Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 December 1903 — Page 3

heSayoriteSreb Py Estellt A'err SiilBl TT is lovely to tide in ihe tall poplar free ; , LiR .SwT M When I chrtiD to the tip-top and float OcyuJy

Through the tunny blue sky. ju,t at blue a CW D I Iff my bonny green poplar boat vf 3l Jij I The scarecrow it king of the red cherry-tree. 'W iGRSW I A cro looking chap he i. too' XjECir TT I He wont let the bird touch the frait. 'SMiA

Ii aar you see, , aJM y; I 'J R " I'm not afra.J. are you? RfiyiE ThC ffU 'r0ni fhe sPru-'e tree ' ,0lr N chew ;

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THE REVOLT OF BOBBIE Je jo By TOM MASON

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' NOW, Bob!i:. Christmas is almost here, and if you are a real Rood little boy. Hanta Clam may do something for Jt.ll. Bobbie Toa mean that you will do I thing fr hip. pop. That oj.l Jaau n' racket Is played out. iii.'M Do vfi mean to say you lon't Klieve in Santa Claus?

Bui Me- No. sir. I don't. I hope, oop.

y b t npon me to hanto. king the night before?

Bingo Why. certainly I do. l?rubie--Aml I suppose you think I r.i troinq to crawl out of a nice warm i. i -' ---- . .

nwn ww ociock in tne morning. '

..Ii-: hi bj wie crumney-pia. e in my bare feet' No. air! Just give me a lift of thlnc3 you, thought of getting, and Ml check it off and let . on know hat I want. 41'nso (petrified i -Well, thin is a pretty pass. Yoa don't think there' an; Sar.ta ("aus. . h Bnblie I know there ain't. Ire l nown it for time years; but I Jus? liated A) hurt my parents' feelings. M I hftfd caught .old every Christmas m rnit.g. Just to please you. unil I

urn tired of It. Bingo But. Bobbie, consider. Tbcie re relatives of mine coming to sptnd wit ui What would they a ;f they thought yoa didn't believe in Sana" Think öt Aunt Jane Way, ihe would never forgive me. Think ol the talk it would make. Bobbie 1 .ant help It. pop. Thi has got to stop I can t go on deceiving people any moie IHagxr- Haven t I always been go-id to yo,i ! 'blii-" I lobb! e Yes. sir Bingo (locking the door) And would

you go ba. k on your father for a Unit

jiiiin-i na mat' Its only a MUM (thin' I ask of you. You wouldn't 'isgrace your poor father and mothei, MT, would you. Bobbie".' Bobhie firmly ) Don't try to move me. pop. I ran t do it that s all.

Bingo ( reac hing for a strap) Yoc can't, eh? Well, we'll see about that (Whark 1 II teach you not to beliv

In sr Santa ("laus (Whack, wha. I t H ) !.'. l , ' ... ' - ... Dl.ar.

slop! B.neo I'll show you (whark tht duty yon owe (whack, whack, whack) to Four loving parents How do oi now? Any more like belie v. tit!

Bobbie (boo-hoo) Yes. sir. Bingo That's right. And are rot

going to hang up your BtOckJag (Whark ) Bobbie (promptly) Yea. sir. Bingo-And get up at three o V as you always have done" Bobbie Yes. sir. BingoAnd are you going to tain to thoae relatives of mine about dor, good old Santa Clans, and wonder vfcat

lie s going to give you, and clap ye ir I hands together, and get excited like i 'genuine innocent little boy1 Bobbie Yes. sir. I am. , Bingo (releasing him) Well, you ! see that you do. or I'll give yea the worst licking you ever had in your

life.

