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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13
How's This?

We orer one Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catprrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh cure
FL CHENEY 4 co. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned. have known r. J.
Cheney for the sst Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable IN all business trans
actions. and financially able 10 carry out any
obligations made BY his arm.
wALDtsG. KINNAN MARVIN.
wholesale Druggists Toledo. q.
Hairs Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials semi
free Price. use per bottle sold By ali
Druggists
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation
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Physicians Recommend Castoria

ASTORIA has met with pronounced favor the part physicians phama-
ouical societies and medical authorities used by physicians with
results most gratifying The extended of Castor is unqionaby the
result Of three s fTh mdiputabe evidence that it is harmless:
Second That not only ays stomach pains and que the nerves. but as
es the food nt is agreeable and perfect substitute for Castor Oil
absolutely SAFE It does not contain any Opium Morphine other narcotic
and does not up is unlike Soothing Srups Bmans Drops Godhys
Cordial etc. This good deal for Medical Journal say Our duty how
danger and record the advancing health The day
TOR poisoning innocent children through greed ignorance ought to end To
knowledge Casa remedy which produces cOmposure health by
regulating the by SIMPLIFYING -and readers are entitled
the inOrmation-HaU's Journal If HEALTH.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13
JUST A CHEAP ONE.
Spellbinder Delivered Great Speech,
but Could Have Done Better for s25.

He had made fair speech in favor
OF his political candidate for governor
and against the other, and when he
had finished a friend stepped forward
and shook hands with him and said:
Il want to compliment you on your
effort. Ii was great"
Then you liked my remarks. eh?"
They were bang up ! didn't know
IL was in you to crate the way you
did"
"Oh. did fairly we'll guess. But
you must remember at the same time
that this was only n cheap speech.
The regular orator failed them. and
they rung me in for SIS OF course /
could not spread myself for that Say.
! wish | had been making a regular
twenty-five dollar speech III had
been | should have called the oppo-
sition candidate a liar.
Il should have shown his utter I'M
fitness for Office
Il should have proved that his cleo
tion would ruin The country.
Il should have advanced statistics
TO chill the blood.
Il should have appealed to my hear
ers not TO bring about state Of an
archy and bankruptcy.
II should have summoned every pa
triot in the audience 10 go 10 the polls
early and die for American liberty
II should have trotted out Bunker
Hill. the American eagle and the star
spangled banner and waved them
around until men would have busted
a lung in cheering for them
"As | said. this was only a cheap ef-
fort-a few remarks for s15-but IL
they have pleased you and strength
ened your belief in our cause, why
why"
And they drank together and AZ.
ured out that the country was saved
again.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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EXCELLENT WEATHER AND MAG
NIFICEHT CROPS.
Reports from Western Canada Are
N~ry Eacouraziaz


