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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14
A COSTLY PORTRAIT.


The Price Made Him Gasp. but He Paid
and Said Nothing.
Some years ago, when Benjamin Con-
slant came over to this country especial
ly to paint the portrait Of a well known
New York woman, several other persons
took advantage Of his being here and
gave him orders for their portraits.
Among these was q well known man.
Shortly after this latter likeness was
completed . wealthy westerner who
happened to be in this city wal enter.
tanned at the house Of the New Yorker.
The westerner saw the portrait and
much admired ii. my wife wants me
to get my portrait painted" be said.
THAT'S one reason why I'm in New
York. I wonder il this French fellow
wouldn't do mine too" His host assur-
ed him that in all probability the
French fellow" would be only too de-
lighted. Before long the westerner was
experiencing AL the glory and honor Of
''sitting for his portrait"
One day some time after this, but be-
fore the picture was finished, the west
erner was again entertained BY his New
York friend. The portrait was naturally
referred to. by the way" remarked
the westerner, "how much did he charge
for your picture?" "Forty-five hundred
was the answer. why" But
the w~esterner was beyond speech. Pale
and b~reathless. he leaned back in his
chair. and when he did speak it was
simply to gasp forth, "Forty-fve hun
dred dollars!'' Forty five hundred dol
over and over again.
1t transpired later that he had made
no inquiries as to terms. and that he
had never dreamed that the portraits
price would be more than $50. What
worried him most was what his wife
would say. But the old fellow was
game. He first bound the New Yorker
over to temporary secrecy, after which
he proceeded to go through those sit
tings to the bitter end without a muir
or a question as to the ultimate
cost. Benjamin Constant never knew
that the bill for IS. 600 (the westerner's
portrait was larger than the New York
er's) that was presented later caused
the slightest ripple upon the emotional
surface Of his patron. But in a certain
home there today hangs a paint
ing the price Of which has never yet
been revealed TO the mistress Of the
se.-New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice is given that hereafter the Trus-
tee OF Madison township will be at the
store room of Mr.. John p. Norman. in
Ireland, on every Saturday, for the pur-
pose of attending to township business,
and all persons having business with the
township are expected to confine it to
those days.
The township library Is kept at Isaac
Alexander's in Ireland, where all may
obtain the books.
The Indiana School books will be
times. john +. NORMAN,
Aug. 16, '95-y Trustee Madison TIP.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Trustee OF HARRISON township,
will att end to township business on each
Saturday OF the year, at my office, anu
persons having township business "
trrnsact are required to present 1t 10 MN
Saturdays.
The township library will be kept "
my home in Haysville.
Indiana School Books are for sale y!
Henry Ruehrschneck in Haysville, anu
Adam Harker in K~ellerville, Indiana
JOHN SKITz,
Aug. 20. 18Qb-v. Trustee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

The New Yorker Of the present day
9 inclined to smile when he reads that
m the Fourth Of July, 1895, the parade
Il soldiers In that city numbered 900
men. Their route was from the Battery
Up Broadway to the new Presbyterian
,hurch, where the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence was read by Edward Living.
ston.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

Lowest rates to all Eastern and Weste,r
points. Folders, rates, and general info,
nation Will be furnished upon applIcaton
to v. X. CLAYCOMB, Ag't Jasper
Y. ID sTRATTAN, Trav. Pass Agt Mt Vernon
III. X. A. CAMPBELL, GENT Pass. AgeL >
st Louis, Mo
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

what They Said wouldn't Read Well.
Jim Scorcher has just returned from
q bicycle ride around the world. He IL
going to write a book about it,"
What IL be going to call it?"
People 4 have run up against. -
Odds and Tinds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

The little town Of Nazareth, in Pales-
time, hts no fewer than three hospitals
Z converts and IL schools under Euro
pean supervision.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

It's a regular summer day picnic
to revel in the bargains and de-
molishing prices offered by The
COURIER advertisers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

and the cement will not get inside OF
Il, where the repair strip lies.
When you have a puncture, get right
OF. Riding = tire fat, when 1t has a
tack or nail In 1t, may damage II Coz.
siderably.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

