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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13

re rrassAy se . Dlaek1ng Bottle
4. the Latn Quarter.
She was spending her hrst month n
the Latin quarter Of Paris- She spoke
English nuently. with Boston accent;
also she spoke German. could make
fair sta gger at Italian and knew Few
words OF Hindoostanee, but OF French
mot syllable.
One morning she found herself In Z
wrestling match with . bottle OF
French shoe backing. The pesEy DoN-
tie. understan ding that it had to deal
with m alien, refused to give up Ito
cork. She had no corkserew Of her
own and did not know how to ask Tor
one. even II she dared suspect that her
next door neighbor might be possessed
Of the luxury. The tine Of her pet FORK
she had bent on the obstinate plug. the
point OF her best penknife she had bro
ken on short, and nothing remained
except 10 throw the bottle out OF
window to get at its contents. She de-
cided as q last resort to try breaking
the neck on the bottle. With stove
| LID HIvcf size
cautious tape In the region OF the Jugu
lar OF the obstinate neck. "Nothin
doan'.- Then she tapped harder stu
and the blacking came. All over hei
fingers It came. all over her light wool
en- skirt and over much Of the door ana
window sill.
She decided to have the skirt cleanet
and. packing it into bundle. trippet
Oh to an establishment where an
found embarrassment because On
could not understand questions Final
; " she got the drift Of the conversation
, The cleaners wanted to know VIVA
had caused the spot Fortunately
: bottle OF shoe backing was standin
. near By. and she pointed at this an
"ouid" and "ouid" until she left
j. heightened spirits. feeling that she va
o not helpless and that she had made IN
cleaners understand. When the ski
? was duly returned the following wee'
II was dyed black.-New York Tribun
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13

The Englishman was being properly
surprised at the rapidly with which
the skyscraper was going up.
.Deah mer' he exclaimed, 1T seems
A II your buildings grow as rapidly az
your maize"
"Yes, replied the westerner unbiush-
inrly. .and the process Of raising them
is much the same"
"Fawncy. Won't you explain fur
therT'
well. you see, we just get an no''
plant, put it in the ground. have tne
street sprinklers water II. ana ih
month or six weeks the skyscraper u
full grown"
And. taking another breath, the cons
in from overseas managed to Deiiev'
it.-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13

The Celestial City II clearly the fab-
ric Of Bunyan's own imagination, an
elaboration most probably OF the town
Of Bedford. which. though not walled
city. had its gates nxed here ana there
to guard the town in troublesome times.
The gateways on the old Bedford
bridge. within which Bunyan was Inn
prisoned for 10 long and through which
he passed times out Of member. must
have been foremost In the mind OF the
great dreamcr.-B
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13
mad ANTHONY" WAYNE.


us Was the sasest. Coolest Se1eses
Ii Washiagtou's Army.
John II. Spears In Harper's demon
strates that General Wayne. commonly
known as MAD Anthony was IN
reality the sanest. coolest soldier N
Washington's army.
They called the hero Of Stony Point
and the Maumee rapids Mad Anthooy
Wayne" says MIR. spears- The ute
was originated by an Irish soldier WHO
had been confined In the guardhouse AZ
the order Of the general. and was
taken up by the people becLrse OF the
wild enthusiasm and determination
with which Wayne led his men when
the supreme moment Of battle came.
But observe that when the war OF the
Revolution impended he 'ransacked his
tory FOR accounts Of battles that he
might learn military tactics. ana ne
gave his days 10 the training OF his
peighbors. At Stony Point he led bis
men in spite OF his wound. but In pre-
paring for the battle he appealed to
the pride OF his men by parading them
clean shaved and with hair well pow
dered.' while the prelaid plans includ
ed even the slaughter OF the dogs. tha'
no yelp should betray the approach Of
the assaulting host. When In Virginia
he charged the hosts Of Cornwalii'
with only 500 men to back him; wher
In Ohio, where the honor OF the natios
and the integrity Of Its territory wer'
committed TO his care. he took legfoi
Of boys and miscreants' gathered from
the slums and trained them until thei
skill with the musket equaled. II 1t di'
NOT surpass. that OF the most note'
backwoods Indian fighters.
Mad Anthony Wayne a. leade
In battle was unsurpassed. but
should also be remembered that hi
record as a drill master Is unequaled.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13
Columbia Township Trus'
tees Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee Of Colum.
ola Tp., Dubois county, Ind, will attend
- Township business q his once o.
svery Saturday, and psrsons having
oVnship business 10 transact are ~
ousseed 70 present II on that day Of thu
g,ok.
me Township Library il kept at thu
ofice Of the Trustee, where those en-
titled can obtain books.
GpoRos w. MlLBuRN, Trustee.
Hillham, Indiana
Nov. q. lSo0-ly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13
Skin Diseases.

