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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-12-21
UNIQUE SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
water Company Asked TO Pay Be-
cause II Could Not Extin-
guish Fire.

A lawsuit. unique in the jurispru-
dence Of the state Of California, is
now on trial at Ukiah. The city of
Ukiah. says San Francisco exchange.
has sued the local waterworks COM
rany for loss of S510.75 by reason of
a fire which could not he extinguished
because there was no water in the
hydrants. The waterworks system
OF the place consists of pumping
plant on the bank of the Russian
river, by which the water is ressed to
a reservoir on the side OF the noun
tain. from which il is distributed by
natural pressure. Fire hydrants are
located at all the prominent corners.
On the night Of the fire in question
the agent of the water company had
shut of the water in order to stop
the practice of irrigating private
lawns in the night time. BY reason
Of this a man had TO run a half mile
TO tie reservoir to turn on the water.
The delay was fatal, as the block in
which the fire originated was almost
completely destroyed. Then the city
made o demand upon the company
for the loss sustained by the city
property. The demand was refused
on the ground that the water com.
pany is not an insurer against Are
The prosecution holds, however, that
under the te-.us Of fits franchise the
water company is bound to maintain
at all times a snfficlent pressure OF wa
ter for a., purposes, Of course inciud'
ing the extlnguishment Of conhagra
tions. Should the city win the case
oil the other losers by the same fire
will have n cause OF action.
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farmer on the land adjoining old De-
marcst's. Pierre went west and dis
appeared. No word came from him,
ana except in Aubert's stories TO his
children OF the friendship he and
Pierre had had together in the days
when ALBERT was a stranger ana
Father Dcmarcst had taken him in,
the very memory of Pierre Demarest
seemed TO have died. Gone 80 years.
His audience gathered that he had
first drifted beyond the pale OF civil
ization in company with a party OF
railroad engineers; that he had been
n guide and hunter in the Rocky
mountains. that he had had some eN-
pericnce in mining. and that he had
been to Alaska. lie talked of In
dams and bears with familiarity
that made the Aubcrt boys hearts
burn within them. But he dwelt
with most particularly upon his
homecoming.
IL think | see my home before !
die" he said. II come to Chateau
grand. take my bag and walk down
the road-two miles--to my old home.
No one know me. My father dead.
nv mother dead, my brother Selim
saw no room for me. He not care.
He say he think me dead. Why not
me write so many years? Ny broth
err Leonard live in Chateau-grand. !
ro to him. walk back all the way
TO his house. He have big. good
house. He woman scowl at me-so!
and say: You ole man, you poor,
YOU come 10 live on us, you 80 way.
They give me no supper. take my
bag and think of my frien' ALBERT
| go again into the country. come
10 nv fricn' Aubert's house. He dead
too. but his son just like him. Glad
TO see me fore he knew me. Give me
supper. When he find out who l am
he seize my land, he laugh. he cry
he say: MY fathers frien!' cry
too. I stay two weeks with him and
his brother on next farm. They very
kind TO me. say: Where your
brother Jean? He little boy when
leave home They say: He in tho
states, in Harwichtown. New Hamp
shire. He work in mills. Do well
Have wife aud children ! say: :
go to zee him Spcn' Christmas will
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nraiwa
on the lin
can up tor
and
Campbell the Mexican
and came
he the mountain, the rock OF
the
to
the
lighted
in
person
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They Are Very Largely Instrumental
In Curing Many Patients
Of Disease.

The theory that sunlight exerts .
powerfully healing influence upon dis
ease processes has now become SO well
established that the sunroom is re-
garded as a necessity in a well-ap-
pointed hospital. In the plans OF new
hospitals that aspire TO be up 10 date
the solarium finds a prominent place,
and to keep up with the advances OF
medical scisnce many Of the old hos
pitfalls are attaching solaria TO their
buildings. says the Trained Nurse.
The sun ward is easily built. IL
must be, OF course, on the south side
of the building, having its eastern,
southern and western walls largely
constructed Of glass. A good plan is
TO build a large bay window, with
metal frame work, and. II the hos
pital building is to be three or four
stories high. this bay window may ex-
tend TO the full height of the main
structure. With this arrangement
each floor will have the advantages
of sun ward.
