Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 17 December 1920 — Page 4

| ‘ Wmtmw’a Olft* Are Fi*e. f%» BcjpU»n king, vho iwollca l VKA grandeur, ordered a colossal ■tolrway built in his new palace, disoovered, to nls chogrln, when It was completed, that he required a ladder to enable him to ascend from one step to another. He had neglected to observe that the legs of a king are aa short as the legs of ft beggar. Aggrandize as we may, the limits of our senses check m miserably at every movement. We may be wealthy and call ourselves proprietors. Houses and pictures may entrance us and, after enjoying them for a season, we are carried out of our own door, never again to enter It Proprietors w-e were, perhaps of ] farms and castles, of estates and storks, but now we are nothing more than the least of the sons of men. The artist who visits our gallery while we live and own It. no doubt, enjoys It more than we. We are sufficiently rich to dine every hour of the day, hut we must eat sparingly, to enjoy dining once a day. Our cellars may be filled with exquisite wine, but one bottle Is ail we can drink. We make feasts and call in our professed friends, perhaps only parasites w ho will live upon our substance and, instead of gratitude, will return us envy as our reward. A score of horses may be In our stables, yet we can mount but one at a time. To be truly rich, a man should have capacity to enjoy all he can afford; Increased vigor, and sensibility to return all the love which he is able to propitiate with gifts At the Close of his earthly career, the man who Is rich, only In this world's goods, ha* expended upon himself, scarcely more than the poor man The millionaire Is forced to content himself wlh the same sky and to breathe the same air as the poorest clerk In his employ. He cannot order a private sunset nor add one star to the magnificence of night. The same atmosphere swells all lungs; each one possesses really, only his own thoughts and his own senses. Soul and body are the only real possessions of any man. All, that Is Intrinsically valuable In this life, is to be had without cost; yea even eternal life may be obtained "without money and without price." Genius, beauty and love are not bought and sold. We may buy a costly bracelet, but not a well turned wrist upon which to wear It; we may purchase a pearl necklace but not a pretty neck with which It shall vie. The richest banker on earth would offer. In vain, his fortune In exchange for the ability to write a poem, such as Homer sung or Byron composed. At the end of their earthly existence, the rich and the poor arc both alike. The only difference Is found In the habiliments of the grave. Man Is but a handful of clay w’hlch rapidly turns back again for the activities of the pelled, nightly, to relapse Into the oblivion of sleep to gain strength again for the activities of the coming day. Thus we see that man Is proprietor only of the breath which traverses his lips, and of the idea as it flits across his mind; and even the Idea may have originated with an ither.—Y or l<. Pa. Gazette.

Davids Effective Way. Go hack to the days of the pntrlsrehs and read the pathetic story of Jacob and Itaehel and I.enh and other such. And. speaking of divorce, some very eminent personages of th< se periods did not await the action of the divorce courts. When King David 'ell in love with Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittlte, he caused General Joab to send Uriah to him. Then David made him drunk; "And it came to pass In the morning that David wrote t letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah, and ho wrote in the letter, saying. 'Sot ye Uriah In the forefront of the hottest battle and retire ye from him that he may be smitten and die!" And Uriah was smitten. It was not a nice way of divorcing Uriah and Bathsheba, but It was very effective; and It is not even recorded that David had consulted Bathsheba about the performance, •<- Even the youthful reader of histoi*y knows not only of these accounts of Sacred Writ, but also of the divorces of kings and queens, (sometimes by mutual agreement, sometimes by act of Parliament; and the kings and queens of modern times who ars kings and queens of money only have Joyously followed suit. • What Is this love which flames up Into a prodigious conflagration and then so soon burns to ashes?

A Chance for Novelty, ft has oeen suggested that some time the truly versatile sporting writer will describe a baseball gams In English. He might establish a procedent that would make him famous.—Sioux City Tribune.

A Nelllaton man, to whom a rela live left a sum of money to purchase a atone to perpetuate said relative's memory, has bought himself a diamond ring.—Genoa, N. Y., Tribune.

