davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
The Butler--W We've got a burglar r.
he kitchen, SIR
The Professor (absently)-Ask bin
come again. I'Ia busy Just now


at cannot be-" sighed the maid
Il respect VOC highly, M Hunter,
but we are Incompatible"
"Well, | suppose It cannot be
helped" the Young man replied,
pocketing his ohagrin and looking
,bout for lis hat, but il defeats all
ny eleri ho'i hopes. | had planned
hoasc in which | fondly imagined
- uiehr be lsppy. 1t was to have
'ea pant, ~ ice as large as the
nl.net' sizc. a,h a roomy closet in
rtiea - tow away the new cooking
ter.'ls and things that a woman
mtaraiy Laws when a peddler
ONE sroarl."
"Stay. George" she said, falter-
ne. perhaps | have been too has-
ty. Give me another day or two to
think it over. 1t is not impossible
that that
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
Grow Alfalfa.

An acre OF alfalfa yields $3.50
pounds OF digestible matter; red clo-
yer. 3.700 pounds: and corn, $500
pounds.
IL every dollars worth of alfalfa
there are thirteen pounds OF otein-
In every dollars worth of corn there
are only eight pounds OF protein. The
great value OF alfalfa as feed stuff is
therefore apparent.
Alfalfa enriches the soil-grain I'm.
poverishes the soil
There remains little more to be said
Every farmer who reads this should
begin Immediately TO make prepara.
tions for putting in a piece OF alfalfa.
even though IL be only one acre. II
you can grow an acre next year you
can grow ten acres the following yeai
and .hen twenty. forty. and even
one hundred II your farm Is big
enough to make SO large a field prac.
ticable.
Ten acres OF alfalfa on every farm
IN the United States would give US In
round numbers $4,000. 900 acres OF al.
faha Before the ne1t decade has gone
Into history We would be growing
100.00o.000 acres OF alfalfa in the Unit.
ed States. II we do this we will be
Infinitely better OF than We are today
our nelds will be vastly more fertile
and our crop yields will be bigger and
Dstter-our herds will be larger and
the quality OF butter fat will be great.
.K increased-we Will have happier
- - .ssn - hAttar citisens.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
HAVE REASON TO BE PROpE
Achievements CT the American ncopk
Afford View Of Unbroken
Line of Progress.

During the past 25 years 1O0,0M
miles of railroads have been built
requiring sn expenditure of not less
than S200,000,000 for labor and
material. We are both producers
and consumers. While our popula-
ton is only little over five pc,
cent. of the population of the world,
we produce 20 per cent. of the wheat,
40 per cent. of the iron and steel, 55
per cent. Of the copper, 70 per cent.
of the cotton and so per cent. Of the
corn of the world. Furthermore,
with inconceivable rapidity, machin-
cry has taken the place Of human
toll, and incidentally millions of
slaves have been set free. The same
triumphant progress has unvarying-
ly characterized every phase Of hu-
man endeavor on the American con-
tinent. Civil and religious liberty
is natural condition as we'll as an
attitude of mind. The story of agri-
culture, OF manufacturing, Of min
ing. of the arts and sciences, demon
strates the unbroken progress and
uplift of the whole people. Finally,
the health and vell-being of the toll
ing masses have become, with con-
stantly increasing earnestness of en-
deavor, the individual and collective
purpose Of the nation. And above
all, the democratic idea, through
good and evil report, has encour-
aged the personal work and charac-
ter of tie individual citizen. 1t has
always believed that competition
which encourages skill should re-
main paramount. 1t has always glo-
ried in this personal competitive
type as the ideal and preserver of
democratic traditions.-James o
Fsgan, In the Atlantic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
A Diiemma's Horns.

