Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 51, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 September 1912 — Page 3

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.Scientists Believe There WASHINGTON. Secretary Wilson Is looking for bedbugs in his official and not his private capacity. Mr. "Wilson wants all tho bedbugs ho can got, and furthermore ho is willing to pay a fair price for them. ThliJ la not a hobby with Tama Jim. In fact, ho has no intention of over coming in personal contact with 'the unpopular bipeds or quadrupeds or centipedes, whichever class they happen to belong to. Mr. Wilson Tvants as many of this species of tho l3Ug family as he can buy at a nickel apiece for purely experimental purposes. On tho old L farm, near Vienna, a few mi m Washington, tho department o igriculturo maintains an experimental farm. Every class of bugs that have any part whatsoever In farm life are being studied "by the department' scientists. In the railroad station at Vienna this sign was posted: "WANTED Bedbugs. Five cents will be paid, for each bedbug delivered at the office of the experimental Ah, It Was a Sad Day JEAN PERREARD, true son of Paris, he of the Cafe de Perreard, .was disconsolate the other day. It was the Sabbath and also the ananniversary of the fall of the Bastile. And for the first time in years the "count," as he is familiarly known, failed to observe the day. The count'B celebrations have been notable events in Washington for years, but the count let the day pass quietly because it fell on a Sunday. Everything about the Chateau de Perreard was normal, except that from a window breezed the tricolor of La Belle Prance. Stilled were the clinking glasses, because it was the Sabbath day. The hearty chanting of "The Marseilles," as only the count could chant it, was not wafted out into Thirteenth street from the chateau windows as in the past. In fanciful retrospection the count recalled the celebrations of yesteryear and his friends missed them. The bon vivants of the town, who call Perreard the count, recalled the trips down the river a? his guests and how he used to chant the cabaret Agricultural Department You yvTll Jfihd this 1 VEP K i irri il NO branch of the United States government comes so near to the life of the people as the department of agriculture, which deals with the cot ton and other fibers of which our clothes are made, the flocks and herds we raise, the crops we produce, the food we eat and the timber of which our houses are built. The closeness of the relation between the department and the people is in great measure due to the fact that the use which is made of agricultural products receives as much attention as their production, and the great hulk of these products is used in the home. Commenting on this phase of the department's work Secretary Wilson said:

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Turkey Trot New? Danced 500 Years in

it WILL be news to many doubtless I WILL be news to many doubtless It that the mucn-cnticiseu turKe trot" has been danced to the rain god of a savage tribe in the north of Borneo for more than five hundred years. Several young women of one of Washington's exclusive circles were astounded when Prof. Edward Davidson, a Washington dancing master, made this statement to them during a lecture on the history of dancing. Professor Davidson said that the "trot' Is one of the holy of holies in the religion of the savage Muruts. When there comes a prolonged dry spell these head-hunting natives perform the trot day In and day out until the great rain god has heard their prayers. The professor visited the north of the island several years ago. He says he saw them dance around .the image of the god an entire night. "During the latter part of the lelghteen'.h century the turkey trot via introduced into the dancing chools of Italy and Portugal, and soon everybody was doing It. In the fint part of the nineteenth century Ijgradually, died out.

