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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-11
trustees Meet st the Superintendent:
office ard Ei-et Truaut Officer.

The trustees Of the various
tow nships and the presidents OF
the school corporations met in
.Supt. Melchiors office and elect
ed Chas. H. Osborn, of Duff Ind.
.Truant officer for the ensuing
year to succeed c. G Baggerly.
The following votes were cast on
three different ballots.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-11

A man in Columbia city had
some limburger cheese to ship,
but the express company would
not accept it, claiming it would
penetrate the other merchandise.
"a friend Of the shipper suggest
ed that he pack the cheese in q
coffin box, which he did and de-
livered it at the depot as a corpse,
He accompanied it as a relative.
The express messenger a native
lof Erin, occasionally took a con.
Itemptous Whit of the supposed
stiff Upon unloading it at it.
destination, the messenger asked
the shipper: Who is the follow
in the cofin?' "A brother o.
minel' Well, yez sure has on'
consolation. Heis in no trance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-11

Advertisers in The COURIER are
capturing the trade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-11

-C. II. Osborn was declared elect
ed.
The new truant officer is an ex-
school teacher and is well quail
fled for the position to which ne
was elected. We extend to him
our congratulations.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-11
Chairman Pike Count

This is just the right town to
settle down and enjoy life. Ev-
cry thing for the comfort Of life
can be bought here and SO will
90 as far IS S25 will in larger
cities. When you want to leave
the farm come to our towr and
build a nice comfortable home
and be among the best people in
the world.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-11

ing an about il. including many Of the
thousands az testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr.. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamion. N. r., be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake. hnt iemem-
berthe name. Swamp-Root. Or Kilmar's
.Swamp-Root. and the address, Bingham
ton. y. y. on e ery bottle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-11
Women as Well rs Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upcn Tire mind dis
courAg-s and lessons ambition beauty vig9r
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-11
In those days Of strife between

In those days of strife between
two great political parties, we
must remember that after all we
are Just a band o. brother iare
on earth, traveiing from yi era.
die to the grave. We live side
by side: our children attend the
same school and after the smoke
of the battle has cleared away,
we will still befriends and neigh
bors. Let the bitter things 20
unsaid. At best life is short and
we get out of it a full measure OF
sorrow. Let us in our little city
live as one big, good natured ia.
mily.-Ex.
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BY druggists. in fifty
csnt and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle BY mail
-Lf-.4.W
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-11

1 wi 4AlNAAs
Bids for Janitor
J. Fromme, $40 95, accepted.
Jno. Ambs, S24 90. rejected.
Petition Of Aug. Neukam ct al
for vacation for alley, & streets
in the town Of Haysville, contln-
ued.
Road Petition of Henry W
Arnsman ct al. John Kemp. Gift
ford Cooper and Noble Kemp APP
pointed viewers to meet May %.
at Z. c.. Johnson's Office to be
sworn.
Road petition of JOS. Friedman
ct al, John Dick, Ed. Erny, and
Joseph Lechner appointed view
.ers TO meet May II, at Auditors
Office to be sworn.
Road petition Of Southern Ry
ICo of Ind. same parties appoint
led viewers as above.
Rock Road petitions Of Johr
Dick ct al. cont.
Rock road petition of j. Fried.
man ct al. cont.
Petition Of Claude Keimes e
lal, demonstrating against the is
suing Of any Liquor License il
Jefferson TIP argument OF coun
Tell heard and this matter cont
until June term
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FRIDAY, NAY hi, 1906.

II YOU have any icca news, or
want any printing, cell us
the Courter Phone. l3-s.
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JASPER Durors COUNTY. TpIANA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26
Indian Legend Of
Lady of the LAKE
The Lady OF the & Lake

