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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
Ostrich TRIMMING.

Now there Is a big fad for ostrich.
While ostrich has always been in de-
mand more or less, sometimes for n
fan. a boa or trimming for a hat,
there has never been n time within
years when the feathery product OF
the ostrich was seen upon hat. shoulder
cape and bag all ut the same time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
Cornmeal Douqhnuts.

Put three-fourths Of a cupful of milk
and IL cupfuls of cornmeal into n
double boiler and heat together ten
minutes. Add three-fourths of a cup
full of sugar ami a fourth of a cupful
of shortening. Sift together Ia cup
fuls Of wheat flour with Il teaspoonful
of cinnamon and two teaspOOnfuls Of
baking powder. add these and two
~well-beaten eggs to the meal. Roll out
on a well-floured board. u and fry in
hot deep fat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

units have risen from thousands to mil
lions of men, and fields of operations
stretch from sen 10 sea. and more am
munition is expended in Il single en-
wars of other days, absolute serenity
prevails. 1t is only when your imagina-
ton centuries up the picture of flame
and fury that lies beyond the horizon
line that YOU get Il thrill.-Isaac +.
MarcoSSon in Everybody's.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
Mothers
Cook Book


The woman of moderate means, who
markets in person, with a basket on
her arm, often gets better goods for
less money than her wealthy sister,
who trusts to servants or the telephone
and takes what the market merchant
o to send her, in blissful igno-
N of food values or food quality.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
CornmeaI and Wheat Waffles.

Cook a half cupful of cOrnmeal,
added very gradually to Il cupful and
Il half of boiling water, for 20 minutes,
then add a cupful and n half of milk.
three cupfuls of flour, three tablespoon
fulS of sugar. IA tableSpoOnfuls of
baking powder. IL t~easpoonfuls of
salt. the yOlks and whites of two eggs
beaten separately. When all is we'll
mixed. add two tableSp0onfuls of melt
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

OF the latest models. You will notice
that the crown is quite high and large;
also that the hat is practically I'M
trimmed. This mode in fine felt Will
be a feature of the autumn season.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
Wise P%recaution.

Visitor-When writing about China
do you refer TO ii as a republic or a
monarchy?
Editor-Always the opposite 10
what it is at the moment. It's bound
to be the other by the time the ar
ticle gets into print.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build In The system

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing il is
Quinine and Iron in a t~asteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. &C cents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
Indian PUDDING.

Cook five cupfuls of milk and a third
Of a cupful Of cornmeal in Il double
boiler. o half cupful Of molasses. a ca
spoonful each of salt and ginger. Mix
all together and pour into a buttered
baking dish and bake two hours In a
slow oven serve with cream.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
The Ambitious Bride.

Bill-Hello. Home from your hon.
eymOon trip already?
Gill-Oh, yes.
Rather short, wasn't it?'
"Oh. yes. Ny new wife seemed rath-
or anxious 10 get home and try her
cooking on me-"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
Reduce Iivinu Costs.

Alice Pork and Beans are much
cheaper than meat Yet they contain
more fat and much more protein than
lean beef. This gives them their high
food value.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
To Save Silk Hose.

Before wearing silk hose rub a little
wax On each toe and heel, where the
wear comes, and repeat after each
laundering-so treated silk hose wear
as well as cotton.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
Some Cornnneal Dishes.

The rainy consistency of cOrnmeal is
an advantage when used in griddle
cakes or waffles, for it renders them
very tender.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
N.A. Mu~seQ
EPlGRHYMES:

