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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-03-15
I'M. s,or. 81 N.poI.on,. Bees.

Napoleon l.. wishing 70 have an
imperial emblem more ancient than
the tleur-de-lis, adopted the bee I'M
der the following circumstances
When the tomb Of Childeric, father
Of Clovis, was opened in 1853 there
we're found more than 800 Of what
the French heralds mistook for bees,
"of the purest gold, their wings be-
ing inlaid with red stone like car
uelian." These were, in truth, what
are in French called fleurons, orna-
ments supposed to have been sprin.
kled on the harness of war horse
These "bees" were sent TO Louis
XIV, but it was Napoleon who had
them sewn over his imperial robes
as emblematic of the activity ant
enterprise Of his dynasty. 1t Ia:
been held in modern days that IN,
French fieur-de-hs is really derived
from a bee with outspread wings
and if this is so the royal and IN,
imperial emblems originate in
similar source.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-03-15
Ways Of the Interviewer.

Nine. Duse has always had a
strong aversion TO being interview
ed, but the Copenhagen reporters
en- one occasion were equal to the
task. One reporter got a situation
us waiter at the hotel where
madame stayed and actually sue
ceeded in serving her at table. An
other got a shoemaker of whom she
had ordered pair of boots 20 allow
him to 60 and take the measure Of
her foot. A third drove the cab in
which she was conveyed from the
railway station to her hotel, and a
fourth contrived TO get put on as
an assistant stage machinist at the
theater where she acted. All con
trived to expand the little bits Of
conversation they overheard into
.ong interviews"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-03-15
Why the Judge Objected.

The following story is told o.
Judge G. W. Green, who for may
years was Judge of the probate cour,
at st. Adams, VT: At the annual
town meeting the purchase of new
town hearse had been voted and q
committee appointed to canvass the
townspeople for subscriptions. One
Of the committee thought it would
be an excellent plan to have the
judges name at the head of this list
and to that end approached him.
The Judge absolutely refused to
make contribution and when ques-
toned as TO the reason said, "Why
should / subscribe toward a new
hearse when ! haven't ridden in the
old one YETI"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-03-15
IA Standstil Merchant
Some Things fOT The kOn-Ad-
yeltiser 10 Think About.

There are merchants in Jas
per who have been in busl-
ness for a quarter of century,
some of them in the same place
all of the time Their integrity
lis unimpeachable. The quality
of their goods and the prices are
equal to those of their competl-
TORS, and yet they require no
larger quar- tiers, employ no more
clerks and do no more business
THAN they did when they first
| went into business. All around
them have sprung up new enter
priseS. ,
Other men have gone into the
same line of business and IN a
|few years have outstripped the
men who were in on the ground
floor. The only thing that has
saved the pioneers, who have re-
|lfused to join the advertisers bril-
| gade. from the utter loss of their
business has been the growth of
the city and surrounding country
The non-advertisers have just
managed to hold their own by
the good will of their customers
who came to them when they
J first went into business, and who
with their descendants, have al
WAYS traded at the same place
and always will. These old Gus
toners, augmented by an occa-
sional new one who just hap
pens to stray into the non-adver-
Using merchants store con>tl-
ltute his clientage He holds
their trade largely through his
personal acquaintance with them
or their grandfathers.
" ere he to sell his business to
a stranger the stranger would &c
bankrupt within year unless ne
sought new customers through
advertising The magnet which
> attracted the old "standbys'
would have disappeared with the
old proprietor, ana the new pro-
D prietor would find himself desert
/, ed in short order.
: Think it over, Mr.. Non-Adver
tiser. and when you see an ole
customer going into the store
next door, consider if your fail
I ure TO keep up with the times Il
not responsible for the stationary
condition of your own business
!, and the rapid growth of that o
your competitor You know
n your goods are equal in quallt.
and that you sell as cheap as tn
other fellow, and yet he doe
double the business. He is
newcomer, and you have beer
here for years
Why don't you hold the trade
Simply because the purchaser
do not know you sell as cheap a
your neighbor. You never tax
the trouble to tell them so, an
they will not inquire. Fond d
lac wis. Reporter.
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How n Famous Composition Came d
Be Written.


