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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21
THE RETROACTIVE CLAUSE.
A Point scored by the Democrats at
the Senate.


The democratic side OF the senate
have scored an important side and one
that the business interests OF the coun-
try will appreciate in compelling the
republican tariff thinkers TO agree 10 the
striking out of the retroactive clause Of
the Dingley bill when that measure
reaches The senate.
The certainty that Senator Vests
resolution censuring Secretary Gage for
putting the clause into effect 10 the
embarrassment and Inconvenience of
Importers would be adopted by the sen.
ate when 1t came up forced the MEM
bers of the subcommittee having the
consideration OF the Dingley bill In
charge TO promise that the objection
able section should he eliminated.
Customs officials and importers will
doubtless be appraised at once that the
order of Secretary Gage. susnending
final liquidation Oh all goods received at
the custom houses after April /. is not
to be enforced. 1t has beer considered
impracticable and unconstitutional
from the start. and its revocation will
itllIft tDilttlOlo dllI DuAlAtco Htu lIblu
great annoyance.
1t is reported that many OF the re-
publican senator's are not griesing over
the killing of this unpopular provision
OF the Dingley bill, for the lacking on
of what was clearly an ex-post facto
clause was considered by the more clear.
sighted leaders as very bad Legislation
md x.or,, laI aa1tftnc Tkax on~CiIav
il better for the future welfare of the
party that the clause is to be wiped out.
1t vas not only an undignified Juggling
with the provisions of the constitution,
but was a serious and unwarranted in
reference with the rights of importers
under laws still existent, involving con-
fusion and uncertainty to them in them
commercial operations.
There is no doubt that II would be ac-
ceptable to the country at large if q
majority Of the senate would carry the
same principle still further and strike
out other features of the Dingley bill
which amour to such a subversion of
legitimate legislative functions as to be
at variance with at least the spirit OF
the constitution and which by radical
changes in the present law seriously
menace the stability of trade and in.
dustry. Taking from the free list. for
example, the untaxed raw materials
which certain industries have found es.
sential for profitable operations and
successful competition here and abroad,
involves the serious disarrangement OF
business organization and loss to labor
amounting to as great nm embarrass.
mcnt and interference with Legitimate
trade as Secretary Cages order to the
customs collectors.
Well will it be for the republican sen.
ators and for their party prospects il
they defer to the complaints of those
great industries that oppose the in.
justice and hardship Of a duty on wool,
a duty on hides, a duty on lumber. q
duty on salt, and so on. as they have
hardened to the protests Of the import
ers against retroaction.-Detroit Free
| Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

The above is taken from the Ameri-
can Corn and Hog Journal. The nutri-
ton of an artichoke is in the form Of
sugar. therefore always ready for use
OF the part of the eater. One acre will
keep from 20 to 30 head of hogs dur
ing the winter months. i find that low
black soil, land which is too frosty for
many crops. is fine soil for the arti-
choke, for freezing will not injure
them.
They often yield on good land as high
as 500 bushels per acre. There is a vast
difference in artichokes. The native
or wild kind is worthless. while the
improved variety is of great value. l
grow the improved white French, grown
largely in France for domestic use as
well as for stock. Some time ago they
were introduced into this country anil
close cultivation has proven them to
be a sure and profitable crop for this
country.
/ have been experimenting with them
for over five years in the way of Guilt
vating, harvesting, feeding and keep
ing over winter. They are very profit
able because no insect, blight or rust
has yet struck them. and the tops make
a fodder superior to corn when proper
ly handled. / find keeping them through
winter is a difficult thing to do without
having them spoil, unless n person un-
derstands it. l will give my method.
/ pick out a dry spot and dig a pit not
over ten inches deep and about five
feet wide, and as long n convenient.
Then 1 pile the tubers up to a peak.
putting on a shallow layer Of straw
and not over five inches of dirt. If more
dirt is put pm they will surely heat and
spoil. and if they freeze solid il will
not injure the growing or feeding quail
ties; it makes them sweeter and bet.
ter. II. Van Ness. in Ohio Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21
AN EXCELLENT FOOD.
Arttchokes Possess More Nutritlve
vaiu Than Other Roots.

