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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
TOLD TO OBEY LAWS
KAISER ORDERS GERMANS IN u.
S. TO AVOID VIOLATING MA.
TONS NEUTRALITY.
WOULD PREVENT WAR PLOTS
Action Is Taken by Won Bernstorf on
Direction From the Berlin Foreign
Office ain Consequence of Cases
Which Have Occurred of Late"

Washington, May 19.-Germany.
through Ambassador Won Bernstorf,
has instructed all German consuls In
the United States to admOnish Ger
man citizens in their districts TO OBJ
serve American laws scrupulously.
This is done in an effort TO end va
rious alleged violations OF American
neutrality.
The ambassador acted on instruc-
tons from the Berlin foreign Office.
The action was announced in this OIL
cial statement from the German en-
bassy:
In consequence Of cases which
have occurred of late, the German am
bassador has sent instructions to all
German consuls in the United States
to strongly impress upon German citi-
zens living in their districts that it Is
their duty scrupulously to obey the
laws of the state in which they re-
side."
Designed to Prevent Plots.
Ii was said at the German embassy
| that the instructions were designed to
prevent plots or lawlessness on the
part Of German citizens who might be
disposed to engage in such. The Ger,
man government, it was said, looks
with great disfavor upon any such con
duct and desires that its citizens shall
not engage in any undertaking in any
way outside the law.
Whether specific cases have been
| brought to the attention Of the Ger
man government was not disclosed
but it was made clear that Berlin Of
ficials wish the United States and It's
people to understand that they have
not countenanced any illegal affairs
with which German citizens or sympa
thizers in this country have been con
nected.
Count Won Bernstorff's instruction:
were deceived last night and were for
warded to German consuls immedi
ately.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
SIXTH CAVALRY QUITS CHASE
Eight Hundred Troops Quit Mexico
and Return to Columbus,
NJ. M.

Columbus, n. NJ. May 20.-The
Sixth regiment OF American cavalry.
consisting OF about eight hundred men
detached from General Pershing's col
umn. arrived at the expeditionary
base here, riding from Mexico through
a binding duststorm. The troops.
the first 10 be withdrawn since the
dispatch of the expedition nine weeks
ago. Immediately went into camp on
the military reservation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
George 3. Cox Is Dead.

Cincinnati, May 22.-George B. Cox.
former political boss OF this city and
one of the Republican leaders of Ohio,
died at his home in Clifton. Mr.. Cox
suffered stroke Of paralysis on Feb
ruary %. Mr.. Cox was born in Gin
cinnati April 90. 1853.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
/ C.. LYNCH ESCAPES DEATH
Sentence of Alleged Aeitator of Irish
Revolt COMMITTED to Ten Years
Penal Servituds.

London, May 22.-That Jeremiah c.
Lynch, a citizen of the United States.
was condemned to death by British
court martial was officially admitted
nv the foreign Office on Sunday.
Lvnch's sentence, as previously an
nounced. has been committed to ten
wears penal servitude.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
REPORT SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
House Committee Recommends the
Passage Measure Carrying a To-
Ia. of 1928, 221.24.

Washington. May 20.-The annual
sundry civil appropriation bill, one Of
Uncle Sans biggest current expenses.
was recommended 10 the house for
passage by the house appropriations
committee. The bill carries a total of
1887 ,221.24. as against s126,922,-
750.79 in last years bill. The commit
tee explained however. that the meas
ure showed a decrease under the total
appropriations for similar purposes
last year. including deficiency appro-
priations OF s6.s16,552.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

The circulation OF that counterfeit
So note is a good deal more serious
matter for most OF us than the circu.
lation of counterfeit 800 note would
be. but not so serious as the circula-
tion of a counterfeit 81 note would be.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02
Understood.

