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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14

In spite Of his warning, Harry
Blaine deliberately, added fuel to
the fame Of Crystal Hathaway's
sudden, inevitable love for Colin
Grant. For that Monday evening
he brought her a copy Of the news
paper hobo's" volume of short
stories so significantly entitled, ON
My Way"
She was so impatient for Harry
TO be gone. SO that she might read
undisturbed. that he courteously
came to her rescue by inventing a
previous engagement" for the eve
ming.
I'm afraid YOU were rude TO
Harry, dear Faith reproved her
gently when the city editor had left.
I'm sure he brought the book as
an excuse to call. He's awfully nice,
and has been such a good friend to
you"
yes, he is-and hasn't he?"
Crystal conceded both points abb
sently. as she clasped the precious
book to her heart and turned to-
ward the privacy Of her own room.
At the very first she was dis
appointed. The style was SO bare.
so austere. so grimly realistic.
Colin Grant seemed to feel that
words were so precious that he
could not bear to waste the small
est Of them.
But by the time she had read
three of the StOries-if they could
pe called Stories-Colin Grant, the
writer, had a new convert. She
had belonged to Colin Grant, the
man, since the first moment their
eyes had met and chung. but for
some obscure reason she had been
prepared to hold out against the
writer.
Perhaps because she almost hoped
he was not really a genius, so that
she would be more near to his level.
But once she had capitulated.
though surrender to his genius
might mean the death Of hope for
her, she became passionately eX-
cited.
The missionary spirit was born nj
her. She wanted to rush out upon
the streets, mount a soap box and
harangue paSsersby into conversion
to this new apostle of American
realism. There were no clear-cut
beginnings and endingS to his short
vignettes Of life.
He told, with restraint and fierce
understanding, what he had seen on
his short way through life. The last
moments of a condemned man, get
ting a violent eleventh-hour attack
of religion in the death house, then
repudiating God with hlS last
breath. A mild, plain, plt SAINT
faced u'oman's calm recital pw
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14

weighs 8.62 pounds per gallon; 4 per
cent butter fat, 8.61 pounds per
gallon; 5 per cent butter fat, $50
pounds per gallon; and 40 per cent
whipping cream weighs 1888 pounds
per gallon. This explains why cream
rises on the top Of milk
Who said Dead men tell no
taIes?"
1t is an old Spanish proverb, found
in Don Quixote" by Vervantes.
What is the value of a Lincoln
head penny dated 1909?
From to cents.
Are the words measles, mumps and
chickenpox singular or plural?
Measles is both plural and singh
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Questions and AnszCerS

or more above it. The water is con-
fined to the floats by breasting Of
planks or masonry, almost touching
the periphery Of the wheel, and ex-
tending from the bottom Of the
sluice to near the lowest point on
the wheel. If the water is admitted
to the wheel at a point very near its
summit, it is called a pitch back
wheel.
Why does cream rise to the top Of
milk?
Cream is lighter than milk. Milk
containing 3 per cent butter fat
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14

lar. 1t is plural Of measles, but
pathologically, as a disease, it is
singular. Mumps is plural. Pox is
an irregular spelling of pocks, which
is the plural Of peck.
How is 90 Sole Milo" translated
into English?
20, My Sun"
What is the address of Mayo
Brothers, the famous surgeons?
Rochester, MINI.
What is the meaning of the name
Selma?
It is Gaelic and means fair"
Where is Bohemia?
Bohemia was formerly a part OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14