Nery EacoarssiaK.
correspondent writes the Wlnni
neg MAN. Free Press The Pinch
er Greek District Southern Alberta },
the original home OF fall wheat. where
II has been grown without failure. dry
seasons and wet. for about - years.
Is exeelling itself this year The yield
and quality are both phenomenal. AZ
has been the weather for its harvest
ing. Forty bushels Is common yield,
over. and most OF IL No. ! Northern.
Even last year. which was less favor
able. similar yields were IN some cases
obtained. but owing 20 the season the
quality was not so good. 1t is prob
ably safe 10 say that the average yield
from the Old Mans River TO the bOun-
dairy Will bee AZ or ~ bushels per
acre. and mostly No. ! Northern One
man has just made net profit from
his crop OF Sl95J per acre, or little
less than the selling price OF land.
Land here Is too cheap at present,
when crop or two will pay for il.
and a failure almost unknown. Nor
Is the district dependent on wheat. all
other crops do well. also stock and
dairying. and there Is a large market
nj the doors In the mining towns up
the Crows Nest Pass. and in British
Columbia. for the abundant hay OF the
district. and poultry. pork and garden
truck. Coal is near and cheap Jim
I'm has an eye on its advantages. and
has invested here. and is bringing the
Great Northern Railroad soon. when
other lines will follow"
The wheat. oat and barley crop in
other parts OF Western Canada show
splendid yields and will make the
farmers Of that country (and many OF
them are AmerIcans) rich The Cana
dian Government Agent for this dis
trlct advises US that he will be pleased
TO give information To all who desire
il about the new land regulations by
which a settler may now secure 100
acres i'm addition 10 his 100 homestead
acres. at $500 an acre. and also how
to reach these lands into which rail
ways are being extended. IL might he
interesting 10 read what is said Of that
country by the editor OF the Marshall
(Minn.) News Messenger. who made
n trip through portions OF IL in July.
1908. Passing through more than
three thousand miles Of Western Can
ada's agricultural lands. touring the
northern and southern farming belts
Of the Provinces Of Manitoba. Saskat-
chewan and Alberta. with numerous
drives through the great grain fields,
we were made 10 realize not only the
magnificence OF the crops. but the mag
nitude. in measures Of the vast terri
tory opening. and 10 b. opened. to
farming immigration. There are hun
dreds OF thousands Of farmers there,
and millions OF acres under cultivation,
but there is room for millions more,
and other millions OF acreage avail
able We could see In Western Can
ada in soil. product topography or
climate. little that is different from
Minnesota. and with meeting AT every
point many business men and farm
ers who went there from this state. IL
was difficult 10 realize one was beyond
fhc l.nt,sJarv 80 Tho country
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Curious Burial Custom.

In Assam a curious burial custom
exists. All corpses are lowered from
the roofs with ropes. it being contrary
10 the laws OF the country to carry a
dead body through a door.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13
Warts

To cure a wart put a drop of vinegar
on il three or four times a day and
then put on the vinegar as much bak-
ing soda as the vinegar will absorb.
Keep il on ten minutes. and in a few
days time the wart will drop off and
leave no mark but a tiny white spot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13
courtino in Borneo.

All the suitors for a girls hand in
Borneo are expected to he generous in
their presents TO her. These presents
are never returned. Therefore the
WHY young lady defers as long as pos
sible positive selection OF the happy
man
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Cocoanut Shells.

The enormous amount Of oil they con
tain causes them TO take fire at once
Many hotel keepers in England recog
nize the fact and buy large quantities
OF them TO mix with coal as fire light
ers.
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands TO
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13
Beer in 2elQium.

Beer is the national beverage Of Bel
GUM. The country has 1876 brewer
les with an output OF 433000,000 gal
Ions a year. Foreign beers are largely
initiated
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13
FOUR GIRLS
restored to Health by Lydia Il.
pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Read IDhas They Say.

Miss Lillian Ross. $50
East saith Street, New
York, writes Lydia
r.. Pinkham's Negeta-
BILE Compound over
came irregularities. pc
riodic suffering, and
nervous headaches,
after everything else
had failed TO help me,
and | feel IL a duty 10
let others know Of it,"
Mountaineering .2355
Lafayette St., Denver,
Col, writes: Thanks
to Lydia T.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
am well, aftersuffering
for months from ner-
vous prostration. "
Miss Marie Stoltz-
man, OF Laurel, Ia,
writes Il was ina run
downcondition andsuf-
fered from suppression,
Indigestion, and poor
circulation. Lydia f..
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound made me
well and strong"
Miss Ellen NJ. Olson,
OF All y. East ST., Ke-
vance, H., says: " Ly-
dia +. Pinkham Nege-
table Compound cured
me OF backache, side
ache, and established
my periods. after the
best local doctors had
tn helm me
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Let us be Of good cheer. remember
ing that the misfortunes hardest to
bear are those which never come
Lowell
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13

The only serious and formidable
thing in nature Is Williamson
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13

Clear. white clothes are a sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue
Large 2Oz package cents
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13

Refuse another's burden and you
lose your own blessing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-11-13

n so. use Red Cross Ball Blue IL will
make them white as snow. Large 2oz. pack
age, cents.
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Monopolized.

Monopolized.
Was Gaul
But nowadays bookagents have
Once divided In three parts
IL all
Detroit Free Press.
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Letters from Prominent Physicians
addressed to ChaS. H. Fletcher.

