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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-03-25
PROFESSOR MOMMSEN.
recuIinrities of the Great Germ nm
scholar.


Many of the stories bout the extreme
Observation-Disclosures of some unnamed
German professor had their origin in
tales actually told-perhaps with not
much care in verification-of Prof. The
odor Mommsen, of Berlin, great Ger
man historical scholar and liberal poll
tician.
Although the herr professor recently
passed his eightieth birthday, he is said
TO be still in the height of his product
iveness, active and energetic. a writer.
a teacher and causeur. He adopts the
axiom of Goethe, which is not popular
with most old men: When a man is
old he must do more than when he is
young"
He is certainly no more absent
minded in his old age than he was when
he was younger. He has family of
ten living children and several grand
children, and has always been fond of
them all and not averse 10 taking care
of them; but woe to any infant of whom
he might have charge il his mind be-
came seized by scholarly preoccupa-
tions.
Ii is related that when his first child
was baby 1t was in his charge one day
in his study. Wishing to make some in
quiry from his library, he deposited the
baby in the waste basket and forgot all
about il; but presently the baby began
TO cry loudly
At last the sound disturbed even the
absent-minded student. whose thoughts
were. and remained, on his study. Con-
scious only of a loud noise, he seized
a quantity Of loose papers and carefully
covered the child with them to muffis
the sound,
On another occasion-so the story
gocs-Prof. Mommsen was going in a
street car from Berlin to Charlotten-
burg. taking with him his little son.
by and 10y the boy began to wriggle
about and make a great deal of noise
by this time his father was meditating
profoundly. The boys racket soon dis
turbed his meditations. 1t seemed To
the professor that it must be an ex-
tremely ill-bred child that would make
"A disturbance in public place; he
would sec IL he could not quiet him:
but first he would find out who he was-
Little boy" he said. sharply, what
is your name?"
Naturally the small boy thought it
strange 10 be asked his name by his
own father. but he responded. politely:
''The same as yours. sir"
The same as mime" The professors
attention was now aroused by this APP
peal 10 his ego. and the spell was
broken. lie took up his progeny, to the
tremendous amusement of the people
in the car, and gave him a good shaking.
-Nnrtbss
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1t was not success, Domino's ball.
The men we're right enough, and there
were plenty of them; but the dear girls!
Such painful types of beauty, and all
so very mature. And there they sat,
waiting in vain for partners. Helens Of
Troy, and Joans OF Arc, and Rosamonds
that were not bit fair. All antique sub
jects. you will perceive; back numbers
of fiction out of date. So the men kept
near the buffet; and one said to an
other: II did not know that our host
was so devoted to horticulture" do
you refer" said the other, ito the cab.
bages he presents us for cigars?" NO"
smiled back the first; IL was thinking
rather of the ardent passion for col
lecting wall flowers" And their chances
wandered vaguely to the ballspom-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-03-25
A GOVERNMENT FUNCTION.
To Issue Money Of Every Kind and
Description.

Banker Gage and the self-constituted
monetary commission that has recently
thrust upon the public report" should
take a course AT some good school where
elementary political science is taught.
They have hit upon new proposition,
and ridiculous and unfounded as il is,
they have built their whole scheme of
currency reform upon il. Ii has been
stated thus: The government has no
natural relation TO credit currency"
To what then has the government any
natural relation? In other words what
is the government for? III il is not that
n community of individuals can secure
more of the benefits of life more easily
than SO many individuals going their
several ways alone, then il has none.
But IL this is the case. then in our pres
ent ftate OF civilization the chief func-
ton of government is to facilitate com
mcrce between country and town, city
and city, and state and state, etc.
Money, a circulating medium. Is the
basic principle of our extensive modern
commerce.. and rs long rs commerce is
carried on rs il Is now, money will be
absolutely necessary. II seems TO fol-
low as n necessary conclusion that the
chief concern Of any government-our
government-should be in time OF peace
to put and keep the money Of commerce,
credit money as well as coin or COM
modify money. upon basis best cal
cluated TO further the interests of com
merce Cornora tione and hapLs have
now far too much control over the
sources OF wealth. Let the people
through the peoples government con-
troll and command the money which be-
longs TO the people
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The cause of the plain and unpreten.
tious manhood of America is the cause
Of all that makes life worth living-of
liberty. of morality, of higher intellect.
of fraternity among men Of all nations.
Science. religion, education in all its
forms work with those who are neither
ashamed nor afraid to stand now for
what Jefferson stood for, when he de-
clared that plain men ought of right to
rule the earth. And they shall. To
strive for their rights in any place.
however humble, will add dignity and
strength 10 even the greatest intellect.
No talent could be so high. no genius
so lofty. but That their service would
elevate and cnnoble IL. They will COM
mand Mt every crisis the full powers of
the worlds best minds. And that
means everything.-Nfississipp Valley
Democrat
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SUBSTITUTE FOR MONEY.
Green backs Versus Bank Notes-Who
Works the T. IN dless Chain.

