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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
SCHOLARSHIP WINS SUCCESS
Statistics Show That College Men
Who Graduate With High Honors
Gain Distinction Later.

The list of the first ten scholars of
each of the classes that were gradual
ed from Harvard college in the sixth
decade of the last century, as present
ed by William Rosco Thayer, is list
of men eminent in every walk of life.
Indeed, it is likely that the first quar-
ter in scholarship of any school or col
lege class will give to the world as
many distinguished men as the other
three-quarterS.
What can we say IN this connection
of the 420 living graduates of the ten
Wesleyan university classes from 1890
TO 1899? Just this, says Harper's Mag
azine: OF the men in that group who
were graduated with highest honOrs,
GO per cent are now regarded as distin-
guished either by who's Who in
America" or by the judgment of their
classmates; of those who were elected
to Phi Beta Kappa-the scholarship
honor society-30 per cent; of those
who won no superior hOnOrs in schol-
arship, only IL per cent. OF the men
now living who were graduated from
Wesleyan university between 1860 and
1880, 16 per cent are listed in who's
Who" of those who received high hon
ors in scholarship during this period,
% per cent; of those who attained no
distinction as scholars, only 10 per
cent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
A Submarine for NAPOLEON.

Whenever Napoleon was banished to
ST. Helena various schemes were set
on foot for his rescue. One of the
most remarkable originated in the in
ventive brain of u smuggler named
tombstone.
"A submarine" says Sir Walter
Scott in his Life of Napoleon" was
to be the means of effecting this enter
prise. 1t was thought that, by sink
ing the vessel during the daytime, it
might escape the notice of the British
cruisers, and, being raised at night,
might approach the guarded rock with
out discovery.
The vessel was actually begun in
one OF the building yards of the
Thames. but the popularity of irs con-
struction having occasioned suspicion,
it was seized by the government"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
"You Were in the Nick of Time"

up the score between them. For the
present he remained quietly in bar
racks, doing his duty and suffering I'M
der Mitchell's ill-treatment.
The quiet life was interrupted by
one of those periodical excitements
that descend upon the barracks. Black
Doe, in q state of drunkenness, had
shot a police officer at Neverport, and
was making for the Big Lake country.
Mitchell was ordered to take two
troopers and get him.
1t was a journey of two hundred
miles. in the slushy period of spring.
But the police never postpones its ven
geance when it can avoid it, and never
abandons it.
Dunn could not imagine what it was
that impelled Mitchell to select him
along with Crum. Perhaps Mitchell
wished TO see the man ne most hated
in Marie's presence, so as to be more
sure of his bearings. Whatever the
motive he selected Dunn, and he
gibed at him all the way.
He found fault with him during the
long and painful day marches, with
his equipment, his care of his horse,
his manner of riding. He detailed him
on one-man fatigues in the daytime,
and gave him all the difficult work.
Dunn's rage smoldered, but the idea in
the back of his mind that he would
get even with Mitchell hardly assumed
any tangible form.
In due course they reached the
store at Big Lake. Their visit was a
complete surprise. Black Doe had
been seen in the neighborhood. and
evidently was off his guard. Mitchell
ascertained that he had made no
purchases, without which it would be
impossible for him TO continue on his
way nOrthward into the barrenS.
"We1l spend the night at Johnny
Dufour'S." he said to CrIm as the
three rode away toward the shack.
Dunn's heart sank when he off
saddled. Marie was already in the
doorway to greet the visitors, and her
eyes wandered with wonder from
Dunn's face TO Mitchell's.
Take my horse TO the stables :!
commanded Mitchell curtly And
say. Take Crum's, too. And see that
they're we'll groomed before you come
in TO supper"
Dunn went away obediently, riding
his horse and leading the two others
Now he began to understand, he
thought. the reason why Mitchell had
selected him. He wanted to humiliate
him in the eyes of the girl.
At supper Mitchell kept up n cross
FIRE of chaff, banter, and spitefulness,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
WOMAN HAD TRUE CHARITY
Refusal to Judge Others Harshly
Proves Possession of the Highest
Christian Character.

