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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1922-06-16
Uncommon
Sense
By
10 H N
BLAKE

ness TO take a chance, to attempt some
dangerous thing for the kind of cour-
age that counts.
II is not a brave but a very foolish
man who walks tight rope over
Niagara falls. II Is brave man, who
not wanting 10 die. and knowing that
an operation may send him out or
the world, cheerfully goes 10 the
table. TO take the one chance that
may mean his continued support of
his wife or his dependents.
Often the timid school boy, who
fears 10 quarrel, and tries his best to
keep his peace with his fellows, gets
the name OF coward. But when this
same boy has 70 fight for what he
thinks is his honor, or to save a little
boy from a bully, he becomes very
dangerous fighter.
Real courage is not daunted by pain.
The boy or the man who fights when
he is afraid TO. stops being afraid of
anything. pain, or a black eye, or
punishment He fights because he
has courage, and he usually wins
There is more real courage n this
world than you fancy. 1t is behind
all great achievement If you have it,
you are fortunate. But don't be sure,
either that YOU have or that you
haven't il till you have done or re-
fused to do something you were afraid
TO do.
(Copyright)
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It's Hard for a Boy to Take Dare

When they awoke Victor started to
prepare breakfast He spilled a can
Of soup. Kabotz upbraided him. Vic
tor answered sharply. Leo Lvoskow-
ski and John Zawantowski tried TO
pacify the pair That was hopeless
after Jacob had produced another can
of soup with sharp orders that Victor
prepare It, Victor flung the can on
the ground, defying the older boy.
After two hours quarreling Jacob
dared Victor 10 a duel with rifles.
His words were spoken in bravadO,
and Victor accepted in the same spirit
but before they realized what they
were doing the boys were loading their
rifles
They agreed on positions. Each hid
behind a tree. Leo and John ranged
themselves at the side, where they
thought they would be safe. One Of
the combatants shouted:
''Firel'
Each fred and missed Each had a
pocketful Of cartridges. First one
boy. then the other would peep from
behind his tree, let so, and dodge back.
Jacob became careless. His head
protruded beyond the side of tree
Victor fred and Jacob reeled and fell
into the underbrush.
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n HICAGO.-The Tooth birthday Of
~ James II. Kirkley, said TO be this
city's Oldest citizen, has come and
passed. The centenarian, surrounded
by children, grandchildren and a great
grandson, celebrated the event quietly
at his home. He now hopes to pass
the 10lst milestone, and, while his
physical strength has waned during
the last two months, his mind is clear
and his faculties alert. Members of
his family believe that he will reach
the new goal.
Mr. Kirkley, expert mechanic, inven-
tor student of science and philoso-
pher, has been particularly interested
In the mechanical progress made dur
ing the last century. He has seen the
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wife's affections and has named two
other men. Statements Of maids who
witnessed. unconventional entertain
ments in the Morrill, home have in
creased the record.
But the most remarkable testimony
so far presented is that of two physi-
clans who swOre that Mrs. Morrill,
confessed 10 them that she loved two
men more than her husband. This tes-
timony challenged as unethieal by the
wife's attorneys. who asserted II 10 be
a violation Of sacred professionalism
was permitted 10 20 into the record.
Facing her accusers. with head held
high and cheeks nblaze with resent
nnent, Mrs. Morrill, refused a chair, as
she took the witness stand. and told
her story with eloquence Of words and
gestures.
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Something 10
Think Ab0ut
GIVE THE BEST
81 T. Il WALKER


