Ligonier Banner., Volume 55, Number 29A, Ligonier, Noble County, 12 September 1921 — Page 3

NEWS Nézx=i & OSSR e S }‘

Big ‘Double Attraction .at Crystal Thursday and Friday. ;

Miss Marjorie Miller of Fort Wayne is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ullery. ¥ ) -

J. J. Keiser of Elkhart was cut to the bone at his left elbow when struck by a board thrown by a saw in a factory in that city. o N

The big reduction in motor vehicles by the manufacturers make used cars very cheap now.

W. T. Kelly writing from Chicago to extend his subscription to the Banner reports all well with -the Chicago branch of the Kelley family.

Corn School week at LaGrange is October 3 to 7. 5 :

‘There are 400 students registered for the North Marchester college thus far. i

Mesdames Stella Yoder and C. W. King have been visiting friends in Topeka. George Walters aged 47 died Friday at Kendallville of /typhoid fever after an illness of four weeks. : Wanted—Two or three small famiy washings. Apply 307 E. Jackson slrest. - . o _ 29a2t See William Farumn in “The Riders of the Purple Sage” by Zane Grey, Tuesday and ‘Wednesday. : oy Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Barnard of Maucelona, Mich.,, were week end guests of Mrs. Jennie Drain. ; William Farumn in “The Riders of the Purple Sage from ' Zane Grey's famous book at Crystal Tuesday and Wednesday. .

Mrs. Sig Kann and. children have joined the hay fever colony at Petoskey, Mich., and Sig left today for a business tripsto Boston.

"Only, 17 per cent of the legal voters of the state cast ballots at the special election last Tuesday. There were no candidates and no cigars. jse

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stutsman and Mrs. Mary Kraner came from Kendallville to enjoy the band concert last Wednesday evening.

_The. tax levy for LaGrange county is 26 cents on the $lOO valuation. This includes 2 cents for gravel roads and 8 cents for road bonds.

~ Charles Nelson of the Miller grocery is on his annual vacation of three weeks and will spend considerable time’at his Wawasee cottage. ;

- Mr. and Mrs.” Alfred Jeffries, and son Mr. and Mrs. Amos Jeffries, and Mrs. Lucinda Jeffries spent Sunday with relatives in Churubusco. i

. “The Right to Liove” with Mae Murry and David Powell is an artistic acheivement a 6 reel drama of great beauty. Don’t miss it. Fi

Jacob Brinley. of LaGrange a ve:teran of the civil war died in Richmond Virginia Tuesday aged 84 years. The remains were brought to his old home for burial. 3

Compliment to Miss Schaab.

As a courtesy to Miss Helen Schaab of Auburn and Thomas Green of Ligonier, who were married Thursday the members of their bridal pariy entertained with a beautifully appointed luncheon at the Fort Wayne Country club Wednesday. oy

Barn and Silo Burn.

A large barn and silo on the farm of Ed Smith north of Ashley was destroyed by fire Wednesday at noon. Waldo Smith, a son discovered the blaze which started in a straw stack and he succeeded in getting the cattle and horses out of the burning structure. The origin of the blaze is a mystery. Two smaller barns and the house were saved. Smith carried $1,500 insurance.: % ;

Jay Wiley Giwen Ovation.

In¥gpeaking of the ball game Labor Day ' the Cromwell Advance says: “Probably the most exciting feature of the day was witnessed by 600 fans who accompanied the teams to McCammon field to witness the game between Syracuse and Merriam. Both clubs had strengthened for the occasion of the decision game, and the crowd was not disappointed when thrill ‘after thrill came out in some startling play. Jay Wiley of Ligonier was 'given a great ovation when he made a sesational field catch at a critical moment, retiring two of the Syrcuse men who were dashing for the ‘home platé.

Bids Are Invited.

. Former Mayor J. B. Schutt called attention to the following humorous article from the /Kanses City Post. Charley Harris of Fort Worth, Tex‘as 4 friend of Mr. Nubbiners in the printing business, got slightly peeved at a letterhead from® a doctor who wanted bids on several thousand letterheads, different sizes, different grades, .and = different colors, and wanted the printing form held stand#<ing. So Charley took his typewriterl - in hand and wrote: ‘ ; . - “Am in the market for bids on one ‘operation for appendicitis. One, two] ‘or five inch incision—with or without ether— also with or without “nurse. If tg},;pe‘mlix is found to be sound want quotations to include putting same back and canceling order. . If removed, successful bidder is expected #0 hold incision open for about - sixty days, as I expect to be in the

HAT SHOULD DENOTE MOOD

Whys and Wherefores of the Subject Dealt With at Length by ‘English Writer.

