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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-21
Child Saves a Train.

Altoona. Pa-Little Wallace Moore
aged eight, barefooted and ragged the
son OF farmer living near Osceola
l3 miles southeast of here. with rare
presence of mind for one Of his years
saved a passenger train on the Tyrone
division of the Pennsylvania railroad
from certain disaster and probably
prevented injury. ii not death, to 12S
passengers
The lad. while nlaying about the
railroad tracks which run near his
home. noticed that a switch leading TO
a spur. at the end OF which was an
embankment. had been opened
Fastening to clear stretch of road
he stationed himself in the middle Of
the tracks and breathlessly awaited the
approach OF the train. He swung his
arms. and grabbing his hat, waved 1t
madly. Engineer Franks became
alarmed when the boy showed no signs
OF leaving the track. and quickly APP
plying the emergency brakes stopped
the train within a few feet of where
the boy was standing.
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Old Couple Divorced After Living To-
gether for Thirty Seven Years.
HAD NOT SPOKEN SINCE .S4
Uncle Ham" and Aunt Julia Gr,lbbs Re.
fused TO Settle Their Long standing Diff
ferences and Courts Separate Them
at the Old Lady's Request-The
Parents of Six Children

them over Uncle Ham came out OF
The house and agreed wita the peddlel
that they were tho hAcst geese In all In.
diana
What dye want for theme asked
the peddler
Uncle Ham named his price. good
round figure, that was more than the
market value Of the geese and enough
70 add a pretty penny 10 the bank &C.
count that was growing most encourag
iugly year after year.
The bargain was closed just as Mrs
Grubbs appeared IN the farmhouse door
say what's that man want with ny
geese Ham," She called
Hes buyin en-, shouted back her
husband. ITS all right. mother. lie S
paying all they re worth"
Sow don't you do no such a thing
Ham Grubbs" cried Mrs. Grubbs aur-
rying down 10 The shade of the tree uu-
der which Uncle Ham and the poddler
were driving their bargain 1--WE been
a-savin those geese for their down.
I'm a-goln 10 make feather beds out
Of H."
Now see here. julie expostulated her
husband, this man IS paying a good
stiu sum for these here geese. and we
can raise more Of them Besides /
never slept under feather bed and /
never will"
Well. Ham Grubbs," retorted his
wife, holly, y have and I'm a-goin to
do it again don't care what you do,"
han" Grubbs wanted the addition
to his bank account; his wife wanted the
feather beds One hasty word led to
another and it ended by Mrs Grubbs
houncing back 10 the farmhouse and
the pcddler carrying OF the geese, for
which he paid the farmers price
When Ham" Grubbs got back 10 the
house he found his wife still indignant
There were more words. and then Uncle
Ham said something which never
should have been said
Vow Never to Speak Again.
III never speak 10 you again." de-
clared Mrs. Grubbs
All right retorted her husband,
do as you like "
All the children heard the quarrel
Those old enough TO understand began
to cry Husband and wife realized that
their sudden determination never to
speak again might result IN a broken
home and distress to the six little ones
Don't worry about them, Ham
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act of fastening her veil. Miss Sim
mons received the telegram. which
read:
Have gone away. VIII never see
you again"
Miss simmons. It is said. saw Roser
several days before the date set for the
wedding, at which time all OF tho de-
tails were arranged. She sent invita-
tons TO $50 friends. and they were
assembling when the telegram arrived
at the expected brides home.
She burst into tears, but later decid-
ed not to let anything interfere with
the pleasure OF her guests She read
the telegram to them. and then or
dered the dancing to begin. Roser was
apparently soon forgotten. except by
two OF Miss simmons brothers. who
are determined to interview him.
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table with their SIX cklisrsE, but never
a word was spoken between them. The
father labored increasingly and well.
making his farm better and better and
gradually adding 20 his wealth until
to-day he owns the farm all free and
clear and has $4,000 cast in the bank
Meanwhile the mother was doing her
share Of the work She made the
children's clothes. saw that they went
To school. kept the house as spotless as
hard work and plenty OF soap and wa
ter could do II. made the beds. cooked
the meals and made The butter and
cheese. Not thing that the most
loving OF wives could do 10 add to her
husband 5 worldly goods was left I'M
done.
But never word did they speak.
Elias Intervention Unavailing.
One by one the children grew up tin
only little Ella was left. Two went to
Kansas, two to Illinois and one to
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Nh'4L LOOhEb lhhOObt a HEM
sad and memorable day he went to see
her. She gave him tea.
Its ripping OF you TO come" she
said. because I'm feeling humpy and
miserable I'm now going to bore you
with my unhappy tale"
i've had a blow. too said Cecil.
but you bore away first
well. I'm going % give up painting
It's too expensive.
But my good Mari. what ever"
I'm going TO Gey -e my undoubtes
genius exclusive TO black and white
work
There's no opening for real genius.
said Cecil sententiously.
20. don't say that, Cecil dear, Tread
your stories in the Lampllght. Why
is she always called Ethel?'
Il once knew girl called Ethel" be-
gan Cecil
so that you know there is such a
name | see"
But you've read the last one I'm
afraid The papers gone smash 1t
a1 W Nv COut4
stand the strain"
20. am sorry ! suppose it's bun
kered your"
1T has. II was a regular $40 weekly.
you see'
Yes. Well. I've got an idea MIR.
Travers was saying that some maya
zines are glad to buy illustrated stories
all complete. Let's go into partner
ship There are two rooms below this
that you might take. and wen write
and draw beautiful stories all day"
After little discussion the thing was
arranged. A month later the partner
ship got 10 work
NOW" said Maud. Eve got a lot OF
drawings knocking about and we might
az EN- in TO some Of your old stories.
is pity 10 waste them"
Cecil looked through them.
lay" he said. after Bit "thsss Are
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Ohio where they married and pros
pered. Ella at home became the in
termediary between her father and
mother. Every effort of hers at get
ting them to forget the past was an
utter failure Whenever there were
any matters Of importance TO be con-
sidered it was Ella who was spokes-
woman for the two years A few days
ago Ella had her twenty-frst birthday
and decided to leave home. So the
agreement between husband and wife
was ended. Mrs Grubbs made up her
mind TO live there no more. but to go
10 the home of one of her sons in Hi
nois who had sided with her in the
long quarrel.
Ella told this news TO the old man
Ham Grubbs is So now. and his
wife is 60 He protested vigorously.
The fact that he never spoke TO his
wife, nor she 10 him had become sec
ond nature to him and he couldn't see
how he was going TO get along with
out her 10 do the housework. He said
she couldn't go: who would take her
place?
This was the last straw
Mrs. Grubbs decided TO sue for d.
vorce. Papers were served on Grubbs
in which he was charged VITA cruel
and inhuman treatment. and alleging
that he had cursed his wife In the
presence OF their children. and had
said other things TO her which no good
husband would say TO his wife. There
was a hearing before Judge George Z.
Downey He investigated and found
that there was absolutely no hope OF
reconciliation between them, though
the quarrel was 21 years old. So the
decree was granted. and a judgment
of $1,000 alimony was granted. which
the old man promptly paid.
Mrs Grubbs has gone to her sons
home now. Uncle Ham remains at
the old homestead. where he VOWS he
will end his days alone. And there
is now no prospect whatever Of bring
ing the old couple together ever again
as all Miller township knows.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-21
xIsFERMAN's LUCK.
Preparing his pen with the greatest % care

