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School. Of Bahia. Brazil.

Bahia, Brazil, has 13.464 children
in 2ss public schools employing 33s
teachers.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14

DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels. Ad.
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600 are believed to have been killed
in the explosion in Halifax harbor and
the fire which swept North Halifax
and Dartmouth, n. s., according to ad-
vices from naval commander reach
ing the Navy Department. The navy
dispatch said these figures had not
been verified however.
Halifax, n. s, Dec. with the toll
of dead steadily mounting, it was be-
lieved early this morning that more
than 1000 persons per3hed in the ex-
plosion and fire which followed the
collision in Halifax harbor between a
munitions-laded French ship, the Mont
Blanc, and the Imo, another vessel
Relief Commission
The disaster which has plunged the
dominion into mourning probably will
rank as the most fearful that ever oc-
CURED on the American continent.
Residents of Halifax and thousands of
volunteer relief workers who have
come into the city have been almost
tiLNu 1T lhN tAtNht VI tllS Iollol.
Temporary morgnes have been cs-
tablishcd in many buildings, to which
steady procession of vehicles of all
kinds have been carrying for hours the
, bodies of men, women and children.
| Most of them were so charred that
they were unrecognizable.
"a. To-, .
which could be converted into a hos
pital is filled with wounded, many of
them so desperately injured that there
Is no hope of their recovery. Scores
already have died in these temporary
hospitals. An ever-increasing number
is being taken from the completely
devastated Richmond district to the
relief station. An army OF rescue
workers is searching among the ruins
for bodies and for those who have sur
vived amidst the wreckage left by the
explosion and fire.
The city was in darkness Thursday
night except for the flames from the
fires still burning in the wrecked build
ings in the North End. The electric
light and gas plants have been V1r-
tually destroyed and the only lights
available are kerasene lamps. They
furnished the illumination by means OF
which surgeons and doctors toiled
heroically throughout the night car
, ing for the injured.
Soldiers, sailors and police patrolled
the streets and upon them fell the
major portion of the burden of search
ing among the ruins for the dead and
wounded. The Canadians were assist
ed in this work by sailors from an
American warship in the harbor.
The flame-swept area covers ap'
proximately two and one-half square
miles, II begins at what is known
as the North street bridge, extending
north to pier eight on the Richmond
waterfront and back to a point run
ming parallel with Gottingen street.
Nothing has been left standing in this
section of the city. Only pile OF
smouldering ruins marks the spot
where the great building of the
American Sugar Refining Company
stood, The drydock and all the build
ines which surrounded 1t were de-
stroyed. The Richmond school that
housed hundreds of children was de-
molished and It is reported only three
escaped.
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The Sinner and the Soma,

"Blisgins says his objection to oui
national anthem is that he can't sing
IT,"
Hes telling the truth. But we cant
possibly postpone this war until some
body digs out Il tune that Blisgins car
sing"
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14

Most every man is lazy, but he
doesn't like to admit 1t.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14

Brooklyn. n. V. finds many men
more than fifty years old unable to gel
jobs.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14

If you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes, use Red Cross Bag Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14

Philadelphia Keneseth Israel Jewish
temple has celebrated It's seventieth
anniversary.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14
TYPHOID 6: e 4:

eacy, and harmlessness, Of Anttyphod vaccination.
your family. It Is more vital than house insHance.
Ask your physician. druggist, o. send for "lIava
you had 1yphoidf" telling Of Typhoid Vaccine,
ssesueins vseeiaEs . sEarns unpEa .. sss. uesnss
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Washington, Dec. More than 81
600 are believed to have been killed
in the explosion in Halifax harbor and
the fire which swept North Halifax
and Dartmouth, N. S, according to ad-
vices from naval commander reach
ing the Navy Department. The navy
dispatch said these figures had not
been verified, however.
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You
WiN
Publish
This
Letter
Bananas Cheap and Nutritious.