What is a pitch back wheel?
1t is a form Of breasted water
wheel. It has radial floats or
buckets upon which the water is
admitted at any point from about
the plane Of the axle Of Is degrees
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I college and medical school educa-
ton"
Mr.. Morgan was going to do that
anyway" Nan interrupted. "Oh,
Willis, are you sure Curtis isn't hurt
badly? you're not keeping some
thing from me?"
L knew you'd be ike this, so I
called up the Morgan home just be-
fore I went TO the station. Talked
with Morgan himself. Told him l
was going to meet you at the train.
He said that the arm had been set
and that outside Of bowling for you
the kids all right"
oh. Willis. you are a darlingl"
Nan ducked her head swiftly and
laid her lips against the tanned
hand that was gripping the steering
wheel.
Don't do thati7 Willis command
ed sharply. They did not speak
again until his car swept up 10 the
curb before the Morgan home. Then,
III wait out here for you, honey,
Willis said. She understood that It
Gas intOlerable to him 10 see her
whom he loved so devotedly-With
the nan whom she loved even more
devote dly and hoplessly.
II STEELE opened the door.
L Good evening. Miss Nan. DR..
Black and Mr. Morgan are up in
Curtis room now Curtis has been
crying for you ever since he got
hurt"
Nan hurried upstairs, then hest
tated for moment, unnotiCed, IN
the doorway Of the room which she
had Transformed from an overdeCo-
rated nursery into a regular boys
room.
A uniformed trained nurse bent
over the bed in which Curtis lay.
his spllntered and bandaged left
arm propped upon pillows. Dr.
Black and John Curtis Morgan, both
with their backs toward the door,
stood at the foot Of the bed, iok-
ing for the benefit of the petulant
little patient.
It won't have a nurse, eitherl"
Curtis shrilIed. slapping at a white
linen sleeve with his uninjured
hand. Mana said 7 didn't have to
have a nurse any more. I'm too big
to have a nurse. I want Mana to
stay with mel"
Hello, Man-childl' Nan sang out
huskily from the doorway 80 this
Is the way you behave when [ 60
to the capital 10 take my bar eX-
amlnations!
IT'S Nanai" Curtis shouted. sit
ting bolt upright in bed and look
ing heartbreakingly pale and dizzy
from the effort Father, you and
DR.. Black go off and tell your old
Jokes somewhere else. I want to
tell Mana all about my accident. No
body'S going to tell her but mel
Hello, junior partnerP Morgan
put his arm about her shoulders
and drew the girl close to him. with
frank affection, as he turned to DR..
Black. Doctor, isn't she ridiculous
mite to be a lawyer? All our finest
young men will be committing
murder for the pleasure of having
the prettiest little lawyer in the
state to defend them You ought to
be disbarred for that reason alone,
Nan CARROLL"
Jaw, Mana. make 'em go away
so / can tell you about my accident"
Curtis implored diSgustedly.
Maybe, the nurse contributed, in
the professionally arch tone that so
many nurses use toward small
patients. this bad little boy viii
go to sleep if he can tell his sweet
heart all about his accident"
Curtis let out a howl of indigna-
ton. Mana amt my sweetheart!
She's-she's my parent pro tenn,
cause I heard my teacher, Miss An
derson, say so to the principal She
said, Better take that up with Miss
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TO Be Continued.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-14
by Williams
By Blusser
BY Nrane
By Small
By Cowan

the Austrian empire, but since 1918
it has been constituent part Of
the new Czechoslovakia republic. It
il bounded by Saxony on the north,
Bavaria on the west, Silesia on the
east and Upper Austria on the
south. It's area is about 20,065
square miles.
Who is the owner of Rim Tin Tin,
the movie dog, and what is his ad-
dress?
Lieutenant Leland Duncan, War
ner Brothers Studios, Hollywood,
Cal.
What is the meaning Of the name
Bessie?
1t is a nickname for Elizabeth aaM
means ''worshia5e<s
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
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Young Diplomat Saved
Situation for Visitor

He Is the young son of a prominent
family, and is evidently destined for
1.-THE diplomatic corps, for while his Sc
lection Of words may not always be-
appropriate, his efforts to preserve
cordial relations show him to be tact
full and kindly.
Recently his mother brought home
friend who is always attired with
admirable taste. The three children
In the family adore the young woman,
and when their mother announced that
they were all going to the club for
dinner there was much joy.
Then the young woman cast dam
per over the plan by saying that she
had not anticipated dinner at the club
in her itinerary, and that she was not
fittingly arrayed for an evening fes-
tivity.
Up spoke the twelve-year-old son Of
the house: "Why, you look all right.
I've seen lots of ladies at the club
more miserably dressed than you are"
That settled it. The young woman
went.-Buffalo Courier-Express.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Reason for Popularity
of Pigeons in Venice

