Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 61, Number 20, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 January 1919 — Page 7

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Thirteen Has No Terrors for Woodrow Wilson

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SMINTON. Thirteen has no terror for Wood row Wilson, preshh nt of

i Hi tue contrary thirteen is ins lucky The fuct tliut tin president arrived at prest on Ifcccmhcr 13 recalls the president's trip from New York to Sea tJIrt, September n. llfl'J, when Ii" was making Ids speaking tour. Just preceding his election as president, lie at in chair No. l.'t In the purlor car. Mr. Wilson paid: "Thirteen Is my lucky number. I usiiully get sent 1H or room i:t wherever I go. Tli number l.'I has run through my 1 1 f constantly. When I was In my thirteenth your its a professor nt Princeton I was elected t' e thir

teenth president of the university. Tli-r an- Jt:st thirU 11 letters In my name I nin n( nfrnld of No. 1'." Thirteen played a prominent lrt In the Inaugural plans In l.u:. Thirteen governors wore in lino, militia of thirteen Mates were n-pn-scnlnl. nb.ng with thirteen educational Institutions. Thi Print t.ri stud-nts traveled to the cer.monv In two trains of thirtci u cars ein h. When Miss Jessie W. Wilson and 1'rances P. Sayn wi n- married nt.the White Hows., it was tln thirteenth wedding in tin historic building, und the names the bride and bridegroom contain 1 1. 1 tf - letters oath. The thirteen superstition Is perhaps as wide-proud as any of lit- popular notions of tills kind. These uro many and apparently they arc Just as nnnh in favor as ever. The name or those who regard Friday as nn unlucky day is legion. Many people think It Is a sign of cuiiiln;' had link to sec tlu new iiiooii over the h'ft shoulder. A horseshoe over tin door brings good luck, as everybody knows. A child hotn with it caul is sun- to he lucky, according to midwlvcs. Certain crops must he planted at certain stages of the moon, fanners aver. That the actions and condition of animals in the fall foretell the winter weather, the Indinns and some white men helieve. There Is potency In the divinations of Halloween, the oung p "I'le are sure. To see a full renn man pick up :i pin hccaiise its point is toward him Is not tinusual. of course the president is nn unusual man.

Official Statement of the American Red Cross

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Pod t'ris: It costs the American lied Cross only two cents of

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dollar of the mllllon-i appropriated in itie l iiited States which took a ital cart in the management of the greatest relief program the world lias ever kmnvn. For each dollar contrihiücd ly the American people for war relief work more than J? 1 . 1 Is expended for that purpose, the extra cent helim prox ided hy Interest on the funds. These are two of the striking statements In the annual financial report of the Uetl Voss covering the fiscal year ended June :;o, 1!1S.

All the expenses of operatinc the national mid divisional headquarters of th organization v hose slit-itcrlnvr arm has cmhraced a InU'e part of the earth In the IS month come from a fund provided hy inemhershlp dues, the war fund not hclnjj drawn upon for any hut relief expenditures. The total management expense of the organization for the fiscal year was .Md I.WV. Ihirlni the year which endo! June 00 the lied Cross npproprlated$107.710.niS to carry on its work nhroad ami at home, of this amount. ."!,7sii.ti72 went for relief ln foreign countries, $7.0s,s.Vi for work in the Cnited States, . f.lH.l.r.r.7 for relief work In various countries on work specified hy contrihutors. S-'tVJSiVtNm was set aside for working capital, uml the balance went for other activities of the organization. This wide distribution of relief wns made posdlde because In less than 11 months the American people gave more thnn ?:'.).' k :o. m h' to the American Ked Cross, by far the prent est sum ever contributed by any nation for humanitarian work. This total represents the proceeds of the two lied Cross wur funds ami ono membership drive.

