Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 October 1910 — Page 6

What .Shall We Have Over Half of the New World

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w WASHINGTON -The Indications being that the census will sbow the population of the I'nited States to be over 90.000.00. It seems assured that (he republic contains more than half f the Inhabitant of the New World. It Is quite probable that all of the remaining countries of this hemisphere have fewer than SO.O00.OO0 inhabitants. That point can never be settled definitely until conditions change radically in many extensive regions of Latin America. Now most of the states south of Mexico and north of the Argentine either tnako a farce of thalr census taking or else do not attempt It at any time. Recent estimates, partly based upon census records, which have been made In South America and Central America. Indicate that there are about 70.000.000 people living between the Hlo Grande and Cape Horn. Including the West Indies. Canada has perhaps 7.000.000. allowing for rapid growth since the census of 1901. and Newfoundland adds less than 250.000 Unless the estimates, which seem most Intelligently made, are ver wide of the mark In several couutrles where there are no authentic and exact statistics of population, the total for the New World, outside of the ' Gives No Money As regularly as the sessions roll around, congress sidesteps, smothers or overrides all propositions which would embark the government In the business of road building. The logic and Importance in the outcry for " good roads- is universally admitted; out everybody's business comos perilously near having nobody's attention. riorne commnulties. townships, counties and a few states have made more or less real progress towards Improving the highways locally. Where the states take a hand a beginning Is made towards obtaining "through routes." But. despite all that has been said for a revival of road building, notwithBtandlng editorial support from publications of all partisan shades, the movement as yet has no central organization which presses the work along broad lines. The federal government thus far cooperates only by giving advice. It maintains a small bureau in the department of agriculture devoted örst to the propaganda of the good roads Idea and secondly to tho maintenance of a limited corps of experts, who. when tbelr assistance is solicited, will make suggestions as to the best methods for road building under given circumstances, and to a certain extent. r-ifol RATT Capital DOVS Are ILL Ot ,u R BOUIJVTION'S to protect children from danger of Injury and to have ! t

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bem looked after for violations of the j on eeount of noises and broken winregulations are to be entorced bj the ; dows The fame hue and rry is Washington police. raised whn vacant lots are ued for

Toe danger to children who make I playgrounds of the streets." says MaJ Sylvrter. "has been long since estabUshe Now that there are public playp-juuda ia different sections of the i ity the children should use them rather than risk their lives." Complaints against children playing on ths streets sometimes cause a peck of trouble to the police. Children Jump upon moving street

Government Has No Hall of Records

j . . . . I , . .. . . me luuuiry nas ueen loiu aoout tX once a day for tho last 20 years. ftv United States Government has no i k. 1 ,8Ce Wher h C" i ,l?,Ub, ; fun""n's which I rum iiute io iime n is necessary to cloar out of the departments and put pome place for safe keeping. This being the case when a fire broke out ths other day under the offices of the geological survey there was wild excitement In the basement of the store that got on firo are the records and archives of the geological survey These are Invaluable and If destroy ed could never be replaced, but the United States Government is obliged

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I'tited States, cannot exceed 80.000.000. llntzil. much the largest country of South America, is the most populous in the Western Hemisphere, except the United States. It is probable that

a full nd careful enumeration of the Brazilians would show about 50,000.000 of them. Mexico, only about 25 per cent of the size of Hrazil in square miles, is safely established In third place among all the nations of the NowWorld, as far as numbers go. In other respects the Argentine surpasses Mexico, and so does Canada. Their Industrial output Is greater and their for- j eign commerce is larger In overy way. Argontina and Canada are alke also. In growing so fast and with such assurance of continued swift expansion that they may overtake and pass Mexico. Their chief cities already surpass the largest civic centers iu the country which Diaz makes his footstool. But now neither Is within C.Ovo.OOO of the Mexican total. As a rule, with comparatively few exceptions. lntln America is rich la unsettled country. A very large part of the vast expanse of land south of the Mexican frontier, all the way to the southern end of South America lies open to settlement. Some uay such wealth In unused na- j tural resources must cause great growth, but that is a matter of the in-!

