Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 55, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 November 1912 — Page 1
iTlfl MM C f ECHlU OUfttf Vol. 55. Jasver, Indiana, Fuiday, NOVEMBER 22, 1912. No. 7.
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A DETECTIVE'S RUSE.
THE COLORADO DESERT.
CUvcr Mtthod by Which Ho Secured Some Evidence. "I had to resort to a queer ruse once to get an admission from a man I was after' said a private detective. "There had been some trouble at a club between two young men. One threw a glass of wine into the other's face. The other
did not resent the insult as he .should have done. When his father heard of it he threatened to
disinherit his son unless he whipped
the man who had thrown the wine
in his face. The father was a mem
ber of the same club, and he made
a wager of a wine supper that his
son could and would whip the other fellow. Soon after this the son met the man who had insulted him and
whipped him. The fight occurred on a prominent street, and as two of the young; man's friends were .with him at the time there was talk of an action against them and his
father for conspiracy. Our agency vai retained to get the evidence needed. "It was decided that it would be necessary to get an admission from the father of the young man who had made the assault. I was told to get it. I tried many ways and failed. He did not know I was a detective. He riad'kfeom mfe for a number of
years,, but thought I was engaged in other work. I had another plan to get from him what I wanted. I told ha a New York publication was having the affair written up and il,lustroteL "I said I had seen the picture of the fight. which had been prepared for it. He was pleased at the" pub
licity that .the fight wa9 'to get, for the story of the affair at .the club Jhad been printed, and he wanted it known that his son had avenged the "insult. I Jutimatecl that if he cared to see it I thought I could get him the picture that had been prepared for publication. He was eager to tec it. M cl had a friend, a newspaper artiit, who made me a picture. He
How Sound Carries and the Way Mirages Come and Go. Talk about wireless telephones! The Colorado desert goes science one better in that line. According to travelers in that neck of sand and sagebrush, you can dispense with any kind of telephone, with or without wires, at least up to a certain distance. Two men a mile apart can carry
on a conversation in an "ordinary tone of voice, particularly if there happens to be a small hill behind each, writes Harvey Hall Kessler in the Travel Magazine. The prevailing silence is so intense that it might be called deafening. Perhaps, after all, the weirdest among many strange features of the desert is the mirage. We have camped perhaps and gone to bed early in the evening with the ther
mometer registering not far below
THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
THE OBJECTION TO JOHN.
Date of nc First Agreement Among
New York's Brokers.
In the early part of March, 1792
It Was Easily Removed When tha Sit uation Was Explained.
The Gavlords and Nelsons have the first notice was .printed of the
t 1 it "I i l. rvnninfT r1 o ntrrir - r it o -r rrr ftttmo
friniuls. So when John Gavlord at at 22 Wall stroot by A. L. Blecckei
twentv-four, as fine a fellow as ever & Sons J PintaTd, McEvers & Bar-
time Wrm fA enn xvhnt. nn nWpth- clay, Cortlandt & Tcrrers and Ja
nr chai-min'r trirl Mollv Nelson was & Sutton. 1hoe several firms held
there was naturally no opposition, auctions of stock each day at noon Indeed, as the "affair" became se- Bellm? m jotation to insure equal
rious it was evident to all, includ- opportunities lor cacn otner. in or .Tnhn iinrl Mnllv thfiniRoW borne 01 tne brolcer specialists re-
that ihc perents concerned were de- rented such a restricted organiza-1 Jf liehtcd. As vet there was no form- tion, and on March 21 a meeting ,
ul announcement, but every one hfas
SPANISH ETIQUETTE. Politeness to Servants and Evtn tht Street Beggars. Prom what we saw and from what happened to us I made up a page of Spanish etiquette. It "is probably not correct, but I offer it as the result of our experiences.
Other people mar have had dilTer-i
ent lmpreions. If you are of the female sex never wear a short skirt, a sailor or English walking hat unless you are willing to have people
stare at vou and sometimes call
vou have red hair dye
GOLDEN NEEDLES.
