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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-04-16
HONORS 70 LEE,


The whole cow Try is delighted
that General Fit uogh Lee reach
ed Key West ia -afety. There
we're well-foundoi apprehensions
that his life was in peril during
the latter part of his stay in Ha-
vana and the announcement Of his
embarkation in safely on one of
our ships was received with a feel.
ing OF relief throughout the Unit
ed States.
General Lee is probably the
most popular man in the country
today, This is not because he is q
Democrat, not because he is a
southerner, not because he is one
of the most genial of gentlemen,
but because he has proved himself
vigilant, efficient and fearless
guardian of the right and honor
of his country, During the try
ing period through which General
Lee has just passed as our repre-
sentative in Cuba it required a man
to stand rs firm as he did, and to
conduct himself so nobly in oil
respects. General Lee rose to the
full measure Of his duty and re-
sponsibility. He won the lasting
admiration and gratitude of the
people of the United States with
outregard to section or party.
We regret that his route to Wash
ington does not lie through At
lanta, for thousands of our feAow-
citizens hoped for an opportunity
to show him at least in some faint
way how highly they regard him
him. He would have received an
ovation here and wherever he may
go, north, south, east or west in
this country he will be welcomed
and cheered by the people whom
he has served so we'll and who are
proud of him as gallant Amer
lean citizen. Atlanta Journal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-04-16
RUCKLEN's AhNICA sALvB,

The BEsT SALvx in the world for Cuts
BRUISES. Serss, Ucers, salt Rheum Fe-
yer Sores, letter. Chapped Hands. Chilli
bIsius. Corns. and ali Skin Eruptinns,
and positively curts Piles, or no pay re-
onired tits guaranteed 20 give perfect
fsatisfactioa, or moRey refunded. Price
scents per OUK, For Eale NJ FlIIH's
DEud STdEH
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-04-16
MULES FOR SALE.

| have seven good plantation
mules for sale. VIII sell payable
ia fail % responsible parties.
Il. 3. Tod1He
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
JASPER. INDIANA. FRIDAY. APRIL t5 1893

might have quoted your scripture
wrong; like this, for instance !;
Train up child and away he
goes" Shame on such a teacher
of morality, temperance and virtue.
Please do not do us the injury of
signing "Portersville' to your ar
ticle. sert "Daviess County
and we'll die happy.
After the plan of tie great mud
singing pencil pusher from across
the deep, (White River,) we close
by saying:
The Chicken hawk is a pretty
bird,
The lark sings all the day,
At night he catches all your bugs,
Or I'm a bloomin' Jay.
Oh, ERvER No. 2.
Portersville, Ind, Apr. 9.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
Gov. Mount and Children.

Evansville Courier.
The prattle of children is to be
heard at almost all times in tn !
office Were it not for
the innocent gayety and diversion
furnished by the little ones the life
of the chief magistrate and his corps
of very able workers would be dull
indeed. During Governor Mathews
term the life of the executive cham
ber was little Claude Ewing, OF
Greensburg, the governors grand
son, and many stories were told OF
this pet of the executive household.
Just now the little ray OF sun
shine at the governors Office i
James Everett Butler, the bright
faced, brown-eyed youngster whom
the governor found one day over al
his home at Shannondale a n d
brought to this city to live with him
This favorite grandson was the pc,
of the family at the Shannondale
farm. Here Everett has things
about his own way. He attracts
more attention at the executive OF
flee than wars and rumors of wars
and he has said many bright things
Recently when gentleman iron
Greensburg asked him.
"Do you live with your grandpa
pa at homer"
"No, grandpapa lives with me-
was the reply.
Recently a member OF the state
tax board called at the office to SCI
the governor. He found a delega
ton ahead Of him. He looked a
the clock and inquired:
"When does the governor usual
ly leave for dinner?'
"At II O'clock" responded little
Everett, "but he's going earlier to
day COS I'm hungry.
And he did 90 earlier and the taA
commissioner postponed his ques
until the afternoon. There are two
things that the Office could not dc
without, and they are flowers aao
children. OF the former there is al
ways veritable conservatory in the
receptiJn room windows.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
TRINITY CHURCH.
SOUTH SIDE SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL.

