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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-03-26

THE Lucille Prindall. a new Essex
built craft OF 80 tons. with a crew
OF is men. left Gloucester harbor on
raw November day for quick trip 10
Sable Island banks after halibut
No man makes that trip at that time
of the year unless compelled TO do so.
These men had to do it. They all
hoped 10 be home for THANKSGIVING
but ONLY one came. This is his story
of the voyage.
Twas one OF the trips that every
thing goes wrong" said he. NO man
knows in full just what that means
until he goes TO sea-
1T took nire days to make the run
in tie face Of continuous east winds
and a heavy sea that kept everything
iced I'D from Keel TO truck For three
DAYS after we reached the banks we
lay ar aacAor. unable to heave over
dorv in the high sea. The fourth day
The nor'easter broke with all its
strength and with rake straight
down from the arctic. We had 10 run
of the banks into deep waters to 1--we.
oThat night all hands stood by in
their oilskins-and it was night
Soon after midnight the starboard nest
OF dories parted their grips and came
tearing aft like five wild. crazed ami
r1als. was standing my watch at the
wheel and had all could do to keep
on deck. when up out OF the darkness
shot one Of those Gcries And IT
knocked me up against the chock and
snapped my right leg as if il were
pipo-stem.
at daybreak the cap'n headed the
little craft shoreward in the face OF
that snoring or'easter, to find aid
Tor me al some port The men had
bound my leg between two oar blades
and gave me such quoting medicine
rs orr little sea-chest afforded.
"An that day | lay in the cabin.
After night came on there was little
tull. ard the cap'n and crew gathered
roana me. doing what they could to
encourage me ard ease my pain
I've were running for Canso. Novs
Scotia. under ridng-sail, jib and fors'
--.n she'd carry, they told me.
coald hear the wind bowling alont
on deck and could feel the boat pitch
end chuck into the seas, and now anC
then | caught the watch's loud CALI
on deck.
"Tho cook came aft with coffee AM
cookies foi a 'mng-up' about IL o'clock
and All hands except the watch on decl
gathered round me. With their merri
m.r, and stories began to feel quit
comfortable.
"The cap'n-big-hearted man tina
he was-began to plan for my sta.
ashore. Wen look out for your lam
fly THANKSGIVING. said he.
"My thoughts began TO drift ava
homeward when, the first thing knc"
n voice broke out on deck, breaker
ahead. All hands, quick! II was
terrible cry
Every man in that cabin except m
made a jump for the companionwal
But almost on top of the watch's shou
felt the vessel strike. and she scrai3
along for little. then began TO thum
and pound. We were on the rocks.
ut made me vince ard trenble.
lay there alone. unable TO move.
hard the men run forward and the
come back aft. One after another IN
big seas began 10 tumble down on u
1.-THE cap'u has lost his bearines
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-03-26

Il heard the sea begin 10 run back
under me. I knew what must happen
now. and gripDed the stays with
new hold. The crippled vessel started
back with the sea. Then her bow
struck with a crash. and with a list 20
one side she went over and hung there.
high and dry on the rocks, while the
sea rushed out.
II could see In the darkness The out
line of rocks in the white foam be-
meath me. Should jump and take the
chance Of getting up beyond the reach
of the wave before the next came in?
Would the vessel hold where She was
until another sea came and went?
II didn't wait 20 see. | swung my
splinted leg of the boom, and clutch
ing the main-sheet in both hands,
swung out clear OF the vessels stern
and slid down, bringing up with thud
upon the rocks below me.
Il could feel the tremble Of the rocks
and hear the roar of the next sea COM
ing in. rose 10 my feet and made a
rush TO get up out OF the reach Of It..
My benumbed leg, with its clumsy
splints. failed TO support me, and |
went down headlong.
IL clutched the first thing my hands
struck. II was the big, strong stem OF
KEEP leaf Gripping this in my right
hand. / grabbed another with my left.
and began to pull myself up along the
ssppery leaves toward high land.
Il kept a close ear to that oncomins
sea. realized it must break my hold
when it struck me.
Il made one jump ahead and
stretched out my arms for last grip
as far up as | could. My stiffened, in
| iured leg dropped down into slit in
the rocks. and | pressed the ends OF
those oar blades that bound il into the
crevice with all the strength | had left
At the same time Reached my hands
out before me for some support. Strik'
ing the face of the shelf Of rock ahead
| bore against il, and Strengthening
out my whole body. | lay fiat. with my
hands and crippled leg forced against
the rocks to hold me.
The thunder of the coming wave
Jared and shook all beneath me. 1t:
roar was in my ears. felt the freez
ing water strike my legs. Then viii
a terrible crash the whole sea smashed
down on me.
"AIy body shot ahead with its force
bending my outstretched arms. Thei
the rush stopped. and lay quiet IL
the resting sea.
Il felt the wave start TO draw bacl
again: then, gaining force. with rusi
out il shot. and | started with it. |
was the most fearful moment of m
life.
MY oar-blade foothold in the roc
! behind me had slipped. My mouth OF
ened of its own accord. and | gulpe
7 mouthfuls Of water into my lung!
| slid and turned in the little spac
between the rocks; then ahead | wen
! again with a rush. Then, with ban
I that sent a terrible pain the length {
my whole body, the oar blades bindin
my leg brought up, scraped along, an
r caught in a crcvice. That saved N
= life.
? The undertow turned me an
: twisted me: 1t lifted me up and tire
me down. and then left me. Back wer
4 the sea. | reached the high ground
e the ledge and crept some rods towar
. a light. which proved 20 be in the loi
] ster cannery at Little Dover. Nov
] Scotia. The men from the Gamer
found me there.-Youth's Companion
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The Help of the
Oar Blades.
By JOHN X. COTTON.
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The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
lesson In the international teriei
for March ~, i1Of-auarterl.
Review Lesson.

