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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10

Glass grinding is effected by the
use Of emery powder Of various de-
grees of tneness But L has been
shown that this grinding cannot he
carried beyond certain point,
however fuc no 'Cr rv be rscd.
In fact, cnItlett p ~ 1t undoes
the work anil Oh. B. Tie surface up
again. The nn-t hnc.y ground
plate, il large', ugn aed, Is shown
to be covered with tiny BITS which
no grinding viii remove. The work
is Therefore continued with rouge
carried on pad Of rosn, which
gradually smooths down the eleva-
tons between The pits. Hydro
huoric acid gas corrodes glass very
rapidly, but weak solution of it
mefts away the roughened surface
and leaves a fine polish underneath.
This method is used where very
fine adjustments of the surface are
requires--as, for instance, in lenses
;5r telescopes ana MICROSCOPES.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10

n maiden whose nrst name was wrId
Was tho only and beautiful child
or Mr.. Jack Rose
And The sad story goes
That later she wed
Mr.. Celt OF Nag's Head
And thus had her pretty name sp'iieA
bohemian Magaxinn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10

"You love long rambles in ths
country? ?" asked the girl in the
white sweater.
eyes, indeed responded the
young man in the green hat with
the purple band and buckled shoes.
"When go out in the country all
nature seems to smile"
Gracious! | don't blame her
ii is wonder she doesn't laugh out
right. kansas City Independent.
Opportune.
II was fast as the curtain was be-
ing rung up that kind hearted Mrs.
Grey suddenly remembered the in
quiry that she had intended to make
about sick neighbor. She leaned
back and accosted Mrs. Bascom, who
had Just moved in next door to the
sick friend.
"Can YOU tell me-" she queried
hastily. chow old Mrs. Davis is?'
a puzzled and reflective look
stole over the face of Mrs. Bascom
as she turned for whispered con-
sultation with a third lady, directly
behind her.
Presently she bobbed back to-
ward Mrs Grev, her forehead puck
cred. 81 really am not quite GER
tain,' she reported apologeticalls,
"but | believe she is at least seven
s-five. ."--Harper's Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10
1elcnranher's Cramn.

An interesting feature Of teleg-
rapher's cramp is that certain let
tiers are nearly always the stumbling
block. The most frequent are c
and Y-that is, the code signals
used for these letters. When a
sender begins to be Conscious
about so common a letter as G his
case soon becomes hopeless. Anoth-
er form Of crarnp attacks the re-
ceiver of the message 1t takes the
form of inability to write fast
enough to take down a message
quickly transmitted. This is easily
understood when it is remembered
that a receiver often has to write
continuously to code dictation, so to
speak, for hours at a time. The
strain involved is enormous and
leads fairly commonly to what is
practically form Of nervous break.
down.-DIndee Advertiser.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10

The effort to prod pastors and
church merbers 20 reater elTusiye-
ness in welcoming strangers to pub
lie services NAV lead to OVERRIDING
hospitality IN yar.ou, ways One Of
the ways was revealed to a warm
hearted western pastor Coming
down from the pulpit after the
evening sermon. hc found stranger
in the person Of d fair haired Swcdc
and. greeting her with cordial
handclasp, said II ann very glad to
see YOU | want YOU to feel at home
here Ia like To become acquaint-
ed with You. If vou'll give your adj
dress. I'll call and zee YOU" "Thank
YOU she replied. "but have a fel-
low ."-Congregaiionalist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10
cood flews For the Editor.

who tv sings my muse takes fight
1 81 .anced. / cannot write.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-10
kinsIake Stories.

Philadelphia Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14
A Simple Gift.

