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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-31

Mrs. Teacup-Oh, Mr.. Tubbs,
vas 90 delighted when I heard tha,
you were such Z stanch champion
of the temperance cause.
Tubb,-Why-er-I'm IN not OK
actly-
Mrs. Tsacup-Now don't try d
hide your light under . bushel, Mr.
Tubbs. | know, because heard
George cay that you have been I
booze fighter all your life. He said
you punished more Of Il than any
ten men il the state. Life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-31

Deacon Goodly-"How do you
like the new minister"
judge Hardhead-''I don't like
him at all. Whenever be prays BE-
works that cJntemptibls dodge oi
turning states evidence on his fel'
Low sinners. New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-31
LHO. n. FISHER. II. n. K4AN
xttnrusys 1t Law,
JAsPER. INDIANA

fns oountIos special attention given
~ cc3sien nouS Of eotatoo and cOl1ccttone.
OGcs II 0payd Building. over Drug sssre.
49, entrance.
Woeoh 3, -.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-31

The County Board of Rtview Ok.
cd the assessment Of those in Jas
per having over So 600 q folloNa:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-31

There are "a Of them and in the
aggregate they must pay taxes on
1877 ,445, an average Of nearly
81 600 each. Tho total. assessment
Of the town is $612. .O65, without
X. r.; the amounts added by the
Board Of Review, and the B. & L.
stock. which will add about $40.-
600 more to the total mailing il
&652 ,O00-so the 54 will pay con.
siderably more than one half the
taxes. There are 299 polls, and 80
dogs reported.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
POWER OF ONE WORD.

Breaks Up supper Party, at which One
Chair Was Vacant.
On the morning of March 10, 1889.
news of special import from the Phil
ippines went coursing through the ma
ton. In a certain half hours fighting
thirty-seven volunteers had been shot
killed and wounded. Scattered
through six different states that morn
ing nine men read the name of a col
lege classmate in the list, and, for the
first time in all their lives grew seri-
GUS. The bearer of the name was sent
on sick leave to his home in Pitts
burg, a medal for special bravery on
his coat, and a bullet in his head. One
morning l walked into the sick sol
dier's room and found him-sleeping.
For an hour he lay thus, then turned
"Why-w-w-why! Shorty is that you?
D-d-did we score? Did that scheme
work?-I-l'm hurt. T-take out time.
There were seven hundred Scrubs-I
mean Phili-Philispanios in the rush
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
ROOSEVELT AND THE FOWL.
How He Caught the Gamecock at "OId
BlI' sowaI's.

How He Caught the Gamecock at "OId
Bill" sowaIrs
Up in Island Falls, Aroostook coun-
ty, lived a rugged farmer and back
woodsman Familiarity known as "Old
Bilr' Sewall, and to his house one
day in autumn about twenty-five years
ago, came a rather delicate youth,
armed with a gun and fishing rod,
and looking for a place to board for a
few months while he "roughed it" for
the benefit of his health. The youth
was Theodore Roosevelt of New York,
and he was made welcome. For many
weeks, accompanied by "Bill" Sewall
in the neighborhood, the newcomer
went hunting and fishing and gradu-
ally color came to his face and
strength to his muscles. If he was
slight and rather sickly he had plenty
of grit, and soon he won the friend
ship and admiration of all the woods
men in the Island Falls section. They
said that, although at first sight the
young tourist didn't look as If he'd
pull through" he was game o the
backbone, and if sticting to it was
any help they thought he might turn
out all right, after all. Many stories
are told by those who remember
Rooseve4t's visit of his courage and
persistency. One day when, with
Sewall and the rest, he went on a
long tramp through the woods after
deer, he was much exhausted on the
way home, and someone offered to
carry his rifle for him. Roosevelt al
most Indignantly declined the proffer-
ed assistance, and, although almost
ready to drop in his tracks from
WEAKNESS, he chung to his rifle and
struggled through to the end Of the
journey. On another occasion he had
a long chase after a game rooster
that had escaped from his coop, and
pursued the bird through the village
streets, over fences and through yards,
until finally it few into an open win
dow in the second story of a house.
Nothing daunted. Roosevelt got a lad
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

