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French Troops Attacked.

LONDON, Nov. LIT is stated in a
special dispatch from Paris that a de-
tachment of French troops which had
been sent to the Ogowai River in the
Congo district for the purpose OF
avenging an attack made by the ma
tives of that locality on mail
steamer, the Eclaireur, in August last
has been surprised by the enemy, and
that many men belonging to the ex-
pedition have been killed or wounded
The French Colonial Administrators,
who took part in the expedition, was
seriously injured.
The record-union., 1897-11-02
PERU'S MINISTRY.
Names of Those Who Will Likely
Be in the New Cabinet

NEW YORK, Nov. IA dispatch to
the Herald from Lima, Peru, says:
The resignation of Peru's Cabinet is
officially announced and a new Ministry
is being formed.
1t will probably be as follows:
Premier and Minister of Home At
fairs-Senor Carlos Pierola.
Minister of Finance-Senor Althaz.
Minister of War-Senor Echeniu.
Minister of Justice-Senor Pardo.
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Senol
Riva Gura
Minister of Public Works-Senor Ran
cobia.
The record-union., 1897-11-02
Weekly Cereal Statement.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The visible
supply of grain ON Saturday, October
Both, as compiled by the New York
Produce Exchange, was as follows:
Wheat 26,974, ,0OO increase 2, ,232, 600;
corn 45.99S. 600, increase 1,166,O00;
oats 1884 900, decrease 504, 600; rye
3 422. .0OO increase 191, 600; barley 81
S11 900 increase 145, 600.
The record-union., 1897-11-02
A Murder in North Dakota.

WARSAW On. d., Nov. 1.-Emory
Norman killed Greed Moore, a neigh
boring farmer, at his place, twelve
miles south of here, firing load OF
buckshot into his body. Norman then,
together with his brother, baTricaded
himself in his house. and declared ne
The record-union., 1897-11-02
Degrees of Genius.

"Our typewriter girl is awfully clev-
er; she can sharpen lead pencils"
"Pooh! Ours can beat that. She
has FIVE clerks in the office dying to
sharpen them for er."-Detroit Free
Press
The record-union., 1897-11-02
Wouldn't Catch the Dust.

Mrs. A.-Mrs4 Tomkins always has
her dresses cut to clear the ground.
Mr.. A.-But how can they clear the
ground if they don't sweep it?-London
Fun.
The record-union., 1897-11-02
Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l. = To-day S
statement Of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
$207, 156, ,O93: gold reserve, $153,o73, l4l.
The record-union., 1897-11-02
To-day's IN
Price, | UI

would not be taken alive. The men We're
each about 81 years old, and married.
The trouble arose over a lawsuit.
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w. P. FULLER & co.
WEAK MAN

DR.. Grady's wonderful
Irish Invigorator, the
greatest remedy for Lost
Manhood. overcomes
prematureness and stops
all unnatural drains and
losses. All small, weak
organs enlarged and
strengthened. Sufferers,
by renting 81 a sealed
package containing fifty
pills, carefully COM
pounded. will be sent by
mail from our labora-
tory, or we will furnish
six packages for S., with
a GUARANTEE to cur,
funded. All letters confio
sent with full instructio
servation. Address, CRY
Lowell. Mass
The record-union., 1897-11-02
Price, JUUE
WOMEN'S SILK TIES.


Women's japanese silk string
Ties; some in dark ground re-
lleved by green, red, white and
heliotrope figures, also woven
stripes in light ground effects.
Choice seasonable goods at ex-
ceptional low prices.
To-day's n
Price, gGI
WOMEN'S WALKING HATS.
This seasons new shapes in
trimmed walking hats and sailors
with velvet bands. These hats were
The record-union., 1897-11-02
81 A..
MEMS SUITS.

Three styles of Mems Suits, in
plaids and mixed cheviots and
tweeds; round-cut and double
breasted styles. Regular 81 so
quality.
S4 SO.
The record-union., 1897-11-02
WHITE SHIRTS.

Mems White Unlaundered
Shirts, double fronts and backs,
reinforced linen bosoms. A most
telling item.
23C.
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MEMS TROUSERS.

Mems Heavy Kersey Trousers,
neat dark patterns, suitable for
working and business wear. The
most of these are all wool. The
usual So so quality.
The record-union., 1897-11-02

Mems new Kerscy Cvercoats.
blue black, excellent style and
quality, double warp Italian lin
ing. Regular $40 quality.
The record-union., 1897-11-02
BOYS DRESS SHOES.

