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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
1T TROUBLES THE STOMACH.
The Trust Question Higgins to Come
Close Home to the Pockets
of the People.

The trust question threatens 10 re-
solve itself into a national stomach
trouble. And If il does the popular
view OF 1t will be rapidly and radically
changed.
As to iron. steel copper. tin, wire,
nails and hardware generally. the peo-
pie NAV listen more or less patiently
TO the proposition that trusts are
beautiful and bcncficent agencies for
lessening the cost Of production, rails
ing wages and cheapening prices. But
no argument will avail 70 reconcile the
mass OF mankind to the disappearing
beefsteak. the vanishing lamb stew and
the shrinking ration Of pork, says the
New York World. Owen Meredith
shrewdly says of man that
"He may live without love-what IS passion
but piuirg2
Blu, where /. the man that car live without
dining
The beef trust has done more in
fortnight to set the people thinking
keenIy and deeply on the problem Of
monopoly than all the trusts that ma
nipulate unedible things put together
could possibly do. Steak at % cents
pound is the price that staggcrs hui
manity." 1t is the anti-climax Of "the
full dinner pail" The subtleties Of the
economists will be swept away like
cobwcbs when people are forced to
weigh them against a lean larder and
a pinched bill of fare.
History abounds with illustrations
az the fac: that whoever and whatever
interfere between man and his meals
invite disaster. The French revolution
began with cry for food under the
windows of the kings palace. 1t was
the bread riots of half-fed England
that forced tory government to re-
peal the taxes on corn in very fear Of
what might happen If IL did not. The
American people, having always been
the best-fed people in the world, will
resent all the more fercely the arti-
fetal dcarnesS and scarcity Of food
which the trusts are conspiring to ere
ate.
II there j. any practical remedy for
this ptratical raid on the peoples food
! supplies in the federal antitrust laws
President Roosevelt and Attorney Gen
eral Knox cannot move to apply it too
| quickly. "The full dinner pail" was a
conaucring cry. The empty dinne-
plate' would be a still more decisive
slogan. prosperity" will lose all its
spell binding power II the trusts are
able to maintain cStortionate prices on
meat, poultry. butter and eggs and Tut
the people on short food allowance
amid the overlooking plenty Of the
most plcatiful land = which the sun
shines
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
ADVANCED THE HEARING.
Prize Money Gases In the supreme
Court Involving Nenriy Two
Million Dollars.

New York, April 2o.-Thc United
States supreme court yesterday. on
motion of Solicitor-Gencral Hcha rds.
advanced the hearing Of number OF
cases involving the prize money
earned in connection with the nava.
battles of Manila and Santiago. set
ting them down for the second Mon
day of the next term. The cases are
those Of the United states vs.. Adj
miral Sampson: the United States vs.
Admiral Dewey; Capt +. +. stoveH
VS.. Admiral Dewey. and Admiral
Dewey vs.. The Don Juan de Austria.
Isle de Cuba. Isle du Luzon. etc, and
Edwin Il. Sto,ell.
All the eases are in the United
States supreme court on appeal from
decisions made by the supreme court
of the District Of Columbia. The az
gregate amount involved is between
II SOC. 900 and $4,000, 900, and those d.
rectlv Interested in its distribution
number between 5000 and 1000 OH
GERS and sailors in the American
navy
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
APPEAL OF KANSAS MILLERS.
They Look 90 Congress for Relief
From Foreign DISCRIMINATION
Against Their Product

Washington. April 30. When the
senate convened Mr.. Harris tkas)
presented the following telegram he
had received from the Kansas Millers'
association:
kansas millers. on account Of for
eign determinations, with the best
wheat in the world at their door. are
not producing over onc-third Of Their
full capacity. Unless your committee
on foreign relations can give us re-
lief through reciprocal concessions,
placing our millers on an equal basis
with foreign mills. many of our mills
will shut down indefinitely and some
of them will be forced to the wall
In our distress we look to our scna-
tors for relief"
The telegram was referred to the
committee on foreign relations.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

