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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20
KILL THAT TURKEY,
"Renew Family Ties.s


ny the president OF the United States:
PROCLAMATION:
II IL very glad incident OF the mar.
the year now drawing to close that its
helpful and reassuring touch has been
felt BY al our people. II has been q
wide as our country and 20 special that
every home has felt its comforting infiu.
ence. 1t is too great to be the work Of
msn's power and too particular TO be the
device OF bic mind. To God, the bene.
flcent and the allwiee, who makes the
labors OF men 10 be fruitful, redeeml
their losses by His grace, aud the meas.
ure Of whose giving is % much beyond
the thoughts Of man - II 10 beyond his
deserts, the praise and gratitude Of the
people Of this favored nation are jastly
due.
Now, therefore. !, Benjamin Harrison,
president OF the United states OF Amer
lea, do hereby appoint Thursday, the
96th day Of November present, 10 be q
day Of joyful thanksgiving to God for
the bountiss Of Ills providence. for the
peace In which We are permitted to en-
JOY them, and for the preservation Of
those institutions Of civil and religious
liberty which He gave our fathers the
wisdom to devise and establish. and ua
the courage to preserve. Among the ap.
propriate observances Of the day are resl
from toll. worship 10 the public congre.
cation, the renewal OF family ties about
our American firssides, and thoughtful
helpfplness toward those who suffer lack
Of the body or Of the spirit.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
SET my hand and csused the seal Of ths
United States to be affixed.
Done 1t the city OF Warrington, thii
18th day OF November, in the year Of ouI
Lord. one thousand eight hundred and
ninety -one. and OF the independence o
the United States the one hundred and
sixteenth.
(Seal.) BENJAMIN HARRISON.
By the President. JAMES q. BLAINE,
Secretary Of State
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20
~. 2. e. y. COLUMV
CONDUCTED By MRS. y. l. HOBBS.
ToIstoi. the Russisn Novelist. Writes Of a
Liquor Curse

