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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

dropped white envelopes. When
school was about 10 be dismissed the
Beautiful Lady who took care OF all
the children opened Up the mysterious
affair and took out the envelopes one
By one. calling the name OF the little
boy or girl.
You held your breath When would
yours Gomez All, exquisite moment
OF anticipation. Your heart-such .
tiny little silly. lovable heart. too
fairly ceased 70 beat. for every no
ment you expected that your name
would be spoken The other children
were busy showing their white lace
valentines. and never noticed the visit
ful little face IN = far-back seat
Il was all over The box vas empty.
The Beautiful Lady closed her desk
The children ran for their hats and
coats. You placed two sOlled fat lit
tie hands 70 two very moisty- misty
eyes and felt your first great sorrow.
You did. didn't your Wen. II you
didn't. I did
The heart OF = child Is so sensitive
a flower A thought will crush it-a
tear will bruise T.
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Wasn't Skepticsl.

"a scientist claims that rubber can
be made from Indian corn" remarked
the boarder who had been perusing
the scientific notes in pateat-medi-
cine almanac.
Il guess he's right" growled the
scanty-haired bachelor at the pedal
extremity OF the mahogany. The bat
ter cakes we have this morning would
seem to indicate as much"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
That Balance OF Trade.


II Is surprising 10 find Secretary
Taft reiterating that stale old Repub-
Mcan idea that the United States re-
ceives gold in payment for the appar-
ent balance OF trade on our foreign
commerce. In his speech at Boston
be said:
we are able to settle for the one
hundred millions OF gold that we
withdrew from Europe by the
excess OF our exports over our i'm
ports in the single month Of October.
This reasoning is. OF course. intend
ed TO show how prosperity produced
by The tariff follows the footsteps OF
the Republican party and compels
foreign countries 10 pay tribute 70 US
But the facts do not warrant the as
sumption. but entirely disprcSe IL.
The Official reports Of the United
States treasury show that our mer-
I chants exported an excess OF gold. sil-
yer and merchandise over their total
imports OF s7.s3i0o0.000 during tie
/ last 20 years. During the past ten
years there has been exported s5.OoS.-
600 600 more Of gold. silver and mer-
/ ehandise than has been imported. As
4 this is greater than the entire visible
gold supply OF the world how can Mr..
Taft. or any other Republican stat
istician. explain why We have not all
the gold in the world in exchange for
our enormous excess OF exports.
The gold imported during the panic
Z 49, LFlas-rr for
Il. in the free gold market of England.
than the Bank OF England or anyone
else was willing to pay for It. The
bankers who imported 1t made a large
profit. for currency here was selling
for three per cent premium. and gold,
OF course. was quite as valuable as
paper money As the balance Of trade
is adjusted from time 10 time. this
gold may. and probably will. return TO
London unless we are able 10 pay our
debts there with wheat. cotton and
other merchandise The disputed
question OF where the enormoU5 bal
ance Of trade goes 70 and why we do
not receive payment in gold for II,
which we evidently do not, can prob
ably be explained by the large sum
paid annually for ocean freights. in.
terest or our bonds and stocks held in
foreign countries and the enormous
sum carried abroad annually b. the
ever.increasing food OF visitors from
this country TO Europe every summer
not forgetting the money taken by
immigrants and what our foreign pop
ulation send to their relatives abroad.
That we receive from abroad all VIC
are entitled TO cannot h. disputed. and
the attempt Of the Republican poll
ticians TO show for partisan purposes
that we are receiving vastly more Il
unworthy ~ those who aspire to b.
known as statesmen.
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SEEMS TO neso INVESTIGATION.
Peculiar Actions Of Treasury Authcfl'
ties During the Panic.

