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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
Is A Vote Thrown Away?

How foolish is the statement that
Prohibitionists "throw away" theil
votes because they cannot elect Their
candidates. Suppose the two old
parties would declare for legalized
gambling h)uses-one championing
high license and the other low Ii
cense. A third party would nomi-
nate its candidates on no license
platform and insis. that the whole
business should be prohibited.
Friend, how would you vote? To
vote with either of the old partif S
would be to give your consent to .e-
galized gambling, and you would
have no reason to complain if your
boy should become a professional
gambler, because you voted for a
government school to educate him.
On the other hand vote for the
third party would be an official pro-
test against the proposition. Would
that vote be thrown away? No, NO!
Even if there were only 10 votes out
of thousand against the gambling
houses, every vote would count, and
you would not be responsible for the
consequences. The writer can say
with a clear conscience that he is
not in any way whatever response
BILE for the rum traffic OF America,
because he votes for prohibition at
every election. No man who votes
the Democratic or Republican tick
ct can truthfully say as much. The
minister and deacon who votes for
the old parties are equally guilty
with the saloon keeper before God
and man of the crime of liquor sell.
ing. A vote for the right is never
thrown away. Voice.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
w. C. T. U. .COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
A YOUNG MANS HISTORY.
Our Readers Will do Well TO Avoid Fol-
lowing His Example.

first saw him in social party
He took but one glass of wine, and
that at the urgent solicitation of a
young lady to whom he had been
introduced.
next saw him, when he suppos-
ed he was unseen, taking "A glass tc
satisfy slight desire. He Knocked
at the thought Of danger.
next saw him, late in the even
ing in the street, unable to walk
home. | assisted him thither, and
we parted.
| next saw him ree!ing out of Q
low groggery. A confused stare
was on his countenance, and words
of blasphemy were on his tongue,
and shame was gone.
| saw him cnce more. He was
cold and motionless and was carried
by his friends to his last resting
place. In the small procession that
followed, every head was cast down.
His fathers gray hairs were going
to the grave with sorrow; his mother
wept that she had given birth to
such a child.
| returned home, musing on his
future state. | opened the Bible
and read "Be not deceived. Drunk
ards shall not inherit the kingdom
of Cod
This is a sad story. Alas that il
should be truel When a boy, our
poor friend was as happy and bright
as any of us. More than once,
when students together, did he
sneer at my teetotalism. When |
urged him to sign the pledge, he
laughed at me and scoffed at the
bare suggestion Of danger.
Poor Fred His father had the
glass on the table, and there the APP
petite was formed. Young men be-
ware of the first glass. Fathers,
Danish the glass from your tables if
you would not bury your sons as
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

This was was the easiest way OF
controlling national legislation.
Had there been a positive compact,
and an aggressive minority party
standing for principle, the cry of
distress would not be heard in this
land today. Had there been such
a party the Standard oil trust never
could have nominated the same
man three times in succession for
the presidency. Trading politicians
made this possible. Compromisers,
traders and neutral men never cor
rect abuses, never founded or saved
free institutions, and never fight
for human rights. Only men OF
conviction and courage can save
this land.
Unfortunately, we seem to have
been slowly and unconsciously los
ing our personal independence.
Through the scramble for the dol
lar, the longing for position and the
dread OF criticism, we are becom-
ing coward y in conscience. in
thought and action, and are losing
our brthrights.
No other country has drawn SO
much from the store house of ON
Impotence as has ours. In all that
makes wealth, greatness or glory
we have been overloaded. Limit.
less riches are within our grasp,
centuries of happiness are within
our reach. A kindly Father bids
us go forth and enjoy the estate He
has prepared for us. Meantime we
have fallen into the hands of the
despoiler, and the poison of politi-
cal leprosy is entering our blood.
If we submit, all is lost; if we rise
in our manhood and crush the
enemy it will give a new inspira-
ton to mankind. 1t will be a new
declaration of independence, broad
er and deeper than that of our fore
fathers. In every state the people
are aroused; they see their condi-
ton growing worse; they see the
hope of their children disappearing |;
they see poverty hanging over the
future; they see the black flag of
hunger floating over citizens of the
richest nation of Gods eartn, and
they are crying for Justice.
My friends, that cry will free the
American people. Even if we
should be borne down, again and
again, the voice of humanity will
arise from the dust and drive the
money-changers out of the temple,
and the traitors out of the land.
The Benedict Arnold of 1880 sleeps
in English soil. Let the Benedict
Arnolds of this age make their
graves beside him."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
The Last Eclipse.

