Ligonier Banner., Volume 61, Number 32B, Ligonier, Noble County, 22 September 1927 — Page 4

Pays For Killing Lambs, : Ralph T. Picher of Fort Wayne who recently killed two lambs belonging to Don Prickett of Woif Lake paid $25 for the lambs Saturday and alsg costs.—Albion New Era. : ' Wood Slightly Improved Word comes from Battle Creek that the cendition of Wilbur W. Wood is slightly improved. Waco open Saturday and Sunda (Co-solidated Hardware sale this week at Weave 's Hardware. [Lon Chanrey cannot be.surpassed as an actor. See him in “Mr. Wu” tonight Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Jackson werg in Goshen Tucsday visiting friends. Mrs. Anna Summers was over from Berton Wednesday calling on Ligonier friends, A

Lost a fox terrier dog. Return to Louis Kerr ard receive reward. Phonc FOR SALE —-Upright Kimball Piano Good condition. Inquire Stones Hill Inn. 3'2btf' ...Tomatoes $1.00.. per bushel; .cabbage $2.60 per hundred at the larm. Harvey Huli, phone 799, Ligonier. ti - Ligonier residents who 'attmn‘."ed the Kerdallville fair Wednesday re port & small crowd. The Ligonier Lions Club met-today about 20 members strong for Iluncheor) at Hotel Ligonier. “Is dancing wicked?” see Ben Lyorn and Pauline Starke in “Dance Magic” at ‘Crystal Sunday and Morday.

George Yant of near Wawaka has taken a position as meat cutter in the meat market of Reed Brothers.

Marvel Gale went over to Cromwel agd visited in the homes of Lem and Orval Hursey the first of the week.

Mrs. Frank McDaniel very delightfully ertertained her bridge club at her home Wednesday afternoon.

Gilbert- Darnell was in Sidney Ohic several days this week on business for the Ligonier Refrigerator company. e :

Mrs. Leland Calbeck was taken to the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne by Dr. Lare last night for medical treatment.

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Harrison of St. Paul Minnesota drove to Ligonier :to visit his brother W. C. B Harrison ard family at Diamond lake. !

Clarence C. Lung and Samuel Cox of Ligonier were out on a missior for the International Bible Students association Sunday through Elkhart township. :

Mrs. Henry Burket ard daughters Miss Marie and Mrs. Lena Keasey and Miss Katherine Keasey are home from a pleasant ten day motor trip with relatives in Ohio.

P. J. Petrick arrived from Pocatello Idaho to join Mrs. Petrick who hag been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smalley. The Petrick family will leave for home Monday.

Richard Lake Jr., left on Weduesday evening for Annapolis Naval Acadamy where he enters for his third year after.a months visit here with his parents Mr. ard Mrs. Richard Lake on Lincoln Way West.

Elder George A. Bretz. and Mirs. Bretz former Noble county residents but whe* for the past ten years have resided in Los Angeles (Calif. are here for a short visit with friends. They were guests on Wednesday of Mr. agd Mrs. Walter Robinson and are spending today with Mrs. Catherine Shaw near Wawaka. :

Ligonier's local Chevrolet dealers Albert F. Turrell & Co have been presented with a medal trophy by the Chevrolet Motor company for making 100% on their quota for the month of August. The Chevrolet Co., is conducting a national sales campaign during the months of August and September aryd officially commending those of their dealers who attain their quotas. Waco open Saturday and Sunda

; V_Ye A:‘: giil\]rea josition , — Job i—;rznzz’lz,q, Prompt and Careful Attention T sy | Eampeatiee

Deceptive Moon

The moon's halo is deceptive, and no wise man judges tomorrow’s weather by it. Although the halo often appears before a storm, the starm does net wait for thé halo and frequently comes unannounced. There dre such things as “clearing” halos, when the halos precede good weather, As someone has observed, “You can only really know it's raining when it's wet.”

