Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 September 1910 — Page 1

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vol. 52.

.lASVEa, Indiana, Friday, September 2, 1910.

No 48.

THE COLORADO DESERT. How flound Carries nd the Way Mirages Come and Go. Talk about wireless telophonee! The Colorado lpprt goes science one better in Unit line. According to travelers in that neck of nam! an, I sagebrush, you can dlp?j"c

witli any kind of telephone, with or w. hout wirf, nt least up to a certain distance. Two men u mile apart can currv on a conversation in an ordinär, tone of voice, jmrticularly if there happens to ho a small hill behind cnoh, vrito3 Ilaney Hull Kosslcr in the Travel Magazine. The prevailing silence is so intenso that it mhrht bo called deafening. Perhaps, after all, the weirdest among many strange features of the desert is the mirage. We havo camped perhaps and gone to bed early in tho evening with the thermometer registering not far below the hundred mark. We awake, Ehivering with cold beneath our .blanket3, and look toward the cast. There is tho slightest suggestion of light in the sky there, which aa we watch grows slowly in strength. A frrnvish haze marks the horizon's

which stands out more sharply

at one point, from which broad,

pale rays creep up and out high

nW in tho skv. These acam

elowly fade aa a point of brilliant

1 rrht nnnoars at t .e:r uase. nus

int prows to a half circle, then

Woks nnd rims alone the bkV line

in n snrrrin'T. "old on lake.

Upon the shores of this lake .Pinn snrimr un. towers, spires and

solid blocks. These fade into fields

and forests and farming scenes

fiplda of en den erain. cattle stand

ing in green alfalfa, eluets of wa

ter. The mountains near tne cage

nt ihn siVp. sennrate from their

bases and float upward, topple over

and stand on their heads, tneir un-u-inlrlv foot in air.

Soon our lake begins to contract and collect into a big round ball of dazzling brilliance hung just above the horizon. Farms and forest disappear. The mountains, as though abashed at being caught in such an Attitude bv tho broad

light of day, quLkly resume their

normal position, Wime an tne siar

Ä RtifFens into unstimntr en-

ilnrnnpA of the parish licht and

blazing heat of the desert sun. Tho " . ... i til- A1-

mirage is gone line a duddio. um

the gray desert remains.

The Truthful Child.

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Autitin iimon nor return, to somewhat

oiRiinitii iionhcv)-DUl Tommy play

with you while I was out, darling? lie aidn't mukc you cry? NVnliim 11 mailo mo cry a little

hit-

Toramy Oh. Thlllp, I made you laugb nnnrir nil tlio tltiio mother was outl

Nephew Well, I laughed till I wled. Sa8 Bho luu nre posioTeij

cm nrvVM I know ltl I seen

to ko at everything backwanL-Fbllr

flelphla Press. Wiidom of thö Ydlinfl.

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Strange Stone Book Found

In Kansas. Discovered Near a Prehistoric Town Whero Indians Dwell for Years Medicine Man Proved the Book Could Stand Fire and Water.

TT s. Hhvpv. of White Church. Kar , has

omnnn- hie vow inf.prpst.ina' collection of stone relics a

small stone book whicn he found near the three Indian

mounds in Quindaro township, Wyandotte county, ivir. Hovey has spent vears in deciphering the stories of of stones and flints that he has found in the neighbor

hood of Kansas City. He has the largest collection oi

relics of the stone age m tne west, nis nome is iuu ui them and the overflow is piled up in his yard. As the result of his investigations he has some new theories which he is trvinc to impress upon the scientists at

Smithsonian and Peabody.

One of Mr. Hovey s especial prizes is mis nine btujie book. It is made from the red pipestone clay found m Minnesota, weathered some with age, making it darker than when first taken from the quarries. It is about three inches long, two inches wide and one inch thicK, The lines are not as true as they would have been had 1 11 1 1 1 1-...4- nniiAllMAnlnCP 1,' lO O

tne worKman naamoaern tuuis, uuu ncvcitucicMiu good representation of a book. "Near the mound where the book was found was the site of a prehistoric town," said Mr. Hovey. "Here men dwelt for many years, with their wives and children, and here are to be found in great numbers their m .1 1 I 1 AT T Ä I s-N i-lt Hill

implements tor tne war ana tne cnabe. vv e www wwu workshops from the flint, chips and spalls, Thousands of arrowheads have been found, also many currying stone knives called by the Smithsonian professors 'humpbacked knives,' indicate that here were also located their tanneries. The extent of the ground the

many loads of Hints removeü since tne pi?ce nas. ueeu VntPc;nll show that it is a town of con-

siderable importance. The number of these ancient

town sites ana mounus wiuuu tue uunw w v -T aaa countv makes it not a rash assertion to say that 1,000

years ago enougnpeopie nveu neie lu uian.c a. 51

city. Hut to come to tne stone douk.

