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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-24

tons appeals to help him and went on
n note with him for $1,000 and the
scandal was hushed up
Fassett Cotton Is the Republican
nominee for superintendent OF public
and the people OF the state
are now asked by that party to put him
At the head OF an Office In which, as a
deputy. he did not hesitate to enter
into a deal TO betray the interests OF
the people for $4,000. The fact that
the state board Of education did not
adopt the Scott. Frowers 4 Co. arith- |
metic il evidence that II was lacking
IN tho essential qualities which the
hoard IL sworn to observe. and but
for this the book might have been
adopted and Mr.. Cotton would have en-
ioyed his ''laotten reward. II. as .
deputy enjoying the confidence OF his
superior. he would thus betray his
trust. what would he not do II ad-
yanced to the higher position. where
he would have power to make such
contracts and carry them into execu..
ton? II. as a deputy. his cupidity
was such that he would suggest the
sale of his supposed influence and un-
blushingly receive $4,000 for 1t, what
guarantee would the people have that.
as the head Of the office, he would not
play to his venality and put himself
IN for sale to the publishing flrm
that would be willing to pay the best
price? The board OF education, while
itself adopting the books for use In
the schools. defers largely to the
Judgment Of the superintendent OF pub
lie instruction. and with Cotton In that
position there would be no bar to
wholesale betrayal Of the interests OF
the patrons Of the public schools.
The people of the state were sub
jected for years to the extortion OF
soulless school book trust. and Dem
ocratic legislature came to their RELIEF
land reduced the price OF school DOCKS
more than one-half Under this law
the patrons of the public schools have
been protected both against inferior
books and against exorbitant prices,
but II a man is to be elected superin-
Itendent of public instruction who is
so venal that he will enter into an
Arrangement to sell and actually sell
his influence, every safeguard that has
been invoked will be broken down
and the people will again become the
victims of rapacious publishers. Not
only the honor Of the state. but the
protection Of the public schools de-
mands Mr.. Cotton's defeat.
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questions Mr.. Geeting adhered to bis
determination not to commit himself
In any way. but 1t was plain from his
manner that he was familiar with all
the facts and was silent only because
he did not care to be party to the
exposure OF Mr.. Cotton at this time.
The fuller facts In respect to Mr..
Cotton's actions are as follows: Fas-
sett Cotton, the Republican nominee
for superintendent of public instruc-
tion, was appointed a deputy by Mr..
Geeting when the latter entered into
Office in March. 1895. A contract for
school books had been made under his
predecessor which was to run nve
years. and this contract would expire
in February, 1899. Mr.. Geeting was
reelected In 1896 and entered on his
second term in March, 1897. 1t there
fore happened that the new text books
would have to be adopted under his
administration and a number OF pub
fishing firms submitted samples Of
school books to be passed upon by the
state board of education. Among the
publishers which submitted arith
metics was Scott, Frowers & Co. Of
Chicago and Mr.. cotton went to them
with q proposition that he would have
their arithmetic adopted by the board
for $4,000. The money was paid tc
him and his receipt was taken for the
| amount.
The legislature was In session wher
lifetime came to adopt the books ant
Gov. Mount. who was member of thu
board and very busy at the time. asked
that the adoption of the books g
over till after the adjournment OF thu
legislature. This was done, and Mr.
Geeting went out of Office before thu
board met Mr.. Cotton was retained
as deputy under Superintendent Jones
the present incumbent, and the boar'
met in May. 1899. and awarded tn
contracts for the books. The arith
metic. submitted by Scott, Frowers
Co. was not adopted by the board AM
the arm Immediately demanded ths
Cotton return their money. He coul'
raise but 81 900 and appealed to MI
Ceeting, who had become aware In tn
meantime OF all the facts, to save hin
from exposure. While bitterly cor
demning his act and upbraiding hin
for petraying his confidence, Mr.. Gee'
! Ing was nevertheless. moved BY CO.
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FAssETT COTTON
Holds Up a School Book Company tor
$4,000 and Is Forced to 0isgorge
When Book Fails Of Adoption.