There died a short time ago q wom-
an who never occupied, or aspired to
occupy, conspicuous position in the
world but who was beloved by all who
knew her. The secret of her charm
lay In her charity-not the charity Of
almsgiving, although she was always
openhanded to those in need-but the
broader charity that consists in leni-
ency toward the frailties Of others.
When gossip, even gossip not unduly
harsh, assailed man or woman she in
variably met 1t with the one response ::
well, now. maybe If you knew all
about the case you'd find the poor man
Cor woman) wasn't so much TO blame
after ALL"
What an insight into q Christian
character that remark conveys. And
what a lesson in Christian charity 1t
teaches. 1t is the Ten Commandments
I'm a single sentence. Philosopher or
theologian never uttered a more beau
tiful thought for mankind TO ponder
over. Epigram maker never directed a
more perfect shaft.
What a different world Ii would be
II everyone judged the worlds people
that Way Youngstown Telegram.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
NEW AND DEADLY WEAPON
Torpedo Which Will Add Terrors
to War.

There have been several experiments
on the Hampstead Plains IL. ID avia-
ton fields which promise to revOlu-
tionize the present method OF drop
ping aerial bombs. The experiments
have been conducted with the utmost
secrecy. 1t was learned that new
Bomb probably will be put on the mar
ket soon. The experiments have been
successful and this government will
have an aerial torpedo which will be
fully as important to warfare as the
wireless torpedo. recently accepted by
the government.
The torpedo is about six feet long
and may be used either from an aero
plane or sent up and adjusted to fall
ut a certain place. 1t will have a
propeller and wings which can be set.
1t has radius of 100 yards of explo-
sive force, and at that distance could
kill every man within that circle.
Officers of the First Aerial company
admitted that the torpedo was invent
ed by +. T.. Barlow, who is connected
Will lHC OF
delphia.
From what could be learned, the
bomb will be so constructed that the
person who operates it may stay in
one camp, and if an enemy camp were
two miles away, the projectile could
be set to go through the air as far as
that, when the engine would stop and
the bomb fall to the ground, exploding
just before it reached the earth.
It's inventor asserts it's great value
is i'm the fact that it explodes just
before 1t reaches the ground, and the
greater portion of its power does not
sink In and be taken up by the earth
but spreads over large territory.
The torpedo also may be carried on
the bottom of an aeroplane, and the
aviator can release 1t with q lever
when he is over an enemy camp. The
torpedo will then explode when near
the ground.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
Then She Called Him Brute.

"Oh, Jack, | expect | shall be aw-
fully stupid now" said the young wife,
when she returned from the dentists.
''HOw's that?" asked her husband In
surprise.
1--WE just had my wisdom teeth
pulled" she mourned.
"Oh, dear one, the idea that wisdom
teeth have anything to do with wis
dom is quite absurd !" hubby treasured
her. eff you had every tooth In your
head pulled, 1t couldn't make you a
bit stupider than you are now, you
know"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
Method in his Madness.

you say Mrs. Naggs was here dur
ing my absence?" said the superin-
tendent of the lunatic asylum TO the
attendant.
eyes, sir" was the reply. "She
called to see about taking her husband
home, but he positively refused to 60
said he would rather stay here"
81 always thought there was some
thing wrong about that man." said the
superintendent HE isn't crazy at all. +"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
HOW TO REMOVE DANDRUFF
Itching and Irritation of tho ScalE
With Cuticura. Trial Free.

