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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03

The horrors of the Indian mutt
ny will still be remembered, AMI
the cause which led to it is a mat
ter of history. Cartridges CREASED
with cows fat were served out to
the sspoys, who refused to uss
them on the ground that the COW
was a sacred animal. Almost with
out any warning the terrible massa-
cres followed, which were only
avenged at an enormous expendi-
ture Of lives and money.
The war which deluged Austris
and Prussia with blood in 1866 en-
snated in the former failing to an
swer a question asked by the latter.
In the spring Of that year the Aus
TRANS began to arm very speedily
and powerfully, and the Prussians
wanted to know the reason. To
this they would give no reply, and
Prussia, thinking it was an un-
friendly and menacing action,
brought about the CORY campaign.-
London Tit Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03
A STUDENT JOKE.
Conspiracy OF Silence That Put n,
Professor In Panic.

Professor Elias Loomis for manr
years occup a the char OF astrono.
my al Naic and was the author Of
the w,ll n,wn series OF mathemat-
ica to:t bo Ks.
Profes >. l.oomis rcncaied each
year 10 tie ipnor class q course q
lecture. ~ ply c q tnrc,
were iiie-tra'e b 4, ernen.,.
and in oac b. ,s-.,-e. ~ /.
explainc' tie 7 . .oc o. the well
known air gun.
The student Of each succeeding
class as they entered the room for
this particular lecture found on the
side of the room remote from tie
platform small target. After ex-
planning the operation Of the gun
Professor Loomis was in the habit
of landing three of its projecties
with mathematical accuracy in the
center of the bullseye.
The professor was always ap-
plauded for this feat, but his grim
face, covered by a tightly drawn
skin of parchment hue, never show
ed the slightest sign Of qualification
or recognition Of any kind. To him
it was apparently only scientific
experiment TO be exactly demon
strated.
One class Of Juniors. however,
who had learned Of I've immemorial
incident from the tAen seniors, at
tempted a littlc experiment Of
their own, the subject beng mathe-
matical and scientific human ma
ture.
Three puffs from the air gun, and,
although the students saw that the
bullseye was perforated as usual,
there was not sound of applause
Professor Loomis looked a moment
at the class in startled way, then
at the target, and then, with a de-
gree of emotion he had never be-
fore shown, exclaimed:
Didn't it hit, Didn't it hit!
Didn't it hit -
A roar of laughter, followed by
even more than the usual applause,
showed the professor that he had
not lost his mathematical accuracy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03

Whoever knows anything about
the small boy and his pride in his
first pair of trousers will recognize
the truth of a story the Philsdcl-
phia Ledger prints.
Tommy was at Sunday school in
his first "real" clothes. A picture
Of lot Of little angels was before
the class, and the teacher asked
Tommy il he would not like to be
one.
mo, ma'am," replied Tommy
after inspecting the picture.
"Not want to be an angel, Tom
my" reproached the teacher. "Why
not ?"
"'Cause I'd have to give up my
9px pantA" ssid Temny sagAI. 4
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03
WkTERw KS.
The, Are Stamped In the Paper BY
Patterns Of Wire.