GOLDEN TENT.-And Jesus wen
about All Gulilee, teaching fn their
synngOEues. and prench.nE the Eos-
pei 81 the kingdom, ana healing all
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-03
Municipal Salaries.

Whenever it Is given oft that salaries
in the municipal government are TO DC
increased there are taxpayers who pro-
test This paper has also, iron, time 70
time. opposed an increase in tho pay OF
city employees, for the two-fold reason
that tie city was in no position TO make
the increase and that the present pay,
In comparison with the pay OF men on
the outside. wns sufficiently high. But
iris fact must be Kept well In mind y
municipal corporation is business cor
poration. and II II would get ef'ic'eht
service 1t must pay the market price for
labor, whatever that may be. 1t should
not nav more than the market price; II
canno, afford to pay less. for II 1t does
ii will get poor and inefficient service.
Salaries should be sufficiently high TO
induce the best men OF that class 70
offer their services to the city govern
mcnt
This is not |, question of politics or of
but a pure and simple business
proposition. The business affairs OF the
city should be conducted on purely pusi-
ness principles. without cxtravngnnces or
favoritis.n. on tho ono hand. and purely
without niggardliness and parsiinonions-
ness. on tho other. 1t Is good business
for the city to employ in all departments
OF It's work the best men to be obtained;
to pay a fair compensation for the work
done, and Their to see to 1t that every
employee does his duty and earns his pay.
II this rule be adopted and followed, J {
will be found TO be a rule in the interest
OF economy, and there will be no pro-
test on the part of sensible and reason
able taX-payers.
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T. II I z = . b
aside for the civil service 121,sso,o ce, for
interest and pensions $5l 20. 600. making
total Of s27s. $4,000 there would stu re. re-
main about slooto0.ooo for the army and
navy, whereas the average during the
twelve years in which the new navy was
was only N2,6ol.c 900. In con-
clusion, Mr.. Atkinson says:
.The expenditures Of the present fiscal
year promise to be about $eopGO,0go IN
excess OF that rate.
"Ir this expenditure Is not due to the
temporary alteration toward milttnrl6m,
imperialism and ovcr-scn5 expansion. to
what Is 1t to be attributed? Is there not
a Call for an investigation OF the cxpendi-
lures IN every department of. the govern
mcnt as much as In the Postal Depart
ment, so that true account may be
rendered to the taxpayers OF what mas
become of the excess Of taxes since the
Spanish war ended, to the amount OF
Al ~ 10000?
III any one desires to revise these
figures reference may be made to the
Statistical Abstract Of the United States,
pages IS to 40, on the civil service. jude
cIary, Indian and postal deficiency, ana
to the report Of tho Secretary OF the
Treasury, rendered to the last Congress.
pages l0e 109, on which the expenditures
on army. navy, pensions and interest arc
listed from 1865 to 1903. Inclusive. IN sep
arato columns. For the appropriations
reference may be made directly to the
Treasury Department for the alightly. cor
l,ectcd table, or 10 tho Congressional
Record for tho first statement.'
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IT " and 10 Years Of Ags.
Relieved Immediately and Cured
Quickly with Drakee
a4s .46 $500 0aJrsn attn Mine.