sufficient vitality, an operation for
ovarian troubles. Not very cheerful
prospect. to be sure. l, however, was
advised to try Lydia T.. Pinlkham's
Vegetable Compound and San
ative Wash; l did SO, fortunately
for me. Before a month had passed
felt that my general health had i'm
proved; in three months more ! was
cured. and 1 have been in perfect
health since. l did not lose an engage.
mcnt or miss meal.
Your Vegetable Compound Is GER
tainly wonderful, and we'll worthy the
praise your adm;ring friends who have
been cured are ready 10 give you. l
always speak highly Of it, and you
will admit l have good reason to do
so."-MRs. G. BRYCE. Lansing. Mich
$4,000 forfeit If rsoce testimonial is not genuine.
The fullest counsel on this
subject can DC secured without
cost by writing to Mrs Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass. Your letter will he
entirely confidential.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Triamph Of the Democrats "ses Ne
pubIicnns In the Cuban
Tariff hattie.

The democrats in the house OF rep
resentatiyes have scored a signal Vie
tory over their opponents.
Standing at last, with few unim-
portant exceptions. shoulder 10 shout
der. the democrats divided and disor-
gained the republicans, broke the
autocracy Of the speakerand amended
the Cuban reciprocity measure with
provision abolishing the diffcrentiai
tariff on sugar.
This il certainly more than the most
optimistic democrat dared hope to ac-
complish two weeks ago, and J. only
foretaste Of what the minority may yet
do II il Shall continue 10 present the
compact front which il maintained IN
the battle, says the Louisville Courier
Journal.
Ii had been feared that there would
be serious division among the demo-
Gratis themselves on the proposition TO
reduce the tariff in favor Of Cuba; but
on the final vote only ten stood against
IL. The result is brilliant victory for
the united party, and whether or not
the bill as passed by the house gets
through the senate. the party victory
remains. and its inspiriting effect Is
bound 20 be lasting and great.
The differeniial duty on sugar. as all
who are posted in tariff legislation un-
derstand. is the difference between the
duty on raw sugar and the higher duty
on refined sugar. This is the duty
which the sugar trust has always de-
manded and has always got. The dem
ocrats now. in passing through the
house a repeal of that difterential rate
have struck the trust a strong blow
and have taken an important step to-
ward making the sugar tariff more
tarif for revenue and less tariff for
protection. while they have forced the
republicans 10 align themselves openly
in defense of the trust. IL is from
every standpoint the most telling tri-
umph achieved by the democratic mi
nority in years.
Mr.. Payne. the leader Of the repuh-
lican ma iority. says that this amend
ment to the reciprocity bill carries
with it n repeal of the countervailing
duty as well as of the differential duty
If that is true. 50 much the better. The
countcrvailing duty is the extra duty
which must be placed upon sugar on
which the government Of the producer
pays an export bounty; in other words
II is the result Of that phase Of pro
lection which refuses 10 allow the
American consumer 10 get the benefit
Of the generosity of a foreign sugar
producers government in partially
paying he American tariff tax. II Mr.
Payne is right. the democrats did big
ger days work than they were aware
of themselves.
II is likely that the amended bill vii
have rough sailing in the senate. The
sugar trust is very strong in that body
but even though the measure be tinall,
passed without the house amendmen
the tactical advantage which the hous'
democrats have won cannot be dimin
i~hed. 1t was a rcd-lcttcr day for tn
democrats in congress.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
HOME FROM CUBAN SERVICE.
The second United Stntcs Cavalry
Taking Up Quarters mt Fort
Ethan Allen. Vermont.

New York. April 2o.-Thc first
squadron of the Second United States
Cavalry. composed Of Troops a. u,
G. ID. under command of Maj. II. =.
Schuyler. arrived here from Matan.
zas. Cuba. on the steamer Curityba.
The troops. which consist Of nine OFT.
GERS and go men. have been in Cuba
since February 9. 1899. They will 60
10 Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont.
Ninety men Of the first and third
squadrons of the Second cavalry. and
$50 horses, arrived here Sunday night,
bound for the same destination.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
CASE Of FUGITIVE kraft.
The State Departmental Correspon-
dence With the Mexican
Government.
A POLITE SUGGESTION FROM MEXICO.
Might Surrender the Fugitive -.
Louisan Hut Only On the t""er-
standing That the United states
Government VIII Reciprocatc-An
Embarrassing Condition.

