Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 58, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 October 1915 — Page 7

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Old Fort De Russy May Be Partially Restored

ISHIMJTON Restoration of Kort De Russy n Rock Creek park iufflcient to prrrre the outlines of the parapet. d.th. buttons and other jes as it stood during the Civil war may be an outcome of the t A. R cm am;ment here Lieut. George arr m ä w m mm

nuunu 01 .wanassas. a. wno was designated to arrange for the reopen ma; of the war time signs! stations "luring the encampment, wrote to the board of control of Rock Creek park requesting permission to open a station at Fort I)e Russy. Certain impvavWMktsl were necessary before this site could he utilized and UeuIMbMM Round proposed that they be made with a view to permanently pre

serving the fort. In addition to othr !. 'iiant Round proposed that the present roadway up the fort hill nded to n ircle the entire fort outside the ditch and that sufficient be cleared away to show the landscape to passing visitors in cara mobiles, lie suggested that an old time crow's nest'' or rt on hs bjilt in one of the tallest tn-es i.tar the fort and be p-e-a a feature of the jubilee eneampm nt of the G. A. R r.t Round bad signal stations in operation during the encamp- ! r Home. Fort S? ven Georgetown Heights. Fort Ricbardson irfax Seminary south of the Potomac. eraiai the appropriateness of permanently preserving Port De he stated: "1 respectfully submit that Fort De Rusty is one of the ittag objects in the park aud could easily be made a particularly jre It must be about the highest point in the park It was . mir.ent fort in the line of fortif . ations whi h confronted General t on federate army which attacked Washington in 104. mach stronger - tton and range than Fort Reno on its left and Fort Stevens on B N for Fort De Russy. Karly s veterans in gray would no doubt 1 Washington by the Ro k Crek valley.'"

WHEN VOWS WERE COMMON Som of tie Most Strange, and to Thia Aoe Foolish. Were Those of Midbie Ages. "If a prosperous modern man. with a high hat and a fnck coat, were to solemnly pledge himself before all his clerks and friends to count the leaves on every third tree in Holland walk, to hop up to the city on on- D-g vr Tburbday. to repeat the whole of Mill's Liberty' 76 times, to collect 3U0 dandelions in fields belonging to anone of tbe name of Hrow n. to r main for 31 hours holding his I ft ear in his right hand to fing the names of all his aunt in order of age on the top of an omnibus, or make any such unusual undertaking, we should immediately conclude that the man was mad. or. as it is sometimes expressed, as an artist in life.'" So writes Gilbert K Chesterton, who goes on to say: "Yet these vows are not more extraordinary than tbe vows hieb in tbe middle ages and in similar periods were made not by fanatics mefSfjr, but by the greatest figures in civic and national civiliaatioa - by kings, judges, pods and priegts. Om man swore to chain two mountains togetUr. and the great chain bung tii. re. it was said, for ages as a monument of that mystir.il folly. Another swore that be would find his way to Jerusalem with a patch over his qrag, and di-d looking for It"

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BIG MEN IN BRITISH ARMY Ulster Volunteers Said to Hold the Record Soldiers of Large Stature All From Ireland.

Grand Rapids Man Studies Fishing in Parlor GRAM) RAPIDS Several years ago. when tbe outcome of a fishing trip to him was entirely a matter ! conjecture. Leo F. Troy, better known among bis piscatorial associates as "Hard Luck" Troy, because of the frequency with which he returned from

angling excursions without results, conceived an idea which bas since made him quite famous. In the parlor of his residence be Installed a glass tank 2 by 2 by 5 feet. Tbe installation was made in the fall of the year. In the tank he placed several arge and small mouth bass of medium sizo and members of other nsb families common in the north temperate zone All winter long dur

ing the day and at night he cultivated

the acquaintanceship of the flab. Once firmly established In their good graces. Troy took steps to nolve a problem whu b had perplexed hin for years and which is the cause of disappointment for tbe average unsuccessful angler. He wanted to know the most expeditious way to bait a hook with a minnow in order to catch bass With thia idea in mind he dropped several cbub minnows In tbe tank. In a moment they had disappeared. Several more were dropped, and Troy was surprised a moment later to see one of the number, minus Its tail and badly cut. belly up toward the surface. A second later it disappeared in the maw of one of the bass. Observations were continued, and Troy eventually learned that the bass would never take the minnow tail first So on his next excursion, instead Of thrusting his barb through the head or nose of the minnow, he caught It about the middle and just under the back fin. thus giving a bass a chance at the head The difference in hooking soon showed resjlts. and when Troy finished the trip he had succeeded In catching more and better bass than he had on any other trip of his career.

