn : : strut ., trees which jeiuain gn on, and those showing knobby growtii on branches are likely to j barber great numbers of the insects - | to be the brood trees—and -hould be | < ut out and burned or used for firewood before spting; otiierv'ise the moths resulting from the caterpillars !i these brood trees will attack the j i-ieond growth, and when a free is badly attacked the pest may kill big por- | lions of it lies idea unking the lumber j pitchy and unsuitable lor anything I where shrinkage is objectionable. If the brood trees are cut out, woodpeckers, esjccially the hairy woodpecker, will probably attend to the higt-er | infestation In the young trees, a.; this I bird has been oh rved to feed heawly on this caterpillar. This remedy is particularly slron ;iy recommended for wool lots, as a number of expi litncnts have shown that by using the ii ;ht trees for li ewood Ut” damage is * ilhcr greatly minimized or absolutely controlled. In one wood lot | east of Ml ouiu, Mont., entering 4ft acres, 2.") per < ent of the .'-cond growl'. | had been infested each year for sever- j al acasons. The cutting and uso for , firewood of only three over-raatur® | trees standing < a that farm, hut the | tutting out of one with an infested j spike top and two that were lull of j knobby brunches ihe three uspccletf j of being tim brood trees- relie’.tsl j infestation. In another locality the cntomologle's ! found over 2,000 second growth tree* , Infested each year, and a survey of | this grow ih Indicated that the cuttin', ] out of not more than 24 brood trees in a stand of 1,000 of the samo'-age would effeciually end the depreciation. Clearing Up Waite Land, 1 have been very euccesaful in cleat i in;.' land with a mechanical stU! ip I puller. My equipment wa. d<'!u\cil tn 1 shipment so 1 did not get as neten dor.u ns 1 expi'cted last year, hut did succeed j */i < learing live acres early In M.’.y, | write.- G. A. Tenant in Farm and Home. The stumps were hickory, black oak i a yd white elm. The trees wore cut 1 about ten years ago ami the stun pa | weie from 4 to 8 indies in diat.t- ' t-ter Sptinits bad co.. e up fonning a du i"' ubom each, some of ilieso iro'j j two to i')U' Inches tlusii.t'li utid the , inoth of this econd growth formed u ( lit: clt'sier aticut vach stump. Thcve I were title without diCic.i'i/ <l'er j cutting a few roots. We pulled dm stumps 10 Indus through in 20 minutes and could have itoti" it mm It quicker and without cut i ting aat ol the roots had we not made the mistake of purchasing too small n I inuij; tie. I would not attempt to dear | hint Without a puller. Digging is tan I slow and dynamite too dangerous for me, but 1 would buy a larger machine next time. My land was practically valueless before clearing, as the brush was eo thick that It was not much good for pan are. We raised a good corn crop on it last year and it is worth USO to IN an

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Two \V< men and n llo/en Kggs Rais* • Puzzling tjuestion. History »s It !s written tn Prntt, Kan., is to the effect that last winter one woman there borrowed of another a dozen eggs, then worth — thrtca fortunate Pratt, Kan.!—24 cents. Recently the borrower determined, whether with assistance or not history conceals to return the eggs and earred to nor neighbor's house a dozen as good as those that had been taken them". Hut ,the neighbor refused to Ink* them in extinguishment of her claim. The price of eggs she said, had fallen with the approach of spring, and It was then only 12 cents por dozen. Therefore she wanted not one dozen, but two, and tor no less would she call the transaction equitably closed. 'then there was trouble. The first woman Insisted that she had borrowed, not bought, the eggs, and that considerations of money value did not and should not enter Into the matter at all. This the second woman denk'd, repeatedly, and the dozen eggs were taken home after much or. atory. and a few tears equally divided between grief and rage. Now all the other women In the vicinity have taken up the quarrel, and, still according to lilsyjry, the question as to whether the borrowrer or lender is right, has become an Important Issue In local politics—so Important that the spring election In Pratt. Kan., turns on it, according to the New York Times, which adds that borrowing except when conducted on strict business principles, is an evil practice, exceeded as a destroyer of frlendsiilp only by out-and-out theft.