Is a Reason for Bugs farm of tho department of agriculture." The farmers of Vienna intend to call at the farm and makt sure that accommodation! have been made for tho safekeeping of the bugf. Somo of Uncle Sam's scientists believe thero is a reason for bedbugs and if they manage to substantiate this theory they intend to put them to work at a moro gratuitous task than that upon which they are generally engaged. There Is a theory that most selfrospectlng species of bugs will haro no dealings with bedbugs in fact, they will not live In tho samo neighborhood. This theory is based upon two assumptions. The first is that bedbugs are scrappers and beat up and kill anything else that happens to cross their way in bugdom. Now the department of agriculture's scientists have about decided which bugs do the most damage to fruit trees. These experiments have been carried on at the Lewis farms for many months. Tho most deadly bugs, as far as fruit is concerned, have been segregated in boxes and bottles. The bedbugs are to be introduced to these select fruit killers and then the scientists are going to see what happens If the bedbugs carry off the honnr TTnrl PJnm mnv f-rtr fr llttra them to leave their present abodes for fruit orchards. for "Count" Perreard MOM IHAV HO WtfAT yOU CALL Caihte DE CCEUR songs of dear old Paris. And all remembered how the count used to say, when asked how he would celebrate the independence day of France: "Oh, eet will be ze grande time." The continental Sunday has about as much chance in Washington as the count would have had in the Marathon, and so the only way the head of the house of Perreard could observe the day was to sip a little green stuff, as it Altered through a loaf of sugar. But all the time the tricolor floated in the breeze from the casement of the cafe. The count could not have a public party, and so he had none. It was a Daa aay ior ranue. Ana tne count was very, very bau. an Aid to Housewives "Commercial industries were long ago studied by scientific methods, since it was found that gaining knowledge by experience was much more costly than gaining it by systematic study. It is only lately that we have come to realize that it is equally profitable to study the housekeepers problems. "Fifty years ago few such questions had been taken to the laboratory and few schools gave instruction in such subjects. Today very many men and women of scientific training have taken the home problem to the j laboratory and are finding ways of helping the housekeeper to solve her problems satisfactorily. "The department of agriculture has studied many questions which relate to the use of agricultural products on the farm and in the home, but perhaps none of them has a closer relation to the household than the nutrition investigations of the office of experiment stations, which have to do with the use of agricultural products as human focds and whose object is to help the housewife in her efforts to provide good living at reasonable cost, without undue labor." Borneo "The clergy of Italy, Spain and Portugal made a loud outcry ngalnst the 'heathen dance but the physical culturists and dancing masters favored It on the ground that it was good exercise. In the fashionable dancing schools of Rome it was all the rage for a short time. Traces of the turkey trot can be seen in the folk dances of Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Prance. "In 1SSS an Italian named Giovanni Casini introduced the dance to San Francisco. For a time it was not appreciated much outside of Barbary Coast circles. Then It came to New York and certain prominent dancing masters introduced it into the Pour Hundred. . ,

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HOOSERNEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Petersburg. Hundreds of gallons of fine whisky were destroyed here when rovenuo officials raided three places where it was alleged liquor had boon sold Illegally. Mor than a dray load of demijohns and barrels containing whisky were takon to the public squaro and their contents were dumped into the gutter. Petersburg is a "dry" town and the raid was a surprise, as the owners had not taken the precaution to hide the liquor. Tho places raided had no liquor licenses, and a number of men, who havo been intoxicated recently, swore they had bought whisky from the proprietors of the places. City Marshal "Whitney broke in the heads of the demijohns and barrels at the direction of tho revenue officers, Hartford City. "Dump" Botts, an amateur prizo fighter of Montpelior, was arrested there on a white slave charge preferred by T. J. Hillyard of Chicago, an agent of the United States department of justice, and has been taken to Toledo, O., where ho will be arraigned In the federal court. Botts Is alleged to have procured Marguerite Schuyler, eight een years old, of Celina, 0., for immoral purposes. Wabash. Durbin Crill, thirty-four - r . years old, a farmer, was instantly killed at his home near North Manchester when he was thrown from a horse. Crill had mounted the animal to demonstrate to a prospective purchaser that the horse was sound of wind and was just bringing the animal a io,? when ,he s thwn a hla sku11 crushed. The widow and one child survive. Elwood. Fifty-two years old and the mother of twenty-six children, Mary Ann Tucker has applied for a divorce from Samuel Tucker, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment She was married thirty-five years ago and had borne seven children before she was twenty-one. Five sets of twins were born to the parents, but only seven of the twenty-six children are now living. Laporte. Prosecutor Smith prepared papers for the arrest of Albert Liebig. a Michigan City man who killed a fellow workman, Joe Syposki, in a joke when he used a compressed air pump on his body, turning on seventv nounds of pressure. The victim died later in terrible torture, his body having muscle. been torn muscle from Gary. William Rugh, a crippled newsboy of Gary, has offered his limb in order to save the life of Ethel Smith, who was burned in a motorcycle accident. Skin grafting U noopRsarv if Miss Smith is to live. . , , f t persons must give ticle Rugh wiU permit hi3 Ußeless leg to be amputated. Madison. Carmel United Presby terian church celebrated its centennial anniversary at Hanover. Several former pastors were present and many former members from various cities. Laporte. For the first time in the industrial history of Laporte, labor troubles are threatened. Fifty men walked out of the Rumely plant. A threatened cut In wages is believed to be responsible for the trouble. Booneville. William Matthews, a prominent business man and manager of the Booneville canning factory, died from injuries resulting from the explosion of a gasoline tank which caught fire from a lantern. He was a well-known Mason. Indianapolis. Two youths were killed and three others severely crushed in a pile of lumber which shifted in a box car here. The five had been employed by a circus and had boarded the car at Charleston, 111. While in the yards here the car was hit by a switch engine with such force that the lumber was shifted on to them. New1 Albany. Joseph Brocke tts age thirty-five, of Ford, Ky., died at the City hospital from injuries received by a fall from the new Kenlucky and Indiana bridge. He fell 165 feet. With his back, neck and ribs broken and skull fractured Brocketts lived 45 minutes after the accident. Lafayette. Joseph Lantisa, twen!y years old, employed in the road department of the Wabash railroad, fell from a handcar kieie and was crushed beneath the wheels. His neck was broken and he is lying in an unconscious condition in St. Elizabeth hospJtal. The young man's father, Andrew Lantisa, was present when the accident happened Shelbyville. A jury in superior court here returned a verdict of $700 against the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction company on account of the death of Mrs. Mary Cartmel, in January, 1910. Her son Thomas sued the company for $10,000 as administrator of her eßtate. Mrs. Cartmel and her husband, Samuel, were killed by the Greensburg eiprea at Waldron, while they were driving to church in & buggy. The son has also cued the traction company for $30,000 for the dtath of nil father. ' -