definite future. For the present it Is , m,u energy ino previous night, to dlscertaln that the United States will, cover them dead In the morning. I

hold its lead ovf r the other countries of the New World, counting all of them together for Road Building xperiments ia the use of materials ;ir conducted by the specialists of this bureau. Here the government stops, lor the reason that dominant view In oonjtrms has been that thin properly delimits the government's function. j I Representative Anthony of Kansas introduced a bill in the house last winter for the construction of a military highav bet w ten Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley, lvo miles, by convicts j in the two federal nenitentlaries at Fort I.eavenworth. The bill was lost ( after a debate that developed into a Beuerai mscubhion ot me good roads movement. I The measure had the Indorsement of President Taft, the chief of staff of the army and the quartermaster general. General J. Franklin Bell, then ' chief of staff, stated In a letter to Representative Anthony that the proposed road would unquestionably be of ' great military value and convenience." Farmers of many townships through which the proposed road would run offered to supply ail the rock and other material to be used in Its constructlon J Like others of its kind, this measure was wrecked upon constitutional rocks. The opponents of the bill contended that General Bell did not claim the road to be a military necessity. and that. If not done for this purpose. the government could not build IL because the constitution authorizes the construction of only such roads as aro 1 .... reuu. 10 meer military m-cslties and post road D C 1 tO üe OUPPreSSed cars. Others stand upon the streets. Others are loud and boisterous. "Death and accident have been caused by street cars and other vehicles." the superintendent of police says. "On the other hand, children pla'lng ou the struts have caused destruction to property. "Ball playiug on the streets." be - OI'hued. " has resulted In complaints ewui and i.thr games. At times. tn certain localities, larse and noisy gatherings are attratd" Street rorn.-r gatinrmss are to be broken up. the superintendent says. Indulgence In profanity and other bad language is to mean punishment. All o headers who axe caught will be proaecuted. The police think that kepins boys off th streets at night would accomplish much good. ! r n? Z 1 lü. m"rtknt Apartments n r m-d huildlngs all over Washington, and ib.. constant danger threatens the detraction of valuable archives whenever a fire breaks out. and there Is not any reason why a fire should not r.rfak out In a non-fireproof bulldlnc. ae IOSS Of gOVOmment nrnnertv In , I... t mis nre Is thought to be less than J1.000. but lu the library over the fire Was a unlouo rnllAiiinn f ii ,Uerftt,,re atalnlng more than 05.000 volumes. SS.0O0 pamphlets and 3C.000 maps, the most complete collection of bfowgicai worKs nnd maps In this country if not In tho world. j What the United States Govern- J ment needs Is a magnificent hall of j records, whore all tho valuable nrch- j Ives of the government might be ! stored In absolutely fireproof vaults. ftome uay after a few hundred million uoimrs worth of thoso valuablo rocords havo boon destroyed congress will give us a hall of records.

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There Is nothing prettier In a room than n bowl of gold fish. The bright colorod, lively little creatures darting in and out of the green vegetation in the bowl makes a picture that ono never tires of studying. But gold fish aro delicate things and It is depress ,n- when one hls left them full of life u"u luul ian) novices nave trounie in the same direction and In some instances have given up the attempt to keep fish In the bowl. So I decided to get expert Information on the subject for the benefit of tho readers of this column. "In the first place." said the expert, "don't make tho mistake that one woman did who came complaining to me today. 1 questioned her concerning tho food she had given the fish and found that she had fed them nothing but bread. That is a sure way to kill the fish, for the bread contains yeast and this sours tho water and It would be necessary to change It every half hour or so to keep the fish alive. "If you will watch a fish that Is fod with bread you will soo him eat It for a IIttle tlmei but M (he bread SOUr from tho action of the water he will take it in his mouth nnd cough it nm v.r-i- ..ti,i.. c- ! ( www - V. J iuivai;( VUilJial VJU DCUBS ought to teach one that when tho tih äplts out the bread it Is not the right food for him. Oatmeal mnkes cood fish food, but the prepared food make especially for the purpose Is the best thing to feed them with, "Don't overfeed the fish. Thoy don't require a lot of food. Give them enough to have a good bite or two all around, but don't keep the fish food floating all the time on tho surface of the water. It fouls the water and the fish will overfeed themselves and Probably die. "When you see the fish seeking the top ,l ,s a sure slsn that the water Is 9ttln5 stalo and should be changed, The w,n naturally stay near tho uoWom aia as long as the water has sufilc,nt oxygen for their needs they w1'1 swim around In any part of the bowl- nul wen the oxygen is getting Inn on1 Iii I - . I , . T P ,OU see tho fish crowd to tho top and beSe thSTJi'i iDJf, i!,',i0Ä,lS.?aIf.Ut f th,?, rRter thnt ihm. DOIi fru .,., , i SndsS i? Ih OU, ?' ! " "& IU All )UU Mill kl UW "Don't keep the fish bowl in a dark corner. The flsh require sunlight, and If they are given plenty of light and air, tho water will not need to be changed so frequently. Itemembor that the fish are accustomed In their native habitat to sunlight and air all around them. From this, they are taken and confined in a small bowl, and this bowl Is kept la a close room, Into which the sun seldom or never penetrates, and the consequence Is the oxygen In tho water Is used up rapIdly and the fish die for want of air." Chicago Inter Ocean. ! To the Needleworker. It Is said thnt hemstitch lug is going to be us ol extensively as a finish for waists and rowhs. This will be welcome news to the woman who likes I the clever effect made by a row of j even, open stitches. The hemstitched edge will be used chiefly on chiffon parmnnte Save overy scrap of trimming, for oven n tiny piece may be exactly the finish for some garment when you are In wire need. Save all pieces of linen and silk, for most of thorn may bo used In somo way. either as fancy work or trimmlntr. nlunr riwwtv fnr ttinrti j- -j ......... New Colors. propos of new colors, some of our most fashionable w lng purple and nru: omen nre combln nruno silk rnnttt with afternoon dresses of gray, dahlia and green: ono combination which a Parisian house has Just devised con a,sts of a purple coat actually seen, renlly la lovely, though to read the description It Is very likely to seem Grlh. Similar silk coats In rich brown or deep green, which fit loose'7 about tho form, aro now regarded as the elegant thing for the smart nafltrons lb wear at wedding and formal afternoon receptions, Harper's Bazar.