On retiring lightly touch spots of dan
druff, itching and burning with Cuticura
Ointment. Next morning shampoo
thoroughly with Cuticura Soap and hot
water. These super-creamy emollients
do much to keep the scalp clean and
healthy and to promote hair growth.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
BlackDoe
*
By H. M. EGBERT
Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)

Perhaps Dunn should never have
joined the Northwestern mounted po-
lice, for of all types of men who are
out of their element there, the moody,
retrospective, unaggressive man comes
easily first. But Dunn had had q
hankering after the military life
when he went out to Calgary two
years before.
Now he was in for several years,
and cursing his luck daily. What he
liked best was the lonely patrols up
in the Big Lake country.
He had met Marie Dufour there,
the daughter of an old trapper who
had retired, like his fur-bearing
beasts, before the march of civiliza-
ton. He had seen her three times
during the past two years, and it had
been understood that when he became
a corporal he was to speak to her IA
Their.
But the coveted stripes would never
be his so long as Sergt. Mitchell re-
manned in the squadron. \ hard
featured, service-bitten man, Mitchell
made Dunn's life wretched. He in
spected his uniform with an eagle eye
that discovered the smallest speck or
flaw, he hauled him before his officers
on trivial charges in short, he did his
best to break Dunn or force him out
of the service.
1t was long time before Dunn dis
covered that Mitchell had met Marie
in the Big Lake country the year be-
fore and coveted her beauty. When
Dunn understood this he privately re-
solved that some day he would even
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
Band Saws Freak.

When n band saw in a ST. Louis
plant broke the other day, the acci-
dent was marked by peculiar fea-
lures. AS the saw was cutting
through a large log ii came across
spike that was imbedded in the
wood, and as the band was travelling
at immense speed when ii snapped,
one end of it broke off and passed
through the log as If shot from a
cannon. This part was eight feet in
length and half of 1t projected and
as 1t came out In curve, Ii is TO be
surmised that the other half remains
coiled in the log In the same form.
The occurrence was no less unusual
than remarkable.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27

work and washing for eleven and ! can
truthfully say Lydia E. Pinxham' Veg
etable Compound has been a godsend
to me for 1 would have been in my grave
today but for it. ! would tell oil wo-
men suffering as was to try your valu-
able remedy. Mrs. VIM. GREEN, 1872
S. Addison Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
There is hardly a neighborhood in this
country, wherein some woman has not
found health by using this good old
fashioned root and herb remedy.
If there is anything about which you
would like special advice, write to the
Lydia z. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
War Hits Pearl Industry.

Most of the present yield of Austria
liam pearls is going 10 the United
States. Four-fifths of the worlds out
put of pearl shell comes from Austria
liam waters, but the war has hit the ro-
mantle business hard.
PearlerS are getting considerably
less for their product than three or
four years ago before the great con-
hict began. Notwithstanding the cost
Of operation and OF freights is far
higher Most of the pearling fleet is
laid up.-New York Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
AeropIanes for Explorers.

Aeroplanes are TO be included in the
equipment of an exploring expedition
that is setting out from Buenos Aires
to study little-known region which
includes Mar ChiQuita, lake having
an area of some 1000 square miles, To-
Gated about $50 miles northwest of
BuenOs Aires. 1t is the belief of the
explorer that with aeroplanes it will
be possible to secure panoramic pho
tographs which will prove invaluable
in showing the topography and ge-
ography of the cOuntry.-POpular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
Cardui Wins Suit.

After a trial in the United States
District Court of Chicago, before Judge
Carpenter and federal jury. the jury
found the American Medical Associa-
ton guilty of libeling Cardui, the WON
ans tonic, which they had denounced
as q "nostrum"
This is vindication of the medicine
and a proof that Ii has merit, which
was recognized by Il jury after a trial
Of three months, one of the longest
civil cases on record.
Many doctors and chemists testified
on both sides and the evidence totaled
nearly four million words.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love SINNERS Macaroni
and Spaghetti because of its delicious
taste. 1t is good for them and you
can give them all they want 1t is a
great builder of bone and muscle, and
does not make them nervous and irri-
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., for beau
tiful cook book. 1t is ser6 free to
mOtherS.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
Safety First.