Strike three" said the umpire.
Batter up,"
"Whaddye mean, out?" protested the
batter "Yuh big stiff, that last one
was a mile outside"
You're fined ten dollars" said the
umpire do you understand that?"
Sure, l get you now. Money talks"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

When a fellow kisses his sweet
hearts pet dog he is just crazy enough
10 be joyously in love. and then he
hasn't sense enough TO know that the
cool. wet nose Of a pet dog is not a
good place upon which TO land kiss.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

According to the Kansas City Times.
nobody is ever killed by an automo-
bile going at Is miles an hour. But
perhaps the victims are ashamed to
confess It.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

When the keeping of automobile
pawn shops becomes thoroughly es-
tablished business. we suppose it's rec
ognized symbol will be three gilded
gasoline cans.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

The shoemakers are the most in
consistent people in the world They
are bowling about the scarcity OF
leather and making the tops OF the
shoes higher all the time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

Considering the large increase IN
farm values shown by the federal sta
tistics one is even less surprised that
the per capita distribution OF automo-
biles In the country is 50 large.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

A western man has had his reason
restored by advertising. II men who
seem TO have lost their senses adopt
this method the want pages are go
ing TO be crowded
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

The Philadelphia North American
declares that blondes rule the world.
and every lucky fellow with a blue
eyed wife seconds the motion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

AS the beneficent law OF compen-
sation is still on the job. whiskers
are coming back in time to conceal
the worst features of the sports shirt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

Some of us used to try to solve the
meaning Of the Mona Lisa smile. Now
we try to solve the meaning of the
official war reports from Europe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

The war has interfered with the
foreign peroxide supply. This may
tend to make brunettes forced fash
ion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

An eastern chemist says he has
found way to make automobile fuel
out of water. We've suspected long
that some OF our pump handlers beat
him to It,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

Our idea OF the height of the incon-
graous Is a stirring lecture to the
trench fighters on the antiquity of
man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

The Americans have been called
nation Of pie-eaters. They ought
at least to make sure that there will
never be crow In the pie.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

The men who make it a practice to
lay all their misfortunes on the Lord
rarely give the Lord credit for the
blessings they enjoy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

Spaghetti is now made in inch
lengths for the American trade. Won
der what the standard wheelbase for
macaroni is.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

They say the price of molasses is
going up, but as molasses can't be
used running automobiles nobody is
kicking about II.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

American efficiency is still equal to
the task of furnishing almost as many
investigators as there are victims.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

prominent to become angry when his
name is spelled wrong in the papers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

vIf men were as decent as they know
how to be reformers would be beg
ging for Jobs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

One thing the coming season needs
is !. canoe that Will balk on approach
ing water over three feet deep.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

A true patriot this summer will be
a man wearing an American-dyed
black suit which has turned pink
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

The man in the Zeppelin has not dis
placed the man on horseback as a fig.
ure or popular fascination.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

One of the most interesting instances
OF British economy is the kilt, which
saves the trousers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

A man may be Incorporate I'm eat
ing. but after he gets too much he
doesn't whip his wife and shoot up
the neighborhood.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

placed anywhere. a.
tracts and kills ell
fies. Neat. clean. or
namental, convenient.
cheap Lasts oil
season. Made OF
metal. can'tspillor tip
over; will not soil OF
injure anyth ing.
Guaranteed effective
All dealers oresens
express paid for u.0
Ave. BrOoklyn. n. Y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

Digging the garden is no longer a
sweet, delightful dream. but a hard.
back-breaking reality.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

King George has 300 cousins. says
an exchange. so war isn't his only
trouble.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

AS nearly as can be ascertained,
most OF the romance OF war is to be
found in the magazines.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

One umbrella in the hand is worth
a dozen sailing through the air in a
wind storm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

One example of taking unnecessary
trouble is TO bet on fake horse race.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

Lobster prices are crawling up. Just
TO keep pace with gasoline.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-06-02

