Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 49, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 September 1906 — Page 7
THE NEW SUPER
A CHEMICAL STORY By E F BTEAKNS
(CojiyriKiit
This all I appeued about five years ago-yes, H i jUHt live years tut month that Otis died. Say. he was the man to run an arid
works. H- was sujer here In the arid ; works for 12 years running, and there , wasn't ono fuult found with him by the boss or by the men. which is just about is Important. If not a little bit more so. One day. about two weeks after the death of Otis, the boss turned up with Rigby. a mean little hoy. maybe 22 or ' 23. narrow-chested, hatchet faced, green from college and with an opln Ion of himself that would have bro
ken down an ordinary man n constitution to carry. "Mr. Rigby." the bois announced to the men. "represents the younger generation of cbemiRts. lie has all the aewest wrinkles in acid manufacture at hia command, and I think he'll make some improvements here."
by Joseph U. Bowie ,
highness. Ln.crew the governor, and fu hmvml sake, do It quick1 And after' Danny went out Rigby connected himself with the speaking tube again. "Make a sign. Brown, ' he sai l, "telliug the mm that cur whistle la Jigging what a word! -and tbat for the ensuing three weeka. until our UD is thoroughly cooled, they will listen for the whistles of adjacent factories, put it on the same post. - "There's no room." Brown chuckled "Then take another post. There a plenty of posts," said Rigby. going back to his newspaper. Danny got another little idea. too. His nrenian hml tm . ... ..k...
h m A I. w . ' IjCD ( and bring the coal from the pile In a j big sheetlron wheelbarrow, and the I way lay over the cobblestones under the window of little Rigby s offlce. Just before Otis died, he bought
usury a fine new
POLI(ilMANFIYNN !
WOMEN AND MEALS
HE ADVISES HIS DAUGHTER.
HI R HARD TASK IT IS TO FEEL THE HUMAN RACE.
m
V..f , r. I. ' "reiuBiigw iur
. c tue purpose, for the old one wi loose In for busings the first time. in the i,.in. .wi
ti-ujr riuneiy pen
-How th' kid-;. Maggie? asked Fot! -man Barney Flynn. as he Jtitled himself for his regular smoke one evening. j "I wish, father." replied bis daughter, with that dignity that a year or o as a school-teacher always gives to a young woman, "that you would not call me Maggie. It Is so plebeian My name is Marguerite." "Oho! listen to that, now!" exrlalmed Policeman Flynn. "Ye wa chr-ristened Maggie, but ye-er na-ame 1 Margareet. M-m-m, now. I wondher whin th Frlnrh rrep" Into th' fam'ly an' how t was done. I nlver hear-rd Iv wan iv ye-er ancistors that w'u'd l ave a Frinrhman near without cr-rackin' him on th' head. I'd as soon hear ye callin' ye-er-sllf
Say. it would have made your heart ache to see that strut! First he'd stride through the whole place with his hands behind his bark and a superior smile on his wizen little face, looking this way and that way. like a bantam rooster out for a fight. Then he'd stamp upstairs to the offlce Otis had had so long, ami throw papers around for a while. Shortly after hi saw a boy coming In with a cargo of beer, and downstairs he flew to Brown, tbe shipping
Clerk aud general manager of the of flee. "Brown." he said, 'there's beer drinking going on here!" "Can it be?" said Brown. "It is!" announced the boy. "I'll
put a short stop to that. Tonight. Brown, you will discharge any man you know to be a chronic beer-drink
er.
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"What ahali we do for men?
Brown. "Oh, see here' ' cried Rigby, very sharp and impatient, "how many men eut of the 30 will you hare to discharge" "Thirty." said Brown. "Ah hum." murmured Rigby. Then PH take another course. Make sign. Brown: Beer driuklng posl
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mwmuj, ana wnen a man was pushing her she sounded more than anything else like a carload of tinware being struck by lightning. But two or three days after the whistle stopped work. Danny he's a tender-hearted feller Danny got a sentimental feeling for the old wreck and dragged her out of the scrap heap and set his fireman wheeling asbes. bark and forth, back and forth, back and forth, till the din sent Rigby to the speaking tube once mora.