The second and final eclipse OF
the year 1897 will occur Thursday
July 20. 1t is an annular eclipse
of the sun and will be visible to the
entire United States. 1t begins
STANDARD time) at 80 a. M, and
ends at 10 o'clock a. m, occupying
two hours and 80 minutes, and ac-
cording to weather prophet Hicks
WILDE followed by many atmospheric
disturbances, accompanied by Sc
we're thunder and rain storms. The
hottest days Of the year will be CEN
tered around this period.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
Huntingburg Argus: Tn

Huntingburg Argus: The trus-
tee Of Ferdinand township has just
completed a handsome frame school
house in district No. 4, and is max
ing preparations to erect two story
brick graded school building al
Ferdinand. The trustee Of Jeffer-
son township has under construc-
ton a modern school house at Men
tor, and the trustee Of Cass town
ship will soon add a new house to
his townships list. It Is situated
in the Mt. Zoar neighborhood on
the Pike county line.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
What Your Tobacco Costs.

The consumption of tobacco il
the United States has already reach
ed an enormous amount, according
to the report of the commissioner o.
internal revenue for 1896. The
number of cigars on which tax was
paid was 1888, 1892, 767; cigarettes
2 1884 ,53S, ,760; number Of pounds
manufactured tobacco and snuf
|253, $3.50 The estimated valu,
of the cigars at seven cents each,
the cigarettes at one cent each anc
the tobacco and snuff at fort,
cents per pound is SAL, ,646, ,29S 90
Add to this the amount of imports
$50, 1853, 141, and we have for tn,
amount consumed $475, 172 ,59(
which is more than the annual ex
penses OF the government. Wha
part Of this do you pay?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

The time will soon be here when
Uuited States senators will be elect
ed by popular vote. Two million
aires in Ohio are striving for the SEN
Iatorship, and il is becoming almost
an impossibility for poor man to
secure a seat in that august body.
We want brains in the senate, not
money, and the best way to attain
this most desirable end is to give
the people the right to vote for
whom they oose.-Petersburg
Press (Rep.)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

The most expensive experiment
the United States ever suffered from
has been the attempt of the pluto
Gratis to drive the country 10 gold
standard.
Former President Cleveland found
it necessary to issue e262, 600, 600
worth Of bonds to secure gold TO
carry out the self-imposed task Of
keeping up a gold reserve in the
treasury. This borrowed money
the plain people will have to pay
when it becomes due, and in the
meantime they must deny them
selves those things which 60 to
make life enjoyable in order to pay
the interest.
4 But this 1892 900, 600 is as ut a
drop in the ocean when compared
With the widespread disaster which
the gold standard has brought upon
the country. The destruction Of
securities, which followed the de-
monetization Of silver, has amount
ed to a confiscation of practically
one-half of the wealth of the peo-
pie. Any man who has owned a
village, town or city lot for six or
seven years has only to compare
the price he can get for his property
to-day with the price he paid for
it to understand how cruelty and ef-
fectually he has been robbed.
The farmer who looks back to
1890 and remembers that he could
sell his wheat then for over a dollar
a bushel, and compares that price
with that which he will receive for
his crop in 1897, can estimate how
much he has lost by the vile con-
spiracy Of gold. Not only has every
product Of his toll been reduced to
such an extent that profit has
ceased and expense has taken its
place. but his farm has deprecated
in value until fifty cents on the dol
lar of its former price will buy it
now.
And in the face Of these undenia-
BILE facts the organs of plutocracy
never cease from abuse of those who
demand that former normal values
shall be restored. They insist with
stolid and exasperating repetition
that the advocates Of silver desire to
pay their debts in cheap money and
thus perpetrate a fraud on the phi.
lanthropic money lenders who have
by legislation doubled the obliga-
tions Of their debtors. The honesty
OF lending man a dollar and then,
by the enactment Of laws, forcing
that man, the borrower, to give the
creditor two dollars for every one
received, is proclaimed aloud by
these honorable gentlemen.
II man should borrow corn and
subsequently, should be forced TO
pay in wheat, the injustice would
be apparent, but when a man bor-
rowed silver and is required to pay
in gold, the blind guides of the
plutocrats see no wrong, and howl
themselves hoarse over honesty.
They don't know what the words
mean, or if they do, they are the
hired advocates of plunder. Chi
cago Dispatch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
TOO HOT.

