The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 31, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 30 November 1911 — Page 8

Syracuse Journal ! W. G. CONNOLLY, Publisher. SYRACUSE INDIANA MOST COSTLY TIP ON RECORD! Wealthy Brewer Backed His Favorite Waiter to Tune of SBO,OOO and Lost. This is the story of the most cost!} tip of recent record. A wealthy brew* er admired the manner in which hii waiter cared for him at the club. “Philip,*’ the brewer would say, “gel me a quail.” “Here is your quail, Mr. Gehret," the waiter would report. “I made the chef go away from the stove and broiled It myself.” Whereupon Mr. Gehret would smile upon Philip fondly, and Philip would go back to the kitchen to take another quail from the hands of the cook (or some other patron. One day he called Philip over. "Here, my man,” said he, peeling off a SSOO bill. "There’s a little reward ftr your courtesy and care.” Philip held up a protesting hand. He didn’t think it would be honest, he said. IJie club did not allow him to take tips, except through the Christmas box. It was not that he could not use the money, or that he did not appreciate Mr. Gehret’s generosity, but he really must decline. Exit Philip, wiping tears out of his eyes with a napkin. Mr. Gehret was pro- j soundly impressed. A few weeks later Philip discovered to Mr. Gehret an excellent business opportunity uptown. “Ah,” sighed Philip, “if I only had the money.” Mr. Gehret offered to stake him — and did. to the tune of SBO,OOO. The last of the SBO,OOO was spent the other day, and Philip is back at the club. Now and then the patron and the waiter —both good losers —grip at each other across the linen. “After all, Philip,” says Mr. Gehret, "we had a good time while we were in business together” — Cincinnati Times Star. — i His First Thanksgiving. “I went to a Thanksgiving dinner in I Paris last November,” said an Amer- ! ican who had just returned from a i year abroad. “Most of the guests i were Frenchmen, Germans, Italians ' and Russians. The hostess was an , American, a New York woman who has been, living abroad for several years, and who entertains lavishly in the French capital. “On the table were all sorts of things to remind one of home. There were lights in pumpkins on the table and all sorts of American dishes, including a turkey, which the hostess announced she herself would carve on the table in the American fashion. But the majority of the guests failed to grasp the significance of the feast and sat about trying to veil their astonishment at everything, even to the pumpkin pie, which they could be induced to attempt with difficulty. None of the foreigners seemed to know •what Thanksgiving was. "Zanksgeeveeng fery nice,” remarked a German count on my right, leaning over to me. ‘I nefer eat vone before.’ ” Why It Was Small. The young woman who had an injured look dangled a typewriter between her thumb and first finger. The man looked at it disdainfully. It was the smallest living typewriter, a sort of folding or tablet variety. In his office he had a dozen giant typewriters, with adding machines attached and tabulators half a yard long. “You yan't do anything with that baby typewriter,” he told the girl. Her injured look deepened. “It is all very well for you to talk,” she replied, “but this is* the only kind I can have. Remember, I live in a Harlem flat.” i Reade Wrote Standing. One peculiar fad with regard to his writing Charles Reade shared with other famous novelists —he could not remain seated at a table, but did hia work standing at a high desk. This was characteristic also of Victor Hugo, who wrote the whole of “Les Miserables” standing. Wilkie Collins, too, declared that his thoughts flowed more freely when standing on his feet. In direct contrast, one recalls that Mark Twain did much of his work propped up in bed, and that Sir Walter Scotij found his brain clearest when reclining comfortably on a couch. New York City as a Land Owner. The city of New York owns 943 parcels of land. Nearly all of this land was bought before 1850. In one case a parcel of land has increased in value over 9,500 per cent, in sixty years. In many cases there have been increases of 2,000 to 5,000 per cent, in the same period. There were 95 cases in which land had increased in value 500 per cent, and over 300 pieces that have doubled in value since they were bought. Up Against It. "She’s thinking of getting married again.” “That so?” “Yes, poor thing, the judge didn’t grant her alimony enough so that she can live in the style to which she has been accustomed.” One on Her. She (coming out on piazza)—What! Only you here? Where have all the nice boys gone? He (bitlngly)—They've gone off ■trolling with all the nice girls.

