Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 12, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 December 1909 — Page 1

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CHRIST CHILD LEGENDS. Basts and Birds Hava a Prominent Place . ... In Christmas Lore. The story of the hunting of the wren in the isle of Man ever' Christmas is well known. She is known Our Lady's hen, God's chicken, Christ's birji, rr. night moss and f eaters to cover the Holy Babe and made a nest in his cradle. In France the cuckoo was believed to have flown fp.m a Christmas log. A Latin poem of the middle ages tells that the c-rosbill hatches her eggs, at Christmas and her young tri fly off in their full plumage at Easter. Hie Mohammedans have many legends of Is i, or J. -us. One tells that w.ien he was 7 years old he and l,i companions made birds and beasts of clay, and ia proved his superiority by making his fly and walk as he commended. In the troyal they say that ravens used to have r.mv white plumage, but one day Jesus wanted to drink at a stream, and they splashed and so befouled the water that he could not, so he said "Ungrateful birds, you are proud of your snow white feathers, but ihty hall become black and and remain so until the ,4'ment day." A Russian legend tells that the horse flesh is considered unclean because when Christ lay in manager the horste .ate the hay from under his bed, but the , would nptand brought back on his horns to refute what the horse ate. The Britons believe that the ox and the ass talk t, net her between 11 and 12 o'clock every Christmas In'jSormany the cattle kneel in their stalls at that h" r-. Another version says they stand up. 'ike ass SD&tlje cow are scared because they breathwTupon thYhoty'jBabein hfe stall. ' The-ass is the-most surö lotted of animals because he carried the jioly family to Egypt by night. He has had a.coss on his hack ever since. Old woman used to sprike holy watei on the ass fcr.d the cow to d rive away, disease-. ; . Bees are said to buzz in their hives at the exact hnr of our Saviour's birth. In north Germany the version of the man in the mwniS'tfetfV tojd: One Christmns eve a peasant greatly desired cabbage, but as he had none in his uwn'A-garderbhe stole from his neighbor. Just as he fined his basket the Christ Child rode by on his uliite horse and eaid, ' 'Because thou has stolen on C-hristruas eve thou' shaltsit in the moon with thy cabbage basket ,-r-Pfriladelphia Ledger.

..Sirsnous Fatalism: "i'l Abe Cruger livcNPin Xcw EluE'I ih'Jjic days-bf Indian warJ I)? was a fatalist Uf- a pro-' it--: type. Nevertheless he ": . i n .t venture forth without his b- !,-ri.:iss. One day he had an ntmt errand, .but the blundcr1 whon-jje came tp get it, was r - ris' frorpithc rack made of an-' Us- '.exefc, always-hung. Some i;c "i j.y family had taken it. Abe at ' .n to wait till It was brought Hi-'-. 1! t. Abe, I thought yöu were a' tr"' said a friend. . So I am," the old man an- ' i hon why bother .about votu K -TLvstf" tauHteTthe friend, -i w in'-nd danger.roiii the Inar: you.' 'can't po5sibly die tiil tntir thnc comes.Vj ' i'V. sajd the old man, "but lapn., j yfas to meet .an Indian' üme'had come. If wouldn't ' iT me not to have my blunder would itr" OisenchanteH. s eV'she admitted. ;vith a. sad ' it;h,.Uhorjb was a time whenj -'htTlu'in the grandest man in 1 rid -whqp ,;I;'fa4Jeied that j ' h ould'evcr make me ceaei li.m." . ; It t. we are oirjlctb-med to there , C:t. - anfjng e.pjd&os. Wc have PM .b'come.aV5?liyunted .with a dtwer that ho i's not the P we h.ul riipposöÜ lirji' to bo." 11 '. "jl rlccöming ae- " - t 1 with Iiim-lnat destroyed 'M-'-iVrorthub I couldf ' nk liim spMeirdid U I hdrl ce..- hen-lrMy.in riding breeches." " ao Roeord-Heraia. Nailed I io.a..Goote's Egg.'". A Hungarian blaclcsmtth recti Lr,,"v!, nailed to a gooc's eggj ... "kiiiL Iii "nv ii lliu l Paph, a goid Ul6dsU itrid0 dvxeats'.

