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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
A Stinoinu Plant.

Why the Indian turnip StingS has
been discovered. The name by which
the Indian turnip is officially known is
arisaema triphyllum. 1t is a member
of the great aru family and has some
of the qualities of its relatives, the
green dragon, sweet flag, skunk cab
bage, Gala, palladium, rhubarb, onion,
horse radish, grape, wandering jew,
calecasin, fuchsia and pEyllodendrOn.
The acridity of the Indian turnip has
been demonstrated by Prof William
b. LaZenby of the Ohio State universe
ty to be due to the presence of needle
shaped crystals in the cells of the
plants. Crystals, called "raphideS, y
occur in number of plants, but in
most Of them they are coated with
mucillaginOuS matter. Those in the
Indian turnip have not this covering
and when the plant is chewed or tasted
the sharp points of the needle-like
crystals come in contact with the
lips, tongue and membranOus surface
of the mouth. They bite, burn and
sting.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Strange Moon Rays.

Pusilex, the distinguished selenog-
rapher of the Paris observatory, some
time ago reached the conclusion that
the curious rays or bands extending
in straight lines away from many lunar
craterS, such as the celebrated TychO.
are produced by the deposition of
volcanic ashes carried to great dis
tances by the winds that happened to
prevail when the eruption occurred.
He accounts for the relative mar
rowness of these bands, which are
never more than thirty miles broad,
although their length are sometimes
many hundred miles, by supposing that
only the central axis of the deposit
has remained, the less dense borders
having been destroyed by the denud-
ing forces of the air when the moon
had a considerable atmosphere.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
PLANT=TREE FOR new BABY
japanese Have Pretty Custom That
lnsures Shade and Timber for the
Coming Generations

In the inland sections of Japan,
where the rice fields and the fishing
villages of the coast and the inland
sea have given place TO the forms of
farming which the average man OF
that country best knows, there are
some few stretches of forests and
tree-cOvered plains and hills that are
impressive as well as picturesque.
But in most of Japan the tree is
painstakingly planted. carefully tended
and artistically trimmed creation
sometimes giving the impression of
being more man-created than hap
pening by accident"
One of the reasons there are almost
invariably fine trees surrounding the
homes of the well-Jo-dO of Japan is
because when a baby is born tree is
planted i'm honor of the newborn
child. The tree is called 1.-The baby's
tree" often is given the name of the
child, and both tree and child grow
up together.
During the years when the baby is
growing up the chiid'S tree is watched
over both by the parents and their
gardener, as we'll as the child. Many
Japanese mother would fear that
her child was about TO die if the
ckild's tree were TO become sick and
die. And they take it as the best pos
sible omen when the tree fiOuriShes
better than any other tree in the
| neighborhood.
Nothing is permitted TO harm this
| tree until the day comes when the
| child is TO be married. Then the tree
| is cut down and its wood is made into
an article of furniture for the new
home This furniture is treasured, and
| house it grew all these years TO dec
crate
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Bernard Shaw AGED 254.

81 am fairly familiar with Mr..
Shaw's plays and prefaces," writes
Gilbert Seldes in The Dial, "but l re-
call no emphatic acknowledgment any
where of his debt to Gulliver's
Travels, and if it mattered very much
should accuse Mr.. Shaw of flinging
Samuel Butler and the mysterious
Captain Wilson like pepper in our
eyes for fear of seeing the great dean
too clearly. On a hundred topics,
from doctors to diet, they have sim
liar IDEAS
Perhaps Mr. Shaw is like one of
those characters in his new play who
live to be 300 years DID, under various
names. If Bernard Shaw is Dean
Swift, he is 254 years old.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Fixed Star Is Best.

Blazing comets may cause admira-
ton or fear, but the tried mariner
looks to the fixed stars when he takes
his readings. Better far be the steady
reliable employee than the fitting
genius who never accomplishes any
thing. Learn to make the most of
the home environment and you will
have no trouble in being recognized
beyond it. It's what you put into life
that brings the value out of it. Ex-
press the faith you have in yourself
by intelligent industry and you will
make place in the world that others
will envy. Be a fixed star.-Grit.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
HAS GOOD WORD FOR PARSNlP
Writer Declares Vegetable, Which
Seemingly Has Few Friends, Ranks
High Among Root Foods.

