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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23

RrvERvIEw ExPosITIoNs Court
~ Honor has never been equaled since
the Ancient Hanging Gardens OF Baoy,,
lon. Its center Is . lagoon OF crys'a,
water. through which Hash myriads OF
silver and gold nsh- The iimpid edges
are fringed with emerald lawn set IN
rows OF stately Lombsrdy poplars. cas-
cade fountains play prismauc SPRAYS
nigh overhead and cooling mists noat
downward into the lagoon. Fantasuc
facades and white pavilions gieam
through the trees ~ marble setting
for the beautiful landscape.
sOver Niagara Falls reproduces on
a mammoth scale the famous water
The inspiring stpsnds Of great bands
softer tones OF orchesNas. sounds oi
merriment from joyous throngs, sunn'
waters and forestry. gay show-pihces
the whirr OF aerial cars and lying ma
chimes whistles OF miniature railroadr :
vocalisation OF the animals OF circle =
RANCH chanting Indians. the famila'
roofing enthusiasts in the oaseoal
mark. the silent onward movement o.
/ the river that courses through the grea
nark. and millions OF activities that I'M
part Measure. mystery and ne,sh,
make 3 oRIvERvIEw EXPOSITION
place Of magic. the like OF which IN
world has never seen
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23

RrvERvIEw ExPosITIoNs match
less attraction Is THE Creation This
-tupendous scenic spectacle. snimateo
by Biblical characters OF the Garden OF
Eden, is destined TO attract world-wide
attention. IL Is the product OF the
genius OF +. w. Mcconnell, builder OF
several worlds fairs. and bis stan OK
a hundred artists.
The scene is the Valley OF the Bu-
phrates. where tradition locates Eden.
Awed spectators view as near TO It's re-
production as man may conceive. The
great religious drama closely fono"s
the Scripture.
There IS first a void. then darkness.
dawn and light: separation OF the sky.
the earth and the waters: the beginning
OF life in the air and the waters. piros
and fishes, creeping and crawling tnings,
celestial anthems OF unseen spirit panos
the creation of Adam and Eve. their
Temptation, transgression and expulsion
by Angel Gabriel. who drives them forth
with a flaming sword"
A great $4,000 pipe organ intones ap.
propriats music. Its deep tubes producs
thunder, and its fute-like notes the
nimicry OF forest small life flashe'
Of lightning and angry storms are maos
Nv electrical and water effects. space
forbids an adequate description OF thii
magnificent spectacle. ,.-,
Another great novelty Is The Races.
an English panorama Fifty horses az
tached TO chaises race over the hisn
way to Coventry.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
No Wonder.

you love long rambles-in the
countryH" asked the girl in the
white sweater.
"Yes. indeed" responded the
young man in the green hat with
the purple band and buckled shoes:
When | 60 out in the country oil
nature seems 10 smile"
"Graciousl don't blame her
Its a wondershe doesn't laugh out
nght"-Kansas City Independent
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
sus, ser,. sasina,-.

81. Jig'c' 'lhc other day saw
,ui'e an interest ~ educated pig
Miss Pert A. OH, OF course. |
iuppose-
Nr. Jig'cy-Don't say III You
Hrre Going to say YOU suppose |
ookcd in the glass. weren't YOU:
Mis-. pert-Not at all, don't
consider vou interesting or edu-
'atcl. Catholic Standard and
Times
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
GOLDEN NEEDLES
They Wsrs ussd When oeilsass u
France Did Fancy WsrS-

