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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-04
ROOSEVELT BEING tanned,
Trust Busting President Suecumhs 10
the Power Of Protective
Interests.

When Attorney General Knox. the
great trust lawyer. undertook 20 prose
cute the beef trust and the railroad mer-
ger. every one. but the combine mag
mates. was Celiehted and prais!ng Mr.
Roosevelt for doing something When
the injunction was obtained against the
beef trust magnates. Armour et al. com
handing them not 10 disobey the law
and the order OF he court 10 the North
srn Securities company 10 cishand that
lnholy alliance. unthinking people said
-ha; trusts had al last found their mas
Ter; but as the months rolled around
these combines still continued 10 do
business at the old stands. and when Mr.
Knox told the people that there would
be no running amuck against the
trusts" there began 10 be doubts IN
many minds 81 the Outcome
When congress ordered the secretary
Of commerce and labor 10 fully investi-
gate the beef combine. srd the president
ordered The bad trusts 10 De Investigated
50 that publicity IL Their tC.rgs would
warn the public whom 10 beware of. the
opes OF the people revived The trus;
maeuates became FESTIVE and threatened
10 defeat Roosevelt for election. The
naenates Of tie protected industries
also threatened to certat hia unless he
declare. for protection and stood pat
Z ike Hanna Instead ~ rr-l real reci-
I pr1c.ty iike Mckinley
The fate 81 UT Roosevelt md the re-
publican party in the corning election
1uus III the balance lcr weels. On one
side was the trusts with the money bags
ION The other the people What hap
1ened2 slowly but surely The trust
Side became the heavier The trust
buster lad succumbsl % the threats OF
-he corporation ana combine macnatss
and TIE dial Of progress was turned
backward The assistant trust-buster.
C0rtelyou. was made chairman Of the re-
publican national committee. reGolert
with the perfume ~ trust -errets and
anxious for the promised trust contri-
1uticns 10 debau-h the people who still
were .rnocentiy hel.evirS rhe day q
their salvation from the trust plumber
PTS was al hand.
Roosevelt. the rrrnrant had chosen.
He Is now as doclie and cr0.ng as the
nrove-bial sucking dove. TIE big stick
is laid away in cotton tattiEr. The re-
publican candidate Tor president Is
AIMED and the trusts hold the whip
hand until The iies q March II Mr.
Roosevelt IS elected. the trcsts win have
free sailing for four years and the trusts
1ish prices viii continue The people
must decide their own salvation al the
coming election.
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PEOPLE OR THE TRUSTS.
Main Issue Of the Campaign Which
the Voters Are 10 Decide
Upon.

There are enough democratic and in
dependent voters IL all the doubtful
states 70 elect Parker and Davis II they
register and vote. Those voters who be-
lieye in stopping frauds and grating.
who feel that the protective tariff IS
robbing them and enriching The trusts,
who would stop government extraya-
gance. can do themselves and their
country a service by registering and
voting and see that their neighbOrs co
likewise The democrats cannot draw
upon the trusts and corporations for
funds 10 pay their workers like the
republicans. bTt must rely upon volun-
teers 10 labor for the cause Of good gov
eminent Remember that every voter
is equal. when he exercises the highest
right or an American citizen. and Moth
ing should swerve him from casting his
ballot without fear or favor The issue
in this campaign is. shall the trusts rule
the country and wax more fat At thu
expense Of the people. or shall the gov
eminent be economically administered
in the interests OF all the people.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-04

1.-The widow said l. W Read. Of
Nashville. furnishes the most de-
lightful study 10 the observer OF the
tricks and manners Of human beings.
zone summer. he continued. in a
Eliminating manner. Il was spending
some time at White sulphur Springs.
Val only tell this as an illustration
Of the acumen and intelligence Of the
genus widow-and one afternoon
handsome young woman and her little
6-year-old son sat near me on the
veranda. The little fellow trotted up
to me and patted aim on the head
What's your name?" he asked.
Il told him"
els you married.? he lisped.
"No. I'm rot" replied.
Then the child paused a moment
and. turning to his mother. said;
Mama. what else did you tell me to
ask him?"-Louisville Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-04
THEIR LITTLE GIRL



