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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Would Be Put to Sleep.

II am sure If this were carried ont 7
would not be here suffering now No.
body could want the thing To happen 10
them that has happened to me. | am
sure L would love to live if | could get
through. But / can't; I can only star
and stay and stay. Wouldn't il be much
better if | could just so 10 sleep
Wouldn't it be kind and merciful if the
law would let the doctor put M to
sleep?
"Science knows a way out of our trou-
bles; il is kind 1t has the key to I g
land of everlasting sleep. But the Law
won't let it use il. Every doctor VIII til
you that people importune him to Kill
them. Every doctor will tell YOU OF pa
uents whom he would like To help out az
their misery-whom he knows can't live
except for short or perhaps for "A long
time in agony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Foreigners
Likely to Stay.

and with which We heat our homes will
still come from southern and eastern
Europe, and they will continue to live
as men down in the darkness of the
earth rather than as men up in the sun
light Of day. but at the same time they
will probably join the races that came
before them in giving to America a
sturdy yeomanry in their children. They
may resist the leaven of AmericaniZa-
ton, but their children will be willing
subjects for its processes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24
Living Standard
Suits Income.


and foreign born families investigated
by the immigration commission. The
Bulgarians. for instance, were able to
crowd themselves so much that the rent
of their houses averaged only 81 cents
a month per person. The Macedonians
went them still better. their average eX-
pense for house rent being IS cents per
person. Nearly all of the new" immi-
grants We're able to hold the expenditures
below S1.5o per month.
One may find much encoura cement for
the future by observing how much bet
ter the sons and daughters of foreigners
live than their parents. The investiga-
ton shows that while the average for
eisner spends only Sl.ol a month for a
roof over his head. his native-born chill
dren spend $50. The native Americans
In the same industries spend SOS per
month. This difference is due rather to
the number OF people living in "A house
than to the rental rates on the house
This shows that the second generation is
not willing to live under such crowded
and lnsanitary conditions as their ia
theirs, and that in n single genera ton
they approximate the American standard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24

The indications are that for many years
to come the miners who dig the coal with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24

But the foreigner in the mine seems
cheerfully to suit his standard OF living
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24

nationalities are represented in its school
teaching force. It's people are the for
eigners and their children who live by the
copper mines under Lake Superior. The
native born are the ones who have col
onized at Calumet. and they have named
their settlement ''Houghton.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-24

At the same time it is to be remem-
bered that the immigrants Indifference is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
YOUTHFUL TAFT is MODEST
Youngest Son Of the President Evil
IDENTIFY Has No Wish 20 Shine
In Reflected Glory.

President Taft tells story about
Charley, his youngest son, which IL
lustrates the fact that be Is real
American boy and gives his father a
little pardonable pride. Charley is
just in long trousers and home from
school for the holidays. He shirks
none of the responsibilities OF beins
the son Of president, but does not
seek the limelight.
Charley was a gsest at a party OF
girls ard boys Of his own age, and
had been seated at table beside q
little mss who failed to catch his
name aid id not recognize him.
They became sufficiently interested
in each other to make her wish to
know his name.
'What is your namer" she pSC'
pounded frankly.
Charley" was the somewhGf -
tied information which she re-
This satisfied the little girt az
time, but Charley is a winsome boy
and her interest grew. So she pur-
sued the inquiry further by asking
where do you live?"
"On Pennsylvania avenue" was
the answer to this. It was true, fol
the White House is located on this
thoroughfare.
"What does your father do?" pur
sued tic young lady in further at
tempt to place her escort, to which
Charley naively replied:
"Oh, he has a political position
here in Washington"
1t was from her hostess that tn,
young lady finally learned that sh'
had been sitting with the son of th'
president.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19

Mrs. Frink was a trusting soul
and rarely questioned the opinions
of others about matters concerning
which they were supposed to be in
formed. One day she came homo
with q new pair Of shoes under her
arm. "G6t them al Brides" she
explained, "and they're the best 1
ever bought YOU"
Wbat is SO very good about
thcm?' inquired her son, for whom
the shoes were intended.
"Why, the salesman said that you
could walk farther in them than in
any others without getting tired,
and ! said that you couldn't walk
very far just now on account OF
your knee, you know, and he said
that he meant farther for the same
distagce. So | bought them, and
here they are. Save the string,
please"
She did not notice the smile on
her sou 5 face as he undid the pack
age. and he was spared the trouble
OF explaining. - Youths Compan-
L.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19