france Oto pe"ey Ws
During the old regime in France,
about which so much glamoAr re-
mains to us, the very men Who were
living and making the history Of the
empire Of Louis passed their sinazel
time in a way that seems to us OF
today utterly ridiculous. In all the
fancy work on which ladies employ
ed themselves the men seem 10 have
taken part.
Poinsinet in one Of his comedies
represents a young marquis enter
ing a room where two fair damsels
are embroidering. One is working
a piece Of dress trimming, the other
a Marly founce. The beau examines
the embroidery with the eye OF >
connoisseur, points out here and
there the specially good touches and
is too polite to notice any defects.
He takes a little gold tube out OF
the pocket of his richly decorated
waistcoat and selects a dainty gold
needle. He goes to the frame al
which Cidalise is working and I'm
ishes the flower which she had be
gun. From her he moves to the
sofa and, seizing one end OF th'
flounce, assists Ismene, 10 whom n
paws special attention, 10 compiet'
her task.
At this time it was the custom o
= the ladies invariably to carry Thea
workbags with them TO the evenin
receptions, in which they had no
only their embroidery materials, bu
: the last novel, the popular song
d their patch boxes and rouge pot
Is Gentlemen also carried deftly en-
- broidsred little bags into compAn,
in which held "a whole arsenal OF CO
d d lery and fancy articles, such
c. boxes of different shapes filed vi
. lozenges, bonbons, snuff and scent
r At another period the fashion
As the day was to cut out drswlnI
in from books and pamphlets and
:; paste them on screens, lamp shade
as boxes and vases. The skill In II
" was to so arrange the drawings
In IN parts of different drawings as
ng produce a curious or amusing
of feet. Then there came a seas
e, ic; when all the rage was for charsd
Is and riddles, which gave Q peculial
I e; good opportunity to exercise :
light and rapid wit so conspicuo
= in the French. Every evening I
n drawing rooms were converted in
81 impromptu charades. Some ls
u would suggest a word or phrase, q
forthwith If would be converted II
the subject Of sprightly little pl
Many of the word games now c.
rent with us in America had tn
origin in the necessity the frer
!, salons were under IN the lbst e
his tury 10 divert themselves. In 10
'ee es of the salons the fashion OF ke'
iss iss ing a daily chronicle OF news, VII
of Of was toe often mere chronicle
OF scandal, was adopted. Nine. d
Gu blet de rersan issued bullet
re. re- which she called "nouselles .
N: Tss main" In her apartments two =
isters were kept, one Of the auth
Ky. tic news received here and there
IN. IN. her guests, the other Of floating
'gs. mors and on dts, and from th
si ,eii the budget of her chronicle
,GS .9S made up and circulated through
France.-Appleton's Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Lazy DI~d&


The "mound fowls" Of Australia
and New Guinea construct mounds
of decayed leaves for their nests.
In .thsss the eggs are laid and Gov
cred over With the same material
The warmth engendered BY the os-
composition Of the leaves causes the
eggs to hatch, and the young in que
time burrov thsir way out TO hie
and the open air. These birds are
regarded q the laziest OF ell ths
festhery kingdom. NeIt TO thsm
come the common Asckbirds q
America for laziness- Thsss hack-
birds never build nests Of their Own.
but ley their eggs in ths ns.es os
othsr birds and leave them te .
hetchsd by foster motAsrs. Thie =
an unfortunAts impoaitisn On ne
smaller birds. - The blackn:os
Young u % large when f,ss Asssnsd
hat hs soon crowds the snaAles
Ihiris out Of the nest and - 81
AH1pUA .,,;;S
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
n. Care OF Carpets.

spongecarpets occasionally with
hot waite in which either~common
salt or psvdered alum has been is
solved. Ibis not only brightens the
carpets. ,ut prevents moths
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Baked shad.

Clean a sad and stuff with mash
ed potatoes to which is added a
teaspoon OF finely minced parsley.
Law the fa on baking dish on
several slic7 Of salt pork. Bake
and baste ,flcn with the fat from
the pork.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Rival Accomplishments

htNsl
A new boy had moved into the
neighborhood. He was sitting on
the line fence that separated his
particular back yard from the yard
pertaining to the next door neigh
Dor and was proceeding to cultivate
the acquaintance of the next door
neighbor's boy.
aI've gone through grammar
school," he said. Il can do every
sum in the mental arithmetic, and
I'always got hundred mark in ms
history and geography"
"well," responded the other boy
thrusting out his lover jaw, y car
move my ears, and you can't
| Youths Companion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23