Earliest Slot Machine

Coin-in-the-slot = machines . were known 200 years 8.C., and it is probable that Ctesibius invented them. They were used to dispense purifying water to Egyptian worshipers as they entered the temple. Five drachmae had to be dropped in the machine in order to receive the liquid. Slot machines did not come into general use until about 100 years ago.

Profit by Past Errors

Never regret a mistake or waste time thinking about how sorry you are you made one. Make a decision, then act. If you are wrong, admit your mistake or error; then go ahead and do the right thing as you see it. Never bluff or try to cover up your mistal:es. Mistakes profit you if you profit by them.—Charles M. Schwab.

College of Experience

The marquis of Reading, who made his first voyage to India as cabin boy on an old clipper ship and in after years returned to that country as viceroy, asserted that he learned more during his two years before the mast than he probably would have done in the world’s greatest college.

Made Famous by Ballad

“Vicar of Bray” was the name given to the parson in Berkshire, England. whose real name was Simon Aleyn. who lis said to have twice changed his creed and allegiance in order to suit the political changes of wuncertaln times. He is the subject of a humorous old English ballad.

Valuable Alloy

German silver is_an alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc. It is largely used in the manufacture of spoons and forks, teapots, and similar articles. It is readily attacked by vinegar and other acids, and for that reason forks and spoons made of this material are usually silver plated.

This Flaming Age

The sad plight of the wife of the editor of one of the sex magazines has been reported to us. ‘The other night she said to him wistfully, “Henry, you never make love to me any more,” to be put off with, “Darling, T don’t like to talk shop at home.”"—The New Yorker, - 2

Protection in Talisman

Talisman is a charm usually consisting of a figure engraved upon stone or cast in metal. The use of the charm is closely connected with astrology. and it was generally believed in the Middle ages that the talisman protected its wearer from evil spirits.

Expensive Cutting

“Pictures cut from forgotten books are fine for decorating waste baskets,” says a household advisor in the Woman'’s Home Companion. “Two or three years ago a long-forgotten book fouud near Boston sold for $16,000,” replied a cautious editor. ;

Early American Visitors

Besides the Norsemen, the Welsh are believed to have visited America before Columbus, according to Liberty. Madoc, a Welsh chief, came to America and made a settlement in Virginia in the Twelfth century, according to tradition.

Secret Disclosed

The reason you don’t wear diamonds with your pearls is that they scratch so. No matter how long and heavy your rope of pearls may be they look horrid all diamond scratches.—Woman’s Home Companion.

Witches’ Meeting Place

Brocken, the traditional meeting place of the witches on Walpurgis night, April 30, in the Hartz mountains in the province of Saxony, is the highest peak in northern Germany. Its height is 3,745 feet.

Shrew Needs Much Food

' Smithsonian institutibn says that the shrew, for its size, eats a greater amount of cencentrated foods than any other mammal. If deprived of _food it will die of starvation within ‘halt hoday, -

Early Insurance Company

The Insurance Company of North America, formed in 1792, in Philadelphia, was the first joint-stock company formed in the United States. It had a capital stock of $600,000.

Oh, Man!

When tumult agitates the scene, we sigh for peace once more: when life Is pleasant and serene, we say that it's a bore.—Boston Transcript.

How to Recognize One

A philosopher is a fellow that is never quite gure of the things he tries to prove to you—Baltimore Evening Sun.

Like Political Platforms

To the wooden-headed everything is 8 knotty problem.—Farm and Firegde. MR e T

“The Big Parade” will be shown at The .Crystal very soon. Watch for it. i e

- Lost—Cut steel hand bag ivory enamel pink roge and green leaves. Contained weight card and 15 cents. Reward. James Simpson. »

Mascots of 'Long Ago

" Though mascots are popular, it is a mistake to suppose that they are a modern idea. Their origin dates back to the dawn ef history. Helen of Troy, according to the legend. had a golden snake wlich she tovk with her for luck wherevef she went. The recent discoveries in the tombs of the kings of Egypt point to the possibility of mascots being favored by the queens of the pharaohs.

