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WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher. JASPER INDIANA Savin' up for your Thanksgiving 'turkey? ' Those triumphant Chlnoso rebels 'wish jhat Confucius could see them now. Try to reconcile yourself to thoso furzy hats. They are not so bad aa they look. Our notion of the "meanest man" -Is the une who sues a girl for brcaoh of promise. What Is tho use of being president it a doctor can keep you from eating what you want? A court finds that a woman who swears Is not necessarily Insane. Uut she may be mad. The army worm Is reported from Kentucky, so the kissing bus Is probably not far away. Arfatlon has one advantage orer baseball wet grounds do not em- harass it in the least The one surprising thing about the award of a Nobel prize to Edison is that he wasn't given it before. Nobody lores a millionaire, accord lag to . Eugene Zimmerman, but most sillllonalreslove their millions. Paris and the college students set the fashions for men, and Paris does seme work on the side for women. Some women to their grief continue to use the stocking bank despite tho fact that postal banks have been es tablished. Fire broke oat In a "bone-drying room" in the Chicago stockyards, but the loss Is only about 35.000 bones, otherwise plunks. Rats and puffs must go, according to a fashion expert, but the dear ladles may be depended upon to wear some thing just as foolish. A Pittsborg rich man baa gone to jail rather tb&n pay a $2 fine. Still a two-dollar martyr Isn't worth a great deal of sympathy. jn English highbrow announces that he has discovered what causes the human hoart to boat. Wonder II he has fallen in tore? At last a man has secured a divorce because his wife played solitaire. We await the day when the motorcycle will figure In a similar suit. The Kansas judge who rules that there Is no such thing- as love at first sight evidently was troubled with bl3 eyesight in his early youth. Kansas City hospital authorities are looking for a plumber who has had tho smallpox. It would be easier to find some with the hookworm. Alary Anderson says a happy home beats succ ss on the stage. Well, for that matter, a happy home cats any thing: else that can be meutioned. A fashion magazine says "a perfect fit Is fatal to a stout woman." Still It would be as well If she should re frain from having fits of any kind. That Pennsylvania preacher who told his people that funeral sermons were out of place is evidently a man of good sense, a3 well as good taste. The use of tho aeroplane In war 1h actual. It has scared the fight out of some Arabs that had never seen one. Fine business, unless.the aviators fail. "What Is the social standing or a husband whoso wife supports him?" ask Chicago charity authorities. Over In England they are known as gentle men. A Philadelphia minister recently got i check for a wedding he performed 20 years ago. Most ministers, bow erer, will continue to prefer the cash down. A weather prophet predicts that the coming winter will be very warm. Dut not so warm as the remarks be fill make later if he fails to fill his coal bin. A Chicago man on bis wedding day lined an acrppmonf in normt . y w .UIB ir - al l . . . : - "e pieascu. .MOSl Ol US do the same thing, merely waiving the formality. If horses were as Intelligent as many persons appear to think they are. many an over-worked and under fed equine slave would seize the first good opportunly to kick Its brutal driver to doath. Rural prophets, who find on exam ination that last winter's underwear n worn pretty thin, predict an open winter. c uht uütc msicu any or it. out. presume that tho whisky which Is male out of bananas slips down smoothly. A husband. In referring to nls wife as "perfect." says that In thirty-six yesrs she has never calted him a liar. The wlfo must have a husband that It perfect, toe. LECTURES TO BE FEATURE OF SHOW To Conduct Poultry Institute in Connection With Exhibit. FEBRUARY FIVE TO NINE State Bantam Club Announces That It Will Send 5,000 Bantams A. G. Phillips to Give Illus trated Talks. Indianapolis. The executive com mittee of the Fanciers' Association or Indiana decided at a meeting at Indi anapolis to conduct a poultry institute In connection with the annual exhib it, which will be hold In Indianapolis February 5 to 9. The institute will be for tho purpose of giving Instruction to any one desiring to learn chicken raising and will be under the supervi