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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21
A CLARK'S WIT.



Champ Clark, of Missouri, is not only
one of the wittiest men in the house of
representatives, but he is one of the
best posted on the tariff question.
In ridiculing some of the rates of the
Oingley bill that to him seemed subject
10 criticism, he recited how a man of
She name of Goodyear went before the
ways and means committee and secured
the tariff he wanted by some skillful
palaver about the great statesmen that
Maine had produced. Then he said:
Mr.. Chairman, hat piece of soft
soap made il harder for every poor
man in the United States to Guild a
house. Gov. Dingley swallowed the
bait as quick ms a trout would swallow
o fly Qaughter). and next summer some
Ioor devil out west. living in n dugout
100 miles from a railroad station, who
voted for Mckinley under the deludcd
idea that prosperity would come under
his administration and who has not
heard of this tariff bill, ciphers it out
hat he can build him a two-room cot
t0ge with lumber aud other building
materials at the old rate. lie goes TO the
station to get the lumber and finds that
the price has gone sky high. and he goes
back to his home and says to his wife
My dear, / am sorry that we must stay
in the dugout. We cannot build our lit
tie house. A great man by the name o
Gov. Dingley has put the price of lum
Der and other things so high that WI
cannot de it, but, thank God. he has
left dragons blood free daughter
Next year. when my handsome friend
from Iowa (Mr. Dolliver) returns 10
that fine agricultural district which he
represents. some man who has not been
able to buy n coat because of the high
price OF wooden cloth will say to his
neighbor: There comes Dolliver, who
put up the price of woolen goods But
the successful candidate for the post
office in that district says: oh, but
Deliver put divi-divi on the free list!'
And in chorus they sing: 'Dolliver and
divi-divi forever" daughter. APP
plause On the democratic side.)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

soon found out what the people thought
of him and his bill. The bulk of Amer
leans are both honest and intelligent.
The intelligent voter knows that you
can't make the foreigners pay his taxes.
and the honest voter prefers to pay his
own taxes. You can never make Your
bill popular by such ~tomfoolery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

With regard to Chairman Dingley's
admission that the duty on wool will
increase the price of wool, the Kansas
City Times says: The consumer and
not the foreigner, therefore, pays the
tariff tax. IL comedies also that the
home producer puts up his price arbi-
trurily. Mr.. Dingley's own words are a
confession that the Dingley bin is a
fraud and a robbery Of the people for
the benefit Of the few individuals and
c~ornurations.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

Uncle Sam-Say. Dingley, you might
n well come down. You're not getting
any chestnuts, and you're not getting
voters. Mckinley had some experience
mp that ~tree-it's a horse chestnut-in
1890. He pretended hat he was maxi
ing the foreigners pay the tax. but he
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

Discussion In . Christian and loving
q broader vision, a better harmony.
The wise man sces and hears all sides.
lie will not be a good partisan, but a
good peacc-makcr.
We learn what Is right in notion by
what the Holy Spirit uses and blcsscs
Judging not by the incidental things
which may be wrong, but by thatwhich
the Holy Spirit really blesscs. and "a
which he gives his Endorsement. IN
spite Of incidental and temporary
errors.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

Sample taxes from the Dingley bin.
with comparisons showing the over
whelming foreign competition TO which
the farmer is subjected and what pro-
lection the ways and means committee
regards as indispensable:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
OF A YEAR
OF COMMERCIAL
COtLAPSES IN 1894
Number Of Failures for 1899 Has
Been Larger than in Any Previous
Year Except 1893 Figures from
Dun's Review Are Correct.
Businees Disaaters.

Commercial authorities state that the
number Of failures for 1896 has been
larger than in any previous year except
ing 1893. and about 1850, against 49,
1877 last year. and that the aggregate de-
faulted commercial liabilities alone have
been about 1924, 100000. against $173,.
10000 last year, an increase In number
of about II per cent. and In liabilities of
about 20 per cent. This report would be
more disheartening if the comparison of
failures by months did not show that over
S36, 100000 Of the increase was in the
two months of extreme political agita-
uon--August and September-and was
due to conditions which happily passed
with those months. With about p per
cent. increase thus explained, the re-
naming increase of less than 8 per cent.
vfaes not appear great. While the returns
for December are not yet exact, the his
tory of the years commercial disasters
is otherwise correctly stated in the fol-
lowing:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
Names spry Young Women.