WHICH HAS THE BETTER TIME1 Georgs K. Sims, journalist and playwright. In his alxtieth year has aroused London by asserting his belief that women have a better time In life than men Woman, says Mr. Blms, though always asserting her strength, rarely fails to claim the privileges of her weakness. Her code of honor Is more lax. She Is allowed, without question, to forget small debts. Becoming more serious, he says: Her home life is a joy denied to the average man There Is not one man In a bousand who finds In the domestic Interior that joy of possession which animates women from morning till night. Children are said to fill only the leisure of the most loving father, but to fill the life of the mother. Mr. Sims quotes approvingly Byron's: Man’s love Is of man's life a thing apart; "Tis woman’s whole existence. Thus, Mr. Sims argues, home, family and love are woman’s joys os they never can be man’s. “In frlendfhip the man has a pleasure that Is keener than woman's." But woman It the home rules the man who In his business life rules other men. "Whatever pleasure there Is In absolute power, that pleasure Is the woman’s and not lut man's." Then "s woman's strength Ilea la ber tears. A man’s tears are bis weakness." If a woman smooths a pillow ahe Is re#arded with a smile. "If a man smoothed pillows all day long no one would dream of calling him a ministering angel." Again. "Her father or husband pays her bills as well as his own." After declaring every new frock, hat, piece of Jewelry and parasol "Is tc s woman a new Joy," Mr. Sims asks "What man ever went to bed happier because he had bought a new umbrella?” Woman’s joy In and man's aversion to shopping are stated, and then Mr. Sims concludes: To try and make money Is the ordinary man's task between his breakfast and his dinner. To spend It is the ordinary woman's occupation during the same period. The making of money, which is man’s dally occupation is always associated with anxieties. The spending of money Is only woman’s change of pleasure from the pleasures of home and family. And yet, though It Is a common thing to hear a woman say, "Oh, I wish I were a man!" how many of us have heard a man exclaim, "Ob, how I wish I were a woman!"

A PENALTY FOR VIRTUE. The case of a railroad wreck because a train was on time Is furnished by the West. The succession of events is Indisputable, though their logical sequence may be questionable. Anyhow, the matter Illustrates the hazards of taking too much for granted.

If this particular train had ever been on time before the track repairers who were to relay a section of track forgot when It was. Anyhow. when they wanted to relay the track, they presumed that the train would of course be late, and at the time when It was nominally due had quite a stretch of rails up with no signal out to stop the train. But the train promptly developed that quality which commuters have had occasion to notice. Hush at doublequick to the station to get there exactly at train time, and the train may loaf along ten or fifteen minutes after it Is due. But presume that »ou will have those ten or fifteen minutes’ leeway and you are likely to got to the station Just in time to roe the rear car disappear around the curve. So with this train. The track being torn up In reliance on Its customary tardiness It boomed along right up to time and was ditched with the full quota of casualties. Opinions as to where the fault lay may vary. The track repairers think that it was beoaur-e the train was on time. Others may hold that the fault was In the habit oi the train In being generally behind time. A third view- may put It that it wss the fault of the track gang In concluding from precedents that the train could not be on timo. Figure It out as you choose, It remains unfortunate that so severe a penalty should be Attached to the unusual virtue of a train being once up to the schedule.

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\\ JHTfelltN l N1VKKSITI1N. Of six American universities that lately have had the largest number of students. Harvard, Chicago, Michigan Illinois. Minnesota, and the NorthwestuMi, three are In Illinois. Moreover, only one of the six la In an Eastwvs. State. Consequently we have the claim that Illinois !■ right in the educational center ol this coua. try." There Is some room for argument as to what an educational center U, however. The facta, however, •peak well for the belief of the Westeru people In higher education, for we must remember that the proportion of Western student* la the Eastora college* la laivi* —*

