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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
STATE CHARITIES REPORT.
Cost Of the Truancy Law.

The annual report of the State
Board OF Charities was made to Gov.
Mount last week. The Board sug-
gests a plan for the care of epilep-
tics, of which there are 765 in the
state. OF this number GA are under
|16 years Of age, 541 between six
teen and forty.fvs, $50 forty-five
and over and ten whose ages are un
K nown.
The report suggests that village
should be established for epileptics
There should also be established,
the report says, colonies under the
supervision of the insane hospitals
for insane patients who are able to
work. The report also recommends
that there should be more room for
the feeble minded children now in
the institution at Ft. Wayne; also,
that the legislature look into the
question of establishing "trade
schools" at the Indiana reformatory
at Jeffersonville. The secretary ol
tho board of charities says the
board ought to be relieved Of the
duty of having to enforce the CON-
pulsory education law. In 1899
there were l94 truant officers in tn
state, whose combined salarie
amounted to $2S, ,O2S. During thu
year they made 52,941 visits and
took 10, ,l60 pupils in school. Their
were 113 prosecutions, of which 9s
were successful. Assistance t.
children to enable them to attent
school amounted to SIS, ,414.54, and
the total cost Of the truancy law tc
the state for the year amounted tc
$43,442.54. This is 81 ,9OS.5O les'
than last year.
During the year the state agen
of the child-saving department
placed 374 children in homes, 2S(
Of whom remained of public sup
port. There are now thirty-6v'
county boards Of charities and cor
lrections in the state. The repor
commends the poor relief law ant
, also suggests that the Indiana stat
, prison be placed under control OF
non-partisan board.
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Governor Mount C0mmends Act Of ] ow
Republicans.

Governor Mount when asked for
an expression upon the action OF the
Iowa republicans who declared in
favor OF free trade with Porto Rico
said:
III was not surprised at the action
Of the Iowa Republicans, and | be-
lieve the sentiment expressed is in
accord with that of a majority OF the
republicans of the country. | am
uncompromisingly in favor OF free
trade with the Island, and | believe
fully -fourths OF the republicans
Of Indiana are opposed to a tariff
on products passing between the
United States and that territory.
III do not know what the Indiana
Legislature would do if it were in
session, but believe, if it properly
represented the people Of this state,
it would adopt a similar resolution.
It is undeniable that the great ma
iority of the Indiana republicans re-
gard tariff against Porto Rico in the
same light that they would regard
one against any other territory in the
United States, and | think they
would be OF one mind, that it is
wrong in principle and contrary to
the constitution of our country"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
VOTING MACHINE.

Purdue University has just been
presented with an unique and elab-
crate piece of apparatus. 1t il
known as a Myers voting machine,
and is the gift of New York City
ofii cials. 1t consists of a booth oil
room, about the dimensions Of q
seven foot cube, made Of heavy
sheet iron and provided with en-
trance and exit doors, and mean.
for ventilation and artificial lighting
Inside the booth is the voting m a.
chine proper, which, as it appears
to the voter, consists of a number o
keys arranged in six vertical rows
Thirty in each row. The pressing o
la key records a vote for the candi
date whose name is opposite tha
particular key. The six rows at,
for six different pasties or tickets
and, as stated, provision is mad,
for thirty offices on each ticket.
The machine is provided with in
terlocking mechanism so construct
ed that the voter in pressing tn
key for any candidate automaticall
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
Distribution Of Seeds BY the lndians Ex.
pertinent Station.
Purdue University. March Il. 1900.