Caddie 10 Foozle (who has slowly
hacked his way 10 the first holel-W
,e be- gon' the whole round:
yoozle Yes. or course. wy
Caddie Ouly ther'll be wantn' the
links tomorrow. It's medal day.-Tat-
tar
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24
the Surplus
Wealth of
Uncle Sam

| stantly set OF in an adjoining build
Ing. where watchmen are constantly
on guard. And to make sure that this
electrical apparatus is working proper.
ly there is "buzzer" which goes on
every Is minutes inside the vault. II
the warning apparatus Is not working
properly this buzzer will be thrown
out Of commission and the watchmen
will be Immediately notified.
Cannot Tamper with Cables.
But what II the cables connecting
the vault with the watchmen's room
should be cut?" Mr.. Eldridge was
asked. The reply was that any tam
pering with the cable would have the
same effect upon the alarm system as
IL the vault itself had been attacked.
This enormous vault, whose roof is
on a level with the pavement. has a
perfect system of ventilation by great
driving and suction fans, which are
turned on when the vault is opened,
so that the air Is fresh and cool at all
times. 1t Is lighted by electricity, the
lighting plug being put in place only
after the vault door is opened.
One Of the marvels of the vault is
the vault door, complicated mass of
gray steel weighing seven tons, but so
wonderfully balanced on ball-bearing
hinges that 1t can be opened without
effort. 1t has four combinations, and
no one man In the employ of the gov
eminent knows them. Two men know
two of them, and two others the re-
naming two, so that in order to un-
| lock the money chamber at least two
persons must be present. The door
is, Of course. equipped with the time
lock device, which is now in use on
all first-class safes. But even entrance
through the vault door sets off the
alarm in the watchmen's room. 1t is
necessary, therefore, to supply the
watchmen's department with sched-
ule showing at what hour the vault
will be opened and at what hour 1t
will be closed. The vault, according
to the schedule, must not be opened
before 8:45 In the morning, and 1t
must be closed before five every night.
OId-Fashioned Elevator.
The only way to reach the vault Is
by way of tiny hydraulic elevator,
which is protected by an iron door,
opening almost at the elbow of the
chief of the division of issues, who
keeps the key in his desk. This ele-
vator car was barely large enough to
carry Mr.. Eldridge, the newspaper
man, and photographer down to the
vault. 1t is operated by the old-fash-
toned rope-pulling device and is the
most prosa!c road 20 millions imagin-
able.
On June IS. the morning on which
the photograph from which we got
the illustration was taken, the vault
contained $3O9, 199. $40, in the follow
ing denominations: $77,516,66O in
fives. $210,011 300 in tens and twen-
ties, $6.256,200 in tens. and $15,415, 750
In fifties and one hundreds. The
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24

currency act. The steel plates for
every national bank In the country
had to be altered. To the legend on
the face of the banlnotes and at the
top, Secured by bonds Of the United
States" there had to be added .
third line, "Or other securities" In
order to add these three words every
plate had to be softened, the extra
words engraved. and then the whole
plate retempered. Each of these
banknote plates. which costs SIS, will
print 10000 bills, then the Impressions
begin to get dull. and the plate has to
be softened. the dies recut, and the
plate tempered again, after which
about 10000 more impressions can be
taken. The plates are then destroyed
and new ones made.
To-day Mr.. Eldridge sleeps easy.
Let your notes come In as fast as
you can make them" is his message
to the head of the bureau Of engraving
and printing. Rush the notes over
until we have stock Of 100000 900.
200.000,000 to remain in the upper
vaults for current needs Of the banks
and 500,000,000 to rest secure In the
vault beneath the treasury, guarded
by its walls of steel and stone and by
its network of wires which never
sleep"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24