"HUSBAND FAIR" BIG EVENT

finally the Ceremony of the Year In Quaint Belgian Villagt of Eotusslnct. Brussels, Belgium. -The tenth annual "husband fair" of the quaint littie village of Ecoussines, situated & few miles from the Belgian capital, was held recently. Just about & decado ago tho maidens of the town resolved to take active steps to remedy the serious falling off in the number of eligible young bachelors. Believing in tho well-known "feed the wretch" principle they organized a breakfast, consisting chiefly of those dainty littlo cakes for which the Belgians are noted, washed down with delicious coffee and fresh cream. All the girls of the town club together to pay the cost of the breakfast, the excursions, and Street of Eceustlnes. the ball which terminates the eventful day's proceedings. At nine o'clock in the morning sprightly young bachelors arrive from all parts of the kingdom by train and proceed direct to the town hall, where they sign their names in the "Golden Book" of the "Girls' Marriage Society." Half an hour later they are served with breakfast by the young la dies, who are headed by their own elected "presidente." The ice now being to some extent broken, the young men and maidens set off to visit the quarries and the fine old church of which the inhabitants are justly proud. Naturally the young ladies lead the j way, but they often cast furtive glances at the crowds of young men who follow with great docility. At j half-past eleven a visit is made to the : old fifteenth century castle, which affords excellent opportunities for bringing the young people a little closer together. At noon everybody goes to lunch the men to restaurants and the girls to their homes. The latter tell their anxious parents about the morning's happenings. Lunch must be finished by halfpast one, as this is the time fixed for the official reception of the bachelors by the young ladies. The "presidente" makes a speech in which she offers a hearty welcome to the young men, and extols the charms of married life with the wife of one's choice. A blare of trumpets signals the end of her discourse, and dancing now begins in every available open space, or in the town hall if the weather is unfavorable. The young couples sort themselves out, and a number of engagements, followed by happy marriages, forms a fitting conclusion to the picturesque "Husband Fair" of Ecäussines. SELF-SUPPORT FOR BLIND Maine 8chool to Pay Them for Work at Trades Will Make Broom and Weave Rugs. Portland, Me. If the plan which Millard W. Baldwin, the new head of the Maine School for the Blind in this city, is to put into operation when the next term of the school opens proves a success there will be no blind person buried in a papuper's grave or go to a hospital as a charity patient in the future. This school is an industrial one, where the blind are taught to make brooms, cane chairs, weave rugs and other trades such as are adaptable to the blind. In the past those who went there have received no compensation for their labor. They were given their board and no more. By Mr. Baldwin's plan each man and woman will be paid on the piece system. At the end of each week his or her board will be deducted. In addition a certain per cent., according to the amount earned, will be -taken out and deposited to the earner's credit in a savings bank. So long as the blind person remains in the school this money cannot be drawn from the bank by him or her, except by the approval of the trustees of the school. In this way a fund will b created for each pupil for use in later life. Another feature which will be introduced in the school by the new superintendent is that of read ing the newspapers to them. A cer tain hour will be designated, when all will gather in the big hall of the school and Mr. Baldwin will read the important news of the day to them. Mr. Baldwin is a native of the State of New York and was for many years connected with the educational work of that state, both as a teacher and a supervisor of schools. For several years past he has been engaged in business In Maine, but was induced to take his present position because of a lifelong interest in the work of teaching tho afflicted -b with 4oiMhof

