Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 December 1909 — Page 6
WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED, DOANE, Publisher.
JASPER INDIANA
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Tito Hroproo: mlno has not yet boon
If you havo an enemy, persuade hla
tO gO dOW hunting
Nature smiled on football and thf
undertakers this yonr.
Snowbirds are crowding the quail
pretty i!ose In tho northwest
Sec that voiir horso Is well blanket cd and well shod duripg the winter. Mars must hnvo started n deep wn
terwnys movement thousnr.d of years
ago.
The fnothnll reason ts ended, am boxers nre flg-.irlug up the dead and injured.
It will be new Turkey In fact, with telephones and telephone girls In Cou stnntinople
The hgh price of food has serlmm' reduced the Income of many stomnch specialists.
Ohio niay be the greatest state up In the air. but Texas Is pre-eminent on the ground.
Indian summer is always sure of go' ting the g"ad hand when It plays a return engagement.
With your five or six Inch object glass telescope, you may easily see Mr Halley's comet now.
TS DEFECIS
IN PENAL SYSTEM
Secretary of Charities Board Suggests Changes.
WOULD ABOLISH JAIL FEES
Believes Best Results Come from Trustees Who Work Without Salary Elastic System for Housing of the Insane.
Paroles Ten Prisoners. Acting favorably on rcconimendatloiia made by the state board of par dons, Gov. Marshall has paroled ton inmates of tho stato prison and the state reformatory, two of thotn being murderers, both from Bartholomew county. On tho board's recommendations paroles woro refused 15 inmates. The paroles wero for the following: Cyrus Brown, sentenced for life for murder from Bartholomew county In 1S93; John Petllllott. sentenced from
Bartholomew county In 1S90 for life for murder; Scott Smith, sentenced from SL Joseph county In 1907 for
forgery; Guss Hall, sentenced from Fountain county in 1907 for assault and battery with intent to rob; James Mason, sentenced from Lagrange county In 190S for perjury; Lincoln Hogers, sentenced from Clinton county Id 1907 for forgery; Lirl McCoy, sentenced from Howard county In
July, 1909. for foregery; Harry Cash.
TWO ARE KILLED BY TRAIN Miners Unable to See Death Approach
ing on Account of Snow Storm Another Man Is Missing. .
If football would eliminate mas plays it would no longer be encum bered with a death list A Nebraska court has decided that
kissing a girl does not constitute a proposal. So go ahead, fellers!
In Chicago are men who mako bomb-throwing a profession In Russia It Is n habit, not a profession.
Lots of old fashtotH'd poople will soon b-!g!n tn tell us of the time when Christmas used to come in the winter
Spott on the sun now may he seen with the naked eye, provided the eye Is first modestly veiled with smoked glass.
Victor Huso made himeHf rich writing books, but that doesn't s-ay that every man should take to writing books
Indianapolis. Somo recommendations for legislation that nre sweeping
in that they strlko at the correction of sentenced from Vigo county In 1907
defects in laws governing the ponnl for petit larceny; Carl Penlck, sen'
and correctional Institutions of every tenced from Fountain county six
class in the state, are made by Amos months ago for assault and battery
W. Butler, secretary of tho Board of wth Intent to rob, and John Newlln.
State Charities. The recommendations sentenced from Fountain county lu
are those which have been embodied 90S for grand larceny.
In his annual report to Gov. Marshall.
He proposes a more elastic system Taking Indiana's Census
for providing additional room for the Examinations for census enumcra
care of the insane, who very much tors will be held In Indiana Saturday,
ovorcrowd tho Insane hospitals of the February 5. A little later tho census state; recommends district work- bureau will announce the places nt
houses under stato supervision; the which these examinations will be
abolition of the fee system in jails; "old- It Is settled that there will be
a state public school for dependent n" examination in each of tho 13 con
children; extension of the ago limit Sessional districts. The tost will be
for the jurisdiction of the juvenile similar to that applied to applicants
court; that judges be required to visit ton years ago. It will consist of fill
reformatory and penal institutions mK out n simple schedule of popula-
from time to time; that women be ex- tlon from the description in narrative
eluded from county jails and sent to a rm. of typical families, and in the
state Institution; unpaid boards of case of enumerators whoso work will trustees for state Institutions; the de- 1,0 1 the rural districts applicants
portation of non-resident dependents: w be called on to fill out an add!
