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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09

she saw Bagley standing in the door
way.
Going riding, Miss Naida?" drawled
the sheriff. Il reckon I'll go along with
you, TO see you don't come to no
harm"
For answer Nadia dug her heels into
the pony's TANKS. and the desert bred
steed was away like the wind. But
half an hour later. when it pulled up.
breathless. with heaving TANKS. the
sheriff was at Naida's side, and his
mare. though blown. was still un-
winded.
Best be getting home for break
fast. hadn't We" he asked with a
touch of humor in his gruff voice
Nadia rode back five PAGES in front
OF him. She knew that she was
beaten.
Not altogether. though. Sheriff Bag
ley had the instinct of a cat when the
mouse was out. The next morning at
five that instinct made him crawl
from his n attress in the little room
above the Kitchen. which he had occu-
pied unasked. He saw a streak of
sunlight dancing upon a rock about
two miles distant There would have
been nothing strange about that, only
the sunlight was round.
backward and forward il jumped.
and the sheriff stood grimly watching
il. Then. locking downward. he saw
the edge OF Naida's skirt in the door
way
The sheriff went back 10 bed. turned
over. and had short sleep. Then he
got up and went downstairs in lei
surely manner. Neither the girl nor
the old crone was TO be seen
The sheriff hunted about until he
found the mirror-a small, round one,
which the Kid" had probably brought
her from one OF his jaunts in town
The sheriff slipped IL up his big
sleeve. took his Winchester and lay
down under tree. facing in the direc-
ton OF the distant hills. HIS rifle he
singled up against his side. keeping
his finger conveniently near me trig-
ger. Since IL was hot. the sheriff en-
5oyed q brief siesta.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
SICK DOCTOR
Proper Food Put Him Right.

The food experience of a physician
from sickness and when needing nour-
ishment the worst way, is valuable:
AN attack of grip, so severe it came
near making an end OF me, left my
stomach in such condition / could not
retain any ordinary food. / knew OF
course that must have food nourish-
n1ent or / could never recover.
Il began to take four teaspoonfuls
Of Grape-Nuts and cream three times
a day and for weeks this was almost
my only food. 1t tasted so delicious
that / enjoyed it immensely and my
stomach handled it perfectly from the
first mouthful. 1t was SO nourishing
was quickly built back TO normal
health and strength.
"Grape-Nuts is CT great value as food
to sustain life during serious attacks
In which the stomach is SO deranged
1t cannot digest and assimilate other
foods.
Il am convinced that were Grape
Nuts more widely used by physicians.
ii would save many lives that are 9TH
erwise lost from lack OF nourishment."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich.
The most perfect food In the world.
Trial Of Grape-Nuts and cream 10 days
proves. There's a Reason"
Look IN pkgs. for the little book.
The Road 10 MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from tiae to time. They
are genuine. true. and fall Of human
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09

