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The Way of Man With Maid George Brncr Cobb TÄ '"y w ChapncaD) sv uMMrr Eir'" aunoun(ed taMo"' Hs M dn t ,08H ,he,n uvbe that was "r 'wn fault- ' JSi Ml -rlf "They ort of . .;n th.ir stiff nty ways I m Uto4 M Vou a down 5 -hat i" " o' rheumatism most , rV tin- 'lJ "luen WM away. at h,"-' U'l toiit-Mome and dismal to ZZ pteM Mit door vacant all the TL ,:. , dMl Wn new family we I Mm the town. Let us ihi new family stay" who are they?" inquired Mr. Perki'S1(1r MM Purtello father. MtMr, vm lttdr " . ... tggl natch us. don't they? BtigI ir ivrklns. "Well, you're the JBI Janet, and rae and the bov follow the leader." N,., i , ratal and Ml father humbly ,.!..,; to Ii" lecture that eve , im I'.rkins showed that she Ml oiilv had studied out a plan aa to UK treatment of their prospective bul had pursued certain tfl ul resulted In the gleanInp of ROOd deal of information regardmB them Thv MTW lived in a country town Igfpn I understand." said Mrs. Per klns Mr Purtelle has Just retired ? i isin.-ss and his wife has worn : ! Mil with her social duties, fuss kafforeOBsPWy, 1 suppose that means T! . tirl Is just out of school. She Is In left with flowe.rs. chicken?, everyt m that grows and runs They am real ni'' people." I don't doubt it. if you aay ao. .T;. . ' i I m rwil her husband. And tli. . will be Rood neighbors " 1 i said a young lady in the fam r. mark, d Ned thoughtfully. fM, ami you be Rood to her- them. Nod." warned his mother. I will, to her them." pledged Ned, Ik a broad smile the city people are slow to ret amuaiuted with.'' went on Mrs Perkins Don't intrude yourself He pleasant, but dignified Show them all 9. Surrept.tiouily Placed in ths Nesta. t" ki adnata you can. Above all. do ' rylMaf iu your pow er to Bet them '' llM country life Now, d an apart enough time from you ai.d fishing to pay some at endoB t these good people." li r, mine." responded Ned with unshiny alacrity. TU do juat that wing, and as to the Ashing why. I'll Ujm Miss M las " MM Purtelle." 1 Wat a member of tho An Irr iUD ingidie of a week!" u " t he too forward. Ned." warned hi mother. Ti n evening two big vans loaded ' I tSfS arrived, and nearly all n their drivers were putting u' hades, laying down rugs and gethouse generally in order. ' until after dusk the next thai two members of the Pur 1 Hy, mother and daughter, ar Med was away fishing at the " his mother Informed him of 1 lances upon his return, father must be detained In Ml -lilies." surmised Mrs. Per Vl fT he did not come with went" si up bright and early He around the garden, and then swish beyond the fence, man . al separnted the two realwd towards it. Aa ho tlp!:ik over, an eager, curious rl likewis tiptoed, with tiny Qg on tho inside stringer . I to h!m a rosebud vision of t, .'Ultv ' 11 waa peeping, I was peeping " "' CXClaiaai the little maiden I ,t'"U'S!'- imping down in coufu ' must be Interested in on"uggested Ned. '!' I know?" fluttered Edns, "they ;' boy liv,Ml next door ' ,,(Kan Ned resintfully. and ' 1 Wdsrtosjlji "I am the boy next 7 MM girl." 1 l "uted charmingly. She waa n at a rambler rose vine that 'd the fence, reached over It an J