Be it remembered by all men every
where, there is but one reason for using
credit as a substitute for money-it is
cheaper. Credit as a tool of commerce
costs less than one-fiftieth part as much
as gold and silver.
A circulating credit based on the
wealth, integrity and authority of all
the people is as sound and honest as the
bonds of said people. for the basis is
the same. Such a credit currency we
now have to the amount of $4,000, 000
This legal tender national credit. that
has done duty as money for the past
80 years to the entire satisfaction of
nine-tenths of the people. is now being
set upon and hawlSed Mt by the hon
est CD money credit sellers who wants
to put his skin-game substitute in its
place.
There is money in IL; yes, dozen
millions q year net profit in interest
alone for the honest money patriots CD
who are suffering for the opportunity to
take upon themselves the burden of
maintaining this credit currency at a
parity with gold. They would relieve
the government of the danger of the
endless chain"
Who at any time has ever worked"
the endless chain except these same
brassy, arrogant pharisees now making
their phylacterics 50 broad? Like the
horse leechs daughter, these people are
not satisfied.
They would have an absolute, COM
plete monopoly Of all forms Of cur
rency and substitutes for money, TO the
sole end that their profits be increased
at the expense Of the people.
There is not a grain Of patriotism
nor an atom of common honesty in the
whole scheme as outlined by Secretary
Gage and indorsed by the PRESIDENT
j. NJ. Joseph.
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The Cause of Free Silver.
Observation-Disclosures
THE BEST" MONEY.
What Constitutes Ii Depends ON the
Point Of View.