!. u, -peedy and permanent cure OF
tett4t. salr rnenm and eczema, Cham.
berlains Eye and Skin Ointment 70
without an equal. II relieves the Itch.
Inc and smarting almost instantly and
III continued Ia effects . permanent
cure. Il also cures itch. bar0er's Itch.
.cald head, sore nipples. itching psles,
chapped hands. chronic sea eyes ana
grsnulated lids.
". Cady's Condition Powders Tor
un,ses are the best tonic, blood puriter
MI vermifuge. Price. 3scents. Bold y
Martin Friedman, Druggist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13

Trains NOs. !, .. and run solid between
Louisville and st Louis.
Trims and 10 between Louisville and
Evansville run solid. carrying chair oars
Trains Nos. n and - carry through nres-
class coaches between kvxnsytiie ana LOUIS
Willie. :.
Louis carry Cafe rarlor cars. and with one
chance Of cars ehruugh sleeping car service
rom, al LOuia and Louisville 20 Chasta
nooea, BirmIngham and other points In the
oOutneass. q.
Might g. aims between Louisvtlle ana -.
Louis carry Pullman drawing room sleeping
carr with buffet service.
y. sPBnCRn, Gen. Man. 81 Louie. No.
5. n. HAnpWiCE,G r. A., Wash nwton, ID. Q.
0BO. y ALLBn. Asst Gsnl faes. ago.
!. W. ClAyconD. As't. Jsspss.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13

Bjenks-Do you believe in the possA-
bllity Of the cure Of disease BY sug-
gestion?
Biinks- why. certainly. I was feel
ing pretty sick last week and my vile
suggested that I 90 to doctor. ana
4 cured me right away.-somervilIe
(Mass.) Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13

peUKroEr and oAsSELroN DIVISION


rvc~us sundnv Dn n. Sunday.
q - NOEL. No "a No.SO. No a. No.N.
A III. AN A n. AN Pm.
100 SOB i.&0 Lv Lincoln Ar. . u f7.o7 -
70, 10 hoo Ar. Rockport - i.0 1913
xoM So.s2. No.D No. 81 Moss. No.ss
,m nLT SEA Lv Lincoln Ar rs soo II =
10 ~ l.'s sse Ar. Tell City Lv. 7d eW le.l5
10 80 400 0.uB Cannslton 10 80 ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13

(which do you think should Be more
highly esteemed, money Or brainsr'
BRAINS" answered Senator Sor-
shun,. But nowadays the only way .
man can convince people that be has
brains h to get money. "-washingeoe
Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13
LIVERY and SALE STABLE
FERD. V0LLMER,

MAIN STREET, Jasper, Ina
Always have tire best turnouts, CT any
variety for customers; particularly COM
merrial travellers. Courteous and care
ful drivers to all parts Of Dubois and adj
Joining counties. Horses boarded and
cod on cheap terms. -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Trustee Of HARRISON township,
viii stt md to township business on each
Monday Of the year, at my once, ano
persons having township business 70
transact are required TO present 1t TO MIN
IN Mondays.
The township library will Be kept D
my home in Haysville.
GsoRas Nix,
yov * ,am.-v Trustee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-13