The wonderful productiveness and
ease with which the improved variety
can be produced is always a surprise
them. They are an excellent food for
cattle, sheep and horses, and one of the
cheapest and healthiest hog foods
raised, and for mich cows they ex-
Gel any -oot / ever fed for increasing
the flow and making the milk much
richer. Last ~ipier this variety was
tested at the Fremont creamery on a
small scale and the report was very
good. Chemical analysis proves that
the artichoke isn't behind in nutrition,
compared with other roots:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

President McKinley's recent appoint
mcnts are being criticised ms partisan.
Eloquently many esteemed contempt
raries point put the fact that these APP
pointments are made solely in the in.
terest of the republican machine. This
criticism is amusing. What sane man
ever expected anything else? Who
would seriously anticipate any impor.
tant appointment being made By n re.
publican official for any reason cave the
furthering Of republican machine ends?
A public Office, in the republican point
OF view, is purely n party affair. Why
criticise Mckinley for following the
tradition Of mis- tribe and appointing
purely for partisan purposes7-Tam
many Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

The commissioner of internal reve
nue. reports that in nine years 44o, oOo,.
900 pounds Of oieon.srgarinc have been
made and sold in this country. This
bogus product has taken the place o,
butter to the value Of about SIS. 900
And it is safe to say that nine pounds ir
every ten have been consumed under
the impression that 1t was butter. Some
cattlemen denounce laws restricting
the sale and use Of oleomargarine and
declare that the manufacture Of the
stuff adds quite q sum to the value OF
every animal sold. One who can be.
lieve that oleo has added SIS. 000. 900 ia
the value Of cattle In nine years can
believe anything, with or without svt
aanos-Dakota Field and Farm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21
WORKINGMEN DELUDED.
How the Monopolist Come Ii over Il
PeOUle.

How the Monopolist Come Ii Over the
People,.
In the specifications of the legislation
asked by the Federation of Labor for
the relief Of the idle workingmen there
Is mention of an ei%ght-hour law. the
reform of the currency, the restriction
of immigration and liberal %appropria-
tions for internal improvements, but
not a word about the protective tariff.
Maj. Mckinley, Boss Hanna, Speaker
Reed and Mr.. Dingley, who are running
the country "in the interest Of the work
ingmcn," will doubtless be greatly sur
prised when they read the federation's
memorial to find that the great benef-
.ence of a high tariff has been entirely
overlooked by its supposed b~cneiciaries.
They will rub their eyes with astonish-
ment when they find that nearly every
other kind of legislation has been pre-
ferred by the laborers to that wonderful
specific for hard times-the protective
tariff.
This is evidently all wrong. All Of the
distinguished statesmen mentioned
have repeatedly declared that the very
thing needed to bring prosperity, health
and happiness to the working men is a
protective tariff, and that the higher
IL Is the better. They have represented
the workingmen as hungering and
thirsting for tariff taxes and have
averred that millions Of them went to
the polls and voted the republican ticket
chiefly because the republicans prom
Used them a bountiful supply Of pros
pcrity taxes. 1t is evident that the
working men do not know what Is good
for them or what they want.
But the error OF the working men does
not stop there. In their remarkable
memorial they ask whether the 'inter-
ests of the trusts, syndicatcs, monopo-
lies, corporations and moneyed men
shall be of more Importance than the
welfare Of the people"
Surely these working men are fools
and blind II they do not see that the in
terests of the trusts and synNdicates are
the interests of the people. Did not the
trusts and syndicntes save the country
in the recent campaign? III millions
were not given to the trusts and syndi-
Gates, how would the poor eet any
money? II there were no tariff parons,
who would build beautiful memorials
Tor the delectation of the poor?f
We have too much confidence in the
hrmncss and patriotism Of the repub-
lican statesmen In control Of the party
TO believe that they will be diverted
from their high purpose Of taxing the
country into prosperity by the plea Of
The working men, who do not realize
what blessings big taxes are.--St. Louis
Republic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21
STATE OF ONO, Clrr or TOLEDO, -.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner OF the firm Of +. J. Cheney
4 Co., doing business in the city Of Toledo,
County ard State aforesaid, and that said
6rm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars for each aud every case Of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use Of Halls CataTrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in my
presence, this Cth day OF December, A. ID.
1sS6. "A. w. GLEASON,
[Seal1 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system; Send for testimonIsls.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21
TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL.