'aehetHs OF wire.
The discovery Of the watermark
was the result Of an accident, prob
ably thousand yer, ago. Parch.
ment was then made Of vegetable
pulp, which was poured in a liquid
state into a sieve. The water drip
ped out from below, and the thin
layer OF pllp that remained was
pressed and dried. When dry il
was found 10 bear upon it the
marks of the fiber that composed
the bottom Of the sieve.
These fibers seem to have been
twisted reeds, and the mark they
left on the parchment took the
form Of wide lines running across
and across diagonally. In those
days the watermark was regarded
as blemish since the fiber was
thick and coarse and the deep i'm
preston made on the paper proved
a drawback in writing.
The quill of the scribe found
many a yawning gap to cross on
the surface of the manuscript
"switchback scripture" it has been
termed. But when wire was sub
stituted for fiber in the sieve. saws
a writer in the Denver Republican.
the lines of the watermark grew
thinner and less conspicuous.
The possibilities OF the useful.
ness Of the watermark became ap-
parent by degrees. II was first
found to be of service in preventing
the forgery of books and manu-
scripts. Many bogus copy Of
rare work has been detected be-
cause the counterfeiter failed to
take into account the watermarks
Of the original
The watermark of many a pre-
cious manuscript in the worlds mu-
seums is alike its glory and its
safeguard. And in the sphere OF
bank notes and paper money every
where the watermark is most use
full in protecting the notes from
imitation.
The term "watermark" is in re-
atty a misnomer since the mark
Is actually produced by wire. Wire
Is fashioned into the desired pat
tern, figure or lettering. This is
inserted beneath the sheet in the
last stages Of its manufacture and
while the paper is still capable OF
receiving the impression, and the
wire device stamps itself into the
sheet.
Ordinary note paper held up to
the light reveals hundreds OF par
allel lines running up and down,
betraying the fact that the paper
was made on a wire foundation.
To this the paper owes its smooth
ness and its even texture.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03
THE WAYS OF JAPAN.
You Are Never surs Of Privacy, E,
While Taking a Bath.

AS one steps before the wi
open doors of the reception roo
or into the court or the kitchen, :.
the case may be, the host a,
proaches and greets with low bov
followed by the hostess and usual
one or more of the maids, VIII
kneeling, bend TO the floor. II
salutations are returned, a word
exchanged perhaps about the roon
or the meal that is to be prepare
and the guest seats himself on Il
low porch or platform that SUI
rounds the entrances and remove
his shoes or sandals, leaving thel
on the ground. If one wears tn
japanese cloth shoe and straw san
dal, as did some Of the time, th
feet are always washed in a woodel
basin Of water brought by a maid
who comes clattering around tn
outside of the house on woodel
clogs to bring it and sets it dowr
before one on the ground. A littl,
towel is brought, too, unless one, a
usual, has this most useful Of art
cles about his person.
Then the guest steps in, in stocl
ing feet or barefoot, and, precede
by servant, passes through Il
open rooms, often between a douh
line Of all the people Of the hou
who are bowling to the floor.
enters the room allotted to him al
there seats himself cross legged
a cushion on the matted floor b.
fore a tiny charcoal fire in a braziC
and rests-at least pretends to re
if he is a foreigner-until disrega
for ceremony gets the better Of II
and he adopts an easier posi.io
Presently comes a demure or SIN
ing little maid, with rosy cheeks a.
fancifully colored silk kimono, "
kneels outside and slides open I
paper door, enters, kneels a.
closes it, brings tea things to 4
center of the room and, kneelin
pours out a wee cup Of tea to Il
guest or each of the guests. TIL
done, she bends her forehead to Il
floor and patters out, opening
closing the door, as before. II
guest is an honored one some dai
ty, such as bean jelly or cakes
raw dough rolled in pink
green powder, is brought with
tea. Then the guest steps out
the porch to wash, and as he dri,
his face he looks at the little GU
tured garden or off to the distan
valley or forest or mountain or sea.
Returning to his room, he j.
most of the time alone until t.,
of the meal or, il il chance
10 be afternoon or evening, uni
he announcement comes that eth
path is ready" One is never entire
y alone. Access to the room is a
xays free on several sides, and hos
visitor or servant may come in
my time. One becomes used
his and learns to like il in m
ways. There lie nothing hidden.
makes life simple and informal
more natural. We found il
advantage sometimes when we /
90 many visitors whose curios
rot the better Of them, but we
Ways took it in good part, finding
amusing rather than annoying
Robert Van Week Anderson
D~.l.- Nf--xl1-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03
HUNTING THE SEAL.
The Dog Hood of the Atlantic 10 .
Desperate Fighter.

