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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17

Untl the early part of the last
centurv Milford. Conn, had house
in which Washington was said 70
have spent a night. 1t wss in 1883,
when Washington made q tour of
New England Tradition says that
there were certain things about his
star al the Milford tavern which he
did not enjoy. The supper set be-
fore him consisted Of boiled meat
and potatoes. He was not pleased
with the meal and asked for bow !
of bread and milk. The landlord
brought the new order and broken
pewter spoon With which 70 eat L.
-Have YOU no better spoons than
this asked General Washington
~It's the best ! have in the house.
sir" replied the host
@Send me the servant" said hiA
e1cellencv. Here's 2 shillings- Go
70 the minister's and borrow q sill
yer spoon"
Tradition does not add whether
he got tie spoon or not - E1-
change
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17
IT SHOOK HIS NERVES.
An Incident That Mace . Man Fssl
Queer Fer Awhile.
Zone night sad a lawyer, =

"One night" said a LAWYER, =!
vss preparing some tedious plead
ings which had 10 be submitted &c
court the following morning, and,
knoSng that | would need ever
moment of my time. ! locked my
self in a small private consultation
room in the rear Of nv suit, where
NJ chance caller could interrupt me
Tie room j. very diminutiye, with
ONLY one window, looking into 5
court. and 90 furniture except e
table and tE0 or three chairs Well,
! worked on steadily hour after
hour long after the city had settled
into sleep and silence. The build
ing was 30 still | could hear even a.
occasional mouse scamper across
the floor alone At last l concluded
the task and. sitting erect in m
chair, began 70 stretch nv cramped
limbs.
~As did 50 nv eyes happened
10 fsll on a lighted cigar stump II
ing on the carpet not four fee
away. and ! stopped stock stil, fro
zen with amazement. / DO nof
smoke. ] had been sitting for hour
in that little locked room / coulC
swear that no one had entered. Tt
window was tightly closed, yet Their
right at my feet lay a half con
surnel cigar with a great live coa
still glowing at the end il seem
ridiculous 10 confess, but thrill o
horror ran through me ike g "a.
vanic shock. 4 hallucination of an
kind Is an appalling thing; it make
no difference how grotesque Q
homely the subject II cares sue
frightful suggestion OF breakdown
in ones mental engine -Oom-
"Wel, finally summoned u
enough nerve 10 stoop down and eI
anime the stump. and Ehat DO yo
think il vass Why, a tin fol caT
sale from the top Of an ordlnar
, ouzrt bottle Of rnucilase- In striF
ping il of it had assumed the cil
, culsr twist ot cigar and. the 70
being brown, was just the right co
or. The red seal a. the top fcrme
, the coal, and a ward or - away Il
illusion va. perfect | drew a dee
breath OF relief. but il was actual
, several dsvs before my nerves r
!. sumed their normal tension =
New Orlr--s Times-Denocrst-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17

Big words pass for sense with
some people and sometimes nav Be
very successfully used when nothing
else I'll answer, ssvs an English
writer. Thus when g man, n great
alarm, ran 70 his minister 70 tel
him he could see spots or the sun
and thought the world must Be com
ing to an end. "Oh. don't be afraid,
said the good minister, its nothing
but Q phantssmagoris-" is thsl
slY" said the frightened man, ant
then he went away relieved
A verv smart lawyer some time
since had the misfortune TO lose
csse for a csent who had every rea
son 70 erpect success. The client,
plain old farmer, was sstounded b.
the long bill Of costs and, hsstsnin.
70 the LAWYERS Office, said, =
thought you told me we should c1
tsinly gain that suit :? so / cld.
answered the LAWYER, "but, you zee
when ! brought It up there befor'
the Judges they said it was quo
rum non judice." "Well. IL they sal
il was q. bad ,s that replied IN
old farmer, Il don't wonder &C los
r." And he paid the costs and
b;r fee besides without snothe
rnurrnur
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17