The parsnip seems TO have few
aristocratic friends and few poets
have sung its praises, yet the good old
parsnip continues on its way without
discouragement In conversation, one
hears a good deal about corn, wheat,
potatoes, rye, oats, tomatoes, caull-
flower, artichOkes and beets yet some
how, few persons discuss the parsnip.
This old vegetable was popular with
pioneer Americans-the fOrebears OF
SO many Americans who now look on
the parsnip as too plebeian for the
table. There can be no doubt about
the antiquity of the parsnip and there
ought to be no doubt about its re-
spectability. 1t was cultivated by the
Romans long before they entered upon
their career of world conquest and
world government.
The Romans ate this simple and
hardy vegetable during that period
when they were masters Of the world,
and in their decline they continued to
serve the parsnip. 1t was once wild
plant, like most, or all, the fruits and
vegetables that grow in orchard, field
and garden. IT is still found in its wild
state along the roadsides and in waste
places throughout Europe and tenn
perate Asia, and it has many wild re-
lations in the United States.
OF the food value of the parsnip
DR.. Wiley has said: ''Most nutri-
tious of all root crops except satisfy.
Carbohydrate content 1917 per cent,
nearly as high as the potato and more
than twice as high as beets, carrots or
turnips."
Friends of the parsnip contend for
it's hardness. Persons who claim to
be acquainted with its habits say that
it will flourish in any reasonably deep
soil, and will, under favorable cOndi-
tons, yield a heavier crop than any
other root
Some experience is required in pre-
pairing the parsnip for the table, but
this may be said of all other vegeta-
bles. The parsnip which has been
first boiled and then baked until there
is brown crispness about the out.
side, is that parsnip which is in great
est favor with those persons who eat
parsnips.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Last Chance.

| was working in a large furniture
stOre-in the department where they
sold beds, lounges, etc. One day as |
was feeling rather tired | decided to
lie down for few minutes during my
lunch hour. | picked out a comfort
able looking lounge in a secluded cor
ner, closed my eyes, and fell asleep.
When | woke up | found that / had
slept for two and one-half hours.
got up and went about my work, hop
ing that my absence had not been no.
ticed. Just then the manager of our
department came up and asked me
where | had been. | had TO explain tO
him before all the clerks.
He said TO me: Don't let it happen
again or you will never get a chance
to sleep here again. Exchange.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Effects of Electricity.

The observations of an eminent
scientist as to the effects of electricity
on the animal body show some re-
markable results. Man has much
greater power of resistance, or much
less susceptibility, than many other
animals. A leech placed upon a cop
per plate that rests upon a larger
plate of zinc is unable to crawl off on
account of the feeble electric action
Horses are troubled by slight diff
ferences of potential. An OK treated
for rheumatism with electricity sue
cumbed to current absolutely in
offensive to man.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Her knittinu Only Sham.

jeans girl friends at the shore were
puzzled over the. fact that she was
always knitting something green. De-
spite the fact that she was busily al
it, the object never reached a point
where its identity could be determined
We'll" she drawled when they
asked her the reason, you see it's
like this: 1.-THE boys think it femi-
nine for a girl to knit. They like to
see me do it, The fact is l can't
knit at all, so | rip it out each night.
In this way it doesn't get to the stage
where they might ask the awkward
question of what it is. | took a
York Sun.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
After Him.

One of the members of a negro
church in Alabama was talking to the
minister one day of the temptations
Satan placed in ones path, when the
pastor grunted impatiently and re-
Piled:
Folks make me tired repesentin'
Satan as runnin' after dem with a
pitchfork. De truth is, my friend,
dere is so many people pullin' at de
DEVILS coattails dat he amt got much
time to chase anybody"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Tied Up.

