Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 November 1913 — Page 1

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STRETCH YOURSELF.

O It th First Thing After You Wsff In the Morning. j A splendid tiling for the body treten in". W hon von iirsL wak up in the morning, lake n good, long stretch. Stretch the hand at far? out sideways us posstliN J hen stretch them over the ln-ad ;i far as you can reach, andt the aiw lime stretch the feet dowwa rd ha far a You can. Raise the feet and stretch upward just as high an you can, and' then lower the feet and iegs very

slowly. When you get out of bed. raise your arms over your head, and, standing on tiptoe, see how near you can reach the ceiling. Then walk about the room while in this position. Stand on the rtehl foot and stretch the right arm forward and upward as high as you can, while at he same time the left foot is raised from the floor and stretched outWard,' and the left hand is stretched backward and downward. This is a fine exercise for the whole body and is especially good for the waist and hips, making them firm and strong.

Standing on the loft foot this exercise can be reversed. If you have been sitting in the same position for a long time reading, studying, writing or'scwing and the muscles have become tired and cramped, the best thing to do is to get up and stretch. Stretch the arms upward ami outward and forward and backward. Lift the shoulders as high as yon can and drop them. Expand (lie. chest and breathe deeply, or. sitting in the chair, strolch the hands upward, lift tle feet from the floor and stretch them forward as f;.r as possible, any way so you give the muscles a good, vigorous streich. Whqn one is very tired, there is Cthing more restful than stretcher the muscles and then relaxing. Exehange. v Illuminating Gas. ?IntliO Philosophical TransaHiüiia . offhe Royal Society of London for 1739 is printed a letter written in 1691, in which the Eev. John Claydetails a series of experiments he made in distilling coal in a retort, showing not only that he had observed the inflammable gases evolved, but that he had collected and stored them for some time in bladders. In 1787 Lord Dundonald made gas from coal, with wl ich he lighted the hall of Culross abbey. In 17t)2 Robert Murdoch began the experiments which resulted in the establishment of coal gas as an illuminating agent. In 1797 he publicly showed the system he had matured, and in 179S, being employed in the factory of Boulton & Watt, Birmingham, he fitted up an apparatus Sir the manufacture of gas in that establishment, with which it was lighted. This was the first na, of illuminating gas except by .fray of experiment. M'1 Nearly Througn. . A itranger entered a church, ia the middle of the sermon and seated himself in the back pew. After awhile he began to fidget. Leaning over to the white haired man at his side, evidently an old member of the congregation, he whispered: "Hew long has he been preach"Thirty or forty years, I think' the old man answered. "I don't know exactly." 'Til stay then' decided the stranger. eHe must be nearly done' Everybody s. Magazine. What Food Woighe It may be convenient to know that one quart ef flour weigha one pound; a quart of cornmeal, one pound and two ounces; a quart of test sugar, one pound; a quart of powdered white sugar, one pound and one ounce: a quart of best brown sugar, one pound and two ounces; that ten 58 weigh one pound, though this depends somewhat on the size; sixteen large tablespoonfuls make half a pint; a quart of butter, one pound and on ance. To Wah Chamois Leather. Make a weak solution of soap and warm water. Eub plenty of soft soap into uie learner ana ie. 1C wwaor iwo nours, uien ru? n 1 t

fill quite clean Afterward rinse Fm Qot an. j tak, it ofl it leayej Ä lit .well in a weak solution of wann,black ban(1 aroundma .forehead, water, soda, and yellow soap. After ;Whats the raSoolt? . Why, I'm acrixamg wxmg it well m a rough 1 CUßed on all gideg 0 m fac towel, dry quickly and puU about wf ma .hat on !' Louia-QloW tul quite soft. It will then be bet j )mjC)crat. tfr than tnct new leathtra. I

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A DIAMOND STORY.