The Way . Russian Princess pisposss
of Her Jewels

A few years ago Ludwig Nilsson,
Q well known wholesale dealer Of
the Maiden lane district, was in he
Office OF : diamond merchaL. IN
LonGon when a stranger came IN
and offered al unusually beautiful
stone for sale. Tie Englishman
did not care 10 But Nlssen
thought lie aV IN. But be
was not willu y until re
learned who o. stone and
where II had con T. The man
said he reDresenlet. friend, a wo-
man, who did not care 10 have her
name disclosed. The American was
firm. II lie could not learn the
owners name lie would not buy.
The stranger said he would see the
woman and talk the matter over
with her
The next day be came back and
took Mr.. Nissen TO the woman ;
home. She lived in a handsome
apartment in one Of the most fash
ionable quarters Of the city. IL
turned out that she was a Russian
princess who, with her husband
and her daughter, had been driven
from Russia for having taken part
in a nihllist movement OF all
their large property they had saved
only Their jewels. She opened q
little safe ami showed tie Amerl-
can one az tle finest collections OF
diamonds lie had ever seem They
were worth s.oo.co % S30o.000-
I'VE sell 'hcal s ,ew az time,
she explained. 'just enough Of
them each wear 20 give Us living
Perhaps you vii wonder Why va
don't sell them al and live on ths
interest Of the money. But m,
husband has the gamblers spirit
The money would not last q year
So We part from them pieceneAl
estimate that there are enough o.
them TO keep Us twenty years, anC
l don't expect 10 live longer thal
that"
One O, those diamonds forms tn
ceDterpiece Of one Of the most val
liable necklaces in New York. I
few Others are sent to this countr-
every year. In the diamond horse
shoe" at the opera there Is never
night when there are not some o
the Jewels Of the e1iled princess o.
xiav-Nev York Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17

C1nttv OI Gentleman t1s they p2ss
fs ssyll-li-N We sss Al excellent vieH
q tie asylum from the railway.
Escanel Iu7at1c-Ah. Int 70 ought
80 th- rscEEy t-Sz< the autzz-
"A
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17

Bran water baths are good tor
vorsted and cotton embroiderles.
They should be made b. adding a
quart of fresh bran n three quarts
Of water. Boil tbs for half an hour,
strain and then pour into q couple
Of bowls. add cold water until II L
lukewarm. put in the embroidery
ana rub till clean. rinse N clean
water and then place IN the second
basin of bran water, drying the ar
ticle as 3 1iy a. possible Always
iron on t wrong SIDE
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17
Whv All Business Men Should
AdvertiSo'
Advertise!

The business nerwho do without some form Of
publicity to make known their work or their wares are
scarce indeed There is just about excuse for not
advertising and that is simply that the business al
ready as big as the at its head. If there IS In the
makeup of the ability to grow then long as he
lives he will seek for more business, seek to cover
bigger field.
MANY business is in rut today simply because the
proprietor didn't advertise In the first place, the man
who aGverse calls the attention Of the public to some
phase of his business of which heis proud. Ii so
commonplace that it does not have phase OF which
to be proud then naturally will not do to advertise
In other words advertising IS stlmulant just
s1lrpCse merchant who never has seen ms name In
BIZ print steps into his store tommoTow morning de-
ternned to write ad. If ne looks around and sees
only dirty shelves and stock that several seasons OLD
ins3iration to write will quite likely be wanting. And
what would be the use? Let him take off his coat, go
over that and that stock compare ms goods and
his treatment of customers with that OF his ccmpet-
tors and when ne finds polnt where ne has them all
skinned" let him begin to shout shout till the public
hears himl
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17

VII, ...; B.. F. worr.I n, At Prime vile m.
FEB 1885,
& Valentine comes on apace
nne week from date. will be the day
The mvstic sign of love III trace
an scented sheet without delay,
nm send my letter neatly penned
To whom. I'll have you to find out
q TO the tpsk your powers now bend
For Won can guess, have no doubt.
Whoever gets my valentine
Must answer to the profits drawn
In every feature, point and line
They must agree, all else is wrong.
IN send it to the handsomest
Don't start as though meant you all,)
For each to someone is the best
That ever trod this mundane ball.
The hand that breaks my seal will be
Injured to work of every kind
The eyes which my eplstle see
To other follles will be blind.
The tongue which utters what | write
VIII have no wish nor power to move
In aiding Slander in her flight
And only speak the truth In love.
Nv chosen one is deaf at times
How very strange the thing appears)
Old Madam Rumor's jarring chimes
Canneyer vibrate upon those ears.
Rut pitys voice is always heard
However faint and low the call:
And Mercy's plea whispered word
In thunder tones upon them fall.
Now. who will get my missive rare?
Don't all cry out at once ''Tis l.,
Yevouth, young men and maldens far
To which OF you will it apply?
To your request will attend
50 give your name and full address
And the Valentine will send
By Cupids Hand in Hand Express.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17

Tor sare tea take two ounces o.
he newest dried garden sage an
two ounces Of green tea Put IN 81
iron pot (be sure tAEt ye1 use an
iron one) and add three quarts Q.
boiling water. Ler simmer slowly
until only two quarts are left. Re-
move ant let stand for tventy-four
hours. Tacn strain and put into
bottles. Apply TO the scalp every
morning and night, massaging gen
tlv for five minutes. This r { sn.en-
did tonic for the hair as vel a. dis
tinctlv a siain FOR restoring iron
grav hair.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17