How lonesome like and sim Il seems
since che alut here no more.
never knew how bis place Il was she
hlled before.
m,ts the songs. too. that she sung. ans
ma she mopcs around
A. bad as though We'd welt ard put our
r.ri down in the ground
Insild of dressin 'cr ~ nne and glviu'
cr away
I, all seems long ago. ard ylt twas only
yesterday.
How proud and glad he med 10 be
WHOM ~ WAS done AZ last
AMI they was man and wife and by q
lo.ln bond held fast.
Ana she looked up az him ana smiled.
and. fur as 1 could see.
Appeared 70 have cieHu plump forgot
about her ma anu ME.
She'd only eyes FOR him. she left US
sfandil' lonely there,
As 4, AZ De- was - her side 1 guess
she didn't Gaze.
And yit 20 think how once she'd put her
head aeiu my breast
And tell m, I would always be The one
size d love the best.
shed never go away, she said. unless /
went along.
Ana Sunday mornins often she would
walk M with a song:
And On how well / mind the day she
come 20 make ire glad
7 see her stlil Jlst as She lay a-looiin az
her dad.
How proud We washer ma and me
when she commenced 20 c-eep.
And how q hustle out OF bed II she
would even peep.
And how we watched and how We prayed
through many. many night.
Ard how We worked and saved and
planned 20 make her burdens light.
Ylt here we are alone. she's gone. Some
aow 10 seems as though
lnsiia * startin' yesterday shed left VS.
years igo.
Fhe locked hack smiiin' when she went
seen ~ through my tears
Behind us eiaducss lays, ahead are long
ANA lonely years.
Tho louise seems big and dark the sun.
I'D almost swear. bias ceased.
To leht things up the way IL done be-
fre She started East
So here's the end u an the dreams that
made us GLAD before.
The lt;le rir the good Lord sent belongs
70 us 10 more
CANTO TIE SECOND
! ma'e slight mistake, Il seems. 1t
tie while ago.
who sh. got married and when ma
uoptI around ard took Il 50
We Thought we'd lost our girl, we
fhau-If fhe Cay She went away
Shed newer rrure he Twin here a-singin'
ilthe ana gay,
But sle's GORE back. and he's here. too;
o. seems hc lost his job.
And ~ b thc re~tin' he hin dolce up!
SO 'lrg there. Bob'
IS u Riser. ia Chicago Record-H arald.
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LABOR'S APPEAL TO LABOR
Torkingmea Call Upon Fellow Work
ingrnen 70 Defeat the Repub-
lican Party.

Organized labor Of Pennsylvania. that
has for so many years been faithful 20
the republican machine Of that state. is
appealing 10 the unions OF other states
10 aid them by defeating the republican
ticket In the address 10 their brother
workmen they say: Union men. union
synpathizers and those friendly TO the
cause Of labor. aid Us in our struggle
against the republican machine We ap-
peal 10 union men and their friends in
every trade. craft and occupation. to
strike a crushing blow a. our enemy. and
defeat the republican party in this cleo
ton"
The cause OF this appeal is an old
One-the republican machine politi-
clans in league with the trusts and cor
porations and doing their bidding. In
Pennsylvania the republican party Is
so strong that it thinks il can do what
il pleases and ride roughshod over la
Dor or anyone else that stands in its
unrighteous way. In New York and
other doubtful states IL pretends to IA
vor LABOR. but is secretly in league with
{ its enemies. such as Parry in Indiana.
These Pennsylvania laboring men
4 appealed TO Chairman Corte.yOu and
President Roosevelt. but were turned
down. because it is known that the
Z counting of the fraudulent votes in
T that state VIII overcome almost any
I opposition. The appeal is now from
7 Caesar to the people and the result
should be a lesson TO the republican
machine everywhere that il will not
forget. If union man ard those friendly
- .rn~~4 4 chat ar~.v
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-04

A short while ago. a tradesman.
noted for his business integrity or
honesty. called upon an accountant TO
examine his books before filing his
petition in bankruptcy. The account
ant. after going through the accounts.
found that the assets were only sufii-
cient to pay the creditors three shill-
ings in the pound. and he acquainted
his client with the fact. The trades
mans startling reply was: We'll. !
have always been able 70 pay five
shillings in the pound before. SO |
viii make up the difference out OF my
own pocket-Smiths Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-04
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.