line. When the game began they
meant to murder us. The half was
nearly up They were inside our
five-yard line-we lost the ball-got
out of ammunition-Score was 'thir-
teen, fifteen, nineteen dead men-it
was our last down. knew a scheme
would work. asked the captainl-
Where were you? / must have had to
give the signals. We worked a flying
wedge with a long double pass, then |
got out and ran for it. had all their
ammunition and had lodged their full
back coming In. The men were cheer
ing-0h! but it was glorious-I must
have gone out of bounds, for oh! My
head!-I think we-Did we score?-I
think-I know I got there Just in
t-time," and with his teeth set in the
old way, and hat old smile of triumph
on his face, he fell back on the pillows
dead. At the funeral the p~all-bearers
were his nine classmates. That night
we tried to have a little supper at the
Seventh Avenue hotel. We sat down,
but by some Encouragement ten plates
were laid instead of nine. We tried to
talk; we tried to eat; but somehow we
couldn't. The walters brought the sec
ond course. We tried again; it was
no use. Just then a man passed down
the corridor outside toward the eie-
vator. The second hush had fallen on
us when there came the single exclam-
ation-"Down!' With one accord we
ooked into each others filing eyes.
Then our visions focused on-Jim
Townsend's vacant chair. We rose in
silence and left the room. There are
no joys so keen as those which we ten
men had known through four years;
there is nc sorrow so keen as that
which we nine knew that night.-La-
dies Home Journal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
Msthod. Of ono PouItrym.n.

William Gabriel, a poultry raiser ct
Peoria county, Illinois, tells the Farm
ers' Review that he gets good results
feeding cracklings to his mature
fowls. Said cracklings are the pressed
cakes produced in the extracting OF
lard from the fat of hogs. 1t is pound
cd or ground up and makes a most ex-
cellent feed for the production of eggs.
1t is not, however, suitable for feeding
to young chicks, as 1t is too rich and
causes securing. In an exhibit OF
poultry at Peoria he showed mature
Brown Leghorn hens that were only
six months old. A good deal of this
earliness Of maturity was due to the
feeding of cracklings after the birds
had reached enough growth to make it
possible for them to easily digest that
kind of food.
Mr.. Gabriel has had some experience
in fighting gapes. He says he has
frequently relieved the chicks of the
parasites by means of a mixture OF
carbolic acid and water. The mixture
is applied by means of a feather from
the wing OF a rooster. lie dip the
end of the feather in the carbolated
water, pushes it down the throat of a
chick, gives it a few twirls and with
draws 1t. He claims to have been uni
formly successful with this method.
He finds the Brown Leghorns best
adapted to his circumstances, and is
willing that some other fellow have
the trouble of caring for more than
n breed. He is thus enabled to cen
ter his attention on one line of breed
ing. Asked as to his success in dis
posing Of Leghorn eggs, he replied
that the demand was always equal to
the supply, and that no one found
fault because the eggs were slightly
smaller than those laid by the heavier
breeds.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

In a conversation with H. B. Cur
Ter recently, he told the writer that
he did not believe in the theory of
animal odors in milk. He denomin-
ates these odors pure dirt and moth.
ing else" The writer, as we'll as many
other people, will have to disagree
with Mr.. Gurler on this point. There
are some COWS that secrete a volatile
oil that passes through their systems
into the milk. This oil has been iso.
lated, If we may believe the assertions
OF some experimenters. 1t volatizes
quite quickly after being exposed to
the air, and it is this fact that makes
aeration profitable. Mr.. Gurler is
perhaps not in a position to know this,
as he always runs his milk over a
cooler anyway, which process gives a
most thorough aeration. 1t seems to
us that 1t will pay farmers to give
thls subject more study. There are
numerous coolers and aerators on the
market that can be had at a reasonable
price, and the use of such will do
much to improve the milk. This
aeration is especially necessary where
the farmer is attempting to make fan.
ey butter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
With the Indians in Alaska

