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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-07

Patty returned home and Rugged the
twins within an inch OF their lives. Il
hope the poor. dear gentleman j. bet
ter"
20. he's all right now" said Patty.
Hes coming back tomorrow or the
next day. l. the room all ready"
"All ready" Mrs. Hyde answered.
Mr.. Maxwell returned the next day
and once more took possession OF his
old quarters.
Mrs HYDE" said he. with n little en-
barrassment. when that lady came up
stairs to inquire his wishes in regard
TO any early tea. there's something 1
perhaps ought to mention to You
Indeed. sir." said the wondering
Mrs Hyde. What is it,"
"lm going to be married" announced
the bachelor. with infinite sheepish-
ness.
Married. sir. You? Dear, dear!
Then you'll be leaving me again,
shouldn't wonder"
Not necessarily. Mrs. Hyde ] dare
say YOU and my future wife will get
along comfortably together"
Indeed. sir"
For I'm going TO marry Patty"
Patty" echoed Mrs. HYDE.
Yes. Patty"
And how about the twins?' de-
mandcd the amazed matron.
The twins. Mrs. Hyde. are the dear
est little creatures in the world
And. improbable as il may seem. Mr..
MARVEL really hooked as il ne believed
what he said.
1t was all true. lie did marry Patty
and he was proud Of his pretty. cner-
getic little wife, and still more proud,
strange to say, Of the twins.
Il wouldn't believe il unless I'd seen
il with my own eyes" said Mrs. Hyde.
"Ile as never could endure children
aforc, But I'm as pleased as Punch for
Patty's sake"
And Patty and her middle-aged hus-
band were scrcnely happy together
N. Y. Daily News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-07
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

Mckinley is about as good man
for the democrats to defeat as the re-
publicans can put up.-St. Louis Re
public.
IF the president can mention the
name of "A republican who will have TO
walk the plank under his civil service
order the country would like to have
him do it.-kansas 1ty Times.
The intention of the republican
members of the finance committee to
hold their conference in New York be-
hind closed doors is only another sug-
gestion of how little there will be for
the public in the entire currency re-
form programme of the administration.
Detroit Free Press.
The Kansas City Journal is Dor
rowing trouble IF anything bad hap
pens to this country while Mark Hanna
is in Europe" Doubtless, however.
Mark has left full instruction covering
all contingencies likely TO arise. Be
sides, God reigns, and the republican
party still lives. Albany Argus.
1t is questionable which are loud
err the rcjoicings of republican spoils-
men over the destruction of the civil
service system or the protestations OF
republican hypocrites that the system
has really been strengthened by break
ing ii TO pieces. You cannot find re-
publican hustler" who is not immense
ly pleased with the order. but the, do
not make much more showing than
men like Secretary Gage who continue
TO assert that there has been mo let
ting down of the bars. "-Indianapolis
Sentinel.
The president himself must by
this time see that an imperial policy is
horrible mistake. He must realize
that war for the subjugation of an I'M
willing people, TO drag into the United
States a population untitled for any OF
the duties Of citizenship under highly
organized government. has no logical
Justification The president knows. for
he so declared in his Boston speech.
that imperial conquest is contrary 10
the spirit of American institutions"
knowing that, why does he not rescue
the American army from the pcrils OF
n hostile climate by ordering a cessa-
tion Of the slaughter of a people whs
ask for nothing more than TN oppor.
tunity 10 administer their own afrniTsi
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-07
HhNNA'S TALK OF SPIES.
The Republican Boss Makes n Defe nse
of the Administration Which
arouses suspicion.

