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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23
TRIALS OF A BIOLOGIST 7.
His Precious Specimens Surrept-
tiously Disposed Of by a Con-
scienceless Carrier.

Prof. W. c. Hayes, Of the geological
survey. was talking in Washington
about the trials OF geologisto, states the
Buffalo Enquirer
did you ever hear Of the geolosist
in New Hampshire?' he asked. We'll,
there was a g%eologist who spent a long
hot summer day in Croydon gathering
specimens Of the very odd New Hamp.
shire rock formation to be found there,
and late in the afternoon he hired q
boy TO carry the heavy bag back TO
Newport for him. The boy exhibited
to a friend that night a h%alf-dollar and
the friend said e%nviously:
Where did you get that?
81 made IT,. was the answer.
How did you make it?'
"'You know that there man that
was working all day with a littl'
hammer hereabouts, chipping off pieces
OF rock and putting them into a leathe.
bag?'
Yes
"'Well. he asked me to carry his
bag for him to the Newport hotel. and
he gave me so cents for the job
well, It was worth It. Must have
been pretty heavy, carryin' all then
rocks four miles
"'Do you think | carried them rocks
all the way?' he said. NO, sir. |
emptied the bag before startin'. and
just filed 1t outside the hotel"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23
BARTLEY'S|
VACATION

M r. hartley stretched his long
IlI legs and yawned dismally.
Gee. he said. but | do feel rocky
q morning.
~ am afraid, dear" said Mrs. Bart
ley with tender solicitude, that you
a. not we'll
We'll? OF COURSE I'm not well. How
can a fellow be we'll with this ever
LASTING grind going on from morning
tal nieht9 What | need is a vacation.
mt could just get a rest for a few
DAYS ia pick up and be all right
laln."
swell" suggested Mrs BARLEY. art
why don't you take it,"
Iaka it? echoed BARLEY. with
rasc intensity. If you knew the
you wouldn't ask that. Catch
tm letting a follow have a day of!
Nay he's a typical skinfint. He'd
elad a chap into powder in order TO
extract the last spark Of energy.
THAT Is the kind Of man I am working
tr. yet you ask me why l don't take
: vacation. Maybe If | was dead he'd
iat me of for a few days. with full
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23
Graying Hair.

Sage tea Is very good for hair that
Is turning prematurely gray. Make a
strong brew with the pressed leaves
or. better still, make a sage extract.
Get four ounces OF the dried leaves and
put in a pint Of alcohol and a pint OF
rainwater. let stand for a week. agi-
tating occasionally. Then strain
through muslin. Retain the leaves and
with them put two quarts OF water.
boil down TO one quart. mix II with
the extract and add a dram OF tincturs
Of c~antharides. Apply with small
brush and rub well into .he scalp--
Nine. Qu vivs>
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23
SIS RArALYE.
Hh., r.lny-sreener shoots the grass

rmhaa TafuN ~kfttAtf hIootn the grass
'Ara blooms the cherry tree.
And children laugh by glittering brooks,
wild with the ecstasy
Of bursting spring. with twittorlng bird
And hum or honey bee
"els Rapalycg' my spirit shouts.
And size Is here with me.
A. laugh the children, 80 her laush
uaurts an the Atmosphere
usr song Is ln the brooks refrain,
Ier elal eyes. flashing clear.
Arr M me morning dcws, her speech
"a melody 80 dear,
Tro buebirl triils; isis Rapalye-
1 hoarl-I hear,-l hear!'
tr4in in races. al Recess"
$50 her braided hair
q .s rait me as ] stay 20 IN
NOR straw has. fallen there.
I'll, school bell sounds a vibrant pang
81, heart can hardly bear
Yot etitl she lcuds-Sis Rapalye-
Ana leads me every where.
Now j ann oid-yet she remains
Ile sclfsame child Of ten
Cav. gallant little girl to race
On INTO Heaven thenl
Ytt gallant. gay Sis Hanaiye-
In blossom time and when
Tf, trees and grasses bcckon her
comes back 70 as again.
~ So. however long since youth
Whose raptures Wild ana free
AL SO mans heart may cialm 10 more
! Wth more Than memory
Isiarc The springs own JOY that brings
Afy boyhood back 20 me
Wan laughter. blossoms. singing birds,
and sweet Sis Rapalye.
-Janes WhitcomD Riley, in Golfers
Weekly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23

