Walkerton Independent, Volume 54, Number 15, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 6 September 1928 — Page 2

Walkerton Independent Published Every Thursday by “ THE INDEPENDENT-NEVVS CO. Publishers of the WALKERTON INDEPENDENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS LAKEVILLE STANDARD THE ST, JOSEPH COUNTY WEEKLIES Clem DeCoudres, Business Manager Charles M, Finch. Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Year 60 ■lt Months .jq Three Months, ’ t( " 'jg TERMS IN ADVANCE ~ Entered at tha post office at Walkerton, pld., as second-class inatter. Most- of these summer military training camps will find General Humidity in command. Every community has at least one sucker who will do all the work if given a few chairmanships. The Office Cynic, who tires of smart people very quickly, says a wisecrack is only a bromide under age. Romance will get a frightful jar in the future when little girls are shown grandmother’s seven wedding outfits. The two unfortunates whose every idle word may be used against them are the prisoner and the candidate. The longest telephone call that can be made in the United States would be from Eastport, Maine, to Bay. Calif. Oolong tea, one of the most valuable crops of northern Formosa, is attacked by 85 different kinds of insects. Science may make synthetic lum ber of corn, but it will have some difficulty reproducing a synthetic knothole. America is learning good manners, but even yet there are many parents who speak disrespectfully to their children. Instead of these makeshift prison sentences, it might be advisable to sentence murderers and bandits to a dance marathon. The United States bureau of fish eries recently sent a gift of 40,00 b rainbow trout eggs to the German bureau of fisheries. When a woman becomes President of these United States, what will she do if she desires to exercise the right of the “pocket veto?” Among other individuals who need stamping out, is the careless camper who falls to stamp out his camp fire when he is through camping. An expert has published figures to show that the cost of city government has decreased, which proves that it is more blessed to be an expert than a taxpayer. Just as we were to write: “Why abuse the saxophone—it is harmless without abuse.’’ we see a news item that a man has invented a self-play ing saxophone. An African explorer found a motion picture show that has not changed its program in three and one-half years. Still, it is possible he is thinking about the plot. What ever became of the old-fash-ioned boiled apple dumpling which exalted the diner spiritually, at the time, and floored him physically, about 45 minutes later? The scientist, if he was a scientist, who found that cicar ashes have a beneficial effect on rugs might investigate the possibility that candy crumbs improve a piano action. A Boston paper prints a puzzle showing a young blond man playing a saxophone with the end plugged up. and the caption is “What is wrong with this picture?” We think it is all right. The amateur fisherman often wonders why it is that although thousands of fish are planted in the lakes and streams, about all that comes up are memories of the days when fishing was good. A retired logger says mosquitoes were so large and vicious on the Brule river in his time he had to hang big chunks of pork on his suspenders for them to feed on. This was also in Paul Bunyan s time. A garden adviser is asked about the cultivation, of eggplant. A very nice thing to do with the eggplant is to save the seeds and plant the same in four feet of ground, and surface the latter with concrete. Doctor Bishop, our national entomologist. says that though there are 500 species of fleas, only six of them are annoying. He fails to state wheth er the trained circus fleas belong to the important minority or not. Four million people in China have received an elementary education through the mass education movement, started ten years ago. British physicians now claim that crying is good for one’s complexion, provided, of course, that one’s com plexion is one’s complexion. When he directs his finger upward and outward, as if indicating a star the great orator ip pointing with pride. If he waves it in your face he is viewing with alarm. A cruel parent told his small hoy the other day that about the only reason schools close in the summer tint* is to give the teacher a rest. The nature ami wild lif - editor is somewhat baffled by an inquiry as to how anyone can influence sardines to lie down that way in a can. The navy announces that its purchasing department now handles more tomatoes than anything else. The tomatoes are used, we understand, to give a certain flavor t* the beans