When we grow Disconnected, as we
sometimes do, with our environment;
annoyed because the old shades are
faded, and we cannot afford new ones;
the carpets shabby and the purse too
fat to replace them with finer and
more modish fabrics; when we COM
pare ourselves with our neighbors and
are vexed t at their splendcr SURPRISES
our own, we may find a tonic in MAX
ing a pilgrimage to an Alaskan home.
says a writer in the Christian Herald.
The red man in Alaska, living with
primitive simplicity, is satisfied with
a fire on the hearth, ever If 1t burn
in a smoky chimney and the roof is
blackened with the SCOT. He asks for
no luxurious easy chairs. A bench
running around the walls of the liv-
Ing room fills his ideal of comfort.
Thick clothing is a must-be, and he
and his family is fortunate If they
are swathed in thick woolens, or fur
nished with skins. The spoils of his
hunting and trapping must bring what
money he requires, and at all times
RSASo Mdy NC bSSu uIylu6 lIOm pOlSS
and bars propped up against the cell
ing. Outdoors, the Ind an condescends
to hunt and fish, but within his home
he is an autocrat, living in lazy in
ertia, and waited upon, hand and foot,
by his womankind. To the children
he is not unkind, and they group about
him, as bears cubs in the den. 1t is
hard to be sick in such a home as
the one u artist has photographed,
and as there is very little of tender
ministry or patient c%are-taking, those
who are too i'll to rally under Natures
handling, usually die, and are little
mourned. Gentleness and sympathy
are qualities which come from civilizaN
ton.
Much missionary work is being done
in Alaska, and schools are be ng estab-
lished for the little ones. A genera
ton hence, al Alaskan house, even
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
AeratIon in Cream

At an exhibit of butter in Mime
sofa it was demonstrated quite clear
ly that the curdy taste in rome butter
was due to the incarceration of the
cream, especially when the cream Is
separated from the milk by the cen.
trifugal separators. Hence the great.
er necessity of aerating milk by t.
old process of pan setting. In the
old days the cream rose to the top
of the milk and was there exposed TO
the air fol several hours before being
removed. That gave time for all the
animal odor to escape. When that
same cream was made into butter
there was no remnant Of the animal
odor that had been previously in the
milk. By the new way of separating
the cream from the milk there is no
natural process OF aeration, as the
cream is separated and placed in a
closed can Immediately after milking.
Cream is mucn more retentive Of
animal odor than is the skimmilk,
and it Is harder to take the odor
from the cream when it is by itself.
III 1t is run over an aerator the work
will be imperefctly done. 1t therefore
follows that the aeration should be
that of the whole milk, the cream
being separated after the work of
aeration has been completed.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

der and climbed into the house, pres
emily emerging with the fowl squaling
and struggling in his arms. He had
actually crawled under an old wo-
mans bed to get that rooster.
When Roosevelt went west to be-
come a ranchman he took "Bill' Sc
wall and Wilbur Dow along with him
and kept them in his employ for some
years. Dow died in the west, but
Sewall came back to Maine and is
still living at Island Falls, where he
delights to tell of the days he spent
with Theodore Roosevelt. He says
that at the time of the chase and cap
ture of the game cock an aged set
tier of Island Falls, admiring the per-
sistency and determination of young
Roosevelt, said: THAT young %feller'll
be president some day, if he lives
New York Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
DaIryIng In New n-run,ulnL.

1t is interesting to note the ran,d
advance in dairy methods being made
in the different provinces of Canada
Within ten years there has been q
remarkable awakening in the prov.
ince of New Brunswick. Fiftean
years ago there was in the province
only W cheese factories, and. so far
as can be learned, no butter factories
the butter being marketed at the
country stores. Today there are 55
cheese factories and SO creameries
Ten years ago the products were Of
such low grade that they were with
~dificulty disposed of at the country
stores, while today a large part of the
products grade high enough for ex.
port. In 1891 a skilled dairyman was
engaged by the government to travel
over the province and instruct peonle
In the making of butter and cbeese
That work has grown until todav
there are three men engaged in that
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

