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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-23
RIxal AesompIishmsns..

A new boy had moved into the
neighborhoOl tie was sitting on
the line fence that separated his
particular back yard from the yard
pertaining u the next door neigh
Dor and was proceeding 20 cultivate
the acquaintance Of the next door
neighbOr's hov.
I've gone tArou n grammar
school" he said. II can do ever
sum in the mental ar'thme ic. and
! alvavs got a hundred mark in my
history and geography"
"Wcll." responded the other boy,
thrustinr out his lower Jaw, Il can
move my ears. and you can't
Youths CINNAMON.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-23
TIE Bird o. Death.

New Guinea is the abode Of the
most wonderful feathered creature
known 10 the student Of ornitholo-
gv-the awful rpir n'doob, or "bird
~ death" The venom Of this bird
i more deadly than that Of any ser
pent except the cobra In fact. NJ
antidote for the bite Of the creature
i known. 4 wound from IL belk
causes evc-uciating pains IN everl
nart II tie body. loss Of ght
speech and hearing, convulslons
locklaw and certain death.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-23
Simple Remedy,

A lady journalist who conducted
a page devoted to feminine interests
was i'll. and a male member Of the
editorial staff did duty as her deD-
utv. He soon distinguished himself.
A correspondent inquired how
grease might best be removed from
soup. He read it hurriedly. noticing
only that it was an inquiry for the
removal Of grease. This was hrs
answer: "Soak soft cloth in gaso-
line and rub gently till the grease is
eradicatedi"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-23

An odd l'tm % animal contest
used to br .le'iccl by Office clerks
in London ONE wears ago. 1t was
known a. eruo racing. and nearly
every vour.cr clerk had his stable
of racer hese worms were bred
in nut z apples and carefully sta
bled lg.wecn two walnut shells.
They we're selected BY tiacing them
in the piece Of paper,
and th Nroyei most adept
in max if bee line 70 the
edge .l.cr was matched
apains. Of a rival stable
Some ~ the a.iest could not be in
y ced to travel IN q straight line
In racing rrt-l &c. they bolted and
were bad betting propositions. BIT
when two came in-ether tlat show
M disposition TO run straight anf
true the betting on the result W.:
lively enough 10 STIR up the ami.
gambling enthusiasts.-New lori
Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-23

4 Ike the place" sad Mr New
liked. "but the railroad fare is pret-
~ high"
but surely" replied his bride,
"the railroad company VII fix ta~.
for Won Wncn they know
''When they know Oe-r
"That vor'rc the "an ST.
bought tha hare ol ta-'c stoeA
-Ph.ladel1h'a = ess-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-23
Pure Mix

1Iave vou thrown the COW into
the antiseptic tank
"Y es." =,
"Have YOU washed the can with
carbolic acid solution!'
81 have
"Have YOU plunged INTO 'he
cerm destroying bath yourself'
Certainly
All right. Go ahead, now, and
take the cow into the alright glass
cage. but keep on the lookout thas Z, !,
no stray bacteria get into the milk.
Bohemian
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u Wa Wasted on Him.

lie was q callow youth and as
slmed many Liberties.
Ah, Lucy" he said to a young
woman with whom he was some
wat acquainted, you look tired.
what have YOU been doing?"
Hunting fat she answered.
And did you find one 2" he
asked.
ller eyes snapped.
! found one" she replied. with
meaning look.
But, Of course, he didn't zee the
point OF it.-Cleveland Plain Deal
e. - -
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n - N.m % the eishop.

At an unusually large dinner par
tv. where the guest Of honor was an
English bishop. the butler, an elder
" man. was obliged to bring IN
from a f-cnl's house an inexpe-
rienced lal to help him in the din
ing room. The awkward helper an
moved the butler beyond endurance
with questions as 10 MS duties
He continued interninsbly until
the butler, worn out and nervous,
ssid ironically:
"All you will need to do Is to
stand behind the bishops chair, and
whenever his lordship puts down
his glass you must reach over and
vips hn mouth With napkin"
That siLnced his assistant But
The young man actually took the or
der seriously. and as soon as dinnei
began he stationed himself behind
the bishon. w itei till his lordshiI
had drunk and rt .own hls glass
and then. ~ deliberately as m
neryousnc., would permit, he open
ed out a la7 naDk.n and wiped TIT
dimified O gent emans mouth
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THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
e the First Agreement Amons
Ne.. Yori's Brokers.