t. GIT the best from life you must
4 give The best
IN whatever position you may be
there should be 10 reluctance to make
fair exchange in which measure for
measure Is given on both sides in ab-
solute sincerity.
That YOU should make a fashion of
doing this encourages others who are
taking note of you 10 Go likewise
They find through experience that
there comes with continued actions Of
this kind IN lnexpressible gladness
which fills their hearts with friend
ship and lightens their C0untenances
with sunny complacency.
There are no pleasurable expert
ences Of this sort felt by those who
are constantly complaining about the
shortcomings of others. forgetful all
the while of their own.
You cannot feel the balmy air of
spring mornings unless you 20 forth
into the glorious outdoors and become
part of ii, nor can you give to 9TH
ers II you have nothing to give.
That you should waste your days In
ignorance of this fundamental truth
underlying happiness is deplorable
error. which, rs the years pass softly
over YOU CRAVING your hairs and mark
ing little lines upon your face, often
becomes a burden almost too heavy
for self-respect.
You cannot have the best without
divorcing from your heart all forms
of selfishness. egotism, jealousy, COW
etousneSS. doubt and pride.
Your kit Of fine sentiments may be
packed to the top, but unless you shall
stoop. open the bag. take out each SEN
timent one by one and use them as a
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(Copyright)

plumber uses his tools in daily life.
the opportunity TO get the best in life
will never, come to you.
Like diamonds, such inspirations
must be cut and polished TO bring out
their beauty, brilliancy and worth.
High-born ideas. unless put to use
at their birth, soon become rusty and
of no value
In your privacy you may fondle
them and dream of the wonderful
things you intend TO do, but if you
replace them time and again in the
old worn bundle without attempting
TO test their value in noble work you
are not making an effort TO get the
best, or even portion of the best.
waiting anywhere for every man and
woman willing TO sacrifice, help others
and give the best within them.
(Copyright)
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WHAT TO EAT

IF ONE has an old fashioned Scotch
= kettle with an iron cover there are
So many toOthsome dishes which may
be prepared by cooking In il.
Chicken. the ordinary fried chicken,
never tastes half So appetiZing us
when IL IL cooked in this little iron
kettle, covered SO tightly that all the
fiavors and juices are caught and stay
In the delicious morsels OF tender
meat Put the chicken with little
butter and sweet lard mixed into the
hot kettle and stir until each piece is
lightly Drowned, then add a table
spoonful of water. cover tightly and
cook slowly, adding a tablespoonful
Of water occasionally as IL is needed
when the meat gets brown. The secret
Of this kind OF cooking Is in keeping
as little water as possible to steam
and cook the meat. Each piece VIII
be moist, brown, and well cooked.
The seasoning is added when the
chicken has Leen first Drowned
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NEW YORK.-Two boys, one nine
teen, the other sixteen, fought
rifle duel, Indian fashion, from behind
trees in q camp in Queens. 1t ended
when the younger killed his opponent
with bullet through the brain.
The boy who was slain was Jacob
Kabotz, 81 North First street, Brook
Ign, The slayer, held without bail on
a homicide charge is Victor jan
culidch. They fought for ten minutes
while two young companions looked on.
For hours after it was over the
three boys who were left stuck to q
story that 1t had been an accident in
target practice. Detectives finally
broke them down after forcing Victor
TO re-enact the shooting Then the
detectives GOT written confessions
At night the boys pitched two tents.
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toned as factors that Offset ISOLATION
the chief argument against a woman
going on a farm in former years. a
few letters mention radio rs one Of
the new delights of farm life.
Explaining the inception OF the con-
test. D A. Wallace. editor of the maya
zine. and brother Of Henry C. Wallace,
secretary of the Department of Agrl-
culture, said that not long ago Min
nesota woman obtained a great deal
OF publicity because Of her public as
sertion that the farmwomen of the
Midwest states were on the edge Of
revolt because of the alleged unbear-
able burdens. Newspaper articles con-
veyed the impression that there was
no bright side to the picture. So an
effort was made to get at the truth.
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- WHIT makes the pTelAitst hAi40 OA
msn.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
IF YOU have read kidnapped" you
spoken by Alan Breck after the boy.
David, had stood for a minute terri
fed on the brink OF roaring torrent,
ard then, still sick with the fear of
IL, leaped across.
To Alan Breck, the leap meant lit
tie. II required no Courage for him
to make Ii, for he knew very little Of
fear. But for the boy. who did the
thing he feared as he feared death.
IL was a real act OF heroism.
The only real courage consists In
doing the thing We are afraid 10 do.
The hulking prizefighter of the John
Sullivan type, who has as much i'm
aginatlOD as q grizzly bear, is not
brave He Is sure he Is going 10 win.
II takes no courage 10 go into win
ming fight
The bully is never brave. In fact
Re Is always a coward. Feeling Sure
that his superior size VIII carry him
through. he picks quarrels as pleas
ant method Of passing his time
Put this same bully into the ring
with large hungry tiger. face him
with man who looks as If he en-
joved shooting bullies rs much as the
bully enjoys thrashing his physical
Interiors. and al the courage oozes
out OF the bully.
You viii never know whether you
are brave or not TIL you find yourself
IN n position where You are afraid "a
DO something that ought to be done
If you DO II, YOU have courage. II
you shrink from it and quit YOU have
not
Never mistake a physical willing
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Insight.