The means Of ventilation should be
perfect and the heating arrangements
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adequate, for the sun bath is just as
practicable and useful on bright, win
try days as on sunny days of summer.
If the outlook from the windows OF
the soarium is pleasant, If the land
scape is diversified with hills. trees,
green lawns or fields or lake or a
bit of the ocean, SO much the better.
Unfortunately for some institutions,
the south view from the hospital >
limited by walls of brick and stone.
Nothing, however. can deteriorate
the direct rays of the sun. so that.
wherever possible, this exceedingly
useful and very cheap commodity
should be utilized for therapeutic ef-
fects.
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THEY HAVE HARD SERVICE.
Soldiers In the French Foreign Lss
gion Have Anything Hat A.
Easy Time.

The French foreign legion, which y
again the subject of Partisan political
gossip, offers about the hardest mil.
itary service in the world. and no one
who knows enters IL until he has ex.
hausted all other means of support or
wishes TO bury himself, says London
paper. Men of all nations are in its
ranks. many of them hard characters,
criminals and jailbirds, and 1t is al
w-ys sent by France TO do the dirty
wor'S which that country naturally
does not choose to impose upon its own
children.
Thus il has held the frontiers OF the
African colonies. where every now and
then post is cut TO bits by wild Arab
tribe. The fever-infested portions OF
Cambodia and Indo-China, which Lodi
has described. have also been the scene
of is exploits. The discipline, too, II
most severe. Flogging is daily occur
renee and capital punishment is tho
result of the most trivial offenses.
Thus the cases OF insanity in the legion
are OF a much larger number than in
any other branch of the French service.
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II don't know but Eve undertaken
too much" Jean Aubert said, soberly.
1T costs more over here than IL did
on the street. II we don't save more
this winter than we have since we
came, we shall have 10 move back"
and in the melancholy silence that
followed Mamma Aubert gave up her
chickens and COW, Della saw her
dream OF muslin curtains and an or
gan vanish in air. and the children
suffered that depression OF spirits
which is always induced by verdict
adverse to Christmas.
Fortune has way Of experiment.
ing with full cups 10 see how much
more they can hold after they are
apparently trimming. The Auberts
thought they had all the mouths they
could feed and all the cares they
ambition. which they we're not yet
prepared TO rclinqrish, of owning their
house. when the very next day after
the family council knock came at
their humble door and Madame Au.
bert opened il on an old man, who
asked if Jean ALBERT lived there.
II come TO see him from Canada,
said he.
1t was three o'clock in the after.
noon, but Madame ALBERT made the
visitor comfortable by the fire. lie
was old and poorly dressed. and had
with him a shabby carpetbag.
"You know me?" he asked as he
took Off his coat and prepared tc
make himself at home mo? All
Jean remember His father my ole
neighbor -frien'-up in Chateau
grand"
Madame Aubcrt went about hel
work, the little Auberts resumed
their play. the older children came
stamping in from school. The ques
tions they all entertained in respect
| full silence about the stranger who
sat doing by their fire Who was he
Had he come to stay? What SHOULD
they do with him waited till JeaI
should come.
| lndt evening 'ntN al sdt up am
listened TO the fine old story OF TIL
Boy Who Went to Seek His Fortuna
or was IL the Prodigal Son? 1t wa
told in French, with many gesture
and much dramatic effect-and Pierr
Demarest, its hero and narrator. wa
assisted by the smiles and tears AM
enthusiastic applause Of all the Au
berts. from Jean ALBERT down.
In the scignory in Canada wher
the Auberts lived the Demarests ha
been their neighbors. Old Demares
' had been father to Jeans father
and Pierre Demarest had been hi
dearest friend But Pierre had chose
TO wander. and while young Auber
settled and married and became
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DEAD TO HER FAMILY.
HiGb-Cnstc Hindoo Girl who was
O~trncised Because She became
Christian.

