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AN EXPRESS MESSENGER.
The Box Through a Knothole in WhicF
 He Saw a Ring on a Finger

The Box Through a Knothole in WhicF
 He Saw Ring on a Finger.
 "The murder of an express messenger near Columbus, Ohio, the other day re-
 minds me of a curious experience of my own,' said a veteran employe of one of | the big companies Tt was a good many years ago and I had a rnessen- gers run at the time in and out of Des Moines, la
 One evening, on my return trip, took on a large sized box at a desolate little country station about forty miles from the city. The box was fully SIX feet long by a yard broad and high and was entered as merchandise on the waybill. The stationmaster and I dumped it in one end of the car and I gave it no further thought until about half an hour later, when l happened to glance in that direction and caught a gleam of something bright shining through small hole In the side There was knot in one of the boards at that point, and I suppose that pumping of the train had jared it loose. Anyhow, it had fallen out, leaving an orifice the | | down to peer in l was thunderstruck to see a section of 8 human finger. The gleam had come from a gold ring. Dur ing the next few seconds I did some mighty fast thinking. It was clear there was a man in the box, and I was equally certain that he had planned to rob and murder me. The lid was no doubt arranged to be opened suddenly, and he probably calculated that my sur prise and consternation would make me an easy prey when he emerged I re- membered in a flash that this identical scheme had been worked in one or two express robberies in the early days, and although my heart was going like a before I arose I had mapped out plan of action.
 There was a pile of trunks in the corner next to the box continued the x-messenger, and, grabbing the up- per one suddenly by the handle I sna tened 1t down right on top of the lid. In a twinkling I had another one by it's side, and then two more on top of those. They were big, massive trunks, such as traveling salesmen use, and I never have been able to understand how l tossed them around the way did, but I suppose fear must have made me regular Sandow. Wher I got the Sara togas in place I stole another glance at the knothole The finger hadn't budged a hair. He's playing possum, 1 said to myself, and I hustled like mad to complete the barricade. I dragged up
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RRTTySH S4TLORS' UNGS.

Those are startling facts which are furnished by Captain Rason of the
 British navy to show the increase of lung disases among the sailors. It
 dies have increased in number by no less than 60 per cent That is to say,
 while the total of general disease has steadily diminished, lung troubles, pleurisy, pneumonia, bronchitis, phthisis and kindred complaints have enormously increased, so that whereas the sum total of invaliding on home stations has gone down, the invaliding caused by complaints of this order has more than doubled. The fact that with the abolition of masts and sails the men are infinitely less exposed to cold and wet than they were in former days does not seem to have any material ef- feet upon the situation. Captain Rason suggests that making the men live in unlined steel ships may have something to do with the matter, but this is not regarded as an adequate explanation Another suggestion is that the greater heat and the overcrowdlng in the in- teriors of modern war-ships may exer- else unsanitary influences, but no real ly satisfactory explanation has been found,
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Friday. 8 to l2 O'clock.

The last Half Holiday Sale of the year, also the last Friday in our August '" Everything :" Sale, so we've made it memorable.
 RIBBONS, FANCY CORDED TAF- feta and plain, all pure silk, inch wide,
 Frie.ay Only llcts Yard PRETTY FANCY SWISS EN- broidered Handkerchiefs
 Friday Oa.y 7c Each OUR WASH CHAMOIS GLOVES, white, pearl and yellow. Ss cent
 Friday Only 4oc Pair MEMS POLKA DOT HALF HOSE, extracted dot, not printed, German goods, 29 cent Hose
 Friday Only l8c Pair NIGHT SHIRTS, TRIMMED WITH Cashs imported braid, 50 cent value
 Friday Only 2o Gents HUCKABUCK TOWELS, HHM- stitched with Damask borders, ex- tra large size,
 Friday Only l6 Cents ss CENT WOVEN HAMMOCK. sspreader and pillow, Palmer
 Friday Only 5o Gents OUR s1.1s ALL WOOL PLAID BLACK Suitings, 46 inches wide,
 Friday Ouly 8oc Yard BLACK ALL WOOL CHEvIoT. 45 inches wide, regular 65 cents yard,
 Friday Only 43c Yard woMEN's JERSEY VEST, LOW neck and no sleeves, IS cent vest,
 Friday Only 8 Cents woMEN's FAST BLACK SEAMLESS Stockings, worth 15 cents,
 Friday Only oc Pair LINEN SKIRTS. ALL Irish Linen, beautifully tailored, were $5.96,
 Friday Only s2.0S ANOTHER ELABoRATELY TRIM med with embroidery.
 Friday Only $2.4 SKIRTS, MADE WITH FINE Muslin. wide umbrella hounce of Cambric, with two rows insertion, wide hem, regular $1.aS Skirt,
 Friday Only 8o Cents SIPS EMPIRE NIGHT Dresses, yoke of lace and insertion, sleeves with cluster tucks and lace edges
 Friday Only 8o Cents
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Special Committee.

