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A Battery . . Without Jars "The new Gumnmite case; an exclusive feature with Exide Batteries, is Icoulded all in one piece, -including compartments for the cells. Thus, individual jars are done away with, , Gummite is practically indestructible, will not warp, and is not affected by temperature; acid, or water. Let us » show you this ideal bate tery case, " . BLAZED TRAIL ' GARAGE ;

Dr. Maurice Blue - VETERINARIAN Office: Juat'ame_re Farm. Phone: Ligonier 757 Trustee Perry Townshsp Office Mier State fß,ank,' Ligonier Bothwell & Vanderford Lawyers [ ] Phone 156. Ligonier, Indiana CHARLES VINKS AND SON S Dealer in ' Menuments, an!tq Tombstones, _ Building Stone : Howard White . WAWAKA, INDIANA ' AUCTIONEER s Phone 2 on 1 Wawaka E. R. Kurtz | - Auctioneer . - 2none No 65, Ligonier. o _H.‘WIcToﬁ . : Attqmy-at-law ' Office in Zimmerman Block "LIGONIER. IND

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We are now ready to rebuild and recharge all kinds and - 'makes of batteries, ' using the | Conste nt Potential System We areable to recharge a batt_ery in a very short compared with theold style charging - method. Let us prove ~_our method by your Hi &G, BATTERY ~ln Shane Blk, Ligonier

WORLD’S DEBT TO SCIENTISTS

All" Sorts of Perils and Privations Dared to Add to the Sum of . -Human Knowledge. :

In the early days of maritime ventures- and discovery these venture® would only be undertaken under the lure of gold, the acquisition of valuable new lands and of subjects whose toll and labor, under the lash ‘of the brutal taskmaster, would result in the accumulation of wealth for others. Adventurers there were aplenty ready to risk their lives in the most desper"ate undertakings. They were brave and reckless, impelled by a strange yearning which is not absent today. In these days, however, men still venture forth in quest of discovery, daring everything, risking everything, not seeking wealth, but venturing for the pure love of adventure and to do something which no other has done _before. What the world owes to these men who go forth because they cannot stay at home, whom peril beckons and toil fascinates, and who look upon death in the quest as a mere incident, if mot preferable to dying quietly in bed, can never be estimated. Men dare for science and not for gold. Men endure all sorts of hardships and perils {n order to add their mite to the sum of human knowledge, hoping that some time in the future, in some way unknown to them, the world at large may benefit and humanity be blessed. If there are men who thus will dare, there are also “those who will provide the funds, and for the pure love of encouraging researches that may be of value to mankind. If the explorers do not expect to obtain any special ‘rewards, neither do those. who put up the finances. It is largely a matter of- service, in which each one does his part in the most. fitting way and In accordance with the ability of each to do so according to' the talent in his possession. —Charleston: Mafl. :

GOLF CREDITED TO SCOTLAND

If Not Original There, the Game Was Brought to a High Degree of | Development.

A sport similar to modern golf origfnated with the Dutch, but the game generally is identified with Scotland. In fact, credit for developing golf to its present standards- and handing down lits traditions belongs }o the “land of the warring clans,” where as. early as 1457 the local parliament inveigled against its abuse. The word derived from the German kolbe, in Dutch kolf, signifies a club. Kolf is an olden pastime in Holland and Belgium, where is usually is played on the ice. ; ’ . ‘ln Scotland golf formerly was solely a “gentleman’s game,” reserved to few men, whose wealth made great courses possible. These sportsmen observed to the highest degree the ethfcal and social requirements so dear to the Scotch golfer; and on such a plane the game reached America in 1888. For many years only men of leisure played. The playing of women did not follow for a dozen years. Gradually in city parks golf ceurses were laid out, and the response of the general public was instantaneous. By 1910 many women were playing, their number constantly increasing until on some courses the Sexes are equally represented. :

ftalian Had “Kick” Coming.