The LADY OF the LAX" Of tie great
Dismal Swamp Is going to prove 9 MA.
HE asset to the j anles to ns Tx postlo
which is but a few mil les away from the
wonderful swamp and { tho I'D lake NJ over
which the lad ~ presl les 4, 4,
The Southern States, especial Vlr-s
lginia, are rich In Il Indian legends; most
or which are sovorhowing With the poetry
OF sentiment. IN IL s.s, ,g5 ). 81, 81
The wrath Lady OF the AXE OF the he
Dismal swamp. while not 80 old N song
and story as the famous white zoe OF
Roanoke Island. Ia still of suthcl q ans
faulty to entltle her to n place among
tic 81 Arg. IL glilies Il OF ghostly herpnes.
Every night at midnight on Lake Drum
3mond. In the very heart Of the Dismal
swa mp she may he seen BY those CHI
dowed with imagination. pAddll Ing her
white canoe, guided BY the light OF her
lf,retly lamp. 4 Her restless spirl has been
thus engaged at@dead ct night Tor more
than u century and a q hal Fer lamp
Elowed on tho dark waters OF the dread
lax. when Tom NIooue Y wa 9 IN ~ orfolk
In 1904; 30 no promptly proceeded 20
IImmortallse her, & n, 4 IA x Ns III iii
4 The Legend OF the La dys Of Lake Drum
!,nond is partly Indian In hat the IN
ldians we're Sresponslb BILE for the story that
3sha Is Ia be seen at midnig hi r. on tho
lake Tho canoe, likewise, IS an indian
canoe. and tile freely Lamp can be. OF
mona other than indian orlgln. The LADY,
however. Ia a. paleface. but unlike the
white doe OF Roanoke Island which was
iil,.fated Virginia Dare bewltched, me
name and personality of the lady OF the
lake have neyer been kno own. ven l'er
faithful lover, who lost his life seeking
nor in the dread mo rass, While his con-
staney reyerberatea the corridors q tlme 9,
Ia himself name less, I, II q \. /. /.
nyers-~aid ed and abotted ny
iTom Moore--thnt this wrath OK her
lover filmed her and that they nave ever Y,
since crossed the lake togethe ~
night. For evidence we mltst
on tho indian hpnte +: N Il
fPBut oft. from the indian hunters camp,
4 Az This maid and her Lover SO IVY
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Will Change Az
q. Farming Methods.

4 thought seemed to be OF the possibilities
that law In the 3disintegration& Of radiun
BbegrlEEing the time, spent in eating ana
sleeping, growing each day more care Z.
less about his personal habi Y. making ~
the sole subj Of his conversation ana
pursuing his yestlgatlons VIII :.
less energy that bored MS a'N
worried his assistanta,
Every mall brought let tors and publicaaa-
lions llpon the sub eot. and every expire
brought sample OF turanium-radium min
erals, one morning, Just as the average
Foe mankind Is commencing It's DAY z " "
t,ors, CAPTAIN Honeyb brain emerge d ! r'oO1n r
his most extensively equipped laboratory,
$hatless, coatless. collar and tle apseHt,
one sleeve tornEof above the elbow, ms
vest and trousers stained and purnt ~
chemicals. eyes bloodsho and with iour
days growth OF beard upon his face, hut
holding triumphantly aloft In HIS right
hand q covered test tube, The teHt TUBE
contained four s;rai ns Of q dark-red scoloreetdi
substance. With a bril- liant 10 lust ire,
Ut was not the discovery OF O. new eler
ment alone that 81 ted the man but it
was "a knowledg sc Of the suseful properties
OF sollad!um and OF the important factor
that 1t will he In the world g ~ future
Aprogress. FL 55 y II t ~ ts "a 3e 3s3
OF 8solladlums many remarkable. prop
critics. Inc most ~ ~
ferer's opinion lis Its power OF penetrating
4 81 soft body or one OF moderate density
without affecting it3sinf any way. and
upon reaching one OF greater density or
yconpac tness, I Will dissolve " until 6t the
density Of the two substance lis nearly
equal, s3 NJ II "a Ri !. Il (.
CAPTAIN 5Honeybraln has cons ructee{d
an instrument with which he can direct
this power In the desired direction, ana
al So regulate the point OF density Il TO
which It is desired to reduce the \. N more ore
compact subs tance. ID a, "a ID x \, y
lts3practical uses are various and matii-
fest, Take any disease OF anssossi flying
t character,Wa all N that is necessary lsls 70 !,
first locate by the use 8of Arrays ,anN
then turn on the 4, solladla9lyef, Wnlc Z
speedily dlssolyes the Injurious groWth
Of bone, With no knife asu NO pains y
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/ nevers5 had Il anot her F ID II. who has
jof s his IL pred ecessors Of any age ri uldl
have dured "
=. ~ CollierRisS described BY experts as!
|; ~. nervy5,5 but cool and S level headed
rider. never afraid. bu + neYe r' running
rashIyS into danger: always able to gauge
Pa stances to sa nicely II SO tina u he rarely
sun erss an accid ent. He had $n very mas ty
fall six Or 4 seven years age, I fwh Itch laid
him up for some time His countrys home
rs near Red Be . and is known
az he TX ennels.. III has six ty4 pies Of
N! j. IL and his horses In Guiding hun ters,
polo ponies and dri win finals. number mt e 7
Whenever he Is ii. N = Il II. at Meadow
Sbpook .S as h now,Sa he leases a. louise near
the course and transfers some OF A his
horses and dogs to Long Island from
which It Is y easy to infer that the sport
~ he enjo ys It costs him al few dollars
every season., He As n OF quite 50 busy az
$bie$ business nowadays as formerly. PVT PVT
there used to be stories $ofs his leaving
the oftice at midday ter 7 aylng Done
e n full days work. Just In time to get
d train, on the baggage car Of which this
horses had already been loaded & During
the run to q; II empst cad y he would eat
Luncheon change from business IS othes
tf,s hunting costume and arrive on the
minute for the beginning Of g Il run q & &
Ter q t was over he woul ID again seek the
baggage 4 car, n and while olling home e-
ward, owe Il the rails, would indulge ln,ga
isEonge bath and a rub do Wn, AT er@Which
ne would don his evening clothes timing
$his arrival exactly t. meet dinner en-
gagement. VI n 35si &
NJ MI. Collier studied for the priest hood
swhe young. He admires this country, but
nc says the best horses for cross ~ country
riding como from Ireland because Ii, they
are better trained there. IIe admits that It
American dogs may be best for e. folio W
ling the fox In America, nut t.leass na.l
When lie his neither a. hunt nor q polo
ma tch 81. he likes to get to work si at his
offlce by s o'clock In the q morning. He
ma SO busyfhe hasn't time TO so out to 30
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Are seen, at the hour OF midn!gh damp.
TO cross the Ia Ike by q flrotly amp 5{sai n
S. And paddle their white Canoe. H

