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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-23
IN ITS INFANCY.
Development If the Country's Doaad-
less Resources Hnmpered by
the Closed Mint.
ocrat.

The development of the %boundless re-
is but in it's infancy. 1t awaits only
open minis for both metals, and the
wholesome and permanent enlargement
If our stock Of basic money. Like a
giant in chains this nation is bound
down by an oppressive money system
that prevents its doing anything wor-
thy of its magnificent cndowments. Be-
fore the world enjoys a prosperity wor-
thy of the name, of which II IS ca
pablc. and that has come TO stay. being
founded on the broad and solid base
OF bimctallism. it must compel govern
rents to stop legislaiing more value
into money, and. hence. out Of property,
as they have been doing, by shutting
silver out of the mints, but instead,
force them to legislate some OF the
stolen value out Of money. and back
into property from which il was taken
10 the ruin of the worlds toilers. The
only possible way 70 do this is not to
decrease the production of dollars at
the minis. This is the only way to get
stable and, hence. profitable prices
and To keep the people at work. Gold
bugs tell US we have produced SO muct
il has made us poor. We must stoT
work. Oycrproduction Of products IL
the cause Of all our woes. This advice
Is the driyel of idiots, the logic Of
despair and the doctrine of the dSvil
We say to the masses, go 10 work ana
make all the goods YOU can, for YOU
can't make too much for the worlds
comfort until everybody is fully sup
piled with everything they need Ana
then we say TO the government, go
work, too. and coin all the silver anc
gold into money until normal prices
are again restored. and then, after that
do your utmost 70 keep prices stable
so that the balance shall be held iese'
between debtor and creditor hence
forth. Do not let the equities o. ,ns
contracts after that be interfcred Wild
in the interest OF either party.
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On the Hurricane Deck
THE OTHER passengers had gone

THE OTHER passengers had gone
below to the stuffy staterooms,
only to toss on heated pillows while the
mosquitoes did their worst.
1t was IL o'clock. Long ago the fat
barber and the head waiter had aiken
their guitars and cracked voices into
the texas.
The Louisiana planter gave several
VIGOROUS and audible yawns; then he.
too. went below to his torture.
The Martha y. Adams slowly and per-
sistcntly pulled along upstream with
her cargo of sugar and molasses and
sweltering humanity.
The hot day had reluctantly surren-
dered to the night. and now the
scorched banks of the Ohio looked cool
and silvery in the moonlight.
Its too hot to try TO sleep said the
Girl in the White Pique.
Don't apologize for staying. 1t isn't
necessary. Forget Your conscience for
an hour. This is the last night. you
know"
Yes. / know" said the Girl. thought
fully.
The Man put his chair with its back
against the guard-rail. lie could see
her better now.
The moon shone full in her face.
Now and then her white hand flashed
in the moonlight as she brushed back
a w~ind-blown curl.
She laughed uneasily. 1T isn't a
tragedy. is it?"
please don't. OF course il isn't 10
YOU. It's only an incident. Tomorrow
night you'll be telling your friends
what an uncomfortable trip you had.
The people on the boat were 50 uninter-
esting. But there was one very nice
little man who brought you newspa-
pers and fruit and magazines at the
landings"
You flatter yourself. I'm afraid"
laughed the Girl.
Yes. / suppose I'm an IDIOT to even
hope hat you would remember me the
distance of the stage plank. But you
needn't laugh"
Away from somewhere in the depths
of the boat came the voices of roust-
abouts singing a wierd negro melody.
The pilot house with its lonely occu-
pant-the great smokcstacks showing
dark against the summer sky: the reg
ular chug-chug of the big wheels-al
the familiar things that had been so
great a part of their lives for the past
ten days now only reminded him again
OF the parting of their ways. lie told
himself that he had known just how il
would be from the start.
Confound 1t all. Why didn't he bolt
and 60 by rail. instead Of staying 10
have his feelings tramplcd upon by
hcar'lcss girls? He would have been
far safer in the smoking-room Of the
limited.
do you know,"-the low. musical
voice OF the Girl had reused him from
his reverie-"I think IL is almost bet.
ter not 10 make new friends. IL one has
% give them up at the very start"
The Mans heart began 10 thump. and
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something seemed to be the matter with