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Uncle Sam Promotes the Out-of-Door Movement ' TION that the members of his bij f.imilr should be encourage.! A t I ' mors in the open air seems to have . orne suddenly to I'ncle Sam. p. rh.v-s In th' ;. t tv.-l months to timulae and er. :rar- the out -of doors movement

thin in a: ;ual period of time. Urn can Um lud for a greater recre-ai.o-.al M f the national forests, r r.eral land office has . . i !. w ;thout pre t .! :'t. illy for Tillas on the t . t.uitiful Flathead lake

ra t larger numbers of vato tlie vast forest! owned by rr,. n. the forest service se-

at ion that permits the leasts? summer homes for as many as 30 years for merely nominal - ment which wenl Int effect last ifftag orth i erection St substantial improvements, and has already greatly in-

r of persons sojourning in the forests in the summer the forests applications to cs.e five acre tracts are pourcs from simple leg abins to pretentious homes are ntafn glens and by river hanks and lake shore, ermir - J.:st what the forests present in the way of atMi' r homes and facilities for boating, bathing, fishing, and other outing activities, the forest service is now tat surrey of tbe domains over whie h it bas control and h the data as rapidly as possible. Now. it is realized, nts for cottage sites are persons who happen to be faHI When the data now being rolle, t l are available.

-. city-bound souls who long for the oods but have neither the s nor the time to make long searches for satisfactory sites will be able oose Just about what they wish without stirring from their doors.

The Ulster volunteer force, unbeaten in its record or giving recruits and money since the war began is also unbeaten in the record for big men. Sergeant J. Bryan Stewart of the Kleventh Royal Innisküling Fusiliers, thirty two years of age. is 6 feet 41 inches in height, chest 43 43 inches. He is believed to be the biggest man In the whole British army at home or abroad. Though of such great stature, he is an international water polo player, an old varsity Rugby man. a keen motorist and a sports enthusiast. Sergeant Stewart is an Knniskilieu man and has two brothers in the array, one a veterinary surgeon. Lieut fharles Stewart, serving at the front, and another. Lieut. Jack Stewart, in Kitchener's army. Few regiments could beat the record of the Kleventh Inniskillincs in the stature of their men. The A and It companies, which are all drawn from Donegal and Fermanagh, have several men over six feet.

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Feast on Ham Cooked in Ink to Settle Dispute

Nearly Got the King. The Tribuna st?.t-s that the king of Italy, who is an excellent soldier, was present recentlv at the bombard

mmt of an Austrian f rt. 1 Having noticed that the Austrian ' were firing from a house, tbe king , advised the lieutenant in charge of a ! gun to fire at the building The lieu- : tenant aimed and fired, the house being shatt red The king congratulated the officer and went away.

Later he related the Incidc a general, wh asked the iieut name, which was told him. The g. . ra! pab i .! i wed : leutnant and tluref soldiers

killed half an hur ago If your malest y fiad staysl later ." He waa unable to finish the sentence.

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Wonder of Golden West Is Found in Los Angeles LOS A NU ELKS. One wonder of the Golden West was discovered In Los Angeles one morning recently by Arthur J. Keed. a tripper from Denver, as he was enjoying his first nicht s sleep In California Reed went to a movie show on Sunday nieht. He saw

a jungle film. Giraffes, tigers, lions and elephants frisked across the screen, c harged. slew and gobbled their prey His bark hair bristled as he later pulled tbe covers up to bis nose and sank back into his pillow Horrible dreams outdid the movie s flickering films. Reed was be ing pursued by countless 'denizens of tbe impenetrable Jungle fastnesses.