Perhaps by rights it ought to be
a water bird that Venetians cherish
as the special pet of their city in the
sea, but it isn't. The bird of Venice
is the blue rock pigeon. The city is
full of them. Their special haunt is
St. Marks square. Here there are
always hundreds of them, and at two
o'clock in the afternoon, when the city
officially feeds them, they fly in from
all parts of the city by the thousand.
The tourist in Venice has not done
the usual thing unless he spends a
little time feeding the pigeons on st.
Marks square. They are so tame
they light on your head and shoulders
and eat out of your hand, sometimes
three and four at time.
The story is that when centuries
ago the army of the republic Of Ven
ice caused the downfall of CONSTANT
nople, it was blue rock pigeon which
brought the glad news Of victory to
the Venetians. Whether the tradition
be true or not, the blue rock pigeon
has found for many generations safe
and happy home there.-FlOrence
Clark.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Production of Maple
Sugar Natural Wonder

Sugar is a purely vegetable produc-
ton, as in common use, though large
ly mineral, carbohydrate, in its COM
position. The sun has much to do
with it's formation; though, as the
beet crop proves, not as much as was
formerly thought to be the case. We
know carbon best in the form OF coal.
Some prefer it in its purest form as
diamonds. It Is in one form or an
other one of the commOnest things in
nature. How it gets up into maple
tree, 1t would be hard to say. "Out OF
nothing, nothing comes" and no man
would care to claim that the tree
makes it. in the face of that dictum.
If the roots search for and having
found IT in the soil. pass it up through
the sap. they are very clever, or parts
of a wonderfully clever machine. 1t
is found in the combustion of vegeta-
bile. and of some mineral matter and
there may be intimate connection be-
tween sunshine in the tree tops and
the searchings of the rootlets which
gets it into the mounting sap. We
shall find 1t all out some day.-tAont-
real Family Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
High Sehools' Beginning

The term high school came into use
between 1920 and 1850, when Mace
OF or by the side Of school
academies which we're sssi ] ~
endowment or at private expense,
schools of corresponding grade were
established at public expense. Such
institutions were variously designated
at first. In Philadelphia the Central
high school yet retains its original
name. The term high school came in
to use in Boston when in 1921 English
high school was established as compile
mentary to the Latin school. During
the period Of Horace Mann's secretary
ship of the Massachusetts board of ed
ueatioh t1S37-4S) a system of high
schools was instituted. This example
was followed by other educational
leaders. From the middle of the Nine
teenth century the movement in the
establishment of high schools became
general.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Mixed Grill

A woman asked her husband to take
copy of radio recipe she wanted.
Unfortunately, the man got two sta
tons at once, and this Is what he
copied:
Hands on hips, place one cup Of
-four on shoulders, raise knees and
depress toes, and mix thoroughly in
one-half cupful of milk. Repeat six
times. Inhale quickly one-half tea,
spoonful of baking powder, lower the
legs, and mash two boiled eggs in a
sieve. Exhale, breathe naturally, and
sift into q bowl. Lie flat on the back
on the floor. and roll the white of an
egg backward and forward until tt
comes to boil. In ten minutes re-
move from the fire, and rub smartiy
with rough towel. Breathe natural
ly, dress in warm fiannels. and serve
with fish soup."@LOndon Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Mother-in-Law Sees How
New Generation Works

II guess Harold must be going to
get the closed car. Minnie has been
talking for two days now about how
wives should not make unreasonable
demands on their husbands. They
probably compromised the way they
did the time they built the sun parlor.
Harold wanted fireplace in it and
Minnie didn't. So they compromised
on new rugs downstairs and new liv-
ing-room furniture, and Harold soon
cut out the fireplace on his own &C.
count.
I'm learning a little late In life. I
remember the time wanted gas lights
put in, back in Peoria. Lamech didn't
want them, so decided to have it out
with him. I did; and we kept ON
using oil lamps.
Minnie often says, Mother, ! be-
lieve a man ought to have his own
way as much as possible. 1t preserves
his self-respect.' And when the L.
mousine is delivered, Minnie will have
Harold believing that he forced it on
her."-Kansas City Times.
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Clever Hiding Places
for Family Treasures

