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The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
CASTE WIELDS AN INFLUENCE
santaIs Prefer Starvation Rather Than
to Eat Food Cooked by the
Brahmins.

Occupation is still preserved among
the Indian natives by Inheritance and
tradition, so that the diversion of Ia
Dor to industrial pursuits has been
an almost impossible task confronting
the British government, the National
Geographic Magazine observes. The
supply of agricultural labor constantly
outruns the demand, thus keeping the
wage scale extremely low. Caste also
prevents people from leaving crowded
districts and going to sparseiy inhab.
tied regions, Of which there are many.
In time of distress the restrictions
which caste throws about rescue and
relief work would be e1asperating If
they were not so tragic. For example,
In the terrible Orissa famine thousands
Of Santals perfshed, In the midst Of
ample supplies furnished by the gov
efkment, before It was discovered that
there Is 1 peculiar tenet of their faith
which ferbids them to touch food
cooked By Brahmins. 1t was also dis
covered that skilled weavers would not
90 to the ordinary relief work camps
for fear that the hard labor would
cause them to lose the delicacy Of
touch which they value so highly.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
CoIors Of the Rainbow.

The colors of the rainbow vary ac.
cording to their size, and the size diff
fers according to the bigness of the
raindrops. Large drops produce mar.
row rninbows and bright. clearly de,
fined colors. The colors are general.
ly us follows: When the raindrops are
In the average one millimeter in diam.
eter we see violet, pale blue, blush
green. green, yellow. orange pale red
and deep red rainbow: when the drops
average three-tenths millimeter, the
rainbow is violet. pale blue, blush
green, green. yellow and orange. Drops
of one-tenth millimeter produce the
succession of very pale violet, vio-
let, whitish blue. whitish green, blush
yellow and pale yellow. Drops of one
twentieth mllimeter fog) give white
tinted with violet, very vivid white.
n white tinted with yellow and very
pale yellow.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Destruction of Verdun.

A British Red Cross official, refer
ring to a recent visit to the western
front, says: "Of Verdun itself it is
almost unnecessary to speak except to
say that all the written accounts one
has seen pale before the actual scene.
The town itself reminds one of Pom
peii. From the forts above one sees
for miles earth churned into dust, trees
shattered to ribbons, and not even u
whole brick where houses stood. Town
after town is completely destroyed
thousands Of square miles Of the rich
est land in the world are absolutely
sterile and sown with unexploded
shells, which make cultivation impos-
sible. But the greatest tragedy of all
Is poor Reims, perhaps ono Of the fin
est towns Of its size in Europe. It
seems hardly possible that it could
ever be rebuilt, so complete and ap-
palling Is Its destruction. The lowest
estimate Of the cost of the damage
II f40 600. 900 In this town Alone"
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
CITY IS YELLED IN SMOKE
In Manchester, Industrial Heart Ct
England, Flaming Furnaces Roar
Night and Day.

Manchester is the industrial heart
of England, the heart of the black
smoky North, which Is to the pleas
ant London south like foreign land
Under its veil of fog and smoke, the
flaming furnaces of Manchester roa,
night and day, turning out steel and
shells. The Manchester district is
more Ampressive than anything of the
kind America can show, because 1t is
more concentrated. It is as II nine.
tenths Of the American steel business
were -satAered Into q single Pennsyl
vania county. hrEYsmoG 45,., T.... .
,,- Baedeker says that on q clear day
you can lee 900 giant factory stacks
at' one tifhe from hin near Manches.
'tef.hd This stateineht has lsng been
suspected as the solitary bit of humor
M the N ponderous volumes of Bae
deker. 1t may be true. but 1t has new.
er been confirmed, because there are
no clear days in Manchester. When
all the 600 stacks are pouring forth
smoke and the fog steals down, 1t Is
dark at noon. On a good average day
you can see for several blocks, and
only few electric lights are neces
sary. The trolleys will probably burr
their headlights, but that is force Of
habit on the part of the motorman.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Rats Sworn Enemies Of Birds,