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SMILES AND LAUGHTER ’ By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Dean of Men, University of < > Illinois. CHE was a very handsome woman 1 had to admit to myself as I caught a hasty impression of her sitting composedly in her section as I came into the car. I am influenced very strongly by first impressions, I am almost ashamed to admit, and there was an air of refinement about this woman which was very convincing. Her gown was in excellent taste —modest, conservative, and carefully tailored. Her hair was beautifully kept and her hands well manicured. I got all this In a quick impression as 1 went to my seat in the middle of the car. She seemed a person one might like. It was when she laughed that the vision of her loveliness faded out like an electric light when the switch is turned off. It was a coarse, raucus, vulgar laugh that pierced to the remotest corners of the car. Women turned in their seats to see what had happened. Men craned their necks to discover whence came the Jangling nerve-racking sound. It was an illiterate, untrained, undisciplined voice which spoke volumes. The most skillful art of modiste and hairdresser and manicurist could not efface the impression of that loud laugh. It

Wife Stealing Costly

London.—The price of wives is advancing. Within the last few weeks London divorce courts have awarded damages to husbands against corespondents to the tune of $10,006 and SIo.OOO, and lastly, a few days ago a husband was awarded $50,000. The $50,000 went to George Edgar Ingman, an estate agent and surveyor of Worcester, who obtained a divorce from his wife, daughter of a wealthy man, on the ground of misconduct with Captain Neel Pearson, formerly of The Birches, Hagley, near Birmingham. Mr. Ingman announced in advance that he would not retain the award, but would use it as a fund for his daughter by the erring wife. A similar declaration was made by the husband who received the award of SIO,OOO. In 1905 Demetrius Sophocles Con stantinidi received an award of $125, 000 against a Doctor Lance in an English court. The $50,000 received by Mr. Ingman equaled any record made since then. English Judges have a wide latitude In addressing the jury in both civil and criminal cases. Suits for divorce Kuck Grabs First Victory ^6^ t Wit Oiiylw 5 ’’ । w I ' wdl [ 9 % Johnny Kuck, giant Pacific coast star, won the first victory for the United States in the Olympic games when he was declared the winner in the shot put event.

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would take a surgical operation to do anything with it. She was just common, that was aIL Those who first met Keene, even the most charitable in expressing their opinions, were wont to say that he had a very plain face. It was current opinion that he was the ugliest man in town. He had rugged Irregular features, a large nose, and a wide cut mouth. His was a very serious, almost a dull face when it was in repose. But when he smiled you would have received an altogether different Impression of Idm. It was a smile that changed and radiated his whole countenance. It was the gentlest, friendliest, kindest, smile 1 have ever seen on a man’s face. Before he spoke you could divine that bis voice was soft and well modulated. You knew without being told that you could trust him. He was the sort of man you would go to if you were in trouble, knowing full well that you

are combined with suits against the corespondent for loss of the wife’s services, under the English procedure. It Is not unusual for a Judge tn sum ming up to remark. In effect, that after hearing the evidence the Jury might conclude that the husband. In stead of obtaining damages, should thank the corespondent for relieving him of a worthless wife, and the jury ordinarily reacts to the sentiments expressed by the Judge because they heard the evidence when he did The general rule seems to be that the husband Is entitled to damage. If the wife was a real helpmeet, but to refuse them if she was a nagger and a handicap Instead of helpmeet The corespondent is punished not tor adultery but on rhe old theory that a wife is. or should be. useful around the house and in assisting her husbands work for their Joint benefit. When the corespondent steals the wife tie de prives the husband of her services If any. Quite often the Judge and Jury cannot see that she was of any service, nnd then the Jury awards very light damages, or none. In one case the jury awarded the husband a sixpence nnd in another he got a farthing. If those husbands felt spiteful toward their deserting wives they had the satisfaction of knowing that the jury had publicly branded the wives as worthless. Extreme feminists are chafing over the awards against corespomlen f s because they say that the award is based upon the fact that the wife Is regarded by the law in such suits as a chattel, which is exactly true. If a man deprived another of a horse and the evidence showed that the horse was too vicious to be employed for any useful work and was an expense and a menace to the welfare of the rightful owner, the judge and lury would be inclined to disregard the real owner’s valuation of the horse and award nominal damages for its loss. The comparison with a horse displeases the feminists, but only a very few of them have been heard complaining about the position in which women place themselves by breech of promise suits, and by suits on the part of childless women for alimony. Lord Merrivale, in summing up in the Ingman case, said Mrs. Ingman daughter of wealth, had been a helpful wife, apparently, to her hard working husband until the wealthy Cap tain Pearson came along and she went off with him. She had said that Captain Pearson could afford to spend s3o,<X>o to $50,000 per year giving her a liberal allowance.

