Ligonier Banner., Volume 54, Number 49A, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 February 1921 — Page 4
NEWS NOTES
Curt Hutchison is suffering from an attack of tonsilitis. =~ , . " Otto Rex spent a few days last week with Fort Wayne friends. - : Willis Bidlock of Rome City suffered a paraiytic stroke Thursazy. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wherlodye vheit ted with ‘riends in Goshen over Sypday. . Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brunk aitended the funeral of an uncle at Elkhart FriMr . Wilrs. Wise of Gosh-a s:{ visii Mrs. J. A. McDonald and -WiH Sack fumily. . A Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Dunring and Chas. H. Shobe were at - W.wasee Sunday. . , e s . i An cighteen dollar pension has been granted to Clarence D. Zimmerman of Kendallville. : For Ren'-—Modern house ca Droad: way. food location. Inquire of W. A King or Heary Hire. = 47024 t - Mr. and Mrs. Hany Lung spent the week snd at Angola guest of Dr. and Mrs. 0. B Galloway. ’ The “Hoover Dinner” at Kendallville Friday night netted about $704 to the causé of near east re- e’ Leonder Anglin aged 64, <f Elkhart was instantly killed by a stre . car in that city Saturday morning. ‘ " Miss Pfll]lifi“, Gerber .who has heen visiting Mrs. Ray Ridenbaugh at Kendallville returned Saturday. - o {Mra. M. L.: Weaver, daughter andg son of! New Paris spent Saturday o-.! Sundav with Mr and Mrs. W'l Oyler - Mrs. 8 J. Williams who went to Farmland - Wednesday to a‘t rd the funeral of her cousin, returued homMonday. . = : —* - . Mr. .and Mrs. Maurice Hes: mudé a purchasi' ¢ trip to Chicago, Sunday. They wil' spend a week in th: mnetropolis. - : Mrs. E. C. Thorp and son of "l‘nlé-lu’ #rriv:l Sunday for several days visit with grandpa~ents, Mr. and Mis PPe'e Regula - ' J. L. “"avi passed his sevent sevond mile rtone Sunday. Mrs. Cavia invited six of kis 9 icnds to a dinner in hanor of th: cecvan. ‘ Harold Stephen left Monday noon for his home in Indianapoii: after spending a few days with his cousin Mrs. Edna Hauey : Miss Helen Teal a red cioss nurse of Kewdpl‘vllh- was here Moaday and Tuesday with Nellie Sedgwi*: on a trip o? inspection . i - -.“uMiss Gertrude Sisterhen entertained the m-mbers °f the Angola aia Ligouier busketball teams after the gime Fridav evening. - .- . - - eB g o i 5 Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Won® were in South Bend Saturday to call upon Mrs. C. M. Kinney who is in the Epworth Hospital there: , e S e S The ond: on ¢ Mrs. Char s. ®Wen ple wie hie been seriously il' for the past ‘wo ' eeks with gastri-'s shows a lit:'2 inotovement. Cities of Indianu have n» legal right to compell salesman of stocks to take out agents’ -licenses after they Lave beer. licensed by the state securities commissicn, is the -opinion of U. S. Lesh attorney-general.
More than 250,000 gallons of whisky
#nd automobiles worth $1,060,000 are T now in possession of the governmen: as a result of its campaign against the illicit commerce in liquor according to Wayne B. Whesler counsel for the Anti-Saloon League.
Ira Michael Funeral.
Funeral services were held for Ira Michael at Mishawaka Sunday and burlx of the remains taok place Mondhy. >
Henry Hire Strickea.
*Hea.y huae aged 68, who suffered
a str:ve -t paralysis "at h:s btome ~ Saturday mcrning is in a seri)us eondition A few days previol.. s, Mr Hire b~d '(en helping the m2l out at his fa:m u* d it is thought the unusal exertitn i+ connection with th: heart troub e to which he has 1o:1 bcen subje:t, may have had somethic: :o do wi h br.nging on the attacsz
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CLEARS UP ANCIENT MYSTERY
Diocletian’s Action Dealing With Egyptian Mcfiltu*flwu : Explained by Yorker.