something seemed TO be the matter with
his head.
"NDw. there Is Mrs. Temple;on"--the
nan ground his teeth-"shc has been
lovely 10 me, aud In. sure We could al
NAYS be the best Of friends. She has
told me all about her mother, and her
brother in the navy. Her mother must
be charming"
ITO say nothing of the brother, mem
tally added the Man.
And now she-I mean her husband
has bccn ordered 10 Venezuela. She
got the telegram to-day; and ! know III
never see her again
Poor little girl. You have your trou-
bles. too don't you?"
'roo?r
"Nes-too. You know I'm SO sorry TO
part with that gentle barber, and the
engineer. and the pilot
You needn't make fun Of me. am
fond OF Mrs. Templeton."
"Pompadour, companion and all, /
suppose
But she doesn't paint"
"BalntY VINO Salu shc pdlhltu
IF you're going 10 be horrid again to-
night, I'm going. Last night you pre-
tended TO think that ! flirted with the
boy who came on at Cairo. Just because
| wasn't rude enough o TO read that
crazy book he lent me-
"Please-please don't GO" The Man
put his hand on the arm of her chair as
if to detain her. IF you'll stay, I'll try
to stifie my grief about the barber.
Won't you let me tell you about-about
nv brother, for i~nstance?"
The Girl looked away toward the Ken
lucky hills. After awhile she leaned
over and clasped her hands on the
guardrail. Then she looked up into his
face and her voice was almost a whis-
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NY OLD SPELLING BOOK.

~ an unfrequented corner. ID the garrett
dark and dusty,
On. day | came across an ancient friend
by charge
Time mad wr1nkled up his features. ana his
coat was worn and rusty,
rant | recognized him al "A single glance.
Ana a Hood OF recollection rushed and ed
died DER me.
Aud a panoramic vision OF boyhooa passed
before me.
A. / tondorly and carefully the moths and
ebs shook
From the comrade Of my schooldays-my
blue-backed spelling book.
on an a~ge-colored ny-leaf. in a schoolboy
hand, was scrawled,
The Injunction: steal not this book, my
honest friend"
And the honest friends attention was
particularly called
To Inc fact that .,he gaiiows would sure
~ be his end"
II ne listened TO the tempter. and the hon
est path forsook.
BY purloining from its owner his blue
backed spelling book.
with it's modest "a-b alb" and its meek
and lowly abel"
It's tongue twisting "phthisics' and Scrip
tural 'Zerubbabel.'
Glancing through its well-thumbed pages
brought a painful recollection
or the day | mangled general with a
f."
And OF how donned the dunce-cap for a
season OF reflection
On the sin of spelling colonel" with a
"k:"
While memory. with distinctness. brought
TO mind the teachers frown.
The sarcastic smirk OF Bully Jones on the
day he cut me down;
OF how Kate Ross smiled on him and
a. -. 1I. "a . FA
Just because | thought Kentucky had IT'S
starter In a {
All. me, my old-time comrade. in the years
forever vanished.
You have caused me trials and tribula-
lions sore.
But from my remembrance there SHAH
nevermore be banished
The winters day that l obtained the
floor.
And by a happy blunter. spelled correct
your hardest word.
From which fact the ~pedagogue. In a little
speech. inferred
That the time was surely coming when TO
congress I'D be sent.
And -astonish all the natives" by becom-
ing president.
From the dark and dusty garnet. where for
years the mice have r,yeled,
j will place you IN surroundings more re-
fined.
And though with wriukled features. and a
coat somewhat dishcveled.
Your familiar face will always bring 70
mind.
The delightful, happy years. when no low
ering clouds of sorrow
Mingled roubles OF to-day with dark fore
boiings OF tomorrow.
And when the brightly flashing eye and
the cheek with healthy glow
Marked the merry-hearted schoo!boy OF
some 80 years ago.
p. c. Fossett In Golden Days.
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A monopoly organ says that. curious
enough. the more legislation and plat
forms are directed against them the
more the trusts thrive" The New
York World replies that this Is rot at
all curious, considering tho power that
trusts and other monopolies have in Sc
lecting candidates for encouragement
and even for judges and president.
But when a president shall be nomi-
mated and elected who is honestly and
unalterably opposed TO these combina-
tons of greed the chances that they will
be smashed will he enormously in
creased.
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THIS IS III LAST NIGHT. YOU KNOW
per: IF you don't care-Id rather you
would tell me about Yourself"
"Temptress. is this the way YOU tor.
ture your victims?" He laughed. lis
that what you said to the little boy from
Cairo Then his voice was lower.
i've been trying for a week not to tell
YOU about myself. I've tried TO make
myself think that | didn't care-since
YOU didn't. That | could talk with you
day after day. and sit here at night un-
der the stars and hear your voice; that
| would be able to smile and say good
by when the time came, and that the
parting would be only the shadow of an
hour. But | can't forget. Can't you see
can't You feel how impossible it is?"
The Girl was not laughing now.
But but why must YOU ~forget?"
She had risen. and the blue eyes were
looking down into his earnest, troubled
face.
''Nill you let me remember? And to-
morrow will be-only the beginnings
lie was standing very close to her
now. but the blue eyes had dropped
their gaze. lie took both her hands in
his strong clasp.
Don't" she said. The pilot is lcok-
ing"
Il don't care if the whole Packet
company looks. / love you
And the BOAT toiled on up the river
with her cargo Of sugar and molasses
and swelterirg humanity.
heat and the mosquitoes. \. D. Times
Democrat.
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Every time we sec n man with his hair
parted in the middle we wonder u he
has 10 wear II that way to prevent his
mind from losing its balance.--Chicngo
Daily News
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The phiIfppiue Outlook.