Preparing his pen with the srea est ~ care
While others were sratchlng "a wink.
poet sat down Ia the gray Of the dawn,
To fish IL a bottle OF Ink
He thought Of tie sportsmen who fished
there before.
Immortal forever 10 be.
lie knew OF tie beauties which swan In
It's murH
And rigged Up his tackle with gee
sl,very srnsef flashed up from the deep
And vanisned away from bis sight
A ballad md rondeau each nibb!ed and
went.
But stiM he had never bite.
His rod nearly broke with heavy blank
verse
But failure again was his fate.
Tho size Of the fellows who al. got away
! hesitate here 20 relate
The sun. marching up from the east 70 the
west
Looked down on the angler istraught.
Then sank 70 its rest while the poet cult
work
And this 10 NE minnow he caught
M Landbur 81 Wilson. In y Y sun.
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Lawrenceburg Ind one Of the odd
est divorce cases cNor tried In this coun-
try was recently decided by Judge
George L. Dowuoy ID This county
The principals ID TINS strange case
were aged G5 and 60 years respectively,
the man being the senior The couple
were married 81 years ago but though
obey had lived together constantly all
of that time. and had raised family Of
six children. they had not spoken to
each other for y years.
such is the peculiar ending ~ the
romance OF Uncle Ham and Aul, Julia
Crubbs.
The neighb0rs who hoped INC breach
OF d years would be- healed by time are
more than disappointed. Aunt Julia
Gruhbs has secured her divorce from her
husband Uncle Hamilton Grubbs and
$4,000 alimouy. and has left forever the
family home 10 which she lived for 30
years They quarrclcd in 1881. from
shat dag 10 this they have never eN-
changed word though they have oe-
clnied the same house and have eaten
three times a day al the same table.
N8W lti s too late 20 make up
The Romance
Forty years ago everybody In Moore
Hl distric, knew that Ham Gruhhs
was sweet on julie Harris lie was a
lkcly young farmer then and good
Eat and Julia Harris was the prettiest
girl IN the county Ham courtcd
julie" and he distaaced all the other
young fellows in the district and mar
Red the girl on May 81 1865
1 was a jolly wedding and the coun-
try folks came from miles around to help
he happy pair TO celebrate Rev Ben
iamin Plummer. one Of the old-tme
yiergymen OF the Methodist Episcopal
church In southeast err Indiana. tied the
knot and wished the young couple
happiness. long life and prosperity
They have had the long life and prosper
ity all right but hardly the happiness.
though six children have blessed the
union and never a death has lessened
the home circle
More than heir share OF the worlds
goods came their way. Uncle Ham.
a. by came to be known throughout
Miller 'nwnship. was hard worker and
mighty smart farmer Gradually he
.nased his holdings until he was the
owner of 10 of the best acres in all the
township He had the fines house the
nasf head Of stock. the best up-to date
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implements and the handsomest wife in
all the country Everybody envied
Uncle Ham" AMI Aunt julie"
For Is yeare everything ran on
smoothly enough The years brought
more prosperity and more children. I'M
til in 1884 little Ella, last Of the flock.
was born. And she was still in her
mothers arms when the trouble came.
Start of the Quarrel
II was a trining incident-this quar-
rel Of II years aao-that ended all the
peace and comfort of husband and wife
aud made them never to speak to each
other again.
A peddler CHANGED along one sum
mer's afternoon driving his cart. says
special to the New York World which
explains the quarrel He spied fine
hock OF geese of which Uncle Ham"
was very proud. and be stopped 10 look
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-21
MENELIk'S PRIZE TOWN.
It Is Composed Principally Of Tents
and Rude ouiclxly-Con-
structed Huts.