HOW TO CLEAN WHITE SHOES

Comparatively Simple Matter to Restore Footwear to Original Perfect Whiteness. Many a girl discards her white shoes when thoy are "good and dirty." J without knowing that a little effort will restoro thorn to their pristine purity. The first requirement for complete restoration Is not to got the whlto shoes too soiled, for thoy never look so well as when they are talvn In hand before the discoloration beomes too deep. After wearing canvas hoos they should be given a good bru-hlng with a stiff brush, the solo edge.- and heels freed front mud and washed off with plain water. But do not let tho water get on the canvas, for this will only serve to fasten tho soli the t ghter. For whitening the canvas thero aro many bottled liquids in the market, Chinese white being a favorite and the most efficacious one. A homemade whltener which Is Just as good If put together according to the formula Is made of half an ounce of gum arable dissolved In -10 ounces of watr; to this add an ounce of white vinegar and 20 ounces of powdered chaile Shako the bottle well before using. and put the white on with a brutb, going over the shoes with n second coat ufter the first one has dried la. If thoy seem to need It. Where It Is desired to match a shw to the dross tint, old white canvas tied or sntin slippers may easily b changed to any color wanted by ndt ing n little dye to the gum arable wtter and vinegar Instead of the chalk. With any of the bottled liquids thee may also be inade tan or black AND NOW COMES THE JIBBAH If You Don't Know What It Is, Read the Following Description of Garment. My friends admire my Jibbah. It la nr,t.i, ,i ,, ,-af,.i .,-. ussvu Jiivtuvt UUU tilUl i (ytU.UIUl LUUl !an ordinary kimono, and It takes onlv 'half a day to make one. The material should be at least 44 inches wide. There Is absolutely no waste in cutting, except the circle or square at the neck. The length of the sleevs miIC, determined eeor.llnf tn thm Wheu that Is done the disce from underarm to bottom, b. d. I. l.t . .l . . .l . V. - -I 1. - 13 twu k"- uhui l1 r,hl rouBI lo ! d, c. e. if the gown Is made of fig- , urod material, a yoke of pbüa goods ; would be pretty. If the Jibbah Is of J plam cloth the yoke may be beautltuny embroidered, making a pretty ; and becoming house gown. Good ; Housekeeping Magazine. Turnback Cuffs Popular. With the hlte shirt waist and whie duck linen skirt pure whlto neckwear is the rule or pure white combined with some dellrate tint Sotre of the hand-embroidered Dutch collars bare Inserts of pal blue, pink or lavender linen on which are worked flowrs, sprays or dots In white with very dainty effect Turnback cuffs are so smart this season that some women, taking adTLrJ rrVr .? " in matching pntterns and. cutting away the stiff linen back, make cuffs off the strip of Irish crochet, which can be obtained more reasonably this way than by tho yard, as these collars are made up in groat quantities and tho real Irish patterns imitated very closely. New Ornamentation. If something new bo your aim in matter of the ornamentation of a bloure. drawn work Is suggested by some of the most successful makers ns an effective relief from the peronnlal insertion or embroidery. The coarse meshes so much in use this sea son offer stability and an unusual coolness to which characteristics Is added the oasy "drawing" quality. When marqulset le or voile is drawn and worked with coarse linen thread In eorao of the simpler drawn-work pntterns tho decorative value In won dcrlully Increased. Squares, lines and pointed plastrons aro attainable, asd when tho whole blouse Is built over a contrasting color to bring It Into har inony with the skirt the result Is decidedly successful

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ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR?

