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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26
Committed Suicide

John Keller an old and highly
respected citizen of Kellerville
was found hanging to a tree by
parties who had been searching
for him. Keller left the home of
his son-in-law Mr.. John L. Bauer
with whom ne was staying on
Friday morning and said ne was
going to Knoxville TO see one of
his daughters. when he did not
return Sunday evening a search
was instigated by the neighbors
and he was found Monday morn
ing as above described.
Temporary fermentation is
thought TO be the cause of his
rash act his body was laid TO rest
in a cemetery near Kellerville
Deceased was an uncle of our
fellow townsmen John c. Keller
and John Hagen.
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Iu-NeNt Tuesdav Man 3Oth !.
Dubois County As Usual the First tc
Settle With the State Treasure.

VIM. F. Beckman the efficient
treasurer of Dubois county left
Friday morning for Indianapolis
TO settle with the State Treasuer.
Fred arrived in indianapolis Fri
day evening and Saturday morn
ing made his settlement and was
informed by the Republican State
Treasurer that he was the first
one to show up and highly COM
plemented our treasurer for his
promptnesS. This surely speaks
well of the officers of old Dubois.
the Gibralter of Democracy. and
all we re yret is that Fred had to
settle with a republican State
Treasurer.
We believe that with our Mike
at the head of Indiana Demo
cracy this will be changed and
the State House will be populated
with Democrats.
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IHE STATE cHAIRNANSHlP.

Evidence IL accumulatlng daily (,
prove that the Democratic party OF Ind
imam "a far from being deal AMI thsr
there are a number Of level-heaiei
leaders who believe the party can VIII
the election next year II il j properly
handled
Tsis opinion has been held AMI ex-
pressed by The Citizen on numerous oc-
casions recently. We can win II We are
MT iead-weighted with a mediocre
chairman AMI an inefficient State com
mittee.
Il i understood that Thomas Taggart
wants O'Brien for chairman again
Pray, whAt for The party was ever
- disastrOusly managed a. under the
leadership Of O'Brien. No other chair
man ever Knew 90 little about the true
condition in the State Ii took the awful
November defeat to awaken the nan d
the truths the Psriy's friend. had be,n
DINING into Ms ears for two months
before the final catastrope Mr.. Ta.gart
may want M O'Brien for Chairman.
bat the Democratic party does not .ant
him again.
Dubois county. that GibrAlter 1tDemo
crazy, has al avowed candidate for the
State Chairnznship-Hon. VI. A..
Sweeney, or Mike" as the BOYS low
ingly call him. tie IL one Of those
Democrats who can De depended on in
every stress Of political weather -brainv
fearless. inventive-used ID command
wnere success i made. Nike Sweeney.
too, j. in full sympathy with the pro-
gressiye Democracy OF today Tie be-
heves that Indiana i Democratic State
If properly handled, and he would
make Il 90.
Ii Indian Democrats want TO put I'd a
Winning fight next year with a fearless,
intelligent commander in charge Of the
forces Of activity, they will do well to
consider the candidacy Of Mike sweeney.
With him in charge Of the line OF battle
there would be lighting enthusiasm in
our campaign TO which We have been
strangers for the past four years, and
when the contest had been concluded
the Republican machine would realize
that il had been in head-end collision.
sweeney's candidacy should appeal to
every Democrat who desires succ = in
leo6.-Clark Co Citizen.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

he state 81 Indiana Dub Comfy
In the Dubois Clrci Co1rt June
Term. 1905
81 Maggie Murphy vs. WilanM
Compliant No. Site.
Now comes the . aintI. by Ker
lraylor her attorney. ard Tile her con.
plant herein. together with an afidayit
tina Wil.i'm Murphy is not resident
Of The - e Of Indiana
Notice y therefore hc ehv given said
Defendant, that unless he be ana Az
pear on the l3 day o. the next Term u
the Dubois Giro III Corrt 4, lie holden
on the 1T Monday 81 June 4 D. 1905.
at the Court House IN Jasrer in said
Connty and state, An 4 answer or demur
y said complaint The same will be
heard and determined ia hi ab.ance.
IN WI ness whereof. hereuto SCI nv
hand and aflix the Sea Of said Court Al
> asIper, Ind, this 22d day Of Nav A. D.
ions 7. HurnER. Clerk.
KERR TRYroR, Atty.
May ~, 1905. 81.
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The Lecture Course a Success.