A happy village is La Haye, in Nor
mandy. numbering scarcely 400 in
habitants. Under the will of a M.
Fortier, a native of the place, who has
recently died, the sum Of 10000 francs
win be available annually, in the pro-
portions Of a third, for the provision
Of bread, boots and medicines at re-
duced prices, and medical attendance
for the old people and children Of the
village; another third for the provision
OF savings bank nuclei for five young
men and five young women, and the
remainder TO be distributed among the
soldiers on active service who are IA
tives Of La Haye.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

couldn't tell whether he meant to
shoot me or the pipe. The chances
were in favor of the pipe, however,
and 1t seemed a good chance to test
my nerve. l made up my mind to let
him shoot, and pretend a careless air,
but I'm telling you that in the ten or
fifteen seconds of waiting the sweat
came out at every pore and my heart
pounded my ribs sore. l felt a sort
OF tick at the bowl of the pipe, heard
the crack of the gun, and knew that
the bullet had passed through the
pipe. | got a brace with my hands
and feet and waited for the second
bullet, and it went through the bowl
after the first. l sat there until the
fourth bullet hit the pipe and knocked
the bowl off the stem, and then the
shooter sauntered up to me and laugh
ingly said:
Excuse me, stranger, but I
thought it was imitation
Same as you are l replied.
my gibe hurt him, but he was man
enough to tell everybody about my
nerve, and the boys Clipped in sufi-
Gent nuggets to buy me this $50
smoker.
Nerve! Say, do you know what
happened to me when l made an ex-
cuse to go upstairs after my old corn
cob? 7 had no sooner got into my
room than my knees gave out, chills
galloped up my spine and I'll be hang
ed if I didn't faint away and lie there
for ten minutes.
1T had suddenly occurred to me
that the bowl of that pipe was only
six inches from my nose while the
fellow was doing his shooting, and 1
have not yet got over touching my
nasal organ now and then to see If it
is safe"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

"Meistersinger"/ performed. He vas
very anxious to see the effect of Wag-
ner's glorious music on the country
man, and watched him keenly during
the rendering of the overture, which.
grand as 1t is, is a little noisy, more
especially when the bang of the
drums and the crash of the cymbals
occur at intervals. But the country
mans face remained absolutely un-
moved. At last the Londoner could
bear his friends indifference no
longer. Doesn't this glorious VOL
dme OF sound affect your" he said.
oh, no, not in the least" was the
calm reply; you forget that I am
a boiler maker. "-Tit-Bits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

There has just been brought to light
another tragic romance of Paris life.
An early promenader in the Park of
st. Cloud noticed a bulky mass float
ing In the lake. II was found to be
composed OF two human bodies-a
mans and a woman's, tied fact togeth-
er by a rope. The man was a work.
ing stonemason named Blsudet, the
young woman a domestic servant
named Brault. The young mans par
ents refused to saction their marriage.
thus interposing an insuperable OBJ
stacle In French law, and the lovers
had taken this sad alternative for as
sorting their indissoluble union.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

During the recent German army ma
neuver there was tested, under the
personal supervision of the grand
marshal of the Prussian court, a newly
invented travelling field kitchen" for
the Kaiser's private use. Besides the
provision for cooking, during which
the vehicle remains stationary, there
is an ingenious continuance for keeping
the dishes warm as long as may be
necessary. For this the kitchen can
follow the movements of the Emperor.
At a given signal the Kitchen" comes
10 pieces like a piece of stage scenery,
and one of it's sides forms a handy
table. while others have warm cham
bers and serve as sideboards.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
MoOnshlno DIstlllery In nroot,v,.

The biggest moonshine distillery
was discovered in Brooklyn the other
day in a suburban cottage inhabited
by Russian Jews. It's capacity was
loo gallons of proof spirits a day, and
its profits were $500 a week. A wagon
load of its products was captured and
the officers found the place by allow
ing the horse to choose its own route
homeward.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
HolIand,s Queen a Sports womnn-

While Queen Wilhelmina has been
staying at Schwerin she has taken sew
era motor trips with her brother-in-
law, the grand duke of Mecklenburg.
The queen, who is already an mimi
table skater, a fine horsewoman and
can drive a coach and four, is said to
be enchanted with the new sport, and
has ordered an automobile to be made
for her.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

work. The result shows what educa-
ton will do in the improving Of tha
quality and quantity of dairy pro-
ducts. AS yet few of the states OF
the American Union have taken hold
of the matter in earnest. 1t is to be
hoped that every state suitable 10
dairying will before long show itself
at least as vigorous as the province
of New Brunswick.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Tea is the favorito drink in Russia,
and the government has been for some
time encouraging the cultivation of the
plant there. 1t has been found THAI
1t thrives in the Caucasus, and a num-
Der of plantations have been in opera
ton for several years. The c~ultivators
have not succeeded in getting the fine
iavors Of Chinese. Ceylonese, and In
dian tea. but what they produce finds
a ready market among the peasants.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