Brown and Jones, at the club, were
lamenting the absence of their mutual
friend Robinson, who had got married.
1--WE don't see much of Robinson
now" said Brown. Il fancy his move
ments are not so free as they used to
be-"
"That's true" replied Jones, dryly.
"Since he tied the knot he's not had so
much roper"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
: Ruined by the Movies.

His pockets were empty, but it was
evident he had seen better days.
Eyes," he was saying to a sympa-
thizer, II was once the cynosure of all
eyes; l was the tattooed man in a
circus"
"And how did you lose your job? p
he was asked
"Public's gone crazy over moving
pictures" he mournfully replied, land
mine won't bulge"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
There's a Difference

"John, john" whispered Mrs. Con-
gresham Squibbs. ''Wake up! I'm
sure there are robbers in the house."
"Robbers in the house?" he muttered
sleepily. absolutely prepOsterous.
There may be robbers in the senate,
Mary, but not i'm the house. Absurd -
American Legion Weekly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Absorbing OCCUPATION,

Cant you get me government
job?" asked the willing worker.
I'D like to-" answered Senator SOr-
ghum. But man in government
employ has to work so hard nowadays
that you wouldn't have time to be
any help in my political campaigns"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Where the little Women" PLAYED

What American girl or woman has
not laughed or wept with the Meg,
10, Beth and Amy of Louisa Alcott's
delightful story? In the home of the
authOress at Concord, Mass, the attic in
particular recalls the jolly good times
of the Little Women" As we mount
the stairs We can hear in imagination
the sound of laughter as the four
girls discussed plans or plays, for this
was their favorite gathering place,
and 1t recalls many a delightful in
cident in their lives.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
SAVING Himself.

Junior Is a bright fOur-year-old.
"Can / go over to Helen's?" he
asked as he yawned on the porch at
eight o'clock one night.
mo, you stay right here"
81 mean in the morning, not to-
night"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Diplomacy.

"What did your boy Josh do when
you told him he would have to 90 out
in the world and make his own liv-
ing?'
"He went to the next farm as
hired hand, and in week had me
offerin' him his board an keep an
more wages"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Hidden Treasure.

Mrs. Ecks-That's a shockingly
clumsy maid who served US. And Mrs.
Wise said she had such treasure.
Mrs Wye-This maid is one she
hired for the occasion. She has the
treasure locked up In her room for fea4
one Of the guests might steal heg.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Careful Shopper.

The Wife-"rm becoming a regular
business woman, my dear. I bought
forty pairs of silk stockings reduced
from 40 to 80 francs and with the 400
francs / saved / got myself that duck
little hat / envied so much."-Paris
LIE Rire.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
A Personal Matter

Senator Snortsworthy seems dis
couraged over the party's prospects"
'That's only temporary"
"Yes?"
HE was scheduled to address a
concourse of sovereign voters yester-
day, and only three sovereign voters
showed up including the chairman"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
No SYMPTOMS.

"Who is the mysterious stranger? p
"Some kind of investigator"
working for the governments"
"I doubt it. He keeps pretty busy"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
Across the Room.

He-What would you say if / were
to throw a kiss at you?
She'd say you were the LATEST
man / ever met
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
American Goa, in Demand.

Coal is now being shipped from the
United States to such markets as
Alden, Uruguay, Ceylon, Egypt, India,
Argentina, Mauritius and Zanzibar.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-10-15
She Takes II cooIIy.

When a woman sees man wilt his
collar discussing her clothes she just
laughs up where her sleeve used to
ba, -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-22
cAVERLY PREVENToRiuM
Places For go Tubercular Children
Ready In May.

At the new Caverly Preyentoriur,
At Pitt ford which will be ready about
May LIST there will be thirty two beds
Tor chid. en-. Mrs W. S Phelps OF
Burlington made up her mind that sae
would secure a new gu Il for each of
these thirty.two beds Within the
last few days she has received four
qui is from the Standard Woman's
Relief Corps, one from the League
des Patriots, Franco-Americans, one
from the Silver Cross Circle OF the
Kings DauGlters OF Shelburne and
one from Mrs. Harry A. Way This
makes twelve quilts that have been
received up to date.
In ADDITION var GUS indiyidua' ana
organizations have promised thirteen
more SO that at the present time Mrs
Phelps lacks only seven to reach her
goal Of go new quilts for the Proven
forum,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-22
The Person Right Seldom Pride
ESKIMO LOVE AFFAIR
Six Lives Lost In Trying To Get A
New Wire.