The climax came at last. A buge ... African elephant cornered Reed. On " one side was a 'cliff a mile high, on the other a bottomless cave The G. O. P. trade mark came steaming up to Reed He felt its hot breath as Its prehensile proboscis probed his person The elephant stepped in to deliver the coup-d grace. Raising its runk until it touched Reed s hands it forced down his guard and. leaning over Bit bim on the left shoulder! Iff! In frightful agony Reed woke, threw on his clothes and charged out onto Main street. There was a policeman, so he felt sure of protection. "Where a the nearest hospital?" begged Reed. "I've just been bitten on the shoulder by an elephant." At the receiving hospital Dr. Louis M. Kane heard Reed's story in all its awing details. On Reed s left shoulder was a red spot the size of a jitney bus fare. "Are you a stranger here?" asked tbe surgeon. "Yessir. " moaned Reed That explains it." concluded the doctor. "You were bitten not by an elephant, but By a ferocloua flea:"

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p irs two prominent Washington men have quarreled over the n whether a ham cooked in ink is better than one cooked in The i hampion of the ink-cooked ham is Frank Conger, former

post r.iii:'-r here. The champagne side of the gastronomic argument was taken by - Tony" Richardson, a local r-al e.;a'o n Mi The other day an experiment took place at Shoemakers. ' retreat of statesmen, artists, publicists, and literary lights. Prof. "Gus" Noac-k. analytical rhenaist. was called in as expert E.gbt quarts of eac h liquid were used. Mr Xoa k arranged tbe gas stove and mm!" sure that the ink man

bad not substituted grape juice irse." said Mr. Conger, "I do not maintain that the ink flavor of the ham. Hut neither does the champagne ures to drink the ink in which tbe ham is cooked. Du: kfli In the ink to prove that no pan of the ink substance Is vbham In cooking, and that the man who bas been jollying him lie idea that he obtains a champagne Tavor from bam cooked merely working his imagination overtime and ought to U nclent and not a chef or bon vivant." " k the hams were ct; and about so venty-five iv.rson pr the moat, nobody knowing which he ate. The tdvocate of the ooked ham was asked to pass judgment. He insisted he could re flavor of champagne, but admitted that he had not tasted ink. i led for himself, and Professor No.v k handed Mr. Conger a bill rts of champagne under the terms of tbe wager.

Photograph cf Meteor Trail. Perhaps the most remarkable photograph of a MtMt trail that has yet been taken is reproduced in a recent issue of L'Astronoznie. The mei teir in question was seen from many p ints in S .-ith Africa about 5 p. m. on June 2. 1912 1. e.. in broad daylight and the trail that it left behind It remained visible until some time after sunset. b coming more and more conspicuous as the daylight faded. The photogrash in question, which hows the trail as an Immense serpentine ribbon In the western sky. was taken at Tempe. Orange Free state, about an hour after the pas- ' sage cf the meteor.

Now You Can Pawn Your Pet Animals in New York NEW YORK. Among the curious industries or sources of livelihood In New York city is an animal pawnshop. As you take a watch to an ordinary pawnshop to raise money on It. so you may take a watchdog to the

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this, getting 20 on a dog that was e asily worth $50. the pawnbroker said. Hut he was a trick dog which had been tajght to open doois. So in due time he opened a door and let himself out hile letting the pawnbroker in D.

kJrr AW jfQ&S-' Potter, who .s I .er for the New vWj "GS&tovV York Hippodrome, owns tbe sho, II I J -''iy-i takes camels, lions, elephants, any ani-

. - y, ' .J'S t j mals. There are no charges for intSSi3 on tbe loan, the only charge

being for the keep of the animals, among which at almost any time are d gs. monkeys, bears, goats, cats, coons, foxes, parrots, canaries At one time he bad 40 trick donkeys tn pawn. The profits arising from the charges for feed and are are enough to make Ok institution pay Once he had a lion In pawn which broke his chain In the stable and went roaring around trying to get out

ton, in Spotless Attire, Runs Steam Shovel

Modern war 0f -breaking ground' for the construction of a govern-

was shown at Kightecnth and F streets when Hyron R.

assistant secretary of the treasury, officiated at the beginning of at ion for the new home of

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" department, he assistant secretary didn't pick P shoi and turn a bit of earth in U"1 'hloned way. Instead Mr. who wrM cla in Plm Beach ' f-potless pair of canvas I aboard the high platjr" of a huge and greasy steals and pUned a wire which v-ral hundred pounds of aitlng wagon.

