Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 51, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 September 1911 — Page 1

Jasi'EE, Indiana, Feiday, SEPTEMBER 217 1911. No. Vol. 53.

THE VAYS OF JAPAN.

Vtti Are Never Sure af Privacy, E , rjii While I King a om, ono ßtcps before tho wid epen doors of the reception roon or Into the court or tho kitchen, a .ase may be, tho host a woarVcs nnd greets with a low bow .viewed by the hoste and usunll. c& ..r more of o maids, who bU' bend to the floor. Th olutat mis -are returned, a word i erhir perhaps nbout tho root" ort r meal that is to be prepantnd the guest seats himself on th lot porch, or platform that 6ur rounds the entrances and remove, lis shoes or sandals, leaving therr ea the ground. If one. wears the Japanese cloth shoe and straw san- $ 83 I did some of the timo, the ft are always washed in a wooden hr.n of water brought by a maid, rho rumps clattering round the outside of the house on wooden clors to bring it and seta it down Qm? one on the ground. A little toTel is brought, too, unless one, as csual, h.i3 this most useful of articles about his person. Then tho guest steps .in, in stock bg feet or barefoot, and, precede-" by a prvant, passes through th on rms, often between a donl ' lae of all the people of tho hou vio are bowing to the floor. 11 inters the room allotted to him an there seats himself cross legged oi a cushion on the matted floor be fore a tmy charcoal fire in a brazic KKl rests at least pretends to t? if he is a foreigner until diircgan for ceremony gets the botter'ff nin end he adopts on easier position Presently comes a demttre or emil fag little maul, with rosy cheeks an. fancifully colored silk kimono, win heels outside and slides open tht pepcr door, enters, knoel am jdases it, brings tea things to tht center of the room and, kneeling fours out a wee pup of tea to th emt or each of the gueati. Thi none, she bends her forehead to th floor and patters out, opening nn tlofing the door, as before. If tl guest is an honored one some dai ty, such as bean jelly or cakes m dough rolled m piak a peen powder, is. brought iwith t! t. Then the guest steps out t th porch to wash, and aa he diu Hs face he looks at tho little cul tnre4 garden or off to the distant valley or forest or mountain, or sea. Returning to his room, he is most of the time alone until the coming of the meal or, if it chances to be afternoon or evening, until the announcement conies that "thr bath is ready." One is never entire lj alone. Apcojs to. the room is a1 T3 free nn f everal sides, and hof viator or servant may come fn Y time. One becomes used , this and learns to like it in in j 4J. There ia nothing hidden. Bike life simple and informal oore natural We found it a d. fidvantagö sometimes when we ha too many visitors whose curiosit got the better of them, but we al ys took it in good part, finding i amusing rather than annoying. Bobert Van Vleck Andersom h Popular Science Monthly. In the Clouds. rav.iv.a.i "C UUIlur tt t , . COaM a6la. I'm bUSJiÖQBt BOW. WU yon. hit. mm a Mil" - J5' If I were a flghtXaf Waa, H you down for th&tT 1 bet you $10 I caa pan It" t--Mver t JVHt-m fen 3mm, tTKia a. Pia! 1bm a 7 iar tBMtke em alceJ mmj .

PERIL OF VOLCANIC WAVES

Fevt Oangera More Dreaded by 81k or Thaw Selimto Dlaturb- j anes at 6a.

'eubatora, and tho fishermen of ChiOoeasionally there appears a great wqtq th(j fln?t , wave swooping across tho calm sur"j artificially. Artesian. Wis are of faco of tho, ocean in the fairest Chineso origin. i weather and when no wind is "blow-! The penal code oi? Cnma la ihou-; ing. Thero are few perils of the 1 sands of years old, and thousands of ,

boh 10 oe moTO areaaea man buch b j... t j ii wave. PorUinatolv tho are vctt

rare, yot mom than once a ahip hafli"ion has at last adopted.

fcocountered ona. K0 ;öw"0 ".1 .u. ,'tora wandered in the wet,, cold

ia bolieved to bo some disturbance - ...v v-- - n a vu:(uuu uakuiu ai iuo uunum w thb sea. Volcanoee exist in we ocean aa woU

