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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Discussing a bill in the house OF

Discussing "A bill in the house of
commons for the Legislative reform OF
the drama, a distinguished English
statesman insisted that reform could
come from but n source, public
opinion. Improper tests and songs, II
men and women would avoid laughing
at them, would speedily fall into dts
use. AS a good example of the force
of public opinion, the American com
missioners to The Hague Peace Con-
ference last summer refer to over one
thousand kilograms, letters, and me-
MORALS of sympathy received by them.
The fact that the whole American na-
ton was backing its commissioners
had a most important bearing in the
council, and was the means Of COM
pletely reversing the attitude toward
international arbitration OF one great
European nation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Vote Down Proposed Deman nd.

The convention of the green glass
bottle blowers in session at Detroit,
Mich, unanimously voted down the
proposed demand for an eight-hour
day. The conference committee of the
flint glass blowers returned to Pitts
burg, but before leaving it was de.
cided that IA committee from the green
glass bottle blowers should meet in
conference next April, when the prob
lem OF amalgamation will again be
taken,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

Mississippi and Georgia have aban-
doned the system of hiring out con
victs, but have employed them to ad.
vantage on farms, especially In raising
cotton. This form OF employment has
been found to work the least injury 70
free labor and to assure the best re-
turns. Both states have made a pront
farms have been free from the hard
ships and cruelties to convicts INSOFAR
able from the lease system.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Connne Them I'm "A Dunpeon

Six men who are believed to have
been the ringleaders in an attempt to
overpower the guards and escape from
the military prison on Alcartraz island
are confined in a dungeon there, pend
ing the result of m Investigation, says
n San Francisco dispatch, which Major
oliara, commandant of the island, has
instituted. There are about 500 pris-
oners on the island, some of them men
with records as desperate men.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
SOLICIT AID FOR STRIKERS
Two Thousand Begin Work
at st. Louis.

Two thousand solicitors engaged by
the trades and labor unions of st.
Louis to canvass the city and collect
contributions for the striking street
railway mems bus line have com
mcnced work. In addition to collect
ing funds for this project the solicitors
are expected to ascertain what proper
ton of the population is in favor OF
trades and labor unions.
Eight boys are being held by the po-
lice pending investigation into an as
sault on William NJ. Johns, aged II
years, who was attacked by "A crowd OF
youths when he alighted from a Broad
way car. The boys are from ten TO
seventeen years of age.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

A convict in Sing Sing prison, who
was In the bird business in New York,
and has made the tanning of birds a
study. has, while temporarily engaged
AZ work outside the north prison wall.
caught and tanned a young robin. The
bird comes TO him when he whistles to
II and perches itself upon his finger.
Sometimes 1t goes with him to his cell
at night, and perches on his book
shelf. 1t is entirely at home in the
nrIson. In the morning 1t goes out
with him and stays around while he ID
at his work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

After consulting with substantial
colored men in all parts of the coun-
try. Booker r. Washington. 81 Tuske-
gee. Ala. has decided to assist in the
organization Of a National Negro Busi-
ness League. The object OF this or
ganization is to encourage colored peo-
pie, through the central organization
and local organizations, to enter all
Of business. The first meet
ing will be held in Boston on August
% and "a.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
storm at

The worst storm in years visited
fankton, 5. d., Saturday evening.
Two and one-half inches of rain fell in
one hour and another similar deluge
followed, The whole town is under
water. Sidewalks and crossings have
been washed away and "a ferry has
been established on Fourth street.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Prince Shocked by Vaudeville.

HIS more or less royal ex-highness.
the Prince Kalaminanole, OF Hawaii,
who is now in New York. went alone
to see a vaudeville show there to de-
termine II it was a proper place to
take his wife, and though the per-
rmance was mald enough from q
New York standpoint, he was greatly
shocked and decided it would not do
for the princess.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

A story from Scranton, Pa, says
Rev. Mr.. Joseph kossuth Dixon on
Boston, has been made trustee OF a
most remarkable fund. Mrs. Ella M.
Amerman, who died recently In Mas
sachusetts. bequeathed a fund OF
10000 to Mr.. Dixon In trust, the In
come to be devoted to the care Of her
two horses and her pet dog. This will
was admitted to probate In Scranton.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

Tennessee cotton planters are send
ing out large orders for turkeys in an
effort to save the crop from destruc-
ton from grasshoppers, which have
appeared this q In enormous
numbers. This turkey eats all the
time he Is awake and p~refors grosshop-
pers to anything else, while a grass
hopper diet results In wonderfully Hne
turkeys.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
PRESCOTT ARlZ FIRE SWEPT
Business District Destroyed with Loss
OF 81 q 900.

