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that if Mrs. Gentry was found not to
be implicated she would be permitted
TO participate in the service.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
AN ENGLISH BLIZZARD.
u Took a Regiment Of Soldiers "a
Clear the Roads In 1886.

There was certain Hercules en-.
gine which cut a noble figure in the
English blizzard of 1886.
To appreciate the role played by
the Hercules some idea must be
given of the effect of the storm on
other methods of travel. Fourteen
mail coaches were abandoned on as
many roads. Another was dug out
Of drifts five times between Exeter
and London.
Another was buried so deep that
it took 800 men, principally sappers
and miners, several hours to make a
passage to the coach and rescue the
mails and passengers, while near
Chatham the snow lay to depth of
thirty or forty feet, the military be-
ing turned out to the number of
600 to clear the way.
In London the drifts were ten
feet deep, and hundreds of men and
carts were employed hauling snow
eut to the fields in the suburbs. The
0arkets we're i'll a bad way. One
day only four stall holders were
able to reach main market. Greens
which few days before the storm
were being sold for threepence a
bunch at market now fetched from
tenpence to shilling, tur1fips, car
rots and celery becoming equally
dear, while penny handfuls of pars-
ley realized 2s. 3D., and the happy
possessor of a bunch which he had
previously purchased for ninepence
realized for his prize no less sum
than f1 rs. Sd.
Amid all this confusion the pie-
neer railways covered themselves
with glory by running trains almost
without interruption. There was a
deep cutting on one line where the
snow had drifted badly, and great
numbers of people turned out to
see how the Hercules engine would
get along. They imagined, of course,
that she would be stopped, but to
their astonishment the engine DASH
ed right into the drift, Clearing
her way through apparently with
out the slightest difficulty, the snow
at the same time flying over the top
of the engine chimney like foam
from the broken waves of a violent
sea, and Notwithstanding obstruc-
tions the train came down from
Greenhead (twenty miles) in one
hour and a quarter" = London
Queen.
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Illuminating Gas.

In the Philosophical Transaction,
OF the Royal Society of London foI
1879 is printed letter, written il
1851, in which the Rev. John Clay
tor details a series of experiment:
he made in distilling coal in re
tort, showing not only that be hat
observed the infammable case.
evolved, but that he had coliectel
and stored them for some time il
bladders. In 1877 Lord Dundonalt
made gas from coal, with which he
lighted the hall of Culross abbey
In 1892 Robert Murdoch began the
experiments which resulted in The
establishment of coal gas as an lila.
mlnating agent. In 1897 he public
ly showed the system he had ma
tured, and in 1898, being employed
in the factory of Boulton & Watt,
Birmingham, he fitted up an appa-
ratus for the manufacture of gas
in that establishment, with which
i was lighted. This was the first
use of illuminating gas except by
way of experiment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
A DiGiptinarion.

1 AiAs Hobson was most popular
with the two young and unmarried
members of Centerville's school
board. They did not propose to
have any change of teachers in dis
trict No. 8.
"Do you think Miss Hobson pays
quite enough attention 30 disci-
pline |" suggested one Of The elderly
married school committeeman ons
day.
Disciplined Why. Of csurss abe
pays . 8rsat deal of sttentien to
IT. = asserted Ed Porter hastily.
I'VE never bad anybody else BE-
gin to pay as much" aid Henry
Lane. "Why, one afternoon 1 was
In there at No. 5, and Aiss Hobson
spent the whole time-every min
ute Of it-prcservine order in that
ss:nuvsEvom.-TvuITs >sSaD-...-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
The Old Constitution.

The Constitution originally car
ried forty-four guns. A particular
ly interesting history is connected
with this ship. During the wal
with the Barbary powers in $50;
she was Commodore Preble's flag
ship in the Mediterranean and
played a conspicuous part during
the whole war. Lieutenant Wads.
worth, who was blown up before
Tripoli in. the i'll fated Intrepid
was one of the officers of the Con
stitution. In the course of the war
with England in 1872 the English
papers laughed at the Constitution
and spoke of her as "a bundle OF
pine boards sailing under bit of
striped bunting" But when under
Captain Hull she captured the
English frigate Guerriere, a vessel
of nearly equal force, the people
who had before ridiculed her called
her zone of the stanchest vessels
afloat." A few months after this
victory the Constitution, then COM
manded by Captain Bainbridge,
compelled one of the finest frigates
in the British navy, the Java, to
strike IT'S colors.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
Chinese Worship Of Ancestors.