Find man whose words paint ven
likeness, you have found a man
worth something's mark his manner OF
doing it, as very characteristic of him.
In the first place. he could not have
discernea the oAjecr IT al or seea the
vital tyre of it. unless he had what
we may call, sympathized with it,
had sympathy IN him To bestow on OBJ
iects. Il is his faculty. the man II
q business faculty that he discern the
true likeness. not the false, superficial
oue Of the ching he has got to work
in. And how much of mortality Is in
tie kind Of insight we get o. anything
the eye seeing in all things what it
brought With f. The faculty % seeing"
Carlyle.
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1/IDDIES SIX
~ VIII M. Maupin

a LITTLE grief, and much of JOY
\ Marks every day.


q LITTLE grief and much of JOY
Marks every day.
4 wealth of love without alloy,
Along life's way.
\ little toll, little pain,
The CLINT of sun, the welcome rain,
And then comes night.
A peaceful rest at set of sun,
A welcome home when work is done
And life's all right.
\ time to meet, a time TO part;
Friends come and 60.
Hand clasping hand, heart beats to
heart,
Comes joy, comes woe.
The radiant light of clear blue skies
The welcome CLEAN of children's eyes
Make hearts grow light.
A battle won for those loved best,
And troubles faced with merry Jest,
And life's all right.
(Copyright)
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and am sure they viii feel as ] DO
about it.-Mrs. FRED. p. HANSEN, 562
Symmonds ST., Kenosha, Wisconsin.
A medicine that has been in use nearly
fifty years and that receives the praise
and commentator Of mothers and
grandmothers is worth your considera-
ton.
If you are suffering from troubles
that sometimes follow childbirth bear
in mind that Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is woman's medicine.
1t is especially adapted to correct such
troubles.
The letters we publish ought to con,
vince you; ask some of your women
friends or neighbors - they know its
worth. You will, too, if you give it .
fair trial.
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cut i'm halves lengthwise. In a fry
ing pan have tablespoonful or two
Of bacon or other sweet fat, lay in the
parsnips, sprinkle lightly with sugar,
salt and dash of cayenne and brown
on both sides.
Another way of serving parsalps is
TO cook them until tender, mash and
drop a spoonful into a fritter batter;
when coated, fry in deep fat. Serve
hot with roast.
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BroiIed Einnan haddie

Soak the fish twenty minutes. In
warm water, drain and dry thorough
~. Brush with melted butter and
broil until Drowned on both sides.
Transfer 10 hot platter on which has
been poured . cupful of cream or
white sauce. Set into the oven a
minute TO heat the cream and serve
hot with baked potatoes.
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v e & e ia bic Com
pound. My mother
had great faith in il
as she had taken 90
much of it and when
j had trouble after
my baby was born
she gave it to me.
1t helped me so much
more than anything
else had done that ]
advise all women
with female trouble
IN rive n q fair trial
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Ravaaes of the Rookworm.