The Chinese government has en-
gagged the services of M. Rutshauser,
O Swiss engineer, to build a powder
factory, probably at Pekin. also to
superintend the rebuilding Of the ar
senal at Tien-Tsin. M. Rutshauser has
been hitherto director of the powder
factory at Berne.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Professor Labaud, of the S~trasburg
university, received a letter recently
from a Japanese lady informing him
that she would commit suicide on a
certain day because her brother had
failed in an examination, and asking
the learned professor to commit sui
eide also. On inquiry it was found
that the Japanese lady had actually
done as she had threatened.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

A passenger on an ocean steamer
was warned by an officer that the
mar who was steadily winning his
money in a game of chance was a pro-
f~essional gambler. The passenger re-
piled that he was aware of the fact
but that he was playing to see how
the gambler contrived to cheat him.
When the experiment had cost him
several thousand dollars, and the in
v~estigation was still unsuccessful, he
abandoned the problem. Gamblers
ask for nothing better than to have
such investigators at work whether
on q or on land.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25
Populations In Cities.

In Rhode Island S1.2 per cent of the
population in 1900 lived in cities or
towns of 5000 inhabitants or more
while this element also constitutes 7S
per cent of the population in Massa-
chusetts, 6S.5 per ent in New York.
61.2 per cent in New Jersey and $50
in Connecticut.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Edward ]. Ivory, who wal arrested
n acquitted in England seven years
ago Of a charge of being in an alleged
conspiracy to blow up the house Of
parliament with dynamite, is to make
a second attempt to secure damages
in the sum Of 5000. 900 for false Inn
prisonment. Ivory, who is a waiter
In a restaurant in Chicago, has placed
the case in the hands of Henry w.
Scott, a New York lawyer. Mr.. Scott.
VIC is associated with Joseph Mar
tin of British Columbia, and Charles
E. Beach, Jr, Of London, will present
the claim to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
chancellor of the e%xchequer. If it is
refused he will appeal to the state de-
partment at Washington.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Bakers Chocolate or Bakers Cocoa
examine the package you receive and
make sure that it bears the well known
trademark of the chocolate girl. There
are many limitations of these choice
goods on the market. A copy of Miss
Parloa's choice recipes will be sent
free to any housekeeper. Address
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd, Dorchester,
Mass.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

At Gotta, In Saxony, persons who
did not pay their taxes last year are
published in a list which hangs UP in
all restaurants and saloons of the city.
Those that are on the list can get
neither meat o drink at these places.
under penalty OF loss of license.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

The value of sugar beets for feed.
ing dairy COWS is not great, if the
production of milk is to be considered.
me ca-rbonaceous content is so great
that the result is to fat.en rather than
10 produce heterogeneous compounds
IKE milk. But after the sugar beet
factory has used the beets the pulp
that remains contains very little sug-
ar and other carbonaceous matter and
IS therefore richer in heterogeneous mat
Ter per unit of bulk. The farmers
tnat grow beets for selling to these
factories should see that in the con
tracts they make there is provision
ior the return of the beet pulp. 1t
Is OF no particular use to the factory
unless they go to the expense of ad-
vertlsing and creating a market for it.
sometimes by lack of foresight in
tnls matter, the farmer places him
sell In a position where he cannot
get the beet pulp back without pay
ing a good price for it. The beet
pulp is a fairly good dairy feed. much
OF the nutrient content being availa.
BILE.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Prince Henry of Prussia was made
a full admiral Of the German feet by
his brother the Kaiser. at the time OF
the Cars visit to Dantzlg.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-25

Luigi Carreno, a we'll known Roman
Journalist, recently got employment as
q day laborer in the Vatican garden,
In order to get material for an article
on the daily life OF the Pope.