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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-05-01
CANEY.

Mrs. J. L. Phillips visited Mrs Bet
tie Cox in town last week.
I Finos Phillips of Little Rock was
here Thursday.
Strawberries are beginning to ripen
and everybody here We'll be busy.
Dean Cox sold his cotton Satur-
day which he had been holding in
storage.
Brother Lark will preach at Caney
next Sunday after Sunday school, at
g p. m.
Good cotton seed for planting seems
ITO be scarce here.
T. J. Crook was a visitor to Conway
Saturday.
I The cut worms are getting in their
work these cool nights.
April %.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-05-01
WANTED!

twenty-five hustling young men in
all parts of the state to sell our
monthly income and guaranteed 20
payment life insurance policies. Why
work for a small salary, when you
can make money with US? See
J. D. DUNAWAY,
(adv) Gent Agt., Conway. Ark.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-05-01

left here for Texas two months ago,
states he likes his new home fine.
EVERYBODY remember the school
election next Saturday, May 3.
Everybody come out to Sunday
school next Sunday and bring someone
with you.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-05-01
FAIRVIEW.

Jack Dempsey and family of Nor
canton visited Mr.. Melton Saturday
and Sunday.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
In the Past Generation.

Describing New York as it was
when Joaquin Miller first saw 1t. and
Miller when New Workers first beheld
him, a writer in the New York Eve
ming Post says: That was the pc
Rod when the gossips were thrilled
on learning that Mark Twain helped
himself to olives with a fork; when
Bryant, his white beard flowing out
over the folds Of a long Spanish cloak,
moved through the bustling streets In
scholarly abstraction, and Whitman
set his verse to the rumble Of a Broad
way omnibus. 1t was against this
background that Miller, poet OF the
Sierras, projected himself on his first
tour Of the east. He played the lion
for a season, coming to evening par.
ties in a velveteen coat, corduroy
trousers and a brilliant scarlet neck.
tie. The tawny hair on his head and
face gave him the outward appear
ance Of a human sunburst. Thus
equipped for action, and having select
ed a divinity for his homage, he
would throw himself on the drawing
room floor at her feet, resting on one
elbow and devouring her beauty with
his eyes. while he recited for her ben
eft appropriate passages of his own
verse"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
In an UntraveIed Section of the Capital City

the Pierce Mill road. but strike east
ward, and opposite the south front of
Holy Cross academy look TO the right,
and you will find an untrayeled and
abandoned road. The stony way is
nearly covered with brown turf, and
where 1t Is not so covered the white
quartz with which the roadbed vas
once repaired is grown with moss and
gray lichen. Low banks on the sides
show how the road was worn down.
Pines-poor, stunted specimens
border the road, and on the right hand
the traveller looks across Tilden street,
which lies below, and southwark, and
eastward over a considerable extent
of the city. You are led on through
thickets of small pines, whose green
is grateful. and through a copse Of
oaks disnally bare and with a few
brown, shriveled leaves still holding
fast to the sapless branches.
The eastward course of the road Is
broken by a sharp turn which leads
down the hill through which Tilden
street was cut and into the ravine OF
vale through which many Of the older
travellers passed on their way to and
from the mill. On the left there is a
high bank and a steep hill.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
Cost of Bugs More Than the Upkeep of Schools

vF all the 500 colleges and all the
i college endowments in the United
States should be destroyed tomorrow
the insect tax OF one year not only
would replace them. but would leave
a balance sufficient to endow thirty
two new universities in the sum OF
$40. 000. 600 each.
IL costs more by many millions each
year 20 feed our insects than TO edu-
cate our 20, 600. 900 children.
IL is clear 10 those who know most
about the subject that unless radical
and immediate measures are adopted
10 restore a sure. safe and natural
equilibrium between insectivcrous
birds and their foods. the time will
soon come when the annual loss caus-
ed by insects TO agriculture in this
country alone will be counted in bill
lions instead OF millions OF dollars.
The estimated annual loss 10 farmers
through insects is now $500. 000. 900.
The hessian fly I'm 1904 cost the
wheat-growiGg states $4,000. 900.
Chinch bugs cost the crops in the Mis-
sissippi Valley 500. 900. 900 in one
year, Rocky Mountain ~locusts. in their
years OF greatest activity. cost the
n3sthwest more h $50. 900. Cut
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
HAVE THE STOCKINGS PADDED
Latest Idea That Is Sent to Us From
Paris Is Not Without Its Dis
advantages.