The young lady sighed deeply sDi
was almost affected to tears.
Harold" she said, declares that
II | don't marry him he will end hii
life, and i am afraid he will"
She stiAed a sob. then continued:
And Randolph declares that if ]
don't marry him he will go into pol
itics and beeomr Great and famous,
and then lie So ] hall see what
have missed, a. an afraid he viii
keep his word ,e1"
Overcome by emotion. she buried
her face in her hands, rot knowing
whether TO Sare Il life II To spare
the country another politician
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08

The surface OF the earth can be
compared to tie top of a barrel OF
asphalt, hard ard r.gid through md
through, scanned and cracked OF ne
surface by the ements. For ten
miles in a stra At line below the
surface the earth is probably dry
and hard, OF rock substance. The
pressure of this substance upon the
heated center Of the earth keeps it
from getting hotter than ii is, just
as YOU can keep water from boiling
by an appropriately sufficient pres
sure. The fact TIM. there is steam
in volcanic erupiioas is the leakage
of the interior pressure of heat in
the earth. The character OF matter
in the center OF the earth or its i'm
mediate environment must be some
thing like pumice stone-spongy,
porous, light-because when the
earth's interior matter is melted in
the high temperatures that are
there il dissolyes, and there is con-
siderable water in it that escapes
through volcanic craters in steam.
Professor llallock, Columbia Uni
vsrsity.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
The First Ceasus.

The idea of the ccnsus originate,
among the Romans. wien grouI
of the many functions performec
by the high officer called censor re
ceived the name Of cens1s. 1t wa
taken every five years and indicated
not only tie number of the fespec
tive classes Of the people, but theil
domestic oositions as husbands
wives, fathers, mothers, sons anC
daughters. The first modern ma
ton to tale up the census was tn,
United Sites of America in 1890
The first british census was in 1901
but this did not Include ireland.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
School IlOi9s.

BIZ %. sapt Robert Z. Eekee..
The % iiowirr a1 eXtrac
2 n Z 'etter scr 0y the I )
Foo Adminisl esfion + = o
imports nee and n to oas ~
" atten'io- Las beer dtreetee
TO the gen fal custom o. celebr
ting - clos C the school. -
u eiat. ri IL lc,.. 'g
BIZ dinrer ~ y olch 70 hoos
w ; make lavish pc araticrs
The crifica' condition Of our fC9d
supply 'oakes the prohibition C
this prac ice nece sary Peas
pass the word oAt TO you teach.
ers 3"
rhe Gahlhausea school in Ferd
inand tp has organized Wat
Saving Sccie V. The enro lnent
of the choo is % and DUR g
Febrt airy s167 worth of IT, III
stamps were sod. The Seq
schoci in Marion TIP. has sole
over a 500 worth tf these
stamps. IT, Cemetery school in
Patoka -. organized a ~ il
socie va tew weat> ag) IN 81
q rural schools age selling tk-if
siah pe lnls i ~ acti ity f1'
should 10 ta',gn - j. every Goa
m1nity.
The Ri. monthly or last semester
exam nation wi be March z 8.
The report is due in the offics
within 10 days a eter the close OF
sc hoo. It car not be made unit
IL term of school ends as Tx
report ca Is for ertail necessal y
stss les All blanks are 10 be
fillt d for the entire year and tht
namesof the fist and se- ond
Grade pupils should be on this
report.
The diploma examination
lie held in The various townships
at places designated by the trus
tee or examiner on SATURDAY
March 16 The rules al d regu
lations of the eXaminati0 will bs
mailed 70 the examiners and &c
the teachers having an eight
grade
:, a few more Red Cross box
suppers whre held che rast few
weeks Mss Margaret Byrne O.
the Merklev school. Jackson to
made $33. 04. Mr. Roy Dugan's
school at Kyana. Jackson tp.
Gle; red S22 80. and Mr.. George
Fischer at Duff, Patoka tp netted
$500.
County Agent r. F Sproat i
establishing through the schools
a fw pg ana pou!tr climbs
which ar, causing unusual inter
est Mr.. Sproat is urging all the
schoo S to take u corn testiar III
their work in Ag i.ulture
In comffiunicatiou sent t :
this Office March 2, the Depart
ment of Public Ins t. uction makes
il imperative for each oioh school
to use War Service Text Books
These 90 ks m Y be obt ined
without cost at the county super
intende nt's ofice and are to be
u,t6 next year as we'll "a the re.
mainder of his year. The Cen
tents this book are - be stud
I'D as q .eguar school subjeei
the same as an, other seQ'Hged
subjects.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
DISTANCE OF ~ sTa--e



