Walkerton Independent, Volume 54, Number 23, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 November 1928 — Page 2

Walkerton Independent Published Everv Thursday by THE IM>EPENDENT- N EWS CO. Publishers of the WALKERTON INDEPEMI ENT NORTH LIBERTY NEWS LAKEVILLE STANDARD THE ST. JOSEI ’ H CO UNT TWEEK LIES ' Clem DeCoudres, Business Manager Chau-les M, Finch, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ona Tear |l.s* Blx Months .9# Three Months .50 TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the post office at Walkerton, ^nd., as second-class matter. About the hardest thing is to airpear distant to the other passenger in a rumble seat. The law against speed boats is to be enforced, if the enforcers can catch up with the speed boats. Those that trip the light fantastic toe in dancing marathons are prone to a light fantastic head. When Byrd gets to the Antarctic pole he will discover that the prevailing winds are from the south. Historic Monument: Any large granite or marble thing used as background in tourists’ snapshots. Science can take some old figure of speech like “speaking likeness’’ and work is up into talking movies. So live, if you are a writer, that one or another of your best lines will be attributed to Mr. Shakespeare. The Scotch have deleted “obey” in the marriage ritual and it further reads: “Until debt do us apart.” Still, it wouldn’t ,he much of an Old Home Town if it were the same as it was when you were young. The saddest part of an aviator’s fate when his venture fails lies in the fact that he so seldom gets a second chance. Apparently all Trotzky needs to make him happy is a quiet corner where he can typewrite without inter ruption. It might be interesting to learn how China came to require so enormous a copper coinage before street ears were Invented. One of the things you just mustn’t put off much longer is that little task of getting the basement ready for next winter’s coal. Maybe some all-wise intelligence is responsible for chess not being in the large headlines: Imagine putting “Capablanca Beats Boguljubow” into 48-point type. Commander Byrd has ordered a half ton of Hoosier popcorn for his trip to the South pole, which surely will help to while away the iong antarctic evening. Now that the diameter of Venus has been measured, the record can bn filed away with the report on Nobile’s North pole discoveries for future use if any develops. “It has been called to my atten- > tion,” remarked the Unusually Nonchalant Statesman, after the notification committee departed, “that I am now a candidate.” Also, the honeymoon is over when he places a pencil ring in the paper, where she will see ft. around the article saying cigar ashes are quite ben eflcial to wool rugs. Some of us would like to linger on another 5(1 years or so just to see I what the enterprising medical frater- । nity will amputate next, when all the tonsils are harvested. What to say to some one who has circled the globe in 23 days, mostly by air, is always a problem. Perhaps ns good as anything would be “I seo you're up and around ” One thing is certain; the signing of the anti-war pact will oblige the । representatives of the various nations to keep their fingers on the pen in stead of on a trigger. The old days were when about four sixteen-year-old girls out of five lad Illusions of becoming trained nurses tn charge of convalescent young millionaires, exclusively. A man who landed in New York with 28 cents twenty years ago. was worth $10,000,000 when he died the other day. Well, his accounts show a satisfactory profit, but what of it? i A story says that during his early , lifetime. Sax. the inventor of the : saxophone, fell down stairs, swal ; lowed a pin. was in two fires, drank ; poison by mistake, was nearly as I phyxiated and was once blown up. ■ This embittered him. A pie. 16 feet long, in England was cut into 20,000 pieces, beating the best American commercial mark by several pieces. An airplane is being built to carry 60 persons, but there has been no great rush yet to be one of the first 60 passengers. Twenty years from tonight, we dare say, some youth somewhere will be asking a sweet thing, “And how did your folks happen to name you ‘Ramona’?” Overheard in a bus: “Where did you stop in Denver?” “Mum—let me see. If I had my towels, I could tell you in an instant.” Four is that trying age when the subject can't go from the piano to the davenport, seven feet away, without getting on his tricycle. Perhaps the nicest thing of all abbut the new talking pictures is indbility to hear the caramels, as they are unwrapped In the seat be- j hind.