Gulf Stream Visible

In the narrowest part of the channel off Cape Florida, the Gulf stream aprronches the coast to within 15 miles and I 8 sometimes visible from the shore. The breadth of the Gulf stream at its narrowest point is about 50 miles. There i 8 no disturbance at the edge of the streanm where it joins the oceuan. It is easily distinguisbed. however, by reason of its deep blue color. : :

Restoring Faded Writing

Faded writing may be restored in the following manner: Lay the paper flat and dampen it evenly with cold water. Brush over the writing with a camel’s halr brush dipped in a solution of ammonia, and the writing will appear plain and readable. Fresh applications are necessary on ordinary writing paper, L

Seeing Otliers’ Viewpoint

The ecapacity to look on both sides of a question is the attribute of all fair-minded men and women. Stubbornness is usually the mark of the tyrant. The refusal to budge from a position once taken up, or to admit that there can be any other view than one’s own, is mere stupidity.—Exchange. : . ‘

Oysters

An oyster lays about 60,000,000 eggs a year. If just ome oyster were. left alone by all and sundry, says Professor Lull, until it had great-great-grand-children, their shells would make a pile eight times the size of the earth. Fortunately, the infant mortality rate among oysters is very high.

Wood for Tobacco Pipes The root used in mafilng tobacco pipes and commonly called briar, is not the root of a briar but of a tree found near the Mediterranean in southern Europe. The name of the tree is the French word “bryer,” and the English name briar is a corruption of the French word. %

NarcoZic in Lettuce

. Many will be surprised to learn that lettuce, one of the commonest of vegetables, is narcotic. The juice of the lettuce, according to an answered question in Liberty, contains a feeble narcotic, which will produce heaviness and sleep if taken in large quantities,

Virtues Underestimated

Usefulness and happiness are true measures of success. They are within the reach of every man. Indeed, they generally can be had for the taking. Because of this, perhaps, they are too frequently underestimated, especially by the ambitious.—Grit.

Tramps of Space

Comets are strange bodfes that baffie even the minds of those behind the huge telescopes in the observatories. Traveling at a dizzy speed, they rush toward the sun, travel around it, and then return to the distant spaces from which they emerged.

Woman’s Way

~After 8 man has hung the new drapes perfectly, a woman is some cne who sits on the other side of the room and suggests that the one on the left be moved an eighth of an inch one way or the other.—Detroit News.

“Philippics”

Any discourse “or declamation abounding in acrimonious invective ia known as a philippic because of a series of famous orations of Demosthenes, the Greek orator, denouncing Philip, king of Macedon.

Appropriately Named

Cape Verde, the most westerly point on the African coast, was given its name because it is crowned with g growth of verdure and trees that stand out in contrast with the white of thq adjoining country.

Bell’s Great Antiquity

The oldest musical instrument is the bell, according to Liberty. Bronze bells have been found in Assyrian ex: cavations and in mummy cases, cen turies old, in Egypt. ;

Tracing Term “Bachelor”

The origin of the term “bachelor” iy uncertain. One explanation is that if is assoclated with the old French word “bachelor,” which originally meant & young man.

Satisfying Hubby

Have you heard of the young wife who cooked three eggs nine minutes because her fussy husband wanted each egg cooked three minutes?—The Outlook,

Explosives

- The man who gets hot under th¢ collar can't afford to have it celluloid —Farm and Fireside."

; Thought for Today True repentance also involves re form.—Hosen Ballou,

’ “Dance Magic” with Ben Lyon and Pauline Starke at Crystal Surday and 'Monday.

l Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wagoner arrived ‘home Monday evening from Niles, !Michigan where they spent three days with their son Dean and family.

THE LIGONIER BANNER, LIGONIER, INDIANA.

ot Fievgl “You have made your hero too Inflammable, I'm afraid,” sald the critic to the young author. “To begin with, he has a lantern jaw. In chapter two his whole face lit up; in chapter three his cheeks flamed. He gave a burning glance in chapter ten; and after blazIng with wrath and boiling with rage ke administered a scorching rebuke in the last five pages.”