A Duslness Maa's Tsassse.
you admire that musician
"very much" answered Mr.. Cumrox.
"For his compositions u for bis per-
sNeither. For his nerve In charging
g Z eat. "-Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

other vaqueros went northward with
little bands Of cattle and settled on
tracts of land close to the Arizona ter
ritorial line. That was the real begin
ming of the Healy fortune. In a few
wears he had several hundred head OF
steers. Then he had several thousand.
He spoke the Spanish tongue as we'll
as his own, and no American knew
the border and its rude, rough ways so
well as Jim Healy did. When he sold
his cattle he bought more land. Then,
with more land, he increa sed his herd.
With further sales of cattle, he bought
more land. So he kept on buying land,
trading for cattle and water rights, oc-
casionally dabbling in sheep and wool,
until he has become a millionaire.
Healy reads with difficulty, and he
has someone employed in the Las We
gas National Bank to keep his cash
and collections there shipshape. He
has never seen a drama, heard a con-
cert or anything theatrical or operatic
since 1870. and then in Ell Paso. So
far as dress Is concerned, he would be
taken for a poor, forlorn cow-herder
any day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
Washed Coins.

Queen Alexandra, 1t is said, has a
great horror of the microbes. She will
in no case accept piece of money un-
til it has been thoroughly cleansed.
Whenever a check is turned into hard
cash for the queens use the coins are
plunged into basin and scrubbed in
lather of spirits of wine, water and
soap, to which has been added few
drops of carbolic acid. After this
bath the coins are placed in the royal
purse and her majesty is ready to start
out on her purchasing tour. But when
she tenders coin in payment for any
article on which change is due the
change is never on any account hand
ed to the queen, but is turned over
to her lady in waiting. At the end of
the shopping excursion all of the coins
received in the way of change from
tradesmen are put into the microbe-
destroying bath before they get into
the royal purse.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
TICKET AGENTS TROUBLES.

Much Harassed Because He Does Not
Know Man Named Peters.
A young man called up a ticket of
fee the other day: What's the fare
to Buffalo, round trip?" he asked.
''We haven't any round-trip tickets, -
answered the voice from the other end
We'll, what's the fare one way?"
"Ten dollars"
"Then the round trip would be $40
wouldn't it?"
Il don't know"
"We1, it would be fair to presume
that it would be, don't you think?''
Cant take anything for granted
these days."
Seems to me you railroad people
don't know very much, or if you do
you don't care to tell it,
Sorry you don't like u.s.
Il don't" .-.-..
Tell you what, old man, don't you
travel by railroad any more: take a
canal boat. They're always handy
and they say some of the mule-drivers
are very polished gentlemen. Good
bye"
Goodbye" 49,.
Vacation times are not the happiest
! days that are spent by the clerks in a
railroad ticket Office. Sometimes their
patience gives out, and no one won
ders much.
Yesterday, for instance, an elderly
woman wanted a ticket to Laurel.
Maryland or Delaware" asked the
ticket seller.
Il don't know. Just Laurel. Ever
SO many people go there. Ny nephew
lives there. His name is Peters. He's
an undertaken. I/suppose 1 you know
now which one 1 want
mo, madam, L can't say that do
Suppose you go home and find out
which State your nephew lives in. II
will be quite the safest way. No use
starting off on wild goose chase"
but you sell my nephew tickets
about once every three MONTHS per-
sisted the woman. ''If you think, l
am sure you will remember him. He
has a red mustache and one front
| tooth is gone. He is going to have il
put III Iuo next he COuuSS " Dbl
timore, but if you've ever seen him
you surely must remember him. Are
you the only person who sells tickets
at this Window
81 am not
'Well, then. if you'll just call the
| other people who do, am sure one oil
them will know him. He is about
your build, only a little taller, and
| with gray eyes,"
'..The other gentlemen are not in"
"Then I'll wait for Them
"But they are almost certain not
to know him."
"Yes, they will. Peters is well
! known
VERY good,'' said the ticket agent
wearily; wait then. They will be
here within the next ten hours"
But the woman walked out, grum
bling.
The ticket seller isn't always the
most amiable of men, but he has
some reason for his tempers. Buffalo
News.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