r. . " 1 1 f'ograpbed in the midst " -uardoii tmrk and when h clambered down It was ascertained ! about the greasy Interior of the big steam shovel without getmiy h a speck on his rait or shoes. B r,u'ding. when complete, will cost spproxlmately $!.tswj.ooo. which ' a half-million nnder the limit set bv congress. It will house all

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The ChaurTeur a Robber. N'o woman would have cared to take on the job of the earliest chauffeurs 1 r lnr before the arrival of the motor c?r the chauffeur existed. The name was appli .! to bands of robbers practicing in the border lands between Prance and Germany at the close of the eighteenth century. They earned the name and lived up to ft t by a habft of scorching their victims fet to expedite the revelation of the hiding place of his money. Rumor had it that the bands were encouraged by the exiled royalists ot France, and. at any rate, their extermination was one of Napoleon's first tasks when he t'-carae first consul.

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Cause for Bellicosity. "Well, I'll be slammed! ' ejaculated Lester Creensfcaw ot Petunia tn the midst of his perusal cf tb3 village newspaper. "Tbe Weekly Palladium has all along been for peace at any pric . and here, this week, every editorial tn It is defying somebody and yelling that everybody must apologixe to us' Y. p" returned Hod Durnltt, "A feller paid the editor two years subscription In hard cider day before yesterday' Kansas City Star.

Net That Week. An Irish private In France asked a subaltern to write a letter for him to his wife. This was what he took down: "Dear Bridget This Is a terrible war 1 am sending you ten francs, out not this week. '

Kansas City Goat Proves to Be Good Farm Hand KANSAS CITY. The business ability of Oliver Hopps was tn question Oliver, eight yrars old. traded bis bicycle, which was known to have a cash value of $12. for a goat, harness and wagon of unknown worth. Crosby Hopps who had just motored borne to

the summer place of the Hopps family, at Seventy-fifth street and Hanta Fe avenue, looked askance at bis sou s bargain. But a trade Is a trade, and there was the goat, and a nice new tan harness. Also there was the lawn mower and a good start of crass waitma his i tri mnrl iota atf as( inn IIa A a

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gether. The trial was more than successful. William, though just a plain scrub goat, is of stork design, and It was fun for him to drag the lawn mower along, and a large area of their five acre tract that is in grass ceased to he a cause of dread. The garden cultivator? Why not? Here again William loomed more important as an Investment A hand cultivator Is hard for a person to push, but for the goat It was easy to pull, and one and one-fourth acres of garden are kept In splendid shape, through the efforts of Mr. Hopr and the goat after business hours It is fun for Oliver tn drive th- goat but Mr Hopps can manage iitm alone if Oliver is not available, and the goat walks along about as fast as Is sasentisl to careful cultivation

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Writer Pays High Tribute to the Simplicity and Sincerity Characteristic of the Peasant.

Id "Tbe Mainspring of Russia" Thomas Nelson) Hon. Maurice Baring declares that "The Russian soul Is filled with a human Christian charity which is warmer In kind and Intenser tn degree, and expressed with a greater simplicity and sincerity than I have met with In any other people

anywhere else. "The Russian peasant Is the most Important factor in Russian life. He constitutes tbe majority of his nation. The peasant not only tills tbe arable land, but he ow ns the greatc r part of It. This Is a fact whic h Is practically unknown. It is difficult to bring home to the average person the way In which religion enters into the daily life of the Russian peasant He believes In Ood as a matter of course, because It Is plain to him that it is the right thing to da"