(Chicago News.) If* a poor wedding ceremony that hasn’t a utteb in it. « • • Proverbs arc but the offspring of practical experience. • ■ • A blunt man frequently makes the most cutting remarks. • • If a man Is unable to stand prosperity he should *it down and enjoy It.

While the fool 'takes thing*

they come, the wise guy goes after u minute or two.”

wlmt he wants.

Willing to Oblige Not long ago a young couple enme In from the suburbs to New York City. They arrived very early and decided to have a lunch. They visited a tea room and had the plate all to themselves. In serving them the waitress omitted to supply a teaspoon, and tiie fair young bride whispered the fact to her

husband.

Summoning the waitress, the young

man asked:

"May we have a spoon?”

“Why, certainly,” replied the girl ■ i am just tidying u >, and you cas have the whole rot m to yourselves in

A man thinks that there is only one man in tb<- world whose whistling is not a nuisance. • • * Poverty is not a disgrace, but It’s * mighty good excuse for heading off a borrower. * • • The |ien may be mightier than the sword, but it isn’t In it with the pretty typewriter.

A Heartfelt Wich Pedestrian (to beggar)—“I have little money to give you because 1 am a poet, and wlmt is more, my noems are not to he published until I am dead. Here’s tea cents.” lleCSnr—“Hou.f Ufa to ye, sir.” TlilC PENALTY,

JF.ST S’H’H-KXDS Some men ,y at a moral issue us quickly as a spavined horse ut a wheelbarrow. What most communities need !* : ore push and not so much pulling Before a man has tried many things and failed he has succeeded m trying the patience of bis family and friend:,. Nearly every married woman man iges to have her husband rea‘Ize what she missed by taking tiln, instead of one of her other suitors. vlary persons are afraid of being cousidered queer that they fail tq do anything worth while. If the average man lives long enough to get over mistakes in eat ing he will be on a soup diet Many persons begin to lint! fault with others when their own shortcomings are likely to he uncovered. *A real optim.ct is one who can iake the ,.ist ot an automobile without wi;' ing he could puncture

a tire.

A man may not profess to be a Christian, but ho has some ,ort o.

religion.

The safest pa'rlot is the one whej k-en. 11! lire hint. knows how to keep the peace wti',1-

out sacrificing principle.

Typewriter—Oh sir. ti e o!*ice boy has fallen out of the window. Mr. Fullohiz - Well, te". him If he goo? out again without my permis-

Tlie Oldest Hare Of Worship 1 There are five sacred mountains in | China, and .the most sacred of all it : Tai Shan, tit - Great -Mountain, said to be t!i ■ oldest permanent place ol I worship tn the world. In 2,ODD B i C. Tr.i Shuns crest had been a reg ular scuiie of sacrifices and preyorr tor nobody knew how long Emper-

Our Illustration shows a memorial fountain to a dog erected In Battersea, Hondon, which bears the following inscription "In memory of the brown teriier dog done to death In the laboratories of the University College In February, 19n6, after having endured vivisection extending over more than two months and having been banded over from one vivl-

Gsorge—"You (ir.n’t t u tn to have enjoyed yourself at the summer reso.’U this year. What was the matter?" Ja: "Hadn’t time to form any new

teenuintances.”

‘Wo time?”

