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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
FoL-DE.RoL.

Wide insets of lace are seen in lin
gefie gowns.
Lambs wool is largely used for in
terlining coats.
Cotton yelvets will be much used for
tailormades.
Jewel fashions of the hour are
highly extravagant.
Some of the latest turbans are in
shapes copied from paintings of old
Arabian chieftains.
Oldfashioned green is looked upon
as the color that will be most fash
ionable next season.
The familiar white yoke has given
place to the colored one of Transparent
material
Shot velvets in wonderful two-toned
effects are among the seasons favor
ties
The newest sleeve fits without a
wrinkle or crease so far as the arm
will allow
TUNES are very good for almost any
kind of dress, but they are particularly
beautiful for evening gowns.
A recently introduced fancy is the
trimming of white gowns with colored
lace.
White crepe ruching, doubled. Is
much used as a finish for neck and
sleeves.
Softness Is a pronounced character
istic OF the spring materials, both as
TO color and weave.
The popular watch chain Of the hour
is OF fine platinum, set at intervals
with small pearls.
A white crepe de chine scarf with
shirred stripe border and gold metal
fringed ends is very pretty.
The first suits that are being shown
make II evident that the seasons coats
and wraps will be shorter.
For the later season the gown OF
lowered muslin is her
aided as the very top OF the fashion.
Mems new stiff-bosom shirts. made
OF fancy shirtings. have the stripes
running horizontally across the bosom.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Not His STYLE.

Il read and hear many plcasanlre,
with respect to the independence Y
spirit evinced by female servants y
this country" observes a Bostonlan'
but question whether as cas-
they in any degree approach me caP
tiousness of their male co-workeIs Z,
pecially those manservants importer
by the rich.
"A friend of mine had engaged ~
English servant at a good wage ar,
everything was apparently arranEru
TO the satisfaction of the seI'l'o''
when suddenly he inquired:
Beg pardon, sir, but am 70 "e''
livery. sir?"
Eyes"
And what color will the weskit o.
sir?"
Red" ~,
Red. Then, sir. cawnt take W.
place, sir. I'm much too blond ~,
to wear a red weskit. sirl"-haFpe' :
Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
CULTIVATION THE KEY
TO ORCHARD SUCCESS
Lots to Do Besides Picking Apples
Once a Year.

II you plant an orchard and think
you have nothing 10 do but 10 pick the
apples once year you will find your
time and money thrown away ! should
as quick think Of raising corn with
out cultivation as apples. but YOU raise
apple trees and corn on the same
piece and give both the cultivation
they need. says Scion Chase. a sue
cessful frui; grower OF Maine. Plow
deep. harrow fine. plant your trees and
corn al the same time: the cultivation
You give the corn will make the young
trees grow
A hoed crop doesn't hurt a young or
chard il you Will hoe the trees when
you hoe the corn. After three hoed
crops two years 10 corn and one year
10 potatoes. In the early spring seed
10 clover. In August cut crop of hay
when the clover is in blOom-a sec
ond crop OF clover will grow up in the
fall. The next spring turn in the
clover sod and plant 70 corn again and
follow with three hoed crops and
crop OF clover In this rotation don't
cut but one crop OF hay. In this way
your orchard viii come into bearing
young and all the time you can raise
paying crops. III YOU fertilize the
ground the trees viii get their part OF
II, II you make clean cultivation Cul-
tivation is the key to the growth of
the apple tree
The advantage OF orchard cultiva.
ton was clearly demonstrated the past
year in almost all sections where there
was opportunity of comparing the
clean cultivation and sod systems. II
was easily noticeable that the drouth
during the season did not materially
affect cultivated or mulched orchards.
but in grass orchards half the crop
dropped before maturity. The grass |
took up the moisture 10 such an ex. I
tent that the trees suffered and con
sequently the fruit dropped. When |
the soil was under cultivation and
dust mulch was provided 10 prevent \
evaporation The supply Of soil water \
was held for the use Of the fruit trees.
A full crop Of fruit. according TO the \
method practiced. was the result.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
For June Brides.

