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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22

CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy Tor
infants and children, and see that il
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22

One pugilist never offers TO light an.
other just for fun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22

Seldom can a disease Of poultry be
probably and effectively cured. but It
can be prevented and when White
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
SAM STEVENS, CENTRAL
MAN OF UNITED STATES AND
HIS HOME AT THE CENTER.
Especial Correspondence

THE HUB, u. S. A., July So
Don't be alarmed. I'm merely a
perfectly good, brand new date
line, that has broken into print
for the. first time. I'm down here
in old Indiana, eight miles east of
Bloomington, and I'm destined to
be on the map for the next ten
years.
Miss Boston's claims to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, I'm the
center of the United States-the
real Hug around which all the
rest of you are spinning. If you
don't believe it, go ask Uncle
Sans census director. He'll tell
you I'm right, that I'm the center
OF population, according to the
thirteenth census.
AS a matter of fact, I'm not a
town at all. I'm a farm in Mon
roe county, southwestern Indiana,
about so miles from Indianapolis.
I'm composed of 1916 acres and
Pm owned by Samuel III. Stevens.
who was born right here 50 years
ago and has lived here and reared
family.
Sam isn't very enthusiastic
about this center of the country
thing. You see, he's just a plain
farmer who's been plugging along
here all his life, unheralded and
unsung, as the poets say, but to-
day he walked up and found him
lself famous.
sam gave me a message to
carry to the outside world and I'm
bringing it along. Don't blame
me for it.
What's the Odds" says Sam,
whether or not I'm the central
man of the United States?' 1t
won't get me any higher price for
my corn and wheat or buy me any
| automobiles. I'm going right on
being a Hoosier farmer, Just as /
was before the center of popula-
ton came along and showed me
into the limelight."
So long for this time. You'll
probably hear from me again be-
fore the next decennial census. In
the last 10 years I've heard a lot
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
Especial Correspondence.)

koHSCIdI COFfeSptHuelCe.D
NEW YORK, July 29.-Among
the folks in this queer world
who don't think they're having
fun unless they're in trouble, let's
put down the crews of the Ro-
mania and the Pandora.
The Romania is only a 50-foot
motor boat, but today, if it isn't
on the floor of the Atlantic ocean
it's bounding on the pillows on
the way across to Halifax. Capt.
John Weller of the Jamaica Yacht
club of New York, master of the
motor boat, says that if he gets
across, he will turn around and
come back again, before winter
sets in. Capt. Weller is taking
with him his 16-year-old son
Robert and a crew of three volun-
teers.
Out on the bounding Atlantic,
just now, is also the Pandora,
which doesn't run by gasoline or
steam, but by wind. Old man
Blythe and old Richard Arapakis,
who were able seamen in Aus
tralian ports so years ago, and
who are still able seamen, for
that matter, don't believe in any
other power for boats than wind.
Gasoline was meant for cleaning
clothes and coal for heating land
lubbers' flats. Way back in May
of last year the two old cronies in
Australia got tired of doing moth
ing; they got hold of the
Pandora, tiny yawl, and started
out ''for to look about and for to
see." Their aim was to go ahead,
no matter where they landed.
When they sailed into New York
bay one night they only knew
they had hit North America;
whether the port was New York
or Charleston. they couldn't tell
and didn't care. They sort of
zeal 'late"-that's what seamen
mostly do-to get around the
world, somehow, and by May, of
1913, if everything goes we'll,
they'll sail back into the home
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
CAPT. ARAPAKIS, SAILING
THE YAWL PANDORA AROUND
THE WORLD.
RATTLERS DRINK ALCOHOL

CHICAGO, July "a panic
was caused in the Gary public
library today following the at
tempts of attendants to place in
alcohol for preservation six live
rattlesnakes.
The attendants had neglected to
provide enough of the fluid, and
what there was the reptiles drank.
After swallowing the invigorating
drafts the snakes got out of their
prisons and proceeded to run riot.
They were in the last stages of
|delirium tremens and several bib
ulous citizens, who witnessed the
performance, have climbed upon
the water wagon.
1t was not until the frisky
reptiles became stupefied that
the building could be entered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
HIGHER UP MASON
VISITS CITY

