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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-10-18
A Salve for
IncOnSt ancy
BY GERALD Bliss
BY GERALD Bliss

NTOING Lord Linlithgow's infatua-
ton for the beautiful Miss Dora
I~vclacc, who sang ballads in charm
ing conjralto voice at the Halls, had
been the talk of the town all through
The season; but the venerable and
autocrat:c earl Of lbrox, his imperturb-
able parent. had only shrugged his
shoulders sagcly at the rumors, NUT
tering with senile smile that boys
would he boys, unless they happened
10 be girls" But when, one evening
in the autumn, on the occasion of one
OF the earl's flying visits 10 town, his
son announced, over the second bottle
Of port. his intention of marrying her,
ihe storm broke with Unprecedented
violence, after an ominous pause, dur
ing which his lordship collected his
siupe;ied wits and choicest vocabulary
and flied the walls of his wrath 10 over
flowing. lie raved, and swore, and
stamped. and cursed. in the excess Of
his parental solictude. suffering out
disiointed sentences at irregular inter-
walls.
Hitherto his son had borne the an
t'c.pated outburst with pale equanim-
i'y; but now, after a verbal scufiie,
short and sharp, the conclave broke up
lurricdly, leaving the second bottle
unfinishc
The next morning Linlithgow called
at Miss Lovelace's rooms, as usual, but
with 4 certain diffidence in his heart.
7 lerc he found her cooled up on cor
r,r * The couch. reading the paper
al eni.cing picture Of brown and pink
humanity. with dainty dimples and
4 ir that curled without pins.
The customary greetings having
been layishly exchanged. Linlithgow
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NO PLACE FOR A RULER.
The Impc rinllatic Idea Of Pres Id e nj
Will Not Obtain In
America.

In speaking of the president of the
United States many newspapers and
nearly all the preachers call him the
ruler of the country. This is great
mistake. Under our democratic-rc-
publican form of government there
can be no rulers, the officers elected
are the servants of the people and
not their ruler, or arc we advanced so
far towards imperialism that our
officials have in a measure usurpcd
power that the constitution does not
give and assume to rule? Under our
new colonial government in the
Philippines the army is the ruler,
though the farce is being enacted OF
q civil government and the governor
general is ruler with despotic pow
rr. which the military execute, the
power being derived from the pres
ldent. That is Imperialism. Ruling
other people in that way may &C.
custom the people Of the United
States to a dcspotic form OF gov
eminent that in the end they may
submit themselves to be ruled, but
as long as grass grows and water
runs there will be democracy to
resist such usurpation. We want no
ruler in this country, we must have
honest servants of the people TO car
~ out the work, for the time for
which they have been elected
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COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

That poor little drooling in.
FAINT. the steamship trust, with its
S15o.0oo,000 capital, is still expecting
its pap in the form of the ship sub.
sidy bill. and Hanna and the ot.,er
republican leaders are arranging TO
feed il with all that congress can be
prevailed upon to donate.
that a new treaty with Great Brit.
ain is ready for presentation which
Is the same as the old treaty, with
the matter omitted objected to by
the senate. 1t is to be hoped that
trucking to England will not be tho
with John Hay still in the cabinet
it is doubtful.
The evidence in the Manila
hemp army scandal case develops
the loose way that business is done
under the present management.
Private cables were charged to the
government. ind the evident inten-
tion of high officials to use their pc.
sition to the advantage Of them
selves or friends at the expense OF
the government does not put the
imperial way of doing things in Q
favorable light.
Hanna denies that he ever said
he would never again talk for publica-
tion, and proves the falsity of the
rumor by doing more or less talking.
Among other things, he says that il
Roosevelt continues McKinley's policy
prosperity will last. Inasmuch as Mr..
Hanna is generally supposed to have
been one OF Mr.. McKinley's advisers
in shaping the policy there il some.
thing like compliment for himself
hidden in his words Standardization.
ton Herald.
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Parting Of the Ways aEd Must
Choose His Road.

