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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Price of Clothing and the
Supply of Wool Since Under
Control of the Government

Somewhat in contrast to repeated
be scarce is an official announcement
from the war industries board which
says that the government control of
wool and wOolens has reached a stage
(which makes possible the assurance
to cloth mills and TO clothing manufac-
turers, jObbers and retailers that wool
will be equitably distributed to meet
both government and civilian require
ments. The price will be regulated to
assure q fair and reasonable profit to
the industry, but a range of prices will
not be permitted which will allow alb
normal profits with the consequent I'M
justifiable hardship to the consuming
public" 1t is declared that the pres
ent speculative movement in cloth and
clothing will undoubtedly compel def
mite penalizing action if persisted in.
Especially does the statement insist
that there are ample stocks Of wool
ems and no cause for imitation. No
dealer should try to buy beyond his
present needs, it is asserted, because
there is no reason for it. This signif-
icant announcement is made: 'There
is no official warrant for statements or
rumors to the effect that 1t will soon
be impossible to buy woolens or wool
en- clothing sufficient to meet actual re-
quirements Of the civilian population"
All of which ought TO bring relief to
the people. One of The reasons for en-
advance in clothing for both men and
women is the higher price of findings.
Tailors cannot make clothes as cheap
" as they could year or SO ago. but
there seems no reason for the rumOr
that wooden clothing is about off the
market, and that greatly increased
prices are necessary for fall and next
| spring.-Indianapol News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
How to Prepare Candied
Fruits and Vegetables

1. Select products of uniform size
and ripeneSs.
2. Wash.
9. Cut fruits in halves, quarters or
smaller sections; cut vegetables in
narrow strips about 21a inches in
length.
4. Drop in a strip cooked until it
spins n thread. To prepare Il spiced
strip, boil whole cloves and whole elm
namon in three-fOurths of a cupfui Of
water Is minutes. Strain out spices.
Add to strained spiced water one cupful
srup and two teaspoOnfuls vinegar.
Cook until it spins thread. To pre-
pare ginger strip, add few pieces of
dried ginger root, which can be pur-
chased from a grocery or n drug store,
to the strip in which the fruit is
cooked.
3. Allow to cook until transparent.
6. Drain.
Z. Dry in slow oven; finish drying
over kitchen range.
8. Roll in minimum amount of gram
ulated sugar. MAY be omitted for
fruitS.)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
NOT NEEDED
District Of Columbia Names
Industries Not Essen
tiai to War

Industries declared to be nOnesSen-
tial in the District of Columbia. which
may be given similar designation else
where in the country, have been an
nounced by the community bureau of
the United States employment service,
under direction of the department of
labor.
The following industries were CLASH
fed as nOnessential to war work:
Automobile industries accessories.
Drivers of pleasure cars-cleaning,
repairing and delivery of same.
Sightseeing cars.
Automobile trucks engaged in work
other than fuel or government work.
Teaming other than delivery of prod
ucts for war work.
Bath and barber shop attendants.
Bowling alleys, billiard and pool
rooms.
Bottlers and bottle supplies.
Candy manufacturers, cigars and to-
bacco.
Cleaners and dyers.
Clubs.
Confectioners and delicatessen es-
Establishments.
Builders and contractors not en-
gagged in the erection of structures for
war work.
Dancing academies.
Mercantile stores.
Florists.
Fruit stands.
Junk dealers.
Livery and sales stables.
Pawn brokers'
Peanut vendors and establishments.
ShOe-shining shops.
Window cleaners.
Soft drink establishments.
Soda fountain supplies.
The men at this time to be released
from these establishments, it is ex-
planned, are the laborers, porters or
janitorS and other unskilled workers,
who may apply to the United States
employment service for work in essen
tial industries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
No Cross of Gold Found
When Lake in Moscow Was
Drained to Find Treasure