would find sympathy and understanding. Dogs wagged their tails when he came near them; children were never afraid of him as they were often of the more comely faced. I could never explain this excepting that his smile suggested gentleness, and his quiet gentleness won human beings and animals as well. So far as I know, man is the only animal that expresses emotion or a state of mind by smiles or laughter. The hyena laughs we are told ami the loon, but there Is no more real laughter In the sounds they make than there Is music in the bray of a donkey. Words, some one has said were given us by the gods to conceal our thoughts, but smiles and laugh ter are the most definite nnd sincere i revolution of our true character nnd state of mind. The villain may smile but his smile only tends to reveal Ids villainy. UQ. 19J8. Western Newspaper Union )

English judges nnd Juries are equal ly vexed when the evidence makes clear that a rich man has lured a was the wife of a poorer man by lavish offers of money. The Juries nre Inclined to grant damages In such cases ns punishment for the seducer although the court solemnly warns the Juries that they are to consider only the helpfulness. If any, of the wife to the husband. Knows His Tomatoes — Walter King, a plumber of Lawrence, Kan., with some of the prize tomatoes he grew in his back yard. These tomatoes compare in size to cantaloupes and astound those who have seen them. King not only grows these prize vegetables but has had equally good results with fruit vines which grow as high as twenty foet. Daily watering, pruning and periodical sprinkling of cinder dust on the ground are claimed by King as the secrets of his unusual yields in a plot of ground twenty feet square. Birds that raise more than one family in a season usually build a new nest for each set of young.

Indians Spear Salmon

Toppenish, Wash.—lt is salmon time in the big rivers of the northwest states. Indians know it as the harvest time when they catch fat fish and pre serve the fillets for winter. Hour after hour Indian fishermen —from ten to twelve tribes —sit on the stone masonry of the Sunnyside irrigation dam, near here, spears poised, ready to lunge at large leap ing chinook or cohoe salmon which are running up the Yakima river to spawn Tense, immovable as statues, they wait Onlookers see the flashing back of the salmon leaping up the smooth waterfall. There is a lightning quick strike and the struggling silver beauty, safely speared, is drawn to land to be unjavelined and the spear is ready for another victim. The best salmon spears are fitted with barbed hooks and the fish Is gaffed, rather than speared. The hook comes off the end of the shaft and dangles on a cord tied to the pole. This, the Indians point out, prevents breakage of the shaft when a thirty or forty pound fish is taken. Sometimes a dozen big salmon will be hooked by one Indian in a day. At other times days pass without a catch. But the redmen never complain about luck. They poise over the shimmering, tumbling water patiently waiting until fish do come within range. This primitive life is re-enacted at a score of rapids and dams in other rivers of the Northwest On shore squaws and young folks

Solid Gold Bath Fittings in Mansion

Windsor, England.—The most costly residence in England is known here as “The Willows,” but neighbors prefer to call it “The House of the Arabian Nights.” It Is the residence of Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji, wealthy Bombay merchant. It stands within sight of the

towers of Windsor castle, one of the homes of the king and queen of England, but it Is said to be furnished more elaborately than even the royal home. Every bedroom In Sir Dhunjibhoy’s home is fitted with a marble wash basin, and every hydrant, bracket and hatrack Is made of sol'd gold. In Sir Dhunjibhoy’s own room the legs of the washstand are also m gold. All the furniture Is on a correspond Ing style of magnificence. The rooms are furnished according to various pe riod. and the furniture consists entirely of rare antiques. Sir Dhunjibhoy’s bedroom is finished In French style in the fashion of Louis XIV. The house of the Indian millionaire Is built In Tudor style. It Is sur rounded by beautiful gardens, dotted with marble statuary nnd fountains One of the marble pieces, known as । ‘Truth,” attracts particular attention