II will be remembered that Mr..
Bryan expressly stated that il he
was elected president he would not
under any circumstances be "A candi-
date for q second term. lie gave
strong reasons for this and wishes
10 impress them on President Roose-
welt. In the last issue of the
Commoner he warns the president OF
the danger of striving for second
term. lie begins by saying Mr..
Roosevelt has reached the turning
point in his political career, and his
cherished ambition is reached. That
ever since his Inauguration as vice
president he has looked forward to
1904 All at once, as the result Of an
assassin's shot, he is ushered into
the presidency. With what spirit
will he enter upon the discharge OF
his duties? The answer to this ques-
ton is of tremendous Importance to
him and to his country"
Mr.. Bryan says there is a sentime mt
against second terms. He accuses
Grover Cleveland of indorsing that
- but iab'A Lila
pledge. and continues: mr.. Roose-
welt will find that there are many
things that can be best accomplished
by an executive officer who is under
no temptation to use the patronage
of his Office to promote his own re-
election. II he will announce his de-
termination not to be a candidate for
denomination he will be relieved of
great deal of embarrassment and
anxiety. and he will find svffic ent
strenuous life in an effort to make
his administration conspicuous for its
honesty and efficiency. IL he intends
to appear before the next republican
convention as candidate he mus
prepare to fight the bosses Of his par
ty or surrender to them. He is aware
of the fact that the republican organ.
ization did not look with favor upon
his candidacy. President Roosevelt
has reached the parting Of the ways;
which road will he take?"
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How great are the possibilities OF
Hawaii as fruit and vegetable
growing country viii be understood
when it becomes known that four
crops Of potatoes have been pro-
duced in succession on the same
piece Of land within IL months. Rad
ishes become edible in ten days after
sowing. Strawberry vines bear fruit
all the year. The berries are of the
finest flavor. Cabbage grows all the
year. and it apparently makes no
difference whether it is planted in
the spring. summer, autumn or win
ter. Parsley once sown grows for
ever, apparently. Lima beans con-
tinue to grow and bear for over a
year, and they have to be gathered
every week after starting TO bear.
Cucumbcrs bear the entire year, and
SO do tomatoes. which. with proper
attention. bear for years. Raspbcr-
ries bear for six months. Pincapplcs
come into bearing wnen the plants
are four months old and bear in
abundance for years. Lettuce can Be
planted at any time, and it develops
quickly. The same y true of CELERY.
--Chicago Journal
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The greatest woman in the world
Ii the woman who knows how 10
manage her home and her husband.
--Atchison Globe.
Why She Complains.-"She finds
fault with her husbands salary, they
say" "Yes. she says it isn't like her
father used To make."-Ph:.adcl
Bulletin.
Mamma Don't put your hand in
the sugar, Bobby; it's unreGned."
Bobby-"Why, no, mamma; this 10
granulated sugar. Only brown sugar
is Observation-Disclosures to Eat.
"IIow did Stringer get out of serv-
ing on the jury?" when the law
yer asked him if he had formed an
opinion on the case, he said no, but
he expected to" -Indianapolis News,
The transformation Nell-"I sup
pose she's long and lanky, just the
same as ever" Belle-"Not at all.
You know she recently came into a
fortune. She's 'dvinely tall now
Philadelphia Record.
u''hs tue OtneT Ioot III IT,
Mother-"Ethel is the very image Of
what | was at her age" He-"Real-
ly! ! shouldn't have thought it pos
sible!" Mother tcoldly)-"May ] ask
why? He (secing his error, and
striving to rectify t-"Oh-er--I
was forgetting what long time ago
that must have been."-Punch.
Sarcasm observation-disclosures Ito
dealer)-"say, there must have been
some mistake about those peaches you
sold me yesterday" Dcaler-"What
was the matter with them" "Noth-
ing. That's just it. There was no
bad ones at the bottom of the
basket" by gum. so you got 'em.
did you? picked those out for my
self."-Clcveland Plain Dealer.
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ACROSS IN A BALLOON.
Ing the Aerial Passage Of
the Atlantic.