Some Of the young women are seek
ing tame by the same methods that
have proved 90 enicacious In the case
Of elderly ladies. North Clinton has a
young widow who milks three cows,
does the work for two in the family,
drives three miles and does a days
work, returning home ct night In time
to milk, mend the socks, feed the pigs,
spht the wood, etc. Then Canaan has
smart young woman, who, besides
doing the Homework for quite a large
family this fall, did the milking and
took all the care of two cows, the hogs,
chickens. horses. etc.; picked fourteen
bushels Of apples, put them In the csl-
lar, pulled two stacks OF beans, and
hauled in three large loads Of pump
kins, and after digging and picking up
fifteen bushels Of potatoes, pulling thir-
ty bushels OF beets and turndps, and
twenty-five heads OF cabbage, put them
all in the cellar herself. -Kennebec
Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
The Constellation.

''The makers Of our constitution, in
structed by the experience of the colo
MES, by the State constitutions already
adopted, and by earlier lessons from
British history, found an easy agree
ment upon the general principle that
the judicial power Of the United States
should be vested in separate and indie
pendent department" writes ex-Presi-
dent Harrison In his This Country Of
Ours paper in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. 1.-THE division Of powers viii be
made palmer by bringing together the
opening sentences Of the first three arti-
cles Of the constitution:
ARTICLE l. All legislative powers
herein granted shall be vested in Con-
gress Of the United States
".Article 2. The executive power
shall be vested In a President Of the
United States Of America
"'Article 3. The judicial power Of the
United States shall be vested in one Su-
preme Court and in such inferior courts
as the Congress may from time to time
ordain and establish
Upon this threefold frame the other
provisions Of the constitution are hung.
The limitations upon the powers OF the
United States courts win be more clear
y .1naenstood II what has been before
eA16 . another connection 3 recalled
h1ee aMely, that the powers Of GOV.
k1aoaAin this country are divided be
tNe1A tie nation and the BMtea upou
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
The trading failures by months:
7,609,174
1O.S63.64O

In 1894 the January failures reached
32319, 232. a higher aggregate than in
any other month for three years, because
the yearly settlements brought home dis
aster to many who had been weakened
by the panic of 1893. There followed a
swift decline in magnitude of liabilities,
and throughout 1894 the range was CON-
paratively low. both in manufacturing
and in trading, aud it did not greatly
ichange until December it reached $22,-
So, 1853, in which month q considerable
rise nearly every year precedes the an
nual settlements. In 1895 the failures
following such settlements were unusual
Ily low, and the range would again have
been low through most of the year ex-
icept for specially large manufacturing
failures in two months, May and June,
which included the Cordage Company for
nearly $1OOOO,OOO, the Walter Wood
Harvester Company and the Manning
brewery. The December rise was slight
ily greater than in 1894, and subsequent
failures in January indicated that the
wrecks had been less thoroughly cleared
away.
This year the marked rise in March
was directly traced to the fact that sew
sseral large manufacturing and two large
dry goods houses had failed to distribute
.goods produced or purchased tn 1895, and
the subsequent decrease promised fair
summer record when there came the po-
itical agitation and alarm already men,
itioned. This disturbance affected manu-
featuring concerns first and most largely.
though others of Importance afterward
suffered. s
The ratio Of liabilities to all firms in
business il about 30 per cent. smaller than
in the third quarter with it's disastrous
excitement, although slightly larger than
In the fourth quarter of last year. This
raises the average for the year about 80
per cent. above last years, but not near
to that of 1893 or some earlier years of
misfortune.
The ratio of defaulted liabilities to pay
ments through clearing houses, which are
taken as roughly representing the volume
OF solvent business. was in the fourth
quarter $3.77 to $1,000. against $3.46 in
the same quarter of last year. but $6.O6
in the previous quarter Of political alarm.
This makes the ratio for the entire year
$i.37, which has been surpassed since
1873 only in the years 1884 and 1898.
Compared with last year the increase Is
nearly third, although most Of the ex-
cess occurred, as has been shown, in only
two months.
Besides the commercial failures, as
above reported, there we're 1875 failures Of
banks during the year, with liabilities
closely approximating to $50, OOO, 900. For
the year 1895 there were 18z failures,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07