Washington. April 2o.-rhc state
department has had some correspond
ence with the government OF Mexico
respecting the case of ex-Councilman
Kraft. who is fugitive from justice
from st. Louis. charged with bribery.
The man. at the departments IN
stance, has been arrested. and Is
locked up at Guadalajara. but as the
ofensc with which he is charged Is
not one of the oircnSes named in the
treaty rs subject 10 extradition. the
department has been trying 10 pro-
cure his delivery 10 the Missouri au'
thorities as a matter of comfy. \
considerable obstacle has been en-.
oountcred in the shape OF polite
suggestion Of the Mexican authorities
that they will do this. but only on
the understanding that the United
States government will rcciprocatc IN
Kind when occasion arises. This Is an
embarrassing condition, impossible OF
fulfllmcnt. for no american court
could deliver fugitive from Mexican
Justice if his offcnsc is not set out il
the extradition treaty. Ii IS thought
that an effort will he made to secure
the punishment of kratz by Mexican
courts if he can rot be returned to
Missouri
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Paris, April 30. The battlcshir
which is TO take to the Unit
I'd States the mission which will rep
resent France AT the unwilling of the
monument. in Washing.
ton. May "a. j. expected to arrive al
her destination May -.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

sAnothcr odd thing about woman" sid
the gentle philosopher, s,roking his long
white beard. as that she can grasp al .
glance the meaning OF the dotted lines.
solid lines and punched holes IN a paper
pattern, but when she tries 10 locate san
Francisco on railway map she looks Tor
it somewhere between Chesapeake bay aud
the coast OF Maine. And even With two
college diplomas 10 attest to her strong
mentality she has never yet been able 10
understand a railway time table. Judge.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Washington. April 20. The dele.
gates to the National Editorial con.
vention, which recently met in Hot
SPRINGS. Ark. called on the president
yesterday. The party numbered about
forty.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

New Arrival When will It he time 10
take this thing called blower" down
from on this open fireplace
Experienced Maid-Laye II alone there
until II do be too hot for yez TO touch, thin
lii il off.-Detroit Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
How Mrs. Bruce, a Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles are Tn.
necessary.

"DEAR Mrs. PISKIAM :-Travelline
for years on the road, with irregular
meals and sleep and damp beds, broke
down my health SO completely two
years ago that the physician advised
complete rest, and when had gained
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

preventing the escape Of serum from the
blood. Peruna stimulates the kidneys
TO excrete from the blood the accumu-
latmg poison. and thus prevents the
commissions which are sure to follow if
the poisons are allowed to rcmgin. 1t
gives great vigor To the hearts action
and digestive system, both of which are
apt To fail rapidly in this disease
Peruna cures catarrh of the kidneys
simply because it cures catarrh wher-
ever located
II you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman. giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartma President of
The Hartman Sanitarinm, lumbus,
Ohio.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

There 10 aid to be large tra~t Of ~
farming land in Alaska. Doubtless mauv
people Will go there TO raise winter APPLE
ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27
HELPS HER MOTHER TO
PACK.

Twas April and springlike in paint
box town.
With the dogwood in blossom, when
Dorothy Brown
Was told of the news-Like saucers her
eyes
For really it was a delightful surprise.
I'VE start in week." Mr.. Brown said
at tea.
AT Queenstown we touch, after six
days at sea.
Then England and Scotland and Hol-
land and France.
And other nice places if we have the
chance;
And now. Daughter Dorothy. won't
that be bliss?"
And Dorothy said, as she give him a
kiss,
us Reg going with us?" and father
said "Guess!"
But Dorothy knew that his smile was
yes"
Now Reg is her cousin and chum, you
must know,
And it just capped the climax to know
he could go.
How short seemed the days that fol-
lowed so fast.
With packing and sewing and work
to the lastl
In painting this picture be careful to
use
The colors quite thin. especially blues.
think Mrs Brown should be colored
in gray,
With flowers of pink on her dress, let
us say;
For Dorothy lavender, stockings Of
green,
Russet brown shoes-and the cat so
serene
Is grayish too white. Give Norah, the
maid,
A white cap and apron, her dress a
pale shade
OF blue or Of pink-the wall greenish
gray,
The curtains of ecru. A week from to-
day
win find Mistress Dorothy bound for
the ship,
And please meet her there or wen miss
fine trip.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27