Mrs. Frink was & trusting soul
and rarely questioned the opinions
Of Others about matters concerning
which they were supposed to be IN
formed. One day she came hons
with a new pair Of shoes under her
arm. "Got them at Brides, she
explained, "and they're the best !
ever bought you"
"What Is so very good shout
them - inquired her son, for whom
the shoes we're intended
"why, the salesman said that YOU
could walk farther IN them than II
anv Others without getting tired
and | said that you couldn't wal.
very far just nov on account o.
your knee. you know. and ne sad
that he meant farther Tor the ~am.
distance So | bought them. and
here they are Save the string
please
She did not na:i0f tie smile or
her sons face T. lie unL.i tie PACK
are AM he Wa spared the troubl'
OF explaining. - Youths ComPan
ION
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17
The Ladies Aid.

We've put fine addition on the good
old church at home,
It's Just the latest kilter, with gallery
and dome,
Itseats thousand people church
in all the town;
And when twas dedicated, why, we
planked ten thousand down;
That is we paid five thousand---every
deacon did his best
Andthe Ladies' Aid society, 1t promised
all the rest.
We've got an organ in the church.
very finest in the land;
It's got thousand pipes or more, Its
melody is grand.
And when we sit in cushioned pews, ana
hear the master play,
Il carries us to realms OF bliss, unnum-
bered miles away.
II cost cool three thousand, and It's
stood the hardest Z st;
Well pay thousand on it, the Ladies
Aid the rest.
They'll give hundred sociables, canta-
tas, too, and teas;
They III bake thousand angel cakes,
anu IOllS Vi CISdil lHe Al
They'll beg and scrape and toll and
sweat for seven years or more:
And then they'll start all DER again,
for a carpet on the floor.
No; it isn't just like digging out the
money from your vest,
When the Ladies' Aid gets busy ana
says, "we'llr Fay the rest.
Of ,,,,~-- .,.o,..s .>..o,,l IS o,,r b;cr church
from pulpit up to spire;
1t is the darling of our eyes, the crown
of our desire
But when see the sisters work to raise
the cash that lacks,
] somehow feel the church is built on
women's tired backs.
And sometimes can't help thinking,
when we reach the regions blest,
That men will get the toll and sweat,
and the Ladies Aid--the rest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-02-17

Colonel Charles Marshall, who
va sid-de-camp 10 General Robert
2. hes and who went through the
battles of the war with his chief
told the following amusing story OF
bis experience with 8 new horse
III. old horse had bean shot from
under him in the fight Of the pre-
vious dav. and he had taken posses
sion Of an animal that seemed to
suit the work. In the battle fev
hours later he was riding across
feld in which there we're numerous
stunps.
suddenly the performance open
cd. The guns roared, and the ar
was filed with smoke and noise.
Resore Colonel Marshall knew
what was happening the horse had
VI. four feet on one Of the stunPs
and was gayly dancing in circle
In the meantime the firing vas in
cressing. and the situation was any
hiua But comfortable But the
howe kept on as IL be we're enjoy
ing Il 20,
It was not until sftervard,' : said
Colonel Marshall, "that ! found the
horse had belonged to a circus and
had been trained TO DO thus act
amid the firing Of cannon
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-05-04
House Expands to 433 Members.

A bill providing for the enlarge
ment of the national House OF Repre-
sentatives from 391 to 4SS members
and the apportionment of three mem
bers to the different states on the
basis of the population shown by tue
recent federal census passed the
House after vain efforts of members
of both political parties to amend IT,
The proposed size of the House Is
identical with that provided for in the
Crumpacker bill passed by the House
at the last session of Congress, put
not acted upon by the Senate. Ihe
bill leaves to the legislatures of the
different states the power to rear
range the congressional districts IN
their respective states on the new
population basis of one member Tor
each 211,S77 inhabitants.
Pinchot Men Now in Control.
1t is pointed out here that since
the first of the year there has been
practically a clean sweep in the in
terror department of all the pro-Bal-
linger adherents and that they have
been replaced by progressive, pro
Pinchot conservationists. Secretary
Ballinger was succeeded by Walter
Fisher, associated with Pinchot in the
conservation project; Assistant Sec
rotary Frank Pierce will be replaced
by Samuel Adams, an ardent conser-
vationist of the progressive type; the
successor of Oscar Lawlor, assistant
for the department,
is Charles w. Cobb of San Fran
cisco, former law partner of Francis
]. Heney; E. c. Finney, assistant to
the secretary.
Only Don McCarr, formerly Balm
gers private secretary, and Land
Commissioner Bennett now remain.
it is announced, will shortly
be transferred to a job in the field in
the far west with the Indian service.
Bennett is expected to resign shortly.
National Capital Brevities.
With the declaration that the postal
savings banks had made good, Off
Gals of the postofIice department an
nounced that the system would be
speedily extended to the larger cities.
IN exodus of Republican employees
If the House has begun and many
who have been fixtures for years at
he capital will receive notice of re-
uoval.
President Taft has begun a can
1ass of the Senate situation with ref
erence to Canadian reciprocity.
Disappointed of the support of the
in their fight for more
places on the important Senate COM
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-05-04
BANGOR HAS BIG BLAZE
Thousands Are Homeless In Wo-
Fire in Maine Since 1866.