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This Cat No“ Jinx”

Wildwood. N. J.—The tradition ot bad luck which has been woven about the black cat was destroyed recently, at least for Capt. Hilding Peterson of the fishing schooner Clifton. As the result of his kindness to a stowaway black cat, in prohibiting his crew from throwing It overboard to prevent a jinx, the captain is $7,(100 richer than when he put out from Wildwood Gables. When demands came from the fore castle to toss the cat overboard. Cap tain Peterson refused and shared his cabin with it. At dawn during the skipper’s watch the cat followed him to the de*’k and sprang to the rigging, clawing Its way upward to the empty crow’s ncM where a lookout had not yet been stationed. g FEAR | | By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK ’ 3 Dean of Men, University of J? H Illinois. 304«H}340tXWCH>0tt300^ Nothing else so inhibits progress as sea of failure, fear of people, fear of criticism

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paralyzed, incapacitated and made wholly ineffective and unfitted for the responsibilities of lite. It was fear, so we are told, which drove primitive man to sacrifice—fear of the gods and a desire to placate them by offering up something of value. It is a foolish thing in many instances, which takes away initiative and originality and freedom of action. Mrs. Stamey is afraid of mice. Sne cannot remember when she was free from this fear, nor does she recollect what first caused it. She looks furtively into every corner when she Is going about the house lest a mouse escape her; she turns down the sheets before getting Into bed at night—a mouse may have crept in during the day. She sits tense in her chair at home and when calling upon friends, her meager skirts drawn tightly about her limbs, afraid, not realizing that the mouse, should it appear, is far more afraid of her than she of it. Sheldon Is afraid of disease. He himself really has nothing the matter with him. but his uncle died of cancer a few years ago and ever since Sheldon has been haunted by the thought that he, too, will shortly succumb to the same hideous disease. He exaggerates every symptom, he gpjws cold with fear at any localized pain, he examines every abrasion, and shudders when he finds a mole on any part of his body. He has little peace *J» >*♦ ♦£» «.!♦ »♦, ♦♦♦ AA A 0% A | DIPPING INTO t SCIENCE i Motor Transportation £ Growth *£ In 1924 there were 9,675 X ❖ bus operating companies; in X 1927 there were 26.611. In 1924 52.925 busses were in operation £ while last year there were 85. »:♦ *;* 563. In 1924 there were 200,378 £ X miles of bus route operated, and ♦:* 655.609 in 1927. More than two X and a half billion rode busses ❖ last year. X •F t©. 1928. Western Newspaper Union. »J* *F *F*F *♦* *♦* *** *•* *** *♦* *♦* *♦* *** *♦* *♦* *F *.* *♦* *♦* *♦* *** *** *♦* *F 4* 4*

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The captain climbed the ratlines to its rescue and from the high place saw a large area of the sea broken by baby mackerel trying to escape the attack of a school of bluefish. Dories were lowered quickly, encircling the entire school with seine, and three hours later the Clifton sailed into Cold Spring Harbor, the deck waist deep in bluefish. Captain Peter Son was tit the wheel, a black eat perched on his shoulder. The catch, the record of the season filled more than 400 barrels and brought $7,000 at the docks. The crew raised a fund to buy the cat, now the l"‘t of the ship, a silk cushion, several cases of condensed milk and plenty of can openers. of mind night or day—fear of disease paralyzes him. Miss Lenox is afraid of what peo lle will say. Maybe her remarks at the sewing society were too personal, too direct. Perhaps she should not have expressed herself so categorically. She said something very complimentary she recalls, her face growing hot, concerning the new minister, and he is not married. What will people say? Will they think she is setting her cap for him? Horrors! Fear takes her into its dutches. She Is almost afraid to walk down the street —she has done the wrong thing, she has spoken indiscreetly. Dudley has always been terrorized by the thought of poverty. He has never wanted anything; he has been in comfortable circumstances all ids life, hut Constantly there is before him the dread of bankruptcy. Crops will fail, prices will run down, his cred itors will become insolvent, the bank in which his , s are deposited will fail—a thousac things are sure to conspire against him and in his old age he will be a mendicant, a beggar on street corners, an inmate of the poor house. To his dying day he will live in fear of poverty. Courage! What a wonderful weapon It is with which to fight these useless fears which at one time or another possess us all! (©, 1928. Western Newspaper Union ) Edible Earth Tokyo. —A strange edible earth upon which man might subsist indetl nitely exists on the slopes of the vol canic Mount Asama near the popular summer resort of Karuizawa