Common Council, appointed to inquire Into the matter of the paving of Church street between Elm street and Chapel street, and the substitution of Syracuse for Catskill Nitrifed Brick therein, also into the award of contract for the paving of Grand avenue between Mill and Qulnnipiac rivers, will meet in Rooms 10 and Il, City Hall, Fri day. August 31, 1900, at 8 D. m., when q public hearing will be given. Per order
 CONRAD WEISS, Chairman.
 Attest JAMES E. MARTIN,
 au29 St Assistant City Clerk.
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ANOTHER CHICAGO CLAIM.

Eating many frogs legs is not the
 sole claim to distinction that Chicago is making in these days. She now as-
 serts that she has the lowest death rate of all the great cities of the world, and she seems to prove it too. In the cities having a million or more inhabi- tants there is nothing to approach the record made in Chicago for the first quarter of 1900, and yet that quarter of any year will always give a death rate above the years average in Chicago. While Chicagos rate was 1850 in the referred to was that of Berlin, which was twenty. For London, Paris and New York the figures were all between twenty-three and twenty-four. and the range went as high as 29.5 for St. Pe- tersburg. Among cities having popu- lation from half million to million Brussels came the nearest to Chicago with it's 18s in the thousand.
 Moreover. 1t is shown that in spite of the large increase which is credited to Chicago by the United States census the number of deaths during the last half of the last decade was 7.27 per cent. less than it was during the first. This is certainly an impressive record, and 1t makes one wonder how Chicago can be such a healthful place to live in and seem so unhealthful.
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The new electric locomotives for the Steepest part of the Jungfrau mountain railroad will be the most powerful elec- trio rack-wheel locomotives ever con- structed. The two motors will each have 125-horse power and will make 800 revolutions per minute driving the toothed wheels.
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siderable loss in weight. Tn consequence of all these disadvantages the general use of American coal on German rail- roads Is under present conditions inn possible.
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A Syracuse (New York3 woman brought suit against her sister because she would not go home after her six weeks visit was up.
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The fiddler must be paid. The New Orleans city council has borrowed ESQ., city to meet the expenses of the anti negro riot last month. The money bor- rowed will be more than sufficient to cover all the expenses incurred. It will be paid out of next years revenue. so as not to interfere with this years bud eet
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Cents Word for full week (seyen times)
 Display advertisements, per inch, one In sertlon, $1 20; each subsequent incer'lon. 4o cents; one week, $3. 20: one month, Sls'; one year, $40. -
 Obituary Notices, In prose or verse, 10 ages, Deaths and Funerals, 90 cents each Local Notices. 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr own immediate business (a1l matter to be unobjectionable) and their contracts do not Include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
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1HII! alIll
 S Saga n zs as { | M is S1 ss

The toughest and most durable floor fn. ish ever introduced.
 The best thing for use on Linoleum and Oil Cloth for preserving the freshness of the colors and adding to their durability. Easily applied and taken care of We have for free distribution at our store pamphlet telling more about Liquid Gran ite. and giving useful hints on the care of Natural Wood Floors.
 THOMPSON & BELDEN,
 3e6-39S State street.
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Ice has proved successful as an in- sulator on Mont Blanc A double line laid on the ground between the Grands Mulets at the top of the mountain and the Petits Mulets at the base. Each line was $500 feet long. Messages were sent without trouble and the loss of electricity, as measured by the instru- ments, was very slight.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02
Sg-small pox has broken out il
Corydon, Ind.

