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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01
FOR SHRINKING TIRES.


a Device That -"
Country Blacksmith
Aueighbor blacksmith has MADE
long step forward in shrinking wagon
tires. and the device by which II =
done is a very simple affair and can DC
made by any country blacksmith. Inc
.,r.,s,r,,;op shows the machine com
Net The piece marked A is made o.
"a inch bar iron. and is IL inches
-. bent on a curve like tire. Inc
clamps and c are made OF *. me- .s
,ron bent like U. with hole In eacn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

G,stening in ;herays Of the MONDAY sun nan IN
beautiful exceedingly, put II one ,o n would
wels ~. This is precisely what you 90
wnen co c on Then is the time to take Hos
se,fer,s stomach Bi.ters, "knoc ker ous -
very form Of malaria; also OF uysvp ~
biliousness. constipation, fneunA"
kidney trouble
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

MoruEn-DThat notepaper is c slt;.in,,
very quaint, 5ut are you sure y : he It's
ablclr Daughter-.'oh, !, na !, IN Y.
almost impossible to write On ~
Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

ruz sales Of the Hamilton, Brown shoe
20. Of ST. Louis, No, show the iono" ane
gratifying gain over the same P7''o1 'AN
rro,,, ne a. 1884, TO Feb. l. 1925 " ~ ~ :, 3
Ero,n nee. l6 1898 70 Feb. l. lssa oo'-'oo =
eros 7le q
Gain. ...''' '..''
The "new year, with this hrm CO 'nne1'S'
| Dec. IA. 1884.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01
The Pennsylvania railroad prope

The Pennsylvania railroad prop.
h..ds the list in number Of locomotives
nvn.a i, being i.625; the New York
Central comes second, with l,.v .o III
motives; the Union Pacific third WIN W.T..
I oss: the santa Fe next. with W.
the Chicago & Northwestern next. WIN
AKA: the Chicago, Milwaukee = ~
paul has 7es: the baltimore = ONO
80 ana the Eric. G64. In this sta's
,r.,,t the number Of locomotives use'
- she main lines only are included
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01
THE ONWARD rlARCH

Of COnsu III ption -
stopped short by Dr.
Piercc's Golden Med.
ical Discovery. II
YOU haven't waited
bcyond reas on +,
there's complete re-
covery and cure
Although by many
believed TO be incur
able. there is tn {
evidence of hundreds
OF living witnesses 70
the fact that, IN all
its earlier stages, con
sumption is a durable
: disease. Not every
Z case. but a large Pc,
:. cenfdce Of cas<s, ans
; we believe, fully "
pcr cent. are cufe'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

So NATTER how GOOD the deacon Is 49, z.
"a, AZ isvays look wiseand pleased II any oo1y
suggests tina. he was pretty hSe,y s ud1
| fellow when he was a
I-...x
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

THE man who is always impugnlng ,nc
motives Of others simply auN,,,.,3,;.s
he would do II he had tneir oPpo' '1
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

rrvrr. culture is best for aimos'
.very crop, Killing up Is often r's ss,.
.rors in n dry season. where Ieve' S"S
,,,rs would have succeeded
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

sDo ror think the pictures !, WIN p oe f
nhe e ,,.;,h tie artist. inter Ocean
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

Erxsrxcrox youth who had been tolu
,ha, certain young ladys father naa plsy,n In.
~ Of dough proposed TO her oeior1 ~ ~.
covered that the old man was
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine OF ri nai1
Honey Of Horehound and lar ior ,,s,n,,te'
pixies Toothache Drops Cure IA one ni''~''
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

Miss OUR lat euchre taole,M,w sn ~ Ian y9n
,ai.a nv hand,- Mr.. Fhp-"lnis isn 10y
lar Jar >. hiladelphia Inquirer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?

