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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
AN ALGERIAN STORY.
All and Mohammed Exchange Secrets
Of Their Trade.

All and Mohammed Exchange Secrets
Of Their Trade.
Mohammed ben Mohammed was
. marabout whose affairs were in a
most fourishing condition. Pill
grims visited his ancestors tomb by
hundreds, leavi@ many and rich
offerings, and Mohammed ben Mo-
hammed grew fatter and wealthier
daily.
His servitor, Ali ben Ali, became
tired of watching his masters in
creased wealth and bulk, while his
own pocket was as fiat as his body
was thin. So one dark night he ST.
lently took his departure, riding on
the back of young ass belonging
10 his master.
After a march of about thirty
miles the ass had enough Of carry
ing Ali. 1t was a young ass and
knew no better. So il went on
strike, lay down and forthwith died.
Thereupon Ali dug hole and
put the ass in, piling . great noun
tain of stones over it. Then. sit
ting down beside the heap, he be-
gan to pray. A traveller passing in
quired by whose tomb he prayed SO
fervently. Ali was filed with as
tonishment.
What! Had he never heard OF
the great saint Amar ben Amar'
1iterally IAN ass, the son Of ans
ass 1? All the people of the coun-'
try around came there to pray.
The traveller did not fail to meR--
tion the marabout Amar ben
Amar's tomb, and soon pilgrims
focked to it with offerings, and Ali
ben Ali grew fat and rich
The faithful neglected Moham-
med ben Mohammed, who at last,
furious, abandoned his marabout in
order to pay . visit to his rival.
Great was his astonishment when
he recognized his runaway servitor.
Taking him aside, he whispered:
"Tell me the truth. Who is your
marabout7"
"The ass l stole from you. And
now tell mc-who is your mara
boutf"
"The mother Of the ass you stole
from mcw-"My Experiences ln
Algeria" by Baroness de Boerio, in
Wide World Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
WONDERFUL MOVING VINE.
One OF the Most Interesting Of Ant
Phenomena on Record.

Near the bank of the Guadalupe
river ! saw something green upon
the ground and, hurrying forward,
found a lovely vine with leaves
smaller than those Of the smilax,
of a pale, tender green. The vine
had its root about five feet from the
trunk of a towering cottonwood
tree and spread out on the ground
four or five inches wide, becoming
a little narrower as it approached
the tree. / could see no stems or
tendrlls, SO thick was the growth,
and as | drew close to the tree | saw
that the vine branched just above
the ground and went climbing up
the great trunk and the branches.
1t grew more and more slender un-
til far up | could distinguish only a
threadlike line of green.
AS ] stood intently watching the
delicate, graceful vine, became
aware that it was pervaded by a
curious, tremulous motion. Then
] saw that the individual leaves
were not stationary. Picking up a
twig from the ground, ] touched
one of the leaves and found to my
amazement that there was a brown
ant under it about as long as my
little finger nail. Each leaf ws
held in the mandibles Of an ant in
such way as to conceal the body Of
the insect, and the ants were coming
down the tree. The discovery came
upon me with shock. / had stun
bled on a nest of umbrella ants.
Books had told me that such ants
were found in the tropics, where
they carried bits of leaves over their
heads as if to protect themselves
from the sun. But mere, on the
banks OF Texas river, had found
a colony of them, shading them
selves where there was no sun and
completely hidden by their covering
of green.
Charmed at the sight, ! turned
back TO call my companions, who
were fishing in the river Within a
few yards | met my husband coming
to look for me. He was even more
excited over the phenomenon than ]
was and shouted for the others ia
come quickly. On investigation we
found that the spot where the vine
seemed to have its root was really
the opening of the ant nest. The
tiny creatures had by some instinct
learned that the topmost branches
Of the cottonwood had put out their
first small leaves. They had climb
ed the immense distance and had
cut off and brought down their
leaves-to feed their young ones,
we supposed. The ants which is
sued empty jawed from the nest
made long circuit to the farther
side OF the tree and climbed up
where they would not interfere Will.
the leaf bearing thousands coming
down.-St. Nicholas.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30

