The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 June 1924 — Page 4

the daiey banker, ommcaru; wwaka, Monday, june. i6,

1924.

Shadows in Oil Do

Not at Once Fade |

Silk Sleeveless and Slipover SWEATERS All colors and sizes. Values up to $6.00. Slightly imperfect. On sale at $2.49 S. C. PREVO & SONS

I'rPtk shadow* that do not fad* I away at once when the objects that I <^st them are removed are described , fry S. Leonard Basttn In SC Nicholas i (New York). We read: “In the great oil regions of Call- I fornla, pools of crude petroleum are quite commonly seen. Here the oil Is allowed to remain until It Is stored away in barrels. One of the curlosl- \ ties of the district Is the freak sha- | dow which these ponds of crude oil produce. If, when the sun is shining brightly, a person stands so that his shadow falls across the surface of the petroleum, a very remarkable thing ! happens. Should the Individual change his place, strange to say, the first shadow remains on the oil, while the j person casts a second slfadow from his i new position. The longer the Individual has been standing by the oil pond, the longer will the original shadow remain. The explanation of the mystery Is simple: Under the Influence of the hot sun, gas is freely produced In the crude oil. This rises to the surface in the form of millions of bubbles far too minute to be noticed by the human eye. When a shadow Is cast over the surface of the petroleum the temperature Is reduced, and this has the effect of checking the production of bubbles. The result is that the shaded area looks different from the part which Is exposed to the sun. Now, when the person moves, the temperature of the oil which has been shielded from the sun does not at once get back to'Its former warmth. It takes a little time to heat, and, until this actually happens, the shadow effect persists, giving the curious appearance which has been described.—Literary

Digest.

MANY SEMI-SPORTS STYLES INVADE THE SUMMER MODES

TN SUITS and day dresses, coats and millinery for summer wear, we 2io£ a flavor of sports styles ^every■'Wfce.’v present. There is a middle •rfr*'md between the tailored mode and steal sports wear, which fashion takes fa most kindly—and the designers of <H«thos for outdooring govern themaelves accordingly. They are turning seat aLat have been best described aui ‘semi-sports styles” which prove ta be so adaptable and accommodating tfiat one may wear them almost any where. A suit and a street dress as shown In the picture (both made of flannel), •reveal .the assertiveness and the reaerve that combine to make semi-itsfror-3 styles. The suit is as simple «s possible, a plain straight coat in company with a plain straight skirt, which would certainly be commonplace if each garment were not bordered wttt bands in contrasting and fascinating colors. There are many color combinattuns offered In suits like this, with tan, brown and all kindred tones,

gray and beige, presenting themselves as backgrounds for bands in the season's higher colors. With a suit of this kind one may elect to wear either a sports or a street hat, and footwear which also will emphasize the tailored or the sports aspect of ( the costume. Striped flannels seem to belong to sports dress and It is not so easy to convert them Into tailored frocks. But color is a factor to he reckoned with In them and they bring much grist to the mill of the designer of semi-sports clothes. The straightline dress pictured appropriates a tailored decoration, in the long row of buttons from neck to hem and In the dainty batiste collar and cuffs, worn with it. Shoes, hat and strand of beads, all proclaim Its Intention of doing service as a street dress. But one can easily imagine it with a little felt sports hut, and the proper sports shoes, vieIng with regular sports clothes—upon occasion. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (S), 1924, Westorn Newntwiwr Union.)

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PREVO & THOMAS FUNERAL DIRECTORS Ambulance Service Phones—Office 305, Res. 93

ENGLISHMAN

i difficult situation which has arisen as the result of the refusal of the

m*¥Tnrr» * rwi i British forei S n office to remove H. Ifll IS I I FA Vr C ' Cummins > its semi-official repre- * l-it-ifm f I i gentative, at the request of the Ob-

regon government.

Bermudez will ask Foreign Minister Saenz that Cummins be given 18 hours to leave the country “in a manner befitting his position.’' The Obregon government, despite

MEXICO Cm', June 16.—The British legation here today remained in a state of seizure, surrounded by police and secret service agents, ths

food supply low and telephone wires : a note from Norman King, British

j consul general, demanding an ex-

Sfforts were being made by Min- planatior. of the Cummins expulsion iater Bermudez of Chile to settle the order remains adameni. toMtefigr

Easy to Tell Fortune Shown by Tea Leaves The custom of telling fortunes from tea leaves left in the cups Is by no means on the wane. It is a simple matter to memorize most of the signs, and a good Imagination Is, also of

great assistance.