The trustees are making credita-
BILE headway in securing subscrip-
tions towards blilding the new
church to be kncwl as Trinity, +"
and to be owned and used by the
Cumberland Presbyterian and Ger
man Evangelical Lutheran churches
Jointly.
A suitable lot has beenpurchased
on Sth street, and in a short time
the congregations expect to com
mence the erection Of a neat, hand
some brick church thereon.
The Young Peoples Society of
Christian Endeavor OF the two
churches have taken in hands the
securing apart Of the money, and to
that end are soliciting donations
from manufacturers, jobbers and
merchants, or any one, else of any
thing they may sell or have that
they are willing to donate to the
society. Later on in the Spring
they intend to hold a church fair
and picnic, dispose Of the articles
donated and devote the proceeds
towards the completion of the
church.
All articles donated should be
sent to the president of the society,
Richard M. Milburn, Jasper, Ind.
The members of the society are
laboring hard for the success Of the
fair and are meeting with much en-
couragement. We publish else
where in this issue list Of the ar
ticles donated SO far, together with
the names of the donors who have
so generously aided the good cause
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
They SiIenced the Party.

Our Standard, the Indiana liquor
paper says:
"Out of 10000 voiers in Indiana
polls there are not 400 prohibition
cranks, according to the last city
election; and yet these organized
probibitionists have succeeded in
getting both of the old parties to
cater to their demands for years
This year the 600 retail liquor deal
ers demanded change, and ever
the Republican party, who fatherec
the infamous Nicholson bill, was 81
lent on sumptuary restriction"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

Which. like the toad, ugly and venomous
Wears yet precious jewel IN his head.
Little did Shake speare think,
when he put those words in the
mouth of the Duke, banisEed from
his dukedom, hcw in later years
they would be source OF comfort
to many aching hearts.
In the loss of our beloved leader
Francis +. Willard we certainly ex-
perience great adversely. What a
broad breech is made in our rank
by the departure Of this one woman
! We weep for her, and feel our loneli
ness as the orphan does tor IT.
mother. 1t seems hard to give W
one who has been such factor III
her home ana coun ry; one whose
name will 60 down in hist Try in fu
ture years.
But let us look for what is sweet
lin the uses OF (our) adversely.
Miss Willard has lett a place which
must be filled. She is only one ol
the many who are quitting the stage
of life. Is this not a spur to us
who are preparing to enter tins
great stage? S"ould we not strive
harder to strengthen ourselves to
bear the bulden which is thus fall
ing upon our shoulders? The time
I is near when those who are lazlly
lounging their time away, as well "a
those who are striving vallantly Z
cultivate their minds, will be lett at
the head of home, church and state
The key of the country's fate lies IL
treir hands. 1t is theirs to say
whether the institutions of civillza
ton shall retrograde or advance.
O young American ) did you new
er think that il is a duty which yol
owe to your country and your God
to draw cut your dormant talents
and use them to help roll this I'm
mense ball? BE not afraid OF over
exertion. "Tis better to wear ou
than to rust OUT To live fifty
wears as Miss Willard lived is bette
than to live a century in idleness.
Youth is pliable. The character
of every ind vidual must at some
time be nodded. This mold i
permanent. The process of tearing
lii down is a. slow as the work OF the
drop of water on the stone. But
the great question is, which mold
will you be put into? God stands
with mold in hand, ready to carve
your character in beautiful shape
one that will make you a blesslnl
TO humanity, and without whlct
YOU will be lost. But just behind
him you see the evil grin of Satan
and hear his voice persuading yot
to enter his mouldy mold, which
will make you a curse to humanity
and prepare you for everlasting de
struction. You have but one choice
Which will YOU choose. Only lis'
ten 10 our beloved poet, James Rus
sci Lowell, as he pleads with you t
"Be noble and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead
Will rise in majesty To meet thine own,
Then wilt thou see il CLEAN In many
eyes,
Then will pure light around thy pal
be shed,
Ana thou wilt never more be sad an,
lone.
MAuDE LENNON.
lVincappas ITnivprsltV
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

Johnnie--"Papa, is mamma the
better half Of you?'
Father-"Yes, my son, that s
the way they put it,"
Johnnie-"And are all wives the
better half of their husbands?"
Father-"Certainly, my son."
Johnnie Then what part Of
King Solomon were his wives?"-
Brooklyn Life.
Bookkeeper-"This man has al
ways paid cash and now wants TO
open an account. Shall | accommo-
date him?"
Manager-"Certainly not"
Bookkeeper--"And this man has
had an account and now pays cash. F"
Manager-"Never trust him
again. ."--Brooklyn Life.
Binson-"How do you like mar
,ried life?"
Hoblow-"Oh, it makes me feel
like a boy again"
Binson-"How?"
Hoblow-"Because have to saw
wood, lug up coal, run errands and
listen to course of daily lectures
on my shortcomings. ."-Roxbury
Gazette,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