I
r
Thty Wer Used When Gallants
France Did Fancy Work. . During the old regime in France, about which so much glamour re- J mains to us, the very men who were Hving and making the history of the empire of Louis passed their leisure : time in a way that seems to us. of today utterly ridiculous. In ail the fancy work on which ladies employ-. ed themselves the men seem to have -taken part. Poinsinet in one of his comedies represents a young marquis enter-
callcdof the dissatisfied brokers F. H Ppared to be -saluted as ro)m wnerotwo fair damsela
knew that it was "understood " and for purposes of protection and a J embro.dermg. One is working t i . in.j rnrnmittfifi was annointorl to nro- , ,. , a ruene of dress trimmm(r. the other
a man vou may dress as an Ji.niisn- r m-u -u :
operatic tenor or a chorus ebroidery the of a
Tvr-i'i.. 4.u tt- P4- vide a suitable room m wh:ch to
HiUll V Uil 11UUI 7UJ.l-ilj WXbliAJ
r Pi- 4-i,rt m;, iflicnc assemble and to suggest sucn rules, . 9 - 1 :4-rt4. vu- (the embroidery with the eye of a lingering alter the other iNelsonF UOi3r , . j-- singer from Carmen, without excit-! . i. . , , J ,
had retired. r"u. "ruuuo v-uliU".:A"? ! ins remark. Never wear glasses. V"u"' "Ufc"2" 5
Clieir Dusmess as xne comnuufi , , , , - mere uie specmuy tuuu iuui:iibs uüu j a rru ni ifilf you are blind take a, dog on a . , K 4..
The surprise of the two was con- m, , scqnently preat when one evening dfi??d ssary. The fina result Blrafflmq step was heard in the hall, of.thls mg, says Moody s Magand prolentty Mr. Nelson appeared e was the : first signed agree-
ut iioiiuxcu -- v. - m bi P1iuiö uu mufi B-u, oldest record now in the arBttLenng with cold beneath oiir, die m hand Quite evidently he cMve3 of the york Sfcock blankets, and look toward the east. ,had gone to bed and then got up JZn A owrtAwnT1f noqa na mv xi nnn! , 6 ö r change. rlhe agreement reads as
ior some pur jusse. li,", im... Vi.t' -v,4- f0il0VS.
Viiy, a unci, ivuh, Js tu ma, the Subscribers Brokerg
terr I i i j au -p t),,!;
A grayish haze marks the horizon's MoKs eheet, f e haroijg,
eage, wmen buu uu T ner latner eioou u t-ie ncwiuuujj , , , ourselves to each other,
and eying John c omely. Z01 lea,n- that we will not buy or sell from
nig against cue uoorposi vuere m d for fflnv on whafsoeverj hnH cfnnH f nr rho MRT nr.ßHH mm- i . -i i t- i- j t j i
wnYonf , . T . i l l n any iana 01 ruonc öüock at a less slowly fade as a point of brilliant utes savlxlr rood nirfit to Molly,
T ' 1i n 4- h m-n hoca I hlQ ' 1L - n 11 , fn,.4.nkU n-i I i i
"w -r-r r,; '" v ",ll,"!"u'ulürc u""öi mission on the specie value, and point grows to a half Circle, tljen Mr. Nelson's gaze. w TO;n wDron to
breaks and runs along the sky line In fact) it vas clll'.,s massing all h ft DOgtiations. In
111 U fcjLLlglll, Jjuiucu jLcixvo. Upon the shores of this lake cities spring up, towers, spires and
eolid blocks. These fade into flelds 80n ? he beglT1. Am I to infer T18 organ5zation had no loeal
ULIU. J.U1CDL3 tXJJLVL J.CLA. Illing uvyvAj-ww.
There is the slightest suggestion
of light in the sky there, which as we watch grows slowly in strength.
at one -point, from winch broad,
pale rays creep up and out high
above m the sky. These again
4-yn. loVfl COTkCl-rClf Q fmiT th PIT . T 1 1 L. .. .1 i - Itlll IW
vl iuc laue b" i vouia JiKo in gci 'd jiLLie sleep. nresent
bases and lioat upwara, toppie over T?athcr," cried Molly, quite in- street under a
una stand on xneir neaus, uiuu ".dignnnt, Cfvc couldn't iiave beendis- woo treg
wieidy ieet m air. v 'turbinfr any one! John has been
Soon our lake begins to contract tallcixi"- verv low"
"I don't doubt that, my dear.w
and collect into a big round ball of
- . i -i i
dazzlmff brilliance hung just ai)0veir isT0iRnn s KomVinrnfr to emov
the horizon. Earms and forest dis-the gitlial:on t5s not that, nor appear. The mountains, as though haye j any o))cction to jonil's talkabashed at being caught in such an'. rk t f f t hnvpn't nn
made a faithful copy of the street! unseemly attitude by the broad octicr) in the world to John noT ecene where the fight occurred, and 'light of dav, quickly resume their . , . . . 0.ror-
ne maae a iair iiKcness 01 uie ng- normal position, wnue uu ax -xr jja,,,, q open :o susoicion ol
landscape stiffens into unstirring en-!6 j ;V nie matter unnec-
aurance 01 xne ganbu ieRsarilv :! UnV point.
