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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-18
They'll Squeeze Us.

Upon interviewing the head OF
one OF the great foreign exchange
houses Of New York upon the pro-
liability of the United States keep
ing up gold payments, this gentle
man, who is one of the brightest Of
American iinancierS. said:
II no serious developments occur
in European politicS-which latt, !
are pregnant with danger to the
money market-in may he possible
to keep up gold payments until
next spring. Immense efforts are
made by the banking and CONNER
cial interests in New York city
bv agitative means-to stem the BIZ
metalistic tide surging throughout
this country. Yet it i very doubt
full if the next congress will agree
with the administration upon any
measure to remove from the United
States treasury the terrible incubus
of maintaining the gold payments
viz, keeping up the monometalliStic
standard as expoundcd by the Eu
ropean capitalists, Cleveland and
Carlisle.
Even if the gold exchangible
notes should be withdrawn, no re
lief would come, for the banks
would then all the more tightly
clutch their holdings of the gold
coin, only furnishing it under the
inducement Of high premium.
Neither will the European bank
ing interests or governments con
sent To allow gold in large quaint
ties 10 come to this country, even
were we to offer in place United
states bonds. European capital
will not take for our debit balance
our securities. aS was the case for
merly. Consequently we must pro-
cure gold in settling our debts,
though gold commands premium.
We are in a simular position to-
ward Europe as western farmer is
whose place is heavily hypothecated
and whose products do not earn thu
mortgage interest.
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To a lay member it looks singular
to see women. who constitute the
majority of the membership in
churches, shut out from all partici-
patton in the delegation conventions
If the churches which they sustain.
Women are allowed no choice in the
choosing Of pastors or the formula
tion Of rules for the government OF
religious bodies. The whole matter
when viewed from a modern stand
point appears absurd, andis another
instance Of minority rule. The
woman of today is a vastly different
person from the woman who lived
in the time Of the Apostle Paul
She il intelligent, cultured, educated
and able to hold her own in the dis
cussion Of timely topics, and no re-
ligious body would lose, in any way
by admitting hel to participation il
deliberations. .-Elkhart Truth.
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During an address recently dcliy-
cred by Hon. IL. ". Carlton at
High Shoals, he said, a. reported
BY the Athens correspondent Of
the Atlanta Constitution:
To forciblv present this condition
i affairs To the people OF this coun-
try let us suppose that the queen oi
England and her ministers should
traverse that country and in letters
and speeches. as Mr.. Cleveland and
hi- cabinet aud cuckoos are doing
to-day, tell the English people that
their shilling and pound sterling
were not really worth more than half
Tor which they We're paid out and
passed F; that they were ''unsound'
and "deprcciated and dishonest
-tuft.' how long would the English
people tolerate such utteranceS and
such couduct on the part Of their
government officials. ard how long
would the English government stand
under such a condition of affairs?
In another view, how long would
any government in this world pros
per and exist if their rulers and
hired officials should % around and
preach to the people that their law
ful money was un-ound, deprecated
stun. and not worth more than one
hall what the government paid il
out AMI received ii at2 Ii such
conduct in England on the part Of
it, government officials would be
injury to and conspiracy against
the government. why l. ii not 80 III
America II crime in England or
any other foreign country, beyond
all question it j. criminal to do =
in America.
Then. fellow citizens. il must fol
low conclusively that ii these silver
dollars coined by this government
from the foundation up TO 1873
with Bal grains, Were sound and
honest dollars. then every other sil-
yer dollar that has been coined b,
this government. a. none has evel
been coined with less thln 81 4
grains. must necessarily bc Soun,
and honest dollars. Ii one is -oun,
and honest. all mast be sound anC
honest if one is dishonest ane
deprecated dollar, then all the sil
yer dollars ever coined by the GOV
crnmcnt are dishonest
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Silver the Peoples Money.

1t looks now as though you might
as well try to reverse the course of
the rivers a. to get the masses to
have anything less than free coin
age of silver at ratio not less than
rs TO | /, as it was before it was de.
monetized by the bondholders and
money speculators in 1873, says Il.
Frank Keith of Wilmington, n. c.
When you leave the towns and
cities, il is rare TO find a gold mono
metallist as it is to find bimetaIlist
president Of a national bank. The
scarcity Of money and the continual
shrinkage Of farms and farm pro-
ducts, as well as everything else
since silver was demonetized excey
debts, have thoroughly aroused the
producer and caused him to believe
there is certainly something wrong
in our financial system, and a ma
jority of those in the cities inter-
ested in him are beginning to believe
with him, as they find when he is
prosperous all other classes are
prosperous, and when is depressed
the balance Of mankind is or soon
will be.
Gold is the money ofabout 900
900 Of our people, while silver is
the money Of 65, 900 900. Yet the
money of the $1,000, 900 must be
destroyed to appeasc the greed Of
the 100000.
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Mississippi For Silver.