A young Hindoo girl. a convert to
Methodism, has been on a visit to Bos-
ton during the past few weeks. Her
name is Sooboonagam Animal. which II
shortened to Sooboo for purposes OF
friendly conversation. says an eastern
contemporary.
Sooboo is particularly interesting
from the fact that she belongs to q
hryh-caste family--a caste deemed su-
perior in India to ordinary mortal as
sociation. The girl heard the mission
preachers at first with contempt. but
she ended by running away from her
aristocratic home TO the mission and
said she had become Christian. In
leaving her gods behind her she left
also her jewels.
First the angry and desperate father
came TO the mission and threatened to
put Sooboo's new friends in Jail for kid
naping. The girl was produced and
elected TO stay where she was. The
father went away utterng the final
word. "Outcast." which is a sentence
Of DEATH
But soon the brokenhearted mother,
who never goes forth and whose visit
to the mission was contamination.
came and pleaded with Sooboo to re-
turn 10 the home OF those who had
reared her and had loved her. The girl
declared her love for her mother, but
refused to 60 back. Then came fu.
neral services. as Of one dead. The
mother. called "accursed" because OF
her visit to the mission. could not BE-
present. bu, walked LOCO miles TO the
river Gauges and held mourning serv'
ice there. Then she came home and
walled up the door Of Sooboo's room.
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4 physician who has been studying the
Insanity of the DICTIONARIES says that a
majority of the cases are well devel-
oped when the men enlist, since few
sane men would ever accept the condi-
tons know to exist in this corps. He
adds that in his opinion many men shot
for breaches of discipline were not
mentally responsible. and he says that
the same trouble may cause the insub-
ordination among the French troops
with the allies in China.
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him, II he glad 10 see me- Not see
my brothers any more. They fraid
l cost them money. not trouble
,isem."
Jean Aubert grasped the old mans
hand.
I'VE are truly glad 10 see YOU" said
he. I'VE are not SO well of as we
were, because we struggle hard TO
buy this house. The little children
want the air. My woman like a cow
and chickens. My girl here, Della,
want little room--a parlor-for her
beaux. We work hard all together
for the pay. But we see our friends.
IL you'll take what We can give you,
you are kindly welcome. Many times
I've heard my father tell how kind
your father was TO him. And the
children here will like to hear some
more about your life"
In the days that followed the fam
lily made good Jeans welcome, and
both by word and act caused their
old visitor to feel at home. Their ma
tive French politeness. united with
real kindliness of heart, concealed the
Inconvenience which his presence
caused them, and in truth, except for
the fact that the family divisor had
already seemed as big as il could
well be, and that il is always prob
lem how to put ~ persons TO sleep in
five beds, Pierre was very little
trouble. He sat for the most part
by the fire, quiet and content. In the
evening when they were all at home
he told stories and talked with Jean
about old tim IS. The children ceased
to be shy before him. Robert fur
lively drew his picture--on single,
as many brother artist has been
| driven by stress OF circumstances TO
/ do. He was man of medium size
and much weather-beaten--a study in
brown. with keen old face, little
gold rings in his ears, bright eyes
and small. strong hands. He was old
but not feeble. he was silent, but not
stupid. and after his own fashion
| seemed cheerful and at ease. Robert
finished him. and after a moments
contemplation added beard. ful
cap. and trimmed his old coat with
fur: rounded his waist line up a BIZ
and put on belt, and then, the fancy
growing, represented him as sur
rounded with various articles suited
TO the holiday ambitions of the young
Auberts-for instance, n paint bo,
and heaps of drawing paper labeled
Robert" watch and chain such al
Della hankered after. and bicycl'
for Henri.
In spite Of the quietus Papa Auher
had put upon Christmas, the chiidreI
could not help planning for some sor
of celebration. They could at leas
have Q tree to look at; spruces wer
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to be had for the cutting on the hill
that overshadowcd the village. The
little boys would. get one. Robert
should make a paper angel for the
top. They would color egg shells for
ornaments. and Mamma ALBERT prom
ised them cake and snow ice-cream.
"And we will say" they declared,
and il was a piece of philosophy
worthy Of older heads, I'VE will say,
when the time comes TO take off the
presents. that this house Is our pres
emit"
What was that? Did old Demarest
chuckle. or merely cough in his sleep?
