Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 July 1921 — Page 2

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THE GREENCASTLE HERALD

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 1921

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| ' GOING ABOUT IN CHINA. - * Sedan Chair In Crowded, Noisy Streets of the Cities. There are but two way* to go about the Chinese city—on foot or In a sedan chair. The streeta are from four to eight feet wide, the average being probably about six feet, and wheeled vehicles are out of the ques tion. Even the Jinrlkisha cannot be used here. If you try to make youi way on foot the density of the mov Ing masses renders progress almost impossible and rowdies and pick pockets are numerous, so that the best plan is to take a responsible na tlve guide and chairs. These chairs are carried by two three and sometimes four men. ac cording to the weight of the passen ger. The two bamboo poles by which, the chair is supported are about If feet long and are joined at the front and rear ends by a crosspiece. Aftet you have taken your seat the coolies raise the ends of the poles to theii shoulders and are off at a dog trot only interrupted by a ‘'congestion ol traffic,” which occurs very frequently It is surprising to see how rapidh they can go through the crowded •tareett, the whole line of chair car tiers are yelling all the time, as arc the other people who are carryitij burdens for as there are no carts in use the entire merchandise of tht city is transported in the same man ner. not In chairs, of course, but slung an poles carried across the shoulders. The noise resulting from the simul taneous shouting of every one in sight, both in front and in the rear for the stream is flowing in both directions, is enough to make onr wonder if the long expected riot ha> not begun.—Canbon Cor. Denver Post.

The Reflective Instinct. W’lth a groan of despair he made up his mind to die. Ruined financially, and with not s particle of hope for getting pn hie feet again, he realized that the only Wbance for his family escaping pan perism and its attendant wiserles was to obtain immediate use of his heavy life Insurance. Furthermore, if he lingered on he would be unable to pay the premiums on his policies, whirn, unfortunately were not old enough to carry them selves, so that they would forthwith lapse. Death, therefore, was the only so lutlon to the problem It was a decision the bitterness of which can only be understood by those forced by circumstances to control it. He put on his hat and overcoat and went out of the house, lest the ex prcsslon on his telltale countenance should betray to his loved ones his full Intention. While ho was travera ing the crowded streets he would con sider the best and least suspicious modes of consummating his purpose If ho could encompass It so that ths thing looked to the world like an accident, so much tne better. There would then be no scandal. As he stepped from the eurh to cross the street an automobile, driv e-n by a reckless, Joy-riding chauffeur came tearing around the corner at terrifying speed. And the energetic leap which ths would-be suicide made back to the sidewalk out of harm's way was a caution.—Philadelphia Ledger.

Expensive Mud. America leads the world In ths production of mud—not cheap, lowgrade mud, .but mud of a very expensive quality. Our mud is not pack ed In neat boxes, labeled ‘‘Made in America” and protected by tariff du ties from the pauper mud of Europe It is spread out thickly over millions of miles of our country roads. Only one mile in 14 of America's roads can be said to be really improved. The rest are mud—deep nar row streaks of sticky, oozy mud. Ths farmer fights with mud when he takes his load to market It is said to cost him 25 cents a ton per mile to haul his produce, while the thrifty Frenchman on mudless road* does it for half as much. The American farmer pays for hla mud in decreased profits, in arder labor, in poorer schools; his wife pays in isolation and loneliness. Nor is the farmer the mly one who pays the mud tax. The city man who thinks he is buying eggs is buying also mud. Mud puts its price upon our bread, our meat, and our fuel Three hundred million dollars a year la the estimated cost of muddy roads We can think of no way in which our people could get less fun for the same money.—Success Magazine.

QUEER FEATS IN MOROCCO. | Preceded by p »ating, Praying, Killing and Devouring Animala, A traveler wrltea: “In Morocco the Nazarlne can never tell how time stands In relation to the Moorish year. The Mohammedan calendar knows but 154 days; so, as th* Moors lose some eleven days in the year, their festivals are constantly varying in date. The most important, of course, is Ramadan, when Moslems fast from the rising to the setting of the sun during the month. The Moor fasts all day and feasts all night, and throughtou the small hours In certain Moorish cities officials pass down the streets in solemn procession, armed with musical instruments, and one at their head calls upon the 'servants of God’ to eat and drink before the advent of the dawn. On one night toward the end of Ramadan it Is wen known that the gates of heaven are opened in order that the prayers of the faithful may be beard, and it is squally certain that all the devils and genii are kept in some prison of the underworld throughout the month. •'Another feast of importance is the Aid el Kabeer, which takes place on the tenth day of the last month ot the Mohammedan year. U celebrates the sacrifice of Ishmael (not Isaac) by Abraiam on Mount Moriah. Certain prayers are said in the mosques, and after these the cadi, standing in some prominent position, cuts the throat of a sheep that Is then carried in a basket at headlong speed to the town’s chief mosque. If the sheep be alive when it reaches the mosque, the ensuing year will be a prosperous one for the town. By means of gun fire and trumpet call all the city is informed that the sacrifice has been killed, and then every householder kills a sheep on the threshold of tut own home. This sheep has been bought on the previous day and tied up in readiness for the feast. "Still another festival of great importance in Morocco is the Moolud, w hich takes place in the month that is called the 'spring of flowers.' It is ushered in by singing and dancing and music and seems to founded on some old forgotten native festival. When the Moolud comes round a blue mark is placed between the eyebrows of young children in order that the evil eye may be averted from them. The festival is also notorious by reason of the performances of the Aisawl, the followers of Mohammed bin Aisa of Mequinez, the patron saint of snake charmers. ''These Aisawl may be compared with dancing dervishes of orther Mohammedan countries. The Aisawi are accustomed to repeat aloud a sentence that contains the master wrrd ot their order, and they howl it until tbs sound is not comparable to anvthing one has heard before. In moments of extreme frenzy the devotees are known *o seize sheep or even dogs and lear them to pieces with 'heir h^nds Stime may be seen devouring a sheep before It Is dead.”