How to destroy weeds-marry the
widow.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25
Need of Conserving the
Wild Bird Life
By MRS. J. P. MaccULLocH. Jolias, III


repay amply small necessary destroying
able and in many invisible eggs the country they
will do the work the and fruit bushes early spring and
the fall when remembered that the and bushes laden
large extent with embryo insect life that almost certain develop its
full destructive power by early spring There great monetary value
the work done by the wild birds /.
The cotton growers than forty million
dollars by the boil wee The wheat growers lose $000O00 year
by the chnh bug The farmers the states pay $100
year for material to kill the potato bug The apppoducng states pay
from 81 100000 $OOO000 for spraying trees keep down the
codng moth Truck raisers yearly $50000O00 by
Shade everywhere and the forests being destroyed by
this great os Ninety the bird life of this
try destroyed Birds and birds only able keep check
the ravages Of insects.
While the readers Of this letter be interested the
boil weev and the cnch bug great many should be interested
the potato bug beetle and the many that ne
vegetable gardens Wild birds with very little
agement will keep these pests down to large extent
Getting away altogether from the commercial side of the question:
BIRDS having them call your yard several times day. Put out
feeding tray and uet baskets and watch feathered
friends enjoy the "handou."
Of the parrow will try to the feed but they be
times when the wild birds not around and
has been experience that the easily frightened
than the wild birds
have quite large feeding house the yard where be easily
observed living window and two uet baskets
induced steady visits from bueays uncos
ac cap) woopeckers tmouse and best ALL
pair cardinals The wheeasted nuhatc also is among the visitors
able the cardinals the yard but
they very and eat the wheat that put every day. trust
that they will get friendly the rest of the birds
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25


saw, come off, Bill I'm too old for
them dreams!" said Dick Sittingwell
to his fellow drummer in the train.
mo, but honest! / mean it! Why,
Dick, you must be making your cool
four thousand, and if your firm went
bust you could get as good job any
where. And forty-five if you're day.
Amt you never had girl, Dick?"
Dick Sittingwell moved in his seat
uneasily. "Cut it out, tell YOU" he
answered ferociously. "Hello! Bourne
End! Here's where l get off. So long,
old man. See you next week as
usual
Dick Sittingwell had had plenty of
girls when he was young man, but
somehow.all his romances had come to
an untimely end. And it was only
within the last two years that new
romance, sweeter than any, and more
strange, had come into his life.
He never spoke about Miss Elsie
Van Nugent. 1t had never entered his
mind that he could speak to her with
OuI pIOlduluS ucI. 1udI Woo hio
sanctuary, his holy of holes. And
marriage with her was something OF
which he had never dreamed.
Their acquaintance had begun by
an accident Dick, toiling UP the hill
at Bourne End on hot summer day,
with his sample case in his hand, had
seen the old maid standing at the gate
of her garden. He looked UP at the
big house in the village and, taking
her for the housekeeper, said:
might 1 ask you for glass of wa
ter, ma'am?"
I'll get you one," stammered Miss
Van Nugent, and ran away, or rather
hurried away, returning with glass
as clear and cold as if it had come
from some Olympian spring. Dick
quaffed it at draft.
much obliged, ma am he said, and
raised his hat and went away. He did
not imagine what romance that was
to Elsie Van Nugent.
Afterward, upon succeeding jour-
neys, it often happened that he saw
Miss Elsie at the gate. Then he would
nod pleasantly and pass a remark. By
degrees their intimacy increased.
Dick Sittingwell would often stay as
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25
Taken at His Word.