Bangor, Me.-One-third of Bangor
is in ruins, thousands of persons arc
homeless and a property loss estimat
ed at s6,OO0,000 has been sustainei
as the result of a confagration start
ing in hayshed on Broad Street ana
sweeping along Broad and Exchange
Streets through the heart of the city
leaving residences, churches, schools
business blacks and all the public
buildings with the exception OF the
City Hall mass of smoking ashes
The fire is considered by INSURANCE
companies the worst Maine Ia!
known s:1ee~the Portland fire in 1856
when large part of the businsi
section was destroyed with a loss D
$10,O00,000.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-05-04
HOUSE STARTS ON
free LIST BILL"
Will Meet One Hour Earlier
Until Farmers Fill is Dis.
posed of.

Washington.-Right of way for the
farmers free list bill" was provided
for, when the House voted to put
aside the discharge calendar" on
Monday and to meet an hour earlier
each day until the bill is voted on.
The Democratic leaders are anxious
to hasten the free list bill so that
the ways and means committee may
be free to devote its tim to the re-
vision OF b textile schedules. While
this work is progressing 1t is prob
able the House will act upon the re-
port of the territories committee on
statehood for Arizona and New Mex
leo.
Among the important articles
placed on the free list by the bill Of.
fered by Oscar Underwood, Demo-
cratic leader of the house, are plows.
tooth and disk harrows, headers, har-
vesters, reapers. agricultural drills
and planters, mowers. hOrserakes,
cultivators, threshing machines, farm
wagons and all other agricultural i'm.
plements.
Wire for baling hay, straw and
other agricultural products.
Grain, buff, split, rough or sole
leather, band, bend or betting leather,
boots and shoes made wholly or in
chief value of leather. harness, sad
dies and saddlery, and leather cut
shoe uppers or vamps or other forms
suitable for conversion into manufac-
tured articles.
Barbed fence wire and other kinds
of wire suitable for fencing, includ-
ing wire staples.
Beef, veal, mutton, lamb, pork and
meats of all kinds, fresh, sailed,
picked, dried, smoked, dressed or I'M
dressed bacon, hams. shoulders, lard,
lard compounds and lard substitutes;
and sausage and sausage meats.
Buckwheat flour, corn meal, wheat
flour, rye flour. bran, middlings and
other offals of grain, oatmeal and
rolled oats. and all prepared cereal
foods.
Timber, hewn, sided or squared,
shingles, laths. fencing posts, sawed
boards. planks. deals and other lum-
Der. rough or dressed.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-05-04
DISCREDIT M'MANIGA|
CONFESSION, IS AIN

Los Angeles.-The big guns of ha
defense of the labor men accused 80
participation in plot to dynant,
the Los Angeles Times and desteov ,
score of iron works Throughout .bo
country have been turned on the so.
called McManigal confession. Tbo
preliminary statements of attorpsr
for John ]. Mcnamara, internatim,,
secretary of the Iron Workers. and
his brother, james B., was that M.
Manigal was spy in the employ oi
Burns. A secondary statement was
that McManigal's confession is hIl
of inaccuracies and misstatements
A second Identification of j. b. No,
Namara as J. B. Bryce has added "a
the conviction held by the distrc,
attorneys office that the person Of
that name in the county jail is hid
one who bought dynamite from be
Dupont Powder Works at Giant, Cali.
fornia, and placed it under the Io,
Angeles Times building.
The new witness was Trevor NJ.
Cachren, a bellboy of the Hotel Az.
gonaut, San Francisco, who identified
]. B. Mcnamara in the visiting roon1
of the Jail.
The first Identification of Meya.
mara as Bryce was furnished by NrsI
d. H. Ingersoll of San Francisco.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-05-04
THE MARKETS..
Portland.

