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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18

Every dog has bis day because no
body else wants dog days
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18

Walking is delightful exercise
when II Is not compulsory.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18

Some people boast in order to keep
others from doing so.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18
THESE SIX LETTERS
From New England Women
Prove that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound Docs Restore the Health of Aillng Women

Boston Mas passing through the Change Of Life and suffered
from hemorhgs ometmes lasting wse could get nothing
check them began taking Lydia Pnkhms Vegetable Compound
ab form) Tuesday and the following Saturday morning the hem
oges stopped have taken them regularly since and steadily
gaining
Il certainly think that who Troubled should give
your Compound Tablets faithful trial. and they win find reMrA
GEORGE jury, 500 Fifth Street, South Boston, Mass
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18

who speaks his That
the within the limitations
legitimate parliamentary warfare.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18

For 80 years Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for fe-
male ills. No one sick with wOman's ailments
does Justice to herself who will not try this fa-
nous medicine, made from roots and herbs, it
has restored so many suffering women to health.
BSWrite to LYDIA L. PINKHAM MEDICINECO.
49, CONFIDENTIAL LYNN, MASS, for advice.
Your letter will be opened, read and answered
by q woman and held in strict confidence.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18
Letter from M. Julla Klng. Phnnl

Phenlx RT worked steady IN the mill from the time
old until had been married think that caused bad feel
ng had side left hip that around
back and sometimes would have lie bed for three days
was not able to do my homework
lydia Pnhms Vegetable Compound has helped wonderfully in
You letter for the Of others
glad 10 do anything within recommend medcners
JULIA KING, Box 2s2 Phoenix. RI.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18

mont politics. the
Aendale brother holder the title The
the the Earl of Donoughmore
chairman of committees Of the
third Marghara Mrs John s.
Phipps And
the quartet the British
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA

TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELHSa
CHILL TONIC You know what you are taking
showing is simply ouinlRe and Iron in fasteiess
form, and the. most enectual form. For grown
people and children, 90 cents.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18
Letter from Mrs. BE Donovan, WlIIImantlc, Conn

Wlmant Conn" untold
troubles baace Irregularities dizziness
ton II was impossible walk without stopping
way / was all down in
tried three doctors and each told something different received
benefit
said was use for TO take anything nothing would restore 70
health again. So taking Lydia f. Pnkams Vegetable
TO see what would do and by taking bottles the Compound and
other treatment advised 10 my health
ETA DONOVAN, Main Street, Wilimantic, Conn.,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18

pENcInHG Write Milo B. stevens 20, Altys.
N"SfShS 90 ST. Washington. kStab. liza
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18

Bethlehem Nh" By working very sweeping carpets Washing
lifting
n bed every
This last Spring mother Lydia Pinham
pound already feel like another girl
friends what the Compound doing for meMss Oracle DoDD
"a Rattle NJ II
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-09-18
Letter from Ms. winfield Dana, Augusta, Nc.
Letter from Me. J. a. THOMPSON, Newport, We

Newport, VII thank you for the great b
Vegetable Compound has done me. / took eight
for me, as l was a nervous wreck when / began
speak good word for it TO my friends. Mrs.
Newport Center, Vermont
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
POETRY AND THE CHILD.

Read poetry to the child. Read
easy, simple verse. read nonsense
verse, read real poems, read some
times such poems as "Thanatopsis"
and bits of Paradise Lost" OF course
the child will not understand the
thought, but he will enjoy the sound.
and he will unconsciously learn the
words. Poetry was never meant to
be read to ones SELF but always to
be read aloud or recited 1t is harder
than prose. The order of the words
is often unlike our everyday speech.
and the words themselves are fire.
quently different Here especially.
children need help. II they find 1t
they learn to love poetry, and there
are few things that so sweeten life
as a genuine love for poetry, for it's
beauties and for the helpful lines that
come to ones mind in hard places
Home Progress Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
CLOVES.