Christmas Neckties By S. BlftftR Mad Ml hi .., irlig he was a n'' "' y '"' "' I ti.ot'.'v home to bis mother. h-. lives In a little t,.xn

far a., ay SI,.- ,, . ...M? oM now aa(J

nie small ijariK , ,,;;, ,.,, by her hu.

oanu wneu be died was exb-ius!ed yaatt

m. nays the Chi, ago T1 Haraht But lllan-lford ha.s managed to keep ber falrlv cotiiforrw).' ii,, .

mm bad to work hard He came to the it' POOF, une.iu.ated. with no trade or profession, and has found the climbing htetp and rocky. When re got married he wanted hli motbtr d come to the ty t0 live, but Her she had tried it for a few weeks be got to bulging for the old home

iiu so me nine wood smoke began again to curl up from tli chimney of tfci little IfUise away back there in the white-looking village cn the hill One day when Blandfcd'a wife wa? rummaging through his trunk she found a die of awful looking neckties When he got home that night she held tlx ru up before him and Mkad how on earth they ever came Into his posses-

son "TaOM are Christinas presents from mother." he said. "Oh!" the exclaimed. "For mnitaaas

sake, why have you never told her that " 1 eMwl w.-ar , such look loa thing " "Well, yon Ree." he eiilaineu. "shr never v aried to let Christ mas go by t. it bout rem. n: bering me." Tee, and you bad to s?nd her lb money that she rememberec you with

mo, Ite lady answered. '-Ii all righl to ex. fnnpe presents, but It seems tc r i -i,,r in ta.A .

."" imgin nave united to her i

that you didn't need neckties." "If Id done that she wculu probabh hav b mgfel sr.iiu thing mete expensivi nid nied her.-elf." he said. For tVO or three years the necktie? kej,t coming at Christmas time, always accompanied by a pair of cloves that

were three sizes too large for the lady who vas expected to wear them, and never the righ kind, anyway. Then one winter the stork fiappec. her wings over the Bland ford home and from deep in a crib thaL was full of white, downy things a little babv looked up into happy eyes. When the next Christmas came there was in addition to the necktie and

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.v7mi y 1 carc for P1 I

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If jf v' oeecn-iree are turning to gold. 1 1 '

I m& uroppmg Keep time, f. ;

I ktWJr nenthe butternuts fall and the squirrels

Wf9 bold. ! I

I 3&2v- - Then fTam in the forest are .Ma 11

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m i up in me nigni id nie arawiog- i

I room bright, 2z8BSÄJÜ1 I And both apples and nuts on it ?row TfWSBmwXSk I

I With toys for each child.-se ' sKBaRI I I

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hature is wonderful.

rn.ua Iritarr for Kery Leaf la tuiUlmi-r, Ihm the most rursory observer ot vegetable life must have been struck with the various forms of leaves. Why tbey should be so variously formed does not. boa ever. often suggest itself, though uere is a reason for the special shape and texture of almost every leaf in exhrtU' e. Plants, suc h as grasses, daffodils

and others tilth usually grow in clus

ters, have generally narrow leaves arc v-

ing upright, so as not to ov.-rshade ud

another. Other plants of Isolated habits

have arrangement of foliage which se

cures to themselves the space of ground necessary for their develomnent Tha

daisy, dandelion, shepherd's purse which may mostly be seen in pasture

are examples of this. A circle of broad

leaves pressed against the ground, form-

ok wnat is known as the rosette erna th

effectually bars the approach of any other plant, and keeps dear from all other

roos the space of around necessarv tn,

its own nutriment. Floating leaves and

eavi s of marsh plants are usual lv of sim

ple ouiline. for. having no competitors, t hey are not liable to get in one another's light. Submerged plants have mostly leaves of narrow segment the reason for which is not very well understood.

although it is - in., a ,y naturalists that it is for the purpose of exioslng as large a surface as possible, in order to extract the minute proportion of carbonic acid dissolved in a var.t bulk of water. Leaves on the boughs of trees are often much divided, so as to fold easily, to prevent their being rent and torn by the wind, w bile thF glossv surface of evergreens is Intended to throw off the rain and dew. which might ireeze on them, and so cause injury to the tis"ues. Wonderful are the ways of Nature, and the study of her strange secrets unending Agricultural Epitom-

Trying to Fool Santa.

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HOME-SMOKED MEATS. W a.a Prp.rl7 Cwre Tky Are da. fmatta la quality to the Product f I'arklast Houri. Many of the farmers in the eaat cure hams for home use. The quality 1 much better than the product seu out by the packing houses. Set a clean

! hugar oarrei on a box four feet I long, one foot high, and wide enough

Willis . . .....

