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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-13
GOLDEN NEEDLES.
They Were Used When GaIIants D.
France Did Fancy Work.


France Did Fancy Work.
During the old regime In France,
about which so much glamour re-
mains to US, the very men who were
living and making the history of the
empire Of Louis passed their leisure
time In a way that seems to us Of
today utterly ridiculous. In all the
fancy work on which ladies employ
ed themselves the men seem to have
taken part.
P0lnsinet In one Of his comedies
represents a young marquis enter
ing a room where two fair damsels
acknowledging. One is working
piece of dress trimming, the other
a Marty dounce. The beau examines
the embroidery with the eye of a
connoisseur, points out here and
there the specially good touches and
is too polite to notice any defects.
He takes little gold tube out O:
the pocket of his richly decorated
waistcoat and selects a dainty gold
needle. He goes to the frame at
which Cidalise is working and fin
ishes the flower which she had be-
gun. From her he moves to the
sofa and, selling one end of the
founce, assists Ismene, to whom he
pays special attention. to complete
her task.
At this time it was the custom of
the ladies' invariably to carry their
workings with them to the evening
receptions, in which they had not
only their embroidery materials, but
the last novel, the popular songs,
their patch boxes and rouge pots.
Gentlemen also carried deity en-
broidered little bags into company.
which held ga whole arsenal of cut
lery and fancy articles, such
boxes of different shapes filled WI
lozenges, bonbons, snuff and scent
At another period the fashion OF
the day was to cut out drawings
from books and pamphlets and to
paste them on screens, lamp shades,
boxes and vase; The skill in this
was to so arrange the drawings OF
parts OF different drawings as tc
produce curious or amusing eff
feet. Then there came a season
when all the r2ge was for charades
and riddles. Hhicn gave q peculiarly
good opportunity to exercise the
light and rapid wit so conspicuous
in the French. Every evening the
drawing rooms were converted into
impromptu charades. Some lady
would suggest word or phrase, and
forthwith it would be converted into
the subject of Sprightly little play
Many of the word games now cur
rent with us in America had their
origin in the necessity the French
salons were under in the last CEN
fury to divert themselves. In some
of the salons the fashion of keep
ing daily chronicle of news, which
was too often a mere chronicle of
scandal, was adopted. Nine. Dou.
blet de PERSIAN issued bulletins
which she called "nouvelles a la
main" In her apartments two reg
listers were kept, one Of the authen-
tic news received here and there by
her guests, the other Of floating ru-
mors and on dts, and from these
the budget of her chronicle was
made up and circulated throughout
Ffsnce.-Appleton's Magazine.
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An exchange says: We feel
sorry for the man who does not
read his home paper. He is no
better than a man without a
country. He is like a homeless
COW, that h 10 regular pasture
but grazes scously on weeds
and thistle No matter what
other paper he may read, the
straight forward citizen always
insists on having his home paper.
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SEEING the SprinQ Hats.

Into ii stores she went,
And she didn't have a c4nt
10 her sorrow.
Bu, In each store she would aay
Il forgot my purse, but lay
lhi- one with lchiff IN away;
| will call for it tomorrow
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Through Train Service
Resumed Effective April
9th Southern Railway.

Announce Resumption of
Through Train Service to French
Lick, West Baden. Louisville.
And all points East and South
east,J c. Beam A. G. P. A.
St. Louis, Mo.
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LEGAL BLANKS

Warranty Deeds. Quit Claim Deeds
Chattle Mortgages, Real Estate Mortga-
ges, Inventories Suponeas, Warrants
Reports etc. for Sale at the COURIER
OFFICE,
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The COURIER advertisers are let
ting down the price bars into tie
feld Of bargains.
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"Do 1t Now" Subscribe for the Jasper
Weekly Courier. Don't put OF for to-
morrow what you can do today.
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VI non Route