II can't help being a little bit
afraid of the dark" remarked the
small boy, apologetically.
"That is very silly" replied his
father. ''You will outgrow it when
you are older and more sensible.
"Ot course. II won't be so very
long before I'm big, and then I'll be
like you and mother, and not be
afraid of anything except spilling
salt and seeing the new moon ovel
my left shoulder. ."--Washingtor
Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

y
tember s, 1897, and ending Marcl
p, 1898.
SOUTH SIDE SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Total enrolment, 2S; Males en-
rolled, 9; Females enrolled, l9;
Number withdrawn, Z; Total days
of attendance, 2977.5; Total days
of absence, 1868; Average daily
21.7; Per cent. of at
tendance, 800; Cases of tardiness,
IS; Minutes lost by tardiness, 22O /;
Pupils neither absent nor tardy
were Gene Sutherland, Barbara FL
fert and Frieda Zoeller.
Z. L. CLARK, Principal.
+. +. SUTHERLAND, Supt
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES.
Total enrolment, IS; Males en-
rolled, 10; Females enrolled, 8;
Number withdrawn, 5; Total days
of attendance, 1929; Total days OF
absence, S5 Average daily atten.
dance, IA; Per cent. of attendance
95.7; Cases Of tardiness, y ; Min
utes lost by tardiness, 10; Number
of visitors, Is; Pupils neither alb
sent nor tardy for the year, Elmer
Eifert.
MAGGIE A. WILSON, Teacher.
THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES
Total enrolment, 81; Males en-
rolled, 81; Females enrolled, %
Number withdrawn, 13; Total days
of attendance, 5133; Total days o
abserce, 455; Average daily atten
dance, 81; Per cent of attendance
90; Number of visitors, 80; Gases
of tardiness. 81; Minutes lost b,
tardiness, 655; Cases of corpora
punishment, ,; Pupils neither ab
sent nor tardv were Mary Ander
son, Norma Milburn, Dora Wuch
ner, John Wuchner, Guy Greene
Edward Seng, Lloyd Claycomb
Stella Gullett, Edgar Gullett, Free
Kress, Frank Dilly, Harry Dick
man and Jacob Kress.
( MARY l.. EcKERT, Teacher.
\ Re port of Room No. A, for til
term:
FIRST AND SECOND YEAR.
Total enrolment, Al; Males EN-
rolled, "a; Females enrolled, IL
Number withdrawn, 2; Total day
of attendance, 1901; Total days O
absence, $50; Average daily atten
dance, 35; Per cent. of attendance
So; number Of visitors, 2; cases o
tardiness, 8; Minutes lost by tardi
ness, SO.
Mas. NJ. A. GuTGsELL, Teacher
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

FIRST VOLUNTEER CLERK Her.
man Eckert swore in The first vol
unteer from Dubois county in the
National Volunteers Reserve corps,
commanded by Gen. Schofield, last
Saturday. 1t was Charley Brocius,
one of the hands at the Clay street
saw mill. He is 23 years old, able
bodied, and wants a shot at the
Spanish for blowing up the Maine
and assassinating 270 Of our sailors.
1t is expected the corps will EN-.
brace 100000 reserves, ready tc
march, on "a hours notice, to de-
fend American honor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
NOT the Only Church.

Said young minister at funer-
al: Fourteen years ago to-day
this corpse joined this church. !
That was not the only church with
an unburied corpse.-Epworth Her
aid.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

I dread the arrival of an Ameri-
can ship, for though she may have
have more missionaries in her cabin
she brings in her hold the death
waters Of damnation.-Rev. John
Williams, Pacific Islands.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

A smart little boy was told the
other day about man who kept
two little aligators.
"And said the teller, "what do
YOU think he called them?"
Couldn't say"
"He called them Right and Left
because they were pair of gators. =
"Humphi" said the smart little
boy. "Then they went on your
feet, of course !"--Harper's Young
People.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

1t is astonishing how soon the
whole conscience begins to ravel il
a single stitch is dropped. One
little sin INDUCED makes a hole
you could put your head through.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
Gospel Temperance Meeting.

The Birch Creek w. G. I. U.
will hold a public meeting at Beth
ell church on Sunday, April oath, at
10 80 a. m. A cordial invitation is
extended to all. The following is
the program:
Song, Gently Lead Us.
DEVOTIONAL Sarah q. kelso.
Roll call. Secretary.
Bible response service, The Union.
Recitation. Flora Holder.
Recitation, Edith Mosbey.
Song. Sadie Kelso.
Recitation, May DeBruler.
Recitation, Fronia Craig.
Duett. The Pilot of Gallilee, -
Clara and Stella Britain.
Select Reading, Matte Richey.
Recitation, Roy Britain.
Closing song.
SARAH G.. KELso, Pres.
LEoRA BRITAIN, Secy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
CARDS.
w. e. COX,
Attorney at Law,
JASPER, INDIANA.