When one wishes to send little
more than remembrance at Christ
mas yet does not care to use cards,
a novelty that can be made by the girl
who paints is match scratcher in the
form of card.
Have an oblong background of col
ored cardboard, and on it paint a
quaint figure cut from fine emery pa
per in soft tones of brown, heighten-
ed by gay touches in the costume. 1t
is then cut out and pasted on the
back, which may be left plain or
painted with scenery to correspond
Sometimes these scratchers4 are
done in entirely monochrome. Chill
dren with huge muffs, picturesque
colonial or Greuze figures, or quaint
Dutch peasants can be copied in
colorS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14

old tenement again, the sick woman
and her children had vanished, but
had left word behind for her. The
man-wolf was still there, but instead
of growing and showing his teeth, he
smiled at her In another place, with
light and air and food and comforts
in abundance, the girl found the
mother and her little ones. 1t was
a glad surprise, and to the look of in
quiry the widow, no longer in bed,
whispered:
"He did 1t! He did it ALI"
One evening, when long weeks had
passed, the young man was waiting at
the home Of the girl when she came
from her place of daily employment.
IT have been talking with the
mother" he said, quietly. "She says
l may call What does the Christmas
Angel say?"
Copyright. 1910)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14

/ continued in a deprecatory way 81
have a widowed mother to support,
and | could not spare much | was
weeks saving up to buy what was ia
that basket. You are rich, perhaps.
1t would b. We been nothing to you"
The children stood hushed and
awed, and the sick woman closed her
eyes and wondered at it all. The
young man and the girl looked
straight into each others eyes as they
talked, and her words seemed to cut
him like the lash of a whip. When
there had been silence for minute.
and the old man-wolf was heard
snarling as he paced the hall, the
young man said:
81 am ashamed and sorry. Let that
answer for the moment. Will you
come with me?"
And without the slightest fear in
her mind, and with smile at the
mother and her children, she arose.
Intuition told her what was in the
strangers thoughts. He carried the
bread and butter out into the hall and
placed them in the hands of the
fierce-faced old man. He fell to de,
vouring them as If he had, indeed,
been a wolf of the forest, and when
another tenant came out and asked
for crumbs he was frightened away
by snarls and growls.
Nov come" said the young man.
Up one street and down another for
an hour, they went Wines and jellies
and fruits, they bought for the woman
whose ailment was starvation more
than disease-food to last for days and
days. They selected, next, gifts and
new stockings to receive theIn--what-
ever money could buy and the two
could bundle into their arms, they
picked up. And all the time, though
neither one knew the name of the
other, they talked and laughed and
were like children in their delight
The return to the tenement was like
the arrival of a lord and his lady.
There was something for other chill
dren, too, and policeman, pausing in
81 Have a Widowed Mother to Sup
port, and Could Not Spare
Much"
the lower hall, beard such shouts of
pleasure and so much childish laugh
ter that he glanced up the dimiy-
lighted stairs and said to himself:
"Old Santa must have changed his
route this year and come among the
poor"
And at late hour, when the Christ
mas angel and her guardian walked
downstairs together and she was put
into cab for home, they still talked
and still laughed, nor did they know
that they would ever meet again. She
had dashed him for his heartlesness.
She was hoping that he would see that
she had forgiven him. He had been
almost brutal. He was hoping that
she had seen his better side. No cards
no names.
"Good-night," they said at parting;
and when he raised his hat she knew
that it was in courtesy instead of
irony.
Days later, when the girl visited the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14

A pretty young girl, we'll wrapped
mp against the cold night, and half
grown boy carrying a large basket,
iwere crossing the street when an
automobile swung suddenly around
the corner To save themselves, the
girl and the boy had to make a sud-
den retreat, and in so doing they
dropped the basket and it was crushed
under the wheels.
There were four young men in the
automobile. They were singing and
laughing and enjoying the license of
christmas eve. They jeered at the
boy for dropping the basket, and they
raised their hats in mock courtesy to
the girl.
miss, didn't go for to do it," apol-
Iogized the boy, who had been hired
jas a messenger, and who had been
told that the basket contained food
for poor families in the tenement be-
yond.
II know know" replied the girl
''It wasn't your fault, but I'm so sorry.
The sick woman and her children
I have little change in my purse and
] can still do something. You needn't
go any farther; it is just across the
street. Goodnight to you"
Missy" said the boy as she was
about to move away, you gave me a
dime to carry the basket Here it is
Give it to some kid up there who
wants a mouth-organ. Oh, you must
take it, and If you say so I'll wait here
till them fellers come back and hit
Fem with rock"
But how about your Christmas,
Jimmy?" the girl asked.
"Oh, can skirmish around, same as
j always do. Night to you, and hope
that sick woman will get better"
The girl crossed the street and eG-
tered the hallway of the tenement
and climbed to the third floor Three
lchildren were waiting for her on the
landing, and uttered glad shouts at
sight of her. She had been there be-
fore and had promised them that she
would come on Christmas eve With
in the poverty-stricken rooms called
home sick woman was lying on a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14
THE CHRISTMAS OF TODAY