II IS conceded that the Royal Baking PowoerH
the purest and strongest Of all the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest sweet
.et ,rost delicious food The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest ana
strongest makes the most digestibe and wholesome
food. =.
Whv should not every housekeeper avail herseii
Of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble!
Avoid all baking powders sold with sns
or prize, or at lower price than the Royal
a. they invariably contain alum' lime OF SUI
phuric acid, and render the food unwhoiesome'
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute 'of 'ne
ROYAL, which is absolutely pure
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

a TENDER attachment Is often follower
by a train OF disaster
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-01

kAphneIs Angeios Huu1s -
Pc -LJNENE~ arc the Best AID Most Econom !.
Mai collars and Cuns worn. they are mace O VIZ
SCR h,,h sldes finished anke. and. hein9 revsFs-
- 80 s,,i., i eoual 70 two Of any other kino
TNsy Il wsIi. wsav weu and look wsil boz q Len
cc,,av. or Yive Pairs Of Cum fer twenty-five
s.,,. Collar ana Pair Of CuRs b. nail Tor sz
cs.ss name styie ana sise. Address
REy ERsI BIN COLLAR COMPANY
| n Bvanklin st. New fose A" -
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-25
HUMOROUS.

I'm a Company of Artists
Is there between laughter and tears?'
''The nose" dryly observed vivier.-
LIE Figaro.
Don't you think the man whs
marries for money is a fool?" "He is
unless he gets it in advance."-Indi.
annapolis Journal
-Forestalled.-"rll get on my knee.
before you" he said. "I1l bet yor
won'tin she rejoined, accepting his
defiance and rushing forward Puck,
"A True Saying.-Customer-"Good
gracious, how can you charge three
hundred dollars fora watch like that2'
Dealer-"Time's money, madam."-De.
troit Free Press.
-"Yes," remarked the telephone girl,
as she gazed out at the waves and won.
dered what their number was, Il Am
connected with the best families in our
city."-indianapolis Sentinel.
-Professor-To what did Xenophor
owe his reputation?" Student-"Prin.
cipally to the fact that his name COM
menced with X, and came in so handy
for headlines in alphabetical copy
books"-Pearson's Weekly.
And She Did Eat.-"Daughter OF
Eve" quoth the young man, will you
accept?" History repeats itself. Mr..
Spoonamore,H replied Miss Kajones,
looking c~uriously, and inquiringly n
his feet 81 wilLn-Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Chugwater-"what did the
doctor say you'd better do for your
cold, Josiahgr Mr.. Chngwater-"He
told me to take g nightcap.'" Mrs.
Chugwater greatly relieyed)E'sIs that
all? You can have enc of mine."-Chi-
csgo Tribune.
Room for Doubk-Mulisney (ai
o,Raferty's wake)-"An' this must be
q pr-round momiut fer Tins sowi-
saints rist iti" Hanrshan-sPr-roud
indsde! An him in purgytory a-seeip
tn wildly a-havin' all this fun?r-Whit<
Plains Weekly.
Mrs. Testem-ssIf I give you a din
ner would you be willing to work II ]
should ask your" Wearie WiIlie-'S0h,
I'm sure yer wouldn't ask me ter do
anything like DIST mum Yer don't
look like . lady dat would insult a gem
tleman "-Brooklyn Eagle
The Cheerful Idiot-sI notice.
said the scientific boarder. nthat they
have succeeded In making very fan
bread from wood" sI suppose" chip
ped in the cheerful IDIOT, as be saw AZ
x~~- s<L~& -x~~1l -
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-25


sWhen's he comm back7r
'Tn two on three weeks, perhaps
.oh, damnf" Quite as you or might
mildly say "Pshaw.r
The veteran continued to look at the
window and to chew.
y wanted to see the colonel"
rs there anything ! can do for your
Nope" A resumption of the win
dow and tobacco. .sI'm busted again"
$50 you said"
"f've been drunk. too"
well, you look rather like It"
"Do II" BE examined his hat, and
hands, and boots. "Ireckon / do" he
smiled genially. Queer, amt it, how
you can most generally tell
Every queer" I agreed
snow, l thought 1 looked pretty good,
but / reckon / was off,"
"You might be WORSE" I consoled
him 1--WE seen them look worse"
"Yes, so'yeL.n bis knowledge Of the
world was evidently as good as mine.
The pause was repeated 81 told You
i was busted, didn't 1? Well, what in
Dlazes do you s'pose I told you for?'
81 really can't say"
Cant you, reallyT ! felt that ]
was the target at which fine, sarcastic
arrows were being aimed. "You can't,
really, Ell? Wasn't you never
busted?'
With a truthfulness far greater than
might be generally felt I replied Ihad
been, sometimes. Only q second lieu
tenant like myself can appreciate the
honesty Of my answer.
well, what do you generally want
when you're in a hole?"
Money"
That's what / want"
The deduction was so logical and OBJ
vious that / felt very like a child who
had been given to reason on some such
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-25
HOME HINTS AND nELps