New Method of Drying Meats Promises Marvels ANNOUNCKMKXT Is made of n new process hy which meats and fish ran be kept Indefinitely without preservatives und then restored to full bulk ami unimpaired flavor by the application of water. Flesh prepared by this method only tills about N per cent of

the space It tills when fresh. This would multiply eightfold the facilities for isliippinp meat, without mMlnp tonnape. This discovery prows nut of re-M-arches bepun a year npo In the liar rlinan laboratories at Kooscvelt hospital by Urs. K. ;. Falk and i:. M. Frankel when the laboratory was taken over by the division of nutrition ami food of the medical department of the United States army, at the instance of

Lieut. Cot. J. Ii. Murlln. The final steps of the test were worked out at Ct biinbln university In the department of chemical enplneerlnp under the direction of l'rof. Trank II. McKoe. who made the announcement. Owing to certain lopal reasons not all the steps of the process can be published nt this time, but In the main it consists of drying th' prepared meats In a vacuum ven at a low temperature. It Is possible to cut a sirloin or porterhouse steak according to the standard restaurnnt dimensions, dry It by this recent method, and then wet It before cooking and servo It hot, even passably rare, without anybody's knowing that it did not com directly from the butcher's block around the corner. It Is estimated that the cost of the new process will be about the same as the expense of keeping meats In refrigeration. The effect, however, hou!d to bring down tin prices of meats through savings in frclpht on laud "ii'l sen.

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American Protective League and Its Patriotism TIIK man who keeps t.p with the news notes the American l'rntcctlve lenptie Is active In tins Iteipt r trial. In the Inquiry Into high prices und In other things of Importance In various parts of, the country. Some day the history "t the A. I. L. will be written and It

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"t'Oljf It. The Immense number of protlerinaiis working In this country culled A. I. L. into belnp. For every Inc'.tiirntor In government employ In March. l'.17, a hundred were needed in meet the crisis. It seemed Impossible o pet an appropriation for them. Vet 'heir need was vital. How was the

l '"idem to be solved? The American I'rotective league rose ns the answer. Under the direction of the attorney general uml A. 11. lUlaskl, chief of the bureau of Itucst icatlon. a Chicago busi"ess man set about working out n remarkable Idea. It was nothing more und nothing less than the enlistment of as nearly as possible the best brains of very industry, business and profession in the United States as an auxiliary to the department of Justice. Today then nre approximately three hundred thousand members of tho American riotectlve league. They cover the United States from ocean to oceuu nnd from Cimadn to the C.ulf. Not one of the members of the A. 1'. L. receives one cent of pay. Mid they pay their own expenses nud the league expenses. Furthermore, there Is no glory, no uniform, not even private praise nt otne i ,,r no innn Is permittee to divulge even to his best fried hH mcuiirshlp In the league or dlnlose the Identity cf any of Its members.

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ANCIENT OLD TRADING POST About Fort Smith There SeMt to Gather All the Romance of the -Silent Placet." Of all the glamorous old trading posts of the Honorable Hudson liuy company, there ts none with more of the romance of tl,e silent places about It than Fort Smith, perched above the liapld of the drowned mi tbe Slave river, writes "Niksah" In the Chicago Pally News. The Slave Hows tare from Uake Athabasca to (Jreat Slave hike, ami half-way on Its Journey. Just where the sixtieth parallel of north latitude divides the province of AIt.irta fro'u the Northwest Territory. It pas-es Fort Smith. The fort Is set high id.ove the troubled waters several hundred feet up the sleep, rocky bank. A tine spot for defense It was. In the early days, but now that attacks ure over It Is pii Inconvenient location In spite of Its plcturesipie qualities. All day long you can see those who are In the biblical phrase "drawers of waler" toiling up the steep path with yoked toickets over ilieir shoulders Indian innen ami children, servants of the company, tarrying every drop that Is driinJi. uml whatever may be ucd fur oilier purposes. I l.s an discredit to wash sparingly in Fort Smith. One must needs have sc:nit consideration for the value of human lalmr to do otherwise. All about tht trading post are scattered the tepees of the Indians, wandt reis of the great woods, on Hielr annual trading expedition. They tiring with them the breath of the va-t woods country; Its struggle has shaped their tight-lipped mouths, its loneliness hi:s math their steady black eves Inscrutable; Its mystery has made their lauuh a low. iii k bitten thing, like a laugh snatched In the shallow of terror. All these things the while vvooilsiuoii showeven more st ri mrly. with the quicker iii'prcssjiiiiiibilily (,f liner clay. Tin' northern wood runner Is a man apart, eluiost a separate species of tic humaii animal, shaped hy the releii'less pressure of an irresistible environment.