scy Democrats should be- careful
in their voting al the prlmar, o..
the 10th inst, and ny an' select
candidates for the various places
who will honor the positions and
party by intelligence, honesty. care
fulness, capabillly, and lndep NJ
dence OF thought and action. Com
petent officers recognize the bl: ding
force Of their oa.hs of office, and do
their own thinking, whether II con-
hicts whit what some other robab.y
interested person urges or rot. They
don't swear they will justly dis
charge the duties OF public Office 10
meet a bargain or promise made by
some one else, or because some one
else imoortunes them-but tnat
they Will fill the office according 10
tn best of their own ability.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02

The Democratic state CEN raj
committee at meeting held in In
dianapolls Saturday decided on that
city as the place, AMI June d a the
d le for holding The Democratic
state convention.
Terre Haute. South Bend and
Evansville also wanted the conven-
ton, but indianapolis got seven
votes on the first ballot and won.
The basis of represent ton was
fixed at one delegate Tor every 2O0
votes and fraction over 100 cast for
secretary of state at the last state
election. This will make conven-
ton OF about / 100 delegates
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02

SHOT HIMSELF. AT Hunting
burg, Wednesday night about & 30,
In :-ermersheim' barber shoU OPP
posi,e the Air line depot, Alonz1
Edwaids, stepscn of Jesse Edwards,
put a pistol to his head, and killed
himself. No cause is known. He
was walking about town all evening
talking with friends. He wa about
- years old, and has been employ
Ell at New Albaty most Of the la-.
year, returning to HunlIngburg tw0
weeks ago. Coroner GucSe- wa-
at once summoned, and went u
hold an inquest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02

In the matter 81 the estate II Ro~ina
>cberer decreased.
In the DUBOIS Cir-uii Conrt. March
term. lsss
Notice l. hereby given that Ioha n.
Beirhein. A. administrative al th.. -.
tate Of Rosina >chersr. Decreased. ha-
presented ami filei his account and
vouchers in final settlement ~ ~aid
estate. and that the same viii s,eme
up for examination ami action 81
aid Circuit Cou1, on the ~ .Iay
~ March. 1850. At which time ali
heirs, creditors. or leyafc.s IL -aid g.
tate arr required 10 appear in -aii Court
and sho~ cause II any there ~. why
said acrOuni AMI vouchers should not ~.
approved And the hrirS VI -sid e~tat
are also hereby required at the time and
place aforesaid to apiear and make
proof Of their heir IL.
HERMAN ECKERT. Clerk.
Mar. , lspO-.i.
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Air Line Report.

George T. Jarvis. receiver Of the
I. 4. & St. |. railsoa has flied hi-
monthly report Of earnings and ex-
penses for ID .crmbtr aud for the LAS
six months of 1899 in FEDERAL cou-t.
For December The receipts w.r,
1864 l ;, and the di-burs .mrnt-
$41S,510.51; FIR tie last II,
months Of 1899, receipts were 81 !.
D10,li3 - and Disbursements IS,
s7l,303 80 Elk.
These figures, 4 reported cor
rectly. are pretty large.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02
Buskirk Wins.

The Hon. Thomas b. Buskirk. OF
Paoli, Orange county, carried the
instructions of Washington comfy
last Friday for the Democratic nom
inalion for Judge Of The judicial cir
cult made up Of the counties OF
ashington, Orange ard Jackson.
As he will certainly carry his own
county-Orange-his nomination il
assured. Mr.. Bl-kirk has host 81
friends all over the Third congres
sional district VINO Will be pleased
to hear o, his success N. A.
Ledger.
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Notice Of Final Settlement Of Esiste.

Notice il hereby given TO the creditors.
heirs aud legatees OF August Rsmke. de-
ceased. To appear in the Dubois Circuit
Court. held at Jasper. Iniirna. On the
2lst day OF March. 1900, and shos
cause, if any, why tne Final ->eftl. nlenf
Ac counts with the e~tae Of said de-
cedent should not be approved: and
said heirs are notified 10 then an there
make proof OF heirship, AMI receive their
Gistribnfive shares.
Witnes-. the Clerk of sail Court. this
oath day 81 February. 1900.
HsReaN EcKERr.
Clerk Dubois Circuit C1Arr.
March 2-laO'
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Not &c of Town Primar =.