Point at View.
When the United States government
Issued their first proposal for the re-
moval Of the Chicago post Office they
advertised for the lowest and best
bid" 1t was soon discovered that the
man who was willing to pay the govern
ment the least money for the materia,
and the removal of the old post Office
building was not the best" bidder for
the government. Hence, a radical
change was made ia the new proposal,
and il then read "the highest and best
bid"
Perhaps our thoughtful president
may some day realize that money OF the
highest exchanged bile value is not al
ways the best" money. 1t depends al
together on the standpoint Of the OBJ
server. To one, comparatively small.
class of our people. the "best" money Is
that which Is assured to be continually
increasing in exchangeable value. To
another class, the best" money is that
which is continually decreasing in ex-
changcable value, as the chance OF get
ting 1t more chcaply is always before
this class, and it reduces the burden Of
paying all debts. To third and very
large class, the best money is that
which changes least in exchangeable
value from year to year, or from decade
TO decade, when measured by the aver
age cost Of labor in procuring the com
modities produced which are expected
to be exchanged for money.
In other words, the best" money is
that which is most steady in exchange
able value; the most stable. This GER
tainly is the kind of money all intelli-
gent and honorable men say that the
commercial world demands. Hence, the
word "best." when applied to money,
should be defined or the word becomes
deceptive chatter, and when deliberate
iy used by the highest officer in our
government, rs it was a short time ago
by our president in his speech nj New
York, the statement should be received
with caution.
The exchangeable value of money
never was and never can be perfectly
stable. and all that is demanded by
those who prefer to use the two metals.
gold and silver, as the full legal tender
money of the country. is that it will be
more stable than IL either one alone was
used. An opinion does not settle the
question, it matters not how positive
that opinion may be. We appeal to the
common Judgment Of the American peo-
pie guided by experimentation
Rural.
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soldiers. The article quoted from re,.. ~
20 pensions. We are now discus.ing con-
tracts Pensions are given on account
OF some disability Incurred In the service
and have nothing 20 do with Contracts.
During the war the government Contacted
with the soldiers and agreed 10 pay them
from sls TO SIG per month Nothing was
said about the kind Of money they should
DE paid In. and the government paid them
IA the cheapest money they had. Generally
u took s. 10 s.. % Of this money to get
81 OF the dearest money-that :. OF
coin At the same time the gov
eminent Issued Its promissory notes or
bonds, and the cautious monied men
pealt Win the government as pawn
hroker deals With a starving woman.
They bought the bonds al that time for
q and 81 cents on the dollar Ofcourse, "a fter
ihe war they brought higher prices Now.
Notwithstanding the fact that the govern
ment expressly reserved the right 10 pay
.he bonds FL It's option In silver dollars. and
Notwithstanding the fact that large por-
zion OF them had been sold cheap By the
government because they could be so paid.
the gold standard people and the supporters
OF the Mckinley admin istratlOn have re-
Gently declared in congress that the bonds
SHAH be paid In the dearest kind OF money
known. None Will deny that the men
Who left their families. risked their lives
and bore the hardships OF war; In order
70 save our institutions and make IL pos
sible for the government 20 pay anybody
cent. deserve Infinitely more Of their
country than the men who stayed al home
and made fortunes by shaving the govern
ment's paper. This being So then IL the lat
ter are to be paid in the dearest money
known, certainly common justice requires
thai t.@ s..'4rnment make good to the
old soldier the difference between the value
of the cheap money IL paid them an.
the dear money when Il is now
proposed TO give the money power
Yet. strange as IL may seem. not single
man OF the whole horde Of lobbyists. cor
ruptionists and corporation agents who ara
working FOR gold standard. and assume
to be the guardians Of national honor has
even suggested that the men who fought
the country's battles and were paid in
cheap money, should be given cent to-
ward making them whole. The solicitude
OF these men is entirely for the money
lender. The hypocrisy. sham patriotism.
downright dishonesty and colossal i'm pu-
dence OF this movement would be in
iedible II they were not daily Haunted
in the face of decency. Everything and
everybody thss money can debauch and
coax. frig hten or coerce. is made up TO
co service for cause that is running our
country one cannot gaze upon this spec
tacle without feeling that II there is no
hell OF fire and birthstone in which to pun
ish the men who. IN the name OF the Lord,
devour widows houses and enslaye thu
children or toll. then the time has como
when Il is the duty OF the Almighty to ere.
ate one. With assurance Of high persona
r gard, am yours very truly.
JOHN r. ALTGELD."
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CLEVELAND AND M'kiNLEY.
Both Hold without Reservation q
the PanIc-C Creating Policy.


When commenting On President Nc
Kinley's recent speech before the Manu-
facturers' association. the London
Times, the organ of the Bank of Eng
land and the Rothschilds, declared that
he had got down on the right side OF
the fence" il left little more to say.
There is no longer possibility of mis-
taking his position. lie has adopted
without reservation the policy which
produced panic under Cleveland and
made the Cleveland administration so
deservcdly odious that if the democratic
party had not managed to drive out its
plutocrats II could not have hoped to
carry half dozen states.
The object of the combination which
controls the treasury under Mckinley
as it did under Cleveland is unmistaka-
BILE
They hope to minimize the issue OF
money of all kinds by the government.
They intend 10 prevent, TO the great
est possible extent, the circulation Of
money of the mints-even of gold it.
self, and to this end they will strive to
perpetuate the policy of withdrawing
large amounts of gold from circulation
and boarding il in the treasury so as TO
force larger resort to the use of their
paper.
They are almost as hostile to the cir
culation Of gold as they are TO that OF
silver and grcenbacl<s. They want gold
not as a circulating medium, but as
mere pretext for the use of paper issued
by corporations TO the exclusion of cash,
that is of gold. silver and legal tender
notes issued by the people through The
minis and the treasury.
They wish TO substitute for coin cur
rency of silver and gold. reinforced
where deficient by treasury notes,
currency composed entirely of corpora
ton paper, with the gold of the coun-
try boarded in the treasury vaults at
Washington. in the subtreasury at New
York. and in the vaults of Wall street
banks, where it will be held, not for
money TO supply home demand but
merely as commodity to be dealt in
for the purposes of foreign trade.
Pretending to advocate sound money,
the plutocrats and Hanlacrats who con-
troll President Mckinley, really stand
for the unsoundcst of all money-in-
flated corporation paper representing
no value whatever, and based on debt
so that for every hundred dollars of
bonded debt we Will have an initiation
of 500 in notes or floating debt, total
debt of $3.50 thus created against the re-
sources of the mountaineering as
an inevitable necessity of its existence.
the constant threat of collapse and
panic.
When he commits himself fully TO
this programme, President Mckinley
is endorsed by the London Times not
because his policy is likely 10 benefit
the masses of the people in England,
but because it disregards the interests
of the masses in America, England and
everywhere else. in the interest of the
great international money dealers who
are the real government in England I'M
der Lord Salisbury as they are under
the tories and plutocrats. the Hannas
and the Cages at Washington.-Mis
sissippi Valley Democrat.
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Discreet silence.