" homo aavs wwrKca it tie harin t kicked off the bedclothes shown.u that the apparent size of his feet was due to papa'.-, hunting boots Cab ago Daily News.

rot'XB mm tomko in a muup

fir iron . ii j i a .

Bbbie fhalf an hour later .tnrti.. r.'".' "u '"'"aioie jacket IOT dear

.w ... '.. Ht'Ie Arthur. This was nilH

on the corner with Willie Slimr.on)--You see that man passing by r.vtr there 7 Willie Who' Your father-Bobbie--TOB, Well. Willie, thete gpag the b'ggest liar that ever drew brca b, Harlem Life.

W hat the alr my. The women spend so much tirt previous to Christmas in gadding aro md that we womhr if any of the stockings hung up for Santa Claus are daraed -Atchison Globe.

STARS AR.C SHINING

tin with

the rest of the Christmas presents that

a poor old woman had selected with anxious fingers and sent away with good wishes and a glad heart. It may have been altogether bv

chance that grandma, who had come tr see the dear little boy, one day found all the Christmas presents over which she had so much joy tossed in a careless heap and plainly none the worse for wear

CANDY

CHILD js?j& What Happened to a Little "Boy Who Ate Toe Much By R.. W. DVTTON

CHRISTMAS CAROL Wood and moMe r , Bariaa-i. (A U or tf "Oawari, Christian So.Jlfr. ttc.)

p 1 p i mad tku tire art tkrm t W A. ... . . 4oi tag Flockt art crasct-wg la tk fo'4 it f ri 1 1' i i1, i' 1 1 f'; .1 I SOKs Vi If! t. fSS - ...t a aar, ru. M tortk . Un ,t

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U' amidst thst blasr of g!ory tarnt a teraph. wings outspread. Itadlance at of lunnir irorntrg Oret the barren landscape shed Mil. ye rdirpherdt! shake off tluSBb ll.i.nt.td from each drowsy hesd! UlorU la eacf 1st Deer "!' of tldlnss glad th hearer. I asn come, and news I brine orn on earth this day a Pavlrnir, t'hrtst. to Jew and Oeatlhl King, euse ye. therefore. Unit your vuieea, en al'.h ant- '' n. il sing; OU.fi in tat. i Mis Deel

"Peace on earth, to mm good favour. Token this the Heavenly Child, l.trg now n Ilethlehem'a manaer, Born of Virsin un.: ill"! chrit. Messiah, long expected Earth and Heaven reconciled: Ulorla in exces s Deet"

Then fron thoutsnd time ten Angels. In super a I light. Burst a chorus: "O ye ptoN). Kaat and Vft, In ftOa enits. Pralt.r.g Ood. the U rd Jet.ovali! lag with aaastls In 1 ehe flit U.uiia la txilka Del '

Some old ladies can't help looking Into closets that are left open. Just before the next Christmas time came Mrs. Hlandford received a letter that was about as follows:

"Dear Maud: Don': send me aotb-

ing icr t nnstmas this year. I don't know of anything I need except a

chair, and I can get that here without

paying enny frieght " So Hlandford sent a $10-bill to bis mother and a few days later he received a letter from her in which she said: " I don't know what you and Maud and the baby would like most, so I thought If would be better to send you the money and you can soot yourselves." There was a flO-blll inclosed The next year there were more letters from grandma, and other bank notes were sent and received e One day shortly before one Christ

mas not long ago. when the snow was

deep In a little, far-away town, an old

woman sat at her window Presently

one of the neighbors with a box in her

arms, came down th. street. She was on her way to the post office, hut

Mopped and went in where the fire

rai blaring, and talhed awhile ' What a blessed time it Is, any-

t.av. she said "It makes m feol

ke a child again to get my present

and snd others away." The other only nodded in reply ant turned her face away. After awhile she took a letter from her bosom and drew a bank note from It. She looked at the money for a moment, and seemed to b saying something to berteir Then she put the bill Into another letter and. having sealed and directed the envelope, said.