Gloves, which are used TO good adj
vantage in preserving fruits, are the
hower-buds of a tree that usually at
tains height Of between 90 and 40
feet, with beautiful pyramidal head
OF foliage. The leaves are large, OF
an oblong shape. and evergreen. The
flowers are small but very abundant.
The leaves, flowers and bark Of the
Glove tree possess strong aromatic
perfume.
The ripe fruit Of this tree is shaped
like a small olive. II is sometimes
dried and used by the natives, as are
also the broken fruit stalks, but the
flower buds are the most valuable part
OF the tree. They are gathered at the
proper season, and dried in the sun.
The tree is native OF the Spice
islands, but is also cultivated in SUI
matra, and some other parts OF the
West Indies. The oil of cloves is use
full in medicine. being often added to
tonic mixtures.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
MODEST HERO.

Israel Greenberg, seven years old.
was playing on the string piece Of
pier q. East river, New York. when
he tripped and fell into the water. A
woman who saw him fall ran for help.
and the first person she met was a
neatly dressed man who had come off
one OF the New Haven boats. The
man dropped his valise, ran to the
spot. and dived into the water. He
swan to the boy. and. grabbing him,
managed to get him aboard a sand
barge. Patrolman Meyers found the
man and the boy on the barge. and
asked the man his name. You don't
want my name" said the man. That
isn't necessary. Just show me a
place where J can change my clothes.
That is all | want" The policeman
called an ambulance. and the boy was
removed TO the Hudson Street hos
pital. Then Meyers led the rescuer to
a seaman's clearinghouse.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
i. TIE i.
SCDAp
BOOK
HARD TIMES IN JAPAN.

The semi-official Japan Times gives
a pitiful account OF the miseries
throughout the country caused by the
increased cost of commodities. Masses
OF people. always on the border line
or starvation, have been forced over
the line by the elasticity of prices
and the rightly of pay. The labor
ing men cannot support their families
with the scanty wages they get. The
little storekeepers find it impossible
to balance their ledgers with the cred
1t ahead Of the debit, and are uni
versally discouraged by dull business.
At homes their wives need money and
their children are simply crying aloud
from starvation. The hard-pressed
and miserable husbands go out in the
morning to search for work, and many
OF them never return again at night"
The results are similar to thosg in
other countries. Crime has vastly IN
creased; SO has suicide; and the coun-
try is rent by labor quarrels and
strikes. In the arsenals alone there
are 10000 men clamoring for increased
pay-Argonaut
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
COUNTRY GIRLS CHARM.

Every girl has her own particular
charm, but certainly the country girl
possesses some extra specially be-
quilting ones
To begin with, she is so much
younger than her town sister-for all
that the years may declare different
ly. So infinitely fresher in mind, as
she Is roster in complexion and
brighter OF eyes. Amusements that
have ceased TO be amusements to the
town dweller fill her with keenest en-
joyment. Perhaps 1t is in delicious
and frankly displayed Joy or life that
the country girl most eXcels.
Her tongue may be less ready, her
general appearance less smart than II
she had grown among brick walls and
shop windows, but the country girls
bright face takes all hearts by storm
and the gentle friendliness that is the
inevitable result Of country neighbor-
illness makes friends for her wherever
she goes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
MEREDITH'S POETRY.

There is no doubt that into the
poems went the most of Meredith S
''message" however We dislike
the word. Meredith most emphatically
had a message. There is little in the
novels to compare with the down
right doctrine OF the poems it is in
them that his words have most con-
spicuously the zeal of the man who
dare not cease from believing that the
labors OF his brain are meant for the
good of his kind. One may assume
that the pregnant and earnest teach
ing which Meredith packed (some-
what tightly packed) into his poetry
is pretty we'll known to the cultivated
nowadays. Be strong. is his favorte
word; whatever other virtues may be
desirable, the prime necessity for a
man, If he is to profit by life, and still
more II life Is to profit by him, is
trength-spiritua strength. And it
Is from Mother Earth man is to draw
his strength; from whole-hearted and
loving acceptance OF earth.-Lascelles
Abercrombie.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
roADs.

