Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 December 1909 — Page 1

Wl EEhlU Vol. 52. Jasi eh, Indiana,. Friday, December 3, 1909. No. 9

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POI IN HAWAII.

This Peculiar Food Is lo the- Natlye tu. read Is to Us. ' u it t.riMcl is to the American or . . it K , j! i to wie native nameal is complete wi tli iiiul for the great majority tl. r ,i t ! us it tonus tue prineiiv. -ra.r of Jiot- m,c theymrobai, v ....Id at the present time live n . .t this accustomctl dish, the t ... was, before the advent of l a u-s to tlic islands nnd the int; : . . t .n of new foods, that lifo vi,:.,., t it would at lcast have been p.. ,ir"'iLs. T m made from the tuberous rrt .r . f the taro plant, a species of l,. , ailmni family, of which the vu'' s"wn cloph'.nt ear plant is a i ,i n.-mbcr. The über, which .ru. ". m hzc that of a largo E. . , t j.otHto, is Jinked and aftürJ : .-an l-d up with water until u tl.: in white paste is obtained, iv. ' VM-iiibling a wheat flour M-. . t i pt that the color is a ,. r purple, dependent r. :. - v.ir.ety uf taro used. Thi3 r,' .-. a .owtd to slightly ferment, , : .... '. when it is ready for usQ. 1 t tune eih-li family prepared ; ;mi, the work being done by : ... . i. as in fact were most other r , , operations. At the present .' -A. T 1 ... 1 . A I. . -. n . ... t I. me Hi laciurius 'in mvu mutmu-. en gr.i 1- the taro nnd mixes it on: a hrjc m!o have largely supplant-1 . t .11 hand method. The Cliir ' the territory have come to i tf leading manufacturers of the Mar. "f the white residents of the i?'.uA cat poi to almost the ex-, ter.t a-i the natives, but the taste is Iar ' acquired, nnd strangers seldom are for it Poi has a high foud value, and, since it formed tho prniifal article of diet of the old Httwa: ans, some persons havo created it with the splendid physical deve'ipment of the race. . Poi was always, eaten from wood en bowls, or calabashes, and was ciLnvnl to the mouth by the fin-per-, iTie, two or three being empi' ..'., according to the consistency of tf.e lw, which also establishes n disjrnatK-n of one, two or three in:- v p..;. White pot eaters now ts 4n cmj)loy a fork or spoon in l.e i : lingers, although it is still co n- n oven in the highest families t-i native dinners, or luaus, at wh.. Ii knives and forks are ta1 bo- r i ai. I tinkers only used. ThcrUj is t- h etiquette among the Hawa: ar.- in ealmg with the fingers a3 vrth üj.Jcrn table implements, ana th graceful motion by which n port.r, .,',i s twisted upon the finge' transferred to the mouth ! ii' t wrk the sensibilities of tl.- m -it refined. An invitation to a ri-a! l .iau, at which poi, baked pig, fish Uked in leaves and eoconnut in iri.. forms form the principal part of tl o menu, is something that alu 1Vs looked forward to by every vuit r n Hawaii and always pleasant: remembered afterward. Rossini's Resting Place. I t y.ars Rossini's body Tested in Vive Jjichaise, nnd then city of Ilnrencc asked that it might bo trarfnrred to the Church of tho JKv Cross in that city, where the lodio n Galilei, Michelangelo, Mttch.ftu'lli, Alfieri and other great Julians arc entombed. Consent roooived from'the municipality, J" t the master's widow, Dona 'Vmpia, would consent to tho tran-iat.on only on condition that wpn hor lime came her body t Ik? placed next to that of her 1: !-l.T!i.l This request wa3 bluntly y' 1 . far the reason that only ha irn "who had achieved greatWilw dud and before her death frit'Dti'd in writinrr in ihn rnrnnvnl w hrr husbands body to Florence, pr Aoi her body be placed in the prate from which his would bo taken m Vorc Lachaise, and after a 17 time for consideration this dune. The Mature of the Deast. M". Gunson was entertaining a w.tor when Nora appeared at the ;:rP,of thc drawiff rm. : huso, mum, will ycz tell moj JW want done wid th' oyster "hs yw icft rom lunch? h . quired. ''l nt them thrown away, of course replied Mrs. Ounson. iaJ T'" But 01 Jitln'l Kfnt0 1 ,row th"n" "pUed Nqra.