The one spiritual force that DOM
mates every class Of society in Chi
m 1. ancestor worship. In the CID
nese religion there h n other that
can take It's place tor . moment. A
man may or nsy not worship idsh.
He mV express his utter skeyts-
ism about them OF profess belief m
them. No one cares what ~
thinks. Let him, however, neglect
the worship ot the dead and he -
looked upon and pointed TO with
the bitterest scorn both hy his own
relations and by his neighbors. The
worst taumt that the heathen can
hurl against the Christian, and the
one that stings him most, is the
sneering statement that he has ne
ancestors.-New York Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
STRETCH YOURSELF.
Do 1t the First Thing After You Wake
In the Morning.

| A splendid thing for the body is
stretching. When you first wake
up IN the morning, take good. long
stretch. Stretch the hands as far
out sideways as possible. Then
stretch them over the head as far as
you can reach, and at the same time
stretch the feet downward as far as
you can. Raise the feet and stretch
upward just as high as you can, and
then lower the feet and legs very
slowly.
When you get out of bed, raise
your arms over your head, and,
standing on tiptoe, see how near you
can reach the ceiling. Then walk
abou' the room while in this posi-
ton. >'tand on the right foot and
stretch the right arm forward and
upward as high as you can, while at
the same time the left foot is raised
from the floor and stretched out
ward, and the left hand is stretched
backward and downward. This is a
fine exercise for the whole body and
is especially good for the waist and
hips, making them firm and strong.
Standing on the left foot this exer-
else can be reversed.
If you have been sitting in the
same position for a long time read
ing, studying, writing or sewing and
the muscles have become tired and
cramped, the best thing to do is to
get up and stretch. Stretch the
arms upward and outward and for
ward and backward. Lift the shoul-
dsrs as high as you can and drop
them. Expand the chest and
breathe deeply, or, sitting in the
chair, stretch the hands upward, lift
the feet from the floor and stretch
them forward as far as possible,
any way SO you give the muscles
good, vigorous stretch.
When one is very tired, there is
nothing more restful than stretch
ing the muscles and then relaxing
Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
Causes q War.

The horrors Of the Indian mutt
ny will still be- remembered, md
the cause which led to 1T 10 0 mat
ter of history. Cartridges CREASED
with cows fat were served out to
the sepoys, who refused to use
them on tae ground that the cow
was a sacred animal. Almost with
out any warning the terrible massa-
cres followed, which were only
avenged at an enormous expendi-
ture of lives and money.
The war which delaged Austria
and Prussia with blood in 1866 en-
anated in the former falling to an
swer a question aslcd = tie latter.
In the spring of tat 'ear the Aus
trians began to arm very speedily
and powerfully. anl the Prussians
wanted to know lie reason. To
this they would give no reply, and
Prussia, thinking it was an an
friendly and menscing action,
brought aboat the CORY campaign.-
London Tit-Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
Glass POLISHING.

Glass grinding is effected by the
use of emery powder of various de,
grees of fnencss. But it has been
shown that this grinding cannot be
carried beyond a certain point,
however fine a powder may be used
In fact, a continuation of it undoes
the work and breaks the surface ND
again The most finely ground
plate, if largely magnifed, is shown
to be covered with tiny bits which
no grinding will remove. The work
IL therefore continued with rouge
carried on pad of rosin, which
gradually smooths down the eleya-
tions between the pits. Hydro
fuoric acid gas corrodes glass very
rapidly, but weak solution of it
meTts away the roughened surface
and leaves me polish underneath.
This method a, used where very
fine adjustments of the surface are
requires-as, for instance, in lenses
ss1 telescopes ana microscopes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
ENGLISH BEAUTY CUP.
Weak Tea Invites Sleep and improves
the Complexion.

