Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 April 1914 — Page 3

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HUNGER CAUSES FLIGHT

Special Agent of U. S.. Who Was Eyewitness at Battle Tells Interesting Story

Hoosier News Briefly Told

TlROrdHOVT all ages superstition has swayed

the world. In antiquity a few of these prophetic beliefs crystalixed around the Easter period, leaving so deep an impress upon the susceptible minds as to cause them through the centuries to be passed

down with the greatest Kven now there Is scarcely a

nation that does not put faith in one or men of the Easter omens. Some ;f these attach to Good Friday In the tine of Tatholic England tli-re was a superstition which the kinr publicly honored with his trust 1: was the ceremony of blessing the lings. This was done to preserve !reir wearers from "the falling sickness," a trouble commonly known to us as cramps. The cramp ring : ervice was of exceptional originality Walsh gives a vivid description of it. "The king and his suite," he tells ug, "would proceed in state to the palar chapel, upon the floor of which rested a crucifix upon a silken cushion, and in front of which wis spread

a rich carpet. The king would creep along arpet to the crucifix as a token of absolute humility his almoner ("ping after him. Having rear hd the crucifix he would there bic: 'he cramp rings, which were deposited in a silver basin. After this I 8

was done the queen ana ner wuiui .ng entered the chapel and also crept to the cross. This completed che ceremony and the rings had been transformed iuto the most potent remedial agents." Drinking a mixture of bread and wa

ter was a mans of curing several ail- j we may be bold menrs. The superstition still holds j to affirm, not only in a torn j laces. Good Friday morn- ; that the sun danced, but two suns ins loaves of bread are baked and arose that day; that light appeared at then laid aside until the following his nativity and darkness at his death,

when the peopl"1 grate a small antj yet a light at both; for even tnat

darkness was a light unto the uentues, illuminated by that obscurity. That 'twas the first time the sun set above the horizon. That, although there were darkness above the earth, yet there was light beneath it, nor dare we say that hell was dark if he were in it." In 1708 the "British Apollo" finally settled the question in the following

Says Villa Never Gained .Single Point Until Gen. Velasco Evacuated Huerta's Army Starving.

Juarez, Mexico, April 7. George C. Crothers, special representative of the

State Department who nas ocen through the Torreron engagement with Gen. Villa, returned here last night to assist in negotiations looking to the welfare of the 000 Spaniards ordered out of Torreron by the

rebels. He brought with him the hrst non-partisan eyewitness account of the battle. Mr. Crothers kept a brief diary of events which he witnessed, but he was

too greatlv fatigued after his trip, which began at Torreron, to give more than a brief outline to reporters. "The rebel loss," said Mr. Crothers, "wa.; (300 killed and 1,400 wounded. We don't know the Federal loss accurately, except that Villa found in the hospitals 805 of their wounded."

Goshen. An unidentified man, seventv veara old. who stopped at

the farmhouse of William Miller. 15

miles east or tiosnen. was iuuuu in bed. There is no clue as to his identity. Heart disease, brought on by exposure, caused his death. South Bend Because they were kicked off a Lake Shore Michigan Southern train, which was running 30 miles an hour, William Tarnowskie was awarded $1.250 damages and E. T. Cappes was granted $2.250 damages in the St. Joseph circuit court.

Prates ville. Thomas Broadstreet,

aged sixty-two. one of the wealthiest retired farmers in this part of the state, fell dead on an inter-

WOMEN FROM

45 to 55 TESTIFY To the Merit of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound during Change of Life.

TAX BOARD OPENS SESSION

State Tax Commissioners Begin Annual Session Here Today Many Pet. lions Filed With Bord.