"No: I was kept busy kissing (ha babies of the girls 1 u i d to be en-

gaged to.” N *'t Eo Lasy

ers and 1c* -t r official ', even Coufu-j Laborer—“it's c.n actor ye are? Sure

cius the Wise, journeyed up itn ; you have abty time: ’’

Jong, narrow trail of Tai Shan tc 1 Actor—"E„:y, is it” Ju t you take come rear to the God of Heaven aiiill „ loading pert in a IP; ■ ian play, and Earth and make their prayers beiorc fr y on in a Liberian

Him. 1

Since tho-e days of simple vvorj.hip, many temples and shrines have been built on Tai Shan's slopes Buddhism. Taoism, Confucianism, all are represented, and there are tern pies, too, to the Eady of the .Mountain, who is called by some a fairy

R'lov.stci ii cn a siitiin; hot July nijht

and sco,"

ALASKAN MOOSE. Brought to This Country With Much”! Difficulty and Broken to Harness, { Two Alaskan moose, believed to b* the first ever brought to this country, were owned by A. E. (Happy Jack) Carr of Spokane, who trained them tr, «ork In single and double harness He bought the twins for 3200 and a stock of provisions while iai the Northland sixteen months ago and valued them at $2,000, for which amount they were Insured. That Carr succeeded in brinsirg the moose to this country alive was by the rarest stroke of good fortune, an Indomitable will and nn unceasing "igilance that lasted weeks. Back of ] U is a story of hardships and danger | that rivals the adventure of Buffalo ' Jones when that celebrated Klondike ; character attempted to add to the col lection of wild beasts. Carr was more fortunate than ht» j gvtn fighting predecessor, inasmuch as | he succeeded In escaping the country without the wrath of the Indians having been visited upon him for carrying off these animals, which are held sacred. However, It cost him days of pain and hunger, nights of ceaseless watchfulness and long tramps through the snow and blinding storms besides a deal of money. The moose were caught on a small deserted Island in the North by a band of Slavonians who were searching for food, following »n Influx ot their countrymen, shipped Into the country to work In the mines. Although driven almost, to a point qf desperation through want of food the game seekers realized the importance of tl.etr catch and carried the young moose with them until they were met by Carr, who paid $200 in gold and a quantity of food for his purchase.— Spokane correspondence St. I’aul Dispatch. Manurcript of Thirteenth Century. While reading a French book of the sixteenth century in the university library, St. Andrews, the German lecturer. Dr. Schaaffs, noticed some fragments of an old French poem which the binder had pasted on back and covers of the book. After loosening them he removed tl'.e glue and out of the four pieces obtained composed two larger pieces, parts of two leaves of a manuscript written tn a beautiful and clear type In two columns o? thirty-nine lines each. 1)4 in nil. with red iind blue Inlt'.a’ . The imrue* occurring in the text leave nn doubt that the fragments contain parts of the old French chanson "I.e Roman rie Girard do Vlane,” and from the language and script if appears that the maniz cript was written between 1220 and 1200.—London Globe.

vr « i JfATVTIAL DETECTIVE FORCE.

INVENTIONS AS BOOMERANGS. J .

AVhy Man Who Commit* Crime In

Alaska Cannot Eiwape.

“tVe have a better detective fore* In the cold couptry than there 1* in the States,” says Gov. H. P. Hoggart of Alaska, In the Washington Post. •’That detective force is nature. When a man commits a crime in the States he has many places to hide, and he often manages to evade the authorities forever. If one of our people who does something wrong believes the climate of some other country will better suit hi* health and he makes for that country he undertakes the Impossible. AM we have to do Is to sit and wait. There Is only ono way out of Alaska, and that Is by coming to the coast, and when the criminal comes to the coast

he is sure to be caught.

“So well has the United States Signal Corps done Its work in Alaska that we have a telegraph line to every mining ramp of Importance, and when a man takes leg bail all there Is to do is to telegraph to the coast towns, and the authorities wait for the man. It would be Impossible for the poor fellow to try to get away by an!f other route than the const, because he would never live to re-

late his experience.

“On the other side of the coast rnnge of mountains are vast plains, stretching for many hundreds of miles, wholly uninhabited. On ao count of the haste with which criminals generally leave there Is no time In which to provide an adequate outfit, If such a thing were possible. “But It Is seldom that it is necessary to make use of this natural detective force to track wrongdoers I will venture to say that there is no country in the world where the people are as orderly as they are in Alaska. All the tales of lawlessness of the mining camps of the fortyniners are not repented in Alaska. From the very first the people have been orderly, and they make it so uncomfortable for the criminal who comes among them that ho is glad to

leave.

sector to another until death came to l py other* a goddess, and by other

NOTICE TO PURCHASE TWO GASOLINE ROAD TRUCKS

bis release.” The fountain stands fifteen feet high and was erected by

tho anti-vivisection society.