"There is a traaition tnat a great meuicmt: man uau a stone bible and this is the way. it goes. The first 1 ', 1 . 4-1, Tvi,li'nin niovfl miccmnül'tptl

WniteS tO COmU aillUXliJ tne umiaiw uw miw."" pliprl thpv nraved. and alwavs

from a book. Their works appeared good, and they

soon had great influence over tne rea man. xne iuuu and furs that had kept the wild medicineman from work and want now went to the preacher. The medicine man's influence was gone and starvation was near

Something must be üone.

"To him it appearea tnat au tne power uamc uuu. urAr fVo miccinTinrv pjirripfl. He must. too. get a

hook, he said. He went to the far north, and there he

secretly made a book of stone. On his return he

preached ana ne provea tnat tne uuuk uianicuiwuicu from could stand the test of fire and water. In that respect it was better than the book of the white mission-

aries. He also toia tnem wonuenui imus tue contained about traders who would come and who would take their furs and exchange them for fire-water

making them at all times crazy 1001s; ui n en wuu would come with weapons of fire that made a great noise and would kill and scare away all the game. Then he told of many more white people who would come and who would want their land then great troubles and quarrels, and finally of white warriors who . would kill and drive all the Indians away. He talked with so much earnestness and strength that soon he was reinstated, and to this day among most all tribes are the two factions -the blanket mdians and civilized, the pagan and christians. "There's still another story. For years we have been taught that the richest land in the world is for a hundred miles or so around Kansas City. Ihe mormon bible teaches and told years ago that the garden of Eden was located not far from here. Arrangements are beinjr made to erect the Mormon temple at Independence. Some of the faithful think that the stons book is a new testament-a new revelation to the old mormon bible-and when interpreted and read by the trreat prophetic head of the latter-day saints, looked at, into and through by Urim and Thuramm spectacles, it will read that the center of the garden of Eden is where this book was placed, and on that spot the great temple will be built. Not in Jackson county, Missouri, but Wyandotte, county, Kansas."

alum over a very hot fire and apply while hot. A loose ivory handle to a knife was adjusted in this way and was thus made fast permanently. The handles ot knives and forkes can also be easily mended with resin. Pour a little powdered resin into the cavity m the handle. Heat the part of the knife that fits into the handle until it is red hot, and thrust into the handle, holding it with forceps- or pincers. It will become firmlv fixed by the resin when it becomes cool, irotect the blade from the heat by something like asbestos. . r If you have no glue at hand, take a small piece ot cold potato which has been boiled, and rub it up and down on a piece of paper with your fingers for about five minutes. It should then stick as well as strong trlue The white of egg will stick together bits of silk, linen, stamps, paper, or almost any' light materials. The oil inside the long bone of a codfish is full of a strong glue. Its odor is disagreeable, but it will suck almost anything, GROWING OLD. Old we are growing old: Going on through a beautiful road, Finding earth a more blessed abode; Nobler work by our hands to be wrought, Freer paths for our hope and our thought. Because of the beauty the years unfold, We are cheerfully growing old! Old we are growing old: Going up where the sunshine is clear; Watching grander horizons appear Out of clouds that enveloped our youth; Standing firm on the mountains of truth; because of the glory the years unfold, We are joyfully growing old. Old we are growing old: Going in to the garden of rest. That glow through the gold of the west, There the rose and amaranth blend,

And each path is the way to a iriena ; I Because of the peace that the years unfold, We-are-thankf ully growing old. Old are we growing old? Life blooms as we travel on Up the hills, into fresh, lovely dawn; We are children, who do but begin Thesweetest of living to win: Because heaven is in us, to bud and unfold, We are younger, for growing old. Lucy Larcom.

CEMENTS. a nA Virmenxvifp Vppiis alwavs on hand a stock of

different cements. For mending wall paper, an old-

fashioned flour paste is as goou as uuy umis. To two heaping tablespoonfuls of sifted flour, smoothed well in a half teacupful of cold water, pour

saw such a chit Jt

to know enouKh to come

"I never don't seem home!"

Well, dat's Just wot ma says about

yr'-New York World.

about a halt pint 01 Douuig watei. buuu u "."v-t until the paste is clear and smooth, usually about eight Tt is an imnrovement to mix a teaspoonf ul of

,i..,l olntvi itnfh Hip rlvv liotll'.

Alum, by the way, is said to be a wonderful cement

for hard substances, iiKe nieiuib m giaaa, meiu tue

Grow More And Better Wheat. Indiana stands first in the Unionjn the production

of soft winter wheat. . ,

Indiana grows annually more than z,ouu,uuu acres

of wheat. .