A vocation of quick results which requires no technical training before taking up the work Practically oyery electrlcal contractor today started as a wlreman's apprentice How to become an apprentice: the different steps upward, and the monetary rewards. By C. W. JENNINGS. a I.ECTRICITY. say tho standard Dictionary, is an (r.. r...-! J.I - l l . , Lü it y luiiiuuuci Que ami invisilvLfti' ble agent nroduclnc various JiTy manifestations of energy, and the Century Dictionary says. "The true nature of electricity is as yet not at all understood.'' Mayoe k is this very mystery, and the knowledge that it is the most potent of known forces, that makes tho sub ject so attractive and nlso lures the boy with a taste for things mechani cal. Anyhow, it is the biggest thing In mechanics nowadays, and offers the most varied and most progressive field for consideration by the man hunting for an occupation for his son. But to say that "My son is going to be an electrical engineer," conveys nothing particular; for It might mean anyone of a thousand almost totally different linos of activity. For Instance, telephones would be Impossi ble without electricity, and to get Into the practical side of telephoning one would bo. In that sense, an electrical j engineer. The same with telegraphing; with wireless telegraphy; with the con- , structlon of electrical machines; with storage batteries; with tho construeUon of switchboards; with central sta1 tlon work at tho big power houses; I w,tn bcU engineering, having to do t witn low tension wort, as telephones. signals In houses, and other lines not requiring much power. and with an almost endless number of other branch es, all distinct In themselves, with the experts In all of them being known as i electrical engineers. Even the motor- - men ,n Bunways or on lra,n3 operated : h? electricity are known as electrical i-iiim-ci it. je iiiuj ueuu 10 kuow nuiu lng of other departments of the busi ness. There is one line, however, that vould Eeem to Indicate more of electrical management and uso generally tian the others, and that shall be takin up In tho present article for the benefit of the father who has been thinking about the wlzardy of Edison ani how Franklin brought the light ning from the skies, and who believes tba- his son has the elements of an . electrical wizard In him. Tals Is the contract work on buildi tngj It doosn't sound a bit romantic. whet compared with the plcturosi queues of whizzing, sparkling dyna mos bi great powerhouses which move long Hnes of street cars and trains and give the light to thousands of glaring i, ....hii-h. wt n. Hons of candlepower. But It really means a lot more, for the contractor . . , . .. nas io insixii mese-very piiiuis anu deal more than the one that merely turns tie switches of these same mysterlous machine?. He has to know something about pretty nearly everything connected with wiring anything and -establishing machinery for elecfrtml nnmiMMnnd electrleliv with. j oat wire or machinery Is as yet un harnessed. To get down to business In most places tb boy who Is to take up this phase of lectrieal engineering har to bo O.K.'d by a labor union as appren tice befor be can get a Job. This Is rather easily done by getting In to'eh with any !ectrlcal workers' union In the city In which he wishes to make his start. Then be applies to all the contractors be can find at work on buildings fir hia first Job. He will I uui uive w iuuk; ur practically 1. . t . 1 r - -.f ii. cw .r. consequence going ! up nowadays Is wired for electricity. l and this means tho employment of a great army of men. Ills first work, of course, will be at the veriest rudiments. He will bo call ed a roustabout, or Eomethlng equiva lent, and will be asslgnod to assisting rogular wlrers and other workmen and getting a knowledge of the matorlal used, how It Is put up. etc For this he will receive from a dollar to a dollar and a half a day. But we shall say that this particular boy your boy. undoubtedly has more ambition than to become a mero wire stringer and vnnts to get out of the drudgery of a trade. If so, he will be devouring everything readable ho can find that has to go with his work and is already wholesomely envious of the amazing ability that he tnlnks Is possessed by hlj employer. It won't be long perhaps not more than a few months till the latter will reach the conclusion that the boy has something In him, and will take him Into his office as material clerk, paying him perhaps twelvo dollars a week. Here he sees large blue sheets of paper covered with myiterious Uses and