Popple* from Ancient Seed*. The extraordinary resuscitating power of light received a curious Illustration a few years ago In the silver niln“s of Gayrlmn. The mine* were abandoned more than 2,000 years a_;o as unworkable and wer* filed for the moat part with the slag from tho workings of the miners. it was discovered that this slag contained plenty of silver, which could ire easily rendered available by modern appliances. Accordingly it was removed to the furnace, and when n'-xt the mtne was visited a wonderful transformation was found

to have taken place.

the spirit or soul of the mountaius. Whatever her character, the Lady is well represented on her mountain top and her s' rlnes are popular.

The Journey up the mountainside, f Tue8day April li, 1920, a t their is accomplished by the traveler part • , ’ . . ,. !y in a swinging chair supported by i usual place of business in th

Notice, is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Putnam County, Indiana, will receive sealed bids until tie hour of ten o'clock a

Chinese bearers and partly on foot The 'Wav' consists of a granite 'valk, interrupteu every little whllt ny flight* of steps which stretch o and on and become steeper and rloser together until the pilgrim ha* mounted 11,600 steps ami the peak it

i'ui Shan is reached.

House in the City of Greencasile, Putnam County, Indiana, for the pur chase of two gasoline road tiuiks each truck to be of a capacity of three and one half (.‘I’y) tons; said trucks are being purchased f°r use

Here there are more temples and | ,, !’ ori the free macadam and gia\cl

'hick Incense and grave old priest j reads of said county, to haul mad •sho announce a pilgrim's present' material to repair the said roads of! s.i"'A i Tnii. s ;.To“f.ss«r.",'| "" mt> i ”“ “

a rock overhanging a sheer precipice r f i ra K sn '‘l mads.

From this rock, called “The rock oil All bidders will take not’ce that!

love of life” persons who had ski.'

Instead of a heap of rubbish, yio i relatives used to fling themselve

no bids will received nor consid-

mlne had become n gorgeous flower garden. The entire space was covered with a brilliant show of poj.pies. Tills profuse vegetable life be* longed to the same age in which the mine* were worked. Twenty centuries old were those poppy-seed*, yet when the removal of the slag allowed th* light to fall upon them they sprang into life and bloom un-

der Its Inflnenr"

How Dong Ostriches Live. Nothing is positively know ns to how long an ostrich will live. Some writers claim that It will live li/O years Ostriches which are known to lin's*- been In captivity for forty years are still breeding and producing feathers. It is the experience of Arizona farmers that among birds having good nutritious green feed deaths seldom occur, except as the result of acc^ dent. A dog or other small animal will sometimes frighten oslrichei , and cause them to run into ths 1 fence, which may result In a bioken leg. When this happens, the bird mav as well lie killed as tew ever recover from such an Injury.

hoping that the rac*riiice oTono'nfi'| cre ^ bv the . board unleM ‘ hp . S8mP would appi icthe god* so that the j is accompanied by an affidavit signed other would be spared. Now th and sworn to by the bidder, or the dangerous Hit is barred, and pil | cr re p resen tativ e of the bidder, grim* are toned to appeal to tlu 1 ... ' . , , H god* in the conveutial Chine.'.' meih ' ? P rclf >’ ln ‘ r that such ' , ‘ ,1,ler Jla! ' not vds. , in any way directly or inderectly en-1 Aft'T seel g the sight* of Tai Shun ■ trr *,i into anv arrangesnent or ajrTec-

*«» ;ln y other bidH.r, or wltn

from the top, there 1* nothing for I “"V public officer of said d utnam | the imvele r to do but take hi* life County, whereby such bidder, or its in hi* bauds and be carried down Ra jd representative has paid or is to

:.Ue h.iiiib steps in the rickety little!

