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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-09
PLAYING TAG" AT THE FAIR.
sGive-Away" Prices ON Tags ut the WORLDS
Pair Clothing so Per Cent. Cheaper y"
Europr -Treacherous Trust. Imposed.


Pair Clothing so Per Cent Cheaper IN
Europr -Treseherous Trusts txpo-ed.
We are missing one Of the great les
sons that the worlds fair could teach
us. Last year the fair commissioners
decided that foreign exhibitors would
be permitted To place tags on their ex-
hibits showing the foreign prices Of diff
ferent articles We should not only
permit, but should request the use of
these tags. suppose all articles on ex-
hibition were tagged at the prices at
which each is sold in different coun-
tries. What give away" these tags
would be. not only for Mckinley pro-
tectionists but also for many OF our
trust that are selling AT protection and
trust prices here but are taking what
they can get in other countries. just
TO see how they would look suppose we
place tags on few articles:
Retail Prices IN
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-09

A set Of crokery as hoye costing So ~
I'm England costs SSH in United states.
the United states price being 1851
higher. The duties on the ware alone
amount t. S..sl. Duty at the rate OF
SIS Der cent is also levied on the pack
ages in which the ware is packed, and
the other expenses Of purchase. which.
added 10 So makes the whole duty
equal to the difference between the En-
glish and the American price.
In nearly every ease the American
price can be found approximately by
adding to the foreign price the duty
and the cost of transportation These
are a great object lesson to our pro
tectcd" worLingmen. Would Mckinley
dare stand up in the presence of these
tags and tell the throngs of voters
present that ".he foreigners pay the
taxi
But we have not yet noticed the
worst give away" Just step in the
domestic department of the great
manufacturers building and see the
, tags on some of the articles exhibited
bv our protected trusts
Csrcsldr Sd,rs. Wh"tesais Prices
si..s Home rrice each Export Price each
! 10 inch .........s Up w
| ~ ............ 3os 80
| a, al .2D
| 81 - .... tsW J.W
| Gross. Cut sd,rs. Home Price each Fxpovf Price
| Thin back champion. per
fnoi-......... .......4s ~ . ~
| Extra thin back cham
| pinr rer foot .... 30 -
Hand sa~s Apple Handle No 81
| Lrngth Home Price. Export Price
| IL inches fper doz) - a2g also
% 2i2s 1900
| We will not take time to quote TIL
prices on more tags, hut will observl
that those on hundreds Of other article
show that foreigners can often get gu
manufactures az prices from 20 TO >
per cent. less then we can obtain them
This Is true Of scales, rules, levels
planes. scrcw-drivers. shears. induratc
fiber ware. britannia and plated ware
clothes-wringers and driers, meatc-hoT
pers, axes hsmEerS braces, wranohss
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
Peaches Fit for n King.

If you once eat peaches served in the
following manner you will never again
slice them, especially If 1t be possible
to obtain the finest fruit: For each
guest allow two large yellow free.
stone peaches; place them In a vesse.
and pour boiling water upon them
until entirely covered; in less than a
minute pour off the hot water and add
very cold water, lowering the tenn
perature still further by lump of Ice,
In fifteen minutes take out the
peaches, loosen the skin with pointed
knife, when you can easily pull it of,
with the fingers. Now lay the peaches
side by side in fiat earthen dish and
set in the refrigerator until they are
ready to serve, when they should be
laid side by side in shallow bowl and
covered with chopped Ice. At the
table serve them in small shallow
plates, with fork and small fruit
knife so that each person can easily
remove the stones, when they are Il
be covered with fine sugar and thiol
rich cream.-Country Gentleman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

made the vast plains east of the Rocky
mountains a ver1table tinder-boX, and
not for years has the loss of life and
property been so great In parts of
the Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska,
Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma, these
fires have done heavy damage, as re,
ports from YanlSton, Omaha, Topeka,
and other centers show all too plainly.
Great fires ragged around Yuma, Hol.
yoke, Wray and other towns on the
plains in eastern Colorado. 1t was a
desperate fight that the people of the
prairie country waged to protect these
places. Both Holyoke and Yuma,
Col, had narrow escape. The peo.
pie of these towns, combining with
the farmers, formed fire brigades.
Prairie fires have also swept over
western Kansas. AT Colby, that state,
passenger train was warned barely
in time by farmer, who hurried to
town with the news that the railroad
track had just become bed of flame.
The passengers were transferred by
hand car and private conveyance to
safe point beyond the burnt district.
Hodgman, Logan and other counties
in Kansas have sustained serious loss.
This list, although incomplete, illus
trates how fire and flame have swept
the great plains region. Many deaths
are reported in the districts where the
flames could not be controlled. Not
only was the grass very inhammable
from an unusually dry season, but
the wind blew like hurricane Seas
of flame went in waves over the
prairies, and In some parts sped along
with the rapidity of railway train.
A single fire was often several miles In
width. Those who have only bcheld
conAagrations in large cities cannot
realize the magnificence as well as the
terror of q great prairie fire, when it
thunders along before windstorm or
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28
TEMPESTS OF FIRE.
Death and Destruction in the Prai-
rie Fires of the Plains.
Their Recent Ravages from the Dakotas
to the Oklahoma Country - How the
People Battle Against the Flames
Fighting Fire with Fire.