FIRST AID FOR MINE DISASTER VICTIMS e —ej — SKsasgEEgesasssi — o- —u h-wiiiiWiii - - W Wl it * iIjShEBwI) . <-l|i SRifc 4 ■ i ’ /4/Z> ZSS4/V 6<5//y<s AW-AfOrC)/? PRESIDENT TAFT and the other prominent men who attended the mine congress at Pittsburgh were especially interested in the demonstration of developments in first aid to those injured in mine disasters. Among the new devices exhibited was the pulmotor, used to resuscitate those who are asphyxiated by noxious gases.

WOMEN AS FARMERS

Outdoor Life Is Luring to Dwellers on Prairies. Daughters of Two Men, Who Were Disabled, Prove Expert Agriculturists—Perform All Kinds of Manual Labor. Topeka, Kan.—-Many Kansas women are turning to agriculture and to a life out of doors. Within the last two years a score or more ofi young women have chosen the farming vocation in preference to teaching and to clerkships in stores and stenographic positions. Some of them declare that much of the work may be done by women now that modern machinery has lightened the burdens of the farmer. But the greatest benefits come, they say, from the needed exercise and the life in the open air. Prominent among the young women of Kansas who are making a success at farming are the Misses Ruby and Olive Herd of Hodgeman county. These two sisters own a farm seven miles west of Jetmore. Preferring a life of Independence, they bought the land and built a modest cottage and turned their attention to small farming, poultry raising *nd fruit growing. There are no Saturday half-holidays with the two Herd sisters, for they are not seen at the county seat or the local trading place on that afternoon talking politics. These two young women were formerly school teachers. Their little home is comfortable, and it shows every evidence of refinement. Miss Tillie Rhemschimdt, eighteen years old, has demonstrated this year that she knows how to run a farm. Her father is a well-known citizen of Sumner township, Reno county, but in the summer he was disabled by a serious accident and the burden fell upon his daughter to manage the work. Bossing a hired man and a

Dog Has Costly Gold Teeth

Little "Mexy” Had Bad Toothache and Hia Owner Gave Him Brand New Set of Incisors. Chicago.—ln the future, when Mexy’s playmates laugh at him for having no hair, he will open his mouth in a yawn, carelessly displaying a mouth full of gold teeth that would fill the soul of some people with envy. The set of bridgework cost sll2. At least, those were Mexy’s plans when he was Interviewed. Not that he was so ill-bred as to say anything about his teeth. In fact, he said nothing intelligible to the average man, for he Is a Mexican dog. He belongs to Dr. Henri Grosser, a student at the Western Dental college, and lives with Grosser and his wife at 934 La Salle avenue. Dr. Grosser took Mexy from the refuge of the Anti-Cruelty society several weeks ago and soon afterward discovered that the dog was suffering from toothache. An examination disclosed the presence of abscessed incisors and several other teeth that needed attention. The basement of the Grosser home was turned Into an operating room, with Mexy as the patient and Dr. Grooser the dentist “Mexy seemed to know that I was doing what was best for him.” Dr. Grosser said, “and, although he objected a good deal at first, he gave me no trouble after the teeth were out It was a great relief to him. you

boy, and doing a lot of the work herself, this bright Kansas girl has put in nearly 100 acres of wheat, and personally helped in the work of gathering the corn from a field of 80 acres. She proudly boasted that hers was the first field of corn gathered in Sumner township. Probably the best record made by young women on Kansas farms this year is that of the three daughters of Rennie Griem, a Kingman county farmer. One of them was teaching school hear Zenda, and the other two were attending Kingman high school. When their father was taken ill the three girls came home from their schools and sailed in to run that farm. The elder sister, the schoolma’am, prepared the ground and planted several acres of corn with her own hands, besides putting out other