Not Peculiar to: Bible

‘The Bible uses the terminal of words “eth” no more than any other literature of the period at the time the King James or authorized version of the Bible was made. At this time such expressions as “The wind bloweth whither it listeth,” instead of “The wind blows as it lists,” were in common use both in sacred and secular literature. e .

lodine in Foods

Sea foods, agar (Japanese seaweed) and Irish moss are rich in lodine. It is also present in milk, whole grains, green peas, green beans, bananas, asparagus, tomatoes, garlic, white cabbage, mushrooms, strawberrles, carrots, sorrel, leeks grapes, artichokes, pears, white dried beans, lettuce, ‘beets, turnips, melons, radishes, parsley and potatoes. ' : :

Costly Circus Animals

| A lion performing in a circus act is worth about $2,000, according to a famous lion tamer quoted in an article in Liberty. Tigers, bears and leopards, he says, are valued approximately at as much, and it is not unusual for a large circus to have from $l5O, 000 to-$200.,000 invested in animal acts,

Be Reasonable

“Sweet reasonahleness” is oneé of the gifts most enviable, most to be coveted and cultivated. Goldsmith says of his village schoolmaster that, “even though vanquished, he could argue still,” a sure sign that this high-cock-alorum fellow was in quest of victory rather than truth.—Exchange.

Nibble Too Much

Women about the house are always nibbling at something and,-therefore, eat too much, says Dr. James Fenton, medical officer of health for Kensington, London, England, addressing an assemblage composed largely of women at the Jlncerporated Institute of Hygiene, '

Brain a Rapid Worker

- Assuming you began to think consciously ‘at the age of five, then at thirty, if you have done an average amount of thinking, your *“impresslons” would number about 1,920,000, 000. Those whose work is entirely mental would double those figures,

Busy With K ands and Feet

“Speaking of lixed metaphors,” writes .E. 8., “this from a South African paper may interest you. It is part of an..qbituary.notice: ‘The impartial foot of death stepped into the little family and snatched its head with a relentless hand.'” .

Handkerchief in History

' Acecording to Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, noted lexicographer, the use of the handkerchief is derived from the Chinese. In. its primitive -silk tissue and paper form, this article was common in China long before the Christian era. ' G

Hen Lays Eggs for Pony

A partnership between a hen and a pony has been formed on the dairy farm of George Sheppard near Gosport, England. They spend much time together and she affectionately lays eggs in his manger, and he eats them with great gusto.

Bird Natural Mimic

The biological survey says that a mocking bird’s song is both natural and imitative. It has a good song of its own, but it is such an incessant mimic that it would rather imitate than sing its own song,

Test Bridegroom’s Nerve

A prospective native bridegroom in Madagascar must stand before a spearman who throws a sharp-pointed shaft at him. Fe must show no fear, and must catch the weapon between his arm ang his side.

French African Colony

The Ivory coast is a French West African possession situated between Liberia and the British Gold ecoast. Its area is 121,976 square miles and it has a popuiation of 1,545,680, of whom 1,053 are Europeans.

Sad, but True

“Such is human jealousy,” said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “that a discreet friend may be unable to render you a service unless he conceals hig friendship.”—Washington Star.