Portland.
Wheat-Track price: Club, SEC;
Gle; red Russian, S5c.
Barley-Feed, $2S per ton.
Oats-No. l White, $29 per ton.
Hay-Timothy. eastern Oregon,
s22. so; mixed, $40; alfalfa, SIS.
Butter-Creamery, 24c.
Eggs-Ranch, 21c.
Hops-1910 crop, zoe; 1909, lac;
contracts, 1Sc.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 12@14c;
Valley, 12@15c lb.
Mohair-Choice, 361ac.
Seattle.
Wheat-Bluestem, 90c; Club, SIC;
red Russian, S5c.
Barley-$27.50 per ten.
Oats-s2S.5O per ton.
Hay-Timothy S24 per ton; alfai.
"a, SIT per ton.
Washington creamery 26c;
ranch, 13c
Eggs-c elected. local. 2ic.
Chief of Police Indicted.
Portland, Ore.-Chief of Police Cox
was indicted by the county grand
Jury for malfeasance in office.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-05-04

mittees, the fnsurgent senators on,
tented themselves with a formal no-
test against the list of sppolntnats
reported by the Republican commit
.aA
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
NJ A R K EFT S
Milwaukee, July 10, 1911.

Butter-Creamery - Extras, 23c;
prints, 24c; frsts, 2O021c; seconds,
170 1Sc; process, 18@19c; dairy,
fancy, 1Sc
Cheese = American, full cream
Twins, 12c; daisies, new 12@12%c;
Young Americas, 12@121ac; long
horns 12%c; hmburger, new, 100
10A5c, brick, &c; Swiss, 1415 017c.
Egg-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 1908 &c; recandIed, ex-
tras, II @1Sc; seconds, 9010c
Live Poultry-Fowls, lie; roost-
ers, 7c; broilers, 15017c.
Potatoes Wisconsin or Michigan,
on track, 500 soc; Dusty Rurals,
95c@1.0O.
Wheat-No. 1, northern, 1910
1.02; No. 2, northern, 99c0 LOO;
No. 1, durum, $50 sec; No. 2, du-
rum, S6@S7c.
CoTn-No. 8, yellow, 60 &c.
Oats-No. 3, white. 451ac; stand
ard, 451ac.
Barley-Wisconsin, Ito; No. 2,
ia; medium, LOS.
Cattle-Butchers steers, Also
500; heifers, 3.5O@5.50; COWS, S.75
q 500; feeders, 3.6O@4.6O; calves.
6.5007.75.
Hogs - Good, heavy, butchers.
6.55 q 6.75; fair to best, light, $3.50
$50; pigs, 100000.
Sheep-Lambs, 5.OO@7.25; ewes.
3500400.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
She Can Add to Husbands Comfort
by Having the House Attractive
and Hospitable.

The birds find sources Of exultation
in the building of their nests, and you
can discover that they are house fur
nishing by the joy of their songs. 1t
is tie natural instinct of love and life
to make a place to dwell in. To the
woman who can devise a beautiful
gown. the arrangement and decoration
of room is the expansion and ten
fold higher use of her art. To the
wor. an who would endear herself to
her husband, a guarantee might be Of
fered that if she can keep within the
limit of his means and yet make for
him a lovely, comfortable, appropriate
abiding place, in which he has room
for the development of his own tastes
and opportunity to bring about him
his friends in hospitable fashion, she
Will have endeared herself inexpress-
IDLY to him and increased his pride in
her tenfold Let the good order and
beauty and contrivances for his indi-
viduaI comfort be sufficient to make
his friends envious, and ready to say
that his home tempts them TO marry,
and the wife becomes lovely in his
eyes, in a far more f1attering way than
because she is pretty and well dressed.
To become the source of husband
comfort and rest is to have placed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-13
NEW STYLE IN WALL PAPER
Tapestry Blue Is FaVorite Shade-Sef
Striped Papers Also Fancy of
the Present.

Tapestry blue paper or canvas with
a deep frieze of white is seen today
on the parlor, dining-room or library
walls of the up-to-date home. Not so
long ago Indian red was the favorite;
before the red mans color came the
greens, and just previous to the greens
a more aesthetic age demanded terra
Gotta as the correct wall covering
There is a certain satisfaction, how
ever, that the prevailing color Of the
moment should be so artistic, and the
general effect is far beyond anything
found in the homes even 10 years ago.
Self-striped papers are also fancy
of the present. They have a tendency
to have a heightening effect on low
ceilinged room. but if carried too high
they tire the eyes. For this reason it
is wise to have a frieze of white paper
with plain band of color drawn be-
tween the striped paper and the white.
This idea is especially good for bed
rooms, as the white paper can be re-
newed at slight cost when soiled, add
ing to the freshness Of the room.