Half an hour later. lazily opening
! one eye. he perceived a figure creep
ing cautiously through the boulders o.
the dry gulch about three hundred
yards distant. In its hand was a
rifle. The sheriff edged a little, so
that the tree covered him.
Bang. The Kids" first shot came
uncommonly near The kid" thought
the sheriff asleep. but he thought that
he could put bullet through him at
that distance, so that Ii was unneces-
sary to take any chances.
The sheriff did not reply, because 1t
is difficult TO hit an inch of eyebrow
at three hundred yards. He pulled the
mirror out of his sleeve and handled
ii in his fingers The second shot
went wild.
The sheriff rose quietly to his feet.
and he did not seem TO be particu-
larly Interested in the man in the
arroyo. for he strolled toward him in
quite casual manner. He still held
the mirror in his fingers, and he adj
vanced so steadily. and apparently
disinterested and quiet in his mind,
that the reflection played always upon
that inch OF eyebrow and the left eye
underneath it. And. try hard as he
might, the Kid could never get his
eye clear of that circle OF light. unless
he ducked behind the stone. And
whenever he did so he always looked
up to see the sheriff a good deal
nearer. Yet the sheriff was strolling
toward him at the same even gait.
Bang Bang! Bang, went the
Kids" rifle, and the sheriff smiled
happily as he heard the bullets go
whistling by, far TO the right and left
of him. The fingers that held the mir
ror did not waver an inch. The kid"
was becoming panic-struck as we'll as
light-struck. 1t seemed like the mex
orable approach of doom, that quiet,
even advent of his enemy The figure
came near and ever nearer, out of a
sort OF luminosity that framed the
dazzling light-beam like a sheath.
The Kids" head ducked and came
up on the other side of the stone.
And he leveled his rife once again
into that beam OF light, and his bullet
plowed up the sand some twenty feet
distant.
Suddenly his chance came. The
sheriff, advancing with his eyes fixed
on the man in the gulley, tripped over
stone. With shaking fingers the
Kid drew bead on the PROSTATE
man and fired. The bullet went wild
The Kid had lost his nerve as we'll
as his clear vision. He damned a
cartridge into the breech and aimed
once more-into the same sunbeam.
He flung his rifle down and, spring
Ing to his feet. held up his hands.
Don't shoot" he yelled You've
got me-"
Big Tom grinned In his amiable
way as he came up to him. "You can
put your hands down Kid" he said,
and the kid" lowered them.
Snap! Snap. The sheriff had
slipped the handouts round them
Who in thunder gave you that
glass;" began the kid" bitterly. as
they approached the empty house.
That? Oh, just borrowed it from
Miss Nadia the sheriff answered.
You see, found that I'd come out
without any cartridges
(CODVright 1914 bv w ~ T,bo1,.N
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
WORLD MISSION OF cHIvALRY


Cbivalry served TO draw out and de-
velop those free. bold spirits whose
talents could not have been evoked by
the disputations OF the schoolmen nor
the notifications OF the religious zeal
OTIS, says the Engineering Magazine. It
created a romance Of action to match
the saints moral paradise and evoked
poetry and the arts to celebrate it's
charms. The love of the beautiful
which it begot caused a hospitable re-
ception TO be given in Europe TO the
refinements brought from the East by
the returning crusaders, which caused
the first slight stirring of international
trade.
The enthusiasm which the many
sided IDEAL of chivalry evoked with
its galaxy of virtues, may be seen. in
literature, in the unfolding of the
themes of the simple Aryan folk tales,
and the prose romances of the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries into the SEN
suous beauty of Provencal poetry and
the delicacy and pathos of Plutarch
and Dante. Chivalry embellished with
romance the lives of its halflegendary
founders, Charlemagne, Siegfried and
Arthur. 1t supplied the conception OF
virtue sung in Chaucer's Pilgrimage,
Malory's "Morte D'Arthur" and Spen-
ser's 'Faerie Queene." In the world
of action chivalry animated the cru
sades, dispensed justice throughout
Europe for 400 years, purified court
life and made much of the warfare of
the middle ages peculiarly humane and
noble. Its enthusiasm burned into
brilliancy in such characters as Rich
ard and Blondel. the Black Prince and
his father. Tancred, Godfrey of Bouil-
lon, CASTOR de Folk, Bayard and War
wick, and in thousand forgotten COM
manders of the Templars, the Knights
of st. John and the Teutonic Knights.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
Humus Needed.

The amount OF water a soil will
hold against gravity depends upon
the type of soil. clay soil composed
of fine particles with very small spaces
will retain more water than a coarser.
sander soil composed of larger par
ticles and larger spaces. Also, the
amount Of humus. or decomposed or
ganic matter, in the soil influences
the water holding capacity. The more
humus in the soil, the more water it
will hold. providing the soil particles
are Of similar size.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
Read In Bed?

Persons who are accustomed to read
ing in bed may be interested to know
that a new electric-light fixture which
can be attached to the bed rail has
been developed
1t consists of reflector and holder
mounted on swivel joint attached to
a metal strip bent in the shape of a
hook which can be hung over the head
rail OF the bed. back of chair. edge
Of mirror, etc.. or a telescoping floor
or table pedestal
1t is especially adapted TO use in
hospitals or doctors Offices. where the
Illuminated area has to be shifted fre-
Quently.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
Alfalfa Causes Scours.