Notice is hereby give. that Their VIII
be Democratic Primary Election held
at the Jasper Electric Light Office in the
Town of Jasper, Indiana, on
MONDAY, MARCH 18th, 1900,
for the purpose Of nominating candi-
for each OF the following Offices OF said
town, viz:
Marshal,
Treasurer.
Clerk.
Trustee 81 Ward,
Trustee 5th Ward.
The polls will be opened p. omptlv AT
O'Clock p. m. and kept open until 5
O'Clock p. IN.
All candidates for nomination are re-
quired to pay James ;. Milburn the sum
OF 50c each, for the purpose of having
tickets printed and for furnishing supper
10 the members of the election board.
This fee must be paid on or befor, March
18th, 1900, to entite any can iidate TO
have his name printed OF the ticket.
j. r. FRIEDMAN,
ED A. BoHNERr,
ANDREW Eek ERr,
Precinct Committeeme n (.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02

COUNTY CoUNcIL.--The Primar,
Election Commissioners have placed
on the ticket for County Council
the following. At large-J. Her
man Becknan, Chas. Egg, Noble
J. Kemp, Henry Landgrebe, jacob
II. Seng. For LIST. District; WIN
III. II. Green and Phil. Schwenk
I'd. Dist.-Jos. Friedman an,
John Hochgesang. Sd. Dist.---Jas
!. Cunningham. 4ih. Dist.-Wm
Holman, VIM. Koch, jos. Rohfet
ter.
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~Ho,ace VI. Kean. E,q.. I

Horace VI. Kean, Esq. has
rented the rooms over The Post office,
and will open his law office nthen
until he must vacate them for the
new building to be put up during
the summer. Clients will find il
him q capable and industrious law
yer, who will secure a fair share o
busiress.
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Notice nj Final Settlement of Estate.

Notice j. hereby given to the creIirors
heirs and legatee- Of Thomas Schroeder
deceased. 20 appear in the Dubois Cir
cult Court. held al Jasper. Indiana. on
the 18th day u March. l-p0. and show
car-e. il any. why the Final Settlement
Accounts with the estate ~ -aii ds-
cs-dent should not - approved and aid
heir- are notified then and there make
proof 81 heirship. and receive their dis
triiufive share-
WITNESS. The Clerk 81 -aii Court. thi.
2Ist DAY Of February. Ia0.
HERMAN ECkERT.
Clerk DuDoi- Circuit Court.
TEAYIoR 4 TRaTLoR, Attorneys.
Feb. y. 1tpD-gr--
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~Mr. John Eek, of Booze I

a~Mr. John Eek, Of Booze TIP,
renewed his subscription to the
Courier on Monday, AMI aid as he
was only beaten three votes for as
SCISSOR of the township before, ne is
going to try for the race again this
v ar. He would make an efficient
assessor, and would try to keep the
personal property in old Boone a,
lis equal and true value.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02

rA-Gen. Cronje, the Free State
commander, surrendered uncondi.
tionaily to Gen. Roberts Tuesday.
lie had but 4 900 soldiers with him
20 Gen. Roberts 40, 900, and yea M
held out ten days.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02

ard cheerfulneSs soon
ciszr,e urhen the kid
neys are CT Of Greer
or diseased
kidney trouble has
become 50 prevalent
thai i IS not uncommon
for q chill. - te born
afflicted xri-h weak kid
neys- 1.-THE child urin-
ztcs too cs-e1. II the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-02

