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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-12

Dyspepsia is our nat onal ailment,
Burdock Blood Bitters Is tie national
cure Tor il. II strengthens stomach
membrane. promotes flow cf digestive
Juices, purifas the blood, builds you up.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-12

For Seed Potatoes call at
VIM. Bucharts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-12

YOUR
Stomach

give it food that will not %irritatc or
\Jrctard the performance Gifts natural
functions, and it will reciprocate in a way
agreeable and comforting.
No single ingredient contributes so
largely toward wholesome, nourishing,
agreeable food as Royal Baking Powder.
Royal Baking Powders active ingre-
dent, Grape Cream of Tartar, is the
most healthful of the fruit products.
This is why Royal Baking Powder
makes the food finer, lighter, more appe-
thing and anti-dyspeptic, a friend to the
stomach and good health.
Imitation Baking Powders Contain Alum
The use of alum and salts of aIumina in
food should be PROHIBITED. The CON-
slant use of alum compounds exerts a
deIeterious effect upon the digestive
organs and an irritation of the internal
organs after absorption.
''EDWARD S. WOOD, M. d.
professor of Chemistry
"tarvard Medical School, Boston"
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-12

For Sale Cheap: The 2OX
80 foot barn on the rear of my
lot. The barn will have to be
moved DR. Jas. S. Stewart.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-12

New Dress Goods, newest
styles and patterns, at Edw. j.
Kuebler.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-12
FOR SALE:

FOR SALE:-Dairy wagon,
cans and milk route, lcheap. APP
at Conrad Eckert's south of Jas
per.
No,- DracS Goods newest
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-04-12

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., new YORK
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

wee striped bantams. two long legged
peeVish turkeys. and two perpetually
hungry ducks But when IL came 10
the twin gosllngs there was only one
OF them. or course. fhe different Irvine
associated together and told each 9th.
er their trials and joys, their fears
ana hopes; but the gOsling was the
yellow sheep of the family. He knew
no troubles but his own. he wanted
httlc and when he found n hapDv
hunting ground of bugs he had It all to
himself He had also a little habit
OF wabbling In while two chickens
Fought over a bug. quietly gubbllng IN
the insect and calmly turning his back
without even so much as a reminder
that there no longer existed n cause
for quarrelling. Others might have
sharp bills to dig and fight, but he
had broad one to grasp and retain.
In his independent. happy.go-ucky
way he waudled through the world. |
making strange friends, and having |
escapes known only to |
himself and the Martin family.
May Day dawned warm and sunny. |
Worms had fairly wrigged themselves
into the goslings mouth that morning.
and he felt more than content as he
squatted in the sun on the back hitch.
en- step. Suddenly. in turning his head
TO the left, he spied a tempting red
object peeplng up from great, round.
whitish looking surface. The gosling
ade a dash, and splash. he went
der the shining white surface. He
had that red bit, however. and as he
swallowed 1t he instinctively struck
out with bis legs What q delightful
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

sensation the gosling had then. lie
seemed born for padding, and as he
padded he kept bobbing his head
down into the white substance and
fetching up the most appetizing
things, Evidently the world had been
made for nothing except gobbling and
padding.
by and by he began to feel tired
He determined to jump out on the
steps again, but strange to say all his
jumps turned TO paddles He couldn't
seem to get over hard, brown object
next to the steps. lie decided TO try
10 more but Just to sit still. so he dou.
bled his short legs up under him and
Heated. After while he felt himself
sinking, but he padded twice or thrice
and got up again. Still it was pleas.
anter to drift. so he rested once more.
Lower and lower he sank. Strange
odors foated up around him. DrowsI.
ness besiegcd him Not much EXCEPT
his head was now above surface but
somehow. as he rested his bill on that
cool substance the gosling didn't care.
Just then Mary Ann came out with n
pan of peelings and dashed them in.
Peep! peep" murmured the gos.
ling, bobbing up and down.
La" calculated Mary Ann, and ran
for the shovel.
When she had shoveled him out on
the grass she finished her exclamation.
La! amt that fool goose got no
more sense that to go swimmln in the
sloD buckets
Peep" replied the gosling. placidly
turning over on the grass in the warm
sun with delicIously filled feeling.
Lazily the summer months drifted
by One day and another that fool
goose, as every one came to designate
him, figured continually before the
public eye. So entirely devoid of
sense did his escapades seem that the
aired man named him simple 81.
non" for short
With the coming OF the suappy De.
'ember days people began to think of
christmas feasts, and the farmers to
ook over their poultry with an eve
o the markets, One frosty day when
lrs. Martins kitchen breathed spicy
doris her husband slOuched In.
i've just been looking over the
oultry." he drawled. Turkeys are
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