Ioletol. the kueeian NOvellst, Writes Of thG
Liquor Curse,
A sober man scruples to do that which
a drunken man will execute without hes
|itation. These words embody the e..
sential motives that induce people Il
have recourse 10 stupefying drugs and
drinks. People employ them either foI
the purpose Of stifling remorse after
having performed an action disapproved
by their conscience, or else in order "a
induce q state OF mind In which they
shall he capable Of doing something con.
trary to the dictates Of their conscience
and TO which the animal nature OF man
is impelliDg them.
A sober man has conscientious scruples
to visit lewd women, to steal, TO commit
murder. A drunken man. on the con.
trary is troubled with no such scruplea
Hence It is that II person wishes TO do
something. which bis conscience forbide
him to do. be frst stupe6es bis faculties.
! recollect being struck BY the state.
ment made by . man cook on bis trial
for the murder Of IN old lady-s rela.
tive Of mine-in whose service be bad
been living From the account he gave
of the crime and the manner In which II
was perpetrsted. 1t appears that when he
had sent his paramour, the maid servant,
out OF the house. and the time had come
for him to do the deed he seized knife
and repaired 10 the bedroom where biz
intended victim was, but, as he drew
near, be felt that In his sober senses he
could not possibly perpetrate such 4
crime. "A sober man has conscien tious
|scruples." lie turned back, gulped
down two snmblers of brandy that hs
provided aud felt that be was ready TO dc
the deed, and did II.
Nine-tenths Of the total number ol
crimes that stain humanity are com
mitted 10 the same way, "First take I
drink to give you courage"
OF all tho women who fall fully one.
half yield 10 the temptation under The
Influence Of alcohol. Nearly oil the Wis
it, made by young men to disorderIy
houses take place when the facultiel
have been blunted and dulled BY intoxi
eating liquor. People ere well acQuaint
ed with this property OF alcohol 4
deaden the voice Of conscience. aud they
deliberately make use Of II for this yer!
purpose.
Nor IL this al. Not only do peopl
cloud their own faculties In order Il
stIfle the voice of conscisncs, but, know
ing v hat the effect Of alcohol Ia. when
ever they wish 10 make other people per
; form on act that j. contrary TO the die
tstes OF their conscience they purposeI
ssupefy them in order 70 render then
temporarily deaf to it, renons,rances.
IN war soldiers are always mad
drunk when they are shout 10 be sen
. into ciose band 70 hand combat. Dur
ing The ssorming OF Sebastopol all n
French soldiers were completely intoxi
Gated. After the storming Of fortres
in the Central Asian war, when the Rus
sian soldiers showed no inclination 4
plumber and kill tho defenseIeas old meI
, and children OF the place, Sk0bcl or
dcred them 70 be duly piled with brand
til they we're drunk. Then they rushe'
out to accomplish the gbastly work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Evansville Courier :-Peopls will not
quite have forgotten Tom Reed, other.
wise known as "Bully" Reed, Speaker Of
the last House OF Congress. He went
abroad AFTER he and Mckinley adjourned
the Congress which they ran TO suit
and ia which the tariff was
largely increased. But Reed did not like
bic own medicine. When be came home
he presented % order at the Custom
n ouse to let everything be had bought
10 the old countries pass through free Of
duty. II vervbody could get an order
like that the tariff wouldn't be such bad
thing for those who commune imported
goods. But privileges Of thst kind are
only enjoyed BY big Republican ofhcisls
or their kinfolk. Ordinarily. people
who consume foreign made articles buy
them from some one who hss bad to pay
tariff on them. and who is careful to odd
Il on 10 The price which the c0nsumor hsl
10 nav for the article when be buys II.
But Tom Reed, Of oil mon 10 ths
world, ought TO pay the tarif which hs
was % determined about imposing upon
Others.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Hill ois bas law on the statute books
which takes the jury lists from the list
OF persons falling to vote. The inten
ton OF the act 10 TO encourage voting
The indianapolis News, commenting on
the oct, very sensibly condemns IL, foI
the reason that Il puts one public duty
question Of com pulsory voting the New
takes the Affirmative. - follows:
sThe question Of compulsory voting
stands on quite other grounds, and
should be considered without confession
OF weakness. In email and simple 90
ciety voting IL : privilege gladly exer
cised In : large snd complex society
and particularly . society like ours
where the opportunities for money get
ting ere comparatively 90 universal. th'
selfish claims Of private life easily ab
sorb attention TO : degree that resuIts Il
: neglect Of the exercise Of the voting
privilege. This creates default which
marks the opportunity OF those wht
make merchan disc or the act. Il will b
conceded, we believe, that the failure 4
vote, generally speaking. comes from
neglect. and on the part Of those who, !
they did vote. would be above purchase
In other words. Il is not the venal ele
ment that fails 70 VOTE
Seeing this. the proposition 70 induct
or compel voting has something 10 II
Aud Il seems TO % that u hes NOR
in Il wherever the reform (Australiar
system) election laws prevail, for thi
reason: Those laws guarantee sbs0lOte
" the purity and certainty Of the ballot
They make either its purchase or its con
strsint impossibIe. 10 one way only CT
corruption effect Z result under thes'
laws. II 10 the way undertaken. 10 pop
0lar report be true. in Ohio IN this cam
paign. aud the way svoWed BY Repub
lican from this state, q 70 be tried .
the next election here, 90 reported IN q
Ohio paper which We recently published
lin the News. II Il to hire men not 4
vote. IL 10 apparent then that the new
election laws now being adopted 90 rap
Idly, ofTcr reason why men should b.
compiled to VOTE Such cOmpulsioI
would seem 70 shut oif corrupticn's lss
chance"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Capt. Samuel Hoover, OF Grsensbor.
lough. N. c., is in the city. Although
Mr.. Hoover 10 q horn southern gentle.
man, he fought for good cause with ths
boys 10 blue. During the war he wss
with Gen. Wilder's mounted brigade.
\ During The battle o. OkalOms In Ten.
nessee,' said Mr. Hoover. "our company
became scattered aud l rode my horse
into = email stream Intending t. cross
when about half over rebel also on
horseback came dasbing through tht
water with his sword upIifted aud made
pass at uic. striking my saber from my
hand At The first blow. and ! felt hii
blade pierce my neck. escaped from
him and rode furiously away, and wa'
soon under the protection Of my com
pany. l had received very bad but
not dangerous cut in my neck. Seev u
and be turned HE head 70 one side 50 the
reporter could see long scar near hil
.iuguIar vein. "There IL where he slaebed
me. After the war was seated IN thu
office OF the Maxwell house ~ Nashville
y ith feet propped up on table reading
ID paper. There were several persona Ia
the room aud one had just finished tel
ling an experience he had had during
the war. In . short time . large, fine
looking man told his fricnds be thought
he had killed one man In hand-to-hand
Iencounter on horse back 10 creek. He
said be had dissrmed the yankee soldier
and ran bis ssber through his neck
That fitted my case cxsctly, and ! went
over to where he was seated and show.
ing the scar on my neck asked him IL be
recognized me. Well. cir, he did He
took me to his homo and kept me for
several days ont of old friendship. His
name was S. B. Hines, . southern ma
jor. The story Is not much, but Il is
Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

