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The Detroit times., 1912-12-12

The old inns were pleasant
In decades gone by.
But Just at the present
There's none OF them nign.
When travel was rougher
These inns served full Well
But now we must suffer
The small town hoteli
when. wayworn and dusty
We land At its door.
The rooms are all musty.
There's mold on the moor.
All, pity the drummer
Who must stay q spell
Both winter and summer
At this shine hoteli
It's beds are all bumpy
(Infrequently clean).
Its oatmeal 10 lumpy.
It's lights Kerosene;
It's linen" 10 spattered,.
It's dining rooms smell,
It's blowsy and battered
The small town hotel.
whatever you eat there
Is suro TO be fried:
The landlord you meet there
Is weakened and wired;
There's no one TO hop al
The ring OF your bell;
It's awful TO stop at !.
The small town hotel
The Detroit times., 1912-12-12

Kansas City expects to soon secure
an underground pneumatic tube mail
system for expediting postal service.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-12

Erie railroad annually carries over
100000 passengers and over 1o,600.-
900 tons OF freight.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-12
M OLSON GARDNER.

WASHINGTON. Dec. I2.--what will
Wilson do with Bryan. This Is the
The Detroit times., 1912-12-12

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Is ia. Went shopping the other day.
The Detroit times., 1912-12-12

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The Detroit times., 1912-12-12
MR.. sKYGAcK FROM MARS

he TAKES WIRELESS OBSERVATIONS IN HIS NOTE BOOK
ON EARTH CUSTOMS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
THREE SPIES ARE SENTENCED
German Court SENDS Men 10 PRISON
for Working in Interest OF
France.

Berlfn.-"Spy fever" is increasing
In intensity in Germany. and the gov
eminent continues it's energetic cam
paign against foreigners who attempt
to learn it's military or naval secrets.
The imperial supreme court at
Leipzig, has just sentenced three men,
Banchelin. Thiebaut and Berger, Of
Metz, for doing spy work for France.
BancheIin was sentenced to eight
wears and the other two men to six
years each in the penitentiary, all
three TO lose all civil rights and to be
placed under police supervision for ten
years.
Banchelin. who had charge Of the
carrier pigeons in the fortress or
Metz. and Ttiebaut, a stonecutter. had
been for years in correspondence with
the information bureau Of the French
army, and had supplied it with in
formation about the Notifications
around Metz. Berger. a secretary at
the post headquarters in Metz. had
secretly got possession OF a number
of drawings and hidden them. with the
intention. as the court assumed, OF
fniing an opportunity Of selling them
70 France.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
WANTED TO FINISH THE JOB
Pride In His Work, Not Tender Heart.
Was What Induced the Chauffeur
TO Return.

They were going along the public
highway at a leisurely rate OF forty
miles per hour. when a decrepit hen
and rooster started to do the chicken
special-cross the road.
The front and hind wheels on the
right side struck the poor. old stiff-
jointed rooster amidships. and with
one squawk he succumbed.
Immediately the man al the steering
wheel started to slow down and to
look about for a place TO turn.
His solicitous wife turned 10 her
seatmate and said:
isn't that just like his tender heart.
He won't be satisfied unless he goes
back and settles for that rooster. He
just can't bear to feel he has injured
anyone or anything"
Then louder. to her husband. she
said: George. remember that ap-
pointment- We haven't any time to
go back for anything"
CHANGING at the clock near his feet
and at the speedometer near by. he
sighed and said:
You're right. Jennie; but / Just
know IL l had turned back l could
have killed that old hen just as easy
as l did the rooster."-Judge.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
A Good Keeping Variety.

grapes through the winter, but | have
never succeeded in doing so in my
ordinary fruit room. The grapes must
not be placed in piles in baskets or
boxes. With me they do the best in
single layers. If one layer is piled on
top of another they are inclined TO rot.
Some. people cut off portions of the
vine with clusters on it and place the
ends of the vine in a bottle of water
and report good results in keeping the
grapes plump and fresh. Others in
sert one end of each stem of grapes
in bottle of water, but when the
water evaporates it must have atten-
ton, therefore this is rather an eX-
pensive method. The Catawba has
the reputation of being the best keep
er of the hardy nothern grapes. The
Catawba and even the Delaware are
kept. as | assume in cold storage, and
put on the market in western New
York all through the winter, but | OBJ
serve there is difficulty in keeping
even the Catawba in prime condition
for the holidays.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
HURT; WILL NOT STAY IN BED
Contractor, 81 Years Old, Injured Rid
ing Bicycle, Says Maybe He'll
Be Better.