1t would be waste Of time and
breath for any man now in Miss
issippi to make an argument in fav-
or Of the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver at the ratio Of 16 to l.
The great majority Of the voters Of
Mississippi are united on that issue.
General j. X. Chalmers.
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Township institute Programs.

Program Of the Boone II Teach
cr's Institute ia be hcl | at l'irci
Creek School house. Nov ,, lS93
j. General Method FIRE i.D ~ehnarl
Z Language. ... stella britain
3. ~nak' -pearr fhos. G. Crandal
/. Reading Sallie Crandal
>. Alconolic Drink, Matte RlcheN
6. Arithmetic. I.cOm Britain
Discussions To- be led by Mis-
Ruth Walker. John NJ. ScAnarr
and Homer Winingcr.
FRED J. ScnNAHR, President
SNiIIE CKANDALL, Secretary
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Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice is given that hereafter the Trus
lec OF Madison township will be at the
store room Of Mr. John =. Norman. ir
Ireland, on every Saturday. for the pur.
pose Of attending to township business
and all persons having business with th,
.pwnship are expected to contine il ,c
those days.
me township library is kept at Isaat
Alexanders IN Ireland where all may
obtain the books.
Ihe Indiana School books will w
iouni mt Norman 4 Grav's store nj Al
,Imes. JonN Il. NORMAN,
aug. 10 'Vo-y Trustee Madison Tp
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Program Of the Patoka Tp. Teach
cr's Institute to be held at Hunting
burg. Ind. Nov. :, lS95:
Il. General Method. .
Miss Lula Behrcns
=. Language. Louis Sundcrmann
3. Shakespeare. Miss Matte Cat
4. Reading ~. Matte Davcnpor
=. Alcoholic Drinks Helen krucgel
Arithmetic Cha~ Osborn
Discussions to be led bv Franl
Sherer, James Corn and Miss Adi
v. Painter.
CHAs. III OSBORN. Pres
JAMES. j. CoRN, Sec v
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Most of Us are accustomed to
|plod along at our school tasks with
out taking trouble To survey the
broad scope and significance Of our
work. Rumors OF change and con-
flict in educational circles may jos
tie Us into thoughtfulness, but wi y
is to-day the special time to vcx or
minds with this supreme problem?
1t will scarcely pay at any time, in
a great undertaking, to lose sight ,f
the main issue. But there is pc
culiar fitness at this time in taking
a broad survey and in trying to get
our bearings on the main problem
of education. To understand the
signs of the times let Us look at the
following tendencies
There is mu- h agitation and fer
ment in educational circles. All
along the line, wherever there are
educational interests and problems,
there is lively debate and conflict
Of opinion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-18

Indiana has 1,O14 townships
Union, in Montgomery county, is
the largest, having III square miles.
Albion, in Noble county, is the
SMALLEST square miles.
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Program Of the lIarbi~on Tp
Teachers Institute to he held al
Hope school house, Nov. 9th 1890
/. General Method, .....
........ Felix g. Waldrip
?. Language. 49,. Frank Pnnicb
3. shakespeare. Miss Kate lIayes
4. Reading. John Zicglci
;. Alcoholic Drinks .JohnJ. llimscl
6. arithmetic. Ella + Poison
Discussions to be led by George
Nix and j. Hoffman.
GEORGE Nix, President.
KATE HAYES, Secretary
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1t will Impcl
Millions 10 Action
A Romance Based on American
Politics, and Replcte with
Historical Information.