Dollar:. for Doll Trust “More rag dolls sold than ever” headlines a newspaper, sclving at last the mystery of wliut the sawmills do with the sawdust they used to sell to saloons.—Farm u;r.d Fireside. Think it Over

.~ He is greatest whose strength car ries up the most hearts by the attrac tion of his own. 1 . Age of Daception Everything in (e world deceives you but good fvood.—Woman’s Home Companion. . o

| See Johri Gilbert and Renee Adoree lin “The Show” at Crystal Friday and Saturday. - : | b - 'Will Sack _and Frank Vondersmitl) of the TriNCity band are in Kens dallville today playing with a band at the fair. ] s

", SMATTERINGS

. This earth is our inn, not our home, ~J. H. Vincent. ‘ No man deserves success who can be spoiled by it. Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new—Milton, The poet’s new suit is often only an “Owed to a Tailor.” No man can be wise on an empty stomach.—George Eliot. . We can scarcely be utterly dogmatle in such an gncertain world. . Love can make us fiends as well as angels.—Charles Kingsley. No two mirrors are alike. They are as different as human beings. Teeth resemble verbs; they are either regular, irregular, or defective. It isn't always the coat that makes the man—sometimes it's the padding. The smile of a woinan is not always what it appears to be on the surface.

It Is easy to be content with what we have; it's what we haven't that worries us. : o It is easier to listen to some one telling about a show If he is making fun of it. :

If people don’t argue with you, maybe they don’t.think you’ are worth convineing, - : .

We like slipping, but not falling; our real desire is to be tempted enough.—Hare, Marry a 2 man who has lived in a boarding house. He will appreciate any kind of home cooking. : Travel i 3 a great education and its charm is doubled if you are able to write about it entertainingly. He who tells what he would do it he were in your place seldom knows what to do on his own place. .

HUMOR FOUND EVEN BEHIND GRIM BARS

Rev. Eustace Jervis, at one time or another chaplain at some of the largest - English jails, tells these two stories -in his book, “Twenty-five Years in Six Prisons”:

There was a very refined but sad looking doctor at one prison. A man who was under sentence of death complained of toothache. He asked the doctor if he would take the tooth out for him. The doctor looked at him sadly for a moment or two, and said: _“Do you really think that it is worth while?”’ v

A wife whose husband was “doing” three years wrote that she would have nothing to do with him when he came out. She said she had met a very nice gentleman, who had taken her and the three children to live with him. They had tea for dinner every night, he took them to the pictures, and had bought the children new clothes and boots. She had never been so happy and comfortable and cured for In 'her life. After bidding him farewell, she signed herself: “Your broken-hearted wife, Clara.”

Ancient Hebrew Pottery

The Mispah expedition of the Pacific school of religion has discovered a rich store of Israelite pottery. Prof. William Bade, leader of the expedi. tion, has decided to continue the work of excavation. Near the ancient Semitic temple at Tel-en-anshen two closed cisterns, hewn out of the bed rock, were found by the scientists. The governor of Jerusalem, recognizing the importance of the discovery, accepted an invitation to open the cistrns immediately. They were found to contain many fine specimens of pottery. Several forms of the pottery are entirely new to ceramics in the Near East. .

The Majority

“Energy and courage bring sure success In America,” sald Secretary Hoover at a dinner in New York. “That’s why so many foreigners want to immigrate here. e “Qur failures are generally lazy and faint-hearted. A famous doctor who labors 18 hours a day said to me the other evening: : “‘Worry kills more people than work.’ = : Then he laughed and added: “ ‘More people worry than work.”

Remarkable Family Group

Elmer Kaler, a Rockland (Maine) man, boasts of having a great-grand-mother, a grandmother, a mother and a baby boy, making one of the few five-generation groups. The greatgrandmother. Mrs. Merey Tells, is pninety-four years old and Russell Kaler Is two years old. Just twentythree years separate each of the births of the members of this group.

Wedding School Affair

Miss Ola Sunshine Thomas, teacher in a rural school near Los Angeles, became a bride on the last day of the term. Her wedding took placé in the schoolroom, with each pupil in the class taking some part in the ceremony, G A ,

Also Threatened

. Larry—Listen to. that dog howl when he plays the piano. : Henry—That reminds me. My wife sings to the piano, too.

Crowding Londoners

Statisticians have suceceeded in figuring out that out of every 10,000 people included in the London census, 222 are Scotch and 230 Irish.

Satisfied With Her Taste . “Why do you allow your wife to plck your company?” . . “:?he's a good judge—she picked me.