)U aa on land; in factarved teakwood and marble, read-1

on or near tho sea coast Tt is easy cups of painted porcelain tea of e ''Wiinam Tell act the thread ; Haxray, who served in the expediflrv, .f, nWrl Dt flui 'Qui5ite flavor. Qfton tied to the assistant's foot to Eirvnt When before Alex-

1 - kn ... uuuuui mar nuu w a imiiuvt in uiu surface of the water) when wo member that huge waves have sent clear acrqes the Pacific ocean . riU by Tolcio T of the earth on tho Doraere 01 Asm. Tlio world undor water is not only three tame m oxtenaivo as laac which is covered only with air, but it nAuASAAd mann rt V rt a a m rt rfVa f r,fw.1 fxmnTTinn. n a 1n which fawTrSoTatelvrb la perhaps proportionatoly vast, but of whoso existence wo are the Tolcafllo ocean waves that ahlpa, ocasionally exifountcr. AVIATOR CORD AND VftKE. The arrival of the aaroplanp.hJi given us a new intrasfry, or rather modification oi an old one,- ntnwiy. hat of manatatuting ariatolr carq and aviator -wir, the TLocHiaM lfLh devised a special kind "of wir? avMor coed to bo nacd iot Hays on aeroplanes. Tho cord oooemt of a number of fine wires of great strength stranded togotber. Tho strength of the different sies runB approximately from 2,000 to 2,00 pounds. For steering gear a more flexible cord is provided, ccanpoeed of six strands of oven wires each. with a center of either cotton o wire. Tho aviator, wire differ from aviator cord in that it coosiab of a ainglo wiro ina-twul of 'a ziumbcr of wires twisted together. The wire is mado in 12 sites, with a breaking strength that varjea from 8,000 pounds to 170. Sciaatifio American, YOUTHFUL TAFT" IS" MODEST Youfat 6an of the Prakkft alvl- , Omily Haa Me WUe 9 Milna 1 Itaftaeted Otery. FfsleVnt Taft talis a ifcgr ejto Charity, ais ymjmt tm, yMcfr 2ntrN Ow fact -that h'o W n ml Jbsexieaa bey and gives hit father IKtle rr&Xttnle pffido, Ubarity M Jnt in loa traser and hocne im Mhool for Um hoHdart. H Mm fceoe of Ua.yafeMi6iIlHrf btM the ton of a yitiJwiit, bot Ae no! svk the liaielkht Otiarlty wc a r at party 01 glrfs and bsrya of hie own age, and had been seated at table beside a little mis who failed u cetck bil uamt and did not recognhaf him. They, became sufficiently iaterortad in each other to rkakn her wish to Icnow hk Derne. "What it your namef' she pi pounded fraakly. "Charkywa the soraewkat itad Information which she noc-kc' This eaiiatfed tho little gi4 CowL tinvt, but Charley ia a winsomo boy and her Interest grew. So aho pursued the mquiry further by amng: "Where do you Uro? "On Pennsylvania avenue vas the antwer to this. It m true, for the Whits House ia located on this thoroughfare. "What doe your father dof purued young lady in -a further a4 tempt to place hW acort, to whicl CMrlwy niviy rtpattd: -01, he hM a pcetfoal potltiofl hmM hlnftos ItmtliaiaV hosWUMt th tta

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The Chine.

The Chinese invented printing, they invented gunpowder, they inX - .1 11 1 . n OB I ven ten mo iniurmei o xmiumoo. The farmers of China were the first to hatch eggs by means of in.1,1 I . Dilnncs mm cor. vy . ' . . .. s uiu " vmuo , ico eiaminaUon mac western aTivn rrT;f 'fl Bn! xrrwoHfl nf Hntain thpir naKCd and !.:., - : - rAinted blue, the , - - LhinaniaH QTC&SeQ ill. Spicncua SULKS, Jounired in a palace, on a chair oil Inrr Tihilftnhv and drinHni? from rtini'- RtinQ Plao 1 SfS that where tha q Gftlü . MichelAngelo irflChiaVßiii Aliieri and other great Italians aro eni vena received from Vin Kd. HlBcWfl