The proposed Investigation by the
senate OF the administration OF the
United States treasury during the
pane viii no doubt produce publicity
OF some extraordinary achievements in
the field OF finance. II Is claimed that
the issue OF Panama bonds was sold
10 the banks for less than othcr people
offered 20 pay. and that in distribut-
ing the proceeds and the other avail
able cash in the treasury the south
aud west did not get their fair
share. The law. OF course. provides
that the bonds. when issued. were 10
De sold % the highest bidder. and al
though the depositing in the national
banks OF the available cash In the
treasury is left a good deal TO the dis
erection OF the secretary OF the treas
ury. as to amount and the security for
the same. yet the law provides that
the banks OF each section OF the
country shall get their fair share.
These are serious charges. especially
il il turns out 10 be true. that the peo-
pie have been plundered by their
own servants by selling the bonds 10
national banks at less than they were
worth There is another very serious
question that the Republican admin
istration must explain. which is Why
Panama bonds were sold at all. when
thpe was no need for such issue for
nj purpose OF providing money 10
build the canal? The books OF the
United States treasury showed at the
time the bonds were sold there was a
balance OF over $3.50 100000 Of cash
on hand available TO pay for canal
building. which congress could appro-
pirate for that. or any other purpose.
II is true that the receipts OF the gov
eminent under Republican laws have
been. for the present fiscal year. less
than the running expenses. and as the
last congress had been very extraya-
CANT in making appropriations, II will
be necessary 10 trench more and more
upOr the available cash before the
fiscal year expires. But the deficit
will probably not be more than $50.
600 600. which would still leave $780,
600 900 surplus cash.
Why. then. did the president order
an issue OF bonds when the treasury
had ample funds 70 meet the extrava-
CANT appropriations? The excuse will
probably be that 10 call upon the
banks during the panic for return OF
even a few millions 10 pay the bills of
the government would have been
very announcement for the Wall street
bankers. 10 whom the Roosevelt and
former RepuL 'can administrations
were under great obligations for con-
tributions TO campaign funds. II Is
comfort TO Democrats that Senator
Culberson. the new party leader in the
senate. has promptly demanded the
evidence OF all these questionable
financial transactions. which on their
face will cost the people many more
millions OF taxation for a generation
TO come than there was need for.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid TO tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con
fidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during this
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that viii
help your case. Such letters as the fol-
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond a doubt the power Of
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

oae often wonders ho~ St valen-
tines day ever got start. Il Is said
that in England and France the young
folk were given to playii a game in
which the names Of all the girls and
boys were written on tiny slips OF pa
per. thrown into a general receptacle.
and then drawn out lottery fashion.
care being taken OF course that each
person draws the name OF one Of the
other sex The person thus drawn
became ones valentine. and the Rilot
ment decreec by fate was supposed g
impose upon the couple a sort Of 10y
I atty for the coming year
All OF which sounds very romantic
and beautiful. but which IN plain fac
must have mixed things up fcarfully
al Il Is a question whethe- or no
fate always selected the right maiceE
or t,e right beau
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

fury. You don't say that you are suIi
rcmantic?-
Il say thfs-that my wife can beat
ne at argument or scoldng or doing
as she pleases whether l ike IL or not
She's obstinate and pigheaded and
touchy. and the only way can get
even with her 10 on Valentines day.
Then I get 100 OF the neanest bur
Iesque valentines I can find and send
them 20 her. and for the next three
months she's wondering who seat EN-
and treats me fairly well. Try II
once. II Is a good deal better than
threatening her with the family ak
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
OR. SIMMONS AND
THE SOUTHWEST,

DR. G. Y. simmons. whose advertise
ment appears In another column OF
this paper. has probably helped more
people 10 acquire homes OF their own
in the most delightful and fertile Sec
ton OF the country. where life Is really
pleasure. than any other man now
living DIR. Simmons is a Southerner
by birth. a broad minded. kindly gen.
ueman. who is never happier than
when helping Others 10 help them
selves. He would not misstate any
thing for all the wealth OF the Rookie
fellers. and any OF our readers inter
ested in land in the sunny Southwest
can enter into negotiations with him
with the fullest assurance OF n square
deal at any and all times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
RANCH LIFE IN THE WEST
ssfu Plenty Of Chances &c Get Rieh ana
Secure Free Home---b.Dk OF i"o
Views and Map Free