Fox Steals Fowl From Kennels. Foxes seem to be unusually plentiful in the Blaekmore Vale this year and several instance* of the r remarkable boldness have occurred of late. A few days ago Reynard had the hardihood actually to pay a visit to the hunt kennels at Charlton I’.orethorne. a village in a sheltered valley In broad daylight between the Sherborne and Wincanton, and carry off a much prized cock belonging to the huntsman. Apparently the marauder had been lying up in a hedgerow close to the poultry yank and his tracks were easily traced s the muddy I no hv which he safely beat his retreat wtUi his ixipture.—London Standard. Secretary Ballinger’s Die. For use at the various social functions of the winter’* social season Secretary of the Interior Ballinger had made a dainty die with which to Impress Invitations, note paper and dinner cards. The die is in the form of a crest. The militant balding!e from the real of the Department of the Interior is the dominant design The claws of tho eai:le grasp a volume and a scroll. Beneath is the motto in I^tin: "Caret perleulo qui etiem tutus cavet” (He is most securfronr danger who even when con scions of safety is on hts guard.) — Washington Herald.

It Is estimated that the average lorn binder is In use not more than four dav* of each year, lasts about 11 yea. , wild costs its owner 81 cents for ever/ kere it covers.

A Ton of Butter Daily.

The Watson dairy farm of Kmincy, Nebraska, lias a barn with a capacity of 2,250 cow.s in one room and 700 tons of hay in one mow. Thi* ranch contains 8.000 arres, 2,500 of which are In alfala. The place turns off a ton of butter a day.—Field and Farm.

chair balanced dexterously by the natives, who, the rider remeiubers comfortingly, huve a reputation for being cautio".* and surefoootod.

A Bit Logged The minister met Tom, the village ne'er-do-well, the other day, and niui h to his surprise shook him heartily by the hand. "I'm so glad you’ve turned over a new leaf, Thomas,” said the good man. “Me,” returned Torn, looking at him dubiously. "Ye*, 1 was glad to see you ut J tho prayer meeting last night.” ''Oh”, said Tom, a light breaking In on him, "so that’* where 1 was. is It.”

Recognized The Symptom*

I tried my best to find out if the paw uiau was married, and 1 don't know yet, said the spinster at the

hoarding house. ., | I fo tnd out before ten minutes I a written contract with said Hoard j , bad passed, said the wise widow. f or the purchase of said trucks, which , A divorced Canadian wife rlalm* | He is married. 1

pay to such other bidder or public I officer any sum of money, or has; given or iis to give to such other nid- j der or public officer anything of value | whatever, or such 'bidder, and its representative has hot directly or .Vidircctly entered into any arrangement or agreement with any other bidder or bidders which tends to or \ does lessen or destroy free competi-

tion In sudh bidding

The bids submitted shall state the time when such bidder will deliver to said Boar,) of Commissioners said trucks, if such bidder is successful In 1

receiving the contract.

The Hoard reserves the right to re-; ject any and all bids and to discriminate lietween bidders in determining the kind of trucks they will puvchase. No bond is required to be filed with the bid, but the successful bidder will be required to enter into

Abolish Bear Traps. W-dlamiport sportsmen Intenrt to circulate petitions to the Legislature looking toward th* nbolition of bear traps. The only persons using traps are those who hunt bears for market, and sportsmen are anxious that the bear he more fully protected than under the present laws. It is pointed out by those back of the -movement that the catching of bears in traps not only tends to exterminate this spe< lev of game, but Is a cruel practice, ns the animals frequently free themselves by leaving parts of their let,* in the trap.—Philadelphia Record. Monument as Winning Post. There are monuments in ali sort* of out of the way places, but one that is really unique Is that erected Ln a river. It stands in the Parr.i'Qattj River, New South Wales, a Htreani known the world over for the row ing events that have taken place upon It. This monument, which Is in memory of the world fumed rower Searle, is also unique from the fact that it has been used as tho winning post for many of the races for the world’* championship, and ts still used «» such for local events.—Stand

Fatality Has Dogged Men Who Designed Instruments of Torture. The lot of the average Inventor usually is not a happy one, and most of hla troubles are peculiar to tho sphere of usefulness which he occupies. Comparatively few inventions are perfected before the Inventor has be< u subjected to a long series of disappointments Incident to the unsuccessful experiments, difficulties In raising rocevsary fund.*, and the cold shoulder which the world turns to the man who employs all hi* time in attempts to make a seemingly

wild dream come true.

