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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
TO EXTEND YOUR LIFE.
Thinking an Exhaustive Process ana
the Need the Eiain Worker
Has Of Repair.

According 70 the theories PROFOUND
"a recently by DR.. Wilhelm Ostwald.
81 The University Of Leipsic. in his
lecture before me students Of Column
la university thc length Of human
NE depends upon the store Of psychic
energy which is within thc body. The
pr~olonsauon 81 life al pleasure. ac-
cording 10 his theory. should he mere
ly a question of rcvltalixIng the body
occasionally with his mysterious
force. which travels through the nery-
Gus system. AMI which experiment has
shown % be closely akin 70 electricity.
DIT. Oswald said In part:
Thinking is the most exhaustive
kind Of work, because IL consumes
more Of this force than any physical
process IL has often been found,
upon stopping the process Of thought,
that this energy IS transformed into
heat in the body. and al the same time
there is less need II reinforcement Of
the supply OF energy. When ! am en-.
gagged ia severe mental labor as | have
HNfA rtANF ANA44Az ~ AAAAtAANAf 4 N1~
twice as much as / DO when | am not
so engaged. This only shows that the
brain is constantly using up a supply
Of the energy. and to keep up brain
work We must keep supplying the en-
ergy from the outside.
Most OF this energy comes in
through the food which We eat, but
every ense impression. such as see
ing. hearing or feeling. conveys a GER
.ain amount Of force into the body.
When the body once receives the en-
ergy. It acts just like any other ma.
chine in its transferrences. The ques-
ton Of long life then is simply a ques-
ton OF keeping up the supply As
long as the vital organs are able 70
assimilate properly. thus providing
the body with the force that is used
up in mental and physical processes
a person should remain young-Bos
ton Budget and Beacon
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18

the best riders. the best cattle ropers.
2 the best everything that goes with
a Wild west show. We all know
That Buffalo Bill must soon. in the
nature of things. pass away as a fea-
ture for shows. and | have been Sc
lected 10 take the place of Bill In
The circus world. when he cashes in.
Q may have noticed that l have been
letting my hair and mustache and chin
Whiskers grow the last few months. 80
nat next year I will be a dead ringer
Tor Pill. All | want is some expe-
rience as a hero Of the plains. rs a
scout, a hunter. a scalper of Indians.
a rider of wild horses, and a few
Things like that, and next year you
Will see me ride a white horse up in
iroat OF the press seats In our show,
take of my broad-brimmed hat. and
wave 1t at the crowned heads in the
boxes. give the spurs TO my horse,
\ ride away like a cavalier, md the
show will 20 on, to the music of hand
clapping from the assembled thou
sands. seer"
h cowboy looked at pas stomach,
and said: We'll, Mr.. Man. IL you are
going to blow yourself for . sound
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
~ OTHER

An electric railway will probably
soon connect Moscow with St Peters
burg.
In the insane asylums CT Germany
more than a thir1 Of the patients owe
their condition to strong drink
Last year there we're 59,2l1 millions
matches sold in France. bringing into
that nations treasury S5.2l6.s50. this
being a state monopoly.
a man Of so. elected a judge for
Frutigen. Switzerland. Is 10 90 through
a university course in order 10 enable
him to pass the examination required
by law.
A proposal TO elac hat no newspa-
Pc shall be edited. composed or print
ed from Saturday midnight until sun
rise on Monday morning. has been
negatived in the French senate.
Denmark holds the record among
nations for t~hrirtiness. Her inhabit-
ants have, on an average. so 9s.
apiece in the savings banks: English
people have only E3 IS. a head.
In Australian gold mines it is con
sidered that ventilation becomes bad
when the proportion of oxygen falls
below 20 per cent, or less than 20
cubic feet OF air a minute is supplied
for every man working in a mine.
The city of London's chief inspector
Of weights and measures reports that
the weight OF all loads OF coal test
ed last year was satisfactory. and that
"in most cases the weight exceeded
the amount specified on the ticket"
One OF the labor party's members or
the new house OF m lately re-
ceived from a constituent who thought
be had a grievance to which the gov
eminent should give attention. a let
ter OF no less than 100 closely-vrit-
ten pages.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
BLANKETS AND WOOLENS.
How 10 Cleanse Blankets the Right
Way and How to Put Away
Woolens.