Down come wages in the billion
trusts mills another notch or two. Such
Is republican prosperity up to date
Wheeling Register.
The fact that Panama is not be-
ing fairly dealt with by the administra-
ton puts her in the same class as Column
bia and the United States. Houston
TEX Post
The trusts are going 10 experience
trouble in selling the public another JOB
Tot Of life preservers stuffed With Ole
iron.-The Commoner.
- Abiding TO the payment OF s@0.-
OO0. 600 for the Philippines. Secretary
Taft remarked that 1t had been
charged by democrats that souls were
bought at the rate OF s. apiece. He
was thinking. OF course. OF Speaker
Reeds biting Characterization OF the
Philippine transaction az the time II
occurred. in lS9S Hartford Times
lind Deml.
in the future the cabinet officer
representing the bureau Of commerce.
and labor is liker TO be regarded as IN
important individual Mr.. Cortelyou.
and his knowledge OF trust secrets, has
demonstrated the value Of the post
Albany Argus.
The beef trust is contributing
10 the sinews Of the Roosevelt cam
pasrn. The packers not only know
thar the presidents fake letter TO La
Dor Leader Donnelly reflected his pri-
/ va,e sentiments. but they knoS q
thing or two. ssb rosa. about that fed
eral court injunction -AtlaRta Coo
stitution
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when the righteous are in authority
the people rejoice" The pages Of his
tory. sacred and secular give one long
and convincing testimony Of the bless
ing which always comes TO a nation and
people when the upright rule. and on
the other hand they offer sad and re-
peated illustration Of the woes and dis
aster which follow hard upon the heels
OF corruption ard wickedneGs. In this
democratic land OF ours. tue true pa
trioi. the loyal citizen. must cast his in
fuence. toward the establishment Of
-,shteousness. N the nation 10 to be sy-
tlted aud the reopls rejoice
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-04
MORE TAXES OR BONDS.
Roosevelt's Method Of Conducting the
Affairs Of the United States
Government

The declaration by President Rooss-
velt that be will conduct the govern
raent in the future as ia The past. Is as
much as to say that there will he no ef-
fort TO reduce taxation. With The mill
tAry expenses alone increasing S13.CV0.-
coo during july and August and the re-
celpts Of the treasury running behind
s2i 600 900 during the same two months.
and although Secretary shaw BY post
poniDr payments ard Juggling the fs-
ures made a little better showing for
Septemb Der. how does President Roose-
Welt propose 10 raise the money TO pay
the greatly increased expenses So FAR.
October shows 4 deficit In spite of all
the treasury officials could do.
VIII the republicans issue bonds 10
meet the growing deficit. or VIII they
reimpose the war taxes or have they
become reckless expecting the demo
Gratis 10 win. and expect TO hard over
the job Of making both ends meet to
Judge Parker. as Harrison did TO Cleve-
land.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-04

IT HE lasf whistle had gone. the good
| byos bad an been said and the lit
tie tender. the final link between Us
and Ola England. was cdginS away
from our side. The great screw was
thmr ping away at quarter speed and
We were slowly gliding down the river
Mersey when "A little steam launch
lartei AFTER MS and. bringing up along
side. allowed a man with a small bag
in his hand 70 leap on to the ilimsy
platform. which was grudEingiy low
cred for him from the great ships
side. The proverbial late passenger"
grumllei the old stacers. and then dis
appeared below TO arrange their cabins
before dinner while the green ones
stayed on deck and watched the low
shores gradually disappear in the dis
fance and gathering gloom.
myself belonged TO the former
class Of passengers and soon. having
d0nned a siouch cap. made my way
70 tho smoking room where during
the many voyages which had to make.
most oil my waking hours were wont
10 he spent. But Quick as ! was in
getting there. the late passenger had
already put in an appearance. and soon
he and We're talking away and dis
GUESSING the last news. which we would
have for some days nothing Of i'm
portanne certainly. a small railway
accident. a bank robbery and
mysterious murder were the chief items
which the papers spread through many
columns. As regards the last item. the
rumor was that the murderer had been
tracked TO Liverpool and il was sUs-
rectel iha. he would try TO get away
hy one OF the outward-bound vessels.
BY Jovc. | hope he is not on board
here" exclaimed my companion. as he
rang for drinks and proacTed me a
second cigar.
Much travelling and mixing with my
fellow men have made me very chary
OF yoluhlc strangers. but this man
seemed TO be an exception and. before
we had been talking for an hour, we
were the best of friends and had
exchanged cards and found mutual
acquaintances which made us remark.
as people always do on such occasions,
that the world was small
j. A. SMITH.
Representing
jones Brown A. Son.
Wholesale Provision Merchants.
London.
was the inscription on his card. II
seemed that he had decided at the very
last moment TO cross by this boat 10
Canada and had not even had lime TO
get a ticket at the Office. Thus IL was
that proposed that he should occupy
the spare berth in my cabin and
hunting up the purser we soon ar
ranged this and alac for seats a. the
same table in the saloon.
My new friend was a neatly dressed
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Secretary shaw couldn't see a
s4i. 600 900 deficit with a microscope.
but he managed TO see the little sur
plus Of s6.0no.00o with his naked eye
at a distance Of $500 miles The
z. o. p optics always we're In need Of
a frst-ciass oculisi's services. The
Commoner.
Senator Elkins. Of West Virginia.
has been strangely silent SO far dur
Ing the campaign. Some weeks axu
he declared he had no doubt that the
state would give Mr.. Roosevelt bic
majority. but ne has produced moth.
Ing to prove his Observation-Disclosures
Herald Uld.),
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-01
Two of a Kind.