Padded silk stockings are d brand
new idea from Paris. What with n
and one-half yard skirts and slashed
skirt hens, the neither limbs are a
good deal in evidence these days, and
the French woman with a thick foot,
a lumpy ankle and fiat calves, is do
irg her utmost to remedy these de-
fects now by wearing m-buttoned
boots, which undoubtedly make the
ankle heater and daintier, and boots
with long lines that give slenderness
and ~aristocracy to the foot. Now pad
ded stockings have been added to
perfect the contour above the boot
top. 1t is not likely that these padded
silk hose will have any great vogue
in America. Woe be to the woman
who buys 4 pair to wear with her
bathing suit, for the padding. which
SO neatly rounds out the limb at the
calf. is not guaranteed against the
effect Of salt water, which will be
more than likely to reduce the careful
ly placed padding to soggy Jumps in
the wrong places.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
Trains Canaries in Prison.

Training canary birds to sing In the
electric death chamber of the Ohio
p~enitentiary at Columbus is the
unique life work Of John Atkinson. a
murderer serving a life sentence who.
being a "trusty," has the privilege OF
spending some of his time there. In
the room in which more than foul
score condemned men have paid the
penalty for their crimes he breeds the
little yellow singers. When the birds
are at the proper age he first teaches
them to fy-first from arm of the
electric chair to another. and then
from the death chair to the old gal
lows above, in another part Of the
room.-Popular Mechanics Magazine
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

eiciai acts performed" To accom-
plish this work there have been 25
cruising cutters and Is harbor vessels
and launches employed during he
year.
Among other unusual incidents,
Capt. Bertholf told OF how "piratical
native wreckers' swarmed down upon
the neutrality-suspicious. steamer Prinz
Joachim when, with a large party OF
American tourists aboard, including
William J.. Bryan, she stranded on At
wood Cay, Bahama Islands, November
%, 1911. The revenue cutter Algon-
auin restored order by standing guard
over the steamer and arming her
crew.
Two mutinies were quelled by the
cutters during last year-one on the
Haitian gunboat Terrier In Charleston.
S. c., harbor. and the other on the
Uruguayan lark Brema in Mobile bay.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
DISASTER HE HAD F0RESEEN
Uncle Jud's Worst Fears Verified In
Calamity That He Had
Looked For.

Uncle .Jud was enjoying his first ex-
p~erience in the line OF railway travel
For years the trains of the p. d. & Q.
had Numbered past his farm. and the
old gentleman had watched them
plunging madly ahead. confident OF
but one thing, that sooner or later
something would happen to land them
in the ditch. He had often vowed
that the Lord hadn't intended man to
be whizzing along at so lively a pace,
and added that he for one wasn't go
ing to tempt him by trusting his pre-
cious neck to anything so reckless.
But the years passed and the trains
continued to speed by. until Uncle
Jud's fear of terrible consequences
faded away, and now at last he had
yielded to his sons frequent invita-
tions to get aboard the Flyer. and
come to visit him in the city. The
train was laundering at a terrific rate
Of speed, and then the thing hap
pened. An open switch turned the
trick that Uncle Jud had for years
been anticipating. The engine was
derailed, and the %plunging cars went
after it, but, the latter being OF steel
construction. no serious damage was
done to anybody. Uncle Jud's car
twisted, turned, cavorted, n finally
landed on its side at the side OF the
road. ending in a nice soft spot that
seemed almost to have been made fol
just such an emergency. The old gen
tleman gathered himself together and
gazed about at the wreckage, and Their
observing his eyeglasses shattered be
yond repair at his feet, he groaned;
There, gol-dern ye." he muttered
we've gone an busted my spetticles!'
-Harper's Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
ET0N AND B0lER0 JACKETS
Both Are Short, deliberately Trimmed
and Fancifuliy Cut, Is the Edict
Of Fashion.