ever, that congress appropriated $500,
700 with which TO build six frigates
Among these were the Constitution
now the Oldest ship anoat under any
nag, and training ship for appren
tices at Portsmouth with this fleet
and its later auxlliaries Decatur
taught the rulers OF Algiers and Trip
OIL a stern lesson, and America soon
TOOK her place among the naval pow
ers OF the world. place which none
disputed after her victories over Great
Britain in ls12-1S15.
Quick Work Of Preparation.
The president Issued the orders for
the sailing OF this feet on August 23.
and since then coal mines, railways.
provision dealers, and manufacturers
of heavy ordnance and ammunition
have known the busiest season they
have had since the Spanish-American
war, Altogether SO vessels 20 TO San
Francisco, and when all have MA.
sembled in the waters Off the coast OF
California. Fighting Bob" Evans will
have under his command the largest,
most invincible. the most perfectly
equipped fleet that has ever mobiUzed
In one place since the history of the
world began
The aggregate displacement of the
vessels sailing is nearly $4,000 tons.
and the aggregate power IL GA guns of
four inch calibre and over. The four
divisions OF this fleet Will carry ISL Of
Ulcers and 800 enlisted men. as fine
an array of inckies as any navy has
ever known. and an earnest and eager
set, too, for as soon as the news of
the cruise was noised abroad enlist.
ments Increased rapidly throughout
the navy and assertions became prac.
tically unknown.
The modern wife who puzzles for
days over the packing of her hus.
bands grips and lunch basket when
he Is on for weeks hunting trim
can never begin to appreciate the |
enormity of Columbia's task I'm fitting |
out her 1880 sons for an outing OF
ITO days, In which they are not ex.
pected to set foot on land at all Re. |
sides all the stores that each shin
can carry when her capacity is taxed
70 its fullest, there will be two ships
mat carry supplies alone, the Glacier
ina Culgoa, and they will carry many
novel foodstufrs that have never vet
been carried by any navy of the world.
Immense SUNNY az Co,t
The item of coal alone is not in.
considerable. On October ~, contracts
we're let for $4,000 tons to be deliy.
red at the six seaport towns where
he fleet Will stop, Trinidad. Rio
anerio, Punta Arenas, Callao. Mag
Ialena bay and San Francisco. II is
mined In West Virginia, shipped by
all to four tide water cities of the
and whom there is handled
y nVe American companies In 80 for.
Ign steamers to the ports named
mere 1t Is piled on the piers ready
or the battleships. Fifteen of these
teamers go all the way to San Fran.
isco with their cargoes. Tho cost of
be coal will be about SO a ton and ,
he cost of transportation will come 10 ,
yer $4,000.
Eight Golfers accompany the fleet /
he Marcellus, Hannibal, LeonIdas !
nd possibly the Sterling ACCOMPANY {
no fleet to Trinidad, and then re. /
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
:. Se ), SeS = = Ss syl!s & y W y &
Simple Sirl1on's Part i'm
a Christmas Dinner

II F ANY OF old Speckle's queerly
nj assorted brood were stepchil.
dren or only adopted she never
betrayed 1t by even so much
MS an upward roll of her eye. Truth
to tell, old Spockle knew as well as
any one that her inclination TO set"
had come Mt slack egg season but
the maternal instincts thrilled her
and with touching trust In human
providence she submissiyely turned
every egg in her nest each day. and
sat week longer than any other hen
would have thought compatible with
her dignity.
Most OF SPECIFIES offspring came in
Twins There were two fluffy white
chickens, two pert black ones. two
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
When to MeraIlze