Effective March 4th. 1912, Mo-
ION Route will establish new
rain service between French
Lick and Chicago. on following
schedules:
lO-UO PM ". French Lick Ar. : 90 An.
IO.03 IN ". West Ba EN- Ar. 600 AN.
1927 PM Lv. paoi L.e.,3 An
iO.45 PM Lv. Orleans Lv sos AN
lilo PM Nv. Bedford Lv.535 AN
1901 A VI Lv. Bloomington Iva - AM
},W AN Nv. Lafayette Iv. BAN
$40 a NJ Al 63rd St Chicago I.v 10. 3OPM
o - AN Ar. 47th st Chicago Lv 10 25PM
40 NJ Ar. Dearborn Sta =" LvlO.I5PM
This train will afford excellent
service between all Southern IN
diana points, Chicago, Ill and il
termediate stations.
Equigment Of new train
of electrically lighted
Pullman drawing room compart-
ment sleeping cars and first-class
coaches Southern By. trains
leaving Evansville $40 PM, Can.
Melton 5. 45 PM. Rockport 5 45PM
Louisville 4.30 PM will make
with this new and
improved service.
j. C.. Beam, Jr AGPA, st. Louis
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Aunty-Willie, an angel brought your
mamma such a nice new brother for
you last night. Wouldn't you like &c
see the dear little babyi
Willie-No; but I'd like TO see tbs
AngeL-Punch-
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Yeernina For tiGht.

when il comes to consuming
gas in large quantities blind people
can beat their seeing brethren all
hollow" said an Inspector of the
gas company II know two fami-
lies where both husband and wife
are blind. Every jet is turned on
full tilt in their homes at night and
is kept going at that rate clear up
to 10 o'clock. Light and darkness
are all the same TO the afflicted
ones, but they insist upon illumina-
ton brilliant enough for recep-
ton. And that partially for light
is not within peculiar to those two
couples Most blind people feel
that way. They demand the light,
and in all private homes and insti-
tutions where the blind are cared
for the gas bills vouch for the
strange fancy" Exchange.
Mrs. Newiywed-Now that we Ri.
don't mind telling you tia.
several times was on the point OF
breaking or the engagement.
Mr.. Newlywed (gloomiiy)-well, !
don't suppose Il can be helped novel
Philadelphia PvaA
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Id Papers the Courier fife &C
Der ! aCkag, oitr
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BRIGHT as the Fire.

When Crewe Hall was burning tde
late Lord Crewe, father of the pres
ent earl, displayed humorous
equanimity which st. James Bud
get deems worthy of preservation in
print.
When the historic mansion, with
It's works of art, rare manuscripts,
armor and other treasures, was
blazing away Lord Crewe ordered a
footman to place a table on the
lawn and bring him an inkstand and
some telegraph forms. He then sat
down and composedly wrote this
telegram to Street. the Royal acad-
emician:
Dear Street Grove is burning
Come and build Il up again"
70 his sister he sent another mes
cage by wire:
"You always n-ed % say this va
AcoM house ION wouldn't say Sc
U you could see it now"
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shave 5 cents.
Hair Cut 15c
Baths l5c.

Everything Sanitary. | invite
all my old friends and many new
oneS TO call and see me.
L. A. SUMMERS.
Corner 4th and Jackson SITS.
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May 30, 1913. -3w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
OXFORD BOARD HAS
AVERSION TO OLYMPIC

The Blues committee of oxford uni
versity, England, has developed the
same aversion to the Olympic games
that is evidenced In other quarters OF
English athletics. as is shown by the
following resolution: "The committee
of the British Olympic council having
ISSUED an appeal for 100000 ($500, ,000)
that Great Britain may be adequately
represented in the Olympic games of
1916, the Blues committee duly con-
sidered that appeal at their meeting
! and unanimously agreed to pass the
following resolution Whilst entirely
disappearing of Olympic games as now
conducted, the Blues committee rec
ognizes that Great Britain is already
committed to the Olympic games, 1915,
and therefore hope that all possible
support will be given to the games of
that year, on the distinct understand
ing that no obligation is hereby implied
or incurred of their support and in
terest in future years after 1916"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
CRITICISMS WERE MADE
BY UNINFORMED PERSONS