Coming in from East Liberty or
Q train were two men who appar-
emily were old acquaintances and
who met in jovial mood. Both
men were quite gray. but each had
a luxuriant head OF hair. Near
then sat stout party with a shin
ing dome that was almost destitute
Of hirsute covering.
The two friends exchanged face
tious remarks about silvered locks,
then INDUCED in some pleasantries
about the thinning of the thatch,"
with casual references to doorknobs
and billiard balls, much to the
amusement of the passengers, but
TO the evident discontinue OF the
baldheaded man.
The talk finally developed into an
argument on the cause OF badness,
and after considerable jocularity
the pair turned to the pearly pated
stranger, and one said:
"My friend and | have been dis
cussing the cause of badness, but
we can't seem TO agree. Would you
mind telling us what you regard as
the real cause of badness"
The stranger wheeled about, eyed
bis questioners fercely and snorted;
brains w-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19

When Wilkinson went to his Of
fee one day last week be felt calm
and contented. He hsdp't any need
to worry about his wifsS loneliness
any more, for he had bought capi-
tai watchdog for her.
But, alas, when he arrived home
his wife met him with the deplora-
bic news that the dog had gone.
"Ehl" said Wilkinson. "Did he
break the chain, thon?"
"No," she replied, "but q great,
ugly looking tramp came here and
acted so impudently that ! let the
dog loose. But instead OF tearing
the tramp to pieces the nasty dog
went of with him."
"Great Scottp said Wilkinson.
THAT must have been the tramp !
bought him ml"-London Ex-
press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
Street Linhtlna.

The strccts of New York were
FIRST lighted Ia lG9s, the lighting
being done by a lantern suspended
from a pole stretched out from the
window of every seventh house.
The lighting Of streets with gas
was first tried in 1916 in Baltimore.
At Philadelphia theater was thus
lighted on Nov. 25, 1916, the hrst
place of amusement in America IL
Illuminated in that manner.
Gas was first used for lighting
houses in Boston in 1922. 1t had
been used thirty years before at
Cornwall, England.-Scrap Book.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
A. A, vertil ing Speculation

ong the many incidents char
acteristic of human nature is one
which recently ssme under the OBJ
servaton If a young man connected
with a prominent publishing house,
one of the Oldest in the country, and
which has for three 'neratlon
been conducted by the 'endant
of the original founder l. b othe.
publications there was issu nea'
little treatise on househo.u ono
my, snowing how, on a sm :. IN
ONE. it was possible to liv u
iorta,.y The author was a
man, anb gay her book ethe !
How She Did It." The boob
hau airlv good sale, butpresently
here appeared to be sudden and
Iunacc rntable demand for the vol
un.. qnu sr fortnight the hous'
rasl lied by order for more. /
fa~ rous n a fourth edition before
ncu.. nerintendent learned The
oe>t IN. -rders had invariably
III. rem the same source, and i
was lhen q .scovered that the per
.. 'enl nver advertised the bool
ezl, sively in sporting and othe
/ ,urna His method was sim
p,. -:ty itself. The title given, h'
would insert, "Mailed secure 10
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
THE VOICE IN THE DARK.
A Memory of Piekett's Brigade and Q
Night Attack.