An excellent piece of advice was that
once given TO George Gray. a young
Methodist preacher, who was a mere
boy when he began his work. Within
a few days Of the time he was 15H
wears old his name was on the records
Of an annual conference as travelling
prcacher-the youngest candidate ever
received in the Methodist Episcopal
church. lie was sent TO the Barre cir
cult, in Vermont. As he mounted his
horse to set out for his appointed field
OF labor-a jaunt OF more than zoo miles
his uncle, Methodist of much
shrewdness and humor, gave him
parting address which he never forgot,
and 10 which he often referred in later
years. "Nevcr pretend that you know
much, George" said he, looking up at
the youthful rider from under his
shaggy eyebrows; for II you do SO
pretend. the people will soon find out
that you are sadly mistaken, but
neither" he added, after moments
pause, need you tell them how little
you know, for this they will End ous
soon enough."-Youth's Companion
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all. it was the outgrowth Of . little
private poker party-a party that was
almost a club itself. for il was in almost
There were five bachelors of US, and
CRANKY, who was married and lived In
"a house, like Christian. The five OF
us who had no wives had all known
Granby--and one another-for years;
yes, and we had known Mrs. CRANKY
as a girl, too. So when CRANKY was
married and came to live in Chicago we
made his house our Mecca and his wife
our patron goddess-is there a goddess
in Mecca"
"Go on with the story" fiercely. from
all.
Mrs. CRANKY was the salt of tho
earth-not like Lots wife, but in diff
forent and betterway. Gave the house up
to us. Let us play poker mildly and in a
gentle way without word Of protest
Cranky also had n servant girl. Ex-
cnse me from turning so abruptly from
the lady Of the house to the girl. but
cannot help it. Mrs. CRANKY was the
was the snpremest servant girl ever
generated. She was silent in her min.
istrat:ons to our poker-playing thirst.
She came softly and left the most ex-
cellent cocktails at our elbows, and
fitted away without disturbance. She
cooked up delicious lunches, and she
had better Judgment in the matter of
selecting cigars than CRANKY himself.
She was gem. We all loved Mrs.
CRANKY. We revered Ida
"One evening Mrs. Cranky came in
and froze our souls. Did you know
Ida is going to DC married next week?'
she asked.
1--WE talked il over solemniy. gloom.
lily. 1t was awful. No more nectarine
cocktails. No more sublime lunches
No more good cigars. No more deft,
soothing silence of service. At last
Hardin spoke. Look here he said
were dreadfully selfish about this. OF
course Ida has the right to marry the
coachman, though it does seem rough.
But let's think of her. From what Mrs.
Graaby says they're going right into
three-room fat. Right from the min.
lister to their rooms. That won't do.
They must have a wedding tour. There
are five OF us. Now, this is what We'll
do
when he explained his plan we all
chimed in favorably. We formed the
Ida Hertwig Wedding Tour club right
there with 500 in the treasury. Hardin,
who was in the passenger department
of a railroad, got passes for two TO Salt
Lake. Copley fixed out the hotels along
the way. Pitcher, being an Insurance.
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RUTH AND NAOMI.