The seal hunters have been call
ed heroes, but they have earned the
title in doing just what their IA
theirs and forefathers have done for
200 years-catching seals to make a
living. When we think of seals we
bring to mind the animals for
whose rich coat of fur milady is
willing TO pay hundreds or even
thousands Of dollars-the fur seal,
which inhabits the north Pacific
ocean But in the waters of the
Atlan.ic lives another species,
which is also sought for lis coat or
hide, which goes into many thou
sands Of pooke.books, satchels,
gloves and other articles, for which
it is especially valuable. So every
year hardy Newfoundlanders take
their lives in their hands in H.,
seal hunt, for not only is its coz
valuable, but the blubber Of the
young yields an oil much priced foi
different purposes.
There are four species of seals il
the waters around Newfoundlan,
and Labrador - the bay seal, Ill
harp, the hood and the square flip
per. The harp seal-the seal o
commerce-is so called from hay
ing a broad, curved line Of darl
connected spots extending alon'
each shoulder and meeting on th'
back above the tail, forming a fg
ure something like an ancient harI
As the hoods are often with Il
harps, they are also taken for the
skins The male, called the "do
hood" is distinguished from the f.
male by a curious sack or bag
flesh on his nose. When attacke
or enraged he initiates this hoo,
with air so as TO cover the face ant
eyes, and it is strong enough to re
sist seal shot. When thus protect
ed he can be killed only by shoot.
ing him in the neck and the base OF
the skull.
Unlike the cowardly harp seal,
the dog hood fights desperately in
defense Of his mate and young ones
and if they are killed he becomes
furious, initiates his hood, while his
nostrils dilate into two huge blad.
ders. As he rushes at his enemy
with floundering leaps, it is as well
10 keep safe distance if the hunter
is alone, for instances have occur
red where a fight between an old
dog hood and five or six men has
lasted for an hour, and more than
once a man has been crunched to
death by the powerful jaws.
The seal is a great traveller, but
depends on the rivers Of the ocean
to take him where he wants to go.
Like a rood many other tourists, he
spends his summer N the north,
leaving the southern waters in May
and spending about three months
in the seas about Greenland. With
the BEGINNING Of the arctic winter
the seal horse starts on its long
southern voyage.-Day Allen VII
ley in Van Norden's.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03
Manly Little FeIls-.

"Now. my manly little man, said
Mr. Mildun. laying his hand kindly
on the boys shoulder, "you didn't
drop that banana peel there on pur-
pose to make me slip on it did
youY"
"Course not" replied the manly
little man. wriggling away. al put
it there fer yer nearsighted brother,
who wouldn't q lodged it."-KA.-
sas City Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03

He had gone to ask her father for
her hand in marriage.
"well, sir, what is it9" snapped
out the old man. Remember, i am
q man of few words"
81 don't care if you are q man of
only one word if it's the right one" "
replied the suitor.
| He got the girl.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03
The Welsh NJ ote.

Here is what the Rev. John
Evans tells US in reference to the
way in which English was taught
in Wales in the eighteenth century
This school had several features
unknown in the Welsh school Of to-
day. The Welsh note was one in
dispensable feature. This secured
English conversation. 1t was q
smooth piece of wood, like a fiat
inch rule, with the letters w. N
carved on IT, When any one was
caught speaking Welsh the Welsh
note was Immediately handed to
him, but the hand which held it at
the end of the lesson was the one
made to tingle in consequence, so
il was a common occurrence for the
child who had it to move about
from pew to pew, craftily tempting
others to speak Welsh. This sign
of guilt therefore often changed
hands until at last it rested in that
which had to bear the burden of al
the transgressions Of that law"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03

willie. you are just as bad a. yss
can be-"
~Huhi I guess you don't know hsv
bad can be-"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-03

They were country people pure
and simple, but they had read the
papers and thought they were edu-
Gated up to all the improvements of
a city. When they went to Wash
ington they went through the navy
department and saw the models Of
our ships ct war. Pointing to a
companion ladder hanging over the
side of one Of the boats, she asked
her better nalf what it was.
"Oh, that's the fire escape" re-
Piled the husband.-Lippincott's
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29