Not very relevant to the news of the day, perhaps, but not without a certain interest, is the fact that new light has been cast on a problem that has puzzlied meny historiAns—a problem for which even such an ingenious and perspicacious student as Gibbon could give only a solution that now seems to buve been entirely and amusogly wrong. i When Emperor Diocletian, late In the Third century, ordered the de struction of all the books of the Egyptians relating to the manipulation of the preclous metals, he referred to “thelr admirable art of making silver and gold" As he considered it, “admirable,” the mystery has been why he did not try to utilize the art in remedying the deplorable state into which the finances of the empire had fallen &t that time. - Gibbon's theory was that Diocletian realized “the folly of such magnificent pretentions and was desirous of preserving the reason and the property of his subjects from the mischievaus pursult.” The fact is, according to a learned article on . the philosopher Theophrastos, contributed to the Scientific Monthly by Dr. C. A, Browne of New York, while the emperor admired the skill of the Egyptian metallurgists, he knew tiat thelr art was simply thal>of making alloys that looked like gold and silver and could be turned with profit Into counterfeit colns, «©
Therefore, and not to keep people from wasting their time in vain efforts at the transmutation of metals, did the emperor order the destruction of the precious books! Egyptian papyri- deciphered In recent years prove clearly that the original “alchemists” were a very practical.and equally dishonest folk, consclously engaged In fraudulent practices, though possibly, now and then, they achieved successes in their alloys that almost or quite deceived themselves Into belleving that they really had produced gold or silver from lead, copper and tin in combination, - :
The Night Before Christmas.
. "T'was the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring—except Lily, the cook, preparing to take the 10 a. m. as a holiday surprise. And Uncle Horace, In the guest room, who has just discovered that sprig of holly that the boys put between the sheets.* And the boys, who, " having surreptitiously opened thelr presents and found them all “useful,” are contemplating sabotage. And sister Maybelle, who has saved her dud gifts of the year before and is trying to redistribute them. And mother, who 18 going to get that red ball on top of the tree or die In the attempt. And father, aitting up with a sick check book and a sheaf of newly arrived bills. And Florence, the cat, somewhat the worse for having sampled the Christmas punch to which father consecrated his last bottle of Scotch.—From Life. .
X-Ray In Industry.
" The industrial {mportance of X-rays is not yet fully appreciated. Addressing an English business club Maj. J. H. Edwards pointed out that uses for X-rays now ‘include the testing for blow-holes and cracks of aluminum, steel and iron up to a thickness of five or six inches, and of brass and copper up to one inch; and one of its most important applications may be the examination of ferro-concrete. Defec'ive brazing, the interior of watches and clocks, flash lamps. tires, cricket and golf balls, and electric cables can all be Investigated with the apparatus
its Fault,
“Hon. Dismukes Dirge is objecting strenuously to the government cannon in the square,” related a resident of Pettyville to a fellpw townsman who had been away for some time, “That so?" returned the other. “Does he think the sight of it will have a harmful effect on the rising generation?" : ; “That is what he says. But the general opinion is that he is jealous of the weapon because it is a bigger bore than he is."—Kansas City Star, ‘ China Turns to Power. @ As regards power, it is believed that China is on the threshold of a big development, The cheap power rates of Shanghali, the reliability of electricity as a driving .medl?m and the expansion of the port i recent years have been a great object lesson to the Chinese, and enterprising firms throughout the country are counsidering the possibility of following suit.
- The Sure Way. w “There's gne sure way to get you out of this scrape.” “What s it iy
“Confess your guilt.” ) ; “But I don’t see how that is going to. help me.” & »
“Then I'll go into court and insist that the confession was forced out of you.” ; ;
Flying in England.