In the royal family Il IL always the
queen who FIRST kisses the wife after
her marriage. not the newly made hus-
baud.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14
Township Trustees
Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee Of Boone
Dubois county, hereby gives
notice that he will attend to all business
pertaining to the Office OF Trustee, at ms
residence, about n mile west Of Por,
tersville, on Portersville and Ireland
road, on Saturdays Of each week, ana
requests all persons having township
business to present it on Saturday. Cn-
zens desiring books from the Township
Library, are notified that the Library Is
kept by VIM. McHarris, in Portersville'
N. b. CoFFMAS, Trustee.
Aug Z, l896-y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14

TIE Weekly Edition Has II Pages
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LARGEST CIRCULATION
OF ANY NEWSPAPER
IN the STATE.

TERMS Of SUBSCRIPTION
Daily, one year, 5000
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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

This model, although very expensive,
French flounce and four pufings of
chiffon running around the skirt.
This model, although very expensive
when carried out in the materials sug-
gested, may be made up in some of the
finer ginghams or lawns and trimmed
with Hamburg embroidery or lace.
Bright royal blue is the most popular
coloring for wells. This odd fad was in
troduced by French women, who have
learned that there is nothing so becom-
ing to most faces. These wells are worn
with any gown, no matter what the
color.
For use with white sailor hats there
are white wash wells of silk and of cot
ton. They laundervery well, and are real.
ly useful. These wells are particularly
smart for cycling or boating trips.
Often they do not cover the face at all,
but are traced around the brim of the
hat, following the English custom.
They have embroidered borders, some
of them fully four inches wide, and
for the brim of the hat they make
quite a decorative bit of finery.
Maine and horsehair are materials
for other wells, the latter so-called be-
cause it is made from a .wiry silk. The
horsehair yelling is particularly good
for warm days, because the stiffness
keeps it away from the face.
Maline wells are made with natty LIT.
tie borders that give the edges sufficient
body to keep them from tearing easily.
Maine is used in black and white, and.
in fact. in any color to match the gown.
A pale woman who wear a brown or
blue veil will find a bit Of color in her
cheeks II she wears a red maline veil
beneath the outer one. It is a clever
trick and helps to make a woman
pretty.
TIIE T ATEr
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21


rnthef not any fox esEtaiA kindly ~
pec when the ola Boy saw Web Card
ner the brcsh srbor meetin that day
be Hent and picked him out a warm
setsin down place and laughed tin his
fnsiy sides hunt
But 81 any rate. Web hadn't went
down shere for the sake Of bis general
health. q to Improve his mind. He
went down under the water and got
his name en- the church books thata
very day. That night he led in the
prayer meetln. and made a short but
feelin talk Is the sinners. Next morn
in he took q leadin part ia the singsn,
and made a few more scatterin remarks
ABORT the ~sinfulness of sin. and where
the wicked would stand on that last
and orful day.
That night old Parson Weston give
Il out that Brother Gardner felt like he
was called and expressed to preach the
Word, and lev his light shine out upon
the lost and ruint world. So Web be
preached that very night They ted
me he preached a rale good sermont :
which / don't doubt that from tie
fact that Web Gardner has got sense
enough to do most anything he turns
his hand to. Then for two days and
nights Web helt forth at the bresh
arbor meetin, and from what they tell
me. there was a great outpourin and a
mighty rattlin in the valley az dry
bones.
Then all of a student Web took up a
notion that they must light in at c:lcst
and build q new church right there on
the holy grounds where the bresh ar
Dor stood. It must be a w~ide-open. free
for-an church-which, you understand,
the bresh arbor meetin was helt on that
plan-and let M~ethodists, Baptists and
everybody be plum welcome.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