Says Our Music is Trashy

Dr. Brunner of Berlin Declares Ragtime Will Drive Us All Crazy— It Jars Nerve Centers. Los Angeles, Cal.—That Ragtime music will eventually drive the American public crazy because of its effect upon the nerve centers and brain cells of the human system, and that it is mainly responsible for many business failures and cases of hopeless insanity, is the belief of Dr. Ludwig Brunner, late instructor in the Imperial academy of medical research at Berlin, who arrived here recently. “Your ragtime air jars the nerve centers and causes an irritation of the brain cells,” says the doctor. “While the roll and thump of ragtime is exhilarating to the senses and acts as a stimulant, it has the after effects of an injurious drug thatiwill eventually stagnate the brain cells and wreck the nervous system. “I have been in this country several monthsoand everywhere I have visit-

see, for as soon as I had removed the teeth the pain stopped. “He used to lie perfectly still ■when I was taking the impressions and made no trouble, even when I was fitting the new teeth in place. They are good and sound, r too, and not a dog in Chicago is better able tp chew bones and meat than he.” * By reason of his teeth, Mexy has become one of the celebrities of the neighborhood. *-•- KISSES RETARD A WEDDING Osculation Nettled Kansas Justice Who Was Performing Ceremony —Bride Was 40 Years Old. Kansas City, Kan.—William W. Shannon will be known about the courthouse in future as the kissing bridegroom. While he and Minnie 1. Stockey, both of Ottawa, Kan., were being married by Justice Cass Welch in the county recorder’s office, he kissed his bride five times. After every question the justice asked Mr. Shannon insisted on kissing the bride before the question was answered. “If you don’t cut out the kissing I won’t go any further with this ceremony,” Justice Welch told the bridegroom. “You not only violate the an-tl-klssing rules of this office, but interrupt a most solemn ceremony.” “Guess I can wait 32 seconds if you finish up in that time,” Mr. Shannon told the justice. He kept his promise. Mr. Shannon is 39 years old and until the ceremony was a bachelor. The bride is 40 years old.

crops. The two high school girls rolled up their sleeves and made full hands on the farm. The three of them plowed corn, milked cows, delivered cream, harvested Wheat and oats, cut 30 acres of alfalfa three cuttings,"put up a lot of prairie hay, raised corn that made 50 bushels to the acre and performed •very bit of the farm work unassasted. Not a man was seen on the Griem place all summer. When their father was able to be out they pointed to granaries full of corn and wheat, the barns housing fat cattle and sleek horses, and the bank Account intact. They were proud of that they did not pay out a dollar to men to achieve this record. Generally the women of Kansas who have turned from the cities to the simple life out in the country are not concerned about marriage. They are women of mature years and judgment, to whom marriage relation does not appeal unless it carries with it energy and the ability to make a living.

ed, New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco, the little minds are crazy with ragtime. "If something be not done the classics of the long ago will be a thing of the past entirely, and they will be singing national hymns in ragtime.” Good Eye Removed, Sees. Carlisle, Pa. —By removing his active eye, Jacob Shields, who has been blind in the other for 17 years, has oeen enabled to see jferfectly out of the one formerly defective. Recently Shields suffered a sudden attack of total blindness from the strain imposed on the good eye by the blind. He was removed to a Philadelphia hospital, and there the physicians determined that his good eye, which “had been affected, would have to be done away with. They discovered. however, that the blind eye was made so by a cataract. That removed the blind eye regained Its sight

