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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
CELLO PLAYING HARD WORK
Experiments Show That Four Tons of
Energy Are Necessary to Play
Single Selection.

A simple air played on the violOn-
cello calls for q total expenditure of
energy equal to two and th%ree-Quarter
pounds per note or more than -four tOns
of energy for the single selection, notes
Popular Science Monthly This is
vOuched for by Prof. Po~ffenberger Of
Columbia university, who made some
experiments in his laboratory with the
aid of the famous Dutch 'cellist
Michael Penha.
A special apparatus is necessary to
conduct the tests. Against the surface
of q revolving carbon cylinder is sus-
pended q chalk point which is actuated
by a slender wire attached to the
musicians finger. At each pressure
the tension vibrateS along the COM
municating connection and records the
energy expended.
At q recent test Michael Penha at
times raised the point to q distance
equaling three pounds in weight, that
being the record of the fOrefinger. The
pressure alone required to produce the
enthusiastically luscious tones of q
simple Bach aria averaged two and
three-quarter bounds per note. The
total energy expended amounted to
9,414 pounds, or more han four tons.
This same amount of energy would
be sufficient to carry a labOrer through
his entire days work. Yet it took but
five minutes for the artist to exert the
same amOunt of force.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10

done by introducing new blood occa-
sionany or by having the breeding
stock each year reared under farm
conditions. Most all city or town peo-
pie have n few farmer friends that
would be glad TO raise some of their
pure-bred poultry on halves.
For a good arrangement of q town
poultry plant see the accompanying
figure. A shows the movable colony
brooder houses for small chicks. The
place used for garden m year may
the next year be used to grow the
chicks and the garden put where
chicks were the year before. Il shows
laying house. IA by 40. divided in two
pens. each large enough TO accommo-
date about 10 laying hens. 1t will be
noticed hat TO each of these pens is
attached two yards, G. This makes il
possible to use one yard for u garden
one year and the next year the other.
This system of yarding keeps the
ground sweet at all times, and makes
Ii possible to grow wonderful garden
cups ~ Dusih6 any Nldh
fertilizer. ID shows the movable colo
ny houses for the growing stock. One
of these houses may be used as a cock
erel house. These yards should be cul-
tivated when not in use or planted TO
some crops once a year to prevent
their becoming contaminated.
A plant of this size properly taken
care of can be made TO bring In a
profit yer all expenses except labor,
of from $500 to $500. After several
years improved breeding. gradually
working into the breeding of high-bred
stock, either for egg production or for
the show, there is no telling to what
extent such a plant may be worked.
Remember, TO make q success OH such
IL plant 1t is highly important to keep
the stock healthy, strong and vigor-
Gus. and to prevent the contamination
of the ground.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
GOT HEML0CK SEED CHEAP
EngIishman's Shrewd Scheme for Pro-
curing Drug That Commanded
Good Price on Market.

Mr.. Pickwick's valet and %all-around
servant, Samuel Weller, whose linn
tied acquaintance with physicians and
apothecaries did not hamper his fes-
tive imagination In the relation Of med
ical novelties which were heard with
wonder and amazement by Mr.. Pick
wick and his friends, should have had
In his repertoir the following from the
London Garden: Every autumn a
man used TO bring to q wholesale drug
house In London q quantity Of hem
lock seed which he sold at half the
Der Of the house at last becomig
aroused he asked the man how he
could afford to sell the drug so cheap
ly. After being promised that nothing
would be done TO interfere with his
business he described his method.
Every spring he filed his pockets with
the seed and went out into the
try. Wherever he saw a good wide
hedegrow he sowed the seed broad
cast Then he went his way and vyor-
ried no more over his crop until the
fall, when he revisited the scene of his
labOrs. He would then call the farm
er's attention to the weeds" in his
hedge. Offering to cut them down for a
shilling a hedge, an offer which the
farmer gladly accepted. Thus was the
ground furnished free n he was paid
to cut the harvest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Surely an Antique.

