Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 March 1920 — Page 5

FRIDAY. MARCH 1’. 1«0.

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glossary of golfikg terms Goll A won! devoid of ortheopy. ( . 0 l fer One who believes he can pronounce the word • l inks—So called because tliey forro 4 u endless chain, the true golfer start)nt , a ii over again as soon as he gets around. Tee Not necessarily to be uued as , beverage. Caddy—Not to hold the tee. Outty— Not nearly so ba'". as it founds. Slame A position to do stunts. J ron _That which enters the soul after foozling. prassie—Cheek ct the player who clsims that ne "holes out in one.” i Hulger—A player who bulges so far | la tront he cannot see the ball. Maside—A state of feeling pertain- I big to spoons. Spoons—Rather awkward when the «ddy is looking. j )r j ve —a Joke. After a golfer nsaerts he Is driving, he Immediately starts on a long walk. p ore _A cry by the driver indicating tbe number of times further he Intended to drive the ball than lie really ■lid. Hazard—A place of "new fortunes.” generally bad ones. Bunker — Corresponding to the I tvtiaring-roon: indoors. Green—What the golfer considers all the rest of mankind. I.ofting—Applied to the talk of a golfer to a flcnt.le. Putt A dialect method of pronouncing "put.” meaning to put the hall In a hole. Holed out—Always mean., "holed la." Home—Where the golf enthusiast mrely Is. Palf, schlaff, duff, etc.—Meaningless words used by golfers for the confusion of Gentiles. Stymie, dormie, etc—Self-explana-tory terms of which the compiler do"* not know the meaning. Niblick, deek, etc.—Words invented to demonstrate the patient endurcnca of the English language. Gobble Nothing to do with a slice. Slice -Nothing to do with a gobble. Bogey—What a golfer la to a Gentile One up—Epitaph for a golfer. Fog—State of mind after reading a giossry of golfing terms.—Edmund Vance Cook, In Judge-

ii soine men had never been bn.* *ome others might have to work for a living.

But the Income of every married irnr. Is nlread- taxed to tfce limit.

A lover’a qur. rel and a nal’ boy * 1 trousers are soon patched up. i

A man isn’t necessarily polished be cause lie castr r«e---fais.

Administrator’s Sale

Notice is hereby given that the un-1 designed, .'ulministratrix of the es- 1 late of R. Earl Durham, deseased will i offer for sale at Public Auction, at the farm of said decedent in Green-1 castle township, Putnam county, In diana about one mile northwest of Greeneastle on

Thursday, March 25, 1920 The personal property of said estate consisting of: HORSES & MULES « One span of work mules; horses «nj mare, 5 years old, extra good team; one large bay mare; one large I troy Ware, team; two large bay horses team; one driving horse. CATTLE I wo Jersey cows, one has calf about - months old; one Holstein milk cow; ' ; ue roan cow, will be fresh in spring; "ne black cow, to be fresh in sprfng; two red cows, fresh in spring; three j yearling steers; one yearling heifer HOGS Two good open sows; seventeen -head good stock hogs. CORN AND HAY Seven hundred bushels or morw of good corn in cribs; forty to fifty '-ms of good baled timothy hay In ■ hams.

farming implements (Three good farm wagons; six or, 'even sets of good work harness; i three sets single harness; six l>uggi« s ; I m ”'‘‘'ng machine; tedder; rake; roller; j disc harrow; wheat drill; one al-l Host new John Deere breaking plow; etiltivators; harrowsi| 'stalk cutter; er,! gate seeder; com planter. •1,000 feet of oak, walnut and pop. lumber. ''umerous other articles too mi'"croua to mention. TERMS All sums of 15.00 or less, cash. ■’ ,,r *r,00. a credit of six months *>ll he given the purchaser executing note therefor bearing six per cent ’‘rest after maturity, waving re- ' ’ Providing for attorney’s fees, • trK with securities thereon to the •'hproval of the Administratrix. Nora P. Durham,