Bananas Cheap and Nutritious.
During the year 1917 more thun six
billion bunnnas were imported into
North America. Three of these ba-
nanas weigh about Il pound and cost
generally about five cents. At five
cents IL pound bananas may claim to
be rs cheap and nutritious IL food as
any on the market ut present prices.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14

Flattery is always dished out to 9th
er peoplc-nevcr to us.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14
canoun.ne IIslna

Beauty unadornsd may be al1 right
In some cases. bNs q iittle dressing
alway improves Ne tnrks5. Il &
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true Fes,..r-

LADY, should tIiInk you would
work instend o. begging for you, iiv-
ing.
TRIUMPH do, ma'ain.
Lady-Tllcn why are you asking me
for money?
Tramp That's my profession,
na'nm. But If you knew how hard Il
Is to get nickel ont of some folks
you'd never accuse me of, not work.
ing"
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the Iaundreas
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14

Spain has shipbuiiaing boom.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14
PER UNA Best All
Around Medicine
Ever Made

Mr.. W. H. Edgar, 40 Cooper St.. At
lanta, Georgia, writes:
II suffered for fifteen years with
rheumatic symptoms. Peruna cured
me and think It is the best all
around medicine ever made. l hope
you will publish this letter for the
benefit OF others who suffer-"
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14

Those who object to liquid medk
slnes can procure Peruna Tablets.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14
FRENCH MUNITIONS SHIP BLOWN
UP AFTER CoLLIsIoNw WITH
RELIEF STEAMER AT HALIFAX
SCORES PERISH IN FIRE
THOUSANDS INJURED AND BUILD.
lNGs TORN TO BITS AS PARTS
OF TOWNS ARE RAzED.

western Newspaper Union News Service
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Country TO See Greatest
Athletic Activity During
The Next Twelve Months

DIR. Joseph Il. Raycrort, director OF
the department Of physical science ut
Princeton, predicts year of unusual
athletic activity among the army train
ing camps. He says: There will be
more real and widespread athletic ac-
tivity in this country during the next
twelve months than ever before in our
lifetime"
Doctor Raycroft is n member OF the
war departments commission on train
ing camp activities.
THAT the colleges have abandoned
athletics is entirely false notion that
has attained too general circulation
and acceptance" says Doctor Raycroft.
"The colleges have not and will not
abandon athletics; what some Of them
did abandon was intercollegiate COM
petition.
Take Princeton, for example. OF
our student body OF some 1,600 young
men, nearly 500 promptly enlisted for
war service and ut once began training
for ii. II left them neither time nor
opportunity 10 engage in competition
with other college athletes, and we
therefore made virtue of necessity"
Doctor Raycroft disagrees with the
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Stenographer on Limited
Trains Has Difficult Job

One of the most difficult stenO-
graphic jobs in the world is said TO be
that of stenographer on the limited
trains between New York and Chi
cago. A recent writer says of the
work:
You have TO take dictation in any
old way-on your sleeve. sitting down,
standing up. bending over TO hear the
words distinctly; in any position and
on any kind of paper and at any and
all times. The stuff you take down
covers about every range of human en-
deavOr and human thought I've taken
dictation from men in pretty nearly
every profession / ever heard of-from
surgeons TO shoemakers. I've written
Wills for lawyers, taken down confes-
sions from criminals handcuffed TO de-
tectives. shorthanded editorials for big
New York newspaper editors, taken
medical opinions for doctors, handled
the correspondence of dozens of bank
presidents and big financiers, written
letters for men who have killed them
selves twenty-four hours later, drafted
telegrams for elopers begging forgive
ness-if there is any kind of steno-
graphic work that haven't had hand
in since I've been train stenographer,
| can't imagine what 1t could be-"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Memorial 70 Tom Thomson.

\ fitting memorial has just been
erected I'm the wilds or Algonquin park
10 the late Tom Thomson, the dlstir-
guished young Canadian artist. who
was drowned there last July. says the
Toronto Globe On the hill overlook
ing Canoe lake. where Thomson lost
his life, and whose beauties he had
transcribed for an ever widening cir
Gle OF admirers, there now stands q
cairn built from native stone. and on
Its face brass plate with the follow
ing inscription:
ITO the memory OF Tom Thomson,
artist. woodsman and guide. who was
drowned In Canoe lake, July 8, 1917.
"He lived humbly but passlonately
with the Wild. 1t made him brother
TO all untamed things OF nature. IL
drew him apart and revealed itself
wonderfully 10 him. 1t sent him out
from the woods, only TO show these
revelations through his art, and II took
him TO itself at last.
"His fellow artists and other friends
and admirers join gladly In this trib-
ute To his character and genius.
''Iis body is buried at Owen Sound.
Ontario, near where he was born,
August, 1871"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23