" "Brown." he cried, " what on earth ails that wheelbarrow?" 'Rip- old age." answered Brown. "Well, does it have to make tha noise?" "The poor thing can't speak and tell us." chuckled the old gentleman. "I presume It does." "Well. It's enough to drive a man mad." said Rigby. TB have It stopped, eicept when I'm out of this office Listen! You make another sign, reading like this: "Workman are positively prohibited from carting coal and ashes without obtaining permis mm from the superintendent.' Nail it '
up." Another sign!" muttered Brown. Rigby didn't come back that noontime, but he sent a boy to Brown with a note, saying that he had a severe headache, and would the fae tory kindly try to run without him till the following morning. He took his time getting there the following morning, too. and by the time he finally did arrive the boss had
come in In a fury
"What under the sun is the matter Why is the factory shut down?" he demanded of Brown. "Too many signs." snickered Brown. "The last of them being tho most re sponsible." "What do you mean?" Well, to put it another way. want of coal is keeping us from running "Coal! Ores Scott!" shouted th
th' throuble, an' if ye're shpry ye an o up tin or lllven iv thlm befoor they know ye re sta-artcd." "I think, father, you d better leavf the management of my school to me," said the girl. "Oho! ye're too sma-art fr to takf th' advice iv thlm that's been infoorcin ordher since befoor ye was bor-rn." re torted Policoman Flynn in a tone thai showed he was offended by her apparent lack of appreciation. In consequence i.fte deemed it wise to change
: tbe subject. 'Father.'" she said, "why are you sc I prejudiced against the young mac who " "Don't talk to me jv that gaz.no.' interrupted Policeman Flynn. surmis I 'og at once who was meant. "I don't like his lallygaggln' wa-ays. Wh don't be come here like a ma-an an a-ay. Is Maggie home?' instld It
Will ye be so kind as to ta-ake me ca-ard in to Miss Flynn" Oho! whin I was coortln' ye-er mother things was dlffrlnt A felly had to be a ma-an thin an' talk r-right out plain Instld Iv sindin' boo-quets with a book teilln iv what th' flowers shtand Fr. Oh. ye need n't sa-ay a wor-rd. I saw th' book an' I saw ye shtudyln' iv K th time he sint ye thlm r-roses an' things. T is not th' honest wa-sy to do." "It's a verv pretty way ' insiste. the
girl, "and he is a man of both courtesy
. and eourag. The trouble is you have
I not been brought up in the same at
mosphere."
1 11 thry him," said Policeman
i Flynn. decisively.
nease don t do anything rash
j father." urged the girl.
l wjii not be r-rash. answered
"How's th' Kids, Maggief" he PMreman " T w u d be r-rash in
in oi da-ays. but not with th" tellies
uretchen or Franchises. Tis tin dol- ! that go coortin' no
lars to tin clnts th" gazabo that's been Now, as a matter of fact. Policeman callin to see ye hai put ye up to I Flynn s daughter was quite right The
cnangin a nne na-ame." , young man was a most estimable "He's a very excellent young man, youth, but Hynn did not understand father. ' answered the girl spiritedly, i him. The latter thought he detected
Mebbe so. but I ha-ave me doubts," ' weakness where there was none. e
aa-riea rouceman fiynn. I sh u J n t cause in youthful surrounding
ia-ake mm fr wan hivln' th' r-right ; young man had been judged by a
sort iv shtuff in him. There do be too rougher standard. So he acted in per
mum paiaverin an side-shteppln' an ect good faith when he undertook to
I bowin about him fr to ca-atch me show Maggie that her idol was made of
eye.'
Small Wonder That Sometime the Presiding Genius of the Kitchen Tires of Her Seemingly Newer Ending Labors.