sion of the department of poultry of Purdue university. The proposition of conducting a school for poultry was suggested by some of the active members of the or ganization some time ago, and it sub sequently was learned that the Pur due authorities would take charge of the work. Illustrated talks will be given by A. G. Phillips, head of the poultry department, during the show, which likely will be held In Tomlln son hall. Talks on the general subject of poultry raising also will be given. It Is not improbable that a separate exhibit of dogs will be shown this year on account of tho lack of suffi cient room In Tomllnson hall. The committee discussed the advisability of holding two shows, one for the poultry and other fowl. In Tomllnson hall, and having the exhibit of dogs at some other place. The State Ban tam club has announced that It will send 500 bantams to the show this year, and pigeons will be or exhibit in large numbers. The members of the executive com mittee who attended the meeting are: W. R. Fishel, Hope. Ind.. president; C. L. Buschmann. Indianapolis, vice president; O. R. Millions, Lebanon, secretary; Frank P. Johnson, Indian apolis, treasurer; W. A. S tolls, Indi anapolis; A. L. Weckler. Bunker. Hill: F. H. Johnson. New Augusta; A. B. Carter. Indianapolis; and . B. Mur phy, Carmel. Quarterly Bulletin Issued. The Indiana railroad commission has Issued its seventeenth quartorly accident bulletin, reviewing the steam and traction line accidents in the state for the quarter ending September 30. Thirteen steam roads reported no ac cidents, a gain of three over the cor responding quarter of last year. The number of passengers injured in colli sions was fourteen, as against ninety for the corresponding quarter last year. The number Injured by derail ments was increased from four to fifty-one, thirty-eight of the latter be ing Injured In the Pennsylvana wreck at Fort Wayne. Only one passenger was killed during the quarter, as against three a year ago. The victim, a woman, feil from a platform of a car while it was running over a bridge. The train was an excursion train from Chicago to this city. Twenty-five persons in vehicles on highways were injured by steam roads, as against forty-three similarly Injured a year ago. The total num ber struck on crossings was thirty eight as against forty-eight a year ago. Sixty-seven trespassers were killed, as against elghty-Beven a year ago. The Bteam roads killed twenty-eight em ployes and the electric lines two. The electric roads Injured twenty four passengers during the quarter, as against one hundred for tho corre sponding quarter last year. No pas sengers were killed, as ngalnst fifty & year ago, when the disastrous trol ley wrecks In the northern part of the state occurred. Seven trespassers were killed, as against twelve a year ago. Forming Foood Rules. H. E. Barnard, chler chemist of tne state board of health, is formulating two new rules concerning handling of foodstuffs. One Is to provide that where rice that Is artificially coated with talc or glucose. It must be labeled "Polished rice," with printed instruc tions on the bag that It must be thor oughly washed before cooking. The other rule will direct that per sons selling polished and coated pe cans must set forth the fact properly. These pecans, according to Mr. Bar nard, arc coated and polished in order to make an inferior quality look at tractive. Most of the pecans sold in Indiana, he said, are of Inferior qual ity. Many of them were picked green, he said, and artificially ripened. "In the south, where the pecan Is raised, a merchant could not sell a polished nut." WUI Seek Local "Chlro" Evidence. The state board of medical registra tion and examination Is to direct its efforts toward obtaining evidence against an Indianapolis chiropractor for tho purpose of prosecuting the next test caso In this city. A recent case against a chiropractor In Hunt ington resulted In a mistrial, one Juror holding out for acquittal. The attor neys of the state board in Indianapo lis have been instructed to gather evi dence against some chiropractor here. Ban en Watered Oysters. H. E. Barnard, chief chemist for the state board of health, has lnstructe his field mon to look out for watered oysters. Tho Indianapolis city mar kots are belns watched. Most of tho : nvstora thus far found have been passed under examination, although af fl.invJi vroro nrenared acalnst two ' dealers. Tho greatest