pay but nothing short OF that would
tou his stony heart"
'p Fred. don't" she said. 1T breaks
~ heart 70 hear you talk about dying.
! can't stand IL. You really ought to
saF at home to-day"
know | ought" assented BARLEY,
i-I I'm going to do it, too. no mat
tf what comes of IT. I'll telephone
Gown That I'm sick. Perhaps If | get
oD' in The fresh air for a few hours
ie able % fight of this spell Of
that / feel is imminent"
At ten o'clock Mr. BARLEY tele-
pl9ued TO the Office the news Of his
sudden in%disposition; later he carried
pe' tine rest Of his programme by re-
pairing to the frozen lakes OF Central
paris. where he hoped to imbibe gen
till5 doses of natures own tonic as
lA antidote 70 the insidious p~oisons
3e.nantng in his system. The next
ins he got to the Office ten min
AHs ahead OF time. The head clerk
~" him come and called him over to
III desk.
You've done It now. BARLEY" he
Saa You might as well have saved
Yourself the trouble OF coming down
''-.ay. You're not needed any long.
Ell"
Who said so?"
ne boss. tie told me to tell you
Nhen you came in to-day"
hartley leaned against the desk
weakly. rs that straight" he asked.
straightest thing in the world. lie
sailed me IN yesterday and asked
apoat you. You know the boss. He
doesn't waste any words. BARLEY not
lcfe today he said. told him you
were sick. Very WE'LL said he.
When he m tomorrow tell him
mat he Is not needed at present and
1e may extend his vacation until
The head clerk snapped his augers
sugsestiyely.
Il see, said Barley.
He added something about the
'5ta, said the head clerk. "but that"
But that" supplemented BARLEY.
'Sas only his way OF letting a fellow
hy inches. What he really meant
s@ that I've been fred"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23
SIMPLE EVENING WAIST.
With a Medium Low-Neck and Built
on Surplice Order IT Isvery
Pleasing.

Cream satin nerve is used for this
simple blouse The fronts are gaugedo on
the shoulders and are opsn t form a
V in front, the edge being trimmed
with deep ecru guipure insertion that
Is carried down the left side OF the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23

There is no doubt that a proportion
of nurses, whose training is unim.
peachable, do not dress as trinity as
they might when they are out-of-doors.
IL unqualified persons dishonor the
uniform by appropriating II without
right. those who are entitled to the
uniform should honor II by wearing II
becomlngly.- London Hospital.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23

"Self-opinionated? Well. shoult
say he IS. / never met anyone so dog
matte"
rs that SOP"
"Yes: why. he's positively tuli saos
matte. philadelphia Ledger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23
HINTS ABOUT BOOKS.
WHOLESOME FICTION AND HIS
TORY GIVE GIRLS IDEAS.

Pleasure and knowledge from Novels
Good Plan for History Study
"Most Of Us shockingly Ignorant
Of Things That Lie About U.s.
Business Girl Should Read Nature
Books-How 70 Deal with Each
Book to Make Reading 1t Profit
able.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23

waist. The sleeves are formed of a full
puff of nerve to the elbow, then a small
er pun Of spotted net, finished with deep
lace ruffies. Insertion Stimulates q
pointed cuff below the larger puff.
Materials required: -Four yards q
inches wide, 21s yards insertion, three
fourths yard net IS inches wide. three
yards lace.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23

A very wide and interesting field for
inquiry is presented to those who wish
20 read about our own country. All the
story Of this continent from its discov-
cry by Columbus L the present day is
filed with graphic and dramatic Incl
dents which are full OF excitement.
movement and charm. Every library
has shelves filed with fascinating litera-
ture, relating TO some part of the history
OF this new world. Let a girl take, if she
wishes. the history of her own state.
and whether she live in Massachusetts,
or Keotucky, Connecticut, New York or
Tennessee. she will find an immense
amount of profitable reading about the
people and the progress Of that peculiar
locality. Most Of us are ~shockingly ig-
norant of the things that lie about us.
Few Of US know very much about our
W great country. In a house filed
with books and occupied by intelligent
people, you shall easily find nobody able
10 give a list of the successive presi-
dents OF this nation from Washington to
Roosevelt. Girls cannot do better than
20 read American history.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23
different from the daily routine: an IN,