The number of useful insect-eating
birds nesting on the ground or in low
bushes which fall victims to rats Is ex.
tremely large and is one of the many
kinds of injury done by these PERM.
cious animals which cannot be comput.
ed, E. w. Nelson writes in the Nation.
al Geographic Magazine. Probably
few frequenters of the countryside
have returned to look into birds nest
to observe its condition without many
times finding 1t destroyed and frag-
ments of egg shells lying about. Un-
Questionably a large percentage Of
such nests located in the neighborhood
Of buildings have been raided by rats.
On one Of the small Danish Islands
1t has been authentically recorded that
the progeny of a single pair of rats,
which escaped from captivity, In two
years exterminated a great colony Of
birds for which the island has been
noted. ,
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Origin of Order of Odd Fellows

Details of the origin of the Inde-
pendent Order Of Odd Fellows are OBJ
scure and probably will always remain
30. From Incidents attending the extern
sion of Freemasonry In England, Amer
lea and elsewhere in the period be-
tween its arrival, in 1717, and year
174O. and from similarity of emblems
and to some extent mocha nj cal arrange
ment Of ceremoniais some Investigators
believe that the order Of Odd Fellows
was an offshoot Of Freemasonry. First
recorded lodge was in England In 1745.
Its membership consisted of mechanics
and laborers Provisions were made
for comfort and recreation of members
and practices Of contributing to relief
OF needy and unfortunate, brethren be-
gan early. Exchange.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Knit Practical Gifts.

Women waste much time In fancy
work which Is neither beautiful enough
to make it praiseworthy nor service
able to make 1t practical. The knit.
ting hysteria which has swept the
country will do more than anything
else to show how much good their
time can be put to in making things
worth while, and SO help them to stop
their everlasting time wasting on little
things which amount to nothing, says
an exchange.
Knit red and yellow and purple
sweaters and labor upon them in your
machine and at your tea parties, and
at the theaters and concert halls-and
work night and day.
This is the right attitude toward
the war, especially when there are so
many hundreds of thousands of boys
over in the chill and cold, suffering
for sweaters and helmets and stock
ings.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Alleged French Magic.

Not only Is witchcraft cause Of in
ternal troubles in Morocco, but 1t is
said that the German government In
its efforts to limit French influence In
that land made use Of the credulous
believers to hamper the French. Part
and parcel Of the difficulties Of the
time when the Morocco question" ag-
itated Europe and seemed about to
precipitate war long before the great
war began, was the efforts of what
We're supposed to be German agents to
keep the wireless from being erected
in Morocco by the French on the state
ment that 1t was French magic and
had the power of instantly transport
Ing an army through the air with all
its ammunition and its guns. For a
time the eager belief of the Moroc-
cans made 1t difficult for the French to
have the aid of the wireless to pro-
tect their vast investments in devel.
oping that rich country.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
a saek 81 LIVING aaat.sr.

As might be expected, 1t is amons
the Inhabitants of the water that we
ind the simplest types Of life. One
Of the polyps, the hydra, illustrates
how simple these structures sometimes
are. This little creature is nothing
more than sack Of living matter, the
inside coating attending to the work
of digestion and the outside membrane
doing the breathing. Yet the functions
of the two membranes are so slightly
specialized that the polyp may be
turned inside out and the former stom-
ach begins respiring, and the former
breathing apparatus digests food.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
HAD TO FIGHT DUEL OR WED
Young Man Surprised to Receive chal.
lsnos, but More Surprised to Find
Foe Woman.

William Kenrick, Berkshire gentle
man of a hundred years ago, left his
property, which was considerable, to
an only daughter. This young lady
had mind of her own and. finding
none Of her suitors to her liking, SIM
ply determined to wait until the right
gentleman should come along.
It so happened that one day she at
tended wedding at Reading, an ex-
change relates, where she met young
gentleman named Benjamin Child. He
was poor attorney. With this hand
some young man the younger lady fell
violently in love, but still she was eau
tious. She reasoned with herself for
several days, trying to shake herself
free Of the sudden passion, but all In
vain. Then, feeling that something
must be done, but unable, from confu-
sion of mind, to devise proper course,
she took the extraordinary step Of
sending the young man a letter de-
manding satisfaction for alleged In
juries. She appointed time and place
for the hostile meeting. Mr.. Child was
much surprised, and quite at loss to
conceive who the challenger could be.
By the advice Of friend, he decided
to 60 to the dueling place. Here he
was met by the young woman, who,
much to his surprise, told him he
would have to fight her or marry her.
He naturally chose the latter, and, as
the saying goes, they lived happily
ever afterward.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Buttons a By-Product of Beer,