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Rival Accomplishments. A new boy had moved into the neighborhood lie was sitting on the line fence that separated hi? particular back yard from the yard pertaining to the next door neighbor and was proceeding to cultivate the acquaintance of the next door neighbor's boy. ''I've gone through grammar school." he said. "I can do every aüm in the mental arithmetic, and I always got a hundred mark in my

history and ecoirranhv' "WpII resnonded'the other boy. thrusting out his lower jaw, "I can move iriv ears, and you can't." Youth's Companion. VNa Wonder. i(Yo love long rmnbles in th country?" asked the girl in the white sweater. "Yes. indeed." responded the young man in the green hat with .the purnle band and buckled shoc "When I go nut in the muntry all nature seems to smile." "Gracious! I don't blame her. It is a wonder she doesn't laugh outright.' Kansas City Independent Real Need For Hurry. Tho Gentleman with the l'onuet Bo? -Don't stop me, old chap! Don't Btop o! I've jrot a new hat for my wlfi In here, ami If I'm not quick It'll tx out of fashion before she's worn ltl Drawn by II. M. Batemau in Sketch.

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GOLDEN NEEDLES.

They Were Used When GallanU In Franco Did Fancy Work. During the old rer in France, about which so mui.. glamour remains to us, the very men who were living and making the history of the empire of Louis passed their leisure time in n way that seems to us of today utterly ridiculous. In all the fancy work on which ladies employed themselves the men seem to have taken part Poinsinet in one of his comedies represents a vountr ninrnii pntorI . o 1 mg a room where two fair damsels ' are embroidering. One is working I a niece of dress trimming, the other 1 a Marly flounce. The beau examines ' the embroidery with the eye of a I connoisseur, points out hero and t there the specially good touches and i is too polite to notice any defects. .lie takes a little gold tube out of the pocket of his richly decorated waistcoat and selects a dainty gold needle. lie roes to the frame at which Cidnlise is working and fin -

ishes the flower which she had be-, say "your grace," be he noble, gun. From her he moves to the friend or beggar. "Will your grace sofa and, seizing one end of the! do 11,0 tMe avor to bring me mv , flounce, assists Igmene, to whom ho ' coffee at 9 o'clock tomorrow?" pays special attention, to complete 'would strike an American bellboy her task. j with dismay. But it is the literal j At this time it was the custom of translation of the Spanish request, the ladies invariably to carry their' evcr toll a beggar to clear out, but workbags with them to the evening "y that you have left your purse at receptions, in which they had not home and that you will remember only their embroidery materials, but Ilim tomorrow or gently murmur the last novel, tho nonulnr sonirs. thnt God will reward lum, whereat

' their patch boxes and rouge pots.

.Gentlemen also carried deftly em-' iese same beggars,-who spring ! broidered little bags into company, UP on, CVQry seem to liave n ! which held "a whole arsenal of cut- code of etiquette we could not fatb- ! lery and fancy articles, such ' om- Af ter two or three days there hörn of difforcrit fihnrwv? fillnd were few who begged only from

lozengos, bonbons, snuff and sccr.t.' C? '

At another period the fashion of S jean, vmenuy we were the day was to cut out drawings understood to be the patrons of cerfrom books and pamphlets and to tarn beggars who out of a crowd of paste them on screens, lamp shades, mendicants were tho only ones to boxes and vases.! The skill in this approach us who would take their was to so arrange the drawings or dole with thanks or if we said "toparts of different drawings as to morrow" would smilingly back produce a curious or amusing of- flway at once. , feet Then thbro came a season A tr'P into, sra'n 0US mcan

when all the rage was for charades raore, Vmn ol me as wc and riddles, which gave a peculiarly faw m a slnSle. Cltv- .fc. good opportunity to exercise the ou,r P1?? to lger m m Madlight and rapid wit so conspicuous , wtl the exceptidn of three in the French. Every evening the B fnt lo et an? thc Lf u drawing rooms were converted into iml0,r, whol 4of ,ur tw'. impromptu charades. Some iady months ho.day and to return d would suggest a word or phrase, and f1 to Jan3 wltlVout 6ec!n an" ,r