We will not expatlate upon the evil
and folly of over-indulgence in Christ.
mas giftmaking until after Christmas.
Such moralizing follows the dark
brown taste of the morning after. =
Atlanta Constitution.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

turn for more coal Others will go
as far rs Rio ana return to iofn tho
heet again at Magdalcna bay. and all
that have free space tween decks will
carry general supplies for the Mare
Island navy yard The Connecticut
carries $50 tons OF briQuettes made
OF slack coal and pitch To test them
as a suitable fuel for use In the navy.
The cost OF coaling, exclusive OF the
amount of coal carried by the ships
from Norfolk TO Trinidad win be
Sl.229,2S0 sum more than equal to
the bonded debt Of the state of Idaho
or the state 81; Washington
Provisions in Plenty.
As to provisions, Columbia must
pack enough In the giant hampers to
feed her sons for the long 1l5 days,
and have enough extra goodies for
Christmas, New Years and Washing
ton birthday dinners and the list
shows she has not been niggardly In
her selection. Five million pounds of
provisions are carried on board tho
l6 battleships and the supply ships,
the supplies from the attending ves-
sells being transferred to the battle.
ships when they stop at the ports for
coal. There are 10000 to $4,000 pounds
OF freBh meat in the refrigerators of
each ship. and for the first time there
will be widely varied bill of fare
where the meats are concerned.
There are a variety of foodstuffs. in
GLIDING tons Of cereals, salt meats.
dried fruits and canned goods. and
$4,000 pounds Of flour for making
fresh bread in lieu OF long anathe-
matized hard tack. There are tons of
dessicated foodstuffs that have al
ready been tested and found good, and
the more recent additions-dried eggs
aud dehydrated vegetables. There are
1000 pounds OF dried eggs, an equiv
llent of $4,000 dozen fresh eggs, and
when the Christmas baking is on and
he 10000 fresh eggs also carried are
not available the mixer OF cakes will
Ind that the dried product when
mixed with water will froth as easily
IL the fresh
New methods of communication be-
,ween the ships have been Installed. and
lew methods OF controlling the Are
rom the guns. SO new is this system
u nre control that a retired naval Of
'cer was heard TO remark when the
lews came TO him: THAT is good
iea, a good idea | am glad to hear
l. indeed. Tor fire is most dangerous
liihS aboard ship" The Colorado
vas FIRST In this experiment. Wireless
Biography has been a part of a hat
Ieship's equipment for so many years
ow that 1t Is quite an old story, but
ne neet decided 1t must have wlre.
9ss telephony. too. so the past few
,eeks nave witnessed a busy scene in
hampton Roads. and in New York and
rooklyn harbors where EXPERTS have
cen busy putting In the appliances.
Connecticut Is Flagship.
Admiral Evans chose the Connec.
cut as his flagship. Capt. Ineersou ia
or commander and chief of stan Of
re Atlantic fleet Upon the shoulders
i'ear'Admirai Brownlow at Wash.
lgton. much OF the work OF prepara.
on fell. The splendid condition of thu
se' when 1t left its anchorage here
'aay SHOWS how well he has done II.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
TIT RzZZz6EMD TUH7zcUcuyTs~so

hampton Roads, Va, Dec. 16.-The
departure to-day of the great Atlantic
squadron for the Pacific is only an.
other OF the many great proofs of the
nations marvellous growth and deyel.
opment The iron clad warship is only
20 years old, yet, passing through a
process OF swift evolution to its pres.
ent perfection, this American discoy.
cry mas revolutioni2ed the science OF
naval warfare throughout tho whole
world There are now go vessels in
commission in the United States navy
where at one time. In Washington's
administration. there was not one
vi these there are 10 battleships of
the nrst and second class, carving
guns into whose mouth this countrys
hrst and only "commander.in.chief of
the navy" Esek Hopkins, might easily
have hidden his disgraced head when
an outraged continental congress sum.
marily dismissed him.
Ii was I'm Hampton Roads that the
FIRST chapter in the worlds history
OF iron clads was written. II was
In Hampton Roads that the nation
gathered 16 Of her finest sea fighters
ready for trip OF nearly 10000 miles
Where the Merrimac swung clumsly
across the channel long ago and drove |
terror to the hearts of seamen who |
had never yet seen such a monster. |
iron clads as graceful and as swift as |
sreyhounds have come and gone all
summer until they have become a ia.
miliar sight. Among these is the
Minnesota, the largest of Uncle Sans
big battleships. and next only In size
70 the Dreadnaught, which King Ed.
ward OF England launched with such
ceremony year or 80 ago, and TO
he Satsuma, Japan's new monster of
he deep
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20
History of American Navy,

