The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23

morning before you had aired out the
place. Your ears must have burned
when We were talking about you.
II you to get an idea OF Ma
PIES. al its worst go down into your
cellar and round up an the Goldfish.
onions, kraut. Lmberrer cheese. kero-
sene. rotten potatoes. and everything
that Is dead. pit It all in a bushel
basket. and just before the health Of
hccrs come TO pull your place get
down on your knees. and put your
head down in the basket. and let some
one sit OF you head all the forenoon.
and You VIII have just such a half cay
as dad and I had in the poor quarter
Of Naples, and % viii no- cost you half
as much As 10 did Us. unless. after
vou have enjoyed yourself In your cell
lar with our head in the basket. you
decide - have a run OF sickness and
hire a doctor who viii charge you the
price 81 2 trip 70 Europe.
Well. sir. Naples is a dandy. in its
clean part. The bay Of Naples is a
dead ringer for Milwaukee bay. IN
shape and beauty. but Milwaukee lacks
Vesuvius and Pompeii. for suburbs.
and she lacks the customary highway
men to hold you up. Every man. WON
en- and child we have met makes a
living out Of the tourists. and nobody
that ! have seen works at any other
business
We woke up the first morning and
lad looked out the window and saw
Vesuvius belching forth fame. and
lava, and tone fences. and wanted. TO
turn in a fire alarm but told him
that that fire had been raging ever
since the Christian era. and was not
one Of these i~ncendiary barn burnines
but he opened the window and yelled
fire, and the porters and chamber
maids came running 70 our room. with
buckets 81 water. and wanted to know
whore The fire was Dad pointed out
o. the window towards Vesuvius and
said. some hired girl has been start
Ing p Gre with kerosene. "a that shan
~ on The knoll out there. and the
whole ranch viii burn II Won don't
turn out the FIRE department you gosh
blasted lazy devils Get a move on.
and help carry out the furniture
Well, they Gained dad. and then
had 70 60 70 work and post dad un
on The geography he had forgotten.
ard finally ~ remembered seeing a
picture 10 a volcano or burning noun
tain r. his geography 81 years ago. but
be told me = never believed there was
q volcano in The world. but that he
always thought they put those pictures
tn Biographies To make them Sell
How a man can attain the prominence
cad position In the business world that
dad he's. and not know any more than
he does. Is what beats me
OF course you know. having kent a
grocery since the war. ana having had
opportunities 70 study history. ~ the
pictures on the soap boxes and insur-
ance calendars. that Nero. the Roman
tyrant. after Rome was burned while
he hdCled for a dance in a barn ro-
So accustomed % fire and birthstone
that he retired % Naples and touched
o. Nesuvius ius' SO be could look A,
IL Dut Nosuvius about 1000 years ago
rot 70 burning way down IN iNs bow.
els and the fire Got beyond control
ana ! suppose now the fire N awav
down ID the < ltcr az the Garth ana
yol know when you gat down ia rhe
eaftn he.ow the crust. on which We
1--WE aLd raise potatoes everything "a
reited. like iron in a foundry. and
NeslNius rs tae saIeet through which
tEe MUD comes tl the surface You
49,. HMaH.