Bryan, Underwood, Marshall and
Folk. All but the first two are re-
garded as dark horses" So
good political prophet as Henry
Watterson said when President Taft
was in Louisville that the demo-
cratic nomination was, because of
the two-thirds rule in the democratic
convention, likely to go to a dark
horse. .
In the republican party the situa-
ton is in striking contrast. Presi-
dent Taft's managers assert that he
will have 975 of the probable 1,O72
votes in the republican convention.
Senator LaFollette is the only can
didate openly against the president.
This estimate leaves him less than
100 votes.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29

len and Alexander Alderman, both ar
dent Georgia sportsmen and who
have been hunting ducks at Savan-
nah the past few days, do not agree
with Attorney General Fielder that
it is against the game law to shoot
migratory ducks.
Mr. Alderman, who has been hunt
ing with Mr.. Allen, says he is going
to take the ducks he has killed home
tonight and he defes any one to pros
ecute him for it. Mr. Alderman, who
is United States district attorney,
said of the law today
Il regret that the attorney general
has rendered such an opinion. But it
is more to be regretted that he has
even been called on for an opinion
by the state game warden. The war
den knows, along with every one
who is familiar with the history Of
the state game bill, that it was not
the intention of the state legislature
to protect migratory duck, and if ne
will devote more of his time to the
prosecution of violations of the plain
provisions of the law and less to Sc
curing strained constructions con
trary to the clear intention of the
legislature he will not only make the
law more popular with the masses
but will secure the cooperation of
true sportsmen in it's enforcement.
Won't Prosecute.
State Game and Fish Warden Mer-
Ger has sent a letter to each of the
county game wardens in which he
tells them not to institute any pros
ecutions for shooting ducks, except
in cases of summer ducks, which
may be killed only in the short sea-
son, Dec 1 to Jan. 1.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29
TO LIVE AMONG THE POOR.
Twelve Wen-Known Business Men
to FOrsake Their Usual Pursuits.

Twelve Well-Known Business Men
to FOrsake Their Usual Pursuits.
Twelve well known business and
professional men of Chicago will for
sake their usual pursuits and manner
of life for time and live in the
slums of Chicago, if plans under con-
sideration by the Social Service Com
mission of the Men and Religion For
ward Movement are adopted. The
need of tirst-hand information as to
conditions in the poorer districts of
the city is the cause for this con-
templated radical move.
Reform in the manner of life and
work of the immigrant classes is one
of the things which is being empha-
sized the most in the mems move
ment, and such information is con-
sidered essential to the work.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29
PREACHER DEFENDS JACOB.

Says Taking Esau's Birthright Was
Merely a Business Proposition.
On Sunday Rev. Addison Moore,
assistant pastor of Fifth Avenue Bap-
fist church, New York city, delivered
a lecture to the Rockefeller Bible
class in which he defended Jacob
for taking Esau's birthright. He
said it was purely a business propo-
sition, and that after all Jacob was
probably better qualified than his
brother to manage the property. On
Tuesday following Alfred Merritt of
Duluth, Ohio, told how Rockefeller
had relieved him of the stewardship
of some very great interests in iron
ore lands. 1t was President Baer of
the Reading railroad, if we mistake
not, who said that heaven selected
certain persons to be the caretakers
of the earths wealth.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29
CAN YOU ASK MORE?
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We want everyone who is troub-
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Remember you can obtain Rexa III
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29
TOM WATSON GIVES TEN REASONS
WHY JOE BROWN SHOULD BE ELECTED
From Watson,s Jefersonian.

1, Because ne has the judicial
mind, and decides questions on their
merits.
2. Because he is independent. No
one uses him; and he does not take
advantage of public power to take
revenge upon his enemies.
3. Because he made a good gov
ernOr before, and is properly in line
Of succession.
4. Because he offered the voters,
at free, inexpensive primary with
the negroes left out, to say whether
they desired our prohibition law re
pealed; and when that fair PROPOSE
ton was declined by the committee
declared that he would not sign any
bill the legislature might pass on the
subject until such bill had been sub
mitted to the people in a white pri-
mary.
5. Because he is for law and or
der, and complete return to popu-
lar government.
6. Because he is a clean man,
against whose personal and political
honor no truthful charge can be
brought.
7. Because he has never gone
back on a friend or principle.
8. Because he enforced the penal
law without respect to persons, to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29
A Texas Wonder
The Texas Wonder cures Bidn,