If all the lakes i'm the world dried
up. what would we find In their beds?
The question is raised through a
recent allusion to Lake Semlevo, in
Moscow, which for century was said
to contain a cross of pure gold ID feet
in height. Napoleon-so the story ran
tried to carry it away with him as a
war trophy, but, when disaster came
upon him, lost it in the lake.
About seven years ago, relates a
writer in Answers, the lake was actu-
ally drained, but no cross was found,
although the bed was scattered with
other relics of NapOleOn's retreat-re-
mains of carts, horses, uniforms, etc.
There are many similar stories from
other parts. In the depth Of South
American lake over $5,000,O00 worth of
gold is said to have been thrown by
Peruvian priests when fleeing from the
Spaniards, and the bed of the Danube
is The supposed hiding place OF Attila's
wealth.
Attila ordered that on his death the
Danube should be temporarily divert
ed from its course and that he should
be buried under the river bed with his
enormous fortune. This was done
And after the river bed had been di.
verted and then brought back again
to It's original channel, the slaves who
had performed the work were killed
In order that the secret of the location
should never be revealed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Trees Lean With the Wind;
Nature Strengthens Roots

choring trees. When the winds press
harder against one side OF a tree than
another, nature strengthens the roots
on the side where the greatest strength
IS required. In countries where they
have pretty constant winds from GER
tain direction you will find all of the
trees leaning away from the direction
of the winds. If the south winds pre-
vail for the greater part of the year
the trees lean TO the north and ths
greatest root growth is 10 the south.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Silk-ProduCing Insects of
About 200 Different Kinds

The number of species of silk-prO-
ducing insects is very large. probably
more than 200, very few of which are
of any practical value to mankind ;
while those portions of the caterpillar
family which unite their silken tissues
to form a family tent have not only de-
fed the ingenuity of man to unravel
their handiwork, but have made his
industry contribute TO their support
by foraglng upon fruit-bearing and or.
namental trees. The spider family
Notwithstanding many attempts TO reel
their beautiful threads, still monopo.
lie their products for purposes OF
locomotion and snares for unlucky in
SectS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
OH, FRANCE!
DEAR FRANCE!


oh. France. dear France.
Gould / but give
AS longs my heart 10 give TO you
You'd have your dead alive again.
I'd give you back Alsace-Lorraine
And every hill and fertile plain
That is your due.
Oh. France. dear France,
My gift is small
So little Is my very all
But these my hands I offer you,
And all a loving brain may do
And all a hearts desi' true,
Whate'er befall.
Oh France, dear France
Full we'll / see
The hour OF your ecstasy.
know your honor. clean and bright.
I know your future crowned with light
Oh, France. dear France. yours is the
right
or Victory.
Ethel Watts Munford of the Vigil
lanteS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Hard to Hit Nail on Head
With Definition of Hum0r

Endless are the definitions of humor,
it's shading off from wit, the nature of
its appeal. But none of them really
satisfies. No nice little formulas or pre-
scriptions will guarantee jest's sue
cess. 1t is us vain to furnish humor
unless there be sense TO perceive ii,
rs it is TO supply a reason when there
is no understanding To give 1t due
weight. Nothing is more precarious-
more dangerouS-than To recommend q
new book of humor. When you expect
a laugh you may get only an amazed
stare.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Big Grain Crop in England.

Ensland's grain crop this year will
be the biggest since 1868, Sir Charles
Fielding, director general of food pro-
duction. informs the Daily Mail Sew
eral thousand soldiers are working on
farms. and other harvesters include
schoolboys. undergraduates, boy
scouts. village and college women and
girls of the land army. Belgian and
Serbian refugees and German prison
ers. City clerks are spending their
vacations on farms.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

in our anything should me-"
1 il
much all everything"
o. old a calow
is n anything should me-"
That's it, o
do
Mr. Agen
like
sedenal signing
dersta the unknown
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

social FORM
a
It for the We let this month"; usual but the ne"
who depends
her tel n
thing haven't the money
das-and besides
is
e it
he
he o
When the
reached out
arms ands scoop her
Ina on earth the door,
And he mann "The wolf"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

They are talking of reducing the
tire output. You had better be cut
besides that. no person with rs many
as two legs should walk less than five
miles a day. even if he owns seven
automobiles
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Carnegie Began as Telegrapher.

Andrew Carnegie. the multimillion-
aire. Is n Scotchman. He began his
business career I'm this country as n
telegraph operator and during the
Civil war was superintendent OF MILL
tary railways and telegraph lines IN
The East.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Summer Engagements.

Gam l the first
man you have
ever lovedT"
"NOw don't be
absurd. I've been
here at the beach
six weeks"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Deepest Place in Ocean.

