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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
IF you HAVE THE BLUES
Lose Your bat in a Car and Imme
iiately Become an Object
OF sympathy.

what Is the affinity between a man
and his hat? Or between your hat and
other men?" asked a man In a subway
car who had no hat al all. relates the
New York Sun. night was coming
in from Coney Island. soon after the
express train pulled out IL met ano,.er
train.
You know what happens when two
rapidly moving bodies rush by one an
other was sitting by an open window
and the thing that happened 10 my hat
was quicker than thought The last
saw of IL it was whirling and bobbing.
The car was comfortably filled. Some
Of the people laughed at my predtca-
ment
The man al my elbow on the right
I extended his sympathy lie even offered.
seeing that | was partially bald. 10 let
me wear his hat If thought was in any
Y danger.
"A woman at my right said something
Y 70 her companion and be got up. lie
came over TO me TO suggest that put 4
handkerchief over my head. thanked
! him.
The conductor came for his fare As
I was paying he asked:
Lose your hat?'
Il said did.
1--we got cap he continued; II
you want il III get it,
Il declined with thanks.
"All the way in / was the observed OF
others. When ! left the car al the
bridge | heard a man say TO woman:
There's that fellow whose hat blew
out Of The window at Coney. ! wonder
# he has far to 60 bareheaded?'
Il rushed down to take the subway
express The hot air felt good for fact
for / am not in the habit of going Iona
distances bareheaded While waitins
for the express / overheard woman say
TO a man.
Look al that man. he has no hat
And the man replied. III bet he los
his hat
There was touch Of genuine sym
patty in the way he said IT,
That man who got out at the Crane
Central station kept looking at me.
tNFN just MAdA " a. va 100 AAAAA NAN
waited Just before he left he asked ms
II ne hadn't seen me at Coney. ! sais
had been there
II think he added. we occupied tn
same seat in the car in shooting tn
chutes.
Possibly ! replied. Ibid shoot tn
chutes
You also shot your hat. he said. an
then it was time for him 10 get out.
He had my hat on his mind. You hav
heard the old story about there alway
being a man around TO pick up your ha
when 1t blows on2 lie was not aroun'
tonight but everybody have seen ha
looked at me as if he was sorry.
When you become pessimistic. sticl
your head out Of a window and lose you
hat II win make you think better 9
the human race
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
Crows, Gold and Silver Nest.

A pair OF crows have constructed a
mes. out OF gold and silver spectacle
frames purloined from the factory Of
Messrs Lawrence and Mayo. in Bonn
bay. The materials for this nest tof
which the value is about E30 were
stolen by the willy crows during the
luncheon hour ID was noticed that
the spectacle frames were disappear
ing from the factory IN a mysterious
manner. but Il was some time before
the thief was discovered -Allahabad
Pioneer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
The Bad Boy Describes Trip on the
suez Canal-He Goes UP Through
Gibraltar in an Elevator-He Out
lines a Gigantic Plan for the Cap
ture of the British Fortress.

.,.,s,v,rnor OF Wisconsin. Former I'd
Nm III "Pocks sun Author OF
recks BAD Boy Etc)
,cepNrleht. 1866. rs Joseph D BOW
gibraltar. in Spain and England.
Al, Dear Foster Uncle: 1t seems good
~ ,et somew here that you can heai
the english language spoken by the
tr..b and the English soldiers are
nearly an Irish. When yol think 81
me way the British government treats
me Irish and then you look on while
am orderly sergeant calls the roll of a
company. and find that nine ont OF ten
answer to Irish names. and only one
ort OF ten has the cocknoy accent, you
feel that the Irish ought 10 rule Eng
land and an ORourke or an O'Shan
Messy should take the place OF King
r5Ward. II makes a boy who was
brought up in an Irish ward in Amer
ia feel like he was at home 20 mix
Win British soldiers VINO come from
the old sod.
had saws that there is never an
army anywhere in the world, except
tle armies OF Russia and Japan thai
Ira hravest men are not answering -
irish names. and always on the al
vance in ueht or in the rear when
there IS retreat Dad says that
n our own army and when the north an.
sm,h were fighting. the Irish boys
ware Tie fellows who saved the day
They wanted 10 heht nights and sun
days and never struck for am eight
laur day. or union wages. When the
fehiug was over. and soldiers We're
srt OF discouraged and respondent
An Irish soldier would come along
maybe ON crutches. or with a bullet i'm
his innards and ten funny stories and
make the discouraged fellows laugh In
spite 81 themselves. and when another
feh was on. YOU had TO tie the wound
"a Iris IA soldiers TO their cots in the
hospital. or put them in jail. 10 Keep
Thorn from forgetting their wounds
asa going to the front for one more
feht DAD says If there was an Irish
na .an. with an army and navy. the
whole world would have 10 combine 10
vh9 them and yet the nation that
has the control Of the Irish people
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01