The Exposition in c-ommemoration of the
nundredth anniversary Of the admission OF
Tennessee into the Union is not a local af
fair by any means. 1t far surpasses in ex'
tent of buildings, beauty of grounds, inter
esting exhibits and number of both foreign
and home attractions any exhibition ever
held in this country, with the possible ex.
ception of the Columbian of 1893. Located
as it is on the main line of the Louisville 4
Nashville Railroad it is in the direct line
OF travel between the North and the South,
and can be visited en- route with loss OF but
little time. The extremely low rates that
have been established make it cheaper TO &c
this great show, while its own attractions
will well repay a special visit. Write Mr.
c. p. Atmore, Genl Pass. Agent, Louis
vile, Ky, for matter concerning it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21
PULLEY SAVES LOTS OF WORK.

rugged above the opening in the plat
form. These pulleys can be bought for
a trifie at the hardware store. The
larger the pulley, the easier, Of course.
will the water be drawn. A light frame
work a quickly be built above tho
well in the manner shown. for the at
tachment Of the pullcy.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

The banquet speeches OF the gold
democrats were fill Of great ptcten.
s'ons as usual. A Mr.. Bryan says they
reach their maximum at a banauSet and
,neir minimum at the poIIs"-tb,ey "are
long on platitudes and short On per.
iorpancsr-Illinois State Jaetut.e
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret,
candy cathertic, cure guaranteed. l0c, 25c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

Mr.. Dinglcy says the present con.
gross is pledged 70 provide adequate
revenues. But will his bill do anything
Of the kind? Do prohibttive duties
yield revenues In lavish abundanAsf-
N. Y. World
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

The Old Fashioned Way.-"What was
yer daddy lickin' you for?' asked the half.
grown boy. The other half-erown boy an
swered: 20, be was jist provin' to me that
the whale really did swaller Joner."-ln-
dianapolis Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

Boys who are always waiting for the high
est wages are generally out OF a job.-Wash-
ington Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

After physicians had given me up, i was
saved by Piso's Cure.-Ralph Erieg, Viii
Transport, Pa, Nov. %, 1898.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

Over 400, 900 cured. Why not let No o-B a'
regulate or remove your desire tor tobacco
Saves money, makes health and manhood
Cure guaranteed. SOC and 81 90, all druggists
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

Anything first-class is hard to equal
Washington Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

THE MARKETS.

A good laugh il like sunshine to the sou
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

People kick when a show ~ too long and
also when it is too short.-Washington Dem
ocrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

The pain Of sciatica is cruel. The cure
by st. Jacobs Oil is sure. 1t penetrates.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

Years of rheumatism have ended with
cure by st. Jacobs Oil. Cures promptly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

A pair Of scissors is always lost Atchisor
Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21

A real trifing man is always weighing
Observation-Disclosures Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-21
FOB RAISING T

Pulley Rugged Over the Well saves
Lots Of Hard Work.
On many farms the water is raised
from the well by a bucket and rope.
A great aid in such a case is a pulley
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-01
weaseIs Dodge Bullets.

a friend and were out afterground-
hcgs. 1 had Winchester .22-15, he
my Ithaca shotgun. We saw what l"6
thought was a chipmunk with it's head
out of knothole in log, and he fired
at it. When we got to the log l saw
something run, and also found a dead
weasel. Dunkle began poking in the
log, and a weasel stuck it's head out of
the knothole, and 1 fired at it from. /
should think, about 20 feet Dunkle
called: You never touched him. /
tried several times with the same re-
suit, the weasel always disappearing
into hole in the log right where his
head had been. Finally Dunllle moved
while | was taking aim, and the weasel
turned its head and killed it. We got
five, four of which L killed with the
rife, but did not kill one with it's eyes
turned toward me. One got out in the
bark of the log, and small hole af-
forded fine peep hole for it. 1 put
three bullets in that hole, which was
hardly large enough to let the weaSeTs
head out, but never touched him-For-
est and Stream
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-01
A Timely Present.

