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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

made in this manRer: Wade out into
the water, with your companion by
your side. until the water comes well
up around the chest. Then,' with fuil
indrawing of the breath. throw the
body back into the water with the
head toward the shore. Instantly the
hand of the assistant should be placed
under the small of the back, when it
will be found that n barely perceptlble
pressure will be sufficient TO sustain
the learner in that position. Assume
a nearly horizontal position. with all
parts OF the head buried except the
mouth and nose. Legs should be eN-
tended rigidly and kept just below the
surface The back of the head must
be submerged. else the mouth and nose
cannot be kept above the surface.
After moment or two in the de-
scrihed position the assistant should re-
move his supporting hand. Rather. he
should gradually and imperceptibly re-
move the pressure required 10 keep the
swimmer afloat. The probable effect
of this viii be that the beginner will
Immediately begin to sink. The only
reason for this is the knowledge that
the support has been withdrawn. III
il could have been withdrawn without
the knowledge of the learner he would
have continued to float. SO dependent
is the body whom in the water upon the
conviction afforded by the mind.
Practice floating until the body can
instantly assume the position OF bal
ance. then prepare 70 take the flrst
| swimming lesson.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09
BACK SWIM MING

The assistant should accompany the
beginner just 10 calm the fear. AS
sumo the old position of floating. eN-
cept that the arms are now TO be eX-
tended beyond the head. but not lifted
from the water.
The first movement is 70 draw the
legs up 70 the body. 1T the same time
spreading them apart rs wide rs pos
sible When that part OF the move
ment is accomplished the legs should
he instantly extended in one firm
movement until they are again hori-
zon:aI and rigid beneath the surface.
As soon rs the impetus impaired by
the described movement is exhausted
il should be repeated with vigor and
decision. firmly aud completely. This
is an easy and reStful way Of swim
ming. much pr,cticed and in high ia
vor with ladies. Strange To say. chill
dren and men prefer breast swimming
F, for the reason. Ii is surmised. that
greater speed anu .:lore noise are the
result.
Notwithstanding back swimming il
/ the most easily learned. breast swim
ming * the commonest and most gen
orally practiced. In attempting breast
swimming turn the face toward the
shore and slowly sink forward. nj the
same time extending the hands above
the head. the fingers closed and palms
| fat downward. When the body ne
comes horizontal turn tha palms ont
ward and make q strong sweep with
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09
Life.

My life is like the summer rose
That opens to the morning sky.
But ere the shades of evening close
Is scattered on the ground TO die.
Yet on the roses humble bed
The sweetest dews of night are sheu'
AS if she wept the waste TO see.
But none shall weep tear Tor me-
Nv life is like the autumn leaf
That trembles i'm the moon pale ray ;
It's hold is frail. it's date is brief.
Restless and soon TO pass away
Yet ere that leaf shall fall and fade
The parent tree will mourn its shade.
The winds bewail the leafiess tree.
But none shall breathe 4 sigh Tor me-
Nv life is like the prints which feet
Have left on Tampa's desert strand;
Soon as the rising tide shall beat
All trace will vanish from the SAND.
Yet. as if grieving TO efface
All vestige of the human race
On that lone shore loud means the sea.
But none. alas, shall mourn for me-
Richard Henry Wilde.
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both arms to the right and left. The
bands should not be sunk deep under
the water, as nothing SO tends to raise
the body. The object is TO keep the
body as nearly horizontal rs possible
and to propel it straight forward With
out raising it. AS the arms are brought
around i'm the movement described the
lower limbs are stiffened and brought
firmly together.
Diving is Il sport which has been TAX
en- up with enthusiasm nowadays by
American swimmers. There are about
five distinct dives-the plain front, the
plain back. the front jackknife, the
back jackknife and the one and half
dive. These are made from different
heights.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09
LARGEST LIVE OAKS.
Charleston Claims the Palm With One
Thirty-five Feet In Circumference.