Some years after the civil war o
gathering of veterans of both sides
was exchanging "reminiscences at q
banquet given by the board of trade
of New York, writes Mrs. La Sale
Corbell Pickett in Lippincott's.
The presiding officer was Colonel
j. j. Phillips Of the Ninth Virginia
regiment, Pickett's division. He
was speaking of night attacks and
recalled one in particular, not be.
cause of its startling horrors, but
because of a peculiar circumstance,
almost resulting in the compulsory
disobedience of orders-the obey
ing, as it were, of higher COM
mand than that of earth.
"The point of attack had been
carefully selected" said Colonel
Phillips, "the awaited dark night
had arrived, and my command was
to fire when General Pickett should
signal the order.
"There was that dread, indescrib
able stiffness, that weird, ominous
sience, that always settles over
everything before a fight. You felt
that nowhere in the universe was
there any voice or motion.
Suddenly the awesome silence
was broken by the sound of deep
full voice rolling over the black
void like the pillows of a great sea
directly in line with our guns. II
was SINGING the old hymn, Jesus
Lover of My Soul
81 have heard that grand ole
music many times in circumstances
which intensified its impressive
ness, but never had it seemed sc
solemn as when it broke the still
ness in which we waited for the or
der to fire. Just as it was giver
there rang through the night the
words:
'Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow OF thy wing.
Pcady! Aiml Fire TO tn,
left, boys!' I said.
"The guns we're shifted, the vol
ley that blazed out swerved aside
and that defenseless head was Gov
cred with the shadow of his wing.
A Federal veteran who had beer
listening looked up suddenly an'
said:
81 remember that night, colonel
and that midnight attack whicl
carried of so many of my comrades
l was the singer"
There was a second Of silence
Then "Jesus, Lover Of My Soul,
rang acress that banquet board a
on that black night in 1864 it ha'
rung across the lines at Bermud
Hundred.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
A BUDDING GENIUS.
Ambitions and Hard Work Of the Boy
Saint Gaudens.

Immediately on being appren-
ticed to Avet ! applied for admis-
sion to the drawing school of the
Cooper institute, and every even
ins after my return from work at
6 o'clock and a hasty tea | went
down there, where my artistic edu-
cation began.
i can recall there the kindly i'm
preston produced on me by Abram
8. Hewitt as he glanced at me dur
ing some function. Father at that
time was making shoes for the
Cooper family, and | suppose that
that is why he looked at me. The
feeling of profound gratitude for
the help which have had from
that institution abides with me to
this day.
1t was during the next two or
three years that my first aspirations
and ambitions made themselves
felt. | became a terrific worker,
toiling every night until II o'clock
after the Cooper institute was over,
IL the conviction that in me anoth-
er heaven born genius had been
gwen to the world.
/ can recall thinking in public
conveyances that if the men stand
ing on the platform around me
could realize how great a genius
was rubbing elbows with them in
the quiet loaking boy by their side
they would be profoundly impress
ed. As a result, | was so exhausted
by the confning work Of cameo
cutting by day and by drawing al
night that in the morning was
literally dragged out of bed BY
mother, pushed over to the wash
stand, where / gave myself cats
lick somehow or other, driven to
the seat at the table, administered
my breakfast, which consisted oi
tea and large quantities of the long
French loavcs of bread with butter
and tumbled downstairs, out inte
the street, where | awoke.-"Rcm
iniscences of Augustus Saint Gsu
dens" in CeAtay
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
s.JoIlyina the Parents.

"why did you chuck that baby
under the chin?" asked the man.
"Tt is such an ugly little sinner"
"That is why l chucked him."
said the woman. 81 wanted to make
his parents feel happy. l always
pet the ugly babies. Pretty babies
get so much coddling from stran-
gers that their parents take it as
matter of course. 1t is the fathers
and mothers of homely babies who
appreciate attention. Didn't you
notice how pleased that couple
looked? I don't suppose anybody
ever petted that baby before except
themselves. They'll think a lot
more of the youngster after this. -"
New York Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
The First Census.

The idea of the census originated
among the Romans, when a group
OF the many functions performed
by the high officer called censor re-
ceived the name of census. 1t was
taken every five years and indicated
not only tie number Of the respec-
tive classes of the people, but their
domestic ,ositions as husbands,
wives, fathers. mothers, sons and
daughters. The first modern ma
tion to tai . up the census was the
United st tes Of America in 1890
The first British census was in 1901,
but this did not include Ireland.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
A DIAMOND STORY.
The Way . Russian Princess pisposes
Of Her Jewels.