the principle that certain powers afol
set Oh to the United States, and all 9th
er powers, save few that are prohlb-.
tied. are retained by the States. The.
constitution enumerates the covers
which the people have given to the ma,
ton. The judicial power or the Unit
ed States -. therefore, such power Of
. judicial nature as the constitution
gives to the United States more.
The fetidue Of the judicial powey the
people have reserved in the grant to the
United States, and have given the
whole, Or such part OF this reserved
power 40 pleased them, to the State
courts"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07

The Civilizing Power OF Irrigation.
The evolution process of the last
twenty years has brought out some very
valuable lessons for the future of Cali
fornia. 1t has demonstrated that irri-
CATION Is essential to the highest stand
ard OF civilization. The census of
1890 revealed the fact that two-thirds
of the gain In rural population stood
to the credit Of eight counties where
irrigation prevailed. The counties
which rely upon rainfall had about
reached standstiIl or scored loss.
The people have always been divided
on the question as to whether irnga-
ton is necessary. Those who oppose
urge that it breeds malaria and injares
the quality of the fruit. Those who
favor insist that it Is essential to the
most scientific agriculture, and to The
maintenance Of dense population The
last twenty years have answered the
question forever. The answer CONSISTS
of a comparison between the South and
the North. The one was born Of the
irrigation canal; the other of the min
ing camp and the wheat ranch. The
one is characterized by a high civfliza-
ton; the other by low one.-Centluy..
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
Tho Deadly Stamp


One Of the newest diseases Ia the post
age stamp tongue. The credit Of dis
covering It is due to English physicians.
1t appears that the mucilage Itself 10
injurious, and that, further, 1t IL an ex-
cellent cultivating medium for germs Of
the worst character. In the ailment
called postage stamp tongue the latter
il sore and covered with red spots. A
bad sore throat Is likely TO follow Il
great care is not taken. Apart from
the specific disease of the tongue, any
contagious disease may be acquired
through the medium of the mucilage.
Never HEX postage stamp with your
tongue, say the physicians. It shows .
great lack Of cleanliness and hygienio
knowledge.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07

but the aggregate of liabilities was only
$2O.71O.21O. The railroad receiverships
during the year 1896 embrace 1850 miles,
with stock issues amounting to $780,
500 and bonded and other indebtedness
amounting to $153.252. 724. The bonded
Indebtedness was slightly larger than in
1876. but the stock very much smaller,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
Not Worth II.

Judge Walton, who presides over
court at Washington, Ia man OF grim
humor. One time, in the lobby. . menu
Der Of the bar was seeking to convey
the impression to group, Of whom
Judge Walton was the center, that hin
income from his profession was very,
large.
II have to earn good DEAL" the law
yer said; 1T seems large story to tell,
Judge, but my personal expenses are
six thousand dollars q year. It costs
me that to Nve."
THAT is too much, Brother s."
said the Judge; II wouldn't pay It; Il
isn't worth it!'
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
Here's q Cool House.


The house of the water tubes is the re-
markable building freak OF German
inventor, who claims that he has solved
the problem Of constant temperature
that may be regulated at will, and in
'cidentally secured a structure that COM
bines the elements of strength, comfor.
and beauty. 4
He first put up a skeleton of his house,
the frame for walls and floors being Of
water tubing, connected with a pump
ing and boiler system In the basement.
Around this skeleton he put up his
house in the ordinary way. The tubes
were within the walls and between the
floors and ceilings. In the summer time
this tubing Is connected with the regu-
lar water supply and a steady stream
flows through the pipes in the walls and
under the floors, circulating under pres
sure, absorbing the heat OF the walls
and floors as it flows. During the long
and severe winter the tubing is connect
ed with the boiler and water heated to
100 degrees forced through the circuit
Of pipes. The water at the outlet Is
found to have decreased to 40 degrees,
the remaining 60 degrees having been
distributed throughout the house. The
speed Of the circulation OF water can be
regulated SO as to allow the fixing and
maintenance Of a certain temperature
throughout the building.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
Race Track Veterans.

