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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
Rann-dom Reels
BY HOWARD L. RAM

less acted upon 1t once will swallow
highseated runabout with the top
up. When such a mud hole as this is
located in close proximity TO n farm
er who owns dredging outfit con-
sisting of Il team Of docile mules, ii is
worth more 10 the property than
trans-continental railway. Many
farmer who lives next to one of these
quick assets has earned more money
yanking deeply imbedded tourists 70
some haven Of rest than by any other
form Of endeavor.
There are not so many mud holes
i'm our public highways rs formerly,
this being due TO the fact that the
farmer is buying most of the automO-
biles. After a farmer has driven into
one of these limitations of the bottom
less pit in Il brand new car and taken
his family down with him. where they
can't see anything but the tree tops.
either the mud hole or the road super
visor will be removed at the next gen
eral election. Ii used TO be the fash
ion to repair mud holes with live sod.
which stood erect in the road and i'm
parted a smooth. gliding sensation to
people in the back seat. Sod is all
right in its place. but very little of it
is used in building speedways.
The mud hole commits most of it's
crimes in the spring OF the year. break
ing springs, twisting aXleS and cauS-
ing people 10 lose a lot of hard
earned religion. IT would not last
long if everybody who wallows
through it would stay mad long
enough to bond the county for good
roads.
(Copyright.)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
A Real Grievance!

The railroad official invited tn,
stern citizen TO communicate his
troubles.
II want you to give orders" de-
manded the visitor, that the engineer
of the express which passes through
Elm Grove at IL 80 be restrained rom
blowing his whistle on Sunday morn
ings."
"Impossibler' exploded the official.
"What prompts you to make such
ridiculous request?"
"Well, you see" explained the citi-
zen, in an undertOne ''Our pastor
breaches until he hears that whistle
blow, and that COMPOUNDED express
was twenty minutes late last Sunday"
New York Central Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
ALL OF FAMILY NOT THERE
How Many of Spaniard's Daughters
Were Missing Had to Be Left to
the Imagination.

In Spain, and particularly in The
province OF Anda iusia, families are so
large that even Theodore Roosevelt
would have been appalled,.
Hamilton Fyfe, The well-known
writer. was touring Andalusia on
horseback one winter and spent the
night In n fonda near Los Boliches.
At dinner over his hominy soup, Mr..
Fyfe was amazed to see the multitude
of daughters that the innkeeper pos
sessed.
You have fine. a very fine fam
fly g. daughters there" he said.
"Ah, senior" said the innkeeper,
we've been very unfortunate with
our daughters. During a 1917 terral,
the chimney fell in and killed all but
eleven of them"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
RHODESIA NLAND OF OPHlR?"
ArcheoIogists Have Long Contended
for and Against Arguments to
That Effect.

The extensive ruins of ancient forts,
temples and gold workings in Rho
desia have ben given rise to consider
able controversy from time TO time,
some psychologists contending that
they are only four hundred or five
hundred years old and others hoiuing
that they date back to at least two
thousand years before the Christian
era, and that Rhodesia was the land
of Ophir, mentioned in the Bible at
chapters TX and of l Kings.
1t is noteworthy that Milton in
Paradise Lost" book III, speaks of the
angel Michael leading Adam to a hill
of paradise from whose top
His eyes might there command wherever
stood
City of old modern fame
from the walls of Cambalu to
Sofala Thought Ophir) to the
realm of Congo. and Angola, far
thest south
The theory has been advanced that
If Rhodesia was not actually Ophir.
ii was ut least the "Havilah" whence
the gold of Ophir was obtained and
which was so much i'm evidence at
Solomon's entertainment of the queen
OF Sheba. If this theory is correct
then Sofala of today would be the
site of ''Tarshish,' the ancient sea-
port for "Havilah,' and the outlet
for precious stones, metals and other
merchandise. Ophir being situated in
all probability on the southern coast
Of Arabia and constituting a distribut-
ing emporium rather than the place
of origin of these things.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
Emaciated Bride Considered Beautiful