A lew years ago Ludwig Nissen,
q well known wholesale dealer of
the Maiden .ane district, was in tie
Office OF a diamond merchant II
LonLon when stranger cam -
and offered an unusually beautlfL,
ston. for sale. The Engllshman
did - care TO But NisseD
thougat he saw in. But he
was lot win, iy until he
learI ed who oN stone and
where it Lad con /. The man
said he Represented d friend, wo-
man, who did not care to have her
name disclosed. The American was
firm. If be could not learn the
owners name he would not buy.
The stranger said he would see the
woman and talk the matter over
with her.
Tie next day he came back and
took Mr.. Nissen to the woman's
home. She lived in handsome
apartment in one of the most fash
ionable quarters of the city. 1t
turned out that she was Russian
princess who, with her husband
and her daughter, had been driven
from Russia for having taken part
in a nihilist movement. OF all
their large property they had saved
only their jewels. She opened q
little safe and showed the Ameri-
can one of the finest collections oi
diamonds he had ever seen. They
were worth 100000 or 100000.
"We sell them a few at time,
she explained, "just enough Of
them each year to give us q living
Perhaps you will wonder why We
don't sell them all and live on the
interest of the money? But my
husband has the gamblers spirit
The money would not LIST q year
So we part from them piecemeal
I estimate that there are enough Of
them to keep us twenty years, anc
I don't expect to live longer thar
that"
One of those dinn onds forms th,
centerpiece of one Of the most val
liable necklaces in New York. 4
few Others are sent to this countr,
every year. In the diamond horse
shoe" at the opera there is never
night when there are not some o
the jewels OF the exiled princess OIL
view.-New York Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
SLIPS OF THE TONGUE.
Even the DIsnifed English Butler Can
Go Astray at Times.

6o AGtray AT llmes-
A little story which has just
found its way across the Atlantic
from an English country house tells
of the recent slip made by new
and nervous butler in serving his
master, duke, at the luncheon Ia
BILE. Quiet, respectful and assidu-
Gus, he proffered dish with the in
sinuating query:
"Cold grace, your grouse !"
The slip is so obviously nat
ural one that doubtless the tale is
true. Thus far it is also unchsl-
lenged as new, although probably
by the time it has made the full
round of the press somebody will
discover that in its original form
it was an Athenian Chestnut" in
the days of Socrates.
An anecdote which at least be-
longs to the same family used to be
laughed over in early Victorian
drawing rooms.
Among the royalties, great and
little, who came to London for the
young queens coronation there
was a certain small, dried up, gray
haired, bright eyed, brisk little old
reigning prince of tiny principali-
ty. He was faraway cousin to an
Irish duke, whose estates in Ire
land he visited before returning.
For his entertainment a village cell
ebration was arranged, with games
and dances, and especially Irish jigs
and clog dances.
The gay old prir was delight
ed. He came himso Of race IA
nous for its dancing. He still pos
sessed good eye, a quick ear and
light foot. That same evening in
the great hall of the castle, to the
whistling of his hosts son, he en-
deavored to emulate some of the
feats he had seen.
The dukes solemn English but
ler was present, and his horror at
such unroyal antics was reflected IN
his eyes. Tie prince perceived it
and, shooting sudden forefnger
at him, demanded imperiously:
'Ehl Tell me, then, what you
think Of my dancing|
Discreet and dignified, but fur
ried inwardly, the buffers manner
was perfect, but his tongue betray-
ed him. He answered.:
"Your royal spryncss is certain
ly Ugh"
There was shout Of laughter,
and the duke, with assumed anger,
cried sterniy "Nlati DO you dare
to inainuate ttat the prince is ele-
vated--thai hs Neae.ty is due to
any other GOOD sPs.ts than his
own ?"
Before sucb an accusation the
poor buffers lat remnant Of COM
posure vanished eai ,era ng Wild
iy, with claspcd fd rom his
highness to his a.as. sr prutested
earnestly:
"No, never. II, yoar royal gray
ness; no. ! never. 81. yolr iee!--
Youths Companion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
When Ohio Failed.

In the midst of C. B. Galbreaths
lecture on Lafayette" the other
night at the Young Mems Christian
association he spent quite a little
time on the incident of the princely
sum of $4,000 which he brought
with him to this country and gave
to congress.
"When Lafayette returned to the
United States about forty-two years
later congress voted him $500, 1000
In return for the $40, 900 which he
gave to us in that time of great
need. When the vote was taken ev-
cry state in the Union voted for it
wfth-let us mention it softly-the
exception Of Ohio" - Columbus
Dispatch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
His One Chance.