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portion o the bread into water auu give it to the sufferers. Who has not heard of the English hot cros? bun?" On the morning of Good Friday throughout England the street bun venders usher in the universal cry of 'Hot cross buns." and no family, as a precautionary method, if not for their toothsomeness alone, would dare run the risk of not purcha:in;r them. Even kings would not mi s eating them, for whoever eats

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his home destroyed uy nre auims coming year. T.arly Good Friday morning larso number:- of men, women and children start out in quest of customers for their fresh, hot buns, which thoy guard from the cold with a flannel covering And the shops as well are festiv with their ovn supplies of it. Ttiji r nll&rlts of ihe hot cross bun

Itl being highly spiced and bearing on its brown, sugary surface Uli murk of a cross. The "one a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns!" have a more ancient origin than is generally suppose,!. The" Tiame itself is takm from the Gree nie of a certain cake which tni ;rve for an offering to the Is. In the biblical period the

prophet Jeremiah had occasion to notice this offering, When he saw the Idolatry of the Jewish women at Pathros, Egypt. As a preventive of fevers certain rations abstained from eating meat on Faster day. Bt this practice nev er obtained in England. One of the most ancient and universal of all superstitions attaching to B da was that of the dancing v ,n t flrst it was believed to dance over the general Joy at the renewal of life in this season of tho r, it danced OUT the resur '-ctirn of CbHst Many centurion ago on i; , people arose early and

repaired to tho fields to dancln sun.

tr certain countries they had a way

of obsi rung the sun at his antics that ;

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"Old wives. Phoebus, say that on Easter day To the music o' th' spheres you do caper; If the fact, sir, be true, pray let's the

cause know,

Cross

Duns!"

An old rhyme apprising people of its efficaciousness reads thus:

"On faster eve the fire all is quenched in every place. And fresh againe from out the flint

is fetched with solemn grace; The priest doth this against great dangers many one, A brande whereof doth every man w ith greedie minde take home, That, when the fearful storme appears

or tempest black arise, By lighting this he safe may be from stroke or hurtful skies." The person spying a lamb on Eas-

ter morning is lonunaie, esveua..; if the animal's head faces the house,

for Rood luck will certainly

him. If the laraD ic, lymg

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Indianapolis, April 7. - The state board of tax commissioners, which bean a fifty day session at its office in the State House, yesterday organized with Secretary of State L G. Ellinp;ham as chairman and Myron D. King, deputy auditor of state, as secretary. The commissioners arc Eben H. VVolcott, .lames A. Houck and Dan M. Link, with the secretary of state and auditor of state as ex-officio members of the hoard. The first business acted on was a petition from the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company of Freedom for a rebate of taxes. It developed that the nffif-ors of this company, because of a

i .4:.1 rf ihn'w duties in mak-

IillMum.viyi.ivii " ine renorts to the state board, had re

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ported for three years tnat me company's property was worth $1,200, although $100 represented a fair valua

tion for taxation purposes

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port concerning poles, lines, instru

ments, etc., although its property eon tuts onlv of a small switchboard. Sub

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of the wires and tncy, as wen ur, romnanv. have been payinp taxes on

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eBtablished ancient iaea mai tue uvn

might inhabit any form savo that or

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On Easter, which makes them ro

mance;

And whilst in a rout their brainc whirl

about, They fancy we caper and dar.ee.'

Hut the conclusion regarding the

Hsmrincr sun was not to stand for all

tirnw wtnro the maidens of Devon

a laniD or a uuvc

There is one other prophecy whlcn

since ancient times no woman ot in- i

telligence would ever entertain the ;

thought of disregarding. This is tne

talUmanic virtue vested in new c lothes. Throughout all times there i

hv been crave scholars who have

shir.' to.lay rise early in the morning ascribed the universal custom of ap

of Easter for no other than thii Iden

tical purpose. Moreover these ex

Inordinary maldenß see more than

mom Hanrinp of the sun. Their

IUÜ V w-w-t - now. r of vision is so great that they

can discern a lamb and a flag in the

center of the disk. Much importance is attached to the conduct of the elements on Easter day. A piece of Sussex weather lore Informs us that if the sun shines Barter day it will shine accordingly ovorv dav in tho vear. and tru same

they aver ll the case with rain.