The fourteenth-century lines now
coming in are at their best in the
bridal gown. whether IL be severely
straight and simple. of the panelled
sort or that half-veiled in stoles of lace
or tulle. They are even adapted for
and are charming in sheer mulls,
which so perfectly dress the very
young bride.
or all the materials lately brought
forward for the classic bridal gown the
ivory-toned silk cashmere. richly en-
broidered and holding the figure per-
fectly under the floating Rowena veil.
is perhaps the most suggestive OF the
early period from which such gowns
are modelled. -Harper's Bazaar
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
sians Of Ace.

SO ] am growing old. YOU say;
1 walk IN a decrepit way:
My hair is absolutely gray
And growing thinner:
MY books are all the stupid kind
That entertain senile mind.
And somehow l am disinclined
To dress for dinner.
l smoke pipe most OF the time:
l hate 10 Walk too far or climb.
In fact. summed up completely. I'm
A true back number
] read my morning paper twice;
I'm always Offering advice.
Amusement serves but 10 entice
MY wits 10 slumber.
1 hate 10 leave my home al night,
rise almost before It's light.
| must confess | am not quite
SO young and sporty:
i cut my coupons twice year
or course you do not call that queer
or course not. Come 10 think. my
dear.
You. too. are forty,
Julian Durand. in New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Woman's Sphere.

bracelet upon Princess Marie Bona
parte at the time he slipped an en-
gagement ring upon her finger and
since then his example has been fol-
lowed by young men all over Europe.
The fashion has come In here, and
no young woman's engagement now
VIII be complete unless sealed by both
ring and a bracelet.
The bracelet that now encircles the
princess wrist is a beautiful example
or the goldsmith's art. II consists of
two bands OF gold chased In antique
design. The bands are studded with
diamonds and sapphires. and the clasp
OF each Is heart OF diamonds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Earrings and Collars.

Cut jet earrings are the accented
ornaments by the smart set and it's
followers. Family heirlooms are taken
out OF old boxes. polished and adjust
cd 10 the ears with a modern clamp
Ihey are worn on the street as well as
In the house. They do not look amiss
with a coat suit. a large fur turban
and close veil Of black Russian net.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Fertilizer for Potatoes.

For potatoes the past year we used
leo pounds Of fertilizer to the acre.
one-third applied broadcast and the
rest scattered in the furrow brushing
the fertilizer into the soil OF the fur.
row before planting the seed. After
planting. the surface was kept well
stirred 10 prevent weeds starting and
the cultivator was run often enough
10 keep down the weeds. A little hand
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11

day you go without them Avoid a
corn ration by all means as IL does
not contain enough protein and alto
gether too much carbohydrates for
laying food. Any feed containing over
II PER cent. OF corn should not be fed
10 laying hens. as corn Is a fat pro.
ducer and an egg reducer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Fertilizinu the Lawn.

No top dressing nor fertilizer viii do
more 10 revive grass than nitrate of
soda. and II should be used in combina-
ton with materials containing phos.
phoric acid and potash A mixture Of
$50 pounds OF nitrate Of soda. $50
pounds OF acid phosphate and 10
pounds Of muriate OF potash is recon.
mended. Grass. even in old meadows.
Will respond very quickly TO this treat
ment
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
The Collar Up TO Date.

The newest collar from Paris TO
wear with any kind of dress is band
or white satin. bordered al the top and
base with a double pleated fril of
pleated white tulle. This encircles the
neck and makes the most becoming
framework for the face giving a cachet
and a charm OF great distinction.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Buckles for Hats.

Square or oblong buckles hold large
soft bows of silk upon charming hats.
The buckles may be green, catching
bright plaid silk or paler green bows:
white buckles hold black velvet, and
jet ones are used on the all-black hats.
while tortoise shell is the approved
buckle for the browR-trimmed hat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
LINGERIE Trimninn.