The Italian workman in the backwoods of America was warned to look ‘out for rattlesnakes. He was assured, bowever, that a snake would never strike until after sounding the rattles. One day, while seated on a log eating his lunch, the Italian saw a rattlesnake. coiled ready to strike. He lifted his leg carefully, with the intention of darting away the moment the ratties’ should sound their warning. But just as his feet cleared the top of the log, the snake struck out and its fangs were | buried in the wood only a fraction of an: inch below the Italian’s trousers. ' The frightened man fled madly, but he took breath to shriek over his shoulder: : " “Idiot. Why you no ringa da bell?” : Obtains Picture of Hobson. A lifelike portrait of the quaint Cambridge carrier, Thomas Hobson, to whom we owe indirectly the phrase “Hobson’s choice,” hegs recently been acquired by the British National Portrait gallery. On the canvas appears the date 1629—tw0 years before the death, at the age of eighty-four, of Hobson. ‘ The painter is unknown, but he evidently belonged to a school with greater regard for fidelity than technique. How the famous saying arose is known. Hobson’s stables were well stocked, but his horses had to be taken by customers in strict rotation. “This or none,” was Hobson’s rule. The portrait shows & strong facp with aquiline nose, firm mouth, and kindly but courageous eyes.

Claude’s Waves.

His geas are the most beautiful in old art. For he studied tame waves, as he did tame skies, with great sincerity, and some affection; and modeled them. with more care, not only‘ than #ny other landscape painter of his day, but even than any of the great men; for they, seeing the perfect painting of sea to be impossible, gave up the attempt, and treatéd it conventionally. But Claude took ‘so much pains about this, feeling it was one of his fortes, that I supose .no one can model a small wave better than he—Ruskin. < - » Thus far the threatened frost. has not appeared and the tomato and melBﬂ" Yme. P’e“‘e' ¢ ;:.,i ‘-,G: : e:' ~ Water and muskmelons ‘are so plentiful in Ligonier market that fine specimens may be had at a very low

SILENCE AT AUCTION SALES

Bystem Employed In Holland Might ‘ Be Found of Value in the o "~ United States. :

Auction sales can now be carried on by electricity through a method that has been tried out “in ‘ Holland. The proverbial taciturnity of the people in that country accounts for the success of the method ‘there, and no doubt most people would be glad to do away with the objectionable noise that prevails at auctions,. = In the present case, the method is applied to selling eggs in the weekly markets which are held in the agricultural districts. The eggs are sold in lots of 2,600 in this case. Each bidder has a numbered seat provided with a push button and electric wiring that goes to the seller’s stand. A large dial is set up here and it contains figures around it ranging from lowest to highest prices. Near it-1s a board with corresponding sets of figures and each one of these can be lighted up by an electric lamp. - The seller explains the nature of the goods and then makes a contact to a motor device so that the hand moves very slowly over the dial. When at a certain figure, a bidder presses his button and this lights up the corresponding figure on the board and the. hand stops. Then {t goes on again and a second bidder can indicate a larger figure, and so on. The board shows at once which is the highest figure bid and an electric register also indicates the number of the seat occupled by the bidder. . <5

ARROWS MADE TO “WHISTLE”

Ingenious Device Employed by the ~Chinese in Their Conduct of " Military: Examinations.

In the Chinese collection at the American Museum of Natural History are to be found some unusually fine specimens of whistling arrows. These were sometimes known as “drum arrows” and were employed, in conneection with the drum bow, by the Chinese. in military examinations.. The arrows' are made of wood, about three feet in length, ‘have three rows of feathers extending up about a foot from the end and have heads composed of bone gr wood in which are apertures, so arranged that as the arrow passes through the air, the wind enters these holes and produces a sharp or deep sound, according to the size of the holes. . = : The drum bow used with these arrows wag shot on foot at a target consisting of six concentric leather rings, alternately red and white with a yellow center. The candidate had to shoot his arrow so that it would plerce the target. It was not counted if it merely toyched the target. : - Sell Wolverine Fur to Eskimo. - Selling furs .for consignment to the Eskimo sounds like a paradox, but that is exactly what took place at the opening day of the sale of the Canadian Fur Auction Sales, Limited. The explanation was more simple than it looked. F. H. Pingres, general manager and also auctioneer for the sale, sald that the Eskimos of Alaska have plenty of beautiful seal, fox and similar furs. : ; . But each Eskimo with any pretenslons as a beau desires above all things to have a wolverine headdress for himgelf and his favored squaws. So the Alaska dealers load up with the choicest skins they can get from the Eskimo and bring them to auction 'sales in Montreal, where they barter them for wolverine skins, which they take back to Alaska for the adornment of the Eskimo beaux and belles. The Eskimos are satisfled, and the various bartering processes are not done without profit,—Exchange.

Submarine Thawing.