treats them worse than San Francisco
treats Cinnamon. makes them live on
potatoes. and allows landlords 10 take
away the potatoes il they are shy on
the rent
Gee. dad looked over my shoulder
ani saw what | had written. and he
cuned me ON the side of the head. and
said was an incendiary. and that !
ought 10 have sense enough not to
write treason while a guest on Brit
ish soilD Well, | don't care a darn.
IL makes me hot under the collar when
! think OF the brave Irish fellows. and
! wonder why tkey don't come To
America in a body and be aldermen
and policemen When 4 get home ]
am going 10 join the Fenians. and
raise thunder just as quick as ! am
Oh enough.
Well. sir. We have been through the
Slez canal, and for a great modern
piece Of engineering it doesn't size
up with a sewer in Milwaukee. or a
bayou in Louisiana. 1t is just Dig
ing "a railroad cut through the desert.
and letting in the water. and there
you are. The only question in its
construction was plenty of dredging
machines. and place To pile the dirt
ana water that just came in of its own
accord, and stays there. and smells
iihe thunder. and you see the natives
look at IL and keep away from the
banks for fear the banks will cave in
on them and give them a bath before
their year is up. cause they don {
bathe but once year. and when they
SKIP a year nobody knows about il.
our boat went right along. and got
out Of the canal because 1t was a
mail boat but the most of the boats we
saw were tied up TO the bank. waiting
Tor the millennium We saw some Rus
sian boats waiting for the war To
blOw over and as we passed them
every Russian on loard looked scared.
as though we were Japs, that were go
lhg 10 fire a torpedo under them. or
throw bomb on deck. and when our
boat got by the Russian boat the crew
was called TO prayers. to thank the
Lord. or whoever II is that the Rus
SANS thank. because they had escaped
dire peril. | guess the Russians are
AZ in and that those who have not
gone 20 the front are shaking hands
Nlih themselves and waiting for the
cove Of peace TO alight on their guns.
ihe suez canal probably pays. aud
NJ wonder. cause they charge what
'heN please to boats that 20 through,
ana y they don't pay. all they have
20 Dc is to stay ont and go around a
ieW thousand mi'cs. II Is like a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
FALL FASHION FORECAST.
A Glimpse at What Will Be Worn
When the Leaves Begin
70 Turn.

The tailor made suts-and they're
The hrst things that a woman gets in
the early fall-are more severely 'ail-
ored in style than the elaborate. indi
yidual styles we've been seeing SO long
that we've almost forgotten the charm
Of the long. simple lines. says the Chi
eago Record Herald. But Paris de-
clared for the severely tailored coats
and skirts 10 go with .them-of linen
this summer. and the earliest fall suits
Of cloth are nothing more than repro
auctions Of some OF the most stunning
VI the late linen models-the ones that
wouldn't do up!
Iight-httins coats plain as a pipe
stem-are exqusitely shaped ('built."
the French makers say TO the most
graceful lines and cut 10 sweep out
from the waist line into a long skirted
effect that has all the idea and sugges-
ton OF fullness, yet is nothing more
than easy" They're only tight-ft-
Ting ia effect, most Of them fitting with
an easy grace that is impossible with
coats that depend upon being buttoned
- for their set"
Instead OF the straighter-lined box
SAits {. covert cloth these fitted coats
.re promised
PLATED skirts are about done with
taos@ killed skirts which were made up
N every sort OF practical and imprac-
tical stan. Gored skirts are still in
but with he longer severer types OF
coat the favorite skirts are either nine
gore or Circular made up in a hundred
ways that disgsise them for the models
they are and permit al, sorts OF dis
tinctiye little tauIoes TO be used.
Perhaps the prettrc~t OF these new
skirts-it's a depression not coat suit
at all-is Of material that belongs to
/ the voile family. and is made with
every other gore accordion plated. but
! from the hips only The cores be-
tween are perfectly plain. and the plain
tops 10 the plated cores make a little
hop-yoke effect. AS you walk the skirt
sways and futters out from the plated
cores. It's a very graceful model and
long. of course
Back to coat suits again. There's a
lot OF difference Of opinion as 70 the
coming most popular length Of coat
Everybody thought that long coats
were over and done with. yet some OF
the prettiest fall models shown have
long coats. but fitted Some Of the
best tailors, on the other hand. are
making everything hip length-whai
they call long hip length"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01