Prof. Rosen. a member Of the Gets
man mission to Abyssinia, writes: This
population Of Adis-Abeba. which this
Emperor Menelik has established on
four narrow hills. is estimated at So.
600, but is probably much higher. Not
more than about 200 Of the inhabitants
live in houses: all the rest use tents or
huts. which are quickly and easily
erected at any point that may be chosen
As the groups of tents are generals
surrounded by open grass land. and
three deep. rocky gorges intersect the
town. the whole has more the appear
ance of an improyised camp. Indoleni
men sit by thousands In front OF theii
dirty huts and lazily watch the grazins
mules; women, in dirty, flowing gar
ments. YEARLY carry water FROM the
muddy brook in heavy jars up the steep
path leading from the bottom NJ the
ravine. There are hardly a dozer
shops; there is only one small inn. What
strikes US as most wonderful and most
inconvenient is the lack OF any system
OK coinage: small amounts are paid with
cartridges or sticks of rock salt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-21
WOOED HIS OWN DAUGHTER
Just Before Wedding Was to Take
Place Swiss Discovered Her
Identity.

Geneva. Switzerland remarkable
love tragedy has come TO light in the vii
lage of Appenzell. which for unique fea-
lures is hard to duplicate
Nearly 20 years ago a young Swiss
commercial traveller named Mueller de-
serted his wife and infant daughter and
emigrated to Mexico where be succeed
ed in amassing a considerable fortune.
His wife died. and the little girl was
adopted by farmer named Schloss.
The child assumed his name and was
generally regarded in the district as the
farmers own daughter.
A year ago her father. who called him
self llfelder after leaving his native
country, sold out his business in Mex
leo and returned 10 Appenzell lie was
informed. and naturally believed. that
both his wife and child were dead.
Later he met his daughter. and. irnor-
ant OF her identity fell in love with her.
She is now nearly 20 years old, while
he is A.
For four months the returned wan
derer wooed the girl with her consent.
IL was only when ne asked the approval
Of Farmer Schloss that he learned the
girls history. and recognized that he
had won the hand OF his own daughter
Rushing from the house. he travelled
at once TO Bale. whence he wrote to the
farmer. confessirg everything. and
placing $4,000 TO the girls credit in a
Zurich bank Nothing more has been
heard OF him. and his daughter is heart
broken.
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A Demand for Feathers.