-CocozHut Pudding. One and enc
half pint Of milk. half . eupfui Of milk
cracker crumbs. half q cupful of sugar,
butter size Of = walnut, two eggs and
half . cupfui Of cocoanut Bake about
one hour.-N- y. Ledger.
Almond Icing: Take three cnpz
sugar. one pound of almonds. blanchej
and pounded to q paste. and favor with
extract Of rose. Beat the whites Of
three eggs and stir with the sugar and
slmoadS-Farm. Field and Fireside-
Egg on Toast Toast the bread
until = light brown. Break the eggs,
one at . time. into boiling water and
simmer until set, and lay one on each
slice of toast with q dustinz OF salt
over It and a small piece Of butter in
the center.-Home-
Baked Eggs: Place . layer Of stale
bread crumbs in the bottom OF { but
tered dish and pour over enough sweet
cream to moisten- Slice hard-boiled
eggs and put q layer with plentiful
dots of butter and : little salt and pep
per. Continue alternate layers till the
dish is full Sift crumbs over the top,
dot with bits of butter and set in the
oven to bake.-Boston Budget
The corn bread Of an old New En-
gland auntie is rather en- expensive
delicacy, but a delicacy nevertheless:
Silt half q pint of Indian meal with .
gill of wheat -four. half q te.spoonful
of salt and three level teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder; mix with these in
gradients two large tablespoonfuls OF
butter and 8 gill OF -four beaten to q
cream. four eggs beaten light and two
cupfuls of milk. Bake in . buttered
iron pan.-Country Gentleman
Lemon Pudding: Blend two tea
spoons of cornstarch in q little cold
water; pour on this one pint of boiling
water, add to this one tablespoon but
ter. yolks of two eggs well beaten,
juice and rind of one lemon, one-half
cup Of sugar and q little salt; pour this
into a pudding dish and place in the
oven, while you make the frosting.
Take the whites of the two eggs, one
half cup sugar. Pour this over the
pudding in the oven and brown. To
be eaten cold or hot. Use granulated
sugar for frosting.-Mrs. Dwight Hol-
land, in Farm and Home.
Cheap Swiss Roll: Take . teacup-
full of well-dried -four. ditto castor
sugar, mix and add one teaspoonful of
baking-powder, and pinch of salt
Break into the -four, etc, two eggs;
beat well for ten minutes with q
wooden spoon, spread on to . creased
tin, and bake in . very hot oven from
three to five minutes. Turn on to q
piece of paper covered with castor
sugar, spread quickly with jam, and
roll. If this is not baked sharply, it
viii break in rolling. Before serving
cut of the ends and dust desiccated
cocoanut over.-Leedis Mercury.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-25
o AND LITERARY.