These criticisms, however, were made
by those who did not inform themselves
regarding baseball legislation. Article
VIII, section l of the national agree
ment reads in part as follows:
All contracts between clubs and play
ers in the major leagues shall be in form
prescribed by the commission. All con-
tracts between clubs and players in the
National association shall be in form
prescribed by the association
''As the relation between the players
and owners is purely contractual it Is
readily seen that the commission and
board are the only proper bodies for us
to appeal to.
THE criticism also is made that our
requests, IL granted would involve re-
vision of the national agreement. Even
though this were the case 1t would be well
worth the trouble. Any legislative enact
nlent which unnecessarily abridges the
rights of one group of persons for the
benefit of another group without any ad-
vantage accruing to the body polite
should be done away with at no matter
what cost.
Nothing of this kind. however, need be
involved As far as We are concerned,
the national agreement may stand just
as 1t is. An agreement with us granting
our requests and providing that 1t takes
precedence over anything to the contrary
wherever found in baseball legislati will
be all that is necessary to carry the
changes into effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
Big Increase In
Coal Production In
The United States

Washington, December 2S.-There was
a thirty TO forty million ton increase
in coal production in the United States
for 1913. Despite labor disturbances in
Colorado. the interference of the Ohio
floods last spring and general COM
plant on the part of the coal operators
that they were unable to work their
mines at full capacity, because of
shortages in the labor market
According to estimates made public
tonight by Edward w. Parker, coal
statistician of the geological survey,
there will be total production of be-
tween 565,000,Q00 and 575,000,0 900 tons
at the end of THE year, The increased
output is said to be normal-an index
of the geenral industrial activity of the
country.
Coal mining in the Ohio valley states,
was handicapped by spring floods and
probably from 100000 to 100000
tons of coal would have been added to
the years output but for the great
disaster" Mr.. Parker asserts.
The decrease in the production of fuel
oil in the mid-continent oil field and the
strike in Colorado. Mr.. Parker says, has
resrlted in an increased output of coal
in the southwest and eastern states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
MUCH SPECULATION
IN TENNIS CIRCLES

There is much speculation in tennis cir
cles regarding the probable formation of
the Austria lasian tennis team which will
challenge for the DAVIS cup next spring.
1t Is generally believed that the team
will consist of Wileng, Broolps, Dunlop
and Doust, but the order of playing is
the point which is furnishing material for
discussion Wilding, Brookes and Doust
appear to be the strongest combination in
singles, but the material for the doubles
team is so varied that no combination
can be named as certainty. Close OBJ
servers of tennis are inclined to the belief
that Brookes, who probably will captain
the team, may decide to pass the doubles
play 10 the younger members In this
event Wilding and Doust would form
the more formidable pair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
BASEBALL SCHOOL
NOW A REALITY

At last the idea of a regular baseball
school has passed from a possibility to a
reality. Next friday Charley Carr will
formally open the doors of his baseball
university at San Antonio, Tex. for the
matricuation of those ambitious young
sters who desire to enter the big leagues
via a route which they hope will entirely
eliminate the bush circuit.
For several years such a baseball school
has been talked over and many of the
leading big club managers have advo-
Gated the plans provided experienced men
were put in charge of the projecr Carr
appears TO have entered the field thor
oughly equipped, for according to his
prospectus. owen Bush Louis Criger,
Otto Williams and other well known
baseball players will compose the faculty.
The field at Hot Sulphur Wells, San
Antonio. will include 20 diamonds, shower.
locker rooms and all other equipment
and paraphernalia necessary to teach the
novice how to play like .Wagner.s Collins
and Mathewson. :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

New York. December 2S.-In resume
of the stand and petition of the baseball
players fraternity. which is to be con-
sidered by the national commission at
Cincinnati, January 6. President David
L. Frultz of the players organization
states: /a
The petition of the Baseball Players
fraternity, signed by about 500 members,
was presented to the national commission
and the national board OF November g..
As announced several days ago, a con-
ference will take place in Cincinnati Jan
uary 6. at which the fraternity will be
represented by Its officers, Jonn p. Henry,
Jacob E. Daubert, Ray E. Collins, John
B. Miller, Edward M. Reulbach and my
self. In connection with this petition 1t
has been stated that we have adopted
the wrong procedure; that we should
have presented our petition to each league
individually, and that we would have to
start all over again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
AND CREW
ABANDON VESSEL