The spent yeast which collects in
breweries and distilleries is put
through process which turns it out in
the form Of buttons, door-bell plates
and knife handles. Formerly this left
over material was considered to be q
bothersome waste; now it is utilized,
every bit Of 1t. AS 1t is gathered from
the vats the yeast is Of dirty, gray
brown color. The first operation is to
dye 1t and then to work 1t over until it
assumes the form of powder and can
be hot-pressed into any form. In this
stage 1t is called "ernolith:" 1t may be
sawed. scraped, filed, drilled, engraved,
turned to an edge and polished.-Popu-
lar Science Monthly. tf2
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
RAISED H.r, Own cur,..

Elisabeth had accompanied hss
Mother down town on a shopping tfip.
White mother was busy selecting fkef
goods Nlizabeth wandered over to the
once quarters. which were ON, that
,noos, and stood looking into the win
dow OF the cashiers cage. Noticins
the pretty golden curls Of the child, the
cashier asked: Little girl, wherS did
you Set those pretty curlsT Elizabeth
did not answer and the young .nan
again asked, In a teasing way: where
did your mamma buy them?"
In . scornful md emphatic tone
Nlizabeth answered: "She never
buyed 'em: raised EN-"
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Thought Misery Good Name.


Marion had her own ideas about
proper associates. but 50 did her sis
ter, and they differed. One day Marion,
hearing sounds Of laughter In the
backward Of her house, rushed out to
Join the fun. She found Margaret
ronping with q motley looking assert
,ment sf playfellows, and, much dis
susted, returned to the house at once.
ys4 Mother" she exclaimed when she
got In. don't you think that child
ought to be called 'Misery'f'
t..Why, Marion, what In the world
makes YOU say ,thatf' "a v,r,.9
=. ..well, neither, they say misery loves
company. and that child certainly does
love company"
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
aSsIsi IS REMARKABLE CITY
osssws How influences Of One Man
with IN idsa Can Persist Through
the Centuries.

a remarkable city is Assist, show
Ag how the influence of a man with
- idea can persist down the changing
Seaturies. 1t is seven hundred years
AAd more since st. Francis lived and
1aed here, and yet today Assist is lit
de besides the city of st. Francis. His
name lends it whatever fame and i'm
1ortance it may have, and something
of his kindly spirit seems to hang
about it still.
Assist is a bare little italian hill
town, built Of dull stone, with narrow,
winding rocky streets, looking out over
e0e Of the fairest prospects In all
Italy. Here st. Francis was born Of
rich parents, here he led an idle
spendthrift youth, and here he was
suddenly seized with the idea of uni
versal brotherhood and the necessity
for poverty. Here he founded the
franciscan order, praying that its dis
tinctive sign might be never to pos
sess anything under the sun and to
have no means Of living save by beg
ging."
He carried out his rule In strictest
where now stands the church of St.
Mary Of the Angels. He felt a great
love for all things created, so that he
hailed the sun as his brother and
preached to the fishes. All of these in
cidents In his career and many 9TH
ers are set forth in noble frescoes by
Giotto In the Franciscan church at
Assist.
In Assist, too, is the tomb of St.
Francis, in a little chapel of the Fran
ciscan monastery. The tomb Is sur
rounded by beautiful marbles and rich
work in beaten bronze. The world
has loved st. Francis, but apparent
ty 1t has never understood him. Else
1t would not in all reverence have
surrounded his vault with the rich
luxury of beauty against which his
whole life and all his teachings were
but one great protest.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
0lD.sTYLE BLOSSOMS PAssE1
Wore Valuable for Home Rsmsdls, In
Days Of Our 0randmothers and
Herb Doctors.