A Most Disgracefui Proceeding by the
Republic an Candidate for superin.
tendent Of Public instruction -
Duped School Book Company and .
Frantic Appeal for Help.
On Tuesday. Oct. IA. representa-
tive OF the press visited Prof. David
M. Getting, superintendent Of the
Greensburg public schools and former
superintendent OF public instruction
and submitted in writing the following
statement Of facts:
After your retirement from Office
In March, 1899, Mr.. Geeting, 1t is said
that you discovered that your deputy
Fassett Cotton, had entered into an
arrangement with scott, Frowers 4
Co., a publishing firm Of Chicago
whereby he had received $4,000 from
the firm on promise to have Its arith
metic adopted for use in the public
schools by the state board OF educa
ton. The board failed to adopt thu
arithmetic and the Chicago firm de
manded the return Of the $4,000. Mr.
Cotton could raise but $1,000 OF lh'
money and he appealed to you for as
sistance and you went on q note will
him for the other $1,000. That mote
was discounted at bank and the Chi
cago publishing company thus re
ceived the full amount that 1t ha'
paid to Mr.. Cotton. What have yo'
to say to this statement"
Mr.. Leeting did not manifest an.
surprise mt the statement Of facts, blu
after few moments earnest though
replied; v
Il do not care 10 make any state
rrcnt In this connection. We are u
the hidst OF a political campaign rn'
what ] should say might be- mfscon
strued' Under pressure Of othe
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Skin Diseases.

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letter. saIt rheum and eczema, Cham
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inr and smarting almost instantly and
T. continued use effects . permanent
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.Aapped hands. chronic sore eyes and
Eranulated lids.
Or. Cabs Condition PewderS for
hOrses are the best tonic, blood purifier
s0dvsrmifuge. Price. s5cents. 6oldhJ
Martin Friedman, pmGia:
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LIVERY and SALE STABLE.
FERD. vOLLMER,
Jasper, Ind

MAIN STREET, Jasper InO
Always have the best turnouts, Of any
variety for customers; particularly COM
mercial travellers. Courteous and care
full drivers to all parts Of Dubois and adj
joining counties. Horses boarded and
cod on cheap terms.
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HARRISON Trustees Notice.
Notice 10 hereby given that the under
signed, Trustee OF HARRISON township,
viii sttsnd to township business on each
Monday Of the year, 1t my Office, and
persons having township business to
transact are required to present 1t TO him
ON Mondays.
The township library will be kept at
my home in Haysville.
GBoRGR Nix,
Nov. q 1907. Trustee.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
He Made the First Revolver.


The majority Of people can scarcely
remember the time when there was no
revolver, yet the fact is that it is a
modern weapon, and its form of real
efficiency is less than half century
old. 1t was the invention of Joseph
Slirk, a citizen of Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, county which also
boasts of Robert Fulton, who, If not
the inventor of the steamboat, was Ger.
tainly the man that introduced the art
of steam navigation successfully and
Is largely to be credited with the won
derful results which have followed and
its revolutionary effects OH commerce
and civilization.
Before the civil war there We're the
old-fashioned pepper-boxes, which were
dangerous to the user; then came the
navy" which had to be loaded like
a musket. each barrel requiring sep
arate attention, and usually being In.
effective except at polnt-blank range,
Then followed the present weapon OF
destruction, which is much more eff.
fective than the musket of our ia.
theirs. Out of the revolver was evolved
the repeating rifle of to-day, which has
SO far changed the whole tactics and
strategy Of war that Jean De Bloch
felt that great war could never again
take place. Had he lived to see the
end Of the late war in South Africa
he would have been confirmed in his
views
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