Very carefully inclosed ard guarded are the two
hundred remaining cedars of Lebanon, those famous
trees that once clothed all the sides of the Syrian
mountain So tall and beautiful were they in COM
parison with trees of Palestine, that the Hebrew
writes celebrated them with extraordinary praise
and from the earliest times their soft white wood
was the glory of Jewish architecture They were
used IN Solomon's temple and in its successor, and
also IN the church that Constantine built at Je-
rusaem The surviving trees are called by the Arabs
the 'trees of God" and under their widespreadng
branches the clergy of the Greek church occasionally
celebrate mass. Several of the trees in the grove
are over one thousand five hundred years old, and
have height of one hundred feet and crcumfer-
ence of fifty. In appearance they more resemble
the aged arch or the majestic oak than the cedar
that is known in America
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
Handing them a Lemon.

The editor sat in his office when all but him had
fled and he wished that everv deadbeat was in his
grave stone dead His mind then wandered far
away to the time when he should die, and his royal
editorial soul go scotching to the sky when he'd
roam the fields of Paradise and sail over Jasper seas
and all things glorious would combine his every sense
to please. He thought how then he'd look across the
great gulf dark and drear, thatl yawn between his
happy soul and those who swndle here, and when
for water they would CALL and in agony they'd caper
ne hed shout to them 'Just quench your thirst with
the due that's on your paper"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30

We owe it to the community in which we live 70
10 everything we can in every way possible that will
w ~ 70 It's advantage Our neighbors prosperity
means great deal more to us than someone's who
ives ;n elsewhere. We should bearthi in mind in buy
.is our goods. We can afford to pay our home man
a. urn price for his wares rather than send our mon
~. ~ away, knowing, we do, that every dollar our
cn m ctlzeGs make will help in sustaining our schools
rcnes and public institutions. 1t pays richly to
p"uohlze home industry. Carnegie (Pa) Signal Item
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
breecf.ssa,nq carron.

The breechloading cannon were
among the earliest used. We find
them on English and other Ships a.
early us the last quarter Of the four
teenth century, and therefore much
before the time Of the buccaneers.
The cannon was a mere tube, bound
with heavy iron rings, and was load
ed by the insertion Of the "gonne
chamber" an iron pan containing
the charge, which fitted into and
closed the brecch. These guns we're
very clumsy affairs in comparison
with the modern brcechloader, but
She principle was the same.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
Advertising is Necessary.

The business man who doesn't believe in advertis-
ING, says the Reading Times, belongs in the same
category with the farmer wh) doesn't believe in fer
al successive but constantly diminishing crops from
the same piece of ground without restoring to it the
llfe-giving elements of which he robs it; but there
comes time when, completely exhausted, the land
refuses to respond to agricultural entreaty The
business deprived of the stimulating influence of pub
lclty furnishes an apt parallel gradual failure end
INC in complete paralysis of its functions Adverts-
ng like fertilizng, is mighty cheap in proportion to
the money value of the growth it promotes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
AS Between Two Trades.

lawyer in court room may call a man liar
scoundrel villain or thief and no one will make
complaint when court adjoums. If a newspaper
prints such reflections mans character there is
libel suit or dead editor This is owing to the fact
that the people believe what an editor says What
lawyer says cuts no hgure.---Wills Point Qnd)
Chronicle
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30

Auntie upon her return. TO somewhat
pessimistIc nephew)-Did Tommy play
with you while was out. darling7 He
didn't make you cry1
Nephew-He made me cry n little
bit
Tommy-Oh. Philip. made you laugh
nearly all the time mother was out!
Nephe ew-Wcll. | laughed till I cvted
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
The Cedars of Lebanon.

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
HousehoId Hints.

Vouseno'd r'nts-
Remove vaseline stains by waS1s
ing in var1,i water and soap; rms
and apply chlo- mated soda 10 thm
stain.
To keep br .ss or cop .r hrld2
for some time liter cleaning r.
1t over with beaten white Of egg,
To prevent cane or bamboo ftuu
yCilowing when washed ufe I'm
salt wateri rub with soft ciotl ~
II drv. - L.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
Let the BUYER Know.

