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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
sUNFLoWER PHILOSOPHY.

A widower uses his children rs an
excuse for marrying again. The sane
as he does for going TO the circus
You might as well try 10 shoot 01 a
gun slow as TO make some men act
moderately.
The man who Is the true friend Of
the people is never the one who spends
the most time telling them about IT,
When a man tells his troubles. the
listeners sympathies are usually with
the other man. who Is not bothering
him.
The trouble with the women Is that
telling them you like them makes them
regard you as their prisoner
When a man is a failure as a re-
taller he talks a good deal about en-
gaeing in the business at wholesale
IL you want 10 succeed in a com.
munity. the hatred and contempt n
some men is as necessary as The res
pect OF others.
After a man passes so he finds hat
IL he waits to do task until DE- feels
like IL, he will never get II done
Somehow a man feels that his i0wn|
Is not treating him right when ri
comes back, after a long absence and
finds that II progressed without him
When you kn3. a sucas stu man, |
you also know of some little weakness
that keeps him from succeeding
great deal better. - Atchison kanl
Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
Mos. nannerous Animal.

What is the most dangerous Of ~
the wild animals that ] have encol,
tered? The rhinoceros,' said Johh \
Bradley. one of the big-game hln'e'
of the world.
"In equatorial Africa you wili ~
the rhinoceros almost everywnfre
the high land and in the low anu
the open country and in me Jus
You will find him when you least
pect him. and most often when s'a
ing through his habitat. Wholly "a
conscious OF his presence you su
denly hear his 'chug, chue ls
God help you IL you are not pro,-v
with a rife of large caliber ana az
ing steel bullets. Your only chance
TO do a swift side-step. and even .us
you have only three shots thsl
count-the brain. the neck anu ue'
shot. When he is charging head 81 81,
is impossible for you to reach e''"'
one"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
Not Exorhitanf.

The summer resident looked sharp
ly at Mr.. Jameson's guileless moon
face. and then at the mild and none
too sprightly horse he was Offering for
sale
Don't you think $3.50 rather a stiff
price to ask for a horse like that p
asked the summer resident. How
old is he?"
He's only jest thutty." said Mr..
Jameson, calmly.
Thirty years old, and you expect
to get $3.50 for himl"
II don't know as | expect TO get r."
said Mr.. Jameson, without rancor.
but II seems as IL I'd ought to have
full as much as that. 1t don't come
to but FIVE dollars year. and he's
cost me a good deal more'n that most
years. Youths Companion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
Poor Los Epitaph.

The epitah collector displayed en-
Enthusiastically the photograph OF a
severe and stately marble tomb.
"A new epitaph." he said. land one
OF the best in my collection. Ii is the
epitaph Of body of Indians slain in
battle near Cooperstown. II was com
posed by clergyman. w. w. Lord,
and ! consider IL most poetical."
The epitaph upon the stately tomb
was as follows:
White man. greeting, We near
whose bones you stand. were Iroquois.
THE wide land which now is yours
was ours.
Friendly hands have given back to
us enough for tomb PHILADELPHIA
Bulletin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

As a rule, yegetarians have ~.
somplexions than people who 49,, ,'a'T
nal food "' AMI
The first envelope ever made Ia,
IN existence. and may be seen (, "a
British Museum. I'D ne
The shops in Berlin ara
trolled by the government. ana ,t
profits are devoted entirely T., ,t, ,..H
prosperity and pianofortes ~ ~
gether, declares a manufactursr y,
hard times a piano Is luNurv -
good times a necessity.
only five OF our Presidents v.-o
der fifty years old when inaururat,s ~
Pierce, Grant. Garfield. Cleyelan5 ana
Roosevelt. ana
IL Is asserted that a diet NJ co-.
bread makes youngsters stogiar az
longer-lived than II they FED a-g~1s
ON bread made from wheat Aonr
The custom-house authorities nan.
decided TO classify edible froe. ~"
canada or other foreign counfries =.
poultry and make them pay dufy a.
such.
curious custom exists I'm lana,
- 'e"'e - AN''i Pti tilAttu 10 serve Tea
to guests. Ii is the privilege AZ tba
daughter TO make the beverage Will
the guest who has last arrived sarvss
the same.
The whistling tree OF South Nub,,
East Africa. is so called from the eu,a
like sounds made by the wind IN n,
branches. The sound is caused bv holss
bored by an Insect in the spines ~ Inc
branches.
Cooperative apartment houses ara
popular in Copenhagen, the canral n,
Denmark. Six, eight or ten famniss
have their food prepared in one klteb.
en- by community cooks and The svs
tenn is not only economical. lut Is a
rule the cooking is excellent and give,
general satisfaction.
Spiders are often troacherors com.
panions, and when couple havsI
paired the wife often makes a meal o.
her husband. Two spiders accidentally
meeting on a web will fieht like tire-s
IL they are fairly well matched I'M nj
one Is smaller IL will rapidly drop 10
the next branch by a thread ana make
of. The large. fat spiders make The
most savage fighters. House spiders
do not fight so much.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