History records any number of mistits
of genius and few cases where genius
is happily welded to genius, but 1t has
wholly overlooked the no less interest
ing unions of genius and good common
sense. In our own country we have u
fine example Of this In the case of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Edison. Mrs. Edison
is woman Of infinite tact and has
brought the great wizard" into beauti-
full subsection where subsection is to his
own advantage and the advantage of
his work. He Is by no means docile
man and his genius pushes him at a
headlong rate, but Mrs. Edison wisely
holds the reins and keeps genius itself
In check. Nine. Tolstoi Is match for
her capricious, cratic husband She
allows his whims wide latitude, but
there is thus far and no farther to
his caprice When Nine. Tolstoi puts
her foot down it is decisive, and there
the matter ends. 1t is said the elegant
gowns of the countess are in strange
contrast to the peasant garments of her
husband. Nine. Tolstoi, no doubt, I'M
derstands the psychology of dress and
knows the overmastering power of
beautiful clothes. Count Tolstoi or any
other man may have his peculiar ideas
about dress, but the woman In beauti-
full gowns will conquer him every time.
1t requires tact that amounts to
genius to live with genius on amicable
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

1t dangerous mine coal than shoot Spanards
What the miners paid for this kind Of work? On
per yearthe poorest paid labor it is said
In the Northern States 1t has been figured that at $50 month
family of five would have after rent medical bills and cloth
ing paid S4 month foodess than 80 cents
day and quite 10 day for each How much
meat at present prices will 10 cents day buy?
My sympahies with the miners because before the
strike called President Mitchell agreed submit the
in dispute arbitration board The reply of the
point INSULT "There nothing to nrb
rate Mr. Baer condcscended inform the public we'll
the miners that 1.-THE rights interests of the aborng
would be and cared for by labor agtators but
by the Christian whom God in his infinite WISDOM
had the control of the property interests of the country
President Baer leaf from the medieval and
reads the free Americans of the twentieth century, He
talks like resurrected baron Of medieval Rhenish
To Lord partner the railroad and coal
nonopoes of Pennsylvania is basphcmy which should
go unrebuked.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
WILD MUSTARD IN BLOOM.

ground for a period of twenty-five years
when buried so deeply as to prevent
termination, and yet after this time
have grown vigorously. 1t is because
of this Characteristic that it is specially
important to prevent wild mustard
from seeding. In fields where the plants
are few in number the labor expended
by way of pulling them up by root
would be most profitable.
Where it is not practical to pull out
mustard, owing to the large amount
present, it may be advisable to make
the cereal crop into hay rather than al
low 1t to ripen. If some such plan as
this is not adopted where fields are bad
ly infested with mustard it may be nee
essary in the near future to allow the
land to lie idle and adopt the summer
fallow system in order to get rid Of the
pest. This would be an instance where
an ounce of remedy would be worth
many pounds of cure.-Iowa Home
stead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Made n Good Guess,

She was an amateur artist, and, like
most Of her kind, considered herself
several laps in advance of the average
amateur. She was eager, however, to
know how her work would impress one
Of the masters who had managed to
grasp tickle Fame by the back of the
neck.
One day real painter called at her
home, and she Immediately conceived
the idea Of testing him. She would
show him specimen of her handi-
work, but would reveal nothing that
might lead him to suspect her as being
the creator thereof. So the fair am.
ateur proceeded to guide the real paint
err toward her masterpiece.
"Of what school would you call this
painting?" she asked, expectantly
"Of the boarding school," promptly
replied the real painter.-Spare Mo.
meutS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

era nsusceptbty TUBERCULOSIS great It only
certain times and under certain conditions that large
portion Of persons susceptible.
tuberculosis is absolutely preventable and its
bly is simply putting into effect simple rules conduct 1t
Is question solely cleanliness in regard
pectoraton snfecon surroundings which once
housed the disease.
1t is not only preventab but curabe 1t is the nsid
of all diseases specialist may declare indications
1t whatever and in weeks may be manifest any
When there any question examination enough
Where cough continues for than six eight weeks
In large majority of there back of that cough
tuberculosis focus When talks you chronic
bronchitis and continued colds make up your mind that
majority Of tuberculosis back Then
the time to establish this fact then easily curable
later it may not be.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