The story OF how one os Paderew-
skis most popular compositions
came to be written was told recently
in London by the famous compos-
er's wife.
II was in those early days when
the master pianist was a professor
at the Warsaw conservatoire, and
the scene was the home of the
Polish poet, Swietzochowski, who
had just expressed the opinion that
no living composer could compare
in beauty and simplicity with Mo
cart. At the moment lgnace Pa
dereYski merely shrugged his
shoulders. But the following even
ing he appeared, asking permission
to play for the poet little Mo
tartan thing which perhaps he did
not know. Then he played his own
now famous minuet.
"Ahw exclaimed SwietzocAow-
ski triumphantly as the last note
died away. ''Now you must ac-
knowledge that a composition like
that could not have been written in
/ our time"
Perhaps" came the quiet reply,
"only it happens that composed
it this very forenoon" = Lippin-
colts Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-03-15
The Actors pistinetIen.

Miss Sue Brette-Do YOU use the
term railroad or railway?
Foote Lighte-Well, when Pm
going out on the cars say railway.
When I'm walking back home !
call il railroad. - Yonkers States
man.
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Just a mint.

Micky-Would yer want to have
a close fellow for a Deau, Lizzie:
Lizzie = Well, dat depends. l
wouldn't mind him being close on
de parlor sofa, but / wouldn't want
him to be close in an ice cream par
lIor-puck
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28
Il Memorable Cruise :

frows at me. This was the result l had appre-
hended, and as the ugly missiles fell around
me, | sprang to the side of the island farthest
from my assailants and dropped into little
chasm / had previously noticed between two
rocks. quite close to the spot at which / had
first crawled ashore.
| had hoped to be able to conceal myself
from their view; but, to my dismay, | found
that the aperture was not deep enough, and,
crouch as / might my head still protruded
above the surface of the rocks, a conspicuous
target for arrows.
Casting despairing glance around for some
means of protecting that highly-valued portion
of my anatomy. my eyes fell on the old cedar
bucket, still dangling from the sharp, dead
Itself. 1 'A "n''" II HAu 50 opp0f'une'y 'mpai=u
1t was scarcely three feet from the edge Of
the island, and acting upon what have ever
insisted upon regarding as an inspiration, l
arose, leaned far over, resting my weight on
the projecting snag, and dislodged the pail.
Then, .springing back into the chasm,
crouched low and drew the inverted bucket
ever my head, holding it firmly in place by
the bail
Up to that moment I had heard no sound
from the Indians, though, during their ami
mated pantomime, I thought saw their lips
moving, and imagined they were trying to
make their voices heard; but natures counter
tone had rendered the effort futile. Now
however, shrill and distinct above the roar Of
the fall, arose prolonged yell of strident
laughter proving, think, that there is in
the savage breast sense of humor before
which even his anger melts away.
imprisoned in my wooden helmet, I had no
loophole of observation, and when some min
utes had gone by without further sound or
demonstration from the enemy, l began to
grow restless in my cramped position, and,
lifting the bucket little to peep out, l dis
covered, with surprise and relief, that the
Indians had disappeared.
After waiting and watching while longer,
my hiding place. and seating myself on the
faithful bucket, with my back toward the fall,
| prepared to divide my attention as impair,
tally as possible between the two shores of
the stream, dreading lest either my foes or
me.
By that time the sun had risen above the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28