President Mckinley is facing a very
serious difficulty in the definitely ac-
knowledged necessity for the sending
of additional troops TO the Philippines
and the confessed likelihood that the
war in these islands is TO be protracted
far beyond the time limit set by even
the most apprehensive persons at it's
beginning. II now seems extremely
probable that before the war is ended
there will be n call for volunteers to
supplement the full strength Of the
regular commands available for use in
the Philippines campaign. There is no
question as to the promptness with
which such a call would meet with a
satisfactory response. The national
pride of the people of the United States
will make this response certain. But
il will not silence adverse criticism of
bungling methods responsible for the
war. With the rainy season in the
tropics now intervening to check the
movements Of the American army, it
Is virtually certain that the war will
be prolonged into the presidential cam
paign opening next spring, and that
its conduct and the causes leading 10
such a situation will figure very largely
in that campaign. This prospect must
be anything but satisfactory TO the adj
ministfation.-St. Louis Republic
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-23

TO placate the spoilsmen Prcsi-
dent Mckinley has violated the pledges
OF the platform upon which he was
elected in 1896. lie may gain the sup
port Of some who are spoils hungry,
and for n time may close the mouths OF
Gen. Grosvenor and the other spoils-
men Of his party who are bitterly OPP
posed to the merit system. To placatc
this element. however, the president
should beware lest he offend grievous-
" those who regard the spoils system
AZ one Of the greatest evils Of our po-
litical ms ututions.-Baltimore Sun.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-13

Austin, Texas, April 1o.-The following
letter is self-explanatory:
Hon. j. S. Kendall, General Superintendent
of Public Schools. Austin, Texas;
Dear Sir: AS one of the representatives
Of the state OF Texas. l request at your
earliest convenience that you furnish me
with the following information:
/. What are the provisions of the Pea
body will regarding the manner in which
the beauest of the Peabody fund should
be expended by those normal schools which
are receiving an appointment of said
fund? 80
turned over by the trustees Of said fund
10 any educational establishment In Texas :
N "a. Tor how long q period has such APP
uortionnent been made, and what is the
annual amount OF said app I Comment?
Il II you say that any educational In
s,,tutiou in Texas has received any por'
ton Ut said tuna. please state IN whai
amount and manner said elpori!onment
has been disbursed.
4. Is there any data or Information u
your office to show that al OF any par
of this apportionment has been applied Z
paving the superintendent o. teachers
lof any public educational institution 81
Texas an Increased salary over aud abov'
| The amount allowed and paid by the STATE
1 OF TeXas?
/ Peabody appor,iSnmelt to Texas, II any
! mas been paid. and where full and com.
I nlete statement can be had
s. Does your office contain any infor'
nation or evidence as to where this
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COMPANY STORE SYSTEM.
MIR. bean Makes Another Effort "a
Break IL IN.