Fire, which started at lO:i5 o'clock
Saturday night at Prescott, Ariz.. and
was not under control until 3 o'clock
Sunday morning, when the fire fight
ers went a considerable distance in ad-
vance of the flames and blew up the
buildings on the north side of Good
win street, preventing them from cross
ing that street, caused u property loss
of between 81 600, 900 to 81. 800, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
looks His Flesh.

While dumping ashes from a small
ear at the Star mill at Lead, :. d., l..
NJ. Lee, m employc, fell from an cle-
waited track fifty feet into n pile OF
ashes, He sank out of sight before
help came and his flesh was cooked
from his bones. His partner saw him
fall, but in three minutes time the
man was dead. lie has no relatives in
America and was unmarried.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Calls for Veteran Meeting.

A Chattanooga, Tenn, July IA Spe-
cial says: Geneal Willis j. Rulings,
commander in chief OF the Spanish
American war veterans, has directed
the a%djutant generals Office in this
city to issue orders directing the ma
tional association to meet here ON Oc-
tober S-l3,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
GEAR DEAD.
Expires In Washington After u short
lllness.

a Washington, ID. c., July - dis
patch says: United States Senator
Gear of Iowa died at his apartments in
the Portland at 4:2s yesterday morn
ing of heart failure. lie was in his
usual health up to 2:3O a. ~, when he
was attacked. Doctors were immcdi-
ately summoned, but their efforts were
unavailing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Earthquake shocks In Russia.

Severe earthquakes in the Kars and
kagyrman districts of the Caucasus
mountains, Russia, resulted in the de-
struction of five villages, several
churches and many houses. Six per.
sons were killed and several injured.
Additional shocks are still being re-
ported.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
BuIldIng Trades Central.

In the election of officers of the Chi
cago federation of labor the buildings
trades council influence had control
and elected its candidates by an over.
whelming majority.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20

Stockholm University has granted
the first degree of Doctor of Medicine
given a woman in Sweden to a Frau
lein Anna Stecksen.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Jonathan Edwards Memorial.

The First Church of Northampton,
Mass, will, on June %. place a tablet
upon the walls Of its sanctuary in
memory of Jonathan Edwards, who
was pastor OF this church from 1926 to
1850.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
MANY MASSA(RED
Worst Fears Concerning Pekin
Confirmed.
50 STATtD IN OFFICIAL DISPATCHES
Defense was Able, hut Absolutely Use,
less-Report Accepted as Being True
situation at Tien Tsin Growing
More Serious-Othe News.

A Shanghai, July II dispatch says:
An official telegram was received to-
night from the governor of Shan Tung
stating that "A breach was made in the
wall of The British legation at Pekin
after n gallant defense and when all
the ammunition had given ont.
All foreigners were killed.
There has been serious rioting in
Ming Pc, where the Roman Catholic
mission has been burned. No details
have yet been received.
IL seems impossible to entertain any
longer the least doubt as to the fate of
the Europcansin Pckin. says IL London,
July 10 dispatch. The Associated press
learns that Lady Hart, wife of Sir
Robert Hart, director of Chinese inn
perial maritime customs, on July 3,
received the following telegram from
her husband:
Our people, including women, are
In the legations. Prepare to hear the
worst"
The European governments have re-
ceived from their representatives at
Shanghai IA dispatch from the governor
of Shan Tung, dated July :. reporting
that the European troops made n sortic
from Pekin and killed 200 Of General
Tung Fuh Siang's forces, and that the
boxers were mounting guns to make n
breach in the defenscs.
Closing In at Tien Tsin.
A Che Foo, July 10 via Shanghai,
July Is, dispatch says: Dispatches re-
ceived today from Tien Tsin cover
events hat took place there on July
o, 7 and 8. The Chinese are growing
in numbers and audacity daily, and
drawing closer in. Their fire had
already wrecked many buildings, in
Guiding one gas holder.
Several thousand refugees, most of
them women and children, have left
Tien Tsin in accordance with Admiral
Seymonr's order to all o .combatants
to depart.
Admiral Seymour's dispatches give
the latest news regarding the situa.
tion at Ticn Tsin. The operations OF
the allies were successful again st the
boxers. The moral effect OF the sue
cesses of the allied forces upon the
Chinese is believed to be very great.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-20
Goes to League Meetinp.