Olvmnia. would consent to ' the,cun? "P

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might be placed next to tnax 01 ner f her anÜy denial, for the reaeon'that only . Jarnfht onlv Itains Sfho had achieved 'greatnese" could rest there. In. 1878tbe widov didRni before .her death ceSsd in writing to' the? removal of bar hpsbaAcrs body to ilgrenca, iroviaed her body be placed in ths grarpe from which his would be takm. in Pare Lachafee, andfter a long time for coneideratioa tüa A WARNING. The Utter Uselesince of Takhif Cour In German. . A custoraer " during a trying on asked her dressmaker, whose was at collece. if he were purstun a ceneral course or specializing any particular branch. JTbe answer came promptly, through a mouthful of pine: "Sanskrit, ma'am. He's specializing in Sanskrit I can't say but I'd havo preferred something a bit more usual in the way" of education something more plain tailor made for every day like. Sanskrit's such a fusay study. 1 Her criticism, if oddly worded, was comprehensible and not unin telligent. Less reasonable ana equally unexpected were-the jemarks of an old farmer in a f emote hill vil lage upon the favorite studies of his pon. lie had always been suspicious of the higher education and was far from pleased when his Joe, whom he wished to keep on the larm, obtained a scholarship. "languages may be all right for folks that's lorn to 'cm in foreign parts," he dclar.-il recently, with impre?iv ifl1 mtion, "but a man that 11 m l luiii better taiK piam "To ' a f mine .tdown with ;,,"t rend, saying ovor ' : ' rt'ß jest put tor, pi;-. . :!' . niuttor, sputter, spulter v. it ifikoK inc fair sick. And fi II Im'- le.-n at it most a year, ln t.'t maki- lho?c Italians on the In !wy mulerstnnd three words toiMhi-r He owns himself he can't." "It is Italinn he is studying, then?" the li.-toner murmured politelv. "No, Hain't; it's German," admit ted the o d man m a reluctant growl. "But a precious poor or ouso I call that, and so I told him. "1 don't care if 'tain't their own lingoJoe,' saya I. It oughter come a long Bight nigher to ifc than jest TTnited States talk. Squeezed- all up togcthcrihe way folks be on the map ? Europe, course they mußt get used to each others' talk enough to make each other out. "'Bet ye my Sunday-go-to-meeting hnt I told him, 'if ye talked reef German to those Italians they'd understand ver ,fBit he can't. All be can do to set in a corner with" his book, butter puttering and iputter sput tering. IWt vs talk to m aboat col 14! Joe wara. Yoth'i

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THICK SHOOTING.

Th Way Seme of lb Stage FmU Ar Accomplish ed. When a champion rifle shot fire blindfolded at a wedding ring or a Penny neiü Dooreen nu vnie.s thump aaü nnger or seateo. oacx xo her shoots, by means of a- mirror, at n apple uponher head or on a OTk neld in her. t1, th danger of using a bullet w obviona. None, of course, is needed. The exploDOZ1 1 eDDUFiL r- j. - - o - . Mira Buyn - Tj , rT-j;: into mecee and stuek together witnl an adhmnYft ernbstanrp, and. a tnrcsil I r V V v j with a knot at the Ped xt 1 -r a;. . x 1:1 v. v 1, that it fli xnrouj?n iv irum ma mes 10 oau acu iojo -" ucu, m uuw ut uuue. uenerany me more aangeroua a, feat appears the more carefuMy is, all danaer guarded arainsL In tho ' When, again, the ash. is shot oil a 'ff A favorite but simple trick 13 the shooting from some distance at an ther popular toc is that of rffi mit Tichbv? mdles. Hilft o - - , " , r 1 screen. in wmcu as uuuiy bijui holes are bored, one acainst each candle wick. At the Hieisent of firing a confederate v behind ths creen sharply blows out each candle with a pair of balloya. Inmost instaaoes where a 111 r cthet object has to be brokao. oa a living person's head blank "cartridge is lased sad the Äset pretoced by other oaeaaa. A tyeeial vW wiek a hiW Mmkj Jb k worked br a wir Mater ta irfced hy a gwrrily aaa&iDQkttaMC Oefwka. neoujly with te fbhef er tW riÄa, As the ball k af extxecasly 1mm xaers touch aafficei to ahetexhibitioas aox of tH rjfie "experts" invite gentlexaem from the audience to teetuy taai the weapon is indeed loaded. The tartridge shown loots veryrweJJy.bt ifk a shell of thin wax blackened to rateable a leaden ballet It would not hurt a fly. Londem TitBit. The Natur of the aUaaL Mrs. Gunaoa was entertabaiag a Tfeitor when Nora appeared at iia door of the daawing room. Plaise, mum. will yea tail aae hat yea waat done wid th yttex ghella yea left from lunch?" a)e iafuired. "I waat them ihrow away, tx course, repuea jits. cbtotv, "Yis. mum. But Ol äie: 00