difficulty ex I nerlencod by the field men is to com- ! pol the dealers to quit cooling the oys ters by placing chunks of Ice on them. Containers so made that the ice may be placed in an Inner or outer com partment, not to touch the oysters, It is said. Is tho only proper way so kep the bivalves cold and prevent ex cesslve watering. Chemists In the labratory say tho water from the molt ing Ice will increase the percentage of water in an oyster to 20 per cent., which means an additional profit, when oysters are selling at 20 cents a pint, of 30 conts a gallon. The In spectors do not fllo affidavits where tho percentage does not run above ten or eleven per cent To Sidetrack Liquor Question. "The Conservative Voters' League of Indiana" is a state-wide or ganization that is being rormcd, with the Liberal League of Indiana as Its nucleus. Charles B. Pettljohn, who was secretary pf the Liberal League In last year's campaign, Is promoting the new organization, and he says the purpose of the Conservative Voters' League will be to prevent the liquor question from getting Into the state platforms next year. Mr. Pettljohn says that when It be came apparent that the temperance people were planning to force the po litical parties to make declarations on the liquor question, the movement was started to counteract this plan. "The matter was discussed by the hotel men of the state. In the German Alliance and in other organizations," he said, "and it was decided that the Liberal League should be made the foundation for a new organization ol raters that would be state-wide. The Liberal League was confined wholly to Marion county. We had several thousand letters printed and we mailed 1,700 of them to voters In Marlon county whose names were on the mailing list of the Liberal League. Enclosed with tho letter was a mem bership card for the voter to sign and return, with a membership fee of ten cents. Up to this time about three thousand and five hundred answers have been received, and fully two thousand and five hundred havo sent In their ten-cent membership fee. This money will be used to send letters to other counties and spread the organi zation In that way. C. L. U. Has Crow to Pick With State. The Central Labor Union will regis ter a protest against the contract for the casos for the state's battle ilags being awarded to nonunion firms. As a result of action taken at the meet ing, the executive board of the union will call on state officials to take up the matter with them. The situation concerning the cases for the battle Hags was laid before the central body by Albert Lowry, vice president of the C. L. U-, who said it had been reported to him that the battle flag commission was about to award the contract for the stoel work to Caldwell & Drake of Columbus, and the contract for the dies and the bronze work which Is to cover the steel to a Chicago firm. Lowry said it had been reported to him that lower bids could be obtained in Indianapo lis, but be said he did not know what firm here was willing to do the work for less. Discussions at the meeting or the C L. U. ranged all the way down the scale from the matter of protesting against what was said to be a pro posed action on the part of the state, through criticisms of county and city acts, to the demand made on a local union that it let out one of Its mem bers unless he employed union labor. Instead of nonunion labor, on a home he was building In the north part of tho city. Will Be Indiana Judges. Indiana men largely will be relied on to pick the winners at the forth coming International live stock show to be, held at the Union stock yaids. Chicago, beginning December 2 and lasting until December 9. At this show tho live stock breeders. Includ ing cattle, hog, sheep and horse rais ers of. Indiana, will have some of the best exhibits. Davjd Kay of Fort Wayne will be one of ,the judges of the Cheviot fat classes. of cheep, and he will also pick the winners In several other classes of other breeds. V. T. Farquhar. Modoc, will Judge the Chester White hogs. J. M. Frlslnger, Decatur, will place Bel gian horses, and CharleH Kurtz, In dianapolis, will pass on swine of vari ous classes and tribes. In all there will he employed CI Judges from 17 different states, there will bo three from England and ten from Canada, and they Include some of uhe best known live stock experts in this coun try. ' Lower Coal Rate Ordered. The state railroad commission has Issued an