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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-14
Washinn Emhroideries.

Bran water baths are good for
worsted and cotton embroideries.
They should be made by adding a
quart Of fresh bran to three quarts
Of water. Boil this for half an hour
strain and then pour into a couple
of bowls, add cold water until it il
lukewarm, put in the embroidery
and rub till clean, rinse in clear
water and then place in the second
basin Of bran water, drying the ar
ticle as quickly as possible. Always
iron on the wrong side.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-14

The Coz c.tc- Really, Mr. Bagg
| was SO lrcadfully bored that
simply had % yawn; but. Of course
I hid my moa,h with my hand
Mr.. Bag No; YOU don't NEAR
to say thr ~uch a dear, sweet, tiny
little hart olld hide such a-er-
such a y at--that is, OF course
lovely weather, isn't it?-Londor
Skefch
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-14
The Clever Weaver Bird.

An interesting bird is the "weav-
er." Ii seems to be fond of max
ing enormous nests merely for the
purpose Of exercise in the art of
construction. Supply these birds
with strings and straw, and they
will use them mp rapidly, and their
fabric j. woven with perfectness
that i astonishing. In some coun-
tries it Is the custom Of the weaver
birds to colonize and build one big
flat topped platform, two or three
wards across, which is so admirably
put together as to shed the rain as
well as anv roof could do. Under
this roof they make individual pock-
ct shaped nests. bringing up under
this unique structure a large and
interesting family Of little weavers.
There is another bird. called the
tailor" which, instead Of weaving
It's nest. inclo-cs Il I'D big leaves and
stitches the latter together with
plant tibers. inst rs one would sew q
piece Of cloth
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-14

The power o. Enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm is one magnet Of
power. You must fire every event
with it, touch thoughts and acts
with it. 1t will transmute dross
into gold, drudgery into delight
What matters il the soul which
lives beside you is eold and selfish ?
Set him good examplei Joy Is
sunshine, and he will feel 1t. Every
irksome task is a chance for power
for the qualities which they bring
out are Gods gifts which fit US TO
enjoy better things. Easy things
will come if you have spent your
hearts blood on gaining strength,
for the very goal of power Is the
ease which comes from strength,
We laugh at things and people who
used TO cow or annoy US. We do
gracefully and swiftly the tasks
once SO hard. One by one We have
unriyeted our chains. We are free
Nautilus.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-14
rc.l -nrovon.

A s.rangr; -red a church in
the middle .. tie sermon and seat
ed himself ,l iae back pew. After
awhile IT, AN to fidget. Leaning
over 10 the white haired man at his
side, evidently an old member OF
the congregation, he whispered:
Glow long has he been preach
ings"
Thirty or forty years, ! think"
the old man answered. - don't
know exactly"
"I'll stay them" decided the
stranger. "IIe must be nearly
done. ."-Eyerybody's Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-14
A Double Chin.

To reduce a double chin anoint Il
with q good skin food; then, pick
ing up the flesh between the thumb
and first finger, roll it firmly, but
gently. Sponge the chin afterward
nttA noh Salt water.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-14

GLANDS upw

Glands up"
The passengers on the Pullman
car took in the situation at glance
and did exactly what the train rob
ber told them TO do.
At the points of his guns he re-
lieved them Of their valuables. But
at the sight Of one woman he
paused with a start.
"Who are you, woman" he de-
manded.
Il" she quavered, "am Miss Fay
de Flufie, the well known actress.
Here are my jewels. Take them
lallw
The holdup held up his head
proudly.
NO. he replied; 81 may be a
robber, but ] am no press agent.
Keep your wealth. - Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Buekwhsst cshes.
There is nothing on the dining
room table and nothing that could
be placed there that is so great and
formidable an enemy to the human
face rs buckwheat CAKES. They are
sure to make the complexion yellow
and covered with eruptions. Don't
insult your face by putting buck
wheat cakes into it. They head the
entire list Of complexion destroyers
--Exnhangs. -.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Auto. and Milk Wagon
Collide.