D °BRS a VE£Ta L Auctit Dinner will be serve*

UlltDS WITH COI.OKED HEADS. Curious Mistake | n Classification Caused by Pollen. Many birds frequenting flowers for honey or insects are thus liable to get their heads covered with pollen, says the London Globe. And since the pollen of different flowers 'ailes In color a bird may become yellow-headed, red-bended, blueheaded, etc. This led to a curious mistake in tte ease of a New Zealand bird. This bird was a honeysucker end a haunter of flowers. Now, In the enrlj summer It visited most frequently the flowers of the native flax, and later in the year fed chiefly on the fuchsia. The pollen of the former Is red, and of the latter blue. Hence in the early summer the bird appeared with a red head, and was named the red-headed honeyseeker. But when later In the year it went to the fuchsia Its head waa stained blue, and It was called the blue-headed honey-seeker. Thus, for a long time this bird was thought to be two distinct species, and only recently was It found that the redheaded and blue headed were one and the same, and that the real color of the head was blackish brown.

For Delivering Mall. Devices whereby express trains collect bags of mail at stations oa the road without stopping have been In use extensively for a number of years. Naturally, those first used were not entirely satlsfsctorr, and Inventors have been endeavoring to improve upon them. Many of the devices patented, although auccescful In every way, have been so complicated In construction that their use became impracticable. This cannot be saW of the one shown In the Illustration, which comprises, a supporting frame In the center of which

Weight Operates Nhovel, Is pivoted the shooting mechanism. The latter consists of a shovel having at one end a large bowl In which is placed the mail bag. On the end of the frame opposite the mall bag Is a pivoted weight. This weight Is very heavy and Is released by a projection on the passing train. As the weight descends It strikes the handle of the shovel with great force, swinging near Via ground the mall bag continues on Its Journey through the air, entering the open door of the mall car as it passes the station.

Mirrors That Flatter. "It Is not enough to make true mirrors,” the dealer said. "If that were all, ours would indeed be s simple business. "Dressmakers and milliners require mirrors of all sorts. They need, for example, a mirror that makes one look taller and thinner When they duss a fat, short patron In one of their new hats or suits they lead her to the mirror, and she is so surprised and pleased with the Change for the better in her looks that straight off she buys. "For masseurs 1 make a mirror that, like a retouched photograph, hides blemishes, wrinkles, scars. The masseur takes the wrinkled faro of some rich old woman, steams it, thumps it, pinches it, and smacks it for an hour, and then holds up to H the mirror that gives a blurred hlomlsh hiding reflection The woman thinks her wrinkles are gone, snd Is happy till she gets home to het ow n true mirror. "Altogether I make some twenty varieties of false mirrors. Salesman and saleswoman in millinery and dressmaking establishments can double and quadruple their business if they are quick and deft in their selection ol the mirror that flatter* each patron best.”

Etiquette In London ClubUnd. In some of our ultra exclusive clubs It Is a serious breach of etiquette for one member to speak to another without obtaining a ceremonious Introduction beforehand, says the London Chronicle. A painful case has Just occurred in a certain old established and extremely respectable Pall Mall caravansarl*. It appears that a newly Joined member, in callous defiance of oustom, ventured the other afternoon to make a remark about ths weather to a gentleman with whom he waa not personally acquainted. Ths recipient of this outrage glared stonily at Us perpetrator. "Did you presume to addrees me. sir?" ha demanded, with an awful frown. •'Yes, I did," was the defiant reply. "I said It was a fine day." Tlie other digested the observation thought fully. , _ Then, after an impreaslrs pause be turned io He bold exponent. "Vfell. pray don’t lat It occur again, be remarked, as be burled himself once more in his paper. _ .