1--WE commend the president for the
judicious notifications of the civil
service rules recently promulgated"
says Mark Hanna in his Ohio platform.
In an interview for publication Mr..
Hanna stands by the platform and the
order. lie attempts to justify the latter
by saying that when President Cleve-
land was about To 20 out he issued an
order which had the effect of giving per
manent jobs TO a lot Of democrats in
positions where they could act as
"spies" upon the republican admins
tration. lie says that the present re-
publican administration is responsible
to the people for its conduct of public
affairs. and it cannot justly be held re-
sponsible if il is surrounded by q am
ocratic spies" Therefore. the pres
idcnt is to be commended for his LII
dicious" order.
OF course Mr.. Hanna does not expect
any intelligent man 10 accept this state
ment as sufficient justification for
turning over 10000 places in the public
service TO spoilsmcn. An administra-
ton has no business to have any secrets
in any branches of the service affected
by this order. If there is any use for
the services of spies then il is because
something is wrong which ought TO be
exposed. II anything is wrong the
presence of men in the service who will
expose il is for the public good.
Mr.. Hanna's talk about spies i'm
plies that things are done which ought
not to be done. II implies that there
are things which the party bosses wish
to keep secret when there should be no
secrets and everything should be open
TO the public. 1t implies a purpose on
the part Of the republican bosses to
convert the public service into n party
machine-to pervert and degrade il to
the accomplishment Of merely party
ends.
Any spying which will tend to pre-
vent such degradation of the public
service is very desirable thing. But
Mr.. Hanna and his fellow bosses are
not worried about spies. We hear
nothing about spies in the British civil
service. where the merit system is more
extended and more vigorously applied
than il ever has been here. The simple
truth is that the spoilsmen want the
spoils, and their talk about spies is the
best excuse they can think Of for seiz-
Ing what they want.-Chicago Chron-
ic1a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-07
The Philippines Are Costly.

The war in the Philippines has cost a
heavy loss in killed and wounded, say
ing nothing of sickness. There have
been dispatched To the islands from
first TO last over 10000 troops, men and
officers. and so far not over 1000 OF
these have returned 20 this country.
The cost of the military occupation is
estimated at 100000 month. and in
year will nearly equal the entire in
terest charge of the United States debt.
The net result is that we control Just
the small amount Of territory on which
our troops stand, and yesterday a Sc
we're engagement by our military and
naval forces was brought on by an in
surgent threatened attack in strong
force on Manila" The facts are I'M
pleasant. but il Is wiser TO face them
boldly and shape future action accord
ingly than 10 be lulled into false Sc
curity by optimistic and edited"
official Observation-Disclosures Plain
Dealer.
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The Currency Question.
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severe that the laborers have no voice
in regulating the share OF their prod
uct that they shall receive as wages.
During such periods in the worin's
history when the mines were produce
tive civilization advanced by leaps and
bounds, slaves disappeared and free
men multiplied upon the earth. But
during those other periods when the
mines were not productive and prices
con tinucd 70 fall laborers lost first their
sa, ings. then their liberties and final
" the money changers DESTROYED all
other classes and civilization itself dis
appeared.
In view of the power of money as 70
controlling factor in the industrial
world il will be readily seen that n
combination Of the worlds creditors
and money dealers, if permitted To
manipulate the money supply through
debating coinage laws, legal tender
acts. and the issue Of bank notes for
circulation wolld thereby be enabled
to plumber The world al libtum. Such
an organization was formed nearly a
half century ago. 1t was through its
agency that silver was clandestinely
monetized in the United States in
1873.
There is only one question that
equals in Importance the money ques-
ton. and that is the question of ere
ating a large standing army. Mill
tarism would mean death to the re-
public, and the end of liberty.-Silver
knight Waterman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-07
HANNA AND HARMONY.
4 Republican Organ Grinds Oot .
Wall Of Woe over the Ohio
situation.