popular notion that American expert
ness in baseball throwing will prove
a distinct advantage I'm the hurling Of
bombs. Trench experience. he states.
has demonstrated that the most effec-
tive results with those deadly little
missiles is obtained by forward and
thrusting throw, as in shot-putting or
the shOrt-armed bowling throw which
prevails in cricket. Information OBJ
tained from those who have had ex-
perience with bombs and grenades on
the battlefields and In the Canadian
camps indicate that the free overland
baseball throw is too prone TO over
shoot the mark to be of such pro-
nounced advantage. as most Americans
have fancied must prove the case.
Practically every branch of sport
will be encouraged in the training
camps, but ii is probable that boxing
will play n leading part.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23

this style of garment, and then Ii can
easily be copied. which is no small
thing I'm these days of obligatory econ
omy.
Many OF the blouses made I'm this
style are caught In below the waist
by loose silk sash which Is lightly
attached to the blouse here and there.
The ends OF the sash are tied ut the
back: other models are drawn in by a
ribbon run through an inch-wide hem |:
others are caught I'm by band of fur
~ indicated In my drawing. But, Of
course. the model illustrated is an out
door blouse.
You Will notice that 1t is buttoned
right up to the throat at one side.
This practical and comfortable notion
Is I'm great favor this autumn. The
blouse or dress bodices underneath
may be quite decollete. but the cor
rect thing Is the coat or wrap which
buttons up 10 the throat and which can
be worn with or without a warm fur
tie.
The combination of color shown In
the Paquln model is very effective:
bright rust-red and black. i have seen
rust-red shown In all the best estab-
lishments in Il variety of materials.
This color Is charming in velvet or vel
veteen and IL looks its rest when jux-
taposed with skunk or kCinSky.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Blouse Coatee Is Rage for Both
Indoor and Outdoor Wear.
WaistIine Where IL Is Caught
In by Sash or Fur.

One Of the new and very popular
blouse coatees, which extend few
inches below the normal waistIine and
which give peculiarly youthful,
though rather boyish. appearance to
the figure, is shown In the sketch.
These blouse coatees are the rage of
the hour. and indoor blouses of thin
materials are made on very much the
same lines. The model illustrated was
created by Paquin, and was COM
posed of rust-red wool velveteen, with
n sash of skunk, and the same fur on
the ends of the sleeves. 1t was ex-
tremely chic. And quite uncommon,
writes Idalia de Villiers, Paris corre-
spondent.
Several Of our leading dressmakers
are favoring this outline and it will
certainly take firm hold on popular
taste. There is something careless, and,
as l have already said, boyish about
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
SMOCK Is NOT A MERE FAD
II Is the Most Comfortable Working
Garment for the Gardener, Stu
dent, or Artist.

The smock Is not, as most people
who do not wear 1t suppose, a mere
feminine fad; 1t Is something more {;
Ii IS the comfortable working garment
of the gardener, the student and the
artist. That IL is comfortable needs
no proving, and that II is having u
tremendous vogue also goes without
proving. But like everything else that
has n vogue, it's bound TO be abused.
Silk, satin or any other Of the aossy
stuffs Is decidedly not the thing for
the workshop. But here's one smock
that Is.
1t is three-quarter length, raglan
sleeved, unbelted, shocked true to
type, and-of heavy art canvas. The
shocking front and back and on the
sleeve ends Is rather elaborate; then
there is a bit of oriental embroidery
on the rather deep sailor collar just
TO preserve the feminine air.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
GIVES BOYISH AIR
BLACK PUT FIRST BY PARIS
Placed Above All Other coIors In
France but New York Puts
Browns at Head of List.

