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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Even at home. "the little piece OF
home" taken overseas by the Y. w.
c. A. for our boys, comes In handy.
Out in Oklahoma IN building club
house, Lock Sanders post, No. so, Of
the Legion has decided that IL will
borrow the plans OF the Y. w. @. A.
hostess house. In camps and over
seas Il met such need that now,
back In their home town, Hugo. Okla,
the boys are building one for them
selves So interested has the whole
town become In the scheme that every
one is helping. Citizens are buying
boards at one dollar apiece and paint
ers and carpenters are donating days
work. The plot has been given by
the city. The structure will contain
an auditorium with a seating capacity
Of 200, a reading and writing room
and an office, all on familiar lines.
To meet the demands, the national
board, Y. w. c. A, 900 Lexington ave-
nue., New York city, offers to share
with other Legion posts or cOmmuni-
ties plan for a delightful clubhouse.
Pictures are available.-Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
THOU SHALT REMGMeER

There must be q consciousness Of 70
serves In support IL there Is to be any
real strength In a life, any strength
such IS the poet evidently had In
mind. Such consciousness cannot ex-
list In the soul that lives-or tries to
live-a detached, unrelated life. nor
can II be said that 1t Is standing
st ease In nature, aplomb in the midst
Of irrational things" There are no
supports TO be called into the fight
or at least the power to call them is
lacking. There may be great stir,
much rushing to and fro. and a wild
beating Of the air, but there will be
no application Of power to life, since
there will be no power to apply. These
are they Of wasted years. vain eff
forts and futile endeavors-and final
failure. Thou shalt remember all
the way which the Lord thy God led
thee these 20 years In the wilder
ness, to humble thee, and to prove
thee. 70 know what was In thine
heart" Thou shalt remember'--the
command still holds
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
New Kind Of Tombstone

What he calls a new and improved
tombstone" has been invented by an
Oklahoma man. A iife-slzed figure OF
the dead person is made OF galvan-
lied iron. the lower part filled with
cement TO make a heavy base. The
body is hollow and In IL is placed
an urn containing the ashes of the
deceased. Ii will be noticed that this
tombstone" can only be used In the
case OF dead persons who have been
cremated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
curlosItles Of Populous Isle.

A remarkable case of overpopulatlon
Is that OF the Island OF Bukara, In
Victoria Nyanza, described by III. l..
Duke In the Cornhlll Magazine.
This island. with an area OF 80 square
miles, much OF which is bare granite.
though isolated from the rest OF the
world, supports population OF 49,
600. The small garden plots are care
fully marked of and rights OF own
ership are rigidly observed. Trees are
valued more than the land on which
they grow. In some cases one man
owns the trees and another the ground.
A man must not steal his neighbours
leaves, sticks and rubbish. A father
may even divide tree among his chill
dren. allotting certain branches 10
each.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Many interesting correspondents are
writing to newspapers about what
seem to them faults or signs of undue
wear and tear In English as used in
the United States. Some writer's are
greatly concerned because Howells
didn't spell as Chaucer did some be-
cause Yankees guess instead of fancy,
some because here a clerk isn't a
clark. 1t is all good practice, and
admirable because IL reminds some
who may not have recalled IL Of the
fact that, like branches on the nosth
and south sides OF tree, the English
language on the east and west sides
Of the Atlantic grows differently. The
rosts and trunks in both instances re-
main the same; the twigs do not mat
ter much.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
GET AFTER THAT BACK YARD
One Unslohtly, Neglected Place VIII
Spoil the Appearance Of other
wise WeII-kspt Street.

Back yards are something big city
jewellers long for and small town
jewellers long to get rid Of. But back
yards are a geographical condition
the yearning is about as close as a
cityite ever gets to one, while the
small townlte finds II hard to dispense
with for want Of something to take
its place.
A back yard In some seasons Of the
year is not exactly an object of beauty.
Painless fences are In more or less
acute state OF unrepair. tin cans. old
shoes and worn out brooms have some
how eluded the garbage can.
Why not get busy and give the back
yard thorough housekeeping? The
exercise will do you good, and the
neighbors will rise up and acclaim you.
Montreal Family Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
Every Young Girl Wants Pretty Arms
TO Show OFF.

will make the arms beautiful, making
beds. sweeping. kneading bread or
beating cake, are all exercises that
tend to make the arms well developed.
Such tasks should be done with quick
movements; sluggish movements are
not exercises at all.
Swimming Is good for the arms, Of
course, rowing, canoeing, and all out
door sports will make the arms
pretty. Anything which makes the
arms move quickly In varying direc-
lions, which flexes and rela1es the
muscles, is good arm exercise. Hold
ing the arms doubled up, the hand In
fist, and tightening the upper arm
muscles, is still another good exercise
1t is such pleasure to own pretty
arms and to be able to wear sleeveless
dresses, that every woman will feel
repaid for any trouble she goes to-
to improve her arms.
(Copyright)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
Beauty Chats
By EDNA KENT FORBES
PRETTY ARMS