the mitigation of penalties for petty tlonal sample schedule of agriculture larceny and burglary; supervision of fron Information furnished by the
state's wards; the care of defectives census board.
ana a number of other changes re- Applicants must be between tho
garded as of beneficial character
Shelburn. Two Hungarian miners
wore killed by a passenger train on the Evanavllle & -Tcrre Haute
railroad near here. Ono body was iden
tified as that of Mike Sonslo and tho address of John Kolshof, :24 East Whlttmoro s'reet, Toledo, 0., was
found in a potket of the other man's
clothing. A third man, who was In the
party, cannot be found. Tin three men alighted from an In
'.erurban car from Terre Haute and It
Is supposed that while walking along
;he railroad track, which parallels the electric line, they were unable to see '.ho approach of the train that struck
them, on account of a blinding snow norm.
Object to Ellis Pardon. Crawfordsville. Petitions are being circulated In Crawfordsville
by members of the Patriotic Order Sons of America to obtain blgnntures to protest against the granting of a pardon to W. Y. Kills of Little Rock. Ark., slayer of Parker Willis, formerly of this city. Willis removed from Crawfordsville to Indianapolis, and no counted that city his home at the time he was shot. The petitions are freely signed hire, where Willis had many acquaintances. His widow, before her marriage to Willis, was a Montgomery county girl, her parents having lived In Crawfordsville and Ladoga. Willis was one of the organizers of the Crawfordsville camp. Patriotic Order Sons of America, and was at one time the state president of the order.
Lamphere Is Not Near Death. Michigan City. The story that Ray Lamphere of Gunness fame
ages of IS and 70 venrs. nhvslr.iiiv l 13 d-vInS In the state prison is untrue.
In regard to tho fee system in the !e to do the work, trustworthy, hon- I SVh,le he may be somewhat weaker, ho
administration of county Jails. Mr. est. and of good habits: must have , 13 no worse tDan "e was two or three
Butler says it has met with serious at least an ordinary education and ' raontns a8. anu there is no reason to
NEW GOTHAM PRISON
Police Headquarters Moved from 300 Mulberry Street.
Up-to-Date Structure Costing $250,000 Takes Place of Famous Home of Gotham's Guardians of the Peace.
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abuse, and he recommends that the üe aule to write plainly and with system bo abolished and the jails reasonable rapidity. The supervisors maintained on the same hnsls ns thn Indiana have notified the census ill.
county poor asylums. rector that they are already deluged tubercular patient would be. and, like
To care for additional insane for al- w,th applications from porsons who ! sucn Pat'ents, he may drag along for
oelieve that death Is Imminent. He is
up some times and down at others, the prison officers say, just as any other
New York. Tho police headquarters of the greatest city In the United States are now located In a new building which coüt U'50.000. When Commissioner Baker movod with his army of assistants to the new structure, No. "00 Mulberry street becamo a thing of the past ro far ns tho city's guardians of the peace nre concerned. It was at S00 Mulberry street tbnt Byrnes. Devery. Illngham and other amous heads of the Gotham police department hold forth. Tho new building occupies the tri
angle bounded by Grand. Centre, and
nroomn streets and Centre Market.
The building is of granite, trimmed with marble, and It is designed to be
i tuple enough to serve tho department
or many years. On the ground lloor ire he raceptlou and consulting room
'or detectives, the Italian bureau, the
hlef detective's office, tho "stand-up"
room for susrects, the homicide bu
reau, the chief Inspector's office, tho boiler squad and the bureau of Information.
The commissioner anil the ilonnHo-j
ocVupy rooms on the second floor where the license bureau, the bureau
of supplies and repairs, the complaint clerk's olllce, and the filing room for records nre quartered. On tho third
floor are the chief clerk's office, the
library, four record rooms, the pen
sion bureau, and the waiting and trial room. The school for recruits.
draughstmen', photograph storeroom,
hauneurs waiting room, a room .for
policemen on reserve, the chief sur
geon's room, the drill room, and a running track are on the fourth floor.