Footing makes attractive trimming
for lingerie and it sd urable. too. The
plain. as we'll as the point desprit.
four inches wide. makes dainty ruffles
for drawers. Finish the edge of the
drawers with seam beading and to this
overland the footing rufle that has
been gathered on its own thread.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Farm and Garden.

hoelng was done. The yield was $50
bushels per acre. The crop followed
corn and the land was very thoroughly
narrowed before potatoes were planted
Plenty Of narrowing and liberal use
OF fertilizers may be depended on 10
give a good crop.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Natural History

"Whah' is you been workin'?" asked
Miss Miami Brown.
Up 10 one O. deshere garridges
wha dey keep de automobiles"
Il s'pose you likes 'em better dan
mules"
Well. de diff'unce is date a mule
kicks wifi his him feet an de automo-
bile is mo- li'ble TO butt same as =
goat "-Washington Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Newcomer in Glouedon-

Can you imagine a soft, creamy vel
low-that Is. not yellow. a shade that
is altogether too light 10 be classed
with the tan shades. yet too delicate to
be termed yellow? That is the shade
Of some new French gloves, which the
Parisians call MATS"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Employing a Maid.

Mrs. Youngwife-What is the first
question you ask Of maid whom Won
think Of employing?
Mrs. Oldone ~ ! always say first
"Have you ever lived with me before ~
New York Life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Egyptian Soutachinu.

Soutache braid Is used as much as
ever. but It is arranged on fabrics i'm
new designs. Every one is quite de
lighted over the Egyptian patterns. for
they give character to frock and are
easy 10 do. They are merely zigzags
that look like hieroglyphics.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
COURAGE.

Hes a MN of great courage
Unusual corrage?" 80
yes. unusual courage. lie isn
afraid TO keep his seat in stree' va,
even IL a woman he knows Is siah ,,.s
right in front Of him."--Detrolt f's'
Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Degrees of Crime.

Suppose ] stole kiss" he asked
One teeny. weeny kiss?"
Why. that were petty larceny"
Replied the blushing miss.
Suppose | stole a thousand. then ?"
He took her little hand.
She caught her breath and muir.
INJURED,
"Oh,
or course that would be grand"
New York Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
The Retrothal Bracelet.

There Is no prettier token for a
fiancee than bracelets. and every girl
will feel grateful TO Prince George of
Greece for having revived this fine old
custom. He bestowed a betrothal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
MIRAGE silks.

Mirage silk Is extremely glossy.
which makes it equally desirable for
day or evening wear. for dust is easily
removed and the pretty sheen Is at
tractive at night under artificial light.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
Mandarin STYLES.

The fad for mandarin styles is seen
on gowns, coats. capes and matinees.
The mandarin shoulder Is popular.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11

The finest flower will soonest fade.
German.
You can not conquer any weakness
BIZ coddllng Il.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11
The Loose Coat.

The popularity of the loose coat
made with an extremely bias back is
responsible for the many unsightly eff
fects such backs often present.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-06-11

Occupations arm the heart.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

and they have refraned from doing so only on
the urgent plea Of Queen Marie Amelie that any
such action their part would render the
position of her son still more difficult, and pre-
cipitate his overthrow.
The young Kings tenure of the throne, in fact
is Of the most precarious character. Always
delicate, his health has become a wreck. But the
sea voyages and the visits to the bracing noun
tain resorts OF Switzerland, which his medical
attendants urged by way Of change OF climate
and Of scene as Indispensable TO his recovery
out of the question. For Queen Marie
Amolie has the assurance that if lac were 90
leave the country me would not he allowed TO
return, and that she and her mother law
Queen Pia, whose reason has been unbalanced
ever since the murder Of her son and grandson
would b" quickly sent to join Dom Manuel in
exile.
The cable dispatches announcing the King 3
attendance at the requiem service on Monday
last In memory OF his father and brother
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