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ft. SCttAP BOOK PEOPLE IN THE CLOUDS. Bolivia has taken a most uniquo way among the South American countries of observing Its national birthday. It proposes to celebrate by opening a railway which will give it a short line across the coast range of the Andes down to tho ocean. Bolivia's July 4th, that is, its independence day, comes on August 6th, and this is tho day set for opening tho railroad which connects tho capital La Paz with Arica on the Pacific. Bolivia itself is one of the most interesting countries in the world. It sometimes has been called the Imprisoned country because it had no coast line. Its great table land or plateau sustains more than 1,000,000 inhabitants at an altitude of nearly two miles. There is no part of tho world where so large a number of people find the means of subsistence at such an elevation. Tibet, as is well known, has very few inhabitants. Christian Herald. VALUABLE FIND OF OAK. A rich fiind of black oak has just been made on a farm near Hull, England. The farm recently changed hands, and the new owners decided to clear away a wood vThich stood upon it. Ih excavating to remove tree roots the workmen discovered several trunks of black bog oak, and further investigations revealed hundreds of trunks of oak under the ground. They were in splendid condition, and had evidently been buried a century or more. It is customary to bury oak in order to turn it black and thus increase its value. Evidently that had been done in this case, but the death or removal of the proprietor of the farm caused it to be forgotten, and it lay undisturbed, and other trees were planted on the top of it. So great is the quantity and so compactly is it buried that explosives are being used to loosen it. The value of the oak is believed to be considerable. HAVE IT IN FOR SCHWAB. "Whenever the name of Charles M Schwab is mentioned, even the mildest-mannered man in the foreign contingent in Pekin breaks into strings of abuse," says a letter from there. "The steel man, on the first day he was in the Chinese capital, went fröm his hotel to the Temple of Heaven and back in a rickshaw. The coolie's legitimate tariff was ten cents, but Schwab, with a flourish, handed him $5 and walked away. Never again did he come out of the hotel without it being necessary to call the reserves of the Chinese police force to quell the disturbance created by the efforts of one hundred rickshaw men to se cure him as a passenger. Moreover, it was not until several months later that tho other foreigners were able to convince the coolies that the rate set by Mr. Schwab was not a working standard." YESTERDAY. He who by the plow would thrive Himself must either hold or drive. Benjamin Franklin. TODAY. He who by the plow now thrives, Rides a spring seat, and both holds and drives. Selected. PRICE OF SUICIDE RISES. A missionary in China writes that the price of opium is now higher than ever on account of the stringent measures taken by the government to suppress the cultivation of the poppy. "This rise in price' he says, "has one good feature. Raw opium Is a poison, and when the crop Is .in hundreds of women utilize it as a means of ending their troubles. Now, however, the price is so high that the rolls of opium contain only about three parts of opium to seven of leather waste. At least ten such rolls are needed to produce death, and each roll costs ten cash, or one cent. The price of suicide by opium is, therefore, ten cents, which is much more than most of those desiring death can possibly crane together. In other words, sui cide is now a luxury which only a few can anora."0"5 v . .