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drooped in great fragrant clustera over into the next yard "Ob. dear.'' she Kit js d. "I inusu t do that1" Why nof he inquired "They're ur rosea " ' Not at ail," dochj-ed Ned unblushing!) Tho law on partition fences out hers in the country, ia that hulr of it l,i longs to each adjoining ten mt ami all that bunga over It." Then I can pick all the rose 1 want?" Why i rtainly, and come over and get aa many more from our aide." 'Oli. I I. In t do that without ask trig mother." demurred Kdna. and ran into the house. Ned was charmed More than that, he was smitten Me managed to be at his post in the garden Immediately aft er breakfast. He observed Kdna look trig wistfully towards the cherry trees it the lai k of the Perkins houM I never saw cherries grow before. ' she said wistfully. Why don't you get a baaket and pick SMMT" he insinuated, "in your own orchard?" Our orchard?" "Why. yes That atrip back of you Is free to ymi lot law out in the country you know?" Kdna regarded him keenly and sua plciously. but her face was an Innocent blank The audacious fellow did not explain to Kdna that it was a continuation of the Perkina lot that went around the new neighbor's domain She went wild with delight as he got a stepludder, held the basket and let hei pick the ripe, bursting globes in "her orchard " In fact, up till near ly noon they were together and Ned forgot all about his fishing later that day a coop of ctÜckSM arrived Kdna railed over the fence to know if Ned couldn't come over and get the new- arrivals into the chicken house This led to an introduction to Mrs Purtelle. who showed herself well pleased with the young man And when will there be some eggs When do the chickens lay most?" fluttered Kdna Why well, night times mostly." reported Ned unflinchingly. "Then there will be some fresh eggs for breakfast In the morning'" cried Kdnu delightedly There were, notwithstanding that Ned had discovered that the imported brood consisted mostly of roosters In the morning with a scream of wild joy Kdna discovered nearly two dozen eggs, surreptitiously placed in tho nests before daylight by the obliging Ned Again a day of rare companionship Tupid forging the chains closer and closei as the sunny hours went by Thea Kdna was full of the theme of the little chicks A "setting" was duly provided for by Ned "And when will the little darlings be ripe"" Inquired the eager novice in rural ways. "Well " respni.ded N d slowly with cold dewtted serenity, "with warm weather, by morning" Oh I shall be awake at daylight'" declared the excited enthusiast ' So will I' vowed Ned. and was At the weird hour of midnight he had Substitut d a new brood of their own for the setting. Mr Purtelle arrived at the end of the wek Me stared hard at Kdna. as she introduced Ned. aa if he were some old time churn Then there was a ch-r acquaintance of the members of the family all around One day the tniiint pair came home conscioua'y MuBtered "I've asked her and I love her," Ned told Mr Purtelle promptly. Muniph'" growled Mr Purtelle. good naturedly enough." snd what about the false pretences of cherries, eirgs and the like "" "Oh, that shows his kindly disposition, papa!" chirped in Kdna. "I saw through the humbug of his 'lot law' and twelve hour chickens all the time, but he was so obliging so so anxious to please me. that 1 lc him on because why, because." acknowledged the blushing maid. "I I loved him "

What He Meant. Many years an there was an American missionary located among the Indians in the far West who was of a hospitable turn of mind He always kept hard lider on the premises If any one of his widely scattered flock of Indians chanced to all ion him. he would bring them forth a jug of it. One day a strange Indian called one whom he had never seen before evidently an unconverted heathen, so far as Christianity was concerned but converted to the consumption of alcoholic leverages He. as it turned out. had been coached after the manner of a student at a university. His acquaintance with Knglish was limit, I He opened tire upon the astonished missionary thus: Abraham. Jacob. Jonah. Job. Satan. Heelzebub." and then paused, evidently expecting a reply. ' What on earth do you mean"'' asked the missionary, he not having been christened after any of them, drawing himself up in s dignified manner The Indian pithily replied : "I mean hier." Distinctly Personal. In a certain town in the south of Scotland there dwelt a policeman with unusually large feet One night, after he had retired to rest, he was disturbed by a noise at the back of his house, and on going out to ascertain the cause of It he found that his garden was overrun by a number of boya. Robert angrily demanded what they wanted, and received the following reply from one of the urchins as he I'd over the garden wall: oh. we're lukin' for ane o' your suld butes to mak rabbit hoose wT "

Capital Is Threatened With a Deluge of "Nuts" f ASHING TON' There Is danger of an n.v. ,,m f;f the national capital by ft nuts would be Inventors who have nnpossil i s, hemes for getting rich and famous Secretary Daniels naval advisory hoard, composed of real scientists and inventors, promises to

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will encounter both species while it seeks inventions which might aid the I'nited States in time of warfare is regarded as certain. The prospects are, however, that the visionaries, the "nuts." will outnumber by far the genuine Inventors who come here for fame, money or the ( MUM iousnesa of rendering s public service. JflMfk A St- inir.etz. president of the Pennsylvania Aero club, first Voiced apprehension that the naval board would encourage the pilgrimage to Washington of men with hopeless schemes. J. H Urickenstein oT ihls city, president of the Patent Uw association, aays Mr Steinmetz is ri r ht about it and Washington probably will be overrun with impractical ones whose diacoveries and inventions will not stand bcrutiny. "Many men with Impractical schemes come to Washington as It is." said Mr Urickenstein ' Kvery patent attorney encounters well meaning but mia guided fellows who believe they have solved some problem like perpetual motion. Probably 50 per cent of the supposed inventions brought to patent attorneys here ate either impractical, or th patent would be comparatively worthless if granted These men are discouraged by reputable attorneys from wasting their time and money."