America is not alone in her distress
over a decreasing supply OF domestic
labor. While gaining 5000. 900 house
holds Germany has lost $4,000 in her
total number OF servants. Distaste for
what old-fashioned New Englanders
call house work" grows steadily in
classes from which such labor gener-
ally comes. We seem TO see distant
time when, in the absence Of ma
chinery mechanically relieving her,
the average housewife will have to be
her own girl"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

Astronomers are beginning to inter.
est themselves in the temperance Of
Halley's comet This is the famous
comet that blazed through the
heavens in 1856, at about the time the
Turks became masters OF Constant.
nople. In those times It was thought
that comets portended disaster, and
the good people OF Christian Europe
inserted a prayer in their liturgy that
they might be saved from the devil.
the Turk and the comet" In 1850
Edmund HALEY, an English astrono-
mer, predicted the temperance Of
the comet OF 1856. and conjectured
that it was the same as that which
had been seen in 1881 and 1907. His
prediction was verified I'm 1852. and
the comet has since been known by
his name. II is next due some time
between 1910 and 1912. as Il last
visited the solar system in 1895. and
has a period OF about seventy.six
years. OF the short period comets
Halley's takes the longest to complete
its orbit The comet OF 1874 has go
great an orbit that II Is estimated that
IFS visits to our system occur at inter.
walls OF hundred thousand years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

The American Seaman's Friend So
ciety opened in New York the other
day a fivestory hotel for the use OF
sailors. in which, for less money than
is charged in the cheap boarding
houses. sailors may get good board
and lodging, with all the conveniences
afforded In a gentlemans club II is
said to be the largest sailors home in
the world. Apparently it is not alone
the parents OF the boy who goes to
sea that are interested in his welfare.
but kindly disposed persons with
money are seeing to II that he is pro
tected from INSCRIPTIONS men and
women in the large cities where he
lands.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

An unofficial estimate places at
about 100000 the number OF tele.
phones now in use in the world. This
aggregate has been reached in little
over 30 years. Modern business would
stagger for a season OF the hello in
strument were to drop suddenly from
availability. Yet such disappearance
would in visible effect scarcely COM
pare with an unexpected lapse in the
electric light invention-a develop
ment practically Of the last 25 years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
Locating the Trouble.

Customer docking at himself ~ y
glass)-The trousers are not tne =.
they are wearing this season =. =
they? They seem 10 be out oi ~ ~,
Indignant Ready.Made W., ",
Mein frendt. dose p.'
vas all right. but your legs vas GUY
shtyle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

y New York druggist has been sent
to the penitentiary for selling bogus
mineral water. He probably would
have accepted a fine as something
just as good
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

The general introduction OF cobless
corn. recently discovered in Illinois.
would settle that long-discussed prob
lem in etiquette Of the proper way to
eat the roasted ear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

Lhassa. the mysterious capital of
Thibet. is beginning TO show lodgings
for the amenities Of Western civiliza
ton. IL has just placed a contract
with Calcutta firm to supply a large
number OF European band instru-
manfs
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

II Kaiser Wilhelm can make il con.
venient TO visit the United States he
may be assured Of grand reception,
with full permission to do as much
talking as he pleases.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

a man enlisted in the army the
other day instead OF spending life
OF idleness blowing in a fortune" He
became a soldier simply because he
didn't want to soldier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
Easy Money.