When it is here remarked that the
male American is declaring symptoms
of dawning effeminacy no occasion is
offered for indignant reprobation. The
average American has so much thor
ough masculinity that he can spare
enough to dover less vigorous peo-
pie. What Is meant Is that the natural
reaction to the paramountcy of the
American girl has set in. AS she
shares the pursuits, the pleasures and
the liberties of her brothers and i'm
poses her commands upon them she
becomes more masculine, they more
feminine; her shoulders square off,
theirs begin to slope. She dons the
sweater and the blazer and wears her
skirts shorter and shorter; they take
to pink shirtwaists and clocked open
work stockings, and their ever baggier
trousers, worn so long that they have
to be turned up at the bottom, seem
fashioned on seraglio pattern.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
A New Disease.

Motor intoxication" is new discas,
discovered by the savants of Paris. Il
is the temporary mental disorder oi
speeding automobilists. NJ. Hache
Souplet, at the last meeting of the So
ciate d'Hypnologie ct de Psychologie
spoke of the intox xicating effect of rapit
motor locomotiun. The mental anG
moral state Of the driver becomes alb
normal. He grows indicative. furi
ously aggressive, and let's himself bt
carried away by the angry impulse OF
the moment The high rate of speed
works him up into the very same sta tt
of mind which makes the ha abitu:l
drinker of alcohol regardless of cOnse
quences Both abuse, swear and use
vile language. NJ. Machet Souple
quoted a number of instances from po
lice reports of trials of autOmobilists il
which self-control and the sense of dig
nifty entirely deserted gentlemen OF
high education and breeding. DR.. Ber
illon, an eminent man, corroborated ev
erything NJ. Hachet Souplet had said
Dr. Berillon knows a motorist who
ran over peasant and rushed on after
he did so as furiously as Derore. He
returned home in a state of depression
that follows long rush forward at the
pace of an express train, and never
gave a thought to his victim on the
road until he read three days after how
he had killed him. He then felt very
sorry, declared himself guilty of the
death of the peasant and settled an an
nuity on his family.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Once upon a time boy drifted away
from the teachings of a good mother
and got into bad company. 1t is a
strange characteristic of the tangle
that he is not satisfied with being
tough. He wants to spread the conta-
gion, to extend his meanness to make
other boys as bad as himself. And
he finds many converts. So the boy
who figures in this editorial learned to
lie, to pilfer, to drink, to curse and all
these things were hailed as virtues in
the small circle in which he had been
initiated. At heart he wasn't a bad
fellow, but he was weak. Finally, he
was caught stealing, and was sent to
| the penitentiary for one year. He did
a lot of thinking. In his little stone
cell he discovered that the way Of the
transgressor is always hard, and the
one mighty resolve he made was, Il
will be good" He meant it, too. He
had foolish notion that he could walk
out Of prison one day, begin at the spot
where he took the wrong road, look
the world in the face and start anew.
When the term was ended he walked
out into Gods sunlight and went to
work. The bad thoughts were gone
the bad living was only memory, and
he went to work almost happy. He
got a job as brakeman, and did his
duty as man who owed society moth
ing beyond what had been paid behind
the gray walls Of the great prison
Society, as a whole. never quite for
gives a human being for a crime.
There is always a some one to give
the struggling man a kick in the face
when he needs helping. hand. The
anonymous letter writer got in his dead
ly work. ''You have an ex-convict in
your employ" was the burden of the
missive, and it reached the mark and
lost the young brakeman his place.
Men do not like to work with ex-con-
victs, if they know it. There is a
sneaking feeling that the fellow who
has been in the "pen' isn't fit to as
sociate with free men, and nobody
cares to go into details. Yes, they dis
charged the penitentiary brakeman,
and in the books of hell long fiery
credit mark was set down to the cur
who wrote the anonymous letter. The
young man? The last heard Of him
he was idle, trying to remain honest
with the road to ruin wide open and
the narrow way to respecta bility al
most barred.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31