In this day of checking accounts,
safe-deposit vaults, wall safes, bur-
glary insurance, of pursers on steam
ships and clerks in hotels who safe
guard our valuables for US, it is diff
ficult even to imagine what must have
been the anxiety in the days when
every woman had to look after her
treasures for herself.
And yet even our grandmothers can
sometimes tell us of the way they hid
their jewelry deep within the feathers
of the bed, of hiding their money in
chinks of the wall or sewing it In the
wide hens of their skirts. And the
secret drawers and slides and cubby
holes that we find in interesting old
pieces of furniture bear witness to the
fact that women of former generations
have had far less easy time of it to
hide their treasures than we.
In the bureaus, desks and other
pieces of furniture made by the mas
ter cabinetmakers Of the Eighteenth
century in France and England much
time and skill were used in making
these secret hide-away places-the To-
cation Of which and method of opening
was often kept deep secret between
the maker of the piece and the owner.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
OSTRICH PLUMES NO
LONGER IN DEMAND

If feathers ever come back into IA
vor many poor man will make for,
tune. There are still many ostrich
feathers in storage at customs ware
houses in Britain. The plumes were
left on their owners, hands when the
fashion changed.
Some Of them wouldV
tremely valuable 20 yeafz
they can be used only in ma
ions or busters, while a few OF
smaller feathers are sold each year tc
dressmakers for the costumes Of de-
butantes who are to be presented at
court.
The fact that synthetic feathers are
now being made causes the value Of
the real ones to depreciate still more.
Yet a number Of dealers believe that
feathers will come back soon, and are
determined to keep the rarer plumes
till they do.-London Answers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Cold Not Only Thing
Hoarded by the Miser

No one loves miser. He does not
consider money as a medium Of ex.
change, as counter in a game, but
as an end In itself. He delights to
hoard it, hold it, gloat over it, but
never does he delight to spend. So
have l observed men to hoard their
virtues, count them, finger them, exult
over them, yet none escape to serve a
needy world. By this it does appear
men may be misers in other things
than gold.
One of the most subtle of all temp
tations is the tendency to become mis-,
erly and covetous Of some priced pos,
session. 1t may be physical strength,
it may be beauty, it may be intellec-
tual power or accomplishment. We
are so apt to make the possession of
these things an end in itself and to
forget the more important fact that
they have been given to us for pur-l
pose.-Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Beware of Adiectives

II You plan to write anything, from
a newspaper article to q novel, you
would do well to consider remarks
made by the late Senator Albert J.
Beveridge, whose recent abraham
Lincoln is hailed as masterpiece
of biography.
Beverfdge, pointing out that he
used as few adjectiyes as possible,
said:
"Adjectives are like emergency med
icine and must be given sparingly and
seldom, like strychnine and other pow
erful stimulants. Adjectives often en-
ployed mean little or nothing. They
are signs that blur vision in the read
err and save the writer the toll of
description. Great writer's are not vic.
tins of the adjective habit"
Plain, unadorned writing is always
the most fOrceful. This is good thing
for everyone to remember, from cub
reporter to historian.-El Paso Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Let the Heart Rule

Sincerity is the very foundation
stone of true friendliness. It is also
a human trait that is hard to counter
felt, as the sincere friendly impulse
comes from the soul of man and not
from the circulating mind. Think
kindly and friendly thoughts. If you
have heart and soul, why be
ashamed of them? Bring them into
the shop, the office and your daily life.
The hand may be cunning, and the
head may contain the brain that can
conceive the most brilliant thoughts,
but every good and worthy impulse
comes from the heart. Strengthen
your faith in men; think kindly of
them, believe that they are your
friends, and in the long run they will
be.-Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Drug of Great Power

. A drug obtained from an East In
dian plant called the gasubasu which
has been used as remedy for tooth
ache for many years, has now been
examined by London pharmacologist,
DIR. E. Hesse, who has found that it
is one Of the most powerful surface
anesthetics known, about 30 times
stronger than cocaine. It has most
violent action on the heart, and strong
ly resembles the African arrow poison.
Doctor Hesse regards such powerful
poison as probably much too danger
GUS to be used generally as local
,anesthetic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Old Connecticut House