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HUMAN CREDULITY COSTS | MILLIONS Human credulity passes ail limita i tions. Before me lies a newspaper story from Chicago: A man was on the j way to a savings hank to deposit $145. Two smiling strangers met him, fooled him with the story that tliey had a ' "magic handkerchief which would dou- j hie the stranger's money if he would ! fold his bank roll within It. After the operation the strangers told him to watch the handkerchief and see the money grow. They disappeared. They had his money and the handkerchief contained waste paper. Does this sound Impossible? Here Is anottier story, even more Improbable, but true. In New York a company, appropriating the name of a well known corporation, advertised to sell Us shares at a bargain, and j fixed a price that was lust twice the stock market price. A cirhuiar was sent to the Italian quarter intimating that a great opportunity was presented for workingmen to secure an interest j In a wonderfully prosperous railway, that only a few shares could he had, and that they must be bought at once. A rush was made for the stock, although every dally paper printed the quotation of Hie same security at half the price at which the swindlers were offering it. The police put an end to the game. if people are so credulous, is it sur» prising that the postoflk-e authorities report that $150,000,000 a year is taken from the gullible by dealers in fake securities? If Wall St. did this kind of wretched business it would deserve reprobation. None of the cheap mining, oil, plantation, real estate and similar schemes could get a foothold in the Stock Exchange because, before a stock can be listed, it must submit a detailed report and show that it represents a legitimate enterprise. Tills does not mean that occasionally a stock is listed that should not have been, but it means that as a rule, listed securities have merit. Nor does listing mean that they will advance in price. Securities only represent business institutions subject to the laws of trade, but chances of a profit in the purchase of listed securities, or those that are sold by representative bankers and brokers, rather than by irresponsible peddlers, should be the choice of everyone with money to spare.—Jasper, In Leslie's.

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O, Interest to Women Readers | j

CHAIR FOR SHAMPOOING. Back Works on Hinges »nd Leans Against the Washatand. Among the numerous toilet occee- 1 enrles for the well-appointed modern bathroom, one of the newest is the toilet chair. This chair is a plain, aolid piece of furniee of a style corresponding to mission, and the feature is that the back is hinged to the Bert. A head rest, consisting of a henry wire support with a pad in the centre, comes with the chair and can be attached to the top of the back. Foe washing the hair this piece of furniture will be found very convenient. It can be placed at a little dlatauee from the washatand and the back ' leaned against the stand at auch an

angle that It affords a comfortable rertlning position to the person using it The back of the head rests cu the pad at the top and when the hair la washed the dirty water flows down from the face, Instead of over the face, and does not annoy the aubject by getting into his or her eyes. The annoying sensation of trying to breathe without inhaling soapy water is eliminated.

FROM A SINNER'S DIARY I know a woman who wants to be it without the simple thing of really being it. If you henr a woman say she hates housework and another answers she doesn't, you're just as safe to take the I one that hates. It may be she hates It because she does it, and the other likes It because she shirks. I know a boy who went HalloweenIng and got a bulldog fast In the calf of his leg. Do you hate to die? You’d make as ' big a fuss if you thought you always had to live. I wouldn't want a 300-pound hired j man—a good solid 100 of useless bal- i last for a team to tote around. I wish I knew any one else had as 1 much fun with me as I do. I was i Just picking up walnuts for little sister to shuck, and an old hard pear 1 lying there looking exactly lige a green i walnut motioned to me to be put in. Whenever I think of little sister clinching that pear to shuck. I'm tickleder than if ninety-nine sinners had come into the fold. It does not matter which end of the keyboard you sit, treble or bass, if the right one Is the other in the duet. Then everything wears a halo—each cow track and sand burr and illy leaf I've crossed bats with a funny woman lately. One day she lias boxes of candy come to me by parcel post, I the next site wants to mop the earth , with me. I eat the candy and regret exceedingly that I am not at liberty to invite her to undertake the other Science is not the proper spray for what infests humorists. A neighbor has a baby, ami in Hie newspaper office It got mixed and was laid win re brother's new piano should ' sland Hut it wasn't mixed as had as brother when Hie congratulations be- I gan coming Ini Sometimes It's a wonderment to me | that I’m not a bigger idiot than I am. j So many jobs are always clamoring for j me that absolutely I don't have time 1 to watch the tlreus go by even. If I’m working by hand 1 go across the ; meadow and jump the ditch. If by team, I can go grandly out past the j walnut tree, around the road and In j by the graveyard. Quick and Quit would be good names 1 for twins.— From Judge.