Supt. VIM. Wellman informs
US that the lecture course under
MS management during the past
winter was a great success in
each and every particular and he
desires to return his heartfelt
thanks to the public for their
patronage Supt. Wellman has
made arrangement with the
Central Lyceum Bureau of
Rochester, y. Y. for a serious Of
entertainments for the coming
winter of FIVE courses and will
consist of ID people. the first
serious will be about the lst Of
October. The Prof. solicits that
you purchase season tickets at
800 the same will admit you to
each and every entertainment.
He has also engaged the large
and commodiouS st Joseph's
Hall where the entertainments
will hereafter be given and will
spare neither money nor labor to
make these entertainments pleas
ing for everybody.
Prof. Wellman is to be COM
mended for his interest, he mani
tests in educational circles and it
is everyone's duty to encourage
him by buying a season ticket
and thus secure a good seat, and
at the same time spend a pleasant
evening.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

When the Countess Boni de
Castelane appeared at recent
function in Paris she wore a col
lar Of pearls that caused one OF
the impecunious danes of the
old school TO level her lorgnette
at the former New York girl and
exclaim: The triumph of money
over taste. " And this remark
was the triumph of jealousy over
taste. -Ex.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26
The Sua's Lesson.

| tell de Sun. Don't shine SO
hot
On his po' head er miner
De Sun he say,
You know it's day.
Ny task is took ter shine.
EFF YOU des do"-dat what he
say
"Des lax you see me do.
En- hoe yo' row.
En- reap en- SOW.
De grass won't kiver your'
Atlanta Constitution.
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Real Estate Transfer.

Victoria Seidel to Their. Sch
winghammer. S0a 1925 $500.
Anton II Kluemper to Geo.
Brelage, lots .. 80. Jasper. $3.50.
JOS. Boehlein 10 Henry Boehlein
iund = pit 25-l-5, SO.
Jno. p. Huther to Albert Urich.
lund < lot 1l5 Jasper. $500.
Laura Holt to Rhoda kays.
% a 1923, S35.
Sheriff D. c. TO Ed. Breitweiser
lot 3, Duff, $50.
Sheriff d. c. w. H. Flick. lots
246. 259, go, 269, 270 Ferdinand
$1,000.
VIM. H. Flick to J. & H.
Hollinder, same, $3.50.
Henry Hettich to H. NJ. Chew
ing. pit lot > Huntingburg. $1,000.
w. V. 10 H. NJ. Chewing. pit
1925. $500.
Andy Greener to VIM. His
meyer, pit lot 20, Huntingburg,
1850.
Peter Neukam to Geo. Leistner
) "a 12-1-4 $500.
J. H. Beckman to Henry Hum
bert, lots 80. 81, 81. Dubois. $500.
Joseph Gerber to Annie Cum
miseey, pit lot n. Jasper, $1,000.
Matilda Ahrens to J. w. Stuts-
man, pit 1929 $3.50
Sch. Booking to Henry Bockt-
ing. az 1925 $500.
Katie Blessinger to G. F. Bles-
singer, 26a 1928 800.
X. Attkofer TO G.. J eKemper
lots "A. 70. Dubois, 800
H. NJ. Chewing to Katie Bles-
singer, pt lot 5, Huntingburg
$500.
Henry Mauntel to f. w. Pick
hardt. pit lots 81, 81. Hunting
burg. 800.
John Scheller Jr. to Andrew
Schelle, 29a l2-1-4. $500.
+. r Troyer to +. A. Snyder.
lot 10 Huntingburg. $500.
John w. Todrank to Henry
Hartke, lots 40. Al, II. 10. Hunt
ingburg. 1880.
The action taken by the adj
ministratin will lead the people
to make this inquiry: If the
government is not willing TO per-
nit the protected trusts to exact
tribute from it. why should it.
not permit the people to buy in
the open market as a means CfI
avoiding the exactions of the.
trusts? Surely the government
should not ask greater favors
than it is willing to bestow upon
the people. -Logansport Pharos.
Secretary Taft has determined
to construct the Panama canal as
economically az possible. To this
end he has instructed the Canal
Commission to buy where they
can buy cheapest, in this country
or abroad. As the prices average
about 30 per cent cheaper abroad. 4
the American manufacturers will
have to cut their prices to a re-
asonable basis or the trade will
90 elsewhere. = Kokomo Dispatch.
The Earl of Suffolk, who has
an American wife, has learned to
sing America without making a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