M. Mob. Thomson, president
general and superintendent of the
American Masonic Federation.
and also grand representative of
the Grand Council of Rites of
Scotland and of the Early En-
campment of Scotland, visited Ia
coma yesterday and attended the
local lodge.
A large attendance of members
and visiting Masons greeted the
supreme master, and a very en-
1oyable and profitable evening was
spent.
Mr.. Thomson also chartered Ia
coma council of Kadosch, 80 de-
grees, during his visit, the char
ter for the same being sent direct
from Scotland by the Grand Coun-
Gil of Rites of that country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
ABOVE THE TINY PANDORA IN WHICH TWO AUSTRIA
LIAM TARS OLD OCEAN
BOAT BONANZA, NOW CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.

port at Runbury, on the west
coast of Australia and sit around
there until something else
turns up.
Sea folks live until the ocean
gets EN-" said Capt. Arapakis. "If
sea farm folks could only keep
off the ocean they'd live forever.
Me and old John Blythe, my mate
here, are both over 70, and we're
SO healthy that tn only way to
finish us would be to hold us I'M
der water on the bottom Of the
ocean for a week or So"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29

nited States of America

To His ExceIency the President of
and Congress Assembled;
We the undersigned
herewith
set forth
the ndersen eitI directly
Indirectly the
SecondThat the tariff fixed by private
price for this necessity times the of production
Third-TherefOre, petitioners that a law be
enacted providing establishing Alaska
Commission the of mining public
Alaska establishing railroad deliver
to ddewater Controller Bay Alaska building a
of
providing golfers deliver
the United States OF America establishing
selling
of
sufficient provide
certain bonds n-after name
FOurth-Tfat the fix
interstate commission the be charged
established the points Washington
named, to the places designated by the purchaser.
FifThe government coal bunkers be established
following points in Washington: Seattle,
Harbor and Everett
Sxtl--Tha similar to issue for
popular subscription carrying
projects before mentioned
direction of the Alaska Mining
relief existing conditions and the immediate
ment OF legislation herein set forth shall we
NAME. ADDRESS
.............
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
PANTAGES

"A Night with the Poets" head
ed by Clinton e. Lloyd, featured
on the Pantages theater bill for
the week, is In a class by itself.
it is claimed to be one of the
cleanest and most clever turns
ever sent over the circuit.
Other features are: A quar-
tet of young men about town;
George Wilson, the blackface min
strel comedian; THE Strike, -
played by ALI. p. James and COM
pany; Stella Karl, a singer of coon
songs;; the Three Clarkes in what
is termed a big" musical act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29

John G. Stubs, of the Harri-
man lines, says most men are all
right up to IS, but that the big
majority of them ought to be re-
tired at that age. Well, that's
better than the Osler limit, any
way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
Los ANGELES, July %

LOS ANGELES, July 20.
Accused of having stolen
a bottle of milk i'm the exclu-
sive Westlake district, C. T..
Ffster, aged 80, weakened by
privation, early today hang
ed himself with his scarf to
the bars of a prison cell.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
ODD BITS O. NEWS

Los ANGELES, July 20.,-De-
claring that ever since she had a
tooth filled by him, a little more
than two years ago, she has suf-
fered acute pain in that molar,
Mrs. Clara M. Hilbish today has
brought suit for 500 a month for
her alleged suffering.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
Free to You

Fill out this coupon and bring
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This book is beautifully illus
trated with pictures of well-built.
robust men and women showing
how Electra-Vita is applied, and
explains many things you should
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cure of disease.
III you can't call. we'll send
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29

NEW YORK-The sick, the
lame, the halt and the blind, to
the number of several hundred,
will make the eighth annual pill
grimage of New Workers to the
shrine in Quebec of st. Anne de
Beaupre tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
PITTSRURG :

PITTSBURG - The Pittsburg
Gazette, the first newspaper west
of the Alleghanies, celebrated its
125th birthday today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29

WASHINGTON-Senators John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi and
Henry A. Dupont of Delaware
both celebrated their birthdays
today. Williams is 81 and Du-
point 10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29

Absolutely the quickest lunch
house in the City,-Where?
At =,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-07-29
SAN FRANCISCO, July %