Or. Hstead Scott, prescribed your
Casor often for infants during find
Dr. William Belmont Cleveland Ohio
first its class In thirty practice
found anything that filed the place"
Dr. H. Taft Of Brooklyn N Y your
found excellent remedy household
years. The formula Is
Dr. R. Hamlen. Of Detroit Mich your
extensively, have equal
troubles
see that patients get F1etchers."
DR. VIM McCrann OF Omaha Neb,
children certainly something
from family practice
toria popular and efficient remedy every
Dr. r. Claun. Of Philadelphia your Cas-
toria has for itself
OF children, supplemented
men the medical profession but heartily
believe 1t excellent remedy"
Dr. K NJ Ward OF Kansas City, No. physicians
prescribe proprietary preparations but
Ike that OF other physicians
cepon prescribe Castoria
to be thoroughly reliable remedy
clan who has raised family
81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-18
SCHOOL COMMISSION
ISSUES BOUND REPORT

The report OF the schooIhouse comr,fs-
sion, synopsis Of which was publish
ed recently. has been issued IN book
form The commission was created by
act Of Congress, June %, 1895. and con-
sists OF A T. Stuart. Superintendent
Of Schools; James Knox Taylor. SuoNr-
vising Architect Of the Treasury. MAI
James Jay MOrrow. Engineer Comnis-
siOner OF the District Prof Stuart sue
ceeded DR.. William <. Chancellor. for
mer Superintendent OF Schools
The book is profusely illustrated and
contains photographs and plans OF the
school buildings IN this and other cities
The credit for the work is due largely
10 Major Morrow. who has devoted q
great amount Of time 20 the compilation
Of the report
The commission has inspected every
school building IN the District, and has
made trips Of inspections 70 the follow
ing cities. IN each OF which from one 10
twelve modern school buildings were in
spected: Baltimore. New York and
Brooklyn; East Orange and Bloomfield.
y J., Rochester and Syracuse. y. Y:
Springfield. BroOkline. and Newton
Mass: Providence. R Z. St Louis
chicago; Muskegon and Detroit, Mich;
and Cleveland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-18
ARRESTS HIS OWN BROTHERS.

1t is the unusual thing when a police
man is called on to arrest his two
brothers. but that is what Patrolman
William Scheer, OF the Queens borough
force. New York. had to do recently.
Some young men had broken into the
Office of Or. Edwin Randall. and the Of
fee boy Of the physician was one of
those suspected He told a story of be-
ing gagged and bound by the real
thieves. but this did not avert suspicion
and Officer William Scheer was sent TO
apprehend the culprit- Policeman
Scheer did not know, until he encoun-
tered the man he was after, thai il was
his own brother; but he was at once
sent after an accOmplice who turned
cut to be Bernard Scheer. also Officer
Scheer's brother. He dutlfullv brouc hi
both his relatives 10 the station, and
they are held for trial, some Of the
goods having been found on them.-Ex-
change.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-18
STEAMER IS DISABLED
400 MILES At SEA

NEW YORK. April 1s-The White
Star liner Cedric arrived today,
and reported thae she had passed, 400
miles east OF sancy Hook. the steamer
Rotterdam, IN distress. with her ma
chinery broken down. The vessel sig
nailed that she would be able to make
her own repairs. and was not in need Of
help. 50 the Cedric went on her way.
II is believed that the disabled vessel
is the Dutch tank steamer Rotterdam.
Captain Giescke. which left Amsterdam
on Apr for New York There IS also
a British freighJer Rotterdam. which
must have been in the neighbOrhOOd
where the disabled steamer was passed
on April Is. when the Cedric sighted
her This steamer left Liverpool for
Norfolk April s
On board the Cedric were Prof A.
Agassiz. the naturalist, and his son.
They penetrated 60 miles into Central
Africa, 10 Lake Victoria Nyansa. but
Prof Agassiz said he was merely on a
quest for health and rest
The Countess Pappenhe.rn. formerly
Miss Wheeler. OF Philadelphia. and her
daughte-. the Countess Pauline. were
other passengers on the Cedric.
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.SHE FINDS HUSBAND,
TO SUE FOR DIVORCE