Purdue University. March Il, 1900.
A great number of requests have
been received at the Indiana Expert
ment Station for free sorghum seed.
Several journals have published the
statement that this Station would
distribute sorghum seed free to ap-
plicants. from seed sent the Station
by the United States Department Of
Agriculture for this purpose.
The Station has received no sorg-
hum seed from the Government, and
has none for distribution, nor has
any been supplied it for this pur-
pose. All statements that the Sta
tion would supply sorghum seed,
were based on information not pos
sessed by the Station itself, and the
Station assumes no responsibility
for any such statements.
The Station has received from the
United States Department of Agri-
culture a limited amount of sugar
beet seed for distribution in Indiana.
This seed has been sent to this State
to be distributed at the discretion Of
the Station. 1t will be sent to ap-
plicants free of charge, SO long as
the supply lasts, and to such appli-
cants as will consent to plant the
seed and grow the crop under the
direction OF the Station. The sugar
beet seed used for distribution is in
tended for experimental purposes,
that the resulting crop may yield
further information concerning the
adap. ability Of Indiana for the pro-
duction of beets containing suffi-
cient sugar for profitable manipula-
ton by beet sugar factories. This
seed is of superior grade, imported
from the most reliable European
seed houses, and 80 is desirable for
. our purpose. Beet seed is subject
to marked variation in quality, and
this Government seed may be de-
s pended on as of high grade.
v Those who apply to the Station
j. for seed should state what kind Of
. soil is available for the test and how
e much land will be planted. Seed
e will be supplied for areas OF one
n eighth acre to one acre, and will on
= ly be sent to those who will grow
the beets subject to instruction.
sent from this Station, and with th'
!. understanding that in the fall sam
! pie beet roots will be forwarded the
! Station for making sugar determi
:, nations of the same. The seed vii
be sent through the mail free of ex
1 pense, and the beets may be mailed
: to the Station in the fall free Of cost
= q All applications for seed shoult
: be sent in at an early date, SO tha,
: seed may be distributed in March.
!, G. S. PLUMB,
y Director Experiment Station
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
In MemOriam.

Resolutions adopted at a meeting
held March 25, 1900, upon the
death of our dearly beloved friend
Cleo Greene, who departed this life
March IL, 1900, by Trinity Young
Peoples Society Of Christian En-
deavor, Jasper, indiana:
Whereas, Our Heavenly Father,
in His infinite power and wisdom,
has seen fit to remove from our
midst our faithful and dearly be-
loved co-worker, Miss Cleo Greene,
from suffering, toll and labor, unto
Joy, peace and rest,
Resolved. in the seeming
untimely death Of our beloved sister
this society has lost a faithful,
worthy and useful member; her
sorrow stricken family kind and
loving daughter and sister; the
church consistent and exemplary
member, who was always ready
and willing to respond to duties
calls, and this community q worthy
and honored citizen.
Resolved, THAT we extend to
the bereaved family, relatives and
friends our heartfelt sympathies
and sincere consolation in this, the
hour of their great sorrow and
mourning. May we all learn TO say,
"The Lord giveth, the Lord hath
taken away; blessed be the name OF
the Lord"
Resolved-That these resolutions
be spread upon the records OF this
society, a copy be sent to the sor-
rowing family, and that they be
published in each Of the Jasper
papers. Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD NJ. MrLBURN,
OLGA H. BUErTNER,
FLORA TRAYLoR.
Committee.
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TERsE SAYINGS OF REV. SHELDON.

