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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-25

For mere man Is a new toilet case.
which when unfolded hangs on a hook,
glass in centre, with shaving brush, razor
and other conveniences in the pockets at
each side. 1t Is of leather. the lining
and pockets being of plaid linen. So
there is no reason for man to go I'M
shaven, for IL may be hung on any con-
venient hook where there is light.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-25

A vacuum food carrier may be used
for cold salads and creams or hot chicken
or meat dishes and may be carried In the
case with two vacuum bottles, cups
plates. knives, forks and napkins for six
persons.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-25

A pretty black motora silk dust coat has
wide blue silk revers covered with cream
macrame lace. The cuffs and buttons
match, the model has a raglan back and
drop sleeve at the shoulder, with rever
fronts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-25

When looking for rooms consult the
FURNISHED Rooms" column In The Star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-25

The Atest pipe for the tripper who is
addicted to it's use has a little silver drop
ash lid which keeps the tobacco from
blowing thus spelling the smoke.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-25

Motor match safes are among the con
venient fads for use In the car. The
matches are extra long and the case is OF
2777f?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03

Harrisburg, Pa, April ga
report reached heer today that
the old wooden dam of the Bay
less Paper Co., a short distance
above the concrete Austin dam,
belonging to the same company,
which caused the disaster last
year, was likely to go out.
Bayless was warned by the
state water supply commission,
and watchmen have been put to
work to warn the town the in
slant the dam shows signs of 60
ing out. There are 100000
gallons of water behind the dam.
Pittsburg, Pa, April 3.-The
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03

Washington, April 3.-Presi-
dent Taft today ordered 800
army tents rushed to flood refu-
gees in the hills of New Madrid
Co., Mo.
The appeal for the sufferers
was brought to the White House
by Senator Stone. He said New
Madrid and Point Pleasant are
both under water, and that the
entire populations have taken to
the hills. He does not know yet
if life has been lost.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03
FLOOD SITUATION GROWS
MORE SERIOUS

Memphis, Tenn, April Sat
l o'clock today Forecaster Emery
issued an unqualified statement
that the levees here cannot hold
and warned all people to flee from
the St. Francis basin and Missis-
siPpi delta.
The population in the territory
named by Emery is about $780,
600. Great loss of life is likely if
the levees break.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03

crest of the flood reached here
this afternoon. The Baltimore &
Ohio railroad tracks on the north
side are completely inundated.
Many homes and business houses
have been flooded. No lives have
have been lost.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03

Moving pictures I love-" re-
marked the young man, with a
smile quite engaging and gay.
Then you, can come up and move
mine" replied, when I take a
new fat first of May
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-03

Many homes and business houses
have been flooded. No lives have
have been lost.
Cairo, Ill, April 3.-The break
ing of the levees at New Madrid
have relieved the pressure of
water here, and the city is con-
sidered safe. The rapidity of the
current is increasing evry hour,
howvr, and there is still great I'M
easineSS.
The river itself is a sight.
Barns, houses, grains, trees, any
old thing, is swirling down in the
swift current. But so far the city
has not suffered great damage.
The seepage from the levees has
flooded all first floors, and furni-
ture has been moved upstairs.
But the disasters of a food have
been avoided.
The steamer Three States ar
rived here last night with SIS
600 worth of live stock picked up
along the river. The steamer
. had ploughed its way over farms
that last week made farmers re-
gard themselves as wealthy.
-O-O-
He: $50 Alice said I had a thick
head of hair"
She: ooh, she didn't mention
the hair" Answers,
Moving pictures I love" re-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-30
INK. INK! INK!

Best HlscS Hriti2g LEX. lc. per
ounce. School children who bI ng or
binary writing ink bottles can have
them filled for one cent. BEN Ed DoANE.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-30
CORRODORATlON.
OF Interest TO Jasper Readers.