Governor Roosevelt left New York
for st, Paul, where he will address the
national league of repu blican clubs at
their annual convention.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27

The COURIER has made an ar.
rangement with the Indiana State
Sentinel by which II will send every
subscriber in Dubois county who
pays in this Office in advance $1.10
for q years subscription to the
CouRIER, the Weekly Indiana State
Sentinel, ABSOLUTELY FREE for one
year. Every citizen wants a paper
from the State capital. Now is
your chance to get it free. Send in
your money and names. Subscri.
bers who are in arrears for the
COURIER are invited to pay up and
take advantage Of this unprecedent.
ed liberal offer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
Skin Diseases.

For the speedy and permanent cure Of
letter. salt rheum and eczema. Cham
berlaiu's Eye and Skin Ointment Il
without an equal. It relieves the itch.
ing and smarting almost instantly and
its continued use effects . permanent
cure. II also cures itch. BARRIERS itch.
scald head, sore nipples. itching piles.
chapped hands. chronic sore eyes and
graduated lids.
DIR. Cady's Condition Powders for
horses are the best tonic, blood purifier
md vermifuge. Price. Is cents. Sold BY
Martin Friedman, Druggist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27

The Rev. Frank Gonsaulus at one
time believed that his parish work
would be made much easier for him
if he possessed . horse on which to
ride from place to place, SO be de-
termined to purchase one. Now
what the Rev. Gonsaulus didn't
know about . horse would fill a
large volume, and az might have
been expected, he fell in to the
hands Of the Philistines. He saw
nothing wrong with the horse, how.
ever. He had told the man Of
whom he bought that he was not a
rider, and SO wanted quiet an
imal, and in this respect, at least,
the horse fully came up to the re-
quiremen.s. One day the Rev. Mr..
Gonsaulus' father came to visit
him, and the horse was proudly
shown to him. Gonsaulus pere
looked the horse over carefully.
"Well, Frank" he said at last,
she isn't much on looks, is he?"
"No," answered Frank, "bui
then, you know, father, the Savior
rode a horse that was anything but
handsome"
"Yes, I've heard that" said the
old man, reiectively. Frank, =
he added, suddenly, you've got
treasure. I'll bet this is the same
hol SO. cincinnati Enquirer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
ARE YOU A DEMOCRATS

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for everything" and for everything to b
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FORM without the aid or consent Of the
Gold Bug Monopolies. and . fair compar.
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The Dispatch also has . stan Of ovsg
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27

By Julia McNair Wright. Publish
ed by David C. Cook Pub. Co.
Chicago. Cloth 20 cents.
This is one Of series OF dainty
cloth bound books, especially desir-
able for children, issued by the
above firm. Paper and binding
are, considering the price, excellent,
while the printing is as good as the
best
Kohath Sloane is q lazy, good
natured boyle years old, who hai
never amounted to anything. he
lis awakened" by hearing neigh
Dor woman saying among other un'
complimentary things:
"Ko's the poorest OF them all
It's as much as ever if he can read
They say his skull is 80 thick under
that mat of red hair, that nothin
can get into it no how. l don,
know what such boysIare made for. =
Kos father was drowned that mig hi
and the book enteitainingly tells O
how he reformed and supported hi
mother, brothers and sisters, ant
saved the life of the woman wht
wanted to know "what be was made
for. -
1t is a hook that may safely be
put into the hands of any child
and will make a welcome addition
to any good library.
RICHARD NJ. MILBURN
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27

In the governors mail Friday,
Private Secretary Wilson found .
check for $1,000, payable to Gov
ernor Mount as contribution to
the fund to care for the grave OF
Lincoln's mother. The donor alb
soIutely forbade the use Of his name
even in entering upon the associa-
toms books. 1t is believed that
Robert Lincoln sent the check.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
new SHOE SHOP
Woudol1n May.