' Wonld you please drop this Intc the box when you go down to tha post oflhe? I'm afraid my rheumatism Is setting worse." When the isltor was gone the old woman stood at ihe window and, with something like n smile on htr face, looked through tears down the wtUt, tu" etreoL

Aunt Matilda was busily engaged in the kitchen, putting the finishing

touches to the innumerable delicacies designed to grace the Christmas table The children of the household were interesting spectators of the old woman's work, being present by special permission of their mother. "What you chil ren wants to do tomorrow dat is. what you chil ren

doesn't want to do." remarked the old woman, as she paused In her wotk. "is to see dat you doesn't eat too mu. ii to-morrow. 'Cause ef you dors, you is liable to be like er chile dat I has in mind, an' de Lawd knows dat vou

doesn't want to be like dat chile." The little ones well knew that tl'.cse

worus or Aunt Matilda were preiim

inary to one or those stories wiih which she so often delighted them, and

they impatiently awaited it. "DIs chile dat I speaks of." contin

tied the old woman, as she resumed her

labors, had one of de mos' rapacious

sppetites dat you ever heerd of. Eatl:i

an ue time, an eatin all sorts of

tings His ma an' pa tell him. of

ourse. dat all wrong, an' at dere is er

time tor eatin' as well as er time fo1 not eatin". but I.awd bless you. eall'refl

dat boy he pay no mo 'tentlon to what his ma an' pa say den ef dey didn't '.Ist. Why. dey even see de Wit tie

Wuzzle Man bout him. but Mr. Wi.l. VMh he say dat he ain't gwine to do

anything Jes' ylt. an fo to let le chile keep Jes right on ef he wants to An' de chile he keep right on." remarked the old woman, as she eam pletcd frosting n giant cake, "notwith dandin' to de contrary, an' mattem t frum wuss to wttss. Bimeby. CI.hmmus come 'round, an' dat boy he ;,in lo eat frum de minlt he wake up. car.dy

an cakes an apples, an do Lawd knows what. Course his ma an' pa

monstrate wld him, an tell Mm Ial dey has no' Jections to his eatin' Jes what he like, purvlded he eat In mod ration. Bat, Lawd bless you, rhil'ren. he pay no mo' teniion lo what dey ssy den befo'. an' den de

strangest t ing happen dat you ever heerd of."

Aunt Matilda paused to not the effect of her words upon the little ones, and then she continued: "It wus glttln toward de dark." she said, "when dis chile's ma an' panlsa him. Dey hunt high an' dey hunt low. but don't And him. an' off sott his pa fo' de house of de Wiggle WMiIi t!an Uc find Mr. W'ia WaU

I settin' befo his fire smokin' his nine, an" when de , hile'a pa 'splaln ma.: ra -Mr Wie Wuzzle puff out er big cloud of smoke. Ie smoke it fill de j room, an' when It die way ..er in cie comet was dat chile. Dat is. what waj de chile, fo' he had C.one turned Into er mixture of c andy an' cake, an' all sorts of t ings. "Of COOTSe, chilren.'" solemnly if-

marked the old woman, aj she noticed the surprise of the little ones, "it was dat chile, an' den ag in it wasn v le leefJe boy's pa was mos' grieved to death to see what done happen, an" he ask de Wizzle Wiiz.le Man what kin be done in de matter. Mr. WtsaJd Wuzzle puff out nut her big .loud ol smoke, an" when dat die "way d

HANDY MKAT MOKBM. for the barrel Bore auger holes through the box under the barrel to let the Btuoke through. Make a hede in the ground under the front l nd of the box. so that the fire made on piece of tin could be shoved under the box. A half head of a barrel can be crowded down by the end of the box closing the fire hole. All crevices must be banked with dirt to keep the smoke in. Drive strong wire nails near the top of the barrel to hang the hams on. Place a strong paper or canvas over th

top of the barrel and add enough bags

O. Karn.

ind Home.