NCN WIFE,
Edmonton, Alta. Dec. 20.-A weirC
story OF Eskimo love and ruthless
murder was brought in by messenger
today from the icy region OF Wager's
bay, 30 miles east of the Hudson S
Bay trading post, nearly five months
after the quintuple tragedy occurred
A sixth victim was reported SER
ously wounded.
The slayings, according to the re-
port received at mounted police
headquarters, revolyed about the
amours Of trader named Otto
Binde.
/ kinder, the report said, became
attracted by the wife OF an Eskimo,
so her husband and the husband
father volunteered to find Binder an
other Eskimo woman equa ly attrac'
tive
Setting out on their search, they
came to a Mt in which they found
a woman they thought would be at
tractive to Binder The only draw.
back was that this woman a'so was
married, and her husband refused to
part with her The bride hunters
solved the problem by g.'ooting and
seriously wounding the husband. His
cousin however, took oftense and
shot the younger OF the pair.
The elder then opened fire, but al.
so was slain by the cousin after he
had exhausted all mis- ammunition,
The cousin then proceeded TO STAY
the woman to save whom husband
and father had started on their
brides quest
He left four.year.old SRI father
less and mother ess, SO she was
strangled to deaf by one of the
head men" of the district.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-22
the Produc Mind Pufed Up win Conceit and Vanity
NAE CANADIAN AND BOOZE
Grand Isle Deputies Suspicious a.
Traveller Boards Ira n.

st. Adams, Dee 20.-Rose Touges.
Canadian, was placed under arrest
last evening by two Grand Isle Unit.
ed States deputies, charged with trans
porting liquor into this liquor. The
deputies were on their way to attend
United States court in Brattleboro
and noticed Touges get on the train
at West Swanton. They became sus.
picious and on searching his suit case
found two quart bottles and two one.
gallon cans OF the forbidden" beyer-
age.
On arrival OF the train in this city
s. sriff Catlin was notified and he
placed Touges in the Franklin coun-
ty Jail, He viii probably be arraign-
ed in city court tomorrow before
Judge n. n. Post officials stated to-.
day that the liquor was to be deliver
ed to party in this city
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-22
CUARRYMEN REJECT OFFER
But Would Agree to Local Settle.
merit.

Montpelier, Dec 2O-Returns from
practically all branches of the Quarry
ofters' Union OF North Amarlca 70
the general secretary, Fred w. Sultor
OF Barre, giving results on the refer.
endum vote on the proposed new bill
presented by the Quarry Owners as.
ISOLATION, show an almost unanimous
vote against the proposition. Only
I'VE voters were in favor Of accepting
Graniteville branch, which was
unanimous against the proposition.
was also unanimously in favor OF
making a local settlement. wit
reference to the general agreement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-22
Even Though Lines Not Busy.
Money talks but you care nav
bill over the telephone.
Unsuccessful Idiot.

jamie was returned from the home
for feeble minded to .e orphans
home. as the doctors examination
had proved her mere y, "subnorma' -
Said Minnie to Anna in a burst oil
confidence and gossip Jamie was
sent away to be an idiot, but she
couldn pass and had to come back
Philadelphia Stal
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-22
Let us lelen.