Rome Mlller's $4,000 auto,
driven by his son, Will, and a
milk wagon, belonging to the
Atlantic Dairy company We're
smashed, and Will Miller, two
girl companions aud a quantity
Of milk and cream we're spilled
over the Council Bluffs road a.
bout midway between the Bluffs
and the river bridge at a o'clock
Thursday morning when the
automobile and the milk wagon
collided. Vincent Pauley was
driving the milk wagon to Co.
Bluffs and the Miller automible
was returning to Omaha. Mr..
Miller says he was not driving
at a high rate speed and that
he did not see the milk wagon
before he struck it. He and
his companions were thrown to
the ground and one of the girls
was so badly injured that a
physician was called. The
driver Of the milk wagon was
also injured, but not seriously.
The milk wagon was smashed
beyond repair and the automo-
bile was damaged to such an
extent that another had to be
sent for to bring the young
hotel man and his companions
back home. Omahn Bee.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
The Unknown. Grave.

Death always carries with it,
even under the most favorable
conditions, a feeling of profound
sorrow, and no difference how
undistinguished the dead, there
is always a melancholy feeling
comes to the living while ga
ling on the marble face of the
dead, but how much more this
feeling is intensified when death
comes to one in a strange land,
unaccompanied by friends, and
leaving no marks by which the
dead can be identified. We are
impressed of this fact by the
unknown subject of an accident
near this city, last week, that
brought death to a stranger.
The body of a large man, of
perhaps so or 35 years of age,
we'll dressed, was found near
the N. w. railroad track, in an
unconcious condition, where he
had, no doubt, fallen from the
moving train, and was taken to
the Boughton Hospital, but all
effort to revive him failed, and
on Friday morning his spirit
took its flight, and his body was
Ilaid to rest The Jury in exam
lining the case, found neither
name. letter, card, or other
mark of Identification, nor from
whence he came nor where go
ing, absolutely nothing to indi-
cate name of friends-nothing
but a half filled flask of whisky
was found on his person, and
the jury concluded he was steal
ing a ride on the train, and be-
coming intoxicated, fell from
the car and was fatally injured
i in the fall.
How sad the spectacle! The
son of a fond mother; a loving
wife and perhaps innocent lit
tile children, who are now
waiting for his return. but alas,
The now sleeps in a pauper grave
lin the Potter's fell. No loved
Jones to follow his remains to it's
silent home and no mark to iden-
tify his humble bed in the 81
lent tomb, and perhaps his iden-
tity will never be known. His
name remains a secret until that
great day, when the sleeping
dead shall hear His voice and
come forth, and then, perhap:,
the loved ones may meet their.
long lost one.
How solemn! How sad to see
a fellow mortal, who comes to
us so unexpected-dies so mys-
teriously, taken to the silent
tomb to fill a pauper grave; no
mourners, no loved ones to shed
a tear. How we wish we could
unravl the mystery, and make
know to those who now wait his
return, where he sleeps.
D. M. H.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Why Steel Rails Spread.

The wear of rails is being in
vestigated in a very thorough
manner on the Hartman line
under the general direction of
Mr.. I'D Isaacs, their consulting
engineer. Whenever a rail
breaks or otherwise falls, the
section foreman who detects
the failure reports the fact at
once to the roadmaster over
him on a blank form, which
When filled out, gives complete
in -~- 'ion regarding the
ma. tie accident and all
conditions of the track.
When the rail is taken from
the track it is marked carefully
for Identification and sent to
the division terminal. At least
ten per C Mt of the broken rails
are sampled by making borings
the material removed in this
way being sent to the genera
officer in charge of maintenance
who has it tested. The inform
alton collected in this way up
to the present time indicates
that there are more failures of
90-pound rails per 100 miles of
track than Of 75.pound and 80
pound rails under the same
tonnage, and that about three
fourths of the failed rails con-
tain phosphorus in excess of
O.O85 per cent. Cold weather
also seems to increase the
number OF rails that fall.
The information collected in
this way is so complete in its
details that the records Of a few
years may be expected to
furnish a large number of use
full facts concerning the behav-
Tor of rails, If more roadswill
adopt a sytem of this nature at
least a part of the painful con-
troversy regarding the quality
of rails which has been so pre-
valent during the last few years
must inevitably be stopped by
the preponderance of evidence
such records will afford.
Engineering Record.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Corn Is "Boss''