TIP TO the age of eighteen or nine
~ teen, a girl need not worry If her
arms are too thin or too fat-unless
they are an extreme of either con-
iition-for up to that time the body
Is maturing, and may easily be too
Eat or too thin In itself. And the
arm gains or loses in proportion to Its
weight. Most OF the men who sit by
scales and weigh you free If they can
not guess your weight within few
pounds. take hold of the arm and feel
Its size before stating the weight.
The best way To have beautiful arms
Is TO exercise them. Massage and
creams may help some. but exercise
Is certain to develop the lovely lines so
much desired. Plain household tasks
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Arthur Reynolds. new president Of
the Continental and Commercial Ma
donal Bank Of Chicago, asked by q
writer for rsxbes' Magazine as to some
particular quality to which more than
others he could attribute his success.
replied: Perhaps I may call II sales
manshlp' To be successful in any bus
iness, q knowledge Of sales psychol-
egy and how to apply 1t Is essential.
Sales psychology, after all, Is nothing
more than an understanding Of human
nature. The most successful men are
net necessarily those who know the
most. Men who have ideas and who
knew how to sell their ideas to others,
or win others over to their viewpoint,
achieve the greatest success"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
God Moves In

A mysterious way his wonders
perform. Y w. Galhriatk, Gin.
cinnati politician. and general boss
of the American Legion, an
organization of ex service men
was accidentally killo d at Indiana
polls by being thrown out OF an
automobile which vas wrecked
while exceeding the speed limit.
1t wouldn't hurt the government
if all its officials were killed the
same wa. AS it is an organize
tions to promote class concious
ness which will one day destoy
the u. s.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
HOME H.
TOWN -
fELpSk]
WORTH FAR MORE THAN GOLD
Value Of Good Credit Must Never d
Forgotten by the Community o.
Its Citizens.

The following little story has aroused
much interest among Kansas mer-
chants and credit men. 1t was re-
Gently published In the bulletin Of the
Pittsburgh, Kan, Merchants associa-
ton.
II buy your groceries, your dry
goods. your hOme-everything you use
or need.
Il am not money; 1 am It's superior.
I buy many times more than all the
gold in the world. With me money
may be bought.
II am the very basis upon which
the business life Of the world has been
built. more so In modern times than
ever before.
81 am founded upon honesty, and
built upon faith in mankind. and woe
unto the man or woman who wilfully
abuses me.
II have given men the means to be
come rich. means which nothing else
could place within their reach.
81 am. when rightly used. the
greatest means Of prosperity and
happiness, but when abused, have
brought misery into the lives OF men
and women.
81 am confidence placed In mans
ability and reliability TO meet his future
obligations.
81 am greater than industry and
capital, for / demand industry and
capital of others on the strength OF
ability and disposition to make my
promises good.
81 am good credit"
From the Nations Business
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
Microscopic Infants.

A tiny baby was born at Ilferd eng
land), recently. At birth II weighed
two and one-haif pounds and gained
three ounces In little more than
three weeks. Perfectly formed. the
baby gives promise OF growing into
healthy child. This is not a rec
ord. however. In 1924 Sir Eve ard
Home described baby which weighed
just one pound at birth and lived TO
be nine years old when IL measured
% inches In height In 1895 a baby
was born in a Philadelphia hospital
pounds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
The Garden Plot.

The range Of choice In the location
Of a city garden must necessarily be
somewhat limited. Good drainage, SUM-
shine and q suitable soil should be kept
In mind In selecting site for the gar.
den. Where fowls and stray stock are
likely to interfere ample protection
must be provided by a good fence-a
problem that must be carefully consid-
cred especially in the cultivation Of
vacant lots. II the soil Is poor or very
heavy, well rotted stable manure will
help correct these conditions. Com
mercial fertilizers may also be used to
furnish plant food where the soil lacks
In the necessary elements.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

The Red rising In Germany at lie
Minis bidding Is confession Of weak.
ness on the part Of the Red radicals
everywhere. Lenin has tried out the
communistic theories and has found
them unavoidable, just as they have
always been In all attempts that ever
have been made Az British states
man pointed out they have found out
10 Russia Chat locomotives cannot be
patched and made to run with Karl
Marr's theories" says the New York
Commercial. II the communistlc theory
has broken down In Russia, where II
had Its greatest opportunity. 1t can
hardly be expected TO work In Ger.
many. where the people at large are
opposed to the idea.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

imported the whole enterprise.
"Bingo," said Madge. FOR goodness
sake don't follow NE everywhere.
Can't you understand ] want 10 be
alone sop;etlmesf'
Bingo seemed 10 understand that he
was being scolded, and rolled on his
back. penitential legs waving IN he
air. Madge was touched.
"You know. Bingo." she was heard
to say. confdentially, II am always
being watched. and II Is so trying
there's the nurse and the governess.
and II / escape them, there's always
my Guardian Angel"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
EVERYDAY MYSTERIES