Figures reported for the first year of civil fiying in Englan@ reveal a total alr mileage of 784,200, made in 38,954 flights, carrying 70,000 passengers with but one fatal accident. Machines numbering 519 were registered. :
Discriminates.
Scene—Little Mary taking a huge mouthful of orffnge.
Mother (horrified)—Why, Mary, don’t swallow that whole. i Little Mary—What hole?—Penn State Froth. - S S
Yeggs broke into the Hamilton bank at Hamilion, Ind., Friday night, rifled thirteen sefety deposit boxes and made off w..b $5 ¢ worth of Liberty tn iz Bt e AR
| Mrs. Mason McFarland of Kendallville was a_week end visitor of Mr. and Vs, Hervey Hull, - S G - G &
FEAR EXTINCTION OF HOLLY
Botanists Say That Within Ancther Generation It May Be as Rare as : the Mistietos.
Christmas heily, that merriest and most beloved of all growing bushes, is threatened with extinetion, according to & waming sounded by lovers of a red Christmas. Once growing profusely in southern New Jersey and Maryland, it has been swept from those states by the ruthless cutters for the city marketh, and must now be sought in the swamps of Virginia and North Carolina, where already the supply is growing less bountiful each year. The Gulf states have been simllarly shorn to provide holly for New Orleans, St. Louls and Chicago.
.. Within another generation, botanists say, holly will be as rare as mistletoe, which used to grow in abundance on the Atlantic seaboard as far north as Raritan bay, but has now practlcally censed to exist as & Christian decple learn that the bounty of their flelds and woodlands is not lmitless? --New York Tribune, '
SPECIAL MEDAL FOR THIS DOG
Bt. Bernard Forgot Eternal Feud With Cat Family and Braved Flames to Save Pussy.
The supply of Carnegie hero medals would soon give out If all the brave and thoughtful dogs were remembered. A St. Bernard in the town of Everett, Mass., mindful of the traditions of snowbound travelérs and his Alpine monastery, has just effected a triple rescue that entitles him to whatever dogdom can offer In the way of canonization, to match the name of the salnt that his devoted breed already bears. First he woke up the families In two apartments by his loud barking when a fire broke out, and then, having started the human belngs on their hurried exodus to safety, he darted back through the smoke, got the family cat, which had been forgotten in the excitement, and - reappeared with his tribal enemy .in his mouth. Would all human-beings have been so magnanimous I—Philadelphia Ledger.
Carusc’s Habit of Tuning Up.
As temperamental and mischievous as Caruso sometimes can be, he is a mighty eareful guardian of his volce. Always before his entrance In the opera, if you are back of the stage, you see him marching up and down, humming and hawing, -clearing his throat, sounding his notes through his nose, and gargling with mineral water. The Instant he steps off the stage—though his time away from the audience be but a moment, squirt goes the atomizer in his mouth, and hum, hum, haw-w-w, he practices up and down the scale. .
In fact, the Caruso habit of sounding notes is aynost universal among singers. Titta Ruffo, the great barytone, has a method of sounding his scale. Instead of using a neutral syllable, Titta would grunt, “M-m-m, Titta Ruffo, Titta Ruffo,” tapping his nose the while and. pinching it.—Charles D. Isaacson in Hearst's.
Pays to Be Prudent.
A certaln motion picture producer declares that one of the funniest incidents In his experience happened during the production ‘of a recent pic-
The night watchman at the studio in Culver Olty, advertised in all local newspapers to trade his big pup for any kind of a small dog. “What's the matter with that bull? asked Lloyd Hamilton. : “I tell you,” sald the watchman, “My dog—he fights all the time. Some day he lick Mr. Lehrman's dog and then I get fired.”
Uses for Balsam Wood.
Although it has been known for more than 100 years, balsam wood Is just coming into use as a substitute for cork in some of its capacities. It is the lightest commercial- wood known, and a paraffine treatment makes it available for many purposes for which cork heretofore has been exclusively used. It must be disposed of quickly after being cut, for it rots rapldly when exposed to the atmosphere in the tropics, whore it grows. :
Collectors.