A London dealer in such wares last
year received from India the skins Of
5000 birds OF paradise to adorn the hats
OF the feather-wearing British women
and to meet the export need. At the
same time he got about half a million
humming bird skins and an equal mum.
Der OF those of various other tropical
birds There is an auction room in Lon
don where such things are sold. and its
recent record for third Of year was
slose TO a million skins. all told. coming
mainly from the East and West Indies
and Brazil
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ting into groove.
Cecil Haverstone earned precer iOus
living by writing for the papers. Most
~ he made his money with a certain
sort Of sentimental tale that one paper
in particular was always glad 20 have.
In this tale a lady and gentleman Of
good appearance talked agrceably about
things. and at the fifteen huudredth
word the gentleman proposed and was
accepted Cccils chief difficulty was
the finding Of different name for his
hero each week The heroines name
was always Ethel (Cocilhad once been
fitted by girl named Ethel. she was
now doing penance in his stories. and
shose who would could READ between the
lines.) There was nothing brutally d.
rect about these weekly offers Of mar
riage; no blunt Il love YOU" ltneed-
ed an Ethel with two months previous
experience TO understand that this real
ly was a declaration. One week 1t would
end:
And you? said Clarence, with a
world Of meaning in his tone
Ethel looked down.
81 wonder what Jim Will say, she
murmured"
Next week:
$3.50 I'm going to Brixton,' he
finished lamely
Ethel raised her beautiful eyes to
his
Don't 60. Reginald she whis-
pered."
So Reginald stayed. and the proprie-
tors Of the Lamplight forwarded check
for $40 to Mr. Cecil Haverstone and
begged him TO present it within fort
night. Which invariably he did
who had a studio downtown. On one
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-21
TILTED ON WEDDING DAY.
While Putt'ag On Veil Philadelphia
Girl Receives Telegram from
Recreant Man.

Philadelphia. A telegram f.0m The
man she expected 10 marry within
an hour, announcing that he would not
put In an appearance al the wedding
did not prevent the reyel Of the guests
invited 70 the ceremony BY Miss Cath
crime simmons
The wedding was 10 have taken place
on South Chadwick street and the
house had been nicely furnished by
Miss Simmons and Charles Roser. her
betrOthed.
Roser was engaged 20 Miss Simmons
for long time The wedding was to
have occurred the other evening. and
neighbors declare that while she was
preparing for il. in fact in the very
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-21
Gambler Ate His Boots.

ST. Petersburg "A Moscow man made
. curious wager. AS against 500 roubles
bet by his opponent he agreed to eat his
bots If Russia did not force Japan to
sue for peace last summer lie lost. and
he carried cut his agreement. Cutting
a small strip daily from his footwear he
masticated and swallowed IT. II took
him nearly five months to complete the
operation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-21
Sermon by Signs.

The bishop of st. Adams preached a
sermon recently In London church
for the deaf and dumb. BY his side
81 GOD curate who thoroughly under
stands the sign language With nimble
fingers he translated the sermon sen.
tence by sentence to the large congre-
cation OF mutes.
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Grubbs." snapped his wife III stay
here In the same house with you till
every one OF them Is grown up. and
then we can see what Wen do. But
don't you speak to me.
"All right, won't" answered
Ham" Grubbs. and from that moment
to this they have never exchanged a
word
Soon the neighborhood gossips heard
all aboG. Uncle Ham and Aunt
Julie" agreeing never to speak again.
They wondered a little. but made up
their minds that time would bring
about reconciliation. and that all
would be we'll Instead, the breach
widened.
AS the children grew Older they be-
gan to take sides This only served
10 make matters worse. Day after day
husband ano VIE alta at the same
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Topeka. Kahn order to save her
fathers crop Of wheat from ruin by ,ha
rains which we're threatening. pretty
Mabel Huston, the lsyear-cid daugh-
ter of a Saline county farmer. dstrib-
uted kisses and hugs as prizes among
the harvest hands who did the most
work In the day When night came The
whea, was out of danger from the rain,
which shortly followed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-21
beware OF Them

No modern grass widow 10 inclined -
run to haysesd-
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THE LITERARY
PARTNERSHIPS
Il , a. A. MIL ~ Z

+ HE story of Maud and Cecil is in
structiye. 1t shows the folly OF get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
Forfeited His Collateral.