Prosecuting Attorney for the llth judicial
Circat. and will carefully attend to any civi J
business entrusted to him in any county or
the circuit.
once in spayd's building on Public square
Dac .. 'M2-lY
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN
Edited by +. +. SUTHERLAND,
superintendent Jasper schools

Report of the Jasper Public
Schools for the year beginning Sep
tember 6, 1897, and ending Marcl
p. 1898.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
Ridcing to the Public Schools.

Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ion Geetilg has figured out the inn
mense saving that would result
should his scheme for the aband-
nent of poorly attended schools
md heir consolidation with strong
r schools be enacted into Law, as
he will most strenuously urge on
the next legislature. Mr.. Geeting's
IDEAS as published in these columns
lave attracted widespread attention
and not little criticism, but he
goes serenely ahead collecting
statistics and preparing his "thun-
Ter" for use wher the time is ripe.
A part of the "thunder" which
he has collected and which will APP
pear in the May number of some OF
the school journals, relates to the
financial benefit of his scheme. He
estimates that at the least calcula-
tion 500 school houses may profta
bly, be abandoned. The average
life Of country school house is
twenty years. At least 50 900, he
estimates, is required to build a
school house and keep it in repair
ior twenty years. This multiplied
oy 500, the number of schools that
may be abandoned, gives a 81 ,000,-
900 as the total cost Of construction
and repair.
Counting six months as the aver
age term of school and the average
wages paid to teachers 81 40 day,
the salaries of the 500 teachers for
twenty years would be ~, 400, 900
for salaries, making the total cost
of the 800 needless schools for the
twenty years SO, 100000.
The average number of students
tc the school does not exceed ten,
Mr.. Geeting estimates, or 5000 for
the 500 schools, a very small num-
ber for such large outlay of funds.
MIR. Geeting goes on to estimate that
the cost of transportation and all
other requirements necessary to
furnish them the better education
proposed would not be over one
half of the estimated cost of contin-
uing the present system, leaving a
clear saving of 100000 to the
state. Reports which he is receiv-
ling in reply to circulars sent out in
dicate that an average of more than
one school to the township should
, be abandoned, the attendance in
such schools ranging all the way
from five to twelve pupils.
There is one other reform that
Mr.. Geeting is bent on accomplish
ing, if possible, from the next legis.
lature, and that is law making a
license to teach obtained in one
county good in every other county
in the state. Evansville Courier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

COOP ROADS. Good roads meet.
logs should now be held in every
road district, and where the bad
places are probably some way
could be devised to permanently
improve them, and the Legislature
next winter could be intelligently
asked for the power to act, by some
change in the road law. Enough
work has been done on the roads in
Dubois county to have made them
all first-class highways the year
around, instead of tie miserable
loblollies they are now, and every
winter and spring. Shall this ex-
pensive practice continue indei.
nitely?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15
w. C. T. u. COLUMN
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
"reminiscences of a Stude nj

"Sweet are the uses OF adyerslty
Which. like the toad, ugly and venomous
Wears yet precious jewel in his head.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-04-15

She-"I wouldn't marry the best
man that ever lived"
He-"I don't blame you. Life
would, for girl of your lively dis
position, be intolerably dull with
him."
Then he resumed where she had
interrupted him, and inside of three
minutes she sweetly murmured
eyes. Chicago News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-08
CLOSE OF THE OAKLEY MEETING.