Irish soldiers. but ! guess they
wouldn't be there. cause they wouidn'
fight America.
Well. If England ever has q big war.
and she gets chesty about Gibraltar.
and saws IL * impregnable and de
fies the world to take IL. bet you ten
dollars it could be taken in q hours
Ii | was a general. or an admiral !
would have about ~ tank steamers
loaded with Kerosene. and have them
land. innocent like. right up beside
Gibraltar. ostensibly TO sell oil for
perfumcry 10 the natives. who would
All be improved By using kerosene on
their persons. Then ! would get on
A barrel on deck OF my flagship. and
command the English general 70 sur
ren... Internationally, and u ne re-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01

fused, | would set a slow match on
every oil vessel, and have the crews
get IN skiffs and pull for the opposite
shore. and when the oil got on FIRE
and rolled up all over Gibraltar and
burned every living thing, I would
throw water from the fire department
boat on the rock. and she would split
open and roll all over the prairie and
then | would bury the cremated dead
OUT ON the desert, and seek other
worlds TO conquer. like Alexander the
Great But don't be afraid | won't
do II unless they make me mad. but
you watch my smoke If they peck on
your little Hennery too much. when he
grows up.
But haven't any kick coming about
Gibraltar. cause they treated dad and
all right, and the commander detailed
an ensign 10 show us all through tie
fortress. Now DON'T get al ensign
mixed up with a unique such as showed
us through The Turkish harem. An
English ensign Is just as different
from a Turkish unique as you can
imagine. Every man TO his place
| You couldn't teach a Turkish unique
how 10 show visitors around an Eng
| lish fortress and an English ensign 10
Turkish harcm would bring on a
worlds war. they are so different
| Well. we went through tunnels IN the
rock, and up and down elevators. and
all was light as day from electric lights
/ Q Ff.r 10
sink all the ships in the world, If 1t
could be exploded in the right place.
and they have provisions enough
stored in the holes in the rock TO keep
an army for 40 years. II they didn't get
ptomaine poison from eating canned
stuff
II was all a revelation 70 dad, anc
when we got AN through and got out
into the sunlight, We breathed free. ard
when dad cot his second wind he BROKE
up the English officers by taking out q
pencil and piece Of paper. and aske
them what they would take for The
rock and its contents and move out an
let the American flag float over it.
Wen say, they were hot and the,
told dad TO go plum to. but dad wouldn'
DO H. He said America didn't wanl
The old stone quarry. anyway, and il
il did. it could come and take IT,
! guess they would have had dad arreste,
/ for treason only when We got out into
the town there was the whole British
Atlantic squadron lined up, with mel
up in the rigging like monkeys, anC
every vessel was firing a salute. as .
yacht came steaming by.
Dad thought war had surely brok'
out. or that some rich American owne,
the yacht. but il turned out TO be Queer
Alexandria and a party Of tourists, anC
when the bank played God Save th'
Queen dad got up on his hind leg
and sang so loud YOU would think b
would split hisself and fellow wen
up and threw his arms around dad. an,
began to weep. and the tears came into
dads eyes. and another fellow pinches
dads watch. and the celebration close
with everybody getting drunk an,
the queen sailed away.
Say, we are going 20 Spain on tn
next boat and YOU watch the papers
We will probably be hung for takini
Cuba and the Philippines Yours.
HENNERY
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
FOR THE WRITING TABLE.
Easily Made Little Article That In
Both Useful and Dec
orative

Here Is a useful little article that can
be made az a trifing cost From plain
white wood. such as IS used for fret
work. or chocolate or Coca box
might be utilized The back T. ten
inches long and six inches deep: tbs
sides are the same depth, and about
i've and one-half inches wide: the
pieces for the bottom is five and one
half inches deep and ten inches wide.
The three little trays which hold ths
pins. stamps and ink bottle are made
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01

sides and make a bag. writes a con-
tributor to the Boston Globe. Open at
the top. put baby into it and pin at
sides onto his nightdress. He can't
get out and he can kick or twist as
much as he likes-and you can put Oh
little worsted jacket in cooler
weather.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
A Point of Etiqustts.