Authors would do well 70 drau''''
royal weddings"
why so?"
Because on those occasions u
easy TO collect the royalties. Do
more American.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

Another list of deformed words has
been put out by the simplifed spoilers.
but the public is taking precious little
interest In il.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

Mr.. Rockefeller says that the Stand.
ard OIL Company is "a hazardous un-
dertahng" Most OF us would be will
Ing to take a CHARGE in il.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

A husky Pennsylvania Of 81 years
has just sworn of the tobacco habit.
The average smoker will cheerfully
accept that age as the nicotine dead
line
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

A California man has obtained a di-
vorce on the ground that his wife
cleaned kids with gasoline. The kids.
however, happened TO be their child
rem
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

The flying machine will make the
auto look up 10 IL. anyhow,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

A Balkan war cloud never amounts
TO much when other things demand
the attention OF the public
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

When | was a boy. the only training
school in our town was the wood
shed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

A woman Of tact is one who makes
bashful man think he did the pro
posing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

AT the age OF so President Diaz. Of
Mexico. will probably run again. He
has never heard OF DR. Olser.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
A Busy Time.

On a windy day IT Is quite trying for
a woman to attempt to hold up her
s'Sirt, hold on her hat and hold her
tongue all at once.-Philadelphia Rec.
ord.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

To ascertain the latest in ladies'
hose, take a mouse to the ball.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08

Sometimes a mans wife calls him
up on the phone just to call him
down.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27
0OOD TRIP
j TO MEXICO
Trouble Begins Right at Frontier
Custom House
BY BEN HARVEY

A graphic and interesting descrip-
tion of a trip from Tia Juana to En-
senada. Lower California, was told by
one who has recently made this journey.
The writer states that the trip may
be taken for pleasure once. but IL
taken again must be prompted by some
other motive than pleasure. He states
that the trouble begins right at Tia
Juana, when the custom house is en-
countered. Although the natives are
brave in many ways they seem to have
a decided fear for the automobile IF
one wishes to take his car and remain
beyond the border over night he must
give a good and sufficient bond to In
sure its return. If he is to return the
same day no bond is required. The
office hours of the Mexican custom
house are from S o'clock in the morning
until 8 o'clock in the afternoon, and
during these hours is the only time an
automobile may cross the border 1t
is possible sometimes. by paying a lib
eraI sum, for extra service. to get
across. IL requires from two to five
hours TO fill out two or three small
printed blanks, and If you are there
promptly at o'clock in the morning
there is possibility of leaving by noon.
Those who are wise viii attend to the
bonding through a broker at San Diego
and thus save a long, dry, hot wait
when Tia Juana is reached. The cost
of bonding ranges from So to $40 or
more, according to what the traffic Will
bear. 1ne MeAlCan import duty is
about 1e or II cents a pound. The
distance from San Diego to Tijuana.
as the MeXicans spell it, by way of
National City, is II miles. This is the
shortest route. Leaving the central
part of San Diego by II street and
following the streetcar line around on
Logan avenue, the AUTOMOBILE club
signs point the way. Just before you
reach the international border r. B.
Evans, the American customs officer,
appears I'm front of his little house.
He. however, IS not much interested in
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27