WHERE AMERICA WAS NAMED

House la Stilt Standing In Which Learned Men Awarded Voyager an Undeserved Honor. Many readers who keep scrap-bonks will be glad of this morsel of curious lore. On April 2.', 1N)7. the learned heads of the University of St. I Ii. In Lorraine, decided, incorrectly, that Amerigo Vespucci wus entitled to the honor of discovery. Christopher Columbus hnvlng only reached the Island of the West Indies, ami that the western hemisphere should bear his name. The name "America" was. us a mutter of fact, first used In the hook "Costnographlae Introiluctlo," by Martin Wahlseemiiller. professor of cosmography at the university. It has since been shown that Amerigo Vespucci was preceded by both Christopher Columbus and John Cntmt, but It was too bit1 the new world had been dubbed "America." ami the fart advertised In print. The house where the meeting was held at which the classical rror w as made still stands nt St. Pie (Vosges). ami Is annually visited by ninny tourists, especially those from both North ami South America. Hence the error of learned men Is responsible for America being named nfter Amerigo Vespucci, who was given an honor he clearly did not deserve.

Rule for Verse Writers. Free verse, says a critic. Is only a new wny of printing rhythmic prose, such ns that found In the P.ihle find In the serious writings of Thomas Itrown nnd Itobert I'aeon. And ns for printing It In verse form. William Itlake produced verse whose effect to the eye Is much the same ns that of the most modern "vers librlst." la some modern cases, however. It looks very much as If the poet were experimenting with the advice of Voltaire, who said to Ibdvetlus; "Do you wish an Infallible rule for verse? Here It Is: See if your thought, ns you hnve written It In verse, Is benutlful In prose also."

Every Little Helps. Italy makes excellent use of her waste paper. It Is made Into n cheap nnd portable fuel for the soldiers. Hoys nnd girls go nbout the cities collecting all the discarded newspapers they can find. These nre brought to establishments where the sheets nre converted hy machinery Into little tight rolls about nn Inch In diameter nnd two Inches long, which are packed Into small bags and dispatched to the army. This compressed p-iper furl Is most convenient whenever an Individual sob dier wishes to warm up a mugful of soup r coffee.

At a Guess. An lnstriic:or In workshop nrlthnietie. etc., to would be air mechanics nt ft large camp In Knclnnd writes to say that the lack of knowledge of the most elementary arithmetic displayed hy Pome of his charges Is ntounding. As n typical Instance, he relates that he had no little trouble In convincing one young ninn that there were 1(H) hundredths In nn Inch, lie next asked Ids pupil how tunny thousandths he reckoned there would be In nn Inch. After paring long find earnestly at his ruler, the youth answered! T.limeyJ There must be millions of era r

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This City Is Solving Its Own Peace Problems FLINT, MK'II. It Is n self evident truth that If every Arnerhun community took i an-of Its ow n problems the United States would have fewer national problems. Fvery community should be as neurly Helf-iiufoclent uh jtonslble. Very few communities have made so

much as a bcglnni-ip. Even during the active food conservation hundreds nnd thousands of communities were tinning against Its first principle locul consumption of local food products. Flint has set out to solve the prolileni of re-establishing Industry on a pence basis with energy that gives the experiment great Interest. Without waiting for federal Initiative und proceeding on the theory that the way to

readjust Is to readjust, the business men of Flint have taken concerted action both to prevent any disturbance of conditions in eiitplnviin'i i und to Modify the inflation of the cost of living caused by the war. Tin v have resolved to keep their employees at work nt their old Jobs with their old wages while at the same time set-king to effect substantial price reductions In the necessities of life. They hud the price of milk reduced by one cent n quart by agree ment, the mice of shoes by 10 per cent nnd the price of coal by from 3 to .1 per cent, or to a figure below that fixed by the fuel administration. Landlords have voted a 1.1 per c nt reduction of rentals for !i days. Is Flint t become nn Industrial Altrurla? It has started what It hopes w ill become a "natliui-w ble movement to break the upward trend In prices throughout tin- world." Whether or not that broad Idoul is realize, the city has attacked th problem of high prices ami Industrial unrest where It Is logically open to attack. Curing local evils first by local means should best effect un improvement of general cnnfiitlons.