Boys Button Shoes, solid leath-
er throughout, neat square toes.
Sizes, p to 81.
To-day's ni
Price, UII
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

The dog refused 10 be sworn. It had
. sort Of Quakerlike simplicity and only
affirmed. but its testimony was SUM-
cient to decide . case in Justice Mar
tins courtroom.
The animal was . large, stately and
intelligent Irish setter. After the hu-
man litigants had each told his tale. the
dog took the witness stand
Now. who Ii your master! said E.
d. 10y, who had replevined the dog
from Fred Enderlin. = South Side saloon
keeper. ON June 26.
The brute barkcd. sprang out Of the
witness chair and paved at the feet Of
10y. The animal then went through
various performances at the bidding Of
10y. including running across the street
and back at his command. The dog
would not act for the other htigant. ant
the court decided that he belonged 4
10y. The animal was then released
from the custody Of Constable Roebuck
He wagged his tail at the judge and lef
the courtroom with his master. Chi
cago NewA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

The world is BY no means full up yet
Queensland has still an area Of $50, 900, :
900 acres to population Of about $50. :
900 people Its government has lately
been Offering more tempting conditions
to settlers, who may now hold ordinary
land for 20 years at rental Of threepence
per acre, while "scrub land" may be Sc
lected in areas up to 10. 900 acres and held
for 80 years ut an average rental per
acre Of very much less than penny.
This ought to be good news for many
struggling for bare living in the moth
er country. OF course the climatic con-
ditions in many portions Of the colony
are trying, but 90 they are in western
Australia, which at the present time ID
adding $50 per week to its population,
and the revenue Of which has been in
creasing at . rate far outstripping the
calculations Of its treasurer. But THU
may be only temporary. and 1t may bt
that Queensland will be the home Of
millions Of our fellow countrymen after
the golden age in the west Of the colo
NAL continent has passed sway.-West
minister Gazette.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19
STOP AND THINK.

Every time you make . purchase,
whether it is to your interest or not.
For the nearer you keep your mon
ey in reach the more benefit you
derive from il. By iavoring US,
and buying no other than a hand
made Guckes Broom, Mops,
Whisks, Toy and Ceiling brooms.
And il your merchant don't handle
them, ask him to get them, or call
at our factory, or write US a postal
card and We will send you our
brooms. We sell both wholesale
and retail.
FARMERS wishing their
corn made up into brooms and who
havn't got the cash, should remem.
Der that we eat, and will take any
thing In the produce line for oul
pay.
GUcXEs Book MIRO. Co.,
H. F. GucKEs, Manager.
June II. ises-y
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19
RICHARD M.


Re Never IaiureA The NGassss sd Was
Me- UapsDsisr with Then
II Richard be tried by the only proper
standard. that Of his own time. he will
be found 10 be not more but less cruel
and bloody than either his predecessors
or those who came after him. The act
which has especially blackened his
memory 10 the mysterious removal or
murder Of the princes. Yet Clifford.
backed by Margaret Of Anjou. had kill
cd in cold blood Richards brother. the
Earl Of Ruthland. n boy Of Is, while
Henry VII imprisoned and executed the
feeble minded Earl Of Warwick. the son
of Clarence. In mere numbers Of exc
cutiona excluding. Of course. on both
aides those who were taken in open re-
bellion, Richard has much lees to an
swer for than Queen Margaret or Henry
VII and far less than Henry VIII, who
put TO death anybody who happened TO
be distasteful TO him ON political. per
sonal or religious grounds There was
no public opinion in that day against
putting to death any one who had played
and lost in the great struggle Of politics.
Executions were . recognized part OF
the business. When the game went
against . statesman in those days. a
Mr.. Speaker Reed once said. he did moi
cross the aisle and take his place a the
leader Of his mAjesty's opposition: he
was sent TO the tower and had his head
cut on Autres temps, autres mGurs-
At every turn of the wheel in the long
struggle between the Lancastrians and
the Yorkists the victorious party al
ways executed every leader Of the Other
side upon whom they could lay hands.
Such were the rules Of the society and
such the politics in which Richard wa
brought up, and he played according tc
those rules and without excess, paying
the final forfeit himself with undauntet
courage.
Nothing Is farther from the truti
than the notion that Richard was un
popular with the masses Of the people
He had never injured them. and the,
did not care huw many mobiles or princes
he put to death.-Hon- Henry Cabo
Lodge in Scribner's
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19
SANDBOx TREES.
The Gigaatie Touch Ne Nots Of the Tropics
Have Explosivs Frufts.