streets are ablaze with countless cleo.
trio lights. Electric telephones and
telegraph are wishing every one many
happy returns of the day. The wire
less carries Merry Christmas" from
ship to ship and the electric cable,
flashes the good will of governments.
around the earth.
The new electric ovens sizzle with
the roasting turkey and the electric
stove is rushed to prepare the many
appetizing viands for which the day
of feast calls. Electric door-belis are
jingling; electrical musical instru-
ments furnish the music for the Christ
mas carols; the electric motors, which
have worked so faithfully in prepar-
ing the many valuable presents of a
thousand different varieties, are en-,
joying a days rest after the hustling
days of the holiday trade.
Useful Christmas Presents.
Year by year it grows more the Gus
tom to make Christmas presents just
as useful as possible. While expense.
is not considered so material as it
used to be it is important that the,
gifts should be useful as well as or
namental. This is as it should be.
Here again electricity finds a useful
field. The development of the electric
heating and cooking devices has add
ed a host of valuable and useful things
which are always acceptable Christ
mas gifts. The electric chatting dish.
electric shaving mug and electric cof-
fee percolator will be numbered
among the most conspicuous of use
full Christmas presents. The cleo
trical list also contains electric flat
irons, electric cookers, luminous radi-
ators, massage machines, hair dryers.
curling iron heaters, water heaters.
tea kettles, baby milk warmer and a
number of other useful things. not tor
mention the electric toys.
This year will see less money vast
ed for useless trinkets than ever be-
fore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14

beo. she smiled and was glad at
sight of the girl.
She told them the incident Of the
auto and the loss of the basket, and
then she counted over her scanty
change and went downstairs to the
nearest grocery 1t was little she
could buy. There would be Christmas
eating, but no feast. The little stock
ings with their holes would be hung,
but there would be no Santa Claus to
fill them. The children stood with
their faces to the wall and wept, and
the girl held the hand of the sick
woman and shed tears
AS they sat thus the door opened
and let in the cold air from the hall
An old man stood outside. He was
ragged and unkempt, and hunger had
given him the face of a wolf There
was not soft line in it. Peering out
of his own door on the same floor, he
had seen the girl come bearing pack
ages. There was bread on the table
before him.
The children cried out as they saw
the look on the old mans face, and
the girl rose up and barred his way.
II want bread and I'll have it," he
exclaimed hereby.
But you can't take it from this
dren."
II tell you I'm hungry want
bread! Why didn't you come to me
first? am old; there is no work for
me, but I will not die like a dog.
Stand aside! You will not? Then"
He seized her by the arms and there
was struggle. The children were
shouting for help, and the man-wolf
was nearing the coveted loaves when
some one entered and seized him and
whirled him about and thrust him out
into the hail. shutting the door on his
oaths and snarls. The children ceased
their cries and the girl looked up to
see a young man standing in the CEN
ter of the room, gazing around him.
"It is your fault" she half-sobbed.
you were in the auto that almost
ran me down. You laughed in my
face as you raised your hat. But for
you there would have been plenty of
food and some presents here"
YES, I was one of Them" the man
answered. ut is Christmas eve, and
we were out for lark. Yes, l looked
straight into your eyes, and in FIVE
minutes I was ashamed of myself.
came back and hunted until l found
the boy When he told me that you
were Christmas angel, and that he
had given his last dime to help out,
was still more ashamed of myself and
of my friends. Can you forgive me?"
YES, it is Christmas eve," she said
in a voice hardly above a whisper as
she seemed to listen to the merry
shouts from the street. There are
tens Of thousands Of persons on the
streets in merry mood, but what have
we here? What have we in every room
IN this old rookery? Were you think
ing Of it when you crushed the basket
/ was bringing you smiled in
20 my face?"
ct was a brute" he answered.
"T vas bringing my little mite" she
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14