But even after the last experiment has demonstrated the fact that the long days and nights spent tn the laboratory have 2ot been spent in vain, the inventor often finds that .’ume and fortune have no mind to lift the lateh of hts door. One man may rob him of bis title av inventor; another may flloh from him the monetary reward of hla labors. Then, too, Death sometimes has Intervened and the reward has taken the form of empty honors for tho

dead.

Deaths of Inventors as a result of dangerous experiments have been of frequent occurrence, but It is not generally known that a remarkable species of fatality has dogged the steps of men who have devised instruments to be used to torture or kill their fellow men. Following is a ”ist of inventors who were punished by their own Inventions. Bastlle—Hugues Aubrlot, Provost of Paris, who rebuilt and improved the Rastile, was himself confined therein. The citarge against hinr was heresy. Brazen Bull—Porillos, who Invented the Brazen Bull for Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, was the first person baked to death iu the horrible monster. Banian, son of Hammedatha, the Atnaleklte, of tho race of A gap. devised a gallows fifty cubits high, on which to hang Mordecai, by way of commencing the extirpation of the Jews; but the favorite of Ahasuerus was himself hanged on his gigantic gallows, in modern hEtory we have a repetition of this, incident in the case of Enguerrand de Marigni, Minister of Finance to Philip the Fair, who was hung on the gibbet which he had erected at Montfaucon fer the execution of cei sin felons; and four of his successors in office underwent the same fate. Matthew Ho kins, the witch finder, was hintse!'. trier by his own te..ts, and put to death as a wizard. Iron Cage—The Bishop of Verdun, who invented the Iron Cages, too small to let the person confined In them to stand upright or lie at f.■!I length, was the first to be shut up in one; and Cardinal Ea Balue, who recommended them to EonU Ni, was himself confined in ono for tea years. Iron Shroud—Ludovico Sforza, who Invented the Iron Shroud, was the first to suffer death by this horrible torture. Malden—Tho Regent Morton of Scotland, who invented the maiden, a sort of guillotine, was the first to be beheaded thereby. This was in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Ot racism—Cllsthenes Introduced the custom of ostracism, and was the first to he banished thereby. The Perriere was an Instrument for throwing stone* of throe thousand pounds In weight; and the Inventor fell a victim to his own invention by the accidental discharge of a Perriere against a wall. Porta a Faenza Filippo pt r0 zzl counseled the Duke Alessandro de’ Medici to construct the Porta a Faenza to Intlniadnte tho Florentine.*. and here ho was himself mur-

dered.

Uti'oplus induced the Emperor Arcadius to abolish the benefit of sanctuary; but a few days afterward he committed some offense and fled for safety to Die nearest church. Kt. Chrysostom told him he had fallen Into his own net, and he was put to death.

To Avoid Nearsightedness. Theoretically, the guard for tho eyes shown in the illustration presents a very good idea. Whether its use Is practical Is an open qu< Inn. It Is well known Xhut children » a rule aro inclined, while reading, to hold tho hook too close to the eyes. Tilts habit is still more marl H In writing than reading, and, in ti ne, undoubtedly is responsible for n irBightedness. Statisticians cl; . n th :

the pour eyesight prevalent among children of all countries can ho attributed to tills cause. A German has designed this guard especially to prevent holding the hertd too low while reading or writing. It I* simply a wire framework which cun he read Uy clumped to tho book. The position of the upper liar does not obscure the view In the least, hut a child would experience difficult 1 ' It* Inserting the head In the frame. Tho Idea ts at all events a cotnmendshle one, and. If not practical In this form. Is certainly so in another.

copyright of her former husband's name, and a Toronto court has issued an Injunction against Ra use by the new wife whom be married in Dakota.