For months Jasper citizens
have seen In these columns en-
thusiastic praise of Deans Kid
ney Pills by Jasper residents.
Would these prominent people
recommend q remedy that had
not proven reliable? Would they
confirm their statements after
year. had elapsed II persona y eX-
PEI ience had not shown the rem
ely to be wor ny OF endorsement!
.Tae following statement should
cary conviction to the mind OF
every news reader.
lliss Helen Steinhauser, Clay
and Ninth SITS Jasper. Ind,
says: II gladly confirm the pub
lie statement | gave some years
ago in praise Of Loans Kidney
Pills. | gladly recomm end 9thls
remedy when hive the oppor-
tunity for know it is a acod
one. | suffered fIom bacAac!.e
and headaches Often Twas
c zzy and tie action OF my kid
ncys was irregular Wien l
learned Of Deans Kid1ey Pills, |
60 as4gcy from the File q
Pau Phs-nacv md they soon
brought ne relief
For sale by all dealers. Price
10 cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buf-
falo, New York, sole agents for the
United States. 7e-S.
Remember the name-Doan's--
and take no other.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-30
Town Ordnance.
Ordinance "a nreve1t the

Ordinance to prevent the post
ing of bills, Aove 1ements or
Ncaces CT my k0d upon any
Electric '5g5t o. Telephone Poles
wl:hjn the Town O. Jasper, and
providing penalties for the viola
ten thereof.
b it ordained by the Board OF
Trustees OF the incorporated
town Of Jasper, Indian:
Section l. A0y person who
shat post any DIS. papers, adj
vertisem t c. rouc Of any
Md by posting, t2cA ~ c. fast
enlag the same II any way o.
manner, o. sha.. pint or write
Or pant any adFu..5a mentS CT
notices, upon any electric ut
OF te eph0ne poe within the cor
pora limits Of the town Of Jas
per, shan upon conviction become
iiab.e fer and forfeit to said town
a fine, penalty and forfeiture in
sum of Te1 Dollars (Sl0 COZ
for each offense to be recovered
according to law
Section 2 This ordinance
sh&i re z fd'l force and effect
after lis passage, and publication
for three weeks N some rewspa-
per OF Ge3eri circulation printed
nd puh,i nd in tie town OF
Jasper, ln6.ars.
JOHN lOREY
President Board OF Trustees.
Attest J. 4. WUCHNER
Town Ciark.
Aug is. 1925 wks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-30
People Forget He's In
Business.
The time when a merchant can

The time when a merchant can
st III his st lie and make a sue
c s selling goods depend ag on
tae fact that ''t1e people all
now That he is th1rc" is passed
tais country. People are
chang ng ard with the change OF
psop.e comes new conditions
Because a man has been in bJsi.
n So III a community for twenty
CT tnlrty years s ~ sign That he
cSa CT buslnese the people know
him I'D know he is in business
People demand to KNOW what a
n src ant mas for sale and at
what price il can be bought. The
OILY way Tor a merchant to tell
the people what ne has, at what
price the article can be boUgng
ar the Location CT his store IS
taroV gn t1e medina IF the news
paper People whcse trade is
WOlLavE en- lut Z d VIII not
-.aey se 10 : stop and
read sl2n o. . fence or shade
tree b. sccura n their homes
around the fan y Preside or 90
the front porch rarv will read
ne message O. he 1--we merchant
.eld 60 there to see what he has
a91 5r.y. Z zen he gives out a
message like { pol-,ical party
- must cafry OFT the promises
n his platform. No merchan at
ueei think CT making a success
these days wlthoa5 LIBERAL
amount Of advertising in the
newspaper.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-30

. DOltOC1 0thC AOtsttO hANsh 80
Governor-SAMUEL NJ. RALSTON,
Lebanon.
Lieutenant Gov. p. 0'NEILL,
Mishawakwa.
Secretary of State LEW Il. ELLlNG
HAM, Decatur.
Auditor-W. O. 0'BRIEN. Lawrence
burg.
Treasurer-W II. VOLLMER, Vim.
cennes.
Attorney General-THOMAS w
HONAN, Seymour.
Superintendent of Public instruction
CHARLES A. GREATHOUSE, Ind
annapolis.
Statistidan THOMAS w. BROLLEI
North Vernon.
Reportr of the Supreme Court
PHILIP ZOERCHER, Tell City.
Judge of the Supreme Cont First
District-JOHN w. sPE.,CtH Evans
vile.
Judge OF the Supreme Court. fourtt
Distr X. ERWIN, For
Wayne.
Judge of the Appellate Court, FRS
Distr ct-J0SEPH Ii. SHEA, Seymour
For Joint Representative Dubois q Pike
County.
ROBERT KEMP.
For Prosecuting Attorney.
HARRY w. CARPENTER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-30
PRESENT TARIFF
FOSTERS FRAUDS
Domestic Cotton Fabrics Sold
Americans as Imported"
CHEATING THE CONSUMER
Asss Than 2 Per Cent Comes From
Abroad, but Americans Pay Es.
oroltant Price For Home Goods Be-
,,..eauss % Deception and prohIhltlve
Tariff.
ey ROBERT KENNETH MAcLsA.