Odd Buriat Customs

Washington. — Ihe Buriats who recently joined the Mongols in destroy ing a portion ot the Chinese Eastern railway came into the spotlight two years ago when the Russian govern merit banned wife stealing among members of the race in Siberia. “Th^ft of wives is not a traditional custom among the Buriats. Marriage among them usually is effected through an exchange of children arranged bj their parents," says a bulletin from i the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic society. "When the parents of a young Buriat swain decide he should have a wife, they consult the parents ot an eligible maiden and offer a daughter m exchange for her band. If there is no daughter to exchange, the son’s vise is. in effect bought by a gift of .•atile. Frequently, among the well To d<> Burials, the bride's dowry of furs which would he valued nt thou Sands of dollars on an American fur market, offset the ‘price’ paid for her “Buddhist temples with their pray er u heels which 'say’ thousands ot prayers per revolution and Christian churches are found in Buriat villages; tint both Buddhists and Christians at tend Shamanistic rites at some ot the mountain-top shrines. Shamanism is nature worship. Adherents of Sha manism believe that rain, the rivers

WV MVVMVVVVM M $ Belled Buzzard Tragic q 3 Symbol Seen in Georgia g 3 Sparta, Ga. — The famous n H “belled buzzard or at least one $ 5 of the species upon which some o $ one has attached a hell, was § S seen by several workmen on the 5 § roof of Drummers Home hotel c g here recently. The workmen g S said the buzzard (lew low ovei n g the roof, before seeing them' g $ ami th<>y could plainly see the 3 g small bell attached to the huz $ g zard’s neck by a small leather 6 g collar and could hear Hie tinkh $ U ot the hell. Buzzards with this O p distinguishing mark on them are q § seen and reported here occa 2 O . Q A sionally but it is not known $ g whether they me all the same g ij} bird or not. X D o X Among the superstitions the 3 g appearance of a l•e!led buzzard 9 D Q $ over a community is believed to u g forecast a tragedy Numerous g O writers, among them Irvin S O g Cobb, have made the helled vul g ft titre the subject for fiction O g themes. g o O O O O-CHX D a o 0 O O DO DOO o O O DC a a£t D VETERAN WELCOMED ** _ I W ; f LTjli 1 Frosty Peters brilliant drop kicker of the Illinl I'.r.'fi team. Is back In c< I lege after a year’s absence and will l>e of great assistance to t’oach Zm> pke in the remaining grid struggles Bars Small Girls New \ ork —Smail girls are now barred ns public school teachers Ap plieants must be nt least five feet tall Those under that height are pre sinned to lack commanding personal ity.

the wind and the mountains are peo pled by gods The higher into the mountain the Shamanist goes to wor ship, the greater favor he receives from tile deities. Frequently worship ers climb to the mountain top shrim where, amid chanting and weird con tortions of Shanmnist priests, the Buriats make their sacrifices on a sa cred tire. “The Buriat and his tiorse are In separable companions, a horse often is tied to his owners grave to starve to death in order that it may follow him in death. Good horses are scarce GIVEN HIGH POSITION x ' 'V:' * fW L O BL - > WB Egrr sssccx :.' :S 2 / , £?aass< «js Mrs. Adalin Wright Macauley of Wisconsin and former national president of the American Legion Auxil iary, who was elected president of the Women’s Auxiliary of Fidac, the interallied veterans' federation, at the Fidac congress in Bucharest, Rumania. so the heirs sometimes manage to appease the gods by substituting a useless hack, or they tie the good saddle horse by such a flimsy thong that it soon frees itself and wanders back to the village. “Few automobiles have penetrated the land of the Buriats, which lies In regions adjacent to the southern shore of Lake Baikal. The Buriats spread their villages all over the land scape without regard to streets. The nomads near the Mongolian border

Pet “Made Good”

Danville, Ky.—Because Ids pet dog led him to treasure trove of 1,800 sil ver dollars, James Ashe, aged and poverty stricken, who lives near Dan ville. Ky.. helirwes Providence Ims favored him for upright life. Ashe lives alone 'ii a small habitation ll«vvas walking through a field when his dog jumped a rabbit, which tied to an old tree stump. The dog dug furiously about the stump and Ashe began removing the accumulation within to scare the rab bit and ce what there was there In a few moments he found the top of a kettle, then loose pieces of medal dis colored by ag_. <’leaning one. lie dis <-overe<l it was a silver dollar. Ex-Kairer Still Signs Himself “All Highest’’ Amsterdam — German visitors to the home ot the ex kaiser at Doorn ■ receive a card signed "by order of the all highest,” according to “De Tele graaf. ' in n spirited article condemn ing royalist Intrigues The l article points out that Whhelm Hohenz* Hern nbdicaled the throne and his rights ten years ago. It Is absurd. It continues, for Wilhelm to continue to style liimselt “emperor and king." "Ilie practice may he nothing more fhaq h: rm’ecs vanity, but ft might become a serious situation al any time." the irtiele warns while calling upon the Dutch gox cruHmm to see that Wil । helm <|o ( -s not misuse the hospitality । ••xtended to him I ho cards nrc> Issued when visitors i <lgn the guest book Turks Establish Mode! Villages for Farmers Jerusalem. Palestine. — Int i oduct ion ! of modern amt scientific methods In ! to agriculture evidently Is fostered ac I lively by the Angora govern: tent So culled model villages are belt g ere< ted a a number of pla< es Heads j of the Sivas vilayets, situated in the I heart o. Anatolia have been asked i . to nn —e some place in th.- districts | ' under their respeclive m.ministration i , for conversion info model villages In sinh villages noderu plows and ; other agricultural implements arc* dis tributec* free of charge*. The idea ' is that model villages should be so centrally .oeatc*d as to allow farmers of the* surrounding country to profit from their advancement.

