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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-09-28
HE ADVISES HIS DAUGHTER

"How's tn kids. Maggie?" asked Po-
hceman Barney Flynn. as ne httled
himself for his regular smoke one
evening.
Il wish, father" replied his daugh-
ter. with that dignity that a year or
50 as a school-teacher always gives TO
young woman. that you would not
call me Maggie. II is so plebelan.
My name is Marguerite.
Ohio! listen 10 that. now" ex-
claimed Policeman Flynn. "Ye WA
chr-ristened Maggie. but ye-er na-ame
Is Margaret Mm-m, now. | Won
dher whin tn Frinch crep' into tn
family an how Z was done. niyer
hear-rd iv wan iv ye-er ANCESTORS that
wu'd lave Frinchman near with
out cr-rackin' him on tn head. I'd
as soon hear We calm ye-er-siIf
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Il is not often that a class OF schoo,
children IS permitted to examine its
teacher, but the New York Tribune
tells OF a Glasgow Iedagogue who vas
so pleased 10 the way his puDas an
swered his questions in an ezam!na-
lion that he told them they could ask
any question they liked No one took
advantage Of the offer. and he teach
CIR was about 70 dismiss the class
wren he noticed one little chap in
deep thought Wen. what IS ng" he
asked. 4 was just about 10 ask You.
sir," replied the youth. whether. II
you were in a soft mud heap up to
your neck and was to throw a brick
at you, would yoG ducky
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-09-28

After a house cleaning the house
wife is often confronted with a bean
Of old carpeting. Some may be fairly
good some much worn. some ingram
and some Brussels. and she is al her
Wits ends TO know what to do with
Il. II is a surprise to many 70 know
that this mass OF unsightly material
can be made into really beautiful
rugs. The WAIVERS understand mixing
them in such way that the most un.
likely combinations come out very
we'll
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This all happened about FIVE year.
ago-yes, it's just FIVE years THIS
month that Otis died.
Say, he was the man TO run an acid
works. He was super here in the acid
works for IL years running. and there
wasn't one fault found with him by
the boss or by the men, which Is Just
about as important. IL not little bit
more so.
One day. about two weeks after the
death of Otis. the boss turned up with
Rigby. a mean little boy. maybe 20 or
%. narrow -chested hatchet faced,
green from college and with an opln-
ion of himself that would have bro
ken down an ordinary mans consttu.
ton TO carry.
Mr.. Risby. the boss announced 10
che men, represents the younger gen.
GRAFTON OF chemists. He has all the
.sewest wrinkles in acid manufacture
at his command. and think he'll
make some improvements here"
Next Monday morning, Rigby came
In for business the first time.
Say. ii would have made your heart
ache TO see that strut! First he'd
stride through the whole place with
his hands behind HIS back and a su-
perior smile on his wien little face.
looking this way and that way like a
bantam rooster out for fight Then
he'd stamp upstairs TO the Office Otis
had had so long, and throw papers
around for a while.
Shortly after he saw boy coming /
In with a cargo Of beer. and down /
stairs he flew TO Brown. the shipping 4
clerk and general manager OF the Of I
ice.
Brown" he said. there's beer.
drinking going on here,"
"Can IL be-" said Brown.
1T isl" announced the boy. "Ill
put a short stop to that. Tonight,
Brown. you will discharge any man
you know to be a chronic beer-drink.
err
What shall we do for mem" asked
Brown.
"Oh. see here," cried Rigby. very
sharp and impatient. how many men
'ut of the 30 will you have to dis
.harge?"
Thirty" said Brown.
Album" murmured Rigby.
Then III take another course Make
sign, Brown: Beer drinking posi-.
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and in tears. but the young man
promptly squared himself for another
encounter. Policeman Flynn. however.
extended his hand concilistorily.