weighed 400 pounds. In this rough
mold soft wax was poured. When
was broken away and the replica of
the brave Miss Patterson appeared as
Diana.
The next day she posed for the face.
This, too, was difficult and painful.
A paper hood protected her hair, and
paper was placed over her eyes to
protect the lashes and eyebrows. Two
rubber tubes were inserted in her nos
trils. so that she might breathe nat
uarlly. Then the plaster, bit by bit,
was placed upon her face and smooth
ed by the hands of the artists, Mr.
Asher and Mr.. c. Van Buren,. until it's
contour was exactly that of her fea-
lures. This was the shortest and
least painful part of the task.
The agony was in the seven hours
and thirty minutes that this 19-year-
old girl posed for the figure of Diana.
Eugene Sandow posed for standing
figure of himself not so difficult by
half as what this frail girl accomplish
ed and this is what he says of the
feat:
1T is the hardest job I ever did in
my life. 1t is the greatest feat of
endurance l was ever called upon to
perform. Good heavens! Time after
time l thought I'd have to give it up.
The strain was awful I used to fin
ish up after each piece was done fair
ly blown persiring and winded much
more than after any weight-lifting
had ever done"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27
A WOMAN'S GREAT FEAT.
Stands Test of Endurance at Which
Sandow QuaiIs.
From the New York Journal.

From the New York Journal.
Miss Burdella Patterson, slight, fair.
below the medium hight, IS the strong
est woman in the world.
Sandow, the strongest man in the
world, has said It.
1.-THE test of strength Is endurance"
said Sandow, and Miss Patterson has
stood the test. For over seven hours
she heroically posed sealed up in
plaster of paris cast. for a statue of
Diana, at j. r. Palmenburgs shop
262 Greene street, in New York. She
was the first woman to pose for an
entire figure plaster cast. There had
been no other attempt because no one
believed that woman could so pose
and live. She also posed as Psyche,
life size, too.
Six months ago the strong man, Eu-
gene Sandow, posed for an entire fig
ure in plaster cast. When he had
finished he said THAT was the hard
est job 1 ever had in my life. I
wouldn't go through it again for any
amount OF money"
Miss Burdella Patterson says she
would be willing to pose in plaster of
paris once a week for the rest of her
lifetime.
ut is all a matter of will power
said Miss Patterson. So, after all, this
little American girl may be stronger
than Sandow, the strong man.
She is 10 years old.
She stands five feet three in her
stockings.
She weighs 12S pounds
Everything about her conveys the
impression of frailty. Her figure is
slim and but slightly rounded. Her
features are delicate. Her hair is fair,
her eyes brown and pensive. She bears
not the slightest resemblance to the
glowing, athletic girl of the day. But
she has done what no other woman has
done before. and what the strongest
man in the world would not do again.
Psychologists might find here the in
fluence of heredity, for Miss BurdelIa
Patterson can prove that she is re-
lated to Lafayette.
Try posing yourself, just for, illus
tration. The first five minutes it es-
tremely uncomfortable The second
five minutes it is distressing. The
third it becomes unbearable, or would
be. little Miss Burdella Patterson says,
eff it were not for will power" This
without the weight and ever-growing
heat of the plaster.
Two barrels of plaster were used,
and the rough mold when finished
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27
ONLY Line.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway is
the only line operating double daily
service between Savannah and Cam
den, Southern Pines, Pinehurst and
Norfolk. Ticket Office, corner Bull and
Bryan streets.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27
Festival, spartanburg, $. c., ApriI
:yO-May =.

Account of the above occasion, the
Southern Railway will sell to Spartan
burg and return at rate of one fare
for the round trip. s7.05. Tickets on
sale April 20, 80 and May 1, with final
limit May 8. Only line operating
through cars. City Ticket Office I4l
Bull street, Depot Ticket Office, Plant
system station.-ad,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27
THE LITERARY OUTLOOK.