Those making this trip viii find many
places 81 which they will want to stop
and takef in the grandeur OF the
scenery
This beautiful canyon is said to be
the prettiest OF its length in the state
OF California and is well worth going
many miles TO witness. The writer
has made many trips throughout the
mountains of the Pacific coast. but has
never yet found place that he en-
joyed so well nor a ride so beautiful
as through this canyon.
II opens mp at the main road through
Niles canyon, which road should be
taken TO the right down the Niles can
yon along Alameda creek for about
three and a half miles into the village
OF Niles, through the town along the
railroad track into Hayward. This trip
which we have just described is about
so miles after leaving Oakland before
arriving af the starting place, and can
be easily made in one day. IL is well
worth the time OF any motorist.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27

from Hayward only. as every one
knows the road from either san Fran
cisco or oakland TO Hayward.
Go out over what is known as the
Dublin road from Hayward about one
mile 20 the place where the road forks
and at which place there is a watering
trough The road 10 the left goes TO
castro valley and san Ramon, and the
road 70 the right should be followed.
climbing a long. easy grade OF about
half a mile.
This road should be followed for
about four miles and is very good
throughout the entire distance, there
also being several places whore one can
secure refreshments. Al the Palomares
schoolhouse the road forks again and
the right hand roac IL the one 10 be
followed This Is q fine level road for
about i've miles. We say level advis-
ediy. as there is "A slight incline all the
way. but not enough 60 be noticeable.
The scenery along This particular
stretch Of the road is very nice. com
hining with The beautiful Palomares
creek. with its willows and ferns.
lovely farms with orchards and vine
yards stretching away upon either
side There is water in this creek
al all seasons OF the year and
many pretty spots can be found where
one can stop and enjoy little rest
About five miles from the Palomares
schoolhouse the county road ends and
The balance has been built by private
individuals and there are several gates
one must pass through before coming
10 the really hard climb cf the entire
trip.
This grade is about three -eighths OF
a mile Ia length. very steep, and has
four or FIVE sharp turns. The road is
sood. however. and can easily be nego-
tiated by any car. You are now at
what is known as the summit. between
the Palomares and Stony Brook valleys,
and the elevation is about 1900 feet.
From here 10 the end Of your jour
ney is all down hilL The descent into
the stony Brook valley is very gradual
and the roads are good even though
built by private parties and about the
only drawback IS that one finds II
necessary frequently 10 open gates.
These are never locked. however. and
the road Is free 20 any one who de-
sires to travel there.
The upper part OF this valley is
about one and half miles wide. with
magnificent hills rising upon either
side. Situated between are level fruit
farms
About three miles from the summit
This stream takes its name from the
fact that IL is very steep and swift and
the water dashes over the rocks and
boulderS throughout practically it's
entire length.
The ride along the banks of this de-
lightful brook is one which all true
lovers OF nature viii surely enjoy. The
road is Immediately upon the banks OF
the stream. cut into the sheer side of
the hills. sometimes just alongside the
water and again running along the
hiun geo feet above the stream.
Hills rise like mountains straight
from either side covered With luNuri-
ant growth OF laurel oak. madrone and
fern. the colorings OF which are beau
tiful az this time of the year.
This road through the canyon Is
about two and a half miles in length.
quite narrow in places. with many
sharp turns. and being down grade all
the way requires some care in driving.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27
Rules Of the Road for
4 Amateur Motor Drivers
Expert Charles W. Mears Gives
Sage Advice on How to
Avoid Accidents

Charles W. Mears OF the Wintou
motor car company. who Is one Of the
veterans OF motoring in this country.
in a recent talk with a young enthu-
siast. gave out some rules for driv-
ing a motor car that it would be well
for every amateur driver and some
others to learn and practice.
Mears says that naturally no motor
ist will acknowledge that he is reck-
less. but he is never satisfied that his
car has yet reached the limit Of its
speed and he gives her another
chance"
Gust a trifie less speed" says Mears.
will keep down the number OF acci-
dents and decrease the damage when
the accidents sometimes unavoidably
occur.
Keep in the middle of the road.
You can't turn into ditch unless you
get dangerously near to that ditch.
Avoid any spot IN the road or at
its side where underbrush appears.
Underbrush thrown on the road often
covers dangerous holes. Underbrush
on the roadside is very likely to have
its roots in ditch and that means
trouble with too close proximity.
Never approach a curve at greater
speed than will allow OF the car be-
ing stopped within its own length.
Nobody knows what may be coming IN
the opposite direction, and IL anything
is coming the chances are ten TO one
that the approaching driver will not
be observing the rule OF the road to
keep to the right.
Never let your car stand on a hill,
The average country road hill fs never
too wide at the best and tFafic needs
all available room.
Never let a car stand at a curvs
on the road. Another car or vehicls
rushing around the turn may MAIN or
kill or ruin the car.
In passing vehicles on country roads
it is safer to pull off TO one side and
come TO stop than to take a chance
Of slipping Off the roadside.
''At night there is danger OF blind.
ing passing drivers by the rays OF
gas lights. Take great care II blind
ed yourself pull cautiously 70 one sids
and stop or go slowly. for the other
fellow may be blinded by your lights
and drive into you.
There are many other rules that
might be given. but the exercise Of
good common sense and less speeding
would eliminate nine-tenths of the acs
cidents charged to the automobiIs."
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27