~ hObkHT KENNETH MAClEA,
tF'rmsriy consulting expert OF the tariff
board
new York. AuGust-The prohibitive
aarin, revised upward by the Payne
Aldrich law. permits and fosters
wholesale frauds upon the American
consumer OF cotton goodA
Less than z per cent of the cotton
fabrics consumed IN the United States
comes from abroad. because the pro
seotive duties have been made so high
that importation is Improbable.
Yet fully onethird of the cotton
piece goods going over retail counters
In sold a. IMPORTED" or under
names implying q foreign origin.
Th's deception 10 generally perpe-
erstsd upsn the consumer for the pur-
poe Of obtaining esorbltant prices for
domestic soods
The consumer believing the goods
Ars imported and knowins that the
SAriu ADDS excessively TO their cost,
pays so 70 100 per cent more than a
fair price and does not suspect that
~ = hains cheated.
orains tho Psoketbook.
Lss a. 80 straight to a specific ex.
amps Of tho operation OF this fraud
TaHo The tariff boards cloth sample
NO 90. described as q printed dim
ty." This IL . medium priced cotton
tAcr1o known 20 almost every Ameri
can housewife. What woman or cir
naant posses 'ed . dimity dress within
Ne ipse few yearyf And II she wen
% 20 cotton goods counter ant
o<sghs the material ~ TIE sard abs
- Doubt saw such sts96aa4-<.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-30

IRISH DIMITY,
&c.


The Worlds tariff editor visited
with me department store in a New
England city OF 100000 inhabitants
and found recently a counter piled
with these goods, placarded:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-30
New Service to Chicago
IL. and Intermediate
Points Via
Sou3ae-n Railway
M0--n Route.

Effective March 18th, 1912, Mo-
non Route will establish new
train serg.ce between French
Lick and Chicago, on following
schedules:
1000 PM Lv French Lick Ar. ZOO AM.
1908 PM Lv. West Baden Ar. 90 AN.
1927 PM Lv. Paoli h.. 6.33 A
1915 PM Nv. Orleans Lv. 5.05 AM
lilo PM Lv, Bedford Lv. 535 AN
1901 AM Lv. Bloomington Lv. 4 - NJ
200 AN Lv. Lafayette Lv. 43 A NJ
q 40 AM Ar 63rd St Chicago Lv l0.30PM
6 - AM Ar. 47th st Chicago Lv lO.25PM
200 AM Ar Dearborn Sta " Lv 10. l5PM
This train will afford excellent
service between all Southern In
diana points, Chicago, LII and IN
termediate stations.
Equigment of new train will
consist of electrically lighted
Pullman drawing room compart-
ment sleeping cars and first-clasS
coaches. Southern Ry. trains
leaving Evansville $40 PM, Can
Melton 5.45 PM, Rockport 5 45PM
Louisville 4.30 PM will make
onnections with this new and
improved service.
j. G. Beam, Jr.. AGPA, st. Louis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
Many of Our Proverbs
Originated Centuries Ago