\ woman living i'm South Carolina
boasts that her state has the largest
live oaks in the world. She discovered
in copy of Country Life In America
a picture of California tree labeled
THE Largest Oak In the World" and
she forthwith flew To the defense of
the Caroinian specimens.
Middleton Place Gardens on the
Ashley. near Charleston" she writes.
afford some specimens that will put
this famous California tree To third
fourth place. ON the lawn of Middle
ton Place there stands the sovereign OF
South Carolina live oaks. The age Of
this tree. as of many others near it. is
beyond the knowledge of man. The
waist of the trunk measures thirty-SiX
feet six inches. Its spread from tip To
tin is loG feet This is rs far as can
learn. and | have Investigated quite i
bit. the largest oak in the world.
Another Middleton Place specimen
is probably the most beautiful in eX-
isience and second in point Of size. hav-
ins. II trunk twenty-seven feet in cir
conference. Another notable live oak
* To be found on one of the terraces
near the parterre. Its waist measure
nlent * only twerty-three feet four
inches. but it has Il spread from tip 10
tip of 40 feet.
Il heard of an oak tree ct Me%getts.
s. C.. that was and still is. the talk Of
the countryside Conductors on the
trains tell strangers of its great size.
| sent TO Meggetts and had measure
ments of the tree made. The trunk
was only twenty-five feet in circumfer-
ence and the spread 125 feet. Then
wrote TO friend Of mine who while
in England interested herself very
much in the oak trees there. thei:
size. etc.
"She writes that she neither saw nor
heard Of an oak tree there that was rs
large as that on the lawn at Middleton
| Place Gardens. She said. however
| that there was in England now the de
cayed stump Of an oak tree that once
| boasted the noble waist measurement
of sixty-flye feet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09
EARNING TO SWIM

In learning 10 swimsthe first effort
hould be made TO float. Everything
|ise comes when that trick has been
thoroughly learned. Fear OF the water
|eparts when il is once learned that
be body when properly disposed will
lot sink. and when the fear is gone
here is nothing left 10 learn but the
|arious movements TO propel the body
through the water and some exercises
b breathing that are more important
han may appear M first glance.
At the first lesson let Il person IN
Ehom the beginner has confidence 20
Along In the character of instructor
Il does not matter il the SO called In
Atructor cannot swim Il stroke-the
moral support of his presence is what
b wanted, as well rs his help in prop
kriy executing few plainly described
|nos er:vn1s.
Nothing should be attached 10 the
berson 20 assist in buoying il up. Cork
belts. air jackets. inflated bladderS and
HI such contrivances should be avoid
ID. Their effect Is To raise some parts
bf the body too high and allow other
barts 10 sink too far below the natural!
blame of fiotation. The fact must be
accepted by the beginner that the
weight If tile body Is lighter than the
bpecific -<eight OF the water IL will dis
place. The air In the lungs il resIon-
bible for this quality: hence IL follows
a. 1t. - In.
|the more buoyant the body will he IN
HE water. n caution should Ice spoken
hbout the clcshing worn in the water
Let no more be worn than is enjoined
by modesty.
The first attempt To fioat should bs
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09
In q Spirit 81 RaSllery
Taking Their Measure.

DO those people who moved into the
fiat across the hall seem 10 be desirable
neighbors:" asked the man.
No" replied the woman; Il watched
everything that came out Of the NOV
ing van. They haven't thing that we
would care TO borrow. "-Washingtou
Star
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

Gillian, whom Henry ODay signed,
has Il story. O'Day. SO tire tale runs.
desired greatly left handler, and one
James Gillian is q southpaw. Henry
telegraphed somewhere to one Gillian
and got in response six feet four
inches of Charles G. Gillian. a right
handler. who said he got the telegram
and was competent TO stop the Giants.
Right Gillian is from Wayland.
w. Va. Left" Gillian. who is left, Is
from Ohio. O'Day said he would try
Right Gillian out, but he wanted Il
left handler.
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Friend Indeed.

There goes Biffels. He's good
friend of mine You have never heard
him say anything unkind about me-.
Il never have And. strange TO say. he
knows YOU quite well. birmingham
Age Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

The American league clubs are I'M
usually lacking in good second base
men," says Arthur Irwin. scout OF the
New York Americans. The Athletics
are we'll fixed with Collins. Lajoie is
the right man in Cleveland. and the
HighlanderS have fine player IN
Gardner The WaShingtOns have an
inexperienced man in Cunningham. At
the end of this season you'll find that
Collins. Laioie and Gardner have out
classed the others in the most impress
i've manner
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Force of Habit.