With the exception of some of the
daintier spring blossoms, our wild
flowers are passed by without CON-
ment. Violets, hepaticas, bluebells,
trilliums are still sought after and
picked, the fall asters are gathered by
some and the goldenrod Is admired,
but passing into disrepute on account
Of Its hay-fever aggravations. There
was time, however, when grandmOth.
er was young, relates the Ohio State
Journal, when most Of our common
field and wayside flowers were of
prime Importance in the household, in
the shape of family bitters, physics and
curealls.
Yarrow. pest to the farmer and
of doubtful beautyseven to the wild
flower lover, was at one time most
made that cured all sorts of ailments,
from toothache to typhoid fever
From the bOneset plant, SO common
along our streams now, tea was also
made which was a prime favorite in
the curing of that common malady,
"break-bone fever"-do not laugh
probably what we know today as
grippe. Camomile, we call it dog fen
mel, was brewed into tea as well, and
was used as tonic and blood purifier.
Jimsonweed, corruption of James
town weed, was valued by the settlers
Of that early village as narcotic, and
Is still SO used, for that matter. Self
heal, the little close-growing purple
lowered pest Of our lawns, was used
to relieve sufferers with Quinsy and
other throat Affections. This plant be-
longs to the mint family, and most of
the mints were Of use incidentally.
Pennyroyal, spearmint, Oswego tea,
bergamot, catnip and mother-wort
were all of value to the simpler of a
century or more ago.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Japan Not Likely to Help.

DR.. Toyokichi Ivenga, director Of
East and West News Bureau, says
Japanese trade has reached the billion
mark. Her investments in bonds and
notes of the entente powers total
$3OO,OOO,OOO. Gold reserve in the
Bank of Japan and the government
vaults amounts to $4OO,OOO,OOO. Japan
has cleared the oriental trade routes,
but there is no chance of her sending
troops to the battlefields. To trans
port 100000 japanese soldiers, 1000
ocean-going ships of 1900 tons each
would be required. Japan has only
seventy ships Of 5000 tons or more.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
PROGRESS IN HOME BUILDING
Human Dwellings Show Marked Ad-
vaneement In the Great Art
Of Architecture.

The history Of human dwellings is
largely the history Of the human race
No other feature of social life is equal.
ly expansive In the vistas It opens up
on all sides of human interest. No
other chain stretches SO far back or
carries the student over so wide an
area of the life of the globe.
Mankind has progressed In the art
of house building as he has in the
other arts, and there Is vast degree
of difference between the lacustrai
huts of the lake dwellers (presumed
to be the first house men built with
their hands) and the highly decorated
architecture Of the Renaissance. For
long ages man was content to house
himself in the humblest fashion, says
an exchange.
The first houses were caves. Early
man was fighting animal, and had to
contend against the huge and ferocious
beasts that infested the plains and
rivers. His dwelling naturally had
to be a place of security as well as a
habitation. Caves were natural and
artificial, the latter being followed out
of the solid rock by rude flint instru-
ments. Most of them were formed In
the sides of cliffs and among high,
rugged hills.
To those early ancestors Of ours
the primeval men and women who Sc.
cured, as one would think, but scanty
shelter and protection from these stone
caves and holes in the rocks, we ap
ply the generic term of cliff dwellers
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Asia Minor Puzzle.

"Asia Minor" is geographical term
Of vague extension. 1t puzzles anyone
to say exactly where it leaves off. The
name dates only from the fifth century.
A. D., when Orosius used 1t evidently
as a novelty. The Roman empire knew
no Asia Minor. Indeed, the Roman
province of ASIA" was actually small.
er than this Lesser Asia. The alter
native name Anatolia Gland Of the sun.
rise or east), which has found favor
with the Turks, is equally indetermi.
nate
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
White Africans.

That race in Northern Africa known
as the Berbers is white, and If they
dressed like our own people and had
the habits OF Americans or Europeans
they could easily pass for such. The
Berbers are believed to be descend
ants of the white inhabitants Of an
cient Europe. They are Mohammed-
ans. Blue eyes, fair hair, and rosy
cheeks are quite common among them,
and many of the women are striking
ly handsome.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
FLASHLIGHTS

The fellow who can do better
work than his neighbor and
doesn't Is a failure e ~ }'w nj
Golf ls a good deal like lie;
too many Of us are iatIsded to
: bs Just ordinary = players. e7a
''iAtlost reputation may SOME
times be recovered, but II nev.l
er looks just the same. r~1'i
"A woman's idea of, luck ID to
hnd adOllar she didn't know
she had among the receipts and
unused transfers in her shop,
ping bog. > tr-f 7ros r.a,- s',7f,
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Wash,nstae,n., .1xs sIrthd.x,,

In 1852 Pope Gregory XIII ordered
that all the Ostholic Countries should
adopt Q new calendar. This calendar
was correct and Ii at the present
,tinSs m general use throughout the
world. In the year that the calendar
Vas adopted ten days were dropped.
Thus the day sitter October Of the
Julian calendar became October Is in
the 6regOrian. This calendar was not
adopted by England until 1859. Wash.
iAgton1 being born In 1892, he was
twenty years old at the time the new
calendar was adopted. Thus his first
20 birthdays fell on the 11th of Feb.
ruary and the others fell on the 22nd.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Dream Makes Author.