Leaves In the form of a train are said to mean either a journey or the arrival or departure of some one In whom you are Interested. A snake Indicates enemies.’ Doves are supposed to be lucky, and so ore stars, the crescent moon, and horseshoes, says London Tit-Bits. Nows from abroad Is often foreshadowed by a tent. Shoes mean a Journey. If the cup Is clear all round j It Is said to be a good sign. Gloves j Indicate a meeting with strangera, while stockings usually foreshadow

presents.

Chairs mean visitors; keys new undertakings. Initials are usually deemed to be lucky. Black clusters of trees mean gatherings, but may also be taken to mean a cluster of worries.

ORANGE industry boomed CENTURY AGO AT BAHL\.— About a century ago at Bahia In Brazil, a new orange appeared. The fruit was a freak, without seed. To the knowing in orange growing, however, this orange suggested much. Nevertheless It was fifty years before William Saunders, chief of the government’s propagating station In Washington, got twelve of the trees producing this fruit into the country. These died, but others were reproduced, and two trees were sent to California In 1873. Rich in romance of Its settlement, California can number these trees as two of the most important things that ever cross'd the continent. They gave birth to the entire navel orange Industry of the western state. Still alive today and hearing fruit, these trees are responsible for a large percentage of the groves which cover nearly 200,000 acres of California’s soil. Florida was the early center of the orange industry of the Unite! States. It rapidly advance! to contend at home with the fruit from the Mediter-

ranean.

,Tust ns It was threatening invasion of tho markets of Europe came the freezing winter of 181)4-' The crop failed. For the i ext decade It was an up hill kittle to repair the less. Confidence restored, however, the orange Industry of this soutl tu state is again on a

hnsis. Louisiana’s groves ■ed also from the cold winmi the state has only re- ■ come forward again. Ilfornla a citrus Industry iting more than two million dollars of capemploying nearly 50,000 was built up. Oranges most important figure

Timepieces Ate Given Most Rigorous Tests Anyone uiay send his watch to the bureau of standards for a test to as certain whether It as a timepiece of the highest grade,, designated as "class A." This privilege Is used chiefly by watch manufacturers, who are thereby enabled to furnish each tested timepiece with a, government certificate. To ascertain the accuracy of a timepiece it is placed In a large glassfront refrigerator, equipped with automatic devices that keep the temperature at a fixed point, In which the watch “runs” for stated periods at various degrees of heat and cold. When the regulator has been set, the flow of cold air from the Ice chest above the watch chamber is controlled by a thermostatic device, and, when necessary, warm air is introduced from the outside. The three temperatures at which all watches undergoing the test are kept are 45, 70 and 05 degrees Fahrenheit. To qualify in “class A” a watch must not vary more than four or five seconds from correct time, and, in addition, It must b* able to repeat Its performance In a variety of positions and under varying conditions. Ln all there are eleven specifications in the test, some of them Involving technical calculations. Any variance made by the watches under test from correct time Is recorded by means of a chronograph.—Washington Slur.

A SPECIAL JUDGE

Judge James P. Hughes will go to Danville tomorrow to act as special judge in a case in the Hendrix Circuit Court. o COMMUNISTS KICKED OUT

FARMER LABOR PARTY ON EVE OF CONVENTION THROWS OUT OF THIRD PARTY

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In It The western state came forward to supply four-fifths of the !i ne demand for the yellow fruit and to compete In foreign mark'is.—Nature Magazine.