Il wr-ronged ye." he said. -Ye
ha-ave tn fright shtuf in We rr TO
ma-ake amy woman happy. T was me
intintion 10 ma-ake a small sacrifice or
tn althar iv me july to Maggie. an IN
sa-ay this 10 We as ma-an to ma-an.
fe're all fright, an II ye had III
shtrength fr to ma-atch ye-er pluck
Z is a family martyr Id be now. with
tn wake comm OF to-morry. n we've
won tn gir-rl Z is all fixed. fr yeve
won tn Oh ma-an.'
Copyright. 1915. BY Joseph r. BowIes,
Copyright. by the Century o.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-09-28
In Aiemoriam
RIGBY


And is this by Illgby's orders, too p
asked the boss. with a grin.
Hardly" said Brown.
Brown" said the boss. you have a
prophetic soul. Tack up your own lit.
tie contribution to this galaxy OF
asininity. TIN be highly appropriate
within the next five minutes. Tack ii
up SO it'll stick. Brown
Then he made for the stairs From
that day to this. not one OF us ever
laid eyes on Rigby: and some Of the
boys still say that the old man. In the
frightful wrath that possessed him,
killed and ate the boy. blood bones
and ALL right there in Otis Office.
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Q .
Gretchen or Franchisca. lis tin dol
lars TO tin cints tn gazabo that's been
calm To see ye has put ye up to
changin' fine na-ame."
Hes a very excellent young man.
father" answered the girl spiritedIy.
"Mebbe so, but I ha-ave me doubts"
asserted Policeman Flynn. Il sh'u'd MT
ta-ake him f'r wan havin' tn fright
sort Nv shtuff in him. There do be too
much palaverin an side-shteppin' an
bowin' about him rr to ca-atch me
eye"
He's a man of polished manners.
father" insisted the girl. and / regret
10 say your manners lack polish"
Fright ye are" returned Policeman
Flynn. -Accordin' TO tn polls r-rules
| have to polish me boots an me but
tons an me ba-adge an me belt. an
I is little time | have lift f'r to polish
me manners. But lave that go. How
IS IN kids behavin'?"
DO you refer TO the scholars. faith
err"
Maggie. I'd advise We to be careful
how We provoke tn oil man" said Pc
liceman Flynn warningly. IT is not
fr you 10 be ray-provin' iv me. Wanst
more sa-ay to We. How's tn kids"
Why. to tell the truth. father" an
swered the girl. seeing that il was
dangerous to be too particular about
the use OF words. Il have been having
some trouble with the larger bows
They lack proper discipline. and I'd
give a good deal to discover some way
TO control them"
'M-m-m. now. that s too ba.ad."
Policeman Flynn. refec-
lively "Ye sh'u'd ave come to me be-
foor. fr I is on thin things I'm pcsht-
ed. / sup pose tn wa-ay Cassidy con
ihrolled tn wa-ard caucus w'ud MT do
'r ye. Ohio, I was a gr reat SIGHT.
vas that, Ye see. Cassidy was tn
chairman, an there was some la-ads
hat was afther r-runnin' things their
'wn wa-ay. They w'u'd Mt listen 10
lin. an whin he'd pounded a hole in
h table .e up an let go with tn
,avel"
Threw it at the boisterous ones p"
sked the girl.
He did that same" answered yolice-
han Flynn. AN tn gla-ass iv wather ;
billed tn gavel an tn pitcher whit
fther tn gla-ass. an he was takin' OF
is boots f'r to heave at thin Uhin
-dher was reshtored. Ye might thry =
/. Maggie-all but tn boots. We ha-ave
fvL nj ~ 7 p
II ye-er desk. have ye not?"
I'm afraid the board of education
ould object to such methods" said 7
lie girl, smiling at the absurdity OF the u
Ian u
"Mebbe so" returned Policeman =
lynn. i've been feminist tn like me-
IT. 'Ye mustn't beat ye-er pris 'ner -
! up. says tn capt'in. an 4 is a !.
l-ard thing IF 10 control a ba-ad -
an without lavin' MARKS on him !"