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TBI drugstore glide is here! During these torrid eveninga. with the Fahrenheit thermometers vying with Hethlenem Btocks in the battle for ascendancy, the popularization of the modern dances goes upward and onward with the speed of a Teutonic advance

in the eastern theater of 7ar With the time of the evening ball and the dansant. either past or future, young Washington has adopted the soda-fountain cotillion, which ia nothing more or less than a dance in the emporiums devoted to the disposition of confectioneries and sweet beverages. Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights led off. hut other sections

have been enveloped in the fad and now practically every residential section has one of these retreats where youthful couples may dance while awaiting the preparation of their perspiration-producing prescription It hns even traveled downtown. All of these places have either highly polished wooden or tile floors, which make excellent gliding surfaces The music comes from a victrola or. if adjoining a afe or a hotel or exclusive apartment house, the music is furnished by the regular orchestra. The formula is simply to order the drink and. while the dispenser is drawing shaking or shoveling, according to what the order might be. the couple glides off in a twostep, hesitation, fox trot or some other gyration The drink served, onehalf is drunk, and then comes an Informal intermission. During this hiatus another dance is engaged and when the glass is drained a parting whirl is enjoyed. The girl politely declines a Boeond drink. But after a short walk tho couple either returns to the original place or seeks out some similar establishment where the same courtesies are understood and extended. Some particularly shy and demure maidens were rather loath to accept the invitations of the management offered through algna which simply read 'Dancing.'' Hut now It has become rather conventional and there is little hesitancy In Joining the others on the floors.

President Belongs to the Cane-Carrying Brigade ALTHOUGH President Wilson does not call his fondness for walking sticks a fad. a hobby, or even a habit, the fact remains that he has a large and handsomo collection, in which he takes a lively interest and constant pleas ure. Whenever he walks he Belects

lection of canes means the variety, intrinsic value and more intimate association. Joseph P Tumulty, secretary to the president, is never seen without his neat blackthorn, uny more than Franklin Ine, secretary of the interior, can be found upon the street without his malacca. The secretary of state doubtless has walking sticks, but no one remembers seeing him " wear" one on any occasion whatever. Both the assistant secretary of state, Mr. Osborne, and the third asPistant secretary of state. Mr. Phillips, have sticks, but not "the habit." while the second assistant secretary, Mr. Adee. Is identified with no other concomitant than his bicycle, with which he has toured the highways and bywaya of Kurope every summer for many years, until the war made It impossible. The secretary of the treasury wears a slrm. snakwood stick, a gift from one of his sons at Christmas, and it Is not unusual to meet Secretary McAdoo on the stre.t with Comptroller of the Currency Williams, both of them swinging their sticks as vigorously as they walk only with a difference. S, , retary M Ad io holds his exactly Sj the top. In tho hollow of his hand, and brings It down to the pavement, tapping each step; Mr Williams takes his stick half way between the crook and the end. and swings it horizontally

John R. McLean Buys Front Steps of the Capitol JOHN R M'l.KAN has bought the front steps of the United States capitol. which are being removed to make way for new ones of granite. It Is understood that the historic steps on which presidents have been Inaugurated for a century past and which have

been the site of gatherings of notable character in the history of the coun try will beome part of a sunken gar den for Mr McLean's country estate The old steps are being removed by Arthur fowslll of this city, who will replace them with granite The steps to he removed are .16 in number, each 16 inches wide and 60 feet lonr. with several landings and plat forms. As a pact of the cost of the work the contractor figured on the

historical value of the old steps and advertised thern for sale as such. Upon th old steps President Linc oln made a famous inaugural IMM i Presidents Carfleld snd McK-T.ley. who were shot by assassins, took the oath of office there Great demonstrations, such as the recent suffrage and temperance crusades, have culminated on the east steps, and the finish of "CM eral" Coxey's army occurred there Although millions of feet have passed up and down their historic surfaces, the contractor states that for material purposes they are good for a century mora

be the cause of the invasion Washington patent attorneys admit It is en tirely possible that the city will be overrun with nuts'' with alleged won derful inventions to offer the board A man who invents something that turns out well la a genius; the fellow who dreams and invents the things that never get by la a nut " That's the difference. That the naval advisory board