Notwithstanding this happy rcunlo'l9ot
tile spirits OF the lovers. which occu FREY III.
moro than a century, Fl a q. preseht u,.y
superstition insists upon the lady q ING
lake being the sole occupant OF Rthe ca'l l.,
as 1t skins the dark waters me 1h.ut
hour. nut fow people know me eol,'pls ~
legend as dept cted In Moorel pal,ua. w,
1T Is generally believed n ttiat ~
rules over I he lake alone, 7. e Z; Z,
&7It Is obvious from the record that s ~
fed to the Dismal Swamp because ss''o3
did mot approye OF her grave = Or
u,rl.s% l,,aae her la grave too cold a an
AZ III W 2{ damp ri; * N 5i ~ \ ii * 2@
FOR a soul 30 warm and true;
she has gone to the Lake OF the l''s1 t
= here $a swI n,Rbt long by a areay lamp
55 She paddles her Whll1e lc : ~ Y.
s.S Al between the grave and the swamp
sn,nnv neople. having acquired an lTagi-
ma tive dread OF the latter, mig NJ nreteFs
the former. Dampness ls q cnaract er4s-5
tic they hold In Hmon, 5jl5 3,
5'Tha restless spirit OF the lady having
gone ia Lake Drunlnnnd o so1our n, ner
mortal lover followed her there, coon 20
become Immortal. Exact how long Al Al;
Tar her demise 1t was. Ia not known
Tom Moore la not explicit on this point
He says, or. rather, quo tes q
7nTheys tell Of a young man who lost
his min. Mind upon the death Of a Girl he.
loved, and who. suddenly disappearin ne
from has friends. was never afterwards
heard 81. AS lie frequently said In his
rawlings that the girl was not dead. but
had gona to the Dismal Swamp, II is
supposed that he had wan deyed Into that
dreary wilderness. and had died of huns,
ger on been lost in some OF lis Siseadras
jtpf3l ssias ss Is Ssii ii ss 3tAs ~ s
Where Louis Napoleon Stepped,
The passing OF the nd Norfolk hotel
from a famous hpstelryS to a furnitnre
store recalls Its opening on april n ~
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s,1btect for publication. n or permit tho
ynibiic 10 view the plow. until the present
model Is improved upon n but from VIVA =
can be- learned through the emf Dyes lslt
might be described as fol Ws: AZ tho
gfroitFof q stout rectang7 liar shat ped frama
and on the land side Isl roll ling coulter
that regulates the idth and b depth OF
the furrow; we'll behind TINS ana ana nuns
ION axles within the frame ~ U @ large
i u ael 81 4 mass OF wonderful ME chanisms.i.
SA8 row OF cogs on the und erslde OF ths5
outside rim on the land side work over
3 . small cog wheel fast to the frame, y and
these communicate with q false axlos
frat produces the power to- operate the
Eplow. S on the plowed sides are q series
OF knives running round the outs OF
the wheel and operating at right angles y
Ito ITS rim that cut the earth 4 out ~ y
little blocks MS they 80 \ around, carry ~
IN towards the top. where It: is auto
5matioally. released and dropped IN tho
Sfmrrow behind, with the sod down, The
knives work In pairs. II 8 a VS., 5l3.
"a sav. knife IA Is III the ground SIX inches
md lat right angles to- the cut OF the
coulter; B and c, with the forward mo,
ytion OF the plow, are next forced INTO.
the ground to the same depth. with the
lover portion Of 3 presslln & pacKWards
md Of q forwards There Ia now locked
bl,atyyeen the blades A and B a block Of
earth six inches deep and as wide as tho
coulter. AS soon MS jB and g reach their
fill depth the block between AN and 3
8is8auicEiy carried eighteen inches back.-l,
cards and around the rim OF the wheel.