- HUNTING THE SEAL:

The Dog Hood of the Atlantic Is Dcsperste Fighter. The seal hunters have been called herooi, but thoy havt- earned the title in. doing ja.-.t whuts their fathers and forefaftiers have done for 200 years! catching to make a living. ' en sw th'u.k of foals we bring to miud the animabj for whoso- rich coat of fur milady i3 willing to pay hundreds or even thousand' uf dollars the fur seal, which inhibits tho north Pacific ocean, l'.ut in the waters of the Atlantic lives another speHcs, which h al-o sought for i..s coat or hide, which goes into many thousands of poekctl.ooi.s, satchels, gloves and other articl1, for which it is especially valuable So every year hardy Newfoundlanders take their lives. in their hands in the coal hunt, for not only is its coat valuable; but the blubber of tho young yields an oil much prized for diircrent purposes. 'There are four species of seals in the water? around Newfoundland nnd Labralr the bay seal, the hffrp, the hood and the square flipper. The harp seal the seal of commeree is so called from having a . broad, ourved line of dark connected spots extending long eaon shoulder ana meeting on tho back above the tail, forming a figure something like an ancient harp. As the hoods aro often with tho harps, they are also taken for their skins. The male, called the "dog hood," is distinguished from the femalo by a curious pack or bag of flesh on his nose. When attacked or enraged ho inflates this hood with air so as to cover the face and eyes, and it is strong enough to resist seal shot. When thus protected he can be killed only by shooting him in the neck and the base of the skull. Unlike tho cowardly harp seal, the dog hood fights desperately in defen.se of his mate and young ones, and if they are killed he becomes furious, inflates his hood, while his nostrils dilate into two huge bladders. As he rushes at his enemy with floundering leaps, it is as well to keep a safe distance a the hunter is alone, for instances have occurred where a fight between an old dog hood and five or six men has lasted for an hour, and more than once a man has been crunched to death by the powerful jaws. The seal is a great traveler, but depends on the rivers of the ocean to take him where h6 wants to go. Like a good many other tourists, he spends his summer in the north, leaving the southern waters in May and spending about three months in the sea3 about Greenland. With tho beginning of the arctic winter the seal horse starts on it3 long southern voyage. Day Allen Willey in Van Norden's. Dr. Sklnn Will the patient stand an operation? Dr. FllntI think not from the looka if this X ray picture. Uarper' Weekly. fen 1'rwrrrMHlTC noon. er and lh l'rovrrl, Unless this alarm clock falls nie, lore's where I k'et ths be$t of "the jarly bird and tho worm" propoaitio! -New York Sua.

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The Earth's Surface. The surfaee of the 'th can be

compared to the top i a barrel of asphalt, hard and riifi 'Vouch and through, seamed and ii.-ked on the . tjurfaec by the elements. For ten) :.. Li i- i t n nines in ii siraignt line ueiow inc surface the earth is probably dry and hard, of a rock substance. The

pressure of this substance upon the Connecticut. One of them is in heated center of the earth keeps it j Oranby township, a little northfrom getting hotter than it is, just j westof Hartford, and the other in as vou ran keen water from bi I: mi ' Enfield township, on the Connecti-

by an appropriately sufficient prs- cut river, south of Springfield. It! tho shape o' tile top hat wi' yer funsure. The fact that there is steam is a standing conundrum giiy, sojny head a'roady, an', since ye're

in volcanic eruption is the leakage long as the boundary is imaginary, of the interior pressure of heat in . they did not make it straight inthc earth. The character of matter stead of crooked. But thereby in the center of the earth or its im- hangs a tale.