rAeretomrowthim,''replkd2TcÄTüit grows to a half circle, then To they be ashes or jarbndr -breaks and runs along the sky liae

ad. No Wender. rYH leva lonr rambles ia the ountryr asked the girl ia the hite sweater. "Yes. indeed." responded the Toeng'man in the green hat with the purpla band and buckled shoes. "When 1 go out in tno country au aature seems to smile." "Gracious 1 I don t blame her. It is a wonder she doesn't laugh outright" Kansas City Independent Hellet rieltol HelM m (after a aWfat t tae e ) TweejtyHWTeB - ferty sevea Qe

Tree. The natmeg k kernel of tbt fnat of EGTend arwJeJ of trees wing wild ia Asia, Africa and ca. The cultivated nutmeg; tree is from fifty to seven ty-fiT I Mt high and produces fruit fori sixty years. The fruit is of tae ise and appearance of a roundish pear, yellow in color. The fleshy part of the fruit i3 rather hard and resemble candied citron. Within Is the nut, enveloped in the curious yellowish red aril known to us as mace. Up to 179Ü tno unten, Deing . ' , . i..i ... t ,a . , , , . A A x autmeg, jeaiousiy inea 10 present of thß or a 'njlint rtf nf nil.. awi j. uw 3 r.rritnrv inrtaHis Latin Htfped. rrn, n famons 'British offihavinj: st urn TirrvHi p 'eo whioh hp nlwavs carried : . -rf- . . I -d Tcml1 a C" 4 , Tbe British troops f . - a -a oraoeu 2ew x orn. jrrvsa. THE COLORADO DESERT. Htw Seund Carries and the Way Mi rases Came and Go. "Talk abolft wireless telephones I Hc Colorado - desert goes science ee better in that line. According te travelers ia that neck of sand aad sagebrush, you can dispense with aay kind el, teleaaene, with or weaWu!,' wiv t 1 up. to a crftadiaiamcc. Two mtm aal faxt can easy a a ooav w mm j ordlaary oi veice, iartitMf .2 tturV Htobai xd äfti DJf&Ou wrftaa HazTcrrEat Sawalac k Ue ITaavel Vasatia. TU&vnä laf KÜeaee ia i iateosa that it jakht he callecl deafaalag. Techaps, after all, tie weirdeat manzzaany straage featirta of the 11 f is tha xmrafe. have cajaped perhaps and gone to bed taely in the evcnbqg. with the therSMaTieter registeriaf not far Below the huadred znarL JZLa awake, aairadnf with c4d llüath our lalaaketa, and lok toward the east. There the ehahtaet sugretio& at light ia the akr there, which as tre watch frawa slcwty in strength, V r I 1.. it. C si raySah base nark the horiaonBJ eäfe, which Staadt at aaera snarpiv at oae point, from wkick broad, aale aays creep ap aai out hih dbore ia the sky. These again lowly fade ae a point of brilliant liffht armeara at their base. This Upon the shores of this lake cities spring uj, tower?, spires and aolid bh- These fade into fields land fore ts and farming scenes aelds of golden grain, cattle stand la in erccn alfalfa. ahets of wa tar.' The inoantain aear the edfe of the lake separata irom their Wees and float upward, teaale over and eland on then- heaas, their unwieldy feet in air. Boen our lake hegifts ta ooatiact aad collect into a big roaad ball of dazzling brIBiance haag jast abore the horizon. Farms aad fereet dieaooear. The mountains as though abashed at being caught in such an tmseenilv attitude by the broad light of day, quickly resume their aorraai position, wnuo au ino sun lanaecnpc stiffens into untirriag enduraace ol the gansn ngnt ano. Waring heat of the. desert sun. Tbe aiiragc is gone like a bubble. "Only tbe gray desert rcmaiac. Impatient; Well, if that ain't the ümlt r Mated the postman as he cams iawa the step, of a private real"Wit1 the troakler oaerkd tha vaamag sikien, wa had over- - - w - r a, the pattsam' aeisy thengkt. iY." crahdaad taa aa m VXkr." txolaiaed pay, the wtaaaa ia that sow if I- 4eVeM tOmmf earHec