On Hit Guard “Ribbed velvet will be worn Uiia year,” remarked Eve. "Do I have to lose any more ribs?" demanded Adam.

A Bright Remark "Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” observed the old fogy. "Yes, and so do presents.” tdded the grouch. A poor excuse Is better than none— If It passes muster with the boss.

Greatness Is never thrust upon • man who leads an aimless life.

There are lots of good things in thla world. Are we one of them?

However, a man may not be murrlefi •nd still have bis trouble*

A man'a feet are what enable a gas bill to nm up so rapidly.

Even one enemy is one too many.

Our beat intentionc oflec go Mm*.

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cake, tea. DINNER.

Vegetable soup, pot roast of beef (from tireless cooker), fried carrots, hi owned sweet potatoes. ice cream, light cake,

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About the Children. It 1* a good idea to keep a little girl's hair clipped until she Is seven or eight years old. There will be plenty of time after that for It to j grow thick and long with proper care. ■ and while she is still a little girl, if her hair itself is very apt to be ragged and thin. If she has curly hair, it is a great temptation to let her ring lets grow as long as they will, but even curly hair may be Improved by being clipped once in a while and kept to about shoulders' length. A great many mothers write for advice regarding their little girls' hair, how to make it curl, how to keep it light, etc. I feel always a certain surprise at the second question, that is, coming from a mother. Is there any woman In the world who does not know that n little child's hair turns darker as tti» child grows older? It is as impossible to retain that baby glint, which is like a bit of sunshine, us it is to keep the tine softness of Vhe baby hair. As for keeping the hair curly or inducing it ta curl, It i> possible to coax it sometimes by constantly fluffing it, twirling it on a damp linger. As for twisting those soft, tender locks up with curl papers, or. dreadful to tell, using an iron on them, words fall. Baoy hair should never be combed, but brushed with a very soft infant's brush. As the hair grows longer and thicker the brushing may be somewhat more vigorous. Baby hair may be washed every day. an older child's hair once a week, with warm water and castHe soap. A (ins tooth comb should not be usnd on ths sculp eitber of a grown persen or a child. It is very IrrltMiug to the skin and does more hurra than good. A child's hair should be besltby, and if It shows any tendency to be too dry or too oily the health of tbe child should bs looked Into at once. No tunics should be used on tbe scalp of a little child. Sweet almond oil or olive oil might be gently rubbed into tbe roots of the hair occasionally, but a stroug tonic would toon burn aut and destroy tbe lender growtb. Dandruff on * child's bead t-omes almost Invariably from lack of

cleanliness.

Bounds liks "Tearing Rags. C. Wesley Wootuvn oi Germantown, Pa, who recently pronounced Whitman as "an offensively dirty parson.'* baa now referred to Tennyson's poetry a* sounding ilka "tearing rags. '