Javanese marriage customs include
q period of religious instruction for
both the bride and the groom. The
young man starts his instruction by
paying daily visits to the priest of
the village. and learning all the com
plicated phrases which he will have
TO. utter on the day of his wedding
The pupil Is placed in tank of cold
water and stays there submerged up
TO his chin while the priest bends over
him and reads the Koran. the perform
ance taking place in front of the
church.
The girl begins her preparations
for the great day by several weeks of
semi-starvation during which time she
takes only sufficient rice and hot wa
TER to sustain life. Because of this
hunger strike enforced by custom. she
loses considerable weight. an enact
ated bride being considered thing
Of beauty on the island of Jaya.-De-
troit News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

up with anything except automobile
wheels. dragging differentials and pro-
fame tourists. 1t would seem that
when mud hole has established Il
reputation which reaches into the
next congressional district it would
be content TO retire and not keep on
clogging the highway with the pros
trate forms of seven-passenger tour
ing cars. But it is harder to make Il
mud hole retire than it is TO drag a
federal Office holder away from the
pay roll.
Mud holes are caused by the sur
face of the road giving way at the
knee joints and sinking due south I'M
til both running boards are anchored
firmly TO the highway. Some mud
holes are deeper than others and I'M
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
Where the Shah Sits

The throne of the Shah of Persia
IS the most valuable one in the whole
world, and its enormous dimensions
and exquisite decorations would inspire
multimillionaire with awe.
II is of pure white marble. and Is
no less than Is feet in depth by 10 feet
wide. The actual seat is mounted on
large platform of the same material.
and is upheld by fourteen spotless
ivory pillars. carved in the shape of
men and women; while the whole is
covered with pictures worked in the
purest gold leaf. Ascending 70 the
platform is q staircase of solid gold
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
One Millionth of an Inch.

Steel gauges accurate 70 the incredi-
BILE fineness of a millionth part of an
inch are now being made in quanti-
ties at the United States bureau of
standards. So extraordinarily precise
Is the method of manufacture. simple
rs Ii is, that in one instance 30 fin
ished gauges out of a LOT of 30 were
absolutely accurate TO .0O0,001 inch,
and the balance all within .OOO.O02
inch of precision, says Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. The guages are
steel discs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Just Folks
THE ROADS OF HAPPINESS.
By EDGAR A. GUEST

The Roads of Happiness are not
The selfish roads of pleasure seek
ing.
Where cheeks are flushed with haste
and hot
And none has time for kindly speak
ing.
But they're the roads where lovers
stray.
Where wives and husbands walk to-
gether
And children romp along the way
Whenever it Is pleasant weather.
The Roads of Happiness are trcd
BY simple folks and tender-hearted.
BY gentle folks that worship God
And want to live their days I'M
parted.
There kindly people stop and talk.
Regardless of the chase for money.
There. arm in arm. the grownups
walk
And every eye you see Is sunny.
The Roads of Happiness are lined.
Not with the friends OF royal splen-
dor,
But with the loyal friends and kind
That do the gentle deeds and ten
der,
There fame has never brought unrest
Nor glory set mems hearts 10 aching
There unaba ndoned is life's best
For selfish love and money making.
The Roads OF Happiness are those
That DO not lead 10 pomp and glory.
But wind among the joys and y-oes
That make the humble t0iler's
story.
The roads that oft we used 10 tread
In early days when first we mated
When hearts were light and cheeks
were red,
And days were not with burdens
freighted.
downright by Edgar A. GuesD
O
Determination reduces hard work 10
nothing; pr, c-astination makes hard
work out OF nothing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
THE MUD HOLE

IT HE mud hole is great American
Il institution which comes in the
spring and stays until a new board
of supervisors is elected. 1t then
locates on piece of road which has
not been touched by the profane hand
of the drag since the Mexican war.
Almost every county has a collec-
ton of ancient, honorable and accept
ed mud holes which are never filled
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Now IL the Time to Get Rid {
Theae Ualy Snots.