When the racing career of horse
Is o~er he IS seldom, IL ever, heard from
again. The stations, II OF good breed
ing, go to the stud and often become
famous through their posterity, and
the mares Of every class go to the stock
farms. Very few of the geldings are
killed outright, yet broken-down thor.
oughbred is about Of ~ much use as
last years sunbeam.
Jay Eye See may be seen nearly every
day on the streets Of the city where
J. /. Case makes his reapers. Parole.
the winner Of eighty.seven races In this
country and In England, is on Pierre
Lorillards place at Jobstown, N. Y.
Patrick, the property of Pat Dunno,
Chlcago's famous horseman, has been
turned out to end his days in peace
and plenty Of grass on Eugene Leigh's
farm.
Old Barnum, who ran until he was
16 years old, earned the title of the IRON
Horse long before PA" Bradley's Blit-
zen was foaled. Barnum's last appear
ance In race was at East st. Louis,
where he was beaten by lot Of cheap
skates, SAD end to the racing career
of the conqueror of Hanover.
Lexington, Longfellow, Glence, Bon
ME Scotland and bennington died on
the farms they helped to make famous.
But to old Sunday belongs the honor
Of dying under saddle in the field Of
battle. Sunday, by Sun Dance, was
big, handsome bay horse. He was
terror In the ring for several YEARS, IN.
til at last he outlived his usefulness and
died from poison administered in an ap-
pie. In the Enclosure, just at the head
Of the home-stretch, the old spriuter
lies buried. A marble slab marks the
spot, which Is fenced with iron as
result Of contribution from many ad-
mirers OF the old campaigner who had
proflted by his gameness and speed
Boston Standard.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
Not to BE Thoughts or.

Miss Marion Peck. niece Of Ferdinand
Peck, of Chicago, two years ago began
sitting for full length portrait to-
James Mcneil Whistler. In all there
were ninety sittings, extending over
period Of two years, in London and
Paris. The portrait was finished last
spring, and the price, a big sum, was
rendered the artist. He refused to part
with the portrait, however. 'sWhat!s
said he. ''send this masterpiece to Chi
cagot No, indeedr' He has steadily
refused to part with it.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
The Reason.

She-Ma says she knows that when
We are married we won't live 20 Nike
cats and dogs as she and pa do. He
No, indeed! Your ma y right. 'Yss;
she says she IL sure you'll be eaGisr TO
manage than pa lA"-New Yosk
Weekly. ~
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07

The comparison with returns of the
closing months of 1893 has not heretofore
been published. as the reporting force at
all the offices had not then become suffi-
GENTLY familiar with the improved meth
cd to insure entire accuracy, but as now
printed the returns are substantially cor
rect. The manufacturing failures in that
quarter were about $27 .5O5,3 1865 in amount
and the trading about $50, 515 1865. with
$6,OO4,O67 of brokers and other CONNER
cial concerns. The manufacturing fail
ures by months are separately shown as
follows:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
1AER@QGMAA.@
Eeslgzldl@ik!g<sss!'