Has returned to Jasper, and open
a shoe shop on Jackson street, De
tween 5th and 9th streets.
He will do all kinds OF repair work
and will also make shoes OF all
kinds or boots to order, and will be
thankful to his old friends, and the
public generally, for a liberal share
OF their patronage.
Sept. 3, lS99-6m.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27

The Evansville Courier says
Apples were a. one time underesti-
mated, says Z writer, they were
scarcely considered q fruit rare
enough for the consideration OF the
epicure, unless, indeed, they form
ed q part of some elaborate dessert,
com pounded and cooked by some
skilled housekeeper. Apple jellies,
puddings, pies and cakes might do,
but plain raw apples were fit only
for school children, vegetarians OF
the poor. All this is now changed
and the apple has come to its own
again.
But If its flavor has been ut vari-
GUS times slightly esteemed or dis
credited, at least its wholesomeness
has been steadily recognized. zap
pie sayings" are frequent, both in
our country and in England, all Of
which testify in favor Of the fruit.
In the west countree" there are
four such:
IAN apple day
Sends the doctor away
is the first and briefest. Then fol-
low, in the order Of their vigor,
three more:
apple in the morning
Doctors warning.
Roast apple at night
Starved the doctor outright.
Eat an apple going to bed. !.
Knock the doctor on the head.
A little less aggressive is one o
the Midlands:
Three each day, seven days
week-Ruddy apple, rudy cheek.
But more interesting than thes
lis an old orchard verse which uset
to be recited on certain ancien
farms on the plucking Of the frs
ripe apple Of the crop. Misfortun
was supposed to follow its omis
sion, and its utterance was quite
little ceremony, the first apple owe
which it was spoken being present
, ed to a young girl, who halved an
; bit it before any further fruit wa
gathered, or at least tested.
, ran:
, THE fruit of Eve receive and cleave,
And taste the flesh therein
!. A wholesome food, for man It's good
That once for man was sin.
} And since tits sweet, why, pluck and ea
I The Lord will have it so;
! Fer that which Eve did grieve, beliey
} Hath wrought its all of woe
. Eat the apple
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
Columbia Township Trus-
tees Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee Of Colum..
Uia To-, Dubois county, Ind, will attend
70 Township business at his residence on
every Saturday, and persons having
.ownship business TO transact are re-
,uested to present 1t on that day Of the
week.
The Township Library is kept at the
Office OF the Trustee, where those en-
titled can obtain books.
X. p. SIXTH, Trustee.
Aug. 10th, 1897 y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
Boone Township Trustees
Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee Of Boone
township, Dubois county, hereby gives
notice that he will attend to all business
pertaining to the office Of Trustee, at his
residence, about one mile west Of Por-
tersville, on Portersville and ireland
road, on Saturdays Of each week, and
reonssts all persons having township
business TO present it onSaturday. Citi
Gems desiring books from the Township
Library, are notified that the Library II
kept by VIM. McHarris, in Portersville
n. B. CoYrxAN, Trustee.
AuR Z. 1877.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
LIVERY and SALg STABLE
VOLLMER L CO.,

MAIN STREET, Jasper, Ind
Always have the best turnouts, OF any
variety for customers; particularly CON-
mercial travellers. Courteous and care
full drivers to all parts OF Dubois and ad-
dining counties. Horses boarded and
sold on cheap terms.
Oct IL, ls96.-ly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
HUUKPORT and CANNELToN DIVISION.
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice il given that hereafter the Trus
w. Of Madison township will be at the
Office Of DR.. Bean, in ireland, on every
Saturday, for the pur oose Of attending to
township business, and all persons hav-
ine business with the township are ex.
pected to confine it to those days.
The township library is KEEP. at Isaac
Alexander's in Ireland, where all may
obtain the books.
The Indiana School books will be
found Ct VIM. T. Young's store at al
times. JOHN E. NORMAN,
Aue. Is. 'o6-y Trustee Madison Up.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
Hall Township Business

