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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

II is said men who work live long
est, but it may depend on whom they
try TO work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

Many ~loafers do not like summer,
ecaas the shade moves around too
fast.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

"A neutral ship does not enjoy any
tning Ike the advantages of an in
termed ship.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

After a man gets about so old IL
keeps him busy trying to rectify the
mistakes of his youth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

probably the real victors In the
present war will be the junk dealers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

The attractiveness OF ultramarine
views depends on who paints 'em.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

A diplomat car weigh $50 pounds
and still be a lightweight.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

When doctors cannot otherwise
agree, they call IL heart failure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

The dandelion is one evil that pub
lie opinion can't discourage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

war Is fast showing the noble army
OF persgraphers into the final trench.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-07-02

Princess Elizabeth, fiancee of the
crown prince Of Greece, is said to be
the handsomest princess in Europe.
Her father is King Ferdinand of Rou-
mania. Her mother is Princess Mary
Of Great Britain.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
A FOOLISH QUESTION.

From all parts of the country come various opinions regarding the move for preparedness and national defense. Some want preparedness in it's most formidable form, others want it in it's pink and baby ribbon stage, others would have it neither one way or the other. And those who decry against the propaganda of national defense have just this one big question to hurl: How are we going to raise the money?" To a nation that has been watching the football season, where at every game young men with dip pers and pails have passed through the crowds and collected money enough to finance suffering Europe the aforementioned is a very, very foolish question. It bids fair to rank with the one of a decade ago, "How Old Is Ann?"
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
Typographical Items
 Wifh War Interest

Washington, D. C., Nov. 23.-"Cy- prus is one of the most important is- lands in the Mediterranean" says a bulletin given out today by the Ma tional Geographic Society, which de- scribes England's reported offer to the Greeks for their aid in the world war There are just two islands in the broad inland sea larger than Cy- prus, and these are Sicily and Sar- dinia. There are few islands in the world more rich in historical associa- tions, and none, probably, more cov- eted by powerful neighbors.
 "The island lies in the mouth of pocket formed by Asia Minor and Syria at the northeastern end Of the Mediterranean, being about equally distant from the mainland to the north and to the east. It has an area of 3,5S4 square miles, or is as large as the states of Delaware and Rhode Island combined. Its greatest length is Al miles and it's greatest width is sixty miles, while it's average width is more than thirty-fve miles. A great part of the island is taken up by two mountain ranges, one of which fills much of the southern and central part, and the other of which stretches along the northern coast.
 Part of British Empire
 "The coast of Asia Minor lies forty six miles to the north, and that of Syria between fifty and fifty-fve miles to the east. Although nominally d possession of the Ottoman Empire up until the outbreak of hostilities be- tween the Turks and the Allies, Cy- prus has been administered by Great Britain since 1878. and now forms an integral part of the British Empire. English occupation has done much to inonrove the conditions of health on the island. as it has been a stimulus to it's commercial development.
 "The mountains of the island are wild and beautiful, and upon their sides the forests are still growing that were famed and prized in early Egyp- tian times. They also contain the mines of copper celebrated among the ancients and still richly productive The highest altitude is attained oy Mount Troodes, with a summit o,4ot feet above sea level.
 Forests Pass Away.
 "A wide valley runs east and west, through the central part of the island. This valley is about 60 miles long, with a breadth varying from 10 to 20 miles, The mountain ranges or either side send their waters to the valley through intermittent torrents 1 much of this lowland is cultivated | though in the northern parts grain is grown. The soil of the whole valley l is good and there is no reason why the uncertain water supply might not l be supplemented, bringing all of the land under cultivation. In the days when western Cil.iIiza ton was in it's
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
Killing Off the Deer.

John M. Champion, superintendent Of the state game commission, says that as the rate deer are being killed in Connecticut there will be none left in six months. This statement should give the people of the state something 10 think about We have given to the deer all the protection that is granted to property until the law passed at the last legislature went into effect August l.
 Since that time the killing of 600 deer has been reported to the game commission. This is only a small part of the number really Killed as many farmers have not taken the trouble to report killings to the commission
 The law now on the statute books provides for an open season for the killing of deer. The provision that the killing of deer by farmers on their own property. The provision that the killing be done on the killers prop
 erty is in many cases ignored. The fact is that deer are being killed wherever and whenever found.
 The question is, of course, for Con- necticut people to decide whether they are willing to allow the deer to be eXtcrminatcd entirely. If thev are willing then there is nothing more to say and it is only necessary to con- tinue the present law on the statute books, but if they are not. action should be taken at once or it will be too late to remedy the situation.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
TO STOP THE FIGHTING.