The Gieaatie Touch Ne Nots Of the Tropics
Have Explosivs Fruits-
Everybody il familiar with the
touch me not, the pretty Jewel weed
that grows along the side Of water
courses. When its seed pods are ripe. at
the slightest touch they will explode,
blowing the seeds in your face. The
giant among them il the sandbox tree
(Hura crepitans). . native OF tropical
America Its furrowed fruits are a.
large a an orange. Cosmos Of Paris
thus describes this Krupp gun Of the
vegetable world;
lit il often cultivated - an orna-
mental tree, both in its native country
and in other parts Of the globe, notably
in certain gardens in the Indies. Its
fruit looks ON the outside something like
q melon; il il formed exactly like that
Of our native euphorbias, OF sections.
which at maturity separate violently
with 80 intense report that il has been
compared to the sound OF pistol,
throwing its eeed TO q considerable dis.
tance.
with the fruit . very pretty sand
box can be made by cutting circular
opening in the upper part, extracting
the seeds and then covering the open.
ing. The. opposite side is perforated
with little holes. A sandbox thus made
10 very difficult to keep, for the time al
ways comes when, aided BY the drying
process, the sections suddenly split, will
Q Characteristic sound
1.-THE violent splitting Of the fruit o
the sablier is explained very simply b,
q process analogous to that which cause
the two halves of q split stick to cur
apart and depends upon the unequa
extensibility Of the elements Of tn
valves, which produces the mechanica
effect due to it at the precise momen
when the sutures, the lines Of least re
sistance. are opened by the progress
| desiccation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19
LINCOLN At SCHOOL.
A schoolmate Of the President Tells q
His Early Life.

A schoolmate Of the President Tells q
Ris Early Life.
Mr.. George II. Yenowine contributes
paper on THE Birthplace Of Lincoln"
to ST. Nicholas. Mr.. Yenowine quotes
the following from an old man named
Austin 3ollaher. who went TO school
with the emancipation: Lincoln was an
unusually bright boy. and he made good
progress in his books-better than al
most any one else in school-and he
studied very hard, although he was
young He would get spice wood bushes
and hack them mp On . log and put .
few Of them in the fire at time to
make light for him TO read his books
by. II did not make . very good light,
but 1t was all he had at night Young
Lincoln was never good looking. He
was angular and awkward. His mother
was q rather slim woman Of medium
height. Tom Lincoln, his father. was
tall. Abe was rot very much like him.
for Tom Lincoln had fuller face and
W as Of q heavier build.
In answer to Q question a. to Lin
coins brothers or sisters, the old man
frightened up and said: "Oh. yes, he
had q sister. Her name was Sally, and
she was about my age. That was one
reason why thought 80 much OF Abe.
But when the Lincolns moved to In.
diana did not say goocby to either OF
them.
II next heard Of Lincoln several
years afterward. II was said that he
would make rails during the summer
and thus earn money to go to school
Then l heard no more Of Lincoln unit
he was nominated for president. TOLD
the boys that no matter what happened
1 was going to vote for Abe. said
was going to vote for him II it was tn
last act Of my life, because ! had playet
with him when q boy, and ! was glaa
he had gone up in the world, and di'
vote for him. said the old man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

ssas Of rs Qsesr Chsrsessrs rhss Hasn't
shs Clay ssrssts-
There Is scarcely neighborhood in
London which cannot boast Of its local
mailman. Some strange or eccentric fg-
ure Is to be found in every parish and
in almost every important thoroughfare-
Marylebone has . religious maniac
who is by profession collector of rags
and bones.
South Keusington . short time ago
possessed two msdmen-one who imag-
ined himself to be Napoleon and walked
slowly backward and forward. gravely
saluting every one he met, and another
who firmly believed himself to be Hen
~ VIII. 1t is said that on one occasion
he accosted famous physician and in
structed him TO get him q divorce from
Anne Boleyn. If you can't manage il
any other way" he said, "o6 with her
head, of with her headr"
A man in Bronipton would hail cab
and drive to certain street in Chelsea
There he would wander up and down
for hours looking in vain for . house
which had been pulled to pieces nearly
90 years before. 1t had evidently been
associated with some important crisis
in his life's history. and his mind re-
fused to dissociate itself from the spot.
At one time there came forth every
evening from across Westminster bridge.
walking along Whitehall to the Strand.
man wearing long overcoat with q
cape. . soft hat and leggings He had .
bunch Of primroses or yellow flowers OF
some kind in his buttonhole and an
other in his hat. He carried pipe and
strobe along with bent head and with
one hand behind his back He ignored
every enc, looked neither to the right
nor the left and walked always at the
same rate. Every now and then he
would suddenly throw up bis hands and
shout in a deep voice, Here's to the
Jacobites all over Englandr' Then he
would march ON as before, and people
who turned in alarm would see nothing
but an eccentric looking figure. goine
steadily in the direction Of the Strand
Pearson Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