A Convenient Piggery. Every farmer should provide for his swine protection from the hen; of summer and tne cold of winter; a place where the young pigs can be fed by themselves, and where the fattening ns wel? as breeding stock may receive proper treatment A good pasture in summer and a sunny yard lit winter are tne best places for pigs the greater part of the year, but during certain seasons some kind of a home is quite necessary for them. Hits may be cheap or expensive, to suit the tastes and means o! the owner A very good piggery Is shown in the accompanying illustration The iiuililing, a perspective view of which is seen in the figure is 20 feet wldu and may be made as long as neces-

nary to accommodate the number of swine to be kept Yet It is not advisable to keep too large a number in one house; when more than 70 or 70 are to be raised. It is better to uitiltl additional houses. A width ol 20 feet admits of a central alley-way four feet wide, snd pens eignt fret wide on each side of It. Each sow shou-d have two pens, six by eight feet high, with a door for each pen leading into an outside enclosure, 12 by 16 feet The center posts aro right feet. high. Over each pen and under the cenler roof are small win dows to admit light and air. One or two of the pens may be used for stor mg corn and iJrau. From a neve - - failing well, situated on higher ground a short distance away, water is conveyed into the house in pipes.— Farmei's Voice

Hair of Farm Animila. The hairy covering of our farm animals Is by no means a worthless thing. It not only protects from cold, heat and rain, but makes the appealance of the animal more agreeable. We often say that an anim;! is of an ugly color, and yet It is more agree nbie looking than It would he without h.iir As an indication of the quali-

ties of fne'animal the halFIsTnaue'bi vaive to the breeder or feeder. Fine, sllay hair, especially If it has a tendency to curl, is an Indication that tne animal will fatten easily, and that Its flesh will he fine-grained and of pood quality. Coarse, stiff hair Is invariably found on an r.ntmal slow to fatfin and of coarse flesji. Tills applies to cattle, hogs or sheep, and ir respective of brertts The shrewd feeder, and also the shrewd breeder, will reject an animal with very coarse hair. Such hair usually accompanies a had disposition A coarse-haired cow generally gives poor milk; a finehaired cow gives rich mil,. But usually coarsc-hnired sows aie more prolific while fine-haired sows are the better sticklers Staring hair indicates an unhealthy condition of the body, but when cattle lick the hair—In the wrong direction—they are thrifty. B> smd.ving the peculiarities of the hair of our live stock, much of the Interna! structure and of the disposition of the animals may be learned,—Indiana Farmer

Fattening Market Horses. It Is very important that horses 1ci ended for I he city markets bo well fattened. This can usually be done h* feeding a mixture of coarse fod ders. com. oats and bam. By addinp u litle steamed grain, with oil or flaxseed meal, once a week, the fattening orocess may be hurried along. Horses ought to gain from three ic* four pounds per day. If properly fed — American Agriculturist.

Have a Comb Rorket Made. A comb bucket may be mads at small cost by a competent tinsmith and le wvmethi-ag every bee keeper who has much honey to extract should have. It should bs provided with a cover, with handles securely riveted to the sides Galvanized Iron or extra heavy tin should be used for this. Unless heavy, tin Is hardly strong enough to carry the heavy weight of a cumber of well filled combs, therefore "alvanlzed Iron would probably be the hotter material of which to make a comb bucket.

LABORERS' HIRE IN CHURCHES. The question of preachers' salaries, which Is being much agitated in the Central West, must be regarded as bearing a close and vital relation to that of declining and dying churches, recently discussed. There Is no doubt that many rural churches are declining and even dying because of the poor quality of ministerial service which is given to them. Nor Is that at all strange. It must be remembered that the Pentecostal gift to the original Apostles was Intellectual as well as spiritual. The successor of the Apostles to-day must rlso have Intellectual power as well ns spiritual consecration. One of the rural churches to which we recently referred as having died hart before Its demise been served chiefly by "supplies”- from a neighboring theological seminary—callow youths leading to the congregation their schoolboy essays In place of sermons! There can be no doubt, either, that the poor quality of ministerial service Is pretty direotly and generally due to the wretched pittances which are paid to a large proportion of rural clergymen. There are today within the suburbs of New Y’ork, not to mention more remote parts of the country, men devoting their whole lives to pastoral work for stipends contrasted with which the wages of carpenters and bricklayers stem princely. Some of them are ■vu-n of high gifts and of university (.allure. Some are men of spiritual exaltation so great tnat they are willing and glad to serve In such fashion But such men are growing fewer and are being drawn from the small churches to larger ones In the cities More and more rural pnlptts sre being filled by Intellectual weaklings or by those whose hearts are not In the work, but who, through sheer shlftlessneas and lack of ambition, are willing to accept any work which will assure them a livelihood. Such men cannot build up churches. They cannot e\en keep them built up.—New York Tribune.