Latest in Washington a plain, stout stick from among the number and carries it after the manner of men who punctuate their steps as they tramp: but inasmuch as the president's chief exercise Is golfing, and he always drives to and from the links, he cannot he identified as one who "wears" a stick from choice or habit. He does not even carry oil" of his ebony sticks to church, but takes the greater pleasure in what his col

BLACK SHEEP ARE REQUIRED

Provisions for Arrr.y Uniform Cloth in Case of War Searching for Good Domestic Dye. One of the dittlcultiea to be met In the ml actios of a natural mottl. l brown hu cloth for the army ia the shoit.. .,' black or brown sheep, says the Army and Navy Journal In the experiments conducted in the quartermaster corps under the direction of (trig (mm Henry U Sharps it haa developed that it will require "0 per cent of brown or black wool for the cloth under consideration. A less proportion of dark wool would produce too light a color of cloth and would not hi - t the requirements of the army. In peace time, with the present strength of the regular army, there w ill be no shortage of black wool, but in the event of war It would be necessary to use dyes In producing the cloth for the uniform of a large army To provide for this contingency. General Rharpe is now conducting investigations to determine whether s domestic dye can he secured for coloring cloth Tnless this can be done the position of the war department will not be improved by adopting the new cloth. The Kuropean war has called attention ol the war department to the fact that the present cloth uniforms cannot be produced without the use of Oerman dye stuffs This fact ia responsible for the effort that ia now being made to aecuru a cloth that can be produced without the importation of any foreign material. Not un til the cloth can be found which can be manufactured without the use of such material w ill there be any change in the uniform of the army. Germans sinkfamous bark Fiery Cross Was Participator in Great Tea Races of '60s Outlived All Her Contemporariea. The Norwegian bark Fiery Cross, recently sunk by a German submarine off the Scilly isles, w as the celebrated China clipper that figured so promi nently In the great tea racea of the '60s, says the New York Times. She w as built in 1860 to replace the old Fiery Cross, which had been wrecked in the previous year. Pasil Lubbock, in his fascinating work on "The China Clippers," says: ' She was commanded on her maiden voyage by Dallas, who had been so successful with the first Fiery Cross Then Richard MMbM bad her until 1&66, and under these two famous Bkippers sbo proved well nigh invincible, receiving the premium for the hrst vessel In dock on no fewer than four occasions, and being only 24 hours behind In LM4 and 18C6. Hesides remaining in the forefront of tho racing for years longer than any other vessel, she outlived all her contemporaries." In the great tea race of 1866, won by tho Ariel, the Fiery Cross held the le.nl for a long time, and when in the Downs was obliged to anchor because of a gale that sprang up. In 1871 she deserted the Ijondnn trade for that of New York, and was afterward sold to the Norwegians One Man's Value. In the multitude of legislatures founded by KngllFhmen and their descendsnts in various parts of the world the hereditary principle has found no place. In former times in Kngland the house of lords stood for a great fact The magnates of whom it was composed possessed much power, to which fortunately the constltu tlon gave legitimate expression. It has heen the signal merit of the Knglish constitution that it has been capable of modification so as to keep abreast of the facts In this twentieth century of ours Great Hritain. like the I'nited States, like Canada and like Lngland'a great colonies, can only be governed by the frank acceptance of democratic principles. We have to recoucile old forms with modern sentiment and habit of thought. Everywhere the theory that one man is aa good as another is rec ognized as lying at the base of modern constitutional svstems. To Make AM Shoes Comfortable. Everyone hates to break In a new shoe and doubtless with this idea In mind two Milwaukee inventors, Harry M. Klingenfeld and Arthur H. Inbusrh. have patented No. 1,140,5t9, a machine for breaking in shoes In which there Is an endless belt traveling over a suitable base and leglike levers have suitable foot portions to receive the shoes and are opernted to move In simulation of a walking action upon the traveling platform so that the shoes may be actually broken In by walking movement. Scientific American 9olid Alcohol Fuel. The raw fuel, solid alcohol. Is a helpful means of enjoying hot beverages and meals when out of doors Special small stoves are constructed, under which can be burned the small MStstncr of solid alcohol. This needs only to be lighten with a match and the flame Is put out by placing the cover over the can. It Is hot fuel and enables the outdoorer to cook a chop, eggs, or heat water for coffee, beef tea, canned soup. etc. United States Gold and Silver. The value of all the gold produced In the I'nited States from 1792 to January 1, 1914. it estimated by the I'nited States geological survey at I Hi , ' 1.400; the value of silver at $1.709,517.600.