With the exception OF a huna
stars at most, re know nothing
the distances of the individual :.
What is the caase of this stat,
things? 1t is owing to the fact
we have two eyes that we are
abled not only to perceive the /,
rection in which external oil
are Situated, but to get an idea
their distance, to localize them
space. But this power is rather /.
tied. For distances exceeding so,
hundreds of yards it utterly ia
The reason is that the distance
tween the eyes as compared
the distance TO be eyaluated
comes too small. instruments h.
been devised by which the dista,
between the eyes is, as it were, ~
fcially increased. With a good
strument of this, sort distances
several miles may be eva,uated.
still greater distances we may ]
agine each eye replaced by q phc
graphic - c. Even this wouli
quite sui rnt for one of the be
enly bodies viz, for tie moon.
At one and the same moment
photograph of the moon and
surrounding stars be taken boil
the Cape observatory and at
Royal observatory at Greenw
Placing the two photographs 81 &c
side in the stereoscope, we 81
clearly see the moon "hangi ~
space" and may evaluate its
tance.
Bat for The sun and the neal
planets, Our next neighbors in
universe after the moon, the d
Guilty recommences.
The reason is that any avail:
distance on the earth, taken as
distance, is rather small for
purpose. Howeser, owing to
credible perseverance and skill
several observers and by substii
Ing the most refined measurenl
for stereoscopic examination,
tronomers have succeeded in or. :
coming the difficulty for the sun.
think we may say that at preseLl
We know its distance to within :
thonsandth part of its amour
Knowing the suns distance, we o.,
that of all tie planets by a We
Known relation existing between t. 1
planetary distances.
But now for the fixed sta :
which must be hundreds of tho.
sands of times farther removed tn
the sun. There evidently can be
question Of an, sufficient eve q
tance ON orr earth. Meanwhile 9
success with tie SIN has proviG
US Will \ new one distance, a.
times sfra!er than any possible
distance or tie Garth. for now 4
"e know the distance at which ,
earth travels IN IFS os,,t arognt Z:
sun we can take thc dia arter =
orbit rs or cye distance. r
graphs taken at periods six aioe ,
apart will represent the stc r
world as seen from points the IS
tance between which is already hc {
in the time it would tas
light to traverse it. The time would
be about sixteen minutes.
However, even this distance, In.
nense as it is, is, on the whole, ia.
adequate for obtaining a ster,
'copic view of the stars. 1t is o.
n quite exceptional cases that !
:ographs on a large scale-thai
obtained by the aid of big I
Icopes-show any stereoscopic
'ect for fixed stars. By accul
of the photos we
get somewhat beyond y
We can attain by simple steieo. .
Inspection; but, as We said
nent ago, astronomers have no,
.eeded in this way in determi l.. I,
he distance of more than q tiuI
red stars in all.-.-Scientifc A me
aR
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08

Success In Industry: OF 100000 cor
.pcrations In the United States engaged
In manufacturing and mercantile bust
ness over 100000, according TO the
Federal Trade Commission, are mere
ly existing. They do not earn penny
of profit. The $4,000 failures annually
In the United States show that bust
nesses cannot run along at loss in.
definitely.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
He Know Il Was'found.

A clergyman while going tc
church one Sunday morning lost q
pocketbook containing valuable pa.
pers. After the service bs made
known his loss and said thss who
ever found the pocketboot and re-
stored it to him would bY well re-
warded.
An old man Immediately rose up
at the back Of the church and cried
out:
ats found, sirw
ooh, thank you, thank you, my
man." said the clergyman. "Have
you got 1t with you?"
"No. SIR" answered the man,
"but ! coined that way myself afte,
you did. and Z wasn't there then
London Aas~es.
How can We hope 70 give stability
TO our great national asset. Industry.
when from lan1 a. 1910 our state and
national assemblies euat ts7lS new
statutes. many of which related g.
business
Neithe, emplo,ef 49, ~r''io.se
expect benett- tto
the balance sh et G4. 1T ia, y {
lars and cents to pny with.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
Arr-r, ->reg larger Yields fr