Mother Coming swiftly - Why,
Willie Striking your little sistsr1
Willie (doggedlO- Aunt Frost
face made me.
Aunt Fros3acc-Why, Willie, l
said II you did strike her I would
never kiss you again.
Willie (still dogged) - Well,
eouldn't LET q chance like that alp.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19

The young lady sighed deeply and
was almost affected to tears.
Harold" she said, declares that
If l don't marry him he will end his
life, and ! am afraid he will"
She stifed sob, then continued
"And Randolph declares that if /
don't marry him he will 60 into pol
itics and become great and famous,
and then he says | shall see what |
have missed, and l am afraid he will
keep his word too"
Overcome by emotion, she buried
her face in her hands, not knowing
whether to save a life or to spare
the country another politician.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19
A Peculiar Couplo.

Conversation had turned to the
subject Of two men, utterly dissim-
liar, who nevertheless roomed to-
gether. One OF these men was gen.
orally conceded to be "freak." His
name was John.
"John and Jim are certainly q
queer pair" opined somebody.
"John and anybody are . queer
pair" opined somebody else.
Poor JohnHEchanea
Good News Fer ths Editor.
Whr KITTY sings my muse takes flighA
sii .tranced: ! cannot write.
Such was the refr9n of the bud
ding poets latest production, and
when it reached the hands of the
weary editor, who had been bonn
barded by bushels Of unavailable
outpourings from the same source,
he promptly sent it back, with the
following tsrse and businesslike in
dorsemsnt:
"Glad to hear it Keep Kit,
right on the jobl Any time thai
she strikes for higher wages let me
know, and i viii make up the diff
ference myself rather than have he'
stop.--NWWpxk NmaA>ss "a,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19

When Crewe Hall was burning the
late Lord Crewe, father Of the pres
ent earl, displayed humorous
eouanimity which st. James Bud
get deems worthy of preservation in
print.
When the historic mansion, with
its works of art. rare manuscripts,
srmor and other treasures, was
blazing away Lord Crewe ordered a
footman 10 place table on the
lawn and bring him an inkstand and
some telegraph forms. He then sat
down and composedly wrote this
telegram to Street, the Royal acad-
emician:
"Dear Street-Crewe is burning.
Come and build il up again."
To his sister he sent another mes.
sage by wire:
"You always used to say this was
q cold house, You wouldn't say 20
u you could sec it now
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-08-30
TENDERNESS TO THE AGED
Those In Thtir Helpless Years Shd uid
Be Tre.ted With Kind and
Gentle Regard.

Nothing is more beautiful or Christ
like in the character of the young
woman than a kind and gentle regard
for the old. They whose failing steps
are slowly descending the sunless
slope of age have but one consolation
as the years speed by them, and that
Is the tenderness and consideration OF
those on whose lives the beauties OF
the morning are breaking. Age Is a.
season Of physical infirmity, Of men,
tai ret~rospection, of shattered dreams
and earthly disappointments. No more
tor the old Is there a glimmer in the
rolling stars, no more freshness in the
spring, no more a triumph in the
years. The thousand melodies Of the
present sound far OF to their aged
ears and its charms are blurred In the
ears and eyes whose tears fall on the
graves of old affections. Treat them
gently, for their travail and their sac-
riice are yet the ~possessors not only
OF existence In the world in whose
splendors We exult, but also for the
prosperity and happiness we thought
lessly enjoy. Never mind II she or he
be old and feeble and of humble xarh
they loo to you in their helplees
years to aid with gentle courtesy their
tottering steps. Gods blessing will re.
ward you II you do.-Catholic Uni.
verso
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-08-30
Local and Personal Paragraphs.

Best water melons Of the sea
son at Mcclellan & Thirsk's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wait K,eney
we're over Sunday visitors at
Corona.
Andrew Miuder, of Wilmot.
transacted business in this city
yesterday.
The Misses Nettie and Anna
Lockhart are visiting relatives at
Clear Lake this week.
The Emanuel family returned
from their summer outing at the
lake the first of the week.
p. G. Bachelor and family au
toed down from Marvin Monday
and visited friends IN this city.
Mrs f. f. Peterson and child.
dren left Wednesday for a visi,
to Mrs. Peterson Iarents al
Nassau.
AT the next meeting OF the
Degree of Honor, Tuesday, Sept
3, a hanqut 4 will re served 10 thu
winners OF The Aptil contest.