ashington.-James Fitzpatrick, a
contractor. was run down by an auto
mobile while riding bicycle here.
When he recovered from the shock he
rds asked his name, which he gave,
and then sitting up Indignantly
vouchsafed' the further information
that ne was eighty-one.
Don't you know better than to
ride bicycle around the streets?" in
CURED young inferno sternly.
I'm as young in spirit as you" re-
torted Fitzpatrick angrily. Where s
my bike? I'm not dollhouse plant
and l don't propose to sleep on your
beds. When set old III cut out some
of my rough-and-tumble ways-may-
be-"
The aged man rode briskly off aft
or several bruises had been treated
Apparently he was none the worse for
his experience.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
HORTICULTURAL
ituNOTES&sSse

The ounce Is an attractive and
profitable fruit.
Storing apples in crates makes 1t
easier 70 detect rot.
Almost any old time is a good tine
to spread manure in the orchard
II gays TO scatter q loose mulch
over the strawberries after the ground
is frozen.
Common window screening makes
good protection from rabbits for the
young trees.
The outdoor pit would make fine
place to store apples if they did not
take Oh that earthly" flavor.
Corn stalks or other litter about the
trunks OF apple trees invite the mice.
and girdled trees are the result
Do not purchase trees from I'M
know. parties, no matter how fine
their pictures and their promises.
The ounce. properly planted. yields
almost as much fruit as the pear. and
is even more profitable than the pear
I'm some localities.
Field mice like to take up their
winter quarters in the orchard be-
cause here they are usually safe from
the hawks and owls.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
FLOWING DEEP FOR ORCHARD
IL Is Of Utmost Importance to Exam
inc Shoots Of Young Trees for
Harmful Little Borer.

In planting a peach orchard the
ground should be plowed deep. fol-
lowed with a sub-sOil pillow in the same
furrow. the deeper the ground is bro
ken UP the better Before planting.
1t is of the utmost importance to ex-
anime the shoots of the young trees
for the borer. Generally nurserymen
send out peach trees without taking
out the borer. A tree planted with 4
borer In II is sure TO die In a few
years, very often in its third year aft
er planting 1t puts the beginner in
the uncertainty to know what is the
cause of the death OF his trees. They
often look as IL they were suffering
with the yellows, while 1t is the borer
killing the tree. Two years ago We
had three trees that TO all appearance
had the true yellows. When taking
out the trees we found two and three
borers In the crotch OF the roots where
it was impossible to see any signs OF
a borer.
The trees should be examined every
spring and fall, and the borer taken
out with the knife.
peach orchard should be started
low. The young trees should be cut
back when planted from 10 to "a
inches with not a side branch on
them They will put out side branches
and make low. bushy tree for five
or six years. After that, they become
large and high. bearing fruit almost
from the ground to the top OF the
tree. For the first three years, the
new wood should be cut back from a
third to one-half After that it re-
quires not so much cutting back Only
where a leading branch takes posses
sion of the entire growth such lead
err should be cut back on level with
the head of the tree. All the dead
wood should be taken out after each
crop.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
ODD SCOTCH CHURCH
Greenock Edifice at st. Andrews,
N. B., Erected in 1924.
Building Is Novelty In Construction
IL Is Queeriy Carved-Has a Large
Double Decked Pulpit of Mahog-
any-cost e 500 In England.