or jam, to tile heavy supper of game
and pastry for the rich. To this Gus
tom the restaurants cater, but to the
large floating colonies of foreigners to
whom an evening dinner is d necessity
they pay no heed, says the Outlook.
They continue complacently to serve
dinners from - to g." after which
hour one may whistle in vain, for no
dinner will he get. AS n natural re-
suit, an army of French and Italian
restaurants are doing a brisk business
and amassing fortunes, not only in ca
tering for their own people, but in
bringing comfort to many an English
bachelor emancipated from tea and
jam. Not only in the matter of SER
vice, but also in the menu. does the
village restaurant cling faithfully to
old customs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08


his knowledge O.. G. w. PERKINS.
finance ard his power in the circle Of
the money kings. AS the right bower
of Morgan, he is of much Importance
in the financial world and his personal
ity possesses general interest.
Perkins is 40 years old. When he was
10 he went to work in the Office of one
Of the great life insurance companies
in Chicago AS soon as he demonstrate
ed fitness fer the position lie was made
n bookkeeper, then cashier, next solicit
tor and finally director Of various i'm
portant agencies. The president of the
company was so impressed with his
ability that he had created for him the
position of third wee president of his
company. The attention of linanciers
was attracted to him when he negoti-
ated loan OF $10,G00,O00 for the Rus
sian government. 1t was the first loan
the Cars financiers had ever been able
to obtain in this country, and the conf
dence which men Of means had in Per-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Sowing clover in Corn.

The farmer who sows clover and finds
in the spring that 1t was winter killed
considers that he has lost time, labor
and the value of the seed. This is not
so, for the growth the clover makes dur
ing the late summer and fall has added
enough fertility to the soil to materially
assist i'll paying for the time and labor
involved. AS matter of fact, there
ought not to be much labor spent in
seeding the clover beyond the work of
putting in the seed, particularly if the
work is done at the last cultivation of
the corn. Under almost any weather
conditions, except severe and prolonged
drouth, 1t may be considered wise to
make seeding of clover, crimson or
red, at the last cultivation of the corn.
If it goes through the winter, one adds
so greatly to the fertility of the soil that
they can afford to take some chances.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
terms. Mrs. Edison and the Countess
Tolstoi deserve good share of the
praise which is given to their husbands.

After the money-making man gets
along towards so he begins to think Of
his money MS it may bear on the lives
of his children, after he is gone or is
past the days of toll At first he thinks
of his wealth chiefly for the real or
fancied good 1t may bring him or as a
means of extending his personal power
and influence. But when his children
are growing up he begins to say to him
self that he will be able to give or leave
to each of his children certain
amount, and in sense start them in
life, not where he began, but where
he leaves off. They shall not know the
limitations of poverty, theirs shall not
be the painful struggles, the humiliat-
ing privations of his early years. All
their life they shall have, without the
painful effort, what he SO hardly won
towards the close of his. His children
shall be spared his sufferings and
benefited by his sacrifices. But are
they? A while ago group of wealthy
men We're talking about their accumu-
lations, the struggles they had gone
through and what they exnartad 70 do
with their meIey. one of them, who
began business life in the humblest ca
pacity, had attained to great wealth
and enjoyed the respect of the commu-
nifty as man whom money had not
spoiled, said that it was his desire to
leave each Of his children 100000
Others spoke In similar strain, and
the gathering was very harmonious I'm
til man, hitherto silent, remarked
that he thought his friends were laying
just the sort of plans they should not
just the sort of plans that We're not ex-
emplifled by their own successful and
useful lives. "All Of you," he said,
"are proud of the fact that you are
self-made men. You talk about the pri-
vations and sufferings and humillatlons
OF your early life, but you know that
in recollection they are the best part
of your life. You are glad to-day that
you can look back and say you We're
poor boys and that alone and unaided
you have carved out your successful
careers. You know, too, that 1t was the
very obstacles you confronted that
made You what You are. Yet here you
are talking about depriving your chill
dren of the very opportunities for trou-
BILE that made you. Here you are DELHI
erately planning to give them gllded,
useless, parasitic lives, instead Of the
greatest gift you can give them, which
is to deprive them of the assistance of
your wealth. You know, every one Of
you, that the best service you can do
your children is to turn them out and
tell them to hustle" Somehow after
this little speech had been spoken the
gathering lost Its compiacency and self
satisfaction. There was too much
truth in what had been said. The fond
| fathers recognized that-but they will
not act on the advice That they do
not is bad for their children, but not
deleterious to the community, perhaps
for pampered sons often do their best
to make an equal distribution of
wealth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