The average yield in the state lor the past 1U years has been 13.3 bushels per acre, " The cost of producing an acre of wheat m Indiana is about $12.37. . . , , An increase of five bushels in the average yield per acre would mean an annual increase in the value of the crop of $12,500,000. The average yield of wheat grown under ordinary fai m conditions on the Purdue Experiment Station Farm f :r the past 25 years has been 28 bushels per acre. Experiments in 10 representative counties of the state have shown an average gain due to fertilization of wheat of 11.6 bushels per acre. The average cost per acre of fertilization was $367, leaving a net profit per acre of $7.55 In a comparison of wheat grown continuously 011 land with that of wheat in a four course rotation with clover. It was found that the plats in the rotation yielded 5.6 bushels per acre greater than the plats in the continuous wheat series. The Experiment Station believes that with more attention given to the securing of suitable varieties of wheat, the soil, treatment of the seed for diseases and the combating of insects which attack the crops, a material increase in the total production of wheat can be made. , , While England and several other European countries at one time produced average wheat yields similiar to our own, at the present time by the systematic application of the best known methods, the yields m these countries have been enormously increased. The average yield in England for the last 20 years, for example has been over 31 bushels per acre, and the average in Germany during the same time has been over 27 bushels per acre. With the large amount of energy and intelligence possessed by our farmers it does not seem that they should be content with an average of 13 or 14 bushels per acre, while such countries as England and Germany are producing double this

amount,

Odd Facts About Clothing:. I have rarely mentioned, the subject of clothing:, and this is the first time I have ever expressed myself publicly on that subject. I may wear strange clothes myself, but I always ignore it, because I fiinJ that, above all other things, this stamps a man a crank is the eyes of modern people. Do you know that the character of the man who wears a high collar is different from the character of the man who wears a low collar; that they feel differently; that they have different conceptions of themselves; they think they belong to a little different sphere of life? The man with the high col ar thinks he has something that the man with the low collar hasn't, and the man with the low collar thinks he has something that the man with the high collar hnsn't, and they both Jook down with contemöt upon the man with only a collor button and no collar at all. We talk about the natives of Alaska with their totems and their idols, the strange figures that they worship, and we look down upon them because they worship the totem. But how much more a fantastic and strange object is that which many men worship the shape of their hats? And it is even true that a man that wears one form of hat feels ashamed of himself if he has to go out on the street with another form of hat on. If we had a man with a straw hat and a man with a silk hat uu t-ain, those three objects, anf :h train was going and

tho ! ) men attempted to cat l tl.e train, do you know which man would catch the train? You do. don't you? Because you know t ie religion of that silk hat wouldn't allow that man to run It wo id be riduculous to run in a silk hat. But a straw hat allows little trivialities, and one of those trivialities is running provided that man wishes to cawch a train, because no running other than for a train is allowed by and hat whatever. Raymond Neunson, in September Physical Culture. Democratic Ticket. Secretary of Htnta Louis O. EllinRham Decatner. Auditor of .State Wm. H. O'Brian.oI Lawrencebvij. Treasurer of State Williarr H. Vollme of Vincennes. Attorney General Thomas M. Honan Clerk of ue Supreme CVurt J. Fred France, of HuntinRton, For Superintendent Public Inetraction Chae. A. Greathouse of InJianapoli. State Gsologiat Blsvard Barrett, of Plaiattel 1. State Statietican-Thomas Brolieycf North Vernon. Judge aupieme U.art Second District. DcUgtas Morris of Ruehville; Third District. Cbaa. F. Cor, of Indianajolig. Judge of Appellate Couit -Northern District, Joseph Ibach, of Hammond, M. S. Lairv of Logensport, and Andrew Adams of Colnmbus City; Southern district M. B. Hottle of Salem, and Edward W. Fait of Greenfield. For Congress William E. Cox. For Prceecutine Attorney 67th Judicial District Harry W. Carpenter. For Joint Senator for Crawford, Dubois and Perry Counties. BcmarTraylor. For Joint Representative iorDooois and Pike Counties. Peter L. Coble. For Clerk Circuit Court. WilliamM. Bockelman. HHB For Auditor Jacob H. Seng. For Treasurer. William Rauscher. For Sheriff Jacob H. Schwenk. For Coroner. John P. Me:nker. For Surveyor. Emil Berger. ForCommiBsioncr,3d U.stricL Henry fandgrebe. Bert Taafe came in from the South the first of this week to see his wife and child. It is reported that Mrs. Taafe is inclined to sue him for divorce. The Felix Schneider construction Co's. force of men began work yesterday on the new concrete walk in front of the public school building. Jasper has been blessed with plenty of amusements this summer another carnival company arrivd this week and are snowing on the Kunkel lot next to the depot The local advertisers in Th I CouitiEitare presenting tho finest I epecUcular play ever produced in their line.