order directing the Vandalla and Monon Railroad companies to put In a coal rate of 75 cents from the Linton fields to Westfleld, Carmel and Broad Hippie, and a rate of SO cents from the same fields to Sheridan and Klrklln. All these towns are on the Indianapolis division of the Monon, which gets the coal from the Vandalla via Terre Haute and Brazil. The for mer rate to ah the towns was 95 cents. The order was based on petitions from citizens of the towns named. STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF NF.WS ITEMS FROM ALL OVEJT INDIANA. SHANK TO HANDLE TURKEYS Indianapolis Mayor Expects to Buy 1,000 Birds for Thanksgiving Will Dispose of Them at Cost. Indianapolis. Nov. 21. Provided he can obtain them at a reasonable price Mayor Shank expects to buy one thou sand turkeys ami place them oa sale in the city market in ample time for Thanksgiving. The tnnyor say if he sells turkeys, they will be sold nt actual cost, plus tho cost of handling, and at n price considerably below tho local retail price. Tho mayor expects to take a little trip In the vicinity of Indianapolis to find what he can do about buying turkeys, and will follow this trip with another to southern Indiana. "I un derstand," said the mayor," that local buyers are paying 1C cents a pound for turkeys on the foot and are selling them to retailers nt 20 cents a pound. I suppose the retailers are asking from tn J Annfc n nnnn . 1 W ... V, V II J . . IUUtt11t "I hope to be able to buy turkeys direct from farmers, so that I can place them on sale at not to exceed 17 cents a pound on foot. It Is likely that I will also have a number of turkeys dressed, which, of course, will have to sell at a slightly higher price." Will Sue Evangelist for Libel. La port e. Nov. 21. States Attorney JSmlth and Dr. Fronen E. Oliver, an evangelist of Kansas City, are engaged in a war with two thrifty Greeks, proprietors of a moving picture house, because of the action of the Greeks la running their show on Sunday. Doctor Oliver bitterly denounced the men in his address to five thousand people which -crowded the tabernacle and was cheered to the echo. Three thousand other people visited the mov ing picture show. Doctor Oliver bit terly denounced the Greeks. The Greeks havo retained a leading law firm of this city to bring action for libel against the evangelist. State's Attorney Smith, In the meantime, caused the arrest of the Greeks for violation of the Sunday laws. Son Testifies Against Father. Lafayette. Nov. 21. Sitting not more than ten feet away from his father In a crowded courtroom John Emory Poole, the nineteen year-old son of John W. Poole, told In detail his story of the mysterious fate of Joo Kemper, the farm hand, and how all the circumstances pointed to brutnl murder by "his father. He then told of digging up the body supposed to be that of Kemper and told of his work as an amateur detective causing his father's arrest on charge of first degree murder. The lad submitted to two hours" gruelling cross-examination without materially altering hie testimony. The attorney for the de fense made the lad ndmlt that ho tried to persuade his mother and sister not to engage counsel for his father. Gary Councilman Missing. Gary. Nov. 21. Bondsmen of Coun cilman Anthony Baukus, one of the de fendants In tho Gary bribery cases, who has been missing for a week, have begun an international search for the man when they were informed that he was on the high sens, bound for Europe, and not absent on a busi ness trip, as was supposed. Special Prosecutor XV. F. Hodges admits that Baukus is gone, and will not return Hodges declares that Baukus left be hind him his "fifteen page" message, which is taken to indicate a confes sion of that size. T. AV. Englehart and others on Baukus' bond to tho amount of $2.000, will ask European police to len the lookout for the of ficial. Fraternal Order Celebrates. Fort Wayne. Nov. 21. The Lodge of Perfection. Valley of Fort Wayne. F. and A. M.. celebrated Its twenty fifth anniversary with five-sevenths of Its 1,-100 membership present at the banquet. William Gcnko presided Bishop White of the Fort Wayne Epls copal diocese offered the Invocation The celebration In the consistory ball was notable because of speeches by Barton Smith of Toledo, sovereign grand commander, and by Governor Marshall, both thirty-three. Stlhbins Pleads Not Guilty. Vlncennes, Nov. 21. Slater Edward Stlhbins, alleged flayer of his aged