In the earliest writings we find NELL
tiOn Of the ravages of the bOokwOrm.
Evenus. who lived about 450 B. c., is
the earliest author known TO write of
its ravages. Horace, Ovid, Pliny. Mar
tial and Lucian also wrote of him.
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Nun Nov wee
Copyright. 1922. Western Newspaper Union
No Inducement.

we start you without a dollar"
read the unemployed person. "Humph ="
way now."-Retail Ledger, Philadel
phia.
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It's clever TO utilize the present tor
getting a siranSle hold OF the fu-
ture.
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Cook fresh hard parsnips in boiling
sailed water until tender. Peel and
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mothers Cook Book
HNMMnHWH

Our cares are the mothers, not only Of
our charities and virtues. but of our best
joys and most cheering and enduring
InIaa s1fr.s
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YOUNG MOTHER
NOW STRONG
Her Mothers Faith in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Led Her To Try 1t

Kenosha, Wisconsin, cannot say
enough in praise of Lydia E Pinkham's
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REAL COURAGE

To be feared OF thing and yet do IL.
IL what makes the prettest kind OF a
man.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-17
LA FERIA PEOPLE
ATTEND s. @. S. NEE |

More than five hundred people from
Ia Fcra and community attended tho
5. o. ;. meeting at parker's club house
on Nonoay night, according IA Clyde
X. Burks wFo returned ~ The city fast
night after spending day with the coal-
m'ttec. Mr. O'Rren rece sed the ufuaf
hearty Nelcomr Whsle thr exact tia-
ures were not announced. it was es'.m-
atcd. Mr. BurSS sed. that about $500
was the amount obtained at ,hc meet-
ing and committees were being arranged
for 20 continue the campaign there. Thp
campaiEners returned nv lidalgo county.
it not being planned a. hold any more
meetings i'm Cameron couH-y NJ the pres
cnt timc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-17
MASONS OVER LOWER
VALLEY URGED TO
HEAR MR.. JOHNSON

McALI I'm. TrNrs Nav 1T-Crard
Master ID. Frank johnson of brown
Wc'd viii iyrr tive addresses ID the
Valley during the coming npnth. Il )
first address wiil ~ given in MA len Dn
ihe evening of june fg,h ani on the |, l.
lowing evening in san iiouito.
Masons rhr urh.at the Rio G-ande
Valley are urged tu make their pre- \
tions To attend both addresses
On ext MONDAY evening. Aiay a2nd.
Walter frrauy of Galveston Aill deliver
q --u-lLl picture lecture il M.Alen *
the Columbia Theatrr starting prompt
ly ut eRht O'Clock This lecture Il he
irg given under the aGeri.rs nf the Ma
sonic Edurat'un and >orv.-1 nurcar az
ttr Grard 7 odre "f Texas Acc1mrao-
6ations are hal fer at housand Ma ons.
M-Al'e.. will W. the only city in the
Valley to have this Masonic lecturer at
this ti.nr. II viii ~ free q al mem-
hcrs of the orGer REGARDLESS of what
dcerc they mav have received.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-17
d DEAD OR MISSING
is LATEST ESTIMATE
IN BRIDGE COLLAPSE
(By The Assoc ated Pressl

