Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 October 1909 — Page 1

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Vol. Jasier, Indiana, Feeday, October 22, 1909. No. 4.'

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f DISTANCE OFJTHE STARS. Hw Attronomen Sctw About the TaeU of Moaiuring It. Witi tlx- exception of a hundred tan at mst, wo know nothing of Ihe distances of the individual stare. What is the cause of this state of thincs? It is owing to the fact that vi ae two ejes that we are enabled not r.nly to perceive the direction in which external objects are ituated. hut to get an idea of their distm-e. to localize them in ,naic liut this power in rather lim,teJ For distances exceeding some hundred of yards it utterly fails. The reason is that the distance beten th.- eyes as compared with the distance to be evaluated becomes too Miinll. Instruments have been devifed by which the distance between the eyes is, ns it were, artifftallv im raised. With a good in-ftrn-ient f this sort distances of .nral ms!'- "iy be evaluated. For tili greater distances we may imnemo a,,h 'yo replaced by a photo-pnihi'-pl.ito. Kven this would bo mute HUHc'ent for one of the heuvin'.v botl.1 viz, for the moon. At ne unl the same moment let a pMograph of the moon and the sum m-Vng stars be taken both at tf.e t'lpe observatory and at the Iloyal obicrvatory at Greenwich, llartng the two photographs side by side in the stereoscope, wo shall clearly see the moon "hanging in (.pice" ami may evaluate its distan . Hat for the sun nnd the ncareit planet, our next neighbors in the universe after the moon, the difficulty recommences. The reason is that any available distance on the earth, taken as eye dutanee, is rather small for the p,rtxe. However, owing to inr'dible perseverance and skill of ffvpral observers and by substituting the mo-it refined measurement ir stereo?.-opic examination, astronomers have succeeded in overcoming the difficulty for the 6un. I thmk we may say that at present we know its distance to within a thousandth part of its amount. Knowing the sun's distance, we get that of all the planets by a well known relation existing between the planetary distances. But now for the fixed stars, which must be hundreds of thoutands of times farther removed than the sun. There evidently can be no question of any sufficient eye distance on our earth. Meanwhile oiir success with the sun has provided in with a new one distance, 24,000 times greater than any possible eye distance on the earth, for now that e know the distance at which the earth travels in iU orbit around the f jn we can take the diameter of its orbit as our ey'e distance. Photographs taken at periods Bix months apart will reprcset the stellar orld as teen from, points the distance between which is already best "pressed m the time it would take ml to traverso it. The time would w about sixteen minutes. Howover, even this distance, imnwe a? it is, is, on the whole, inadequate for obtaining a stereoscopic v:ew of tho Btars. It is only jn quite exceptional cases that photopraphs on a large scale that is, obtained by the aid of big telecopes show any . stereoscopic effect for fiiod Btars. By accurate measurement of the photoB wo may Irhapa pet somewhat beyond what e can attain by simple stereoscopic Action; but, as wo said a mo"lent ago, astronomers have not succeeded in this way in determining Jm distance of more than a hunörl tars in all. Scientific American. Laxy Birda. The "mound fowls" of Australia &nd New Guinea construct mounds JI decayed leaves for their nests, a these the eggs arc laid and covlü over with the same material. wamth engendered by the decomposition of the leaves causes the JfP to hatch, and the young in due "me burrow their way out to life the open air. These birds nro garded as the laziest of all tho 'eithcry kingdom. Next to them cae the common blackbirds of jmenca for laziness. These blacknev" buM nests of their own, 5 UT.their egga in the nests of E i,r,ds ai leave them to bo JJtchod by foster mothers. This is tin0 Unato mpoßon on tho

How He Acquired Trouble. "Educat.on." said the man who had been sued for breach of promise, "is the rmt of all evil." "How bo?" nrkod the man who had not been sued und consequently could not reason from tho same premise. "If 1 hadn't been able to write," answered the defendant, "what evidence do you suppose they would have against me?' Still, he conceded after some argument that the man who "an write and won't has lome advantages over tr -nan who doesn't write because can't. Ch'rogo Post. Real Need For Hurry.

