Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 32, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 December 1920 — Page 4

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ANPEIl, IIÜII.- COtTV, INDIAN Entered a- -crml-clrr matter at the p-nloU'ice at J4per Ind. un 'er tho cct of March 3, 1807 VT -iirM r.o-on 12 0 Her Year, Hilf papei ii rc.nile! regularly tcis siorcriD-eir until a Jflr,, ordorto llacintinaei receive-l ar ' -MI errewupaid nfnll: anlese in Ut nircreUon ol thi pablielier a different ocarea should be dee ne advisable. FRIDAY DECEMBER 31. 1920. ARAB POPULATION INCREASES. In the Kasbah, the native quarter of Algiers, then still are rluirgt'rs In the shadows, and they ill cut throats, despite the fact the French have ruled the Arabs here for nearly a century. The Arabs are Increasing In number and becoming richer. They fought for the French, and the French gave their family heads a certain number of centimes a head for dally maintenance while the father was In the north Lighting. Sine there are many children in the native families, and each head was used to being sustained on no centimes a day at all, th father returned home to rind his family rich. Now the Arabs have asked to be let nlone, and necessity has compelled the French to grant the request, for It Is whispered up and down the winflow es walls of the Aral) city that a French policeman does not dare penetrate there at night, says Petrolt News. Even by Jny it Is easy to get lost In the entanglements of the streets; and there are places where no sound is heard save the almost silent shufillng of sandaled Arab feet. The laziest of birds Is the frogmouth. He sleeps nil day, and at night, instead of tlylng about In search of food, he sits and literally waits for tho Insects to come and feed him. He Is such a sound sleeper that you can push him off his perch with a stick and not wake him, says Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. He Inhabits Australia and the Islands of the Indian ocean. In size the frogmouth resembles the whlppoorwlll, nnd he gets his name from his wide mouth, which serves as hJs insect trap. Too lazy to fly for his food, like other birds, he crawls along the limb of a tree, opening his wide mouth and snapping It shut, catching what flies and gnats come within his range. Only after the sun goes flown does he show any Inclination to move ubout. There are undoubtedly acres upon acres of land in the eastern part the United States too poor for el:' garden or pasture purpose, wiu.i would readily pnnluce white pine trees. The professor of forestry at the Massachusetts Agricultural college calls attention to the price of $ao to a thousand feet for which pine logs are selling on the stump, und Miys that pine stumpage will be as valuable for the next thirty or forty years as it Is today. Hi- advice to farmers who own large areas of unimproved lands, to plant them with white pile, witli a certainty of profitable aie, would seem to be worthy of consideration. Secretary Daniels Is r.'.uht In saying that men who will not obey are not fit to command, and that midship men who refuse obedience to their lawfuPy constituted authorities will le expelled. Obedience is the foundation of all law and order, and especially of military and naval lisclpllne, and If It Is refused In the training process, there Is an end of efficiency in Mr.dcnts as potential comrannder-. When the Lithuanians fired upon the league r-umii advancing toward them under : white flag, n native woman toim! the field under fire to explain that the commission wore allied uniform, which explanation caused the firing to (ease. It Is characteristic of the fate of the peacemaker that this humble heroine did not even have her name mentioned In the dispatches. In Denmark farmers are required fo number and Initial each egg sent to market. If one or two eggs are bad, the farmer Is fined : If three are bad. he Is boycotted. At that rate, the average bunch of ejrjrs the American' conBurner get would get the producer hanged. For the lenefit f those who are affected by the rule against the sale of hops In the ordinary commercial way somebody is sure to recall the fact that hops used to be regarded as Invaluable la the treatment of lame Joints. It is intimated that the manufacturfrs of "near-beer" are trying to put "heme brew" .out of commission. The manufacturers of yeast cakes may be expected to line up on the other l3 of the argument.