different from the daily routine: an IN.
terest that takes rs into a new world.
broadens our horizon and gives "a diff
ferent thoughts. knew a young woman
whose life was a oeaseless round OF
drudgery. II was her great delight now
and then 70 read Ruskin and Emerson.
"Nhat DO you get from those writers?"
! asked. "Oh, she said, u get beagti-
full words and beautiful thoughts, \ feel
ing Of the sky and Of space 10 breathe
Toll did not crush her. SGe could for
get II.
Those authors who give w inspiration
and courage and a broader view Of hui
man affairs. who make Us feel hat this
world is not all, that we are going on
to a grander life hereafter. are to us as
the angels Of God. Girls should not be
satisfied TO live on a low plane. They
want noble ideals. and these arc found
in the books Of great writers. II you
have to stand behind a counter and
measur tape and ribbon. il is a good
thing for you TO INd books about the
birds and the plants and the rocks and
the stars and the sea.
Mrs. Browning says: we get no
good by being ungenerous even TO a
book" Outside OF earnest and vigorous
study, the books that we go TO in our
intimate hours should not be approached
in a spirit Of bargaining. Books are
like friends; when we take them our
best. they give US their best in return.
Some Of Us spend so much time in hess
tating and deciding what books to read
that we end by reading none at all.
A certain degree OF courtesy should be
extended to every book. Read its title
page, make the acquaintance thus Cf its
author, always notice the name OF the
publisher. II the volume be one you
like. enter in blank book its name and
the date at which you began and finished
II, and copy any sentences or passages
that we're especially pleasing 20 you.
The girl who reads in this careful way
will be a good talker, will write a bright
letter, and will never suffer from loneli-
ness or solitude. She who loves books
need never fear an attack Of the blues.
and will not deteriorate mentally. nor
lose what she gained in the days when
she went TO school.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23

a girl who is st business all day. and
who has only her evenings in which to
read. must necessarily specialize. II
,he attempt to read in a desultory fash
ion, taking a book az ~haphazard from the
shelves. she will read to little purpose.
For every one Of us. 81 is n good thing
- havs soue outside interest. entirely
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23

An art critic prophesies that the nexe
movement Of European art which he
thinks has exhausted the possibilities os
ia ism may take the form of a return
% the principles ~enunciated By the Chi
iese ] 1000 years ago,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-23

r. hartley stretched his long
III legs and yawned dismally.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
LEXINGTON PREsBYTERY.
Interesting Meeting in the Sc
cond PRESBYTERIAN Church.

! Especial to Tho Times. Dispatchl
SrAUNTON,E VA. May 6.--The Presoy-
terry Of Lexington met in the Second Pres
byterian Church here Tuesday and was
opened with sermon by the Rev j.
Spencer Smith. Rev. II. A. Young was
chosen moderator and Rev: y: T.. SBaliou
and Elder Or. Kerr, OF Miiiboro tenn
porary clerks.
ciated Reformed presbyterian Church. was
invited to a seat ms a visiting brother. The
Rev. DR.. Finley was added 70 the Com
nlittee OF Home Missions. Revs. B. r.
Wilson, D. D., and r. r. Steele were re-
Z ceived into the Presbytery.
Pastors called: DR.. B. F.Wllson to Har-
rsonburg church; DIR. S. I. Rutfin TO
Broadway: Rev. W. j.. King to Rocky
Springs and Williamsvile. and W. T..
Hill. OF the senior class in Union Theo-
logical Seminary. to Hot Springs. Rev. r.
T.. Steele is in the home mission work
at Sutton. W. Va.
Commissioners TO the General Assembly
at Dallas Texas: Revs. G.. B. Stricklcr.
ID, D.. ]. f. Booker: Elders. DR.. G H..
Ralston, Of Cooks Creek Church. and T..
c. Norton of Stanton, Second Church.
y The Presbytery's home mission work Is
ir. good condition. The report on this sub
ject was presented by the Rev. Holmes
Ralston, chairman. Interesting addresses
We're made by Revs. NJ. r. Hansel, R. l..
Steele and ]. l.. LineWeavcr, OF the West
Virginia field
The PresbyterIal sermon was preached
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
UNABLE
TO FIND TREASURER R
Republican Officials Took to the
Woods to Prevent Them
Qualifying.
fsnecinl to The Tlmes-Dispatch.)