Now here" said the secondhand
dealer, 'is a rare bargain in an an
tique photograph. which"
Whoever heard of a photograph
classed as antique furniture?" broke
In the scornful customer.
well, believe il or not" returned
the dealer, but the man l bought il
from had had it so long it was all paid
for.'-Kansas City Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10

One woman In the audience had her
Owl ideas about Julian Eltinge, the
famous impersonator of feminine
types.
Wouldn't 1t be great fun TO be mar
ried TO u man like that?' she said TO
her husband.
You mean because he is good look
ing?"
mo, you are good looking enough TO
suit me-"
"Then what do you mean?"
Think what q novelty 1t would be
to be able TO dress in the Paris gowns
your own husband wears to work.
Youngstown Telegram.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
PhoneY Fortune.

MY wife played a great trick on a
gypsy the other day"
The fat plumber was the speaker.
"What did she do?" asked the thin
carpenter.
"The gypsy wanted to tell her for
tune with some coffee grounds"
"Yes."
"And after she was through my wife
asked her If the coffee grounds pos
sessed some peculiar charms for for
tune telling"
what did the gypsy say?"
"She said they did,"
Then what?"
'"Then my wife gave her the laugh
and refused to pay her."
"Why?"
Because the sediment in h cup
wasn't coffee grounds at all We use
a substitute. youngstown Telegram.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Natures Great Hoodoo Temple.

In the HOodOO basin Of western
Wyoming are curious formations which
resemble Punch and Judy heads, grim
savages, simpering old maids, monkeys,
rabbits, birds and animals in every
grotesque n exaggerated shape imag-
Unable, and in every possible position.
There are 80 different shapes of heads (;
over 40 different animal and human
faces have been counted. The rock
out of which the hOOdOOs have been
carved by Dame Nature is what is
known as volcanic breccia.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
A FEW JOKES

II don't know, but it may have af-
How was that?"
well, you know quotations from
the classics have a soporiic effect on q
great many people. Maybe those who
were here went away so tranquilized
and sleepy that they would rather go
to bed than sit up and find fault with
the speakers arguments"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Shaped Hot-Water Bottle.

Many are the hot-water bottles on
the market, but the newest is a pc
cullar n shaped exactly to the small
of the back. 1t is made of aluminium,
and is oval and curved so hat it fits
either the back or face when one is
suffering from neuralgia or tOothache.
Water can be heated directly in the
bottle by using the bottle as a utensil
on the stove. 1t comes fitted with a
thick eiderGown cover.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
CUTICURA COMFORTS BABY
Suffering From Itching, Burning
Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial Free.

Give baby a bath with hot water and
Cuticura Soap, using plenty Of Soap.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Oint-
ment gently to all affected parts. In
slant relief follows and baby falls into
a refreshing sleep, the first perhaps
in weeks. Nothing more effective.
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, 1916-11-10

Mans idea of happiness has always
been n city. In the "Pilgrim's Prog
ress" Bunyan's hero was headed for a
city. Heaven is pictured as n great
city. Man is gregari0uS. He likes
company. There is something about
the stir and rush of the big city that
attracts him and he goes there. After
a while he finds out that the big city is
unsatisfactory and mighty cruel to n
large part OF It's inhabitants; that the
happiest man in the long run is the
one neareSt the soil. But as long as
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10

A-MoVable colony brooder house
and yard. B-Laying pens Guards
for laying pens. D-CoIony houses for
growing stock.
are not pleasing TO look at nor very
profitable. On the other hand, q pure
bred flock of chickens in q comfortable
and sanitary house and clean yard are
q beautiful sight and substantially
profitable. They will turn much waste
into dollars and cents. Such a flock
and such n flock alone will make it
possible to have fresh eggs any and at
all times. Fresh eggs are in reality
very hard to get. and unless you have
a small flock of hens you perhaps not
very often get the real fresh eggs.
The greatest difficulties in cOnnec-
ton with back-lot poultry keeping are
the prevention of contamination of the
land and the keeping up of the vigOr
of the stock. The former can only be
prevented by proper rotation and
planting to crops. The latter may be
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10

human nature is rs ii is now. the city
will be attractive To the farmer boy.
even though he Toes not leave the
farm for the city.
There never has been n time when il
WAS not really easier 10 make n living
out on the farm than in the city. that
is. for the average human. There
has been "A time when the cities
did not reek with dirt and misery and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Might Have Been Worse.