don bride The skirt IL finished al
the bottom with = lace fcezce bend.
ed BY insertion. Half way up the
skirt was encircled by two other rows
Of insertion. but without the lacs
doUnce. between insertion was laid in
deep points. one up. one down. with
the lower edge again finished with o
lace nounee. This style is ~particular-
" good for plain organdiea or lawn
gowns
"A rather attractive gown of blue
lawn is nohnced with the dress ma
teriai. The lower ruf1s extends only
across the back breadths, the remain
der trace their way around the entire
skirt to within eight inches OF the top.
Each hounce is necessarily slightly
raised at the back. TO allow for the
lowest founee. and gives tbs fleet of
an o~ld-fnshfoned hustle.
Soft summer silks play an Important
part in the summers gowning- They
r not expensive, and when one con-
siders.the saving of laundry bills, and
the improved appearance of the gown
it really pays TO buy a silk. Some may
be bought as low as 20 cents a yard,
and make up very prettily.
A black wash silk. sprayed with pur
plish grasses. makes n Of the pref
test gowns OF the season. The skirt
is trimmed with narrow founces of the
material, bound top end bottom with
purplish satin ribbon. The bodice is
made in n of those quaint modes re-
vived by the Victorian jubilee, and is
tight fitting. with small tight sleeves.
Over the shoulders a fchu Of the silk
has been thrown edged with hounces
matching those on the skirt. These
lounces fall over and broaden at the
shoulder, assisted by several similar
a~ounces inserted at the top of the
sleeve.
Another silk gown is exceedingly
fresh and dainty in appearance. Its
components are white silk, with vio-
let stripes and white chiffon. Its own
er is tall and slim, and the gown is con
structed with the view t o overcoming
any ungainly appearance on her part.
The bodice is round and full, with
small puf6ngs of chiffon running
around the front. The sleeves are
tight. with chiffon ruches in the wrists,
and puffs at the shoulders. These
puffs are formed of silk, crossed with
chiffon quillings, ard topped with a
full founce of the chiffon,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

FWell, white people, the gate money
didn't fail nor refuse to swell. The
men folks went down into their tanks,
the sisters went through their thanky
bags, and the rakins and scrapins and
sayins of many years was poured out
there to build a new and free-for-all
church in the DEVILS Quarter Section.
I'll be bound some of them good old
sisters forever parted company that
night with mone which they had sold.
eggs and got 80 and 40 years ago. They
tell me when the meetin broke up they
had raised way up clost to S6O-which
they placed the money with Web Gard
ner as a committee of one on the new
church and told him to proceed with
the proceedins.
"But then next day when the general
roll was called the committee on the
new church didn't make any reports
t o speak Of. Iii fact, Rufus, the conn
mittee, gate money and all, come up
missin. Web Gardner had shock the
sands outen his Sunday shoes and alb
~scatulated. OldParson Weston took two
deacons and one elder and come up to
see aDOub lI--Whlcn ne lowed they
-uould then let the law take her course.
But bless gracious the committee was
absent from home and not accounted
for. Likewise also the gate money.
When they went back and told the
news, oncst more the virgin air turned
red and blue in spots and patches as
big as q bed quilt.
mo, so fur as I can hear, the COM
mittee never has reported back with
the gate money. If Web Gardner is
dead there amt no serious doubts as to
where you could go and find him. But
if he is still amongst the lvin there
amt no tellin where.
land in the main time, Rufus, a
high wind come along and blowed the
big bresh arbor down-the people
can't hold forth in the church they
never built-and / reckon the old
Dcvi. has still got the deeds and title
ments to his famous Quarter Section
down there in the forks Of Murder
Creek" RUFUs SANDERS
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21
After ale enc n4onev.