Weak Tea Invites Sleep and improve
the Complexion.
advise those who consult m,
upon the tired complexion to in
dulge in what is called the English
beauty cup. Mr.. Gladstone took i
each night of his life as long as hi
had health, and it is the cup which
keeps many an English beauty go
ing. 1t is simply tea, but tea made
without the nerve destroying at.
tributes. If properly made it in.
vites sleep.
You take half a small coffee
spoon of tea, and you scatter it in
the bottom of very large cup
The German coffee cups are best
for this purpose. Over this you
pour as much boiling, bubbling wa
ter as the cup will hold.
The saucer is placed on the top
of the cup in Chinese fashion. Now
comes the big wadded tea cozy,
which must be thrown over all. II
is an oddly shaped coy, made to
cover cup and saucer. 1t stands for
FIVE minutes to steep.
Now comes the scientific part Of
the cup. You take three very thin
slices of lemon, and you lay them
in a big hot cup. On top of the
slices of lemon you place a big
maraschino, and then on top of all
you pour in the tea, putting it
through a strainer.
The result will be a fine, weak.
hot. but healthful cup of tea with
just the right flavor of lemon. You
can have sugar if you want it, and
Gladstone's rule of three big Jumps
will do YOU no harm, for sugar Is Q
great builder up of the muscles.
By the way. if you are tagged out,
day or night, try eating d little
sugar. \ lump of sugar will re-
store the stomach and take away
that tired feeling. Sugar is recon-
mended TO women whose cheeks are
hollow. 1t has way of building up
tissue.
A big cup of tea at night is ex-
cellent, but the trouble is that most
persons make it too strong. The
weaker the better. The same is true
Of coffee, which, if taken weak
enough and with plenty of good
sugar, acts as a nighteap. Not one
person in a thousand can make it
night. In Paris the French beauty
axes her foaming cup of whipped
chocolate after the theater with q
biscuit, or she sips her cafe au lait,
vhich is mostly milk. London
American Register.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26

Whoever knows anything about
the small boy and his pride in his
first pair of trousers VIII recognizes
the truth of story the Philadsl-
phia Ledger prints.
Tommy was at Sunday school In
his first "real othes. A picture
Of a lot of littNangels was before
the class, and the teacher asked
Tommy if he would not like to b
one.
mo, ma'am," replied Tommy
after Inspecting the picture. ]
Not want to be an angel, TOM
myw reproached the teacher. ~WAx
not ?"
"'Cause I'd have to give upsu
nsy par" ssA 4nRx sae& -
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A, Az verti. ing Speculatio.
ong the many incidents chs

ong the many incidents cha:
acteristic of human nature is or,
which recently came under the ob
selvation of young man connect &
with prominent publishing hou,'
one of the oldest in the country, anc
which has for three 'neration.
been conducted by the 'endant.
OF the original founder I.h othe
publications there was issu j /
little treatise on househo-u e, o
my, srcwing how, on a sm /
800. 1t was possible to liv o u
fortaD.y The author was vs.
man, anb gay, her book ethe il
How She Did It." The book
hau airlv good sale, butpresently
here appeared to be a sudden and
unaoc rNtab'e demand for the vol
uTe. anu 'er fortnight the house
Fosl lied by order for more. Ii
rs~ .croue q a fourth edition before
Dou- Nerintendent learned the
'qsvt n "rders had invariably
con-, rem the same source, and it
was thsn discovered that the per.
sl 'ent rnver advertised the book
eAi> siveiy in sporting and other
: ,urna His method was sim
p,. 'ty itself. The title given, he
would insert, "Nailed secure for
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
A STUDENT JOKE.


Conspiracy 81 Silence That Put th.
Professor In Panic.
Professor Elias LOOMS for many
years occupied the chair OF astrono-
my at Yale and was the author of
ths well known series Of nsthemat-
i2l text books.
Professor IOomis ,speated each
year to the junior elsss-a course of
lectures on physics. The lectures
we1.riliustratsd by experiments,
and in one on compressed air he
explained the principle Of the well
known air gun.
The students Of each succeeding
class as they entered the room for
this particular lecture found on the
side of the room remote from the
platform small target. After ex-
planning the operation of the gun
Professor Loomis was in the habit
of landing three of its projcetiles
with mathematical accuracy in the
center of the bullseye.
The professor was always ap-
plauded for this feat, but his grim
face, covered by a tightly drawn
skin of parchment hue, never show
ed the slightest sign of qualification
or recognition Of any kind. To him
1t was apparently only a scientific
experiment to be exactly demon
strated.
One class of Juniors, however,
who had learned of the immemorialI
incident from the then seniors, at
tempted a little experiment Of
their own, the subject being matAs-
natical and scientific human M
ture.
Three puffs from the air gun, snds
although the students saw Nat the
bullseye was perforated az usual
there was not sound of spplsusa.
Professor Loomis loeked>a monsnt
at the class In Q startled way, then
at the target, and then, With . de-
gree Of emotion he had never be-
fore shown, exclaimed:
Didn't it hit? Didn't it hitr
Didn't it hit?"
A roar Of laughter, followed By
even more than the usual applsusa,I
showed the professor that he hsA
not lost his mathematical accuracy
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26