At the beginning of the pres
e1tcentury the a nualcorn crop
OF the world was estimated al
about three billion bushels
this c 'untry being credited
with an average Of two billion
bushels But several times
since then we have run far a
head Of those figlres, large as
they are. During the year
recently closed there were
produced 2,6I3, 900, 900 bushels.
Even that yield ha, bee n
slightly exceeded by two crops
during the last four years, but
its value, Sl,6l5,0 100000, is the
high water mark, leading the
average for the last five years
by over AZ per cent. There is
no other crop in this country
or in any other country in the
world that is worth so much.
It nearly equals the combined
value of our cotton, hay and
wheat. Not only the grain
itself is the corner stone of our
prosperity, but advance is
being made in the development
Of valuable by products and in
time even a good share Of our
printing paper may be made
from corn fiber. There is little
danger that the Russian
farm y, no matter how expert
the training he may receive will
ever be able to strike the pace
of the hustling western corn
grower, who is already fixing
his gaze on the three billion
bushel mark.
Boston Transcript.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Supt. Riddell.
The Des Moines Daily

The Des Moines Daily Capt.
tai of the 18th inst, says Of a
former citizen of Mo. Valley, a
teacher in our schools, and a
gentleman of great ability, and
one of whom we are all proud
to learn is making a grand sue
cess in his chosen profession.
i Prof. w. Riddell, while a citi-
zen of Harrison county, receiv-
ed the republican nomination
for representative in the State
Legislature, when D. M. Harris
of The Times said: ITO elect
Mr.. Riddell would be to make a
poor representative and spoil a
splendid school teacher" He
was defeated, and now we
have the following from the
Des Moines Capital:
"The board of education has
exceptional opportunities for
making a critical observation of
the work of Superintendent w.
o. Riddell, as the official head
of the Des Moines public schools
"That the members are well
pleased with his work is eviden-
ced by the fact that they have
raised his salary from $4,000 to
$4,000 per year and have gran
ted him a six months leave of
absence in which to make a
special study of educational af-
fairs in different sections of
Europe.
I'VE believe that the general
feeling in Des Moines will be
one of commentator of the ac-
ton of the board. 1t is the opin-
ion of those competent to judge
chat Superintendent Riddle has
shown a special aptitude for his
work. Few people can appre-
ciate what it means to be the
responsible head of a school
system like the one we have in
Des Moines. The superinten-
dent must have something more
than scholarship to commend
him. He must be a general,
diplomat, a master of detail,
student of human nature ard
have a capacity for an endless
amount of hard work. He must
know when to censure and when
to praise. He must come near
er to satisfying all classes Of.
people than any other public
servant. These are but a few
of his essential qualifications.
cit is a high testimonial to
Supt. Riddles efficiency that he
has stood so many severe tests
and passed through the fire un-
scathed."
We have no doubt but what
Pro. Riddle feels thankful to
the people of Harrison county
for not spelling a good teacher
to make a poor law maker.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Ed. D. BRADLEY & co
Train No. s was held here TO,

Train No. s was held here for
an hour last evening. Some
one stole the Conductors over.
coat and tickets and got off Of
the train with 5ilem Marshal
Butcher was notified, and soon
located the thief and returned
the stolen goods.
Vim. Strobehn, Of McClelland,
Iowa, was the Sunday guest of
F. A. Heath and family.
Earl Eagecomb and wife, and
A. Edgacomb and wife, ofOma-
ba, came up to the Valley last
Saturday afternoon in their gu
tomobile, and spent Sunday in
the Valley, the guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Madsen.
Hoard Mann, Of Hastings,
Neb., who has been the guest Of
the Moorehouse family at Love
land, Ia, returned to his home
last Saturday.
Eafore you paper your house
sec Bolin.
j. S. Dewel is in Logan today
on business.
Charley Sargent came up
from Omaha last night and
will remain here until his wife
improves again.
Harry Higley, the moving
picture man, visited Blair Sun
day.
Mrs. Burriff is spending the
afternoon in Omaha.
Mrs. f. M. Dance and Mrs.
Charles Warner of Omaha
spent Sunday in this city. They
came to visit Mrs nj. Olmstead
who has been quite sick for
sometime.
Dr.. McGavren reports a
daughter born Sunday to Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Jenkins.
The Brunswick-Balke repre-
sentative was here yesterday to
put a pool table in the new K.
P. hall.
| Chas. Stout is in Omaha this
afternoon on a business trip.
The Modern Woodmen have
established a Sanatarium at
Colorado Springs, Colorado, for
the treatment of their sick
members.
Mrs. Laura Chapman is re-
ported worse again today and
lshe is again confined to her bed
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Dickens'L Going.