Dentistry In the Stone Age. Dentistry is a modern science, but the need for It existed thousands of years ago, cavities having been found

How did you know? I contract shall contain all the wnrHe listened to everybody who I ranties and guarantees made by such

bidders on their trucks. REASON E LARKIN. CHARLES W. DAGGY. CHARLES A. CARVER.

Board of Commissioners of Putnam

County. Indiana.

Attest; R E. KNOLL, Auditor. 3 O’ D. Mar. 16-23-30.

started to talk without once Inter-

rupting.—Answers.

A man seldcra icgret* the things

ho doesn't say.

The jaw of the shark furntshr* the best watchmaker's oil. In eacf shark is found about half a pint.

A Fidgety Age. Repose of manner was consltfu c l at one time essential to the well bred woman, but this la an ideal long consigned to the past Fvery one fidget* In these days, no on* has time 'o sit sttll, nor to listen fur more than a m'.rtule a' a time without being bored and showing It.- Quacn.

A Fries thil Lamp. It was little Edgar's first glimpse ef a real full moon. I'p to that time his astronomical observations had been confined to furtive peeps at tho luminary as he prepared for early sleeping. This particular evening he and his mother had been out visiting and were delayed in getting home As they left the street cat, the little chap caught sight of tho moon over the Palisades. It was ono of those nights that poets like to writ* about. There was not a cloud In iho sky and the streets were al- | most as light ns day. Edgar toox | vine look and stopped in surprise and I admiration. “Oh. see, ma," ho cried, "CoJ has washed His lamp.” Egyptian Fmb: lining Flulil. And now, alter elaborate experl- [ ments, It Is declared that the em- 1 balming fluid In use by the ancient | Egyptians 1* nothing more nor less I than tho castor oil of commerce. In- I stead of some Intricate and involved ' process, the "70 days In natron” wa* followed by the Injection of castor oil, and Mr. Bertbelot, secretary of the Louvre museum, has eUubllshed this fact beyond a doubt Many Investigators have vaint" sought to tat horn the mystery c. '!;« preparation of the preservin'-, ungcunts, but they have gone about their work Wl'h the Idea that complicated f ji'inine were to be deducted and have defeated their own end* through elaborateness of research. City Unhealthiest in Winter. Th* city death -%t* t* generally greater ia winter uswa la summer.

A Fruitarian Diet. A fruitarian diet consists of the fruits of liees (like apples, or .it).: 1 . bananas and olives), the fruits of plants (like strawberries and melons lentil* and buans and cucumbers), the fruits of grasses (like wheal and barley and maize and out*), the fruits of nut trees (from filbert to cocoanui), together with some cailb fruits (like potatoes), und a modicum of vegetables and salads. To these may bo added butter, milk, honey and cheese, although their production is not so free from risk of contamination and animal Infection as is tho case with the prodnets of the vegetable kingdom and the gtorld of fruits. Grown under healthy conditions, with diseased specimen* easy to detect and remove, it 1* f'‘ r more possible to live healthily and well upon a fruitarian dietary 1 ' in upon* tho products of the slaiij-'i'''" house.—Westminster Review.

Average Speed of Cloud*. A member of the staff of the Blue Hill Observatory, near Boston, has reported that observations niad" j there show that the average speed with which clouds, between 8,000 and 9,000 feot high, move Is six*)' I nillos an hour In midsummer and one hundred and ten miles an hour 1 In midwinter. The swiftest flight of a cloud yet measured was 230 miles an hour.

The largest stone ever quarried came from a granite ledge In Maine, to sbrve as one of the columns to support the dome of an Episcopal cathedral In New York. The stone was 64 feet long, eight and one-half feet thick and seven feet wide, Its weight being 310 tons.