tires in it. The picture showed one
man stealing up behind another and
ßtriking him from the rear. Behin 1 j blazing heat of the desert sun
him were two other men, who wei mirage is gone like a bubble.
6upposec. to have accompanied him i the gray desert remains.
to see fair play. The father was thought to have been in the neighborhood, but as he wasn't seen he
was lett otr the picture, tie exam
The
Only!
-"ex and
son
' dear Jo!
i
in o'c thing, itfrs. 2Tel- ) 'jYcrt ?oriousl)T, my
i
.
Unjustly Blamed.
ihavo forr e 1
room t-
was leit oir tne picture. i;e exam- . '4 this ro- t r ined it carcfullv. Speaking of the unreliability of . ".o are thcr.e two Bicn? be circumstantial evidence, a lawyer n.... tsked. nointinc to the Uro onlook jßaid: I Re., cr.usc of d
vou seem to
f'ii.; "vp'iing of leaning !'! ir.!-!i Our bedi' kitchen, and
v l(1 ! rifi'flncr lint
ffiOIvvUi wuiii kiuc ys iiiv. vmujw'.- 1 ,, , ,
"They are the two Black?, w of Peebles, said angrily to his wife went alon: with vour son to Sec one night: that he got fair plav T told him. . Havers, Lispeth, hop many ""rhatJs all ria-ht he said, but times am I -to tell ye I wmna hae who is this?' pointing at the man! the chddre brmgin up coal in my who was striking at the other f rom top liat , v-vr-j "Hoot, Sanders, mon, be rca-
Rjs-' Cr.usc of Daldness.
Coining ii tri 111 East Liberty oi a train were i-.vo men who appar
ently u'ere kl acquaintances and who met !u a jovial mood. Both men wro oaite f.rnv, but each had
n hix'urünit 'r.ead f hair. rTeax
then sat a stallt partv with a shin
inir domo that va.- almost destitute
ed face
cd locks,
U111U. I 1 1 1 1 T L nr ML kiii,
rw-U-,. J-Uof'n er. ' T trr i bOnaUie, &am OJiauum. a. c swuu. 1 f ..,prnin
him i the shaPe 0 the t0P h w.x J'01 nl The I wo friend pxHwin "''That's a lie!' he exclaimed. I ny head a'ready, an since ye ro ous rP1UBrks abont xilvorc
Mv son stood riirht in front of him'avm coal ail pay, wot can a utuo thc)1 iliaulKel in So,nc ,,iea?antnc
j v.- . 1 -met- in r n q nnnr nincH
Xiu 111 U mill ouuaiuij jxx niv
told him to do that and stand up in
front of him all the time. I was right across the street, and the two men who were with my son were close enough to see all that happened. They will tell you that he did not hit him from behind. He faced him fairly and whipped him fairly. That was the wav we made it ip to ko. If that's printed I'll whip the man who made it!' "It wasn't printed, nor were there any court proceedings taken on account of the alled conspiracy. The men concerned in it on both sides got together and settled it out of court." Exchange.
matter V " 'Woman, ye dinna grasp ma argyment said Sanders. 1 only wear that top hat in the evenin', an' if I'm Dot an' I tak" it off it leaves a black band around ma forehead. What's the rasoolt? Wh)', I'm accused on all sides o' washin ma f aco
wf ma hat on!' "--St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
irttermilk a Life Saver. A French medical man advise t)ODle to drink buttermilk for long
life. He says that the lactic acid dissolves every sort of earthy deposit in the' hloo'd vessels, keeping the reins and arteries so supf le tnd free running that thero can be no clogcine up, and hence tliere is no de
posit of chalky matter around the j joints or of poisonous waRe in the muaclts. It is the stiffening and hardening of the blood vessels; which bring on old age. Butter-, milk is likely to postpone it ten or
wenty years 11 irc-cy , The Social Roi'onncr-I your moth
quart a aay enoum oe tt taotn. liitle girl?