John Gilbert in *“The Show” a thrilling story of Carnival life at Crystal Friday and Saturday. -

FOR - SALE—Queen Anr; Dining room suit, Globe range like new 3 bargain. . Mrs. John Graffmiller R. R. & : 32a2t*

. NOTICE To introduce our Radio Service, bring or mail this slip with your name and address and you will be entitled to one service call FREE. . KIESTER ELECTRIC SHOP , Phone 481 YomNgme .. . . -

; ° Razor Free = Send us the name of ‘your Base Burner and we will mail you free of charge a safety razor. Weavers Hardware. L e ~ Waco open Saturday and Sunday. Call Chet Hile for local and long distance hauling, phone 440. -42 d FOR SALE—German police dog. Pat;c_ake. » 32h2t Mrs. J. L. Cavin was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. - Wanted to ‘rent’-3 or 4 unfurnished living rooms. Close in. 2 Lon Chaney in “Mr. Wu” a splendid and beautiful picture at Crystal tonight. ' ; Janice Cass is sperding this week in Kgndallville the guest of Miss Betty Coleman. :

Fine farm for sale cheap by owner. . Write Leman C. Bishop, St Johns, Mich. . 30b4t

Be sure to see John Gilbert land Renee Adoree in “The Show’’ Friday and Saturday. veL

FOR SALE—Dry Oak and hickory wood. Enquire Peter Regula or phone Kimmell exchange. . 29a8t*

. Mrs. Frank McDardel entertained the members of her bridge club with a picnic luncheon at her home ony Wednesday. e

Mrs. Walter Robinson will entertain the’ members of her bridge club at hep home on Lincoln Way West en Friday evening. : ; ;

Miss Maude Middleton and Mrs. Albert Turrell are entertaining thd members of their circle at the John Hoffman home on Friday afterrpon.

FOR SALE—Biggest bargain on Wawasee on Morrison Island. Sell for $20.00 per month. Guarantee advance of $lOOO.OO in year. Ellwood George, Syracuse Ind. = : 31a4t

Mrs. Bruce Schutt and Mrs. C. D. Lane returned on Monday from spend ing the week end in BloOmingto’n where they were guests of James schutt and Bonnie Lane. B

‘Mr. and Mrs. Howard Herald amd son Carlyle have been on a visit with the families of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Herald and Mr. and Mrs. - Braden Franks in Elkhart township. :

“The Night of Love” with Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky the screen’s greatest lovers in one of the most beautiful pictures ever made. A beauty feast for the eye at Crystal next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. : o :

Mrs. Keorge Longerpcker and little granddaughter Patty Ann left on Wed» nesday for Chicago where they will be guests for a week of Rusgell ard Leo Longnecker and: Mrs.' Forris Remley. . ; .

Miss Elizabeth Draim was taken tg the Goshen hospital in the Henney & Surfus ambulance on Wedneésday ever ing where at one o”clock she submitt: ed to an appendicites operation. Word comes from the hospital this morning that her condition is favorable.

Dr. Maurice Blue VETERINARIAN Office: Justamere Farm. Phone: Ligonier 857

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on the 3 e Bargain Counter ' 200 acres one-quarter of a mile ‘south of Syracuse, on the cement road to Webster, with a fine set of ‘buildings. =~ Also 70. acres of mint land which can be sold separate from this farm. 145 acres two and one-haflf miles west on the Lincoln Highway from Ligonier with good set of buildings. }_iGood goil. .- 127 acres north of Albion on State ‘Road. Fair set of buildings. " 120 acres east of Skinner Lake and one and one-half miles south 'om State Road to Avilla. Fine set of buildings. ; : & ‘4O acres two and one-half miles northwest of Cromwell. Fair -set of buildings. ; 43 acres one-quarter of a mile west of Cromwell with fine set of buildings. 1 el - - If interested see * 5 ‘ SIMON SCHLOSS ; e Citizens Bank LIGONIER E INDIANA