BIG STONE GAP, VA, May 6,-The
Republican county treasurer Of Wise
county and his deputies for tins district
Or omlsed the local Democratic commit
tee and workers here to DO at their
office, in Big Stone Gap, to receive de-
linquent poll taxes. This morning the
deputy treasurer left for an inaccessible
part Of the county, and the treasurer
left town, going towards Lee county,
when last seen.
Messengers went sent out, but tney
could not be located anywhere.
The Republican leaders had already had
the deputy trcasurers securing the colii-
ty for several days, getting the Repub-
.lican delinquents paid up: There were
a large number of Democrats waiting
herc all day to pay up. Late this AFTER
noon slxty-three OF them sent theif
money to the deputy treasurer az Wise
Courthouse and got his receipt THEREFOR
The treasurer and his deputy are potn
picked slemp men, and it is the general
belief here that the treasurer would
have been inclined to do the fair thing
unless he had been forced to do other
wise by his leaders.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
RICHMOND SHOE
TRADE / i IS GREAT.
Her Manufacturing and Jobbing
Houses Take the
Lead.
Is Ahead Of St. Lofts, Atlanta
and Other Leading
Cities.

Richmond is forging ahead as the
south's great shoe manufacturing and
jobbng center, and her unequalled rail-
road facilities ape putting her products
in easy reach Of the South and South
west. Richmond has six big mnnufac-
turing and jobbng shoe houses, and they
are leading all competitors In the South
and Southwest.
The transportation rate from Boston
to Richmond is only thirty-fivc cents per
one hundred pounds, which Is forty-thrco
cents less than to ST. Louis and seventy.
nine cents less than to Atlanta.
Tho six big houses, sending out hun
drcds of carloads OF shoes per month,
ore Stephen Putney Shoe Company,
Tleshman, Morris and Company, WmGo.
Elicit and Crump Shoe Company, Stern
and Company Incorporated Roberts and
Hoge and w. II. Miles Shoe Company.
Richmonds splendid location and nat
ural advantages permit her to enjoy priv
ileges and give her rights that other
competing centers In the South and West
cannot approach. The wonderful strides
she has made In the shoe business re-
Gently arc the subject Of comment every
where.
The Official schedule OF rates to West
I. SI! anu S'OutH'-il lS''''S - oiii -
as follows:
Atlanta. Ga, sl.14 per hundred weight.
st. Louis. Mo-, cighty-four cents per
Knoxville, Tenn. 100 per hundred
weight.
Nashville Tenn, nine,y-one cents per
hundred weight.
weight. s5
q Lynchburg, va, forty-seven cents per
& hundred weight.
Richmond, Va. thirty-hvc cents per
hundred weight.
Richmond has railroad facilities which
puts her in close and easy touch with
every city and hamlet In the great ter
ritory to the South and Southwest. md
her shoes are shipped as far South as
Texas and rs far West as Oklahoma.
The city should be proud Of her splen-
did strides in the shoe business and her
rapid growth in this line in the last few
years Is n striking feature In the COM
mercial world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
RARE HERO|SM
OF A PREACHER.
Saves Little Girls Life at
the Risk Of His
Own.
DASHED IN FRONT RUNAWAY
Vehicle Wrecked, His Riding
Horse Hurt, But the Girl
Saved.
Especial to rhe r,mes. pl.pa.eh. J,