eVC'-UTION OP TH'i LAY/YEP The Legal Adviser War Kro.vn si Champion in the Drys cl V. . gcr vt LalU-.. Members of tl.c bar in Clil a-m mi,' el i wh< re, for that uiailtr, 'till ii'.l lose litarl because of Hie uunomiced innovation of a lawyerless court in ths western metropolis. Acocrdfng to re ports from Chicago, it is intended to establish a tribunal, a branch of the Municipal Court, where litigants nay plead their own causes. Almost any lawyer you n eel will tell you that the si heme can scarcely fail to maku a good deal of business for Hie legal profession t) rough the mistakes of the laymen. As a matter of fact, a litigant may plead his own cause In sny court In the country, but such litigants should recall the old maxim that the man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client. In tlie days when suits at common law in England were settled by wagei of battle, Hie attorney was known a) a liamplon it will be understood (hut [ this position was one of real importance, where one party to a cause or one affected by It was either a woman or a child. It was customary even for meu to employ a champion to wage battle for them for precisely the same reason that a litigant at present employ* a lawyer—because the •hampiou was experienced and learned in his profession. Under the Anglo-Saxons the litigant, if a mule adult, came into court himself ami pleaded his own tause. The Christian Kings in tills period, had j abolished Uie earlier wager of battle, | which later was restored by the con- j quering Normans. As women and ml- i hors could not come inlo court, they were allowed to be represented by whomsoever they choose. The exact time wiien it tuny be said that the recognized lawyer came upon the scene in the English courts is open to considerable difference of opinion. That there were officers of the King's court under William the Conqueror who might be likened to attorneys, seems probable, hut under Edward i there is positive record of sergeants | at-law. These officers of the court were under oatli tq serve tile King snd Ills people, and received a small compensation from the court. In some of the ancient Illuminated manuscript treatises on the iaws of England there are pictures of the ser* geants, standing beside the litigant* in court. They occupied a pecuiia r position, acting for litigants and at tin same time being a part of the court. The sergeants receive,', the same kin-J of legal training deemed necessary for a judge in those days, and the benrti was tilled with men who had formerly j been sergeants-at-law. As time wore | on it vas found neeessaiy to add coun- I selors at law to assist in keeping up with the increase of legal business, nod from these to the modern attorney, as we know him, was only another pliuce in Hie development. Tlie attorney, even in this country, I Is technically an officer of tlie court, I although lie does not act directly for | the court, hut for iiis client, it lias long been recognized in the criminal courts that it is imperative for a prisoner to be represented by counsel, and for that reason the court is authorized to appoint an attorney for such prisoners as are unrepresented.—I’liiladelphia Evening Ledger. Peculiarities of the Eye People ot melancholic temperament *arely have dear blue eyes. The chameleon is almost tlie only reptile provided with an eyelid. Eyes with long, sharp corners indier te great discernment and penetra- !

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Unsteady eyes, rapidly jerking from j side to side are frequently indicative l of an unsettled mind. It la said that the pievailing colon I of eyes among patients of lunatic asy- , lums are brown or black. Eyes placed close together In ths head are sahl to indicate pettiness of | disposition, jealousy and a turn for ' rault-tiindiug. AH men of genius are said to have 1 eyes clear, slow moving aid brlghL ! This Is the eye which indicates men- | tal ability of some kind—It does not I matter what.

Wood Alcohol Dangerous Tlie dangers connected with Hie handling of wood alcohol and with working where even small quantities of the fumes of this liquid may be inhaled have been brought out prominently as the result of reeent s< lenilfic lave tlgations, which dumonstrated ttiat quantities of wood alcohol as ■ mall .2 to X per cent in the inspired air may lead to the absorption of the ptoduct into the body to an injurious extent. With such quantities as tills the absorption is slow, but eventually the body becomes "saturated” with it. Tlie greatest danger in inhaling the fumes of wood uleohol is their effect on '.he optic nerve, which often results In tout and Incurable hliodneas—Pop-

ular Mecliatiicc.

Portable wireless apparatus adopted by the United States army and carried on an automobile of special design has a sending radius of MX) miles and has received messages from points 2,505

miles away.

A look-out mask to protect snglneera, firemen and railway mail clerka has been patented. It has stood the moat severe tests made in the Canadian railway mail aervlce. The man who enya he Las never forgotten to mail one of Me wife's letters is either an awful Lai or bar

never hail a wile.

Tlie latest in Uie lino of collapsible baby carriages fulda into a box resetoblir.g a suit * -e e fi.i carry log.