Washing Blankets.-When my lit
Tie neighb0r washes blankets, il is
a pleasure just 10 sit by and watch
the pretty. soft. fluffy things blow
ing on the line. The process is so
simple that | have learned TO do IL
myself. Choose a warm, sunny, but
windy day. This is important. II the
best results are wished. While dry,
look over them carefully, and put a
safety pin in the center of the
spoiled spots. For one pair OF blan-
kets. prepare a suds with half a cake
Of any good white soap. with one
table poonful each Of borax and am
monia. The suds must be as hot as
you can bear the hand in. Let the
blankets stand in this for an hour.
and If the water is too cold. add
more hot water. Then look up the
places where the pins are, remove
these and rub between the hands
until the spots disappear. 10 not rub
on the board, and DO not soap on the
blanket direct: have ready a second
tub of suds, and paddle them around
in this. squeezing and pressing be
tween the hands; rinse In not less
than three waters Of the same tenn
peratuse. running them through the
wringef each time. Fasten with at
least a dozen pins to the line, and
shake frequently while drying.
Storing Woolens.-This is the sea
son for putting away wooden clothes
and furs. No moth balls or other
vile-smelling substance will be needed
II the garments are hung on the line
in the sun. whipped with a light
switch. and In the case Of clothes all
the soil spots carefully cleaned. Then
tie up in clean pillow cases or. better
still. fold over the hens and run
along on the machine. A chain-stitch
machine is best for this purpose. as il
Is easily ripped: but il a lock-stitch
Is used. have the bottom thread loose
Country Gentleman.
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4 circus. We missed the performers.
The land. the surging crowds around
sthe ticket wagon. and the cheers from
the seats. It almost seemed as though
there had been a funeral in the family,
and We were sitting around in the
cold parlor waiting FOR the lawyers TO
read the will. But in a couple Of
days pa got busy. and ne hired a young
Indian who was a graduate Of Car
Isle. as an Interpreter, and a reformed
COWBOY 70 60 with us 10 the cattle
ranges. and an old big game hunter
who was 10 accompany US TO the places
where we could find buffalo and griz-
Ely bears. Pa chartered a car to take
US west. and after the Indian and the
cowboy and the hunter got sobered up.
on the train. and got the st. LOUIS
ptomaine poison out of their systems.
and We were going through Kansas.
"a got US all into the smoking com
partment.
Gentlemen" he said. II want you
70 know that this expedition is backed
BY The wealth Of the circus world. and
that there Is nothing cheap about it.
We are 10 hire. regardless OF expense,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
h Wheat Bread.

Scald one cupful Of milk, add one
cupful of water. one teaspoonful each
Of salt. sugar and butter. When his
Is Iukewarm. add one-fourth Of a
yeast cake dissolved in one-half Of a
cupful OF lGkewarm water. and enough
whole wheat four TO make a thin bat
ter. Have this done oy six o'clock anc
set in a warm place until ten o'clock
Add enough -four - make a sof;
dough. kneading well. Let It rise until
morning. Then stir down and pou,
into well-greased pans and let 1t rise
half an hour. Bake one hour in ;
moderate oven.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18

Buffalo Bill, | am with you, az the sal
airy agreed upon, till the COWS come
home, but you have got 10 show me
that you have got no yellow streak.
when IL ONE 20 cutting out steers
that are wild and carry long horns,
and you've got 70 rope EN-. and tie
EN- all alone. ana hold up your hands
for judgment. in ten seconds"
Pa said he could learn to DO II in
a week. but the cowman saics "NOt
on your life The hunter said ne
would be ready 10 call pa b. Bill
when n could stand up straight.
with the paws OF a f%ull-grown
grizzly on each OF his shoulders.
and It's face ia front Of pas, II pa
had the nerve to pun a knife and
disembOwel the bear. and skin
him without help. Pa said that would
be right into his hand. cause he use
&C work in a slaughter house when
he was a boy. and he had waded ID
gore.
The Indian said he would he ready
Ia salute pa as Buffalo Bill The Sec
ond. when pa had an Indians left hand
tangled in his hair. and a knife in his
right hand ready 20 scalp him. II pa
would look the Indian ia the eye and
hypnotic the red man 50 he would
drop the hair and the knife. turn MS
back on pa. and invite him TO his
wigwam as a guest. pa said all ne
asked was a chance 70 look into the
very soul Of the worst Indian that
ever stole a horse. and he would make
Mr.. Indian penuk. ana beg for mercy.
Ana We all agreed that pa was a
wonder. and then hey got out a
pack Of cards and played draw poker
awhile. Pa had bad luck, and when
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18