live in yurts dome-haped tents built I of interlaced flexible sticks cbvered | with skins or felt. "When a Buriat settles down he fre quently builds a hut. but no matter liow elaborate the new abode may be. it usually bears some resemblance to ihe yurt. Some leave a smoke hole in the roof and build their tires in the center of the floor as in the yurt “Though house furnishings are few. rugs adorning the floors and walls ot • the well to do indicate that the Buriat likes display, and if tiie tribesman can afford it, he will he seen strutting about the village in silken robes. “Tea drinking and smoking are । common habits of the Buriat, both among adults and children Some of the tribesiner wear broad silk girdles in which they carry their pipes and tea cups. “Wien the Russians first mot the Buriats in the Sixteenth century, the latter were true children of nature Many of them made their living bx fishing and hunting, while a few were stock raisers. The Russians taught them agriculture, and succeeding gon eralions of Buriats surpassed the average Russian farmer in farming.’’ A Family Affair Maryville, Tenn. —A du ible wed ding in which four first cousins par ticipated was celebrated here when Nellie and Beulah Gourley sisters, married Fate and Isaac Gourley, brothers. 'lhe father of the girls is a brother of the boys’ father.

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Ashe continued his excavation until he* had removed a large copper kettle, apparently full of coins He could not carry it far, and liid it in ihe un- I det brush He told afi lend of his dis- i rovrry, and they took the kettle to • Ashes home. The coins were cleaned ■ and counted There were I.nini silver i dollars, none* bearing ;l date later than 1S.»8 It is believed robbers of long I ago buried Ihe money and never returned^/or the loot, or th.it some antebellum miser placed his hoard there. I Another theory is that the treasure I may have been buried during the Civil i war to prevent roving soldiers or ■ guerillas from taking it. “ALL-WHITE” COAT ■ i I Miss Billie Dove wore this clmrtn- ! ing coat in “The Night Watch." It is of ermine and expresses many of the season s most important points. White fox forms an elaborate trimming and . expresses the beauty ot the all-white i wrap most effectively. Mere Cotton Dresses Worn, Inquiry Shows New York —Six weeks of direct in vestigation. supplemented by information furnished by nearly 250 firms and i individuals, has led the new uses sec- i tion ot the Colton Textile institute to ' conclude there is au increasing demand for cotton dresses and piece | । gm>ds. President Walker D. Hines an- : nounces. The conclusions reached are that more cotton dresses are being worn: more cotton dresses were made and sold during the summer of 1!»28 than in 11'27; retail sales of cotton piece ; goods this summer were larger in vol ume than in 1H27. and retail stores have been advertising fine cotton goods more extensively. The report says the trade Is con fident 11121* will be a big cotton year, but has suggested that the popularity of cotton fabrics will depend upon i superior styling. § Pretty Pet Skunk Follows Small Boy a 3 Berwick —it may have been a a $ little lamb that followed Mary § o to school one day, but it is a $ a skunk that follows six-year-old $ & William Grassley. 3 The boy stroked and fed the 3 animal when it was found, just ° 3 a tiny creature, in the cellar of « 3 the Grassley home, and it be- g D lamehis inseparable companion. 3 g Thoroughly domesticated. it g 3 trails William about Si inches o g back of his heels. g \\ herever he goes, so goes the CJ g skunk, and there usually is « § g crowd watching the perambula- 3 3 tions of the kid with his strange o $ pet : . S 3 Ihe animal Is a particularly ij x pretty one.