A 1 Z . . a v r-m "W
"VliRtH In a Kämet
Li J
about the "thinning of the thatch'
vrith casual references to doorknobs find billiard bulls, nvjch to the
amusement of the passengers, but
to the evident discomfiture of the
baldhoadcd man.
The talk finally developed into an
argument on the cause of baldness, and after considerable jocularity
the pair turned to the pearly pated stranger, and one said: "My friend and 1 have been discussing the cause of baldness, but we can't seem to agree. Would you mind telling us what you regard as the real cavse of baldness?" The stranger wheeled about, eyed
his questioners fiercely and snorted: "Brains!" Pittsburg Gazette.
the open air at a point between the
numbers of 68 and 70 Wail
famous old button-
that stood there with
widespreading branches, which pro
tected them from the sun's rays ana
ordinarily inclement weather.
Business m those days was not
rushing and there wa3 an air of
leisure and quiet about the gather
ing. Securities evere not active
enough to employ all tne time oi the brokers, so between times bet
ting on the results of domestic and foreign political controversies and dealing in merchandise were included.
The first inside quarters of the
exchange were secured in 1793, when the Tontine cofree house, at
the northwest corner of Wall and
William streets, was completed.
The old buttonwood tree was aban
doned, and the dignity of the bro-
kcrs' organization was elevated by the change. The Tontine coffee
house was controlled by a chartered company composed of 203 subscribn r s 1 -T .
ers at $uu eacn, organized as a
merchants' exchange.
The dealers in securities and the merchants were all jumbled up together, and at times when trading was brisk there ds wild excitement and shouis that would have done credit to a band of Comanche Indians. iNo constitution for a stock exchange was adopted until 1817, when the New York stock and exchange board was formally organized and a constitution adopted. Nathaniel Prime was appointed president and John Burson secretary.
t -J wi -r w too polite to notice any defects, string. When you sit down at the , tt 1;. , , .
table or arise always bow and say, i j. n j a Vd mu- x: -r' the pocket of his richly decorated NBuenas. This is imperative, lou . ; . n ix j-i. u xnay iosilo people Sout apology, 1 ?t1f'JS JÄf
but never speak to any one without i " a Z Baying "your grace," be he noble, ' LJÄ S t
friend or beggar. "Will your grace
do mo the favor to bring me my B- -i""1 "c coffee at 9 o'clock tomorrow?" ffa and' !ezl?S one ?ni ,of e would strike an American bellboy flounce assists Ismene, to whom he flicmov u i the litprnl special attention, to complete
translation of the Spanish request. hei ! ra.s. . ,. . .
Never tell a beggar to clear out, but i . l.UUÜ u tuc ÜUDt say that vou haTe left your purse at the ladies invariably to carry their home and that yoa will remember workbags with them to the evening him tomorrow or gently murmur receptions, in which they had not that God will roward him, whereat only their embroidery materials, but he will smile, thank you and depart, the last novel, the popular songB, These same beggars, who spring their patch boxes and rouge pots, up on every side, seem to have a Gentlemen also earned deftly emcode of etiquette we could not f ath- broidercd little bass into company, cm. After two or three days there hich held "a whole arsenal of outwere a few who begged only from lery and fancy articles, such a me, two or three others who be- boxes of different shapes filled with Bought Jean. Evidently we were lozenges, bonbons, snuff and spent. understood to be the patrons of cer- At another period the fashion of tain beggars who out of a crowd of the day was to cut out drawings mendicants were the only ones to from books and pamphlets and to approach us who would iake their paste them on screens, lamp shades; dole with thanks or if we said "to- boxes and vases. The skill m this morrow" would . smilingly back was to so arrange the drawings or awavatonce. Parts of different drawings as to A trip into Spain ought to mean produce a curious or amusing efmore than sketches of life as we feet. Then there came a season eaw it in a single city. Yet it was when all the rage was for coarades our pleasure to linger on in Mad- and riddles, which gave a peculiarly rid, with the exception of three good opportunity to exercise the
days spent in Toledo and the Escu- ügnt ana rapia wit so conspicuous rial, for the whole of our two in the French. Every evening the months' holiday, and to return di- drawing rooms were converted into rect to Paris without seeing any of impromptu charades. Some lady the southern country, so beWed by would suggest a word or phrase, and other tourists. So can any one won- forthwith it would be converted into der that to us Spain means Madrid, the subject of a sprightly little play, the city of marvelous contrasts? Many of the word games now cur-
E. C. Allen in Outinff- rent witn us m America nau meir
A BUDDING GENIUS. , origin in the necessity the renoh m salons were under m the last cen-
Ambitions and Hard Work of the Boy turv tu uivuiu Luciuacivw.