“Did you secure a new cook?” “No,” replied Mr. Crosslots. “One consented to call and look the place over, but she remained only half an hour or sO.”. ! “She never looked at the kitchen. She went straight to the phonograph. After playing all the records left. us by the previous cook, she remarked that she didn't belleve we had anything she cared to add to her private collection and departed.”
He and Edison.
Paulle was ten years old. He had written a paper that was so good that bis teacher called up his mother to tell her about it, 3 :
Paille’s mother called him in to her and sald: “What did you write that your teacher liked so much?” “Oh;.I just told about Edison. What he'd done with electricity and what I'd done with it,” answered Paulle modestly. = 4
- From Rags to Rags. ° “Mr. Baker will now oblige with a recitation entitled ‘Ragtime.’” Rags make paper. : Paper makes money, - : Money makes banks, [ Banks make loans, S L + Loans make poverty. creßEbEpeagET: MR
~ Owing to the refusal ot Milford voctors to carry out the instractiona of the state board of health, citizens of that town fear an epidemic may arise ‘rom’ several suppgsed smallpix cases. ‘ - ATt BSOS 3 Frederick Reyff spent Surday with friends in Elkhart. ; |
THE LIGONIEC ©‘"~ SR LISONIER. INDIARA
HIS HEAVY BURDEN LIFTED
Mr. Goslington Once More Sees Life Through Spectacies That Have
T know we're having a war business deflation campaign in this country, Europe is all tom up, there's trouble all over the world; but for the last thrée weeks the ouly thing I've thought of has been the callosity on my foot, writes Mr, Goslington in the New York Herald. I walk a good deal, three or four miles a day, for health and pleas ure, and ghat thing has been like a pebble In my shoe, pressing on my foot's tenderest part Walking, Instead of a pleasure, was a counstant misery. 1 Hmped with every step 1 took, pursing that foot as-best I could. When I told inquiring friends what the trouble was they laughed at me. “Why, good graclous!”™ they sald “Don't you know that there are men, plenty of them, who have troubles like Yours, only wvastly worse? Men who have to bestow upon their feet' constant and painful care in order to get along at all, but who keep golng just the same and never make any fuss over 1t 2 .
But I never had such an experience as this, and it kept me In constant wretchedness, physical and mental; I couldn't move without pain, I found o enjoyment in life whatever, I lived in a state of constant acute discomfort.t And then after various half. hearted efforts I finally plucked up céurage and got that thing offi And what a blessed rellef it was! At first 1 found myself Instinctively still limplng, favoring that foot all I could with every step, just as I had done before; but speedily I .realized that the pebble was gone; that I could ‘once more plant my foot on the ground freely and firmly, I could scarcely tell you what happiness that brought me. For three weeks I had been shut up with nothing but that distressing foot for company, but now swiftly my horizon broadened, the tull,rjo‘y of living came back to”me; and now In this state of restored personal comfort and serenity I can once more survey and take an Interest in the affairs of the worldh
Very Interesting.
Puplls in a primary grade of the Columbus public schools, taught by Miss Mary Veach, recently were instructed to develop their powers of observation, as well as thelr descriptive abllity, by a series of “Human Nature Observations,” as the course was called. They were told to keep their eyes open for interesting happenings of a human nature character and report at school. When they were called on to give their observations, Elizabeth Hege, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norval Hege, reported as follows: “Last night I was walking through Commercial park, and I saw a young man and a girl sitting real close together on a bench, and the man's head was on the girl's shoulder, and I thought it was very interesting.”— Indlanapolis News, :
She Meant Well.
The orchestra in the grillroom was playing classical music during the lugch L our.© A woman was listening with what she probably regarded as the proper attitude to assume when good musi ‘s played. After each number she u lauded, and murmured to her comp.. ‘on, “I do so adore good music!” She beckoned to a walter and asked L.on if the orchestra played any music by request. She was informed that it did. :
- “Wlill you please tell them to play the sextette from °‘Russia’ for me?”