RELIGIOUS HOAX IN INDIA People Drink From Stagnant Pool Scented With Stolen Perfume and Story Spreads of Spring. „ Calcutta.—One of the most extraordinary religious hoaxes ever recorded even in India has just occurred in the northern part of Calcutta. A pool of stagnant water formed from the accumulation of sewage from roadside drains suddenly began, according to the local inhabitants, to emit a sweet perfume which had a lovely lemon flavor. Many people came, smelt, and were conquered, and the rumor spread that the pool was holy and that a new goddess would soon rise from its waters to redeem the world. The pool became a place of pilgrimage. Diseased people bathed in It and drank of it, and those of uneasy conscience washed away their sins in it. The water was carried away in jugs and bottles and a brisk trade sprang up under the aegis of an astute young Bengalee in selling the "holy wat A er” in all parts of the city at as much as $1.50 a bottle. News of the holy perfume came to the ears of Bose & Co., scent manufacturers, who sent a connoisseur to investigate. His nose immediately provided him with a clew to the mysterious disappearance of several cases of essential oils belonging to the firm. The police found that several broken bottles of the oils had been thrown into the pool. This was the explanation of the holy smell. The young Bengalee and a carter, suspected of having stolen the oils, were arrested.

Ji'® MRS. BROWN’S PREFERENCE Favors Man Who Goes Out With Pals to One Fastened for Life to Dirigible Balloon. * ’Tis a strange thing,” said Mrs. Bxown to her neighbor, Mrs. Henry, “to see a slip of a woman like Mrs. Smith turning a big fat creature like her husband round and round her little finger.” “It is so,” agreed Mrs. Henry. “And so shb’s proud of him! She’d letter not show her pride to me any more,” said Mrs. Brown. “Not since she took it upon herself to make remarks about Brown.” “Indeed?” “He has his faults, my husband, but i’ll take no criticism from Mary 1 Smith! A week ago, in her own kitchen, says she, ‘What your husband needs is the restraining hand, Mrs. Brown. He’s out too much with his friends.’ “ ‘Mrs. Smith,’ I says, ‘l’d rather be married to a man that goes out with his pals manlike than be fastened for life to a dirigible balloon’!” A Ready Reckoner. There are no cul-de-sacs for Irish wit. A “jarvey” drove Mr. Phil May, the wonderful English artist in black and white, now dead, round Dublin on his first visit to that city, and in showing him the sights stopped in front of the Bank of Ireland. “Tlfht, sorr,” said he, “is th’ recipticle vi th’ money th’ English take fr’m us!” On the roof of the building are six decorative figures, and Mr. May inquired what they represented. “Begorra, sorr, they’re th’ twilve apostles.” “But,” said Mr. May, “there are only six.” “Sure, I know that,” returned the iarvey, “th’ other wans are lunchin’ wid th’ lord liftinanti” —Youth’s Companion. Too Rude! A wealthy, but none too intelligent lady of my congregation had just returned from abroad. “I suppose you visited all the famous churches and cathedrals of Europe?” I inquired. “Well—er—no, not all of them,” she replied. “When I was in London I hunted and hunted, but do you know, I couldn’t find the Church of England, and everybody was so rude when I asked them where it was.” —-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.

THE HANDSOME THING. fl SIMMS “Yes; we elected Mrs. De Wealth president of the club, thinking she would give us something handsome.” “And—” , “Well, she gave us this portrait of herself.” Hopes for Him. Mrs. Murphy—Oi hear yer brother-in-law, Pat Keegan, is pretty bad off. Mrs, Casey—Sure, he’s good for a vear yit. Mrs. Murphy—As long as thot? Mrs. Casey—Yis; he’s had four different doctors, and each one av thim give him three months to live.—Puck. Steady Worker. “How many men does he employ?” “He isn’t an employer. He works on a salary like the rest of us.” “That’s queer. I thought he most be the boss. I just heard him telling another man that he hadn’t taken a vacation in 12 years ” Spent Pleasant Vacation. “He returned from vacation happier than anyone else 1 have ever seen.” “No wonder. He spent his two weeks on a farm where everything practicable was raised for the table instead of for market.” Reversing the Process. “The Comeup girls put on such airs.” “Yes, and you ought to see their friends take them off.”