NO person can De sausIleu VINO Is
sick.
Riches are the source Of unhappi-
ness.
We all live at concert pitch, at
a pace to rapid too be kept up.
Doctors head the list of suicides,
because they zee the i'll side OF life
its physical side.
Where the body is wrung with
pain, where it is filed with disease
one cannot be happy.
1t is always very hard to tell
which of these two is the more mis-
cradle man on earth-the discon-
tented rich or the friendless beggar.
We here in America seem to have
evolved in the course Of our fast
living a disease that once was not
known-nervous prostration.
The pessm st in the world is the
man who is running his life and
running other lives around him-the
dissats fed, discontented, bitter
fault-fnding man who says there is
no virtue in women and that every
man has his price, forgetting the
! women and mothers in the worlC
! whom he never set and the men il
countlesss numbers who have neve
, bowed the knee to Baal and neve
will.
Pessimism saps faith out Of life.
Sorrow is a crucible for purifica
ton.
Transgress the law an 4 reap un
happiness. God can always over
come the devil.
| do not see how any man can b
satisfied with living unless he know
1 that he is saved man.
What difference does it make t
me whether [ have riches or not !
l know | shall have eternal life.
: Any man or woman who know
{ he is a transgressor Of Gods La
8 cannot be happy until he repents
q The little child who buys tin toy
q for cent in the stores gets MOI
n pleasure out of giving them to SON
a other little child than the rich me
! who ostentatiously give presen
q worth thousands of dollars.
l. Intelligent optimism is that mer
!, tai faculty that looks out into h
l. world and sees the evil and me-
sures it to its full enormity, dot
n not overlook nor screen it, nor vi
: derate it, and then also looks out II
'e to the world and sees all the goo
II everywhere and measures that up
le its full value and then compares tn
n two, measures the evil over agai
q with the good and sees invariabl
o that the good is the triunphar
+ lforce.
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w. C. T. U. COLUMN
CONDUCTED By MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
BY REV. WILBUR F. CRAFTS, PHI. D

The anti -canteen fight Gems to
me the Waterloo Of Christian citi-
zenship. On nothing has that citi-
spoken more unanimously.
And Congress has heard its voice.
II the President, who had previous
ly denied its appeal, can now prac
tically repeal its law with impunlty,
Christian citizenship will receive
and deserve even greater contempt
in the twentieth century.
Certainly saloon domination has
never climbed quite so high before
in this country. Never before have
cabinet officers initiated repeal OF
prohibition, as Bliss and Gage did
in the Alaska case, repeal APP
proved promptly by the President,
and involving such a country as
England has Just put under Prohi
bition in the Soudan, and uni ed
Europe in the Congo Free State.
Let it not be forgotten that this Is
the first instance OF national party
repeating a prohibitory law. Inc
|anti-canteen nullilication is also the
first notification by the executive
of temperance law passed by Con-
gress, a nullitiication in which three
cabinet officers, Alger, Griggs and
Root, were involved, and the Presl-
dent also their responsible chief.
Mr.. Bryan himself has not been SC
micsoscopically afraid of granting
small favcrs to the temperance ele'
ment of the country in the line oil
his own Christian convictions, fol
he abolished the canteen to the full
extent Of his power, that l., in hi'
own regiment. Nor was MIR. Cleve
land so microscopically afraid, for
he signed a very important temper
lance education Law and also recon-
mended prohibition in Africa, which
lMr. Mckinley would have parallel
led if he had insisted on prohibition
lin our new islands in Alaska. No
have Reed and Roosevelt thought i
necessary to dodge every moral is
sue because of presidential aspira
Itions.
i The discussion OF candidates 10
the vice presidency shows vet deep
Ter scorn Of Christian citizenship
That very Griggs whom this citizen
lship has most condemned, is mos
Nominated, with no hint in any po
Ililical paper that Christian hostility
might go beyond talk. If the Re
publican party fails to select Tor hrs
and second place on its ticket brave
men for whom Christians can con
scientiously vote, that largest OF al
votes should become an avalanch
Ito punish this supreme case OF con
tempt Of court, and to compel re
Iconstruction of parties for the twen
Itieth Christian century. .-Uniol
a ISignal.
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locks al the keys OF candidates Tor
the same Office in other parties,
that is, all the keys in the same
horizontal row. 1t also locks iiself
against further movement. Thus
the voter can only vote for one man
for each office to be filled.
The machine has an other proml-
nent feature, namely, the provision
for unlocking all the keys when the
voter leaves the booth, SO that it
may be ready for the next occupant.
The unlocking mechanism might
be ac.uated by the entrance door.
This would, however, allow anyone
on the outside to open the door by
mistake or otherwise, while a voter
was Inside, thus allo wing him to
vote twice. Thus it is necessary tc
have the unlocking performed by
the voter himself as he leaves the
booth. Hence the opening OF the
outlet door is made to unlock the in
teri ,cking mec .anlsm. Ii TINS
were done and no further pr vision
made, it would allow the voter,
after casting one ballot, to open the
outlet door and then remain In the
booth and vote again. To prevent
this, the out let door is made dou
lie and before reaching the outside
portion, the voter passes through an
intermediate door which closes and
locks after him, so that when he
reaches and opens the final outlet
door, which unlocks the ihterlock
ing machine, he has no alternative
but 10 pass out Of the booth.
}. AS a whole, the machine Is an III
teresting piece Of mechanism and il
full of ingenious mechanical move
ments acd devices.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