DEVELOPMENT OF
CENTRAL CANADA
THE STORY OF BIG YIELDS OF GRAIN COMES FROM EVERY SECTION.
ready overcrowded hospitals he roc- want to serve as enumerators.
ominends the purchase of additional
months. A telegram received hero
says that Gov. Marshall officlall discredited the story that he would soon release Lamphere for the reason that the prisoner was nt the point of
One difference in current sports seem? tr be that in aviation necks are Imperiled, while in football they are broken
Lunar eclipses that hope to recelvo favorable mention in this column must show up at a respoctably early hour In the evening.
An Indiana woman calls her husband a "nng" and a "scold." Doubtless tho cruol creature has refused to button her gown In the back.
A big concorn In New Jersey Is to bring about a cut In ribbons. So there will be Eome comforting exceptions to the rise of tho necessaries of life.
Al last the Balkan states have formed somo kind of union for the purpose of pushing the Balkan war cloud off the political woather map.
There recently died in Nebraska a man who saw the Chicago fire, the Galveston flood, the Snn Francisco disaster and spent four winters tn Alaska.
ground, if necessary, in the vicinity of Indianapolis Gets $750.000.
tho hospital, upon which buildings Aftr relatives of George Rhodlus, after the colony nlan can bo erected "Oping to divide his estate amonü
and patients of the milder sort given them, had protested in court against ! dealQ-
tranhnnnt I Llle Olienlnf nf hla it-Ill nn U .II-
Inasmuch as most of the prisoners BatJ that he was of unsound mind n.hvm T tÜ JL,?"' t in county workhouses are there for and der tho control of a woman ? S :7TlIg ?rt station violation of state laws, he advises a knon as Elma Dare, the will was ' , LSS5! J Y Z, district workhouse under state super- the probate court and was dls- J ?f 7 "? Jl,? T? , T vision. The county workhouses are vered to bequeath to the city of lrito?nto? ? IT invu- ,imlnIcf.i i , ..... Indlananolia nhnnt ?sn nnn t , I badl "wed in a wreck of a Big
. uuuiiiuoivivu 1 lkUUJ VUOVO, till? wm vvwjvrvv IUI IUV 1111 prisoners are not separated or classl- I'rovement of its park system, fled, and they lead Idle and immoral Bhodlu died n a sanitarium follives. Work would redeem them. The lwlne nn operation to relieve a presprisoners could be more cheaply main- sure on n,s brain. He left an estate tained and subjected to best reforma- valed at approximately $1,000,000. tory methods. Three years ago he and Elina Dare In many of the small orphanages of were married at Louisville. It was althe stnte children cannot be given ,0&ed that she had abducted him from training necessary to fit them for use- n,s ntel here. The couple was purful lives and they are inacceptable In sued b" detectives to New York and good families. A central Institution pittsburg and brought back, could be equipped to prepare them In A guardian was appointed for Rho-
Ihe best possible way for family life. dIlls and ne was taken to the sanlta
rour south-bound freight. The brakeman was rescued from the ca
boose by his fellow trainmen after it 1 ky- .-ls
had been overturned and had caught
i fire from the stove. The caboose w'as
destroyed. A broken arch bar caused the train to leave the rails and crash into the station.
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Gotham's New
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Police Headquarters.
Finish Poison Analysis. Bloomington. The work of examining the stomach of George Armstrong, the New Albany man who
Is believed to have been nolsnnod hv
The system has been civen a thor- rium where he remained for many . his wife, was comnleted hv Drs i.vnn
ough test in a number of other states, ,nonths. The Hancock county court ! and Davis of Indiana university. The nnd has been found better for the annuHed the marriage, but Elma Dare i result of their finding will not be children and inexpensive compared anPQaled to the state supreme court, ! made public until after their report is
to the present system. where the matter awaits final decl- received by the coroner at New Al-
The juvenile court law which now 8,on- i bany and announced by him.
applies to boys under 1C and girls under 17, he recommends should be ex
tended to IS years for both sexes.
Object to Adminlstrstor's Report.
Crawfordsville. Heirs of the late
The new Chinese minister to this country brings 67 servants with him. Astute man. Had he made It 57 he would have been In a pickle with the paragraphers.
It must be really awkward for a bride whoso husband was careless nbout the staying qualities of his dl vorce to discover that she nover was really married.