Notice il hereby given that the under.
signed, Trustee OF Hall township, will
attend to township business on each Sat
urday Of the year, At my office, and per.
sact are required to present it to him on
Saturdays.
The township library will also be found
1t my Office near Rosamond, and the cit
isens are invited to call there for library
books.
The Indiana Series Of School books
may be had 1t my Office, and ct John J
Neechede's, in Celestine.
LEVI L. JACOBS,
Trustee Hall township.
AuR. 8. 1877
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
JOHN =. JUDY.
JEWBLBR and Watch Dealer,

Has moved his store to the large
rooms in the basement Of the Kraus
house, on the corner Of Main and
Fifth St., Jasper, and is prepared
to rel air promptly Clocks, Watches
Jewelry, Bicycles, Guns and Sew
ing Machines of all makes.
He, also, keeps for sale a stoc
of
Bicycle Repairs and Glue,
Sewing Machine Oils
and Needles
For all kinds Of machines. AL
work guaranteed. Prices reasona
BILE. Call and examine.
JOHN F. JUDY
Mar 49, '9s.-tf.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27

The late Rabbi Wise of Cincin-
natl was fond of telling story
about a time, many years ago,
when Henry Ward Beecher, Mrs.
Stove and he took dinner together.
After dinner Mr.. Beecher told Mrs.
Stove that her "Uncle Toms Cab
lin" had been translated into Italian
by monk; that q letter full Of
|adulation had been received from
him, and he stated that If he could
kiss the woman who wrote the book
he could die happy. Mr.. BeecheI
then added: "Well, sent him
picture Of you, Mrs. Stowe, and
nothing has been heard OF him
since"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27

"Today l am assaulted for buying
q seat in the United States senate"
quoth the rich man bitterly. eyes
terday / was assailed for buying .
titled son.in. lawl The day before
yesterday was assailed for buying
Z family crest. If had kept my
money and bought nothing, | should
still be- assailed, I dare say."-De-
troit Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27

No. Is leaves Jasper daily Ut 40, +. y. ar
sives at Huntingburg at so,
No 26 leaves Huntingburg daily. except
Sunday 1t $50 O. IN. arrives at Jasper az sou
No. b leaves HuntinRburg daily at go ar
vIves in jasper It 80 .. m.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-27
Pointed Paragraphs.

Some people we're born on the
bias.
Praise undeserved is satire in dis.
guise.
Each present Joy or sorrow seems
the chief.
The BARRIERS face must be his
shaving mug.
Even the deaf mute is able to
hear money when it talks.
Never suffer the prejudices Of the
eye to determine the heart.
To be poor, and seem to be poor,
is certain way never to rise.
Duty and today are ours; results
and futurity belong to God.
Some employers ideas OF giving
man a lift is to bounce him.
If vanity fails to catch man in
one disguise it assumes another.
Somehow the more you try to b
funny the more people don't laugh
Strange isn't it, the more you
smash q window the less panes it
has?
A mans height in the social
world is estimated by the length o
his purse.
!. There never was a war in which
each side couldn't prove the Other
the aggressor.
A writer declares that there il
| enough material in every life t
, make one good novel.
} Walls have ears, but it is ONLY
: when they have tongues, too, tina
' they become mischievous.
Political reform may be all right
! but political corruption has the ad
g vantage OF age and experience.
? Every man has a lot Of girls let
somewhere that all have "burn this
,underscored two or three times
the bottom.
A lady writer says: "No mar
ried man can be dude" 0
course not; no man, married o.
single, can be a dude any more
than dude can De man.
' In all the efforts of life, social al
3 we'll as political, courtesies OF
small and trivial character are tn
ones which strike deepest to tn
grateful and appreciative heart.