were subjected as usual to drastic censor
ship and on this account contained no mention
of the popular ceremony which was to take place
on the same day at the graveside of the two
assassins who were killed when numbering their
sovereign. These tombs have been for the last
twelve months the bourne Of constant popular
piigrimages and the scene Of numerous public
demonstrations against the crown King Manuel
and his mother are obliged to submit to all this,
In fact they are virtually prisoners in the
shabby and appropriately named Palace of the
Necessidades" The lately retired Premier
that is to say. old Admiral Ferreira Do Amaral-
was so anxious to avoid trouble that on the
occasion Of the municipal elections at Lisbon in
November he decreed that there should be no
opposition on the part Of the supporters Of the
government to the Republican candidates
The result Of this is that the city of Lisbon,
the ancient metropolis of the Portuguese mon
archv and the residence of the sovereign. was
handed over without a struggle to an exclusively
anti-monarchical municipal council some OF the
members of which have publicly proclaimed
their approval of the murder Of the late King,
without mourning any reproof or punishment
Enboldened by this victory. the municipal
council one of whom. Major Cabrera, is actually
an officer of the garrison. have undertaken 10
dictate the terms on which King Manuel and his
widowed mother shall be tolerated in his capital
and have decreed that the people shall not be
Drovoked BY monarchist demonstrations" In
pursuance OF this edict the King has been for-
hidden to drive ride in state through the
streets of Lisbon. and when. near Christmas, he
returned from his trip to the northern prov
inces he was whirled from the Roccio station
to the palace in closed carriage after dark.
instead Of arriving by day and,receiving an Off
cial and public welcome.
Moreover Admiral Ferreira Do Amaral. before
abandoning the Premiership. was remiss in
his obligations 20 the King that he actually con-
sented To attend several Republican meetings. on
the plea that his government represented all
parties Police protect the abusers of the royal
family from any interruption at the violent anti
monarchist public gatherings which are con-
stautly being held in the Avenida da Lberdad.
and the "MmrGo" and the Lucia teeming with
the most atroclous indeceuces in word and pct-
ure concerning the young King, his widowed
mother and grandmother and his murdered
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

saturate the area with oil and place fresh layer
Of earth top. Unless this is done-and it would
seem to be a unpleasant job than scrubbins
a ntroglycerine car-the wreck area remains a
mine likely to go of in sections under the pedes
trians boot Water is of no avail in safeguarding
spilled high explosives. and wrecklng crews are
warned not to tear apart rudely the remains Of
powder cars.
illuminate of silver mercury. which is used
to make detonating caps, receives the most re-
spectful treatment in transportation. Compared
with dynamite il is like a tiger opposed to billy
goat. When transported in bulk it must be in a
wet state containing not less than % per cent Of
water: placed in a heavy cloth bag within
heavier grain bag, both ted securely, surrounded
by six inches Of tightly packed sawdust in
watertight barrel and the remaining space in the
barrel flied with water.
A recognized cause Of Spontaneous explosions
is the draft king bolt which works upward in
tie bottom IF tn and strikes against boxes
OF explosives. In order to eliminate this source
of danger. it is required that thick blocks Of
wood should be spiked over bolts in cars assigned
to carry Hazardous loads. Less than year ago
a serious accident due to an unprotected bolt was
narrowly averted at Knoxville. Tenn. car re-
pairer entered a which had fifty cases Of
dynamite aboard and while he engaged in
placing a broken draft bolt little loose dynamite
which had settled around the bolt head exploded
upon being struck with hammer. The
severely injured but luckily the fifty cases did
not go off.
Ignorance and Carelessness. which the bureau
Of explosives IS trying to dispel. have caused
many fatalities Four persons We're killed and
four injured by the setting off of go pounds of
blasting caps II Atlanta. Ga. two years ago. 1t
is belieE cd tuat Of the freight handlers used
lis nook ON hDx # caps running the steel
point into }ue illuminate detonator. or possibly
box was dropped ana exploded by concussion. a
year ago al shawnee OKLA, tne employees Of
contractor re~- unloading a car loaded with
900 blasting caps. 3 ca.es of dynamite and 225
kegs Of black powder. All this material was care
ies<ly packed "a lot of hay being stuffed between
,he bo.ez e dynamite Loose powder had eS-
capped from Tie badly made or badly loaded kegs
and vas stre1ru on the Goor. one of the men
scrared up a little pile and touched match to il
in q spirit Of curiosity. 'EEerythinE went de
stroyfng three lives and railroad property worth
about $1.O0O \ case very similar occurred last
september at Windsor, No. when a station agent
di, ,covcred loose powder the floor Of a car
loaded with kegs of black rifle powder. The
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