ana ana q block above 10 automaticRlly re-
leased and dropped through the openins,
The up-to-date farmer OF the future
VIII blow and prepare the soil for grain
an very different manner to the most
progressive farmers of the recent past,
with one Of Captain II ybrain's new
MOI al plows, to tho frontgof which y
fastened q solladsolYer, that DESTROYS a
+ hard substances thoroI ghly, pulyeriz!ng
the soil to any degree Of fineness, at
4tached to an agricultural motor run BY
gnsolene or, denatured alcohol on which
I ia mounted acetylena y hts, the farmer.
sdetcrrend neither by stones or v stlilnps
az hardness OF soil. viii prepare his seed
bed n day OF night, at less cost and IN
Northumberland part Of the time tor
9lnerly employed. 8. lss !, M I.
grayelly soils, soils difaqult 70
BculttWate by reason OF set fast rocks az
numerous loose stones that continually.
SWoM to the surface, and steep lllslaas
/ that wash deeply after every little fpr--i
row, viii rapidly advance In value, ",
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but 1t WASH 1 until some sc ars az ter the
Civil close tina AZ became g stang
ard sport for the mul ti-mill ionalre 90 OF the
East theodore Roosevelt wac one OF the
most q n thuslastoG fox hun terss In America
Until he was made Presid ent. On sone OF
his hunts over the famous hfeado Wbroox
course he was thrown and had his arm
broken Without being feazed enough TO
make q him tell any one bu q q g doctor
about Z Had the lat ter kept still no T.! one
would ever Il have known OF thu accident.
| Tor Roosevelt withdrew quiet w and rode
home. stopping to telepho on the way
Tor a surg con II go & to Oyster Bay and
set the fracturSd bones , S5 s
VT The most IA ent husiast ic e cross ountry
riders in the United States and probably
tho one with TIC. m ost end DURANGO. despite
his 60 odd years, Is Peter F,enel Collier,
| the llionaire % publls W no $sls now
master OF the dowbro ok Hum tto
plays polo with much skill and enthu-
sIasmssIt too but fox hunting Is his chief
sport. He B began to ride to 4 tn eG hounds
In ireland when only 12 years old 81 and
bys the time y he was i read VI to zone 70
America, 5 four ears la ter, ad e ADD ga
to his orr gtnal stock OF the sort OF sphysit-;
cal cour age men call nerve WI ateytr$W vas
needed to make n him on 8 OF the y most
fearless riders that pverSso trode 81 morse.
Gt1o dldn u 20 5HHuCnl iss.{
Ing the first few years he was IN Amer
lea, for two reasons: First there was then
|5practically no fox hunting at all ar q
New York, where he located and. second.
he vas too poor to indulge II there had b
bcen. BY the time the sport was begin
ming to develop itself In America. =.
SCollior had enough mon ey to AZ join join n,
however, and for more thai I; twen ty years
he has done as much cross count TRY rid nd:
ing as anybody on this side Of the @Wat er;;
perhaps he holds the record, IN
Atall events he holds the record IS s, tor
conplshed last year when. betwe en- suns w
rise and II sunset he led three separate
hunts on Long Island and coy cred Y al al
most thirty mics. 3i,s & ii "a .fS I,
This distance Is nothing ex ira rdinasry
in straight riding for a hardened horse-
man man but Il is very much out $of the CONS
mon following the hounds. especially for
\ 4 1 man Of his ago. Mead owbrook has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26
Capt. neybrain's! Great
est Invention Mill Re-
.volutionize 8Agricul
.3i8 n tural Pursuits.