200,0OO copies sold. The liter
ary success Of the age. You can
have this engrossing tale, or Coins
Financial School" /" your choice,
by paying.for the Jasper COURIER
one year in advance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-18

There can be no SANDER in the
railing Of an acknowledged fool.
some men have gall to coin slander
like a mint. tut il fails to pass cur
rent from lack Of purity Of the metal
pf which il H. composed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-18

It's difficult to argue with n mar
who l. either at the top or at III,
bottom OF ladder. Neither tn,
heights Of prosperity nor the depth,
Of adversely are open to reason.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-18

Light. Light is what we want.
Darkness is decay. Light i liic
and vigor. Education and instr'ic-
tion are flaming torches 70 the anni-
hilation of bigotry anl supeistlilon-
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That was fine sinilr o Hood !
who pictured the irritable man a.
resembling the hedge-hog rolled NJ
the wrong way tolnlentlng himself
with his own pricklcs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-18

Program Of the Columbia Tp.
Teachers Institute 10 be held a
Crystal, Ind Nov. :. lS93:
/. General Method ......
... Rev VIM. A. Crowdci
,. Language. j. b. Plcr>on
3. Shakespeare. ....
II. Mrs. Nina Alexander
I. Reading. Mrs. Mary Miller
>. AlcholIc Drinks y. Il. Simmons
q. Arithmetic. j ". Simmons
Discussions to be led bv NJ NJ
Parsons. Harry Ballard and Miss
Rrlla Lane
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w. e. COX,
Attorney at Law,
JASPER, INDIANA.

Prosecuting Attorney for the nth Judicial
Circuit. and viii carefully attend to any ciNil
business entrusted 10 HIM IN any county Of
the circuit.
Dee. q. 's2-ly
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Program Of the Bainbridgc TIP.
institute to be- held at Jasper, Nov.
-, 1880:
4. General Method Mary l.. Eckcrt
2. Language. :. Carrie Sweeney
3. Shakespeare -. VIM. Mclchlor
4. Reading. .... Flora Nollmei
.. Alcoholic Drink. .-
...... IF. \. Blcsslngcr
6. Arithmetic. "a. +. Gutgsell
Discussions to be led by Matte
Milburn and Josie Smith.
MARY l.. EcKERr, Pres.
WM. MELcnIoR, See {.
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VIRGIL X. GREENE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW

WIN practice IN Dubois nrd adjoining
counties. Collections prn,uptiy attended to.
Eemttanccs a. soon aS collected.
onice 10 >payd building. south -. Of pub
lie square. sept y -.
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IL. NJ. MfLRrRN. VI. \. SWEENEY.
MUIeEI,s a. sSsssi.stI.
Attorneys at Z aw,
.JAsPIcIe. IND.

viii practice In the Courts Of Dnboi~ an1
adjoining Counties Particular attention giy.
s-n Ia collections.
nas-OFFICE--Jackson St.. opposite the
Dubois County Bank.
Dec. q, ~
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a Republican. Democrat,

a Republican. Democratic o.
Popuist vote j. not a protc I against
the saloon. but on the contrary il
i practical endorsement oi 1t and
pledge Of it, continuance. - un-
dcr-topd ~ those il the business
and all not willfullv blind to III,
trn'h. Vote the Prohibition ticke;
straight.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-18

The tcv that locks the most doors
against the laboring mans progress
from poverty is whis-key.
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w. a. Trayla.. w :. Hunter.
TRtYLOR & HUNTER.
Attorneys at Law,
.lAAREE INDIANA.
JASPER. INDIANA.

VIII practice in the Courts of Dubois and
adjoining counties.
rgvoflice over Dubois County state Bank.
April ~. w.
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A
Mean-loOkinQ
letter-Head

Has lost many a dollar
tur business men. Ii a
man is Judged by the coat
he wears, he Is also judged
by the letter-hcad he uses.
An artistic and business
ike lcttcr-hcad has often
been a basis of credit. II
may be looked on as a good
investment. Let us fit your
business with n good coat.
We do fine printing.
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What the SestenniaI Enumeration Shows

The State Auditor Tuesday COM
pleted the footings of the enumer-
alton Of votes IN Indiana as reported
by the counties. The enumeration
i taken once every six years, under
the direction of the township trus-
tees, in order that il may be sub.
n. ttel To the Legislature as basis
for apportioning the State for legiS-
lative representation. This years
enumeration shows that there are
621 ,O72 voters in the state. Ofthis
number, 6l3, 80 are white and 49,
332 colored.
The enumeration Of voters in this
(Third) cong esssoinal district, is rs
follows: Clark county, .6s1 Craw-
ford, 3.l13; Dubois, 4 1888; Floyd,
z 1876; Harrison, 5,35S; Orange,
1924; Perry, { i,1Gl; Scott, 1889;
Washington, 1 ,12S. TJtal, 42, ,72S.
The colored voters in the district
are as follows: Clark county, 659;
Crawford, i; Dubois, 8; Floyd,
800; Harrison, SO; Orange, 10;
Perry, 62; Scott, 3; Washington,
none reported. Total, 1921.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-18