Salhoun's voice was sharp. r1spinG
and not pleasant TO hear. His gesticu.
lations were rapid and far from grace
full, and he Ind 3 way Of emphasizing
a point by jerking his tall body back
wards and forwards in q most active
and inelegant way.
Miss Beatrice Harraden. the an.
thoress of '.Ships that Pass in the
Night" is busily engaged upon a new
work dealing exclusively with English
life Like Bret Harte in his early days,
Miss Harraden. with 8 wisdom Of the
heart, has known how to discover and
Jay bare ore under q hard and varied
surface. Dr.. Conan Doyle included her
name in a recent article among the
twelve most promising young writer's
of the day.
Pay Inscestor James Fulton, who
died the other day as senior officer OF
the naval pay corps. had seen less sea
duty than any other man of his rank.
He had been at sea in all less than
eight years His term of shore duty
footed up more than twenty-three
years, and he had been unemployed
just four years. Several men much be-
low him in rank have far exceeded his
sea service, though few as long as
twenty years in the corps have been as
short a time unemployed
Edward o. Atkinson, the Boston
economist, gave a novel dinner the
other night in Washington at the resi-
dence of Assistant Secretary Hamlin.
Seven courses, all cooked by Mr.. At
kinson, were served. The entire cost
of the dinner, exclusive of the floral
decorations, was one dollar and fifty
cents Those present. besides Mr.. At
kinson, were Secretary and Mrs. John
G. Carlisle, Secretary and Miss Morton,
ex-Postmaster-Genera and Mrs. w. s.
Bissell, the Japanese minister and Mr..
and Mrs. Hamlin.
-E. C. Squier's book OIL the Mosquito
coast, published here q few years ago,
gives a pretty clear hint of King George
William Clarence's relations to Great
Britain. Mr. Squier found the king
living in the house of the British con-
sui. The young monarch was uncere-
moniously hidden to Get up by the
consul's negro maid servant, aad hav-
ing risen George went to a neighboring
stream to wash his face. Mr.. Squier
desiring to lie presented to the king,
the consul shouted him back to the
house, and on his return said: George,
this gentleman has come to see you
sit down" It was easy to see who was
the real king in the Mosquito terri
tory.
81 was born in 1898. and since then
I have never been i'll a single minute
is the statement Of DIR. de Bossy, the
Oldest French physicians, who is still
in active practice at Hayre. He has
never followed any special diet, and IL
opposed to anything of the sort He
rises at seven, summer aud winter, and
as soon as he is dressed starts on his
rounds, generally on foot. He has
drank coffee all his life, has no objec-
ton to a glass of bitters, and tobacco
is q poison which he regularly alb
Serbs" He attributes his longevity to
moderation in all things. His father
lived to be one hundred and eight. DR..
de Bossy took his degree in 1918, then
went to England, and. later to India,
where he practiced medicine, and re.
turned to Havre, where he has since
been at work, sixty-four years ago. He
has two sons, the elder sixty-eight
years old
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-25

to promote drunkenness and disorder
If not legally, mnrally-and also
realize that the powers that be would
have been justified in depriving me of
the detail in that fair state which I
thoroughly understood to be a very soft
thing after the rigors of Montana
weather, because / was helping one
who drew the pension which the gov
eminent kindly gives to its disabled
supporters. and who was the inmate Of
q soldiers home, to bring discredit on
his kind; but my conscience did not re-
proach me in the least for turning over
to him enough of my months pay to
keep him ~gloriously drunk for q. week.
nor did it even when, two hours later,
I saw him taken in limp and senseless
state TO the station house. ] told
the colonel. and he paid the veterai. 5
fne-for the thirty-frst time, he in
formed me.-San Francisco Argonaut
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-25

The colonel's . good-hearted cush aint
her
I replied with conviction that hs
was
IF il had been me an my brother,
I'd have wanted him killed of, Iguess;
but the colonel he liked to have went
crazy every time the youngster got in
the hot part of a fight He SEE to him
onctI heard him-.H you should be
shot, if'ud jest end Dora; and one time
they got a letter sayin' that Dora had
q little girl. The colonel told Kings
ley then that he'd have to take more
are of himself than ever. Kingsley,
he Just laughed He was a brave Teller,
kind of hot-headed, and ! guess be
wasn't as much IN love with his Dora
as the colonel was"
The story came to an abrupt end
here. The veteran was thinking over
his past In course of time he went ON:
"Onct. just before the baby was
born, there was q fight and the colonel
couldn't make Kingsley stay where il
a safe He jest laughed and went
right into the fuss as soon as he could
get there. The colonel, he vas charg-
ing around like a hen that's Matched
ducks and sees 'em swimmin'. But he
couldn't get near his brother. He was
by me for a minute and ne seq to me
to keep that fool boy out of trouble.
Bout ten minutes later a shell busted
near us and 1 got in front of Kingsley.
That's ALL"
That was all. It certainly didn't
sound like much, as the laconic old fell
low put it Hooked at his face, which
was TO the last degree battle SCARED"
as the soldiers say; at his nervous
hands and wavering eyes. his filthy
coat and shapeless hat. This was all
that was left of a hero-a man who for
q mere friend had risked death and en-
dured worse than death. / admired o
character / could not understand.
Then. with the sophistry of my race
and kind, the mighty virtue of small
souls, l condemned his weakness
He was disgusting; a dirty old drunk
ard. a beggar, too; q man who would
ask for a dime TO get a drink with; lost
to all pride and sense of shame. 1t was
men of his kind who gave old soldiers
such a hard name; and then / remem-
bered that it was men of his kind who
had composed our army; who had
'.made a thoroughfare for freedom and
her train"-a thoroughfare which
no fifty by three hundred miles can
measures thoroughfare for destiny
and a pathway on eternity.
However, I came down to his mental
level by degrees He was ~quiyering
with anticipation, and the hand Of the
good arm was lying on his knee, ready
to be stretched out at a moments mo-
tice. / assumed the air that went
usually with the act of swearing men
into Uncle Sans service, and which is
the nearest one to severe and unim-
peachable virtue that a lieutenant can
command.
"What makes you drink like that?'
I felt that the role of reformer did not
suit me.
81 like It."
"But why don't you try to stop?"
"Can't-now."
"You could have once?"
yep"
"What ever made you start in?"
THE pain from the wound. I got
drunk to stop it, and by and by, when
it had stopped for good, 1 couldn't let
up. Amt you done askin' questions
yet? Iwant that quarter"
Now, 1 have no doubt that 1 was
guilty of an infringement of the laws
of the state of California in assisting
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-05-25