They thought he was doing. as, with
six heads in bunch. they whispered
their pans in the corner on the other
side of the fire. If they only could have
seen what was written inside that
rusty old envelope of mani Has any
body imagined how il must feel to be
Santa Claus? If it is true that it j.
more blessed TO give than 10 receive.
and that, whatever the joys OF posses
sion generosity feels better than
gratitude. st. Nick must be the hap.
piest being in the universe. And Pierre
Demarest was planning to be the Au-
berts' ST. Nicholas.
The day before Christmas he but
toned on his coat and trudged over to
the village.
II buy some little things for you
Young ones" he said to Nine. Aubert
That night he took Robert and De.ia
into his confidence. Robert was TO 20
next day and get what he had bought
and Della was to smuggle the parcels
into the house and put them on til,
tree
"You not tell" he said, imprcssivelyi
and then with a twinkle: IL like to Sc,
what the chil'ren say"
Della will never forget that Christ
mas. not merely for what happened IL
the evening. but for the respons' bilitie
which beset her during the day. /
they had not al gone off to church ii
the morning except Robert and hersel
and the baby. she never could hav
managed IT, Robert came home fairl,
staggering under the weight of TIL,
things the old man hal bought.
''Ynere are candies. Della" he can't
ed, land lot Of those shiny thing
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An Eskimo baby Is born fair, ex-
cept for n dark round spot on tho
small Of the back, varying In size
from threc-penny bit to a shilling.
From this center head OF color the
dark tint gradually spreads till the
toddling Eskimo is as beautifully and
as completely and as highly colored
as we'll ?smol<ed meerschaum pipe.
The same thing happens among the
japanese. ArguA
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10 fit hv The midnight train to Cam
ada WI -neNer fancy dictated, they
we're evolving into landowners and
had bought house. 1t was very
little house on the hillside, which
overlooked the village where Jean
Aubert and Della and Henri worked
in the mills. but two acres of land
went with il, and already the little
Anberts were growing rosy and fat
legged Hitherto the gates Of Para
disc had been effectually closed to
them. and with woods and fields no
more than half mile away and the
whole street on the other side lined
with green lawns to tempt their very
eyes. they had never till now kicked
up their heels on grass.
Pecping out Of the two street win
dows of the yardless double tenement
house which had been their home, or
playing softly round the doorstep
on hot summer evenings, they had
looked like family of mice. noiseless.
bright-eyed and shy. Mamma Aubert
was the mother mouse, thin. dark
eyed. decent French-Canadian wom-
an. seldom seen outdoors. but often
Of an afternoon by the window with
a bald-headed baby in her arms and
rather hectic flush upon her cheeks.
In school the little Auberts wore
perennial high-necked. long sleeved.
pink calico aprons, and still main
tanning their mouse-likc manners did
excellent work. The boys were
black-eyed rognes. but like true
Frenchmen took kindly to instruction
in cap-dofling and excuse-me. They
all had gift for penmanship and
drawing. and Robert ALBERT was the
artist Of the school.
The year before the horse was
bought the two eldest children had
graduated into the WOODEN mill. and
Dela's deft fingers earned enough
money to pay her board. clothe her.
self tastefully and have a little mar
gin left. which she laid by for furni-
ture for the room which they were
going 20 call parlor.
There was one shadow on the fam
lily happiness, aad that was the mort
gage: and just before Christmas this
shadow began to assume alarming
proportions. IL had looked easy in
the spring, when they first moved
into the new home, to meet the pay
mcnt which was due in December
Jean Aubert was carpenter and ma
chinist in one Of the factories, and q
steady and capable man, but the proc
ess OF evolution is never without q
struggle, and. do the best he could
the interest was all he could pay
Even for that. what with the colo
coming suddenly on and his nestfu
OF young ones being uncommonly
hungry and hard on their clothes
after their summer out doors. thu
family resources were strained to tn,
utmost. Della and Henri contributed
their savings, the parlor that was Il
be was shut up. and they all came
down TO pretty strict diet OF pud
ding and milk. II was poor out
look for Christmas. for ahead OF then
ioomcd up more interest and othe
payments, besides the continuou
outgo for their living.