H©w to Start Avalanche AvuUtnfhes are sometimes started

by trlvl.-.l causes. Even a whisper has been kt wn to set them off and lives have ben lost by a climber shouting to his ompanlons when crossing a snow f/pe. The starting of an avn lancha ihlch a few years ago overwhelm! 1 a caravan of sleighs In an Alpine pass was attributed to the tinkle of sleigh hells, and ever since the use of hells on this route has been prohibited. Newcomers to Switzerland often Inquire what purpose is

Italian Genius Came to Aid of British Library The British museum library Is the j first library of the modern world. Like many other British institutions, | it owes much of its greatness to a 1 foreigner, Anthony 1’anizzi, a renegade | Italian. Born at Modena In 1707, ■ Paniz/.l became a student at Burma, ! nrd i) n joined a revolutionary move- ! ment in his native duchy. ! The revolution failed and Panlzzl ..fled; first to Switzerland and then across Europe, arriving in a destitute | condition in London, lie became a I teacher of Italian, received an appointj ment at the library, and came Into | power as its keeper In the first year of Queen Victoria’s reign. At that time the library, which had been founded In 1753, was languishing for want of Intelligent supervision. It contained a valuable collection of some 250,000 books, but the cataloguing and arrangements for reference

were had.

When Panlzzl left its sen-ice, some thirty years later, It contained 650,000 volumes, housed under a single dome. This dome, which Is second only In size to that of St. Peter's, Rome, was one of the many clever ideas of Panlzzl, who was altogether a remarkable char acter.» He was knighted some time before his death in 1870.

ST. PAUL, Minn., June 16.—The communist party—attacked strongly by Senator Robert M. Lafollette— was kicked out of the farmer-labor third party convention here today on the eve of its assembly. Organizers of the convention served notice upon the communist delegates that they could not enter the convention under the banner of their

party.

All the communists, however, as members of various trade unions, will be permitted to participate m the gathering if they present credentials from their unions. o BALLOONS DRIFTING

• l germanyIs RECOVERING FROM W1NTI ERALLY ARE IMPROYixqJ OPEN WEATHER ASSIS And With Everybody Getting R a l Mork. the Need of Public Help! Growing Less Each Month '

RACERS IN GORDON-BENNET CLP RACE <>Y ER HISTORIC BATTLE FIELDS

BERLIN* June IG.—Germ. v . rapidly recovering from her fall)

winter “starvation.”

Unemployment is nc w c J

less than in England, n

getting down to a pr< -vs ■ • j In Berlin, it is now no ereatetT

before the war.

Stability of the rentenmarkl made it possible for the city get sufficient foods from the col and from abroad. | winter, the cry of starvation v part due to . to the fact ■ the indu tri H ation threw many out of world There was a certain pinch few months, but German;.- „<■■ aid not care for theii | could ha\ . T i- i - by professional child feeders. Now, that nearly everybo

again at work, the is diminishing. It dimmer since the

shelved that Gem

starvatio:

I sound, and can . BRUSSELS, June 16.—-Contest- j front if iriven ants in the international balloon j ? p ace an( j a f race for the Gordon-Bennett cup lift.

Origin of Perfume

To the (ireeks, who attributed the served by the little barriers dotted

about the mountain slopes. These are

origin of perfume to a drop of nectar spilt at a feast of the gods of Cupid, 1 we owe the addition of flower fragrance to the ll|t of perfume materials, observes the Detroit News. Their refined sense of smell demanded more delicate scents than the strong fragrance of spices and heavy animal odors, as musk, one of the oldest and best known perfumes at that time and still popular In the Orient. Iris, rose, crocus, violet and also the aromatic plants, thyme and marjoram were fa- i

vorlte scents with them.

Then came the Dark ages—even for j perfumers and perfumes, as the nnni-! ral and Inevitable result of Roman ex ' travngance. The art of perfuming j was lost, not to have rebirth until Re-

naissance days and the time of th«! ered a famed Florentine perfumer, Renl, who,; fuelled,

history tells us, accompanied the four-teen-year-old Catherine de Medici to

France as court perfumer.

the avalanche breakers, without which traffic on many of the Alpine lines and passes would be impossible for part of the year. It would be futile to plnee obstructions across the foot of the track taken by an avalanche. Once the mass has gained momentum It sweeps all before It. So thick stone Birders are built on the slopes of the

mountains.—Detroit News.