There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed of your freckles. Othins
double etrength-is guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
Simply get ounce OF Othine-double
strength-from your druggist. and apply
little OF il night and morning and you
should soon that even the worst freckles
have begun TO disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely 1t is seldom
that more than ounce is needed to COM
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion.
BE sure to ask for the double strength
Othine, as this Is sold under guarantee OF
money back IL II fails to remove freckles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
BalefuI Remedy.

"Well no, there hain't no special
news out my way" replied Gap John
son of Rumpus Ridge TO the inquiry
of the able editor of the Tumlinville
Torch of Liberty. Come to think,
though. LATE Sagg got over a two
months attack of the influenZy by TAX
Ing quart of bone-dry Ticker that
same Teller brought him one night"
"Ah! That is good" retorted the
scribe.
"Well, / d'know. You see, It don't
pear like he's ever going to get over
the attack of bone-dry Ticker" kan
sas City Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Even the clearest and most perfect cir
cumstantial evidence is likely to be at
fault. after all, and therefore ought TO be
received with great caution. Take the
case of any pencil sharpened by a wom-
an; II you have witnesses. you will find
she did ii with knife: but If you take
simply the aspect of the pencil. you will
say she did it with her teeth.-Mark
Twain
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Snowy linens are the pride of every
housewife. Keep them in that condi-
tinr by using Red Cross Ball Blue in
your laundry. cents at grocers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
Both Alike

81 can't imagine what Mildred sees
In the Smith boy" remarked Mil
dred's mother. "He hasn't got brains
enough in his head to fill a thimble."
"Oh. well, l dare say your mother
said the same thing about me when
came counting you" replied the girls
father indulgently.
But he suddenly lost his complacent
smile when his wife retorted:
"She certainly did. and / was just
as big n fool as Mildred is now. I
wouldn't listen TO the advice of my
elders"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Many man will give another man a
letter OF recommendation. though he
wouldn't lend him q dollar.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

powder. the same of cloves. one tea
spoonful of cinnamon salt. raisins and
vanilla. Bake in layers or loaf.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
WOMEN! DON'T BUY POOR DYE!
Say You Wan. Diamond Dyes''-No Other Kindl
Don't Spoil or Streak Your Material

wool. silk. linen. cotton or mixed
goods.
Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other
kind-then perfect results are guaran-
teed even il you have never dyed be-
fore. Druggist has color card.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

We triumph without glory when we
conquer without danger.-Corneille.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

If new soda fountain drink or n
new chewing gum is given a name that
is foolish enough IL will queer IT.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Each package of Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple that any
fadeless color into worn, shabby gar
ments, draperies, coverings, whether
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Long skirts never indicate that the
wearers have small feet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
EnQlish Tea Cake.

English Tea Cake.
Sift two cupfuls of flour with two
teaspoOnfuls Of baking powder; beat
two eggs light; add one-quarter cupful
of sugar and one-half cupful of lard
full each of currantS and milk. Drop
on baking sheets, to make six cakes.
Serve warm with butter
NsA.. Ml4e~seQ
Copyright. 1920. Western Newspaper Union,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
Company Cake.


This recipe makes two large square
lOaves Of moist, delicious fruit cake.
If put away in a tin box with a tight
cover it will be just us good when six
months old as it was when it was
turned out steaming and spicy on the
cake cooler. Do not ice it. as the
brown cake discolorS the icing when it
stands. Two scant cupfuls of butter.
three cupfuls of dark brown sugar
seven eggs, whites and yolks beaten
separately: one pound each of raisins
and currants, three-Quarters of n
pound of citron sliced thin, one-half
cupful of good molaSSeS, One-half cup
full of sour milk. one tablespoonful of
cinnamon. one teaspoonful of Cloves
oneQuarter Of a cupful of sour cherry
juice, one teaspoOnful of soda. with
four cupfulS of sifted flour. Mix and
beat well. Dust the fruits with flour
and fold in the stiffly beaten whites
Line a square pan with creased paper
and bake two hours in moderate
oven. Test with Il tOothpick. When
cool, wrap in towels and put away in a
tin box.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Frequently a chorus girls success
depends upon her understanding.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
Answered.