A well-known dream in which the
facts are vouched for is that of R. L.
Stevenson. This popular writer could
dream when he liked, and could COM
plete an unfinished dream of the pre-
vious night. According to Mr.. james
Payn, himself a famous author, Ste
venson had a nightmare of dual per-
sonality, and on that basis wrote the
novel of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE
Tit-Bits.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Brain Food.

The more brains a man has the
more he Is in need of brain food
though not necessarily the kind he
would take in through his mouth.
That is, the best kind Of food for the
brain is the kind we put into the
brain instead Of the stomach. There
isn't much use to take food for the
brain we haven't got, anyway.-Ex-
change.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Enjoyed the Frostlna.

Dick was guest at Diana's third
birthday party. At first he was quiet
and morOse. Then, at the sight of ice
cream and cake. he suddenly became
cheerful. Burying his face In a huge
piece of marshmallow cake. so that
only his eyes could be distinguished,
he shouted: "Say, kids, this Is the
frostingest cake ever ate"
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Decay Of Tin,

The most remarkable example of
allotropic disintegration of metals
Is perhaps that of tin. Investigation
has shown that the disease can only
occur in temperature not exceeding
64.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Tin decay Is,
therefore, most prevalent in cold eli
mates.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Aiuhly Valued Pen.

One Of the most valuable pens in the
world, and one that has been much
coveted by curi0 hunters, Is one owned
In New York. It was made from .
carved box In which George Washing.
ton, when q young man, kept the
lenses OF his surveying instruments,
the wood of which formed the lid of
the deck of the captain of the historic
Mayflower.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Sparrows Numerous,

The house sparrow, or the "avian
rat" as he has been termed, is respon-
sible for one of the biggest leaks suf-
fered by this country. Numbering one
fifth of the total bird population, it
requires an enormous amount Of good
seeds, fruits, buds and young vege-
tables to feed the sparrow tribe.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05

The Plump Mrs. Portly-I hear that
Mrs. Hollowneck's husband has left
her for younger woman. I'd like to
see the man that would throw me
over.
The Meek Mr.. Portly-Some cham
pion weight-lifter might do it, but 1t
would be a job.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05

ksmple Works Translates.
The works of Thomas rKempis were
written in Latin, but they have been
translated Into the language Of almost
every civilised people. l
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Restores Brightness.

For gilt frames use the water In
which onions have been boiled, a. it
will restore their brightness.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Crossed the Euphratss.

Crossed the Euphratss.
The word Hebrew first occurs a.
given to Abraham by the Canaanites
Genesis 1879 because he had Cross
ed the Euphrates, the name sisnifying
beyond, on the other side."
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Eucalyptus outgrows Cedar.

A cedar tree requires more than a
century to grow large enough to yield
a 30-foot telephone pole. The eucalyp-
tus will attain a larger growth In 80
years, and its wood is quite as desir-
able.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
Cruel Constable.

-E. Cruel Constable. -o
p Country Constable ito onotorist)-
You have evidently been drinking to
excssa There is hardly enough left
In this bottle to, soften my heart sum.
ciently to release you!i-Life.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05

-n1p. Injured by Prsspsrity.
1hs mind u more injured By pros,
psrity than by adversely.
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05
re Al unsxp1etsd Thrust.

Hs-rt seems we have to economJae
- our Wool, my dear. 1.1. 81 ~ ''i
. eShsGT6<n you had better begin
with othe lot of It that people are a.
ways pulling over your eyes. 80
The Glenwood post., 1918-01-05

She Overheard Him.
II didn't know golf was a gambling
game"
~ III tsnt."H pnfgn7yf =f -s "f
,.'.It must be. ] heard you saying that
you broke 100 yesterday