I'd like to be as FORTUNATE
as lots of MEN / know who
rouse an agitation in all
hearts where'er they go. Now
take YOUR old friends Tyrus
Cobb: he leads the COUNTRY,
fans, in clever execution of
the tricks Hugh Jennings plans.
And then, in little, old New
York, LIVES "Muggsy," John Nc
Graw, and many other notables
who follow flame" quite raw
BECAUSE it's served to them
so fast there is no time TO
cook the adulatiOn that they
get each blessed way they look.
You've got TO hand 1t to these
chaps; they've earned all they
have won, and it's worth while
to rouse the shout Gee!
Attaboyl Well done!" But, humbly,
may / ask of YOU TO ponder
Garfield's thought: Behold u
land, in twenty years, and see
the men who fought In this, we
pray, the final war for ever
lasting peace, and hear all
nations cry of thanks which
nevermOre snail cease! And then
imagine, il you can, that
reverence multiplied ten thou
sand times ten thousand, for
the Fighting Men-who DIED!
Robert Russell.
Fortunate men your country
lives because you died"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

After you do n nan a favor he is
apt to be afflicted with a partial loss OF
memory
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

used, and pink roses and green leaves
would look very pretty upon q cream
background.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

The coming of the fall season brings
with it a stunning array of original
and smart afternoon costumes, Of
which the one shown above is the most
attractive.
The dress is of gray georgette COM
bined with dark blue satin trimmed
with dark blue beading. The combina-
ton is striking and most pleasing to
experienced eyes. The hat is of blue
velvet with a facing of gray gourka
feathers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

eel shortening. just before adding the
stiiIly beaten whites.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
He Read a Book

First Tramp-What did Exhausted
Ernest die of?
Second Tramp-Starvation. He read
in a doctors book that you mustn't eat
when you're tired.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
THE NEW SHERIFF.

Sheriff Sanders, who assumed
his duties as sheriff of Wright
county the frs. OF the year, has
begun in way that has won for
him the appreciation of all
friends of temperance, sobriety
and progress. Saturday, he
began making Hartville loo K like
O dry town by locking up
couple of drunks, and he says
he's going to keep at IL anti.
drunk men are searcer than
hens teeth around here, He is
also mapping out a plan of street
work which will give the city
the cleanest and best improved
streets of any town of its size in
Missouri. He has already made
some changes and improvements
| in the county Jail and Is demon
strating at every turn t"at
Wright county has the right
sheriff. He should receive the
cooperation of all peace owing
citizens. Wright County Repub.
lican. Clipped from Mountain
Grove Journal.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
We are not in favor
Of war.

But il President Wilson has
to fight to preserve the rights of
the American citizen against
fareign intruson. Which our fore
fathers gave their lives for in
order that we might have Liberty
we think that it is the most
sacred Duty of every true
American patiroi to stand sho,d'
err TO sholder to our President
on this point. But let US all
remember that we should be
strong in the Lord and the
power OF his might.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08

peace must be based upon
equality and com mon par.
ticipation in q common benefit.
He said that peace guarantees
must recognize and inp'H a
difference petNeen big ana smaA
nations"
He cited the following basis
or a lasting peace:
Add United States authority an6
power to all other nations autho'
rity to guarantee peace and
justice through out the world.
To found peace on equal rights
TO provide a united and Indepen.
dent autonomous plan.
To give all nations freedom
for full development of resources
and direct outlet to sea high
ways.
To establish freedom of the seas
To limit armaments.
At the close OF bis speech,
President Wilson said: II an
proposing that the nations
should adopt The Monroe doctrir
as a world doctrine and that NJ
nation seek to extend IT'S policy
over any other nation; every
people to be left free and unfrai1
u am proposing that all nations
henceworth avoid entangllng
alliance in a concert Of powers
When all unite in the same
sense, and the same purpose, alL
live under common protection.
CLIPPED FROM KANSAS
CITY JOURNAL.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08

1t is reported that. on Fed. .,
Germany acceded to the Amerl'
can demands for the immediate
release of the seventytwo Amer
leans taken from ship sunk by
the raider IN the Atlantic and
brought to a German port
aboard the steamer Yarrowdale.
Zone of the last things to be
done by the United States
government before severing
diplomatic relations with Ger.
many was to demand that the
Americans taken by the German
raider from the British steamers
Georgic, Mount Temple and
Voiltaire, and who were being
held in German prison camps,
be released.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
QUESTION. No2l