The republican press is generally
agreed that Hanna and Harmony were
copartncrs ia the management of the
Ohio republican convention.
II this be true, the junior partner in
the firm has a clear case for damages
against the Chicago Times-lIerald, a
Mchinley-llanna organ Of the inner
circle, which oyerlooks liarmony's in
tercsis altogether, and proceeds 10 rub
salt into the open wounds of Senator
Foraker.
According 10 the Times-lIerald there
is no republican harmony in Ohio. 1t
goes further, and declares that there
Will be no real harmony in Cnio politics,
no national confidence in the utterances
OF its republican conventions, so long
as Judas Benedict Foraker retains his
place in republican councils there. He
has been paid Off. Let him be retired
for good"
The Chicago Mckinley organ further
more declares that nothing but make
believe harmony, "for the sake of self
preservation, has compelled Joseph Il.
Foraker to sheathe his political dagger
In his own coat-tail, swallow his envy
and malice, and stand upon an Ohio
platform renewing pledges of loyalty
to the party he has SO often sought 10
betray." According to the Times
Herald. 'it would require page to re-
hearse the fragrant breaches of party
loyalty and personal good faith" Of
which Foraker has been guilty; Fora
ker's conduct in the Ohio convention
"has once more proved that the leopard
cannot change his spots"-that con
spiracy and treachery are so jngrained
in the man that nothing can eradicate
them from his acts Finally, he is
told that when whipped into line, he
licks the lash, but as he does so, plots
new treachery."
Political rumor has il that Hanna,
Harmony & Co. have already selected
Gen. Grosvenor, the foremost admins
tration cuckoo, to be Foraker's sue
cessor in the United States senate in
1903; rumor which would seem 10 be
well authenticated by the above-quoted
comments of 1.-The original Mckinley
organ of the west"
Doubtless Senator Foraker will lie
awake nights. consulting with Bush
nell. knrtz and McEisson as to ways
and means to elect Nash governor. and
thereby strengthen the hold Of Hanna,
Harmony & Co. upon the Ohio repub-
lican machinery.-Albany Argus.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-07

The Bland-Aliison law was not gen.
eral. Its enactments were limited by
special provisions. II did not provide
for the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver, as should have been, TO meet the
necessities of our great, growing and
indebted country; and as had always
been, under our government until 1873.
and as the constitutional rights of our
people required. The limitations we're
that the secretary of the treasury was
ordered TO purchase from S20O0,000 to
100000 only Of silver bullion rer
month; and coin the same; while coin
age should be legal tender. except
where otherwise provided by con-
tract" thus limiting the amount OF
silver. and by limitation depreciating
and discrediting it. IT also enabled
creditors 10 force gold contracts. and
destroyed the legal equality ~ gold and
silver coin. The country responded TO
this law-it being very much better
than nothing by an immediate adj
yanc, IN the values Of property and by
an active resumption Of the industries
~ the country. which had been par
alvzcd and impoverished by lack ~
money necessary 10 maintain them ~
activity
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Se selfish creature. or he never would
serve you So"
Hardly month had elapsed when
sour-sisaged woman came TO the yde
house and requested an audience with
the mistress thereof.
You know OF old MARVEL, | sup.
pose - Sain she.
II know Mr.. Phineas Maxwell" an
swered Mrs. Hyde. with dignity
We'll, IT'S all the same," rctorted she
Of the acidulatcd countenance. Hes
boarded at our house three weeks and
four days. Hes down with the small
pox."
20. my" calculated Mrs. hyde.
Poor, dear soul. And who takes care
" him.
That's just the question: said the
visitor. II can't I've got my family,
az never has had Tie smallpox, to think
of and the other boalders has an
cleared out, and the doctor don't know
81 10 one as would be willing to under-
take the risk. P'rhaps sou could
Gomez
Mrs. Hyde sisibly recoilcd
~ no." she answered. Il would
rather not. As you say yourself. it's a
great risk 70 run. and"
But Patty Smith, who had listened in
silence heretofore. stepped forward.
III 80. aunty." said she. III you'll
take care Of the twins. ! have had the
smallpox. am not afraid Of it,
But Patty, | thought you disliked
Mr.. MARVEL so much?"
IL did" said Patty. with smile and a
shrug of her shoulders. but il isn't
worth while to think of thar now. lie is
sick and solitary. and he is a fellow
creature. That is enough"
And Patty packed her little bundle.
kissed the peachy unconscious checks
of the twins. and went on her mission
like "A new variety of Soeur de Charlie.
What a disconsolate scene was that!
in the midst of which lay Mr.. MARVEL,
tossing on bed of sickness. y tireless
CRATE. undraped windows. through
which the sun beat with merciless bril-
liancy; dust in every spot on which dust
could possibly alight. and pillow and
bed linen week old.
III soon set all these matters
straight" said Patty. moving around
with the quick decision that was natur-
al To her. And within half an hour the
scene had assumed a more homelike
look. even to The staring. unconscious
eyes OF the delirious man.
who are you? An angelo he asked,
lowering his voice to a whisper
NO" she answered. smiling 10 her
self I'm Patty"
Don't leave me-" he urged. Its
dreadful 10 be left alone
NO she answered. II won't"
Phineas MARVEL lay IN for month
and with slow recovery came sense Of
all that Patty Smith had done for him.
IN tell You what" said the doctor.
on the day that he made his last profess
sional visit. IF 1t hadn't been for Mrs.
smith you would have been snugly
slowed away between four mahogany
boards by this time. my friend
II know it," Mr.. MARVEL answered.
Well said Mrs. Hyde. when at last
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-18
RAMS TRAINED TO FIGHT.