the day is seldom seen. AS the yule
log vanished with the advent of the
stove so the simple ways which
amused the youngsters of yesterday
have disappeared and in their stead
comes to-day an endless line of me-
chanical devices. The dolls of today
open and close their eyes and even
speak; the toT steam train runs by
real steam power; the miniature cleo
trio car is driven by real electricity:
the toy animals and insects move
about like real life. Now Christmas
trees ara purchased at the grocery
store and are Illuminated at night
with tiny electric lights instead of
candles. Instead of popcorn balls and
cornucopias of candy the tree is dec
Grated with gilt and tinsel ropes and
stars More automobile horns are
heard now on Christmas day than
sleigh bells. Steam heat and cleo
trio radiators take the place of open
fires and plenty of money makes the
day even more enjoyable than ever
before.
Much Due to Electricity.
Electricity, which has invaded every
nook and Granny of life to-day, has
assisted more than any one thing in
undermining the Christmas celebra-
ton. The electric cars hurry Christ
mas callers from house to house. On
Christmas eve the buildings and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14
aO.
A Snuff.Taker,s Text.

There is a story of a clergyman
who, mounting the pulpit for the SER
mon, refreshed himself with several
pinches of snuff before announcing
his text. This, aptly enough, was,
'My soul cleaveth unto the dust"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14
Snowy Boots in Russia.

All Russians have a weakness for
handsome footwear, and the result is
that there are more pairs of snowy
boots worn in the cars empire than
anywhere else on earth This prefer
ence extends to the women as well as
the men,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14

HILE the ancient
t r a d i t i o. s o f
Christmas tim e
have been handed
down from genera
tion to generation
for hundreds o f
years the holiday
has been so mod
ernized &d i'm
proved of late that
naught save its an
cient lore and Gus
toms remain. In
this day the old
form of celebrating
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-12-14

soo If you have not purchased barrel of APP
LCS pies do not hesitate to order a barrel of
rus S SF M@nS S t Bsd apz at n at Nothing
have some choice Oranges. Bananas, Figs,
Grape Fruit, Lemons Malaga and Cataw-
ba Grapes, Prunes Ra1sins-loose and in
layers, Citrons Currants and Cranberries
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-18
Perfumed Beds.

There is nothing very novel, the I'M
initiated may think, about perfumed
beds, for every one knows how good
housewives have for a generation
prided themselves on their napery, and
that one of their special little fads
was to place lavender bags among the
sheets in order to add little to the
luxury of the sleeper. But when per-
fumed beds are talked of nowadays
something is contemplated which was
unknown to the old-time housewife.
Now between the mattress and the
sheet there is laid a scented pad-a
thin quilted affair, which has one lay
er of cotton freely sprinkled with the
favorite sachet powder-which causes
the whole bed to smell deliciously Of
roses, violets, or whatever may be the
chosen perfume.
Pillows are also opened and sachet
powder is sprinkled among the feath-
ers. Orris makes a perfume resem-
bling violets, and there are some peo-
pie who like that of pine, which is cas-
lily obtained by gathering the needles
from the trees in summer and laying
them fiat in little sacks, which are
inserted in both pads and pillows.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-18
fry This, This Summer,

The very next time you're hot, tired
or thirsty, step up to soda fountain
and get a glass of Coca-Cola. 1t will
cool you off, relieve your bodily and
mental fatigue and quench your thirst
delightfully."-. At soda fountains or
carbonated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Delicious, refreshing and wholesome.
Send to the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta,
Ga, for their free booklet The Truth
About Coca-Cola." Tells what Coca
Cola is and why it is so delicious, re-
freshing and thirst-quenching. And
send &c stamp for the Coca-Cola Base
ball Record Book for 191O-contains
the famous poem Casey At The Bat, "
records, schedules for both leagues
and other valuable baseball informa-
ton compiled by authorities,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-18
Tho unreaIItY of opera.

