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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27
JOY FOR THE SCRUB WOMAN
Electrical Machine Does All the Tedi-
Gus Work While Biddy Stands
BY and Grins.

The latest recruit to the ranks Of
electric labor-saving devicps Is scrub
bling machine. 1t weighs about 100
pounds and Is entirely s6;f-contalned,
with the single exception that 1t takes
It's current from any convenient socket.
The machine vets, sweeps, scrubs
and dries the floor ut a angle opera
tion. 1t requires only single attend
ant, who merely pushes che machine
forward and guides 1t. He controls
the amount of water distributed on the
floor by means of a handle. This wa
ter Is Immediately swept up by n cy-
lindrlcal brush which Is 1G inches wide
and has circumference uf 20 Inches.
This brush is driven by one-fourth
horsepower motor at speed Of 600
revolutions per minute.
The brush does the actual scrubbing
and carries all of the dit and soiled
water over an apron int separate
receiving pan, so the scrubbing is al
ways done with clean wafer from the
upper tank. The machine is said to
have capacity of nearly 1000 square
feet Of surface per hour.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27
Naturally, after they travel to-
eether for while, love affair
develops between Jack and Mer-
lem. Then comes trouble.
(To BE CONTINUED
Damaged, But No Damages.

A young Pennsylvania lawyer, prac.
ticing in the South, was called on by
an old negro, who seemed to be In n
very bruised condition.
The negro, addressing the lawyer,
said: "Good morning. lawyer; Use
come to see you to bring suit 70
me-"
The lawyer, seeing the negro's condi.
ton and fOreseeing good damage
suit, asked for a statement of facts.
"Well," continued the negro, "Ah
wus walkin' on down through the field,
and de brown mule was eatin' long.
side de paff, and JUS as All passed he
hauled Off wild dat lef' foot and lam.
basted me all over and nigh broke me
to pieces"
"Good," interrupted the lawyer
"now has the owner of that mule got
any money!"
"Any money!" exclaimed the negro
"why, boss, All owns de mule l"-
Vests Docket.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27
Varieties of Oysters.

We do not distinguish many differ
ent kinds of oysters when we eat
them, and yet there are, 1t Is said, be-
tween $50 and 400 varieties of oysters
in the world. Among the smallest
known Is that which the people Of
England, France and Germany usually
eat-the oysters dug in the neighbor-
hood of Ostend, in Belgium. The larg-
est oysters are those of the Pacific
ocean and the Philippine islands. ordi-
nary oysters of choice varieties, trans
planted from the Atlantic coast to the
Pacific, have been found to develop
into great size, but to lose their flavor
to such an extent that they became
scarcely eatable.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27
Distant Friends,

A person well skilled in geography
asked loan of friend, stating that
he had been in all quarters of the
globe, and had friends in each. He
was asked their names and dealings.
"Oh," said he, II have often dealings
with Tim Bucto, in Africa, for ivory I;
with my old friend Ben Gal, for rice I;
BIZ Boa sends me fruit from Spain,
and there Is Pat Agonla and Sam
O'Thracia and Frank OHIO, and"
Hold" replied the other; "you can't
be on good terms with friends who
keep themselves at such a very great
distance"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27
ATTENTION TO SIDE bitches
Provision Should Be Made to Remove
All Surface Water Rapidly
Guard Against Erosion.

Special attention should be paid to
providing side bitches which will re-
move all surface water rapidly. Side
bitches on long, steep grades should
be protected against serious erosion
by riprap, transverse timbers or other
beams. Culverts and bridges should
be of ample size and be built as per-
manent structures. Drain tile should
be laid to carry Off underground wa
ter. Side bitches which are kept clean
and have sufficient slope to lead the
water away are usually preferable to
tile drainage. but the latter 10 neceG.
sary In some places.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27