It is really time to bring this war "a halt. They. have been fight Eg long enough say the direct 2 members of the women's peace hrty who last night announced at lew York that every woman's club prominence in the country would
 appealed. to this week to send Fresident Wilson telegrams asking i'm to confer with neutral nations md urge peace in Europe. It might |lso be good plan to send cable Erams to the Kaiser. the King of England. the Car Of all the Russias, bae President of France, the lord |ieh potentate of the dual monarchy, Les King Of Italy, and the >Mikado. nd everything should be in the hands f these folk by Thanksgiving Day. f that scheme is not practicable, ,hy send 'em all Christmas postal ards advising that the season is here or peace on earth and good will to aen. This is urgent.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
The Heart Interest Counts.

The secret of this wholesale hulla- baloo over the poor little atom in Chicago Heart interest" sums it up.
 The setting for this particular incl dent was such as to catch the inter- est of the public. NO technical de- scription of group of babies suffer ing from the very things which caused the Chicago surgeon to decide not to operate, would affect the public as did the story of this 'one wee 1amb.'
 This fact has been illustrated re- peatedly in widely different fields, since the beginning of the war. The description of a mass in battle never commands the same interest that is occasioned by retailing an isolated case of a soldier whose deeds of hero ism and self sacrifice touch the heart strings and set the imagination into m motion
 The horror of the IIusitania was not so fully apparent until stories began to drift in of individual cases-of children torn from their parents, Of babies consigned to the mercies of the deep by, distracted mothers
 The description of wholesale fam inc where thousands die does not seem to impress the public so much as cit ing the case of one child who, look ing like a skeleton, asks for bread
 The human mind is capable of di- gesting so much and no more. After time the very hugeness takes away from the ability to appreciate
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
Proof of the Pudding.
( Milwaukee Journal.)

If our memory serves, science got busy one time and proved for once and all that curved balls couldn't be thrown. but the baseball pitchers were so busy they fell behind on their reading that summer and while science was announcing its results they had carelessly learned to throw curved balls. Now, that same kind of carelessness has been indulged in by the high protectionist in this year of grace. He has been so busy hunting up his proofs that he has neglected current history bit. He is ready with his announcement Of what will happen and what won't but meanwhile the opposite is happen ing.
 Dyestuffs afford a very good ex- ample of this, for all manner of men have been saying that this country won't go into the manufacture of dyestuffs without increasing the pres ent very considerable protection. In spite of the showing that we havc been wasting every year $1OO,OOO,- 900 worth of the very coal tar pro-
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
D. MCMILLAN
Iss-2o1-2o3 MAIN STEFET

admonitions Girls and boys have risen to newer independence, ~and they seem to be enlarging it.
 The private back yard has yielded to the public playground, and because this is the children's century, the teacher at school is whipless. Par ents, by force of circumstances, have relinquished their children to the community, but they have not given the community the right to say what children shall wear, and the right to supervise their clubs and fraternities has been only lately achieved.
 And the children are organized bet ter than their parents. This is es- pecially true in the city, where apart ment dwellers are barely acquainted with their immediate neighbors. The children of their friends go to other schools. The children of commun- ity know each other and the parents do not. Mary is able to complain that all her friends go to the moving pictures in the evening without chap erons and asserts that to be recognized she must have a pair of fur topped boots.
 The children are led on by public opinion among their companions, but there is no parental opinion to check them. It will avail father nothing to get out the shingle. If the mothers do not organize, their one time au- thority will have to be delegated 10 the teachers
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
The Duty of Loyalty to America.
 (Rrideeport Farmer.)