rev box has h~en Duhi.n~i der. 80 ~ !,
Wea IN the wrss There ia erlCrr1-s dtii.at -
a. vlrr,s.-sruiv. even body wants ~ htzti~ -
$500. ~ .fs-tintely true. AZ dcerrta. , = rAr -
I'LL. as farsnsre nd r4rehrusr ~ AfnA.s - -
s.-~urr. ard 49, ~ rifirera uaAF - 49,
TIE h.lk gives .h@ government tAr.1 nni = -
fau4 n.h and Earrr l4w% fczffnrT "a - 2 iAl-
rrun - COLI rado. NssutA n 10 pafss-sr ~ =.
fnr-n ana ranch wlews 1uboy lfe- &C Aai----a
cnef g. 90 - issue. . -.
~ bsok l. frre-do yuu vast ". - -,
s,ar rig tiiuszr atce wesrern f1nliF niAt -
f1.a.s-t1rt - wtF s4rd vnu tire aDyre o. -
,s.s n on roaIs EnuFrthF ne-razr ~
-rnr an Tor Only 49,. N - y-r-znEr -aAmf-
"a n ara tso~sks srr 8 for g.. MuD~f hasA " =.
r1ss~e TRAN rtira 80. Car magazine prttt- .
.~.nerr sfa-ies ~ adventure arlf ~Eefs - ~
- nfs,rs ~ wsss. act qrirk ~ero tf.tAf -
panrh lie MAsariae Eiacs u. iAenTer, t.'aaf-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
Millions In Oats and Barley.

Nothing will pay you better for 30:
than TO sow a plenty OF bag yielding oats
and barley with oats at 4Oc 70 SOC bn
(Salzer's new Emperor William Oats av'
eraged 80 bu. per acre more than any
other variety IN 1907 would pay immense
" while Salzer's Silver King Barley which
proved itself the biggest yielder at the
Wisconsin Agricultural Station during
1907 if you had planted 50 acres would
have given you in 1907 just $4,000 on y
acres. IL - an enormous yielder.
JUST sESD THIS NOTICE AND l0c
70 the John A. Salzer Seed Co. Ia
Crosse. Wis, and we Will mail you the
only original seed catalog published IN
America with samples Of Emperor Wi
liam Oats. Silver King Barley Billion Dol
lar Grass which produces II tons per acre
Sainfoin the dry soil luxuriator. etc. etc
and If you send l4c we add a package OF
new farm seeds never before seen by You
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
LYDIAE. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer al female diseases
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
Ever since l was sixteen years %
age / had suffered from an organic de-
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence i had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous Ny physi-
clan said / must go through an opera
ton 10 get well. A friend told ms
about Lydia z Pinkham's Negetabls
Compound. and took IL and wrote you
for advice. following your directions
carefully. and thanks 10 You ! am %
day u well woman. and ! an telling
ali my friends Of my experience"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
When He Skipped.

Suddenly the lone woman awoke.
and pressing a button flooded the
apartmenr with light In the full glare
stood a burglar.
Il don't wish TO alarm you" she
said 10 him, but in Just a minute
the hour OF midnight will strike"
He did not seem impressed
Are you aware" she continued,
"that the coming OF the hour will
usher in the new year,"
Still he stood mute.
And that it will be leap year al
that?" she added.
Then il was that he fed into the
darkness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female lis,
and has positively cured thousands IT
women who have been troubled with
displacements. Inflammation. ulcera-
ton. fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that hear-
ing-down feeling, fatulency, lndlges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostratlOn-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

Timkins-Your wife seems to be
quite a fluent talker.
Simkins-Sou bet she Is. | never
knew her TO be outtalked INT once.
Timkins-Indeed,
Slnkins-Yes: and then IL took two
other women TO do H.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
HIS ONE DAY TO GET EVEN.
Husband Sent 6Uriesque Valentines
and Had His Wife Guessing.