F51fN TNNNCESCO, July 70
A hearing in the case of S. Fos-
ter Kelly, charged with obstruct-
ing habeas corpus proceedings by
attempting to kidnap the children
of Mrs. Iva May Henry, has been
continued until August 2.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

little towns in various places In the United
States that are now growing Ike a ten
ysar-old boy, humming with industry
ike hives Of bees and f1I OF LIE and ae-
tivtty and prosperity-due solely and en-
tirely 70 the advent OF the automObue. The
number OF men engaged IN the industry
may be placed al I5o005 for the purpose Of
Illustration AS a matter OF fact the act
ual Figures are larger The cuncla sion Of
political and social economists who have
studied industrial situations and conditions
Is that I'VE persons depend upon the earn
ings Of each workman That would make
a total OF z50.o00 persons directly dependent
upon the making Of motor cars for their
daily bread and butter. Bread and butter
and clothing and house rent constituts the
bulk Of their expenses and The barter and
trade In these commodities Is the backbone
Of the business OF the land Supplying the
needs Of 759.oo0 persons b a big item OF
business and requires the services OF thou
sands q trAdssmen in AL lines manufac-
lures OF various kinds and the production
q thousands OF farns.-The Automobile
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

along the shore were washed up and down
violently by an angry sea
The snarling reef and turbulent
stretch Of dark waters separated US from
our ship. We we're ushered into q row
boat which was moving with the motion
Of the waves. and creaking against the
wharf. Then poised. thus perilously, be-
tween two terrors we waited The surf
Numbered against the reef and burst into
clouds OF spray
When. al last. we reached the ship.
The boatmen in turn leAped the distance
and together steadied the boat by ropes.
one by one the passengers were swung
across to the steps.
The sea licked angrily Up after Us and
banged the swinging steps against the
hula rafting It's chains and bruising our
hands. When the passengers were safely
aboard and the luggage passed across into
AZ least temporary safety. we made an
attempt at composure. Approving sleep
as an antidote Tor seasickness. we re-
malned below, and neither persuasion nor
dinner could lure as forth.-E4th BY an
Owens in National Monthly.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
He EDUCATED HIMSELF
By READING NEWSPAPERS
George VI. Reynolds, Chicago Finan-
cier, Trained His Mind in q
Practical Way.

George N. Reynolds. president OF the
Continental and Commercial National bank
OF Chicago Ii, a. might be supposed. a
close observer ard keen student OF munic-
ipaI development in all parts OF the eoun-
try.
Mr.. Reynolds was born and raised in a
small town in Iowa
One time Mr. Reynolds father bought q
country dry goods and grocery store for
him. The fathers idea was that the youth
would be delighted with this sure founda-
ton OF prosperity. However, cutting
cheese. Weighing nails. trading print goods
for eggs and butter, and scooping out
coffee and sugar was not George n 3
uttsrmost ambition He had ambition
The young man thought things over for
himself He concluded that Il he was
going cut into the world 20 make his own
way he ought 20 be posted on the world
So he subscribed for the weekly editions
o. certain papers 1t Il interesting 70 know
what this list was: Portland Orsgonian.
san Francisco Chroniels. Rocky Mountain
News. New Orleans PicATune St Louis
Globe Democrat. Cincinnati Enquirer At
lantA Constitution and Omaha Bee.
In addition, he subscribed for the news
papers Of the principal cities in Iowa
When the papers came he would pun his
chair To the kitchen stove in winter or lie
on the grass in the orchard IN summer.
and read-whate telegraph news. edi-
torials and general news OF the country
Yes. And the local items Of each city.
Before be left be knew that Peachtree
street was the fashionable promenade in
Atlanta. that ST Charles was the big street
In New Orleans and AL such things. He
knew. through these newspapers. who were
the leading men In business and which
were the big families socially in different
cities. In other words he informed him
self
Mr. Reynolds u perhaps the only nan
in America VINO got his business education
or one course OF u-bY reading news
papers
One day he told his father he could sell
that grocsry store. OF give IL away, and
thanked him for his kindness He then
struck out for himself
That Eas a good many year ago. Bur
every year saw George NJ Reynolds going
ahead and getting ahead-Without doing
anything that hurt his conscience OF
spoiled his sleep. You can start from
Chicago and search right back along the
I line to the little town that sent him into
I the worid-and not find an enemy.
/ I0day BE keeps - his hasig q reading
newspapers and magazines. He Is a mar
o. good qualities, without the obtrusive-
ness other men give their good qualities
that obtrusivsnssa which is not 50 much
T an exercise Of the good quality as IL d
4 an emphasis Of the lack OF a bad one.
Mr.. Reynolds believes In the persona
/ equation IN business 20 such an extent tina
I he knows b. first name nearly AL IN,
! bankers IN the eottRn states. In the eoas
states and IN the middle vest And the
I know him the sans way. HIS far-seeinl
action during the panic did wonder
[ towards restoring eonndsncs. He couI
not have achieved this result without IN
confidence these other bankers had In hi
Judgment and integrity.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
Secretary of Interior Who
Takes Office on Monday

