Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 October 1920 — Page 2

THE GREENCA5TLE HERALD

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, i9 2l)

HERALD

Ibiun tx. hd St- 01..1 Oiu»r :uail matter at the Graencastle, lod, poitoiTice. cbarlea J. Arnold Proprietor PUBLISHED KVKKY AFTERNOON Czrapt Sunday at 17 and 19 S. Jack•oti Street, Greencastle, Ind. TELEPHONE S5 Tarda of Thaiuta Cards of Tbacks are chargeable at • rate of 60c each. Obitoaricsa. All obituaries are chargeable at the rate of $1 for each obit’.ary. Addi- 1 tonal rbnrge of 6c a line is made for ai! poetry

RATIONAL TICKET

For President JAMES M. COX Ohio

For Vice President FRANKLIN 1). ROOSEVELT New Ywk.

STATE TICKET i..,.. — Senator THOMAS TAGGART French Lick

Governor CARLETON B. McCULLOCH Indianapolis Lieut. Governor SAMUEL M. FOSTER Fort Wayne Secretary of State CHARLES H. WAGNER Columbus

Auditor of Stat e CHARLES R. HUGHES Peru

Treasurer of State GEORGE H. DE HORITY Elwood Attorney General GEORGE I). SUNKEL Newport Reporter of Supreme Court WOOD UNGER Frankfort

Judge Supreme Court, Fifth District FR tNCIS E. BOWSER Warsaw

Judge Appellate Court, Fir'd Distrlcj. ELBERT >1. SWAIN Piockport

Judge Appellate Court, 2nd District JOHN G. REIDELBACH Winamne

Superintendent of Public Instruction ADELAIDE STEELE BAYLOR Wabash DISTRICT TICKET

For Representative in Congress CHARLES S. BAIT Terre Haute

COUNTY JICKET

For Prosecutor FAY S. HAMILTON

For Representative WILLIS K. GILL

For Treasurer OTTO G. WEBB

For Sheriff FRED LANCASTER

For Surveyor ARTHUR PLUMMER

For Coroner JACOB E. MeCURRY

For Commissioner 2nd District REESE R. BUIS

For Commissioner 3rd District DAVID J. SKELTON

» EIG BEARS OF ALASKA.

Ler A e«: I Uaflng Atiliunls In tne World Not Kv<-< pt lug Lions, Ver\ few persons real!} know tbwt the largest flesh eating animals ip the world are found la America. People generally believe that the African lira Is the king of beasls, but he is not marly a* large or as povirhul uu animal as the large biown bear of subartlc AuietUa The bears are not as ferocious or combative as the Hons, nor are they nearly ns vicious ns they are gieen credit for belay; but the largest of them are much larger and more powerful than any of the lions, it Is safe to say that the largest of lire, brown bears of the North would weigh three times as much os the largest specimen of lion, and is be yond all question greatly superior in strength. If brought together In combat, the j bear would at first appear very clumsy, says Scribner's Magazine. It would not be capable of the quick rush or the catlike spring of the Hon. It would not attack, but would remain entirely on the defensive, meeting Its adversary with blows of sueh rapidity and terrific force ns at on if to Illustrate Us superiority not only In strength but In action. 1 do not believe that there la an animal In the world that can act more quickly or effectively or can aim its blows with greater certainty than the bear. The large brown bears of the Alaska peninsula, south of Bering Sea, are among the largest bears of the world, and It la evident that there Is no part of the world outside of America In w hich tsucb large flesh eating animals are found. The hehsts are flesh eaters, or carnivorous yet there are none of them that depend upon flesh for food, and with most of (hem flesh comprises but a very small percentage of their food.

Ha thing In the Dead Sea. Is bathing in the Dead sea in Palestine different from bathing in any other body of salt water? Some ' writer* say It Is not. but the Rev. Haskett Smith, author of "Patrollers of Palestine,” says that It is. "No sooner has one plunged Into the water than one Is whipped off one's feet and goes bobbing helplessly about like a wretched cork. In the effort to regain one’s footing and to get back to shore one's feet am! shins are barked by the jagged stones and pebbles, and when nt length ouo does emerge from Its treacbeious bosom, with the lower limbs bleeding and torn, one become* aware of a horrible tingling and burning sensation in eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth and almost every pore of the akin, from the brine and bitumen which hare penetrated everywuere. Unless great care is taken the bather In the Dead sea i” liable to an eruption, which breaks out all over the body, and which Is commonly known as the 'Dead sen rash.’ The best antidote to this is to hurry across as quickly as possible to the river Joidan and to take a reeond plunge therein. The soft and muddy waters of that sacred but dirty stream will effectually remove the salt that has Incrusted the body.”

Keeps Tab on the Bootblack. To a certain extent the bootblack business has taken the form of a monopoly and the most desirable orations are controlled by a coin* putatively few persons who are compelled to entrust the different estub*

U.’.nient to the cure of subordinates, and In order that the proprietors may get their share of the profits It is often necessary to put some check on the employes. A device of this character which has been rr cently Invented consists of a refolding apparatus placed under one leg of the chair nnd every occupant nutomutlcally register* his visit. This apparatus Is locked up, so that it ts accessible only to the proprietor or his authorized agent nnd cannot be manipulated by dishonest employes. The Truth About Starving. Novelists write * lot of nonsense • bout the extreme suffering that ne'opipsnlev starvation. It is all poppycock, says yillon Wallace, In the Outing Magazine Any healthy person. with a normal appltlte, after missing two or three meals ts as hungry as ho ever gets. After av. title there Is a sc nan of weakness* tuat grows ou one. and this Increases with the days Then there comes a desire for a great deal of sleep, a sort of lutsllnde that Is not unpleasant. and this desire becomes, mo e pronounced as the weakness grows The end lx always In sleep.