SAY. old fellow" said Brown. az
he laid his hand familiariy on Potte-'s
shoulder. didn't ! see you II the
stat0ner's a day or two ago looking At
vaIertines7-
You probably did. as was IN
there vas the answer.
Buying for some sister or uiece."
'NO-tor ny wife"
But you are over 50 years old and
have been married 3 quarter Of q cen
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

IrrAs 1uETr.
FRaSx !. CaESET makes oath ina. ne sainf
us-t-ar ~ the c-fn OF r J. CHKSKY a Co dains
Business IN the City Of Toledo. C1saty and state
asB-esAid ard that said frm VII Pay t1- s-m y
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each ard every
case u CArAKKE that cannot be cured - Tie use -
HALLS CArAEEH CvAE- r,.xv, ~urxrv
sworn 70 bef1-~ me and subscribed IN my Preseal g
this en- cAy Of December. A. D.. ISIS .
sE,L SorAEr PrsLro
Hair. CAta-rh Cure 70 tAkea Internally All arti
ssrertiv "a fhe his~t and mucous surfaces o. n.
sys;em. send for tes-.rn uniAl., free -
2. }. CHENEY CO. I Saeto. o.
sod By al Druggists. Fse-
Tsss HslrsFanliy pills for constipation
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no peace in Ohio" IS the way the
headlines put IL Though as matter
or principle we favor peace. yet some
tirras war hrinrs gnnd rasuisa
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

There was a young lady In Guam
Who said: while the ocean Is calm
Ill plunge in for a lark
But she met with a shark.
We will now sing the 18th Psalm.
Houston Post
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

Mrs. Benham-Ycu used TO say
that | was your life.
BenAam--Can't man get tired OF
life!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

WONDERFUL
fav the four
teenth OF Febru-
AIRY. IL is 50 Won
derful that IL
spreads its charm
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OVER NINE MILLION Co.2OO. 900
SOLD THIS YEAR

Sale. Lewis Single Binder cigars for
year Ioo7 more thar. o.2oo. ooo
Sc. Cor loos s.5oo. 600
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14

Sheer white goods. in fact. any fine
wash goods when new. owe much OF
their attractiveness TO the way they
are Numbered. this being done IN q
manner TO enhance their textile beau
". Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory il proper attention \ Is
given TO starching. the first essential
being good Starch. which has sufficient
strength 10 stiffen. without thickenin Z
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised az tho
improved appearance of your work
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
GOT IT.

Cholly-Er-h'm
did you ever hear
your sister speak
OF me. Willie?
Willie-Sure: ]
heard sis say dat
your head was
shaped like .
lemon.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
rook Two 70 Sea, FER.

Gain .............--..s. N"'~"
Quality brings the business.
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The author looked up from the
first chapter OF his mammoth history
OF advertising.
Il wonder" he murmured, who
could have been the first manufacture
to advertise? II is an item that would
fit in well here"
There Is no extnnt data on the sub
ject." said the farmer. but ! have
every reason to believe that the hen
is the person you are looking for"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-14
Revised Homestead Regulation;

rs cRsvFoRp. rs " yinfh s.. ksnsss CRY. Va
y sq0uGHTOs. Rsoa De Qsisry Bl.f-- Ckicsts. III
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-04
Husband, Who Is the Murderer
Has Opportune Period Of
Forgetfulness
KNOCKED HER DOWN THE
STAIRS AND THEN FORGOT
Body With Limbs Severed Sent in q
Trunk to Storage and Police Force
Confession From the Murderer Al.
er the Find.

Boston, Sept 4-But few points IN
connection with the most horrible
and gruesome murder recorded in the
annals of crime in greater Boston,
that of Mrs. Honorah Jordan, an ac-
tress who was known on the stage
as Irene Shannon, by her husband,
Chester S. Jordan, remained to be
cleared up by the police today. The
confession of the husband to police
following his arrest after the acciden-
tai discovery of the mutilated torso
OF his wife in trunk which he caus-
ed to be placed in room at No. Z
Hancock street, of this city, was be-
lieved to be substantial recital of
the incidents of the brutal crime, but
several minor details of his confess
sion conflicted with each other and
his story was unconnected in parts.
AS result of his examination by
the police, Jordan gave plausible
reason in remark by his wife which
he says was melted by her belief that
he was unfaithful. He said that fol-
lowing her epithet. he struck her,
knocking her down flight of stairs.
He declared that from that moment
until he awoke the next morning, he
has no recollection of anything. When
he awoke he found the body lying at
the foot of the stairs.
When arraigned in the Sommer-
Vile police court, Jordan plead not
guilty to the charge of murder. The
case was continued until Friday, Sep
tember II, and Jordan was remanded
to iail:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-04
F. P. SARGENT
HAS SUCCUMBED
Commissioner of immigration
Died in Washington Home
of Stomach Trouble