Some newspapers printed in the German language decribe the Coop CT Union meeting as step in a cam paign against the renomination Of President Wilson.
 It is hard to believe that German American citizens are in sympathy with such activities. It is natural that men of German birth and language should sympathize with the country in which live the friends of their boyhood and relatives with whom they were once in daily com panionship.
 Thus any man must feel toward the country of his nativity when It is in dire distress.
 From sympathy for a foreign gov- ernment to enmity for home gov ernment, is a long way. The Farm CT does not believe that German Americans as a class are engaged in a propaganda against the president. Such propaganda, at the worst, is limited to a few hot-heads, who are quietly stimulated by reckless native born politicians, who, being out, de- sire to be in.
 Such propaganda, at the worst, is by any means, and may be depend- ed upon to stimulate by every meare at their disposal the hatreds nd prejudices inseparable from the great conflict
 The president is confronted by one great duty. He is charged with the duty of preserving the rights and happiness of this country.
 Primarily he desires to keep America in peace. The task is a trmendous one. In it's perform ance the president should be sup ported by all who live upon this soil
 Let each man sympathize as he will with other countries, but let each man sympathize first with this, his own country, in which men go about their useful employments in safety, and where the young men remain to be the support of their parents, and the husbands of American girls
 Much liberty is afforded upon this soil to all who come here. The coun- try has encouraged associations by which old country memories have been fostered.
 It has permitted the publication of newspapers and other periodicals. ,r foreign tongues, believing that he will love this country best, who has the power to remember and love the country from which he came. A propaganda against the gov ernment of the United States. made
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
Howells and the Others. (New York Worldly

What is to be thought of a National Institute of Arts and Letters that awards a gold medal to William Dean Howells for his services to American literature?
 For half century MT. Howells has been writing novels, books of travel and criticism, poetry and plays, but as compared with scores upon scores of younger American writers he is an ignoramus as a military strategist, and as a statesman he is a disgrace to the authors profession. If the United States were suddenly threat ened with war MT. Howells would hesitate about leading a million men in battle or taking command of tho fleet. He has not undertaken to prove that he is better general than Joffre, or better admiral than Jellicoe. As a literary person, he is so dead to shame that he has not volunteered even to reorganize the United States army. He probably does not know enough military science to land 3O0.- 900 German troops in Long Island in four days.
 Even in the higher diplomacy MT. Howells is hopelessly backward for a man in his position. We doubt if. he regards himself as capable of formu- lating Mexican policy that would be superior to MT. Wilson's or if he is even sufficiently we'll advanced in the newer patriotism to despise his own country.
 It is deplorable, it is heart breaking that in this age and generation a con- gross of American men of letters should be so needless of the spirit of the times as not to see that William Dean Howells as a writer is a plain old fogy.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23

duct from which Europe makes these dyestuffs; in spite of the discovery or a new and cheaper process, we have been told at least once a week for something like a year that it's no go A statement like that of MT. H1ll- he of Connecticut this time--that American capital simply wouldn't go into the business under present tar iffs is answered by the purchase by the Stauffer chemical company of 100 acres near Pittsburg for the erec- ton of very large dyestuff plant. Not only that, it has taken an option on 100 acres more.
 Of course this is just a little thing. one of several exactly like it, and all of them good deal like those re- fractory ball players who went ahead and pitched curved balls while science was showing that it couldn't be done.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides. of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
The Last Big Lumber Raft.
Louisville Courier-JournalD


 When the Ottumwa Belle brought. down the river a few weeks ago, the last lumber raft of any size that is. expected to be lowed down the Fla. ther of Waters, the Belle had aboard as a guest of honor the man who, 71 years before, had brought across. the Davenport-Le Claire rapids the first raft of logs that was ever f1oated down the stream. The rafter had sent boat ashore at Albany to take. aboard Capt Steve B. Hanks, now 94 years old, the pioneer of all the Mississippi river raftsmen, says the. keokuk Constitutional Democrat.
 Capt. Steve" as he is known along the whole length of the river, was the son of Thomas Hanks a brother of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and is there lore hrst cousin of the martyred president. Tom Marshall of Keiths- burg, who knows the river about as well as he knows guns and shells and clay blrd ranges, tells this story in the trap, gun and rod department of the Chlcago Sunday Examiner.
 1t was in 1S4O that Capt. Sleeve nrst went into the pineries. He had been there four years when there
 NSIilclIlf IOI lOSS II olll o|' Louis Capt. Sleeve undertook to de- llver them. He got a raft out on the St. Croix where there was no cur rent by throwing an anchor out ahead and then drawing the raft to the anchor by means of capstan work by hand. After the raft was Tn the current of the Mississippi it was managed by means of long oars at the bow and stern. There were no bridges to dodge, and the trip to St. Louis was made safely and repeat ed many times in after years. About 1866 the steamboat was first used for pushing rafts and later the towboat, across the head of the raft, removed the remaining difficulties of steering. Capt. Hanks understands that since he foated that first raft there have been 0,670,O0O feet of lumber rafted down the big river.
 "He saw the beginning and he has just seen the end of rafting on the Mississippi. It is a long period of adventure and interesting experience for a single life to span."
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23