a. -lv o,,+ If March 1Teo
IN ~ ;co 'yos printed of he
the mo- st,ck rvchanpe Office
opeS,NS 90 Nj strcot by A l.. Bleecker
q Sons S'.'t,lIpt =. ,'lt' { Terrers and Jav
cay : ~ Tboso several firms hold
q au'.o"' ,f '...,, cocb day M noon
aa,.' , ~ IN ,re ecee
'e..''- co . otser
op Elk i.rof.or snec.al. re-
r.etod N,
''' gc f,rb 21 p mo
u'.' .-.o .7;.so4iscal broker
W, pnte l9e am d
~ aono;ntod to uro
mo room in which to
"1g ! a. and 70 .uGgest such rules
r,rnlations for conducting
ana - 81 tLe coumittc5
,.''i =, The~cool resrli
,Io.1r's ,r,r-
~" rc
4-.i'. 81 ec.rrto-.
~1 r. IN tho mr.
lo Now York stock Fy-
go ro.mcrt road. AS
~
.3t p,o c,b.or;lors Brokor
-.,,.o AMI So Of Public
.oroh,. solornrlv nromi,c
l,l.. .,...l,os IN aacl other.
u.Y not b,v or sell from
f.-o,,. NOR an whatsoever.
III - p.ir. Stock nj q les.
.,a o,.o o...~4or NOR cont cam
-. s,o,ia value and
,.u o;vo n preference to
..to~ +, our rogotia.ons I'm
... v.bo..of ,r, l.o,o sot orr
9 ~: f.h dag of Nav. al New
WY zoo ;,
-o4ion had no local
,,,rot.ny exchange
1ro t,o o,rh brokers to-
..;o,. ,rore corr;cd ON in
F.o.e, o;r n = mint between the
80, n,,.',,o-s ~ Is and 20 Wal
I . ~ f,,nope old button.
800 ,ro. the+ ssood tbere witt
ma ,,sJinr branches. which pro
go ,h.r, from ,be etin's ravs and
ori;n.-;lv ;,cl.mcnt weather
p~s,n,.s ;n tbo.s davs wa. no
rl, vl 4 a,n vas an air o.
Ic;.r., s.l 4. gbont the Gather.
~ rs.-- ~ wcre not nctiv.
., ~. Saw N +hc time oI
ho ,t-oor tir,c. bet
,,ror +to ~. rs ~ demo -ir an,
fr-si,n no.,tic~l eantrove-s IS enc
Jeo.1o ~ nercl,a.dise were in
dr1
T r--t lido quarters Of IN,
~ -,.. eoorrcl in 1893
r, t, 'ronti,e coffee house a
~. ..r..-.., oo-,or of Wau an,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-23
His Great Need.

The father received note from
a young man who had been gong
with" his daughter recently which
read as follows: Dear SIr-Noo !
ike Jessie's hand in marriage. She
and | are IN luv, and | think | nede
a wife. Yures, Henry"
The father replied by letter. say
ing: sFrisnd Henry-You don :
r4ed wife. You need O spelling
boos. Get one and study i a year.
Then write me again.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-23
Too SUBJECTIVE.

The new patient had been put 70
bed by the nurse. Upon waking he
inquired:
iPhvat did We say the doctors
name was Z"
'Dr. Fitzpatrick" was the reply.
"Thot settles it." replied the sick
man. "Thot doctor will not git a
chanceto operate on mew
"T'hy not:" asked the nurse.
"1Ie i good Doctor
"Maybe 50. but not for nc. lon
see. INV name is Patrick. Ladies
Home journal. -- .
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
BrandeiS

He is a veteran Of the confederate army
having served throughout the war as a
member OF Company I. Twenty-sixth Vir-
ginia battalion. Eccles' brigade, Wharton's
division. Early's corps. He participated In
thirty-two battles and many skirmishes and
was slightly wounded twice.
Were you an officer?" he was asked.
No, and therein I hold a record laughed
the minister. II am the only ex-confed-
crate living who went into the war a pri-
vate and came out a private. Every other
living ex-confederate l know Of was a
colonel or at least a major"
DR.. Bell has lived in Oregon since March
IS, 1874, and has been engaged in the min
istry all OF that time, Going some editorial
work as a side issue. For ten years he was
a member Of the Board OF Regents Of the
oregon Agricultural college, and at differ
ent times has been on the staff OF lecturers
at that institution. He Is now serving his
seventeenth year as a public school director.
Portland Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
CAN MAN PILOT SToRMS7
Frenchmnn Puts in Tall Claim that
IL Based on Some Expert
ments.