Too hot to breathe the whole day long
Too hot for signing or for song;
Too hot to cast the base ball scores,
To quarrel with your creditors;
Too hot to loaf on hills or plains;
Too hot TO travel on the trains;
Too hot for fishing in the stream;
Too hot to drift, too hot to dream;
Too hot to mark meath ry skies
Insane thermometers that rise;
And while the lurid moments fly,
Too hot to live-too hot to die?
-Atlanta Constitution
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

Many of our farmers do not see
the necessity for good roads because
they have never had occasion to
use one. Give them a practical
demonstration of what good metal
road is, by macadamizing the new
Huntingburg-Jasper road, and see
how quickly they will want more
improved country roads. The cost
is really trihe in comparison to
the benefits derived. .-Huntingburg
News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

One Of our business men was re-
Gently kicking to the writer about
peddlers doing business here and
asked us to write q roast on them.
To please the merchant we said we
would, so here goes. Peddlers, you
are hereby roasted. The merchant
for whom we do this favor has his
job work done in Evansville. MI.
Vernon Republican.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

A well-known capitalist and bust
ness man Of Petersburg contem-
plates the erection Of q fine bath
house aad the use Of the salt water
from the gas wells for the purpose
OF artesian baths. This will meet
with the hearty approval Of every
body who desires health and clean
liness. Petersburg Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

Samples of Petersburg clay have
been sent to E. w. Baker, expert
chemist Of the Cleveland, O., Terra
Gotta and Vitrifed Brick Co., for
examination. If the test is salts
factory and the clay is found to be
OF high refractory powers it is pos
sible that the company will locate a
plant here. e.-Petersburg Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

The party who claims to have dis
covered that the sun is 100000
of miles from the earth ought to be
called upon to verify his figures.
There is a suspicion that the dis
tance has been reduced to about a
mile and "A half. Fort Wayne News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

The appointment of Sebastian
Anderson as postmaster a! Jasper
has been confirmed by the Senate.
This appointment will never do the
republican party of Dubois county
any good.-Independent. (Rep.)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
Judge Henry, of Terre Haut

Judge Henry, Of Terre Haute,
has decided that corporation can
not go on the bond of a saloonkeep-
er. The decision was in a case
where widow sued the bondsmen
for a saloonkeeper in whose place ol
business her husband was killed.
"A st. Louis brewing company asked
to be released.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
Taatalislae.

1t was downright contrariness, y
said Senator Sorgum Indignantly.
"What was?"
"To keep that stock broker in
jail all the time the sugar schedule
was being arranged and let him out
just as his business slackened. -
Washington Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

Rev. j. +. Fisher left for Posey
county Friday to dedicate a new
M. +. church there. He was ac-
Icompanied by little Miss Ethel, who
spent her fourth at Cynthiana with
relatives. s.-Argus.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

A business firm in Stanford, KY,
always opens the days business
with prayer, proprietors, clerks,
messengers and porters all kneeling
together.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
The First American Flag.