Tom was q colored boy about five, liz
a southern town, and he was lazy and
careless, but not so much so that he
di! not manage to get along somehow.
And Tom fell in love, for Cupid is no re-
specter of color or condition, but he
went up against his poverty at the first
move, and then he began to think a
way out. AS an experiment, he went
into the Office of the clerk who pre-
sides over the marriage licenses.
Colonel" he said, "if Use gwinte:
git married, would you give me a wed'
din PRESENT."
'Well. Tom," said the colonel, I'm
not i'll that business, but seeing that il
is you. / think 1 might do something.
What would you like to have? Some
thing useful?"
Deed, boss, doan' want no udder
Kind of truck. 1 only wants what ]
needs. boss"
"All right Tell me what you would
like, and I'll see if / can stand it."
Tom hesitated, and then rushed in.
Il reckon, boss" he said, dat a mar
rage license wud do me more good
Gan mos any udder present you could
se1eck."
Nothing venture, nothing have, and
Tom passed over the first obstacle In
triumph.-Detroit Free Press.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-01

rough war days and those that closely
followed them, especially by those Off
GERS who were themselves graduated
from the ranks of the yolunteers-it
was for trespass on the Walton place.
The fellow had climbed the fence and
was pilfering among the old fruit trees
when caught by Madam Walton. That
was bad enough, but he had been i'm
pudent to her, which was worse. The
men themselves would probably have
ducked him in the stream-the old,
self-respectings soldiers, that is-had the
captain not ordered his summary pun
ishment. Lambert was wondering
what steps he should take in the inter
ests of discipline, when he finally blew
out his candle, determined. if possible
thing, to get to sleep. 1t was just a
quarter-past 12 when he wound his
watch and slowed it under his rude
pillow. His revolver, the days pur-
chase, lay, with some matches, close at
hand. He had even placed his sword
and belt at the foot of his cot The
last thing ne thought of before closing
a lantern on the morrow, even if he
bought it of Cohen; but it was also the
last thing he thought of when the NOR
row came.
Was it the wind again, whispering
ugly things, or the ghost of Lady Wal
ton, with her calculated tongue. that
reused him, he knew not how many
minutes or hours = later? Some
thing was whispering, surely. The
wind had been doing good deal of that
sort of thing all the night long among
the leaves, good deal of snarling and
growing at times, and there was NUT
tered snarling going on around him
now. That might be the wind; but the
wind would not trip up over tent
rope and say such blasphemous things
about it, even if it did nearly pull the
flimsy structure down. In an instant
Lambert was wide awake.
who's there?'' he challenged stern
Iy.
No anSwer--not in words, at least
but there was sound as of stealthy, yet
hurried movement, more straining at
the ropes on the side nearest the cap
tain's tent, and heavy. startled breath
ing.
who's there?" he repeated, reaching
for the revolver. Answer, or fire."
Then came mighty strain, jerk, a
stumble and plunge the sound as Of a
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-01