DOCTRINE AND CONDUCT. ' In these days when there Is so much dispute about doctrine, exced, opinion, faith, etc., it Is strange that people don't fio to the Bible (St. John. 7:17) and read: "If any man do his will he shall know of the doctrine." That is the only way to discover the doctrine. Yoo cannot communicate It; you cannot argue It Int a man, you cannot furnish hin a faith by word. It Is the life that tells. We don't care how smart a mm Is or how eloquent, the only way he can teach a doctrine is by his conduct. That speaks louder than words. How much time Is wasted . trying to convince men you are right and they are wrong. It cannot be done that way. Hut If you argue., with fine deeds and a generous life you can make them look your way. Jlarsh words petulant attacks, violent language lwrden men rather than win them, says Ohio State Journal. A man should he turned out of church who runs down a man by calling him names. It Is positively wicked. It shows the weakness of a cause when there ii a resort to personal detraction.

A French author once coined the phrase, "The land of the mind." It is a realm that many of us have forgotten. There the imaginary I? real! there death Is unknown, and the only riches are men's thoughts. With every age It grows with splendor. Dickens, Mlltdn, Shakespeare; Hugo these and countless others have left their all for those who travel there. The demands of existence have blinded some of us to the Joys that He in such travels. As children we roamed the fields of imagination, but now we believe only In the material. Yet wo call ourselves wise. 'The dreary nights of winter ure ahead, soya London Kitpress. Why not cheat them of their dreariness, and on the wings of literature Journey to the Land of the Mind? A good many towns and hamlet In the French war urea have been "adopted" by different communities among the allies. Now comes the news that South Africa has bought French terrain outright. Oenexal Smuts' government actually lipids the title deeds to Pllvlllc Wood, which has a touch of sacredness to the South Africans. If things go on like this, who knows but what, In a century or two, another Joan of Arc may arise to put the foreigners out of France and win back the precious soli of France for the French ! Figures on farm profits covering seven years In two areas and five yeara In u third were recently Riven out by the United States Department of Agriculture. Theo figures .show: That very few farmers Iq the groups Mullel have made Urge profits in retit years. Most of the farmers were making less than ..")0 cash per year over and above the tilings the farm furnishes. Five hundred dollars vili not go very far at this time. The new Alaskan government i ailway, .V.'j miles long, from the port of Seward to Fairbanks in the central part of the territory, Is sure to play an important part in the growth of the country. Already 440 miles of the road has been completed, and the rich coal field of Matrinuska has been opened. Our navnl fleet In the Pacific will get Its coat 'supply from that source In the future. An expert in the theatrical world declares that home brews are ruining the national digestion to such an' extent as to spoil the good humor of theater audiences. Thus prohibition is inferentlally charged with turning the country into one big, substantial grouch. Immigrants from Itcd centers in Europe are said to lie coming Into tills country at the rate of 10,000 a day. Yet there Is more talk of a "yellow peril," although there are fewcT than 200,000 of the yellow races in th? entire country. A "marrying pastor" who has officiated at 0,000 weddings, has taken a bride himself, now, at the age of eighty. At that, his powers of resistance were regained for a goodly number of years. Princess Mary of England Ls saidto have written to a friend; "JUetntr is trimming a hat tor dc Yea con imagine what It look like! U&cj lies the head that wears a hone-trto-iued hat. EETTEHHEAB ING on