Montreal.-At the quaint Canadian
town OF ST. Andrews, n. b., II miles
up the st. Croix river from Eastport.
Me-, is a novelty in church construc-
ton. Greenock church was erected
in 1924. Its queerly carved and paint
ed oak tree on the front Of the bell
tower can be seen from considerable
distance. Inside the church is a large
double-decked pulpit Of mahogany,
with sounding-board on top and two
fights Of steps reaching the preach
er's stand. 1t is protected with gates
and an Enclosure of red curtains. It
was brought out from England at a
cost of $500.
At the time this Scotch church was
erected the town was prosperous and
the donor expected his congregation to
pay yearly dues or taxes, but it Ia
related that they neglected to attend to
this. The story goes that one Sunday
morning the donor mounted the pulpit
and faced large congregation; that
he displayed brace of loaded pistols
which he fred into the air, and the
frightened people rushed to their
homes. The donor closed the church,
pocketed the key, and said that when
$he churchgoers paid their dues they
might have the church again.
The walls and the center of the
church show decorations Of large
sized Scotch thistles, handsomely
painted and carved. There is a heavy
old-fashioned lock on the front door
and the massive, quantity shaped iron
key is kept in a wooden box on the
ground near the entrance, where any
visitor can find it and visit the church
at all times.
The church is less than two miles
on the St. Croix river from where the
world-famed Dement'S island is To-
Gated and where the celebrated French
explorer Demont and his companion
Champfain made a settlement in June,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
GRAPES FOR USE IN WINTER
Placed in Department Of House Cellar
Without Any Artificial Heat
Some Keep Well.

What a pity it is that grapes will
not keep longer. Every autumn
place IN a department of my house
cellar, where there is no artificial heat,
baskets Of various varieties CT grapes,
says a writer in Green's Fruit Grower.
! do not expect the Worden, Concord,
Delaware and Niagara to keep long,
therefore | consume them first. After
these / consume the Brighton, which
is a fairly good keeper, but which
shrivels up considerably. Barry has
kept we'll with me this season. Gaert-
ner, a red grape. has kept perfectly
up to Thanksgiving.
Mills. a black grape with very large
compact cluster, is the best keeper of
all that / have tested, being in per
foot condition on Thanksgiving day.
/ hear OF many methods of keeping
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Quantities Of Water

Consider the kind of plant You are
watering Soft-stemmed kinds, espe-
cially those with large leaves. will
require much more water than hard
wooded. slow growing kinds. While
the former easily recover from drouth.
the hard-wooded suffer permanently
from extremes.
The seasons and time of day should
also be watched. Plants not in active
growth should be watered sparingly
until they have regained their foliage.
Watering in the evening just before
dark greatly aids fungous diseases,
as the foliage remains wet through
the night
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Tree lnsulator.

says the Popular Electricity. 1t is a
rectangular piece of wood that may
be placed on a wire by means of two
crosswise grooves deep enough TO
meet a shallow groove on the face.
The wire passes from one crosswise
groove along the face groove and out
by way of the second groove, the mid
die OF the insulator thus held by the
wire bearing against the limb or tree
without the use of nails or other fas
teners. The wood for the insulator is
thoroughly interpreted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
FISH BITES INFECT HANDS
Ex-senator Receives Them While Dis
engaging Trout From Hook In
Its Mouth.

Vancouver, Wash-Bitten by a
large rainbow trout, ex-senator Z. NJ.
Raods OF this city is suffering much
frcm an infection on his hands
Senator Rands was fishing at Inter
lal.en. or Four Lakes. on the North
Bank road, where he is one OF several
incorporators of private fish and
game preserve. He succeeded in land
ing a large rainbow trout and when
he attempted TO release the hook in
its mouth. the fish closed its jaws
on the senator's fingers and punctured
the skin.
In trying 10 release his fingers Mr..
Rands used his right hand and was
also pricked on that member. Infec-
ton set In and now Mr.. Rands is
going around with both hands In band
ages
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
MOSCOW PUPILS BIG DRINKERS
Reports Show Go Per Cent of Boys
and IS Per Cent of Girls Use
Intoxicants.