II the government finds ii adj
yantageous to twiddle its fingers
at the trusts why shouldn't the
people be given a chance TO en-
JOY the same great blessinga
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

Secretary of the Navy Paul
Morton has announced his inten-
ton to retire from President
Roosevelt's cabinet in the near
future. That is right. Morton
never should have been made a
member of the Cabinet. He is
doubtless an able man as his pre-
vious service to the railroad
proves. His past railroad his
tory and his present favorable in
clinations toward these corpora
lions put him out Of harmony
with the Presidents expressed
ideas as to the proper regulation
of railroads. In reform admin
istration Morton is as much of a
misft as a Republican Congress.
White County Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

When wealth is lost nothing is
lost. when health is lost some
thing is lost, when character is
lost all is lost. Elk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

Governor La Toilette of Wis
consin has got his railway rate
commission bill beyond danger
and after he clinches it with his
signature willresign as Governor
to 90 into the United States
Senate to help push through the
President : rate legislation
Mighty useful man. La Toilette.
and pity It's he cannot spread
himself around a bit more where
most needed. r. Wayne Sen
tinel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

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bes and Brgh,'s Disease. which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
Or. Kilmers Swamp-Root Is rot rec
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who have not already tried il. may have
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When writing mention reading this generous
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Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blng 8 s s.ls - 80
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Don't make eny mistake. but iemem-
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~wamp-Rooi and the address. Bingham
ton, y. ~, ou cry bottle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

sTWork is rapidly processing
on the building of the Ice and
Cold Storage Co.. and Secretary
Wilson tells Us that they will be
ready for business by July LIST.
sU-NeXt Tuesday May 30th is
Decoration day. a day set apart
10 commemorate the death of the
fallen heroes of the civil war
Will the same be observed i'm
Jasper? Are any preparations
made for any suitable celebra
tons? We are not in formed
of any. the question Whynot.
prevails?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

Advert sers in The CoUR ER are
capturing the trade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

3 rrrt Ncof.
the great Kidney 6vcr
and Bladder remedy.
his the great medi-
caltriumph u the nine
teenis century dis
covered after years Of
scientific research ty
Or. Knmer, the emf
neni kidney and bad
der spe ciahst. and is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26

The Earl of Suffolk, who has
an American wife, has learned ia
sing America without making q
single mistake A commendable
accomplishment, truly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-05-26
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Amos, everybody vs.
papers IS sure 10 kn fai
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offer IN this paper and
send your address 10
Or. Kilmer & Co. Blng-
harnion. N. Y. The
regular fifty cen, and
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Notice To Non Residents

he state ~ Indiana Dub ! Colniy
la the Dubos Clrc lii Comt Jun,
T.rm IONS
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

II IS safe to say that thousands OF
work horses are injured by kindness.
The owner thinks that because ms
team ia worked hard it ought 10 De
heavily fed. but he forgets that II Is
not what a horse eats, but what II
digests. that counts. This is especiaiiy
the case in summer, when there -
much field work to be done and HUE
time In which to do it,
The horse hurries home, not ano
weary Is given all he can hog. ana
goes out to the watering trough, where
he fills up with water, and goes on 10
| work again. First of all, his stomach
was not in a fit condition for the To
cention of food. The fatigued, not,
sweaty horse can not digest food he
needs a rest first, and then a drink o.
water which passes through his stom'
ach and stays in the large intestines
If he first eats grain, and then aranh'
water the food is largely washed gu
nv the water. and passes to tne slia,
and large intestines. in which sucl
food is not digested. but decomposes
gives up gas. and thus sets up NOR
or less disturbance and distress'-
Farm and Fireside.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13