Miss Contrariwise BY MARGARET ERSKINE HAVE you r ver met the Lady, Who is called, "Contrariwise"? Nothing you can do or say, Is just right within her eyes. If you say: "It's lovely weather, And the sun is nice and hot," She will say: "It's disagreeable. " And she's cold, as like as not. It you say: "The flowers are lovely, And the birds, they ping so well." She will say: "Jhey're very noisy; Flowers have a horrid smell."

LESS THAN 40 PER GENT.

GOLDEN NEEDLES.

OF PEOPLE OF UNITED STATES

BELONG TO CHURCHES-ONLY 34 PER CENT IN INDIANA

'CHURCHES OWN VALUABLE PBOPEBIY

If vou tell her that "in sewing

Thread should go to the needle thro She willl say: "To put the needle Thro' the thread's the thing to do." So it is with this and that thing. Nothing's quite as it should be If you try to see as she sees, 'T other way 't would be, she'd see S she makes us all unhappy, Be she grown up, be she small. But, I think, the most unhappy, Is Miss Contrariwise of all

Tho Gentleman with the Bonnet Bos Don't stop me, old chap! Don't atop net I've got a new hat for my wir In here, and If I'm not quick It'll tx out of fashion before sha'a worn It! Drawn by II. M. Bateman In Sketch.

Grubwinn Maoee. An odd form of animal contest used to bo practiced by office clerka in London some years ago. It was known as grub racing, and nearly every younger clerk had his stabla of racers. These worms were bred in nuts or apples and carefully stabled between two walnut sheila.

They were selected by placing them

m the center oi a piece oi paper, and the one that proved most adept in making a 6peedy bee line to the

edge of the paper was matched

against the pick oi a rival stable Some of the fastest could not bo indneed to travel in a straight lin.

In racing parlance, they bolted and

were bad betting propositions, nut when two came together that showed a disposition to run straight and

true the betting on tho result was

lively enough to stir up the antigambling enthusiasts. New York Tribune. Nuraery Rhyme.

NEXT ATTRACTION The Big Event of the Season. The Bar nu in . fThem All.

House

The newest of all theatrical treats will entei tain the people at

the Opera House Sat. (Xt. 30th. A program decidedly out of the

i: .. T.i.rt cnHrl Vrmrc without: n wait. This vear's film sub-

UlUlüalj ivi DUiiu jvruu

A SDecial census of the church

es of this country was taken in 1906 and has just been made

public. This census shows some very inter sting features of church membershin in the various

slates of the United States.

Thirty four and six tenths per

cent, of the inhabitants of Indiana are church members, or

were in 1906, when the special . .

census ot the cnurcnes ot tne conntrv. was taken For the

entir e country, the percentage of ,

church membership to population is 39. 1. Nine hundred and thirt -eigrht thousand four hundred and

five church members were found

in lnuiuna ouc or an estimatea

populaticn of 1,719,898.

The number ot organizations

reporting was 6,829. The wo

men outnumber the men in tne churches in the state by 145,422, the total of female communicants

being 514,538, as against 369,516 males. That there is no lack of church facilities in the state is shown by the fact that the 6,829

churches report a seating cap-.

acity of 2,123,181, or more than two seats for each member. A J total value of $31,081.500 is placed;

ion the cnurcn property iNine

hundred and sixty one organi

zations reported a total indebted

ness of l,72öiuy The total value of church parsonages is

given as $3,623,538. Reports were received by census bureau from 5.879 Sunday schools in the

state, with 63.042 teaches, and 516,809 scholars.

In the state of Indiana the

methodists lead in membership

jects representing nearly every nation of the inhabited dob NW JAhc

u iooc nf intprpcf and ahoDDincr at each long enougn to nisr.inlos of Christ come third

.. - i. j cÄ wa nf Vm.dpvilh vou likeU-th 168.188: the Baptists are

urirnps; somn iiuLtru cvciiw - -

Miss Grace Glazin the great song:

Barketr. bark! Old do Tray Took to h'ls paws and ran awar Over the hilltops freh and Kreen. And lnce then ha' not been seen. Barkety. barkl Old dog Tray, Please come back to your home eem day. CtnclnnaU Commercial Tribune.

fimth with 60.203: Lutherans

lifth with 52.768. The United Brethern 48,059 In Indiana, which ranked

eighth in population, was eleven

th in respect to the cnurcn memhnrshin Similarly, in a group

ing based on value of property,

and dance artist, Porter and

Kersands in songs, dances and Monalogues.