'Salyation's free says Web. Let
the people-one and all-come up to
the ~founting filled with blood, and rest
under the shade of the trees, and every
body chip in and swell the gate moreyi'
Nov, in the mainline, the people
had went wild oveT the new preacher.
Web hadl jest simply put the Devils
Quarter Section in a sack and sewed it
up at both ends. If he didn't see what
he wanted, all he had to do was to ask
for it. Durin the day he give it out
Broadcast that they would hold a meetin
that night and take up collections for
the new church. He was anonymously
nominated as a committee to wait up
on the crowd and look after the gate
money.
snow then, Rufus, from all 1 have
saw and heard tell of, they had another
tremendous outpourin at the meetin
that night. Old Parson Weston led off
with a sermcnt-which he took his text
from along there where the Scripture
says the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.
At the close of the sermont they sung
another song, whilst Web Gardner took
Deacon S~tickney's old stovepipe hat and
passed it around for the gate money.
"sAny man that wouldn't chip in a
little somethin to help us build a new
church right hcrin the DEVILS Quarter
Section is mean enough to stab the
sheeted dead, says Web, in a loud voice,
and fool enough to bet his money on a
pair Of deuces.'
= Blest be he that binds
Our hearts in Christian love-"
"tAnd any m person that
wouldn't do what she can to help the
glorious aus aint a bit too good to
curl her bangs with the devils toenails,
or wear her old mothers shroud to a
breakdown dance.
How beeuteous are their feet
Who stand on Zion's hill"
Everybody can eat of the bread and
drink of the waters free gratis for
nothin at all. Then let everybody chip
in and swell the gate money.
+" Annazin' grace, how sweet the sound
Which saved a wretch like me-"
"'Now is the onlyest and excepted
time. Seek and you shall find. Give
and it shall be returned back unto you.
Cast your bread upon the waters, and
swell the gate money. Git on the band
wagon and witness the whole entire
performance.
"Let them refuse to ante up
What never knowed the Lord
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

above II. II for an elderly person
they are pointed front and back, but
q young person wears them the same
length all around.
Cluny and valenciennes lace are very
much in fashion for capes, and also
for the lace jackets which will be so
popular this season, Many of these
jackets are made without sleeves. They
are very low. fit tightly in the back,
and are usually made with open, loose
fronts.
Irish point lace is also much used, es-
Pecially with pique. A very smart
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

matter to make these capes after the
lace has been stiffened and freshened.
A lining of taffeta should be cut and
Fhirred to fit about the shoulders.
After being edged with a founce of
the silk the founce Of lace should
be gathered to the neck; and a ruche
ef chiffon or lace and ribbon put.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

tude ofllis wisdom
and mercy, never
has made but the
"a plain old f.
flint
steel woman exact
~ like Aunt Nancy
Newton. But she
is the onlyest one
No doubt some
people have 3
dered what makes
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Cobwigger-What happened when
you proposed to her and asked her
fathers consent?
Merritt-She said: "Oh, this is so
sudden!" while he remarked: my boy,
I've been expecting this for two yeara.''
IN. z, Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

He was worth a good deal in money, but
not in anything else.
4 am sorry to have to leave you so much, p
he said, as he put on his overcoat and start
ed for the club.
am sorry you can't leave me more and
do it sooner" she returned.
And somehow chat bothered him all the
evening. In fact, he was somewhat tempt.
ed to change his wilI.-Chicago Post.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Women like to talk of a death in which
the sickness was SO brief that the victim was
perfectly well on Monday, and laid in his
shroud on the following Wednesday morn
ng."-Atchison Globe.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

us love Aunt Nancy Ike We do. Well.
the dear, delightful old soul has got SO
many strong claims to nv double
breasted regards till it would take q
book to tell the reasons why. She talks
considerable with her mouth, and says
q whole passle at the sama time. She
is so newsy like and fresh. She knows
a tremendous big lot, and she don't
mind tellin it.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

No matter how much a man protests that
he won't tell you about a row he has had
with q neighbor, if you handle him care.
ington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Very Mean.-Mrs. Snaggs-"T read a para.
graph in the paper which said: Woman
was made before mirrors, but it wasn't her
mark to make about woman?" Mr.. Snsgg
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Teachcr-"Where were you yesterday
Pupil (whimpering)-"It was all Billy
Smiths fault. He hipnertized me an made
me go fshin' with him"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

IT heard Won fought a duel with Parker?''
81 did" Weren't you afraid to stand up
before a loaded pistol?" mot with Parker
holding it. I'm insured in his company
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Yes, l think It is. What the writer
meant to say was that woman was made
before mirrors and had been before them
ever since" Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