WACO. Ie~as, Hay II. - Four dead
or missing IS the latest estimate u vie-
TINS when the bridge collapsed yestor-
cas over the BRACES river between Marlin
Ahd Belton. according 10 auvices lrcla the
scene Of the disaster.
Others missing are believed to be &C
counted for. The swift acticn cf res
cue parties saved all others. numberir q
between twenty and twcntv five, on the
bridge "a the time " thc collapse
The dead and missing are
Mayor Frank u. Stallworth of Marlin.
Dr. ". n. Allen Of Marlin
Mrs. &. Moseley. Beaumont
B. j. Briggs, Y, Marlin
The body Of Mrs M0scIey va, sent to
Beaumont for burial.
The bridge crumbled under the pres
sure Of the flood waters. Rev. H. W
knickerbocker, survivor. said thc-s was
no warning Of danger until u was toe
late All went down with the bridge
The persons were watching the waters
when the crash came.
KnicterNoctcr grabbed n plank when
afforded him brief rest. but q. NJ
Ictor was also clingiIr 10 1t AMI fear
Ing II would not hold both men he r.
leased his hold and told Jeter ~ stics
4" u knickerbocker then swam a.
what he thought was the tank but r nni
u was quick sand. Finally he reached
the landing and was found almost life
less. Jeter laer was rescued.
j. T. " Jones of Ealtc Texas OIL
Company was one If those ol the ',rid~e
or u flc1ted down stream atop tbs
bridge timhers for az hour before ho
wac rrScued
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-17
DIR. BOAZ FIFTH
BISHOP NANE
At CONFERENCE

HOT SPRINGS, ArE.,' May IL. - The
general conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, today elected
Dr II. A. Boaz, president 0 fthe South
crn Methodist University Of Dallas. the
fifth new bishop.
These men were elected bishops nj
ycsterCay Is session.:
Dr. J. r. Dickcy. Griffin. Georria, Dr.
". y. Bcauchamp, Nashville. Ten. Dr.
Dam K. Hay, Houston, Texas; and Dr..
II. VI. Dobbs. OF Admission. Ala.
Doctors Dickcy and Bcauchamp went
over on the second ballot receiving 1914
and 2J9 votes, respectively. Or. Hay
was elected on the third ballot with l9l
votes while Dr. Dobbs won the fourth
with PSF votes.
The first and fifth ballots were de-
clared no elections" as none Of the
candidates received the required ma
jority OF lsI votes
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-17
SAN JUAN Will
BRING FLOODS
INTOR. CRANDE

with the San Juan river, which enters
the Rio Grande a short distance west
of RIO Grandc City. hankfui river observ.
crs here cxneot that the Rio Grande Will
remain AT high stage for many days to
come although fall Of eight feet to
five feet above normal was reported to-
day from Fort RinggoId. near Rio Grande
City. The condition of the San Juan
vas reported yesterday afternoon by
passengers arriving on the Mexican Ma
tio-al train from Monterrey
At Brownsville the river ~ about two
inches below the high water % two weeks
ago, and rising. McAllen also reports
that the river is rising there.
Farmers generally along tho river and
along the rcsacas. while fearing the pos
siblc effects Of high water ii the Rio
Crandc, are nj the same time hoping
hat the stage will remain high long
enough to fll the numerous rcsacal
along the lower reaches of the border
stream. Many of these rrsacas were
not benefited by the high water VT two
weeks ago. but they believe that the
present rise will bring aome degree Of
relief 70 the dry conditions of the re-
sncas.
In the expectation Of continued nigh
waters affording enough for an many
temporary dams are being opened IL
allow. waters TO reach resacas that arc
more or less cut off from the river
waters.
So far no reports have reached Browns.
Vile Of any damage NY reason of break.
ing lcvccs or ovcrfl0ws.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-05-17
(Tampico Trihunel

"Alcn;e' Michaeis. the most picture
Squc dangerous American bad man" Ill
Mexico. met the death ~ bad been ro,rt :
ing for twelve years. at The liuasieca
ranch near Ebauo last Friday .ighf. at
ife hands of Ia Watt. ranch suprrintrnd-
rnt and oli time Texas ,pwpunchpr.
Watt fired in self defense and without
even showing Who the man was ~ whor,
hc aimed His sawed-off shotgun Nj
tiqels was killed III he doorway of the
"a mhouss. as be was trying % break ia
after having first vainly commanded
Watt t. come OUT and threatened his
lie.
AIichaels died with n smile on his face .
which still was visible when his body
was brought to Tampicn Saturday aHd
lay for hours i'm box IN front of the
Palacio Municipal There thousands uf