II there do be wa-ays iv doin II We
light backheel wan iv thin. Maarie
e ha-ave 70 be quick. but We can
row him hazard an tell tn BOARD
stumbled"
That would hardly do either" as Oh
rted the girl. tg
Thin pick ont m biggest wan an tr
Ike him in tn shtummick r Is not SO
fair blow in a regular fight. bur I Is sv
ost discouragin' 20 tn felly that : tiC
( an L is a good lesson 20 IN others. "a
niver knew a felly that got a poke in al
shtummick &c w1-ant 20 30 on er
.htin An It laves no ma-ark on W
m de-
The girl smiled again and shook her asl
adj 81
"Sta-amp on his fut. thin" suggested 20
'liceman Flynn as a last resort 70
Van good bang on III toes II ind al at
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-09-28
SPREADING HAY IN NOW.
Simple Device by Which the Hump
in Center Is Avoided.

| put my hay in barn by large hay
fork. which FUNDS on track. writes a
correspondent of Rural New Yorker.
The hay naturally falls in the center.
and is hard to NOW away. nailed
a dozen inch boards together with
cross pieces on under side, and hung
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-09-28
The Best Farms.

The best farms are these that Yield
the best returns with the least labor.
Sometimes the best farms have been
brought M 70 that condition by hard
work on the part Of their old owners.
who had the intelligence and the hon
esty not 20 deplete them Of the fertil-
iiy in them. More than one farm
that was once good has become I'M
profitable through neglect. The bet
ter farm is kept up the easier will
Il be 70 work Il. for its soil viii be
mellow because OF its abundant hu-
mus and fertility The best farms are
now being poilted at as models by
which to Measure all farms. but they
have been kept good by their owners
not requiring too much OF them.
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For Distributing Hay in Now

as per diagram. When the forkfuf
reaches the slide. the man above no
tifies the man on load to trip fork.
and it slides TO desired location.
When one side has enough. slide is
reversed.
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Keep the berry bushes clean N
weeds this month. but in order TO dis
courage late growth. avoid cultivation
as much as posslblc.-Farm Journal.
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Wings, you see, are 50 constructed
See here, Hawkins,"I said, do you
mean to say that you expect to get
cut of this thing alive?"
Certainly" replied the inventor, in
asronishment. There's no danger.
can see that now, although l was q
trifie startled at first It's only a mat.
ter of minutes when we shall go neal
enough to one of those big Office build.
lngs to grab it and stop ourselves.
And Chamber down the side-20 o,
30 stories?"
And even if we can't land. W.
shan't fall. The construction of these
wings is such"
"Oh, hang the construction of your
wings!" cried. Were going" rtgh
toward the bay-suppose the wind dies
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basket before l could lay hand on
him.
Now" he cried, giving a push with
his foot
My breathing apparatus seemed to 90
on strike. Hawkins, basket, wings and
all dropped from the window.
For an instant they went straight
toward the earth; then, like para
chute opening, the wings spread grace
fully, the descent slackened, and
Hawkins fioated down, down, down.
until he landed in the center of the
yard without jar.
Really, l was amazed. 1t seemed to
be either a special dispensation of
Providence or an invention OF Hawk
ms which really worked.
A minute or two later he had la
bored back to my side, up the stairs,
with the aerial fire-escape on his back.
THERE" he exclaimed What do
you think of that?'
1T certainly seems to be sue
cess"
well, rather! Now come up to the
-oof and have a drop with me- Well
GO into the street this time, and"
THANK you, Hawkins,'' said, posi-
lively. Don't count me in on that.
II wait for the fire before dabbIing
with your Anti-Fire-Fly."
"Oh, well, come with me, anyway.