The White House of France. The Elysee Palace situated in the Rue Fauborg Salnt-Honore, is a cross between a country house and a hotel, says the London Taller. It has had a chequered career since its erection in 1718 and has harbored some queer characters. Louis XV presented it to Mme. de Pompaaour. Who knows bow many lettres de cachet went out of the gates to Imprison those who lampooned her? Under Louis XVI it was called the Elysee Bourbon During the revolution it became national property, was put up for sale, found no purchaser, and was turned into a government printing office. During the dlrectolre there were gay doings in the tine old rooms, and the Merveilleuses and Incroyables danced and gambled from sunset to sunrise. The rooms were let to a syndicate who made a large fortune out of the .speculation. Since then the placo haz been occupied by Murat, N’apolon 1, Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense, Alexander the First of Russia, and the Due de Berrl. After the revolu/n of 1530 U remained unoccupied until Louis Napoleon made it his residence while he was president of the Republic. Nearly all the subsequent presidents of the present republic have added to It. The larg* glass awning, seen from the Faubourg—called by the scoffers "th* monkey palece”—was the work of Carnot. His also is the large ballroom. The left wing was built by Louis Napoleon, and Grevy added a room overlooking the garden. Nope of the presidents seem to fancy its Kate bedroom, nor do they write at the Louis XVI table ornamented with brasswork chiselled by Gouttiere. They have one and all preferred to furnish small rooms away from the solemn state apartments, and use an ordinary desk such as we find In any office.

Passing of a Famous Saloon. The passing of the "Silver Dollar Saloon” of New York city recalls to many th* source from which It derived its name. The saloon became famous because of the fact that the Door was paved with silver dollars, in the center of each J^lock of marbl* was inlaid a five-dollar gold piece and at the four corners sliver dollar* were embedded. It Is estimated that the wealth sunk in the ioor amount- . 1 to $1,000. Silver Dollar Smith, tha original proprietor af the place, watchthe precious floor with tha greatest care, but when he Had bis widow had the gold and silver removed, but because of wear she fot only about half the original value.

Man’s sugar-coai >d sweetness usually wears off by tl a time he reaches h&i* —— —a. jv- . '.

MEN COMPELLED TO VOT*. Extra Taxes For Negligent Virginians Over a Century Ago. In the clerk’s office In Mecklenburg I find an old copy of the Acts Df the General Assembly of Virginia, says a writer in Richmond TimesDespatch. In it an act is found passed by the Assembly on Dec. 20, 1785, which requires ail persons entitled to vote to do so. This is the bill: ''Any elector qualified according to this Act, failing to attend any annual election ol Delegate or of a Senator, and if a poll be taken to give or offer to give his vote, shall pay one-fourth of his portion of all such levies and taxes as shall be assessed and levied in his county the ensuing year. And for discovering such defaulters, the sheriff or other officer taking the poll, shall within ten days after the said election, deliver to the clerk of the county or corporation court, as the case may be, a copy of the poil by him taken, to be kept in his office, who shall suffer and candidate or elector to take a copy thereof, and the said clerk is hereby directed to cause a copy of the same to be delivered to the next Grand Jury, to be sworn for the county corporation who shall be charged by the presiding magistrate, to make presentment of all such persons qualified to vote residing in the said county or corporation, who shall have failed to have given their votes at the said election, agreeable to law. And for the better information of the said Jury, the sheriff of the county is hereby commanded, under penalty of £50, to be recovered and appropriated as the penalties for other neglects of his duty, to lay before them a list of all the landholders resident therein.” There are filed In the clerk's office many certified excuses to the court lor failure to vote, begging to be excused, by voters who had been indicted for tailure to vote. Soma of these excuses are novel, as well as amusing. One fellow writes that election was held on his fishing day. Another one says re was working in a meeting house ; then another says he was ignorant of the day of the election. Still another said he would have had to walk eighteen mles as his mare was very lame and his plough horse very poor. One says (1 copy him verbatim): That he was ready fixed to start to the court house of said county to vote when he was informed that a certain cow of his, which had a young calf, was missing, when I set out to look for her and did not find her that day, and several days after I found her drowned in the river. This excuse satisfied the court, as tbe paper is marked ''excused." Sir Peyton Sklpwlth, Bart., of Preastwould, settled ‘.i this county from England in the eighteenth century, makes his excuse in his own handwriting, dated June 10, 1793. "P. Skipwith a •easons for not attending the two last elections in Mecklenburg. "I was summoned to attend the High Court of Chancery early in March and did not consider myself legally dismissed until after the 17th day of the court, which happened on Wednesday, the 20th of the month, so that it was not in my power ot attend the election of a member of Congress, ind on my way up from Richmond, I unfortunately broke one of my carriage wheels, so that I could not with any degree of convenience, get repaired in time to attend the election of member of the General Assembly, and in consequence of an injury 1 received some years ago in my back and loins, I cannot ride more than three or four miles at a time, and the very short rides on horseback that I sometimes take about my plantation, for I never attempt to ride anywhere else, Is succeeded by violent pains and sometimes a fever, which was tne last time I attempted to ride to our court, and 1 trust and believe that the worshipful court lias more humanity than to desire a man at near CO years of age, to do what so certainly injuries his health and feelings.”