The new jacket suits are really
novel. In an indefinable way some Of
them suggest the Elton and bolero;
others more than hint of the cutaway.
All are comparatively short. a great
deal trimmed even though the skirt
Is plain and more or less fancifully
cut. A number Of box effects are
catalogued, and these, too, show much
originality. The severe, mannish coat,
for the first time since it's introduce
ton, seems to have no real standing,
though it may attain q prestige before
the summer Is on as a foil to the
novelties.
A box coat with a skirt of simple
drapery, making together a model that
has appealed very strongly to those
who have seen IL, was made up in
the original as follows: Serge in one
of the new brownish torres was the ma
terial and color, and there was. first,
a foundation banded at the foot with
cotton corduroy, 1t banded In turn
narrowly with the serge. Over the
two was hung the tunic, the two edges
crossing d~iagonally In front just above
the corduroy and it's foot landings,
which show merely as an inset.
The coat has plain side sections that
close Owe a front and back that are
cut straight, but have what fulness
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
Summer Nightgown.

A pretty way TO make the summer
nightgown-if one likes to fashion
such garments at home-is TO start
the gown proper below the armholes,
OF allover embroidery In one of the
new patterns, with little eyelet OF
floral effects On a sheer ground. Finish
the V or round neck and the edges
OF the short sleeves with a ribbon run
beading and attach the allover yoke
TO the nainsook gown with wider en-
broidery beading also run with rib
bon. A very dainty little nightgown
and one achieved at moderate cost
will be the result.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

into the Arst, one double under next
chain, one into next treble, one double
under next chain, repeat from : seven
times more.
3rd round.-Eleven chain, one treble
between two first picots, =. seven
chain, one treble between two next
picots, repeat from 9 five times more,
seven chain, join to fourth Of eleven
chain with one single.
4th round.-Eleven doubles under
each seven chain, join TO first double,
then fasten OF the cotton neatly and
securely.
In working the second and following
circles, join to previous circle by
working one single into the center of
each OF two scallops when working
the corresponding scallop or next cir.
Gle.
For the heading:
1st row.-Work as for a quadruple
treble into the depth between two
scallops of one circle (see design
work Off two loops, work a double
treble into next circle (see design
work of all the loops on the hook
six chain, one treble into mex scallop
six chain, one treble into next seal
lop, six chain, repeat from the begin
ming of the row.
End row.-One treble into a stitch
one chain, pass over one stitch, ant
repeat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

is covered with pale blue silk, turned
over at the edges and fastened On at
the back with a strong adhesive.
The pocket can next be sewn in its
place, and Is made of some OF the
same blue silk lined with soft white
silk, and has the words Post Cards"
embroidered on the front of 1t in dark
blue silk.
The holder is edged throughout with
a blue and white silk cord, carried
into three little loops at each of the
lower corners, attached TO the upper
corners Is a long loop OF dark blue
ribbon, ornamented with three pale
blue rosettes, and to the left hand
side a pencil is fastened with a fine
dark blue silk cord.
If it should be desired to fit a sup.
port at the back, then q wedge.
shaped piece of cardboard should be
cut out and covered with silk and
hinged on at the top with a small
strip OF any kind OF strong material
Inside, between the support and the
back of the holder a short piece oil
tape should be fastened to prevent
the support from opening too far.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
Sent the Conqressman's Cedar Box by Freight

ton he sen a farm wagon with his
cedar chest TO a rural postoffice near
by for dispatch by mail to Washing
ton. A week after his arrival here the
cedar chest had not put in Its appear
ance and the matter was reported to
the Washington postal authorities
with a request to trace. After several
days had failed TO produce the much
needed box the Colorado member. des-
perate at not being able to handle
much of his correspondence, wired the
postmaster at the rural p~ostofice to
which his box had been delivered
The next day brought no response
from the rural postmaster, nor the
next nor the next; but On the fourth
day by this time frantic statesman
found the following letter In his morn
ing mail:
Dear Judge: 1 didn't see no use
in making you pay for a telegram
about that box, for l thought you
must have taken all the clothes you
needed right away IN your trunk. The
man brought the box here all right,
but it was a week before l could hal
ANYBODY with a wagon going to the
station. / finally got 1t there. as you
will see by the inclosed waybill. and
hope it gets through all right.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
Sans Revenue Cutters Were Busy in 1912
United States revenue cutter
rvice-the Red Cross OF the e