Alfalfa fed too literally to very
young calves will cause scours. Il is
very rich feed and the amount given
must be limited, especially when the
calf is young and before it has a
chance to adjust itself to alfalfa hay.
In short, whenever there is a change
made in the feeding of animals 1t
should be done gradually or there is
danger Of digestive troubles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
ONLY a Volunteer

Put on your helmet an your red
shirt, Silas. There's a big fire down
the road a piece"
"Shucks, | can't 60 My shirts in
the washtub an the old woman's out
in the garden film my helmet with a
mess OF teanA'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09

Her father thinks a great deal OF
you"
Huh. He refused me her hand in,
marriage"
That proves It,"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
Burn All Old Canes

As soon as the old canes OF black
berries and raspberries are through
fruiting. cut them out and burn them.
thus destroying many insects and fun
gous pests. The young canes need the
room
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
Waste Of Food.

Food is wasted when the animal is
exposed TO excessive cold; when II is
deprived of sufficient water; when II Is
compelled TO drink ice cold water:
when 1t is worried. driven about
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
Mulch the Celery

Do not delay applying the manure
mulch to the celery. It conseryes
moisture better than any kind or
amount OF tillage. Use three to foru
inches OF manure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09
Shame on Him.

What is your friend so elated
about?"
Seems his wife is marooned in Eu-
rope. louisville Courier-Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09

Between two evils it is better to
marry for money than for a chance TO
get even.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-10-09

Ten smiles for nickel Always buy Red
Cross Ball Blue; have beautiful clear white
clothes. Adv.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24

ION the whole, the finest gentleman
/ have ever met" says writer In the
Unpopular Review, was the Japanese
Samurai and art critic, the late Okla
kura Kakuzo. recall as wildly his
courteous and expectant silences as
do his always eloquent and brilliant
discourse. Indulgent to the small talk
Of others, he declined to share 1t. If
he ever gave utterance to a mere
prejudice or to any petty personal con-
Germ 1t was not in my hearing He
appeared to husband himself until the
talk should take a wide impersonal
range, and then his comment was
fervent and illuminating. A noted
American poet critic has somewhat
similar habits. His prolonged silences
are comfortable, even deferential, his
rare speech instinct with sympathetic
understanding with men and books
and nature. The late John LaFarge,
who was In congenial society a con-
tnuous talker, offered an interesting
equivalent for reticence In the allu-
siveness Of his touch and In a beauti-
full perception OF the kind of sympa-
thetic response you would have made
had you not been better occupied In
listening to him. He had what most
free takers signally lack, perfect
tact"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
European Monkeva.

One Of the rarest of living creatures
Is undoubtedly European monkey.
The only place on the continent where
these animals may be found is on the
rock Of Gibraltar. They are of the
type known as Barbary apes and are
about the size Of terrier dog. A most
noticeable feature Is that they do not
possess tails. Only about twenty of
the apes exist, and only by unceasing
protection and artificial feeding is the
species preserved. Many theories are
advanced as to how these apes first
came to Gibraltar. A popular idea is
that subterranean passage exists be
tween the rock and the adjacent coast
Of Africa, and that the monkeys pass
to and fro, but the more matter of fact
theory that they were originally i'm
ported by some local inhabitant is prob
ably correct.-London Answers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
Tho Chain Of Lakes.

North Missouri's famous hunting
ground, known as the Chain of Lakes,
having resisted all attempt to drain
and cultivate, has been allowed to re-
turn to its natural state. The Chain
Of Lakes is wilderness surrounded by
rich farming land, towns and good
country roads. This section was the
original happy hunting ground for the
Indians Of the west. On the banks of
the Charlton river, at the edge of the
lake territory, they pitched their wig
vans, built stone fort or dam and
put up an ingenious fish trap, for there
were no game wardens in those days.
That trap, repaired and strengthened
from time to time, was inherited by
white men who followed the Indians
and operated half a century. Then the
game wardens, attracted by the an
cient fish traps fame, went over to the
river and blew 1t up with dynamite
Argonaut.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
Love Song of a Bird.