Answered
Patient-"Do cucumbers really af-
feet all people?' Doctor-"No; only
those who eat them"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09
Buttermilk Cake.

Buttermllk cake.
Take one egg and one egg yolk, one
cupful of sugar, one cupful of rich
buttermilk, two tablespoonfuls of
shortening. one teaspoOnful OF Soda
one-Quarter teaspoonful of baking
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-07-09

Determination reduces hard work 10
nothing; pr, e-astination makes hard
work out OF nothing.
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(Copyright.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-10-25
STORY OF ARREST
TRIAL AND EFFECT
OF DEPORTATION

MacSwiney's hunger strike was
begun on August IL when. with
ten of his associates, he was ar
rested by soldiers in Cork, while
attending a session of a Sim Feinn
court. After trial by a courtmar-
tial under the regulations of the
Defense of the Real Act, he was
found guilty of sedition and SEN
fenced to two years Imprisonment,
which he began serving in Brixton
prison in London.
MacSwiney, then an alderman
of Cork, was elected lord mayor of
the city at special session of the
Cork corporation on March 80 of
this year. He was a well-known
Sim Fein leader and, prior to his
election, had been deported and
imprisoned several times. one of
the latest notable instances Of his
confinement having been in con-
nection with the Irish Easter re-
volt.
When arrested August IL, Mac
Swiney managed to escape to the
street from the back of the city
hail. which soldiers had surround
ed, but was captured outside. He
was taken to the military barracks
and came up for trial August 16.
The courtmartial found him gull
ty of having control of the secret
police cipher, of having in his pos
session document likely to cause
disaffection, and Of having made a
seditious speech. MacSwiney dis
puted the jurisdiction of the court,
saying, 81 am lord mayor of this
city and its chief magistrate. | de-
clare this court illegal and those
taking part in it liable to arrest
under the laws of the Irish Repub-
lie"
MacSwiney's hunger strike
brought numerous solicitations and
protests to the British authorities,
and even threat from Sim Fein
in Ireland, that, in the event of his
death, general strike and serious
disturbances would prevail in
Ireland. An appeal was taken di-
rectly to the king, but this also
proved unavailing During his i'm
prisoilment, MacSwiney received
numerous messages of encour
ment and also petition to aban-
don his strike. He replied to the
latter that if he gave up his fight
he would "give away Irish liber-
ty," and that he would "rather die
than do that"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-10-25