There are many merchants who believe that money
spent IN advertising is like charity, because every
m nmody IN their territory knows them and the goods
they SELL Yet we venture the assertion that large
percentage of the business the maiLorder houses
Graw from rural communities is due to the fact that
ene purchaser does not know he can get the goods
ds advantageousy from his home merchants The
country merchant can advertise with the same pro-
poruonate success in his county paper that the de-
pels by simply telling the people what he has in stock
STld T what he charging for it. Wheeling (W Va)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30

Every line in a newspaper costs the proprietor
something. If it is for the benefit of the individual
II should be paid for. If the grocer were asked to
contribute groceries to one abundanty able to pay
Tor them he would refuse. The proprietor of news
paper must pay for the free advertising if the bene-
ih,cary does not and yet it is one Of the hardest
Ihngs to.be learned by many that newspaper has
space In It's column to rent and must rent to live
10 give away rent for anything less than living rates
S as fatal to newspaper as for landlord to fur
hlsh rent free. -Deruyter On W eleanor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01
TYPHOID GERM IN ICE
MOST OF THEM ARE DESTROYED
WITHIN ONE MONTH.
Some May Survive, However, and Epi.
denies of Fever Have Been Traced
to Use Of Polluted leo.

It may be of interest to those who
are in the habit of putting up their
own Ice for summer use from a near
by pond, or stream. to know that the
use Of Ice Is not SO dangerous as the
use Of the water from which 1t is
formed. so far as typhoid fever is
concerned. Although the typhoid fever
germ, and the germ Of diphtheria, as
well, can Withstand temperature of
80 degrees F. below zero, for several
days, experiments with Ice made from
polluted water have shown that when
the water freezes. the majority Of the
typhoid organisms are soon destroyed.
However, the few that do survive, die
off slowly, and 1t is these few that
outlive their fellows that have been
the cause of serious epidemics in a
few cases. According to Parke, not
one in thousand lives in ice longer
than one month, and all are dead at
the end Of six months.
Relatively few outbreaks of typhoid
fever have been traced to the use of
ice; however, conclusive evidence was
obtained to show that the thirty-nine
cases of typhoid at the St Lawrence
hospital. near Ogdensburg. N. Y, sew
eral years ago. were the result of u.s.
Ing polluted ice. Several months be-
fore 1t was used the Ice had been cut
from the St Lawrence river, about
three miles below the outlet OF the
Ogdensburg sewer. Living typhoid
germs were found In samples Of the
melted ice examined after the break
Ing out Of the epidemic.-Walter G..
Sackett, Colorado Agricultural Col
lege. Fort Collins.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01
WEALTH
Her Fortune a Burden to Mrs.
Russell Sage.
Beggars Force Her Into Retirement
and Change Her From a Sweet
Kindly Woman to One Of
Suspicion.

New York.-One of the most pathet-
ic figures in the world today Is Mrs.
Russell Sage. upon whom the fortune
left her by her husband imposes q
fearful burden. There Is scarcely a
day that she does not weep, one Of
her intimate friends tells us. She
sits and cries at the intolerable bur
den Of having $65,O0O.0O0 on her
shoulders, at the task of distributing
that huge fortune in the way that will
do the most good. She Is 80 years
old and has a New England con-
science. She wants to do Just the
right thing with 1t all, and 1t requires
an amount Of thought and study and
imposes feeling of responsibility
that is hard on an old woman who
only wants a quiet corner to spend
her few remaining years In.
Mrs. Sage has aged very much
since her husbands death. She has
grown thin, pale, bent and wrinkled.
Aside from the natural grief over Mr..
Sage's death. Mrs. Sage was plunged
almost instantly into a storm OF ap-
peals which amounted to a persecu-
tion. Her mail for some years before
Mr.. Sage's death had amounted to be-
tween 40 and so letters a day. 1t
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01
KANSAS HAS A STORM DRILL
School Cyclone Cellars Are Becoming
Popular Since TWlsters Arc More
Frequent-Puplls Uneasy.