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VARIETY ON HIS TABLEHe Had Feur Klnrfa f Meat and Fou KJnds of Dre'fvQ man vrowxon, iuc lut-niiuaw citizen in all the blue grass country, drove up to tho market place in Lexington, where an army of negroes stood about or lay basking in the early morning sun waiting for some man to hire ihem. The old man was bo stingy that he usually had great difficulty in engaging negroes to do extra work on his farm. But this timo he struck a bargain immediately with big Bill Sammlers and the half dozen powerful but kzy blacks who follow at hie heels. . All the others ware "greatly surprised to see this gang ambling out on -the big road- toward, Mr. WowGm'g place. Next morning they were .mystified to see bi Bui and his cronies again in the market place. "Whadja doin' hyuh, BilU" asked Hannibal Harrison Tyler. "Lookin' fo' wnk," Hill replied you ail wuz wuKKin 1 1 f Wowton?" sufnly wnz wok'in fo' ton. He come to mo vistiddy uu wnin' an' say: 'Come on , , r . -r out an naue nay jo me. x am t dan tell you own tcr gointer have fo' kin's o meat an' fo' Inn's 0' bread bo we all tuk our foot in our hair, an' went out ter make his hay crap." "Well, den-' huccome you-all is come backf"' Hannibal, incruircd. "I gwineell yull," WiHiam,relied, with an injured air. "Yistidy mawnin' we all wukked in de fiel', cuttin' hay an rakm hay an' epreadin' hay, ontwell de dinnuh ho'n blew at 18 o'clock. Don w goes inter de kitchen, an' all sees sin de big table is a lot o" r rbl" pok an green3 an' bre I goea up to de big house Xutah Wowton ter comep4We, eh, an' look at d&t in I mji Mlstuh Wowton, whu .: fo tort's 0' meat you done j feed, please, guh?' "Xistuh Wowton he say: cWfy, fakh dey is fat meat, lean meat, akfe aa' bone. Daiah you fo' kin's o'seaL' "Den I eez ter him, 'ilistuh Wowten, whar dem f o' kin's o' bread you done premised naT En he say: Wy, William, daiah dey is white bread, ecr'n kread, cm" aa' craoib. Daiahyuh fe' Irin ' bread.' An' daf s why we all come back hyuh." Harper's Weekly. Ths Clever Wsavsr llrd. 'An interesting bird is the "weavIt seems to be fond of makfar enormous nests merely for the I ' At. puipae of exercise in the art of construction. Supply these birds with strings and straw, and. they will use them up rapidly, and their fabric is woven with a perfectnese that is astonishing. In some countries it is tho custom ofrthe weaver birds to colonize and build one big flat topped platform, two or three yards across, which, is 60 admirably put together as to shed the rain as well aa any roof could do. Under this roof tey make indirüual pocket shaped nests, bringing ajj "under this unique structure a large and interesting family of little weavers. There is another bird, called the "tailor," which, instead ofweavinc its seat, indexes it in aig leave and stitchas the latter tefether with plant fibers, jast aa caa would sew piece of data. HOT L The Child .(after silent liwpectioaVWell I eoa't uaderstand why aaa says Jfa easy to see through you, Mrs. Jeaka, Tea'r wo talclc.-Breeklya UfaMatled1 U a 9ie'a Eflg. A IIuBgirian blacksmith recently j t jm Mf . nrÄflnt to the emperor of. g horseshoe, a pair ofpinchL, . u aa . knife, all in- j Itoiooely nailed to a goose's eggi rfthawt taeeffbiBf broken. Tkaj fmmeror seat la retara his phoW; teL a fitU mM and 20