A Fourth % July baby. born In wheeling.
". Va. educated In ONO. lawyer o. Chi
caso since Issl. and nearing his fsth birth
day a-Eiversa-v indexes the career %
Walter l. Fisher. the successor Of M
Ballnger as SECRETARY Of the interior.
After beginning the practice OF Jaw in
Chicago Dir. Fisher became known through
his activities IN the Municipal voters
lez-ue, " hitch be practically founded. In
l90t he became secretary II that body and
after five FEARS was elected president
when Mayor Dunno got into the trac-
ton wransle he appointed Mr.. Fisher spe-
cial traction counsel M. Fisher. with the
help az '-tornev Samuel Adams drew up
the Traction settlement ordinance
Mr.. Fisher was one Of the foremost ad-
v0catls 81 the Mueller certificates He
went to sprn gfieId with the advocates Of
the Mueller bill and succeeded IN having
BE- passed
Recently Nj Fisher was appointed a
member u the Railroad securities COM
mission and he nov Is in New YORK IN one
OF the hearings. Pie had been prominently
mentioned as one Of the possible ap-
poIstees 90 the supreme court Of the United
States
He was elected president Of the Con
servauon League OF America and when
that organization was merEed into the Ma
tonal Conservation association. with Gif-
ford Pinchot AZ is head. he was selected
as vice president He Is exceptionally well
posted in federal and state laws governing
the control OF water power and waterways,
and has for years made a study Of con-
scrvation in all its phases.
M Fisher founded the city club Of Chi
cauo and was president Of that 0rganiza-
ton az one time. He now holds the office
Of vice president OF the National Munich
pal league he was praised and criticised
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

Mamma. why is that mans hair 20 black
when his beard 10 WhitsT'
she was hlshed BY the stricken naniiy.
and STAYED hushed until the salad was
brought In.
Then she saw her chance I know" she
said. ITS cause he uses MIS- Jaws mors'n
he does his head"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

be assumed that the figures ars not far
wrong.
While the figurative tour Of the world
in the way outlined would present a
magnificent array which would stretch
out in single file, with radiators almost
touching tail lights for a distance OF Is
miles, or five abreast in solid column
twenty-five miles long. the actual produc-
tion Of 1910 ranged along in the same way
would make a continuous line 81 miles
long. taking into consideration the fact that
most Of the cars engaged in the Akron
trip were 10 inches long while the general
figure used for the total production Is
116 inches. The American automobiles Of
last year would make four files OF cars
stretching from Jersey City 20 Camden
n. J., in unbroken array II these cars
weigh 2500 pounds each. the excellent
Jersey roads over which they are strung
for purpose OF Illustration. but not actually
on account Of the stringent state law thar
prohibits the entry Of outside cars upon
the sacred soil and precincts Of Jersey
without paying Il per car for the privilege
OF so entering for any period OF time from
one second 10 eight days, the aforesaid
excellent roads would bear a burden Of
20 SO tons OF 457 500 90 pounds. which Is
an Approximate total Of the weight OF the
cars.
The list price OF the American automobile
Of last year was H-6s5sS therefore the
value OF the Jersey parade would be in
the neighborhOod OF S307, -. $40 Quite a
tidy sum from any point OF view.
II any one started out to pay that bin
in 81 silver certificates, which weigh
twenty-five TO the ounce, or So to the
ayOirdupois pound. he would have 10 carry
a bundle Of money Weighing something
less than SO tons. " he paid IL in s. bills
the roll would be about 100 tons, and II he
had nothing but 500 bills the pile would
represent q small matter Of only five tons
On the other hand, II only $ 900 bills were
used so pounds would represent the load,
while II $1,000 certificates were the cur
rency involved a modest little roll OF l0J
pounds would more than pay the bill
II IL were paid In silver-but what's the
use
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