FUNERAL WOULD COST MORE Reason Why Farmer Agreed to Pay Big Fee to Elderly ’ Physician With Established Record. A medico tells of two physicians in a certain town, the one elderly, with a long record of cures, the other young, with his record still to make. The older doctor, it appears, was inclined to surrender some of his night worl to the younger man. One bitter night in winter the vet eran was aroused by two farmers from a hamlet eight miles away, the wife of one of whom was seriously ill. The doctor at once referred them to his young colleague; but they refused the latter’s services. “Very well,” replied the doctor, thinking to put a convincing argument before them, “in that case ifiy fee is two guineas, payable now*.” Whereupon there ensued a remon strance on the part of the farmers; but the doctor was obdurate. Finally one of the men asked the other: “Well, what do you think I ought tc do?” “I think you’d better pay him the two guineas,” said the other. “The fu neral would cost you more.”—Tit-Bits THE FAMILY JAR. ■ Miss Quick —There’s no fool like ar old fool. Mr. Easy—Really, dear, you needn” begin to fret about your age yet. Not Interested. “Oh dear,” remarked a pretty schoo teacher, who has been spending tht summer in Canada, “it soon will b« time to go to school.” “But, my dear,” said her mother “what a noble thing it is to teach th, children how to live useful lives.” “Yes, but some are so terribly stu pid,” continued thp teacher. “Tak< the case of little Johnny, he neve) will know much. I asked little John ny last session when Columbus died.* “ ‘Oh, I dunno, teacher,’ he replied ‘Didn’t even know de guy was sick.’ ’

And He Didn’t Crack a Smile. “Under the new law, friends,” an nounced the pastor of the progressive up-to-date church, “the young men oi our gymnasium have been compellec to discard the old roller towels tha’ have been in use so long, and have gone in debt for a supply of new onei of a different kind. I hope that thosi of you who feel able will contribute liberally to their towel fund and thu enable them —er —to wipe out tha.' debt.” His Motive Divulged at Last. “Do you remember that evening when I asked you to be my wife?” he began when they met after the laps< of many years. “Yes,” she replied. “The moon, ■ remember, was at the first quarter.” “And I was down to my last quar ter. Your father had lots of money then.” After he had turned she made us her mind that he was a brute. Defunct, Arithmetically. “So poor Dinny is a dead man.” “Oi didn’t say that, I tould you ht was half kilt from a blast in th< quarry.” “Well, an’ wasn’t he half kilt only last month failin’ down an elevator 1 How many halves has he got to be killed?” Summer Skirmishes. “I don't know whether I ought tc take you seriously or not,” says the fair young thing to-4he gallant office) who has just proposed. “I've heart that you were engaged to ten girls last summer.” “My dear, those weren’t real engage 'merits. They were just—er—sharp skirmishes.” —Judge’s Library. Easy. Physician—Have you any aches o) pains this morning? Patient —Yes, doctor. It hurts me to breathe. In fact, the only trouble now seems to be with my breath. Physician—All right. I'll give you something that will soon stop that.— Good Housekeeping. A Sign. “When a woman begins to coax i man,” he said, “it’s a sign—-” “Well,” she urged when he hesitated, “a sign, of what?” “It’s a sign that they are not mar ried,” he replied, after first making sure that the way to the door was un obstructed. The Vital Point. Fair Girl —My his for tune when he was a young man would you like to know how he did it? Sordid Youth—Not particularly All I would like to know is If he still ha« it.—Alberta Lynx.