Any pear or apple can be- made corelleess's,
peach and cherry st oneless, black perry
ana strawberry seed less. and the WAFER yer
melon d Of the future. no ma ter Il now
crisp and sugary, will find no consumer 1' inns
unless 1t is seedless, s 81 al III }t
+3 Captain Honeybrain has ested the . SOL.
3ladlsolyer on vari GUS soils, and mas DEM
onstrated us power to dtssol We 70 Q 4llhe
}powde all stumps and stones a N me
earth to- depth OF twelve 'Es inches. ana
with a few improvements Its ;poWe I can fl
be extended to a mu CHI great ter depth
While soladium 10 at 4 present b more
valuable than gold. and o soil dlsolyer.
costs more than an au tomobile, the DAY
ia not SO very far away that the "a rmer
who 4 complains Of stones or stumps IN
the cultivation OF his land can onl " 5larne
his own hiftlessness.. To 80 maj ~ uses
can this instrument be put In q agriculture
that the progressive farmer Of the 4 uture
will look upon q sol Isl liver as neces-
sary a bic CO Of farm machinery as q corn
planter or O sprayer..S & 81 85sSS II AZ Il. Il
/ Yielding atslast to the entreatles Of his
friends and the pressure OF public sentl-
tment Captain Pemberton Honey brain
has now agreed to permit some Of the
AGRICULTURAL maryels produced on MS es-
tate. near MorrlsYille. to be placed y on
exhibition at the jamestown EXP ton,
Just what will be included IN the exhibit
he has not yet announced; but OF what
ever II may consist, It cans be counted
upon as one OF the sights Of the big TAR
of 1907, n W.
E For years past agricultural engtneer1ss
all over the world have repeated lily called
attention to the Injurious effects produced
by the ordinary turning ploW In leaving
the bottom Of the tuyroW hard PACK ed
While tile spading up of land Is the moro
primitive and more expensiye 81
thoughtful agricultprlsts are agreed that
IT As the host q method, Of king up
land 1t was on this principle that the
new plowj was evolved. L II has another
notable a9iyantag he horses Or w ti Y !,
agricultural motor travel on the unp e'l
ground, and there are no dead furFoWs
nor ridges, f5S Il sj n s; N. Z,
y Captain Ioneybratn Will not discuss l'.e
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SS@ WORTHWHILE, VA. August 2. TO
the many millions OF human beings " l1o.5
IN direct opposition to the proof tof their
nwr ewes and ears love to cling to- that
5old proyerb that there 4 Is nothing new
nnder the SUM It Is 5di fticult to- guess
MIA tlley would say after O visit to the
4 bora tories and IA view OF the strange
specimens OF plant and 4 ANNA HE To-
be found at the farm Of CAPTAIN f'eani-
bertonT Honeybrain.s the Worl famous az.
rcultural investiga invent al no
tcrea tor near AlorrlsYille. .s4 Ii 4 aiig . IN
IN Ant < Of all Captain Honeybrain's
4 chievements, his most enduring claim
snr recognition by Fl his fclloWnen url-g
dn,,,tedly rests on his discovery Of SOL
IN dim, tho new. elemen t, and the mag
MI cent resul is achieved by him, es peclal
III m the field Of practical g grlcultpre,l
through the use Of his speclal Y ,, con
gtructed apparatus known as me sollaa,T
solver. d Captain eybraln t''p ~
estly admits flat tl''s
past efforts, s5f, !, !, ! Y, y, u,
Captain Honeybrain had been fooled 50
,often{by the exa ggerated reports Of me!
woni erflll discoveries OF so-callec mel .oI
science that he paid but little attention
to the much-heralded properties q Fa.7
dun, until IT wa shoW that I Ihalull.
is derived from some paFenl B. e.en ~ ~
which Is deco composing at q very s ~
rate, ~ EMF q sR3 $, ~ g \, X,
K From this moment he displayed the
most intense interest in !, radll I'M ,F sew
eral promising Invest legations were stopt
ped and tho men were Put TO work |, s .Nt
Ing the various products In the dlsln W
grafton OF ,radium. All tbs chemists were
worked overtime, and not Nnderstanaltls
the cause of Captain Honeybrain'a en-
thusiasr1, were disposed to complain,
III Dr. Jacob y, IIeuls ira seburger, 70
whose contribu lions to the sctentlA flo pub
lcations OF the day Wa probably are as
much Indebted for our Knowledge OF this
9phase OF ratilum as to even Prof lessor e!
sodday.S WAS induced i, by an enc rnol'si
I sist Captain Honey brain IN his la bora tory
experiments, Day and nj ght for weeks
aud months captaln az Honey bgain'E sole