0 I THE. GOOD 0 0 I NEW YEAR 0 $ $ 0 0 IT WAS foretold forty years ago, Tho New Tear shall be a good one. This Is the story ef tho prophecy. It depends npon you to believe It Forty years ago a lone skater upon the glassy surface of a iako In northern New England celebrated his solitary holiday. At the far end of his ten-mile dach ha rested In the noonday sun, sitting at the base of a towering duT. He ws 3 & stonemason's apprentice, a roe re boy workman. He habitually carried his steel chael In his pocl.et Climbing hijb, tad with, rauch hasard, up the face pf the towering rocks, he cut this legend fa tha. face of the mountain: The New Year WIU Ba Good." The bold Letterlxuj la vidble to mils. The lata la aarjrer La a favorUe resort of pleasure parti. ISach year thousauds ef ejp have spelled out the cheery meoejrapo, while boats passed, and manj a fcaarty laugh Ua rung with o heejtto J07 ea odd and y 02111$ have approved trra ecartured premlea. It w(U les? endnrvfcr Ot cj cur deep, sad the mottsQto KrtW aoi remove, ner the pretty lata pas: away. The boy did not date It. Fortunately so, fcr. that majxes It fit every year and every reader. Why not for a century ta come? A thousand times the question has been asked: Who wrote Itt" And no ono kxrcr. So It seemed aome eternal InrCh of Datare that the very rocks had miraculously Inscribed npon themselves. It wae txae to anyone who would lake the trouble to lift his eye and reed It. In etorxna the snow silvered the lettering. In sun tin wcrds cleamed with liute d living light, A eaatence by no rae&ca elegant, but crude and boyish rathtr. Yet what rhetoric could add to the abrupt and simple prophecy from a hopeful, healthy spirit? The New Tear was to be Just plain "good." Wan that enough? Is It not enough for ua altt One good to you, another good to ia, still another good to others. Dot always to oil who will grasp It, written ea the very face ef the turning globe, the next year will be 'good." Last summer a wealth vfciter at the lakeside hotel drew täe proprietor to the corner et t&c vcranfla, and lifting his glasses, cked: "Do yea see those Utters on tha racks? I axa the boy who cut thaza, . January I, 1&47. You seem glad to feaew the author. I never revealed the fact iYhy should I? "It Is not because I srdd it that it Is true. No matter wbo says It, on a Happy New Year the New Year will be good. It is true In Itself. Happy the man or boy who says It, who feels It, and who will hare It so. "The mere freak of a moment, yet somehow later I awoke to the fact that I had written a life creed on my heart out of the hopefulness and daring of a boy." Let us Uke the hope and courage of youth as the truth of this latest of our years. The New Yor mast be good. We will cxake It good. , C&P you not tee tha lettered cURsl Vc Ultor erer vraa dull . to. täair pvrjlc cpell, and timy ha?o c2a4C?ai i&reagJa grateful tnnv CU51QHC3LL3 tftiOLC Hear t? ooaninj end tfca pcrnlng of tha wlfiter breese: Old Year's dyinghear him sighing, listen to him whez! Weary Willi la quite odlUy In hia threadbare coat; tnls ceid weather altogether gets his ill -lad

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0 LOOK back and aDornlse the past year and eee how little we have striven and to what small purpose ; and how often we have been cowardly and hung back, or temerarious and rushed nn wisely in; and how. every day and all day long wo havo trans gressed the law of klndnesa It may soem a paradox, but In the bitterness of .these, discoveries a certain consolation resides. Life b not designed to tslnisttr to a man's vanity. He goes upon hia long bxtlcn erat cf tha time wita a hedging hrad tad all tho time like a blind cnlM. Full ef rewards and pleasures no St la ee that to se the day break er the ooea rise, or to maet a friend, or Ca haar the dinner call when he la hungry, Ulla hin with o surprising Joy tala wertd la yet for hlai no abrlng ciry. Frlada fall Uiroagh. heth ftiU td nuts assails blm ; yor aCar yor to must thumb the harCly vzrCsj reecoö of his own weecknecs and faUr, It la a friendly process of Cstaccaaeat When the time coma tnat he cheuld go, there need be fW Illusions about himself. There Jlles cae who meant well, tried a little, failed ouch; surely this may be hts epitaph ef which he need not be ashamed. Nor will he 0 complain at the summons, which -colls o defeated soldier fresi ta ftald; defeated,, aye. If he were Peal or liarcus AurellusI but If taaro la still oae Inch of flht In Ms eld cptrtt, ucdlshonored. The faith which cc?tatac4 him In Ids lifelong dice oaragoi cat trill scarce even be required la Cib last formality of laylrrj down hie eras. Gl. re him A march with his old hones; there, out of the gl tri sua sandored earth, out cf the day and the dura and tho ecstasy there goes another Faithful Failure! So chall you front, clear-eyed and amillaff, tho stress, the ah In leg, of the braVe New Year. Stevenson. Tim ts but a stream I go n-flshlna la, I Crtnk at It; but whtte I drink I see the saady bottom aad detect how shallew it la, Its Xhln current slides ansy. but eternity rcvalca. I would drink