Keep for this purpose a piece u
sponge. a cloth. and silk Handkerchief
all entirely free from dirt, as the Ieas,
grit will scratch the fine surface o.
the glass. First sponge 1t with a littit
spirits OF wine. or gin and water. &c
clean of all spots; then dust over il
powdered blue tied In muslin. rub l.
lightly and quickly on with the cloth
and finish by rubbing with the six
handkerchief. BE careful o TO rat
he edges Of the frame
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
TRANSFORMATIONS.
Curious Results When Coffee Drink
ing Is Abandoned.

1t is almost as hard for an old coffee
topert to quit the use Of coffee as II is for
a whisky or tobacco iend TO break on.
except that the coffee user can quit cof-
fee and take up Postum Food Coffee
without any feeling of a loss OF the
morning beverage, for when Postum IL
we'll boiled ard served with cream. II
s really better in point OF favor than
most Of the coffee served nowadays,
and 10 the taste of the connoisseur IL
Is like the flavor Of fine Java.
A great transformation takes place In
the body within ten days or two weeks
after coffee Is left of and Postum Food
Coffee used. for the eason that the pol
son TO the nerves has been discontinued
and In It's place is taken a liquid that
contains the most powerful elements OF
nourishment.
II is easy 20 make this test and prove
these statements by changing from COZ
| fee 10 Postum Food Coffee.
There's a reason"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18

and she IS often the bread winner OF
the family. Whether she IS sick or
well. whether IL rains OF shines. she
must get 20 her place Of employment.
perform the duties exacted of her
smile and be agreeable
Among this class the symptoms OF
female diseases are early manifest by
weak and aching backs, pain in the
lower limbs and lower part of the
stomach. In consequence Of frequent
wetfing OF the feet, periods become
painful and irregular. and frequently
there are faint and dizzy spells, with
loss of appetite, until life is a burden.
All these symptoms point 70 a de-
rangement of the female organism
which can be easily and promptly
cured by lydia L. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Miss Abby I. Barrows. Jacksonville.
Athens Co, Ohio. tells what this great
medicine did for her. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham -
Il feel il my duty 70 tel You the good
lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Blood Purifier have Ion for me. Before
| took them i was very nervous. had dull
headaches, pains in back, and periods were
irregular, / had been 70 several doctors, and
they did me no good
Your medicine has made me well and
strong. | can do most any kind Of work
without complaint, and my periods are all
night.
Il am in better health than I ever was,
and I know il is al due 10 your remedies. /
recommend your advice and medicine to all
who suffer-
1t is to such girls that Mrs. Pink
ham holds out a helping hand and ex-
tends acordial invitation TO correspond
with her. She is daughter-in-law of
lydia L. Pinkham and for twenty-five
years has been advising sick women
free of charge. Her long record of
success in treating woman's ills makes
her letters of advice Of untold value 70
every ailing working girl. Address,
Mrs. Pinkham. Lynn, Mass.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18

wen. / never saw such a change IN
& usn as there has been in pa, since the
us managers gave him a commits
f..u 10 go out west and hire an entire
r..at tor a wild west show. regardless
I'D ISL. 10 be a part os our show next
year. lie acts like he was a duke.
searching for a rich wife. No coun-
try politician that never had been out
az afs own county. appointed minister
"a ENGLAND, could put on more sty.e
taln pa does,
Thc FIRST day after the show left us
at 81 Louis We felt pretty bum, cause
We missed the smell OF the canvas. and
tie sawdust. and the animals. and
that understandable odor that 90 with
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
Moth in Carpets.