Mr. Geo. w, Pelton, "a years Of age. Akron,
Mioh., writes; For many years have been
Thought there was no help for me, have used
nearly three bottles OF brakes Palmotto Wine
nntion, and believe o euro Is assured, Drnke's
Pnlmetto Wine has done for me what all other
remedies failed TO do. s
New bedford, Mass, writes; had Ll Grippe.
which loft me with severe Catarrh OF Mucous
Membrane all through my body, very ha aIl
of Prostate Gland. bloody urine, and my sufier-
tngs were Intense Pig taking Dga re, RAJ a ~
Tar ana am gaining a every way; did not hope
to ever feel SO we'll as ] do now and have xrent
cause to rejoice that 4 found gueh Nv anderful
a test bottle will be sent prepaid free OF
chargs to any reader Of this paper who writes lor
ef.haicago" iii A iesI bottle often cures.
Owens and Minor Drug Company, dis
I kributng agents.
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The "Cabbage Snake.

Editor OF The Times Dlspatc :, ,h,s
Sir.-Some OF the newspapers OF tn's
section recently s! r Il oro ast eb.
S Sars sunse' Many people are afraid to
at cabbage owing e THIS little a rep.a,sf
farmer and gardener Of Henry county, nan
advaaced Theory whG e, 9 4ee fam rene
dead serpent Y nothing 9Ha abaa
md md became shut III from the air ~ ne
process q tho heading or the arg H. @a
and I'd rain oausing the hair to. expand' ana
t tnhe e,l1 1he great snake Is exposed to tho
begins to sor ,n iSn whl @as calves aive
and when the contraction ceases ,,i, h,,e,
hing is apparently dead "A, 4 ha hcnt Nh.
water long enough expand ~ ana th Iiis
~ z a. ' Snort duration 1t 1,nay be that not
more hsn one hair " ten thoI pa IL W se
proper. condition when II Is PVT Y !, me M
water or when Y falls into the f frepeed
With DR., Tatum. OF Patrick county, from
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L ~ ~ E 90.
Danville to Orange, on Southern train.
and this subject came UP. DR.. Tatun
said he had secn the wonderful hair-llka
snake. and sent it to the Medical Col
lege IN Baltimore. TO be analyzcd. With y
request to state to him as 10 whcthcrste
is really poisonous 70 human being, and
the report is that II Is not.
Another good evidence OF It being =
hair. Is that 1t eats nothing. 1t also has
n black spcrk on the end. as the horse
hair. docs when taken out of water
1t may be stL d that the snake has bccn
found where no horse or mule has been,
in the patch OF cabbage---but birds and
the wind arc always carrying such things.
and 1t is easy enough to get the lmir IN
the cabbage.
Ike the Kissing bug cake. the cab,
bage snake fake will soon be a.Sthing 9 Z
the past. and the people will 80 on = $
in the past eating this palatable vegeta-
bic. =, !, ~ = ~ eis
"a VS..
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Omar for the States.

How tlcklish are these frosty autumn
days. ~ as
How intricate the politicians maze:
We're re doubtful but We Ike It Just a
For doubling brings US means as well as
ways. y
Tom Taggart says we're safe for Alton
i wonder how you learned it, Thomas T.,
Cortclyou snaps his fingers and declares
THAT he knows where, our. fifteen votes
Will be-
d, Bennett Hill passed through on yes
terday. &
And Charlie Fairbanks now is holding
Joe Cannon Will be here next Monday
night &
And Bryan still has something sweet to
say.
we pause and wonder OFT where we are
1t matters not to lis who's standing pat:
For doubtful all the time We choose to
While listening to the sizzling of the fat;
one week we raise the hopes Of Harry
The next we touch Tom Taggart for q a
Then Jumping back and forth each day
We keep them wondering what we're go
Ing to DO.
IT'S time we learned to play this foxy
For forty years It's always been The
It's Wicked, but we'll leave It to the
II we're the slightest little bit to blame.
If Jonas wheatstraw viii rot leave the
ploW.
Ana Whisky Petes disposed 10 make
rho Hoses find a. way to get them out
Why. what's The use to kick, and When
and-how?
Now. what's the fun in Texas, can you
Yon never oven hears fellow yell;
we march behUd q brass spahd every
And spend e a whole six weeks in raising
sa'''' JOHN WEYMOUTH, E
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Politics and ChivalrY.