on the edge of the precpitous embankment,
were three Indians-big, muscular fellows,
looking down at me in very evident wonder
and curiosity.
As soon as they saw that | perceived them
they began gesticulating and making signs to
me, in an excited way.
The spectacle sent despairing chill to my
heart. OF course, they were hostiles told
myself. for had they not tried to shoot me in
the most cowardly way, before ] saw them
stood stock still and gazed at them.
Presently they drew off together, as if in
consultation, then one of them off, out of
sight, only to return in a little while, bearing
coil of rawhide rope.
10 one end of the rope they tied an obloug
stone, weighing three or four pounds. One of
the Indians then swung it several times
around his head, and, with whiz through
the air, 1T shot over me and fell in the water
on the. opposite side of the island, thus leav-
ing line stretched taut from shore to island.
His next move was to slacken the line and
proceed to tasten the end of it to a tree on
the bank, and while thus occupied, he and his
companions united in making signs to me to
do likewise with my end of the rope
very soon understood their meaning, and
comprehended something of their plan to gain
possession of me; but, with child's inbred
terror OF the red men of the plains, | felt
that such rescue would be scarcely prefera-
BILE to death. So / folded my arms and shook
my head in refusal
They did not seem to rightly interpret my
attitude and evidently thought they had not
succeeded in making their meaning clear to
me, and their gesticulations became each mo-
ment more excited and vehement.
Finally, growing tired of this game of cross
purposes, L thought of way to make them
aware OF my sentiment, and, though quaking
with fear of possible results, l proceeded to
put the plan in execution
In my pocket carried knife-not lady's
penknife,, but stout, bone-handled Barlow"
such as boys affected quarter of a century
liberately cut the rope, strand by strand,
while the Indians watched my movements in
a puzzled way. But when l caught up the
severed rope and tossed it out into the stream,
their demeanor underwent sudden and start
ling change, and l saw that my act had en-
ragged them.
Seizing their bows, they began shooting ar
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE FOUR

island-a mere willow-fringed pile OF rocks-
scarcely over ten feet in diameter ana nv
more than fifty feet from the verge OF Ihe
fall. But was saved, and the sudden rehei
of mind and body was so great that almost
swooned The light of moon and stars seem
ed all at once to go out, and sank down
upon the rocks, content only to breathe, pc
reft of all power to think OF feel.
OF course, the faintness soon passed, and
once more, as | opened my eyes and sat up
the torture of thinking began.
| could not forget poor Holly, and the oe-
spairing look in his eyes as he went down
forever haunted me all through that lonely
night.
What nv thoughts and feelings were as
sat there. hour after hour, in my dread 1sola-
ton. would be difficult to tell in words. FER
haps | may safely leave them to the reader
imagination.
One paramount fear kept me sleepess and
alert 1t was the dread that father might
undertake to follow me on a raft, and, less
fortunate than /, miss the island and be car
ried over the fall. +,
Long before the day dawned the strain OF
this anxiety had become nearly insupportabie,
and the incessant roaring of the mad waters
seemed to have started an echo IN my oran
that was driving me wild.
How / welcomed the first faint streak OF
gray light in the east though the dawn was
ushered in by a cold breeze blowing up
stream that chilled me in my wet clothing
through and through; but daylight, l thought,
must surely bring me relief in some shape
So with chattering teeth, 1 sat motionless.
with my eyes fixed on the western bank of
the stream, watching and waiting. l knew
the noise of the waters would prevent me
hearing voice if were hailed, hence 1 must
trust to my eyes to discern my rescuers.
1 had sat thus for perhaps an hour after
the first peep of day, and the sky in the east
was beginning to take on tinge of palest
pink, when 1 was startled by the striking Of
some hard substance on the. rock beside me.
Turning quickly, beheld, lyins within two
feet of me, an Indian arrow, tipped with o
spear and winged with bright feathers.
the opposite shore, and there, standing close
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28