Bit by bit the London of
dickens, known to many
almost better than the London
of to-day, is disappearing. The
Fleet prison went long ago, but
the "lofty room, i'll lighted and
worse ventilated, situated in
Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn
Fields" familiar to all who
know their "Pickwick," has
survived till now.
Mr.. Pickwick and Sam Weller
knew it as the Insolvent Debt
ors' Court. After a period of
service as the Bankruptcy
Court it has in latter days
figured as the Wes5minsse r
County Court. To-day this
chapter too was closed. After a
weeks interval for moving the
books and documents the court
will be held in the new
premises in St.Martin's lane,
and the old building vanishes,
to make room for an extension
of the land registry office.
Within a stones throw, how
ever, the old curiosity shop still
maintains an anachronistic
existence. LondonNews.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Seed Wksat

Deur Is Tamisea nave re
Ceivea a car 81 the famous
blue stem northern wheat
grown by tho Minnesota Exs
pertinent Sfatio,. First
come-fiTst served.
Mrs. May Sargent was
brought home from Omaha last
night suffering from blood poi
son, which was the result of
defective tooth. She is report
ed to be resting easier today.
Mrs. l. Logan and Mrs. NJ
Hummell of L,gan were guests
|of Mrs A. B. Berry Sunday.
Bert VanPatten visited
friends in Omaha over Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. w. II. Withrow
entertained a party of friends
last night from Omaha and
Schuyler, Neb. at a six o'clock
dinner. Covers were laid for
ten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorm of Logan,
land Mr.. and Mrs. T. McF'ee Of
Magnolia, were The guests of
Mrs. Krauskopf yesterday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Red Cloud Encampnent.

Red Cloud Encamprlent.
ARed Cloud Encampment No.
OIL O. 0. j., lad great time
at their hall, last Saturday eve
Mtg they having made arrange
nlents to hold Masquerade So
cial at that time, ard had SO no
titled the brethren and Rebeka
degree members to be on hand
prepared to have good time.
At about 7::30 p. m. the doors
of the hall were thrown open,
and guests began to arrive, and
by $50 both lodge room and
banquet hall was we'll filled with
the beauty and gallantry of the
Order, and their friends, and
just such q peculiar dressed
crowd was never seen in this
city before. Indians, Cowboys,
Cinnamon, Japs, Negroes, Dude
ankees, and every nationality
ever heard of was repre- ented.
with some never before heard
lof.
The OLD with their masks, and
the young with their fancy cos
fumes, Wed with each other to
See which could make the most
fun.
The grand march was formed
at an early hour, and as they
passed around the hall, keeping
step to the fine music, by the
Burbank Orchestra, they pre-
scented such a peculiar appear
lance that they would have made
q brass monkey laugh; the au-
|dience cheered; and with all
their odd dress and masks, in
which almost every country on
the globe was represented, they
made a beautiful and unique
appearance; some costumes of
fine fabric while others were on
! ly admired for the peculiar cut
and makeup and colors OF the
garments, but taken all in all,
it was a sight worth the coming
| to the hall to witness The
maskers We're composed Of fine
formed men and pretty women,
all of whom would at
tract without a mask The on
! " objection to the mask was
the fact that one could not tell
whether he was paying court to
the mother or daughter, Old OF
young. but when the time come
to unmask. some surprises oc-
Cured.
Each masker was required to
give name at the door, so as to
, protect the admission Of unae-
5lfable guest, thus projecting
those who were invited
G. w. Burbank and j. e Ros.
enbaum occupied q position at
the kitchen door, and ISSUED
sandwiches and coffee TO all who
desired TO partal5e Of refresh
ments during the evening.
Taking the entertainment all
in all it was worthy the Com
mittea who planned It, aud the
brothers who carried it out, and
thu5 another very successful
Entertainment was had by the
II 0. 0. rs, Of this city, with
) their friends, one that will long
be remembered by the partici-
pants as one Of the most pleas
ant ever enjoyed by them, in
creasing the fellowship Of the
Order, and will, no doubt, en-
large the membership of tic
Odd Fellows here. d NJ H.
Co., yMs.A
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
l0n ACRE
In Weston Co. Wyo, the orig.
inal nome of dry farming.