The first duty of the farmer Is 10
nrovide food. clothing and shelter for
his family. his next duty to properly
feed and protect his stock, and ms
third TO care for and keep fertile tne
soil which he works. Most men VIII
do the first. only a few are remiss in
regard TO the second, but there is
raft of sinners concerning the third
Men go on year after year plowing tns
same old fields. sowing the same ola
crops and growing the same old WEEDS
seemingly unable to realize or else IN
diGerent to the fact that their iano
is wearing out. Forty bushels o.
wheat to the acre have been grown
in England upon soil which mas
been cultivated by man for a thou
sand years, but it was not accom-
nlished after the way Ut the gran
growers land piracy of these modern
times. Rotation, fertilizing with clio
yer and manure. seasons OF rest II
pasture and weed destruction mus. o.
adopted as farm policy II the ier'ih',
| of the soil of even these feruie pra
r;es of The northwest is to De main
tained.-The Home Friend.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13
FARMER NDPLANTER.
THE COTTON SITUATION.
r.n,vt.. Cash and share, Are . bts
Factor I'm the Cotton ne
ductfon Plan.

Reports indicate that there VIII De
nearIv three times as many bushels
of whaet for sale in the spring OF lsoo
as at the same time in 1904.
1t pays farmers AS well as poultry
fenc,ers TO change their breeding COCK
ereis each year. 1t improves the ooch
ard also helps to strengthen the neaith
aro CROWN of the young stock.
Martin V. Calvin, secretary OF the
Georgia Agricultural society, IN ois-
GUESSING the cotton situation, says:
"In seeking to wheel into line all the
cotton producers, the tenants must MOI
he overlooked. There are two classes
of ,enants-cash tenants and snare
tenants.
..The cash tenants are on footns
with the land-owning cotton proauc'
ers. that is, they plant what tne,
please: they can not be dictated 10 W
the landlord; they must be appeaie'
to Just as you would appeal to the mel
from whom they rent
"Share tenants sustain relation
! shin to the landlord exactly the revers
Of cash tenants. The landlord ca
. nrescribe the acreage which such ten
J ants shall plant in cotton. corn e''
Usually. he makes no requirements e
I cent as to cotton. He contents mn
3 self with fixing the minimum produ
y ton.
In the crisis now upon the souu
o this order must be changed. A Inn
. must be set for share tenants In
D is absolutely necessary for the rease
e that they produce considerable pr
r portion of the crop. !,
g For example: According 10 =
ID first cotton estimate sent out py
b government. the eight strictly cot.
&c states produced in 1904 II, OBS, 200 pai'
a II is a matter of interest ana imp'
IN lance to know the factorsnip Oh sh'
10 tenants in that aggregate
ei In order to compass this slluau'
en- we must know the ground. Here II
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13
LITTLE TOO PREcocious
Small Miss Was Somewhat in Al
rance of the Necessary 10
quirements.

Arson Phelps Stokes. Jr:, the secretary
of the Yale corporation, takes Z prolVSn rs
interest in children, says the New iorS
Tribune. Talking with an undergraduates
be said the other Gay: = ,,;..
.Chjldren should be modest, shy, quiet.
That tyne of child is apt to turn ous
better in the end than the Gle yer, talks-
: broader. nobler mind. The takat,yc
and precocious type is apt to be SHALLOW.
"For my part. / should hessfan 70
oromise much for the future OF 60 pre-
coc;ous a youngster as one IN quincy
Adams that | heard of last week:
aThis Quincy Adams child, httie girl
of seven or eight years, stood one Jay
| before closed gate 49, rhs
"a gentleman passed slowiy- Ine
little eirI turned and said to him:
"fNiA you please open tins gaze io'
mey a. ra.n \. amid
kindly: a., ., ~,
s because said the little girl, IN
paints not dry yet. Look At yoe
| hands,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-05-13
For the purpose Of showing tne

