The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-29

Except for the fact that spring
languor will not pay for the baoy's
shoes, II is all right
What would the correspondents In
Washington do II some one was not
under fire all the time?
No baseball team is so weak al
present that It does not consider itself
a possible pennant winner.
Word comes that hens in Indiana
are laying n superior quality OF eggs
for a paltry rs cents a dozen.
The mollycoddle tendencies OF the
age are apparent in the appearance OF
near-women's hats worn by men
Picked horse meat masquerading
as human food is even worse than
some of the things oleomargarine has
been doing.
new 16-inch gun at Sandy Hook
Jars the earth six miles away. To-
foot gun would create an earthquake
In the effete east
Some recent estimates place the
population OF the Chinese empire at
only about 100000 600. but that ought
TO serve in pinch
4 newspaper describes a young man
who lighted a cigarette and went
whistling down the alley" He must
have had a versatile mouth.
In France II Is proposed that no air
ship be permitted to fly over a town
without permission. Here is much
work for the SKY constables.
Boiled alligator meat. according to
those who have tried IL. tastes like
veal But this only shows that veal
tastes like boiled alligator meat.
Statistics prove that It is better
TO take care Of the boys before they
go 70 prison than TO keep detectives
on their trail after they come out
A Peoria preacher has resigned TO
become a baseball umpire Having
taken precautions FOR saving his soul.
he probably believes he can afford to
risk his life
II is reported that a great italian
tenor has been the object Of black
hand" attentions Only a careless
press agent would have overlooked
this idea so long.
There was a riot at Montselice,
Italy. recently because Bruno was
burned at the stake some 400 years
ago. News travels slowly in some
parts OF the old world
Rodents have been accused or trans.
hitting the tubonic plague. and now
rats are said to be giving two ST Louis
girls leprosy But they we're the
''rats" made of Asiatic hair. And
naturally, any spread of the plague
will be laid to feminine vanity. the
convenient scapegoat for most hu
man ills.
The American public has got accus
toned TO calling an automobile station
a garage with more or less variety Of
pronunciation. but when IL comes Il
calling an aeroplane shed a hangar.
just because the English call IL that
the good old English word shed" viii
have TO do. Hangar" in French ism
30 easy to pronounce as Il looks.
The bureau OF Indian affairs al
Washington is also helping along the
cause OF progressive agriculture. Dem
onstration farms are TO be established
with a view to teaching the wards Of
the nation how 10 till the soil 10 the
best advantage Making a good farmer
out OF a good Indian would seem to b.
very effective form OF conservation
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On the other hand. II might be tina
10 pass through the tail of the come
would disinfect the atmosphere an,
the world in general There Is n,
need OF looking for trouble Their,
may be sum In that comet which viii
cure a cold in the head. cause hal
TO sprout on bald spots. knock on
rheumatism and reduce gas bills
Cheer up.
II seems quite wonderful to read o
the proposal Of a Harvard student b!
wireless in Honolulu and his accept
ance by the lady in pidocean But I
loses all the romance OF the good oil,
way OF settling the matter face 4
face with soft whispers on one sid
and sweet bushes on the other. BE
sides. there is always the danger O
wireless proposals being intercepte
and the wrong girl getting the fatefr
message
New Jersey has a noble Roman OF
father in a Brutus-Iike magistrate VIII
sent his own son TO Jail Evident
the New Jersey maglsterial brand
OF the stern stun Of which parents
heroes are made.