Tf vou like sweet music, both vocal and instrumental, be there.

If you want to spend a thoroughly pleasant evening a-nd be entermined bv a company that knows how to entertain and does it,

get your seats reserved that you may enjoy it to the fullest extent

ttvtr a Snmnnl home feature too home scenes

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, i urVir. Vine nholncrrnnhed 531 08 L 500. eieht: Iowa, with

carrying a special auvance p,,,-. C-pVrtV valued at $30.564,860, everything of interest in Jasper and vicinity and prepared them c-onnecticutf with property I i- ...l: .u Un r-Vinu.n liipinfT iViA Tirfitrram ,,..l.,n,l jf 190 lOi: 1Q tonth.

rnrnm mpchnnmm. an 01 which win uc onww uU.a..b , r, .aiuvi i -t

lui m- ...... 1

Mew .lersv. which renorted the

from Jasper Ichurch property valued at $50,-fA-J MOO imilrl vnnlr- eivf-ll" In.

, . aJ I.UZO, vvuuiu luun. JiAi.il, - Paul & Smith Co., is the only company known diana wjth property valued at

n Old Debt Settled.

S.'tlh'ment has been made with

Prof. D M. Hammond, formerly

Better Get

Thnsfi Interested Had

Next. It is apparent that the grocery trade is being led to believe that

Nailed to . Qooee E0fl. the seCCI0n . ul

A Hungarian blacksmith recently! Law regulating tne use u ic-

Wt a. a preset to the emperor of serva ives , ana

Austria a horseshoe, a pair oi pmen- üb. . -h--; - fc thjs

irs, a file ana a Knue, au m- iui. y - -- j abi to piously , dhdt J&&l2mJJ$S

ranrai k b T l ." ThV Pure Food Law which imiurnr lnt IT! rfltllTTi hilt nhotO- 1 IlC CUlti k ,nAi

Ä a goU medal and 30 oucaU. went into effect Maren 4, xW,, u p J K J contains this paragraph. iskee- hmi. 2. That for the puroose Clean a ahad and etuff with mask- Q 3 act an article shall be d poUtoc to which la added a deemed ag adulterated: In case

teaspoon oi nneiy mincca uBraiCj. , j: Lay the fish on a baking dish on gcventh. If it contains any lovcral elicet of salt pork. Bake anticeptic or preservative and buU often with tho fat from SUuStance except common table the pork. sat saltpeter, sugar, vinegar, oniPA nr in smoked food, tne The Car. ef Creet. 8P CS "oi smoUing

Spongfl carpeu occnsionau wiv or other harmless preser

it water In whicü extner common h -" . . aut

lim.ll. v. T" "i'YB,"y" V".",u

uirnn. na . y i - i .t :xi nrazt' a. ui uuin r- . .

"Bd. not only hp. Ik. afny of

l "-v mos uu uai ib au aMeeM. 1 mfMVaATM hwidi. i '

Sat. Oct. 30th. These home scenes when shown in this year's great inventions

. full Hf sized and absolutely like life. Every pla.'e photo-

(U w .

iranhed will be exhibited and every place visited by the a.ivaicef this city, who tor several Ä i. cordially invited to furnish a subject. They are made, years hcenjivinin Denver, prepared and exhibited at the convpanie expeiise. föi&fö No crowds too large No family to poor, sso piace coo nne followinff comment on . o,i ninirmnhed. Prices to the show, 15, 25 and i5iri,n mnfter:

UP VlalLCU auu o i , . i- .,..,ni nion Pond tho lrvnila.' Aftpr fortvseven years the

cents. Reserved seats on a, - Igovernment has finished the un- . i; rp.i foriR and has

the State Board of Healch author-' forwarded to D. M. Hammond of izing the use of any preservative 609 Twenty-fourth street a check nf innliirlnrt in fhp nhnvp list.- OO oonto na nivmpnt ill full

liVb ItlwluubM e v w - ' - r iWt fv V aw) r - - - - - ( only those preserva'ives may be f0 services rendered during the . . i. i ..