rvice-the Red Cross OF the sea
i. IKE all it's previous heroic and hu-
manitariau records during the hscal
wear 1912. Thousands OF lives ana
hundreds of tempest-tossed vessels,
valued, with their cargoes. at nearly
81, 600, 900, were saved from the perlis
of stormswept seas by the little cut
tiers which guard the coastllne OF the
United States In al unbroken line,
from Maine to Texas, and from Alaska
to California, ~nervously- alert Cor the
IS o S"
The annual report OF Capt. r. p.
Berthoof. commandant OF the service.
made public the other day, is a reci-
tation OF thrilling adventure Of this
arm OF the federal government. older
than the American navy. A total OF
i26O distressed vessels were assisted
during the year, and their burden OF
2,212 souls rescued from impending
death. One hta16fiea aA6aAR- persons
were actualls 4RPSB 9fohQ dr6&ning.
For evefdlaBaRrlt the government
Invested in Observation-Disclosures Of the
revenue cutter service. 'rnsays Capt.
lBerthof, there has been a return of
.s4.36 in the form of property saved
from the perils % Sbe and this In
addition to lives saved and other ben
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
Haa Finoer Prints Of All Sailors

]. E. Taylor of Washington holds
the silent but ~invincible Identification
Of every man who has enlisted in tae
United States navy since 1907. He
IS chief of the finger print bureau OF
the navy, and is fast becoming the ter
ror of INSCRIPTIONS men who have
proyed unfaithful in their country's
service. His files contain over 10000
cards. each carrying the unfailing
mark of Identification Of an enlisted
man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

THERE Is an untraveled section OF
j the Pierce Mill road which invites
TO a picturesque walk. This ancient
road rarlbles along through a inter
estinG country from Wisconsin avenue
to Connecticut avenue, but east OF the
latter splendid highway the traveller
who would enter Rock Creek park will
turn southeast along Connecticut ave
nue. till coming TO Tilden street, which
leads TO the park edge. Then. by
passing the more than century-old
spring house, a gray stone structure
rooted by green and messy shingles.
which was erected by Isaac Pierce in
1901. you enter Rock Creek park at
Pierce's mill by way OF the Pierce
Mill read.
On the east side OF Connecticut we
u grading and building have effaced
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

worms have caused a loss OF 500. OOO,-
600 at one time. Thus IL is seer that
the terrible loss of $500. GOO, 600 In one
year is fairly easy OF proof.
The fecundity OF many insects is be-
yond imagination. The green leaf
louise OF aphis. SO destructive OF the
hop Industry and many other OF our
most valuable fruit and vegetables.
reproduces it's kind at the rate OF ten
sextillion 10 the pair In one season.
These inconceivable figures mean 49,
600 for every square inch OF land that
is above water. Placed in the Indian
file. ten to the inch. ii would take
light, travelling at the rate OF $50. 900
miles per second. $500 years to reach
the 1le leader.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

III ASHINGTON.-While the postof-
w flee department has long since
stopped the shipment OF plows and
household furniture through the
United States mails by the use OF a
congressional frank, it still permits a
member OF congress to rank to II
from his home a large cedar chest. In
which he is supposed TO carry his let
ter files and other documents neces-
sary to the proper handling of his con-
gressionai affairs.
That at least one of Uncle Sans
postmasters was not aware Of the
cedar chest privilege was proved re-
Gently to the entire satisfaction or
Representative Rucker OF Colorado
After the campaign Judge Rucker
moved his office from a Denver hotei
TO his farm at Rucker ridge, near Fort
Logan Departing later for Washing
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
Nav Be Too Liberal With Smiles.

The girl who smiles too much
makes as great a mistake as she who
smiles too little. for though she may
be only actuated by an honest desire
to please, she lays herself open TO the
charge Of insincerity. A smile can
transform a plain lace face into lowell
ness. but 1t only does this when 1t is
the outcome of some special emotion
and no. a mere aimless parting o. the
lips. Smiling to order or on any
and every occasion. is fatal TO charm.
and should be carefully avoided.-EI-
change.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
For Basket Cultists.