Young Cheekly-Sir, l have come to
ask for the hand of your daughter In
marriage.
Old Gotrox-But, my dear sir, she Is
only n schoolgirl of twelve.
Young Cheekly-Yes, / am aware Of
that. But / came early to avoid the
rush.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON 1t acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. so cents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
EYES, THINK So"

Most any good soap will do, but Red
Cross Ball Blue is the only blue.
Makes the greatest difference. My
clothes are dream-snowy white.
can't use liquid blue. No, not me. Give
me Red Cross Ball Blue and I'll show
you some beautiful clothes.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
Economy With Caution.

Have you ever studied political
economy"
Some" replied Senator Sorghum !;
''but when it comes to hustling for
votes, / don't believe in being stingy."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27

down that / could
not work. / was
thin, pale and weak,
W Gig b e d but 100
pounds and was in
b. d m ost OF the
time. ] began TAX
ing Lydia E. Pink
hams v ge t a b 9
Compound and five
m o n th s la ter 1
weighed 1873 pounds.
I do all the house,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
The Contrary.

Baseball Is unlike everything else
in one respect"
What Is that?"
1.-THE more they get the fans go
ing the hotter ii is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27

VI. B. Van Houten recently walked
from Los Angeles TO Chicago 10 cure
his rheumatism.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27

A man who acknowledges that he is
a chump has begun to acquire wis
dom.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
lnpor4ane IN Mothara

The Evenings Embellishments.
"Why don't you join our literary
club?"
Il don't play cards, or dance the
modern dances"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
WIFE TOO ILL
TO WORK
IN BED MOST OF TIME
Her Health Restored byL lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

indianapolis, Indiana. -" My health
was so poor and my constitution so run
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
Time Wasted,

ing other people not to waste theirs
Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-10-27
Should Be Happy on Farm.

Those who dwell on farms should
be the most healthy and happy of all
mankind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

for many weeks for a tall, slim girl
who read me boy hero tales. Against
her lovely crinkly plated frock 1
leaned with her kind arm around me,
and together we bulldog tales of ad-
venture mighty and impossible, For
she was child and woman, too, and
glad to run from her done-up hair
and high heels and beauX to a tale
and a toasted apple with small wor-
shipper.
"'She believed I was brave and with
out fear-she said so-and far away
from her, for that, 1 took my medi-
cine both then and now! She said 1
could do anything, and so l wrote her
verses, and still I dare to write them
-seei She said that 1 was truthful,
and so for her 1 washed my neck be-
yond the boundary line of jaw and ear
even when no one sawi And still I
do a little more than what L must
for her.
MY son shall not miss that!'
NELL BRINKLEY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

lining on his brusque iron cloud, who
will make him to know what softness
tenderness, delicacy, loneliness is.
And on that knowledge he will draw
in whatever he works at all light long.
From that his faith in all fine and
lovely things will spring.
Where is the man who was really
a good great man who had not fair
ideals? What is a man or a boy
without that hand behind him--the
good hand of woman; the hand of
down and steel! For the sake of all
the lovely women ana small girls 1
have known, and the sweetness that
they offered me for mine to hold in
my life. do 1 do any brave thing, any
good thing. any tender, any big thing
that humble 1 have done.
9'And here's a heart of pity for the
small chap who has never known the
great LoVe-the worship of ten years
old for feminine nineteen. And here's
may any maid be proud to own the
alteration of a child,
''Once 1 washed my neck faithfully
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