axiom as: Screen apples make boys
sick. John ate green apples. John
is sick" The old soldier was ev-
identity pleased with the impression
he had made. 1 felt my nerves tremb-
ling and fell weakly into the net. 81
suppose you want me to lend you
some?"
Nope, but I want You to give me
some"
"Oh. you do? Doesn't it strike you
that you're just a trifie cheeky?'
"Nope. You're going TO give me
some, amt you?"
well, / really can't see why 1
should"
'sThe colonel does"
1 did not doubt it; the ~coloneTs I'M
usual poverty was ascribed in the regi-
ment to just that sort Of thing.
1.-THE colonel may have some reason
for it. Besides, how do l know he does?'
ST say So" The tone was above dis
pute.
Very good; but, as I said, the colo
mel probably has some reason for it.
How often do you go on sprees?"
when get my pension"
"And do you spend every cent?"
Generally; yes"
sand does the colonel act as your
paymaster whenever you are hard up?'
"Yep."
might I inquire why he supports
you in the path of destruction"
"Huh?'
why does he help you TO go to the
bad?"
1T does him more good than it does
me hurt, l guess"
The depth of the sentiment was ap-
palling; moreover, 1t was exquisitely
convenient. From a physical stand
point it might be true enough, but
looked at from the view Of temporal
comfort the argument was bad. The
colonel was not one deliberately and
in cold blood to care for the cultivation
of his soul; there must be some other
reason, and / said 70. .
IT reckon there Is"
"What is it?"
ssI done him a service once
sMay / ask what it WASP
at jest kept his little brother from
gettin' shot"
How was that?"
..Oh, it's q blamed long thing to
tell
Never mind; I want to hear"
"weil. will you give me q quarter If
/ tell your"
sswhat will you do with it,"
sect two drinks
"An right; go on"
He sat even further upon the edge Of
his chair and held one shaky arm out
straight / wondered II he might be
going TO declaim, Or repeat some an
cient verse.
That's how ! got that arm"
"What arm?" l inquired, looking ct
the member.
"That. Don't you see I can't bend
it7. I noticed it now for the first time,
and he rose in my estimation. The
piece of shell cut through my arm and
along in here" placing his pslsied en-
gers on his side. THE colonel set an
awful lot of store by that brother Of
his. Bis name was Kingsley, and he
wasn't more'n eighteen. He was n
mighty fine Teller, too, and they told q
lot Of stuff about his hsvin' q young
wife up there In the north They seq
she was the very girl the colonel was
mashed on, too I dunno how true It
was, but I reckon it wasn't all lies, be
cause the colonel amt never married,
and cnct when he had the fever. he
done . lot Of talkin' about some woman
named Dora, an, that was the name
that Kingsley told me his wife had.