In Century is discussion of ways
and means for crossing the ocean.
The author believes that the drag
rope is the key 10 the problem. lie
argues thus: If balloon capable of
retaining its buoyant gas in marked
degree were TO ascend from any point
on the American coast line, and be kept
poised at given height by means of
rope trailing loosely over the waves,
it would be more or less spec lily watt
ed across the Atlantic ocean.
West winds could not, Of course, be
expected always to prevail, but, as 1t
is known that the general drift is east
ward, it surely follows that the pas
sage would eventually be made. Prac-
tice with the drag rope has shown me
the possibility of keeping a balloon
afioat, at a convenient altitude, with
out great loss of gas and ballast. Prai-
ries, forests, mountains and large
bodies of water have all been traversed
by me with success. The free running
of the rope as it glides over the surface
Of the water is the special advantage
that accrues to a voyage over the
ocean.
Andree thought to utilize this device
over the frozen sea, but with what sue
cess may never be known. His attempt
at polar exploration by balloon was.
undoubtedly. premature, and should
have been preceded by efforts more
closely allied to previous experience.
Nevertheless, his was bold recognition
- a rr;rc.olo ,x,b;ob or1x MAIDS rraa - =
development to prove its correctness.
The full import Of the first success.
full ocean voyage cannot be foretold.
We can compare it only with the first
Atlantic cable. or the first steamship.
or the first voyage of Columbus. That
Il lies next in order to those cannot be
doubted. and there is only one known
way to success. namely. by the aid OF
the drag rope.
Such an undertaking should have a
clearly defined motive, namely. moth
1 ing less than that complete demon
stration of the latent possibilities Of
navigation by balloons instead Of the
impossible flying machine for which
4 the world has been waiting so long.
/ Some years ago II was proposed 20
make a transatlantic voyage by
ascending to the height of 81 miles
and remaining there long enough 10 ac-
complish the passage. 1t was believed
that an upper current is constantly
blowing toward the east. Three DAYS
only were thought 10 be necessary to
perform this feat. as the casterly cur
rent was supposed to be running at
the rate of from so to GO miles an hour.
However. il was found TO be impossible
to keep the balloon afioat at such a
height by any known means for even
one-tenth of the necessary time. and
all hopes Of successful voyage were
at length abandoned. The invention
and use OF the drag rope has intro
duced new era for the ballooon. This
simple appendage makes the long
ocean voyage n possibility.
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UP. DICKy"
took up his stand on the hearth-rug,
with his back TO the fire.
well, Lin, darling" asked Dora,
with quick observation, "what makes
you look so glum this morning."
IL told the gov'nor last night Of our
engagement, little woman" he an
swered, hesitatingly.
Dear. dear. what did he say? Rave?
Cut you off. or what?"
"Yes." answered Dick, shat, and
worst. l never heard him use such
horrible language. except when his
only Derby winner was disqualified for
boring"
"And still you are not going to give
me.up, Dick. darling?" asked Dora.
Not r. answered Linlithgow, TAX
inr his seat on the couch and exacting
his due. After which they proce eded
~ hold a committee Of ways and
means.
"of course. he can only cut me on
FOR his lifetime said Dick, marshal
ing The reassuring facts. although.
OF course. one doesn't care TO count
upon thai. The thing is bow to make
two ends meet comfortably in the
III antime."
couldn't we get anything out of
your father?" asked Dolly, thought
fully
'Not penny." said Dick, with de-
cisiou.
"0h. yes. we could" cried Dolly.
clappiac her hands. "l've got a splen-
did deal"
what is il. darling?"
'Ne~. Lin. you shall give me up"
exclaimed Dolly, without a trace Of
regret in her voice and smiling at
Dicks surprised face; "but only for a
little time"
"Why?" asked Dick in grumpy mis-
apprehension. "IIe may live for
years"
"Oh, didn't mean that" she said, re-
peacefully. 81 mean 10 sue YOU for
breach Of promise. and add the pro-
ceeds 10 our capital"
splendid. sweetheart" cried Lin
I'hgow. rapturously.
You are a clever little woman to
think Of It. We might get him to fork
out q few thousand quite eagerly. to
save me from such an awful fa,c."
we shall be quite rich before we
nave DONE" said Dolly. proudly. nurs-
Ing her newborn scheme in her mind.
And with the pride of parentage they
talked out all the details.
a few hours later the earl OF Ibrox
was rubbing his hands and treating
MS son with marked cordiality.
NO doubt, my deap boy, she is very
heau'lful and good and all that sort OF
tn'ng, and would prove a veritable
stumbling block to st. Anthony him
but still that's no reason YOU
should marry her. There are as good
hAh ~ the sea as ever came out OF IL:
q Aon can't marry the whole lot.
Mat till you are few years older.
anen you won't be so fearfuiIy keenl
a. we'll, II thess is . breach OF prom
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Golden Text.-Them that honor nae
Will hOnor.-I. Sam. 2;3O.