KITChm CAHNiKS f -VC). >B2B. Western Newspaper Union i “Oh. road that beckons round the bend. We care not uhaUe at Journey's end. So that our happy feet have strayed Through ferny banks and hemlock shade." VEGETABLES Vegetable oysters, or salsify, abergines or egg plant, are found plenti-

fully in the markets during the early winter. They are becoming more plentiful as they are called for more often in the markets. The egg

plant has a flavor all its own. The purple varieties are considered the best flavor; its color certainly appeals to the artistic sense. Salsify has a flavor similar to oysters, hence its name oyster plant, or vegetable oysters. When co< Fed with codfish Its flavor Is heightened. Never cook salsify in an iron utensil and when scraping the roots keep 1 thtm under wafer, or they will quickly discolor. Stuffed Green Peppers.—The proportion of stuffing will depend upon the size and number of peppers t<> be I served. Take a small piece of c<a»ked ham, put through the meat grinder—-one-half cupful will season the filling | for four peppers—add one cupful of cooked veal, also put through the meat grinder one cupful or more of bread crumbs, one beaten egg to bind, salt and pepper to taste, a dash of onion juice, a handful of walnut meats chopped, a teaspoonful of peanut butter, all well blended to fill the peppers. Cover the tops with buttered crumbs and bake until well browned in a moderate oven. Parboil the peppers about five minutes before filling. Set them Info gem pans with a bit of water to keep them from scorching, then they will keep their shape ami hold the filling. Egg Plant With Mushroom Stuffing. —Cut egg plant into halves lengthwise and parboil In salted water until the pulp is tender. Scoop out the pulp to within an Inch from the skin, j Chop the pulp fine; add one-half its bulk of chopped mushrooms which have been sauted in a little butter for five minutes. Add an equal amount of bread crumbs, one-half tablespoonful of minced onion, a tablespoonful iof butter and salt and pepper. Fill I the shells with the mixture, place In | a buttered pan, cover with buttered crumbs and bake three-quarters of an hour. Minced ham raay be used in place of the mushrooms and the onion may be omitted If not desired. Accompanied with steak this makes a delicious main dish. Mashed Egg Plant.—Boil an egg plant whole without paring. When ' tender drain, and remove the skin. Mash smooth, add one-half cupful of j bread crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of butter, salt and pepper, a little grated , onion, a clove of garlic, used to rub the inside of the baking dish. Fill the dish and smooth the top. cover with buttered crumbs and bake brown. Savory Dishes. A shin bone of beet is most often served for soup, but here is one

worth a trial: Shin Beef With Creole Sauce. — Take a three or four pound shin bone, cover wi’h seasonings. then flour and brown tn hot fab Place tn a scotch kettle. a

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deep round Iron kettle with an iron lid. Add one sliced onion, one carrot sliced, one green pepper chopped, two cupfuls of tomato, one-fourth j teaspoonful of celery salt one tea- ! spoonful of salt and a dash or two of cayenne pepper. Add a tablespoonful of water as the moisture is used up and cook until the meat is tender. Savory Beef.—Take three pounds of the shin of beef, three large onions sliced, one teaspoonful of salt, onefourth teaspoonful of pepper, one ■ tablespoonful of catsup, one-fourth i teaspoonful each of ground cloves, thyme, summer savory, one pint of brown stock, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Brown the onions in the marrow fat. Cut the meat from the bone and dredge with flour. Prepare the stock by cooking the bone in water, then adding the other Ingredients; simmer until the meat Is done. Shin of Beef With Sauce.— Remove the meat from the bone, roll in seasoned flour and sear well. Add a pint of water and simmer until tender. Serve with the following sauce: One each of chopped onion anti carrot, browned in some of the marrow fat. a sprig or two of parsley, one half cupful of diced celery, one cupful of tomato. salt and paprika to taste. Cook nil together until smooth and well flavored. Savory Rice.—Cover the bottom of a well-buttered baking dish with | cooked rice, spread with fried onions and stewed tomatoes, grated cheese ‘ and finelv minced pitnentoes. Finish j the top with rice and cheese and hake three-quarters of an hour. When ar emergency soup is wanted try a can of pea soup with one can of condensed milk; mix and heat and serve with toast or crackers. Agassiz’ Great Work The Museum of Natural History at Cambridge, Mass., was built up by Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. He also established in the island of Penikese, Buzzard's bay, a practical school of natural science, especially devoted to the study of modern zoology. Another Thing to Explain When scientists are through discussing why man adopted clothing, maybe they can explain why he took up tattooios.—Roa too Herald.