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. :" ".- i uis ousiness o find out what they mean They are of course, blueprints containing spoci' flcatlons of the work of that particular Job. Thero Is a maze of other figures naming the sizes of wire to be used In various phases of tho work. Ur he more electric current required the larger must be the wire, and this Is H figured out mathematically. Even ths most minute attachments are Itetr zd All this must ye known to the tractor, even more In detail tan t0 the architect who made the pi r a for the latter does not bother hlmse.f with tnoro of such things than he has -. and, after all. generally, it is the con tractor that Is financially l-.eres'-d In the details. The boy finds out before long that these things can be and Iuts been learned, and is promote i again, this time as an nsslstant t the superintendent on the Job. at. sav f. teen dollars a week. The latter Is the man who dlref.y overlooks all the work, carrying a the Installation, nccordlng to the plaz.i and supplying the men and materia! As bis assistant tho boy is thrown right Into all details of the business. Ho will find himself learning tte r t of tho different materials, where they can bo got the cheapest, and sooa will be making estimates on ' zK phases of the work. Of course it.s Is leading pretty definitely ahead bo'h In the technical side and In har . -.g payrolls, overseeing employees, t and within three years of th' J ro w-hen he began as apprentice, n t 'a a good, bright boy, he will be an r trical estimator and earning ft;V a dollars a week. The electrical engineer Is rr.erf a outgrowth of an osumator, ar.d tv 'a time he can consider hlcs.f c whlch will be In two or thr. p s more, your boy will be getting t v five to forty dollars a wt-t-k, and be pretty well qualified to a enl 3 any phase of ordinary ciatrai :g w-ork. -rv. .. i uo mau iuai succeeds as an esti mator Is the one on whoso basis t!ds are submitted for practically all work and If he, through his superior kr w' edge and skill, can show how to Eave here and there. It will cnablo his fin to male ofrer lhat geUj the ca tract He Is the most Important rxaa edge and skill, can show how to sire and In many Instances those at Ike head of this department of a firm of electrical engineers get as high as flf teen thousand dollars a year But not simply in estimating should your boy strive to equip his, self as an expert- From the time he begins as an apprentice until ho becomes vne of the big men of the firm, he wl I be brought moro and moro Into rela :-a with architects. Now, archiUcs are the first, outside of the actual owce. to know that a building Is to te cr -! ed. Consequently, they are in a po sition to extend this knowledge contracting firms they favor, and 't is distinctly up to a young man who wants to get to the top to do all te can when hrniirht In rnntnrt u 'h firm. Especially will the cultivation '-I this executive faculty prove valj-bla when our now trained clectrtclii your boy decides to have a flnr a business, of his own. This ho wi ' be able to do. with all the financial ta - lng he needs, tho minute capital eees him Jower abovo his fellows. And coital, more than once already, has rpen a young electrical engineer tower as n looked out upon him from the pc u t book of an archltoct or of one of tatter's moneyed friends. ii u uaa feuue uiruu&ii mis u u u 1 1 V. .LI. II. -A reached tho top? Virtually v T electrical contractor In the r " v large and small; for It Is a l -ur 3 where practical experience ci 's more than schooling, and narlv c; t ono. therefore, besran lust as ojr L-r will if be decides to take up thb c. (n 1 tnmnprnn Tn fj 1rr nof rr T wnu uu 3 anjruiiu& Hl Uli iu - - . i t . - , ....... .il.l tl I h -r i una ui ciucmcai cnueav1 i k the bottom even Thomas A E" though he did not begin in the h' wiring end. One of the nro.ite.st BUDcriptrcd of nlnctrlcal construction In the w i Is a man who had no technical ?cv.oc 11.. v Uli. itj ivaiuvu Ult 1 - - - ui uuust- ii in j; ii uisrtt ut'si.i iu, - . . . . . . . . . v.l. t 1 1-1 V. .1 I . . A wtrtr louay ne is Known tnrougoai portion of tho electrical world as man who was superintendent of e trical Installation In the world's Ivs est office building, the Hudson T" mlnnl In Von.- Vnrlf- trhn h(U 'C' samo position on the worlds larg s apartment house, and who has d" the electrical installation In nmcr - othor huge structures. Another case In point Is that of tb head of tho electrical department c ono of the country s largest co: structlon companies a company tfc2 number ot BKyscrapers every yrs Four years apo this young man was a ordinary wlreman. Today hla Ealax 1b bis cnouch to rive him all luxuries he wants. (CeByriznt. uio. or tne amscuim

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