The first appropriation made for
navy for this country was that OF the
continental congress in 1875, and the
sum of 100000 was expected to pur.
chase, equip and generally outfit II
ships. For the present year, ending
July 1908, the navy will have needed
Sl26 04l 800, an increase of $4,000 600
over lest year Nine million alone go
fnr ordnance stores. The last appro.
priation OF congress- for the building of
ships YVES $4,000 900 TO be expended
on two big ships. each of which In to
measure $40 feet In length. So feet
beam. and make 81 knots an hour.
Three million dollars was appropri.
ated for submarines of the Holland
type. and in September five torpedo
boat destroyers were contracted for.
Think OF this In comparison with the
$4,000 that cost the continental con.
gress 30 much thought and which was
furnished by the people of the colo.
nies after so much privatlon.
IF we are to have a commerce we
much have a navy to defend IT," wrote
Col Humphreys from the Barbary
States in 1898 after he had been sent
to zee If there were means of stop. |
pins the piracy of Algiers and Tripoli |
on American trading vessels. For
years the nation had endured the hu.
initiation of paying tribute to these
countries, and after Washington had
Incorporated this sentiment in his
message OF 1894 the United States still
paid tribute. because there was no
navy TO 'rove her independence. How.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-20

Admiral Evans chose the Connec.
ticut as his flagship. Capt. Ingerson Ia
her commander and chief of stan of
tne Atlantic fleet Upon the shoulders
d i'ear'Admirai Brownlow at Wash.
ihgton, much OF the work of prepare.
tioh Tell. The splendid condition of the
Meet when 1t left its anchorage here
To-Day shows how well he has done II.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-06-27

Ray Willard and wife have gone to Galena bay for a few days
 1t is reported by party who is too modest to allow his name to be used, that sales of mining property amount ing to $l6O,O0O have been made in the Sound District during the past week.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-06-27
Notice Of Forfeiture.

To Charles Brehme;
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned mas expended one hundred dollars in labor ana improvements on the placer mi hing aim known as the "Hot Dog placer clai1a situat- eel in Slate Creek, Chisna Mining District tey- rltory ot Alaska, for each O: the years 1904 1g)5 ana 1906, in order to hold said mining claims under the provisions of Section 232i of the Re VlSed statutes of the United States, being the amount required to hold said mining claim for Sach ol the said years, and if, within ninety Ha!S rom the service of this notice upon yor refuse to contribute your proportion of said ex, pendlturc as cO-OWuer, your interest n said property will become the property of the ,ln- dcrSlgned under the provisions of said Section 2'Zl ot the Revised Statutes of the United States Alaska.
 RAY LARSON Date of first publication April IS, 1907 Date oi last publication July Is, 1907
The Alaska prospector., 1907-06-27