Uncle Ephraim Raylfense-Why
that's perfect picture of my old
hossl What'll you sell it fur, mis-
ter2
Artist (who has been sketching
in the neighborhood)- We'll, when
that painting is fnished it will be
worth 800 anyhow.
Uncle Ephriam-Ain't there go
In to be nothin' else in it?
Artist = No, nothing but the
horse.
Uncle Ephriam-Well, you can't
sell it anywhere's around here fur
no 800. Everybody knows Tve of
fRethe hoss himself time an
80 ar SIS an take it out in
n1 Chicaaa TrihanA
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Didn't Suit Washington.

Until the early part of the last
century Milford, Conn, had house
In which Washington was said to
have spent night. 1t was in 1889,
when Washington made a tour OF
New England. Tradition save that
there were certain things about his
stay at the Milford tavern which he
did not enjoy. The supper set be-
fore him consisted of boiled meat
and potatoes. He was not pleased
with the meal and asked for a bowl
Of bread and milk. The landlord
brought the new order and broken
pewter spoon with which to eat it.
"Have you no better spoons than
this?" asked General Washington.
TITS the best | have in the house,
kr," replied the host.
Send me the servant" said his
excenency. "Here's 2 shilhngs. Go
to the minister's and borrow a sill
yer spoon"
Tradition does not add whether
he got The spoon or not -E-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26
] 1elearaphers Cramp.

An interesting feature of teleg-
rapher's cramp is that certain let
ters are nearly always the stumbling
block. The most frequent are @
and Y-that is, the code signals
used for these letters. When a
sender begins to be "conscious"
about so common a letter as C his
case soon becomes hopeless. Anoth-
er form of cramp attacks the re-
ceiyer of the message. 1t takes the
form of inability to write fast
enough to take down a message
quickly transmitted. This is easily
understood when it is remembered
that a receiver often has to write
continuously to cod6 dictation, so to
speak, for hours at a time. The
strain involved is enormous and
leads fairly commonly to what is
practically a form of nervous break.
down.-D1ndee Advertiser.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-26

Stains from leather are remove
BY the use Of paraffin. It likewis
gives e brilliant polish. To reno,
sugar and sirup stsins wash Il.
stained part ylth warm water witt
out soap, then rub with ammon;.
diluted with warm water. II nr
washable. aea diluted alcohok
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his 8tundef.
Have you ever stopped e
think he begaa and then hest
tated.
"Well," she urged, go on. Wm.
were you going to sayr"
u beg your pardon" he replied.
I was about to ask you whether
you had ever stopped to think about
something, but might have known
that you never did"
"And you mean 10 insinuate that
l never think ?" she demanded.
"Oh, no, no, not at ALL" he made
haste to assure her. 81 only mean
that women don't have to stop talk
ing to think, for We all know that
they do think sometimes"
And yet he wonders why she
hates him--Cleveland Leader.
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Young Jones-Your daughter, sir. In
worth her weight IN goldI
Old Bro~n--Would you mind lending
NE $40 and taksssg her as seeurityf--
Pueblo Chieftain.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-05-16
Pooling His
Father
BY Edna Kerr