forthwith it would be converted into the subject of a sprightly little play Many of the word games now cur Lfiu imiivo uun tutrent with us in America had their origin in the necessity the French salons were under in the- last centurv to divert themselves. In some of the salons the fashion of keeping a daily chronicle of news, which was too often a mere chronicle of scandal was adopted. Mmc Doubiet do Persan issued bulletins which she called nouvellcs a la mam. In her apartmen s two registcrs were kept one of the authentic news received here and there by her guests, the other of floating rumors and on dits, and from these me budget otncr cnronicie was made up and circulated throughout France. Appletons .Magazine. Jb( Oat. The Duck Your ma Is looking every where for you. The Chick Teirher I'm out n - Gooc Mews For the Editor. Wh" 'Y Inga my muso take flight I ai. .anced; 1 cannot write. Su- was the refrain of the budding poet's lntcst production, and when it reached thc hands of the weary editor, who had been bombarded by bushels of unavailable outpourings from the same source, hc promptly sent it back, with thi following terse and businesslike indorsement: "Glad to hear itl Keep Kitty right on thc job! Any time that she strikes for higher wages let me know, and I will make up the difference myself rather than have hoi top." New York Times.

SPANISH ETIQUETTE. Politeness to Servants end Even the Street Beggars. From what we saw and from what happened to us I made up a page of Spanish etiquette. It is probably not correet, but I offer it as the result of our experiences. Other people may have had different impressions. If you are of the female sex never wear a short skirt, a sailor or Knglish walking hat unless you are willing to have people stare at you and sometimes call after you. If you hare red hair dye it or be prepared to be saluted as "liubia." Never bow to a man unless he lifts his hat first If you are a man you may dross as an Englishman, an operatic tenor or a chorus singer from Carmen without exciting remark. Never wear glasses. If you are blind take a dog on a string. When you sit down at the table or arise always bow and say, "Buenas." This is imperative. You mn3 jostle people without apology,

1 but never speak to any one without he W'H srai'e thank you and depart. Lmo wo or three others who belit ' T" fill. l" fcul" u other tourists. So can any one wodor thnt to us Spain means Madriu ,. . xii c A "a """a " A cjrcu8 rtorso ,n BatlB Colond Clmrlcs jrarsmn,. vho flid.de.canip to General Ilobert R A an( Q W(jnt th h ül0 batte3 of th(J Wftr wjth Jjis chie lh(J folowin alnusinfr storv of hjs cxpcrience with a ncw llorse: nis dd honc lmd beftn phot from unJer him jn the f ht of the yious (1 and hc hfld taken 3C3. skm of an nnimd thflt 6CCmcd to 5uR the work ln thc battle n fcw. hourg ator he was riding across a fielf -n which therc were numerous stumt)S Suddenly thc performance opened. The gun's roared, and the air was filled with smoke and noise. Before Colonel Marshall knrw what was happening the horse had his four feet on one of the stumps and was gayly dancing in a circle. In the meantime thc firing was increasing, and the situation was anything but comfortable. But the horse kept on as if he were enjoyinir it. "It was not until afterward," snul Colonel Marshall, "that I found the ' horse had belonged to a circus and had been trained to do this act amid the firing of cannon." Cuolly What do you think of the onpapement rlus I gave your sister? Willie-Gee. It's inv.it I She lets inn wear It when her other fijlcri callla'. dBClanatl Commercial Tri

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Orubworm hacca. An odd form of animal contest used to be practiced by oflice clerks in London some years ago. It was knowu as grub racing, and nearly every younger clerk hud his stablo of racers. These worms were bred in nuts or apples and carefully stabled between two walnut shells. They were selected by placing them in the center of a piece of paper, and thcone that proved most adept in making a speedy bee line to the edge of the paper was matched against th6 pick of a rival stable Some of the fastest could not be induced to travel ip a straight lin. In racing parlance, they bolted and were bad betting propositions. But when twojcame together that showed a disposition to run straight and true tho betting on thc result was lively enough to stir up the antigambling enthusiasts. New York Tribune.