FoRr WAYSR, Nov. 12.-LAte lsst
might, after the street cars had been
housed. : cor equipped with the new
Sia,tery storage battery made IL appear.
ance on the belt line. Il Was loaded 10
the gusrds" with forty.hve passenger.
No difficulty was experienced In starting
the cor or IN maiutaining . speed q
twelve mlles IN hour. The speed and
|dirsction OF the car were easily con-
|troled By { little lever on the front
Iplalform. The battery not only pro-
|peiIed but lighted the cor, and can b
'made 20 heat q q yell. AZ the cooclu-
sion OF The test much satisisction We e.
lpreseed q the results.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Iudianisns 10 1899 will vote the
longest State ticket that was ever before
the people. Il 10 q follow: Presiden.
tlsl Electors, Governor. Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary Of STATE, Auditor,
Treasurer, Attorney. General, Reporter
of the Supreme Court, superintendent
Of Public Instruction, State 0eologis'
and Statistician, Three Members Of The
supreme Court, and Five Members o.
the Appellate Court.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Capt. w. r. Myers, or Anderson, 10.
jured In the Big Four Accident near In.
elisnspoIis many months ago, has accept.
ed $500 BY way Of compromise with
Iths railway company.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Among the hills Of Washfngtou couu.
lty. Indiana, not FIR from New ProvI.
ldence aud about twenty five miles from
Louisville. nestles On old fashioned, con.
lfortabIo farmhouse. says the Chicago
News. The house 10 the home OF lho
tai'est man 10 the West, perhaps 10 tho
u pIted States.
jacob WiIlisms, tho giant, 10 . fne
specimen Of physical manhood. and :
picture of perfect health, standing. 10 bic
stocking feet, fees inches, and weigh
Ing fighting trim 357 pounds. He Was
horn in Polk township, Washington
county. Sept. -. 1858; is - years old.
and single. When boy be was not sb.
NORMALLY tall. shooting up 20 bic great
height during the last years Of bic teens.
In complexion be is rather fair. be-
Igray-blue eyes. Strangely enough, no
lother member Of the family II extremely
tall. the father measuring 8 feet 10 inchee
and he 10 the tallest Of the family, In
lcIudIng two daughters. Who some paper
mot long ago paraded o gisntressss. much
Ito The young ladies annoyance. Jacob
Williams, 10 addition 70 being quite good
looking. Il also good nstured, lncky
thing, for II be we're III tempered hs
could make II decidedly lively 10 bic
Mr.. Williams Il : farmer, working on
Ibis fathcr's place, and. % that gentIomsn
|says. "tbe best hand on the place." His
|ph ysicaI powers and endurance are sim
|piy astounding. He can 60 al day and
mot feel . bit tired. while 10 sn encoun-
tier be would simply be = crushsr." He
|lifts tremendous weights and thinks
nothing of IT, When asked whether be
Ibid not feel Il AWARD to stoop from bic
height be smiled and said Il did not
|seem hard for him TO dig potatoes. AZ
supple - smaller men, be can walk oil
|srouud them and wear them out While
|of pleasant and kindly disposition. hs
lie not the man 10 take either insult or
|gibe, aud those who know him never
|oGer Il. 10 fact. be does not have to
light for his rights. bic sire being
|enough to hold everybody in check.
Wisely enough. no one desires 70 tackIe
Il man who sleeps in On 0-foot 6-inch
bed, and has to stoop 70 get through the
door into the house.
He has had offers 70 travel with Bar.
mum, and was requested to make con-
tract with circus, but In each instance
|he declined, preferring the unostenta-
|tious life Of farmer. and having Gin.
|cers dislike for notoriety.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