- I never put on a new hat without & ‘certain’ feeling of pity for the mere man who ¢an never enjoy the deliclous thrill that {t gives, writes J, M. in the London Daily Mail, But there is much to be gone through before that triumphant moment arrives, for the business of choosing a new hat is fraught with nervous apprehension lest our choice fall upon the wrong shape or ‘color. =~ - : Only moral cowards take refuge in perpetual black headgear. : What, then, is it exactly that we feel within ourselves as we step into the open street for the first time in a new hat? - : If the hat is an undoubted success, it glves a peculiar sense of elation—a knowledge that she is looking her best always makes a woman feel her prettiest! ' : Hats should be indicative of the moods of the wearer. Black for dignity, dark blue for sobriety, brown for calm days, red for hustling days. The hat with the nodding roses denotes a gay midsummer mood, the “modest violet” toque makes a mute appeal to romance, : The dashing cavalier of a hat with sweeping plumes (none of your glycerined travesties, but well-nourished billowy ostrich feathers) precludes an adventure, while the Quaker gray: toque with the floating veil goes with demure, downeast eyes. ' But for real happiness give me the old felt hat that lives at the back of the wardrobe and has survived the “turning out” of many years. As we cram this old friend on to our head, with a pull at the brim to shade the eyes, the cool air of the uplands comes to meet us even as we reach for a stick and pass out through the open door on the road which leads back to the land of happy memories, .

MARAT HONORED AS PATRIOT

Bloodthirsty Leader of French »Revé’lu- , tion Interred With the Great . Ones of the Nation.

From the destruction of the bastile, 132 years ago, July 14, the commencement of the French Revolution is dated, and its sanguinary fanaticism has no representative of such odious repulsiveness as John Paul Marat, who was assassinated in 1793. By birth a Swiss of Calvinistic parents, he had led a strange life for 45 years—llatterly a sort of quack physiclan—when the great national crisis brought him to the surface as a journalist and a member of the convention. Less than five feet high, with frightful countenance and maniacal eye, he was an object of aversion to most people; but he had frantic earnestness and. hesitated at no violence against the eneémies of liberty, and so came to possess the entire confidence and affection of the mob of Paris. His paper daily clamored for blood and he desired every welldressed person to be put to death. It was on July 14, four years after the fall- of the bastile, that Charlotte Corday stabbed him to death in his bath to avenge the fate of her friend, one Barbaroux. luarat’s death was treated as a public calamity and his body was deposited in the Pantheon with great honors.—Chicago Journal.

Fight Locusts With Airplanes,

. The locust plague in southern France is being fought with the aid of air planes. One hundred thousand acres of fertile land have been devastated. The pests are hatching out in isolated spots on the great Crau plain, and each new ‘“nest” gives birth to many millions -of locusts., It is of vital importance to destroy the young insects before they are strong enough to fly far, and this ils where the airplanes are proving so useful. Pilots now daily : scour the whole of the Crau plain, flying extremely low. = When ‘they locate a breeding ground or “nest” of locusts, directions are immediately telephoned to the anti-locust headquarters at Miramas. If there is long grass near, petrol is poured on it and it is set afire. Otherwise the infested area is strewn with sawdust soaked in arsenic. ' This kills the locusts at once, and also any eggs that are unhatched. ! ; o

. French Courtesy. ; In one'of the smaller cities in central France used by a division headquarters during the winter of 1918-19, Alphonse, the barber, endeavored to learn to speak English. To this end he was diligently coached by numerous Yank dispatch bearers, sergeant majors and clerical workers, and Alphonse learned fast. : : i No less a personage than the commanding general of the division strode into the barber ‘shop one day and demanded a shave in a hurry. Alphonse, who was tending a lowly enlisted customer, knew rank when he saw it, and rose to the occasion. i “Sairtainlee,® mon general,” he replied, bowing with the Frenchi' politeness.. “Seet down, mon general, an’ you be nex’ beeg steef!” = - - The general waited. /

China a Flour Exporter.