And 20 you are engaged to Cholly
Chubbins," said one girl
Yea" was the reply.
How did he ever persuade You 10
marry himr'
"Oh, be hasn't persuaded me 10 mar
~ him. You know that lovely solitaire
ring he hadf"
Yea"
well, I wanted 70 TO wear 10 . pro-
gressive euchre party. "-Indianapolis
Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

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 It to hin
on Saturdays.
The township library will be kept al
my home in Haysville. !.
Indiana School Books are for sale o,
Henry Ruehrschneck in Haysville, and
Adam Harker in Kellerville, Indiana
JOHN SRIrz,
Aug. 30. 1857. Trustee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19
Farm For Sale in Madison
Township.

One Of the best farms in Madison
township can be b,'ught on easy terms.
32l acres, with house Of six rooms, barn
36x75 feet, plenty Of stock water, ground
produced % bushels wheat per acre, and
other crops N proportion, nice orchard.
Four miles from Jasper, Pa from Ire
land, from Duff; 2S0 acres cleared.
Will be divided into two or three parts,
il desired, and sold for one-thrd cash !;
balance on easy time, interest on secured
notes for deferred payments payable an
nually. $25 per acre. A very desirable
place. Apply to G. DoASE, Jasper.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

The antiquity Of legal methods II
curiously illustrated by the recent dis
covery Of the oldest will extant. This
unique document was unearthed by
Professor Petrie 1t KAhum, Egypt, and
10 at least 1000 years old In it, phra-
seology the will il singularly modern in
form, and IL il said that il might be 3D.
mitted to probate today.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19
Boone Township Trustees
Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee OF Boone
township, Dubois county, hereby gives
notice that he will attend to all business
pertaining to the Office OF Trustee, at his
residence, about one mile west Of Por.
tersville, on Portersville and ireland
road, on Saturdays of each week, and
requests all persons having township
business to present it on Saturday. Cit.
zens desiring books from the Township
Library, are notified that the Library !:
kept by VIM. McHarris, in Portersville.
n. b. CoFFNAS, Trustee.
Aug 7, 1867.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

Corks for bottles were first manufac-
sured in Spain and Italy some time dur
ing the fourteenth century. Corkscrewa
xere contcmporaneous with corks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

Matthew Buckinger. . German who
many years ago exhibited himself In
London, had neither arms nor legs, but
nevertheless managed to write . good
hand, very clear and round. BY holding
the Pen between the stump Of his right
arm and his cheek.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

She-wasn't she natural in the slecp-
Ing scene?
Her Husband-vsry. She couldn't
have been more natural unless she snor.
cd. Brooklyn Life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

Il 10 . strange fact that the right
hand, which II more sensible to the
touch than the LIFT. 10 les sensible than
ths latter 70 the effect Of heat or cold
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19
Columbia Township IruS
tees Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee OF ColumOn
rp., Dubois county, Ind, will atteno :.
Township business ut his residence :.
svery Saturday, and persons hsvlnI
ownship business 70 transact are =
luested " present il on that day o. W
geek. -.
The Township Library u kept ~
pfice OF the Trustee, where sn0ss
titled can obtain books.
r. p. 6nrrn, Trustsa
AUG. 10th. 1885,.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19
Hall Township Business.

Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed, Trustee OF Hall township, will
attend to township business on each Sat.
nrday Of the year, at my office, and per.
sons having township business to tran,
sact are required to present it to him on
Saturdays.
The township library will also be found
at my office near Rosamond, and the cit.
liens are invited to call there for library
books.
The Indiana Series OF School books
may be had at my office, and at John J..
Meschede's, in Celestine.
LEVI L. JACOBS,
Trustee Hall township.
A ug. 3, 1867
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-19

The lowest ticket rates to the West, a. we'll
as folders and general information, will h.
furnished on application to the undersigned
See that your ticket reads via the "Al,
Line" V. K. CLAYCoMB, AR't Jasper
X. A. CAMPBELL, Genl Pass AgeL
w. NJ. BONAR, Trav'g Pass. AR't, :. IAN.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-25
SOUTHERN HEROES IN THE NORTH.
Movement on Foot to Mark Their
Graves With Monuments.