For the basket cultists-meaning
those girls who adore anything that is
dainty and tiny in the shape of woven
whites-are fetching affairs for fancy
work in split bamboo with shirred tops
Of Japanese silk. Also odd and lovely
are the empire baskets in split, made
fluffy looking and useful because fill
ed with a silk covered pincushion that
is scented with dried rose leaves.
Even more alluring are the little
brown jugs" Of woven hemp which COW
er glass bottles Of cologne.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
Erenchman an Arabian King.

King Alfred of Arabia" who has
reigned since 1878. is really a French
man Alfred German de Breuel. a
vicomte by birth, and a traveller by
inclination. Struck with the possibli-
ties OF the country. he settled In Ara
bia. At a great meeting held in 1873
the sheiks asked him to accept the
rovaI crown. being unable TO agree
upon any one of themselves for the
dignity.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

A handsome evening gown, quite
simply made, is shown in today's
sketch. Natter blue crepe meteor
and white Chantilly ace are combined
in it's construction. The foundation
corsage is of white mousseline, cut
by a simple kimono-sleeved pattern,
and over this is draped the Chantilly
ichu with edges supplied below the
bust.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
The Worrying Age.

Mrs. benjamin Guinness at n OF
bar dinner parties in New York made
an epigram upon old maids.
when an unmarried young wom-
an" said Mrs. Guinness. smiling.
when an unmarried young woman
gets 10 be twenty-five I've often no.
ticed that she begins to call old maids
bachelor girls"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

PRETTY TRIMMING THAT MAY
EASILY BE FASHIONED.
BY Following Directions, Effective
Piece of Work Will ResuIt-Real-
Iy Simple Diversion for the
Minutes of Leisure.

Commence in the center Of a
rosette with six chain, join round.
1st round.-Five chain, work seven
trebles, each separated by two chain
under the circle OF chain, two chain,
join with one single to the third or
FIVE chain.
End round.-One double under the
first chain. ., three chain, n single
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
POSTCARDS ALWAYS IN PLACE
Useful Little Article to Hang on Wall
or Take Position on Writing
Desk.

This is a useful little article to make
for hanging pom the wall by the side
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

of the writing table, or IL fitted with
a support at the back. it might take
its place upon the w~riting-table it
self.
1t is carried out entirely in two
shades OF blue. and II making it. a
piece OF cardboard must be cut out
seven inches In length and fou and a
bali inches In width. This cardboard
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

there is at the waist taken in by a
belt Collar and cuffs have the cordu-
roy bordered with serge.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

Washington.-D. L. Arnett, aged
thirty, was killed instantly wher
he fell from a moving freight
train. One arm was cut of and the
body was badly mangled. He was
married, but leaves no children.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

Shelbyville.-Alonzo Bowman, Srr
who lived northeast of Falkland
was kicked by a horse. and as O
result died. At the time OF the acci-
dent he was in the stable feeding the
stock. He was seventy years OF age.
and leaves two children.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

Sulllvan.-Acting on the informa-
ton of Burton Cassidy. secretary
of the state board Of pharmacy.
Sheriff Kelley ccnfiscated liquor found
at the stores Of w. l.. Hunt and I. A.
Combes of this city. 1t is said that
Charges of illegal sale will be pre-
ferred.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

Anderson.-The Anderson Council
OF Women Will try to buy the
former Congregational church prop
erty in this city for $500 within
ninety days. having an option for that
period from the general board OF the
Congregational church. The building
would be made a social center for all
women's clubs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28

Washington.-Health officers have
finally succeeded in stopping the
spread Of measles. There are
three hundred cases in the city.
Mrs. Loretta Z. Elsey and Mrs. Lulu
r. Clark contracted the disease from
their children and died when pneu-
monia set In.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-28
HOOSIER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Anderson.-George Beason, aged
t~hirty-ive. a mill employee. recent
ly OF Kokomo, attempted suicide
at the home OF his mother BY
swallowing red oxide OF mercury. The
doctors say he will recover. He and
his wife had separated. He told his
mother recently he had thrown his
wife into White river, and a search
was made. She was found at the
home OF a relative. and Is 10Y living
with her sister.