INDIANS IN I'NITED STATES

Hew the rted Man la "Turning Defeat Into Triumph" Increasing Attendance Shown at Schools. No longer can It be said that the only good Indian is a dead Indian. 1 hat statement, born of ignorance of the real character of the Indian, is now definitely eliminated from the list of epigrams by a report of the census bureau on the present Indian population in the United States. While the report shows a much lower rate of growth for the Indian population than for the white, an increasing mixture of white blood, and decreasing vitality of full-blood Indians, indicating a tendency to disappear altogether, it also shows increasing attendance at school and decreasing illiteracy, an increase in the percentage of the self-supporting and a decrease in the number of reservation Indians While the report shows that there were 265.68.T Indians in the United States, exclusive of Alaska, in 1910. an Increase of 17,430. or 7 per cent over the number reported In 1890. there are about :iO0,0(O Indians in this country at the present time. Among them are to he found manufacturers, bankers. United States officials, mechanical engineers, locomotive engineers, telegraph operators, actors, artists, clergymen, college professors, physicians, surgeons and lawyers. The Indian has turned defeat into triumph He has played the game according to the rules laid down by civilization and has won. CHEAP TO HUNT IN ENGLAND Gerne Preserves Not in Demand as in Normal Years Men Are Engaged in Branche! of Army. Though grouse shootings, as was to be expected, are not in such keen demand is in normal years, a good number are being let at reduced prices. One fine Scottish estate, with grouse, ashing, and a mansion, the value of which has formerly been reckoned at 2,f;0O for the season, has just been let for 41.000. "The effect of the war is this." said lames Howell. In mid July of former years I should hsve only from 150 to 200 shootings on hand. can offer a choice of 900." Most of the sportsmen this year will be elderly; a good many have taken "moors as usual,1' with a view of giving a few days' sport from time : to time to officers on short leave from j the front. Not only are thousands of wealthy , sportsmen serving with the forces, but great numbers of prosperous professional men. such as doctors and engl- , neers. whose means extend to a ' "shoot" In ordinary times, are now engaged In special branches of the army There will be no Invasion of either American or c-ontlnental sportsmen in recent years the latter have Increased to a considerable extent. "I have not seen an American this year." said Mr. Dowel. London chronicle. Convenient Lock. A lock that can be locked from one side without a key by 'he simple turn of the door handle, and that when bo locked cannot be opened from the other side of the door was patented recently by Anders Gustaf Anderson of New York. This lock is intended for use on the doors of such apartments as bathrooms, private offices or doctors' consulting rooms, in which the certainty of absolute privacy la desired without tb,e use of a key. The bar on which the handles are turned turns a bar that presses against the two trmi of the bolt, thereby drawing this back with the tongce which fastens the door. A tumbler falls into place when the handle on the inside of the door is turned. When it has fallen the door is locked bo far as the outside handle is concerned, for the latter handle cannot move the tumbler and this is In such position that the bolt cannot move back until the tumbler has been turned out of the way. which can be done only from the inBlde. Everybody Wants a Minister. If all the suggestions of our contemporaries were to be adopted we should almost have one cabinet minister to every fen inhabitants of these tales. Within the last week or bo one newspaper has advocated the establishment of a ministry of food, another has Impressed on the country that a minister of aviation ia essential, und now we are told of the urgency to set up a ministry of thrift. 8o far the country haa contended Itself with establishing only the ministry of munitions London Globe. Bomb Tactics. During a recent air raid on the northeast coast a workshop was so badly shaken by a bomb that all the dust on rafters, traveling cranes, etc. began to fall A cry of "Oas'" was raised and a stampede began Hut an old Irlsman cried: "I'd rather be poisoned than run away from them fellows!" He wrapped his coat round his heart and lay down where he was When the scare was over and the men returned, they found him still there, fast asleep Correspondence of the London Outlook Soap From Grapes. drape seeds, for which hitherto no use has heen known, have been found to contain an oil which is especially valuable in the manufacture of soaps, and a South American refinery Is mak lng preparations to produce it on a 'args scale.