For this lesson we have the story Of
Joseph come to a position Of author
ity in Egypt. IL is related in Genesis
Il. The following points are briefly
noted.
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Roofing out malice may be repress.
ing murder.
Nothing is harder to forgive than
forgetfulness.
The cultivation of the heart spares
the cudgeling Of the brains.
The men who could invent Christ
could just as well have invented the
universe.
The man who is in the public eye n
not as great as he who is in the peo-
pies heart.
II eternal salvation is an individual
matter surely daily providence win -
ne ssme.-Rsm's Horn.
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have TO seek an asylum in n nearby
country, where he may safely plot
agains. those who will thrust him
from place and power.
Wilemstad. on the island of Cura.
Gao, capital of the Dutch West Indies.
has for generations been such safe
shelter for conspirators against the
peace of Venezuela, Colombia and
other near republics. Fleets of smart
little schooners and sloops swarm in
the harbor of wilemstad, ready To run
a cargo any night to any sequestered
cove of the mainland. which is in sigh,
from the highlands of Curacao, Colon.
bia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua are no,
far down the wind To the westward
Caribbean. To 1t come the ships oi
all Europe and OF North America. Il
leave cargoes for distribution. Here
merchants are discreet. No que stion,
| asked is the law of trade. Many {
bill of goods has been delivered Ia
his back yard at dusk, by the mer
chant. They disappear during III,
night. Not a sound is heard, not /;
movement seen. even in ths brightcst
night. No one asks about those goods s
Shippers may ask: where Is thi.
cargo to be landed?" Further quer,
would be most impolitc.
Where so many streams of com
merce converge many people meet
aud go again. No authorities troubl
u a .
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GEESE AS PROPHETS.
U~msrLs pom the Eowt HIRING Down
Rcpronch upsn the pur,cyor
OF Iato rmatioa.

As tail man was standing Ia Broad.
way looking at the wca thrr vane on the
Herald building and casting searching
glances among The clouds above, u
sharp featured man. with "A settled
look OF inquiry ON his face. came along,
and Joined the other In his skyward
searchings. says the New York Herald,
Promise of n fine, long, open fall.
said the sharp.fea,ured man.
The other paid no attention to the
remark, but continued his ubser,a'
tion.
"Not many signs of winter yet" con
tinued the speaker, land Il will be some
time before They put In an appearance
! have just returned from the woods OF
Canada. aad the wl.d geese up there
prophecy long aud pleasant autumn
rhey were still settled In their summer
quarters when I was there. without
giving any signs Of preparations fol
going south. These geese are usually
right In their forecasts. end msk'
precious few mistakes. No use o.
looking for cold weather until sftel
they move"
.rheir repptstion." snsversd IL
tall msa, Without taking his eye frou
~ weatAsr yass, ~appsess 70 hsve ~
sll st ~ gepes - ~ eesnoey -
nshiag ~ CpsssisssIess'S
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HOPE FOR COLOMBIA.
Central American State Saved by q
Word from Uncle Sam.
topped Proposed Raid ~ Insiwssisg
co Nicaragua and veaesse1a That
He woula Protect ssshs.us
of Panama.
Especial Central American L.,,er.l