III the moths have got into a car,e.
II must be taken up. thoroughly
shaken, and pressed with a fiatiron As
hot as II will bear without scorchinc.
Then literally sprinkle the floor where
It is to lie with spirits OF turpentine.
pouring IL into any cracks there may
be between the boards.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
His Own

This aneccote was told by John Gra-
ham Brooks: one Of the brightest re-
plies | ever heard came from a lad
in my neighborhood. who was being
quizzed about his fathers accomplish
ments. and was asked: What does
your father know. anyway There
was no hesitation in the answer: !
don't believe he knows much Of any
thing except his own business: but he
knows that"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
For Washing Brushes.

Dissolve rock ammonia in the pro
potion OF one uace to two quarts o!
water. Dip the bristles lightly in this
and move backward and forward
Rinse thoroughly in cold water. sh2ks
ma dry In the sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
The Happv Man.

Orange-She's engaged at last, eh."
who's the happy man?
Lemon - Her father.-Los Angeles
Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18

Bad Boy and His Pa Go West-Pa
clans 20 Be a Dead Ringer for
Buffalo Bill-They Visit an Indian
reservation and Pa Has an En-
counter with n Grizzly Bear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-18
CORDIAL INVITATION
ADDaEsSrDT0w WORKING GIRLS
Miss Barrows Tells How Mrs. Pink,
hams Adgic ice Helps Working Girls

Girls who work
e particularly
susceptible TO fe-
m a e disorders.
especially those
who are obliged
stand on their
feet from morn
ing until night in
stores or facto-
aries.
| Day = and day
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-06-13
RELIC OF De SOTO FOUND
Old Spanish Weapon Left by Explcr'
er's Soldiers of Mississippi
Expedition.

A gentleman Of Monroe county,
Miss, while fishing in the Tombigbee
about two miles south of Aberdeen
found in the edge of the river, partly
Imbedded in the soft clay, an old Span
lsh halberd. reports the New Orleans
Times emocrat.
There was peculiar interest In this
find, because there is little doubt that
1t is relic of the expedition OF Her
nando de Soto, then ON his way, un-
consciously, to the discovery of the
mighty river so closely associated with
his name. There Is no remnant of the
wooden handle, the metal is heavily
lncrusted with rust, and the once keen
edges have worn away, but the for
Of the weapon is well preserved,
when struck against hard substance
the steel rings almost as true as when
1t left the armorer's hand, more than
300 years ago.
It has the spear point on top, battle
Rx on one side and curved knife on
the other, reminding one of the ancient
instructions to the halberdier in train
Ing. who was taught that IF the az
stroke should fail to repair his mistake
with prompt thrust of the piked
head"
De Soto went into camp for the win
ter in what is now Pontotoc county.
and the remains of his intrenchments
were in evidence few years ago, and
may possibly be still visible. In April,
l541, he continued his march to the
northwest until he reached what is now
De Soto county, where he turned due
west and came out upon the bluffs
overlooking the Mississippi, which he
here saw for the first time.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-06-13
ONE CHANCE FOR JASPER
The Only Way in Which He Gould
Hope to Win a Girl for His
Wife.

Il should like to ask you one Ques-
ton, Euphorbia," said her mother
Are you going to marry Jasper Hulk
tablet"
There was cold, steely glitter in the
young woman's eye, relates the Chi
cago Tribune, and her lip CURED in
scorn as she answered:
Il am not, mamma"
"Yet he seems to be perfectly un-
Objectionable young man."
Il am aware of it."
HE is in exceptionally good finan'
cial circumstances.
Il have never taken the trouble to
find out whether he is or not"
Your father has. He says he is in
deDeadently rich"
We'll, what Of it?"
And he is handsome"
Yes, but no handsomer than half q
dozen other men know"
He is only five or six years your
senior"
20, he's all right, 50 far as age goes. >
"Other girls find him attractive,
Euphorbia. What is the reason you
do not?"
Il haven't said | don't find him at
tractive."
yet you are not going to marry
him?"
''No-not unless there is a decided
I.
self in one particular" exclaimed the
naughty girl, crushing bunch OF
costly dollhouse flowers in her shapely
nand and flinging them away from her
What is that?" anxiously inquired
her mother.
Hell have to ask me to marry
him!"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-06-13
IN THE FLOWING SEASON.
Millions of Plows Are in Use Turn
ing Over the Soil of the
United States