INVENTOR OF VOLAPUK,

"While the Esperanto congress was In session at Krakau recently the news was received of tho death at Konstanz of Dr. Martin Schleyer, who about thirty years ago gave to th world tho form of a "universal language," which ho called Volapuk. The word was derived from tho two English words "world" and "speak." The language, with Its 1,300 "root words," was studied diligently by many people, some of whom prodlcted its speedy universal adoption. But this did not deter Dr, Zamonhof from proceeding with his work in the same direction, which he finally published over the namo Dr. Esperanto. Commenting on tho work of tho two men, a writer In tho Berlin Post says, in conclusion: "Schleyer died at eightyone; his language died beforo him. Zamenhof is still alivo, and his language Is known as Esperanto." LIKED THE SLIDE. A jolly littlo English bulldog, first Interf erred with, and then boosted tho shoot-the-chutos game of somo boys In an amusement park of St. Louis on tho Fourth of July by Its determination to join the gang. Tho boys, thinking one trip would be sulficlent to warrant retirement, gave him a start, but after its first slide, it wagged the merriest kind of a tail and made a bee-line for the ladder, which It tried to mount for the next trip. The next hour was spent in carrying the dog to the top of the chute and then ranging themselves alongside for the cheering, as he slid past. LUNATIC AS DOCTOR. WTiile a prominent specialist was absent from the consulting room in Berlin the other day, a lunatic managed to obtain admission, and posed as the doctor to the many patients who called, giving them prescriptions and advice. There appeared to be nothing unusual in his manner until a lady who was a constant patient asked him if he was acting as substitute during the holidays. The impostor laughed, and told her to take peppermint lozenges for her lung trouble. The woman raised the alarm, and the madman was taken into custody. Considerable anxiety is felt for the other patients, for wiiom he may have prescribed poison. All the pharmacists have been advised of the affair. OFFICIALISM IN GERMANY. It Is estimated that an eighth of the male Germans whom the census returns as independently earning a living are either permanent officials of state or municipal employes. The Volkspartei leader, Dr. Frederich Naumann, some years ago estimated the state and municipal officials alone at 1,200,000. But these 1,200,000 were all "officials" in the strict sense; and did not include 500,000 state railway employes who are only workers; and also excluded the vast majority of mu nicipal employes who are not "officials." The "official" staff of the state railways number about 36,000; the "official" post and telegraph employes 320,000; the school teachers 1S3,000. VALUABLE RING RECOVERED Under remarkable circumstance a valuable gold ring, set with sapphires and pearls, belonging to a resident of Rochester, near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, has been discovered after being missing for over four years. It is assumed that the ring must have been carted away with ashes, for while working on a near-by farm a bailiff found the ring in a field. Although it had been missing for such a lengthy period the ring was not in the least tarnished. The man who was working in the field with the bailiff happened to remember the loss of the ring. HAS PET CHIMPANZEE. Capt. H. W. Long, British royal army medical corps, who has arrived at Plymouth on his way to London from Sierra Leone, has brought home with him a trained female chimpanzee, which he calls Lady Sassa, M. D. When she is given a case of surgical instruments she will select and use a stethoscope, and she is an. adept at feeling the pulse. With the thermometer she is equally at home and she always gives it the profeisional sha&e before using it Dis pensing is also among her accom plishments. Lady Sassa whistles, but does not talk. WATERPKOOFING COTTON. An easy method of waterproofing cotton is the formation of aluminum stearate In the fiber of the cloth, which may readily be done by Immersing it In a solution of aluminum sulphate in water (1 in 10), and without allowing to dry, passing through a solution of soap made from sda and tallow or similar fat in hot water. Reaction between the aluminum sulphate and the soap produces aluminum stearate and sodium sulphute. The former is insoluble and remain in the fiber, the latter it removed by subsequently rinsing the fabric im

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