hen men suppose tbat dinner goes on whether they are at home or not they labor under a curious misconcep tion. Arthur Pendenys. writing about this melancholy fact, declares: "Some one once said that an ordinary worn an s favorite dinner U an egg in drawing room. All women have a passion for something on a tray. To
me masculine mind things on a tray
are unsatisfying; but to the feminine
body they emb(,dy the very manna from heaven " It is easy to undestand that Arthur Pendenys or any
otner masculine mind" might havi trouble in comprehending the why and
wnerfore of this debilitated taste; but no woman would be at a loss to ex plain it. It comes from the fatigue which woman suffers as the result of her colossal task of feeding men. To nourish the human race is the appointed work of woman. At the very Inception of life this is her labor, and
never can existence be so fine, so free
so heroic or so beautiful that she must not pause three times a day or more
to bend her mind to the menu that
shall please her lord. She has been accused of writing no epics; it is said that she is incapable of composing an
oratorio, of designing a cathedral or
conceiving an heroic stautue or paint
ing a picture of the first qualitv. The
retort is that she might have done something of the kind if the men had
not been hungry so frequently and so
uwwioauy. to be the nourisher of
the human race is an undertaking so
prodigious that it is a marvel that the mere exasperation of being chains to the larder has not made fiends or lunatics out of women and from squaw to countess their sufferings In this regard have points of similiaritr. Is it any wonder then that with the ever-hungry man out of the way the woman seeks escape from the tyranny of food and "eats strawberries b moonlight on a flowery bank?" Tht Reader.
AN ENCOURAGING SIGN.
Increase of Knowledge Among Firn rs Means Better Farming.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
an Inferior aricleof clay To do this he
deemed It necessary to take radical
.ii m:i. so ne emerea tne room one evening when the young man was call
ing, and exclaimed, gruffly
i is time ye sint th young felly
home. Maggie. Ye ha-ave ye-er wo-rk
to do to-morry. and t is a sha-aae he
doss. iou had CO tons last w-ei.-
What s Ri-by doing with it? Eating I it?"
"I haven't seen him at It," said Brown, speaking slowly and distinct ly and enjoying every word. "But he forbade any man to touch the pile without his permission, and
Ii.- nasn i oeen i.ere since yesterday
noon The boilers were mlrf at
o'clock."
"He's a man of polUhed manners, father. " Insisted the girl, "and I regret to say your manners lack polish." "R-rlght ye are." returned Policeman
Flynn. "Aeeordin' to th' po-ils r-rules I I have to polish me boots an' me but-
. tons an' tne ba-adge an" me belt, an
; 't is lltUe time I have lift fr to polish j sh u'd be keepln' ye from ye-er nat
me manners But lave that so. How' III not ha-ave it annr more
V" WWW?TWT Thereupon the young man ros- up
Mm ju ir.rr iu me scnoiars. lath- suddenly, and before Po;:..man i-.vnn
fully reall"! what had happened he
found hfeaaU lifting on the ground outside the window, where i!e despised
dude had dropped him. He got up.
shook himself and limped back Into
the house The girl was frightened
r
r'"
"Maggie. I'd advise ye to be caicful
how ye provoke th' oi" man." said PoJicman Flynn warningly. " 'T M not f r you to be ray-provin' Iv me. Wanst more I sa-ay to ye. How's th' kids'" I "Why. to tell the truth, father." answered the girl, seeing that it was dangerous to be too particular about the use of words. " I have been having
some trouble? with the larger boys They lack proper discipline, and I'd
Gtop to That!"
"Brown Brown nrnwn" -....,..
tu u .nJ " to control them
vj.u umu. iiuu juu no more sense
than to follow fool orders like that?" "Why. bless me!" said Brown.
loosing at mm squarely with his in
It
wrin
klcs in acid manufacture
a man wanted a little ll lm. ,... - - - - -
" J " o ' ' v n TW i Ml-.
I'm nounsnniem. ne last stepped
give a good deal to discover some way
"M-m-m. now. that 's too ba ad.' commented Policeman Flynn. reflectively. "Ye sh u'd 'ave come to mo be-
I frmr t'r 't la nn thlm thl
terrible downrightncss of the words, new notions'' One of tho i.,, i ed 1 up-pose th' wa-ay Cassldy con-
It did stoi) it. tiMi Afrer ti.f I i.i i u . .. throlled th' wa-ard caucus Wn'd mt An
mmmm f r ye. Oho! t was a gr real s.ght.
was that! Ye see. Cassidy was th'
lively will not be permltte.; in this factory.' That ought to stop It, he
l Ifii.llnn . - I
uu.iru iu u.ain over une nooent old eyes, "isn't
After that.