ICOPYRIGHT, 1893
The recent storms and cyclones that
have swept over the Mississippi valley,
although terrible in the loss of human
life and the destruction of property,
accomplished some good in resisting
and quenching the prairie fires that
for several weeks past have ragged
over the great plains of the west.
From the Dakotas to the Oklahoma
country this vast prairie region has
been swept with terribly destructive
fires. Men, women and children have
either persisted or been severely in
jured in the flames. Millions of acres
of prairie land have been burned over,
and in some parts nearly whole coun-
ties show the charred course of this
tempest of fire. Property worth hun
dreds of thousands of dollars and con-
sisting of houses, barns, cattle, horses
and hay is total loss. 1t has been a
dry spring, and hence the pSairie fires
are not only more numerous, but unus-
ually destructive, The dry grass
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

out its actual qualification had gone
Off into the woods, with q party of
other young fellows, to spend the lat
ter half of the summer vacation. We
all carried Winchester repeating rifles,
and in addition l took two immense
bear-traps, with jaws and teeth like
sharks. 1t was almost as much as a
persons safety of limb was worth to
set these traps, for if they went off
permaturely, or the man who was ad-
justing the tongue lost his nerve, a leg
or an arm wouldn't be worth much
second later. And as for coat-tail, 1t
would soon be put beyond the help of
a tailor.
We camped on the shore of a noun
tain lake, surrounded on all sides by
wooded hills. There was no house
within ten miles, and the whistle of
locomotive, or even the rumble of
stage-coach, had never echoed from
those solitary mountain-sides. Here,
If anywhere, we thought, bears ought
to be plentiful. Ours was distinctively
bear-hunting party, but was the
chief enthusiast
One sultry day had tramped six or
eiB bhIOuBh tllS Wootlo W 1OOh
at my traps, and on my return to camp
felt SO warm and uncomfortable that l
decided to take one of the boats, row
out into deep water, and have q royal
bath and swim. The other fellows
were all up the brook. trout fishing,
and had the whole lake to myself. /
rowed out fully mile from shore, 80
as to get that grand sensation, which
every adventuresome swimmer can ap-
preciate, of floating and diving in
hundred feet depth of water Those
who daily near shore know nothing
about this sensation. 1t is like the
sensation which an eagle or hawk
must have, posing and wheeling, with
mile of transparent air between 1T
self and the earth. Great depth of wa
ter buoys swimmer up-makes him
feel as if he had water-wings and could
circle, float and almost sleep on the
water, as the broad-winged bird does
In tho air.
When got out into the deepest part
of the lake threw over the sharp-cor-
nered stone we used for an anchor, at
| tached to It's hundred feet of stout cord,
and proceeded to undress and make my
first thrilling plunge. Down, down I
went into the clear water, till It's elastic
resistance, like cushion, stopped my
| body and drove it toward the surface
again. AS l emerged, blowing the
water from nostrils and mouth, saw
that black storm cloud was coming up
over the mountain behind the camp;
but as yet the sun shone fercely from
the western sky, and had no thought
of giving up my delicious bath for
threatened thundershower.
dove repeatedly, foated, swan on
the surface and beneath the surface,
trod water and enjoyed myself in the
most luxurious fashion. Finally,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