Among the Fourth OF July ad-
dresses delivered in Philadel-
phia was one by Mr.. George Candy
a grandson Of Betsy Ross, who it is
claimed, made the first authorized
American flag at the personal re-
quest of Washington. Mr.. Canby's
address related wholly to his grand
mother and the flag incident. He
said he had a very clear remem-
brance of the old lady, although he
was only seven years old when she
died. When the Revolutionary wal
began she lived on Arch street, Phil.
adelphia. She was then a widow
only twenty-four years old, and car.
lied on an upholstery business
which had been established by her
husband. An uncle, George Ross,
was we'll known and influential
among the patriots of the day,
When he heard that Washington
wished flag made he sp ike of his
niece, and to her little residence, on
the first day of June, 1776, a small
party composed Of Washington
Robert Morris and George Ross,
repaired, and there in a small back
room the great general unfolded his
plans, and asked Betsy if she could
make such a banner as he had out
lined. With becoming modesty
she replied that she would try, anC
thereby gained place in history
1t has been stated that the order fol
making the flag was given to Mrs
Ross on June IA, 1777, but Mr.
Candy took occasion to contradict
this popular illusion, stating that
lit was fully one year earlier, or to
be more exact, on June 1, 1776,
that General Washington made the
visit TO the little house on Arch
street and explained the wishes te
Mrs. Ross. The defendants have
lin their possession detailed state
ments of the movements of Wash
ington, and these clearly show that
the General was not again in Phila-
delphia until Aug. 2, of the follow
ing year, SO he certainly could not
have made his visit to the Arch
street house on the 14th of June
1777. The latter date marks the
time when Congress passed resolu-
tions formerly adopting the flag as
suggested by Washingt m and made
by Betsy Ross. The main features
of the flag had been decided upon
before Mrs. Ross received the order
for one, the only change made by
her being to substitute five pointed
stars for six pointed ones, and that
she did by permission of Washing
ton, on the ground that five pointed
stars were easier to make. Mr..
Candy stated that her success in
the first flag brought her
other orders, and she afterwards
made several flags that were carried
during the war.-Indiana Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

When a saloon keeper and min
lister vote the same ticket, how can
amy one reading the returns tell one
from the other?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16

Huntingburg News: Trustee
John II. Behrens, sr., made the fol-
lowing appointment Of teachers for
the school year lS97-9S for Patoka
township.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-29
THE BALTIMORE " SUN" AND THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE PRESS.

ME Democratic editors of Maryland badly emoIaized
fact which their recent Centrevie meeting extern
svely advertised.
And the worst feature Of their decentralization is the
petty spirit of petulance they evnce towards the Baltimore
Now calling hard names breaks bones and the apos-
tate applied the Sum- is quite papabe misnomer
term Democrat when applied to Mr.. German.
1t is not difficult task in political ethics, decide
absolute regard for truth and historical accuracy which
larger responsible for the Democratic defeat Maryland
Mr.. German or the Sun.
Indeed only ordinary memory needed to recall the fact
that previous the enforced declaration Chicago the
land Democracy favor of the free silver herey Bryan
candidacy that same Maryland Democracy under Mr. German
direction had the 10th of June 1897 unequvocay declared
for a sound currency and an honest dollar.
Mr. German afterwards had it in his Chicago
save the State Democratic organization to divide it,
For in his life his political failed him. and he
created the opportunity for brains Maryland
to extend and strengthen its influence with
lement Of its party in pursuing the and only safe
that the Sun pursued in that campaign
I'll constructive defeat of the Democratic party in Maryland
in the last Presidential campaign accomplished at Chicago
under Mr. Germans unwse leadership and Baltimore
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-29