The man who is always pretending that
he does so much for others, needs watch
ing.-Washington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Willie-'say, par Powell, what il
it," Willie-"Why do they always weigh
the babies as soon as they are born? Do
people always pay for them by the pound,
the came as for raw meat?'-Cleveland
Leader.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

The TramP-"Can you tell me how I can
get some work, sir?" The Citizen (crust
iIy)-"Yes; buy a bicycle and try to keep
1t cleani'-Yonkers Statesman.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

When a man moves away and then comes
back he always feels like apologizing for it.
Washington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Piso's Cure for Consumption y nn IA NO.
/ Asthma mcdicine-W. III. Williams. An.
tioch, Ill, April H. 1924.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Tcilive-can ven let me have tan dollars
for q week, old man?
Duero-What weak Old mao%Haflagn
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

Light work-making gas pipes.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21
EDUCATIONAL.
.THE COLUMPIA ATHENAEuM.

M Of the best located and equipped schools
for girls in the South. Terms moderate. For
further information address
ROBT. D. SMITH, Press, Columbia, Tenr.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21

~ ycu chew tobacco fof pleasure. uet
Star IT Is not only the best. bnt fhe niot
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-08-21
The COMMITTEES 4Abscatulatcs.v

Let them refuse to ante up
What never knowed the Lord
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-04-24

Richard Reese. At n meeting of the Vestry
elected Registrar, and Mr.. John s. Writ,
Treasurer; Mr.. Alfred Wetherill Senior War
den, and Mr.. Ricketts, Nelson Junior Warden.
DR.. r. c. Mackall was chosen Lay Delegate
to the Annual Diocesan Convention which
meets in Cambridge, in June next, and Mr.
Alfred Wetherll Alternate.
The ladies of the Church of the Good Shep-
herd, Chesapeake City. will give Birthday
Party on April %, at the Conrey store build
ing. Those who have not sent money in IL
door. Refreshments free. There will be IL
geography contest in which all can join, with
an attractive prize for the winner Every
body welcome.
The Easter Monday Pensioners meeting
of St. Mary's Parish was held at the parish
church, North East. Easter Monday for the
election of vestrymen for the ensuing year
and resulted in the selection of the following
gentlemen S. Simcoe, A. II. Grosh, f.
W. Jones, Joseph Coudon, Caleb Neasey,
'tpH y. NHuutll, Il. -. NlnStlt anu w. IL
Coudon Messrs. John II. Bradlcld and Caleb
Neascy were elected Wardens, II. S. Coudon
was cho en- delegate to the Diocesan Conven-
ton, Joseph Coudon Alternate. Joseph Cou
don was elected Registrar and Allen Ii Grosh
Treasurer for the parish.
The Epworth League Of the Elkton NJ. T..
Church held its regular library meeting on
Wednesday evening last. The Subject was
Henry Drummond." and the following was
the program: Singing. League; Prayer: Sing
ing, League; Reading, "Henry Drummond,'
Miss Mary Budd; Selection. The Greatest
Thing in the World" Miss Lizzie Walmsley:
Solo, "lour Mothers Apron Strings Rev. 4.
$. MOwbray: selection from Drummond's
lecture, ''Firat,' Howard E Ash: Summary
of Natural Law in the Spiritual World"
Rev. A. :, Mowbray: Singing. League; seIer-
ton Alchemy of Influence" Miss Lille
Alexander; Reading, DIR Buckley on Henry
Drummond," Miss Alma Dean; Singing.
League.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-04-24
Town Council.

ELkTON, AprII, ZZHu, 1871.
The Boar! net Mt p. IN. Present Messrs
Kerfoot, King, MrQuikin, Mackal, treasurer
King and Bailiif Biddle. The minutes of the
last meetings read and corrected. The treas
urer reported receipts 80, 1864, expenditures
$8,753.G, balance on hand $1S1.1O. Bills
passed and vouchers for payment authorized,
John Gilpin for bricks 1913. On motion it
was ordered that the fence and porch in front
of the Mitchell house on Bridge street be
removed and that the town pay one-half the
expense of the same. Adjourned to meet on
Thursday, April Goth, at 7.30, to examine the
treasurers books and prepare annual report.