heavy fall, followed by instanS scram-
bic and rush of footballs around the
rear of camp. Lambert was out of bed
and into his boots in half minute;
but in his haste he upset the chair on
which lay the matches, and the box
went rolling to the floor. Pistol in
hand, he darted out in the night and
found it black as Erebus. Quickly he
ran to the first sergeant's tent, but
Burns was hard to waken after the
long days work. Once reused, how
ever, he was soon out, lantern in hand,
while Lambert hastily dressed, and
then together they secuted camp. A
glance at their tent showed that Riggs
and Murphy were still absent. A peep
two o'clock; search around Lambert's
tent revealed nothing beyond the fact
that the corner peg to which the tent
fly was guyed was torn from the
ground, and the soft, sandy soil showed
that heavy boot-heels had made their
imprint. Then Burns, still lantern
bearing, went crouching low around
the back of Closes tent, while Lambert,
with straining ears, stood stock still an
instant in front, then, of sudden, tore
like mad through the rousing camp,
out past the dim white canvas of the
wagons, out past the startled sentry,
up the steep pathway to the hard red
road beyond, down which he ran on
the wings of the wind till he reached
the gateway to the forbidden ground,
for woman's agonized shrek had
rung out upon the night, and the sound
of blows, of crashing glass, of fierce
and desperate struggle, of muttered
oaths, of painting. pleading, half-stifed
cries, of wild dismay and renewed
screams for help, all came crowding on
the ear from the heart of the Walton
place.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-01
ITo BE Continued
AN ABLE PRACTICAL JOKE.
1t Created Considerable Excitement in a
University City.

1t Created Considerable Excitement in a
University City.
The Cambridge (England) Independ-
ent Press retells the story of the hoax
perpetrated upon the civic and uni
versity authorities at Cambridge on the
occasion of the visit of the late shah of
Persia to that country. 1t was on Sat
urday, June %, 1873, at IL o'clock in the
forenoon that a telegram was found
lying on the hallkeeper's table in the
Guildshall. 1t was directed to the
worshipful, the' mayor of Cambridge,
was signed by Lieut.. Col. Hamilton,
and read as follows:
t'His imperial majesty, the shah OF
Persia, desires to visit your university
town to-day en- route for London by
special, arriving at Cambridge station
about 10 o'clock. Be prepared with
escort and reception AS far as time
allows"
Instantly everybody began tunbling
over his fellow. The town clerk was
sent for and messages were dispatched
to the vice-chancellor, the members of
the corporation, the volunteer officers,
and the cook of ST. Peters college
kitchen. The vice-chancellor hurried to
his robes, the aldermen and council
ors did ditto, the volunteers donned
their uniforms, and the cook began to
boil and fry.
Nor was the general public behind
hand. Flags were hung out and crowds
gathered in the streets. DIR. Cookson,
the vice chancellor (irreverently known
in those days as Dismal Jimmy'') /,
made his way to the station as fast
as his dignity would permit, TIE
mayor, Mr.. t. III. Naylor, and the cor
poration followed suit. A guard Of
honor and carriages were in waiting,
and soon everybody was there except
the shah. Then the news few around
that the railway officials knew nothing
about the special train, and after u
brief delay it was apparent that the
whole thing was hoax. The perpetra-
tors of the hoax were never discovered,
though two persons were afterward
freely mentioned in connection with it.
In the year of grace 1873 the era of prac-
tical jokes was past, but had the au-
tbors of the shah's visit been alive in the
days of Theodore Hook they might
have lived in Northumberland News.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-01
Six Hints Given by an Experienced
Laundress.

Laundress.
Sort your clothes in five grades. First
towels, table and bed linen; second
family linen; third, light colored
clothes; fourth, dark colored clothes;
fifth, fannels and stockings.
Have plenty of the best soap, with
boraX, starch and blueing at hand Add
boraX to the water in the proportion OF
one tablespoonful to pailful of water
Colored cotton clothing of delicate
shades should have the color set before
washing. Add of salt heaping table
spoonful to each pailful of cold water
and do not apply soap directly to the
article.
In cold weather dry indoors to pre-
vent freezing. y little kerosene oil put
In the hot starch will prevent it from
sticking.
A teaspoonful of borax to a quart OF
cold starch will make it stiff Table
cloths should have as few creases in
them as possible. Crease them twice
lengthwise; have them very damp and
iron them perfectly dry; fold over once
or twice, according to their lengths.
and place them carefully in a long
drawer.
Fold napkins square with the initial
On the outside. They should always
be ironed perfectly dry; then put away
nicely in the draw Chicago Tribune.