whenever
Ami w hat wretched idiocy is this'"
e the door and took his kettle he said i.olntinrr In th n- i rbalr-man. an there was some la-ads
Ith him. Wasn't a bad scheme, then to the others, with his cane that Wa" fUier r-runnin th"K their elther-they could conform with the ! What are thev doing here"" owa The' w u d a't HMM to ' and get a breath of fresh air at r Riehv a orders " ! nlm- an whln ne d Pounded a ho,e in
U ,sanc timKe- Well!-" said the boss. And ther. ,,.. day the engineer. Danny Mc- he had to stop, for the situation was Ctrthy had more steam than he ,, i.irh for even bis extended to ' NM, and got the harmless notion ; rabulary.
oi leuing it off through his whistle.
BM started to blow at 12 o'clock and at five minutes past she was still blowing, and there Isn't a whistle this ide of Halifax with a throat like her. Ten minutes after 12 Rlgliy dropped !.e paper he'd been trying to read and went raving crazy. Brown." he screamed down the Peaking tube, "send that engineer to mo " M. earthy!" he shouted, when Ban- ( ,ine in. "what under the sun is rot, with that whistle?"
ns jli;gln. sau Danny as an owl. What do you me.n byRigby. before he caught
m ) !on t you stop it?" DM looked injured. 'Weil, go, Mr. RRby y know M W'M ' Ahi a Job M Is to flx a Jlgeln whistle." "Certainly I do-eertalnly." said y. "i ,). rmmt nii that, but not knowing ihe recis kind of whi-
V j, uslDK 1 Ke you s
Mir mrepiions f
When he got breath he said "There's another sign in your hand. Brown. What is it?" Well oh. that?" stammered Brown going red.
"Ixt's see it." said the boss. "Whatever It Is. heaven knows it can be no worse than the others." And with that he took It and read this:
go with th
ones
th fahle je up an' let
gavel ' "Threw It at the boisterous
asked the girl. "He did that same.'' answered policeman Flynn. "an' th' gla-ass iv wsther foilled th" gavel an' th' pitcher wlnt afther th' gla-ass. an" he was takln' off his boots fr to heave at thim whin odhr was reshtored. Ye might thry
It. Maggie all but th' boots. Ye ha-ave
.
To use bacon fat clarify the fat fc pouring boiling water on it. This wli; be found to be far better than lard or butter for pastry making. Certain lamps, irrespective of the
amount of care bestowed upon them In
tne way of cleaning, always seem to burn dimly. This may be remedied by dropping small pieces of camphoi Into the bowl with the oil. When velvet becomes crushed from
pressure hold tße parts over a bain
of hot water, with the lining of the
earment next the water; then shake well, ar.d the pile of velvet will have
risen.
Cake tins, patty pans. etc. are ea.
Ily cleaned by boiling. Put them In
a saucenan with some rat, nrtr.,.i
and water, boil them for about an hour, and they will be found clean
and new-looking. Sosn .m.i ,.,t- r
borax may be used Instead of s-,a;
extract, if preferred.
When washing a new blanket for
the first time, begin by soaking it for 12 hours in cold water, then rinse In
clear water. This will remove the sulphur used In the bleaching After this wash the blanket in lukewarm
lather made of boiled soap and wa ter Rinse well in clear water, shake horoughly and hang out to dry.
He Found Himself Sitting on th Ground Outside the Window.
and In tears, but the young man promptly squared himself for another encounter. Policeman Flynn. however.
an Ink-shtand an' a r-ruler an things ''"d'1 hls haA concillatorily.
on ye-er desk, have ye not"
solemn " said himself.
In Memorlam RIGBY "A lovely apparition, sent To le a moment's ornament." Si monunientum quaerls, clrcum-splre.
" nd Is this by Rigby's orders, too?" isk I the boss, with a grin.
pe I "Hardly, said Brown.
r repairing It. Can't "Itrnvn " aniH tho hnu "vn hi.- .
V M- 'r eWMtff riophe.ic soul Tack up your own l!twen. said Banny, considering the tie contribution to this galaxv of ',', ' ' ( r- ,!" 'est way is to asininlty. It'll le highly appropriate m .t blow till it Hton -.1 i. . '
(t . r- niT-n mi i i, um im- ne.i miume. I aCK 1. o in a nail Knnnv ... ... 1 ..... n ..