growing autocracy of the cabinet.
There were other arguments to
the same effect, one historical writ
er, combating the theory that the
king always had been cipher in such
matters, exhumed new story in the
annals of British monarchy, telling
how George ~ described by Thack-
cray as the weakest and least ad-
mirable character in the line of
British kings, used to pace the coun-
Gil chamber with tears pleading for
the pardon of criminals and some
times carry his point, although once
when he wrote to the Viceroy Of
Ireland granting pardon to a mur-
derer he was compelled by his cabi-
net to cancil his edict.
One of the chief reasons put for
ward by MacSwiney's advocates, al
though advocated from ,anti-Sinn
Fein quarters, was that the offenses
of which MacSwiney was convicted
were so comparatively light they did
not justify his suffering even though
voluntarily. Premier Lloyd George s
reply was that MacSwiney undoubt-
edly was high officer of the British
Republican army" which decreed and
executed murders of officials and
police in Ireland. The Republican
army, unlike the Sim Fein, is pure
ly secret organization. The iden-
tity of its officers and personnel is
kept from the public and there is
no doubt even whether the Sim Fein
controls it or officially knows its
workings.
The theological argument over the
course of Bishop Colahan and Mac
Swiney's chaplain, the Rev. Father
Dominic, as critics says, encourag-
ing him to commit suicide, was large
ly biblical. The Rev. Father Ber.
nard Vaughn, was the only pr st
who publicly criticised them. A lee
ture which he was to deliver in Glas-
gov, center of labor unionism, had
to be cancelled on account of the
unpopularity his words brought upon
him.
The human aspect of the Lord
Mayors hunger strike was the one
that chiefly interested British peo-
pie and compelled the sympathv of
even his hardest political enemies.
Mrs. MacSwiney and his brothers
and sisters were treated everywhere
with respect and on their side had
nothing but good to say of the jail
ers and police with whom they had
to deal.
Any way out of MacSwiney's i'm
prisonment except his death would
have been welcomed by the whole
public but his family were as firm
as MacSwney in refusing to listen to
any end except release or death
There can be no doubt the Irish Re
;l9ublicans believed MacSwiney had
given their cause the most valuable
service in his power and that, like
John Brown che will trouble you
more than ever when you have nail
ed his coffin down"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-10-25
M'SWINEY'S SELF-STARVATION MOVING
CHAPTER IN HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

LONDON,O ct. 25.-The story of
the self-starvation of Terence Mac
Swiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, prob
ably will become one of the most
moving chapters of the centuries
long history of the Irish struggle. No
other controversy has stirred Great
Britain so deeply as this since the
one that centerd upon Cecil Rhodes,
when the Jameson raid was baked by
Paul Kruger and the raiders impris-
oned.
The campaign in England for Mac
Swiney's release from prison has
been apart from, all political and
party considerations and even the
king was drawn into it. The move
ment in MacSwiney's behalf was
mainly humanitarian and enlisted
tender-hearted people of all factions
but was urged by others with argu-
ments of party strategy.
"MacSwiney dead and canonized in
the hearts of the Irish people with
Wolf Tone and the Manchester mar
tyrs would be more valuable as
set to the Sim Fein than MacSwin-
ey alive, and even though a free pass
to freedom for MacSwiney might
weaken the governments hand, why
help the separatist cause by giving
it a martys?" were the arguments
put forward even by British union
lists.
"Stand by the law and do not ere
ate a precedent which would make
the will of a convicted rebel the de-
cisive factor in determining wheth-
er he shall be punished" was the
argument of the stand fast faction.
A majority of the British papers in
cluding the London Times and the
liberal press, the labor unionists, and
many members of both parties in par
lament Joined in the agitation for
MacSwiney's release.
Two notable controversies, one
constitutional and theother theologl-
cal, have arisen from the case. The
first was whether King George
could properly exercise his pardon
ing prerogative independently of or
against the advice of his ministers.
The second was whether the Cath
loic clergy, representing church
which holds suicide to be a crime,
could consistently administer the sac
raments to hunger strikers. The
kings reply through the secretary
of state for war, to the petition of
members of parliament was general
ly interpreted to mean that the
kings personal leaning toward grant
ing pardon. But, since Premier
Lloyd George and the Foreign Min
lister, A. Bonar Law. were at the
same time issuing arguments against
clemency for the Lord Mayor, it was
evident that any action in that di-
rection by the king would be against
the advice of his ministers.
The newspapers published many
editorials and letters setting forth,
on one hand, that King George
should not be embarrassed by direct
appeals to him and, on the other
hand, that he should and had the
right to exercise his nominal con-
stitutional power of pardoning.
The Weekly Nation, which is one
of the most advanced liberal organs
and not generally rated as a SUP
porter of monarchy, argued that this
was an occasion for the king to vim
dicate his constitutional right and
protect the country against the