The committee appointed by Lee Camp
to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of erecting
monument at Finn-Point Cemetery and
other northern burial-places TO perpetuate
the memory Of the Confederate dead VINO
lie there. have completed their labors,
and their report has been framed as a
resolution, which will be submitted TO the
camp at its next meeting. The resolution
reads as follows:
Resolved That r. Z. Lee Camp, No. l.
Confederate Veterans, appoint special
committee of three for the purpose OF
caring for the graves Of Confederate
dead buried in the Northern States. and
that they request the Sons OF veterans
and Daughters Of the Confederacy 10 APP
point a similar committee who shall,
when constituted, formulate plan Tor
the erection of monuments 10 the Con-
federate dead who are buried In ceme-
teries at the North. and report said plan
TO the camp for its adoption; the COM
mittee formulating said plan shall publish
the same TO the various camps OF Con-
federate Veterans, Sons of Veterans, and
Daughters of the Confederacy, through
the proper channels of these various or
CARNATIONS.
The Daughters of the Confedoracy, al
ways enthusiastic and willing TO spend
and be spent in such a cause. have
spoken through their president In a
letter addressed 10 Lee Camp Mrs. n. V.
Randolph expressed her views as follows:
"My idea was that each state in the
South should take for their especial
charge one Of those cemeteries. enclose
and put an inexpensive but substantial
shaft with the inscription, Confederate
Dead; try If possible 10 get a roster OF
the same. which shall be placed in the
states Room In the Confederate Mu-
scum, thus far, at least, rescuing from
oblivion the names and graves of our
martyred dead. This is TO be done by the
Daughters OF the Confederacy. assisted
bv the camps OF Veterans and Sens OF
Veterans. Thus il would fall lightly upon
all. Ii can, il must be done"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-25
DENTISTS TO MEET AT OLD POINT
Large Numbers of Them TO Assemoie
There Next Week.

The first week of August will be ho'ed
as quite an eventful one amongst tho
dental profession of the country
old Point Comfort will be the gamer
inc Mace OF the clans. They Will come
from the North, South. East and west
IN meet with their respective bodies.
The American Dental Association VIII
hold its thirty-ninth annual session II,
he Chamberlin. This body Is composed
mainly OF dentists north or Mason anu
DiXon's line although many southSihei0
are enrolled on its list Of membership.
The Southern Dental Association, as us
name indicates. is from the sunny South'
ana vet as a reciprocatlOn many Oh INC
headings practitioners of the North ana
West are amongst It's members unu
meet yearly with them. This association
viii hold its twenty-eighth annual ses-
sion next week. as will also the assocla-
ton of Virginia. 49,
Roth of these bodies will have their
headouarters and places of meetings IN
The Hvgeia, which has so often opened
IFS hospitable doors TO them. The ses-
sions of the Southern Association are al
WAYS much enjoyed, not only for the
many readable papers presented, but also
for the great stress placed upon cllnlcs.
! Foremost of these this year Will be pa
| pers by many leading Operators OH Sd'@-
The National Association of Dental
| Faculties and also the National Associa-
| ton of Dental Examiners hold their SEES
| sions at the same place, commencing
| Friday, SOth. 1t is confidently expected
| that our city will send down quite a
| large delegation TO these meetings, as
much interest is felt throughout the pro-
| fession on the subject of the consolda-
ton of the American and Southern asso-
| ciations. which has been discussed for
| several years, but is expected to be
| finally decided upon at the approaching
| meetings.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-25
Whitney Ba0y-Carriages.
Sole agents for the best Carriage made. The last
reduction of the season. Better buy and put them
aside at these prices

No. 7Ss-Fine Vanished Reed I -.
Light Blue Brocade Satin I'D iND
holstered, rubber tires, also eN w
ira lace cover. sold for SiS...''.J
No. 7ss-Best Reed, Red silk Fig OF
ured Tapestry, plush roll, satin S0I
parasol, sold for S3l ......''''')
No. 759-Best Fancy Reed, OliyO oi
silk Tapestry and Plush, lace 1l
trimmed parasol. sold for S2b.oOJ
No. 752-Varnished Reed, Ligh0 81
Blue Tapestry, sold for ga W