Seattle, June 26-The suit start ed by the McGilvray estate pre- vents the sale of the shore lands and effectually ties up the exposi tion funds. It will be necessary for the state to appropriate suflic tent money to enable the fair to g, through until such time as the suit Is settled.
 Washington, June 26--On ac count of the trouble in Salvado ol and Guatamala, the cruiser Mil. waukee has been ordered 10 Cen. tral America.
 Seattle, June 26 - The stee1 steamship Seward, which has beer built for the Northwestern Steam ship Co.,, was launched yesterday The new vessel, which is 100 feet in length, and the best equipped steamer on the Pacific coast, will be placed on the Valdez run as soon as sine can be fitted up.
 Jackson, Miss, June 26-James k. Nardaman, governor of this stat was converted at a revival ling here last night, and wen, to the altar weeping and declaring 9 that he was willing to surrender his Ill to the cause of Christ, so he could live better man. Varda man is democratic governor whose term expires. next January.
 Seattle, June 26 - The govern ment has decided to erect wire less station at Seattle in order tC be able to receive reports from the shipping along the coast. A mum bcr of boats operating along the northern run will install wireless plants on board as soon as the gov. ernment station is completed.
 Chicago, June 26 = Two thous. and messages are tied up herc somH of them two days late ir sending. Many Of these are fol Alaska and the Pacific coast. Al business is being accepted subject to delay, and it is probable that al. Alaska business will have to gC forward to Seattle by mail' fol transmission over the cable. unti. the strike is settled.
 >e~AeA%s-@A%AN .
The Alaska prospector., 1907-06-27

Full line of ladies' and children's all wool and best lisle underwear, also infants Ruben shirts at Cameron's.
 Sash Doors, Moudings, Screen Doors, etc. at Chas Crawford's place on the dock.
The Alaska prospector., 1907-06-27
General Strike Starts

Seattle, June 26 - A general strike of the telegraph operators was called at noon yesterday, and they are going out all along the line. 1t is expected that unless the strike is settled promptly tlat a few days will see the entire coun- try shut off from the commercial telegraph business.
 Chicago, June 26--All the rail- roads centering here have decided that they will take no steps toward contesting the two cent fare rate. This rate will be adopted univers- ally throughout the United State within a few weeks.
 Boise, June 26 - Nine miners, who were driven from Colorado at the time of the labor troubles, have appeared as witnesses for the defense in the Haywood case Thev contradict the evidence given by Orchard, declaring that the lat ter had often threatened to kill the governor.
 Denver, June 26-The Associa- ton of Independent Mine Workers of the World charge that the offic- ials of the Miners Federation em- ployed safe breakers to secure the records of the Mine Workers. Several arrests will be made soon as a result of the charges.
 San Francisco, June 26-- The Southern Pacific has discharged large number of telegraphers who were sYmpathlzers Of the striking operators The men in the en- ploy of the railroad company will go on strike if the discharged men are rot reinstated at once,
 Seattle, June 26 - Bora Beebe Cook, the divorced wife of Swift water Bill, has started suit against her present husband for divorce, alleging that Cook is spending all her alimony money. Cook has filed an answer stating that his wife wishes a divorce so as to re- marry Swiftwater, who is now penniless at the home of his father in Oakland.
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, 1907-11-26
A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.

The Republican does not know who
is to blame nor whether a remedy can
be %effectually applied, but 1t doss
know that the matter of reporting the
arrival of trains ut the Laramie sta
ton causes no end of annoyance to
the travelling public. There is enough
time lost to The people in this way to
amount. to a considerable item in Tic
course of u month,
Generally speaking, the train dis
patcher can tell within fifteen minutes
Just how long it will take a train to
come from Cheyenne to Laramie, and
likewise from Rawlins, and yet people
are misinformed by hours almost ev-
cry day. We would like to see Superin-
tendent Anderson take a hand in this
matter and give the public the benefit
of closer information, The people are
the source of the conn.,. any's revenue and
they are entitled to the best the COM
pany has, not only in the way of nc.
commodations. but also in the matter
of courteous and accurate replies to
queries.
A false report is more exasperatins
than no report at hi.
, 1907-11-26

ice until the legislature should eiec.
If these two men present their creden
dals on the opening day. they will no
be accepted. This is the opinion
senator's who have considered the case.
Constitutional Provision.
The constitution provides that eaci
state shall be entitled to two senators,
who shall be elected by the legislatures
thereof, and repeatedly the senate has
refused to admit men who have been
appointed by governors whose state
legislature had failed to elect senators.
1t is said that the case Of Oklahoma
is the first instance where a governor
of a state newly admitted has sought
appoint senators before the meeting
# the legislature, whose duty and
province it is to elect senators, under
the constitution.