-' "'! tiii 1 is u i xo 11 11 s ick. urown.
'i'S .mi I then soak
thoro'ii:!:! v ewil on.t .1 .1- . .
, ' e ne out o tne 1 - " That takes nbo.,t three ) s. Then. Äin: I can slop It to wuns, by unsrrewln' the governor. Äctor8-. TO" m 1 rUk ' hurt,n' ,hc " var mind the Injector," said hl
rlien he made for the stairs. From 1 hat day to this, not one of us ever I laid eyes on Rigby; and some of the hoys still say that the old man. In the 1
frightful wrath (hat possessed him. killed and ate the boy. blood, bones and all, right there In Otis' office.
"I'm afraid the board of education would object to such methods,' gald the girl, smiling at the absurdity of the plan "Mebbe so.' returned Policeman Flynn "1 v been ferninst th" like mesllf 'Ye mustn t beat ye-er pris'ner a. I up.' says th' capt'in. an' 't is a ha-ard thing Ir to conthrul a ba-ad man without lavin' ma-arks on him but there do be wa-ays Iv doin' it Ye might bach her! wan iv thim. .M. Ye ha-ave to be quick, but ye can thrjw him ha-ard an' tell th' board be shtumhled." "That would hardly do either." asserted the girl. "Thin pick out th' biggest wan in" poke him in th' shtummick. 'T N not a fair Mow In a reg'lar fleht. Irr 't Is most di.-i ur.:k:in' to th' felly that ' hit an' 't Is 1 i".in t th otn r I niver knew a felly that got a poke In th' shttiminick tc w:-ant to go on flghMn . An' It l aves no ma-an. on him ' The gtrl smiled again and shook her head. "Sta-amp on his fut. thin.' suggested policeman Flynn as a last report ' Wan good bang on Ui loss U ind ail
1 wr-rongei ye. be said. "Ye ha-aye th' r-rlght shtuff In ye rr to mi-ake annv woman happy. T was me intintlon to ma-ake a small sacrifice or 1 th' althar iv roe juty to Mavgle. an ID ' sa-ay this to ye as ma-an to ma an: i'e re all r-rlght. an' if y had th shtrength f r to ma-atrh ye-er pi 't is a fam'ly martyr I d he n w. sjrtb th' wake comln' off to-morry. ir ye w won th' gir-rl 't is all lixed, f'r ye v won th' ol' ma-an." (fopyrlght. I, by Joseph It. Bowleg ,
i ui)iikui. mg in riiury t o) Examined the Teacher. I; is not often thai a class of school hiluren Is pern. ;.-. m examine its t. at her, but the Pw York Tribune t ll- of a Olasgow (.edagogue who was so pleased nt the way his pi, ofcs mswered his luestlous In an oxain: ;.i 1 Kin tbat be told them they coulu ask ar.y question th y iikei! 0 ne t00j advantage of tln oner, inj 'he tc,. hr was about to dismiss the ciass when he n 'diced one little i-fiap in dM ! thought. "Well, what U It?" he 1 ed. I was just about to ask you. sir." replied the y nth. "wn-ther. If you wete In a sort mud hoap up to your nei k and I was to throw a britk at you, would rou duckf
Lillian Russell Sandwich. Miss Lillian Russell is the inventor
of one of those between-meal delicacies, which, if the laudatory remarks of her friends are to be depended up on. is both unique and tasty. To make this delicacy for "delicacy" is the
term that is applied to it by all who have eaten it one must take an equal amount of cold boiled chicken and cold boiled tongue, the meat of a dozen olives and six hard bailed eggs. Mix all these Ingredients together and chop them as fine as possible. When they have attained almost the consistency of a powder they must be worked Into a paste by the addition of a mayonnaise dressing, after which tbe mixture is ready to be spread upon thinly sliced buttered bread.
Recently some have expresed the Idea that the people living in tbe country are not increasing in laloraiaiion relative to the sclent iflc handling of stock and the methods ia ii among i nti ti in the cultivation of the soli. This Is a mistake, says Farmers' Review. Agricultural science is gaining among our farmers and Is destined to gain more rapidly as the years go on. It was natural that at fir.-t ÜM progress should be slow. A body of 5,000.000 persona is not to be moved in a hurry. It is an aggregation of human beings so vast that no one can conceive of its real imjiort.