What success have you had Will
the portrait of your mother-in-law:'
Tremendous. 1t is such 4 speaking
likeness that my brother, when ne
came to look at it. instinctively put his
cigar behind his back."-Fliegends
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Chanoe In Plans.

Mrs Neuritch-So you heard from
YOUR sister How did she enjoy the
trip across?
Miss Young-Well. she wrote that
she was very glad when they reached
terra firma
Mrs. Neuritch-Terra firma: Why,
| thought she was to land ut Liver
pool.-Boston Transcript.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

He lbashfullyJ-AIay I-er-kiss your
hand. Miss Dolly?
She-Oh. | suppose so. But ii would
be SO rauch easier for me 10 remove
my veil than my glove.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

Judge 0o Indian agent-What eN.
cuse have YOU 10 offer for skinniug
these poor Indians on this land deal:
Ayent-Well. your honor. they scalp
Ell nay grandfatEcr.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

The measurements of the Chicago
Americans pitchers show the average
size 10 be greater probably than that
of any ether club in the major leagues
1t is doubtful il any other club can
show taller assemblage of slabmen
than that exhibited by President Co
niskev of the White SoN in 1912.
Ed alsh-Iieight. u feet l inch;
weight. 1873 pounds; heaviest fungo hit
ter in baseball and one of the greatest
speed merchants in the game.
Jimmy Scott-Height. q feet IL inch
es: weight. 1S7 pounds.
Joe BenZ-Height. q feet IL inches;
weight. 1876 pounds. one of the strong
est ball players in the major leagues.
Rube PeterS-Height. g feet; weight,
lSJ pounds.
George Height. feet l
inch: weight. lis pounds.
Doe Nhite-Height. q feet; weight,
100 pounds.
Frank Lange- Height. feet 10
inches: weight 49, pounds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

Young Hopeful = What did papa
mean when he said TO that man,
"You've got good figure"
Doting Mamma-He got Il good price
for some land he sold. my dear.
Young Hopeful Gnnocentlyl-Mam-
some land too:
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8 BARNARD Secret.

Bacon-Why do the hens 90 TO roost
so early? Egbert-To get some rest
Haven't you noticed how early the
ROSTERS begin growing: - lonkers
Statesman.
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TALKS ON BASEBALL
BY |. NJ. A. FAN

plate or the bags. He must know how
TO slide: but. above all. he must he
brainy enough to understand just when
and how 10 take chances and when not
10 DO SO.
A skilled and daring base runner can
often play havoc with the peace OF
mind OF opponents il he is able 10 get
on in crisis. ON the other hand.
nothing daShes the hopes of the fans
quite so quickly as TO see runner on
base one moment and caught mapping
or nipped while taking n foolhardy
chance the next.
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Love and Spinach.

Don't you think you could learn TO
love me-"
We'll. might. once learned To
like spinach after 4 good deal or ef-
fort" answered the girl.
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A MYSTERIOUS Nswcomer.

Mrs. Gadd-That new minister amt
much ON visitin'. is he?
Mrs. Gabb-No: | guess maybe his
wife is purity good cook herself.
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Reuben Vanguard, the Giants Clover
Left Handed Twrler.

third year before Marquard pitched
S11,000 ball. and at that rate O'Toole
will be putting the victories over fast
in 1917.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

The good base runner must be learn
ed in the art of getting away from the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

Hughey Jennings has never bet 4
nickel on 4 ball game.
baseball is too uncertain for me to
risk my money on it," said Hughey
after month or two of the season
are gone | believe | have good line
on the ability of the different teams.
but ball teams miss running true TO
form as often us they hit it. Candid
". think Il man is a fool to bet on
baseball"
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Proverbs and Saws.