The deepest place thus far found in
the ocean is off Mindanao. Philippine
islands. 32,0SS feet, and the highest
Mount Everest, in the
29.002 feet. difference of
about 11ia miles vertically.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

To the average restaurant patron il
appears that the house does Its saw
Ing creditably enough but charges him
for regular peace portions at war
prices.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
One Ouqht to Have EN-.

A stranger who stopped recently at
hundred miles from Boston to inquire
for boarding place, asked man if
there was any place in the next vii
lage where they kept transients.
Eyes. L guess So" said the man, de-
liberately; "there are two stores"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

1t was cruel of the young husband
who was drafted to say that he was
accustomed to an iron ration. having
been trained and accustomed to his
brides biscuits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

and jelly, and marmalade, and about
everything else In the canned line one
could desire. All the canning was not
fruit by any means, however. Cans
of beans, corn, etc., We'd with the fruit
display.
But the woman was particularly
proud of her canned cherries. She
lost no opportunity to call attention
to them, and even her best friends
had to admit that she was perhaps a
bit too eager to talk canned cherries.
Then one day she took a prize can
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Uncle Sam has ordered railroad EN-
ployees to be courteous TO the gen
eral public. Next the dOwn-trodden
public may lind the telephone EN-
ployees ordered To treat II with almost
human consideration.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Popular Science.

An insulated rifle barrel en-
ables the gunner 10 handle the
weapon without regard TO the
temperature of the barrel.
The presence of submarines
has been betrayed by the actions
of sen gulls. which follow them
rs they do other boats.
France suggests that the name
Eau dc Cologne" which Is
claimed as French product, be
Shorn OF its German character
and that this popular perfume
be renamed Eau de Provence"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

man preferred TO stand at the door.
There was q draped portiere at
the parlor grill. and the man couldn't
help seeing on its floor a squirming
heap of children piled on top of one
another and under the kicking arms
and legs of a woman who scrambled
free and stood Up laughing, while the
sister voiced embarrassment from the
door.
Come, children, mamma has COM
pany-fnish your game with me-"
The mamma woman, still chuck
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
JUST FOR A SMILE 3:
Got IL From HearsaY.

A group of old ladies were talking
and knitting on the veranda. The con-
versation got around TO how much
each weighed at birth. One old lady
said "Well, 1 weighed just 31s
pounds"
The others gasped, and one OF them
asked: "And did you live?"
"They say did," answered the other
woman, land done well.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04


a
o.
when
proudly passed he
andh
The
But continued the expert sweely,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Statistics give the American hen
credit for being an enormously help
:ul factor I'm the food situation. The
back yard chicken run may rival the
popularity of the war garden.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
The Painful Part

"JOnes doesn't want his wife to g
away"
"Feels the separation, no doubt"
ayes, from the necessary COIN"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

A man who resists the draft and de-
ciares he will not fight Germany should
be permitted to work for his board
during large part of the rest of his
life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Had any man prophesied five years
ago that the United States some day
would send soldiers to Siberia he
would have been received with taps
on the forehead.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

The war has brought this about at
least: 1t has removed false pride from
the hearts of many persons. who are
not afraid now to say. 1--WE can't af
ford IT,"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

from every angle until Ii came TO the
point where the husband. In a gust OF
loving thought. happened to mention
to the agent that he would make the
house over to his wife. But the wife
objected:
"Why, Bert, I'm surprised at you
to saddle me with responsibility
like that I'm famished for n home
of our very own, but II I've got TO be
tied down to
''Say, old girl, climb down to com
mon sense II is only that / want IL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Cheese has taken remarkable
lump In price," market page note
announces. Some sort OF campaign
for its use ms substitute must have
boon i'm progress.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

An English writer mentions the
jun" But that was long time ago.
good Injun today Is fighting for the
United States.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

In the case OF the able-bodled man
fight or go TO work. but Is waiting for
something tc happen. something will
happen.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

The ''war doesn't make our weather
funny" scientist explains. No. but
1t makes the funny people who think
SO.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

The war gardener also makes tho
acquaintance of numerous insects that
his college professors never told him
about.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

The tax on tobacco is going TO be
trebled Is IL possible, we wonder
that bad cigars will also become three
times rs bad?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Thanks To glucose. the candy max
ers continue I'm business and the man
ners AMI customs of wooing are not
seriously impaired.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
IWo Points of View.