deaper, (lsh In ths sky, wheat battero le pebbly wUh stars. Thoreau. What U tl&M? The slvadow on the BIRTH of the NEW YEAR PcopU of Netf 2SfaIaxtd Rut to Give It Greeting rTPMlB blrtii of the new year, as II we ore well aware, ls variously ii- ceXabrr-ied, but how many people kneiv of the manner In which tha moseateaa date la set? Do ow realize that to- ner year ls really hears eld before the great bulk of the drilizad world b ela to celebrate lis arrival J Prieiity la rsjolclaa over the event Is actually given to the untutored m habitants of the lslods of the 5S- ' Pacific. The first ot the civilized v 1 to-greet 1921 waa the pcopie ot the tr away New Zealand. Sweeping westward, the change of date crossed Asia and then the old world of Europe und Africa before starting over the Atlantic to America. Onward !t sped at the rate of a thousand miles an hour nut! I the first day of the new year died away In the middle of tha Pacific. In the United States the Idea of announcing broadcast ever the land the birth of .tho new. year ori?inated with the cCJccra q carga cf tha n&ral ob-ecrvaterr--la Wachlaotea. AUat 10 yeajfl oca. If vaa cugccatdL' that the tel9raphv companies ülaesah at mUiniaht frcaa-Vfcaiadica a cariaa cf stguaia yrTclatiaj t&r eTsct cfisc&r of the-ne7 year's belanJn.. Xaa tdaa wco taaca cp aad slnsis wcs snt cat at mtdnlaht and at one, tn?o and three o'cloch In the morals folio vying in order that each great time division 0 the United Statte should receive Its ewa apprenxlate midnight algnals from the capital. The practice has new become fixed. einer tUrrrcsa CCt c2 Ca cbl

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?. dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand; day and night, summer and winter, months, years, centuries these are but arbitrary nnd outward signs, the measure of time, but not time Itself. Time is the life of the soul; If not this, then tell us what Ls time? Longfellow. " The years how they have passed! They are gone as elouds go on a sum oer day; thty came, they grew, they rdled full-orbed; they waned, they died and their story Is told. Years that are wrought upon us In thought and deed with the force and power of eternity, years whose marks we shall carry forover, were dissolved like the dew and their work Is finished. Beaxnar, see tlaae watch passes over our hcafia so lmptrceptlhly mokes the same gradual change In habits, manners and character as in personal appearance. At the revolution of every five years we find ourselves another nnd yet the UF I same; there ls a ciiango of views, and ne Icca ef the lights in which we regard tatn; a change of motives as well as of actios. Scott Ii you would climb to the high plates, carry off the richest prizes, gut Do laoat enjoyiusnt out of life, and have Iba eublimest old nge. you must ceaqutr the bu elements of nature; yeu niast haw ory atom of the dross of dishtaesty squeezed, hammered, buraed out. If iiecessary; you must hecome as sound us 24-carat gold, as true I sjs best steel. Ceo rge K. Morris. companies hare lent their co-operation, and signals are now sent covering both North and South America, all our colonial possessions, Australia, Japan and the principal nations of Europe. Some idea of the speed with whkh those New Year's grating are flashed from Washington . to distant points can bo gathered from the fact that It takes less than 0 A of a second to reach the Uanlla observatory; 0.5 of, a second to reach Lick-observatory, California; seconds to cover the distance between Washington and the coast suxv vey station In ' Alaska this Includes relaying and four seconds to let tha Wellington observatory In New Zealand know that the new year has reached ue after the celebration haa been hours old. A NEW YEAR IS NEAR. "It's coming, boys. It's almovt her; it's coming, girls, Th grand New Year! K year to be glad in, Not to be bad In; A. year to llvo In, To gain and girs in; A year for trying. And not for sighing; A year for ilrlvliis. And hearty thriving; A bright New Tear, Ohl hold It. dear; Fer God, Who sendeth, lie e&ly Undeth. QUQER NEW YKAR'C CUSYOMS. Velamea might be written upon the uVer customs and curious superstl Uona connected with New Year's day. Literatur Is full of them, grave historians have preserved them for us. and, Versatile poets dec&ed thera with fairest flowers of fancy. Pom Chaucer, Sweet Spring of Engiteh Soeg, from Spencer and Herrick, If U too and Shakespeare, down to the humblest caagazlae rhymes of today one and all they have paid tribute. A wise essayist describes the day as fs peak on Darlen, from which two oceans may be seen. Into one we look with sadness and regret, into the other, with hope and faith." . Onions Ft retell Wet Months. Take 12 onions, cut them Into halve, hollow them out and fill with oalL Taoae in which the salt completely dlaaolvca indicate tha wet Bontha d the comtnjr year,