Auto’s Heavy Toll of Death.
According to statistics compiled by the National Safety council, three times as many people are being killed by automobiles as in all the factories, mines, railroads and other industries in America. The annual toll of automobile accidents at grade crossings averages 1,000 persons. killed and 8,000 injured. ,
Improvement Noted.
*I think our .son Josh is showin’ more respect for parental authority than he used to,” remarked Farmer Corntossel.:
“But he doesn't do & thing we tell him to,” said Josh's mother, “Not yet. But you can't expect everything at once. He has at least got to where he's sufficlently old an’ dignified not to talk back.” o
Responds to Alarm. Flatbush—That dog of yours looks like a good watchdog. ; Bensonhurst—Are you joking? : “No; of course, I'm not joking.” “Well, I'll tell you how good he is. We have put an alarm clock in his house 80 he'll wake up In time to come over for his breakfast In the worning."—Yonkers Statesman,
Useful Heirloom. “A successful man of affalrs still cherishes the trunk strap with which his father chastised him in tie old family woodshed.” “A matter of sentiment, eh?”
“Sentiment and common sense. He bas the best behaved boys In our veighborhood.”—Birmingham Age-Her ald. : :
- Poor by g “Js Mr. Wadleigh mv : “Pe’'s moderately well off. He's werth.a million or two.™ “Good heavens! - Any man who has a million or two is rich.” “Not if he plays poker with muitiwmm"—mmm Age-Her-
~ Dr. William C. Prough, "a graduate physician and surgeon, about forty-five years of age, is at the county jail at LaGrange awaiting admission to the Richmond asylum. : - For Sale—Hard wood, fine or course Call 174 or 203. S ol
Doc Gordon spent Thursday and Friday at Elkhart with relatives.
Satarday might Nadine Smit, danghter of Sanger Smith living north of town_ fell through the glass of a door. She suffered a bad cut on hes right
~ Will Brown of Sparta tow . ship an uncle of Dr. V. G. Hurséy whs underwent a serious operation iz a Chicago hospital four weeks ago. w . in Ligonier Saturdays S
Dr. J. M Phillipi of Day'sl Ohio editor of the Religlous Telescope spent lunday in Ligonier. H: filled the E:pit in the ¥. B. church both mormnarkl evening. : .
Joha South returned.§:turday from Chicaso where he has been . tuking X-ray and radulm treatmen: e will g 0 back to Chicago for furthe- treatment «n the 20th i s
Will Hant Blue Sky,
A state-wid» organization of repre
senta‘ives of ~very town in Indiana Fas been formed by the Fort Wavne Chamber o Commerce for the purpose of dotect.ng and vuppressing - fake stock "scrimes e
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hall of: Garrett Lave heen notifigd by the navy depurt. ment thac the body of their son Forrest who died at sea may be expeetad to arrive next Raturday. The American Legion at Garrett has arranpgea a military funeral. i e
Mrs. Nathan Cleland of Albjon who formerly resided just north of Churubueco in Noble county died very suddenly of heart trouble at three o'clock Friday morning. She is survived by her husband, four sons and cne diughter. =~ '
Death of Mrs. Ralph Spurgeor,
- Mrs. “Ralph Spurgeon, nce Gladys Bowsor, aged 24, died Fridar at her home »n the north side of searlot fover Besid 's her husband, she is survived by a cnild of three ycars and an infant two weeks old. The funeral was held Sunday and interment made in Oak Park remetery. = ¢ s
Farmers Mecting,
. Perry township formers association will pold their February medcling at the’ centralized school houso next Thursday evening Feb. 191 1921, An interesting program will' b» given’ Notion pictures music and an address by R. L. Thompsor o* Topeka_on “The Federation Work " No one should miss it. Members wives and child ¢1 are invit >, e ey :
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