A COOL many who pray like saints
vote like devils.
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Program Of the Madison Tp.
institute, t. be held at Ireland
Ind. Oct. ~. 1898:
1. General Method Grace McSwanc
,. Language !. ... g. J. Evrard
3. Shakespeare. ...... klf' Dlllin
4. Reading Clara Songel
>. Alcoholic Drinks. -.
Wesley f. DcMott
q. Arithmetic. !. Rev. +. ;. Horton
Discussions To be led by Jacob
Ttz. Miss Bertha Armstrong and
Samuel +. Dillon.
G.. j. FvRARD. Pres.
GRACE McSwANE, Sec 4.
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State Chairman Hinrichsen.

"The Illinois Democracy said
Mr.. W. III Hinrichsen to a Wash
lngton Post reporter, sis absolutely
and overwhelmingly for free silver,
l6 to J.. Ninety per cent. of the en-
tire party are resolved on it. The
rest must follow.
Full 80 per cent. of the Repub-
licans of Illinois are for free silver.
That would make over 60 per cent.
of the whole state vote. This truth
was shown in the silver. gold voting
contest conducted recently by the
I-awson's Chicago Record.
1.-The Illinois Democracy will
send delegation to the next nation
al convention for free silver. Who
will be the candidate for the prcSi-
dency of the Illinois Democracy?
It's hard To say. Naturally he
0 ;eht to be free silver, Ii to |
man.
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w. c. T.. U. COLUMN

CONDUCTED RY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-18

-'Dua Of the most ~trik ing-aimO-f start
Iing-and original novels of the day, the Key
note OF " hich may affect "A nation. But amid
all ~ this the story j. not lost. IL retains it~
I t-cinatiOn a. novel IL j. nstrange sort of
pook-oIe the thinker viii reau-bccau-c of
some thing--pic the school girl Will real.
h.-carse of it. love story. IL is a great force
fnl production which may cxcce- any @. the
strong impnl~iyc works q the agr. appeal
Ing to minds. hearts and emotions alike
" hich may be vast In it, political effects
Chicago Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-10
BICYCLING BRIEFS,

Taxis, the Philadelphia rider, has de- cided to enter the professional ranks.
 Now that Johnson is a professional Bald or DirnbcrgNr will probably enter a match race with Sanger.
 The first bicycle record in England was made in 1871 by the riding of four miles in Is minutes 30 seconds.
 D. Horton, a one armed bicyclist, was a close second to ". NJ. Peckham, winner of the recent Martin road race, Buffalo.
 Oscar Osen, who has been expelled from the L. A. W, is considering a visit to Franco to raco in the professional events
 A. H. Hansen, the long distance rider, intends to make the attempt to lower ali the track records from 95 to 100 miles this year
 Eddie Bald and Mike Dirnberger, both prominent on rival teams, will decide which Is the better man by riding a match race on July 4.
 Johnson strikes us as being no moro of professional in reality than are two thirds of his former Glass B associates, says The American Cyclist.
 Fritz Lacey, tho California rider, has lowered tho 25 mile track record of hour minutes and 6 3-5 seconds, held by L.. Meintjes, to houy minutes and S-5 seconds.
 c. NJ. Murphy is evidently in great rac- ing form as the result of his southern training. His new worlds competition record of minutes 1-5 seconds for Q --''- ~ a wonder
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-10