father, George W. Stlhbins, pleaded not guilty to a first degree murder charge In a Justice of the peace court, and was remanded to jail to await action of the grand Jury. The post mortem held shows that the bullet used was a 3S-calIbcr steel Jacket, whjlo the revolver found near the body was a 32 caliber. Think Man's Memory Gone. Foit Wayne, Nov. 21. Thomas Goodyear, believed by cards found In his possession to be a member of a theatrical company now playing In To ledo, wan nlrknrt nn hv Ihn nnll. . . . -i- w . v. iviivu UUIC Goodyear apparently is suffering from iuB3 ui memury. ODD Indiana Brevities Lafayette. Mrs. Flora J. Poolo and daughter, Graco I'oolo, were used by the state as witnesses In tho John W. I'oolo murder case. Both told of the disappearance of Jo seph Kemper from tho Benton coun ty farm In Docember, 1909. Mrs. Poolo remembered she said when her husband was first arrested In March, 1911. that Poolo told her If a body Bhould bo dug up on tho farm the whole family would be sent to the penitentiary. "All the neighbors aro against us," Poolo Bald, "and they would do any thing to persecute us." Graco Poolo told practically tho eame story as the mother. Edgar Mills, who worked on the Poolo farm In 1910, testified about finding looso dirt In tho straw pile. Mills said ho told Poole about it and Poole seemed nervous und told him not to work nt that point any more. Mills also testified that ho once heard Poolo say to his son Emery, "Look out or I'll put you where I did the Dutchman." Lafayette. Herman M. Beutfer, aged twenty-seven, was killed at the home of his f other, Herman F. Beutler, near Montraorcncl. Tho fam ily was sitting at tho supper table and the son chlded his father about drink ing too much cider during tho day. The father started for tho pantry where the shotgun was. according to story told by the mother, but the son reached tho pantry first and was taking the shells out of the gun when one barrel went off, the entire charge entering the son's stomach. There are many here who do not bellevo the story told by the family, and tho coroner and prosecutor are investigat ing. Tho father Is one of the richest farmers In Tippecanoe county. Jasonville. Chief of Police Mar shall Soutlers shot and probably fatally wounded Add Rogers. Rogers and and his wife had trouble and Mrs. Rogers went to the chlers house for protection from her husband. Rogers went to Souder's homo, his friends. Bay, to try to bring about a reconciliation with Mrs. Rogers Foudcrs sayR he threatened to kill bun for protecting the wonan. Indianapolis. While attempting to burglarize the Haynes grocery store here, Lawrence Tucker, a negro from Kentucky, was captured by tho police while hiding In au Ice box. Tucker was armed with a large revolver, but was overpowered and placed under arrest charged with bur glary, carrying concealed weapons and petit larceny. Sullivan. John Haynes. charged with the Illegal sale of liquor at Jackson Hill No. 2, after being ar rested by Constable Rich of this city, assaulted Rich and caved in one of his ribs. Haynes then ran, and tho constable sent five shots after hlra, one of which struck him in the leg. Haynes will be brought to Jell here as soon as he recovers. Vinconnes. Harry Burway. eigh teen years old. a buginesB man of St. Franclsvllle, 111., was found crushed to doath under his automobllo that turned over In the Williams ditch midway between Vlncennes and St. Franclsvllle. Terre Haute. A double funeral was held here for Mrs. Catherine Robinson and Mrs. Emma Smith. The latter collapsed and died In a few hours after the death of the former, who had been her companion 30 years Laporte. Rev. W. I. Alexander, pastor of Governor Marshall's church at Columbia City, preached ms lareweii sermon, having accepted the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church at Atchison, Kan. Evansville. Because her sister Is of the opinion that Mrs. Wal ter Jones of McCutchanvllIe, this coun ty, was poisoned, she has made an ap peal to the coroner to have tho body exhumed. Mrs. Jones died a week ago. Vlncennes. Dorman Kirk, eleven-year-old son of Mrs. Dan Kirk, was nc cidentally killed while hunting with several schoolmates. Laporte. Harry Arnold, head of the banking department of tho state, has been at Akron for sev eral dnys conducting an Investigation of the defalcation of Cashier Howard Ü. Harter, which It Is believed will amount to $30,000. Mr. Arnold said Harter is still