THERE be grounds whatever for the reported d
ferences Of opinion lack OF harmony in President McKneys
Cabinet the Cuban question President Mckinley
formulated policy with regard Cuba His
bring about honorable peace between insurgents
mother country and such would be acceptable
Spain and satisfactory to the people of Cuba Autonomy
Cuba is what is most desired by the people Of Cuba
United States whether accompanied by absolute independence
the continuance Of Cuba under the domination of Spain 1t
very doubtful whether Spain will autonomy under
conditions and the insurgents determined continue the
struggle until apparent
the President that the good offices of this unava
ing to peace that fact will he reported Congress- the
President win exercise the Executive preogave and
clamaon granting the insurgents belligerent rights
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-29
THE EPWORTH LEAGUE.

would be difficult the limit of which
the inspiration Of youth, and the enthusiastic zeal of
Epworth League within organization of the Meth.
odist Episcopal Church.
Youth with swift feet walks in way while toer-
ing age creeps apace.
less true of the church than of life generally that the
ardent impulses OF its young members constitute great mpel
ing power
You couldn't imagine church from which the young people
excluded being means of permanent good.
The people of Elkton welcomed the Epworth League this
week because is engaged in noble work. everybody
religious and irreligous alike bids Gods speed
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-29

THE outawed track gamblers propose to repeat the
lottery swnde in Delaware by paying $4,000 into the Sas
Treasury for the license to plumber its citizens.
This the purport of the bill recently introduced the
legislature at Dover.
We glad that the press that outspoken
opposition to the proposed BILL and seconded by the sentiment
of Delaware communities generally.
at is amazing says the Ercy Eceng that any persons
should have the hardhood to suggest such thing
Legislature but the bill has actually been introduced
hackers 1t should be kicked without of
ordinary consideration
The Republican, is less emphatic the language OPPOSE
ton:
eve say in uncertain language that every member the
General Assembly who would for this bill should
be tarred and eatered and marched of Delaware front
a band of music"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-29
THE HAVEMEYER TRIAL.

ME people of this country who long have been paying
tribute to the corporate greed that monopostc
pus the Sugar Trust, will watch with peculiar interest
the trial OF the President, Mr. II. O. Havemeyer now in
progress in the Criminal Court OF the District OF Columbia his
refusal to the questions put him by the Committee
the L. s. Senate in 1898
The trust has summoned to its defence
the ablest lawyers in the country to avemeye from the
alternative of following Broker Chapman Jail or revealing
the true nwrness OF the methods that employed in
ing the sugar schedules in the Wilson tariff.
The trial will determine whether the Sugar Trust is bigger
than the laws which has violated whether snap fingers
with impuny the United States Senate whether the
tributon which has made the campaign funds both
Republican and Democratic committees corrupt Justice in
the courts
1t is something for the of public
sbe at this late day to get the Sugar Trust magnate
jury.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-29

For every quarter in mans pocket there
are a dozen uses; and to use each one in such
way as to derive the greatest benefit is a
question every one must solve for himself
We believe, however, that no better use
could be made of one of these quarters than
to exchange it for II bottle of Chamberlain
Collie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. a
medicine that every family should be
provided with. For sale by R. b. Frazer,
Druggist, Elkton, Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-29

THE Republican State Central Committee will meet at
Raines Hail. Baltimore Wednesday next June 3 at in
accordance with the provision of the party constitution which
requires meeting that time Senator L. Wellington
chairman the committee has directed Secretary Lngender to
send out the required notices to the members.
The meeting will be important in that effort will be made
by the Baltimore city Republicans to action in
regard to the city primaries which will probably be called for the
latter part of the month
The other duties to be performed by the committee will be to
designate the time and place hold the State Convention
nominate candidates for Comptroller Of the State Treasury and
Clerk of the Court Of Appeals and also designate the times and
places hold the several conventions candidates for
year.
On the day the Democratic State Committee will meet
at the CarrotOn Hotel