Built in 1889 by Henry Whitfield
and small group of his followers
who settled in what is now Guilford,
Conn, the "Old Stone House" stands
today as a monument of substantial
construction.
Its foundation was laid only 10
years after the Pilgrims landed in
Plymouth. Its walls are two feet
thick. Its main chimney is 16 feet
across and is built into the wall it.
self. The fireplace inside was so large
that a team Of horses drove through
the front door, since altered and
made smaller, and out the rear, drag
ging huge logs behind them which,
when In position, were rolled into the
fire with crowbars. Mr.. Whitfield, &C
cording to the town records, used 40
cords Of wood each winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Women "Made Good"

In the spring of 1862 NJ. F. E. Spin
ner treasurer of the United States,
prevailed upon Secretary Chase to per-
NIT him to appoint woman to cut
and trim United States currency. This
work was then being done with shears
in the hands of men. He appointed
Miss Jennie Douglas, and, as he aft
erward expressed ii, ''her first days
work settled the matter in her and in
woman's favor" On October o, 1862,
the following woman employees were
appointed. Miss Fannie L. Halstead,
Miss Annie York, Miss Belle S. Tracy,
Miss Elizabeth Stoner, Miss Mary
Burke They were the first women
for whom congress regularly made an
appropriation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
First Aid

A group of little school girls was
absorbed in watching the basket ball
coach administer first aid to q
sprained wrist, applying mercuro-
chrome, which left its characteristic
red stain.
The little girls went back to tell
their teacher about it. Each had her
own version, and one little girl re-
ported:
"And Mr.. Milholland colored his
wrist all up with npstick."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Mangian Love Letters
Inscribed ON Bamboo

Perhaps the queerest type Of love
letter know in the world is that in
vogue among the Mangians of the hill
lands and mountains of Mindoro, p. L.,
who still hold to the ancient alphabet
of about three vowels and ten conso-
'nants which they group into words
inscribed on bamboo in single YER
teal column, their bolos serving them
as a stylus. They are an extremely
simple and timid people and their
more aggressive Malayan neighbours
have made them hunt cover in the
highlands and the primeval forests,
For business, aside from the very inn
p0rtant business of making love, they
hardly need writing at all; and sure
ly no bamboo ledgers to record their
wealth. But love makes as ardent
demands upon them as upon other,
folk, and their SWANS fallen victim
to Cupid whip out their bolos, slash
down a good-sized bamboo, and go to-
verse writing with intense gusto. So
that a love missive may be strung
along the length of 45-foot pole, and
the one end trailing in the forest path
as the poet indites warm postscript
on the other. Popular damsels soon
have enough finely etched poles to
build hut-to burn such telltale doc
uments would be to light fire en-
dangering the forest. Specimens Of
the love letter poles have been ac-
quired by scientists and translated,
and the astounding truth discovered
that Mangian in love is an inordi-
nate liar!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Rhodes Prediction

In ''Rhodes' All Red Route" by Lewis
II. Freeman, this statement is attrib-
uted to Rhodes upon his first visit to
Victoria falls: "Do you know that
the natives claim that they can see far
into the future by looking into the
depths Of that big rainbow? :. /
can see two lines of shining steel rum
ming from one end of Africa to the
other all the way from Cape
Town to the Mediterranean. Do
you see that bar of red" (Then the
rainbow glowed dusky rose where
the light of the setting sun struck
there the smoke Of smoldering veldt
fires). "That means it's going to be
an All Red railway; that it will run
in British territory all the way"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-07-19
Oddities in Language

A great many American Indian lam
guages do not use the sound of 3d."
The famous Aztec language of Mexico
does not have it and the majority of
North American Indians are unable to
pronounce the sound. However, some
Indian languages have the "R"-for
example, the Jameg tongue of New
Mexico has perfect 3d." and in Cali
fornia the Pomo Indians, the most ex-
pert basket makers in the world, have
it. A good example of proper name
beginning with "B" is Bagil, woman
heroine in Pomo mythology, about
whom stories are told. Her name Is
pronounced Bah-geel.