horizon, and added to the pangs of hunger
and loss of sleep, was the growing fear that
my friends had given me up as lost and con-
tlnued on their way.
But, fortunately, | was not left very long
at the mercy of this new torture. In an hour
or so afterthe disappearance of the Indians,
my eyes were gladdened by the sight Of a
group of familiar forms on the west shore.
These were my father. in company with
fifteen or twenty of our fellow travellers, all
gazing anxiousy down at me. But, to my
infinite amazement, the leading and evidently
the commanding figure in the group was the
Indian who had thrown the rope to me.
Again he went through similar maneuvers,
across the island. This time / needed no
urging to tell me what to do with it.
With eager hands l fastened it securely to
bush and rock. and soon the 1.-the, active form
of the savage was coming, hand over hand,
along the slender cable, his almost naked body
swept out at right angles by the hungry cur
rent.
Lack of space prohibits a detailed account
of how l was taken ashore; suffice it to say
| was soon in my fathers arms, where did
nothing but sob Historically and some time
elapsed before / recovered sufficient compo-
sure to tell the story of my wild experiences;
Father on his part explained how they had
searched for me all night long above and pc
low the fall, but had not dreamed OF looking
for me on its very verge. >,
Below the fall they had seen the teed-box
floating upside-down, and had then given me
up for lost. Returning to camp by short
cut across the prairie, they took an hours
rest, and were preparing for more thorough
search for my lifeless body, when an lndian
made his appearance and offered, for con-
sideration Of two horses, to conduct them to
me and assist in my rescue.
Father joyfully closed with the proposition,
and that is how l came to be rescued by
he was a good Injun," and would "no hurt"
but with a vivid remembrance of that shower
of arrows, cherished my own private opin-
ion of his goodness.
He insisted upon bringing the old bucket
ashore and laughed uproariously while i'll Illus IS
Il. Finally, he carried it away with him, and
thus / lost a souvenir of the most remarkable
experience of my life.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28

and puts the players into glow of pleasure
bic excitement.
Where good roads abound, cycling is an
exercise that is beneficial, if not carried to
excess. No girl should attempt to ride more
than twenty miles dav; to ride more is re-
ducing exercise to work. 1t is injurious to
try to see how far or fast you can go in a
given time Take it moderately and you will
never tire of your wheel
Lastly. comes walking. and I think that is
the best exercise of ALL 1t is the simplest
of all exercises. yet there are some rules to
be observed if you would get the greatest
bneft. The best time to walk is before nine
in the morning or after FIVE in the after
noon. Begin with a mile walk every morn
ing or evening and increase the. length until
you can cover ten miles a day.
Walk in the country if possible; if that is
impracticable, choose wide streets, those nneu
with trees preferred. Mind how you walk.
Square your shoulders, expand your chest,
and hold your head high. Keep the mouth
closed when not talking. and breathe through
the nose. Step out easily and firmly, letting
the ball of the foot strike the ground first
Vary the location of the walk each day if
possible and exercise the eve and mind as
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28
Bits Of Nonsense

"A joke is never good until it is cracked,
and not always then.
This life is but dreary dream,
With troubles and misfts;
And The largest. ripest cherries
Always have the biggest pits.
-"Why is it, Emma, you play that piano
selection in such odd time"
"That's on account of the measure, papa"
"Oh, you're playing it by measure! | didn't
know but what you might be giving it to us
by the pound
-"What arc you reading, my dear?" asked
a member of literary society of her daugh-
ter.
"The autobiography of Thomas Jefferson.
ma"
"Who wrote it?'
-"Why do they call these blackberries|
asked the small boy of the grocer.
because they are black" was the prompt
reply. 49,, 10 thsv call these other black
ones raspberries"
fBecause-because- You move on! What
are YOU hanging around here for anyhow"
The sun glared down in his fiercest style,
The people looked GUNNER and GUNNER
"Wel, no. he remarked, with a leering
smile,
81 will not go away for the summer"
is the man with shady character any
onniar than other folks!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28