This much I do not understand"
Said Hezekiah Bings.
81 don't know why friendly hand
Unto another clings
With such a sense OF confidence
When things are going wrCEg.
And makes the universe immense
A realm OF smiles and song.
II don't know why the roses bloom,
Nor why the snownakes fall.
Nor why the stars dispel the gloom
And yet love them all
And life. though VISIONS way Is grand
Seems sweetest for the things
( cannot hope 10 understand"
Said Hezekiah .Bings.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
Queer CoincIdence.

Peculiar condolences were revealed
at Tonbridge (England) inquest on
a boy sixteen years old who was killed
from a stray shot from a rife range
at a local fair. Thirteen years ago q
lad OF sixteen was killed on the same
spot IN exactly the same menner. and
the doctor who was called 20 him was
the medical witness IN the present
inquiry. He produced In court the
bullet which he took from the other
dead lad Is years ago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

The secretary Of agriculture says
there Is q surplus of onions I'm the
country and urges people to eat more
onions. Consumption depends largely
upon price. The country's snion trou-
BILE Is, the spectators store the late
crop and sell at high prices. using the
fall surplus to depress the spring crop
and the spring surplus to depress the
fall crop. says Houston Post. They
are the hellions who gouge the pro-
Queer and the consumer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
The Truth Hurts

Last week Admiral Sims. well
known u. S Naval officer. made a
speech to a Naval club in Lon.
don, England. where he has been
on vacation visit. d. ring the
speech be told English some we'll
known truths about tn flannel
m ouths Of the u. S. the same old
speech he has mace in the u s.
q dozen times, he say. and he
alscI says he stands by il. But
making it in England reused the
ire of one flannel mouth by the
name of Mccormick. a member
of the senate. And he and several
others of his ilk are after Sims
scalp good and right The whole
truth of the matter as proved by
1000 years of history, like that
of the Jews, by 5000 years of his.
tory, is that while they make the
finest servants thay never were
capable of self government.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
ONE FOOT ON THE GROUND.


Enthusiasm is fine. So Is iGeJnSu'.
so Is optimism. So is faith. = :
vision. SO are whole lot OF other
things. But always keep one foot on
the ground. says Forbes Magazine.
Too many OF us are given To flying TO
extremes We lack ballast. We often
let our dreams run away with Us. We
lose all sense OF perspective and pro-
portion. When things are going well
with us We conclude that they will al
ways continue 10 do SO. and we ac-
cordingly neglect 10 provide safe
guards against reversal OF fortune.
The business concerns which are in
direst straits today are those that over
shot the mark most during The boom.
They failed TO look ahead. They reck-
oned upon prosperity lasting forever.
A good many OF Us do the same thing.
After all. plain. ordinary gumptlon is
the greatest asset I'm the world.
Gumption embraces observation-disclosures,
Judgment stability. power To hold ON,
rational but not blind optimism. ~
sonable but not unreasonable settle
lance, alertness 10 the value Of look
ing before you leap. and of counting
the cost before you run up a hill. Let
Us philosophize yes. But let Us not
forget that before we can philosophize
fruitfully, We must first buckle down
TO the workaday task OF earning a
living
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
couohIno Restored Speech

After being dumb for SO years a
woman living In Christina Maeford.
England. coughed back her speech.
The woman who Is sixty-one years
old has been bed-ridden for 40 years.
Three weeks ago. during recovery
from a serious attack Of bronchitis,
her voice vas restored while coughing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
Material for Stone House.

The stone house is very adaptable
TO all those regions where this ma
terial can be secured from the excava-
ton Of the cellar or from some neigh
boring road improvement. Sometimes
an old stone wall serves as a source
Of supply. Because Of the native char
acter Of this material IL will always
be In harmony with the landscape.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
-ubscy,o, ION ~ 90 Per Year.
FRIDAY JUNE Il, 1921.
New Superintendent

Benjamin Burris of Davies
county. was appointed State Sup
erintendent of education, last
week to succeed L. N. Hines, who
becomes president of tie State
Normal school at Terre Haute.
The appointment to be affective
Auouat LAT.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Rather a curious case Of mixed
metaphors appeared in e Middle West
ern newspaper recently: In closing.
she asked that the hinges Of their
friendship never grew rusty. but al
ways be links IN the golden chain
Of fellowship"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

In view Of the part played In the
World war by Greece and Turkey.
most allied observers will join In the
hope that after Turkey succeeds In In
fiicting heavy casualties upon the
Greeks. the Greeks will rally and do
as much TO the Turks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