MISUNDERSTANDING to official re-
ports prepared by the Moscow town
council, inebriety is rapidly increasing
among Russian school children gen.
orally. but particularly in the Moscow
district Inquiries show that 90 per
cent of the adults addicted to drink
acquired the habit while at school, and
of 1874 schoolboys between the ages
OF eight and thirteen. in the Moscow
district. 1852. or &c per cent. have
taken TO drink. The percentage
among girls OF the same ages Is
scarcely less appalling. Abb out Of
I0.404. or 45 per cent
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
- zsz'a
Borers in Young Trees.

the tree, sometimes, especially in the
ease of young trees, almost entirely
girdling them. thus running the trees.
The methods of fighting both round
and fiat headed borers are much the
same Two or three methods are
available for making the control of
borers more easy. In case of older
trees, probably the most important
method is by mounding, that is heap
ing up little mound of earth a4ound
the base of the tree. This forces the
insect to deposit its eggs higher on the
tree so that the worm will be located
higher It is much easier to level
this mound of earth down around the
tree TO find the borer man to have to
dig away the soil when it is left level.
However, mounding may not be prac-
ticable in very stony land. In case Of
younger trees, the best method is to
wrap them with a wood veneer wrap
per- And mound very small amount
Of earth around these wrappers. This
makes it very difficult for the parent
of the borer to get it's eggs deposited
in the trunk of the tree. In sections
where the borers are rather numer-
Gus, while this practice of wrapping
should be followed. it should not be
wholly depended upon, but the exam
lining for the borer should also be
done. If the wooden wrappers
are used it may be necessary to spray
inside of them with kerosene emulsion
or lime-sulphur for the woolly aphis
are apt to accumulate there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
CITY BESIEGED MANY TIMES
ConstantinopIe Has Been Under
Turkish Rule for Five
Centuries.

Constantinople. - The history of
Constantinople was said years ago to
be chiefly a record of sieges. Put on
the map by Constantine the Great in
$50, it withstood its first siege a GEN.
fury later It was threatened by the
Huns in $50. by the Huns and Slavs
in the next century, and by the Per
SLAMS and Avars in 626. Thrice the
Arabs assaulted it. Four times the
Russians were driven back from its
walls, and it fell before the Turks only
after the second expedition made in
the fifteenth century. In most Of its
many sieges it drove back the enemy.
It was entered on only three occa-
sions.
Since it has been under Turkish
control the city has been threatened
only four times-once by the COM
bined Russian and English fleets IN
1910: a second time by q British
squadron in 1907; the third time by
the Russian army of liberation in
1877, when a hasty peace stopped the
cars advance, and the fourth time
by the Bulgarian forces today.
For eleven hundred years Constan~
tinople was one of the important
cities Of Christendom. For less than
five centuries it has been under the
crescent. 1t would be an historic event
if the Bulgarians, as they have pre-
dicted. could sing a TIE Deum in the
great mosque of st. Sophia, when
once was a Christian church.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
KAISER'S SHAFT IN TURK CITY
Monument at constantinopIe Is Made
of Fine Mosaic, and Is Surrounded
by Enclosure 20 Prevent Theft.

Constantinople-The kaisers monu.
ment in this city was for several years
surrounded by strong enclosure to
discount the possibility OF any persons
or persons with burglarious intent
stealing the fine mosaics with which
the fountain is richly embeIlished.
Lately, however. the enclosure has
been removed an innovation which is
much welcomed by the inhabitants
of the city. as the monument is one
of the best fountains in STEAMBOAT,
yielding the so-called pure "sultan's
water" Several stones OF the mosaic
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Good Job.

Now, Johnny" said the teacher
Of the word. Il wish you would write
a sentence containing defeat"
After a struggle which lasted for
about twenty minutes Johnny an
nounced that he was ready to be
heard.
Please read your composition. the
teacher directed
When you git shoes dat's too tite."
Johnny read, Its hard on de feet"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
FIGHTING THE B0RER PEST
Insect Works Injury by Cutting Into
Bark and Sap Wood CT Tree, Espe-
caIly Young Ones.

The borer is one Of the most seri-
Gus pests orchardists have to contend
with We have both the round-head-
ed borer in which case the worm or
larva is in the wood during parts OF
three seasons and the fiat-headed
borer which lives in the trunk Of the
tree only one season.
The injury done by both is in cut
ting into the bark and sap wood Of
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Cool the Ashes.