Especial Central American Lstter1
'@OLOMBIA has been having
~ trouble these many months.
Rebels at home have kept her
awake, and anxious. Her near neigh
Dor, Nicaragua, sent Gen. Emiliano
Herrera to help those rebels, more
than a year ago, and he was on the
very point of taking Panama when
he suddenly desisted. He had an
'intimation" from the commander of
. British man-o'-war. Such hints
have weight in Latin America. Now
Gen. Herrera lives i'm peace, with a
family so lovely 'twould he passing
shame to leave them.
Then Senor Castro, Venezuela's
provisional president. sent an army
to tread on Colombia's skirt. Per
haps because he had troubles of his
own with rebels, who still make II
uncertain whether he can keep his
seat, but for some cause he forgo;
that no civilized nation neglects to
first declare war before trying to Gu,
the throat of n friendly neighbor
Possibly most Of that army were
refugees from Colombia, and II may
he that Castro was glad to have
them go and. sink or swim. rs best
they might. rid him of their com
pany. No official announcement ha.
been made that this was his purpose
The force from Venezuela had lit
tie difficulty about invading Colon
bian territory; for many lionel,
mile OF the shore of the Guajira-
which may be pronounced wahcra-
is washed by the sparkling Caribbean
and landing might be made in man,
secluded cove there. On maps. an,
in documents and theory, the pcnin
sula Of Guajira Is partly in the ter
ritory Of Venezuela, and the large
part under the government of Colon
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bia: but, i'm fact. its control has been
for centuries in the hands Of los
Guajiras.
Once on that rocky peninsula. the
Ncnczolanos met difficulties. There
were Colombian forces, mountain
Businesses and an abundant lack of
food and shelter. And there were
los Guajiras. Three times those Co
lombian troops made it cxpcdicnt for
the invaders TO go away, and go
quickly. They were accompanied by
hunger, for Venezuela failed tn pro-
vide munitions. Even I'm that land of
eternal summer one cannot live well
with hunger and without shelter,
Starvation encouraged them to
snatch every catable that came in
sight; which failed to- insure n cor
dial welcome from the inhabitants,
even of their own race.
Los Guajiras took hand. also
For nearly 400 years they have had
warm welcome for white men, es'
pccially IL they were of Spanish
blood. The hospitality of these In
dians has induced most white visitors
to that country to leave their bones
ON Guajira soil, and do IL soon. Man.
of the recent invaders seem to hay,
done so. Folk who know those In
dams find little difficulty in crcditins
the story that they badly disar
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wn,on OF US rwA,N9


I heard ono sing beside the stream.
when cvs was robcd IN sad and gray:
Dear heart" he sang. (which OF us
mas lived his life to greater gain7
Eor have lived to Joy AWAY.
And have laughed In every day.
And I have lived In every breath.
And have sucked each sweet; and you
Have kncit-as He OF Nazareth
And dipped OF Joy and supped ~ rue.
And looked toward n day Of DEATH
Dear heart" said. "if ,ifc were all
II life were life, and death were death
Then life might Judge betwixt us twain
which life is lived to greater gain.
II life were all, and with the breath
Your life and mine should cease to be.
Then llfc might Judge 'twixt you and me.
And say which seed was better grown.
And which dead blossom bloomed most
Gny.
And which lived best: who lived alone,
Or he who sought the crowd nlway.
Hut life and death shall cease To be;
And who shall speak OF gain again.
And who shall say what wisdom Is.
Or ask which seed were best unsown.
Or what were rue. what happiness?
And who shall Judge 'twixt you and me
When sight Is come to sightlcss men,
And He of Nazareth TO His own?''
Agnes Grozicr Herbcrtson, In Cham.
bers' Journal.
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ranged the features and other ar
rangements of such Ncnezolanos MS
they could catch. For these causes
the invaders seem tn have found II
well to entrench themselves, mainly
near Mnracaibo. That was safer
place for them. because IL Is close by
salt water, and far from those dread
full Indians.
While that valorous army was he.
ing licked by the Colombianos. and
cut up by the Guajlras. Zelaya OF
Nicaragua saw opportunity to harass
n government with which his own ad'
minlstration wns at peace. So he
sent couple OF companies, In the
one little steamer which Is the
Nicaragua navy. To cooperate with
the rebels near Panama. At the
same time filibusters were active IL
the like cause, In Ecuador. next on
the south OF Colombia. This repub
lie seemed likely to have her hands
full.
Then Uncle Sam. ardent lover oi
| peace, suggested 60 all concerned tha
he would rather not see outsiders
NEEDLE with Colombia; that he reail,
could not permit anyone ar anything
| 10 interfere with that path which hal
been for centuries the great shor
highway between the Atlantic oceaI
and the South ses. He ''intimsted'
70 the rsbsl conmander near Cole'
that s'apy intsslsssnes - yoss pr
wlth tha froo tr0nnso a. Roo6o - ~
senGssu osgens ~ blhmne - rano0'