I,H? avera s e ,nan rtSrt is one w,,n thinks '-*l® ' ,iat ,IP ls J"** n Ilf ’ 5^ t,e ^Ber than the average man. 7-Month-Old Alabama Baby Falks Fluently Birmlnghitn, Ala.—Birmingham is i laying claim to possession of the prize . Infant prodigy—a seven-month-old ■ baby who converses as fluently as a I child of several years. When she was ! one week old she could pronounce words distinctly, and at three weeks she could pronounce a number of words, such as "daddy." “eat,” “I want up,” and "1 want to get up.” Ihe child Is Yuvawn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E Shotts. She was born November 23. 1927. One of the amazing things Is that she has cried but twice since she wis born—once Immediately after her birth, and another time when she had an attack of colic. Wylodln, her sister now six years of age, is an accomplished musician. She has memorized pieces of music and can. play more than 200 from sight reading at the piano. Both children are normal and healthy. Both their parents are college graduates, readers and musicians. DIPPING 1 | INTO SCIENCE | • Male Mosquito Has Radio • • You need not fear the male j ; mosquito for he is quite harm- ; • less. He does not bite, neither ■ ’ does he sing. He lives entirely • : on vegetable matter. He pos- • ; sesses no ears but has a radio ’ all his own in his feathery an- i . tennae which picks up sound • ’ waves nnd enables him to thus I | enjoy the singing of his female ? < companions. § (©. 1928. Western Newspaper Union.) •

from the tribes split the salmon, hanging the meat over lines or slender poles to sun dry. Before the fish season is passed northwest Indians will have filled many willow baskets with

Meeker Back on Old Trail i । wfiaiina • Ezra Meeker, grand old man of the Northwest, as he appeared beside his motor prairie schooner, given him by the Ford Motor company, in which he will follow the old Oregon trail across the Northwest. Meeker crossed thii trail as a youth in the ox-drawn covered wagons of the gold rush in 49.

It represents a nude woman holding j aloft a mirror. Sir Dhunjibhoy, in addition to being a connoisseur of solid gold and marble, Is also a sportsman. He has a large stable of horses on his grounds, and to the rear of his gardens a miniature race track has been laid ouL With so magnificent a home, entertaining is second nature to the Bombay potentate and Lady BomanjL Their guestrooms are almost always occupied, and Sir Dhunjibhoy has given several large functions which many British titled people attended. Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji was knighted in 1922 for services rendered the British and Indian governments during the World war. He has now come to England to make his permanent residence here. 00<KKmOOOOOOOO<XMKKX>(HXH>0 I Bears 200-Word Will g o Tattooed on His Back o o London.—A 200-word will be- o $ queathlng large sums of money $ Q to several persons has been tat- Q A tooed on the back of a man who 2 9 walked into a tattooing estab Q A llrhment in Waterloo road. a x He had the will written out 2 9 on a piece of paper, and asked 9 2 that it should be transferred to 2 9 his back. Lie sat for five hours 9 2 while the work was done and 2 9 the will was duly witnessed. 0 “He was a Colonial, and about 2 9 thirty years of age," George $ O Burchett, the tattooist, said aft- 2 2 erward. 9 9 "This Is the first will 1 have o 0 ever tattooed during a long ex- 2 9 perience, and it was difficult, 9 2 tricky work.” 9 Queen of Navy Washington.— The queen of the navy is the battleship New Mexico. It has been awarded highest honors after competition in battleship efflj clency, gunnery, engineering and communication. Now It may fly a pennant known as the “meat ball.” New York Grabs Lead New York.—The Merchants’ Association of New York notes that weather bureau records show that Chicago had an average wind velocity last year of 12 miles an hour while New York had 16. Satin Cape Coat ijy - i T! I I Alice White, whose large wardrobe in the “Show Girl,” permits her the use of a variety of coats, is seen in one especially smart coat which favors the cape. It is a cape coat of black satin smartly trimmed with platinum fox fur.

dried fish steaks, insuring them against hunger at winter’s coming. Only Indians from reservations may so fish in northwest streams, being permitted by treaty to do so.