him, laying a slim, brown hand upon
his arm.
The contact awakened the lad from
his absorption. He looked down at
her. and then his arm went about her
shoulders once more, for he saw tears
upon her lashes.
Come" he said, "the jungle Is kind
err than man. You shall live In the
Jungle, and Korak and Akut will pro-
tect you"
She did not understand his words,
but the pressure Of his arm drawing
her away from the PROSTATE Arab and
the tents was quite ineligible. One
little arm crept about his waist, and
together they walked toward the pali-
SADIE.
Beneath the great tree that had har-
bored Korak while he watched the girl
at play heslifted her in his arms and,
throwing her lightly across his shout
ders, leaped. nimbly into the lower
branches.
And SO Merlem entered the jungle
with Korak, trusting, In her childish
innocence, the stranger who had be-
friended her and perhaps influenced in
her belief in him by that strange In
tuitlve power possessed by woman.
The two had gone but short dis
lance from the village when the girl
spied the huge proportions Of the great
Akut. With half stihed scream she
chung more closely to Korak and point
ed fearfully toward the ape.
Akut, thinking that the Killer was
returning with prisoner, came growl-
ing toward them. A little girl aroused
no more sympathy In the beasts heart
than would n full grown bull ape. She
| was stranger and therefore to be
killed. He barred his yellow fangs as
he approached, and to his surprise the
Killer barred his likewise but he barred
them ut Akut and snarled menacingly
"Ah," thought Akut, "the Killer has
taken mater And so, obedient to
the tribal laws Of his kind, he left
them alone, become suddenly absorbed
in fuzzy caterpillar of peculiarly
succulent appearance.
The larva disposed of, he glanced
from the corner of an eye Mt Korak
The youth had deposited his burden
upon n large limb, where she chung
desperately to keep from falling.
''She will accompany us" said Ko
rak to Akut, jerking thumb in the
direction of the girl. do not harm
her. We will protect her."
Akut shrugged. To be burdened by
the young of man was in no way tt
his liking. He could see from her evil
dent fright at her position on the
branch and from the terrified glances
she cast in his direction that she wa:
hopelessly unfit.
BY all the ethics Of Akut's training
and inheritance the unfit should b'
eliminated, but If the Killer wished
this she there was nothing to be don'
about 1t but to tolerate her.
Meriem spent an evening and nigh
of unmitiguted terror.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27

lips of the Arab. The child essayed
to crawl away, but before she could
get out of reach the old man kicked
her brutality, sending her sprawling
upon the grass. Then he followed her
up to seize and strike her us was his
custom.
Above them in the tree beast
crouched where moment before had
been boy-a beast with dilating nos
trils and barred fangs-a beast that
trembled with rage.
The sheik was STOPPING to reach
for the girl when the Killer dropped
to the ground at his side. His spear
was still in his left hand, but he had
forgotten 1t. Instead his right fist was
clinched, and the sheik took back
ward step, astonished by the, sudden
materialization of this strange appari-
ton apparently out of clear sky the
heavy fist landed full upon his mouth,
backed by the weight of the young
giant and the terrific power of his
| more than human muscles.
Bleeding and senseless, the shelk
sank to earth. Korak turned toward
the child. She had regained her feet
and stood, wide eyed and frightened
| looking first up into his face and then
horror Struck at the recumbent figure
of the shelk. In an involuntary ges-
ture of protection the Killer threw an
arm about the girls shoulders and
stood waiting for the Arab to regain
mt ro..
mutned thus, then the girl spoke.
when he regains his senses he will
kill me-" she said in Arabic.
Korak could not understand her. He
shook his head, speaking to her first
in English and then In the language of
the apes. But neither of these were
Ineligible to her.
She leaned forward and touched the
hilt of the long knife that the Arab
wore. Then she raised her clnsped
hand above her head and drove an i'm
aginary blade into her breast above
her heart.
Korak understood. The old man
would kill her.
The girl came TO his side again and
stood there trembling. She did not
fear him. Why should she? He had
saved her from n terrible beating at
the hands of the sheik. Never in her
memory had another so befriended her.
She looked up into his face. 1t was a
bOyish, handsome face, nut brown like
her own. She admired the spotted
leopard skin that circled his 1.-THE body
from one shoulder to his knees.
And Korak looked. at the girl. He
had always held girls in Il species of
contempt. Boys who associated with
them We're, In his estimation, molly.
coddles. He wondered what he should
do.
He stood for several minutes buried
in thought. The girl watched his face
wondering what was passing in his
mind. She, too, was thinking of the
future.
She feared to remain and suffer the
vengeance Of the sheik. There was ne
one in all the world to whom she
might turn other than this half naket
stranger who had dropped miraculous
ly from the clouds to save her from
one of the sheik's accustomed beat
ings. Would her new friend leave he
now2 Wlstfully she gazed at his In
tent face. She moved little closer Il
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27
f1JE)[I(1
ROADS
OPERATION OF A ROAD DRAG
Mistake for Operator to Think That
All He Has to Do is to Drive
Team-Get Best Angle.