Just before an April dawn" says
W. P. Pycraft in "The Courtship OF
Animals" the cock capercailzie pro-
claims its love fever from tree in a
strange, unmusical serenade.
with outstretched neck, dropping
wings and spreading tail he gives
forth a weird, uncouth kind Of song,
more or less Invisible into three parts.
He begins with series OF notes which
remind one of nothing so much as the
sound made by two sticks knocked to-
gether at intervals of ten to fifteen
seconds, getting quicker and quicker
and changing in key till at last they
become bell-like. Then follows a Sc
ries of sounds like the drawing of a
cork out of a bottle and these end
with birdlike twitterings. BY this
time, however. the singer has worked
himself up to an ecstasy of fervor so
intense as to deaden him to all that
may be passing in the outer world"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
London,a First Bank.

Banking, seeing that it 6ourished in
the ancient world-ln Greece, at Rome
and at Babylon-must, 30 far as Eng
land is concerned. be regarded as a
comparatively modern business
During the SO called renaissance
banking reappeared in Italy.
From Italy the business OF banking
spread TO France, then to Holland, and
1t was introduced into England by one
Francis Child, who established the
first bank In London in 1868.
Hitherto London merchants had de-
posted their cash in the mint of the
tower of London. But when Charles
ii. took 1t into his head to borrow trad
ers began to lodge their superfuous
cash with the goldsmiths in Lombard
street
Francis Child was one of these. and
in a few years Lombard street became
full of banks. The Bank Of England
was founded in 1694-London Globe.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24

The nursery knows nothing of Fa-
Their Hubbard, but in 1904 Thomas
Middleton published Father Hub
bard's Tale of the Ant and the Night
ingale." In the introduction he ex-
plains: why call these Father
Hubburd's tales is not to have them
called in again as the Tale of Mother
Hubburd. The world would show lit
tie judgment in that, faith, and
should say then, plena stultorum ON
nia,' for entreat here neither of rug
ged bears nor apes, no, nor the lam
entable downfall of the old wife's
platters. deal with no such metal"
Since Sponsors Mother Hubberd"
does not seem to have been called In
and says nothing about bears or plat
tiers. Middleton is evidently abiding
to some other Mother Hubburd.
London Standard.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24

On what just basis can claim ex-
elusive right to a part Of the limited
surface Of the earth? mo man made
the land" said Mill 1T is the origi-
nal inheritance of the whole species"
No matter how far we delve into the
past, we can find no just title to the
private ownership of land. Blackstone
admits that there Is no foundation in
nature or in natural law why a set
Of words upon parchment should con-
vey the dominion of land" whilst
another man has no land" says Emer-
son, my title to mine, your title to
yours, Is at once vitiated." And Her
bert Spencer maintains that the titles
all rest on force, fraud or cunning.
When Edward /. sent his commission
to inquire into the existing judicial
franchises in 1878 Earl Warenne flung
a rusty sword on the table and cried !:
This, sirs, is my warrant. BY the
sword our fathers won their lands
when they came over with the con-
queror. and by the sword we will keep
them. IF w. Garrison In Atlantic.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24

In view of the fact that every man
or woman who walks up a mountain
with alpenstock in hand is climber
in the eyes Of the public, 1t is not at
all strange that the applying annual
fatalities in the Swiss Alps are laid
at the door of one of the noblest Of
sports. The truth is that these fatali-
ties-there were 105 last year-are rel
ahvely few and far between in the
ranks Of genuine alpinists. the anna
teur and professional mountaineers.
Chey who climb with ice ak instead Of
alpenstock are cautious-6rst, last and
always. Considering the risk taken.
few OF them lose their lives. Most who
meet this frightful death ip the Swiss
mountains have always been either IN
thinking or downright reckless tempt
ers of fate. With complete disregard
of common sense, these unfortunates
go where they have no business to go
save in charge Of an experienced
guide. and sometimes the mere reach
ing out for a coveted wild flower sends
them to their doom.-Spur.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
Notice to Taxpayers.