Let US listen only TO he experience
that urges MS on It IS always higher
thnn that which throws nr Keeps us
back aeterlinek,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-22
Insure With Men You Know
1t Costs No More

to get the reliable insurance and eff
cent personal service Of this agency
than of an unknown salesman OF an
unknown concern.
Great financial strength of a com
psny and high degree or alb lily of
an agency usually 70 togoiher, the
one experimenting the other. The
needs of the pc icy holder are studied
in this agency Of the Federal Tnsur-
ance Company.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-03-24
A SAD COMMENTARY

For several days past big of the country
have been RECALLING their readers with tales of one socaed Clara
Hamon ON trial for murder This trial has been featured in big
headlines and columns OF valuable space nave peeh
devoted to it. The stories related contain bids Tor sympathy
and the general impression upon the unhnkng mind that
the question heroine deserving OF much admra-
ton and entitled to rich reward tor her part IN the ecapde me
statement several times that during the time OF
trial Clara Hamon had 100 offers OF marriage sent he by
men by letter and that she Is considering OFFERS rom
several moving picture for large sums running as hgh
as $1,000 per week for period OF fifty weeks
that there at least three separate phases
of this situation that present sad commentary on american
life and ideals the present time To begin with 1T dcult
for just how the spectacular featuring OF such
pages such extent OF any value 10 the read
of newspapers With many really worthy causes camor
ing publicity be found the present time hardly
worth while to dedicate much space to such an un
happier higher ideals because they have waded
through all the stories and followed the career of such char
acter through several of questionable experiences which
Clara Hamon was a girl who knowingly lived licity with
married by the Of amon who had both wife and
children living another place No matter how much we may
try gloss this fact still remains in all its hideousness
and immortality.
And to the unthinkng and immature mind much harm has
undoubtedly For although confess that the
question Just what he deserved cannot why
the in question should escape without blame or should
be featured on the screen ana compensated Tor WIN rge
aries This sort of thing must be regarded an insult to the
public and glad that scenario writer's and movie actors
have felt the insult and have their protst against it.
So far the 100 who made the 100 offers for the 100
marriages concerned the less said the better Either they
exceedingly prevented notions of the meaning of ch
airy else they have conception whatever of the meaning
degenerated such extent then America is m better than
ancient Rome the period Of her greatest oes Just be-
100 represent in any the American how
best another sad commentary
denotes that this number should show such ioc att
tude toward so serious a question.
Thus it would seem that three of the most influential fact
in the shaping of human conduct and human ideals
ceed in this question the home the moving pictures and the
press Is it not about time that making much of
this of thing and feature in things worth
while that will have tendency to elevate rather than debas
the morals and ideals of those who read that adve
tse the of living that Clara HamOn has pracsed for
years through the press the other
rather that this sort of thing with the wholesome
contempt that lack of any sort OF publicity would give it, as
though it beneath the dignity of decent society.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-03-24
ALMA COLLEGE

Thirty years ago September Alma College opened
its doors educational institution 1t enabled to do
by the generosity of A. W. Wright and of few other faeeng
people who realized the value of a liberal education
members and students enthusiasm and
determination among them that has remained through all the
and has carried the institution through discourage
ments and times of financial stress.
The work of the institution has fully justified the faith of
its founders for Alma college has many
who have done big things in the world and who stand for
ing received while there The value of high ideals and right
principles cannot be estimated in terms of dollars and cents
They higher value Just did the services that Wash
ngon and Lincoln and other great Americans rendered their
country
nation by Christian institution like Alma College is of inestm-
able value because the and who out from
ton have out able ministers to preach the gospel mission
aries the word of God heather lands educators
add the worlds of knowledge literary people add
and and Others who have made the
The time has when thinking people feel that the
d OF Anna oog should De extended ana given ar wider
for endowment of S6S500O which will put the college
sound financial basis and enable the management much
greater work.
There time when the need of putting Chris
tan education broad plane to be felt than
The need for and of high ideals and strict integrity
is very great The has left immense problems for
solve We have dred away from the ideals and ideas that
have made America great the past and have enabled her to
take first rank the nations of the earth 1t is time that
stop and take stock of the situation in which find
selves placed today and that foster with the greatest of
such institutions Alma College which have always stood for
Our state institutions overcrowded at the present time
and would that the plan advocated by that of dis
tbutng of the first and second university students
among the smaller colleges to relieve the congested con-
smaller colleges be put into shape to handle them salts
factcrily.
Graot county will be especially featured from April to April
The students and faculty have already the top
question about it. Therefore is well that indi-
vdua do thinking about the matter and help in
possible way to make the drive
Easter time should make all feel like being better folks