Especial to The Times Dispatch3
CHARLOTTE, N. c.. May GA SEN
sational runaway accident in which Rev.
DIR. NJ /. D. Hardin IA Presbyterian min
lister, with rare display of heroism,
saved a child from probable death. occur
red here this afternoon DR.. Hardin was
returning from a horse back ride on Col
lege Street when a buggy containing
thirteen-year-o Christine ORDERS daugh-
ter Of well known builder with the
horse at a mad galop from fright at a
trolley car, swept by him. The minister,
the best equestrian in Charlotte stnrted
in pursuit. In a hard chase OF two blocks
he overlook tho runa way team and gal.
Looping alongside, made several efforts to
catch the bride Of the frantic horse. The
rnaddencd animal repeatedly cluded him
and realizing the constantly increasing
danger to the child as the team APP
preached the crowded business district.
the plucky preacher in last desperate
effort dashed squarely in front OF the
team The runaway collided with horse
and rider at terrific speed bringing his
mad fight to an abrupt end. The buggy
was completely wrecked and the Ken
lucky thoroughbred the preacher rode
was badly injured. Quickly dismounting,
DR.. Hardin e1tricated the girl and bore
her to the nearest house, where she was
given medical attention, She escaped
with severe bruises.
Dr. Hardin Is a son OF former Cover
nor Hardin, OF Kentucky, and pastor OF
the Second Presbyterian Church His
wife is a daughter OF former Vice Presi-
dent Adlai Stevenson
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
Death Of w. R. Wynn.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.
BURROWS STORE, VA May 6.-Mr.
". r. wynn. a gallant Confederate sol
dier, died suddenly Thursday morning,
while in his field attending to his farm
ing operations from heart trouble. His
remains were inferred in the cemetery r.;
ternoon to await the general roll-call,
which he is as we'll prepared to answer
as any man who lived in the community.
He leaves two ,chidren--Mrs y. Bailey
Edmunds and Mrs. Nedham Nalley, q
widow. and a. host Of friends and ac-
quaintances to mourn his loss. Rev. Mr..
Poage OBLIGATED at his burial.
# Death of Mrs. c. S. Foote.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)
LURAY, VA, May e.-Mrs' I, G :, s.. Fo ct 2
county, died at her home at Stanley
to-day, aged about 70 years.
Mrs. Foots was the widow OF G. S.
Foote, for many years president of OK
ford Ochre Company of this county.
She was born In Michigan and is sur
vived by two sons, Messrs. G. B. and E..
J. FoOte.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
CASE OF LEANTO.
Governor Montague Makes Final
Reply.
4 (By Associated Press

WASHINGTON. D. c.. May Gov
ernor Montague, of Virginia. has made
final reply to the state Departments In
qniry relative to the death of Joseph
Leanto an italian who was shot at a
place named Lorton, Va. nor far from
Alexandria, about q month ago. and sub
sc1uen,y died in this city. The inquiry
was made upon the request OF the Italian
ambassador. Governor Montague, in re-
plying. simply transmitted the report Of
the district attorney. who personally in
agreed closely with that reached by the
special agent OF the Department Of JUS
tlce to the effect that Leanto was shot
with his own pistol while resisting law
full arrest. ~
this statement to the Italian embassy,
where 1t awaits the return TO Washington
Of the Italian ambassador. now In the
Sout h. 80 sd X t5l t3a34
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
EL i NOTES.

Mrs. r.. s.. Durrett, Of Fort Lee, spent r,
Tuesday with Mrs. Durrett'a mother, Mrs "
= Misses i,"es' Annie and Ethel Dunnaynnt have
cone an extended trip to Newport News. ., ),
MIS- E. j. Furman visited frienos IN tlcp'
Napoeon Fisher with his two little children
Of Richmond, and Enstace Fisher, are S'si''n6
VT mnther Mrs. " E. Adams
Nr Up. Dunnavant is very SICK at ms
So, Win DR., Brock, OF Richmond. In atten-
dance. lIsil go, rooror Dam
.ttar pleasant trip to her home there,
The burial Of Mrs. Martha Jordon on, ba aIon.
wife OF Mr.. William Henry Baker, toDK OK. pia on
In I the family burying ground. near Elko' W
Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
RAILROAD BLOCKADE.
Many Carloads Of Spoiled Straw
berries.
Especial; to The Times-Dispatch.)

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
CHADBOURNE, N C.. May s-There has
newer been anything in the history of this
State that compares with the railroad block
ade here. More than SOC, 900 worth of straw
berries have rotted at the depot here since
Monday morning. The railroad company Is
hauling carload after carload OF spoiled berries
to the river and dumping them, as so much
garbage. The loss to the truck growers OF
this Immediate section will be at least ssoo, :
co., These figures are said to be absolutely
reliable The Fruit Growers Express Com
pany, 1t is alleged has failed to supply the
refrigerator cars. e
rapidly as they can and turning them over
TO the station agent here, but the situation Is
growing worse The express company Us held
snonsible and claims for s2o0, 900 damages
have been filed. More than one hundred north
ern commission men are here willing to pay
Ten thousand hands ore at work picking the
berries t|ii