Editor OF THE WORLDS CREssET
Please let me ask Preachers
how shey will harmonize those
two scriptures.
but | say unto you, That ye
resist not evil but whosoevei
shall smile thee on thy right
cheek, turn to him the other
Also WMatt. 6-39.) =
Also
Abstain from all appearance
of evil. "(The .5-22
Matthew saws ypu must not re
sist evil, Paul says resist
the very appearance of evil if
preachers do not answer Ed
you do please,
Mrs. Bell Moore.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08

Washington, Jan. 31.-Ger
many has declared unrestricted
submarine warfare.
A starvation blockade of Eng
land the like of which the world
never has seen, was announced
to the word today in notes de
livered to American Ambassador
Gerard in Berlin and to the state
department here today by Coun,
Won Bernstorff.
Thus begins the long. feared
campaign Of ruthlessness, con
ceived by Won Hindenburg IL il
said here. on q magnitude never
even contemplated by Won Tir
pitz
Again the Unite d States faces
severance OF diplomatic relations
with Germany with all it's event
ual possibilities. President
Wilson's repeated warnings o.
o world afire and Secretary
Lansing's Verge of war" state
ment are beng recalled in the
capital tonight with feelings oI
apprehension and misgiving.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08

New York, 1t is said on Feb
4 That an army of nearly IL,
100000 men could be called to
the colors of the United States.
if necessary. according to a
carefully prepared estimate
made public on the 4th. by the
executive com mittee of Mayor
Mitchel's com mittee on national
defense, of this number 1C,o35,
$40 are between the ages of&1S
and As years and now are
physically fit for service in the
field, it was said.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08

now and GA years of my life gone.
do not expect to ever return,
however as long as I live I hope
to keep in touch with you good
people, as never could under
stand the Bible until I read your
dear books
Will enclose $1.50 for Book
and paper. Please write me
real soon, I want TO ask ques'
tions I do not unde rstard, will
next time.
/ study your books. every day
(usually) some time are inter.
rupted with great love.
Address: Mrs. A. Wilks.
Dallas Texas.
918 Melha ST
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
The Baryphone,
A NOVELTY on THE MARKET

A NOVELTY on THE MARKET.
An epoch making invention
and improve ment on the te!ep'
hone, Increases the sound
wonderfully. Excludes all noise
indispensable TO all telephone
users. Away adjusted: Nom
electric. Ever ready. Lasting
many years. Sample 81, so post
paid, Satisfaction guaranteed or
money refunded. Agents want
ed everywhere; good terms,
s, & S. MANUFACTURING CO
SOB Hartford Bldg, Chicago III.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
Feb. 3.

req, D.
Dear Bro. and Sis. Garrett.
Your Key to- Creation ano For
mation is with me and never to
be separated from me again, l
also have your Key 70 Wrong
Teachings of the Bible Righted.
Were you to see this latter book
every page underlined emphasis.
ed wtere i pu: extra stress when
I could comprehend tnat which
had been such a great mystery,
far beyond my capacity so when
I could see and grasp its true
meaning l would under score.
The more enlighten, the more
enthusiasm, and marking, .cne
could trace my eager mind for
an understanding of the truth,
however my book Is not ruined
only defaced, but wish it that
very WAY: And commence do.
ing the same on my clean new
Dook I surely love to read every
word, and happy when the true
meaning reveals it's light and !
can understand.
God bless you Bro. Garrett
for fathoming out, and diligence
study to teach US weak unreas.
enable people. ] do appreciate
your labor and investigation Of
!, the good book th.t I may under
stand. =
Mrs. Garrett, I am so very
sorry I did not see you when
was in Mo. But age is on me
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
NoTICE!!

Any party or parties wishing
to ask questions through this
paper upon any subject, reli'
giously or otherwise shall be
treated as afriend. But. in no
case will the Editor allow any
slang or slang phrases go thru
it's colum mus.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
QUESTION NO. 23.