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Chicago "Kewpies" and Their "Bureau de Amour" CIHi'At'O. The police of the Windy City are taking on great airs these days. They claim they have min thing on every other police department in the United States. What Is it? Well, it's a sort of "bureau tie amour," ns the police put It. And the detectives

who are doing Cupid work don't know whither to blush or light when addressed as "Kewple." The reason for this bureau Is a I tt r from Marcel de Vermenil, the Hcting French consul in Chicago, who usked Chief of Police John J. iarrity to Investigate three young men, American soldiers in France, their families, their standing In the community, and fo on. Object, matrimony.

The acting consul explained that the request for tbls Information, following French customs, en me to him from three countrywomen of his. who have accepted Chi en go hoys to be their husbands. Not wishing to take a pig In a poke, even If wild pig appears to he A No. 1 in every respect, these young Frenchwomen have exercised native caution In finding out Just who the boys nre and all about their families. Their names? Well. M. Vermeuil explained that the requests came to him In a confidential manner, that, he did not wish to make the names public, but It wus Intimated that all three of the young men lived on the South Kido before they enlisted nnd nailed for La I Seile Frnncnle. "I expect there will be a pood many of these requests before long. paid Chief MiM.ney, to whom Chief fJarrlty turnet! over the request. T nm going to assign three detectives to the werk and they will make their report direct to the acting French consul. As there will be more of them the men assigned today may find they hnve n more or less permanent Job for a while helping out International murrlapes.

"Diana of the Dunes" Weeps Over a Giant Friend VALPARAISO. INI). Paul Wilson, G feet Inches sans footwear, is awaiting trial In the Valparaiso Jail on charges of housebreaking preferred by

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live betimes In the Indiana dunes, close to nature nnd to Alice (Jray, better known as "IMun.i of the I Junes." IIanu slipped hnck to nature some time npo ami supimrteil herself vicariously as she disported in the sands. She i ked out her uncertain larder by gifts of her neighbors, who Included Lehman anil Spring nnd "Fisherman" Johnson. A little while ago Diana's neighbors began to miss butter, epgs, puns nnd blankets. After a rainy flight, in

which n crate of eggs disappeared. Johnson followed tracks to Diana's shnck. There he found I Maua am) a man whose head was up among the rafters. lie was too big to he stopped and made o.T. notwithstanding Johnson's ritle. "Fish" Johnson found City Marshal Pillapaugh of Chesterton near by ami n man hunt developed which lftl to Wilson's capture under a tree ns he slept, lie was taken to Chesterton and locked up. Diana came and gazed throuirh the burs at the being to whom fdie had given tdiclter. He hung his head ami turned away. Diana came sorrowfully forth and wept. "The man nsked for shelter nnd I had no Idea he wns paying for It by robbing my neighbors," fdie salt). "I took Mm In because he was cold nnd wet und hungry." A notebook found on Wilson contained memoranda to the effect that be whipped Carl Morris twice and earned a draw from him once. The dunes nre the famous sand dunes of northwestern Indiana, along th shore at the head of Lake Michigan. Chicago hopes to establish the Dune Natural park here. It Is now a wilderness enjoyed by many Chlcagoans.

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It Just Happened; No Joker Could Be So Cruel BROOKLYN.- Counselor (leorge E. Prower occasionally Indulges In a friendly little panic." Ceorge was sitting In the other evening for a short session nnd' the kind dealer gave him three deuces. He drew two cards, and

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that one of them was a two-spot. So he shut up his hands like a Jackknil'e and tried to hide tin fact that be had four of a kind. The center of the !ni'li begun to look quite attractive liter a few moments. Finally there were only Prower uml one other in the competition. Tlo other man paid for the privilege of seeing what (Jenrge was holding so tenderly, ami ISeorire. with u confident flourish,

spread his live cards on the table. 'I I,...- worn fill of tlio s.'imo denomination, the whole five of