I'm going down once more You've
Nc idea of the sensation
1t was considerable feat of en-
g!neering to persuade the Anti-Fire-
Fly into passing through the scuttle
but Hawkins finally accomplished it,
and pushed the continuance to the
edge OF the roof
Nov that thing will carry small
family with ease and safety" ne said,
proudly. Just sit down in the bas-
ket and feel the roominess. On, don't
be afraid. I'll come, too"
"Yes, it's very nice," 1 SAID, some
what nervously, after crouching beside
him for moment Il think I'll get
out now"
"All ri-oh! Here! Waltz" cried
Hawkins, grabbing my coat and pull
ing me back. Sit down."
What for?"
'The-the-the wings!" suffered the
! inventor. ''The-the wind"
Great Scott" l shouted as a sud
den breeze caught the wings and tilted
the basket far to one side. Let me
QUIZ
mo, no." shrieked Hawkins; wildly
You'll break your neck, man! We're
right on the edge of the roof now
and"
And we were over the edge!
There was street-miles below!
Slckening dread choked me. closed
ny eyes and gripped the basket as the
| accursed thing swayed from side to
side and threatened every instant tC
precipitate us on the hard stones.
But 1t grew steadier presently.
looked about.
There was Hawkins hanging on TO,
! dear life. and white as death. but still
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cords and clutchine them wildly and
rising steadily once more!
Great Caesars ghost!" gurgled the
inventor. This is awful"
Awful" I gasped when breath had
returned. "It's-it's-"
Lord! Lord! We're going straight
for Staten Island Don't move,
Griggs'
Il can't" I said. ''1'm caught tight
here. Good-by, Hawkins"
"We're-we're not done for yet, -
quavered that Individual I'VE may
hit land. But isn't-isn't it terrible?"
"Oh, no. I groaned Its all right.
No more climbing down red-hot lad
ders through belching flames! No
more throwing children FROM"
Don't joke, Griggs," walled Haw-
kins. Il will say I'm sorry l got you
into this"
THANK you, Hawkins" I said, near.
ly strangled by cord which persisted
in twisting itself about my neck $50
am l."
Conversation Jagged after that. For
my part, l was too dazed and too firm
| ly enmeshed in the cords to say much
l fancy that the same applied tC
Hawkins, but he happened to be facing
ahead, and now and then he called
back bulletins of our progress.
Getting nearer the island,'' he an.
nounced after some ten minutes OF
the agony.
A little later: THANK Heaven!
We're almost over land!"
And still later, when ! had beer
choked and twisted almost into in.
sensibility by the eccentric dives Of
the affair and the consequent tighten
ing of the cords, he revived me with:
BY George, Griggs, we're sinking
toward land"
| managed to look downward. Haw
kins had told the truth. The vino
was indeed going down, and with il
the remains of the Anti-Fire-Fly
Beneath appeared big factory it,
chimney belching forth black smoke
in disregard of the Sabbath, and We
seemed likely to land within it's pre-
cincts.
II knew 1t: I knew it," Hawkin:
cried joyfully. yves safe, after all
just as I said. Well drop just out
side the fence"
THANK the Lord I murmured.
mo! No! Well drop right on thai
heap of dirt" predicted Hawkins. ex.
citedly. Eyes. sir, that's where vel
drop. Dye see that fellow wheeling &
wheelbarrow toward the pile? Hey!'
The man glanced up in amazement
Farther down every minute!" pur
sued Hawkins. 4 knew we'd be al
right! Maybe the Anti-Fire- Fly ISM
such bad thing after all, ei?''
Maybe not" I sighed. But ri
take the red-hot ladder"
Go ahead and take it, chartered
the inventor. :We're not 80 feet from
the ground and steering straight fo1
that dirt-pile. Yes, sir, the winds
gone down completely. Hooray!"
Hey, youse!" shouted the man Will
the wheelbarrow, somewhat excitedly
| ''Well?' bawled Hawkins
steer away from it," continued thu
workman, waving his arms at the pile
I'VE can't steer" replied Hawkins
cheerfully. But it's all right
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1.-THE poi1e! The poi1e! Sure. we'vo
just drew the foire, an thim's the hot
Goals! Be careful O the cinder poile!"
What did he say?'' asked Hawkins.
superciliously.