The plant referred to scarcely needs
description, as it is SO common, al
though the accompanying Illustration
will impress the reader with its iden-
tity. The flowers are yellow and the
leaves soft, somewhat resembling those
of rape, cabbage, turnips, etc; in fact
mustard belongs to the same family of
plants as those named. 1t is one of the
most serious of all the weed pests. This
is due to the fact that it ripens its seed
before most of the cereals, so that the
ground is again seeded down for an
other year. But this is not all. The
seeds are so oily in their nature that
they have been known to remain in the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
Gave 1t to the Wrong Girl.

A beautiful young lady, member of
the smart set, went into a Newport
drug store and asked the druggist ii it
was possible to disguise castor oil.
IFS horrid stuff to take, you know.
ugh!" said the young lady with a shud-
der.
why, certainly" said the druggist,
and just then, as another young lady
was taking some soda water, he asked
her if she wouldn't have some, too. At
ter drinking it the young lady fingered
IL moment and finally observed:
Now tell me how you would disguise
castor oil?"
why, madam, l Just gave you
SOME"
My gracious me.' exclaimed the
young Ndy, why, wanted 1t for my
sister!"-Eli Perkins Lectures.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08
The Farmer's Telephone.


A surprising thing is the development
Of the telephone system among the
farmers here on the prairies, says a
correspondent in Nebraska. An indie
pendent telephone company has been
extending its lines from town to town
and village to village. The result is
that farmers living from five to ten
miles from town are connected and
within speaking communication with
doctor, storekeeper, bank, grain buy
er, etc. Farmers telephone into town
in the morning for the price of grain,
and If they like it they drive in with
load or two. For their telephones the
farmers pay from 81 to $1.50 month,
and as time-savers they are said to be
worth from ten to twenty times their
cost. AT the rate the telephone sys-
TEN is new being developed it will not
be more than couple Of years till
nearly every farmer in Nebraska is on
the wire. With cheap telephones, rural
free delivery and consolidation of dis
trict schools into central buildings,
where there are several rooms, as
many teachers and grading pupils,
modern life in the rural regions is not
what 1t once was.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-10-08

have been developed by travel all over
the world. Best of all, in the present
Indy Dudley. the earl has countess
whose good looks are nearly as renown-
ed as those of her handsome mother
in-law, and who may be trusted to
shine as mistress of the yiceregal lodge
at Dublin.
Like most healthy young Englishmen
of rank, Lord Dudley is fond of both
sport and war. He is president of the
ultra-fashionable Ranelagh Club-over
the representatives Of which the Ameri-
can polo players who went over this
year won their first victory-nnd. as
major of the Worcestershire 1eomanry,
he saw hard service in the South Afri-
can campaign.
The earl's duties in Dublin will be
mostly of social nature. and it Is we'll
that he is wealthy, for his outlay in
this regard will be enormous, reaching
probably 100000 a year.