How did you enjoy you trip
through the SOuth?"
"Oh, we had fewer hardships than
l expected" replied the motor tour
ist. "While there was a @oeful lack
of roadhouses and most of the towns
were dry 1 discovered out in the ru-
raj districts that l could get all the
liquor 1 could drink by laying a dol
lar OF a designated stump and boot
ing three times like an owl"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
His Efficacious WAY,

Jurd Sprawl of Peewee vas telling
Of the style prevailing at his cousins
house in Kansas City. "Why. dad
burn ii, they EFT diner at six o'clock
at night" said he. And at every plate
there were six forks and"
Gee" cackled his younger brother.
How'd you know which one TO use?"
Hob That didn't bother me none.
L just grabbed my knife and sailed
right in.'-Kansas City Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Not So Easy.

Papa" said little Harry, 'if I prom
ise TO ask just one more question, will
you answer it,"
Eyes. my son. What is the ques-
tion?'
What are the boundaries of Rou.
mania?"
The idea of asking such a Ques-
ton. Go look ii up-in your geography,
my boy, and then you'll remember it,"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Sensible Girl.

"What first at
t~racted you to
Miss Flibber?"
"She seemed able
to talk about NOV
ing-picture actors
in an ordinary tone
of voice without
excessive emotion"
"W ELL Well !"
"So | thought q
chap h curly
hair and q dimple
in his chin might
h rope to become
popular with Il girl
like that"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Hid the View.

do l understand you TO say" said
the lawyer. looking iard at the prin-
cipal witness, that upon hearing q
noise in the hall you rose quickly, lit
a candle and went TO the head Of
the stairs, that a burglar was AZ the
foot OF the stairs. and you did not see
him? Are you blind?"
Must l tell the truth?" stammered
the witness, blushing TO the roots OF
his hair.
The whole TRUTH" was the stern
reply.
Then" replied he witness, brushing
aside his damp. clinging locks and
wiping the perspiration from his clam
my brow, my wife was In front OF
me-"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
MIXING With Ones Fellows.

Pretty soft for those m~llliOnaires
who travel to and from their New
York offices in private yachts"
Maybe So" replied the gregarious
individual, but l dare say you will
find more real sociability on the rear
platform of a trolley car"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Abundant Home Supply.

rs Bliggins susceptible TO fattery?"
mo. There's no chance for framing
UP a complaint that his own self-es-
TEEN will not have anticipated"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Sycophant.

Its ridiculous to see the way Mrs.
JObbleS fawns on Mrs. Grabcoin. the
social leader"
: 1T is. indeed. Every time Mrs.
GrabcOin sneezes Mrs. Jobbins is
threatened with acute pneumonia"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Vivid Past

Husband Ceiling Of accident)-And
rs l thought l was drowning my past
life came before me in one vivid flash.
Wife-William. you never told me
before that you had that kind of n
past.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Keep Cool.

When angry words pass between two
people, the n who keeps cool and
controls himself is the u who has
the advantage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10

In Mourning.

"a gentleman of the old school, evil
IDENTIFY"
Quite so. When the drastic prohi-
bition law went into effect, what do
you suppose he did,"
Il can't imagine"
Rather than fill his wine cellar
with grapejuice and soda pop he
nailed it up and tied a piece of crepe
to the door,"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Motive Enouuh.

"What are the motives of Bingley's
new playa" HE needs the money
Princeton Tiger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10

The destruction of birds costs this
country 81, 900. 100000 a year, it is es.
timated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Sure, He Had.

Sure, He Had.
Have you ever longed TO fy?"
Certainly, I'm married, the same as
yOu."-New Haven Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10

We always feel sorry for the 200,-
pound girl who tries to act cute.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10

True love doesn't thrive well I'm q
nubiic garden.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
Stronu Proof.