mediate environment must be some- Those two little jogs on the map ! gyment,' said Sanders. 4I only worthing like pumice stone spongy, !nro monument to human obstinacy I that top hat in tho evenin', an' if porous, light because when the an(I to the persi-tency which is one .I'm oot an I tak it oft it leaves a earth's interior matter i3 melted in f the chief trait of the Yankee I black band around ma forehead, the high temperatures that are character. The ancestors of the Whai's the rasoolt? Why, I'm acthere it dissolves, and there is con- farmers who own those little spots i cused on all sides o' whtn' ma face siderahle water in it that escapes of ground preferred to live in Mas- V ma hat on:'" St. Louis Hlobcthrough voK anic craters in steam, ßaehuaetts rather then in Connocti- J Dcmm-rut. Ii f il.il I- "i -1 t. rr: put n-nA fmi.rlit f rr fliir tirAfrnnP(

i roiubaur tiauucK, ouiuuium umversitv. Sarcastic. There is a certain Wilmington

business man, of a rather waggish question wa appealed to England, disposition, who contends that his, but the governmpnt was so much 'wife has no imacination. At dinner WroFcd in the Seven Years' war

one night he chanced to mention 'a tragic circumstance he had read ' r I 111 t in fli-on niT nnnfr on. li s w:iv home. A nassensrer on a transatlan-! tic steamer had fallen overboard in midocean, and he had never been seen again. "Was he drowned r " 'asked his wife. "Of course not,"

nnswornd thß irronressible hubbvJthev naid both. loiter, however. '

."but hn pnrnined his ankle. 1 bolicve." Argonaut. .: r ' Just Her Habit. A widower was being married for the fourth time- recently. During flirt nnrnmnni' nnn nf lin mincta i a ! surprised to 'hear violent sobs pro - nnnttfrur from n u'nmnn in n rnrnor of the church. - ' "Who is that ludy -who is crying ko bitterly?" he asks of the bystanders. "Oh, it'? only Martha, our cook," answers one ot the unuegroom s (children. "She always blubbers j wlien papa gets married!" London .Mail. Ought to Be Thankful. "Doctor." growied the patient. "it scums to me that $500 is a big ! charge for that operation of mine. ,It didn't take you over half a min ute. I mi- .i f.,. ,'i i ii v utrui an, ii.-iuiv.-u mv; lumuua , 'specialist, "in learning to perform Ilumorist I've Just written fifteen Jokes on the man who doesn't advertise. l'octThat'H wrong. You shouldn't Jest about tho dcaiL-Cincinnati Enquirer. - Yearning For Light. "When it comes to consuming gas in large quantities blind people can beat' their seeing brethren all hollow," said an inspector of the gas company. "I know two families where both husband and wife are blind. Kverv iet is turned on full tilt in their homes at night and

1 havo spoiled ovor oleven pkä of waVnaöptod br tho -logislature of ul"- . 1 ,

mat oiveranon in iinu a miiiuiu i trie nresent uounuarv mic, which . . , ,

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is kept going nt that rate clear up;fa,r price for the same. At, to 12 o'clock. Light and darkness Wsent the COURIER krowsthat

are all tho same to the afllicted ones, but they insist upon illuminaiiriUifinr nnnturh for a rccention. And that partiality for light ; nnf n whim nfpulinr to those two couples. Most blind people feel that way. Tfiey demand the light, KS n"J"Z"iTZ Z a

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lor tne gas uuis uuuu ij strange fancy." Exchange.

A CROOKED BOUNDARY.

C"o of the Peculiar Lines That D?vido Two States. If vou will took' on the map of . V i ...mi i.... ... t j-jiiguiuu ou -iu tee iwu eu-; 'nous irregularities iti the dividing hnc between Massachusetts and , until they had their way. rXhe controversy bosnn in 1713 and continued for 112 vears before it was finnllv decided. In 17? 4 tho e- ------ - that it was never brought to the attention of the crown. Up to tho onthrnnk of tho Revolution both states continued to le' taxes and , send notices of fast davs ami eleetions to the farmers who occupied! the land, nnd there is no record of how thev avoided one or whether, thev voted and naid taxea in Massa- . . . . ...... .i chusetts only, notwithstanding the protest of the countv authorities in Connecticut, In 1793, after peace was restored, both states appointed commissioners, but the dispute wns n r r 5 nr rm until 1 5?fl-t n cnm. : promiic was reached.' There were : cnrorfil eimilnr flinlltci; liptwoeil the two states besides those which now, appear upon the map, and an agreereached bv which- Maswi.n.entnl to ?urrender her ment was ebn:ftt win. claim to a strip of territory in Woodstock and Snfiield township. .- , ii i nrov-iilfiil Pniinivtiput would Yield i ' . . .. . nur cinnn iu tu-.- uuiui um.

dispute. J h0WOTCr was aVbuin( man whom I know and taken upon the report , , , f . inorbid con. In 1S10 " "jjditioii owing to veafs of overwork, PJ'!. famous Baltimore physician at another commission was ted dcd hig t'ieI;t to tak(. but if it over reached a conclusion i . . ' . . . , . fnnA t a course of funnv stones, one at there is no record to be found, in , , ... . ' , . Yonn ! : a ,, ; each meal, with an extra two at 1S'20 tliird commission was in- .... ... , ,

i ...i.i. ii.irusiCU Willi IIIU eoivlUJiiuui., u.in after two renn they decided upon A SQUARE DEAL.