Bro. Garrett'-I wish to have
you to explain this scripture,
Give unto the Lord the glory
due unto his name: bring an Of
fering, and come Into his courts.
O worship the Lord, in the
beauty of holiness: fear before
him all the earth" psalm 96-
8-9) And Ob!ige a Bro, in
Christ, Yours Truly.
H. l.. P'PooI.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08

Washington, D c.. President
Wilson addressed the senate
Monday Afternoon. He outlined
a peace program for the world,
He designed to safeguard all
nations against further aggres-
sions.
He said he spoke for libelas 8
and friends of humanity in every
nation" He declared lasting
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
II we had a President.

That wluld not protect our
rights, we would have to think
that he was failing to dc his
Duty as a President, So we
belle We that it is our Duty to
stand by him in the right of our
protection of the American
people.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08

On the 81 of Jan, a great SUR
prise to all the World. unrest:
ricted U.Boat warfare declared,
by Germany.
The ports will be kept open at
Hazards, the entents asserts,
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08

A washington dispatch Satur.
day said shere were sixty OF
these men, germany in holding
them had contended that as
paid members OF the crews OF
armed eIemy merchantmen they
were entitled to no i'm munity.)
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
WAR NEWS,

New York Harbor was closed
By port collectors order U, s.,
warshlps turns back all vessels
at quarantine.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
NOTICE

We want to buy Irish
Potatoes any nne having from a
peck to 80 bu the amount we
want bring them on at the
custom price.
Rev. L. S. Garrett
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
President Wilson
Peace Plan
IN ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
MONDAY HE OUT LINES
WORLDS PEACE PROGRAM.
DO AWAY WITH ALL
WARFARE.

All Nations on Fural Rights for
Independence Freedom OfSeas,
and to Limit Arma,nents-Sent
to All Nations of World.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1917-02-08
A Letter..

We risk publishing this pri'
wate letter tor the benefit of our
READERS. We have never had the
priviledge of seeing sister
Wilks.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-05-19
if any attention paid to the color Of
ones skin. The mind is going to
be the measure of the individual.

Now that the English are III a
death grapple with the common
foe, the Irishmen are crying out for
equal and exact justice as a rartial
reward for their undauntcd bravery
and fervent fcalty to King George.
Let the Americans Of color take the
cue from the Irish, and insist upon
a like condition attaching to their
status from every possible Stand
point III this country. Justice has
become the slogan Of DR.. Francis !.
Grlmke, Hons. Archibald Grimkc
John Mitchell, Harry Smith, w.
p. Dabncy, II. Thomas Fortune,
Profs. George William Cook, Will
lam Plckens, Dubois, Greener and
numberless other scholars, editors
and public men and now let the
rank and file of the race in every
nook and corner Of these broad and
grand United States take up the all
important cry for human rights and
use every tar means at their COM
mand to sec that it is needed and
acted upon. One Congressman,
Tinkham, from Massachusetts, has
fDr to,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-05-19
n. { v. BRAKEMAN
KILLED YESTERDAY
William A. Kline, of Luray, Va.
MEETS UntimeIy Death Near
epherdstown.

William A. Kline, Of Luray, Va, a
brakeman on the n. e W. Railroad
was instantly killed yesterday after
noon about o'clock when he was
struck on the head by a box :,
which was standing on a switch at
the entrance to the Morgan's Grove
Fair grounds near Shepherdstown
Mr. Kline who was one of the
crew on local freight No. 70, enroute
TO HagerstOwn, was leaning out be-
tween the engine and tender looking
back on the train. He did not see the
box car standing on the siding and
no one saw it hit him, but r. J. Gin
gan, of Hagerstown, who was the n
Gineer heard the thud from the blow
AMI looking out the side Of the cab
saw Kline lying down between the
tracks with blood gushing from his
mouth. The train was hastily stop
ped and the crew rushed back only
to find the unfortunate man dead
His body was placed aboard the train
and taken to HagerstOwn, where it
was prepared for burial This morn
ing it was sent to Luray for burial
He was 45 years old, and is survived
by his widow and four children
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-05-19