81 thought you
said GlitherS w a S
not an %OptiInist."
$50 l did"
"NOnsenSei He
started out yes
terday to m n k {
q transcOntinental
trip in Il second
hand automobile
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10
A Quieting Effect.

This orator made use of a great
many quotations from the classics"
$50 he did"
DO you suppose hat has any effect
on the average voter?"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-11-10

A man seldom marries unless he's In
love or I'm debt.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
FRENCH DRIVE
TEUTONS BACK
Attempt of Germans to Ex-
tend Front North of Yer
dun Repulsed.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London. March 2t-A German attempt
10 extend the battle front north OF Yer
dun further TO the west was repulsed
by the French today after their first line
of trenches had been penetrated. The
midnight official statement from Paris
reports that the Kaiser's troops were
driven out of the trenches they had &C.
cupied with the loss of some prisoners.
The attack was launched in the district
of Vauquois, in the Argonne. Its aim,
apparently, was to prevent the French
from dispatching endorsements to the
army in the Malancourt and Lemort
Homme sectors from this direction.
According to French statements. this
was the only infantry attack during the
last twelve hours. Previously, a Berlin
official communication states. the Ger
mans engaged in extending their gains
in the Malancourt region, occupied sew
seral additional trenches west of Hau-
court.
That crisis is rapidly approaching in the
battle northwest of Verdun is indicated
in dispatches from both French and Ger
man sources today.
News from Berlin. passed by the CEN
sor, is to the effect that a large French
army has been surrounded on three sides
northeast of Verdun. 1t is now held as
within a sack, the neck of the bag being
slightly more than three miles across
Against this neck the Germans are now
directing heavy artillery bombardment.
prior, APPARENTLY. to infantry storming.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
u. S. PROPOSAL
is REJECTED
British Decline to Disarm
Merchantmen in Return for
Let-up by Subs.
CHANGING WORLD
LAWS DURING WARS PROGRESS

Great Britain and her allies will not
entertain any proposal looking toward a
bargain with Germany on the question
of armed merchantmen and submarine
warfare. This fact was made clear yes
terday when Secretary OF State Lansing
received a reply from the entente allies 10
proposal that they disarm their mer-
chantmcn in return for a promise from
the central powers that submarines re-
frain from sinking merchantmen without
warning
The reply. delivered 10 the state De
partment by the British Embassy. ex-
presses courteous appreciation of the good
Offices of the United states in advancing
the suggestion. but emphasizes the fact
that the allies wish TO rest their case
definitely and finally on the basis of in
ternationaI law, the rules of which should
not be changed while tho war is in
progress.
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing
had expected that the entente would take
this stand and to a great extent it bears
out the position which President Wilson
himself has taken with the central powers
on all matters pertaining to rules OF in
terns tional law.
Although the reply was cabled here to
the British Embassy by the British for
eign office. it represents the joint decision
of Great Britain and her allies. 1t is
short and to the point. refraining from
arguments and lengthy discussions g. Fis
therefore more in the nature Of a sim. g.
reiteration of the entente allies known
position than a document setting forth
new views on the subject
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25

talnty exists in the minds of the contest
ants as TO who the winners will be.
The voting last night was done by some
secretly, by others openly Every con-
testant in The Herald Building at closing
time was given a warning a few minutes
before midnight that the end was draw
ing near, and thus was enabled TO enter
his votes before the ballot box was scaled
Work Until Last Minute.
Many contestants worked up until
the last hour gathering subscriptions.
Some sent in their votes by mail All
letters bearing postmarks showing an
hour prior to last midnight will be
honored and the votes contained in
them will be recorded. even though
the letters themselves do not reach
The Herald office until today
This contest has been the most
successful ever conducted in this city,
in my opinion" said the contest man.
ager last night. The city has been
secured for subscriptions. Every gov
eminent office, every section of the
city, every profession and business
has been canvassed by contestants
And the number of subscriptions that
has been received is enormous 1t has
been hard work. but each contestant
has been rewarded. Even those active
members who do not win prizes will
have received commissions of ten per
cent on all subscriptions secured. This
has been contest in which every one
won something"
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25