Cincinnati. June THE spring meeting Of the
Cincinnati Jockey Club at Oakley closed to-day.
with large crowd In attendance. The Diamond
Stakes. at i've and a half furlongs by
r II. Blackburns Terra Cotta-Alarmin s colt The
Barrister. Latona's spring meeting will open
Thursday and the Indications arc that II will BIO
successful. The Derby, worth 5000. will be run on
the opening day. Summarizes
First SELLING Ave furones)-Piceolas ~ Dupeel.
II g. Nervura, 100 fConley), 10 and ! N 2.
second Norma Taylor lo3 81. Ma'thews,. to |. third
Time-l.02.
Second oreing Fix furonss, 3otiis. io4 tNutp.
Violet Iarson. 1fS U,onlcy). TO and to
eccond Bay H. 10T &C. Mcdowell. 20 to !. third. Time
I:l54 49,
Third tsellng; mile and six;eenthl Milsrsam.
40 (Y3eauchanp), Eddie Burke 118 tOyerton).
IL 10 and even. second skylark li2 Coney). 10
third. Tlme-148.
lonr.)-The Barristcr. l2 tNuD 10 3. won; Prcm-
mary i63 tconIey 10 and TO o. second Orderette.
IFS n Matthrws) - to t. third. Time .0ot
FTh race fhandcap; mile and ,eiehthl-Thrss Bars,
100 ,rarretD !. won; Fanished 20 1Iup."), TO
and G 70 B. second: Won't Dance. Jos tNutD. 10 =
third. Time ~: .,> ,1.. ,os
,I5upee) TO l. KISS Kringle; l05 o. Mathews,.
~ and even second: Azucena. l05 BarreD. o to l.
thrd. Time--l 3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-08
AN IMPORTANT COMMA.

From The Chicago Inter Ocean.
The fate OF Colonel Alexander Warner. Of Bax-
ter Springs Kan hangs on a comma. Colonel
Warner was AT one time n prominent banker. and
for years he was leader Of the Republican party
Of this State. In reconstruction days he was
Treasurer OF Mississippi. and later was elected
state Treasurer OF Connecticut. Hc was resident
Of Pomfrct and served from 1887 10 1889
few days ago he was convicted on hve counts
accusing him OF receiving deposits for his bank
when ne knew II about 10 fall. When state
bank Commissioner brcidcnthnl took charge OF tho
institution all he found was eighteen Mexican
dollars which Colonel Warner had used as iustra-
lions when campaigning the State In 1896 for the
Republican National ticket Colonel Warner has
appealed the case 10 the Supreme Court on the
ground that the verdict Of the jury is not in ac-
cordance with the Kansas Banking law
The new Banking law. passed In 1887. repealed the
old law but this provision was made: provided,
that all criminal offences committed and criminal
actions commenced under said Chapter "a OF the
Laws Of 1891. shall in no manner be affected or
ehofcd on account OF the repcal OF said law The
OF nee OF which Colonel Warner has been con.
,ic,ed was committed prior TO the repeal OF the
did law hut the prosecution was not Instituted
until after II repealed. The coloners ~,
torney's contend that the provision. that all
criminal offences committed. and criminal actions
commenced" should he construed AS one sentence.
and that Il means that both the offence must be
committed and the prosecution begun before the
repeal Of the old lsN 1nasmuch as the prosecution
was moi begun unsil after lis repeal the Judgment
Of tho jury Is IN conflict WITH The Law. u Il as
serted. Bank Commissioner BreidenthaI. who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-08
FARMER CORyTOSSHL'S IDEA.
SUGGESTS THAT oUININB SHOULD RE suBsri-
rr'TFp FOR POWDER

From Tho Washington star
DO you s'pose could the Seckretary OF
War; lnqulred Farmer CorntosseL q,
~ don, know" replied The man whom he had "a.
pend who you are and the nature OF your ous-
negs.' -. .tx..
~ can't see him ri hunt mp tho president an
talk It over But l thought II ud be only polite 70
see the Seckrctary OF war hrst .,.. o.,
"If IT'S an rnn0intmcnt YOU want IN" retnpeI, 81
the House Of Representatives from your district -
II don't want no Office I'm here 10 make suB
ges,ion IN the interests OF tho human race want
20" You can gel all tn. latest Information In the
Il don,i desire to get Information ! wish &c 10
give ~ War has changed tremendous "o" "n"'
II used to be"
"Unqucstonnby."
nshlin' material
"And Aeh,in' material costs money"
That's the great point
AN the idea is fur each side TO GIT OF some.
where on land or sea an ascertain which kin hold
out the longest
81 s'posc there amt no way that war kin be
preyenicd from bein' more or less barbarous. but
I'd Ike To offer suggestion. was you ever down
to Swamp Centre"
Wei. tina, there's the most malarlouses, neigh
borhood in the geography. An u occurred 10 mo
range Il eos to march the opposn forces down
into Swami Centre an .nstld OF shootin an staO.
bin an incouragin the promise Gus carryin OF
arearms lc, en- scttle right down an see which
side Kin afford 10 buy the most quinine. It's Jest
as reasonable 10 make the supply OF duinine mo
test az II Ia 10 make the supny o sunp'waer
holdln out qualities Of the two parties, an while
II may nor show much m the way o fireworks.
Il gives tho soldiers more OF chance to gil away
alive nftcr side or the other has give out or