How Depth Is Measured

The depth of the ocean is measured by a long, thin wire, which is wound on a drum so that when wound up it Is like the thread on a spool. At the end of this wire which Is low-

heavy leaden weight Is atThe ship must be perfect-

ly still so that the wire will go direct to the bottom and not at an angle. The leaden weight pulls the

^ I wire off the spool until it hits the d t rt S' * Li- bottom. There is a counter arrangeou Une Uot Him \ ment on the spool which shows the At sixteen the girl Is a woman; at number of times tho lengths of the twenty-five. If still unmarried, she Is u - lre hRve been taken off the spool u girl,” sternly said the philosophical ! . inil t , lus indicates the entire length youth, who had devoted much time to j nf wlr0 whlch h ns descended In thinking. “She will face death with- thi8 way thp of t)lP ocean at out a tremor and swoon at the sight , that po | nt ls nS eertni n ed. of a mouse. The only time she does j

what you expect her to do Is when you expect her to do what you do not expect her to do. The only reason she does anything is because she doesn’t know why she does It. She Jumps at conclusions and always lands on them, because when the conclusion skips to one side In an endeavor to ovoid her It gets squarely In her way. Thu only man who understands a woman Is lie who understands that he doesn’t

understand her, and lets It go at t News Note: Two weeks hate 1 married one of them.—Country

tleman.

Not to Be Outdone It was the last day of school before annual spring vacation and a teacher In the junior high school at Anderson was having little success with a class of pupils whose thoughts were bent more on the vacation than on studies With the training iof a first-rate schoolmistress she feigned that all was well with her, but school children are not “fooled” by a teacher. Just ns the last class of the day adjourned, she made this remark to the students: •*,,. «■*-. ' “I hope you all have a very enjoyable spring vacation, and hope that when you come back you’ll be In your right minds—” “Same to you,” the children replied In unison.—Indianapolis News.

Fruitful Land

It hns been said that there Is no place In South Africa where some variety fruit will not grow and thrive. Apples, apricots, avocado pears, bananas, cherries, gooseberries, figs, grapefruit, lemons,* limes, pineapples, plnms, quinces, melons, olives, oranges and peaches are grown In the Union on

a comiverelal scale.

One of the greatest advantages held by South Africa ns a fruit exporting country is that, owing to Its geographical position, Its products reach the British market in the off season, and mny also reach the United States. The trade has been remunerative de

dpt” or he

How an Alligator Breathes The New York Zoological Bark says that If an alligator hns lieen In n quiet

mood and the blood is well aerated I spite heavy spoilage. and there Is steady respiration, It I

might be possible for the animal to remain under water for half an hour’s time. In hibernating these animals go into holes, where they can breathe. This is different from frogs and toads, which actually hibernate under water, hut these creatures are provided with

Annuity Idea Old Historically, annuities antedate life Insurance by far, says the World's Work. It Is thought that the great development of banking facilities In Assyria and Babylonia must have provided annuities. The first definite mention of them, however, was 40 H. 0. in Rome, and Is of such a character as to Justify a belief that they had been long In use. In the Middle ages kingdoms, mun' polities and bankers obtained money by selling annuities for life or terms of years. It is said that England’s national existence during the wars of Wllllnm of Orange was largely maintained through the money obtained by selling annuities. At that the values of such contracts were deterrafned without scientific calcoU-

latlen.

j aerated blood through the skin, while J the alligator Is covered with scales or plates and must depend upon the

lungs.

How Many Generations? Q-—How many generations have there been since the people In the Mayflower landed? A.—A generation Is reckoned by some as thirty-three years, and by others as twenty-five years. Actually there might be quite a variation in the number of generations of descendants In the different Mayflower families. In 300 years there might be from eight to fifteen generations.

How Sixes and Sevens Started The original form of the expression “stees and sevens" was “to set on six and seven.” It Is based on the language of rtlctog. and Is probably a corruption of “to set on cinque and sice,” these being the highest numbers. The present form has been used since the Eighteenth century.

Guard Against Poison There are many schemes for marking poison bottles, hut here Is one (If the safest and best. By the simple means of pasting a strip of sandpaper over the face of bottles containing poison, says Science and Invention, the danger of getting a bottle by mistake, even on account of darkness, is eliminated. Persons grasping the bottle will receive no discomfort, but will get sufficient warning us to Its poisonous contents. Most of the body of the bottle should be covered with sandpaper. A small label designating the poison should be pasted somewhere above the sandpaper. His Hard Luck “Take a chance on a raffle, will yn?” asked the stranger. "No, sir,” replied Levi. "I never took but one chance on a raffle and I won that time." ""ell, If you are lucky, why don’t T<tt] take another chancer asked the

stranger.