Tramp-YOu know the Sayin. mum.
ale that giveth TO the poor lendeth to
the Lord"
Mrs. Subnubs-Very true. And since
you speak in proverbs Ill refer you 10
another old saw.
Tramp-Which one is dat. mum:
Mrs. S.-The one back in the Sood-
shed .-Roston Transcript.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

Ward Miller, the Chicago Cubs cen
ter fielder, and Buck Weaver. the chi
caro- Americans short fielder. are rem
Gering good accounts of themselves
Miller is strong at the bat, and Weaver
is 4 regular stone wall on defense.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09

Have patience with Marty O'Toole.
been hit hard this year Ii was the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-09
l Sporf In 6Obicb the
Young and the GrotOnup
Exince Equal Enfbusi-
os,n - HotO TO Learn.
Practical Firsf Aid to
RE DrotOnine as De-
scribed by q Life SAFER.


pastimes inseparably
identified with the summer sea
son are swimming and bathing.
The sea and the mill pond the
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-08
oratory of the BIood-stirrlns Style
Marked Columbia Univer-
sity Contest"

No little red schoolhouse in a coun-
try town of the middle west furnished
a rarer sight than might have been
witnessed at Earl hall, Columbia uni
versity, one night recently. declares
the Brooklyn Eagle. 1t was a genuine.
live oratorical contest. such as stirs
the blood of the "Demosthenes De-
batting Society of Bumbleville." All
that was lacking was great iron
stove for heating purposes. into which
from time to time thoughtful men,
bers would toss four-foot sticks of
wood On this occasion the heat was
principally upon the stage.
The eight contestants had selected
their own themes and presumably writ
ten their own addresses. These ran
the gamut from a midnight fire in a
tenement to an exegesis on Delsartian
theories of acting. The Roman gladia-
tors had their Spartacus-for the
night at least. Child labor was de-
The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-03-08

was not until Charles Goodyear dis
covered how to vulcanize rubber that
the rubber industry amounted to any
thing.
The impression that visitor to
rubber goods factory carries away
with him is one of lot of rollers that
seem to be doing nothing but tearing
to pieces and rolling up into shape,
over and over again, the rubber as 1t
develops from its crude to its final
composition. Some rollers are cold,
some are hot; some are wet. some
are dry; some fitted with calenders
that impress a pattern on the finished
sheets. and others seem little more
than laundry machines. Crude rub
Der has to be cleaned. 1t is softened
in boiling water for an hour or so
and then run between two rolls, one
of which revolves little faster than
the other. Over both of these there
plays a steady stream of water.
The rubber comes out in long, fiat
sheets and is carried into drying
rooms, where the air is kept In con-
slant motion by fans. Every bit of
moisture must be removed, and this
takes sometimes as much as two
weeks. When thoroughly dried the
rough sheets go TO other machines,
from which they emerge soft and
smooth After having been thoroughly
rolled the rubber is compounded with
various ingredients, litharge and whit
ing being the two commonest Then
it is sent under still other rollers and
kneaded and worked together into a
homogeneous mass. If the rubber is
combined with textile fabric the rub
Der and cotton cloth go through an
other series of rollers, entering separ.
ately, but coming out as one
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and 1883 shook the feeling of security.
In the year 1888 there were $4,000
Indians In the territory occupying
lands reserved for them by the gen.
eral government. The government
was supporting about Eve thousand OF
them.
In 1882 the Chiricahua. White
Mountain and San Carlos Apaches
broke out In open rebellion. On the
morning OF April 10 Locos band
broke out at San Carlos and after
killing the chief of police started up
the valley Of the ella. killing at least
sixty white settlers.
Then for six years Arizona was the
scene of a merciless Indian war. In
1883 Geronimo became chief of the
Apaches. He massacred settlers and
burned ranches almost at will. After
each raid he would escape to the
mountain Businesses OF Mexico where
the United States soldiers could not
pursue him. Finally permission was
secured from Mexico for soldiers TO
cross the frontier in pursuit Of the In
dams. In 1883 Captain Lawton. serv-
ing under Gen. Nelson A, Miles, sur
rounded Geronimo's warriors and
made them prisoners. The whole tribe
was taken to Florida and later trans
ferred to Fort Sill. Okla. as prisoners
Of war.
There Geronimo remained until his
death. three or four years ago. and
the remainder of his band Is still
there. All desire to return to Arizona
and 1t is possible that sometime the
government may see fit to grant them
their wish. Today they are as peace
full and placid as any Indians. having
seen the folly Of resisting the whites.
or course there were bad men and
gun men in Arizona in her early days.
Stage and train robberies were by no
means uncommon and excited only
passing comment Finally train rob-
berries became so frequent that in
1889 the penalty for that crime was
fixed at death. In the same year the
legislature passed a law providing a
fine of $25 for any one carrying con-
cealed weapons.
It was not until after the penalty
for train robbing had been fixed at
death that Arizona became really
peaceful Now there is no train rob-
bling any more. and as the day Of the
stage coach is practically passed the
stage robber is extinct.
Until 1907 everything was wide
open in Arizona Gambling was unre-
strained and. except where municipal
laws prevented. women and minors
were allowed in saloons. In that year
the legislature responded to an urgent
message from Governor Kibbey and
to pronounced public sentiment and
passed a rigid anti-gambling law that
closed such games.
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LAND OF RUBBER
Valley of the Amazon Produces
Best in the World.
Industry, Now Ono Of tho Greatest,
Practically Dates Back to 1928,
Though Product First came
Here in 1900.