Whenever the road drag has been
tried and pronounced failure 1t is
safe to say that 1t was not used often
enough or else it was used at the
wrong time or in the wrong way. Some
operators seem to think that all they
have to do is to drive the team and
the drag will automatically do the
work, but this is sad mistake.
In the first place the manner of
hitchlng the team to the drag greatly
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27
JACK SEES THE PRETTY LITTLE ARABIAN GIRL BADLY
MlSTREATED BY THE sHEIK AND REsCUEs HER

expedition the
brings
original TaHn has inherited love Of wild live
drawing card n hall
The
appears joytuy
him Africa. jack and Akut become
he A thief
killed Akut They flee together the jungle up
rcpulscd by both white and black
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27
MlIllon.poIIar Brain,

"Old Bostely says he has million
dollar brain," observed the man who
was always picking up information.
"Hes quite right" answered the other /;
ut would cost him fully that much to
find out what's the matter with It."
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27
stIn Upper Lip.

A stiff upper lip in times Of stress
is sometimes interpreted success, and
il does lead to 1t not infreQuentlI
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-27

Peru was the first country to add
instruction in aviation to its public
school curriculum.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04
Selling Prices to Retailer for
Butter, Eggs and Cheese

Butter
Native was inst ton
creamery. cube .......
Native w ash INST ton
creamery. brick ...4..
Storage. cubes ..........
storage. bricks ...........
Eggs
select ranch eggs ......
Fresh Eastern eggs ...,..
April storage ........,...
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04
Convalescing, She Now
Hungers for Music and
Appeals to Miss Grey

had long period Of sickness tot
that time could not continue
and lost r. am now able to be up
again. terribly and with the
longing play and sing little
looking found OF that KIND ana
most Of rental even
work for some bme
the deb. heavy
thought you might know o.
their piano IN home rather
IN STORAGE for awhile
children the family and
Doud love
NV and would be very
somewhere in this big town that
,oui. fonlyI find II. n
49, CoaVALESCENT
is not know OF piano
Convalescent they obtain her
and calling the exchange operator at The star
Mai
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04
BOYS ROB MAN

Two welidrcssed young men
sauntercd into the Standard OIL
gasoline service station a. Fourth
ave. and I.cnora st Wednesday
evening.
One OF them suddenly whipped
ont a revolver and pushed it against
the abdomen OF Manager r. J..
Fisher.
Now throw up your hands and
turn around" he was ordered
The visitors then seoopcd SO out
Of the cash register drawer and dc.
parted. running
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04
"LIonTrHArFA lLEo"-cLAss A
Complete Report
Of Market TODAY

Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers for
Vegetables and Fruit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04

A-You did precisely and exactly
right 20 return the gift II Is de-
piorable that more Young girls
haven't the courage of their oonyic-
tons. Advise your young man
friend 10 consult some standard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04

PLAYS
rno.HAMs TO-DAY

fhb'sh y "" t'tNt
IInIUTt Lillian .i-h In "The
ttous. HAITI tpon sands"
tIUuMUH--tiara kin,bnii Young
In "ihe Foolish Virgin"
Il soIISIt NJ Marguerite oiarh In
"saoo White"
UEN--Johp Mason In "rbe Lib~r-
tine"
sTHsND-Hobeu warwick In
AN Man"
nissIo>--M"- Marsh la 9TH.
I wharf HAT"
i tUt4O>ttIe-r~adi~ Itound-t y
scenes.
CLASS A--nobet, Ede-on In "Tbs
LIsht That Failed"
WELL. NOW WE WONDER
The wire "Wednesday carried" n
story concerning $4,000 fire
ia the Popular Plays and
Players studio West Thirty.fifth
II. New York Olga petroya. the
movie vampire. led the flight of
some 40 actors aud actorines from
the burning building Now. why
wasn't some enterpriAing director
there to inject little pep into the
/ fire and make Olga the subject Of
a thrilling roscue at the hands Of
some handsome idol7
LILLIAN GlsH-LiBERTY
II has been rumored that Lillian
! Gish. IN" noted movie heroine. has
left the Fine Arts' forces and has
become Hluehrd star All of
+ which the Triangle company de-.
1 uies and OF which We are mighty
glad LILLIAN appears In The
House Built Upon Sand" at the
Liberty Thursday
A comedy aud scenic complete
fthe bill
I"FooLtSt ViRoiN"-cLE mMER
! Clara Kimball Young viii con.
/ tinue at tho Clemmer In THE Fool.
I ish Virgin. her latest vehicle. In
which Conway Toarle plays the
male lead
II il n good story nicely pre-.
scented. tho We are ~ the opinion
/ that Miss Young r. lll-suited 10 the
part. "a part which should have been
I played by come fluffy. Eighty flap
( per, II YOU get our meaning
II II the tale OF young school
teacher who married man. know
ing nothing Of his past. and It's bit.
tnrnesH, and who later found that
( he was n thief However. he went
away and reformed and she waited
/ for him and he came which Ii the
old. old story told in a new way.
( The novel was filmed from the
book By Thomas Dixon.
SNOW WHtTE"-coLisEum
Snow White" the fairy tale film,
may he seen AZ the Coliseum an the
/ rest ~ the week Marguerite Clark.
the dainty Famous PLAYERS star. Is
I featured. with Creighton Hale. hero
of many a serial. IN the opposite
role
Il Is a dainty film story. adapted
from the fairy tale OF the same
name by the Grimm Brothers. and
details the adventures of a little
princesN. the victim OF step
mothers persecution.
ALI HAN"-STRAND
The STORY OF a young fellow. one
~ the Ho.calied idle rich. who
goes ont into the world 10 make
good Is very common one. but
seems never 10 wear out II given
some nex quirk or twist
The aforesaid qulrk Is given in
An Man" at the Strand until Sat.
urday night Robert Warwick and
Noble King play the leads. Rob.
ert plays the yoIng rake who. after
a atnrruy arwafun With fayar av.r
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04