The time will come when, what
ever we do not teach, we shall teach
ethics as the foundation OF every
form of culture, and the ''faith that
makes faithful" in every relation Of
life will become a thing of know
ledge TO the child of the then truly
Christian republic. For we can
never teach these things and leave
out Christ as the central figure, and
His philosophy as the central fac'
of our system of education.-Wil
lard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
We believe that this mighty pray

We believe that this mighty pray
er wave shall move on until the
militant host of God shall include
i'm its manual of arms the attitude
and uplift Of prayer, whenever the
noontide sun stands forth as the
symbol of that Sun Of Righteous.
ness which shall arise with healing
lin His beams, when and wherever
the heart Of man is open to let those
beams shine in as a purifying ant
regenerating presence.-Willard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
PURDUE EXPERIMENT STATION.

The Twelfth Annual Report OF
the Purdue University Experiment
Station has just been issued from
the press. The report this year
differs from any preceding one in
that it contains a number OF scien-
tiic papers by some members OF
the Station staff, discussing some OF
the more important features OF the
past years work. In addition to
the general lines OF investigation
which have been pursued Tor 8
number of years, particular atten-
ton may be called to the extensive
sugar beet studies, comparative stu
dies of surface and sub-irrigation
and the cultivation of edible mush
rooms.
\ During the past year the Station
has issued seven bulletins and SIX
teen newspaper bulletins. These
have been distributed gratis to al
who have applied for them. The
number Of names Of those to whom
such publications are now being
mailed is l6, 6,512. Six years age
the number was $50. This in it.
self is a striking comment upon the
increased appreciation which the
public has for the work OF the Ex'
pertinent Station, since names ars
added to this list only upon request
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

A principle which always tried
TO inculcate in the minds OF my
girls was this--a sentiment OF true
honor and dignity favors the school
not the delinquent. How is it IN
society? Every noble nan brings
rogues to Justice. He never dreams
of shielding them, yet pupils think
il honorable to shield eacn other
Willard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

~An excellent portrait Of the
late William E. Niblack, painted
by James Stuart, an artist OF Madi.
son, Wis.,, is placed with those OF
other judges Of the supreme court
in the state house. The portrait
was made from a picture taken in
1876, shortly after he was elected =
Judge of the supreme court
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

The time will come when these
gates Of gospel grace (church doors)
shall stand open night and day,
while woman's heavenly ministries
shall find their central home withir
Gods house, tn, natural shrine O
human brotherhood in action al
we'll as human brotherhood in theo
'ry.-Willaid.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

MR. EDITOR II desire to thank
my many friends in Bainbridge town
ship for the hearty support they
gave me at the recent primary and
to pledge them my gratitude and a
faithful discharge Of the duties OF
the office. REINHARD FINK.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
HarbisOn Trustees Notice

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Trustee Of HARRISON township,
Will att md to township business on each
Saturday OF the year, at my Office, and
persons having township business to
= rrnsact are required to present it to him
IN Saturdays.
IS The township library will be kept al
= my home in Haysville.
..,,. GEORGE Nix,
Aug. %, 1877. Trustee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30
Humbugged by England.