ATT-.Ti ~~reg- larger yields from
the crops thai follow.
Alfalfa contains more protein per
ton than clover or corn.
Alfalfa is the agricultural wonder
OF the twentieth century.
Alfalfa yields from two to three
times as much as clover or timothy,
and Ia moro valuable hay.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08

fct.r- =. u sssr.
/ .'eares. l.:no& Tsnglisi
physician. ~.' nrrat tea drinkeJ
and v.ry ~, el'.ioaa. never taking
any stim7 .aNt eXccp; a measured
glass Of indy whei. he had indi
gestion. once for that cause he
lived Oh ,tewed chops and rice TO,
luncheon nd dinner. with tea, foI
a couple - wears, but ordinarily he
was Il great feeder.
81 recollecr.' said his friend, Dr.,
Cooper Bont!'an', "on one occasion
Reynolds came u see him. Jenne,
was at dinner lie had soup, fish,
the greater part of a chicken, and
he was in the middle If huge rice
pudding when Reynolds entered and
asked h'n, how he was Jenne,
drew ritifnl sigh aad replied, 2
an not q. all weil---no appetite
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
No Aay So Good q, Alfalfa.

There is no other hay SO good as ai
faifa for all kinds OF live stock. and
Tor horses and hogs alfalfa is invalu
aole. either as n hay. soIling crop,
or pasture II excels as a hog pas
ture. and with hogs. makes one of
The me-. profitable farm combinations
Al sifaifa field Is said to bs q hogs
.doa OF Aeaysn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08

Business success depends on good
management; efficient loyal workers,
from the head OF the firm down to the
messengers, and freedom from outside
interference.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08
CONSERVATION TRUTHS.

Sow while you are young and you'll
reap when you are old. This applies
to grains of industry as well as to
wild oats.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08

The average reformer is only op
posed to capital SO long as the other
fellow has it. Let kim get slice OF
the melon he condemned and his rad
lcalism will be cured for all times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08

Never be fearful of doing more than
Is required of you. If you wait for
more spay before you do more work
the millennium will probably find you
on the same old job.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-08

Remember that an agitator neyel
yet filed a pay envelope, although he
has helped to keep many one un
filed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15

OF american uIahe, anti trimmed
with American ribbons. flowers or
other things made right in this
country" The hats are mighty
pretty, too. though the real Easter
bonn.;ts haven't come out of their
shell as yet
An effect of the war is the strict
ly American names applied to col
ors and styles. A new shade OF
silk is the rookie a cross between
a tan and field mouse The Sam,
ME belt is also popular. 1t goes
over the shoulder in true military
style Little aviator caps of straw.
which perch rakishIy over one ear,
Will suit Miss Teen Age, and the
little pipings of red, white and blue,
or national color effect, in embroi-
dered designs are not half bad
So when midday f1aunts her new
Easter togs to the winds of the
spring. all the little breezes that
blow will pass lightly over the diff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15

placed in shops from American
factories
The highly decorated Easter and
Christmas cards and fancy calen
dars and other accessories to mi
lady's scheme of life were once all
sent over from Germany. Now the
make and colors are American. and
the soft pasteis and blush-o morn
ing hues have replaced the high col
orS
AS for suits and dresses. all deal
ers state that no one asks now for
Partisan copies American-made
designs are now the chic thing,
mostly made in good old New York.
Take it all in all. and all the way
round. there isn't but a small per
cent of impostations being shown
in any stores. and what there is is
something of before the war"
time
Hats said milliner; why, we
haven't hat in the shop that isn't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
DON'T GET "COCKY"
BOYS ARE ADVISED

Springfield. I'll. Don't get
eocky when sou have learned a
~ things The road 70 becoming
farmer Is d long one. and there
i nearly always better way than
4s one you have learned.
ms Is one Of the precautions ut
!, NC by Dean Eugene Davenport OF
~ college Of agriculture at Illinois
-~lseFsity in his series OF farm
-stt lessons for high school boys
=. o intend 10 follow agriculture
- summer a. contribution to-
'a war production
,,-essons prepared for the reserve
y o,ahteers are intended to enable
- elty high school boy to dis
-saisn the difference between the
"a latch and to- cockeye of
q harness. 10 - him 10 point
me withere or the pastern Of
- aoTse he might be asked 10
- @lth, and 20 furnish him with
0ulmehts OF farm knowledge.
he lessons there are in all Ia
,'sctiealiy All parts OF the state. ia
reported here. boys are studIou-.
~ psealAllng pages OF the pamphlets
- nave grown out Of Dean
.Ielports long experience Cd
- and IN agricultural work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15