out Oregon and Washington. may
be seen at the Colonial until Satur.
day night
Bucking bronchos and bucking
bulls. roping. hull-dogging and all
other time honored events OF such
shows. are clearly portrayed.
LIGHT THAT llED"-CLASS A
Robert Edeson. who scored such
a tremendous success in Mort
main in Seattle some months back,
is at the Glass \ in a return show.
ing of Kipling's famous story. The
Light That Failed.
The play Is we'll presented. well
acted and clearly told 1t is one
that everyone will be pleased to
see.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04
ROUND.UP-COlONtAL

The first showing of the motion
pictures of this falls Pendleton
Roundup the annual event which
attracted great attention all thru.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04

To mark cattle. an Inventor has
patented buttons that can he clamp.
ed thru their ears
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04

West to make good. And In the
story he does.
BERTiNE"-REx
We still have with us John Mason
and Alma Ilanlon In THE Liber-
tine" which viii remain ut the Rex
until Saturday night Mason plays
the leading role as the octopus
(take us literally into whose
clutches fall many sweet, pure
girl
Manager Hamrick is stil dang
ling a prize before the public's col
lective eyes for better name than
The Libertine.'
WHARF RAT"--MlSSION
Dainty Mae Marsh, whose admir-.
ers are legion. comes Thursday to
the Mission in The Wharf Rat"
her latest Triangle vehicle. "The
Wharf Rat" Is not at all up to the
standard heretofore set by Triangle
films. II Is the story of little
girl who believes herself a boy and
roamed the waterfront In the habit
ments of a young man until one
day she found out that she was a
girl and could be made very attrac-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04

o.--Wili you please settle a aues-
ton Of great importance TO usf
What 10 the weight Of a gallon Of
waserf The standard gallon Of
the government 10 al cubic inches.
and friend says a gallon Of water
weighs 10 pounds I contend that u
weighs q fraction over eight
pounds. I. r. Y.
A gallon OF water tU. :.
rtandard) weighs eight and one
third pounds.
OIL have a sash made Of white
MORE elk ribbon and would like
to know how TO put q away so as
TO keep Il from, turning yellow.
JEAN.
A.--wrap white silk in dark
paper when putting 1t away. to ex-
; clude the light. Blue tissue paper
II said to be best.
OWN you please state what
the salary is per day 81 an eieetri-
clan In the National Cuard7
HARRY.
A.-Master electricians. quarter
masters OF coast artillery. master
signal electricians and chief must
clans in the National Guard service
receive $3.50 per day
al am q girl Of ~. Christmas
received a beautiful and eS-
pensive silver present from a boy
Of 20. I, Of course. sent u back TO
him with a note explaining that
could not accept SUCH an expensive
gift from q boy. Now ne claims
that II was a very iiI-mannered
thing for me to do. am very
anxious to know ~ ! really did
wronc. MAGMA.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-04

book Of etlquet in regard 10 Young
girls accepting expensive gifts from
men 10 whom they are not engaged.
A mouse can bore passage
thru an inch board In three hours.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-11
LAKE CO. SOLDIER
COMMANDS DIVISION
Gen. Willis Ham Of Crown
Point and Lowell Chief
at Waco, Tex.