MANY proverbs have come down to us
AVA from remote ages. and are common
to all nations
1t is said that King of Samos worked
his slaves nearly TO death i'm making a
vineyard. This provoked one of them to
prophesy that his master would never
drink the wine. The king, being told OF
this. when the first grapes were produced
took handful. and. pressing the juice
into cup in the presence OF the slave.
derided him as a false prophet. Many
things happen between the cup and the
lip" the slave replied.
Just then a shout was heard that a wild
boar had broken into the vineyard. The
king. without tasting. set down the cup.
ran TO meet il. and was killed in the en-
counter. Henceforth the worus of the
slave passed into a proverb.
From this Greek original came two
French proverbs: Between the hand and
the mouth the soup is often split" and
wine poured out is not swallowed.
Neither is near the original as our
English. There's many slip 'twixt cup
and lip.
1t is curious TO trace how similar ideas
have taken root i'm different languages
and the various modes of illustrating the
same thought. For instance. one or two
We say, "A bird in the hand is worth
two in the BUSH" The same idea is ex-
pressed by Italians when they say, BET
ter egg today than a pulet tomor-
row. and the French proverb. is still
more significant, lone here-it-is is better,
than two you-shall-have-its. Better a
leveret In the kitchen than a wild boar
in the forest" is the Iivonian saying
conveying the same meaning 1
The proverbs on luck are numerous and
expressive in all languages. In English
We say. 1T is better to be born lucky
than rich" The Arabs convey the same
idea i'm the apt proverb. Throw him into
the Nile ard he will come up with fish
in his mouth" while the German says.
IF he flung a penny on the roof a dol
lar would come back to him.
\ Spanish proberb says. God send you
luck my SON and little wit will serve
you" There is Latin adagc, Fortune
favorS FOOLS" and ii is to this Touch
stone alludes in his reply to jacques.
Call me not a fool till heaven hath sent
me fortune.
The Germans say, Jack gets on by his
stupidity and Fortune and women are
proverb which shows that the converse
OF this holds good: Fortune makes a
fool of him whom she too much favors''
Some unlucky Englshman is RESPONSE
bic for the saying: IF my father had
made me a halter. men would have been
born without heads but this can scarce
ly be called original, as an unfortunate
Arab. ages ago. declared, IF L were
to trade in winding sheets no one would
die
.Misfortunes seldom come sinely."
has many equivalents i'm all languages.
The Spaniards say. Welcome, misfor-
tune, IL thou contest Alone and "Whith-
err goest thou. misfortune? To where
there is more?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

by an honest dealer spOils the dealer is
just that much out. It's all different with
the man who works the quart-basket
graft Remember. he is making forty
eight quarts sell for about sixty quarts.
Consequently. if six or seven quarts SPOIL
all he has to do is raise his price to the
regular figure demanded by his honest
competitor-and he's still on the safe
side, and then some.
4 X *
1.-THE quart-basket graft is sometimes
pretty hard to detect. too, due to the fact
that once one of the squeezed baskets is
sold it is practically impossible to get
hold of Il It's entirely different from
the case e the man who uses the same
measure 5ver and over again. About
the only way We have of catching the
basket grafters is to nab them in the
act of making sale. When one OF our
men sees baskets with broken corners,
of course, he .mmedi, tely gets suspicious
and puts himself on the trail of the muck
ster or dealer concerned. The latter.
knowing this, however. has gotten ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

quently. in making dents in the side he
may use his foot-thereby creating the
impression later that the measure fell off
the stand several times. and was kicAed
about. Incidentally that's good story
to tell in police court after our office has
had a hand in the proceedings.
Making the dents is not all the work
necessary. however. Manifestly it would
be absurd for dealer to put out
brand-new can full Of dents. The buyer
would get suspicious right away. So to
remedy this the dealer may take his can
and leave 1t out in the back yard OF his
home or in the cellar. where it is more
or less damp. for two or three weeks.
BY that time the can very probably will
have grown bit rusty. At any rate, all
the newness will have disappeared. Then
it is ready for use. And 1t is surprising
how much difference even one dent Will
make We have confscated cans with
only the bottom beaten in seemingly the
tiniest little bit which would give the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

than the person from whom they bought
it-and still make a substantial profit.
Probably half the housewives Of Wash
ington have encountered this sort OF
thing. In the spring, for instance. one
frequently finds 10 cents a quart de-
manded for strawberries in the market.
with certain hucksters selling them for
cents a quart on the street. And very
probably they themselves had to pay s
cents quart for them, buying them in
gross.
Seems like poor business" said another
officer, but it isn't Here's why. When
one Of these crooked hucksters goes to a
comm ssion merchant and buys a couple
OF crates of berries-or anything else. for
that matter-the first thing he does after
ward is to drive off to some nice quiet
place where no one will see him. Chances
are he will go to his own home Inside
the house. If you're watching. you'll see
curious thing You'll see him dump
every last one of the berries out of the
baskets and then gather up the baskets
very carefully and begin to squeeze them,
one by one.
What he is doing is pressing the sides
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