Ashes for fertilizing the grape vine
should be cooled before applying them
and then they should be so placed that
they will not come in contact with
the vine itself but rather enter the
ground and fertilize the roots.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Protecting Valuable interests.

Why do you charge SO much extra
for putting in load of coal?"
Well replied the dealer, you
know coal is coal, and while it costs
a little more. il is better to have any
body.that handles 1t bonded"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Helping Fob AIonu.

May-Tve just been reading about
Boston physician who tells you what
ails you by holding your hand.
jane must tell that to Bob to-
might. He's thinking OF studying
medicine
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
One Eisherman,s Idea

First Angler-Look, this fish was
almost caught before; see the broken
hook in it's mouth
Second Angler-It should have had
sense enough TO steer clear of hooks
after that
First Angler-Oh, come. you can't
expect a fish to exhibit more sense
than human being.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Not to Be CAUGHT.

Farmer Con one side of the hedge
70 boy on the other side)-Now, then.
my lad. didn't tell you not to let me
catch you here again?
Boy preparing 70 run)-AIl right,
don't make a fuss. You a-n't caught
me yet,-Weekiy Telegraph.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
INsULATOR FOR THE TREES
Wood Used Should Be Thoroughly
Waterproofed TO Prevent Branches
From Forming.

Part of the telephone lineman's
work consists in keeping the wires
clear of trees and their branches,
which often afford a good ground The
Morse tree insulatOr here shown is
simple and quickly placed on the wire,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Best Fertilizer.

Unleached hardwood ashes Is one OF
the best fertilizers for fruit trees OF all
kinds. Thirty bushels per acre is a
good dressing, but even more would
be beneficial
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Very Much Sc.

When Mrs. Jibbetts was asked why
yshe neglected her friends so. she gave
n bald excuse"
What was it?"
The baby"
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Fathers Admiration.

MRS Shortley was discussing the
latest fashions with q young lady
caller
did you say your husband was
fond OF those clinging gowns. Mae?'
Yes. he likes one to cling to
me for about three years. "-Lippin-
colts Magazine.
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Exception.

You can't put water colors in an
oil painting"
You can, sea blue. can't your"
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IGrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup FOR Children
teething. softens the gums, reduces inhamma
<ion. allays pain cures wind collie &c bottle "a.
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Borrowed money often causes q
total loss OF memory.
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The chap who poses as good fell
low is apt to get the short end of 1t
eventually.
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Hard TO Go.

This case has some ugly features
about il.
Then put a good face on it."
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y small boy doesn't find II very
amusing TO do the things his parents
are willing 10 let him do.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13

DIR Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate aud inv1g-
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated,
tiny granules, easy TO take as candy. ADV.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13

LIQUID blue Is a weak solution. Avoid It.
Buy Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that's all
blue. ASK your grocer. Adv.
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Many Children Arc SIcklx

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds ir "a hours, relieve FeveriShness.
Headache. Stomach Troubles. Teething Disor-
ders move and regulate the bowels. and Destroy
Worms. They are so pleasant TO take children
like them Used by mothers for q years. AT all
druggists 25c Sample mailed FREE. Address.
A. S. Olmsted. Leroy. n. Y. Adv.
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:1ONITIvES
cIsTIRED BLOOD

normal activity OF the blood. In no
other way can nerve be reached. or
a cure accomplished. Treatment
should be carried out by the use Of
Tonitives, bringing back the red
blood TO its normal condition. 75c. per
box OF dealers or by mail. The
Tonitives Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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TIRED BLOOD
SKATERS THE NERVES

Copyright 1919 by the Tonitives Coz
Nervous Strain tires the blood, and
Tired Blood starves the nerves, pro-
'nucing Neuralgia, Neuritis, Brain Fag,
Nervous Headache, Melancholia, Hys-
terra, Sleeplessness, Nervous Prostra-
tion. Neurasthenia, Muscle Twitching,
Nervous Debility, etc. The rational
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13

Letters a man doesn't write are
never read in court.
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course of treat
ment to help any
nerve, must be
to revive the
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work are still wanting, and Turkey
has recently asked the German gov
eminent to make these good.