Rock Island shoppers are find
ing the Made in America" things
IN the stores to be very pretty
That is one reason why the i'm
ported varieties are not demanding
The attention they did a few years
back
Midday is strictly patriotic this
year. So are her habiliments,
whether she knows it or not, for
from the crown of her head to the
sole of her feet she is a dream of
patriotic effects in "made-in-Amer-
lea costuming"
4 walk through any of the big
stores and few questions asked
here and there will tell tales of the
wonders that have been accom-
pllshed in this country since the
war Crisis made il necessary for
the sons and daughters of Uncle
sam to depend on their ingenuity
and just "dast" up and do things.
For instance. not so very long
ago the little armored mesh bag
milady dangled from her finger
when starting on a shopping tour
was made of German silver 1t is
strictly now a silvered "made-in-
America affair. So are all the
other dangling money, etc, hold
eFs, including beaded and creton-
ned bags which milady affects.
At the beginning of the war. fac
tories making piece goods were
hampered by the lack of dyes All
the tints Of the rainbow and the 81
other varieties which milady's fancy
demanded had been imported from
Germany largely.
Americas first attempt at MAX
ing dyes was not successful. E,v-
eryOne remembers the dismal,
streakedlOoking hosiery of a year
ag after one wash. Now America
has so perfected the art of dyes
that Germany. or any other coun-
try. will never be called on again
for dyestuff.
Ribbons of exquisite texture and
hue are now all made in America
Formerly all novelty ribbons were
imported or copied from foreign
patterns. Now. glory be. the great
American eagle must screech with
very JOY if he gets a glimpse at the
ribbon shop window.
Silks of this year are also made
in this country, with our own ma
teTials. from the worm to the loom
They are riot of color and won
derful texture. and America has
shown remarkable originality in
the styles. There is an entirely
new design called Hindu, or Egyp-
tan, which in brilliancy of effect
rivals those marvellous fabrics of
the times of the PtOlOmies.
4 baronet satin in a tone plaid
! effect is a beauty that two years
ago the looms of America wouldn't
have haired to attempt. One thing
about the spring silks is that they
have not advanced from the lowest
ebb of price. While cotton and lin
en- are nearly out of sight, SIX t.
mains standby. and Will be pop
edge that this is a country especially
those lovely designs in khaki wool
Of this season.
Now that manufacturers of silks
have been aroused TO the knowl-
e @e that this is county especially
fitted for making silk. with ideai
conditions especially in the south
for the silk worm and the null
berry tree. the United States may
be the future silk emporium of the
world. when conditions become
/ normal
broadcloth was formerly a Ger
man imported goods 1t could nor
he gotten made in this country.
Now several factories specialize in
the glossy weave, Passiac. y. J..
having a large broadcloth factory.
At one time Isle thread hose
were almost exclusively "A German
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
ROCK ISLAND SHOPPERS. ARE PLEASED
WITH THE MADE IN AMERICA THINGS
APPROPRIATIONS NOT POPULAR NOW

product Now all hosiery shown in
shops is made under the sign of
the Stars and Stripes. Chamois
gloves are also a new venture in
make in this country, and that i'm
pOrtant little dress snap, which
tucks milady so snugly together, is
another American since-the-war
venture. They all came two years
ago from Germany
made shoes have for
years been counted the best in the
world and held the right of way
abroad
Handkerchief. manicure sets.
cutlery and scissors. formerly i'm
ported, have within a year all been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
BRADYsS DEPT. STOR
700 Twelfth Street
Re M OVAL SA


be Monday
building
the old
bargains have Many items sale th
ed here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
WILL LIGHTEN TRAINING.

st. Louis, Mo.-The task of
training men for the army is to be
lightened by a mechanical course
to be given registered men who are
placed in class / and enlisted men
who are waiting to be called. These
men will be1aught the elements of
mechanics at three high school
manual training shops here. The
course of study is to be prescribed
by the war department
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15

ferent parts of her costume and go
on singing little peans OF joy tint
this IL not only the land of the
free and the home of the brave. but
a country of mighty captains OF in
dustry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-15
VII RAIsE NnRE Ennn-

aA Juan, Porto Rico. Tobacco
slefs all over the island, reaIiz-
~" serious the food shortage
DecoIne ana that Porto Rico
-. De made as nearly seIf-sup-
,,s a possible. are preparing
ssaAt food crops in March ATT
- tobacco crop Is harvested,
= aud beans Will be grown.