The natives of India are keen sports
men, in that they enjoy wagering on
the element of chance, and in Bengal
a favorite sport is ram-fghting. A
likely male lamb is chosen, when quite
young, and his training often extends
over Is months to two years. The first
operation is to make him grow suitable
horns. To attain this end when his
first horns appear the owner grasps
them in his teeth and tears them out
of their sockets. This operation has
to be repeated upon subsequent
growths two or three times. Then
the young champion develops a really
massive pair, very broad at the base.
He is always chained, presumably to
make him pugnacious. When his
horns are sufficiently tough he is
taught butting. His trainer dons a
wooden shield, and the ram is taught
to butt it, at first with only a short
run. But as he takes to his training
he backs further and further from the
object, until the legitimate distance is
arrived at. By this time he has begun
to put such force into his butts that it
takes two men to hold the shield, and a
good ram will upset them at every
charge. When he is fit he is taken to
a match. The trainers then straddle
their animals, grasping them by the
horns, and bring them into the arena
facing each other about 40 feet apart.
The word is given, the trainers slip the
animals, and the rams precipitate
themselves forward at lightning speed,
heads down, quarters I'D. They meet
with a laundering crash the horns
and skulls changing as if they were
metal. The animals then back of their
own accord, and close again. with the
same awful impetuosity. Again and
again they close, until one of the two
refuses to face the music. Then the
victor chases him from the arena
Golden Penny.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-18
DEEP MYSTERY SOLVED.
Reasons For Paper Flaps on Screen
Doors.

If you want to know in what part of
Chicago you are, look at the screen
door of the nearest grocery or drug
store or notion shop. If there is a
fantastic adornment of paper on the
door, you are, in all probability, on the
South side, and south of Thirty-ninth
street For the South Siders are in
dulging in luxury that does not seem
to be known to any great extent on
the North or West sides.
This ornament on the screen doors
is made of all sorts of paper, but it
is generally light in color and of the
same general shape. 1t looks as if the
storekeeper had taken sheet of wrap
ping paper, folded it in the middle,
and cut into it at intervals of an inch
or so, nearly to the fold. And that is
exactly what he has done. Then he
runs string through the paper just
below the fold and fastens it across
the door SO that the flaps hang down
straight. If he is frugal, one row of
flaps satisfies him. If he isn't, he has
two and may have three.
store the paper wiggles and flaps all
day long The first one made it's ap-
pearance at Forty-seventh street and
Indiana avenue early last week. Now
they are as common as screen doors.
An inquisitive citizen who could not
figure out what on earth this fantas-
tic decoration was for nearly went
crazy when they increased in number.
He was curious over the first one he
saw Presently he noticed another.
Then he began watching for them and
counting. Soon he began to dream
about them. Then he asked his friends
what they were for Nobody knew.
At last he could stand it no longer.
He walked into restaurant at For
ty-seventh street and Lake avenue
81 know I'm ignorant, and I sup
pose it's none of my business but
what are those paper flaps on the
screen door for?" he asked of a pretty
waiter girl.
"Flies," said the girl, with an ex-
preston of wonder on her face.
-why-what?" gasped the in
quisitive citizen.
why" said the girl, YEARLY, ''they
flap in the draught and scare the flies
away from the door, so that when any
one opens it they amt there to fly
in. See?"-The Spokesman's Review.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-18
HISTORY OF THE DAHLIA.
Wonderful Development Since Discov-
cry 100 Years Ago.