Imported or domestic, the new
clothes are lovely. Exaggeration has
not yet begun TO do its worst, and
modes are. on the whole. of consider
able distinction as we'll as of charm,
declares a fashion letter in the New
York Sun.
Paris has perhaps put less emphasis
on brown. more on the blues and grays
and green's, than has New York, yet
brown is an insistent note among the
importations, and the woman who
bought brown suit month ago need
not regret her choice for any reason
save that the shops are perhaps a bit
flooded with brown.
The blues of gray and green tones,
the dark blues, taupe and all the soft
grays, green's in blush and grayish
shadings. as we'll as in the harder,
stronger Ivy and billiard cloth; beet
root and other deep reds, mahogany
and copper, some good purples, the
long line of browns from beige and
castor to seal and, above all, black
these are the colors Paris loves and
New YORK, as we have SAID before, is
inclined to put the browns at the head
Of the list.
Never, surely, were so many models
sent across seas in black. There's a
srimness back of that statement. back
of the fact itself. When one stops TO
realize why Paris thinks so largely in
terms Of black and gray, the fashion
element in these colors seems vastly
unimportant.
Partisan black is a fact beyond dis
pute. Often it is lightened by other
color, though this color is quite likely
10 be nothing more lively than gray or
beige or some soft blue; but black vel
vet. black satin, black cloth relieved
but lightly, if at all, figured prominent
ly In every group of imported models.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
BUSTLE is MODEST AFFAIR
As Used In the New Clothes, II Is Not
Nearly So Startling as the Name
Implies.

Bustle effects made their appearance
some time ago, and there is a prospect
they will be considerably featured this
winter.
Two seasons ago bustles were talked
about, and great many garments
were shown with the back flare. Some
how they failed TO "take." and in
short time they went the way of the
barrel silhouette. which pushed its way
into brief sartorial fame during the
spring of 1916.
The barrel silhouette dropped out of
sight for n season and then loomed up
again. 1t was more favorably regard
ed on Its second appearance. A SINH
lar state of fairs seems TO have been
created I'm regard TO the hustle type of
garment. 1t is very modest and
moderate hustle. not nearly so star
Ting as its name implies. and IL is gen.
orally the result of drapery drawn
from the front of the costume and
made full NJ the back, pulled up some
what In sash effect.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Worries of a Housewife.

Women are given to worry more than
are men. When anything threatens
to worry man, he finds solace In the
little brown jug. says Zim in Cartoons
Magazine. But women cannot look adj
versty In the face with such calm
abandon. They are not built that way.
As near MS | can make out. II is n
difference In temperament. Woman
Is more highly organized than man.
Her nervous system is much better de-
veloped. If you notice n look of worry
on your wlfe's face and ask, 'Well I!
What's up today" she sighs and says,
ooh. dear, dear! Everything's up.
We're getting old and shabby and the
house is becoming dreadfully dllapl-
dated, and now To cap the climax I've
broken my mop stick"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Fixed the Verdict.

One of the shortest summings up
on record is believed 10 be that by the
late Commissioner Kerr ut the Old
Bailey in case where man was
charged with being In the unlawful
possession of gold watch and chain.
The appearance of the prisoner cer-
tainly did not correspond with the le-
gitlmate possession of such costly or
naments, but he asserted his innocence
of the charge, and declared that he
had found the watch and chain on the
pavement.
The Judge looked at the man In the
dock and then at the men In the box.
Gentlemen Of the jury" he said,
II haze walked over the payements OF
London during the last forty years,
and I've never found gold watch and
chain there yet. Consider your YER
dict.
And the verdict was Guilty. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
NAAs 1Na,e nsaQ
Over 1000 Languages Now;
May Be Only Four Century
Hence, Authorities Think

If YOU are asked how many Ian
guages there are In the world. can
you give anything like an accurate
answer? The average persons knowl-
edge or ability to speak languages
rarely exceeds two besides his native
tongue. The late Emperor Francis
Joseph, when visiting a Red Cross hos
pital. spoke with the patients In their
own languages. which showed that the
aged emperor was master of six.
1t may appear strange but ii is
nevertheless true. says an exchange.
that there are over 1000 languages
spoken by mankind. while the number
of dialects exceeds this. There are
more than GO vOcabularies In Brazil.
and in Mexico the Nahua is broken up
into some 700 dialects. There are hun
dredS in BOrneo. while i'm Australia
there is no classifying the complexi-
ties. Assuming that 80 dialects. on
an average, belong To each language.
gives the colossal total Of Il quarter
of million linguistic abilities.
Some authorities think tha. cen
tury hence there will be only four Ian
guageS of Importance in the world
Central Europe may produce newer
and more straightforward German Ian
guage, Imperial English may reign
alone over the North American conti-
nent. and more buSineSslike Spanish
will be used in South American states.
while Russian may take on some more
rich Slavonic dialect. which will blend
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Millinery Novelties.