1t was old Sam Johnson OF diction-
AIRY fame-was it not who once wore
boots so full or holes that they freely
admitted the pebbles
Burns died with hardly a copper in
the house, his last hours tortured with
the thought Of paltry debt he could
not pay, while among the musical gen
uses who have suffered most severed.
at the hands of Dame Fortune con
spicuouS place must be accorded f.
Mozart and Hayden, both Il 49,.
at one period Of their lives ,.uyy o,.
the verge Of starvation
Though in their early mannool We,
lington and Disraeli were both graz
ely handicapped by debt, neither O
these great men ever suffered any.
thing like the privatiOns that Pres
dent Lincoln and President Garfield
dld Most men can at least declar
lhere we're four walls around them
when they were born into the world
but even this poor Lincoln hardly
Coulu DOdSI.
Gen. Grant is known in history, O
course, az the commander-in-chief q
Che Northern armies in the civil wa"
and eventually as President of the
united States, but it may not be
equally widely known that, in spite Of
the great office he so ably filled. he
died with hardly a copper in his Dos.
session.
Those who are pressed for wan, o.
He HeedfuP may we'll derive COM
Tort from the fact that Archibald For.
beS. the foremost war corresnondent
OF MS day, once found himself in Fleet
street with only a helfpenny in all
the world
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-05-19

The coupon on the selective
draft registration cards, reading
thusly, If of African descent tear
OFT this corner should be an in
suit to many colored Americans
Because some Of us are little dar-
ker tinted than white people, is
no sign that our descendants were
Africans. On the other hand
millions of us are descendants Of
the white race and can trace
our lineage back three and four
hundred years to that very source.
Because man is little darker in
hue than his so-ca1led white
brother,' is no more of a sign that
he is of African Descent than
that the average pale-face' is of
English, Aust1 allan or Russian de-
scent. Then again, in many in
stances the colored brother is not
the descendant of any Whites at
all, yet he is the truest type of an
American, because he can trace his
ancestry to the Red Man, the pio-
neer settler of this country. Away
with prejudice, and let the hetero-
genous mass Of the land Of the
free and home of the !. brave" band
together for common good, because
ere long there is going to be little,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-05-19

Prohibition Commissioner Walter
Hallanan is constituting the recent
dry amendment in liberal way.
This is the attitude for him to as
sumo, because there is no need of
OVERRIDING anything. There is only
one way to effectively handle the
Whlskey question, and that is to
educate the youth Of our land I'D to
the harmfulness Of it when improp-
erly handled. Commissioner Hal
lanan being former newspaper
man, it is not surprising to those
who know him that he is interpret
ing the law as laid down by the
Legislature in manner that shows
he has some regard for the right of
the citizen.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-05-19

The English, like the American
Nation, is refusing to enlist any
more colored men for military du-
ty, saying that the units of which
they are composed, are full, and
that they don't want any more SOL
dlers of varied hues now. Passing
strange it is to note the antics of
the superior whites of part of
Gods domains, and some of these
days they are going to come to a
full realization of their absolutely
pernlclous attitude, and if it ism t
too late, they may be able to partly
atone for their persecution of one
of the kindliest, most faithful and
highly intelligent races on the face
of the globe.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-05-19
FAMOUS MEN WHO WENT BROKE

Being "broke' is exceptionally
through which some of the greatest
men in history have had to pass.
Men who have swayed millions, rul-
ed continents, commanded mighty
armies have not always been blessed
with money
Hard cash was the one thing which
in his early days Napoleon could not
lay hands on, and the same may be
said Of Marshal Soult, who, long be-
fore he became Duke Of Dalmatia. was
often without a penny. Nor was his
great comrade-at-arms, the heroic
Ney. and better off when in his youth
he donned the uniform of a private
soldier.
We do not know for certain whether
Columbus ever carried his coat to the
paWnshop, but the miseries Of a dun
Geon were certainly not the only ones
who tried his heart, his pocket often
being empty.
owing to poverty Dickens knew
hardships as a boy, and Dumas the
author of Monte Cristo," died de-.
pendent