at seems to me that today the
administration is being humbugged
by the administration of Great Bri-
tain. The gentleman from Illinois
the other day reported to this house
the fortification bill, carrying an APP
preparation Of three or four millions
more than the last appropriation
bill. We wart this information
in order to inteIligently know what
Notifications we ought to erect in
to the fortltlcations
Great Britain is erecting. | think
this resolution should pass.
There is feeling all over this
country that the administration has
absolutely and abjectly surrendered
American rights to British interests.
1t has done so in Alaska; it has
done SO in regard to the Nicaragua
canal; it is doing SO now in the ORR
ent, in the Philippines, in China,
1t has been done by Great Britain
in this war in South Africa. Cap
plause on the democratic side.) II
III had not been for what the admin
Iistration did the other day, aftel
consultation with Lord Pauncefote
after being told what to do dy Sails
bury, there would have been con
cert Of European powers which
would have demanded the cessation
of war in South Africa. The admin
lis stration here is more English
than the administration in London
and it is time for some one to stanc
Iup here and talk for American
rights against British interests.
| Cloud applause on the democratic
side.)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

Sixteen ounces Of performance
to every pound Of promise in the
advertisements Of The COURIER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

Poverty is not an absolute cause
for discomfort. WHuld you dare to
step into discontented mans
shoes?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

" Advertisers in The COURIER are
capturing the trade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-30

Mr.. Sulzer, several days ago in
the House Of Representatives Offer
ed resolution of inquiry, calling
upon the war department for infor-
nation as to what Notifications
Great Britain was erecting on the
Canadian border. The committee
on military affairs submitted re-
ply OF Adjt. Gen. Corbin, saying
such information was secret, but
that Great Britain was erecting no
works which threatened our rights.
The committee recommended that
the resolution lie upon the table.
The house sustained the committee
recommendation 10y vote OF Ito to
81.
In his debate on the resolution
Mr.. Suizer said: "Mr. Speaker,
this resolution was Introduced in
good faith and at popular demand
for legitimate information, which
the war department should furnish
ID this house in order that it can
properly consider and transact its
bus mess. There is nothing in the
resolution which calls for any secret
information from the war depart
ment. 1t Is very strange, 1t seems
to me, that the committee on mill
tary affirs is so sensitive in regard
to this resolution.
"The report from the adjutant-
general l. preposielous and untena-
bic. He says that this information
is secret. This resolution call, fol
no secret information. He says
that Great Britain is not trespas>ine
upon our territory. No one con
tends that Great Britain is trespass-
ing upon our territory. How ride
ulous it is for the adjutant general
to say that IN his report. What we
do declare, and what every thinking
and intelligent citizen OF this coun-
try knows is, that while Great Brl-
tain is pretending to be our friend
she is sedulously and studlousl,
aud consistently erecting great forti
fications on our northern frontier
wnicn menace the integrity OF th'
republic. and which on notice o
ltwenty-four hours could destroy on
cities, our towns, and lay vast
1.-THE property of the peo pie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-03

quarter section Of land and in the inn
mediate vicinity build a reservoir or
pond for irrigating purposes.
i will fill the ponds with pumping
traction engine which I could move cas-
lily from one well to another. In this
way 1 believe I could irrigate 5000
acres Of land and raise alfalfa to feed
the dairy cattle.
BY the way" added Mr. Parker,
that's enough about my scheme. I
want to tell you about the alfalfa bust
ness out in the western part of Kansas.
This is in the part of the state which
they wanted to cut off from the eastern
part and have a new capital
Western Kansas alfalfa is now the
principal food product used by the IA
nous buttermakers at Elgin, Ill. Ev-
erybody knows what a famous butter
country that is. have seen carload
after carload of the Kansas product
shipped to Elgin this year where the
men write back and tell US the alfalfa
is. a wonderful buttermaker. In this
way Kansas not only sends feed to
make the famous butter of the east but
sends also the butter which completes
with those products on the open mar
ket successfully