Pensacola, Fla, December 2S.-The
captain and crew of the British bark
Sirdar. landed here today by fish
ing schooner, reported that their ves-
sci, in a sinking condition, had been
abandoned in the gulf yesterday and
then burned as a peril to navigation.
The Sirdar was bound from Mobile for
Port of Spain, and carried a half mill
lion feet of lumber She was the prop
erty of firm in New Foundland.
The bark shifted her deck load and
began TO take water during storm
on Christmas eve. Efforts of the crew
to right her We're futile and when the
fishing schooner sighted her yesterday
she was nearly full of water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

New york. December 2S.-What ap-
hears to be a record field goal kicking
feat has been uncovered in the middle
est after 13 years omission from grid
iron chronicles. According to this state
ment the. five goals kicked by Brick
lev. Trafford and Eckersall do not con
stitute the best performance since Rob
ertson, Purdues great place kicker, set
a record for field goals in 1900 which
neither Brickley nor any other of the
famous kickers has ever equalled.
In the Purdue Rose Poly football
game of October 81. 1900, Robertson
kicked seven goals from the field on
place kicks, out of IL attempts. The
score of the game was: Perdue AZ, Rose
Poly Z. Robertson's feat had been for
gotten at Purdue until Athletic Di-
rector Hugh Nicol received a letter
from Lake Forest college enclosing an
excerpt from a news item in the Stem
tor, the Lake Forest college publication
of October 81, 1900.
This item read: "Perdue won re-
markable game of football from Rose
Poly last Saturday, when Robertson
of Purdue kicked seven goals from the
field on place kicks. The longest of
the seven out of twelve attempts was
from the 45-yard line. This is undonbt-
ed1y a record that will stand for some
time" The prediction has been realized,
for the record has certainly stood for
a long time and probably will stand
for a much longer period. Robeftson
was the greatest place kicker the mid
die west ever produced. He was killed
in the Purdue railroad wreck Of Oc-
tober 81, 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
REFUGEES FROM
TAMPICO ARRIVE

Galveston. Tey. December 2S.-Thirty-
nine American citizens, refugees from
Tampico, came to Galveston today aboard
the United States army transport Sum-
ner, which was sent by the war depart
ment to aid foreigners during the con-
stitutionalist attack on the Mexican sea-
port. When the fighting was it's height.
December 16, the Sumner protected $40
people.
Officers of the Summer said that they
were on the street of Tampco in their
uniforms, but that 20 comment was ex-
cited.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Hopps TO Kansas
City and their three children were among
the passengers.
1.-THE only notice of an attack which we
had was when bullets began to fly
through the windows said Mrs. Hops.
I'VE lived three miles north of the city
and had to hide in trench until we could
reach the warships."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
Indications Are That the
Game Will Be Hard
FOught-L0cals in Good
Shape

The basketball quintet of the Bir-
mingham Athletic club will swing into
action again this evening. meeting the
representatives of the Mississippi Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical college In
the second contest of the season. In
dications are that the game will be no
pink tea affair like the fracas with
Central College of Missouri last Mon
day evening, but hard fought one.
The Aggies captured the Southern
intercollegiate Athletic association bas-
ketball championship last year and they
are hot on it's trail again this year.
Besides being desirous of repeating,
they are anxious to gain decisions over
leading athletic club teams in the
south. Although they met serious re-
verse in Atlanta Saturday the Aggies
do not intend to let this deter them
from going after the locals in whole
hearted way. The team is composed of
veterans and the game tonight will not
be a walk away for either five.
Although the past week was gala
one, 1t being Christmas week, it did
not keep the Athletic club players from
putting in their regular practice. AS
usual two stiff workouts were had and
In both the entire squad showed UP
to advantage. The regular team has
gotten down to work in earnest and
their play in every department has
shown decided Improvement The
password of the locals is far better
than 1t was in the initial game of the
season, while the forwards are locating
the basket in splendid form.
The probable lineup of the club team
will be: Thomas and MCGOWAN, for
wards; Ritchie and Major. center; Seals,
Wharton and Nesbitt. guards. The line
up of the Aggies has not as yet been
announced but the squad making the
trip will he composed of Kinney. Clark,
Gaddy Macarthur, Wells, Noble and
Robbins.
The game will begin promptly at
$50 o'clock and will be followed by
dance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
]. ]. TURRENTINE
DIES IN ATHENS