REMARKS.
There seems 10 be to he an IN
usual amount of contagious diseases
among the children Of Columbia
township, and disposition :mcne
some parents to be very careless in
the matter of oteying the law This
matter is open for the in-p, ciion
and action Of the next sai. jnry.
My records are open Tor = n-vse
ton.
With che exc ption =. -. nd
g. the re"or.s a. go ian aud
brs'' : liFe. VII cot be able
pay ~1.as township second
.rir'. u-' sometime in March.
Try respectfully yours.
j. II JOHNSON, Truant Officer.
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~ Mr.. VIM. j. Jutt has entered
the race for County Assessor. lie
came to Dubois county with his
father, the late George J. Jutt, when
he was but few months old, and
his parents settled in Ferd nand
aiierwarl moving to Jasper wnen
his father was chosen county Re
corder. He is cal net moker b,
trade, but has been unable to work
this winter by reason Of sickness
He has many friends throughout
the county.
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Total tl06,6i0 81, 415.6
Returned by COUNT Auditor Feb
2, 1900, to Auditor of State.
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Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble p-eys upon the mind. dis
courzges and lessons ambition: beauty. vigcl
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H0RACE M. KEAN.
Attornsy at Law,
AsPEls, INDIANA

Will practice i'm the Court. ~ Dabols and
adjoining counties. special attention gwen
10 settlement of estates and collections
once ia Friedman Building. over Pos,
once.
March 2, 100.
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urine sczl6s the flesh or II. when the child
reaches an age when il should be able 70
control the passage il IS yet afflicted with
bed-ve'ting. Depend upon il. the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble. ard the firs,
step should Be towards the treatment al
these important organs This unplezsanr
trouble is due TO diseased condition CT the
kidneys and bladder and nc; 10 = habit -
most people suppose
Women IS vel as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney ard BLADDER trouble.
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect oi
Swamp-RoOt IS soon realized II IS scf
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by druggists. in fifty
cen. and one collzl
sizes You may have |
sample bottle ~ mai
free also pamphlet tel
ing all about il. incl
thousands Q. fes-inoi
from sufferers cured
& Co.. Biaghznfon.
mention this paper
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Hc-.e q S~z-. En.oe
ding many Of the
Iizl letters received
n writing Dr. Klncr
J. T.. &c sure and
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rruanl Officers Report ca Colunb q
Township.

HUNTINGBURG, lND., Feb. 20.
Last iall, accompanied by the
county ~ erlniendent, visitei
each school in Columbia township
From item. tne.. obtained and from
information recently sent lnr by the
teachers uf that township, an able
to report uyon Columbia township.
up T. date. as follow:
Y, .nu,p.r,t,-l hv tn tru-faQ
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Democratic State Convention, Indians
polls, Wednesday. June b.

Precinct Committeeman
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-10-25

Miss Linnie Reddick, of Centerville,
and Mr. H. M. Reddick, of near Center
vile visited with their mother, Mrs.
Maria Reddick last week.
Mrs. Nell lie Marshall, of Cooperstown,
is visiting her sister, Mrs, James Pat
ton Jr.
Mrs. Lizzie Millinger, of Butler, is
visiting her brother, Mr.. James Patton
Sr.
Mrs. Nina Hart and family, who
spent the summer here, left on Satur-
day for their home in Allegheny Co.
Mr.. Joseph McEl-ee and Mrs Currie
of Armstrong Co. and Mrs. Travis, of
Bellevue, visited at the home of Mrs
Margaret Marshall last week
Mr.. Charles Graham, of Venango
Co., is taking charge of the blacksmith
shop, owing to the illness of Mr.. Korn.
1t sounds old fashioned to hear the
ring of the anvil once more. Mr.. Korn.
we are glad to hear, is slowly regain
ing his health.
Miss Tillie Louden, of New Castle, is
visiting at the home of Mr.. Robert Kin
ser.
Mrs. Henry Daubenspeck, of Bruin,
and Mrs. Perry Campbell, of West
Sunbury, visited their aunt, Mrs Susan
Pisor, on Thursday last and called on
friends in the village.
One Of the pleasant social events of
the season was that of party held at
the home of Mr. A. J. Stoops, on Friday
evening, in honor of Mrs Stops niece,
Miss Cora Blinn, who has been spend
ing the summer in these parts The
affair was highly enjoyed by everyone
present and far too soon came the hour
for separating. But all the guests went
home feeling that they had had a good
time and that it was well to have been
there Miss Blinn has had very poor
health all summer but is much improv
ed at the present writing. She left OF
the following day for Centerville where
she expects to spend the winter.