Grim Humor. "i .. .or uo have luck. Now Ii ivz.z U'Othaclic :ia- Lir.jn just at th JU'untiut that I v. as k'uk to take myJ HA. rt:u the nere3t tluatlat' Uvea ,at ledit three Ieus from Lere. lj!e Hüte. .Taking No Chances. Y tuu" ifo (titio Ins eookel the-dlti' iji-r r.ir tjie urt tiiueiWliatover wlU ruy lewbnnj say when he sees that I btm quite spoiled tlie Joint? . Coihe, Anna, we will torn wbo s,hall take it Id to him.PHeKunde matter. E DEAL ft Jill tlvertiJUTs Arn Treated Aliko. The Courier has but one rate to all advertisers and treats all advi rtisers in the same manner and squarely. It frequently com. s to us that we lose business because the other papers make cone- ssions with respect to their rate-. Weurce you not to be misled by newspapers which are granting you concession In that kind of a newspaper you never . know when you have reached tho bottom. You may think you are favored, but your neighbor s probably nearer the tWtor.i than you are 1'hc advertisinor department of a. y newspaper is only conducted rigl.t'.y when the rate is the same to everybody under the same conditions. vVhen a news paper offeis you a cheap rate, you can easily bank on it that ,jt is a cheap newspaper and is- conscious of its own weakness and probably has a smaller circula tion than it is generally credited with. The Courier wants all the advertising that its circulation deserves and exprts to charge a fair price for" the same. At present the COURIER krows that it has much the largest circula-

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DISTANCE OF THE STARS. How A6trcr.orr.ert Set Abcut tho Ta of Mo.ituring It. With thi e option of a hundred star at i.: .-t. fe know nothing of the disUtn. j.i of the individual stars. What is the cause of this state of things? It is owing to the fact that we have hvo ej.eä that we arc enabled not unlv to perceive tho tl.rection in whi;h external objects are situated, b t to pet an idea of their distance, ft localise then in space. But this puacr is rather limited. Tor i'iütanic.N excelling ome hundreds of yarJ it utterly fails. The reason is that t'..e ilistam-o between the eyes as compared with the distance to l,c rvnlttated bocomes too small. Instruments have been dQViied by wlm h the distant c between the eyes is. n it were, artificially increased. With a good instrument of this sort distances of several miles lfcay bo evaluated. For still greater distances we may inj agine each ee replaced by a photographic ph. i e. Even this would 1-e quite sufhVent for one of the hea,cnlv bodio. ', for the moon. At one ,-nd the same moment let a photograph of the moon and the surrounding stars be taken both at the Cape ok-crvatory and a! the Roval observatory at Greenwich.

I Placing the two photographs side by side in thc stereoscope, we shail cieany see tne moon "Hanging in space" and may evaluate its distance. . But for thq sun and the nearest planets, our. next neighbors in the universe alter the moon, the difficulty recommences. The reason is that any available distance on the earth, taken as eye distance, w rather small for the purpose. How'ever, owing to incredible perseverance and skill of several observer and by substituting the most refined measurement for steTco-scopie examination, astronomers have. suecceded in oxercoming the difficulty for the sun. I think we may say that at present we know its distance to within a thousandth part of its amount. Knowing the sun's distance, wo get that of all the. planets by a well known relation existing between the planetary distances. But now for t'ie fixed star.', which must" be hundreds of thou sands of time farther removed thi.n the sun. There evidently can be no question of uny smliciont eye distance on .our earth. Meanwhile orr sucecs .wiifY thp sun has provided us with a i.w one distance, 24,000 time? .?': it.ex Oy.n any possible e e distance oh the earth, for now th; t we knpw t:-i' 'Iit:ine at which the earth travels in its orbit around liio sun we can lake the diameter of its orbit as our eye distance. Photo graphs taken at periods six months apart will represent the stellar world as seen from points thc distance between which is already best expressed in the time it would take light to traore it. The time would be about sixteen minutes. However, even this distance, im mense a it is, is, on the whole, in adequate for obtaining a stereoscopic view of the stars. It is only in quite exceptional cases that photographs on a large scalt that is, obtained by the aid of big telescopes show any stereoscopic effect for fixed stars. By accurate measurement of the photos wc may perhaps get somewhat bcj'ond what we can attain by simple stereoscopic inspection; but, as we said a moment njro, nstronomcrs have not succeeded in this way in determining the dihtnnr-c of more than a hundred stars in all. Scientific American. Lazy Birds. The "mound fowls" of Australia and Xcw Guinea construct mounds of decayed leaves for their nests. In-thestfthe eggs are laid and covered over with the same material. The warmth engendered by the decomposition of thc leaves causes tho eggs to hatch, and the young in duo time burrow their way out to life a'nd the open Jiir. These birds are regarded as thc laziest of all tho feathery kingdom. Next to them come the common blackbirds of America fur laziness. Thcsp black bird.' never build ncst3 of their own, UUU3 UUk. JL lUU II C3 V UUU Ue 4

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