tsefore leaving his home in Alabama
severa, DAYS ago, Captain Richmond r.
Hobson created a sensation by annouac-
Ing in a speech delivered at BessenleT
that he had taken upon himself the
personal responsibility Of telegraph
ing to Representative ]. 7 Helm,
OF the Fifth Alabama District. urging him
to withdraw from the race In favor OIL
the next highest man in the race for the
congressional nomination at the Demo-
era tic primary in which Helfin was noni-
mated Captain Hobson said he did this
for the good of the party and for har-
En1ony's sake. His action Was taken be-
cause of the severe criticism which has
been directed against Mr.. Helfin on ac-
count of his statement made in speech
at Tuskegee some time ago to the effect
that no great harm would have been done
the country If some anarchist had thrown
a bomb under tito table while President
Roosevelt and Booker Washington were
dining together,
When addressing his comrades OF a
college fraternity in = Richmond several
years ago Captain lIobson said that early
in life he had adopt ed 'chivalry'' as his
m31tchword and made it his rule of con-
duct But he Is presuming too much
upon the chvalry OF others wher he
asks politician. in that name to rs.i-e
from a contest whose promised reward
IS Il fat Office. 81 !.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-03
Unreal Realities.

To the average ayman some OF the
technical rules OF court proceedings are
highly amusing. Tor example, during the
progress OF the Mccue trial In Charottes-
vile, certain statements were made under
oath by witnesses more or less damaging
10 McCue But the court explained that
these statements We're admitted for the
purpose Of impeaching Witnesses who had
iiaqe contradictory statements, and that
lire Jury must regard them as such aud
such only; that the jury could not enter
tain them as evidence against The ac-
cuked, ana must dismiss them from their
minds and forget that they Were in any
degree accusations against the prisoner
NJ thf i,ar, and remember them only MS
part Of the impeachment proreedngs
II were as though AN account were
being made up against debtor ana ccr-
tain items were charged here and there
for the purpose Of making the account
balance; or, as I3ill Nye used to say. ms
mere pleasantly" But The accountan,
is instructed by tie court that whlje
these items arc allowed for conyenlenc,
sake, they are not 70 be regarded as PAR
OF the dtbtor's indebtedness.
That sort of ruling would be sinn;,
enough in determining an account in dol
lars and cents, but II Is not SO easy Il
charge off these accusations which wer
indirectly inserted In the account Of In
Commonwealth against hIcCuo. II (!
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confessed that he would be unwilling FOL

confessed that lie would be unwilling for
his sister TO receive the attentions OF
a negro man, no matter how, genteol he
might be. But what right has any white
man y bring into his homo a person with
whom tho women of the family may not
associate, a person who, III his view is
Unfit for his sister or daughter to marry
and With whom such O. marriage would
not only be distasteftl, but revolving,
and dsgraceful2 Such n course OF con.
duct were gross injustice both to the
visitor ana to the women Of the family.
These fine distinctions in the social cir
Gle cannot be drawn. When q man is re-
ccivet, as guest of honor and upon
terms of equality within the sacred pre-
oincts of tho family circle, he cannot
fairly be insulted and kicked out because
he presumcs to exercise any or all the
fights to which such an introduction en-.
titles him.
There Is but ono sensible, fair and corr
sistent position to take. and that IS the
position taken By the. Southern whites.
In all matters of social intercourse we
draw tho line sharply. and we tell the
blacks frankly that they must keep on
their side. That will ever be our course,
Notwithstanding the views Of the North
and the President OF tho United States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-03
The North and the Negro.

AZ = mater az curiosity We shave mad
,o,,,, desired 10 n,aets ..,re IL face 4 North,
,,lo he,ia,,,d ;,,s8socia, acua1t-v
.,,f nnderstand tho noint nj view az a
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The Virginia Democracy.