All Advertisers Are Treated heme, breaking up stagnation or VliKo I mml an "Jr am sending a 1 , L , ! henlthr vibration through one's sys The Courier has but one rate tem -Th;re is ven. littlo thc jmit. to all advertisers and treats all1(er v lth the ,uau ho Mn ms). a advertisers in the same manner' hcar( , ,K Xaaliville Teunosand squarely. It frequently' , comes to us that we lose busincssj because the other papers makei "nwy ay Gussie hn a weak heurt." concessions with respect to their 'd- 'adn't heani. rate. We urge you not to be us; hen faiiins m love with :rclbvnmnnnorc which .-iro1' irl meets." - Philadelphia

uiiü.v , . y trrantinir you concession in; that kind of a newspaper you never know when you have reached the bottom. You mayi think you are favored, but your) neighbor is probably nearer the;. - bottom than you aie The advertising department or any newspaper is only conductid . I.I. 1 ll. . , i .r. ngnuy wnen ui same to every oouv unuei same conditions. vVhen a news paper offers you a cheap rate, you can easily bank on it that it is a cheap newspaper and is conscious of its own weakness and probably has a smaller circula tion than it is generally credited with. rhp Coorier wants all the advortisinir that its circulation deserves and expects to charge it has much the largest circulation in Dubois County and knows. tW. mmmonsurate with that circulation its rate is the lowest. Tf von want the most for your money, advertisein the COURIER, a(oZmcni does" not sell od.. tut it MVs tho sollor to sei.

Unjustly Blamed. Speaking ot the unreliability of circumstantial evidence, a lawyer

said: "Sanders McDowell, a coal heaver i o Peebles, said angrily to his wife) onu ingiu "'Have ,'cts, Liispetn, noo many v . 1 tunes am I to toll ve I winnti hae iVtn K 1 1V tnn ttrlninn' Jir nArtl ill TU V top hat!' "'Hoot, Saodrs, mon, be rea sonable,' said Lispeth. Te've spoilt heavin' coal all day, wot can a little extra coal dust in the ""headpiece matter t " 'Woman, ve dinna grasp ma arDcbby's Unfortunate Delay. Ho ;n fixe vear-i old. n 1.1 (In t ii purt-eular day mother had ! reused him w;'i unusual care ar.d was very much diplenrcd to hne him come in with lothing dirt and torn. Sho had o ofen told him he ... , must take his oxn ..-.rt n tue uoys scrap. f.ght hmihl the occasion (lemaiul lt. 1 h.5 he WOUIU HOC UO. And now she intended to punish him. ' wame very indignant and said. "'.Veil, mamma. 1 just told the boy I -nt -ready to fight, and when I cot ready he was sctttn on trie." Delineator. Manly Little Fellow. "Now. mv raanlv littlo man,'' naid , r- Mlluu. la.vmg : hi hand kindly t"' äs boulder "yon didn t . j urop hihi imuiiiüi I'eci Mii-iv "i jjui-P-Iesto makc Jnc sliP on ll md VOU. "Course not," replied the maniy man, wriggling aWny. I put U fQ" jer nearsighted brother, 'who wouldn't V dodged it "KanLity l linear r , " " " q . ! Cured by runny stones, ... . . . . . llnvinw vninlv tnoil mnnv and i- . -t tn i.i,i. dinner, i he patient, a solemn anu , . , . l.tl 1 1 ,.i g? - ' '- iinaiM iuiiwii: tu ikii niu iura. entindv-to chaiiüo his mental and I i i : . . l : i : uouuv cumuuuii. Laughter, in fact, is one of tho cheapest and most effective of metll'res. A Dilemma's" Horns. The oung lady sighed deeply and ir.0,t ffected to tears. "jroW she said, "declares that , (lon.t nm rry lini ,c wiHkd his jj, - ali U!n afrai,i i,c wm s.,0 K.fl(fj n sob thcn conünuod: taA , ilanii0ii, declares that if 1 . . I . ... . . . -.oxi t m irrv him he will go into poi itics : I become great and famous, and then he says 1 s-hnll see what I have missed, and I am afraid he will keep his word too." Overcome by emotion, she buried her face in her hands, not knowing whether lo save a life or to spare the country another politician. The First Census. The idea of the census originated ajamong the Hornaus, when a group of the manv functions performed ov tho hieb officer called censor reccjveii the name of census. It was , Cnkon every five venrs and indicated! not onlv tl o number ot the rcspectivc classes of the people, but their dome-tie positions as husbands, wive., fathers, mothers, sons daughters. Tho first modern flTll f IUJVI nation to tal o up the consus was the TInited St-tf of America in 1790.' The first British census ras in 1801, but this did not include Ireland.