There Is no wild enthuainsm over the successful offorts of a French scientist to make a dead dog howl. It Is hardly neceseary to start an Investigation Into the cause for this lack of appreciation.
Director Lowell of the observatory
nt Flagstaff, A. T., reports the discov
ery of the first Antarctic snowfall of
the season on Mnrs. Is It not now up to tho director of somo other observatory to demand nt once samples of the snow before the report can be believed? Discoverers are not taking the words of other discoverers without proofs these days. National budgets appear to be the chief source of worry to European governments. France Is the latest to experience trouble In this direction. Her proposed budget this year Is $40,OOo.OOO greater than tho procodlng one, nnd provides for now taxes which mako the taxpayers sit up and take notice. As tho taxes were pretty heavy boforo, the additional bunion will not mako the people any more contented.
Extends Record Search. Gov. Marshall has Issued to tho
Under the nresent law Indtreq r 7 7, -v,uu umumj io i .uargarei itemiey or New Mar.?"iJ.lV?5e3. a.e tend the examination of all public ket. who died lenx-m n
records back to the time when the IIa- I valueu at JGO.000. have oblected to tho
not required to visit reformatory insti
tutions. Inasmuch as over half of the
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prisoners sentenced go to correctional i ""Q"'v" pe- i nnai repon niea ny James Gllliland. institution. It is deemed Ju?tTho V.?" T Bdnln!'toILf..the.. e8tate' n the
Judees sho-ild be renulred tn vlh ihn , vw.wUbCUnc, irum mu Krounu mni uiuuanü s charges of $3.dor lmt thoy mlBl.t unlersUmd th, ?B, re L ".' . i Dw tcM nrc
The photograph gallery Is on the fifth, or top floor, with the rogues' gallery an the bertlllon room. The switchboard, one of the most complete in the world, is also on this floor. The cellar will be used as a target range and for dynamos, pumps, furnaces and coal. In the basement will be the property clerk, storing room for the telegraph bureau, sitting room for detectives and baths for prisoners. The cells are nlso In the basement. The cells of the new headquarters are declared to be unique in their modern Improvements over the old cells of the former building. Commissioner Baker, it is said, will probably retire at the end of the year, when it is expected n new commissioner will be appointed by the incoming mayor.
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Diphtheria Causes Schools to Close. Greenfield. The schools of New Palestine were ordered closed Indefinitely by the state board of health on account of two cases of diphtheria
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oTmore than h rty dayS to Vd he? IW' Dfhr,ty atatM that h haS I that haVe deve,0d there' 0 2!SniWtor-.t.S SSS "on8 "arty
Institution or the county jail, is rec
ommended for ropenl. It Is stated
iignt on those two points. Without ! rehearsing for a Christmas oniormin.
action by the board he was unable to j raent The other case resulted fatallv.
make reply.
Under the statute the examination
of the records of any office shall not
upon au-
Those Eo-called craters on the moon may be merely the marks of bumps received In collisions with other orbs, but thnt theory does not seem to explain the presence of a tall cone in the center of so many of them.
The top record of American building permits in Octohor were: Seattle, 1,347; Brooklyn Borough, 1.325; Philadelphia, 1.2S3; Chicago, 98C. In cost Brooklyn nnd Chicago wore nearly alike, with Now York county, which erects few buildings but big onoa, far nhead of either.
that in the majority of county jails
there 1b no provision for box separa
tlon nnd thnt nrtnrtnt frannnnllv l.t. I .
, " " " go ueyond a year except
",u i.t-wi.ui., uuumum thorlty of the governor of the woman's prison should be en-
larged to accommodate such women. Names State Fair Dates.