let it burn whittier it would and then
sought the burnt district as n place of
safety.
The California trail from 1855 to a
good ten years later was the place for
prairie fires, as l know from my own
boyish experience. Unless they came
near our homes the frontiersmen would
not interfere with the flames. But
well | remember the first time the
prairie fire threatened us. 1t was
about 1861 and was going to coun-
try school in Douglass county, In east
ern Kansas. Children could be lost
then in the tall prairie grass as easily
as In the forests, and had to keep
well in the path. used to toddle
along, primer in hand and swing
ing my little tin lunch basket.
The schoolhouse stood out, prom
inent and lonesome, on the plain.
One afternoon the prairie fire came
leaping in all its fury toward the
schoolhouse. | cannot now recall
the name of the young school
marin, but she was brave little
woman. The big boys were per-
mitted to leave the building to fight
the fire. Being only six years of age
I was kept in with the others. We all
wanted to go home, but the teacher
told us it was best to stay. She tried
to comfort us, but found it difficult.
She wisely knew that il we all started
home in various directions over the
prairie some of us would almost GER
tainly be caught In the raging flames.
What with prairie fires, winter storms,
cyclones and tornadoes, the frontier
woman teacher has proved one of the
true heroines of the plains. This young
lady was no exception. She kept guard
over us In that prairie schoolhouse,
knowing that all living in the vicinity
would see the danger and come to the
rescue. The cinders were flying thick
and fast over the buildings. At times
the smoke darkened the sun. The
flames gathered new strength, we
could see them at last from the win
dows. To say we children were terror
stricken is family expressing our con-
dition. I can now wildly recall that
afternoon. 1t was q hard task for that
girl to quiet and soothe us, but she
was calm and heroic and her courage
had it's effect. The rescue came ut
last and we children were taken home.
A fight to save the schoolhouse proved
successful, as the "main travelled road"
IN front of it afforded fire guard.
WILL c. FERRII-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

o hurricane. In the darkness, when
miles of billowy flames rush, crack and
roar over the plains, they become ter
ribly sublime.
These fires are often easily handle d
when the wind is light, but when q
tempest blows human power can hard
ly stay it's course.
Prairie fires have various origins.
Sometimes a spark from locomotive
starts flame amid the grass. A con-
fagration may be born in the embers
of camp fires spread by the wind.
Sometimes farmer in burning off
piece of land lets the flames get be-
yond his control
The plains people are accustomed to
prairie fires, indeed, expect them, and
hence use precautionary measures.
Those dwelling in the more exposed
districts plow what are known as fire
guards" around their houses, barns,
stacks of hay, grain bins, and, If
thought necessary, even around tho
entire farm. These fire guards may be
from six to eight rods wide. The ground
thus plowed will usually give protec-
ton against prairie fire. But in a
windstorm the flames leap the fire
guards, streams and what on ordinary
occasions would be insurmountable
barriers When therefore the plowed
FIRE guards fail it becomes q literal war
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

of determination between man and the
flames.
The tactics of man are simple. He
fights fire with fire, and just as ia a
city confagration the firemen blow up
and destroy buildings to keep the
flames from spreading and to check
their onward progress the plains peo-
pie burn and destroy the grass near
est them. They set fire, OF course,
only the grass growing on the side of
the plowed guard nearest the advanc-
ing flames. Although the wind may
be against 1t, this fire, not being at first
very great, cannot cross the guard and
will burn against the wind until 1t
meets the prairie blaze, which must
then cease in that direction, as there
is nothing left for it to consume.
These flame-fghting measures, how
ever, are often taken too late to save
life and property. Sometimes the prai-
rie fire surrounds u town that has
waterworl1s. The firemen get ready
their hose, attach it to hydrants and
stand as.the last reserve against the
oncoming foe. Men, and often the
women, go far beyond and attempt to
check the flames before the use of the
fire department becomes q necessity.
AS n rule the women are kept back,
their clothing being more easily
burned than that of men, but when
necessary women can fight prairie
fire with courage and success. Many a
story is told on the frontier of their
heroism.
At close quarters anything available
is used In the fight. Mops, brooms,
gunny sacks, piece of brush, swabs,
In fact any object that can be made
serviceable, are eagerly seized. have
seen men in their desperation pull off
their coats and use them to beat the
flames. An experienced farmer on the
prairie, moreover, is always cautious
not to scatter the fire, but brushes the
sparks, whenever possible, back into
the flames. Barrels of water are often
hauled to the edge of the fire, and the
men dipping brooms, gunny sacks,
swabs or old clothing into the saving
liquid, pound and beat the flames-an
| effective expedient when the grass is
| low. These great fires have many ad-
vantages in their warfare with man.
The heat is intense and the smoke
stiles. Hair and beard are singed. The
farmer must sometimes retreat to put
out the flames on his own garments.
Wet towels, handkerchiefs and the
like are tied over head and mouth,
just as in the cities flremen use wet
sponge. Herds of maddened cattle
and horses stampede from destruction,
but many of them are caught by the
swiftly pursuing element.
Old trappers, scouts and Indians,
when flames bore down upon them,
have with flint or match set fire to the
grass where they happened to be and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