1HEN congress passed the
the emergency currency
WI act last May authorizing
the controller of currency
to have printed emergency
currency to the value of
one-half of the amount of
governmt mt bonds owned by the ma
tional banks throughout the country,
Q condition was created--and a very
serious condition-which nobody real
lied so fully as Watson w. Eldridge,
chief of the division OF issues under
the currency bureau. For this vast
sum. about $49O.0O0.0OO. was to be
placed in his hands for safe keeping,
rs is all the national bank currency.
At the time Of the passage of this
act there was on hand In the vaults
on the second floor OF the Treasury
building in Washington about $780,
100000 Of national banknotes, as a
working stock This quantity of pa
per money was about all that these
two vaults would hold. So when the
bureau of printing and engraving,
after sending out C. @. d. summons
for all the expert engravers in the
country to come to Washington and
aid in altering the steel plates, to
comply with the new law, began to
send the emergency currency in dray-
loads to Mr.. Eldridge. that trusted
guardian of the nations wealth be-
gan to spend the most uneasy nights
in all his 40 years service in the
treasury department and 20 years in
his present position.
The money continued to pour In,
not in thousands and hundreds of
thousands. but in millions. 1t was the
most unwelcome money ever unload
ed upon a man working for salary
New Vault Made Necessary.
When things reached crisis an
order was given for a vault to hold
this emergency currency, vault
which would make all previously
manufactured safes look like pocket
savings banks, for the new structure
of steel was to be thin shells be-
tween Uncomfortable wealth and
thieves who were ready to break in
and steal, and the corruption of fire,
earthquakes. and devastation of any
other character. 1t must be a vault,
so the treasury officials specified,
capable of holding the vastest sum of
money ever stored in one place, FIVE
hundred millions.
The order was given and the safe
makers set to work. To-day the vault
stands completed. as witnessed by
the accompanying illustration, the
first which the government has al
lowed to be taken of this vault. There
are stored In the steel pigeonholes a
little more than 300,000,OO0 of bank
notes and the remaining millions are
being stored away as fast as they can
be counted In the big Offices above
the level of the street.
The new vault, which was built at
. cost Of $4,000. is two-story struc-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24

on which money is printed has to be
dampened before 1t takes the impress
sion of the hand press, so that when
It comes out It Is not sized covered
with glossy surface as the result of a
bath in a glutinous substance). These
treasury notes were issued just as
they came from the press. AS result
the fibers soon began to break through
the surface Of the paper. and as each
bit of fiber dropped from the bill the
ink began to fade, 80 that within two
weeks after the first bill was issued
the treasury had to begin to redeem
the tattered notes and issue new ones.
II was then that a committee appoint
ed to examine into methods Of the
treasury department suggested that
all paper on which banknotes were
printed should be resized after print
ing. Mr.. Eldridge was the aggressive
factor in this particular reform, and
It is to him that the present pleasing
appearance of our paper money Is
due.
Prior to the completion Of the new
vault the emergency currency was
stored in the basement of the Union
Trust Company, at the corner of Fiji
teenth and H streets, N. w. The first
few millions that we're received were
placed in large iron vault, but when
carloads of money began to arrive
this vault with capacity of a mere
forty millions soon overflowed, and then
this enormous wealth was stacked on
the floor in ordinary wooden boxes.
which any Ratchet could have knocked
to smithereens. This seemed an
awful risk for the government to take,
but there was nothing else to be done.
A tiny dynamite cartridge discharged
In a little areaway in the rear OF the
bank building would have blown
hole in the cellar walls that would
have barred to view wealth OF which
Solomon Gin all his glory" could not
have dreamed, and which would have
made naughty Croesus green with
envy. In order to meet this danger
the government employed ten extra
Waterman, who patrolled the streets
and alleys in the neighborhood OF the
Union Trust building for nine months.
day and night. These watchmen were
only dropped from the pay roll OF the
treasury on May 10, when the new
vault was turned over to the govern
ment by. the contractors.
Forced Change In steel PIates.
But the division of issue was not
the only branch Of the government
which found itself extremely busy
after the passage Of theN emergency
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24
t,ospItsIs ! eenssIt to Properly.

The National association for the
Study and Prevention OF Tuberculosis
has recently concluded an investigar
ton. which shows that 675 per cent
of the tuberculosis sanatoria and hos
pitfalls of the United States have been
benefit to the property and health
of the communities In which they are
located. In the case Of more than 81
per cent. of the sanatoria the presence
of the institutions has helped to In
crease the assessed value of surround
ing property. ip
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24
W. Edrids Custodian Of Seven Hundred Millions Dollars