The use of electricity for thawing frozen water pipes of city houses is ao longer uncommon. An unusual undertaking, however, was the successful application of the process to a six-inch submarine main, 1,700 feet long, that, resting on the bed of the East river, connects North Brother island with New York city. : When an ordinary waterpipe is to be thawed both ends are cut, and the passage of a comparatively small eleetric current through the resistant pipe metal generates enough heat to melt the ice in the pipe. Although the same general plan was followed with the frozen submarine main, all the conditlons were so different that it took five days of applylng powerful electric currents and of constant pumping with a pressure of eighty pounds to do the work. i :

Most Wonderful of All Prodigies.

An eleven-year-old Russian boy, Shuro Cherkaski, who has recently ar rived in this country, is pronounced by some well-known musicians to be the greatest piano prodigy that has ever been heard. He plays many of the. most difficult compositions with the understanding that is to be found only In old and experienced artists. His tamily was reduced to abject poverty before the lad was discovered, having parted with all their -possessions for | the purchase of fuel-and food. /' Solomon to the Summer Girl. Consider thy apparel, for fine feathers make fine birds, and no magiden . with the glad rags is as homely as the Lord made her. Yet be not extravagant in thy attire, lest some youth shall flee from thee, saying, “Wherewithal shall I get the scads to doll ap this Jane in the similitude of the i fashion plate to which she is accusTN W l Wright Black and family accoml,paniw‘"; by Mrs. Henry Black and daughter, Miss Ethel, motored to Larwell, where they were guests at # birthday dimher. = . .W. H. Longnecker, of Cromwell, is *%gl l gém' ?" . ""‘é‘”a" N e Bl Rl e

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Making Loéng Ride.

- Bert J. McCloud garbed in true cowboys style with sombrero, - spurs and riding an Arabian broncho, passed through Ligonier Saturday on his way from Los Angeles, Calif., to' New, York City, riding he claims for a wager of $6,000. The conditions are according to his story ‘that he makes the entire trip without money, not being allowed to xjwork‘nor ask for help. The, champion long-distance rider of the world sleeps by the side of his pony with a saddle for a pillow and Indian blankets as a covering. He left California April 20 and will arrive at his destination Sept. 26, covering a distance the route he is obliged to take of over 4,000 miles. McCloud ' says while crossing the Arizona desert he was once four daﬁs without food. :

Creditors Aecept Trust.

p Creditors of Governor McCray met at Indianapolis to receive the report of the temporary committee of five creditors which has been investigating the governor’s financial situation. The .committee waS(preparéd to recommend acceptance : of the two year trust jagreement proposed by Governor McCray under which he will turn over all of his property to a coigmittee of creditors and a trustee for them to adminjster until his obligations have bheen met. P

Farmer Badly Hurt.

)- ~Ernest Talmadge, farmer residing "near Stroh was quite badly injured ‘while engaged in cutting ensilage on ‘the Clifford Goodsell farm, one mile north of Mt. Pisgah. Mr. Talmadge !‘and several other workmen were near the machine when it suddenly broke iand pieces were thrown a cons_ider; able distance. On piece of the brok'en ‘machine struck Mr. Talmadge over the hip, inflicting a cut which required several stitches to close.

Regains Consciousness,

Mrs. Sue Kelley Huffman, so badly injured .in an automobile accident seven weeks ago Sunday, after six weeks of darkness, has regained consciousness and her first call was for her babe. The young lady suffered a fracture of the skull and other serjous injuries and her many Ligonier friends will be glad to learn of her improvement in a Chicago_ hospital.

Eyesight Threatened.

Homer Martin of Wolcottville, mechanic, employed at the Ford garage at Avilla, sustained a serious injury to his eye Tuesday when he was struck on the eyeball by the point of a sharp screwdriver. It was at first thought the sight would be impaired but later the condition of the injured optie was reported improving. . - Social Session Today. : The opening meeting =of the Progress Club for the season will be held this evening at Freed park and will be in the nature of a social seéssion with a picnic supper on the program. A full attendance of members is urgently’ desired. Next Luncheon Wednesday. | ‘The neéxt: regular meeting and luncheon at Hotel Ligonier of:the Chamber of Commerce wil Imeet on Wednesday noon, September 120 A good atendance is desired as there will probably be business of importance to tramsact. - - - "~ | Falls to His Death. . ; H. C. Thompson of Harvey, 111, air mailplane pilot between Cleveland and:Chicago, fell 50 feet to his death on the farm of William Waters, a mile: east. of Colton, Ohio, shortly before; noon Friday. ' : Falls Down Shaft. ; Ed Yergin of LaGrange had a close call from serious injury at the LaGrange ' county hospital, when he stepped into an open elevator shaft and fell down two stories. ; Golf Players at South Bend. Walter Hagan and Joe Kirkwood, will play a 36-hole match at Chain-O’-Lakes, South Bend, 'on Sunday, Sept. 16 with Edie Loos and Bert Meyering, ' : :