Saint Qaudens. of the salons the iashion or KeepTmmnrUofoiv nn Tipincr nTPTi- in a daily chronicle of news, which
ticed to Avet I applied for admis- was too often a mere chronicle of sion to the drawing school of the scandal, was adopted. Mme. Don-
Cooper institute, and every, even- biet de reran issued Dunetin
ing after my return from work at which she caiiea nouveues a
6 o'clock and a hasty tea 1 went mam. inner apaitiu uu xc5down there, where my artistic edu- isters were kept, one of the authencation bean. ( tic news received here and there by I can recall there the kindly im-, her guests, the other of floating repression produced on me by Abram mors and on dits, and from these
The Manager Was Cute.
The crowd swayed toward the
manager of the open air show.
uYVhat did you mean by advertis-
in' thet tight rope walker?" cried
the spokesman.
"Just what I said," replied the
unabashed manager.
"But the rope was laid on th' Tround," cried the spokesman, "an
your fraud of a rope walker just
walked on it a step or twoi uo you call that tilit rope walking?" "Certainly !" shouted the manager. "The man was tight, wasn't he Cleveland IHain Dealer. Consolation.
S. Hewitt as he glanced at me dur-l the budget of her chronicle was
in gome function. Father at that, maae up ana circulated tnrougiiou
time was makinji shoes for thei eranc. ppieton s iuagaixi.
Gooper family, and i suppose that that is whv he looked at me. The feeling of profound gratitude for the help which I have had from that institution abides with me to
this day.
Left Till Called For.
When Wilkinson went to his of
fice one day last week be felt calm
It was durinsr the next two or and contented. He hadn't any need
three years that my first aspirations to worry about hia'wiitft loneliness and ambitions made themselves any more, for he had bought a capif elt. I became a terrific worker,1 tal watchdog for her. toiling every night until 11 o'clock! But, alas, when he arrived homo after the Cooper institute was over, his wife met him with the deplorain the conviction that in me anoth-,ble news that the dog had gone. r Vinnvnn Knrn fremu.q had been rEh!" aid Wilkinson. "Did hö
given to the world.
break the chain, thon?"
ft
I can recall thinldnir in public, "Xo " she replied, "but a great,
conveyances that if the men stand-jugly looking tramp came here and ing on the platform around m& acted so impudently that I let the could realize how great a genius dog loose. But instead of tearing was rubbing elbows with them in the tramp to pieces the xxasty dog the quiet looking hoy by their side1 went off with him." they would be profoundly impress-j "Great Scott 1" said Wilkinson, ed. As a result, I was so exhausted "That must have been the tramp I by the confining work of cameo bought him from!" London Excutting by day and by drawing at press. night that in the morning I was; CJ . . i I I D.aii l.a Tama U
mother, pushed over to the wash-
Conversation had turned to th
.i 3 r x
mum, tu maximum accoruui ww
apd ODiwrtunitj, v
Little
At the Zoo Good gracious! How
Glri-N-c-ow. Mutti hoavy my bHrrow U to-Von Vh
r tgkt aanuvoi lidgr.Uta.
fant
Kind Hearted Motorist (to victim)There's a doctor In hat car rflu4 ftrowiO&i'a Majtaitaft.
JUlUbXICX, J UOill-U. J v vw . w.- t - . , , 11 1 . f Ii Hüft ßumect of two men, utterly aissini-
lick somehow or other, driven to.ilar, who nevertheless roomed tothe Beat at the table, dministered ' gotheh One of these men wgmy breakfast, which consisted o,erally conceded to he a freak. Ui tea and large quantities of the long name was John. French loales of bread with butter, "John and Jim are certainly
and tumbled downstairs, out into queer pair, opmcu somewo.
.,f .w T Rwolfe.,fR- "John ami anybody r
Iniaccnces of Auguitui Stint QmmMotf9 in Ctnturr.
I Poor Iwiuuifa.