I Improved Uniform International Sunday Schcrf ’ Lesson ’ <By RE V t ts rll za 1 EK. u u_. ueax> MtMHly Hibl^ Institute of Chicago I <£'. Western Ni-ws|,at>er Union I Lesson for September 9 PAUL IN ATHENS ANO CORINTH. LESSON TEXT—Aeta 17:16 18:11 GOLDEN TEXT—For 1 determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified PHIMARY TOPIC—PauI Tells of Jesus in Two Great Cities JUNIOR TOPIC—PauI Tells of Jesus j in Two Gieat Cities. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP- ; IC—Paul A.s a Worker. YOUNG PEOPLE AND AUULI TOPI IC—Paul, Preacher and Teacher I. Paul Disputing with the Athenians (vv. 16-21). 1. The occasion (v. 16). While waiting for Timothy and Silas. Paul saw the city of Athens wholly given to idolatry. This stirred his spirit. It is the consciousness of the world's lost condition that impels disciples to witness oi Christ’s saving power. 2 The place (vv. 17-21). (1) .n the synagogue (v. 17). True to his custom Paul vent Into rhe Jewish synagogue and entered into earnest argument with the Jews an<| the devout persons there. (2) in tlie markfc’ place (vv. ’7-21). From the Jew o tr turned to such as were /oui c in the market place. Here tie cam« into touch with the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. The former were atheistic materialists, denyi ing the doctrine of creation and giving themselves up to sensual indulgI eme. rejecting the idea of a future i judgment. The latter were panthe- । ists When they heard the preaching : of Paul they invited him to the Areopagus io speak to them of this new octrine. II Paul’s Address on Mars’ Hill (vv. X. 34). 1. The Introduction (vv. 22-23). He introduces discourse in a : courteous and conciliatory manner, saying that as ae was viewing their > city lie beheld an altar with un inscription “to the unknown God. ’ This I was his point of contact, which he at 1 once connected with the idea of the ! living God. 2. The body of his discourse (w. I 24-31) (1) A declaration concerning God | (vv. 24. 25). a. The material universe was creat- ! ed by Him (v. 24). b His spirituality and Immensity (v 24) Being essentially spiritual He demands heart worship, and being ■ transcendent He Is not confined to ■ earthly temples. c. His active providence (v. 25). He gives being, bestows native gifts, and I as Sovereign directs all things. (2) A declaration concerning man (vv. 26-31). a. He Is the offspring of God (v. 29). Since meu are His offspring and bear His likeness, it Is utter folly to make images to Him. b Nations have their place b God’s purpose (v. 26). c. Men should seek God (v. 27). d The present obligation to repent (w. 30. 31) 3 The results of Paul’s address (w. 32. 34). (1) Some mocked (v 32). The preacher who declares a judgment to come is likely to be mocked. (2) Some procrastinated (v 32). Many today do not mock, but procrastinate. 13) S >me beliexed (v. 34). Wherever the gospel is preached ' there are some who believe and are ' saved. 11l Paul in Corinth (Acts 18:1-11). Paul came to “’orinth a stranger. His .nethod of gaining a foothold is worthy of note. His first task was to find a hom - ’ (\ 2). his second was »n earn his daily bread (v. 3) I. Preaching in the synagogue at • orinth (vv 4-S) (1) Tim of (v 4). Every Sabbath day. (2) Encouraged by the coming of Silas and Timothy (v 5). (3) opposition ’ Paul (v 6). As he increaser’ hi. activity, opi position also increased. (4) The purpose to turn to the Gen I tiles (v 6) Because of their blasphemy and opi position he ceased work among the j lews (5) He did not far away (v. 7). He remained sufficiently near so li.it those whose hearts God had I • m-licd could easily fin 1 him. (6) His success (v 8) t’rispus. the chief ruler of the synagogue. was converted nnd P^u' departed from his usual custom anil bapi tized him (1 <’or 1:14) Many others d.‘o Believed. 3. Paul's vision (vv 9-11). Hk experiences since coming to Europe were very trying, therefore he ( i W .,ie,j ent-onrngen't nt. It is just like the Lord to come when His servant has the greatest need Note the Lord's : -ords: (1) “Be no* afraid.” (2' “Sjie.ik ami ho’o not thy p ice " (3) “1 am with rh<*e." (4) “No man shall set on thee tn I ip i thoe ” (5) “I have much people in this Guided by Him I do so feel that every hour is dis i tinctly and definitely gui- ed by Him 1 I have taken Hirn at His word In * everything, and He fakes me at my । word In everything. . . So. having i entrusted my ven trust to Him T I look forward ever so happily to H-. • future (if there bo yet much of earl hl v future for me) as “one vista of'.rZ' ’ no-s and bh^sedne^s”—Frances Rid Icy Havergal. Contemplating Heaven An eagle may fly high, and yet : iv v Its eye down upon some carrion on the earth: even so. a man may bo standing on the earth, an ’ on some low part of it. and yet have his eve upon heaven .-nd be contemplating it. —Robert Leighton.