in behalf of a foreign power, through the columns of a press printed in a foreign language, can not but be regarded as abuse of privilege which has not hitherto been abused.
 Not for one instant would the Ger man government tolerate an agita- tion against it so conducted, in per- iodicals printed in English, within the German empire. Nor would any other European state.
 The masses of Germans in this country do not sympathize with any propaganda conducted against the government of the United States to benefit foreign government. They love the country they were born in, but more the country of their adop- ton.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
Romance Is Not Yet Dead.
(Collier's Weekly.)


 Barrie's Leonora was "one of those round whom legends grow even in their lifetime" Private Johnnie Poe of the British army, slain in battle in northern France, was an- other such. The papers said he was forty, but we never can picture him as more than twenty five. Figures must lie when they make out that Johnnie last played in Princeton's back field nearly twenty years ago. Johnnie Poe, as a hero should, shed his years, just as polished marble sheds the rain, and wasn't a day old CT when he took the Kings shilling than back in '9S when he marched away under the Stars and Stripes to help drive the Spaniards out of Cuba. We haven't heard yet what he did in Flanders on the western front; will it be worth comparing with his exploit in Amalpa Harbor, where as a captain in the army of Honduras, he opened fire on a Nicaraguan gun boat and bluffed it out of the har- bor? Or with the time he was marooned in an open boat "to perish on the broad Atlantic"? That time a warship sighted the nearly exhausted
 
 called to him: We can't bother with your baggage There was a splash-a tiny one; then Poe was hoisted on board. What did you throw over?" the captain asked. My baggage" said Johnnie; "I only had toothbrush" Legend, perhaps but characteristic. In an earlier generation Poe would have been frOntiersman, with a long rifle and coon cap, like Daniel Boone in the school histories and the unpictured forefathers of Abraham Lincoln. Born too late for that Poe made new frontiers of his own, being a true musketeer, a D'Artagnan, but un- boastful. According to ThOreau, the mass of men lives of quiet des- peration." Johnnie POe's life was something not so drab.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
Local History. (Troy Times

New Orleans has introduced into it's schools study of local history. Much may be said in favor of the plan, and there are other Localities in which it might be tried with advan- tage. For instance, take Troy and vicinity, including the Hudson, Mo- hawk and Champlain valleys What history has been made in this region from the very first exploration and settlement by whites, through colon ial and Revolutionary times and up to the present, when one of the great est enterprises in the shape of canal construction focuses right at the door of our city, That sort of study should be an inspiration to any real live young American.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
Not To Western Farmers.
(Meriden JournaL)

New England should grow, rather than buy feeds and small grains of the western farmers
 The New England states have been paying out millions to western farm CTS each year for small grains, in-, stead of raising them at home. Hc1' poultry cats up more grain than she produces. Although the climate, soil and other growing conditions -are adapted to the growing of cereals, she buys more oats than she raises each year.
 The growing season, rainfall and the nature of the soils are all suited to small grain production. Continu- ous cropping without rotation has made many of her farms decreasiAg- ly productive. Grain farming, with the use of manure and fertilizers to rebuild the soils to their former pro- ductive ability, would establish New England's production higher ana place her agriculture on a perman- ent basis.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
The Revolt Against Children.
Chicago Tribune.)

NCIICdSo lElDune.)
 For good many years now the idea of women reVolting against the tyran- ny of men has been banded about It is now no longer shocking. But new kind of revolt is in the air. this time also revolt of women. but it is against their children.
 Women, it seems. are just beginning to feel the tyranny of the youne. people. Parents have lost their in fiuence. A suburban mother conn plained to her club recently that virls of 16 were making their own socioI standards, deciding upon what tboy must wear in order to be considered in the social whirl, choosing tbair escorts after dancing school dis,.o- garding all the while their parants,
New Britain herald., 1915-11-23
City Items

Furs cleaned at the Union Laundry. 2oo Arch street. Tel 904.-advt.
 Miss Gertrude Cotton has returned to Manchester after visit with MT. and Mrs. J. w. Manning of 45 Union street.
 An anniversary requiem mass VIII be held at St Mary's church Friday morning for the late Mrs. Mary Mo- Cormack and a similar mass will be held Saturday morning for the late Mrs. Mary Hayes.