Inis Is about toads. Just toada
90 IL you aren't interested in toads,
don't care anything about the ad-
sancement or uplift of toads, you real.
~ may as well skip the paragraph.
ioaos have been accused of ability to
poison infants with their breath, to
cause cows to go dry, to carry valu-
aoie jewels inside their head, and to
cause warts on the hands of naughty
httie boys. Moreover, no toad can
ever nope to take prize in a beauty
snow But scientists OF the United
states agricultural department have
SHOWN that the toad is no gem carrier,
doesn't poison infants, cause warts
or harm cattle. On the other hand.
eacn toaG Is worth 1914 a year as
an encient and patient destroyer OF
hoSlous bugs and insects. The toad.
IN fact. Is an epicure In bug eating.
AS such he should be encouraged in
All gardens, farms and woodland
groves. He is an amiable, but indie
pendent, animal, so the use of the
term "toadying" is slanderous in re-
spect to him. To deprive a toad OF
NE is TO encourage flies and other
pests. What is needed is a society for
the protection and patronage OF toads.
Ferhaps in time. by eugenic methods,
nandsomer race of toads might be
evolved.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
CONvIcTS KEEP THEIR NAMES.

No more ridiculous statement APP
peared in the press than that a man
in prison is known by his number and
not by his name. The numbers are
serial, explains the Outlook; those at
Sing Sing are now over $4,000 and
those AT Auburn over 1000 and those
at Clinton over 10000. Imagine how
cumbersome 1t would be TO employ
such numbers as names. The guards
would be candidates for madhouse
II such task were theirs. John Jones
remains John Jones throughout his
prison experience and only knows he
has a number when he has business
with the administration officers. when
the number is used. in addition TO the
name, as a further means of identifi-
cation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Spanish Minister Rejoices in Fifty Suits, Etc

TT was stated in an authetic quarter
1 the other day that the Spanish min
lister. Senor Don Juan Riano. has 80
Suits OF clothes and n corresponding
~ large number of accessories. Spa
cioas and perfectly equipped quarters
are required TO accommodate this
wardrobe. and in selecting the new
legation special attention was paid to
this feature.
The present legation. in New Hamp-
shire avenue. has commodious dress
ing rooms and closets for each suite,
bur such ar outfit as Senior Ramos in
order TO be easily handled and ac-
cessible has 10 have a room TO itself.
and IL possible, one built for the pur-
pose.
The garments are classified, and
that they may be easily found an in.
ventory is fastened on the door. Ac-
cordlng TO the most advanced authorl
ties wet" and dry" rooms are neces-
sary for the complete wardrobe. The
wet" room removes the creases and
takes the place OF sponging: the dry
room hardens the costume in the lines
II has taken.
Whether Senior Ramos new home Is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Postal Deposit Savings Show Average of $86

% OSTMASTER General Frank II
1 Hitchcock made public the other
day the latest available figures show
ing that the deposits in postal savings
repositories have now reached the
sum of S2S.000,O00. The system was
fnaugurated January 5, 1911, but
most of the deposits have been made
within the last year.
The deposita represent 900, 900 indi-
viduals, making an average of $50 per
depositor. The system is now operat-
ed in 1918 postoffices, in every one
OF the forty-eight states, including GA
branch postofiices.
According to the figures compiled
by the controller of the currency the
tota, amount of the deposits in the
savings banks OF the country in 1911
was 212.5S3.59S. This amount was
deposited in 1854 banks by 9,794.647
individual depositors. and the average
savings bank account for each depos.
itor was $4,000. Comparison OF these
statistics shows that the average
amount held by each savings bank
depositor was about five times the av-
erage amount held by eacl, postal saw
ings bank depositor.
According 10 the report of the con-
trolier of the currency. the postal saw
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Army Officers on Detached Duty to Be Removed