out the necessity of other walls and prison bars than tho impCnCtrlhlc wilderness that surrounded them. From thcsc old time eXilUS have descended tho present inhabit- ants
 The city is scarcely q mile in CirCumfcr- cnce and indCrd is a lovely little place, with its waving cnCoa palms droOping their fvathCry leaves over the white hOuscs of lime and stone. The island is almost circular in form and rises to height in the center of which Is the quadrangular plaza, with tho old Spanish church nt one end and tho GovcrnOr's quarters overlook ing an enchanting bit of scCncry, cmbrac ing two ur thrcc islands and the little ham, let of San Zcnito on tho opposite Shore. Running nearly nt q right angle on our right as We stand in the corridor of the governors house is tho municipal build ing, tho cuartcl, or soldiers quarters, the prison and two old fashioned brass pieces bearing tho arms of Carlos Quinto. The voices Of thcsc nrc still heard on stated Oc- casionS, tn tho great joy of the rabble. Tho remaining two sides of the plaza arc bounded by prrcipitous walls, while the inclosod space bor,lcrcd with cocnanut trces Is paved with stones bctwecn the crcvicCss, up which the grass persists in growing in spite of tho periodical attempts to root it out with tho Inachctes of the soldicry.
 In Sweet Idleness.
 Thcro aro but thNo entrances to the plaza, which. hs in hll Spanish American cities, k considrgrXl inc citadel. From these threc entrances radiatc number of paved streets leading tO tho waters edge. The principal strcct, however, is one encircling tho island, wide, hicturcsqucly quaint street, lined with crooked stucc0 houses, In front of which the inhabitants enjoy tho cool evenings reclining in their buta. cas, while the young men prancc their handsome little ponies around the city the admiration of some sweetheart, who, after the fashion of her Spanish ancestors, Is closely guarded by her Rrlstocratic parent.
 It may bc prsumed that life Is dull In this littlc out of the way place, but since my arrival at least, it appears that the people have nothing else to do but while away their time tho best they may. With dancing and music thcrc is continual feaSting, except perhaps tho two or thrcc hours at midday when the sun, shining with an intense glow, drives everybody to their hammocks, where they enjoy their siesta gently swinging in tho cool shade of their retreats.
 Upon our arrival wc wcrc given an en- tcrtainment In tho way of theatrical per formancc. X prnscrnium of palm leaves and poles was cycctpd in the plaza, pro fuscly decorated with lilylikc hanana plants Flaming torches of pitch pine served us footlights, and the orchestra con sisted of marimhas. ThCse instruments consist of n series of hard woOd keys placed upon n horizontal frame, each key over the Orifice of Rn oblung tubo of wood or some times the hollow shell of guurl. Its music Is produced by striking the keys with little rubber knobbt<l sticks and tho instrument Is LCpt in tune by little bits of wax on the under side of the keys. The marimba is tho music in universal demand. Even tic old priest occasionally calls upon
 -s . sxi~-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-10
HE FATE OF A STORY
The Author Thought It a Good One If
 One Else Did.

The Author Thought It a Good One If No
 One Else Did.
 An authors own valuation of his work Is something singularly peculiar at timea A case in point was told me the other day by an author whose work receives the best consideration wherever he chooses to offer 1t. writes Edward w. Box
 'I wrote story" he said, some five years ago which felt was my mas terpieca finished it and put it away for q month Then read it and was de- lighted took it to Mir Alden He thanked me and said he would read it at once In n day or two hs sent it back with a polite word of regret 1 read the story again and was better pleased with 1t than ever took it to Mir Glider of The Century He promised to give it attention Tn less than a week it was returned with another polite note of re- gret. This time was angry. so l took it at once to Mir, Burlingame. the edi tor of Scribner s, saying, Here is some. thing you may want Mir Burlingame in his own polished and dignified way expressed his obligation at being permit ted to read what he felt sure must be an excellent thing But when he had read it he evidently did not feel so sure. for he sent it back also Now. those three rejections ought to have convinced me that the story was not so good, and will say that I was disheartened. So put it aside A year later l took it up and reread 1t. It seemed to me wonder fr,ll rl fr, ell Nk ion and the manner and workmanship seem- ed we'll nigh perfect So 1 sent it to an- other magazine where was known only by reputation. Here it staid several months before it was in my hands with another note of polite regret Then sent it to another and another magazine till l had exhausted the whole field None of the editors would have it. Meantime had read it myself at least a dozen times and each timo l was moro fully convinced of its excellence. When there were no editors left to read it, gave it to my wife She read it and seemed embarrassed when l asked her opinion When she realized that l real ly wished her to speak, she told me frankly that sho thought tho story was silly and stupid. This was blow 1 then asked one of the editors, who was also an intimate friend, about the story He said that he had thought when he read it that had not offered 1t serious ly, but was playing some kind of prac- tical joke on him. Then 1 went home and burned the manuscript It had made mo unhappy for five years. and was relieved when it was gone But shall probably die in tho belief that the best thing l ever created died before it was born "