~ Beautiful woodwork, exquisite decorations and numerous other details which ! go towards ‘making the house a real home lose their respective valueif theone ~ predominating factor, ELECTRICITY, that gives real convenience is omitted. ~The architect and contractor can work out the details of beauty But the E!e a ctric Contractor puts the real enjoyment and convenience into your home with - To do without this important factor is to deprive your home of the fullest cenjoyment and pleasure. The house that is wired for complete Electric Service - 1s the home of complete comfort. Every home desires this comfort and every - Iyour house is not wired now, makela'real home out of itlby wiring at once. el cios MY RAT Y 6 e k Indiana & Michigan Electric Compan Re e eiedal L e i e e o “’%4 g S SR RR e Gl i o sl il IR e i

Lincoln Highway Opens,

The Lincoln highway is now open for a distance of about six miles south 'of Churubusco. The straw has been removed from: the surface of the concrete for quite a distance and the contractors, have commenced to grade up against the side of the pavement says the Churubusco Truth. The pavement completed is in excellent condition and will when through to Fort fvayne,' be one of the finest roads in the country. - The many sharp turns on the highway have been eliminated by laying the pavement in a gradual curve where there was an abrupt turn heretofore. The curves are all banked forming an additional saféty factor for tourists who are not acquainted with the road. =@ - \ .

The pavement has. been laid up to the G. R. & I. railroad tracks from Fort Wayne, practically * completing the pavement to the Lincoln school house. About five miles remains to be paved and the contractors estimate that all the concrete will be put in by the first of November if the weather remains favorable. = |

One to Fourteen Years.

' Charles Chaffee, of Cosperville, who faced a charge of theft in the LaGraﬁgegcircuit court was given sentence of from one to fourteen years in the state prison; was fined ten dollars and disfranchised for a period of four years. It will be remembered that Chaffe stole some rye from the farm of Edward J. Baker southeast of LaGrange several weeks ago. The defendant threw himself on the mercy of the court putting up no defense whatever. He had served time in the state institution previously,- Chaffee was downcast as he heard the sentence 'of the court and the tears rolled down his cheeks, - :

Compliments Sheriff,

‘The 'LaGrange democratic. News pays a high compliment to James Bowen, republican sheriff of that county.. Jim is an old Ligonier boy and there was never ‘any doubt here of his making good in the office. Miss ‘E&ith. Winright has returned to her home at Marshall, Mich., after spending her vacation with her grand parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pancake, Former Postmaster and Mrs. Geo. Gaby visited at the beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. John E, Pancake one day laSt week and enjoyed a famous Pancake dinner. A 2 e ————————————— £ - Go to Kiester’s place for gasoline and oil ' . _ * 19att Use artificial pure ice. Phone 100 for prcmpt delivery., e 10D Get - your transmission and differential filled at Kiester's. . 19aut Jackson will paint your automobile and make it look like new. . b2atf

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- Ford Magenetos Charged While You Wait Bosch, K. W. or Atwater Kent Ignition 'Systém insalled on your Ford car i b Exideßatteﬂu " BLAZED TRAIL GARAGE

R R e ~A;TI‘EN'D,»_THE o.‘ Elkhart County Fair and Pageant of Progress Exposition FRiand AT, Sept. 12-13-14-15 4 BIG DAYS-4 BIG NIGHTS - Half-Million Dollars in Exhibits - $15,000 in Premiumsand Purses

'BIG - FREE ' Attraction

: te G Original—New Type——loo% Meritorious . . The Most Colossal County Fairin America has i Ehan 0 g Goshen - g Indiana

> . v ‘“\ i 'Bef;Prohd of your (SN PARTY CAKE - 7 = Make It With = ' = Liaiaad - Hawpatch ’_—“ ¥ B " : © Cutting the cake is redlly the climax for the - children, and how proud you ‘aré. to cut it il ‘when you know that it will | be “just right”. Hawpatch Best Flour - Is milled to please particular people and = puts a Satistied Look on the face of the - Cook. Telephone and tell you dealer Haw- ~ patch Best Blended, Pastry, SR. M . SR. Pancake, Corn meal, Graham etc. - TOPEKA ROLLER MILL

Hombrook’s' Congress . of Western Ridersin PASTIMES of the PLAINS