inal nome of dry farming.
The County that for Is years
has grown prize winning agri-
cultural products. First pre-
MUM on oats at st Louis Ex-
position, in competition with
the world, and many other a.
wards on various products when
ever exhibited. If you want to To-
cate a homestea J, or buy deed
ed land in the best farming re-
gion of Wyoming, let US hear
from you. For information
address, Wyoming Realty Co.
Newcastle, Wyoming. walls
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Monday March 20

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cotton of
Extra are expected to arrive to
day for a short visit with ralat.
ives.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Sahn were
visiting friends in Omaha Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. G oodrich
entertained at 6 O'clock dinner
last evening at their home on
third and Michigan. Places
were laid for the following
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Oviatt, Miss Oviatt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ted Rhodabeck.
Big line Of new fIoSr rugs al
BoEins. LSw prices.
Mrs. Geo. Thompson Of Chad.
ron, Neb. is the guest of w. IL
Cambell and wife.
L. NJ. Savage of Omaha was
an over Sunday guest Of Mrs
3. t. Giddings.
Mr.. and Mrs. r L Colthard
visited at the Andrew Coultha
I'd home in Cal. junction over
Sunday.
Miss Belle Moorehouse is al
home in Loveland for a few
days visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Alex
ander attended a surprise party
on their daughter, Mrs. b. W.
scebold Sunday evening March
18th at the Scebold home ir
the country. About thirty
grown people besides the child.
rem, were present. Mrs. See.
bold received a large number Of
useful presents. A very pleas.
ant time was had by all.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
CAsroHIA.
Raars tba >,The Kind You Have Always Bough
Signature "a lezf1zz2zzezsu

AL Beemer, warden of the
Nebraska penitentiary, is dam
gefously sick at Lincoln Nebr.
He was known IS years ago to
the old time citizens of this
city.
A woman at West Point, Neb.
celebrated nar 10Oth birthday
last week. The Nebraska eli
mate is surely good.
It is reported that little jun
Tor Daar is much improved
this morning.
The Misses Robbie, Marshall,
and Petrashii will entertain the
"A2" Club this evening at their
rooms in the Schulmeister
home.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
Low prices Oh lace curtains
and draperies at Bclins.

Low prices OIL lace curtains
and drapcries at BcIins.
Ms. Anna Carr of Des
MONIES, is in the city having a
cancer removed by DR.. DeVore.
Fl. II. Wade of Magnolia was
q pleasant caller today.
Tom Gilmore received a let
ter from mail agent Hall of
Omaha in which he says that
he has been sick in bed for the
past three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jewel Roberts
of Logan spent Sunday in this
city visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Beagle.
Mrs. II White, of Norfolk, is
in the Valley the guest of the
b. Lutge family.
John Wehrli, the j.weler is
in Omaha on busincss today.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Williams Saturday evening, a
daughter
Ed Myers returned Saturday
evening from a business trip to
|Oklahoma.
Born to Mr.. and Nrs. Emil
Rramon this morning a son.
Joseph Beirnes and VIM Stou-
Ike, of Omaha, were the guests
of the Beirnes brothers Nc
Dermott and Price Sunday.
Mrs. Lee Doty attended the
funeral OF her sisters little
child in Logan Sunday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01
cA8roRTA.
Boar, the 1,Ihe Kind You Have Always Bougt'
Signature "a La/M92ZltzsSl

Boone, Ia, March 20. George
N. Fowler of Nevada has sued
the Northwestern railway for
damages to the extent of
1899 for injuries which he
received by being struck by a
mail sack thrown from the fast
mail as it shot through town at
the rate of sixty miles an hour.
He was knocked down and
injured about the limbs, back
and shoulders. He has never
been able to use his right arm
since the time of the injury
last April.
Ladies Pictorial: Women like
goods massed together, and
they like to be tempted to buy.
1t is a form of dissipation in
which almost all love to
indulge, incomprehensible
through it may be to men.
That is why the bazaar never
loses its popularity.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-04-01


The mother of Mrs. John
MacAllister of this city died
Saturday evening at her late
home in Independence. Mrs.
Mac Allister was at her bedside
at the time of her death.
DR.. Phelps reports the birth
of a son to Mr.. and Mrs. S. B.
Harlan, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Huntsing-
err are Omaha visitors today.
Mrs. W. c. Fensler and
daughter Helen are guests of
Logan friends today.
Frank Oviatt loaded his car
today for Wyoming and will
leave tomorrow.