Declaring that her husband deserted
her ten years ago, leaving her destitute
with two small children. and that he is
now living in afhuence in Pittsburg.
Pa, with one whom he passes on as her
successor, Mrs Susie a. Tailor fled
suit against William T. Taylor and the
woman she says has usurped her place
in the affections Of her husband.
Mrs. Taylor states in her bill OF com
paint that she married Taylor in Bos-
ton in 1855. AID that for q while was
happy. They came 70 Washington 70
live, and here her husband started TO
drink. Ir 1899. she says. he left, and
from that time up 20 $he time she dis-
covered that he was living in the Smoky
City. she had no trace Of MIN.
she now asks that she he given an
absolute divorce, and the custody Of her
TWO children, Gypsy Mae. nineteen, and
William J. Taylor, eighteen, and that
she be allowed TO resume her maiden
name Irving Williamson is her attor-
ney-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-18
TOBACCO TRUST
WILL NOT CHANGE
W. w. Fuller
Chief Counsel Says Gov
eminent Will Lose Dis
solution Suits.

NEW YORK. April 1s.-W. ". Fuller
chief counsel of the American Tobacco
Company. the Tobacco trust, today posi-
lively denied the reported plan Of the
trust to dissolve Mr.. Fuller declared
the story, emanating from Richmond.
that the reorganization OF the trust is
proposed is absolutely false. mo change
of any sort IN the American Tobacco
Company IS contemplated" Mr.. Fuller
said.
According to the Norfolk report the
dissolution Of the company was planned
to avoid conflict with the sherman anti
trust law and TO head on the suit the
Government Is now prosecuting in the
courts TO dissolve the trust Mr.. Fuller
declared such a report is silly
we VIII win the suit the Government
instituted" he declared, and there IS
no need for such a course as the news
papers report we viii take.
According to the story current in Nor
folk, the three plants Of the trust at
Norfolk jersey. City, and Lancaster,
Pa, where cigars are made by ma
cl,lnes, are 10 be removed from the
trusts control and organized into the
Federal Cigar Company
W. s. LuCkett, Of this city, general
manager OF the three branches. Is 70
become president Of the Federal Cigar
Company This separation Of the trust S
interests, IL was stated. was TO be the
first step in the dissolution plan and
other changes We're TO follow Accord
ing to Attorney Fuller. the management
OF the vast property Will continue as
before
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covered a hve-foot ledge one thousand
feet long the ore from which asSayed
81 a ton yield, more familiar 70 fiction
than to fact
Search for the missing certificates
was then resumed. Mrs. Drake went
through ali the clothes closets in the
Drake f;7artment In the pocket Of a
hunting coat which had not been worn
Tor more than year she found the GER
tlncates- She telegraphed to Mr. Drake.
VINO had gone TO Montana TO mVeSti-
gate the reports Of a strike which had
come 10 him
He went out with engineers and in
Fpected the ledge Then he decided he
would not sell at any price he returned
70 this city Tuesday, and has since beCn
ir consultation with mining men IN con-
nectiOn with his property.
Mrs brakes finding OF the missing
certificates and the discovery Of the
valuable gold bearing ledge on the
Drake property occurred so fortuitously
that many OF Mr.. brakes frienLs have
sent hin kilograms Of cOngrat ulstiOn-
he had come TO look upon his stock in
the enterprise as Of little worth and
had not even taken the trouble 10 nut
the certificates in a safety box
All the stock IN the mine IS owned by
Mr.. Drake and his associates. and none
has ben sold TO the public
It's too good TO sell" said Frank
Drake last night There has been so
much luck connected with q that my
brother thinks he'll hold on. and wait
Tor some more good fortune"
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DAMAGE BY FLOOD
IN THE MILLIONS