Sarcastic Father-"Julia, that young
man Smiley has been here three nights
in succession, and it has been nearly
midnight when he left. Hadn't you bet
ter invite him to bring his trunk and
make his home with us?" Innocent
Daughter-"Oh, papa, may 1? 1t is
just what he wanted, but he was too
bashful to ask you. He'll be delighted
when ! tell him this evening. Pitts.
burgh Chronicle-Telegram.
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Dick hesitated only a moment; then
he went into the garden and knocked
at the door, ~


Miss Elsie herself opened 1t and
stood, watching him through her tear
stained lashes. She looked less beau
tiful than ever at that moment, with
her REDEEMED eyelids and her disor
dered hair
Its too bad, ma am said Dick
Just heard the news, and called t.
say how sorry l was"
Il suppose it's what they call life
answered Miss Elsie
Il hope, ma am, you aren't planning
to sell the place because of that?"
II certainly am. It's all that l have
left now"
Might l ask your price, ma amp" in
CURED Dick.
Eight thousand dollars" answered
Miss Elsie listlessly. 1T ought to be
more, but the house is very old, and
that's what I'm advised to hold it for. y
Dick thought hurriedly. He knew
that would mean about three thousand
cash and a mortgage. Dick was worth
about three thousand; he could ar
range the details. @
I'll buy it," he announced.
"You!" gasped Miss Elsie.
Eyes, ma am. You see, I've had my
eye on the place for long time, in
the hopes you might some day SELL
The words struck her like blow be.
tween the eyes. So that was the Sc
cret of his interest. The vanity of her
dreams!
81 suppose you can have it, then,
he heard her answer vaguely.
Everything in it as it stands, lock,
stock and barrel?" asked Dick.
why, / guess the furniture's not
worth much" said Miss Elsie. You'll
have to see my brother, Mr.. Van Nu,
gent, at Staples. He has charge of the
matter"
But if he is willing, you are?' per-
sisted Dick
YES" she replied.
Dick withdrew. He wanted to hide
the citation in his heart, that set it
pounding frightfully as he reflected
upon his maneuver. He clenched his
fists as he thought of the lawyer. He
had known Sharples well; the man was
a convivial person at the hotel. If
ever I run across him, I'll break his
head" he swore.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25
Vanity viii Work
Wonders Among Women
By THOMAS C. BARRY, New York

pulled silly with conce After ALL ovrweenng concet certainly
intelligence, for with would
allow himself to become foolshy vain.
always others far intelligent beautiful
attractive gifted and fascinating than If
searched impartial accomplished and wonderful
the world is quite impossible, except In ones own mind for
contestants would claim the title So
pretty attractive girl may be- she would be silly idiot to
become with claims
intelligence does become overconceied
Nevertheless every girl should mst grains of vanity in her
system Without looks and her charms But that
little spark the mark will keep alive her
interest will make her far attractive in
every way Vanity the proper proportions will work wonders in the
weaker SEX should have moderate share
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25
Official Jewel Calendar.

The following list of birthstones was
adopted by the American National Re-
tail jewelers. association in conven-
ton August s, 1918: January. garnet;
February, amethyst; March, blood
stone and aquamarine; April, dia-
mond; May, emerald; June, pearl and
moonstone; July, ruby; August, sar-
donyx and peridot: September,
sapphire; October, opal and tourma-
line; November, topaz; December, tur-
Quoise and lapis-lazuli.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25
III

Elsie Van Nugent had never mar
ried because she had taken care of
her father until his death, when she
was thirty-seven. No opportunities
came after that. Opportunities for
marriage are few in New England
among women whom birth has made
superior to the rest of the community.
And, besides, Elsie was already grow
ing into a typical old maid. She was
becoming angular and thin. there were
gray streaks in her hair, and she
knew quite we'll that whatever beauty
she had ever possessed was already
gone beyond recovery.
Her life had been utterly cramped.
Her bookish learning had never been
modified by contact with the world,
for her father had always been a re-
cluse, and, in his last days, fretful
invalid. When she met the drummer
she thought him a typical man of the
world.
The acquaintance was a wonderful
thing TO her. She felt guilty in steal
ing down to the garden gate when
Dick was coming that way-Thursdays
he always appeared in Bourne End.
She invented little excuses at first to
account for her presence there. Visit
fully she thought how she would like
to ask him in. But she never dared. It
was not only fear of what the neigh
bors would say, but fear of what ne
would think of her.
1t was odd that the uncouth drum
mer should exercise so strange fasci-
nation over the old maid, but it was
equally strange that he should find in
her his ideal of womanhood. Two or
three years passed, and their intimacy
stayed exactly where it was. Neither
dared to increase it, or to venture to
speak of the thoughts IN the heart.
Dick was becoming balder and stouter,
and Elsie more wHhered and lean.'
Then came the day when Dick was
amazed to see the house closed and a
big For Sale" sign in front of 1t.
The town was buzzing with the news.
Miss Elsie's lawyer, who had had
charge of her property, had absconded,
taking with him her whole available
fortune, ten thousand dollars.
Miss Elsie bad remained secluded in
the house since the Monday before.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25
INTERESTING ITEMS