fa+be. are on exhibition and on sale. even in
the very entrance halls of the government Offices
Of the Hotel de Vile and Of the Palace Of Jus
tice
II all this contempt Of the authority Of the
Crown we're at least TO permit the expectation
that the disappearance Of the monarchy would
bring about the establishment Of stable and
honest republican regime. bent upon the reor-
eanfzation Of the government upon a sane and
economic basis there might still he some hope
for Portugal But this is not the case The
foes Of the monarchy are just as much without
definite plans for the future as its nominal ad-
herents They-that is, all those who IN one way
or another are playing role at court in the
official world and in poltics-are living sort OF
happv-go-lucky existence. concerned only that
opportunities Of graft should continue to enable
them to live at the expense Of the peasantry.
who furnish most Of the revenue and who con-
stitute three-hfths OF the population These
grafters at Lisbon have. as I have stated above.
much in common with those OF POrt-au-Prince.
which is probably due to the strain Of African
blood in their veins. FOR there have been times
when the African slaves imported for agricult-
uraI purposes in the depopulated southern prov
inces became so numerous that they even out
numbered the whites in Lisbon itself.
When freed they did not remain race apart.
as here In America. but intermarried. and
stamped facial and especially mental traits upon
the population. To this must be attributed the
Incidence the love Of tomorrow. tire lack OF
enterprise the improvidence. the absence OF
moral sense and the obstinacy prevailing at Lis
bon The ignorance Of the people is appalling.
and almost as bad in Hayti, about 81 per cent
OF the population being illiterate- Slavery still
fourishes in PortugaTs African colonies. which
she declines TO sell and which she will neither
develop herself nor permit any other power 70
develop. and while her foreign trade and COM
merce show a heavy decline. the annual deficit
continues to increase by leaps and bounds. her
national debt having doubled within the last
twenty years. being now in the ueighborhoOd OF
SQOOOOOOOO The population is about five
million. What. under the circumstances, the
future has in store for Portugal IL is difficult 70
predict The outlook is very sombre, and, as IN
the case Of Hayti. since salvation from within q
not To be hoped for. IL will have TO come from
without. in the shape of foreign Intervention.
which appears insyitabls. EX-ATTACHE
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

4 passenger train ran into the wreck OF freight
car loaded with dynamite. The conclusion itself
had no effect, but the subsequent fire caused t-Fo
disastrous explosions. Fire, which ensues in al
most every wreck. is the chief of te dread enemies
of dynamite transportation. You may burn stick
Of blasting powder in a CRATE. you may beat it
with a hammer a wooden board and live 10
boast of the exploit. but let the temperature of a
mass Of confined dynamite reach $50 degrees Fab
renheit ana there is bound be a lift the
premises. Dynamite is nitroglycerine mixed with
sawdust or some other absorbent. It does not
plOde with ordinary shocks, simply. because the
particles OF absorbent a cushion for the
sensitive nitTOglycerine. The swift impact of
bullet destroys the cushion; does the blow Of
the decorating illuminate cap and repeated taps
Of the hammer a small quantity of dynamite
will compress the cuff 50 that the cushion will
not prevent explosion.
If there is more than 50 per cent Of ntrogyce-ine
in a cartridge the absorbent is oversaturated and
begins to leak liquid devastation. especially in warm
weather or when the cartridge is placed on end
There was the case of a shipment of 5000 pounds
Of dynamite not long ago from Black Rock. n y,
New-York tribune., 1909-02-07

nent from court, without any advancement IN
military rank or any other reward, beyond the
blood stained sword Of Don Carlos, which his
widow bestowed upon Ffguiera as a lasting me-
mento of her gratitude for his devotion to his
ill-fated sovereign.
Young King Manuel, nineteen years old.
but prematurely aged and broken in health, Is
therefore surrounded by cOuTtiers and ministers
Of state who connived at the murder Of his
father and brother If they did not actually In
stigate it, and is IN even still worse position
than Peter of Servia. For the regicides who
constitute the principal ornaments Of the Court
Of Belgrade have their hands stained with the
blood of King Alexander and Queen Draga, who
were Peters foes and not his nearest and dear
est relatives. So great is the Indignation which
this state Of affairs AT Lisbon has excited abroad
that more than once have England and other
great powers threatened to withdraw their en-
voys from Lisbon unless steps were taken TO
bring the Rssassins Of Dom Carlos 10 1usttGs.