it requires that any officer responsible
for failure to obey it to the full
shall forfeit his pay and allowances.
Consequently every officer who has
not served at least two of the last six
years in command of troops will have
TO return TO his regiment before De.
cember Is. Ii has also been found by
the law officers OF the war department
that about third more of the officers
on detached service will have TO be
removed within six months. A large
number of officers on detached duty
in Washington are caught pretty Sc
verely by this order.
Ii is said that there are officers who
have not been with their commands
for years. as they have had pull
enough TO keep them in easy jobs here
in Washington. where they can do
their stunts and not half try, and fill
in the rest of the time doing society
acts.
Washington society without it's
army and navy officers is mighty slow.
There has always been feminine in
fiuence TO keep plenty OF the young
men on detached duty in Washington
or course, this order OF congress- Is
obligatory.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
ENGLAND'S NATIONAL AIR.

According to Professor Cambourog-
lon Of Athens the tune of God Save
the King" Is one of the Oldest we
have. Six years ago the professor
discovered, among the manuscripts in
the National Library OF Greece. the
words and music of an anthem COM
posed in 1457 in honor of Emperor
Constantine Paleologos. The anthem
opens with the line, Long may our
sovereign reign" repeated three
times. The musical notation is of an
obsolete type and had to be trans
posed by an expert in ancient music.
1t was then found that the tune of
the fifteenth century anthem is al
most identical with that of God Save
the King. Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
LIGHT LIKE THAT OF DAY.

Patents have just been taken oct In
Berlin for using marble instead of
glass in lamps, which has the effect
OF making the illumination scarcely
distinguishable from daylight Innu-
merable experiments nave been made
with tinted and patterned types Of
glass with the idea CT producing this
effect. but all have been failures. As
last recourse a sheet of white mar.
BILE was planed down until il was
semi-transparent. and then different
intensities of light were shown from
behind. The result was exactly what
so many hundreds OF experiments had
failed TO produce.
Developing this discovery the nat.
entees have fitted lights to the cor.
nice OF room with such success that
II is difficult to prove that II Is arti
ncially lighted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13

ings bank Of the United Kingdom in
1910 held $112,66S,566, out OF a grand
total of s1.076,265.5O9 in private and
postal savings banks. In round mum.
bers the postal savings deposits in the
United States are about one-half OF
one per cent. Of the combined depos-
its in postal repositories and savings
banks, while in the United Kingdom
the postal savings constitute about
~ per cent. OF the combined depos-
its in private and postal savings banks
In France, according to the latest
available figures. the postal savings
in 1909 aggregated $316,456,S66 or an
average of about $57 for each depos-
itor
Postmaster General Hitchcok's fig
ures show that 1857 banks have quail
fled to receive postal savings funds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13

w ASHINCTON.-Corrugatedba battle
w ships will be the subject of tests
this winter by Naval Constructor Da-
Vid w. Taylor, on duty in the bureau
or construction and repair, in the ma
val testing tank at the Washington
yard. Four vessels for the merchant
service have been built in England on
this plan. Two outward curves. 90
inches deep, run the length of the
ships between the load line and the
Diige. Between the convex curves ifs
concave surface of equal depth.
This partial application of the tube
principle greatly increases the
strength OF the hull. So much
strength is added that the stringer
plates may be dispensed with. This
increases the space available for bulk
cargo. In addition. however. it is said
that the corrugated hull saves fuel
and lessons the effect of waves on
the steadiness OF the ship.
English reports indicate that a cor.
rugated hull will save l6 per cent. in
fuel over the cost OF driving a smooth
hull of equal displacement Two mod
els. OF equal weight and dimensions.
each about twenty feet long, will be
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13

TT is now estimated at the war de-
i partment that more than 90 per
cent. of all army officers now on de
tached service will have to be re-
moved from their present posts at
once. owing TO legislation by congress
during the last session. This means
that more than half of the officers now
serving as military attaches at Amer.
lean legations and embassies abroad,
as instructors in the military academy
at West Point. as instructors in the
Army Service schools. as instructors
of state militia organizations and as
instructors In various military acade-
mics in foreign military schools will
be ordered back TO their regiments.
The law. as one officer put ii. is
excessively mandatory" inasmuch as
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Alleges Damage by Water.