A young girl should always rise when
a rauch older woman stops TO talk TO
her and she should remain standing un-
iii the older woman is seated or leaves
the room. This is point Of etiquette
which a young girl cannot be too care
ful about
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
Time Is Valuable.

Isn't Hussel going 10 take vsca
ton this summer"
NO"
why he took one last summer
Eyes. hut he was on salary then.
He's a member of the firm now
Philadelphia Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01

Barber--I am trying new kind OF
imported sap, don't you think that
DIOR Is excellent?
Customer Fine The flavor is good
10! Milwaukee Sentinel
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
Linen shirtwaist.

Shirt waists Of heavy linen wifi BE-
worn all winter in place Of the lingerie
blouses. which are So evidently not thu
character OF these sevoreT styles
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01

Shot silk IL soft rose. wood. violet,
Imethyst pale blue, biscuit and opal
colorings are fashionable for after
nnop wear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01

Take a pint Of orange flower water
and drop about ten drops Of benzoin
into It. Add a teaspoonful OF finely
powdered borax. Use on the skin freely.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-09-01
A BLANKET FOR BABY.
A Good Way of Protecting the Little
Things from the Night
Chill.

Take half an old blanket Il use a
cotton one IN summer). stitch up the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-10-11
THE FREIGHT CONGESTION.
Chamber OF Commerce Makes Formal
Complaint to Atlantic Coast Line.

President R. 1. Manning of the
Bank of Sumter, President G. A. Lem
mon of the Sumter Savings Bank
Chairman Neil O'Donnell, Of the com
mittee of internal trade and improve
ments of the Chamber Of Commerce,
q number of cotton buying merchants,
and expert cotton buyers had a con-
ference with Secretary E. 1. ReardoA
of the Chamber Of Commerce Wed
nesdav afternoon to consider the de-
plorably congested condition OF cotton
81 tho Atlantic Coast Line freight de-
pot. and the great delay in shipping
ont cotton and other freight from
Sumter owing to the lack Of cars and
the fact there is not enough force
employed at the depot to facilitate
rapid handling and shipping Of cotton
and other freight. Also in regard to
the delay in delivery Of freight con-
signed to Sumter wholesale and retail
merchants.
The situation was thoroughly con-
s;dered and the serious effects upon
the business interests OF sumter
nointed out so that the Chamber OF
commerce would know what to do
in the matter. Secretary Reardon
stated that the Chamber Of Commerce
was alive to the situation and had on
september 2Sth taken the matter UP
Nth the Atlantic Coast Line Com
nanv. and had been informed by let
+er from General Freight Agent r. A.
Brand that General superintendent
Anderson had been requested to look
into the complaints and to remedy
1be same. However, the secretary
asked for written complaints TO De
fled with him by some Of the repre-
sentative business men setting forth
the INJURIOUS effects upon the business
interests of Sumter by the insuftlclen-
cv of the service rendered by the
railroads. President r. I. Naming
Of the Bank of Sumter, and Presl-
dent G. A. Lennon Of the Sumter
Savings Bank, representing all parties
concerned, Immediately reduced 10
writing a statement of the status II
affairs. and the secretary wrote Cen
eral manager w. n. Royal Of the At
lantic Coast Company, last night urg-
ing immedite action to relieve the sit
uation. ThA written complaints OF
the two bank presidents were sent to
Manager Royal together with. state
ment of the verbal complaints made
by a number Of merchants.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-10-11
In the Recorders Court.