c hile was gone Den he take his pipe ; or blankets to keep the smoke I

om nis moutn an splaln dat nudi n" kin be done fo' er y'ar at de leave-, "De chile's pa he beg. of course, dal de Wizzle Wuzzle Man do soniethln'

r.'3ht way, but Mr Wizzle Wuzzle he

say no indeedy. an' de leetle boy's pa know well nuff dat when Mr WUffta

Wuxzle say no Indeedy. dat It is no

Indeedy. sho' nuff. and he go borne But befo' he go. Mr Wizzle V uzzle it say dat ef he was a mind to, he could

do sumthln" right way. but he 'sulain

lat de chile mus l arn by "snerien -e

ef he won't l arn no way else, an' den

he tell de chile's pa to come to see

him nex Chris'mus eve.

u was a mighty long y'ar." said the old woman, "fo' de leeile boy s pa

an ma. an you may b'liee ue, chil'ren. II was still longer fo" dat c hile,

who had In all dat time to Im nuthin w a an am m .

mn er enne oi candy, sn' cakes, an'

all dat sort of rings. But at las' Chris'mus eve come round, an" dt

chiles ma an' pa both wisit Mr VTtftaia

Wuzzle. Dey find him sett'n" befo de

fire an' smokin' de same pipe, an' after

dey say howdy an' he say howdy, he

say dat he is sho' dat de c'Hie dona

arned er lesson dat he ain't liabl- to

furgit. Wid dat he puff out er blirger

cloud of smoke den ever, an' when dat die way. dere was de leetle uy

standin' right befo" his ma an pa. in'

n his right self. "IIa . V. 4 1 . J . . ! ' . . . .

.um- jump nunc into rus mal

arms, an' as she hug and kiss him," said Aunt Matilda, "he sav nat :ie

ain't never gwine to eat an' eat like

he did 'M-fo'. an' dat he was gwlno to mind his ma an' pa all d time Hut I remembers dis, chll'rer an' I hopes you remembers it." remarked the old

woman, in a ratner severe tone, .ui Mr. Wizzle Wuzzle say. as de chile's pa" as' ma start off home, an' say dey Is much 'bilged, 'I done bring back dis chile, but I wants It "stlactly understood dat I ain't 'bilged to bring back all rhil'ren dat persists In doln' what he done. No, indeedy! "-Washing

ton Star.

Dark Hoaer Reader clear With regard to very dark or black honey, of which I have, along with many others, a good quantity on hand this season, it may Int rest vou In bun.

that I gave a bottle of quite black honeyto a friend of mine to experiment with, with the object of removing the blackness. He subjected the bottle of honey for about three hours to ozone from an electric machine, and returned it to me perfectly clear and bright. 1 have not gone very fully into the matter, but if in your opinion It would be of Importance to the craft I would do so. 1 am told that the cost per hundred weight is trifling. It would appear that the effect of the ozone Is to cause all the black matter to rise to the surface and then it Is skimmed off British Be lournal. Xew Vurl la altforala. A new fuel is being manufactured in California which is made from twi

and leaves of the eucalyptus tree mixed

win crucie petroleum. It is said toburn

freely and give good results. Piles made

from this tree are immune from attacks

uy tne teredo, and last longer than yellow pine. The demand for them isareat-

erthan the supply. One of the most dur

able wood is sycamore A statue mad.

from it. now in the museum of Gizeh at Cairo, is known to be nearly c.Ooo years

old. Notwithstanding this great age. It is esserted that the wood Itself Is entirely sound and natural In appearance.

A Carlaaa Cteataa. In the Scandinavian island of Dago t hr

people have a curious custom of putt ins

n ve randies on rucb brooch Of lb Ch:M. ..ia um.

Keep m Few Angora Uaata. A good many farmers are looking Into the Angora goat question with considerable interest. The goat does not interfere with the pasturage of ca;tle and sheep as he Is a browser and not a grar. A few goats, mingled with the sbeep flock and cattle herd will keep the fence lines clean of brush and brambles and make the scrub patches quickly disappear: they get their living from the growths;, which the other animals refuse.

A rood dairy ration: SNagr 4, pounds: clover and timothy hay. tea po;"t.; gluten meal, tb.ru potUUlt braa. fi . pounda