+ The SORROWS of bereaved widoWhood
haye been expressed in many and divers
ways, but here is n new manifestation.
Our neishbor. The Times dispatch, in its
reports this morning or the proceedings
and performances at the McCue trial in
charlottesville, gives the world this pleg-
nant and enlightening sentence:
Even McCue was more animated and
cheerful looking to-day, although he wept
once %-or twice and ate peppermint
lozenges.' =
The world Is deprived. An additional
tween the pangs Of personal gricf and
tinctly interesting Richmond News Lead
cr. st35f
The enlbarrassments Of womanhood
have been expressed IN many and divers
ways. but here Is q new manifestation.
Our neighbor, the News Leader, OF Octo-
Der eth, in It's reports OF the proceed
ings and performances at the McCuc
trial IN Charlottesville, gave the world
this Significant and enllghtening sem
tcnce:
Miss Virginia s, Bragg, who followed
I,audolph Page on the stand seemed
much embarrassed, She Wore u red
Jersey" @
The world has been deprived An uddi-
tlonal line OF Two indicating The conncc-
ton between the panss Of eniba,rass-
ment aud red Jerseys would have been
distinctly interesting.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-01
Our Infant Prodigy.

The Infant prodigy or the journals
tic coter!e Is Joseph IT, Geisingcr, Of The
Times Dlspatch. Although he has 'just
turned twenty-one' he has done tic
work o! yeterull. and has produced
y%ouminous reports which daily have
c1icited showers Of compliments. 10 this
writer II seems little short Of marvellous
that shaver like ,Gcislngcr should have
the prccocity to plunge into thp McCue
trial. Il mighty sea Of facts, and SWIM
successfully with a strong individual
stroke through It all Gclsingcr, although
II hassnot been SO. very long since he
was learning his alphabet, is now master
Or 9 beanll(ul style and his brain Is Y
vocabulary Is rich and with Itis coupled
u mature--or, more strictly speaking, n
prcmature-judsm which makes his
articles absolutely reliable. ~ Santa
Claus doesn put something ~ his stock
boys splendid work, 1t will be solely
bcca use tho youngster Is unmarried and
therefoe has hosiery sadly IN need OF tho
dnrnlng necdlc.--E, n O.. An Charlottcs-
vile lettersto the News Leader.
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pEIss,lANENCE OF CURE.
The Chief Merit,

Manv so called pile remedies will nf-
,nrn fhc user slight temporary relief,
anh .+no majority OF sufferers do not ex-
ncct more than this. Women cspeclaily,
after having tried every Erspiafl ,N.a
Recommended for the cure o. P1les' l'ayc
come to he conclusion t1lat .ns4 =, !. -, e
40 c,iro cxcept by an operation. l1 's
Il rirhtfully viewed with dread, BECAUSE
~ lhn shock 10 the delicate nervous sSs-
Ior, nf w0mena and many or those ~
Ma I'd have resigned themselves 70 tue
situation with never a thought that there
IS 8nny help in sight for them,
we Invite the attention OF al such 70
Tie experience Of the lady whose '''iT
dress 10 giyen.beloW: 4.
~ feel 1t my duty 70 recpnmenn ny
pyramid Pile Cure, for. after suffering
ton years with a most distressing form ot
PILES, r am entirely cured, thanks to thls
remedy. Anyone do,tbting this can Wllte
10 Margaret Brady. 1876 Whitman street,
Cleveland, Ohio. I :, q
ron months later SHE writes: 1' ain glad
q to say that am still perfectly free tronl
piles and have not had the sllslatGaE
trouble since first used your rei1leuS'
Il am we'll known in Cleveland and nave
advertised Pyramid Pile Cure extensive
IL here take pleasure IN doing so,
as 1t saved me from an operation, Whlch
i always dreaded, and you are assured
the remedy, can have no f!rmer advo-
cate than II
Testimony like this should convince
tile most skeptical, that pyramid lale
Cure not only cures, but cures to stay
cured. ii Is in the form of ;t-fupposl-
Il org; can be applied in the privacy OF
Tho home. directly to the parts affect
ed, and does its work quickly and pain
5lessiy. .9 .fe
Druggists sell this famous remedy for
14ifty cents a package. ard We urge all
sufferers to buy a package nov aud siYe
1t Il trial to-nlsh;. ACCEPT no substitutes.
Write Pyramid Drug 90. Marshall
Mich. for their little book on the cause
and cure Of Piles. which sent free for
tbs asking.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-01
This Testimony
VIII surely Interest many readers OF
E.a aH F5= his MINER