Prejudice Is a Serious Menace Prejudice is a hard tiling to overcome, but where health is at stake and the opinion of thousands ct reliable peopls differs from yours, prejudice then becomes your menace and you ought to lay It aside. This is said in the interest of people suffering from chronic constipation, and it is worthy of their attention. In the opinion of legions of reliable American people the most stubborn constipation imaginable can be cured by a brief use of Dr. Caldwell’s Svrun Pepsin. You may not have heard of it before, but do not doubt its merits on that account, or because it lias not been blatantly advertised. It has sold very successfully on word of mouth recommendation. Parents are giving it to their children today who were given it by their parents, and it has been truthfully said that more druggists use it personally in their families than any other laxative. Letters recently received from Geo. B. Scott, Freedom. Ind., and Mrs. M. E. Morgan, 2307 Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind., are but a few of thousands showing the esteem in which Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is held. It is mild, gentle, non-griping—not violent, like salts or cathartics. It cures gradually and pleasantly so that in time nature again does its own work without outside aid. Constipated people owe. It t 4 themselves to use this grand bowel specific. Anyone wishing to make a trial of this remedy before buying it in the regular way of a druggist at fifty cents or oua dollar a large bottle (family size) can have a sample bottle sent to the home free of charge by simply addressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 201 Washington St., Monticello, 111. Your name and address on a postal card will do. The Mean Thing. Stella—Jack was on his bended knees to me last night. Bella —Well, poor fellow, he can’t help being bowlegged. Tilted. “Is Mr. Biffit a believer in the uplift?” >, “Can’t say for certain, but I notice that he wears his cigar at a dizzy angle.” Surprised. “Do you mean to tell me you really live in Chicago?” “Yes. You speak as if you thought it remarkable for me to do so.” “Why, I supposed people merely stayed in Chicago until they got money efiough to live in New York." Proved. Orator —I thought your paper was friendly to ine? , Editor —So it is. What’s the matter? Orator —I made a speech at the dinner last night, and you didrrt print a line of it. Editor—Well, what further proof do you want? —London^ Opinion. 1 Blarney. A Brooklyn woman who had spent a great deal of time in trying to teach her cook to make good drawn butter gravy, but to little avail, had occasion severely to rebuke the domestic in the presence of others. “Ellen,” said she, sternly, “this gravy is absolutely bit’tet this evening.” “Indade I’m sorry, mum,” came tn lugubrious tones from the cook. “How do you account for it, asked the mistress, persistent in her efforts to get at the bottom of the matter. “I can’t say, mum, unless it were the tear 1 dropped in it, His Honor Unimpaired. “No,” said the old shoemaker, sternly, “I will not do it. Never have I sold anything by false representations, and I will not begin now.” For a moment he, was silent,' and the shopman who stood before him could see that the better nature of his employer was fighting strongly for the right. “No,” said the old man again. “I will not do it. It is an inferior grade of shoe, and I will never pass it off as anything better. So just mark it ‘A shoe fit for a queen,’ and put it in the window. A queen, you know, does not have to do much walking.”

A BRAIN WORKER. Must Have the Kind of Food That Nourishes Brain. “I am a literary man whose nervous energy is a great part of my stock in trade, and ordinarily I have little patience with breakfast foods and the extravagant claims made of them. But I cannot withhold my acknowledgment of the debt that I owe to GrateNuts food. “I discovered long ago that the very bulkiness of the ordinary diet was not calculated to give one a clear head, the power of sustained, accurate thinking. I always felt heavy and sluggish in mind as well as body after eating the ordinary meal, which diverted the blood from the brain to the digestive “I tried foods easy of digestion, but found them usually deficient in nutriment. I experimented with many breakfast foods and they, too, proved unsatisfactory, till I reached Grape-Nuts. And then the problem was solved. “Grape-Nuts agreed with me perfectly from the beginning, satisfying my hunger and supplying the nutriment that so many other prepared foods lack, “I had not been using it very long before I found that 1 was turning out an unusual quantity and quality ot work. Continued use has demonstrated to my entire satisfaction that Grape-Nuts food contains the elements needed by the brain and nervous system of the hard working public writer.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There’s a reason,” and it is ex, plained in the little book, “The to Wellville,” in pkgs. Ever read the above letter f A nevr one appear* from time to time. Tber are aenulne, true, nnd full of humnn la tereat.