MIR. bean Makes Another EuOrt 30
Break IL Up.
Austin. Texas. April 2--undiscouraged
by past unsuccessful efforts in the dlrec-
ton OF correcting the abuses growing out
of the merchandise check system, Mr..
Bean has introduced another bill in the
house aimed thereat, which reads as fol-
lows:
Section l. BE II enacted by tho legisla-
uire of the State OF Texas, that hereafter
II shal be unlawful for any person. firm
association of persons, corporation or
agent OF either TO issue any ticket check
or writings obligatory redeemahle or pay
able only in goods or merchandise by the
person using the same and all such tlck-
cis, checks or writings oblig itory so is
sued shall be .redeemable and payable In
current funds of the United states OF
America and any contract or agreement to
take and receive such tickets, checks or
writings obligatory redeemable only in
goods or merchandise by the persons Is
suing the same shall be null and void and
ma agalust public policy.
Sec g Any person or the agent OF any
person, firm, aBscciation of persons OF
corporation who shall violate any pro-
visions In the foregoing section shall be
deemed guilty Of mIsdemeanor and OIL
conviction shall be punished by fine OF not
less than S., nor more than 500, or by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail for a period
Of not Iesg than five days, nor more than
! sixty days
| Sec, 3. Emergency clause.
The above has also been introduced III
the senate by Mr.. Patterson.
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A CARRIAGE HAT.

This toque has wide. low crown and
very short brim that is borderod with
fancy straw. Sometimes plated chiffon Is
used instead of straw and even tiny frills
of silk edged with fine lace are used upon
this particular shape.
A novel feature OF the round straw toque
s the mode OF trimming Il. A very pretty
model which is to be part Of a fashionable
young woman's summer wardrobe Is made
Of fnc black and white straw. All the
trimming is placed at the back OF the hat,
II consists of large ribbon and chiffon
bow. The ends OF this bow are brought
over to the front and finished with rurn-
ings of black and white chiffon.
Large white silk roses are messed under
the brim and the hat viii be Worn with
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TIE rIoMININn OBSERVER.

Nearly all the girls give up their music
when they marry.
Why is It that every dish that is worth
eating is unwholesomef
Tho frs, baby Is totally unlike any other
baby that ever was born,
A disappointment in love often produces
an excellent man Of business
II husbands and wives will quarrel, they
should avoid boarding houses, apartments
and fats,
Want of air kills a man In Ave minutes
want of sleep In ten days and want Of
water in week. I've been told.
How many people can and references
in the Bible without lrst looking at the
table to see Just where the book comes?
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senate, no mere consideration of political
success or failure could make me assume
the position | occupy today. At pecu-
MARY sacrifice az sacrifice o. my bust
ness interest at the sacrifice of separa-
ton from my family ] have attended this
session, and faithfully and honestly sought
to serve my people. There Is no vote
upon the records Of this senate which |
have cast that | am no. willing the sun
light should be turn ID upon au1 my pcliti-
cal destiny tested thereby IL has nos
been the unmixed pleasure my ambition
had painted. j do not care today whether
! ever hold another political office or not
II my political enemies could do no
more by their vile Islander, their traducng,
than ruin my political prospects | VIII
hurl my political aspirations in their
faces and bid them do their worst, but in
this matter my honor, my reputation Is
at stake. Friendships of twenty years ars
In the balance and can not a sd to FISK
one or sever the other; therefore. ! en-
treat you to pass this Dill, XII II. ana
nv enemies would say that my pleading Is
but sham, and that | could with an
appeal to senatorial courtesy have stayed
tho votes that did It, XIII It, and you nave
placed In the hands of my enemies a
weapon with which to ruin thnt TO me
which years OF honest efforts have bullt
up and which no human power can return:
Kin IL. and you will have done to me ana
mine an injury that could only gloat with
satisfaction the heart of bitter persona!
enemy During my term as member OF
this body do not know a word or act OF
mino that would Justify any one OF you n
assuming that attitude towards me !
have tried TO be courteous, to be fair and
"a he honest ! have tried to win your
friendship because | would value y, ana
now by that association, by all that voA
hold nearest and dearest, beg Of you 70
suspend the rulc and finally pass me
! charter without the dotting of IN ~ OF tho
| 80 4,
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PROCEEDINGS.