there is the man who is never pleased.
The right-hand margin of the paper is
not straight or something equally infini-
tesimal is wrong. Then. after you have
made five or six copies and finally bound
one he will insist on your taking il all
apart and correcting it, because. in writ
ing it rapidly, two letters have not spaced
properly. 1t is the only mistake, but he
departs. after grudsingly paying his bill.
with The air of martyr.
'Then there is the man who has five
pages to be written, and thinks it such an
immense amount that he ought to have
discount. Again. there is the man who is
afraid he will be cheated by Overcharg-
ing. not to mention the one who is GER
tain he will not be, because he doesn't
intend to pay at all. There is one type
of man who will take me into his conf
dence and tell me the story of his life. d.
lating at length and with great eloquence
on his domestic troubles. Following him
will come a man SO secretive that he can
barely find 1t in his heart to give me
enough data to do my work intelligently.
He will deal in authorizations. and never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
Little Cost@r Pamhamdl@rs Have Sport
With am American Tourist i'm London

he selected cigarette and graciously
extended the case to his partner. L
say, Jerry said he, in doing so. am
does Yer royal highness smoke-an'
will e?
The reply came promptly: 'Yus. me
yer h'awfully.'
Il produced matches. recovered my
cigarette case and turned to go. leav-
ing Jerry examining his cigarette with
the eXactness OF a connoisseur. And as
/ walked away his voice fioated to my
ears for the last time.
~ say. Bill he exclaimed. holding
up the cigarette. 'crickey. il we amt
Their bloomin' guest of lis royal Ighness.
the Khedive of Egypt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

with mere fine in Police Court, but of
receiving a nice little sentence behind the
steel bars of a cell.
So they must forever be inventing new
tricks. and seemingly their ingenuity is
endless. for in a large room in the offices
of the sealer there is a veritable museum
in the form of all sorts and varieties of
crooks picked up on the streets and in
the stores and markets of the city. Some
of them are brand new. showing that
they were detected almost Immediately
after they We're put i'm use. Others are old
and battered Nobody will ever know
just how many dishonest dollars they
made for their owners before they were
found and confiscated.
Behind the taking of every one of them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
Protecting Hats and Gowns

way. If your closet is deep enough You
may keep hats in ordinary pasteboard
boxes on the upper shelf. To hold a hat
firmly in its box mount it on one of the
little wire forms which are now so gen.
orally used.
Instead of hanging coats. gowns and
waists on the usual hooks at the BACK of
the closet. have long pole extending
through the center of the closet and
fitted in a groove at each end. Use coat
hangers and skirt hangers for all gar
ments and place on this pole. 1t is re-
markable the number of things one may
hang up in this way. If this plan is fol-
lowed, one may hang hats on the hoo As
at the back of the closet, but be sure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
d Tribula&ioms of the Public Stemograph@r


believe. what is a fact. that his business
has not the slightest possible interest to
me. and that if he told me everything
he knew I would probably forget it be-
fore l went home in the evening.
Some people try to use me for po-
liceman and some for a confessor. For
tunately. during working hours. I feel
that 1 am only a part Of the machine,
and no more to be held accountable than
the typewriter itself. Sometimes. though,
the receptions are probably wise. For in
stance, a man came in to me not long ago
who wanted an expurgated edition Of his
horoscope An astrolOger had given him
an elaborate reading. with careful warn
ings and advice for every month in the
year. and they all cautioned him against
his susceptibility to the gentler sex, with
special warnings for certain seasons.
When he and I got through with our ver-
sion Of that horoscope it was perfectly
safe to send it home to his wife. Doubt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

Tn an apartment or small house won1-
l an is obliged to do some clever plan
min in order to find space for even a
very limited wardrobe. Hats IRE the most
The question is. where to
put them One good way is to have a
tight cedar box under the bed, with the
box on casters, so that it may be easily
trundled out when needed. and have the
cover shut down tight to keep out dust.
If YOU are obliged to have a folding bed
in your room. you probably will not be
a BILE to make use of such a box. In that
case YOU will have to invent some other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

ceedin2ly cautious. He is more apt to
squeeze his basket gently without break
ing anything. In that case, about the
only thing We have to go on is the price
he is getting for his stuff.
when we hear of huckster or green
grocer who is selling stuff at exactly
what most of his competitors are paying
for it, we know that something is prob
ably wrong. And usually in the end we
get him. although the fact that they al
ways get caught doesn't seem to stop
new ones from trying to beat us and the
general public, right along"
While measures are the most COM
mon implements of the crooked dealer,
weights are by no means summed. Fart
of the equipment Of the dealers office
are several sets of scales all adjusted per-
fectIy even down to the difference OF
the weight of single hair. What the
sealer would like to have dealers DO is
to bring their private scales to the office