sEntreat me not TO leave thee;
Entreat me not" she said.
And on Naomfs bosom
Weeping she bowed her cad:
- For wheresoe'er thou goest
There viii follow thee.
And wheresoc'er thou dwellest,
There shall my lodging be:
e Henceforth, beloved mother.
Thy people shall be mine;
All other gods forsaklng.
I'll serve no God but thine:
IN die where'er thou diest,
And there Will buried be;
Bear witness. God, no power
But death parts thee and me-"
Not half so dear token
OF love. OF faith sublime.
Has history ever boarded
In treasurc-crypts OF time:
Fame on her scrolls has craven
Great deeds. and words that prove
TIE majesty. the beauty.
The might OF woman's love;
But where deed so splendid?
Where words that nobler aref
Mid fame's great orbs OF glory
She shines the morning star.
When spake this Moab woman,
Her mouths ambrosial breath
Stirred chords that slumbered yoiceless
TIL walked by love and faith;
Her touch divine endowed them
With deathless life and youth:
Breathe but the word Naomi"
And they viii murmur Ruth"
Charles w Hubner. in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
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evacuating Cuba and Porto Rico
and the protection of Spaniards
and Spanish interests in these
places. The commissioners will
also decide whether Spain is to be
allowed to withdraw her artillery
and the remainder of her arms
aud ammunition from the colonies
while the question of the future of
the Philippines will he settled by
the same body. The treaty will
be- signed subject to the approval
by the Cortes which will be con-
voked Immediately.
"The cabinet council tonight
will appoint Spanish commission
ers to meet the Americans and ar
range as to the future of the Phil
ippines and other details. "
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ADMIRAL CERNERA AT
NORFOLK.
Affecting Scenes When the Naval
Chief Visited the Wards
Where His Sick and
Wounded Mon
Were.

Norfolk, Aug 5.-Admiral Ger
vera and his son, Lieut. Cervera.
arrived here this afternoon from
Baltimore. They left Annapolis,
where they have been prisoners
of war for several weeks, on par
ole yesterday afternoon, having
been granted special permission
to visit Capt Concha, commander
OF the admiral's flagship, Maria
Teresa, and the other Spanish
sick and wounded at the naval
hospital.
The steamer flew her bunting in
honor of the admiral and launch
lbyl at the pier to receive the lis.
tinguished prisoners. Lieut. Com
r M G Brown, retired, met the
admiral and his son as they step
ped off the steamer and it was
with great difficulty that they
pushed their way through the
crowd.
AT the naval hospital the Span
ish admiral was received by a
guard of honor and was at once
conducted to Capt Concha's room.
This was the first time they had
met since that fatal dash out of
Santiago harbor. The meeting
was n pathetic one, the admiral
and captain embracing one anoth-
er like children. The admiral
then visited Lieut. Noval of the
Pluton, who lost leg, Drs Nicoli
and Augustin of the Vizcaya and
the scenes were equally affecting.
When their former chief entered
the ward where the Spanish sail,
ors were, their faces lit up and
they embraced him as best they
could, their joy being plainly
visible.
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ESThRLI>hED 1852

aldo. The rebels withdrew to
let out men take their places close
to the Spanish lines.
The Astor battery, supported
by n battalion of the Third in
fantrY, is now in position at the
front, its guns being planted
within thousand yards of the
Spanish lines.
Fathers Dougherty and Nc
kinnon, the former being on
General Merritt's staff, have gone
to Manila to have an interview
with Archbishop Nozaleda, of
the archdiocese of the Philippines,
and to point out to him the fu-
tility of resistance to American
troops.
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A CARD.

Circumstances are such, Mr.
Editor, that l wish space in the
columns of your paper to inform
the people, more especially those
Of Cedar Creek township, that
when the Office Of Magistrate was
awarded to me ] felt then and do
now that thoy should have the
right to elect a man of their
choice and if l am a worthy sue.
cessor to myself will assume the
duties in good faith. My com
mission will expire ct the inaugu-
ration of the next Governor.
Truly,
G + Tillman.