I he prosecuting attorney should be The Indiana state fair for 1910 will
permitted to uring action to commit be held September 12 to lß InH.i
women between the ages of 1(5 and sive, according to tho announcement 45 to the custodial department of the mnde by Charles Downing, secretary School for Feeble-Minded Youth upon of the stato board of agrlculturo. In Information. order not to cause embarrassing con
quer aii experience oi years wun uicts of dates, tho American Assoclaunpaid and partially paid boards of tlon of Fairs and Expositions fixes trustees, Mr. Butler states that he Is dates for the annual state fairs. The
more man ever impressed witn mo association met some time aco md
unpaid hoards of trustees. fixed the date for tho Ohio fair as the
ueiecuves now in reiormatory in- week or September 5 and tho Indiana stitutions should ho removed to Inst!- fair for tho week of September 1" tutions for the treatment of the weak following. The date for the Ohio fair
iimiuuu, epuepuc, insane or pnysical could not be accepted until the state
ueiucuve. me removal oi sucn re- uoard had acted. This was done a few
iracwiry iiiuioruu irom reiormatory in- days ago. which rcloasos tho anstitutions would onablo the Institution nouncemont of the date for the Indl-
iu uu us worn io ueuer advantage. arm tair.
Pays $9O,C0O for Gary Land. Gary. One of the largest real estate transactions In Gary was completed when 80 acros. lying two miles west of the city, was sold to a Canadian millionaire, said to be J. V. Lyon, president of the board of trade of Guelph, Ont.. for a sum In the neighborhood of J90.000.
Bonds for Examiners. Governor Names Trusts
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.w .... , i.j.u.t.icu lim jionunieni oi trustees tor Insane hosexaminers who are to operate undor pitals for terms beginning January i tho new law, with Instructions to as follows: in.rrh ti. mih J.'
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uuhuo Hiviiuiuu im roiurnod uus. Honu h lean to thn imoni r
as soon as possible. All bonds are to tees of the Indiana Central Hospital be porrfonal, and are for $1,000 each. for the Insane at Indianapolis, to sue
..uomvu invu uro to oe ceeti rnnmnH a riirfnn o,...,.i.u
tnl nt unrV I,. t, i. , 1 . vj.uuiium, Ul
. t i . . V. i, B' 11 ,H ux" p-ovington; John Dotamoro. Repubpocteu tnnt alter the first general ox- llcan. Portia nil. rn-ntinnlnlml , . i. ..
amlnatlon which Is expected to last board for the Eastern Indiana Hospital from 12 to 15 months, is completed, for the Insane, nnd Charles W si Si
ne iioia lorce can no cut to fewer Republican, Mlshawnka, reappointed than GO men. ..,t . . ' r "''"'"u,
..w. ...t.,u wurmen iui luu insane.
Farmer Accuses Pastor. Nashville. Rev. David Graham, who for years has filled many pulpits about Nashville, and who also owns and operates a cane mill, has been accused of the theft of ten or fifteen gallons of molasses by John V. Henson, a farmer.
Santa Claus Scorched. Shoals. Perry Zollnrs., aged
19,
was seriously burned by his Santa Claus costume catching fire from a
Utiristmns tree candle. He will cover If ho did not Inhale flames
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Kills Wife; Can't Recall It. Peru. Policemen who answered a call from Ora Galloway found his wife dead upon the kitchen lloor of their house and Galloway with an emptied revolver In his hand. Galloway declared he had no consciousness of what had taken place. He is held In the jail.
Aged Farmer Is Dead. Greenfield. Asahcl Tracy, aged 90, a farmer, Is dead at his home near Fountalntown. He leaves a widow and 11 children.
BIRDS NEED MUCH CARE Some Points to Be Observed If the Pet Is to Be Kept In Proper Health. She had just bought a canary, and the dealer was telling her what attentions were necessary for the bird's welfare. He mentioned the proper feeding, the dally bath, the cuttle bone Tor sharpening the bill, and finally mentioned the fact that the little singer must have a rogular pedicure. "Pedicure!" exclaimed the buyer.
"How in the world will I have to give
that?" "That's easy enough when you once
get used to It," the dealer told her. "In the first place, the feet have to be kept scrupulously clean. If they are .not the bird will not live long. And then the nails have to be kept clipped. If they are allowed to grow too long, the bird will not be able to get a good grasp on anything If he la let fly about the room. The nails have to be cut almost as often as those of a person, and It Is equally Important I know lots of people who have canaries nover think of clipping their nails, but the birds are much more
comfortable if this Is done, nnd It should be done fairly often."