Tfe Way a Ruialan Prlncaat DispoMi of Her Jawata. A few years ago Ludwig Niieen, a well known wholesale dealer oi the Maiden lane district, was in Um office of a diamond merchant ii London when a stranger came ii and offered an imusuaUj beautiful atone for sale. The Englishman did not care to buy. But Nissen thought he Faa, n ' "tiin. But he was not willing ly until he learned who owm - .e stone and where it had come i . '.n. The man laid he represented a friend, a woman, who did not care to have her name disclosed. The American was firm. If he could snot learn the owner's name he would not buy. The stranger said he would see the woman and .talk the matter over with her. The next day he came hack and took Mr. Nissen to the woman's home. She lived in a handsome apartment in one of the most fashionable quarters o$ the city. It turned out that she was a Eussian princess who, with her husband and her daughter, had been driven from Russia for having taken part in a nihilist movement. Of nil their large property; they had saved only their jewels. She opened a little safe and showed the American one of the finest collections of diamonds he had ever seen. They were worth $200,000 or $300,000. "We sell them a lew at a time," she explained, "just c enough of tjhem each year to give 'us a living. Perhaps you will wonder why w don't sell them all and live on the interest of the motiey? But my husband has the gambler's spirit The money would Jiot last a year. So we part from them piecemeal. I estimate that there are enough of them to keep us twenty, years, and I don't expeet to live lohger than that." Untof those diamonds; forms the centerpiece of one of the most val--mable necklaces in Nevr York. A few others are sent to this country every year. In the "diamond horseshoe" at the opera there is never a night when there are . not some of the jewels of the exiled princesa on view. New York Tribune. Time, Not Spaca. Mrs. Frink was a trusting ioul and rarely questioned the opinions at others about matters concerning which they were supposed to be informed. One dky ahe came home with a new pair of shoes under her arm. "Got them at Bride's' she explained, "and they're the best I ever bought you." , ''What is so very good abeut them?" inquired hereon, for whom the shoes were intended. "Why, the salesman aaid that you could walk farther in them than in any others without getting tired, and I said that you couldn't walkvery far just now on account of your knee, you know, and he said that he meant farther for the same distance. So I bought them, and here they are. Save the string, please." She did not notice the smile on her sonV. face as he undid the package, and he was spared the trouble of explaining. Youth'i CompWashliti vmbro!dariaa. Bran water hatha are good lor worsted and cotton embroideries. They should be made by adding 1 quart of fresh bran to three quarta of water. Boil this for half an hour, strain and then pour into a couple of bowls, add cold water until it i lukewarm, put in the embroidery and rub till clean, rinse in clean water and then place in the second basin of bran water, drying the ar ticle as quickly as possible. Alwaji iron on the wrong side. Th Unwitting Jsttr. Here arc some gem answers to questions put in a recent history examination at a large private ichool : "Simon de Montf ort formed what was known as the mad parliament. It was something the same as it is at the present day." "Cromwell raised a famous bodv of loldiers known to history ai 'the Ironclads.5 " "Mortmain tried to stop dead men from leaving their land U kurehea." London Tatler. t

A BUDDING -GENIUS. VMM MMM Ambitions and Hard Work of tha Boy Samt Gaudens Immediately on being appren