p.RALLEL SHOWS THAT WRITER'S
HAVE STRANGELY SIMILAR IN
SEPARATIONS.
,nout Russian Literature-$35,O 900
% Re Expended on One NOveI-Sir
walter Besant's Autobiography.
DramatizatiOn of Popular Novels.
Doxid Graham Phillips Writes a
New Book.
By Herbert Brewster.
There must be something about
washington which inspires writer's
.ir,ilarly. The following deadly paral-
Isl cannot be explained in any other
way:
From THE City of From Washing
Washington" by ton: The Capital
John Adds o n City" by Rufus
porter (Johns Rockwell Will
Hopkins Univers- son, pages 32-33.
itv Studies, Page Published re-
a. Published in Gently.
1850. After the first
After the first in influx of specula-
Aux of spectators tor s - m 6
- among W h m W n m on
none bought more b u g h more
largely nor lost largely tsLid lost
most heavily than more heavily than
Robert Morris-the Robert Morris, the
..superintendent of superintendent of
Anance" and friend finance"and friend
Of the government of the government
during the dark in the dark days of
DAYS of 1781-the 17S1-the sale of
sale of real estate real estate Ian
Ianguished. For guished. Foreign
eigners seemed to ers had more con-
have more conf tldence than ma
dence than natives tives in the success
in the success OF of the experiment
the experiment. Engraved plans of
engraved plans of the citywere wide
the city had been ly is t r i bu t d
we'll distributed abroad. Congress
abroad Congress passed a law al
passed a law al lowing aliens to
lowing aliens to hold lands in the
hold land in the city; 'and for a
city; and for a time lots brought
time lots brought a b urd ly high
bsurdly high prices in London.
prices in London The home trade,
But after 1894 the however, ceased
home ira d almost entirely af-
ceased almost en- ter 1894, while
tirely There were many of the
some legal difficult earlier contracts
ties in transfer for lots were re-
ring real estate. pudiated by buy
One of the main ers unable to full
reasons, however, fill their agree
why the city did ments or who had
not grow faster taken alarm from
was that Congress the hurtful ru-
could not remove NOR, industriously
thither for a num- spread, that Con-
Der of years. gress would never
remove to the Po-
s2s37@sss,,.. ga tomac. but would
. =. remain in Phila-
delphia
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27

A complete anthology of Russian
literature which will, to use an old
expression, fill a long felt want, will
soon be published in this country. OF
recent years no foreign literature has
come to be of such close interest to
the English reading public as that of
Russia: the great authors of that
country are almost household words
here, and yet there has not existed
any history which attempted to treat
of this literature in comprehensive
manner. The author, Prof. Leo Wiener,
is an experienced anthology maker.
Many of the minor Slavic languages
have been treated thus by him. He is
also the author of a History of Yid-
dish Literature and Songs From the
Ghetto"
Writing of Russian novelists calls
to mind legend of the Russian peas
ants which is now being published in
this country from a translation made
by Georgia KEENAN,. The tale is a
story of Napoleon Bonaparte, which
has existed as bit of folklore among
the peasants for a long time. 1t was
recently put into literary form by Mr..
Alexander Amplitheatrof and publish
ed in a st. Petersburg paper. Mr.. Ken
nan says that he has translated this
form of the story with great difficulty,
because it is presented in the language
Of the common Russian muzhik. Ac-
cording to a recent cable report, Mr..
Amplitheatrof (Which one can easily
believe is an assumed name) has just
been eXiled to Eastern Siberia for the
publication of another peasant story
called "Obmanoff" The St. Petersburg
paper in which it appeared has been
suppressed, as the authorities regard
ed the story as an attack on the inn
perial family of Romanoff The sup
pressed newspaper now commands a
premium of twenty-five rubies a copy
for the issue containing this particu-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27

most remarkable test of advertis-
Ing in the publishing business will be
given late this spring or early next
fall. A young New York author, prac-
ucally unknown, has had novel ac-
cepted by publishing house which is
noted for its queer methods of adver-
Using. The story is not quite COM
pleted yet, but as soon as it is ready
the publishers propose to begin a cam
paign of advertising on it which will
be worth watching. They have prom
lsed so it is understood, to spend $4,000
themselves in pushing the sale of the
book, novel by an unknown writer,
ana large advertising concern in New
York With which the young author is
closely connected, is going to give him
something like $4,000 worth of free
space in their mediums and on their
displays. Altogether, then, this first
book will receive $4,000 worth of adj
Ntrusing, an amount which, to make
the business profitable to the PUBLISH
erS, should effect sale of about 1897
copies of the story.