At g time when there are so many appeals for funds with which to purchase flour for shipment to the Chinese famine victims, it {s rather unbelieyable that in normal times Chinh preduces sufficlent flour for export purposes. . Yet in 1920 almost six million barrels of Chinese flour’ were shipped to KEurope. Neéw mills are contemplated in the wheat growing sections.— Scientific American. . B Y 2 7 Mrs. Lillian Heinritz from Sf. T n'g Mo., who has beéh spending the sums mer in Chicago is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wemple She leaves for St. Louis today to spend the winter at her home there. =~ . Miss Ethel Rex was a visitor in Elk- ; TPheeEdaY e e ’?%%tgaww%m

HAS SEEN LIFE'S BITTERNESS

Granddaughter of the Mighty Napoleon | Worthy of Remembrance 'By the French People. |

Paris observed the centenary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s death with elaborate ceremonies a few weeks ago. Amid all the pomp in honor of the opetime arbiter of Europe another figure stood out in contrast—that of a woman of fifty, dressed in black, with a fine, open face, lined by sorrow and the incessant effort to eke out a livelihood, a teacher .in an ordinary elementary school near the Boulevard St. Michel. This poor teacher, now living in.-a tiny apartment with her cat and a few meager possessions, is the granddaughter Oof Napoleon I. Her father was the illegitimate son of Napoledn and Eleonore de la Plaigne, a maid of honor to Caroline Murat. Napoleon gave the boy the title of Count Leon. Born in 1806, “Count Leon” died in 1881, after an exciting and feverish life, into which he crowded excessive gambling, many duels and love affairs and some mystical meditations. The count’s only daughter, Charlotte Leon, was born when her father was sixty years old. She began life as a teacher in Algeria to support her widowed mother, to whom the count had left but small means of subsistence. After hard years of struggle on a pittance she finally went to Paris, where she married a M. Mesnard, taking the name of Mme. Mesnard-Leon. Her husband {8 now dead and she lives alone, barely removed from want, meditating on the strange destiny of her grandfather, the great emperor, of her father’s wild and stormy life—and of her only son, who dled for France at Rheims during the war. - .

ALCOHOL FROM THE JUNGLE?

May Yet Be Economically Manufactured From Moist Vegetation of Tropical Forests. -

. We clutch at anything as a substitute for gasoline. Professor Whitford of the Yale school of forestry says that alcohol could be economijcally manufactured from the moist vegetation of tropical forests and Jjungles. “The evidence is conclusive,” sald Professor \hitford, “that the (tropical sun has the power to store up more energy in the form of cellulose in a given time than has the temperate sun. If this is in a utilizable form it remains for the ingenuity of man to overcome the difficulties of profitably applying it, With the increasing needs of the nation it Is reasonable to expect that sooner or later it will be necessary to.utilize more fully the plant resources of the tropics.” Professor Whitford sald that the annual production of alcohol from the nipa plant in the Philippines was now nearly 8,000,000 gallons and that one distillery there had produced 93 per cent alcohol at a cost of about 20 cents a gallon, and if operated to ful capacity could make ‘it at a cost of 15 cents a gallon.—Scientific American, : S ;

Reversing Speech.

A curious phonographic instrument was invented by Poulsen, capable of reversing the sounds of a word or a sentence. A steel piano wire, carried on two spools, passes between the poles of a small electromagnet so connected with a telephone transmitter that spoken words are magnetically récorded on the moving wire and reproduced in a receiving instrument. When the motion of the wire is direct, the words are heard as in ordinary coenversation, but if the motion is reversed, the sounds come to the ear in reverse order, like words spelled backward. To represent the order in which the reversed sounds strike the ear, however, not only must the order of the letters composing a word be reversed but each letter must itself be reversed from right to left, as when reflected in a mirror.—Christian: Science Monitor. .~ .

Remarkabie Calculation.

Charles L. Dodgson, professor of higher mathematics: at Christ Church, Oxford,- known to most people as “Lewlis Carroll,” .and the #author of “Alice in Wonderland,” is responsible for the following peculiar calculation: Write down the number of your brothers that are living. Multiply this by two. Add three. Multiply the result by five. To this add the number of your lving sisters. Multiply the result by ten. . : : Add to this result the number of vour dead brothers and sisters. From the total substract 150. The right hand figure glves the number of deaths, the middle figure gives the number of living sisters, and the left-hand figure gives the number of living brothers. : S

Lodgings or Lollypops.

Referring to our note on the disappearance of cottage pudding because of the shortage of cottages, a corre‘spondent’ asks if the hizh cost of lumber isn’t really due-to the vast quantities of it now being used in making lollypop ‘handles. Probably, sir, probably. So that while we use our lumber in making cheap sweets we cannot expect to have cheap suites.— Boston Transcript. :

German Blind Soldiers Increase.