The daughters Of the Prince Of Wales
could swim before they could read.
Orchids the color Of pale gold are the
favorite flowers OF Mrs. Oliver Iseain.
Mr.. Ruskin Is In good health again.
but still abstains from all literary work.
Melba has 100000 invested In
gowns, It II said, one Of them having
cost $4,000.
Mayor Houghton, Of North Adams,
Mass, has given his 81 600 salary for
the loch hospital. 4
Col. Frederick d. Grant has been Wis
ting the old Grant homestead, at East
Windsor Hill, Conn.
Robert Louis Stevenson's grave In the
Apia Mountains Is said to be painfully
neglected.
Mrs. Sidney Lanier IL giving adings
from her late husbands works, and Is
meeting with great success.
Mrs. John Rockefeller Is as devoted
to hospitals where her charities are con-
cerned as her husband Is to UNIVERSE
ties.
Miss victorine Thomas Artz, Of Chi
cago, has made gift Of $4,000 to the
Boston Public Library as Longfellow
memorial.
The Queen Of Greece Is an accom-
plished yachtswoman, holds a masters
certificate and Is an honorary admiral
In the Russian navy.
The sultan has appointed five Chris
tians-one an Armenian, the others
Greeks-as deputy governors Of differ
ent provinces in Asia Minor.
Mr.. Kato, the secretary Of the Japan
csc legation in Paris, has just been ap-
pointed commissioner general Of Japan
at the exposition Of 1900.
Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, who has
been at Cincinnati undergoing treat
ment for bis throat, is greatly improved.
DR.. Daniel G. Brinton has proved that
the first battle ON American soil in
which horses were used was that at
Cintla, in Tobasco, Mexico, in March,
1919.
DR.. Milo A. Jewett, United States con-
sui at Sivas, Asia Minor, Is in Boston
on a leave Of absence, after about five
years continuous service in Armenia.
The Queen Regent Of Spain, who will
soon have a motor carriage, will be the
first European sovereign to use one.
1t will be known as an electric victo-
ria"
r. L. Stevenson, Prof. Henry Drum
mond and Ian Maclaren" were class
mates at the Edinburgh University, and
not one of them won distinction as a
student.
The famous Hungarian artist, NJ. Mi
chael Munkacsy, the painter Of Christ
Before Plate and other noble works,
is said to be suffering from paralysis Of
the spinal cord.
NJ. Maxine Avoine, the Paris seulp-
tor, committed suicide over his dismis-
sal from the Ecole Des Aries Decora-
tits for expressing revolutionary views
of the Carrneaux troubles.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
SUICIDE OF A BANKER.
w. A. Hammond, of National Bank Of
Illinois, Kills Himself.

Illinois, Kills Himself.
William A. Hammond, second vice pres
ident of the National Bank Of Illinois,
ended his life in the Evanston waters Of
Lake Michigan at daybreak Saturday.
Six hours later the waves threw his dead
body upon the shore. The body Of the
banker was found half mile north of the
pier, where the shore current and a south
east gale had carried it. Mr.. Hammond
had been charged with wrecking the Ma
tional Bank Of Illinois, Of which he was
the active manager, by his heavy fnan'
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07

cling of the Calumet Electric Railway,
and other schemes, with bank funds. The
shame and wrong of his position since the
failure of the bank are believed to have
unbalanced his mind and driven him to
suicide.
Mr.. Hammond was As years old. In
1888 he married Miss Ida Strong. They
have four children. Mr.. Hammond began
learning the banking business as clerk
in the National Bank Of Illinois, when
that concern was first organized. He
obtained his situation on the strength OF
his personal connections and the good
reputation he enjoyed in society. His
father was the Rev. HI. l.. Hammond,
one of the best-known Congregational
clergymen. Gradually he rose from clerk
to paying teller, to assistant cashier, to
cashier, and finally to second vice presi-
dent. For several years past the control
of the bank was largely in his hands, 40
President Schneider grew too old to be
active in the management. 1t was ex.
pected that Mr.. Hammond would sue
coed President Schneider as the head OF
the institution.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07

Messrs. Moody and Sankey are to hold
. series Of revival services in Cincinnati
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
Karl's Waeoa.

In Germany the star group which ~
call the big dipper" y knoxn -
"Karls wager"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07

The directors of the Butler & Pitsbury
Railroad met at Pittsburg3 and passed q
resolution In favor of amalgamating with
the Pittsburg, Shenango and Lake Erie
10 form the Pittsburg, Bessemer and
Lake Erie Road. The combination win
have a capital Of $1OO0O,O 600.