The Italian ambassador says Italy
Is preparing to pay America Its debt
OF s1,631, 100000. We mention the
matter because 1t may interest the
grandchildren Of some Of the folks liv.
Ing today.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

A Paris Jury has condemned a re
ligiOus fanatic to two months In
prison for using witchcraft to stifie
love. Many persons will avow that
the process OF arousing love Is moth
ing other than specialized branch
OF this art of sorcery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

War is a great enemy to human life,
OF course. but strike generation aver
ages and it will pc found that ignor-
ance and negligence are the greater
twin enemies of humanity.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Hairdressers are giving the word
that girls may show the tips OF their
ears. Still, the modesty Of this err is
so intense 1t may be a little while
before girls will become bold enough
to show even the tip of a naked ear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Turkey will compel men above
twenty-four years OF age to marry, the
assumption being that IL man can't
support wife by that time. the wife
will be able TO support him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Statistics show that there Is at pres
ent one motorcar for every two fami-
lies. But II reckless and drunken
drivers speed up a bit in their efforts
ut depopulatlon there will In time be
one car per family.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
TOWER MADE OF TREE TRUNK
European Visitors Will Marvel az
+. Adornmsnt Set Up on Grounds Of
the National cspita;.

Part of the trunk OF a California
redwood tree. 80 feet In diameter at
the base. has been shipped 10 Wash
IngtOn and converted into tower on
the. grounds OF the Department OF Ag-
riculture. II is provided with door
and an interior stairway and is sur
mounted by a circular roof with dor
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Horace Greeley is reported to have
sagely said concerning the resumption
OF specie payments that the way to
resume was to resume. And IL might
he remarked that the way to disarm
Is to disarm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Possibly those highbrows who dis
cussed Dickens between the acts of q
musical comedy thought they were
justified on the ground that the peO-
pie on the stage were raising him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

And now abideth aspiration, inspira-
ton and perspiratlon, these three. but
the greatest and most necessary of
these In this world right now IL per-
SEPARATION properly superinduced.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Experts now tell us that the United
States has enough coal TO last 1900
years. The real question right now is,
have we got enough TO last till It's
safe 10 let the furnace fire go out for
the summer?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
A Bad Night.

II worked hard for this money" said
the lone pedestrian.
$50 did l." growled the footpad
I've been standing around here for
two hours In the rain waiting for a
boob like you TO come along. There's
no telling what the missus will say to
me when she finds out I've got my
feet wet."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

1t must be great relief to Germany
TO know what 1t will be required to
pay for the war. Probably, toe the
amount will deter any other nation
from engaging in a similar pastime
for at least AZ years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

A fish that growls and news has
been discovered In South America. Ac-
counts do not state whether 1t is q
cross between a catfish and a dogfish,
as It's habits would seem to imply.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Put down as another fruitless oc-
cupation, that men would rather pur-
sue than work, the telling OF ad-
ventures that never occurred and the
repetition of advice given by success
full politicians who never followed 1t.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Japan and France having accepted
the American scheme for distributing
the former German cables, some other
excuse for war with Japan will have
10 be brought forward.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

That heart action amplifier Is go
Ing TO be a great thing for the skep-
teal maid who wishes 10 examine in
to the state Of her sweetheart's affec-
lions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17
Pine Tress Peculiar Growth.

A reader sends q description OF two
pine trees growing into each other on
q farm at Poland. Ontario. They are
two distinct trees at the ground; at
height Of ten feet they are separated
by q hshd's breadth. and thence TO the
top they are one treA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

ter Of q mouse
which shelters
also tie zero a
mischievous pup.
py answering 70
the name OF Bin
60
Madge rar n
&c tie garden or
a secret mission
The devo.ed Bin.
90 followed and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

From police reports, 1t appears that
a moonshiner is almost sure TO get
caught, but so far no still manufac-
turer has suffered an interruption of
his business.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Wages In Hungary are nfteen or
twenty times the prewar scale, and
IL they could buy anything with the
money Hungarian laborers would be
happy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Sometimes We wonder whether there
Is more immortality In the world than
In the old days or whethrr the re-
porters ere more alert
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

The man who Is shocked because
women smoke cigarettes forgets that
his great grandmother may have
smoked a pipe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

South America needs immigration.
but IL does not seem to be eager for
the patronage Of the Reds who are
leaving Europe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Automobiles are said 10 cost as
much as 100000 In Russia. but before
becoming excited about IL perhaps II
would be well 10 show whether the
price is figured In rubles or In money.
r~pr -, 49,. ..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

English women protest against the
expression "the fair sex" Do they
prefer to be called members Of the
unfair sexf
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-06-17

Fails 1900 Feet In Plane, Attends
Banquet" must have been somewhat
OF poser for those who are given to
reading just the headlines.