WACO. TEXAS. Dec. 11.-BriE. Gen.
Z. t. McGlachlin viii arrive here to-
morrow TO assume command OF Camp
Macarthur OF the 57th artillery brigade
vacated by the promotion of its COM
mander, Gen. Willis Ham. to be COM
mander Of the division. Gen. McGlach-
lin IS a West Point classmate OF Gen.
Ham and is a Wisconsin man. The two
have seen much service together
Lieut.. ". A. Nyoodief Of the regular
army. was today designated as aide 10
Gen. Ham.
In his farewell address before leaving
Camp Macarthur for his row command
at Battle Creek. Mich, today Gen. Park
er had every officer of tho camp before
him and tho building guarded. 1t is un-
derstood that he dealt in cold facts
and presented the real military condi-
tions the American army will have to
meet in Europe.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-11
Steel City Concern Moves
Into It's New
Offices.

The Gary National Life Insurance
company has leased the second floor OF
the Gary Theater building. and moved
snto It's new quarters today. They utIl-
sze the hall Is reception room. The
two rear rooms are utilized as work
rooms. Private offices are provided for
ths president and tho secretary, one
room for the agency department and
one room for the medical department.
The sign, Cary National Life" are on
the top windows across the front Of
the building
Waking Farm Loans.
IN an Interview with President Wil-
bur Wynant. he states that they have
been making some farm loans IN the
southern part Of the county. and VIII
make their deposit with the auditor Of
state in farm loans and Liberty bonds
Some time during the latter part OF
December snd VIII be ready to begin
tie sale Of LIE insurance The first OF
Januar.-.
The rate books. policy forms and 1T
eleture are now being prepared and
viii soon be ready for use. The com
pany proposes TO write 10, Is and 20
year ordinary life: TO- IS and 4n-year
endowment participating policies. and
the same line Of policies in non-partlci-
patinG or guaranteed IA ties Tuey VIII
also write a line Of guaranteed dividend
policies. In other words, the company
Will write as complete a line OF poll
tis7 ss snv eor3oanv doing business IN
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-11
COURTS
ADJOURNED

Gary Superior court was adjourned
yesterday by Judge c. f. Greenwald III
order that the machinery Of the court
as well as the entire legal profession
of the steel city may be used in aid
ing draft cligibles with the question
raire.
It sunderstood that the Superior
courts in Hammond Will follow suit
on THURSDAY
MEET TOMORROW.
Judge Greenwald said that he would
keep his court adjourned until further
notice. and that he had issued a call
FOR the lawyers ~ meet I'D the court
room Tuesday morning st o'clock.
when the drGft questions viii be dis
cussed.
Because OF the large number OF men
in Gary and Lake county unable to
speak English. It is realized that all
OF the legal help possible VIII be
necessary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-11
Warm Sleepers
Women's Gowns
Ladies' Spats

10 button style i'll colors,
gray, taupe, brown, white;
worth $500. Special per
par ...-.s.:..... S1.0S
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-12-11
CARY NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE
CO. IS MAKING FARM LOANS

this section.
During the first year the company
VIII carry these to the limit OF $4,000
on any one life. but will issue their
own policies Up TO $4,000 reinsuring
the excess over or above s2,5oO in other
reputable companies.
The company IS still selling stock.
but expects to have sufficient stock
sold BY the first or the year that the
life Insurance company stock can be
taken or the market.
The officers aad directors Of the Gary
National Life Insurance company are
as follows: Wilbur wynant. president;
George II. Manlove. vice president; Her
bert W Taleott, secretary: Edgar A.
Ridgley. treasurer; Milton s. Hopper.
medical director; and the directors are.
Horace s. Norton. Wilbur Wynant.
George II Aranlove. Milton 8. Hopper:
Edgar A Ridgley. Barney T Chsmski.
. Ingwald Moe, J. \. Campian. Joseph
little, A. IT, ". Johnson. Alfred Sehmal.
Albert Foster. Lawrence f. Lyons, r. o.
Johnson and H. ". Talcott. The mem
bers Of the finance committee are VIII
bur Wynant. II. ". Talcott. Albert Eos
ter. A. II. W. johnson and Edgar A.
Ridgley. The executive committee IL
composed Of Sle following: Wilbur
Wynant, Horace s. Norton II. ". Tai
colt, Ingwald Moe and George II. Man
love
Additional members that viii be on
the board OF the Gary National Associ-
ates company are: Michael Binzen. Roy
c. Parry. H. ". Haskell. with a num-
/ her or other prominent men to be add
ed. J. r. Snyder viii also act on that
board These Two boards VIII work to-
gether for the development Of these
two corporations the Associates CON-
pany being a loan and banking COM
many