"He looks to me like q man who had
loved and lost"
"He looks to me more like q man
who had love- and wOn."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

With everybody wearing old clothes
and not worried about injury to them
"a good time should be had by all"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Recent editions OF masculine shirts
have the terminal facilities greatly alb
breviated. but whether this is due To
the boil weeyil or the war the haber-
dasher saith not.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Women conductors i'm London have
gone ON strike. thus proving their abil-
ity fully to replace the men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Baldheaded men, IL is said seldom
suffer from consumption. But there's
always something.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

One of the beautiful things about n
dollar is that IL buys four Thrift
stamps
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

a barber always can make some dis
paraging remark about a fellows hair
and get by with it,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Not only are the boys "over there"
making lot of history, but they are
making considerable geography as
well.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Little Jap Suddenly Separated From de Gang"

strained international
OF
have necessity
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

So far as the war returns 90, Wag-
merriam music and pessmism do not
get one anywhere.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Anything that is advertised rs "free"
will cost about three times what
IL Is worth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
Probably Her First Experience With Business

REAL showing housex and bath; so much
with his wife The deal satisfactory
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

The names OF several OF those places
they are fighting around in France al
most spell something.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
"And There Followed Mist and a Weeping RAIN

r chronicle pride before fall She
she mighty
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

A steel shortage looms ahead. Don't
throw away your safety razor blades
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Think Of one more sacrifice you can
make and make II cheerfully.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Hefeatists are people who are beat
en- before they begin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

Ice in summer and coal i'm winter
are necessities that must be provided.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

There can be no worse crime than
profiteering on war supplies.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
lust Call From That Dreaded Visitor, "the Wolf

WAsINGToNA the bell of house in the first ward anu
w Blank The woman sneu
BLanks and invited him In INC
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

suddenly
appeared
here said the English and then
excite
The oor
vase ndo articles.
sensed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04
The Real Mark.

"What is q Ger
man mark 2"
There are two
kinds"
"Oh !"
"One is q
coin"
yes"
"And the other
is any poor boob
who is obliged to
stand for the kali
sers government"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-10-04

around IL.
A japanese shop was closed up
tight. A band OF boys dressed In
khaki suits came along just then.
They were small boys. not a one over
ten years old. seemingly. Prominent
In the gang" was little japanese,
his straight black hair and cleaning
dark eyes strangely different from the
blond heads OF most OF his companions.
Just as the boys went by the
l..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-27

ernmental community of the German
note. with sentiment still running
strong in Congressional circles against
giving the note serious consideration"
wrote Albert Fox, in "The Washington
POST on Tuesday, there were, if any
thing, increased evidences Of resentment
at the way the note has been couched
as we'll as at its purport." The CORE
spondent of "The Christian Science Mon
tor adds details to the picture Of the
machinery:
The reioinder of Germany to the note of
President Wilson has been decided at the
Swiss Legation, and the English transa-
zion will be delivered on Wednesday morn
ing by the Swiss Charge. The Charge
sought appointment with Secretary
Lansing late on Tuesday afternoon after
the Cabinet meeting, but the Secretary de-
ferred the meeting till Wednesday morn
ing
The Monitor" correspondent then
goes on to say:
The popular view. as one hears ii here. is
that the decision is now up to Germany.
but the Presidents friends take another
view. They feel that he now has the
greatest opportunity that ever has been
presented to an individual in the crcum-
stances as they are here set forth
The world has had four years Of war.
Germany and her allies crouchne.
with their backs to the wall, seeking to
bargain to lay down their arms with the
best possible terms. All this time their
forces being pushed back. France and
Belgium are being liberated and full and
final defeat is in sight The purpose OF
world domination, once so strong. is
so far removed that it is a question OF
saving their nation from INVASION
This Presidents friends feel that if he
dashcs all the hopes Of the Hohenzollcrns
to the ground with a reply to this last
cringing communication 20 the effect that
the decision must be left to Foch, and that
the question is not one of diplomacy. but
OF military decision, he will strike the note
that will touch every heart devoted to the
cause of democracy II is felt that he viii
rect full approval if he shall tell the dip
lomatistss Of Berlin that they are going