inch all around, to cut out two shapes
of coarse, strong stuff like ticking, den.
i'm or burlap.
These two pieces, together with
strip the height of the cans, form a
rough cover for the footstool. Stitch
the strip all around one of the pieces,
then draw 1t over the cans as they
are set in place; 1t will fit In snugly
around each.
Now turn all upside down and sew
the other piece strongly on. The solid
ends of the cans are of course to come
upward for the top of the stool. Pad
this upper side with cotton, then
cut and put on in the same way as you
did the coarse cover, one made of the
material desired for the footstool, ere
tonne, tapestry, or, perhaps, brussels
carpeting-any fabric you consider
suitable, finished with upholsterer's
cord to match around top and bottom.
The stool is firm, durable and satisfac
tory in every respect.-A. J. Willis, in
Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

was not long before realized that, az
probabilities go, there was only about
one chance in ten thatuI should get out
OF my adventure alive. Under favor
able circumstances could have swan
a mile, no doubt, but not in raging,
driving storm.
AS soon as saw that 1t would be Inn
possible for me to overtake the drifting
boat, l brought myself to an upright
position and began to tread water,
while'I took good look around me.
How my heart leaped with joy when
saw, not more than fifty yards away,
what looked like short, thick, float
ing log. 1t was drifting along in the
same direction as the boat, but ut q
much slower rate of speed, and was
still to windward of me, so that could
easily intercept it.
struck out with renewed courage,
and a heart that was lighter by q good
many mental tons than it had been a
few minutes previously. 1t did not
take me long to get In line with the
dark floating object, but just as was
about to make squirt for 1t and lay
hold of 1t something caused me to stop
as suddenly as If had been seized with
cramps
The dark object turned out to have a
head, and that head was bears head.
The apparently floating log was moth
ing less than a bear, letting the wind
drift him across the lake, as is fire.
quently done by these big furry fellows
when they have long journey to mako
bv water and feel law
If IL had not been so terribly serious
the situation would have been ridicu-
lous In the extreme. At last the enthu-
siastic bear-hunter had come face to
face with his game-but under what
unexpected and discouraging circum-
stances! The tables had been turned in
such way as to leave little doubt
which would be the game and which
the hunter, should the bear choose to
take advantage of the situation. Prob
ably few hunters have ever been placed
in such an embarrassing, not to say dis
tressing, situation. must either beg a
ride from the bear or go to the bottom
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

With simple but solemn ceremon-
les the remains of j. Knox Polk,
tenth president of the United States,
and those of his wife, Mrs. Sarah
Childers Polk, were removed on Tues
day from the tomb at Polk Place, the
old family residence at Nashville, to a
picturesque spot in the Tennessee
state capitol grounds, and there re-
inferred. The services at Polk Place
and Capitol Hill were very impressive
and the occasion was observed with
due honor and respect by the state,
the city, the church and the public.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

started and swan hundred yards OF
30 away from the boat, with the inten-
ton of seeing how many times l should
have to come to the surface in retracing
my course under water. AS / came up
after my first dive / noticed that that
fresh breeze which preceded storm
was beginning to wrinkle the lake
with little waves, and deemed 1t
best to get back to the boat
as soon as possible But I was
surprised to see how much farther
away the boat looked than when first
started to return to it. 1t really seemed
n quarter of mile off now; but, ,suppos-
ing this to be merely an optical illusion,
I swan on with leisurely strokes, think
ing to reach it in few minutes. But
after l had been swimming for five
minutes, and the boat seemed, If any
thing, farther away than when l
started, / began 20 suspect something
was wrong, and forged ahead at the top
of my speed.
All this while the breeze was freshen-
ing, the wrinkly waves were increasing
to small rollers, and l could hear the
thunder muttering and rolling over the
hills behind me. Suddenly the truth
flashed across my mind that the stone
anchor which held my boat must have
slipped from its loop and the boat was
drifting away from me with increasing
speed 1t was decidedly startling and
disagreeable situation, to say the least.
Out In the middle of the lake, with one
of those violent mountain storms COM
ing on, the land mile away from me
on every side, and my boat driving off
with the wind faster than could swiml
The more considered it the more ter
ribly serious the matter lookedi and 1t
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-28

The law allowing congressman to
spend 800 a month for clerk hire is
going to be pretty expensive enact
ment. The members of the present
body, with remarkable unanimity, put
in claims for $S0.50, the amount due
for time from August 7, when the ses-
sion began, to August 81. Of course
no congressman is obliged to spend
500 for clerk hire, but catch one of
neglecting to do SO! The mind of the
average congressman cannot resist
an opportunity to squeeze the treas
ury.