ticed to Avet I applied fpr admis-ift

ion to the drawing school of the most flourishing condition. PilCooper institute, and everyt even-'grims visited his ancestors' tomb by ing after my return from w.brk at .hundreds, leaving many and rich 6 o'clock and a hasty tea I went ; offerings, and Mohammed ben Modown there, where my artistic edu-1 hammed grew fatter and wealthier cation begpn. - daiiy. ) I can recall there the kindly im- His servitor, Ali ben Ali, became pression produced on me by Abram tired of wachin L:s muster's into. Hewittvas he glanced at me dur- creased wealth and bulk, while his ing some function. Father at that own pocket was as ilat as his body time was making shoes for the as thin. So one dark night he siCooper fäniily, and I suppose that lencly took his departure, riding on that ii wliy he looked at me. The the back of a young ass belonging feeling of profound gratitude for to his master. the help Which I have had from' After a march of about thirty that institution abides with me to miles the a.sb had enough of carrythis day. ing Ali. It was a young ass and It was during the next two or knew no better. So it went ön three years that my first aspirations strike, lay down and forthwith died, and amb'itions made themselves Thereupon Ali dug a hole and felt. I became a' terrific worker, put the ass in, piling. a great moimtoiiing every night until 11 o'clock tain of stones over it. Then, sittfter the Cooper institute was over, ting down beside the heap, he bein the co'nviction that in me anoth- gaa to pray. A traveler passing iner heaven born genius had been qnired by whose tomb he prayed so given to the world. fervently. Ali was filled with asI can recall thinking in public tonishment. conveyances that if the men stand- What! Had he never heard of ing on the platform around me the. great saint Amar ben Amar could realize how great a genius (literally "an ass, the son of an was rubbing elbows with thera in ass) ? "All the people of the counthe quiet looking boy by their side try around-came there to pray, they would be profoundly impress-, The traveler did not' fail to mened. As a result, 1 was? so exhausted tion the marabout ijnar ben by the confining- work of cameo Aniar's tomb, and soon pilgrims cutting by, day and by drawing at flocked to it with offerings, and Ali night that in the morning I was hen Ali grew fat and rich, literally dragged out of bed by The faithful neglected Mohammother, pushed over to the wash- med ben Mohammed, who at last, stand, where I gave myself a eat'ä furious, abandoned his marabout in lick somehow or other, driven to order to pay a visit to his rival, the BC;it at the table, administered Great was his astonishment when my breakfast, which consisted of he recognized his runaway servitor, tea and large quantities of the long Taking him aside, he whispered: French loaves of broad with butter, "Tell me the truth. Who is your and tumbled downstairs, out into marabout?" the gtrecti .wi.cre I awoke. "Rem-; "The ass I stole from you. And iniscencef. -Augustus Saint Gau- now tell me who is your maradena'" inBeBtury. - "bout?" "The 'mother of the ass you stole

a Diimn-a's .Horns. ! f rom me T My Experiences In The young lad sighed deeply and Algeria," by Baroness de Boerio,-in was almost aJVectcd to tears. 'Wide World Magazine. "Harold," she naid, "declares thati if I don't many him he will end hii ' life, and 1 am afraid he will' I Benefits of Education.

She stifled a ?ob, then continued: "And Randolph declares that if I don t marry him he will go into politics and become great and famous, and then he says I shall see what I have missed, and I am afraid he will keep his word too." Overcome by emotion, she buried her face in her hands, not knowing whether to save a life or to spare the country another politician. The idea of "the census originated ; among the Romans, when a groupof the many functions performed) by the high officer called censor received the name of census. ' It was ! taken everv five vears arnd indicated not only the number of the respective classes of the people, but their domestic positions "as husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, sons and daughters. The first modern nation to tal e up the census was the United States of America in 1790. The first British census was in 1801, but this did not include IrelandLeft Till Called For. When Wilkinson went to his office one day last week he felt calm and contented. He. hadt't any need to worry about his "wife's loneliness any more, for he had bought a capital watchdog for her. But, alas, when he arrived home his wife met. him with the deplorable news that the dog had gone." "Eh!" said Wilkinson. ."id ho break the chain, thon?" "No," she replied, iChut a orea4 ugly looking tramp came her j acted so impudently that I 1 i dog loose. But instead of ten the tramp to pieces the nasty d went off with him." "Great Scott!" said Wilkinso:. "That must have been the tramp bought him from!" London Kx press. A Peculiar CoupU. s Conversation had turned to the subject of two men, utterly dissim ilar, who nevertheless roomed to gether. One of the?e men was gen erally conceded to be a "freak." Hi name was John. "John and Jim are c,eriainly 8 queer pair," opined somebody. . "John and anybody are a queer pair opined somebody eliä.