-Civu service reform has gwen ~ a spIsn-
an army Of civil servants. il wasn't alWays
so
The speaker. Mayor WhitIock Of Toledo
smiled w hen I was writing my FIRST
snort stories. he resumed we had civil
ser n ants q a e1uerent stamp An elderly
resident OF nay native Urhana sought out
back IN those DAYS. HIS Congressman
[uuEresEman, he said 7 supported Vou
a. ne polas and nov expect you % ge
my boy good civil service Job
All right friend the congrazsnan An
sWeEedi What can your boy do
DQF Enorted the other. What can h
90 BY crtnus, man. III he could 40 any
rhing, DO you think q be b0therng YOU.
I-NsE Eork Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
An Educational Force.

Il may be said with conviction that
there is much wider general knowledge
OF the United States today in the heads
Of its leading men and women then ever
before In the history Of the country. This
Is due 70 the personal element involved
In travelling from place TO place in the
$4,000 cars now in use throughout the
land Taking three as the average load
Of the car, IL 10 not too much 20 say that
almost 100 90 persons ride twenty-five
miles each day In automobiles. or 81 500 900
miles o. personal travel each day OF the
year
II Is said that there are g. 10000 horses
Of all sorts and descriptions in the United
States II one-third OF the population
should r1ds these horses one mile each
day the same amount OF travel would be
accomplished OF course this Is unthink-
able and the main interest in the ire
7 meudous fact lies In the conclusion that
[ but for the automobiles az that travel
: would have been lost Its educational
/ value would be nlIihed. its heaIthfu
/ tendency never would have been fslt
and the world would have been the lossI
in the exact measure OF the benefits thas
are now enjoyed
A recent article in the Automobile told
OF the traffic work OF the National asso-
citation q Automobile Manufacturers. In
this article d was stated that 100 Go car,
loads q automobiles were shipped each
year by the American railroads and tina.
the other freight shipments during a yeal
that rose cut OF the motor traffic wer,
more than Iaood8 carloads additional
! In tracing the effect af the injection o.
] the automonile industry into the com
: uercial hfe % the country, the lines raluif.
Amazingly ana lead the Investigator int
{ places q which be had no idea a. regard
) the automobile
Then years ago there were a-dossn sissP
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

Camille. my child" sad the gentle
dame II what I hear Is true AIr Har-
Zy-ns ~ boastinE Of having made a con
quest Of You, and trust you VII see
continue his visits
Don't you E0rTy, nav exclaimed the
lmperioua beauty; when ] found out that
Hank HarkynH had told Ii Jones j vas
dead stuck on him / gave him rhs & b
You bet be knows he's broke his pick
With me- al right Chicago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
sunnower PHILOSOPHY.

You can't love anyone so much you
won't wish, occasionally, that you could
be left alone.
Men spend entirely too much time hunt
ing matches.
The three EWtfIeEt runners are the
kangaroo. the ostrich and the dollar
one Of the best things that can be said
about marrying "a THAI ir puts a man up
against 10 and makes him work harder
Arctison Globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

F0ur-year-oid Carrie had remained quiet
for some time. seemingly In deep thought
Then she queried.
Mamma where DO the days 60 when
they become yesterdaysg"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

Mother Cat lunchl-Yes darling. these
little sardines are sometimes eaten By the
larger fish.
Mabel aged 5b-But, mamma how do
they get the cans 0pen7
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12
PRArrLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

Little Eva-Whats that Aunt Mary
Aunt Aary-Its a scent bottle, dear
Little Eva-HOw do you get the penny
0ut2
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

Teachsr-spel reporter" johnny.
Johnny-R-
Teacher-rhat right Now can you tel
me what a reporter Is?
Johnny-A reporter is man who knows
things before they happen.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

The observant little s-ysar-old. who knew
his letters, but couldn't spell, was aware
that there was a small sack OF candy some
where about the house
Mamma he whispered, vita a aide
glance A. his younger brother where the
g. B, J, or I WON'T tsu X, = 8 b.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

as special traction counsel for the city.
Mr.. Fisher lives at 1sIs North state
street Chicago and has a summer home
in Wl-uetSa- He is married and has seven
children, the oldest Of which is at college
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12

After staring a. the minister straight
through the first course. Adsllns inquired.