In the custody of tho sheriff and It has not been decided whether prosecution would be started ngalnst him. None of the denosltors of the Citizens' bank will lose, accord ing to the state officials. Hartford City. Fire destroyed the club roomB of the Alpha Tau Knppa fraternity m tho Ca bcll block, In Washington street, and the confectionery store of C. W. Hive Icy, beneath the club rooms. Th fire is though to have started from a cigarette stub. Evansville. Tho wives of tho farmers In southern Indiana and western Kentucky have organized a turkey trust and are refuslne to bpII becnusc of the low prices being of- icrcu. COLDS Cured in One Day As a rule, a few doca of Munvon' C!J Remedy will break up any cold and pre vent pneumonia. It relieves the he ,J, throat and luiien almont instantly. IV, a 23 centu at any druggtut's, or wnt pontpa. If you need Medical advice wntr Munyon's Doctor. They will cwrvfu' v diagnofc your care and give you advice 1 mail, absolutely free. Andrei! Professor Munvon. 53d and Jc Hereon street, Philadelphia, Pa. Thompjin"! Eys Watsr Explained. An old lady, the customer of an Irish farmer, was rather dlssatlafW-d with tho watery appearance of tier morning's cream and finally sho con. plained very bitterly to him: "Bo nlsy, mum." said Pat. "You Eco. the weather of late has been terrific hot that It has scorched a . tho grass off the pasture land, and i have been compelled to feed the poro bastes on water lilies!" Ideas. IT WEARS YOU OUT. Kidney Troubles Lower the Vitality of the Whole Body. Don't wait for serious kidney ill ness; begin using Doan's Kidney Pills when you first feel backacho or notico urinary disorders. David P. Corey, 236 W. Washington SL, Ionia, Mich., saya "I had kidney troublo eo badly, that for six months I could only get around with a cane or crutches. Tho backache grew gradu ally worse until I was compelled to take to my bed. While still in bed, I began using Doan's Kidney Pills and gradually Improved until well." "When Your Back Is Lame, Reraem bertho Name DOAN'S." SOc.allstorea. Foster-MIIburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. SOUNDED LIKE IT. The Talker I tell you, no man hct got a right to be sick nowadays! The Joker You'vo evidently been reading some patent medicine adver tisements. His Honor Unimpaired. "No," said the old Ehoemaker, stemly, "I will not do It. Never have I sold anything by false representa tions, and I will not begin now." For a moment he was silent, nnd the shopman who stood bofore him could see that the bettor nature of his employer was fighting strongly for the right "No," raid the old man again, "I will not do it. It is an inferior grado of shoe, nnd I will never pais U off as anything better. So Just mark It 'A shoe fit for a queen,' and put It In the window. A queen, you know, does not have to do much walking." Wisdom, like flowers, requlro cul ture. Ballon. A BRAIN WORKER. Must Have the Kind of Food That Nourishes Brain. "I am a literary man whoso nervous energy is a great part of my stock in trade, and ordinarily I have little pa tience with breakfast foods and the extravagant claims made of them. But 1 cannot withhold my acknowledg ment of the debt that I owe to Grate Nuts food. "I discovered long ago that the very bulkiness of the ordinary diet was not calculated to give one a clear head, the power of sustained, accurate think ing. I always felt heavy and sluggish in mind as well as body after eating the ordinary meal, which diverted tho blood from the brain to the digestive apparatus. . "I tried foods easy of digestion, but found them usually deficient In nutri ment. I experimented with many break fast foods and they, too, proved un satisfactory, till I reached Grape-Nuts. And then the problem was solved. "Grape-Nuta agreed with mo per fectly from the beginning, satisfying my hunger and supplying the nutri ment that so many other prepared foods lack. "I had not been using It very long before I found that 1 was turning out an unusual quantity and quality ot work. Continued üso has demonstrat ed to my cntlro satisfaction that Grape-Nuts food contains tho elements needed by the brain and nervous sys tem of the hard working public wri ter." Name Given by Postum Co., Bat tle Creek, Mich. "Thero'fl a reason," and It Is ex plained In the little book, "The lloaa to Wellville," In pkga. Ker read the above letter! A new one appear from time tn lime. Ther tire Krnulac, true, and full of krau talcreau i i