.... ... ' everybody began to look askance nt Prower. ile was right there with the alibi and the replevin and nil the other h g d defenses, hut the jury did not Fcem to take much stock in his protestations. A committee was uppolnted to Investigate, nm) when the pack was counted It was found to consist of ,M can Is, eight of which were two-spots. Everybody In the room said "ine-ovv" In n loud vulgar way and the kitty opened her maw and swallowed up the makings of two theater tickets, two suppers nnd the price of n taxi In n twinkling. (leorge Fays he never did believe In tt "deuce wild" pnnie. Of course It Just happened; no Joker could be no cruel.

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LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE IF SICK, CROSS, FEVERISH

HURRY, MOTHER! REMOVE POISONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS.

GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIG8 AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR CONSTIPATED.

LtKi's. ut the tongue, mother! If coated, It is u sure sign that jour little one's stomach, liver uud bowels needs u gentle, thorough ileanslnj; at once. When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, doesn't cut or act naturally, or la feverish, stomach sour, breath had; has itotuach nche, nore throat, dlarrho'a, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup cf Figs," nnd In a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food nnd sour bile gently moves out of the little bowels without griping, und you have a well, playful child ugain. You needn't coax sick children to take this harmless "fruit laxative; they love Its delicious taste, nnd It alwnys makes theta feel splendid. Ask your druggist for n bottle of "California Syrup of rigs." which hns dlrecUotis for babies, children of nil ages and for grown ups plainly on the bottle. Peware of counterfeits sold here. To be sun you get the genuine, ask to see that it Is made by the "California Fig Syrup Company." Refuse nny other kind with contempt. Adv.

Cynical Youngster, "Isn't my picture that I made pretty?" asked Robert of a little girl next door. "Oh. It Is very pretty." she said ndmlrlngly. "Well, sister Mary says It isn't a hit." said Robert. "Well, what of It?" remarked th next door one. "You can't expect praise from one of your own fambly.

RECIPE FÜR GrtAY HAIR. I'o Ii It int d water il 1 .. RjiJT Rum, a small box cf RirlH ('oninund, und '4 of. if 'Niet nie. Any druit cn put tlu up r vi 11 can mix it nt hoir.e at very little ot. Full direct um for inak1 11 anil um come in rach l; of BartK) I oniouti'l. It will Krathirtlly darken trenked, faded priy hair, and make it i"'ft und iflo-i-y. It v ill nut fidor the w alp. ii not Ucky or gi !, fd iltie not rub oJ.Adv. Rara Avis. Knicker Is .buies orlginul? pocker Very; when In accept" a Job he doesn't let on that it is a great sncrifit e.

Children' handkerchiefs often look hopeless when they come to the laundry. Wush with good soap, rinse Id water blued with I ted Cross Pall Pljc

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In 1S48 Sir Arthur Garrod prored that in gout ( aleo true in rbeutnatiem) there is deficient elimination on the part of the kidneys and the poisons i thin arc Dot thrown off. Prof. II. Strauss attributes a jrouty attack to the heaping up of poisons where there is an abundance of urio acid which is precipitated in the joints and ehenths, netting up inflammation. Refore the attack of pout or rheumatism there is sometimes headache, or what is thought to be neuralgia, or rlieumatio conditions, such as lumbago, j ain in the back of the neck, or sciatica. As Trof. Strauas says, The excretion of uric acid we cro able to effect by exciting diuresis." Prink copiously of T.ater, fix or rir,ht glares per (fay, hot water before meals, and obtain Aaurio tablets, double strength, for oO cts., at tli renrc-t drug store ami take them Uitxj time a day. If you want a trial 1 r ck age nend Id cents to Pr. Fierce' 8 luvulidd' Hotel, Rtiflalo, N. Y. "A auric" (anti-uric) is a recent discovery of Pr. Pierce and much more potent than lithin, for it will dissolve urio acid as hot tea Jijoivca sugar. A Bad Cough If reelected, eftrn Iil to nrriotu trvtita. Stfrguard your beal 1 h. rrlirre your diatreni nJ soothe your Irritated thrott by Uking