The famous case Of Henry W. Langen-
berg against Philip O. Decker. says the
Indianapolis Journal. more populsrly
known % the "bank deposit case.
which was recently on trial in the Supe-
rior Court for . week or more Of unin.
terrupted litigation, and which va
decided in favor OF the defendant, VS.
yesterday given another turn which will.
sooner or later. bring Il once more into
public notice. The Attorney General
filed 10 the ONCE Of the Clerk Of the Su-
preme Court record in the case on sp-
peal from the Superior Court Of Marion
county Errors have been assigned BY
the Attorney General and rejoiDder In
error for the appellee BY Hon. Addison
G. Hsrris. The brief on the part Of the
Attorney General will Be 6Ied within
the next thirty days, after which the
cause will bc advanced on the docket
for trial BY agreement, and will be orally
argued as soon thereafter q suits the
pleasure OF the Supreme Court. The
general opinion expressed yesterday 10
the State ofices was that 10 the judg-
ment OF the lower court is not reversed
IN whole II will be greatly modified.
This case has attracted general interest
throughout the State. and especially
among banking instltuti0ns-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

The son never sets on the coll o. The
United States. When 4 70 8 o'clock g
Atioo leland. Alaska, II 10 3 :36 o'clock.
\ n, the next day On the eastern coast
|of Maine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

A saloon keeper passing church ont
Sunday morn, overheard the preacher
saying that the liquor traffic was ths
greatest curse Of the age. and being in
fereeted In the cause, thought 10 heal
and zee farther. So, stepping into tht
entry way, where he could see the min
lister, who seemed 10 be 90 much ii
"a, nest about the destruction Of his bus
fness, 10 and behold his surprise wher
he saw that this was the very same man
that voted with him At the last election
supporting license candidates, both ol
them. He turned around and went ont
saying to himself, "What can this mean
Has this man changed his mind aimee
last election? II 50, and all the preach
ers are preaching this way, and u they
vote as they preach, our business is 10
In passing along, be mot : brother
saloon keeper. whom he stopped and re-
lated his morning experience. In reply
to this the brother saloonist said, THAT
man has been preaching that way for
twenty years, and voting for license
every time. Let me say to you that that
preacher 10 making more for our cause
than . little. He holds the church In
lire with the old parties. and that Il
what We want. When these preachers
and church members begir 10 vote q
they pray, then you may well fear for
the existence OF the trade"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Cigarette smoking - ssid By : doctor
to cause softening Of The brain. The
question u how hs found it out, . no
one with brains smokes cisarettes. =
Texas Siftings.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

n sobriety. industry and capability
are OF any value Ia the estimation OF
voters, then the prohibition candidates
ought TO run well.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

a epecIal from DeuvliI0 70 tuo luutau-
apolis Journal says: Josephus Collett,
the we'll known capitalist, 10 at the head
or : scheme to construct . new railroad
parallel 20 the Chicago and Eastern I'LL
nois Railroad, bstween Chicago and
DanvIlle- A civil engineer has been
over The route, and regular survey will
soon follow. The proposed route takes
In Oakwood and the Immense coal 6eld'
In thst vicinity. Thence through Z
tbickly settled country via Kankakee, q
the intersection OF the o 4 M. road d
'Riverdale. seventeen miles from Chicsgc
and thence over the U. b II. into Chi
Icsgo. The Ksnkaksa 10 the only stream
Iof any consequence TO be crossed south
lof Dsuville. The line will be continued
10 some point on the Clover Leaf route
for ST. Louis connection.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20
yohn L. Brets. william y. Coz
BRETZ & COX.
Attorneys at Law,
JASPER. IND.