Leavenworth, Kan.-Under an order
of the school board OF Brown county
every schoolhouse within its borders
will hereafter be supplied with cy-
clone cellar, to which the teacher
must lead her pupils whenever any
sign Of twister appears in the sky.
The cyclone drill is now a part Of
the daily school routine, instead Of
the fire drill In city schools. Brown
county is where fully third of the
school houses were destroyed by a
tornado. So many pupils were hurt
and scared that 1t was decided that
a place of refuge must be provided at
each school
The parents Of the youngsters were
unanimous for this reform. Practi-
cally every farmer In that section,
which seems peculiarly susceptible to
violent windstorms, has what is
known in Kansas as "a 'fraid hole"
and there is no reason why their chill
drsn shouldn't be equally protected
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01
Novel Oaintles.

The kumquats or little oranges"
that come in boxes at the fruit store
are source Of wonderment to many
persons who have never used them
themselves or happened to meet them
on others tables. The way they are
served by an uptown chef is this: He
covers plate with endive leaves that
have been chilled and then covers the
leaves with kumquats that have been
sliced very fine and allowed to stand
for an hour or two with a covering
of sugar and sherry. The salad is
dressed with oil and vinegar.
Alligator pears are another mystery
to a good many American housewives
who have departed from traditiona
lines. The pears to be delicious should
be little soft, and they should alst
be very cold. Cut the pears in half
arrange them on individual plates GOV
cred with white lettuce leaves ant
fill each cavity with French dressing
The pears are eaten with a spoon. like
muskmelon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01
DESTRUCTIVE PEST IN BRAZIL
Ant Found In Largo Numbers Which
Attacks and Destroys the
Native Woods.

Rio Janerio, Brazil.-The "cupim"
Is a Brazilian ant that is particularly
destructive of lumber. They are
found in the forests of Brazil in great
numbers. They attack the native
woods. hard and soft, as soon as It
has been felled. working from the out
side directly toward the heart, and
burrowing longitudinally, they honey.
comb and destroy In manner simi.
lar to the toredo.
Pine lumber was imported from the
United States for railway construc-
ton and until nearly two years after
It's use their attacks on 1t were not
noticed; after about that period of
time, however, section cut from a
floor joist disclosed the heart prac-
tically destroyed.
They work in the dark, building tun-
nels OF mud on the outside Of the
bark, and vertical shafts OF mud from
the ground to the under side OF tim.
Der stored In niles. They will do
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01

hardship, and pathetically confident,
that the kind-hearted woman who had
more money than she knew what to
DO with would give them the little
that would make them happy. Some
OF these letters distressed Mrs. Sage
greatly; but they came not only from
every state in the Union. but from
foreign countries. Had she respond.
ed to them she would have dissipated
her entire fortune In small checks to
individuals all over the world. So
finally Mrs. Sage gave up her mail.
Now letter which Is manifestly from
personal friend Is given her, but
nothing else reaches her eye.
1t is not only impossible to reach
Mrs. Sage by letter-it has become
one Of the impossible things to sea
her. Mrs. Sage formerly was one of
the most approachable of women.
Not trace Of snobbery or purse
pride Is to be found In her makeup.
A plain, old-fashioned village woman
she started her career, and that she
remains to this day. She never cared
anything about fine clothes or society.
and her friends were chosen by pref.
erence from among the people who
are doing the work of the world.
With professional.women she was par.
ticularly friendly. That period of her
own life between 1s47, when she was
graduated. and 1869, when she mar
ried Mr.. Sage, was spent in teaching
school whenever her health would
permit. and she never felt above any
one who earned his or her living. Any
one who had ever been introduced to
Mrs. Sage could see her as easily as
her own home as II she had been the
wife Of a clerk instead Of a multi.
millionaire.
Some one wrote a book once on
Prisoners of Poverty. Mrs. Sage is a
Prisoner Of Wealth. Behind this hu-
man rampant she sits, afraid that
some one may reach to torment her.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01