To guide the storm bids fair 10 fall
within the power OF man. A case in which
the course of a hallstorm was determined
by that of an electric transmission line is
recorded in Vaucluse, France.
The storm swept over an area OF about
one mile and a half. Its direction CORE
sponded to that Of a 45,Ooo-volt three
phase transmission line, which has been
operating for less than a year.
The line is roughly parallel to a chain
Of mountains 1000 to LOO meters high,
about $500 feet. called the Luebron, which
has a reputation for attracting hall, at an
altitude from 300 to 400 meters, $50 to 1900
feet, and is situated from four to five kilo-
meters 1.-TWO to four miles, south OF the
Luebron. A number Of narrow valleys run
down from the chain and are cut at right
angles by the line.
It was observed that the storm, on en-
countering at its start one of the valleys,
at first followed It toward the Luebron,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
SUCTION JARRED HER NERVES
WOma wants Divorce from Hus-
band Too Noisy with
Soup.

Mrs. Nina Leider wants a divorce from
Ach Leider, who eats his food with a
knife and his soup with a noise, accord
ing TO a petition filed somewhat mys-
teriously in the circuit court OF 81. Louis.
The plaintiff says she has played the
role of wife to Ach since 1894, but that
life has become too burdensome to be
yoked with his any longer. She was born
in 1874. she says, and was graduated in
1895 from wellesley. famou among the
colleges of the land where blue stockings
are as prominent as daisies in June"
There she learned the ways of polite
society and acquired good manners and
correct habits OF eating. otherwise known
as table manners. Consequently, the sight
OF a person eating with a knife or the
sound of soup gurgling into the mouth
or the blowing OF ones nose at meals or
the inhaling of liquids or semi-liquids by
the power OF suction are sources of ex-
CIRCULATING pain and annoyance to her.
Her husband" she says. bends over
his soup plate with his head until his
beard almost dips into the soup. and
from tile time OF lifting the first spoon.
ful to his lips until the last drop Is
drained makes a noise akin to that OF a
saWmill."
He contends, she says. that this method
Of takins soup keeps the muscles Of ais
face in action. and such exercise prevents
the growth OF wrinkles.
The plaintiff AYERS that thsse contsn-
tions are false, and are known BY the de-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
ROYAL SOCIETY
Embroidery Packages

then crossed 1t at a point where the bank
dipped, rejoined the course OF the cleo
trio line, which 1t had not completely de-
serted, and thence followed the latter
closely until the hail stopped.
The effects OF the storm we're felt most
strongly in the immediate vicinity Of the
line, decreasing gradually on either side.
At the center of the stricken zone, along
the trace and following the contours OF
the electric cables, the hail fell without
rain during nearly a quarter of an hour,
while at the two sides IT was accompa-
MED by water. Storms In this region gem
orally come in the opposite direction to
that which this one took and without
bringing hail. The observations indicate
that the action OF the current had some
effect in attracting and directing the
storm.
A land owner about 1900 feet from the
cables reported having seen near the ca
bles three great balls twice the size OF a
mans head. which remained suspended for
a moment and then exploded Immediately
before the fall OF hail.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27

York legislature at its next session in acts
embodying them. BY cooperation with other
societies throughout the country, it hopes
to interest all the state legislatures In such
acts. II this work will preserve the sight
of 5000 persons of the next generation, as
it might have done In this. who will say 1t
is not worth while?
The committee numbers among its mem
bers republicans and deocrats, Protestants,
Catholics and Jews-all working in behalf
OF a common object. Among the officers
of the association which appointed the
committee are Richard Watson Glider. Miss
Helen Keller, Nicholas Murray Butler.
Samuel L. Clemens and others.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
PRINCE OF GOOD RIDERS
A Jiner from JinerviIIe with Bunches
of Degrees to
Burn.

The friends OF Rev. ]. r.. N. Bell, D. D.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church Of
Corvallis, Ore. say he has advanced further
in fraternal orders than any other minister
in the world. Few men Of any profession
equal his record. He belongs to practically
every widespread order In the world, ex-
cept those in which insurance is the domi-
nant feature. He has ridden the goat in
secret orders 16l times.
DR.. Bell holds one worlds record in Ma
sonry. In point OF service he Is the oldest
grand chaplain In the Masonic order in the
world, having been grand chaplain of the
Grand lodge OF oregon for thirty-five con-
secutive years.
II belongs TO your lodge" was the state
ment a speaker made in introducing DR..
Bell when he delivered a lecture at the
summer Bible school in this city last year.
This statement applied to almost ever man
in the large crowd.
He belongs 10 all branches OF the Masonic
fraternity, the knights OF Pythias. the Odd
Fellows, the E1ks, the Eagles and the Red
Men. He has taken 40 degrees in Masonry,
including thirty-two Scottish Rite degrees,
twelve York Rite degrees and ninety-six
Egyptian degrees. He Joined the Masonic
fraternity In March. 1871 He is a charter
member Of Al Kader Temple OF the Mystic
Shrine at Portland. He At one time Joined
the Ancient Order OF United workmen at
R~oseburg, Ore, but does not now maintain
his membership in that order.
Many offices in all these orders have been
held by DR.. Bell. and he 10 generally called
upon to officate as grand chaplain when
any OF them celebrates an event OF unusual
importance.
Or. Bell wa born January Is. 1915. in
Pulaski county Virginia, and was educated
at the Masonic college at wythsvtlls. Va
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27