From the Daily Item October 5.
Recorder Hurst held a preliminary
investigation this morning in the case
of the State VS.. David Sanders ana
Osborne Porter, charged with house
breaking and larceny.
On August 23d, last, the house OF
Dan;e, Singleton. who seems to be
very hard working and industrious
negro. was entered by breaking the
glass in a front window and removing
the bar that secured the door. His
tr,,nk was taken out and carried to
nearby field, where it was opened and
shoes and clothing to the amount OF
s25 was removed from it.
Singleton had no idea who had
committed the theft, and not until he
saw two young negroes on the street
recently, both Of whom were wearing
his clothes, did he have any grounds
for basing suspicion. He then went
70 Recorder Hurst to obtain war
rant for the arrest of the men: but,
not knowing their names, Ohcer
Weeks went with him to establish
their identity. When the boys saw
Singleton approaching with an officer
they ran and thus evaded capture;
but they voluntarily appeared in court
this morning accompanied by their
mother and the prosecutor. An agree
ment had been consummated btween
th prosecutor and the defendants,
whereby the case would be dropped
upon payment for the clothes stolen.
but Recorder Hurst, rightly, could
not see it that way. The crime was
freely and frankly admitted and
| when Mr.. Hurst informed the defend
ants that they would be committed to
iail to await trial at the next term OF
the Court of General Sessions in de-
fault of a bond of $500 they We're
greatly surprised.
Recorder Hurst does not concelv.
| it to be his duty as an officer Of the
law to permit a compromise of a
felonous case.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-10-11
Doctors Said He Would Not Live.

*Peter Fry, Woodruff, Pa, writes;
"After doctoring for two years with
the best physicians in Waynesburg,
and still getting worse, the doctors
advised me if I had any business to
attend to I had better attend to It at
once. as I could not possibly live an
other month, as there was no cure
for me. Foley's Kidney Cure was
recommended to me by friend, and
I Immediately sent my son to the
store for it, and after taking three
bottles I began to get better and con-
,inued 10 improve until I was en-
tirely we'll" Durant's Pharmacy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-10-11
MEETING OF COUNTY BOARD.
so.omons' House Sold to Mr.. Ed
munds-Bids Approved, Claims
Paid and Other Matters
Of Interest.

The County Board of Commissioners
mer Tuesday with Supervisor Scale
and Commissioners F. E. Thomas ana
Jno. I. Brogdou present.
Bond of NJ NJ. Witherspoon, cotton
weisher at Msyesville. with j. ".
Cooper and W. D Rhodes as suretles,
per aluy $500 and bond OF Geo. r
McKageu, as dispenser at Mayesville,
wi,n W. S. Chandler, r. f. Des-
Champs. H. A. Wells. and l. Z.
Strauss as sureties III the sum OF
s3. 600, were duly approved. -.
Petition from sundry citizens pet!-
tioning that a road be .opened at the
earliest date possible from the Black
River road to Pudding Swamp road.
beginning at McBride's avenue, and
ending near the residence Of Tom Du-
Bose. said route being surveyed and
cut by private. parties the distance be-
ing less than AZ miles. and reducing
the round trip to Sumter from Snllon
10 miles Col r. D. Lee was before
tne board, representing the petitioners
without tee and without reward, SIM
ply to try to forward the best inter.
est of the county. The board decided
to visit the road through Messrs. Scale,
Brogdon or Thomas, and make neces-
sary examination.
The matter of bids on the Solomons
House was brought up, and the bid
of MI S. H. Edmunds was read offer
ing $500 for the property and to pay
Mr.. Belser, real estate agent, bis
commission. By vote of 2 to l the
bid of Mr.. Edmunds was accepted,
and the house was declared sold for
$500.
Mr. Belser stated that funds on
hand from original payments on Court
House lots was 81, $50. 30. Payments
of $50 cash on lots that sold for $500
and $40 on (2) lots-$2, 21750. He
had paid out on Solomons contract
81. 25O and on McFaddin right Of way
$3.50, having balance of SIT. sc de-
posted in bank to his credit as at
torney.
Petition to admit J. E Win5ham
and wife to the county aims house
was, for good and sufficient reason,
refused.
Application of Edgar S. Jones for
aid as an ex-Copfederate soldier under
act of General Assembly, vas granted
at So per mouth from date.
Petition Of M. o Gadsaen to be
admitted to aims house was received,
action was deferred pending investiga-
ton by Supervisor Scale, and If
worthy subject of charity, be may ad-
nit him.
A number of claims were ordered
paid.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-10-11
'POSsUM HUNTER KILLED.

Lyncburg, Oct. Saturday night
James Epps, colored Lad about Is
yea.s old, while out hunting with
several others near Shiloh eight miles
from this place, attempted to climb a
tree in which the dogs had treed
oossum, and after he had ascended to
a considerable height, by some m-a:s
lost his hold, felA to the ground ano
broke his neck. He lived only fe"
minutes. HIS father was in town to
get coffin and gave this correspondent
the particulars es he obtained them.
He said all that be knew Of his own
knowledge was that his son left bis
home Saturday night bright and cheer
full and was brought back a corpse.