“Never will I take another chance on a raffle,” announced Levi, “The time I tsok the chance a man raffled off a house, a lot, a horse, a wagon, a cow »nd a hog. And T won the hog.”-»-Cln-clnnati Enquirer.

were drifting over the world war battlefields today. The British balloon Margaret parsed over Soissons at an altitude of ■ 1,500 meters at 8 a. m. The Belgian balloon Villede-Brus-elles passed overr the same region and another Belgian, the Prince Leopold, was approaching Dusseldorf. Three American balloons are entered in the race, piloted by Captain E. H. Honeywell, W. G. VanOrman and Major Peck. The balloons took off from here yesterday afternoon. o SLEMP WILL NOT RESIGN

WASHINGTON .June 16—C. Bascom Slemp, private secretary to President Coolidge, today dispetlled rumors that he would resign because of difficulties with William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee, over management of the forthcoming campaign. In a formal statement issued at the White House, Slemp said he had not | resigned and di not intend to. On the contrary, he said, he expected to take active part in President Coolidge’s campaign as a member of the advisory committee of the Republican campaign committee, which he said, “will have the real management

of the campaign.” o

Delta Theta Tau held a formal pledging Saturday afternoon at the home of Florence Helen McGaughey for Mary Houck, Josephine Stoner and Elizabeth Stoner.

Child feeding continues schools, as there are admil many kiddies uffering oh ri'nie I this admirable work can be I tinned during the va pei|

in question.

But there is no longer theca anxiety that was felt last fall.] German is prom ra;« woes, especially i: re • •v.-.r! he saw tho winter through dark spectacles. However, the rentenmark has| pletely changed the national point. The housewife can no)| and she can also save. Moreover, the project of f reparations settlement, even brings with it severe burdens id ing a relief. i saying “We will again have a i to work and : ! will make it j ’-I out of the mire and to be< [ self-supporting and self-resped FARMER HFFBl AUTOMOB

JOHN LONG Oi (LAV CflJ INJURED WHEN DRUM DRIVERS RUN HIM DO"!

Kermit Cox of Brazil, former Greencastle high school student and now a commissioned officer of the 465th pursuit squadron, was in this city today enroute to the Wilbur Wright field near Dayton, Ohio.

Leona Toney was delightfully surprised Wednesday night, June eleventh, when about sixty-five relatives friends and neighbors gathered at her home to celebrate her thirteenth birthday anniversary. The evening was spent with good eats and games played by the youn folks on the lawn. All left wishing her more happy birthdays.

many

BRAZIL, Ind., June l&J drunken men in a Ford tourii] ran down John L( r u Cia; farmer, east of Brazil, this ml and seriously injured him. Thl caped for a short time by ground Brazil but parties : el scene of the wreck. t t^r .4 bile license and nmi • i : ' Mr. Long wa i when the men met hin 1 warning, they drove i j was knocked off the harm" | fered a fracture of two rib> crushed ankle and * badly injured. The automobile nvua- ■■ j smashed up and one '■ I in the wreck but it was n ] beyond being able I driving around Brazil on a “I the two men escaped arresi

Section three of the Christian church, will meet with Mrs. Clay Brothers Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock in a called meeting. Each member urged to be present. o Plane Flies Over Andes A Danish aviator In an American plane flew over the Andes with a ossenger, the first time the feat was CTer accomplished.

Went the Limit The complainant alleges that he did all a gentleman could do short of throwing the woman bodily out of his wagon.

A Practical Dreamer Being a dreamer mny bespeak the artistic temperament, but you must dream to some purpose to draw a salary.

English Sugar Bette Two thousand people In England raised ajigar beets on 10,000 acres last year.

ORDERS TO CURB AH'

INDIANAPOLIS, June If'

tic orders to curb eeekle^, were issued today *> 1 Rikhoff following a colhs.onj a speeding auto an< . 1

which caused the mjun

sons yesterday. a

The auto, driven 40 m

by a negro who was behead j

intoxicated, crashed into the bus and knocked against a telephone po e.

were all .

was s«

Tho injqm 1 were ali P ‘

No one

of the auto the accid«]

on the bus.

hurt.

The driver

from the scene of fore police arrived Clay Reeves is

ill at the h « me f t He west Columbia str « j, sj a slight stroke of parau |