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pearing ai enurcn auu i'iuun-uouui0 the st n ets Easter Sunday in new attire to the vanity of women. With all due deference to the wisdom of th. . saget I must bg to differ from thorn, for I can prove that woman is not so worldly in this particular as men believe since there happens to be the best of reasons for her Insisting upon an Easter hat and Easter clothes. She may not have taken you into tho inner recess of her heart and bared her reason, but she knows it

this property. The fact that the comft 9 1 .... 4 i

pany has been reporting a vaiut.u.. which wus several times in excess of what it owned did not become known until recently, when it was offered for sale C. A. Ncumyre, superintendent, and John Pryor, a stockholder, made the statement of facts to the commis

sioners yesterday. The Mam voicu to report the erroneous assessment to the auditor of Owen county, in which Freedom It situated, and the company will petition the county commissioners for a rebate. The commissioners are receiving from the various counties reports which indicate that Ihe township assessors are making an earnest effort to plare valuations on property in accordance with suggestions offered by the board members. The commissioner h, lu've that the valuations will be

greatly Increased compared to last year.

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other Batter prophets only go to the ; well herself, and If yon am the devotrtei t of ytni that it will shine or ed husband and father that you should rain until Whitsunday. I be you will do her bidding without -A good deal of rain on Easter day question. For the peace of your mind, nives a good crop of grass, but little bowerer. and in the effort to foster good hay.- runs an ancient proverb, your spirit of generosity, I Will enOn this day the east wind and wa- lighten you. The women of your v 11 . Ä v..,H,0,l l-nnu- tlmt trrrH fortnnn Will

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Himrtion the people of many io- yoar it tney appear in viuuies ukv

STATfc NEWS IN BRifeF.

not attend them through the future

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, rer. By Viewing u as a J-J -STJSJS S ea9, wi,i you hold their future hftPftt-

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Ei Bter eve

UM morning vapor or waicnnm iw i in a stream or a pail of wa- . - they could strengthen tlnir illusion. In Scotland th sun was mer- . . anywhere else, for lure it WM lifftfttfl to "Nshirl round like a 1. and Rive thieo leaps."

Then i ac of the greatest concern; 0 t,.. day came to be whether the HI mill did dance or not. Crave BO I arned nen over all the world set UtemeelTCJ the task of solving the weight i robh m. Sir Thomas Hrown Quaint ideas on the titbject V( s-hall not, l hope, disparage the resurrection of our Redeemer' he vs-it.v. if we say that the sun

doth not dance on Easter day; and though we would willingly assent into any Fvmpathetlcal exultation, yet we ran not conceive therf.in any more than a tropical expression. Whether any ?uch motion there was in that ,rv. 9.1 'in thrist arose, Scripture hath not revealed, which hath been punctual in other records concerning

ekiring the coming year

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in your hands, consider well, I

the continent, at 'Mecklenburg, the beeseech you, before bringing such

on

maiden spreads a linen cloth in the gardes and la the morning if the wind is due east sho will wash herself with it walle it is yt damp from dew, rain or snow, whichever has penetrate d it. Or in the morning the servant will draw water and bring it to th maiden for her bath. In Sachsenburg, the peasant rides his horse into the stream to insure it nnUot Infcn of anv kind through-

tiatiiov v . out th ear.

Despite these precautions, however, if the wind is not due east while one Is getting the water it will have no oflicacy whatever. There is more than ono good omen for Easter. If you wish good luck in the coming year Easter eve you must pat out all tires and light them anew from flint and Bteel. This is a special protection against lightning strokes as well as good fortune in general.

distreaa upon uiem. In East Yorkshire, Eng.. r one but a maiden uttorly destitute would refrain

from seeking the market for some new bit of apparel, for she is too well aware of the evil that would attend her without her safeguard. Try as she might sie could never in tho following U months have a dress that would not be plucked by birds. Superstitions are fast losing their hold upon the world, but those clinging to the season of Easter possess

so iTeat a charm for us, een though long ago we may have severed faith in them, that we still And pleasure in calling them to mind on this "Sun

day of joy

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cucct fWPR 1 ONfi ISLAND timo- tKU :l ,hlrk bod ICE SHEET OVtK LINb ilaimu nmsUler8 gand. an,i