"'Be caraSNl Of the cinder pile I
think"
'Oh, We won't hurt your old cinder
pile!' called the inventor, loosely, az
the wreck of the Anti-Fire-Fly
swooped down with a rush.
But the cinders!" howled the man.
"Bedad! They're into #! Mike!
Mike! Bring the hose! The hose!"
And we were into it.
A final rush of air and we struck
the pile with a thud. And for my
part I had no sooner landed than
bounced to my feet with shrek, for
that cinder pile was about the hottest
proposition it has ever been my mis-
fortune to meet.
The cords were AT about me. and
as l pulled wildly in one direction, l
could feel Hawkins pulling as wildly
in the opposite
LET go! Let go, Griggs!" he
screamed. Come my way! Lord!
I'm all afre! Come, quick!"
I'm not going to climb back over
that Internal heap" I shouted. '|You
come this way!"
But my feet! They're bur:.f.4s.
and"
A mighty stream of water knocked
me headlong to the ground. Sizzling,
steaming on the red-hot cinders, it
ing person to the other side, Anti-Fire
Fly and all Mike had arrived with
the hose.
After period of wallowing in va
ter and mud I regained my feet.
Hawkins was already standing
little distance away, torn, scorched.
drenched, black with cinders anu star
ing wild-eyed about him.
why-Griggs, he mumblet.
what
"Oh we flew away from fire with
the Anti-Fire-F fly" I said.
Suck was the end of the AntiFire-
Fly.
Attil,d in such of our own raimel!t
as had survived the cinder pile and
the hose, and in other bits of cloth
ing contributed by kindly factory
WOrkmen, we took the next boat for
New York, and cab thereafter.
We reached home in time TO see
the ladies mounting the Hawkins
steps, pres umably to Investigate tho
reason for our prolonged inspection.
For a few moments they seemed
quite incapable of speech. Mrs. Haw-
inks was the first to regain the use Of
her tongue.
Herbert" she said, in an ominous-
ly calm tone, what was it this timeo"
Hawkins smiled foolishly.
1T was the Hawkins Anti-Fire- Fly"
said. spitefully. ely away from
fire with the Anti-Fre-Fly. you know.
Tell your wife about it. Hawkins"
Then Mrs. Hawkins addressed her
husband and said-but let that pass.
We have ali the essential facts Of
the case as it is. Moreover, a success
full author told me last week that I'M
happy endings are in the worst posi-
BILE taste just now.
Copyright, 1906. by W: G: Chapman.)
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NZ0 EDGAR FRA n KILN
THE AN7I-FIRE-FLY.

serene. There, also, were numerous
gravsded roofs-some 20 feet below.
We were going up! Also. I was
startled to note that the high wind was
driving us down town at rapid
pace.
''See here, Hawkins!" said. What
does this mean?"
''M-m-means that a big wind has
caught u.s." replied the inventor, with
slckly smile.
And when do you suppose it's 60
ing to let go of u.s."
"Well-we-we may be able to catch
one of those high roofs over there, -
n,urmured Hawkins, with assurance
that did not reassure. "You-you know
we can't go up very far, Griggs. This
was not built for flying"
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For anything that wasn't made fo1
the purpose, it's doing wonders l re-
tcrted. Then sudden puff sent us W
fully ten feet. Heavens! There goe!
our chance at those ro0fs!"
Dear me! So il does!" mutteret
the inventor, as We sailed gracefully
eve, the chimney-tops. How unfor
| tunate!".
It'll be lot more unfortunate whe1
we pitch down into the street,"
srarled.
Nov, Griggs," said Hawkins, argu
me2tatively, as we sped down town or
the steadily rising wind, why do yor
| always take this pessimistic view o.
! things? Can't you sect is beyond
your little mental scope to realize tina
we have fairly fallen over a great dis
covery, something that men have beer
seeking for ages? Don't you compre
hen6, from the very fact of our being
up here and still rising, that these
wings accidentally embody the vita
principles Of the dirigible-'
oh, dry up!" 1 gg0wled, as we fit
ted swiftly past church steepie.