neither is housework nor any exaeting labor,
no matter how hard il may be. Ii that were
so, the blacksmith would be the most long
lived of men; but statistics prove otherwise,
Gymnastics are not always exercise IN the
true sense. No permanent good can come OF
swinging clubs or dumb bells in a, close
room, unless followed by brisk walk and
a bath. Croquet is exercise, and lawn tennis
is best of ALL But neither of these, games
is beneficial if played for fashions sake.
The girl who gets herself up. in a. stun
ming costume and plays for. the effect on
the spectators, might as well be, reading
novel in the parlor Loose clothing. COM
mon sense shoes and an ardent desire to win
the game. are the requirements for exercise.
Rowing is another capital exercise for girls,
if they can overcome their natural timidity;
and swimming is better still. 1t is not gen
orally known that girls swim more gracefully
than boys and learn quicker Both these ex-
ercises have an additional value in the fact
that they may some time preserve life.
Pitching quoits is beneficial exercise, and
trains the eye. and hand. Badmnton. a vari
alton of the old game of battledore and shut
tle-eock, is a game which forces all the
muscles of the legs and arms into action,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28
@ CXERG5E Foe- GIRLS ON
well as the body. Never let the walk become

well as the body. Never let the walk become
a drudgery.
When you return home take sponge bath,
vigorous rubbing cool gown, glass OF
milk and a nap. If you do not feel healthy,
happy and wise after month of this exer-
else, you, may be sure that you have some
chronic disease.
In summing up, remember that all exer-
else, to be beneficial, must be taken in the
open arr. You may amuse yourself over
billiard table or game of cards. or you may
have lovely time in ball room, but you
cannot develop your form or add an ounce to
your weight unless you breathe fresh air.
The simplest exercise in the open air will do
you more good than the most elaborate gym
nastics in closed room.
You must also bear in mind that exercise
must be continuous to be beneficial. Once
you get yourself in good condition, you must
keep there by constant exercise.
Do not look upon this as task; with in
creasing strength the exercise will be posi-
shirking. You will be proud of your ability,
and your ambition will grow with your
achievements. Trv it for one year, and see
if / am not true prophet.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28

&NM called 1t is much more useful
Ss.-zs article than revolver, and the cat
tie king prefers expert ropers to
crack shots any day.
Lassoes can be bought in any town west
of Kansas City, and fair article is manu-
factured for sale, but the expert roper makes
his own rope. 1t may come in handy some
day to save his life. and he wants to be sure
that it is made properly. This is the way he
makes it:
First, the rawhide is cut in thin strips as
long as possible and half tanned with the hair
on. Then these strips are soaked and stretch
ed over block. Then they are braided into
a rope, care being taken, of course, to pull
the strands as tight as possible.
When the RATA Classo) is made it should
be buried for week, ten days or even a
fortnight, in the sand. 1t takes up moisture
from the ground. without getting hard. Soak
ink it in water won't do, nor will anything
else, so the ropers say, except burying it.
When the RATA is resurrected it should again
be left for time stretched over block with
a weight to hold it taut. Then the hair should
be sandpapered off the. outside, and when
the RATA is creased with mutton tailow and
properly noosed it is ready for USE. -
Every roper who pretends to take care of
his apparatus will bury his RATA and stretch
it every six or eight months: With these pre-
cautions lasso is practically eyerlacting. 1t
can't wear out, and herd OF cattle could
hardly break it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28
(copyright by James Elrerson.)

~ HERE is no disputing the fact that
girls need exercise much as boys,
and the day has long gone by when
SsEAi frail, delicate, white-faeed girl
was regarded as being model OF
femininty.
Girls are no longer afraid of being strong
and ruddy. They are beginning to thoroughly
understand that good health is not the pre-
rogatiye of one sex, and that good health can
only be preserved by exercise
II is true that all girls cannot exercise as
they should. Some are so situated that ev-
ery hour from sunrise to sunset has its duties,
each one combining; others inherit ailments
that prevent walking or running, and few
perhaps are restrained by false ideas OF
decorum from developing their frames by ex-
ercise. But the majority remain in a state
of III beolth simply because they will not ex
ercise, or do not know how to set about it.
Perhaps many do not know what exercise
really is. A carriage ride is not exercise,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28
How to Make a Lasso

} cowboy or ranger of the Western
plains is of any account without a
lasso, or "rope," as it is generally
called. 1t is a much more useful
article than a revolver, and the cat
~ -. -..~>forc avport rODarQ tn