Athens, December 2S.-(Special)
Hon. John James Turrentine, a distin-
guished lawyer of this place, died sud-
denly at his suburban home yesterday
after a short indisposition. He was not
known to be i'll by his closest friends,
and the announcement of his sudden
demise came as a great shock to his
many friends in Athens. He was born
and reared here and with the exception
of the four years he gave to the south
ern Confederacy and few years spent
practicing law In Arkansas when a
yonng man, he has made this place his
no children. He lost his only child and
son in a railroad accident number of
years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
HERMANN SILENT IN REGARD
TO FED. LEAGUE JUMPERS

Cincinnati, December 2s-'T have
ported signing of Joe Tinker and Nor
decai Brown by the Federal league
said President August Herman of the
Cincinnati baseball club today. 1T is
hard to believe these two players have
jumped organized baseball. as I said
last night, and until hear something
more definite on the matter I would not
care to say anything further"
As chairman of the national commits
sion which will have jurisdiction over
the players that break contracts or
violate the reserve clause. Mr. Herr
mann said:
The consideration of these cases by
the commission is quite a long way off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
TINKER HASNOT
NOTIFIED DODGERS
OF HIS SIGNING
Brooklyn Will Await the An
nOuncement of Commits
sion Before Taking
Action

New York, December 2S.--The Brooklyn
National league club had received no
word tonight from Joe Tinker that he has
signed Federal league contract.
Edward Mcxeever, a vice president.
conferred today with the club counsel,
Bernard York. and it was tentatively
agreed tnat any legal action to restrain
Tinker from playing with any team other
than Brooklyn would be deferred until
Just before the opening of the season of
the so-called outlaw organization.
For one thing, the Brooklyn club de-
sires to await announcement by the ma
tional baseball commission as to the lat
ter's attitude toward the detection of
Tinker and others. Moreover. according
to McKeever, there is no reason for i'm
mediate resort to the courts. The Brook
lyn club officials will continue to hold
that Tinker is legally a member of the
club, and it is expected that sooner or
later the shortshop will make known his
baseball Intentions in a formal manner to
the Brooklyn management. Tinker has
not yet replied to the letter embodying
the playing terms offered him.
One phase of the case of interest to the
Brooklyn club officials concerns Tinker's
future status in organized baseball If the
courts uphold the Brooklyn teams con-
tention that Tinker must play under Eb-
bets. 1t is considered that this is a
problem for the national commission to
solve.
Some major league baseball officials in
this city are known to hold views at
variance with August Herman regarding
the financial backing of the EeS.ral
league. believing that Tinker, Mordecai
Brown and other players, wise in baseball
experience. would not have signed with
the Federal circuit unless they had been
convinced it had sufficient stability to
carry out it's agreements with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
FINAL ROUND IS
REACHED IN TENNIS
CUP TOURNAMENT
Douglas and Cutting Are to
Fight 1t Out for the Pre-
mier HOnOrs on the
Courts

Tuxedo Park. N. Y. December 2s.-Play
reached the final round in the challenge
cup court tennis tournament here today,
leaving j. Gordon Douglas of New York
and Fulton Cutting of Tuxedo to fight it
out for the honor of being the first winner
of the new challenge cup title.
Three good matches Were played today.
Cutting defeated c. S. Lee three straight
sets, and Pierre Lorillard won from Rob-
ert d. Wrenn, 8 to G. after which Loril-
lard was beaten by J. G. Douglas in a
hard match. This last match was the
best of the series. Douglas took the first
set at 6-5 The second went to Lorilard
easily at 6-2. In the third the score was
even all the way until four games, when
Douglas forged ahead and won out at 6-5.
He repeated this feat in the set and took
the match The final match will be played
on New Years day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
FULTZ'S INTERPRETATION
OF ARTICLE VIII CORRECT

Cincinnati, December 2S.-"Mr. Fultzs
Interpretation of Article VIII, section !.
of the national agreement is correct. and
it would have been useless for him to
present any matter concerning contracts
to the directors of any of the leagues"
said Chairman August Hermann of the
national commission. here tonight
What the outcome of the delibera-
tions of the commission will be after hear
ing the committee from the baseball play
ers' federation | cannot say, but the COM
mittee will be heard and the demands
will be given early consideration" con,
tinued Mr.. Hermann.