Geologists Explain Its Configuration b Action of Nature Many Thousands of Years Ago. coruing to geologists l ong Island affid particularly char evidence as to ike history of the &roat ,itlmrTtal !( : .t which covered the northern states many thousand years ago. The southern margin of this great Ice aheet extended to lxng Island, it is said and remained there for a long

of int r-

elay as a

terminal moraine, which is now UM backbone" of the island. The ice moved southward and brought those materials from the north, dropping them at Its melting edge. This peculiar method of deposition developed ft s.ry peculiar topography, consisting of an irregular aggregation ot hummocks and hollows, which havo produced the many beautiful details of rnnfliruration that make ÜM higher

n Ohio inventor has brought out a laundry machine that bleaches clothing by electricity at the same time they are bejng washed in hot water.

lovers of nature. The most notable of

these hollows in the morainal ridge is

the one holding the picturesque Lake Uonkonkoma, which lies in a depression 50 feet below the sin-rounding ridges. Several other similar pits nre 80 to 85 feet deep, and some of the larger irregular hollows are several miles in length.

By looping the loop six times in an , tie Lincoln Beachey made the great scientific discovery that some

parti of Long Island so attractive to j men are extremely lucky.

Tcrro Haute. Steadily, but surely, attorneys for the state in the trial of Donn M. Roberts are weaving a coil of evidence about the Vigo County political leader that is extremely damaging. John Roper yesterday continued hi recital of crime- against ndimr. Not

me uaiivi int r onlv did Roper prove a star witness, hut he told the jury of others who gaw the crimes committed. For more than three, hours Koper was on the witness stanch under direct examination Rnllivnn Friends of Representa

tive Cullop of Vincennes and Charles

I. Hunt of Sullivan are closing aaro liht for the Democratic concessional nomination in the Second District, which Will be settled by primary ... Tim Democratic editors of

the district, with one or two exceptions, are making vigorous attacks on Cullop and arc protesting that hlfl nomination will be followed by the defeat of county tickets. Corydon. Clinton Windell Is In a Critical condition from injuries indicted by a stallion yesterday morning The animal became unruly and, catching Mr. Windell by the leg with

its teeth, drew him from his DacK. The animal continued the attack until a neighbor came to the rescue and hit it with a club. Indianapolis.- Governor Ralston will po to Spencer, Ind . today to attend the funeral of Jftdge lohn C. Robin

son, who WM his first teacher in law. The Governor first began the study of law in Mr. Robinson'- law oOce Samuel 0. Pickens arid Parks M. Martin, former residents of Spencer, will go with the Governor. Kvansville.-Homer Grodens, colored. M wars old, who two weeks age battered down a door in their home to kill Jack Williams, colored paralytic, and his wife, with an ax, in Circuit Court yesterday pleaded tftiilty to a charge of murder in the first degree.

urhan car between here and Filmore. j

He is survived by a widow, a eon. at Indiana university, and a daughter in the high school here. Goshen. One hundred persons attended the first banquet given by post Bf T. P. A . recently organized here. Speakers present were A. D.

Gorrell. state president, and George A. EL Shldeler of Marion, Robert T. Choadle of Frankfort, former state president, and H. L. Carr of ElkhartFort Wayne. The local rivers got up to the flood stage of 15 feet and submerged Haltes avenue. The residents of about twenty houses on that street were forced to leave, as the water covered their first floors.

The weather man says that the riv

ers will not go much higher.

a? ,nUnr Th interior of the

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post otnee nere ua "

when three masked yegsmen Die

open the safe in the post office. The

burglars got nothing, however, Decause $700 In stamps and $300 in cash were in another safe, in another room. The yeggmen were seen by a night watchman, but made their escape. Evansville. William J. McLeish, aged seventy-seven, and his wife, Mary M. McLeish, aged seventyfour, ended their lives by turning on the gas in the bathroom of their home. Mrs. McLeish was dead when found, but her husband was still breathing. A pulmotor was used for three hours in an unsuccessful attempt to resuscitate him. Vincennes. The victim of a mur

derous assault on a train at bt. Francisville is still unidentified. The man is about forty years old. His throat was cut with a razor and he died almost instantly. Four suspects,

all carrying razors, were arrested ami are in Jail at Lawrencevillo. Two gave the names of Hurke and Borman. The other two refuse to talk. Frankfort. John K. Parvls. a Civil war veteran and a constable, was found drowned in Prairie creek in the southern part of the city. A fire company recovered the body by the use of ladders suspended from a bridge. Parvls had been dead about eight hours. Officials are of the opinion that the man stepped from the abutment of the bridge.