Is one of the most interesting men in
the territory. His possessions in land,
cattle. copper and silver mines in New
Mexico and in Chihuahua, Mexico, are
easily worth several millions of dollars.
His average annual income for several
years has been upward Of $4,000.
Last year he sold cattle that alone
brought him $65,OOO, and it is believed
his income ran up to about SlO0,OOO.
Yet, with all this wealth at his COM
mand, and with a knowledge that his
great fortune is in gildedged secur1-
ties, he lives as cheaply as the COM
monest Mexican vaquero in his employ.
He boasts that he spends less than
$500 a year on himself. His income is
greater than that of some leaders of
American society and notable votaries
of fashion and elegance, but he has alb
solutely no knowledge of the inf1u-
ence and prestige his riches would
have in other peoples hands amid
different environment. What good is
there in money, if you can't buy land
and cattle?'' is the terse answer he
gave someone once who was trying to
tell the cattle king how other folks
would use an income of nearly $4,000
year.
He has not been farther away from
his range than to Kansas City in over
thirty years, and he seldom goes
farther from his shanty home than
over to Las Vegas or down to Albu
querque. His wealth is piling up in
land, cattle, copper property and mort
cages to the amount of thousands Of
dollars every year. One hears homely
speculations among the people in Las
Vegas and the white settlers in San
Miguel and Bernalillo counties in
northern New Mexico, as to the dispo-
sition this strange and taciturn mill
ionaire bachelor cattleman is going to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-31
WANTED SLIGHT READING.
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1t is interesting to find a familiar
theme considered from a new point
of view; it is more interesting to find
that there is new point of view from
which to consider the ever-discussed
ragedy of Hamlet" In East Hently
the other day two women met on the
threshold Of the village library. She
who was going in noticed the book
which her neighbor, who was coming
out, was carrying, and remarked, Il
didn't know, Mrs. Binns, that you
were a reader of Shakespeare"
Mrs. Binns looked apologetic. "Well,
Mis- Brown" said she, 81 amt given
to wasting time on light literature
generally speaking; l really amt. With
family the size O. mine, I'm too
busy. But doctors been telling me
got to lie down every day after dinner
if 1 don't want to go all to pieces an
give him another case of nervous pros
tration; and goodness knows 1 can't
afford to do that. He said to take
a nap, but L told him that 1 couldn't;
it amt in me. I'm as wide-awake Il
body as there is stirring from sunup
to sundown, an 1 couldn't go to sleep,
force. So then he said. Take a book;
lie down and take a book, and don't
pick out anything solid or edifying
but take the lightest thing you can get
hold of, and put your feet up, and pill
lers to your back, and if it amt as
good as nap, why, it's the next best
thing
We'll, it certainly does seem as if
there couldn't be anything lighter and
less edifying than plays. don't know
what my poor mother'd say to me-
She disapproved of playacting an
shows stronger than anybody ever
knew. l remember I used to feel it
quite grievance that she wouldn't
let me go to the circus when l was
girl. But some real good people feel
different nowadays; and under doctors
orders
That's why 1 took out a play; and
of course I've heard tell Of Shakes
peare as the best play-writer, and
asked Lefty to ask at the high school
which was his best play, and she said
Hamlet Well, l can't say 1 fancied
the glance 1 had in the library before
bringin' it away with me. But don't
suppose hasty Judgments are good for
much, so 1 took it, after all. Perhaps
it'll turn out more entertaining than
1t looks to be. Anyway, I'm goin'
home to mind doctors orders right
away-light lit'rature, six pliers and
sofy-and If 1 don't improve under
em it amt my fault. Well, I'm glad
to hear you found it so interesting.
Land, you are enthusiastic! Well
maybe 1 shall. but don't hardly think
so Good morning g!''-Youth's Com
panion.