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THE New Year eve watch party affords a moat charming eatertab meat fcr younj ca well a elderly people. U Is a time when a party can be arranged 00 moet simple lines and it may be easily made enjoyable to everyone present. Of ceurce tbe hocse decoratisus that have been used for drirtmea, with a little freshening up, will do for the party. As the custom of giving a watch party on New Year's eve ls a very old one, the entertainment should be in accordance with the old-facalcned plan of plnylng games and making the party entirely Informal, rather than a formal dinner or dance. If the guests are lffvittd to come In costume, It will add greatly to the attractiveness of the party. Some simple costume that Is easily gotten up Is best. After the guests have assembled, present each with a large palm leaf fan, have the rugs removed from the fioor of one room where a fanning contert can be played. Large, brightly colored balls, very light in weight, can be procured from tho 10-cent store; five or ten of them are dtarted at one end of the room, the guests funning them the length of tho room and between two posta at the other end. '. The "poets- can be little evergreen trees In flower pots; the ens sending his tball to the goal first tfC A very pretty Vies Jr costume party ls a UK Pierrot and Pierette dance, The costumes are very easy to make and so becoming to the girls and boys. Oldfashioned ccpareM dances are the order cf tbe evening with games and contests ef various kinds between each dance. .Of coarse the party ends with the Virginia reel., Introducing a game between sach dance, you. give a most pleasing variety to the evening's entertainment, and no ons will be left out of the fun, even If they do not dance, The refreshments should be of a simple nature, Including some fruit punch with which to drink the health ef friends for the coming year. If you want to Introduce the old-fashioned hot pint" make a hot grape Juice lemonade with maraschino or preserved cherries In 1L 4 Nevsr attempt anything -that Js- beyond your means or the customs of the place you live in. Pretentiousness never brings comfort to the guets or reflects credit upon the hoitess. The true hosteaa can sIiomt as much refinement In serving a simple cup of tea as In giving an elaborate dinner. Remember to be your natural, unafTected self, and If your wealthy friend has entertained you at a banquet, don't hesitate to Invite her to your party even if it is of the simplest sort. , Try to give your guests a good time, but don't overdo It Make the evening genuinely enjoyable. Hut if you have a bright idea la the way of entertainment, work it out and present It never hesitate to be original, but keep within the bounds of your especial capacity for entertaining and your pockstboök. Whatever y e u offer in the way of entertainment, have the refreshmsnts all planned and reedy beforehod so that you earn Join la wkh the fun without a cere or - thought cf leaving your friends to prepare an elaborate luncheon. If yeu are giving a dance, be sure to have the room warmed so that between dances the guests win not take cold. The merrymaking at a watch-nfght party should stop In time for all to gather silently around the fire or the Christmas tree and listen to the solemn striking ef the clock that proclaims the birth Cf the new year. Then should the toasts be drunk to the year, to the host and hostess and to the friends. Shortly afterward the guests should depart quietly, for a little note of solemnity ts not Inappropriate at a xvatch-olght party. Here are some appropriate toasts for such a time: ring out the old, ring In the new, Hlnc happy Uells acroti the enow; Tfce year le solng. let him fo; IUag out the falas, riag in tha true, Comt. Iirs Jcia tat mtrry thrcng, Upon the couch of life weU ride, Binding the coming jmr aions Happy we'll U wkatt'cr betld. Welcome be ys that are hire. Welcome all and make oood Weleeme all another year. Under x&JrtJetoe and hoUy A pty gay and JoUy. Would Ca Great Reform. Cvcn an apprealaatloa of-. the Xfcw Year ldtal cf Tlrtue wcd4 ba o great tcTo-rrw 1

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