The earth's population reaches a
grand total Of 1.70O.000,000 souls.
The Russian wheat yield is only ten
bushels to the acre
The earth's atmosphere is supposed
to vary in depth from 120 to 200 miles.
The young condor does not Fly until
its first year.
Some bacteria can live in water at
a temperature approaching the boiling
point. They are, therefore. called Their
mophyles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25
Divorce Is Indication
of Rising Standards
By DR.. JAMES p. LCHTENBERCER.P Professor Of
Sociology. University of Pennsylvania

Furthermore contend that the divorce rate does not indicate
the falling off among If anything it denotes the
coming of higher intellectual and moral standards.
willing urge law compel families who 1--we together
without ties Of mutual affection exist under conditions in which the
mother her living rather than live with her
husband to separate such divorce is BETTER
believe that more good families being formed today despite
divorce increase than before in the history OF the United States
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~.

And Dick ran across him the follow
ing week in the most amazing way
He was sent out to a western city to
cover a territory left vacant by the
illness of a fellow drummer. The
business done, Dick retired to his
room in the hotel.
A door opened softly, and Dick saw
the head and shoulders Of Sharples
In a minute he had leaped across the
passage and entered, before the law,
yer could draw the bolt.
Sharples stared at Dick in terror
What do you want?' he snarled.
"You know" said Dick.
Sharples realized that it was no time
to make pretenses. Its not your bust
ness" he staggered, 'but I'll give you
five hundred to get out and keep your
mouth shut"
You'll give me ten thousand for
Miss Van Nugent," answered Dick.
ct never was ten thousand.
Its going to be-"
"D'you suppose I've got it about me,
you fool?'
Dick went to the telephone and
touched the receiver. The lawyer
grabbed him by the arm. 'Tll give
you two," he clustered.
Dick turned and faced him. 81 said
ten, and meant it," he returned. "And
see here! l promised myself the pleas
ure of breaking your head. However,
l guess / can't have everything. Will
you hand over that ten thousand, for
the last timer"
The lawyer took a bill case out OF
his pocket and mechanically counted
out the money. There were twenty
bills of five hundred apiece. Dick ex-
amined them; they were genuine
enough.
81 guess you've plenty more" he
said
Its where you won't get it"
Dick smiled and slipped the bills
into his pocket.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25

A watch requires IT'S separate parts,
more than 2,400 operations being nee
essary in its manufacture.
The roller-jewel of a watch each day
makes $4,000 impacts against the
fork, or Isl, $1,000 in a year, or 2.153,
100000 in 20 years. A force OF one
horse power would run 270,000.000
watches.
The average American eats 801k
pounds of beef, ~ pounds of veal, 70
pounds of pork and lard and 61a
pounds of mutton and lamb every
year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25
Not So Difficult.

my friend Green" remarked oyer,
purchased horse last week that can
pass any other horse on the road, un-
der certain conditions"
"You don't say!" exclaimed Myer.
by the way, what are the conditions?"
THAT the other horse is going in the
opposite direction" answered oyer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-25

long as five minutes, talking and look
ing wistfully at the big house in the
cool grounds He learned Miss Elsie's
name at the hotel She owned the
place, and was the daughter of the
late squire. She was an old maid
and they said, maliciously, that she
was forty.