Of its revenue to go into a perpetual
care fund, the interest on this fund
being sufficient to care for the prop
erty.
The college and the Christian asso-
Citations receive two-thirds of the en-
tire sum obtained from the sale OF
lots in the cemetery, and they can
use the money for any purpose they
decide. No one except the actual work
ers In the cemetery receive a salary
and no dividends except to the col
lege and Christian associations are
declared. The college receives about
one half Of the total amount received
from the sale Of lots. The Young
Women's Christian association re.
ceives the next largest share and the
Y. M. c. A. the next division. All the
rest Of the money from the sale OF
lots and the amount received for open
ing graves and caring for lots goes
into the perpetual care fund of the
cemetery.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01
y 4 HINdSW6R7H
KNOWING

When cane seats are relaxed turn
the chair upside down. pour boiling
water over 1t. scour in hot soapsuds
and rinse again In boiling water. when
the cane should be found to have con-
tracted.
A polish that may be used for floors
and furniture is made Of equal parts of
vinegar, boiled linseed oil and methy-
lated spirits. Where the polish has
worn of this renews 1t, and when it
is we'll rubbed in 1t gives q brilliant
surface to the floor.
II the painter has left marks Of paint
on the floor apply to them a paste
made Of equal parts Of lime and soda
moistened with little water. Leave
this. apply very thickiy, for "a hours.
then wash It of and the stains will
be found to have disappeared.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01

and Young Women's Christian as
sociauons have one of the most novel
endowments In the country. 1t is a
cemetery and as far as known this is
the only college In the United States
which numbers among its chief as
sets share in the profits of GENE.
terry. Many churches have cemeteries,
but the Topeka Y. w. C. A. and Y. NJ.
c. A. are believed to be the only non.
sectarian religious organizations with
an endowment Of this kind.
A. B. Whiting. Topeka merchant,
decided to leave permanent endow-
ment to the two Topeka institutions.
He selected $4,000 as the beginning
Of his endowment and then began
casting about for some plan OF invest
ment which would actually net the
greatest income to the three institu-
tions to which he desired to contrib
uate. He Investigated all kinds OF
business ventures, bond and stock
returns and real estate investments
and finally decided upon a cemetery
aS luo ueSI posSlpie luNestueut loA
the college and Christian associations.
His investment Of the modest endow-
ment is expected to return to the col.
lege and the two young peoples asso-
Citations considerably more than mil
lion dollars before the sources OF
revenue from the sale Of lots in the
cemetery are cut of.
Mr.. Whiting bought the Mount Hope
cemetery grounds. 160 acres. one and
one-half miles west of Topeka The
land alone cost $4,000 and left 1000
to begin the improvement work This
was four years ago and the permanent
improvement work Of the cemetery
has been going on ever since and will
continue forever. The property has
been decided to a board Of trustees, of
which Mr.. Whiting is president and
also general superintendent of the
cemetery. This board has been incor-
porated for 1000 years and 1t Is bound
to maintain the cemetery forever. No
grave can ever be neglected. as under
the terms Of the charter the board is
compelled to set aside a certain part
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01
Sweetbreads With Peas.

Wash and clean the sweetbreads
and parboil Is minutes. Drain. When
cool enough to handle cut in pieces
with a silver knife. Melt two table.
spoonfuls Of butter in saucepan, add
the sweetbreads and can OF peas
(French preferredD. Cook, stirring oc.
casionally until the sweetbreads begin
to brown, add one tablespoonful -four
mix until smooth, add one-half cup
of milk, stir gently, thicken with @
little cornstarch stirred smooth in a
little of the milk. Serve with dia.
monds Of toast around the dish.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-09-01
Ellza's Baked Onions.

Boil four bermuda onions about ten
minutes. When cool remove the cen.
ters. Chop about three of the centers
with ten cents worth OF cold boiled
ham. Mix this with some buttered
bread crumbs and STUFF onions with
this. Place in pan. putting lump OF
butter on top of each. Make about
one and one-half cupfuls Of rather thin
white sauce and pour around onions
Bake covered As minutes, remove
cover, sprinkle with buttered crumbs
and brown Is minutes.