SHU WONDERED.

HCTCL O r MANY C~,T r,\CZZ,

AN EAST ONE.

(ierald—Onet I was strongly teniDted to blow out my brains..

Geraldine—Did you do it?

ON THE JOB, ALL RIGHT.

Mr. Barnacle (reading)—A nmn lost $2,OUO through a hole In bis pocket. la.nacle—His wife's fault. I wish you'd give a little more attention to 5-i pockets. 1 may lose—" Mrs. Barnacle l do attend to them but never Hod anything.

POOR IN GEOGRAPHY.

Teacher—In what state was the greatest number of Presidents born? Pupil—1 don't know, ma'am, what state, but from what I read of great men, In Pov erty, If you know w hs . t that is.

RIDICULOUS.

Up—i notice that you always laugh when I tell you a joke. 1 am glad

that Rome one appreciates my jokes. She—But 1 don't laugh at your

Jokes.

He—And whst, then? She—Why, It's so funny to see you try lug to tell one.

OVEUiOUrv. WEkl.

Jenkins—How did you nnd your

wife first meet?

Ullukens—We didn’t meet, the

autfht me.

Accept* Guerts Only When in t! e Ri^ht Humor. In t'.e IV roil a circuit of ho; -'s la cue that runs intermittently, a.- aa oil well (lows. If all the members of the family are ;n good humor and at peace with the world, it is open for business and .the traveller or wayfarer finds good cheer beneath Its roof. But if there happens to be a row on, or other internal dissension, It is impo.y sible to get a bed or board. This sometimes causes the travelling public annoyance, for it is the only hotel in the town; but travelling men who "make” the Petrolia towns have become used to it, and they make the best of It. Besides the landlord, the family Is composed of his w fo and two daughters. Their man of all work is a negro porter. If the "old man” Is In a miff he refuses to admit a guest * to the house. If the wife and daughJ ter are out of sorts, they refuse to • yook for guests. If it is only a kitchen ’ grievance, guests are given rooms, but they must find meals outside. If the trouble is in front, there is neither bed r.or hoard. While hosltltnies are on the women so W or visit the neighbors and the "old man” and the porter play "pitch.” If It Is a kitchen row the "old man” Is particularly agreeable, but f It Is his own grievance only the porter can got along with him. One afternoon a traveller struck the town when the "old man” was in a bad humor. "We are not receiving people today," the landlord said, without stopping his game of “pitch.” “Why not?” the traveller, who was a stranger, asked. "That's my business,” replied the landlord. "Well, may I sit here and rest?” "No; you may leave your grip here, but you can't stay yourself. You disturb the game.’’ Just then the porter caught •tie “old man's” jack and he added angrily, “No, and you can't leave your grip here, either,”—Kansas City Star.

k Famous Old Arithmetic. The ‘present generation is Inclined to think of Daboll as the father of arithmetic, and those who possess a copy of his work th nk they have a treasure, indeed. The Star representative, however, has privilege of reviewing a text hook in mathematics published 72 years before the famous Daboll was born. Thia book is undoubtedly one of the oldest owned in Otsego county, and Is considered a great curiosity by all who have seen It. It is the woit; of Edward Cocker, printed November 27, lU(i7. by John Collins, two years after the author's death. The work is famous, since It was fur years considered a forgery of Collins, and In Us clay caused much discussion In the colleges of England. Collins, who was an actor and poet and an intimate friend of Edward Cocker, d.spelled the accusations acalnst him by proving manuscript for the book to have been Cocker s. The latter was one of the roost famous authorities on arithmetic of his day and published many books. The fact that the mutliplication table appears iu the book gives tome force to the common expression, “.As old as the multiplication table.” Primary pupils of to-day who are Inclined to believe that Mi's combination of figures was especially p' cpate.l to rack their memory should find some satisfaction in the knowledge that children of at least two and a half centuries have drilled upon it.— Oneonta Star.

The Ancient Chariot cf the Sun. This curious bronze object was dag up recently In Sweden. It represents the chariot of the sun, and was a votive offering to the sun god of the ancient Scandinavian*. It is richly ornamented w th fine chisel work, and

The Curious Sun Chariot, the disk representfnc the sun shows traces of gilding. Of the six wheels only one remains entire.

The Greatest Ocean Depths. The deepest sounding ever made by aay vessel, gays The National Geographic Magazine, was by the United States steamship Nero while on the Honolulu-Manila cable survey, with apparatus borrowed from the Albatross. When near Guam the Nero got 5.2fi# fathoms, or 21,614 feet, only sixty-six feet less than six miles. II Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth, were set down In this h >le, It would have above Its summ f * depth of 2,612 feet, or nearly half a mile of water.

Thomas Jefferaon't Andirons. Mrs. George Horn, of Newark, N. J., has In her possession a set of antique andirons formerly owned by Thomas Jefferson. They were purchased at a sale of a tenant, who lived at Monti rello. Thomas Hilts of Bridgewater, Va.. came Into possession of them st that time (1826) and they remained In his family until purchased by th* present owner last July. The outfit conalsts of two brass andirons and a brass topfender. and all ars In • splen did stale of preservaflxm.

The Foet—Now let's see. What rhyme* with younger? Oh yes, hunger. ML.ST HAVE.

"He has a passion for music, hasn't he? ”1 guess so. Uv* heard him hum over a bar DOESN'T WASTE THE TIME

"How do«s hi* wife gree'f him when he comes home lare front the el'.th*" “She doesn't; she starts right tn to scold him.”

A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

"We had to get rid of that new maid of purs; she drove us crazy by dropping her h'a." "You were lucky; ours drops everything.” DID HIS BEST.

"Did be leave hi* widow wtVmneb?” "Yes, with muoh joy." T.yjl&i

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