There are people who still complain
Of the unreallty Of opera, who cannot
subject themselves to its illusion.
And indeed the illusion of opera
breaks down If everything in 1t is not
kept at the same distance from real.
ity. In that world of musical expires.
sion we must never be suddenly low
cred by any incongruous detail into
the ordinary world of prose. Real
ism, the attempt to work upon the
emotions by complete illusion of real
fly, is disastrous in opera. If the
scene is a railway station we remem-
Der at once that people do not sing
when they are catching trains.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-18
GARDEN IN THE ORIENT.
One In Fec Where lie Heard Music
That Was Old When the Pyra-
mids Were New.

A garden does not necessarily mean
a collection of flowers arranged more
or less symmetrically, with spaces of
lawn, shelter of trees, and paths hith.
er and thither. There have been gar
dens that, beyond a terra-cotta jar
or two holding q rosebush or flower
ing almond, have had no green thing
within their gates. l know Of an
Oriental garden in Fee where white
gaTmented Moors come In the cool OF
the evening TO sit and listen to ancient,
stories that they know by heart, or to-
music that was old when the pyramids
were new, or perhaps to look at a
dancing girl or two taking soft steps
while they smoke their narghiles; yet
that garden is nothing more than a
series Of arches unfolding walls be-
yond walls, toned a faint, mysterious
yellow that is not yellow, but white,
and yet not white, but rose. In the
middle is a pool of water in a stone
basin that looks blue because of the
intense sky overhead, and that SHIN
mers with golden reflections from the
walls. In a corner stands a mighty
Jar full Of strange, scarlet blossoms,
and rugs Of deep color and intricate
pattern lie on the sun-warmed flags.
There Is always the fairy music of
dropping water, and wonderful shad-
ows move among the arches.
This place is a garden for all that
1t is so builded of man. The word
court will not do for 1t. 1t may be that
a garden, as has been said of Boston,
is less a material thing than state
of mind. The story of the Garden of
Eden seems to hint at something OF
the sort; and had we all permission to
create an Eden of our own, doubtless
these would vary as greatly as do the
secret desires of every heart, the in.
ner life of every soul. If, therefore, in
speaking Of a garden, one pictures
something that to another may not
appear to conform strictly to the
term, what matter? If the garden
spirit is there, it will incarnate Itself
for the true believer, who is always g
seer.-Century.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-08-18
LEG A MASS OF HUMOR

about seven years ago a small
abrasion appeared on my right leg
Just above my ankle. 1t irritated me
SO that l began to scratch it, and it
began to spread until my leg from my
ankle to the knee was one solid scale
like scab. The irritation was always
worse at night and would not allow
me TO sleep, or my wife either, and 1t
was completely undermining our
health. 1 lost fifty pounds in weight
and was almost out Of my mind with
pain and chagrin as no matter where
the irritation came, at work, on the
street or in the presence of company,
l would have to scratch it until / had
the blood running down into my shoe.
/ simply cannot describe my suffer
ing during those seven years. The
pain, modification, loss of sleep, both
to myself and wife is simply indie
scribable on paper and one has to ex-
perience it to know what 1t is.
81 tried all kinds of doctors and rem.
edies but l might as we'll have thrown
my money down a sewer. They would
dry up for a little while and fill me
with hope only to break out again just
as bad If not worse. l had given up
hope of ever being cured when I was
induced by my wife to give the Cuti-
cura Remedies trial. After taking
the Cuticura Remedies for a little
while l began to see a change, and
after taking a dozen bottles Of Cuti-
cura Resolvent in conjunction with
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment, the trouble had entirely disap-
peared and my leg was as fine as the
day was born. Now after lapse Of
six months with no signs Of a recur-
renee feel perfectly safe in extend
ing to you my heartfelt thanks for the
good the Cuticura Remedies have done
for me. l shall always recommend
them to my friends. w. H. White,
312 E. Cabot St., Philadelphia, Pa, Feb.
4 and Apr. 10, 1909"