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@&5f'fSi5}'9e'''Ys


kEAM.iAH "Dear Jim,
VIA I'm so perplcxed.
M ~ERM So altogether tired
out and vexed;
"A ~ 10 I've tramped
"a AptVI/< through IN les
#f~lZ7////H and miles and
WI/I/////J miles Of store.
rye handled gloves and ties and trash
The girls are all disposed of-any stun
That looks cxpensiye's always good
enough
But you men who grow humorous at tie
And mock us for the poor cigars we buy,
lThls wisdom isn't cribbed from out the
ror nv enlightenment. see comic papers)
You know a smoking cap would make you
mad
Please Is there anything YOU haven't had?
lust mention any trifie you prefer
What is II that you want for Christmas. sir.
And will bless you with my latest breath.
Most cordially. your friend.
Elizabeth"
.Dear Girl" ne wrote
I'm sorry that you're harasscd,
Although you've made me frighuully en-
barrassed.
Each Christmas of my life I've been SO
haunted
BY all the awful things haven't wanted.
I hardly can bcleNe the tale Is true
That m AT last 70 have n thing, do.
In fact. your letter really seems 10 say.
You are TO dictate. | am 70 obey.
So poor. rash child, no longer demur:
These are the little triies prefer
Imprimus than. Two certain eyes OF blue
That tell unbid the hidden thoughts Of YOU;
Second Your strong, young hands. alert
10 lend
Their tender strength 70 help ard hold a
friend:
And third That laugh Of yours that rings
as gay
As happy bells upon holiday;
And fourth. Your sweetness, tender
ness and truth,
The glory and the gladness OF your
youth
Dear little Madam Santa Claus. line
TO tell me II this present may be mine.
Oh. child, be generous this Christmas
day.
and your petitioner will ever pray
The right to sign himself, with sweet
intent,
Always your grateful. glad
Recipient"
--Theodosia Pickering Garrison. IN y. "
Life.
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Gilson--I understand that Gilchrist's
wife has left him.
Willets-Is that so? What was the
trouble?
Gil Jn-sshe asked him what he was
going 10 give her for Christmas pres.
emit.
Willets--Yes?
Gilson--He said he had decided to let
her get her teeth fixed N. Y. Press.
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The deepest note Of Christmas IA
thanksgiving. The angels sang its first
lie Deum for all men TO learn. And our
Christmas prayer shall be; Give us
day by day this days doxology; teach
our common lives T., sing Glory .
God. IT. IL. barlow.
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Visiting kin are divided into two
classes: those who sit in the parlor
and are waited upon. and those who
are expected to go out TO the kitchen
and help.--Atchison Globe.
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The apple cf the eye Is rather Vi
,uary fruit. Chicago Daily News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-11-30
NEVADA'S DECADENCE.

As has been very aptly remarked,
Nevada of late years has been grow
ing like the cows tail-gracefully
downward. When it was admitted
to Statehood, in 1864, it had a popu-
lation of $4,000, due chiefly to gold
and silver discoveries. In 1870 it had
dropped to 42,491, but in 1880 this
number had grown to the total of
60 ,266 because of more rich mineral
finds. Since then there has been a
varying but persistent decline, the
census of 1890 showing a population
of As, 761 and the figures of the present
census giving a population of only
40 1854, actually less than the State
contained 80 years ago.
Under the present ratio of repre-
sentation in the House of Repre-
sentatives there should be one Con-
gresham to every 173,901 of popula-
ton. Nevada, therefore, with it's
AZ 1854, is actually entitled to about
one-fourth of a Congressional instead
of the whole congressman and two
Senators which it now has.
If this steady decline in population
continues Congress may have to deal
with the interesting question of what
to do with State when it decays to
a point threatening Its actual exist
snce. Nevada is a striking example
of the nnwisdom OF investing a terri
tory with Statehood for political rea-
sons aud before it is fitted. = B6r7ning-
ham NeaDS.