Noblesville. The general meri.,,ncr atorp oreunied by O. R.

Russell, at Cicero, was destroyed by fire, thought to have started in the rear of the building, where a tank of coal oil was stored. Th loss is $7.000, with insurance of $5.000. The general store operated by George Shoemaker, the Farmers and Merchants bank and the Marshall Novelty store were somewhat damaged

by sparks from the Russell nre. Peru. John H. Miller of Peru, whose Polled Durham cattle have won international first prizes sinco the Columbian exposition, sola 50 head of Durhams at auction and the prices totaled $23,060. Sultan's Creed, purchased by W. W. Rose of Roaayllle. was the top notcher at

? 200. Several bead were

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Westbrook, Me. "I wa pawing through the Change of Life and had

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and side and was so weak I could hardly do my houseworkI have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and it has done me a lot of good. I will recommend your medicine to my friend and give you permission to publish my

testimonial." Mrs. Lawrence MabTTN, 12 King 8t, Westbrook, Maine. Mansion, Wis. 4 4 At the Change of Life I suffered with pains in my back and loins until I could not stand. I also had night-sweata so that the sheete would be wet I tried other medicine but got no relief. After taking one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I began to improve and I continued its use for six months. The pains left me, the night-sweats and hot flashes grew less, and in one year I was a different woman. I know I have to thank you for my continued good health ever since' - Mrs. M. J. BROWNELU Manston, Wis.

The success of Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled in such case If yon wsnt special advice write to Ljdia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Tonr letter will be opened, resd and answered by a

woman, and held in strict confidence.

PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM X toilet preparation Of mrtl Help to era-t .-te dandruff. For R eat oritur Color and

Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair.

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MAN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR Fortune Was Good to Youngsters Eager for the Delights of the Moving Picture Theater.

"Going in?" queried the small boy excitedly. His question was put to the elderly pedestrian. Behind the boy came other boys, all peering eagerly into the pedestrian's puzzled face. They hung to his footsteps until he found himself, a little further on, in the midst of a numerous crowd of youngsters. Each boy clamored for the pedestrian to accept a five-cent piece. "What is all this?" demanded the pedestrian sharply. "We are too young to go In alone," volunteered a ready spokesman. "IT you will buy our tickets for us we caa

go in with you." Then came a 6udd-n light and the old man smiled broadly. He went to the ticket window of, an adjacent moving-picture theater, where he paused to count faces. "Nine tickets," he said. "There is a law against children," obftcted the ticket man. "Are those little people with you?" "Thoy are," dec km d the old man. "Come cn, boys- going in?" Proper Discipline. "The ship won't mind the holm, sir." "Then dock her." Baltimore American.

When our own fingers close on graft it generally feels like a reward of merit.

sold to

J. T. Burwell of Neelwood. Va., whllo

others went to buyers from Kansas and Iowa. Indianapolis. The city health board has announced it will hold its examination April 23 and 24 for applicants for appointments as in

ternes at the city hospital ano cid dispensary for the year beginning July L All the principal medical colleges in the United States will be no tifled of the examination, as there will not be enough graduates from Indiana medical colleges this year to fill all the positions that will be open In hospitals throughout the sta'

South Bend Martin Koplin had a most remarkable escape from death when he was struck by a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern train and hurled 20 feet from the crossing. He was picked up and rushed to Epworth hospital, where an examination Hhowd he had sustained

only a cut over the right eye. He was

unable to remember anyining rt-gor

ing the accident. A horse which he

was driving was killed and his wagon

totally demonlshed.

Petersburg. Hard rains nere caused another rise in tho streams and both the Patoka and White rivers are flooding low bottoms Thousands of acres of wheat will be

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more. Fort Wayne. H. J prn waiter, who was

Appetizing

Bruce, a ne shot by An

thony H. Trentman. a wealthy brewer, died here. Trentman Is held In the county jail on a charge of murder He was refused bond. Treutman says shot the negro because the latter was Insolent. The shooting took place In th. cafe of a downtown hotel.

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