~ There are 8,322 blind soldiers in ‘Germany from the World war and one hundred have died. The discouraging feature of it all is that there were ~only 1,954 war blind when the armis‘tice was signed. In addition to the totally blind, there are at present 4,129 who have “bad eyes” as the re‘sult of war mervice.—New York Hvening Post. b sa ai | : : 1 Dies at Age of 60 : {f Mrs. Lucinda Lavering age 60 died in. Whitley county of complications. ~ The BE. W. Bdwards family hds re‘moved from 638 W;,e;fi!uttr"-street to 1134 ‘B. Main street in South Bend and Mr. and Mrs. Poter Feldheiser have made e B ey

LIGONTER BANNER, LIGONTER, INDIANA.

IS GOLF REALLY IRISH GAME?

Suggestion Put Forward, With Some

Evidence, by Correspondent of - New York Herald. o

“Writing to the New Yerk Herald, a devotee of the “royal game” puts the query “Is golf, after all, an Irish game?” In asking the question it is done with respect and reverence; in no sense to disturb the settled ease and mental poise and satisfaction of ye good Scot or Briton. Why the suggestion, however? Simply this: Ireland was the first of the islands to be reclaimed from Druidism and converted to Christianity, That was in the early Fifth century., After that Scotia or Scotland became /Christian—the Sixth century; England in the Eighth and Germany in the Ninth century, and all following and through Irish missionaries. True also that the Scotch and Irish were practically all Celt and one people then and all friendly. Now, then, it is of the -old Irish folk-lore that St. Patrick at the famous Druid feast showed (1) that the leg of a bird was larger than a quarter of beef (2) that a dog could kill the bird, and (3) that three leaves could jointly subsist on one stem, and at that feast ‘“there were feats of strength and art all rourdd,” and among the games was the game of “Nine Holes.” T ; - That was the first mention of the ‘nine hole game, of course. It was so played in Ireland for centuries. It was the putting of the ball into.each hole of the nine as lald out in the course. Therefore, the question: Was that game the forerunner of its kind in the world, and if so was it the forerunner or keystone ‘of golf?

AIR LIFEBOAT BRITISH IDEA

Craft Designed for Sea Rescue Work - Is Soon to Be Given a Definite “Tryout.” . | 4

" The first lifeboat of the alir, which has been bullt with great secrecy, is to be launched soon in England. ! After the official trials it will go through a series of tests with the British fleet. If it proves to be satisfactory, a large number ‘of the craft\un' a much larger scale will be constructed. The design is the outcome of three vears of secret research and tests. The flying lifeboat will be able to,reach a vessel In distress at a speed of more than 100 miles an hours and it is ‘claimed that it will be able to ride through the roughest storm with the confident safety of an Atlantic liner. The boats are able to taxi along the water, 3 Their seaworthiness is to be tested by sending the first experimental ship out with the navy, where it Is to remain at sea for several days without any “mother ship.” : ‘ The wing span of the one now nearing completion is 140 feet. Safety in the most violent sea will come from the resilience of the hull, which is in one plece from stem to stern. When this hull strikes a huge wave it gives way slightly in much the same way that a pneumatic tire does when .it strikes an obstacle on the road, -

Plan Shrines to Burroughs.

The John Burroughs Memorial association has started its campaign to raise funds to purchase and maintain the various properties of the late naturalist. It is estimated it will take about $36,000 to purchase them, and an additional $4,000 to maintain them the first year. e : The association intends to malintain the Burroughs properties as the naturalist himself maintained them. His working library, some of his original manuscripts, rifles, shotguns and fishing tackle will be exhibited. "It is the opinion of the association that shrines to great men, especially shrines to literary men, are too few, and that the many friends and admirers of John Burroughs will be interested In keeping yp the places In which he lived, studied and labored in the 84 years of his life. It hopes to raise funds to maintain these properties by popular subscription.—New York Times. S : .

Campers and picnickers will hail with delight the new waterproof match, which can be easily made at home in the following way: Melt a.few lumps of candle wax in an old can on the stove. Allow this to cool a little and then, before it has set, dip the matches in, one at a time. Treat the heads and about half of the wooden part. Place the matches on one side to cool. Matches treated in this simple manner have been soaked in. water for many hours, and they have ignited as readily as those which were perfectly dry. The only difference is that, in striking, it is needful to do so a trifle more firmly so as to get through the thin film of wax surrounding the head. When once the flame starts, the match burns very readily, owing to the wax which has adhered to the wood. Any ordinary matches can be treated in the manner described. e S

The Unwelcome Stranger.