used, ana ioon containing any uivil war other preservative is adulterated., H.nnmjnd served with the The violation of the Pure Fod Twenty fourth Indiana volunteers Law by the sale of such adulter- and was in the battle of Shiloh ated food is, by section 10, for The government has owed him the first and second offense, 87 cents for arrears in salary made punishable by fine and for since his di charge' in April, the third oflenseby a fine of $100 1862, and 12 cents clothing aland imprisonment in the county lowance. jail for not less than thirty days. I it was in last July that HamAs long as the law is in force mond received word that the it must be obeyed. Its violation government had decided at last twill nnr hp io-nnrfHL tolerated, or ennd him a check. He has

condoned ' had the check framed as a warnH. E. BARNARD, ing to all not to let United States Sta e Food and Drug Com. owe them any money. New FAlI FOR SALTS. AlbanyLedger One mile east of Celestine on FOR SALI, the New Albany road 81 acres,1 Story-and-half seven room 40 acres bottom land; good well, house. Good lot, 50x100 ft., alcoal mine, barn, farm residence. ey in rear; graded street, good I broke up housekeeping and will pavements, good well and cellar, make my home at Washington-Must be sold at once. No reaInnuire of John C. Striegel, Cel- sonable offer refused. Apply estine, Ind. Courier ofiice. Mrs. Barbara Skng. 1

They Were Us:d When Gallants In France Did Fancy Work. During tho old regime in France, about which o much glamonr remains to us, the ery men who wero living ami making the history of the empire of Louis pushed their leisure time in a way that teema to us of today utterly ridiculous. In all the fancy work on wine It ladies employed themselves tlie lu&i seem to have taken part. Poinsintt in one of his comedies represents u younjr marquis entering a room where two fair damsels are embroidering. One i.s working a piece of dress trimming, tho other a Marly flounce. The beau examines tho embroidery with the eye of a connobfeur, points out hero and there the specially good touches nnd is too polite- to notice nuy defects. Ho take a li!tV gold tube out of the pocict of his richly derated waistcoat md p'nets a dninty gold ne'dlc. Hi- rs to the frame at which Cidali-e is working and fin-ishe-tho !'. ?r which ehe had begun. Fro:. j h"r he moves to the sofa and, Fe.ing one end of the flounce. ashiUj Isinene, to whom he pays special attention, to complete her task. At this time it was the custom of the ladies invariably to carry their workbags with them to the evening receptions, in which they had not only their embroidery materials, but the last novel, the popular songs, their patch boxes and rouge pots. Gentlemen also carried deftly embroidered little bags into company, which held "a whole arsenal of cutler and fancy articles, such boxes of different shapes filled w . lozenges, bonbons. snuiT and scent.' At another period the fafihjon of the day was to cut o;:t drawing" from books and pamphlets nnd tn paste them on screens, lamp shades, boxes and vases. Tho skill in this was to so arrange the drawings or parts of different drawings as to produce a ctirio'.is or amusing effect. Then there came a Fcason when all the rage was for charades and riddles, which gavo a peculiarly good opjortunity to exercise the light and rapid wit so conspicuous in the French. Every evuning Undrawing rooms were converted into impromptu charudes. Some lady w ould suggest a word or phrase, and forthwith it would be converted into the subject of a sprightly little play. Many of the word games now curreut with us in America had their origin in the necessity the French snlons were under in the last century to divert themselves. In somo of the salons the fashion of keeping a daily chronicle of news, which was too often a mere chronicle cf scandal, was adopted. Mme. Doublet de I'ersan issued bulletin which she called "nouvelles a la main." In her apartments two registers w ere kept, one of the authentic new s received here and there by her guoi4-, the other of floating rumors and on dits. and from these the budget of her chronicle was made up and circulated throughout France. Appleton's Magazine.

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ChoSlj'-What do jou think of the onpapemcat rluR 1 cave your sister? Willie Gee. It's RreatI She IcU roe wear It when her oüier feilere U calllra. -Olnr Irina U Commercial Trltraae.

Jut Somo Badinage. Mr. Jigley The other day I saw quite an interesting educated pig Miss Pert Oh, of course 1 I

lupposc I Mr. Jigley Don't ray it I You were going to say you suppose I looked in the glass, weren't you ? 1 Miss Pert Not at all. I don't sonsider you interesting or edu- . sated. Catholic Standard and Ifinui. i

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