Hartford City. W itliam MeUrtff. superintendent of tbe county infirmary, was arrested on a grand Jury Indictment charging him with embezzling S ' 66 of county funds obtained from the sale of chickens McGriff paid this sum and other amounts into the county treasury. He gave bond tor his appearance for trial. Evansvllle John Riley, twentythree years old. formerly of this city, has enlisted in the Canadian contingent and Is serving "somewhere in France." according to word received by friends here After leaving this city Riley went to northwestern Canada, where he became naturalized and took up government land He was born In Paoll. Evansvllle. Ixxal Hoy Scout officials presented to Mayor Bosse a plan whereby picked members of the Boy Scout court of honor would be given police power to enable tbem to aid the boars of health in cleaning unsightly parts of the city and rendering aid In accidents. The privileges would not Include the power of arrest. The plan will be submitted to the city attorney for a decision as to its legality. Wabash Dayton Hoover thirty years old. was Instantly killed at a sawmill ten miles north of here. He was engaged in hauling logs when he lost his footing and fell against a large saw His head was severed from his body before it could be dragged from the carriage carrying the timber to tbe saw. The accident was witnessed by two other employees of the plant. His widow is prostrated. Hoover had been employed at the mill for several months New Albany The fall session of the New Albany Presbytery adjourned at Tlenryville. Kev. C. J Armentrout of this city was elected vice-moderator The relations between Rev Charles 1. Truby and the First Presbyterian church at JefferMNflfo were formally severed, the minister going to I'nion seminary in Ne w York city. Optimistic reports of progress throughout the presbytery were made by the paUors. All pulpits are filled with the exception of those at Brownstown and Paoli The next session of the presbytery will be held at the Second Presbyterian Noblesvllle A stranger passe d several forged checks on merchants here. The names of the Noblesville Milling company and the l'ni.n Sanitary Manufacturing company were forged to all the checks, which ranged from 17 50 to flO. and were made payable to Charles Edwards. In each instance the stranger passed the bad paper at a grocery He would order a small bill of groceries, let the proprietor deduct the cost from the check and receive the remainder In cash The groceries were ordered delivered to 519 South Tenth street, and investigation Bhows that a vacant lot is at that number. Spencer. The Indianapolis Presbytery, at its stated fall ui-c ling here, elected the following delegates to the synod meet October 6-9 at Delphi: Ministers M. 1. Haines. E. W. Clippinger. O D. Odell. A. L. Duncan. John B. Ferguson. F. O. Hal lard. L. A. Harriman. W. H. Gray. B. W. Tyler. O. C. V. Skinner. J. S. Martin. C. L. Shaw, and W. L. Clark. Elders T. C Iay F. O Oood. C. W. Gaston. H. S. Shepard. A. H Milligan. O. llolliday. W H Hubbard. Charles Moores. C. H. Voris. B. S Binford. J. B. Seilars, L. H. tiriswold. T. F. Fitgibbon and W. C. Van Arsdale. Roachdale w as chosen for tbe stated spring meeting. Rev. L. A. Harriman of Martinsville and Elder C. W. Gaston of Danville were elected temporary clerks. Rev. John Newell of Hloomington preached the opening sermon aud in the afternoon Rev. O. C. V Skinner of Indianapolis prese nted the report of the committee on religious life. Indianapolis. In the first election marked by tbe use of the Australian ballot system. Theodore Perry was re-elected president of the Indianapolis Musicians' Protective association. He has served In this capacity for six years and at this time was not opposed. The other otDeers who were elected without opposition are Vice pre sident. L. P. Ruth; recording secretary, J. J. Curley; financial secretary. W. U. Ulrich; treasurer. A. H. SchellschmidL The results of the balloting for the other officers w ith the number ot votes cast for each candidate was as follows: Sergeant at arms. A Young &7; P. Murphy 19. P. J. Schuesler 17; trustees (three to be elected). E. H. Michelis 7!. O. Hoecher 67. Jac Leider &7. H. H. Thomas 56; executive board (seven tobe elected), C. J. Kiefer 78. J. B. Cameron 71. George Mills 71. 1. Earl Shea 69. A. A. Davis 67. W. Greuling 67, H. Sprengpfeil 64. W. S Mitchell 51. W. A. Gibson AH; delegates to C. L U. (three elected. H H Rinne 77, Ed O Connor 71. II. Arndt 69; business agent. H. J. O'Leary 62. Laporte A post office robber was captured in the Rolling Prairie post office when the whole town population turned out lu response to an a arm. Mrs. F. L. Sturtz. living across the street, saw a light in tbe place She telephoned the postmaster. Charles K Noble, aud helped arouse the townspeople. With revolvers, guns, old lirearms of all descriptions and clubs, the people guarded tbe building until the Importe police arl d in the automobile patrol. The burglar surrend -red when the police entered with drawn revolvers. The burglar was unarmed.