Scene: “Lobby of theater. A little tallor, leading a boy about Bix years old by the hand, gives the doorman one ticket, - : b Doorman—Here! You've gotta have a ticket for that boy. ; ¢ Tallor—Feor dis boy? Ah, don’t be foolish, mister. He's only a small lt: tle feller. He won't do nothing. =~ Doorman—l don’t care. You can’t get in unless you have a ticket for the boy. ‘ ' 3 : - Taflor—lt's all right, mister, I ‘promise you I won't let him look.— Theater Magazine, . : - John E. Wagoner of Conneaut Ohio an employee of the Nickel Plate railway for 39 years is here on a visit with hig brother Thomas Wagoner and Sy e e C Nimon Smith ’find,f;@milflfidt Wood: stock, 911, came, to attend the Cochiran

Waterproof Matches.

Reunion at Warsaw.

The 37th annual reunion of the T4th Indiana infantry will be held at Warsaw on September 22 and 23. -

Light Vote in Steuben.

Only 949 votes were cast in the special election on amendments in Steuben county last Tlesday. :

Thrown From Horse.

H. H. Brown of LaGrange county had his shoulder dislocated when he was thfown from a horse.

‘Will Change Name, .When the Noble circuit. court convenes in October the name of Farley & Kansier Motor Sales Co. will be changed to the Universal Motor Sales Co. The company %wns the Ford garage and service station in Ligonier.

Some Have More, Some Less.

The pocketbook of _the average American held 59 cénts less in August than in July according -to the monthly circulation statement issued by the treasury at Washintgton. T On August 1 the per captia ecirculation on -an estimated populgtion of 108,226,00 persons was $53 which on September 1 droped to $52.41 an the basis of an estimated population . of: 108,365,00 persons. Tl

Boost County Levy.

The Kosciusko, county tax levy has been increased from 12 cents to 22 cents for next year. e

/7 N\ I- KY R 0 STRIi W \ CIGAR —= s ) 5 Notice this delicious flavor when you ~ smoke Lucky Strike ~ ~—it’s sealed in by the toasting process . (B 0

;__. R o S ; - ; THE UNIVERSAL CAR ,;,AJ , ‘ Mr. Edsel B. Ford, President of the Ford Motor Company, - makes the following announcement: , | i “We are making another reduction in the prices of Ford . cars and the Ford truck, effective today. =~ The new prices average $70.00 under former prices, and are the lowest at which Ford cars and trucks have ever been sold.” e ‘ i List prices for delivery in Ligonier are now as follows: ' NEW PRICE OLD PRICE ~ : Chassis’ $430.00 M 0 : Runabout $463.00 $510.00 - ‘ : ~Touring Car $495.00 $557.00. . , . - Truck © . $485.00 - $535.00 Ly | Coupe : $645.00 $750.00 e ; Sedan _ $713.00 $BlB.OO E gl “We are taking advantage of every known economy in the manufacture of our products in order that we may give them to the public at the lowest possible price, and by doing that, we feel that we are doing the one big thing that will help this country ° . into more prosperous times. = People are interested in prices and are buying when prices are right. Aipaab e ; | “The production of Ford cars and trucks for August again = broke all previous high records with the total reaching 117,696. ~ "This is the fourth consecutive month in which our output has gone over the hundred thousand mark, the total for the four ‘months being 463,074, which has gone a long way in making -possible the present reductions. . June this year, with an output of T 17,247 was the previous record month. | ' “One noteworthy feature of our sales is the increased d¢mand for Ford trucks and cars for salesmen. This class & v -commercial business has been gradually increasing the past sixty - days and we interpret it as a very good sign of improvement in general business. . = S U el T i o ~ “No reduction has been made in the price of the Fardson tractor and none is contemplated.” - . .Go over these new prices! ~ See how little it costs to” become the owner of a Ford car.or a Ford trugk, = =~ Canyou Ixeally afford to.do without one any longer? ~ .0 ~ Letustell you more about it, and adyise you regarding the delivery of the particular type of car in which you are interested. ‘ i*’ “f wfic“:‘é’ wé{i ;%éw ***-:%‘\:.fl rgt}fizgfiggifi;%i

~ Dance To The Worlds Greatest Orchestra - Isham Jone’s Nine-piece Jazz Band (The Original Brunswick Orchestra) SPOHN HALL -- Goshen Tuesday Evening September 13 » Dancing at9:oo w o Bl SERE . ' Tax Included - | Advance Ticket Reservation - -+ Not Necessary .

- Do You Wear 9 L 7\ - : Tailor Made Clothes If you do I am preparéd to make you that suit or overcoat at prices based on reduced T ~ cost.in woolens e ity KADLEC s Store for Men The Tailor I‘,‘d'a‘“‘q_, Merchant Tailoring for Forty Years =

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