AN ALGERIAN STORY.

A!! and Mohammad Exchanges Sec net i of Their Trade. Mohammed ben Mohammed was marabout whose affairs were in u Mistress Good gracious, Marie, what have you boen doing? It m take yon tt week to clean It, I should think, Marie Yes, mum; the young ladies have been down here showing me how to boil a potato according to the cookjbook. A Poser For Mummy. Marjorie (who has just been listening to the story of Noah and the flood) Wasn't there no mummy 1 Tht 'Black Shetp, rWhat," asked the man who had returned to his native town after an absence of many years, "became of Ed Ferguson T "Ed? Oh, he's doin' fine. Got the best livery stable anywhere around here and runs the depot hack." "Let's see! He had a younger brother, hadn't he?" "Yes Lern. He never amounted to much. Wrote poetry and painted pictures. I guess the family kind of disowned him. At least he went j away several years ago, and I dunno what ever became of him. ChicaTribun. . ft

' DISTANCE OF THE STARS.

How Astronomers Set About the Task of Measuring It. With the exception of a hundred itars at most, we know not&ing of the distances of the individual stars. What is the cause of this state of things ? It is owing to the fact that we have two eves that we are enabled not only to perceive the di rection in which external objects aretituated, but to get an idea of their distance, to localize them in space. But this power is rather limited. Eor distanced exceeding some hundreds of yards it utterly fails. The reason is that the distance between the eyes as compared with the distance to be evaluated becomes too small. Instruments have been deviH hv which the distance between t! ;-cs is, as it were, artificially imr;Tcd. With a good instrument of this sort distances of several mi. s may ho evaluated. For still greater d:?i::M-es we may imagine each t yc rc winded by ft photographic pi; U Even this would bo quite su' "iit for one of theheavenly bodies viz, for the moon. At one and the same moment let aphotograph of the moon and the strrrounding stars be taken both at the Cape observatory and at the Royal observatory at Greenwich. Placing the two photographs side by side in the stereoscope, we shall clearly see the moon "hanging in space" and may evaluate its distance. But for the sun and the nearest planets, our next neighbors in the universe after the moon, the diffi culty recommences. The reason "is that any available distance on the earth, taken as eye distance, is rather small for tho purpose. However, owing to x incredible perseverance and skill of several observers and by substituting the most refined measurement for stereoscopic examination, astronomers have .succeeded in overcoming the difficulty for the sun. I think we may say that at present we know its distance to within a thousandth part of its amount. Knowing the sun's distance, we get that of all the planets by a well known relation existing between the planetary distances. But now for the fixed stars, which must be hundreds of thousands of times farther removed than the sun. There -evidently can be no question of any sufficient eye distance on our earth. Meanwhile our success with the sun has provided us with a new one distance, 24,000 times greater ihan any possible eye distance on the earth, fr now that we know the distance nt which the earth travels in It orbit around the sun we can take the diameter of .its orbit as our eve distance. Photographs taTen at perio.h c:x months apart will represent the stellar world as seen from points tho distance between which" is already best expressed in the time it would taku light to traverse it. The time would be about sixteen minutes. However, even this distance, immense as it is, is, oh the whole, inadequate for obtaining a stereoicopic view of the stars. It is only In quite exceptional cases that photographs on a. large scale that is, obtained by the aid of big telescopes show any stereoscopic effect for fixed stars. By accurate measurement of the photos we may perhaps get somewhat beyond what we can attain by simple steieoscopic Inspection; but, as we said a moment ago, astronomers have not succeeded in this way in determining the distance of more than a hundred stars in all. Scientific Ameri-i can. Serjeant Brown ("holding up" a bm flar until the police arrive) Ah, mx man, you didn't know I'd been a volu tter for fifteen years, did you? Slkes Oh. don't aay that, cot

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