VcRetnlilr* and Fruits, The term vegetable has reference to the whole or any part of a plant cultivated especially with reference to use at the table. But the use of the word vegetable doesn't always depend upon cooking, for celery is a vegetable and apples are fruit whether eaten raw or cooked. One would suppose the tomato to be entitled to the term frutt, for the method of Its raising resembles that of fruit. But tt Is usually called vegetable whether eaten raw or cooked, tn spite of Its appearance. The quince Is so frultllke tn appearance—so resembling apples, pears, etc.—that It persists In being called fruit, though eaten only when cooked. Sometimes Ihe vegetable Is only a bud as with cabbages and brussels sprout*, leaves as spinach, stems above ground as asparagus, stems enlarged (tubers) underground as common potatoes, or roots as sweet potatoes, turnips, boeta. and carrot*.—St. Nichols*.

A Queer Find. The skin of a rattlesnake over three feet long was found at Menominee, Mich., wound tight around one of the pedals of a piano which was being tuned and placed In shape for use. The piano was shipped from Oroveton. Tex., last summer, and was nearly two months on the road. Something appeared to be the matter with It when It wan set up, the tone being Imperfect. Not much was thought oi It, however, for some time. Finally it was decided to have a tuner look the Instrument over. When the piano tuner opened the instrument he found the skin of the snake, dried and almost pure white, tightly wrapped nrnunri the pedal.

Here’s why CAMELS are the quality cigarette T^ECAUSE we put the utmost quality into this -D one brand. Camels are as good as it’s possible for skill, money and lifelong knowledge of fine tobaccos to make a cigarette. Nothing is too good for Camels. And bear this in mind! Everything is done to make Camels the best cigarette it's possible to buy. Nothing is done simply for show. Take the Camel package for instance. It’s the most perfect packing science can devise to protect cigarettes and keep them fresh. Heavy paper —secure foil wrapping—revenue stamp to seal the fold and make the package air-tight. But there’s nothing flashy about it. You’ll find no extra wrappers. No frills or furbelows. Such things do not improve the smoke any more than premiums or coupons. And remember—you must pay their extra cost or get lowered quality. If you want the smoothest, mellowest, mildest cigarette you can imagine—and one entirely free from cigaretty aftertaste, It’s Cameis for you.

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Nlrii<Vme»* on tha Btage. Sir Henry Irving wa* the first actor to make slenderness acceptable or tolerable, on the English stage. He was very thin in his earlier middle age, and theater-goers of that day wondered whether they could endure to see a long figure and legs, both unpadded. Until then fatness had been obligatory; It is difficult to realize now the full convention of chest and shoulders and calves. Comparatively lately a man of stage experience was urgent with a company of English amateurs that ail the thin and all the lean men should be made plump. "Nothing," he said, "is so impossible on the stage as i thinness." Irving changed all this because his genius was wedded to uncompromising thinness.

In all France there are only 1,100 persons who are millionaires in our sense of the word (in dollars.) Of millionaires in francs there are about 15,(i00, apart from tha 1,100 already j counted.

Aged Man Like* Swimming. Cleveland, O.—Thomas H. Farrell Is patiently waiting for the lake to warn up to a comfortable swimming temperature. Mr. Farrell says he prefers swimming to eating He’s only eighty years of age. "I still go swimming every chance I get,” Mr. Farrell said. “It’s the greatest sport In the world and helps to keep you In fine form. I guess I learned to love the water when 1 was a ship Joiner in my youth. I’m fond of boating and all other aquatic sports.”

GLENDORA THE WONDER COAL,l j COSTS MORE, WORTH MORE. A. J. DUFF Phoie 317

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