It must be remembered, too. that at first the means for affecting this great mass aud moving it were very meager. When our agricultural colleges were organized there were few men capable of acting as instructors, for the universities of the country had not been fitting men to teach agricultural science. In many cases men had to be taken out of the fields and the creameries to teach in the colleges. While they had a great deal of practical information, they had not studied systematically the mass of agricultural information that had been accumulated, and were but poorly prepared to teach It. It is only within the past 1$ years that most of our agricultural colleges have been well enough equipped to become aggressive. Now, however, the material for teachers and instructors is abundant and great work Is being done. That the farmers
are being reached is demonstrated by the increasing attendance at farmers' meetings and in the agricultural col
leges Information is being spread
rapidly by word of mouth. Complaint is made that the bulletins issued by the stations are not widely read by the farmers. This is because it takes something of a student to take literary matter and really absorb It, making it into something having force. But in erch locality are a few ;jen that have this ability and they sprea'' the information by word of mou: a and by example. There are numerous factors that a.s operating to bring about a better condition in the not distant future. One of these factors is the taking of more interest in agriculture by the men that have money and at the same Mnie have a fair knowledge of farming matters. These men are buying farms and are putting into practice tin them modern methods of agriculture. The farms so handled become object lessons. Other farmers follow the lead of the most enterprising, unless they lark the will and the ability to learn. There are some of the latter class, but they are destined to disappear during the next generation or two. for the reason that others will
buy their farms, which will have become unprofitable to the present owners It is becoming increasingly difficult to farm without thought and still
I make money. Farmers must make j more money from their farms to-day 1 than they used to. because they have
more expenses The expenses cannot !e avoided . and must increase as population becomes denser and the price of land higher. With the increase of knowledge of how to handle land, farmers will be ablv to balance the increasing expenses with Increasing returns.
SPREADING HAY IN MOW.
Simple Device by Which the Hump in Center Is Avoided.
I put my hay In barn by large hayfork, which runds on track, writes a correspondent of Rural New Yorker. The hay naturally falls in the center.
and Is hard to mow away. I nailed a dozen inch boards together with cross pieces on under side, and hung
For a Tough Steak. To make a tough steak tender mread the steak with olive oil instead of beating It to bruise the fibers, which lets the Juice run out Into the fire. Let it remain an hour or so before cooking. Broil quickly so that each side will be thoroughly seared, then prop up your broiler so as to be a little farther from the fire, for the lower heating through. That cooks the Inside Juices without losing them. Melt a small piece of butter In two
! tahles;uionrnlls of vinegar and po-ir It
over tne teal whi.e hot. This makes an appetizing gravy. I mon ju!c- can
For Distributing Hay in Mow.
as per diagram When the forkful reaches the slide, the man ab. notifies the man on load to trip fork. nd it slides to desired location. When one side has enough, slide is reversed.
be used instead of vinegar, fcrred.
If pro-
Rugs from Old Carpeting. Aft. r a house cleaning the housewife is often confronted with a heap of old earpc-tlng Some may be fairly - I. seme murh worn, mime ingrain, and son.' eis, and she Is at her wits' ends to know what to do with it. It Is a turpiise to many to know that this mass of unsightly material can tie made Into really beautiful rugs. The w avert anderstand mixing
them In sucl, a way that the most un
likely combinations cosia out vri welL
The Best Farms. The be-t farms are these that yield the best returns with tho least labor.
) Sonietin t' e ra.to e (...An
brought no to that condition by hard work on :h part of their old owners, who had the Intelligence and the honesty not to deplete them of the fertility in them More than one farm that was once good has become unprofitable through neglect. The better a farm Is ke;.t up the eader will it be tu work it. for lis soil will he mellow beeaM of its abundant Ramus and fertility. Tho best farms are now being pointed at as models by which to treasure all firms, but they have been 1 ept good by their owner not requiring too much of them.
Keep tho beTry bushes clean of weeds this month, but In order to discourage late growth, avoid cultivation u much as possible Farm Journal.