The hustle has made its appear
hnce IN millinery. in the hustle" hat,
which has the brim upturned at the
back. The high Cossack turban is an
other innovation. AS 10 shapes, the
preference is given 10 those of medium
size. Scarce rs il Is, panne velvet
holds its foremost place among mate
rials. The favored colors are taupe
brown and purple. but black has these
al distanced. Feather garnitures and
fur trimmings dominate in the decora-
tive end.--Drygoods Economist.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23

Every once in while, among its fur
trimmed rivals. n cape-coat reminds US
that ii is possible to be smartly coated
and dispense with furs. One Of them
is shown here with cape that is
abbreviated so that il does not extend
across the back, but gives all the i'm
preston of cape just the same. II
is of wool velours and its ornamental
ton is confined 10 machine stitching
and buttons. Such a coat is useful for
all-round wear. Separate furs may be
worn with ii when they are needed.
and the cape gives it a distinctive mil
itary air. adding immensely TO its
SmartneSS.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Onions and Cheese.

A most satisfying and wholesome
dish is onions and cheese. Cook the
onions until tender, then place n layer
in u baking dish. then layer Of good
rich white sauce and thick layer OF
grated cheese. cover with another layer
of onions and white sauce and finish
the top with buttered crumbs. Bake
until well heated and the crumbs well
Drowned. Hard cooked eggs may be
cut up and added to onions in place OF
the cheese If desired.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Nut Roast.

Take cupful of finely chopped nut
meats, add two cupfuls of bread
crumbs, n minced onion, tablespoon
full of chopped parsley, teaspoonful
of Worcestershire sauce, two table
spoonfuls of melted butter. salt and
pepper two beaten eggs and enough
milk TO molsten. Form into long
roll, place in creased baking dish
and cover with waxed paper. Bake
forty minutes In hot oven, basting
two or three times with hot water and
butter. Fresh or canned mushrooms
may be used for the sauce.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
War Declared on
Rats by u. S. Govt.

The government at Washington is pre-
pairing q campaign that should be efiec-
tive I'm killing the rats that are destruc-
tive both TO lives and property. "A con-
servative estimate places the loss or food
stuffs from rats at over two hundred mill
Hon dollars annually. and I'm the present
scarcity of food. this loss must be pre-
vented. The most efficient way to XIII
the Rat is by the use OF Stearns' Paste,
and thousands Of dollars worth hav. been
bought by the government. Every house.
keeper troubled with rats. mice. reaches
or waterbugs should buy a small box OF
this reliable cNterminator for thirty y-iivo
cents. and stop further loss OF food In
her home. Adv
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Rasputin,s ReIioious system.

The Christian Advocate reports the
Countess Won Schaumber as giving
this succinct sketch OF Rasputin's
theology:
He made fundamental the doctrine
that there was no salvation without
repentance and as the righteous need
for salvation was n heavy course in
sin, Blessed are the sinful. for they
shall be saved through repentance
was his diabolic beatitude. No won
der he had followers, or that he gave
practical lessons in SHINING us means
of grace"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Fiower-Trinmed Veil.

The fower-trimmed veil is the new
est vogue. Ones favorite flower may
be placed almost anywhere on the veil,
but il is more In accordance with the
whim of Dame Fashion If that flower
be a rose. Decidedly the pretty black
or white lace wells are an for It"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Lima Bean Salad.

Over a pint of cold cooked Lima
beans pour three or four tablespoon
fuls of olive oil. two tablespoonfuls of
cider vinegar one teaspoOnful Of graf
ed onion. half n teaspoonful of salt and
half teaspoonful Of paprika. Toss
and mix; serve with chopped pickle.
Peanut butter added to baked beans
instead of pork is chSnge which is
liked by peanut lovers.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Relative Values.

you make more fuss about losing a
nickel than I'd make about losing a
hundred dollars"
"Boss." said the boy. you've got the
wrong idea. The chances are you've
gJt another hundred. But this was
my last nickel. 'Tain't what you lose
that makes the difference. It's what
you've got left"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
Varied Activities.

Il see now why you call your yacht
the Flirt.''
why do you think / call her so?'
Because l notice she is either kiss
ing the waves or hugging the shore"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-11-23
His Idea of Fiqhtino.

ITS not the money, it's the prin-
ciple OF the thing he's fighting for"
They all say that"
IL know, but In this case IL must be.
He has hired $4,000 lawyer to de-
fend him in a $500 law suit"