measures are taken within a few hours
after the birth; durable. If when it de-
velops. skilled medical treatment can be
secured quickly; fatal to sight II prompt
preventive and curative measures are not
taken. and ending in total blindness through
the destruction OF the eyeballs.
Most Of the negligence and ignorance,
the committee believes, must be attributed
not to physicians, but to women who as
sist at the births.
Means OF Prevention.
The recommendations of the committee
may be summarized as follows:
first-The examination, licensing and
Legistratlon OF by local boards of
any time; power to require them 10 report
annually In person for registration or TO
ave their license renewed annually; to
prescribe the outfit used; to require strict
conformity to the law relating to birth GER
uiiostesi 10 have power to enforce such
TuIes ana regulations for the practice OF
mlowl1ery as the department OF health
may adopt, and to require them imme-
diately to report to the department each
ease or ophthalmia occurring under their
mlnistration' under penalty for neglect, II
round guilty, OF fine and, for a subsequent
offense, forfeiture OF license.
second-Circulars of instruction to assist
ants mothers and nurses TO be issued by
, BOARD or health In regard to the care OF the
eyes or the new born infant. For distribu-
non IN large cities they should be printed in
several languages.
Third-The preparation and predistribu-
ton by state boards OF health TO local
boards or small glass tubes, each contain
ing a proper preventive solution. They
should be accompanied by specific dlrec-
tions for use. The consensus OF opinion
among medical men is that the chosen pre-
ventive should be a derivative OF the silver
salts, preferably a l per cent solution OF
nitrate of silver. The glass tubes should
each contain the exact quantity to be used
for the eyes OF one infant. II is estimated
that the annual cost OF providing enough
OF these tubes for the state of New York
viii not exceed $4,000.
Fourth-Registration of Births: The
forms for certificates of birth 10 be issued
by the state board OF health should have
printed upon them. In substance. as fol-
lows:
l. What preventive for ophthalmla
neonatorum have you used for the chid's
eyes2
2. IL none, state the reason therefor.
g. II no preventive measure has been
taken nor adequate reason for the omission
given. and the child develops ophthalmia
~neonatorum, the law imposes a penalty of
fine or Imprisonment, or both. upon the re-
sponsible parties, other han a legally
qualified medical practitioner.
4 Small glass tubes, containing the
prophylactic adopted by the state board OF
health. will be supplied free OF cost 20
physicians and midwiNes applying for the
same, at the office OF the county depart
ment OF health.
Fifth-Records-That certain specified rec
ords be kept by physicians and by all
In which children are born.
To give force 10 these recommendation.
the committee plans to Interest the New
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
Eat your favorite food without fear
Of Indigestion or Stomach
Distress.

Why not start now-today. and for
ever rid yourself of trouble and
IndiEestlon2 A dieted stomach gets the
blues and grumbles. Give 1t a good eat,
than take Pape's D~iapepsin to start the
digestive juices working. There will be
no dyspepsia or beiching Of Gas or eruc-
tations OF undigested food; no feeling
like a lump OF lead in the stomach or
heartburn. sick headache and Dizziness,
your food will not ferment and poison
your breath with nauseous odors.
PAps's Dispepsin costs only 30 cents for
. large case at any drug store here. and
will relieve the most obstinat case OF In
digestion and Upset stomach in five min
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
PREVENTABLE MISFORTUNE
Pathetic Case of Children Who Need
Not Have Been Blind.
CAUSES OF THE SAD CONDITION
plan of Education, Legislation and
c~O-OperatiOn In Combating the
AffIictiOn-Means 10 IA
Good End.