toopyrisht ~. BY Associated Literary
Berkeley sat staring vacantly
through the open door, his fathers
letter in his hand. This, then. was
what his exile really meant.
Whom Harmon Osbon lad sent him
to Montaria as assistant superintend-
emit Of construction, he had thought
that the elder man was ready to give
him another chance. Berkeley was an
only son and had been his mothers
baby until her death, year ago.
He had not found 1t easy to make
the change to his fathers son In the
short space since. He had proved
disappointing in a business way be-
cause he had neglected an important
deal to see his Alma Mater meet
and slaughter-her most cherished
rival on the gridiron.
He had thought that the transfer
to the tiny little South America re.
public was to permit him to mako q
fresh start, but the letter he held In
his hand disillusiOned him.
Spencer the chief Of construction OF
the Montaria Inland railway, which
was to tap the rich agricultural dis.
tricts on it's way to the silver mines
had asked him to look up some In
structions from New York. In his
search he had found his fathers per.
sonal letter to Spencer carelessly
thrust among the Office documents
One sentence burned into his mind.
you will not find him much use,
his father had written, Il am not send
ing you an assistant. Just give him
plenty of cigarettes and nothing to do
but keep him down there"
He had been a failure in the once
at home He had been sent down here
to get him out of the way. He repeat
ed the sentence over and over agar
as he gazed straight through the oper
door to where the tiny work engine
painted up and down the single tract
road with more noise than effective
ness. At last he swung back to tn
desk.
I'll fool you yet, Dad" he cried
"I'll fool you good"
The next morning Spencer staret
when Berkeley came to breakfast il
khaki instead Of flannels. "Going VI
to the end of the road,'' he explained
| want to have a look"
go ahead" said Spencer. He hal
| recovered from the scare of the da,
| before, assured that this sudden fit O
industry would not last. He went o.
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During an electrical storm, NJ. A.
johnson Of Berthold was knocked out
Of bed when thunder bot came
down the chimney.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Minot, N. D., April 1C,
1912.
Notice is hereby given that Sarah
J. Holcomb, of Minot, N D., who, on
March Is, 1909, made H. E. Serial,
No. O6612, for 81 SEA, and NWA
SEA. Section 20, Township 155 N.
Range SO W., 5th Principal Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
final Communication proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be.
fore Register and Receiver, U. s.
Land once, at Minot N. D., on the
2Sth day Of May, 1912.
Claimant names az witnesses:
d. G. Donnan, G. D. Gleason, W. D.
Wendt, Rachel Worrell, all Of Minot,
N. d.
THOMAS E. DISCARD,
4 10 is Register
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Her Size.


A physician was the only passenger
in the surface car until there entered
. mechanic, whose hands were extend
cd stifly, about fifteen inches apart,
in tho position Of holding yarn for
grandmother to wind. After the con-
ductor head taken . nickel from the
mans rigid fingers. the doctors pro
fessional interest was aroused in this
case Of unique paralysis, and presently
he ventured to say: Have you been
like that long, my good man!"
Nope" was the stolid answer.
DO you have treatment for 1T"
Nope"
This seemed discouraging but the
doctor was bent on investigation.
docs 1t cause you painT" he inquired.
The stranger grinned. What are
you driving at?' he wanted to know.
'1'm Ito buy my wife a pair q
red slippers and this here's her siss !"
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"Up With Your Hands," He Advised

"Up With Your Hands," He Advised
slipping his coffee while Berkele,
stamped out to catch a train.
He stayed at the front for three
days, pushing ahead to the end O
the road, along the right Of way
What he saw was not encouraging A
the end Of the third day, he quit
agreed with Quinn, the foreman, tha
the road could not be finished in time
Its funny" he declared, '".tha
Spencer Is so slow. I have to fgh
tor every pound Of iron l get up here
II there was any reason I'd think hi
was trying to hold back the work."
Il think he u.s." agreed Berkeley
!'and l think l can give you the rea
pon. The road revsrts to the govern
ment If It Is not completed and E
train run the length Of the line on the
drst day of June"
Then came the Enid, Z trim LITTLE
yacht, with Jack Albright and half {
dozen friends. The minister of the
Interior was : favored guest on board
and at breakfasts. dinners and late
euppers Jose Marlay Hernandez was
always . guest. Albright was wonder
fully interested In tho little countr,
and Hernandes was battered by his
Interest.
IT'S . pity never saw the place
until after the concession for the rail
way had been made" he said lazily
he they lolled in deck chairs after ar
extended dinner. II know Osbor
won't sell, but I'd give Z lot Of money
Tor the road
Il am desolated," cried Hernande1
''Had I known that the Senior AL
bright desired It. the concession
would never have been granted"
well, it's too late now" comment
ted Albright. Hernandez looked eau
tiously around.
1T may not be too late yet"
!, Wrecks sometimes happen. Once
In engine blow up: once two came