FORT WORTH. April 1s-This section
is slowly recovering from the effects OF
the torrenIial rains and high wind
storm that swept over here last night.
causing damage that will reach into mill
ions. and completely suspending rail-
road, telegraphic, and teleDhonic com
municatiou- The Trinity river here is
out Of its banks, and al! OF the houses
IN the vicinity arc flooded. Fortunately
the police were able TO get the resi-
dents 70 the high grounds IN time, so
that there was no loss Of lie
At Cleburn, twenty miles 10 the south.
half q dozen houses were Unroofcd, and
so houses were flooded when the two
bayCus that run through the town over
flowed their banks II took only a short
time for the bayOus 10 overflow their
banks. and the water rose at the rate
OF nearly three feet an hour for scvera
hours Many narrow escapes are re
ported here
4 circus. located in the western Dor
ton OF the town, was completes I'd
wrecked Two lions escaped from their
cages and caused a panic proving
around town. but were finally recap
tured by their keepers. One canvasman
was fatally hurt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-18
100000 MINERS
TO RESUME WORK
Operators and Men Part
With Best of
Feeling.

TOLEDO, Ohio. April 1.-TWO hun
ored thousand idle miners in the Cen
tral competitive district will go TO work
next Wednesday afternoon.
An agreement between miners and
operators was reached yesterday by
members OF the scale committee. and
ratified by the joint meeting OF miners
and operators. Both sides are satisfied
and the conference adjourned with the
best feeling in years between the parties
10 the controversy.
The old rate of 50 cents ton for min
Ing coal was adopted. A referendum
vote is TO be taken by districts on the
proposition TO make the agreement hold
for two years.
a uniform screen of one and one
fourth inches, an eight-hour day and
referring OF all local differences as 10
prices and conditions TO the districts
Tor settlement are provided
An invitation was extended to Illinois
operators 20 join in the next Interstate
convention. which will be held in Toledo
In February, 1910. The States affected
by the agreement are Western Pennsyl-
Vhnia. Ohio. and Indiana
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Finds S2,0OO,0OO IN Coat
Cast ASIDE a Year Ago

NEW YORK, April Is-To the fact
that Mrs. John A. Drake found In a
pocket Of an old hunting coat Of her
husband in their apartments at the
Waldorf-Astoria a bundle of stock GER
ificates Mr. Drake owes the possession
Of gold mine in Montana upon which
experts have set a value of 8 100000.
Having spent 5000 a month in devel-
oping the mine, Of which he was the
principal owner, Mr.. Drake had pre-
pared to sell the property 10 officials Of
the Amalgamated Copper Company and
other men. They had paid 100000 on the
purchase price Of $500, 900 set by him
He went 10 get his stock certificates
TO deliver to the purchasers. The shares
were not in his safety deposit vault
at the Waldorf-Astoria. They were not
in his vault in Wall street he tele-
graphed 10 his brother. Frank Drake,
in Chicago. and had him make a search
in the Chicago Offices. but nowhere could
the certificates be found
The transaction was halted. and Mr..
Drake. failing TO fin1 the stock. was
unable TO dispose OF his mine.
He got word from his representatives
in Montana last week that upon his
property, which he mad been willing 10
sell for 800. 900, there had been dis
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cOlored couple had been found in the
kitchen of a colored boarding house.
where the keeper had sheltered them.
They were suffering from tuberculosis.
and, being without money, food or shell
ter. had been taken in. OF course, the
danger of allowing tIberclilar persons
to remain in a boarding house. particu-
larry in the kitchen, YVES apparent
II was only necessary 10 spend a small
amount to secure them proper quarters
and care II was said
Another case was reported in which
It was shown that through the agency
Of the society a child OF eight was be-
ing cured of tuberculosis. The child
was one Of a family Of six, the Oldest
being twelve The family is white and
the father a drunkSrd. The support of
the family is he mother of the six
children. who eheS out an existence for
them by sewing. She had been unable
TO buy eggs and milk for the sick child
which haG been afflicted for several
years. and was gradually losing strength
and s hold on life.
The case was discovered some months
ago, however, and eggs and milk sup
piled TO the little sufferer. with the re-
suit that the disease had been arrested
strength was returning, and there is
now hope of complete recovery. The
child should be sent to the seashore,
however. because IT $50 has tuberculo-
sis of the bones.