'one-fourth of all the blind children In
the blind schools of the country are UNI
necessarily blind is the astonishing sem
tence used as a text in the report OF the
New York association for the blind.
The association has undertaken a plan Of
education, legislation and cooperation
which. It is hoped, will arouse the public
and effectively combat the causes OF the
great affliction, In the printed report the
claim is made that these thousands OF
children are not shut up in lifelong dark
ness because their parents could not afford
the services OF eye specialists, II is be-
cause at the time of their birth their eyes
were not washed properly and given a
treatment so simple that the humblest wo-
mar can administer II.
Try to amuse your self blindfolded for
an hour and you understand some of the
inconvenience Of blindness. Persons with
good eyes probably never appreciate the
full pathos OF II. They don't lose hope OF
seeing again. The committee quotes this
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
NO MORE DYSPEPSIA OR UPSET STOMACH

ULts,
There is nothing else better to take
Gas from Stomach and cleanse the stom-
aeh and intestines. and, besides, one tri.
angule will digest and prepare for as
similation into the blood all your food
the same as a sound, healthy stomach
would do IT,
When Diapepsin works, your stomach
rests-gets itself In order, cleans up-and
then you feel like eating when you come
to the table. and what you eat will do you
good.
Absolute relief from all Mis-
cry Is waiting for you as soon as you
decide 20 begin taking Diapepsin. Tell
your druggist that you want Pape's Dia-
pepsin. because you want to be thor
oughly cured OF Indigestion
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27

from Milton, the great blind singer:
hall' hoIy Light offspring Of Heav'n first
"' . thee 1 revisit safe
Ana teei they sovereign vital lamp; but
Revisit.st not these eyes, that roll in vain
10 rlnd the piercing ray, and find no
80 Thus with the year
Seasons return. but not to me returns
Day or the sweet approach of ev'n or
or sight OF vernal bloom. or summers rose.
or flocks. or herds. or human eace deyine:
but clouds instead, and ever-during dark,
The Principal Cause.
ophthalmia -neonatorum is the name by
which physicians know this principal cause
OF the unnecessary blindness. 1t is an in
tectious disease appearing at the time OF
birth, A professor in the University of
Leipsig twenty eight years ago annDlnced
that a ? per cent solution OF nitrate OF all
Yer dropped, a single drop. into each eve
OF a newborn infant, would destroy the
germs of the disease, where these existed.
and would not injure the sight of healthy
eyes. In 1880. just before and Just after
the application OF his newly discovered pre-
Ventive. the percentage of ophthalmia
dropped from ~ per cent 10 \ per cent.
The eyes of no baby born are safe with
out the application OF this or a similar pre-
-Ventlve. The fact and the remedy are
among the abc's of every physicians knowl-
edge. Yet there are between 5000 and 1000
persons in the United States who are
totally blind because the simple precaution
was not taken when they were born. Neg
igence and ignorance are the only causes.
Either one at such a time amounts vir-
tually to putting the child's eyes ont.
This is a dispassionate conclusion from
the following fact. By nature. the disease
Is; Easily p~reventable II precautionary
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
The Greater Nui..nce.

Sergeant McGonigle OF Chicago's police
automobile squad thinks that much over
speeding or motorists is due to smoky and
smelly cars ahead. The sergeant. address
ing the court in a recent case, said: Your
honor, II ] may be permitted to say a
word, ] believe smoking automobiles are
worse than speeding automobiles, and that
they are also the cause Of many accidents
and much OF the speeding done by chauf-
feurs. III a man were driving a dirty.
had TO breathe the fumes OF gas and smoke
l believe l would resort to speeding TO pass
that machine and get some fresh air"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-27
PENDANT. Ach Lelder, to be false.

ItHudHI, AcH LeIutII 10 DO IdIst'
The plaintiff says Ach is a lady killer,
or thinks he Is. and never leaves home
without a boutonniere in his coat lapel.
He also shores, she says, and she has
requested him to sleep in the basement,
where he would not disturb anything but
the dog, but he has "stubbornly and per-
sistently refused to do so.'-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
Prototypes Of Or. Cook.

In the December number of Travei
and Exploration. pr SCOTT Kettle. tn.
We'll now secretary of the Royal
Geographical society ovals with an
interesting topic-notablr fictitious
narratives in travel and exploration. 81
which. perhaps. Baron Munchausen's
adventures are a typical example. Or.
scott Kettles wild, reading has ena-
hled him Co give some entertaining
examples not known 60 the general
reader some two score wears z
there WIS issued hy one of the oldest
and most respected publishing houses
in England % Vlume entitled Wander
ms in the Interior or New Guinea
hN Captain j 4 lawson. Captain
Lawson made extraordinary discover
les and met With wonderful adven-
lures lie found 81 Lake Alexandra.
Of some eighteen hundred square
miles. studded with Islands. a Mount
Hercules. 37.7S3 feeL being eight
thousand feet higher than Mount Ev-
crest. an active volcano. Noun NuI-
al 1919 feet high. rivers with cat
aracts rivaling Niagarsh gigantic
snakes, and enormous bulls and 9th
Ct beasts Of strange structure. The
may OF Captain Lawson's route Il full