Hawkins regarded me sadly, and
sadly regarded the street below anc
tried to assimilate the fact that W.
were 200 feet above the ground ane
rising al every puff Of wind; that W.
were in crazy clothes-b basket, sus
pended from a crazier pair of wings
absolutely at the mercy of the breeze
and likely at any moment to drop t
eternal smash!
did not realize, without any effort
that my lower limbs were developing
eXcructating shooting pains from the
cramped position. i.
The time passed very slowly. The
houses below passed with astounding
rapidity.
thought of our wives, sitting calm
~ in my home, ignorant of our plight
wondered what their sentiment:
would be when some kindly ambulance
surgeon had brought home such frag.
lnents OF Hawkins and me as might
have been collected with, a uust-par
and brush
| wondered whether the accursec
Anti-F1re-Fly would dump us out ane
t1utter away into eternity, to leave oul
| fate unexplained, or whether 1t would
accompany us to our doom and b.
found gloating., over the respective
grcase-spots that would represent al
| that was mortal of Hawkins and my
self.
And at about this point in my medi
tations, noted that we were sailing
ever Union square.
Isn't it fne?' cried Hawkins, en-
Enthusiastically. you never came dow1
town like this before, Griggs.''
II never expect to again." Hawk
ms l sighed.
why not? Why, Griggs, this thin,
is only the nucleus Of my future air
ship, and yet see how it floats! Oh
I've thought it all out in the last flv
minutes. It's astonishing that it neve
| occurred to me before, Now, tnes
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down and lets us into the water?'
We'll, these wings are proof
you know" said Hawkins. They
night"
Yes, and the bay might dry up, SO
that we could walk back if We escaped
| being broken in pieces, Hawkins"
sneered.
Hawkins subsidized. The breeze did
| not.
| 1t was one of the most impolitely
persistent breezes l have ever en-
cOnEtered. 1t seemed bent on landing
us in New York harbor, and before
many minutes We were suspended high
! above that expansive, and in some cir
! culnstances, charming body of water.
Furthermore, having waited us
something like a quarter Of a mile
from shore, it proceeded to die out in
manner which was, to say the least
| disheartening. q
Hawkins grew paler by perceptible
shades as we progressed, ever nearer
the water, and farther from hope; and
it was not until I opened my mouth
to vent a few last indivious criticisms
of him and his methods that the in
lentor's face Frightened
by Jove, Griggs! Look! That
ferryboat! That fellow on the roof!
He's got boat-hook! Hey! Hey!
Hey! you!"
The Individual gazed aloft and near
~ collapsed with astonishment
Catch u.s." bawled the inventor
frantlcally. Catch the basket with
that hook! We want to come aboard!
| Hurry up"
/ The boat was going in our direction
and rather faster. The man on the
roof seemed to comprehend He
reached up with his hook. He leaped
couple of: times in vain.
And then we. felt shock which told
of our. capture! l breathed a long,
happy sigh.
In dealing with Hawkins inven-
tons, long, happy signs are prema-
ture unless you are positive that your
entire anatomical structure is COM
rlete, and likewise certain that the
contrivance lies at your feet in a con-
| ditior Of total wreck
The basket was suspended from a
thin steel frame, from which several
dozen stout cords rose to that idiotit
pair of wings. When we were fairly
caught, Hawkins cried:
Nov, Griggs, stand up and catch
the frame and pull the whole business
down with US. And you, down there
pull hard! Pull hard, now!"
seized the steel frame on one side
Hawkins on the other, and we pulled
And the man with the boat-hook pulled
And at the psychological moment the
wind rose afresh and pulled at the
wings with mighty pun!
Some seconds of dizzy swirling il
the air, and the clothes-basket portion
Of the Anti-Fire-F Fly lay on the roo
of the ferry-boat, while Hawkins ant
| I hung far above, entangled in tn