1t is stated in several reports that the
steamship Aurora. which carried the Nc
lntosh branch of the expedition to the
Ross Sea. broke loose from her moorings.
leaving Capt Mcintosh and nine of his
men on the shore of Ross Sea.
Wireless cxSaxe Received.
Minister of the Navy Jensen at Mel
bourne stated that a wireless message
had been reeei.ed at the naval radio sta
ton from the Aurora. The message
reads:
Hull severely strained. Ship released
from ice March II, in latitude 81 20. south:
longitude Isl east"
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
Joe Engel Weds
Kentucky Girl
Former Hurler of Nationals
Elopes with Miss Mary
B. Polhamus.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Memphis, Tenn, March 24.-Joe EngeI.
member of the Minneapolis baseball
team, formerly with Washington, and
Miss Mary B. Polhamus, of Hickman,
KY, were married Thursday, according
to dispatch from Hickman, Ky, where
the Minneapolis team has been training
Engel and his wife are here with the
Minneapolis team, but Engel tonight
could not be located.
According to the report from Hick-
man, they eloped to Union City, Tenn,
a nearby town, and were quietly married
Thursday. The bride, who is IS years
old, is the only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Joe Polhamus, of Hickman. Engel had
been in Union City as the guest for about
two months of Joe Cantillon, manager of
the Minneapolis team.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
CABINET VOTES
Down PLAN TO
CALL MILITIA
Wilson's Advisers Convinced
That All Is Moving Salts
factorily in Mexico.
SURE OF CARRANZA
Lansing Brands Reports Of
Herrera's Detection as
Pack of Lies"

Bitter resentment in administration cir
cles over what is regarded as an or
ganized effort to embroil the United
States into war with Mexico flared up on
all sides in Washington yesterday.
Following a meeting OF the Cabinet, at
which a proposal to call out the National
Guard for border service was voted down,
members OF the Presidents official fam
fly" left the White House declaring that
campaign Of transformation was on to
make It appear that the Carranza gov
eminent was not working in harmony
with the United States for the capture
of Villa.
In the Senate Chairman William +.
mIttee. in a seething speech, attacked
the Republicans for seeking TO force
trouble between this country and Mexico.
At the State Department Secretary
Lansing characterized as a pack OF
lies reports coming from the border that
Gen. Luis Herrera, Carranzas military
commander at chihuahua, had gone over
to the side OF Villa with 1900 Carranza
followers.
There were strong indications that Mai.
Gen. Bell, commanding the American
forces at Ell Paso. would be called to
account for having let it be known that
he had received reports tending to con-
firm the detection Of Herrera
BurIeson Made Proposal.
Discussion of the question Of calling
out the National Guard for border duty,
thus IeaThg the regular army forces
free for shatever eventualities may de-
velop, Is understood TO have been
brought before the Cabinet by Post
master General BurIeson, who. being a
native OF Texas, is said to have been
appealed to by members of Congress
from border States to see what could be
done to provide better protection along
the boundary line.
Lansing Has Good News.
The Cabinet discussion hinged directly
on reports which members OF Congress
have been receiving from their constit-
uents in border towns insisting that Car
rama was secretly massing large num-
bers Of Mexican troops along the inter-
national boundary. Secretary Lansing
presented to his colleagues information
received yesterday morning from Amer
lean consuls in northern Mexico denying
these reports.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-25
May Be Marooned
at Ross Sea Base in Arctic

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, March Acknowledging reports
were received here today telling of the
return of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the
British explorer, from his expedition to
the Antarctic.
One report received at Sydney indicates
that Sir Ernest has reached point on
the Ross Sea shore, where a base had
been established for him by Capt. Nc
Intosh in command Of the branch of ex-
petition which set out from New Yea
land.
No confirmation can be had of this
report and little credence is given to it
By friends of the famous explorer here.