WILL practice in the Courts Of Du-
w bois and adjoining counties.
OFFICE East Of Court House. Feb.6.9
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

What Z strange church inconsistency
to exclude the drinkers and sellers o.
Intoxicating drink, and make preachers
deacons and clsss leaders Of those Wit
vote saloon tickets, with saloon partics
FOR saloon candidates and take part o
the money the saloon keepers make b!
selling LIQUOR. "Ohl what shall the hsr
vest be ?v-N New Republic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

why do not professed christians quit
training IN political parties that have
saloon keepers II their ranks? What
can such political organizations do, even
II Z majority Of their members do feel
like doing that which 10 right2
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20
NEW BRICK YARD
BRICK FOR SALE

John Geier, jr., has taken charge Of :
or'ck-yard At the North side Of Jasper,
ana now has for sale, In any quantity DO.
sired, brick Of all qualities. He asks the
people Of Dubois county for their custom,
and will make favorable terms on house
patterns. JOHN GEIHR, in.
Apg a. 'es--1y.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-11-30
POLICE BRUTALITY.
Another Instance of Fresh PO-
Iicemen Armed With Clubs.

Last Thursday evening about II
o'clock A. M. Dahl, second mate of
the G. D. Bryant, now locked at the
Oceanic wharf, and four fellow sea-
men, were sitting on pile of lumber
near the dock. A native policeman
came along and ordered them to move
on. They did not get away as fast as
the policeman wanted, and it is
alleged he struck Dahl with club on
the back of the head, laying open his
scalp. At this juncture several more
policemen made their appearance and
made an onslaught on the defenceless
men. Dahl was nearly knocked
senseless by the blow and was in
humanity allowed by the officers to
find his way to the ship in daZed
and weak condition. The other four
men were arrested; two were charged
with being drunk, but were dismissed
on their arrival at the Police Station.
r. J. McGarry was charged with
assaulting an officer. At the hearing
on Friday morning the prosecution
reduced the charge to one of simple
assault, and he was convicted and
sentenced to 10 days hard labor. Nc
Garry had a wound over the left eye.
An eyewitness stated that it was
caused when they arrived at the Po-
lice Station, by a club in the hands of
an officer. The other sailor was fined
Sc for being drunk.
One of the dismissed men had las
cerated wrist, caused by blow from
the ready policeman's club. In all,
three men were injured, one very
seriously from the wound on his head.
Mr.. Dahl, the wounded man, was
seen by an ADVERTISER reporter and
gave his version of the story. 1t was,
substantially, the same as above
stated. Dahl was in very weak con-
dition from loss of blood, and is natur-
ally very sore on the police for what
he terms an unprovOked assault. The
particulars are given as they are
found, and it looks like a good case
for the American Consul to investi-
gate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-11-30
BASE BALL.

There was a very slim attendance
at the League Grounds on Saturday
to witness the game between the
Aliiolanis and Iwileis. The game
was interesting up to the sixth in
ming, but after that the Iwileis went
to pieces and allowed their opponents
to pile up runs in wholesale man.
ner. There is very little to mention
regarding the general playing, as the
game bordered on what is termed
ragged" ball. Lemon, for the Allio-
lanis, pitched a splendid game con-
sidering that he is not their regular
pitcher. Kipa, for the Iwileis, had q
very decided off day; he usually can
be depended upon to field good ball,
but on Saturday he could not pitch
sugar cane into a slicing machine.
The young man with the traditional
name of Goliath made two stops of
hot liners that pleased the audience.
Kaoo, short stop for the Aliiolanis,
made splendid left-handed stop OF a
line drive. Mr.. J. w. Winter UNI
pired the game and gave good salts
faction. Antoine Perry was the
scorer.
Following is the score by innings
Ali1olani-3 0 90 5 20 PIP.
Iwilei 3 Dol 90 l. s.