Considerable excitement was created at
the Randolph Cafe, 1904 G street. last
Tuesday, attracting a large crowd of by
ISLANDERS to the place, by a fight between
several employees of the cafe and Irwin
Hollander. warrant was sworn out by
Mrs. Georgia Deland. proprietress of the
cafe, for the arrest Of Hollander, and he
was apprehended by the police and left $40
collateral for his appearance in the Police
Court this morning. When the case was
called he was found to have forfeited the
money.
According to the police a man named
Stahl, living at this place, died, and his
effects, valued at SIS, We're taken charge
of by the police without getting a writ of
replevin Hollander went to the place to
take away the furniture.
Mrs. Deland ordered the man out of the
house, saying he had no business there. He
refused to go, 1t is alleged, and the head
waiter was called. The latter tried to lead
the man out of the house, but there was
opposition. Finally. it is alleged, the head
waiter was hit several times. 1t is also al
legged that the woman was roughly pushed
aside. The defendant was finally put out
of the place by force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
,Anacostia and Vicinity.

The Guiding Star Mission Band of the Car
den Memorial Presbyterian Church, Minne-
sofa avenue, Anacostia, gave a pleasing en-
tertainment last Tuesday evening for the
benefit of home and foreign mission. A Moth
er Goose comedy was one of the features, the
cast being as follows: Miss Muffet, Esther
GUIDE; Mrs. Spratt, Esther Simpson; Jack
Spratt, James Quinn; King Cole, Walter
Simpson. Others who contributed to the
evenings entertainment were Marie GUIDE,
Margaret Quinn. Lily Butler, Nina Leely,
Richard Swindells, Roy Easter Alexander
Garden, jr., and William Garden.
At the conclusion of the entertainment
Mr. Richard Swindells, on behalf of the
mission band, presented gold clock to
Miss jeanne Davidson, who for many years
has been at the head of the organization,
and who is about to depart for Scotland.
church also gave token of remembrance
which was presented by Mrs. NJ. Porter
Smell.
The following pastors are absent in at
tendance upon the sessions of the eighty
eighth annual meeting of the Baltimore
conference of the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church at Cumberland, Md: Rev.
r. T. Queen, pastor of Allan's A. NJ. E.
Chapel, Garfield Rev. j. A. Warner, pas
tor Campbell A. NJ. E. Chuch, Nichols ave-
nue., Hillsdale, and Rev. Frank P Lewis,
pastor of ST. PauIs A. M. e. Church, Wash
ington, and a citizen of this place.
There was another enjoyable concert yes
terday afternoon at st. Elizabeths Asylum
by the band of the hospital for the amuse-
ment Of the patients.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-05
MEMORIAL TO GEN. LEE.
Tribute by Confederate Veterans As
ISOLATION of Washington.

Confederate Veterans Association, Camp
III, u. c. ", has arranged to hold a me-
mortal service fer their dead leader, Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, the evening of May Is. The
service will be held in Confederate Veteran
Hall and prominent speakers will be pres
emit. Members of the local chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, Southern
Relief Society and Sons Of Confederate Vet
Grams will be invited. These plans were
decided upon at meetingGof Camp Ill In
their hall last evening. and Capt. William
A. Gordon, Gen. L. L. Lomax and Maj.
Robert w. Hunter were put in charge of
the arrangements.
The District of Columbia Division. United
Daughters of the Confederacy, and the
Robert E. Lee Chapter have passed resolu-
tons of sympathy for the family of Gen.
F1tzhugh Lee, and copies signed by the
oh1cers have been sent to the family.
To take charge of the memorial exercises
at Arlington on June over the dead con-
federate comrades buried there the follow
ing committee was appointed last night:
Capt John M. Hickey, Mr.. Finley Harris,
Maj. "A. Med. Darlington. Mai Albert
Akers and Mr.. ]. F. Hartigan
Mr.. Edwin P. Jones was named as dele
gate from Camp III to the United Confed-
crate veterans reunion to be held at Louis
vile on June IA, Is and 16