, cilities come to the fore. In fine
weather the ball expands to the full
but when rain approaches it shuts like
an umbrella, II the weather Is in
clined to be ,showery, it keeps shut all
the time, only opening when the dan
ger from the wet is past.
The ordinary clover and all its var1-
cites, including the trefoil and the
shamrock, are also barometers. When
rain is coming the leaves shut togeth,
err like the shells of an oyster and do
not open again until fine weather IL
assured. For day or two before rain
comes their stems swell to an appre-
ciable extent and stiffen so that the
leaves are borne more upright than
usual. This stem swelling when rain
is expected is a feature of many fiow-
ering grasses.
The fingers of which the leaves Oh
the horse chestnut are made up keep
fat and fanlike so long as fins
weather Is likely to continue. With
the coming of rain, however, they
droop as IL to offer less resistance to
the weather. The scarlet pimpernel Is
nicknamed the poor mans weather
glass" or wind cope. and opens its
flowers only In fine weather AS soon
as rain is In the air 1t shuts up and
remains closed until the shower or
storm is over.
The common garden convolvulus
crumples up its delicate blossoma
within the space Of half an hour II
rain drops are on the way. and II
keeps them thus until the bad wealth
er has passed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24
The HappIest.

In the smoking-room of the Finland.
discussing June wedding, Andrew
Carnegie said:
And thank goodness 1t wasn't an
international marriage, though the
bride did have Is millions.
Mot" appended Mr.. Carnegie. that
| object to international marriages
wherein the two parties are good and
honorable and well matched. But so
many of these marriages are like one
that Boston cynic described to
me.
WAS 1t happy marriageTI asked
this Bostonian.
"'Oh, quite, said he. The bride
was happy, her mother was over
ioyed. Lord Lacland was in &C.
stacies, and his creditors. / under
stand. were In state of absolutely
delirious and uncomfortable bliss"
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and made me feel like q new person,
and 1t shall always have my praise .
Mrs. w. p. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, n. j.
Gardiner, Me. -"I was great suf-
ferer from female disease. The doc
tor said / would have to 60 to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia K.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months."-
MRS. 8. A. WILLIAMS, R. +. ID. No. II
Box 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case Is q difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial 1t surely has cured
many cases Of female ills, such as In
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fbroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
yous prostration. It costs but trife
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24
BURNING String In the sIck-Room.

Months spent In sick room have
taught me many things for the com
fort of an invalid, one Of the simplest
and most effective of which Is burn
ing string to purify the atmosphere.
Take soft string and stick 1t with
pin to the back Of chair; after
lighting. blow 1t out gently. leaving
the tiny spark. which win create
smoke enough to make decided DIFF
ference in the observation-disclosures
Bazaar.
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ture, furnished with steel racks, which
closely resemble safety deposit box
racks. The interior walls are Of Har-
veyized steel. half an inch thick, and
the whole vault is incased In masonry
and cement more than two feet thick.
But beneath the masonry and the
shell Of steel lies the chief protec-
ton of the vault against burglars--A
mat of closely woven steel wires.
Now, each Of these wires IL charged
with electricity. SO that when one Of
thsm is touched with an awl or bit
or . Dynamite pump an alarm = In
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24

was dull and exhausted nearly all the
time. / consulted doctors and used
medicines. but only Doan's Kidney
Pills helped me. Soon was perma-
nently cured"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24
Bread from Fish Roe.

Peasants In the eastern regions Of
Russia make bread from fish roe. AT
the present time. owing to the hard
season, there is what they term in
that country little famine;" conse-
Quently the peasants are making bread
from the roe Of fresh water fish, with
which the rivers abound. The process
OF making fish flour" differs little
from the ordinary one. The roe is
dried and ground, and cooked in the
usual fashion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24

money is printed in sheets, four bills
to the sheet and 1000 sheets to the
package. There were nearly 1900, 900
sheets, or s.797 packages to store
away. The actual value represented
In this amount of printed paper is
only $685. In estimating this value
Of the printed paper the government
figures that each package weighs IA
pounds, and the paper is purchased at
~ cents per pound. The balance ID
for the printing and the handling OF
the bills, which are counted 50 times
before being stored away.
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Delay Is dangerous.
Alonzo Adams. o.
ceola, Iowa, says:
my kidneys failed
me. l suffered aw-
full pain and was SO
weak / could not
work, and often had
To take To bed /
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-24
DANDELI0N AS a BAROMETER
Absolutely Reliable When One Car
Read Its slgns--Also 10 Weather
Prophet.

The dandelion is dandy barometer.
one Of the commonest and most reli.
able. 1t is when the blooms have
seeded and are in the fluffy. feathery
condition that the weather prophet IA