It's blowing time. Two hundred
million acres Of land will be plowed
this year in the United States and
about 100000 plows are on the farms
to do the work, says Farming. The
capital invested in plows alone rep
resents $S0,0OOOO0. Such multitude
of types of plows and blowers can be
found on this old continent that we
can but name few.
In the great southwest the Mohave
with his three or four squaws starts
for the planting gryund. Each woman
carries her digging stick, the most
primitive of all plJws, and the man
stands guard all day while the 'orig.
inal farmers" of this country dig the
land and plant their gourd seeds.
In Canada but for the interference
of the government we might see the
Doukhobor women drawing the pillow
In exactly the same way that they have
done for centuries.
In New England the oxen are being
yoked, and in the middle west the
four-horse teams are ready. In the
south the negro boy sits on his pillow
silt to watch the train 60 by.
In other parts Of the country we find
traction engines at work, blowing AZ
or more acres day and requiring buI
two or three men to do 1t.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-06-13
RESOLUTIONS or ResPEor.


Mrs. Emily Shaw, nee Davis was
born in Marion County, Ala, Nov. %,
1926, married to Su,ith Shaw, March,
Srd, 1912, died near Van Vleet, Miss ,
June, 9th, 1906.
Whereas our Heavenly Father has
seen best to remove from our midst
our dear and aged sister, Mrs. Emily
Shaw, and in remembrance Of her
Christian life, her fidelity to her fami-
ly and her neighbours, and the long
and tedious affection which it was her
lot to suffer.
Be it resolved that though the part
ing is for the present sad, we submit
to the Divine will and rejoice ia the
thought of the blessed rest upon which
we believe our sister has entered,
praying and trusting that her LIES in
fluence may be sanctified to the good
of those with whom she was associat-
ed, and lead us all to more kindly
and sympathetic interest in the aged
and the afflicted.
Be it also resolved that our earnest
sympathy be rendered the children and
grand children of the deceased, and
our prayers be lifted to God for they
that may have grace for this time Of
need, and that this loss may be instru'
mentalin bringing them into mere use
ful aud consecrated lives, and that we
all cherish her memory and be more
faithful to the God che worshiped.
Resolved furthermore that we for
ward copy Of these resolutions Tor
publication, to The Okolona Messen
ger and Sun and the Houston Post.
MRS. EMMA BARNET
MRS. ANNIE RAY
MRS. BIRDIE F. JOLLY
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-06-13
IRISH FARMER HAMPERED.
Excessive Freight Rates Proven
Free Transport of His
Products.

An important economic fact Is point
ed out by Charles Edward Russell in
Everybody's Magazine:
Let US see. In present conditions
the one opportunity for the Irish farm
er is in dairy products. For these, hC
has exceptional advantages, moist
moderate climate and rich pastures
Irish butter is probably the best in the
world: its flavor is marvellous, to quote
Jerry Stickles. Here is an enormous
market for dairy products right at Ire
lands door, for London and most Of
England must import butter. IreianC
can raise almost unlimited quantities
Of dairy products, and yet Irish butter
for all its excellence, is rare in Eng
land. OF what use is land to the Irish
farmer If he cannot get his products tc
market? He nigh as well be ON 8
coral reef in the Pacific. 1t is the rates
charged on the Irish railroads thai
shut him in like walls. Here are q
multiplicity OF SIN II lines, separatG
companies, all owned in England. Thu
stockholders have no concern except Il
get their dividends regularly and II
large sizes. The arrangements fol
through transportation are defective
Each little road maintains its owl
gouging tariff, each insists upon III
own pound of flesh; the resulting
sharges are probably without a paral
Tel except in some remote and noun
famous regions"