Anparcntly there is little interest among
1,,rruIans. In the Forthcoming election.
II But this is more apparent titan real
There Is no contest in Virginia bet weeh
Parker and Roosevelt. Virginia IS as
safe for the Democratic ticket as Penn
sylvania is for the Republican ticket. NOR
arc there any serious contests in the sew
eral congressional districts, save IN inc
Ninth District Without contest WIN
the great majority Of voters all think
Ing ono way and all intending to vote
ana way it IS not to be expected that
mon vii, tear their hair and hurrah and
make great demonstrations.
But the Democrats OF Virginia are
Interested deeply interested. in the re-
suit OF the Forthcoming election, and they
should manifest, hat interest by voting
80 a man on election day. II matters
nor HAT Virginia is safe for Parker and
Davis: it matters not that the Ihrd
District is safe for Lamb. and shat the
otlier districts are safe for the Demo
cratic nominees. The Virginia Demo.
Gratis should this year make an I'M
a pressive demonstration at the polls. They
should cast full vote by way of ex-
pressing their sympathy with Democratic
principles and their confidence In the,
Democratic ticket. ana more than that
by registering their protest against Roose-
Welt, and all that II implies.
The Republican administration has de-
parted radically and dangerously from
lie traditions. 1t has violated the Con-
stituaon; j; has demonstrated as
no other Republican administration
las demonstrated the tendency Of
The Republican party toward i'm
perlalism: i; has treated the Demo.
egslcy with contempt declaring that II
il unfit 10 rule; that j; is both incapa-
BE and rlstncere; that is leaders are
waaklings and hypocri;es; that the great
body OF men WHO constitute its voters,
arc SORT Of imbec!e peasantry, need
ing the guardianship of government, and
that only the Republicans are coInpc-
tent II, intellect and character 10 manage
tlc affairs OF government. AS if this.I
were not enough TO arouse the resentment
OF ali Democrats. the Republican admin
stration mas made Il corrnp; bargain
with the financial interests the mil
lionaise bankers and the trust magnatcs,
under which axe. present tariff system,
enabling tt.t s-usts to collect tribute
money from CONSUMERS shall be contlfincd
and government protection 10 al com
hines guaranteed.
alhe Democrats OF Virginia owe II 10
themselves and TO their party 10 bestir
themselves on election day and 10 cast
q full vote in resentment of the insults
OF the Republican party and in protest
Of the corrupt bargain which IT has made
NTH the mlllionaires
II Especially do wn urge Democrats in
The Third District 10 rally 10 the support
OF Captain john lamb. our nominee for
Congress- He has been nominated with
out opposition: he has made faithful
representative; he has been honest ana
industrious. and there has been no whis-
per OF scandal against him. II Is our duty
10 give lin q complimentary vote and
10 emphasize the compliment by casting
for hin! the fun strength Of the party.
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Warning to Huntsrnen.
Itor Of The Times.Dispatch:

Editor OF The Ilmes-Dls1atcn:
Slr,-1n. your issue OF October 18th I
was worry much Impressed with com,
municauon hsadea Make t mh G1,mtn ho
writer reminds US that field sports VIII
soon be on. and OF how many accidents
there viii be, owing to the carelessn mes
eltIrely With tie Sportsman" ~ am
something Of a sportsman myself. and AZ
believe that there should DO some restrlc :.
ton as to how a man should carry his
gun In the field especially when shootlnIg !;
Gunil II he Is n fairly good shot ~
should not be necessary to carry, /, his
gn sprung before the .r BIRDS nrSo o,nr s he
then It is dangerous to accompany HIM,
there should 3 s oone law aa aEd1nt
nocmrrnr IRON, such carelessness are re-
gretted BY o the Careless person; never,
theiess they arc often fatal, nna ahSrs .
should be some stringent law 9ouchiit ngs
upon This careless manner OF handing
guns. very TluiSSiIr,EJARDSON. p
Tnw,ddjc Courthouse, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-03
Thus Sayeth the Goose Bone.

I9Nas IIartx ninety. yea rs pld; go Dose I
Of oPG The w season ioay # was hatehed e
dried. and Mr.. Hurtz closely STUDIED 1he
III is dark ali the way Through" !, said d
he. 'Tlis winter will sta Y. coId earlyr n
November ana continue untll ase 81 ~ s, ,lms
storin1,, The temperature WIN he low ,, ana g
tho ice crop Will be eno1no GUS. ~ nRte ESQ 70
say 1t, but If is so.-- r endlnE; ~, COLT
RESPONDENT Of The New York sun.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-03
How to Dry Wet Shoes.

q a large nianufacturer ~ ,men'H I!na
shoes hands out some timely, informatlon
for the careiof wet slloGs ite adv, sa,si I,
don't pul iihesm under tho stove or ont he I,
radiator. Although YOU cannot see I'LL
will surely rot the leather. Let them cry
least two pairs ut the same time. Let
tho pair you arc not Waring stay on trees
and each pair of shoes will last YOU twice
as lonG.-Shoe and Leather Reporter