James g. Gray Gibson. NO., writes about
brakes Palmetto Wine as follows: l live in tho
Missouri Swamps in Dunslin County and hnve
been sick with Malarinl FEVER and for fifteen
months q walking skeleton. One bottle III
Brakes Palmetto Vino has done mo more good
than all the medicine have taken In that IT,
teen months, / an buying two more bottles to
stay cured. brakes Palmetto Winc is the best
medicine and tonic for Mulnrin, Kidney and
Liver ailments ever used or heard OF. feel
we'll now after using one bottle.
A. a. Fielding. Knoxville. Tenn. writes: had
bad case OF sour Stomach and Indigestion
Icould eat SO little that was failing to bpnes'
and could not sleep nor attend to my business
used the trial bottle and two large Seventy-flye
cent bottles and can truthfully say Tam entirely
cured, have advised many TO write for q free
trial bottle.
J. W. Moore. Monticello, Mimi, makes the fol,
lowing. statement about himself and n neigh
Dor. Hesays: Four bottles OF brakes Palmetto
Vino has cured me OF catatrh OF Bladder and
sidney trouble. suffered ten years and spent
hundreds of.dollars with best doctors and apc-
Ginlists without benefit, brakes Palmetto
Wine has made INC n well man. a young woman
mere was given up to die BY q Minneapolis spe-
clallst md he aud Our local doctor said they
could dono moro for her, She has been taking
brakes l'almGtto Wine one week and is rapidly
recovering. : I'd.
The Drake Formula Company D.ake bldg,
,Ghicaao, u! will send trial bottle OF brakes
l'almetto Wine free and prepaid to any reader
or thls paper, letter or postal card IL your
only expense 10 get this free bottle.
owens and Minor Drus Company dis.
A!p9t!!4 aEs!ta, i1sI..- 81 H.. l - - 4
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An Honorable Family,

Several days ago wo reproduced the fol-
lowing item from the Kansas City jour
nal:
mir. and Mrs. Prtchard, Of Great Bend,
celebrated their flfly-th!rd wedding an
nlyersary recently IN tile presence Of all
thel children, During The whole of their
welded life, the hcarse has never backed
up 10 their front gate TO carry away Il
member
A correspondent kindly reminds US Of a
Prichard family in Virginia. which alsp
has n notable history 1t Is the family
Of Mr.. John Prchard. OF Petersburg Tho
father OF this family vas Tor many years
prominent business man Of tllat City,
and bore the honorable sohrlquet or
Honest john" He died several years
ago in The sfyentS-seventh year Of Ills
ase. Ills Wife survives and is now
elghty-pne years old Shells still an ac,
tive, energetic woman. being In fun pos
session Of All nfr mental faculties ana
has not 3ras Lely W her head. She
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-01
Personal and General.

The Archbishop Of Canterbury viii shortly
publish the sermons and speeches he delivered
in America under The title OF "The Christian
Opportunity"
Rev. Or. S. j. Niccolls. OF st. Louis. was
elected moderator OF the Presbyterian Synod
or Missouri. He has been a member ,or tho
Synod for nearly forty years. ana never be.
fore held the office.
DIR. Ctsuka.s director Of the Kiusiu Imperial
Agricultural Experiment station fof Japan. is
III New Orleans at tho request OF his govern
Trent to study rice culture and the lnethod1
employed in Louisiana in the raising and
refining of sugar. E4
The. widow OF Latcaiio IIcarn is coming to
America shortly In connection with Il claim
she has onsn Cincinnati estate. Another mo
tive for her long Journey Is found in desire
70 zee the wonderful country in which her
husband spent part OF his life.
SINCE Old Geronimo. the noted Apache CHEF
tail nov slxty-tonr years Of age. because
an attraction in the indian building at tho
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. IN ST Louis.
ne has learned y spell and print his name
and Is very proud OF the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
learned at his advanced Isg9'l3
l-ongWorth Powers. the sculptor son ,f tn,
late Hiram Powers; tho famous American
sculptor. has Just died in Florence. Italy.