lhS IcIHllHuS OIL the ~ q IL4[CZSISCIN
santa te, leaving the latter place by
the left hand road and going up over the
hrst range of mountains and then down
INTO what is known as the Pala Indian
valley. in the center of which, on the
river bank, is located the Indian VII
lage of the reservation
Down at the village is also the old
Pala mission, very rarely visited by
the tourist, and where still continue
some of the quaint customs of the old
padres.
The impression OF my first visit to
this country will always linger in my
mind as one of the most beautiful trips
l have ever taken. As we reached the
top or the range, there, before us, was
the beautiful valley, with its mission
and village, threaded by the river.
Looking back whence we came was
Lake Elsinore, 80 miles away, while
before us, piercing the sky line with
It's perpetual snow cap, was San ia
cinto, the highest peak in the south
land
The pass is at almost right angle
in the mountain. 1t runs north to
where the road crosses and then turns
west. The scenery close by is awe in
spring, as the mountain is nothing
but mass of rocks, with the only Wis
ible sign of vegetation being the sturdy
trees which have forced their way
between them.
The road leads straight down the
mountainside on the northerly side.
We We're somewhat interested in
knowing what kind of a reception we
would receive from the Indians. as
we knew but few automobiles had been
into the valley.
We had reached the floor, and were
picking our way along the road beside
the river when, on the opposite side
ahead, we sighted an Indian pony at
tached to the peculiar rough wagon
of the civilized Indian. In it were a
squaw and three papooses. The pony
sighted us about the same time that
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27

SAiOth NOilik1dlc = Will
the drive through
the Pala Indian
reservation. f O r
those who care to
seek the byways,
and who are tour
ing the southern
part of the state, l
would advise that
t h e y lie ave the
beaten path and en-
joy the beauties of
t h e place men
toned.
The urse is
from Los Angeles
to Elsinore, thence
around the lake to
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27

known by 10 mo-
torists IN the state
u that through the
PaIom ares and
stony Brook vai-
leys. il can be
made very easily IN
one day without
having TO resort 70
any hard or fast
driving and IL Is
one which combines
good roads prac-
tlcaliy throughout
the entire trip with
some OF the most
beautiful scenery 10
be had in the state.
The writer Will
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-27

you until you return, when his duty
compels him to examine your effects.
and he does his duty in a gentlemanly
manner When preliminaries are over
In Tia Juana, and you are fairly started
turn to the right and pass the BULL
ring. Following the most Travelled
road the route TO Ensenada is soon
met with. There is only one point
where one is likely to go astray. and
that is about eight or ten miles from
Tia Juana, when turn to the left must
be made. The total distance frWn Tia
Juana to Ensenada is exactly So miles
The topography of this country is very
much like that of southern California
with mountains to climb. canyons to
traverse. and streams to ford, with oc-
casional stretches of sand to pull
through. There are many wild flowers
especially the matilda poppies, which
grow in great profusion. Some of the
canyons are exceedingly beautiful, with
plenty Of good water near at hand
which is an important thing in this
hot. dry country. About 20 miles this
side OF Ensenada is located the Russian
colony, comprising about 400 persons.
About six miles before Ensenada is
reached the route comes close to the
ocean and follows along the edge most
of the way. The town. when reached
is found to be all that could be ex-
pected of a place so isolated, with a
climate not unlike San Diego, and
most productive soil"