More than one hundred years ago
Baron Humboldt discovered the dahlia,
a small, single flower, in Mexico. Could
some prophetic vision have revealed to
him the dahlia of today in it's dazzling
hues and varied forms he might, per-
haps, have been prouder of that dis
covery than of all his other scientific
achievements. 1t was sent by him to
the botanical gardens in Madrid, where
it received the name of dahlia in honor
of the botanist, Professor Andrew
Dahl.
The same year it was introduced into
England, where it was cultivated under
glass. For few years it was lost to
cultivation, then reintroduced into
England Cultivation soon developed
the double form, and every color ex-
cept blue. For many years the ideal
dahlia of the cultivators was perfect
ly double, bell-shaped flower. Those
who remember the compact flower of
thirty or forty years ago know how
nearly that ideal was realized, and re-
member the deserved popularity of the
dahlia of that day. But people soon
tired of the regularity of that type, and
for few years it was neglected.
Florists were giving time, labor and
thought to the development of the
carnation chrysanthemum and other
popular flowers.
At last some far-seeing cultivator
recognized the possibilities of the
dahlia, and in new, improved and more
beautiful shades of color it resumes
its sway, and today greets us in SO
many varied and attractive forms that
every taste may be suited.-London
Globe
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-18
KATE FIELDS LOVE LETTER.

If that charming woman, the late
Kate Field, did not marry, it was as
suredly not because she did not have
many an admirer. A Washington
lady has in her possession a little old
bit of yellow paper upon which is pen
ciled a boyish scrawl 1t was pre-
served by Miss Field from her little
girl days. The scrawl runs thus:
''Wont yue mete me down bye The
Gate after school Yue move Luv yue. y
On the other side of the bit of paper
is the address thus:
'Miss Kate Field, Esq, last seat
mex to the Door goin out"
1t must have been like a breath of
the forgotten perfume of yesteryears
when the clever, kindly woman hap
pened upon this little old piece of yell
lowed paper on a rainy afternoon of
rummaging. Washington Post.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-18
NO JOB HAS YET BEEN LOST.

The returned soldiers of the first
Georgia regiment were everywhere re-
ceived yesterday with expressions Of
satisfaction and pleasure in their re-
turn from service at Darien. They
had been away for nearly week, and
all were glad to see them back. Par
ticularly was that true Of the young
men whose employers had been man
aging with depleted forces during the
enforced stay from one to four or five
of their clerks and assistants. 1t was
to the great relief of their felloW-em-
ployes in large establishments that
have run shorthanded that the SOL
diers returned. Those who remained
behind had their work increased by
having to assume that of their mill
tary associates, so that the return Of
the campaigners was also welcomed
by them.-Savannah News.
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with reference to the facilities for at
tack they afford and their own bodily
powers. If otherwise good strategic
positions present natural difficulties
the lion not only considers how these
can be overcome, but perhaps prac-
tees his part beforehand. At all
events, he has been watched while en-,
gagged in exercises that can only be
explained in this way
so puny a creature as man is when
unprovided with effective implements
for offense stands little chance against
such a foe-an assailant having forty
times his strength, backed by marvel
Gus activity and an intense passion
for carnage. Under these circum-
stances savages can only shut them
selves up or assault their enemy in
large masses. On the other hand,
those precautions taken by murder
Gus lion might not seem to comport
with that bold and often reckless tenn
per attributed to this species. But
such discrepancy has no real exist
ence; it only appears when a Judgment
is made without taking all the facts
into consideration This animals in
telligence, developed in maneaters to
its highest point, together with an
organic stealthiness of nature and pro-
clivity toward unexpected attacks and
strategems, fully accounts for every
thing a lion does in the way of guard
ing against failure Outing.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-18
NOT AS BAD AS CL"vf AND.

Referring to the recent dynamiting
of street car in Cleveland, Ohio, and
the manning for life of number of
passengers, the Memphis Scimitar
says: 1--WE have our faults down this
way. There is blood on our hands for
which we must answer as a people.
Gods justice does not sleep nor falter
by the way. But we have not reached
the Cleveland stage of barbarity and
defiant disorder. If street cars loaded
with passengers should be blown up
in any southern city the doors of the
blody deed would be hunted down by
the public, if necessary, and would
meet the fate they deserved. Not only
that, but those who instigated them to
commit the crime would be held to
account in such fashion as would crush
the spirit of anarchy in the community
for good and ALL