Nearly a Hero. "1Tau-1 t:p!" The tn'i n-T iu the Pullman car took ir. ihv iWon t a in-'e

land d 1 - ' ' -it the tra:n roJ- ?" ' ,' , ' ,V I " ' t . i Ie. I. of his guns lie relievetl then of t t : r valuable. H. t lit the i '.I ft one. yr man h j noticed wHU tnrt. u ho are i no nan h 1 ma:;'"d. "I." -ho -V HufrV. : !I re sire n ill!" 1 Take t'.eri The ! -i?d p hi- ' I r'" !'. . "Xo." he '! r-u le i 1 pre age;it. Lieve'ni Kct-: ' r Rcult PL. 2 i J.aler. Jjr.ntr rs Dr. JenixT. ilu physician. w:t- i and vry ah i, ... in .i.wh English !. t.-a ilrusknr never tai.in r t a r.i-:'jiurt l anv stua-.' M:t . ei glas of bri.i. '.v uhi:i he hau md cstion. Um-o for t!iat cause he ied ot: ste- 1 chops -and rice for lunche :i J .i.m.r, witli tea. for ! a coupl. of r. Ivut ordinarily he !wa? a great lc- der. ' "I reco!. t. ' - t hi fr;prid. Dr. Too; cr IVntli. n.. ;i o ie oui03. Ti ii. . . . t i ,icwioiu vum- m w nun. .miier iwa at ibnuer. 1U U&d soup. fish. line g einer vn n u cuhklmi, auu she wa in the mulioe 01 a huge rice pudding wliea llcwu !ds entered and. asked hau how he was. .leaner drew a pitiful si?h and replied,- I am not at all well no appetite.' " His Great fieed. The fat' - ie ; . a note from a young i- im ho iiad been "going with" "hi dauclitcr reeentiy which, read a folio ts: T!t.;r Sir -Wood like JeirV h;md in riyrringe. She, and 1 are in luv, ai;d 1 think I node. , a wife. Yure. llonr . .". . .. The fat' r renjied by letter, say-., ing: "I r. ad lhury-r-Yon . do:'t, tvyd a wj!c. Yoi need a siwlling bfiok. (i on,, u:.. Then write n; u one u:xl study it a year. TenelHT MTiat Is the longest teniace yri ever read, Bihby? Bobby-Imprlwjnraent for Ilfe.-Cln-fcfnnuU Ouiuierrtnl TrIbuio. sEruce's Mother. The inspector wns examiningstandard 1, ami all thc chis had been fpeciallr tw!d- beforehand ;bj their mafter. "Don't anwer unices j'ou are alnrot certain your answer is correct." ' llistnry wa the subject. "Xowr,te!l me." said the inspector, "who wa the mother of Our great Scott wh hero, Uobert Bruce ?" lie pointed to- the top boy, then around th c!i--s. There was no answer. Then at last the heart of the tau'brr nf that class leaped with joy. l iio boy who was "itanuing' nt Khe verv f t had held up his hand." "Well." my bay," said the In mpeetor oncouTaiiifrlv, "who was 9he?" "PIefle. t'r, Mn. r.ropc." Jlore TkMii CnoHtih, L fiM1,, sot "ad 'uuiT experience I Why, I'va, -ad tou places' in Um last üoatkM .'London Tatw. I

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