WOOD BY THE CORD. Things the Woodmen Know That May Not be Known to Others. A cord or wood is 123 cu'. ic feet, or the coulema of, a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet high and 4 feet wide. Wood is marketed on this basia A pile whose length, breadth and height multiplied together gives this numiier of cubic fret fills this requirement, no matter whether the sticks are long or short: straight or crooked, round or split, unless there is an understanding to the contrary. Nevertheless a cord, though it comes up to legal measurements, is an uncertain quantity even when the seller is honest and tile buyer satisfied. A lumberman may have a tract of pulp wood which he sell* to a paper mill at $5 a cord for as many cords as Is will make. It ts In the contract that he shall cut and stark IL He cuts In 12 foot lengths and when the job is complete it meaeures 2l*d cords and he receives $1,000 for it. Would lie have fade or lost by rutting four foot lengths instead Of twelve? He would have lost in the flrfct place from the additional labor required to cut 4 foot wood, but his principal loss would have resulted from a greatly diminished number of cubic feet, due to the faci that short sticks lie cloeer together than large. Had 'he 200 cords of 12 foot wood l>cen < ut in 4 foot lengths there would have been only 17S cords and the owner would have received for it $$80 instead of $1,000. It was therefore clearly to his advantage to cut 12 foot lengths, but it would have been to the buyer's advantage to hove it cut in 4 foot lengths. He would have received the same actual quantity ot wood for $120 less. It also makes considerable difference io the seller whether wood i* chopped or sawed. If chopped the chips are lost. Where the legs are large this loss amounts to no smaJI total. In a cord of four foot wood with sticks six laches in diameter the chip loss Is from 0 to 8 per cent., and of course the shorter the sticks are cut the greater the loss. If the wi-od Is sawed the sawdust loss is scarcely the half or 1 per cent. Cords of split wood contain lev* than cords of rounded stick::. Tbe liner the wood is split tbe more it makes. Hence wood dealers are often willing to sell kindlings all sawed and split for the tame price a cord as unspit wood. They get back the cost of labor In the increased bulk. A cord (128 cubic feet) of 4 foo4 hard wood usually contains about 8* cubic feet of solid wood; a cord of 3 foot wood averages 82’,s cubic feet, of 2 foot wood 8*. feet and of 1 foot wood. 85 feet. The conifers (soft woods) contain 80 to 9fi cubic feet. Thus the purchaser receives on an average about two-thirds of a cord of real wood and one-third of a cord of spares. In some countries wood is bought by weight and the buyer comes more nearly getting what lie bargains for, but even then he may miss it if ba receives green wood when he wants dry. According to timber testing engineers of tbe United State* Forest Service wood may lose half or mor* its green weight in seasoning.—Forester.

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Man’s and Woman's Curiosity. As to woman's curiosity it may be said at tbe outset that she is not an curions, by an infinite measure, :m in man himself. Women, it Is true, are persistently and assiduously curious; hut men also are not only persistent* and assiduously but particularly, and systematically curious. It is the character of female curiosity that makes it apparently contemptible. Scientific men of ‘/very kind have no raison d'etre for their infinitely patient research save pure curiosity alone; and their cariosity has no more purpose in it than haa the curiosity of the woman who cannot rest uutll she finds out all dtHeovcrable facts about her neighbors, or the cause of a aovsKrlous sound by night. These two forms of curiosity, the male and the female, originated no doubt in the early needs of the rare long before men appeared on earth.; The male animal—ia interested in tb« causes of remote things—(Lings which, upon being run down, rulgbl ‘.urn out useful for food purposes. T4r® female Is interested in the quirk in- 1 vestigation of near and small thing* which roar turn out a menace to tba lives of her young. The female watches with intense and lively interest the vicinity of the nest or lair, the male lb prompted to look abroad* —away from the latr. In or toward fields where his daily prey is found. These two kinds of curiosity ware among tbe most potent inst umeatn In the struggle for racial existence and lu tbe ultimate development of man. « The Check Bystem. John Palmer, who died some years ago in rather atraltened circuit.stance# la a little town la Michigan, waa Uie Inventor of tbe check system. Palmar was a fiddler, and assumed cespaaaF btUty for the bats, coats and wraps at those wbo came to bia daaclng parties In heaping things straight be gave hnm bared check* for the arWaiee eommltted to his care. Bonne railroad men who attended on* <4 the aeaep^ and, noticing how perfectly the Mon worked, appropriated It and In a abort time the system was adopted all over the country. As Is so oftea the eaae. the Inventor got nothing owl