NOTICE is hereby given by the under
siened, Treasurer of Montgomery county
and Collector Of State and county taxes for
the said county. as required by Section G
Of Chapter III Of the Acts Of the General
Assembly Of Maryland of 1906, to all per-
sons TO whom State and county taxes are
assessed in said county. that the annual
levy has been made and placed in the
hands of the undersigned for collection.
All such taxes bear interest from Sep
tembef list, 1918, at the rate Of per cen
tum per annum.
Ali taxpayers are hereby warned that
unless such taxes as are assessed against
them be paid on or before the first day Of
January, 1914, their names will be pub
IIshed, in accordance with said Act Of
Assembly. in the list Of delinquent tax
payers, and that II said taxes, with inter-
est and proportional part Of cost of adver-
Using, remain unpaid until the second
Monday in April. 1914. the property as
aessed 70 such delinquent taxpayers, or so
..n,lch thereof as may be deemed neces-
Ill. on said last mentioned date, be
1sale to pay such taxes. interest
Is.
BERRY Z. CLARK,
surer Of Montgomery county
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24

Cricket seems always to have been
played In Britain. The first mention
Of 1t is found in a manuscript of the
thirteenth century. The name comes
from the Saxon "cric" or "cryc," a
crooked stick, an obvious reference to
the bat with which 1t is played.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
Just Alike,

Have you seen my umbrellaT ask
ed the cashier of the bookkeeper
what sort of an umbrella was itT
1T had a hooked end"
II have not seen It, but had nice
one given me at Christmas, and the
end was exactly like yours. 1t was
hooked t0o."-Lippincott's
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
HE Foot In His Mouth.

Another one of the things fellow
says as compliment and then realizes
that 1t Isn't, is this-reported by post
card helper:
II was so grateful for your thought
fulness in writing me about my poor
husbands terrible accidentr exclaim-
ed the pretty widow.
mot at all, not at ALL" stammered
the family friend. Il was only too
glad to have the opportunityw-Ex-
change.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24

Tennyson says that 1t is better to
have loved and lost than never to have
loved at all. Ibsen northumberland In
a general philosophical way. but with
respect to the conditions he saw i'm
mediately around him-that 1t is bet
ter, If youthfully, romantically in love.
to separate rather than to marry. Ib-
sen is In agreement with the brilliant
Frenchman who asserted that all com
edles end with n wedding. because It is
then that the tragedy begins.-From
Archibald Henderson's European
Dramatists."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
Oriain of the Eakimo.

No satisfactory solution OF the ques-
ton OF the origin Of the Eskimo has
ever been given. Whether they came
from Asia or from North America,
whether they are related to the more
southern American Indians or to the
Tartars Of the great Asian continent,
is still open to debate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24

Guatemala is about as large as Lou
isiana. The planters are the most in
fluential element, and they sell their
products for gold and pay their labor
In deprecated currency.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
Korea,a Plum Blossom.

Korea displays the plum blossom on
her stamps 1t is the royal flower of
her last dynasty-a dynasty which
reigned for 500 years. until the Japa-
nese wrested it away.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24

Hubby. dreamed last night that
you didn't love me-"
How foolish you arer'
Foolish, am I? As IL could help
what dream aboutF
And the fracas was on.-Louisville
Courier Journal
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
Had the Last Word.

Spa had the last word In an argu
ment with me. as usual last night"
1.-THE last word MS usual?'
YES; he apoiogized again. DETROIT
Free Press
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
CIVIL ENGINEERING
AND
SURVEYING
WoRK.GUARANTEED
BY
W ERNEST oFFUTT, C. E.,

SELLMAN. MD.
University graduate and two years ex-
perience on the Levees Of Mississippi and
three years of general surveying.
REFERENCES:
Hon. lie Roy Percy, ex-U. S. Senator.
Hon. Benz. G. HUMPHREYS, NJ. C.
Capt C. II, West, Miss. River Commr.
Col W. j. Shackelford. Chief Engineer of
Mississippi Leyee Board at Greenville. Miss.
Maj. I. G. Dabney, Chief Engineer Of
fazoo 4 Miss, Delta Levee Board at Clarks-
dale. Miss
W. b. Stinson, Cashier Of CitizSps' Bank
and Trust Co. at Yazoo City, Miss.
aug l. Pm
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24

Chickens are long in coming ouf of
unlnid eggs. German proverb
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-04-24
She Didn't Like EIattery

She Didn't Like Flattery.
Shell hate tlattery! He-Ot course
you do. Every pretty girl does. Then
she drew long. deep sigh and permit
ted him to put bis arm round her
walstl- Exchange