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, removing gray
ell cures diabetes, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism and all irregular
tiles Of the kidneys and bladder in
both men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. If not
sold by your druggist will be sent by
mail on receipt of $1.O0. One small
bottle is two months treatment, and
seldom fails to perfect a cure. Send
for testimonials from Georgia and
other state. DIR. E. w. HALL, 1926
Olive street, st. Louis, Mo. Sold by
druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29
Are You q Woman2

Baltimore, Md.-Mrs. w. H. Ison,
at l419 Fast Madison street, writes:
" For several yearsI suffered off and
on from womanly troubles until f.
nally / was taken down and could
do nothing. The pains l experienced
shall never forget. I lost weight
until | was only skin and bones. |
believe l would be in my grave if /
had not tried Cardui." Are Won.
like Mrs Ison, weak and discourag-
ed because of some painful .lment2
Carduit will help you, Any drug
glst will be glad to sell you bot
tie.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29
YOU MUSTN'T KILL DUCKS
SUCH Is THE ATTORNEY GENER-
AIS READING OF THE LAW.
Lawyer Alderman and Others Say
Fielder Is Wrong, and They're Go
ing to Shoot En- Anyhow.

ing 10 SnOOt I'm Anyhow.
ATLANTA.-Duck shooting in
Georgia is doomed, at least for the
present season, under a ruling rem
dered by Attorney General Fielder to-
day at the request of Game Commits
sioner Jesse Mercer.
Mr.. Mercer asks the construction
of the law especially as to migratory
ducks, mallards, redheads, teal and
the like. Mr.. Fielder holds that the
present law specifies all game birds
and states when they may be killed
1t Classics all other birds as non
game birds and prohibits the killing
of these at any time, making excep-
tons only of English sparrOws, owls,
hawks, eagles, crows and rice birds
Wood or summer ducks are the only
ducks mentioned by name in the
law, and these may be killed only
from Dec. 1 to Jan. l.
1t is the attorney generals con-
clusion that it is unlawful to kill any
other kind of duck at all at any time.
He admits it may have been unwise
for the legislature to have made such
restriction, but says the law stands
until amended, and the game war
dens are called on to enforce it.
Will Take His Ducks Home.
Savannah, Ga.-Messrs. Ward AL
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29

wealthy petitioners or to political
influence.
8. Because he stands for what is
best, in private and public life, and
is a man of the common people.
10. Because he is in favor Of the
county unit plan, which prevents the
big cities ruling the state of Geor-
gia.
1 WILL VOTE FOR HIM MY
SELF, AND EARNESTLY URGE MY
FRIENDS TO DO LIKEWISE.
Let us break up committee despot-
ism in old Georgia. Now is your time,
and the only way to do it is to elect
Joe Brown.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-29
LOOKS LIKE TAFT VS.. HARMON
THE POLITICIANS EXPECT THE
LINEUP TO BE THAT WAY.
Republican Convention VIII Be Al
most Unanimous for Taft, and
Harmon Leads Democrats.

WASHINGTON, - Political oppo-
nents of President Taft will fall into
grave error if they overlook in the
estimate of his tour the opportunity
which it has given him to come into
close touch with political conditions.
This may easily follow the efforts to
minimize the results Of his trip to
the Pacific coast and into the South.
The president is today in closer
working relationship with the leaders
of his party in the contested territory
than any other man in either the
republican or democratic organiza-
ton
Through the courtesy of a man
who has just made careful investi-
cation in 80 states an estimate of
both republican and democratic con-
ditions as they stand today is obtain
ed. They are subject to change. The
details of the report on which the es-
innate is based will become the prop
erty of whoever is selected to man
age the next republican campaign.
Seven men now participate in the
control of the votes to be cast in the
next democratic convention. Named
in order of their apparent strength
they are Harmon, Wilson, Clark,