When tho man In the States told that ho could t :60 acres ot and In Central Canda-comprsn ' the provinces of Manitoba, Saalctehf wan and Alberta that under cum, tlon would produce from 20 to 30 bush els of when to the acre, or If geeded to oats tho yield would bo 40 to Co bushels, ho was skeptical. The same story was told the man who wlshod tn get nearer to existing linos of rail way, and was only asked to pay jin to $12 an acre, nut many tried It somo ono plan and some another The man who accepted the 160 acros as a free gift, as a homestead, and was willing to put in the required resl denco duties of three years has now a farm worth from fifteen to twenty ,!ll!1 n n r. -n mi. -
uu ativ. me man who chose to purchase, and did so, took up his residence just the same. He has land that, In many cases, is worth twice the money he paid for IL Both t,.v
found that the story of splendid yields was verified. They have had crops exceeding that promised; they hare seen oats that yielded 100 bushels to tho acre, and have grown wheat that averaged 40 and as high as 50 bushels to. the acre. Their wheat was not a 57 lb. to the bushel article but 62 and 63 lbs. They have seen within the past year or two trunk lines of railway constructed through their district and throwing out branch linos to tho gates of their farm. They have seen schools established In their neighbourhood and the Government contrlbutlng largely to their expense. Churches have been erected, villages have been established, towns haTe sprung Into existence and cities are rapidly springing up, as if the magic hand of some unseen conjurer was at work. But It was not; it was tho legitimate offering of the wealth of tho field which made all these things come about, naturally, and easy. The prairie that three years ago was raerelr
' prairie, a patch of brown, just waiting for tho ploughman. Is to-day dotted with tilled farms and splend'l homes. ! The line of elevators with their gllsI toning metalled fireproof tides and roofs. Indicate the locatlou of tho town and the railroad. There is the glow of newness about it all. but the elevator, the splendid store buildings and the comfortable hostelrles denote wealth, beyond that of the strength of the man who fashioned and built them but the wealth of the soil, which means that the newness will be followed by a steady growth. The writer recently was a passenger over the Grand Trunk Pacific, the latest factor In this great marvelous field of development. The rapidity with which towns were being built up. the farmsteads occupied, was something oven his experienced eye had not looked for. Everywhere along the line of this new transcontinental was the dUtlngulshlng mark of progress. There was not a mile of the length of tho road from Winnipeg to Edmonton and west that did not bear token of Its ability to pay tribute to the revenue of the road. Mention is made of this line, not because it is the last in the field, but because It Is ono of the best built roads on the Continent and traverses one of tho best districts of an excellent country. It ! well operated, and already has gone lato active service a3 another means of making It possible to secure more speedily transit from the grain flehte
to the shipping centres. It had been the intention in this article to have spoken of some of the yields of grain that have made the farmers of Central Canada contented this year, bat space will not permit, so that delightful task will be taken up in another Issue. In the meantime It would Us well for the reader, If he Is Interested, to put himself in touch with some official of the Canadian Government and get Information that might bomeful in making a selection for a home in Central Canada, and become oae of those who will bo Instrumental In building up a great country to tho north. In doing so. you will be as slsting the United States. In a few years' time the United States will be a wheat importer. Canada will supply the wheat and you will be one of the producers. WOULD BeItÜRE.
Humbling a Hoosler Lawyer. A prominent Indianapolis lawyer tolls a story of a letter he dictated to a now stenographer to a client In Cincinnati. The client, a now one. had asked his opinion as to certain business relations here. He dictated like this: "Doar Sir: Yours of the sixth Inst at hand. My first blush opinion ns to the matter," etc. The now stenographer wrote tho letter and submitted It to the lawyer. Since she was a new stenographer he read the letter with care to his everlasting relief. She had written It: "Dear Sirs: Yours of the sixth Inst, at hand. My first gush of opinion ns to the matter," etc Indianapolis Star
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"Hey, janitor, come quick.
a man fell down de coal hole!" "All right, sonny, I'll look Into it!" Compasses In Sleeping Rooms. It Is a curious fact that no Japan ever sleeps with his head to tho north. The reason Is that the dead In Japan arc always burled with their heads la that direction. Consequently. In the sleeping rooms of many of the private houses of Japan, not to speak of hotels In larger cities, a diagram of tho points of tho compass Is conspicuously posted on tho celling for the Information of guests. The Sunday Magazine.
Once in a while you encounter one of those cheerful individuals who never borrow trouble, in spite of the fact that they borrow everything else.