"PwehT"' If there ww more push ta in# world there would be fewer hungry half-clothed, homeless, suffering children; fewer broken-down dissipated men and women; lass nee<j of alms-houses, houses of correction and homes for the friendless. i> lll; h means a lift for a neighbor .i trouble. Push meant a lift for yourself out of the slough of despondency and shlftlcssness. out of trouble real and fancied. Push never hurts anybody The harder the push the better, if it Is given in the r‘.g’..t direction Always push up hill, few people need a push cown hill. Don't be af-»id of your muscles und sinews; they were given you to use. Don’t be afraid of your hands; they were meant for service. Don’t bo afraid of what your companion may say. Don't be afraid of your conscience; It will never reproach you for a good deed —but push with all your heart, might and soul, whenever you see anything or anybody that will be better fdr a good long, strong, determined push. Push! it is Just the word for tb* grand, clear morning of life; It la Just the word for strong arms anq young hearts; It Is Just the word for the world that Is full of work as th!« la If anybody Is In trouble and you see It, don't stand back, push! If there is anything good being done In any place where you happen to be! push!

The Dccch a Weather PropheG A leech confined In a rial of water will prove an excellent weather proptet. If the wea-her U to continue fine the loeeh lies motionless at the bottom of the vial and rolled together in a spiral form. If It Is to rain the leech will be soon to have crept up to the top of Ua lodging, and there It rematne until the weather Is clear. If w« are to have wind tbe poor creature gallops through Me limpid habitation with amaitng swiftness, and seldom rests until It begins to blow bard.—The Scotsman,

The Christmas Hardware Store What Shall I Give? /

In this store you will find many answers to this Holiday Season question. You will find many useful and practical gifts on display in our store. They are for the old and the young.

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PYREX WARE— The ideal glass bake dishes, pie plates, casseroles and utility dishes. No more appreciated or acceptable gift for the home. PERCOLATERS— Aluminum and nickie plate. Every housewife will appreciate one. STEAM COOKERS— | Cooks an entire meal over one » burner and is the best article for home use for cold pack canning. ROASTERSWe have a complete line of aluminum ware including roasters. This ware always is most suitable for the home. Be sure to see this splendid assortment before buying your Christmas gifts for home.

IDEAL FIRELESS COOKER— Lined with aluminum and aluminum vessels. One and two compartments. Perfect Cookers and Great Gas Savers. FOR THE MAN— Safety razors, regular style razors, and all kinds of razor blades. These are always good of the men. A complete line of razor strops. SHOT GUNS AND RIFLES— Single and repeating rifles— double and single barrel shot guns. A rifle or shot gun for the young man or the older men who enjoy a day in the woods. We have a complete line of rifles and shot guns—a gun suitable for every use. Hunting coats or loaded shells will please the hunters.

POCKET KNIVES— For the boys and men. A nice pocket knife is always ar, .acceptable gift. We have them — All sizes and at reasonable prices. TOOLS— Make ideal presents for the man. ELECTRICAL— Electric irons Electric Toasters, Vacuum Sweepers TOYS— A whole store full of toys—Air rifles, toy cannons, mechanical toys, tops, blocks, set dishes, wagons, sleds, ice fcnd roller skates, erecto sets, structo toys, flying machines— in fact a world of toys for little folks.

Hundreds of valuable gifts are on display. Your Christmas shopping will not be complete until you have visited this store and made your selections

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