Ma' Texas, April 12.-The senate
w morning with quorum present
y ioopies crowded with spectators
4Aus seeing the Dallas charter
'aich was looked for this morning.
i -'sion OF Atlee, house bill by Max
'aa caldwell donating to the city of
Z block of ground for school pur-
'as referred to a special commit
4 committee on public school lands
Nnee reported bills as follows: Fay-
Z "a Dill extending for twenty years
N'nent of the principal of the pur-
money for lands purchased under
4 ls.s ss OF the legislature; adversely
>sisu ulii providing for the recon-
Nh ~ an abstract of the located,
l'a,. sa patented lands of the State OF
n a. .sorably on bill by Goss amend
,jns, sViooi laws, so as to make the
fa Avn price of public lands 81 per acre
kss,,. organized prior TO 1877; ad-
Il Ast;n ie,ts bill donating to the city
)s9rsss.u block OF ground for school
Esl,s sdyersely on bill by Morriss
zsltlsr,u,ue s TO lands located under the
kss,in,s certificate act; favorably with
Nh sns lor house bill by Bolin setting
w, ~. sppropriating to the public free
nsp NY all the unappropriated public
a n. the State OF Texas, incIud-
IN lands reserved and appropriated
IfaspsA oi July IA, 1879.
asssos eemmittee reported favorably
su,s , PHI Increasing the salary OF
~ tn officer from $500 TO
lsssss snS 'su to suspend the pending
MI wa ss,I take up the Dallas city char
Ssaors 'nleh motion prevailed.
PA ma,, moved TO recommit the bill.
R'sse rsvl was lost us to % and the
- ,,nlority report was killed by the
q III no, ohered an amendment striking
IA rtion of the bill which provides
fre a.. e[nor shall appoint a police
s n tbs = missioner and make il the
ss n mayor 70 appoint said commits
NJ IL, speaking to his amendment
ie,,,.st he would favor The bill II
sas cp,O %ss stricken out.
amen, '''Sea the adoption of rhe
VA cssr ,syored the amendment.
substitute making It thu
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DINNER,


Shirt waists are losing their plain, mas
culine finish, and q tucked yoke OF white,
With the band in the trent, also of white.
tucked In fine tucks perpendicularly is TO
be seen with the lower part and sleeves OF
bingham or any OF the pretty colored ma
tcrials 10 be found In shirt waists. The
yoke is frequently Joined to the body OF
the gown with little open work insertion.
and small pearl. bali buttons tasten the
waist tho full length
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TO His ExealIsney. tho oOvern0r senat,


and House OF Representatives
HYDE Park. Austin. Texas, March -
Some six years ago the Womans World
Fair association Of Texas asked my as
slstance toward the realization Of their
wishes to present the capitol AZ Austin
with marble statues OF the Texas heroes
General Sam Houston and stephen r.
Austin. These statues were first 10 adori
the Texas building al the Worlds Fair Al
Chicago.
Deeply touched by the beauty and JUS
tiee Of their desire, elated by the en-
thusiasm and aspirations Of which this de-
sire was born, | felt myself In unisor
with them and unhesitalingly agreed tt
dedicate my part of the contemplated
work. the time and skill required to MAKE
tho plaster models OF the statues.
The models were completed five years
ago, but the association, after havjnf
made efforts during two years to raise thu
necessary funds fer having the plastei
models put into marble and placed In th'
capitol, abandoned X.
Thus II happened that since Ave year.
these Two models In life size form stand
useless gin Of mine 60 Texas and IL
people, IN the fragile material Of plaster
brrieo IN my studio hitherto unknown 4
the state and the people at large unful
.'tt-b 'NN H.s7Sis'' ~ itNN,.t''f' - .
fullness CT Texas 10 her illusirous dead
The heroes OF Texas independence, mo-
constituting an incentive for our yoinI
generations to noble strife and deeds.
And SO now desire TO formally turn
ever to Texas what has been hers IN fac
since 1898. | therefore take pleasure Y
rendering through sou % the people Q
Texas these TWO iife Size models
owing 20 the fragile material OF whicl
+ they consist they are not In permauen
form and should be allowed TO remain Il
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my studio until Texas shall see at to put
them in enduring marble
The just care OF an artist for his works
to prevent the possibility OF his works
being disigured when put in marble by a
mere stonecutter, however skillful he may
be considered to be, demands that | should
make the express condition. that In case
the models are put In marble after my
death no artist of less renown In art CEN
tiers than st, Gaudens of New York shall
he entrusted with the work, and that the
marble statues shall be placed inside the
capitol building Sincerely
Eiisabet Ney.