Washington. Sept. 4.-Frank P. Sar-
gent. commissioner of immigration in
the department of commerce and
labor. died in this city today of sto-
mach trouble. Mr.. Sargent was 81
years of age. He was born in Orange,
VT. From 1888 to 1892 he was chief
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen. In 1898 President Mckinley
appointed him as a member of the
Industrial commission and when he
resigned from that body he declined
the position as chief of the bureau of
engraving and printing. He had been
commissioner general of immigration
since 1902. He was thirty-two de-
gree Mason and a, member of the
National Civic federation. He was
also member of Grew Coeur club of
Peoria, ILL.,, and of the Fifty" club of
Philadelphia. He had been i'll for sew
eral months with an ailment Of the
stomach, which refused to yield to the
best of medical treatment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-04
GIRLS IN PANIC
Several Jumped From Upper Stories
and We're Injured

New York, Sept 4-Four hundred
young women. milliners employed in
the upper floors of the twelfth story
building at 652 Broadway became
panic stricken today when fire on
the fifth floor filled the stairways so
full of smoke that they were impas-
sable. The salesroom and storage
room of Alfred A. Zeimer on the fifth
floor was already blazing fiercely
when the flames and smoke burst in
to the Railways spreading all through
the building which was crowded like
a hive. Screaming with fright the
girls first attempted to find an exit
by the stairs but they we're stopped by
the smoke at the seventh floor. A
Number Of them made frantic dnsh for
windows on that floor and jumped to
the roof of an adjoining building a
story or more below the windows. 1t
is believed that a number of them
were injured in doing so. Hundreds
Of other girls dashed for the eleva-
tors, two of which were kept running
through the smoke. Many of the girls
were fainting or unconscious when
the elevators reached the ground floor
and were carried out of the building
by the police. Others were hysterical
with fright and created a great COM
motion by their screams. A big
crowd assembled in Broadway to
watch the work of rescue, as the fire
occurred during the noon hour when
the sidewalks were thronged with
pedestrians.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-04
.CASHE[ WILL
Be THE MOSES
Selected to Lead the State
Democracy Out Of the
Wilderness

Bismarck, Sept. 4-The Democratic
state cenartl committee was organic
ed in this city Yesterday evening.
Senator John l.. Cashel of Grafton
was elected choirman, George Pogue
of Fargo secretary and S. orgerson of
Grand Forks treasurer. Headquarters
will be opened at Grand Forks and
Chairman Cashel was authorized to
appoint an executive committee of
nine members, with one member from
each of the judicial districts. The
platform can be summarized into an
endorsement of Governor Burke and
the national platform and Mr. Bry-
ans candidacy, with a denunciation
OF the Republican party of the state
for including t1e guarantee of bank
deposits, physical valuation of rail-
roads and election of United States
senators by direct vote Of the people
in its state platform.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-04
WIDOWS LOVE
FOR OLD M|SER
TO Be L|T|GATEO
Says They Would Have Been
Married But for Objection
of Relatives
WOMAN WORKED IN BOARDING
HOUSE JUST TO Be NEAR HIM
Nobody knew the Aged Man Was At.
tentiye to WOman-Long Legal Bat.
tie May Result From Her Effort to
Get Part of Fortune

Dubuque, Ia, Sept. 4-Falling
across the body of William Hintrag-
er, 50 years old, who was found dead
Wednesday, Mrs. Barbara Foster, a
widow of so years, yesterday cried
out in her grief that the aged man was
to have been her husband. The wom-
an asserted that she will appeal to the
courts for a share of his estate
Hintrager was of miserly habits and
his fortune is estimated to be many
thousands of dollars obtained by pur-
chasing tax titles. He boarded at the
house where Mrs. Foster is employed
and she only worked in the place to
satisfy his request to have her near
him. The old man left no will and
the widows threat to start suit for
a share in the estate may cause a
long legal battle over the fortune. In
the room which Hintrager occupied
alone, 5000 in gold has been found.
That he ever was attentive to Mrs.
Foster, none of his friends knew, but
she says they would have been mar
ried had not his relatives objected.
Heart disease is supposed to have
caused his death.