For the purpose OF showing 'ne
part played by owners, cash .ehsn.'
and share tenants in cotton produc-
ton we take the crop Of 1904. me re-
cults In a few states will be suf1cient
for the object in view:
"Alabama-Bales produced by own
ers of farms. Sal, 900; by cash tenants
4a5 900: by share tenants, 312.ooo.
.Georgia-Bales produced by owners
of farms. 707, coo; by cash tenants
4ss 900. by share tenants. 5s4, 600.
North Carolina-Bales produced py
owners of farms. 357 1000; by cash Ten
ants "a 900: by share tenants. lso.ovV.
"south CaroIina-Bales produced py
| owners of farms, 100000; by casn zen
ants. 4o3 900: by share tenants z'o'ooo'
"Texas-Bales produced by owners
oe farms. 1905 900: by cash tenants
2,s 600: by share tenants, l,26s.ooo.
aThe sum of it is that share tenants
nroduce "a per cent. of the cotton o
the FIVE states Just named Tnese ten
ants must be brought into line. Du
the landlord. in requiring a reduction
| of cotton acredSe, rhouiu -
concessions in the matter OF rent L
cut acreage means much to share ten
ants for they plant Is to 50 per cent
;ns,ead of the traditional and custom
arv sa1s per cent. of their land in CO.
ton The proposed reduction in u
I quantity OF fertilizers sused VIII ne
p disturb them in the least; they MAJ
e the reduction at the very outset Co
Of production does not cause them To-
of sleep.
y while the landlords are getting u
}, share tenants into line on cotton aci
N age their interests demand that TN
N look to the matter of larger qua
Ut tiiy of fertilizers per acre under co
&c and other supply crops. II TINS
n sone. the result will be a reveiau
&c to share tenants.
Landlords will protect their own
ed saving their land from utter exna.
s. ton. if they will see to 1t, IN cu.ll
In cotton acreage, that they make IL
he dean as TO authorize and require ne'
If ,er fertilization Of each acre with
il Wow to proft and to the betterment
fs the land. This can be done ana
lst conform to the New Orleans sust
Lck fiou."
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hundreds Of years ago: Praise ieIge
farms. but cultivate small one This
matter OF large farms, many portions
of which are neglected by our farmers
should receive much consideration.
The cheapness of land in this country
is one cause of this. Many farmers
buy more land than they can properly
till The result is slovenly style OF
conducting agricultural operations In
almost any county in any state close
| observer may see numerous orcnaros
festooned with caterpillar-webs ana
scorched by canker-worms- He VIII
SEQ the fields covered with daisies ana
poldenrod. while the roadsides are dec
GRATED with Canada thistles, and rem
dered dangerous by sumacs and dog
wood or other noxious and trouble
some plants. The cause OF TINS Is tna'
the farmer has undertaken too much'
He should give proper attention to MS
. roadsides. Neighboring farmers have
, a right to demand that he shall mo-
make his farm a nuisance to them o,
converting il into seed-bed and nnr
: \ Sofv Tor lneSe Ntcuo onu 'AAA-~
so that they are constantly supplies
!, with fresh accessories, no matter nov
! mren pains they may take to kee
: their own farms clean and clear.
: A rotation of crops is, of course, dc
:, sirable. No crop should be piante
- twice in succession on the sam
= ground. 1t is difficult to understan
why a farmer should be content
= make ten dollars an acre raising
unavoidable crop, when by prop'
. management he could make one tho'
- sand dollars an acre raising onion
for instance. 1t is estimated that fro
h one thousand to fifteen hundred bus
a, els of onions can be raised on o.
a. acre and often much more under go
on culture. Asparagus, which is extren
- Iy healthful, and which was favor
dish of some OF the greatest OF
10 Roman emperors, yields nearly o
ha Thousand dollars an acre when PR
~ erlv cultivated. Why is 1t that
&c cultivation of crops like these is
or much neglected by our farmers! 4
,ra cultivation of celery. cabbage, pea
tomatoes. carrots. peas, lettuce. cal
., flower and beets will all pay ma
,s, somely If careful attention is gwen
- the best methods of raising tnen
Henry Hardwicke. in Dixie FARMER