Bedford, Dec. 11.-John b. Evans. a
farmer, has filed suit in the Lawrence
county court against the Southern In
diana Power company. with general
Offices in Indianapolis, for three thou
sand dollars for damages alleged to
have been sustained by him by water
in White river backing up on his farm.
near Williams. where the power com
pany has erected large and extensive
permanent dam. Several efforts TO
compromise the matter have been
made without result. Suits by other
farmers will follow.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Navy to Test Batt!aships With CORRUGATED HuIIs

constructed here, one with a CORFU
gated and the other with plain hull.
Each will be attached TO the travelling
tank at the Washington navy yard,
and the resistance OF the models to
the water when pulled at given rate
of speed will be accurately registered
on the delicate gauges attached TO the
crane. If the corrugated hull presents
less resistance to the water the fact
will be instantly indicated on the
gauges. No vessel of this type has yet
been constructed in this country. The
first corrugated vessel was built in
England in 1909.
Capt. G.. S. MacIlwaine of the Brit
ish navy, recently asked the admiralty
TO make test of corrugated ships.
He spent a month on the Baltic in a
ship in which the ordinary stiff bilge
keel is replaced by a keel bearing
deep horizontal corrugations. His OBJ
servations convince him that the cor
rugated ship is vastly superior TO the
ordinary type in strength, stability.
speed and carrying capacity. Captain
MacIlwaine claimed that the idea of
the corrugated ship was worked out
by Arthur II. Haver, naval architect.
The seventh vessel Of the kind to
come into existence is now being built
for Norway. The British officer says
that corrugated vessel is carried
about twenty per cent further with
the same amount of coal than a plain
ship of similar dimensions. This in
a warship means either increase in
effective range or increase Of armor.
armament, etc.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Etc

provided with all these comforts is
not known. but that every means has
been adopted TO keep the minister the
best dressed man in town." as he
was considered in Paris when con.
nected with the Spanish embassy
there. is certain.
And IL may be mentioned In this
connection that as much care is exer.
cised In the selection and proper
preservation or the so-called "acces
SORES" as In the actual suits. These
accessories" include many articles
OF personal adornment little known Il
the ordinary man. but are considered
absolutely necessary in mind OF the
Spanish Don. or course. under this
head. may be considered first, thu
very latest In hats. gloves and ties.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Auto Men Join Fanciers.

Richmond. Dec. 11.-Announcement
was made by the Richmond Poultry
and Pet Stock association that the au-
tomobile manufacturers and agencies
of this city will hold an automobile
show in connection with the poultry
exhibit next year The Coliseum will
be used. the dates fixed being January
ii to II. This will be the fifth annu-
al poultry show given by the associ-
alton, and, differing from former ex.
hibits, no admission fee will be
charged. Entries laready made show
there will be more than two thousand
fowls exhibited
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
CARVED WITH POcKETKNIFE.

A clever carved model of the capitol
at Washington. ID. c.. has been made
by Prof George F. Sayres OF Stokes
Vile. Va The carving is Of wood and
was made with no other tool than an
ordinary pocketknife. not even a car
penters square being used on it. The
carving consists OF more than thou
sand pieces. The wood used is pop
lar, white pine and white walnut.
The height OF the building Is ten
inches to the crest OF the Liberty
statue. The structure is two feet
long and about eight inches wide.
The grounds contain al trees.
mace of felt of different shades OF
green. which rupply beautiful and
artistic setting for the work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-13
Saws Wife Made Threats.

Newcastle, Dec. 11.-Charging that
his wife threatened TO pour hot lead
in his ear and burn him with acid.
James King. factory foreman, has
filed suit for divorce from Rennis
King. The suit followed the annul-
ment of a marriage of King and Mrs.
Mollie King and his arrest on charge
of bigamy, made by Mrs. Rennis King,
to whom he was first married. II he
is successful in his divorce proceed.
ings he will remarry his second wife.