For her-the Muse or verse awoke
and he began to match word to word
to make a valentine. For her he
washed his thin neck every day and
stayed awake in church. And for her
sale he faced a spoonful of black
msdicine-looked it in the eye and
drank it down-and smiled, because
she said that he was brave.
A man l know, who owns a small,
dear son with golden hair that stands
on end; gray eyes. and mouth like
a sleek strawberry unused and spoke.
Ana what he said was this: Il want
my small son to know girls. He will
get plenty of boys, and fights, and
lessons in valor, and rough good
heaftedness, and blows in the face
without my leading him by that way;
plenty to make man of him if the
man spirit is there.
But this l will take the trouble to
do---to see that he knows girls-little,
big, or woman grown. But the femi-
mimi thing who will paint the silver
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

rid season. The natural perversity of
the female temperament seems to
relish the exotic and bizarre. Let the
court of fashion decree Navajo blank
cts for August and bearskin robes for
July and your fashionable wife or sis
ter will placidly appear in same with
out so much as a qualm of compul-
sion.
For a mere human, whatever the
sex, to parade along the sun-baked
avenue arrayed in leather garb, re-
quires more than common fearless
ness. A lady of fashion willing to
brave the hearty smokers such a cos
tune will provoke, deserves great ap-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

Linens are always good-looking for
separate skirts, but mercerized Otto
man cords will be very smart. This
material comes in several different
weights of cordings and, by the way,
the ribs run cross-wise of the material.
Colored Ottoman stripes will be
much used for sport skirts as the rage
for color is more In evidence this
spring than it has been for years.
Whipcord gabardine and checked
skirting are popular in colors, but the
basket weaves for Oxfords, as the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

English call them, are used for white
skirts Palm Beach cloth in natural
color is excellent for many tailored
costumes.
Organize is the favored material for
blouses, not only in white but in all
colors. Frequently pale blue collar
is added to a mauve blouse or soft
yellow is used to trim a blouse of gray,
but for general wear all white is most
satisfactory, and handkerchief linen,
batiste, organdie and lawn are the
most practical materials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

plause. 1t seems likely that on an I'M
usually hot day, the bystanders al
ready a little delirious with the
warmth, will be moved to express
their astonishment in rude and I'M
civil terms. Many will cry in their
evaporation, Hey, how far away is
your keeper"
If father discovers his pet arm
chair dismantled of its leather he may
know that wife or daughter has seized
it for a gown. He can rage and bray
as he will, but he knows how much
good that has done before There is
nothing so obdurate as the feminine
devotion to the mode.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

shown on this page. Worsted fringe
edges each flounce. The cape of black
Pussy Willow is embroidered in white
worsted and edged with fringe; if pre-
ferred silk fringe and embroidery
could be used, but worsted on silk is
ever so smart and good looking.
Those who like the most excess
styles will find the model of gray
Pierrette Consolation taffeta suited to
their requirements. The barrel-shaped
underskirt is very new, as are the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25
BY MORRIS MILLER.

Female habiliment will strike a new
note next summer in the use of leather
as a decorative motif. Leather will be
distributed about in more or less use
full sparts of skirts and suits. The ad-
vack of leather in price, owing to the
war in Europe. appears quite natural
~ 10 have heightened its charm in
female eyes.
It's inadaptibility to warm weather
wear cannot be said to be a deterrent,
as q was seen last year that the lady
of style wore furs ali through the tor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

silk dress is absolutely indispens-
able when the first warm days of
spring come, and the quest for suit
able material is of as much impor-
lance as the selection of a design.
Particularly charming are the silk
afternoon frocks featured in the
March issue of Harper's Bazaar.
Especially suited to the tall, thin
woman, is the black and white striped
and dotted Pussy Willow taffeta
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

puffed sleeves and the delta neck
opening.
Just now the shops are filled with
most charming summer materials, but
often one hesitates to buy because it
is so difficult to know how to get
smart looking costume with the
something different air. made at
home by the seamstress. The cotton
frocks have been planned, therefore
with great care, so that although un
usual in design, they can be easily
made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

White worsted fringe and embroid-
cry effectively trim an afternoon dress
of and white Pussy Willow taffeta. A
cut jet buckle is used as a finish to
the collar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-25

An afternoon frock of Pier
rette Consolation taffeta, with
a gray background, has an
underskirt i'll the new barrel
shape.