The best rubber In the world comes
from the valley OF the Amazon. and is
known as Para. SO called after the city
which is the principal gateway of ex-
port. This region Is densely forested
and intersected by myriad of rivers.
1t has soil of Incompatible richness,
is watered by never-failing rains and
warmed by the equatorial sun. The
first cost Of crude rubber Is about rs
cents pound. BY the time 1t reaches
the worlds markets 1t is worth about
$3.50 a pound. In Brazil it is called
BLACK gold" Then there are the low
err grades of rubber. That which
comes from the far east costs on the
average about rs cents pound and
sells for $1.75 pound. OF late years
a great deal of this low grade rubber
has come from the guayule plant,
shrub which grows In the desert up
lands of Mexico. Its thick bark con-
tains about 10 per cent. of rubber.
Certain German and Americans aft
err many experiments, have perfected
machinery to extract this rubber gum.
and have succeeded in adding about
uct OF crude rubber.
There are ten rubber trusts" In the
world. Five Of them are in the United
States, three In Germany, one in Rus
STA and one in Italy. They represent
amalgamations Of some fifty Of the
rubber factories of the world. There
are still about $50 that are not ANAL
gamated.
India rubber first came to the Unit
ed States in 1900. but although pat
ent Is recorded as early as 1913 for
making an elastic varnish out of the
strange new product. nothing seems to
have come OF 1t until 1923, when
Boston sea captain brought back with
him from South America a pair Of
fantastically gilded rubber boots. On
his next voyage he returned with
more. which he sold at IS pair 1t
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Pasteur's Birthplace.

and earned a living as tanner. Pas
teur has written of his parents:
"Oh! father and mother! My below
ed departed, who lived 80 modestly in
this little house. 1t is to you that 1
owe everything! Your enthusiasm,
my brave mother, you impressed upon
me. If l have ever and always asso-
ciated the greatness Of science with
the greatness Of my country 1t is be-
cause 1 was impregnated with senti-
ments inspired by you. And you. dear
father, whose life was as hard as your
own hard occupation, you showed me
what patience in long efforts can
achieve. 1t is to you L owe my tenac-
ity in daily work"
The subscription toward the pur-
chase of the house has not been closed
Mr.. Rockefeller's suggestion that 1t
should remain open having been acted
upon, several foreign universities and
many communes and villages have
sent subscriptions to the mayor OF
Dole.
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known composers and musicians. who
have truly hard time of 1t in pres
ent conditions. ! will have tiny or
chestra of selected musicians which
will give the works of men and wom-
en- who are at present appreciated
only by the Intellectual. With the
profits l am sure will make will
build a Maison des Artistes, similar
to institutions TO be found in almost
erary celebrations will be held there
There great artists of every kind.
when they visit Paris. the worlds CEN
ter of arts, can be feted and entertain
ed in proper way. Musical and lit
erary celebrations will be eheld there
and it will serve as a meeting place
for all who are interested in the arts"
Guilbert is still wonderfully young
looking woman. She Is one Of the east
est of French celebrities to reach and
certainly one of the pleasantest to In
terview.