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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-04-03
The Honorary Guest.

The Hon. Sas De Billions sat in his god-and green pri-
vate office the fortythrd floor of his colossal banking
institution. He in high spirits In the midst of
conversation with of the swagger of the metro
pois he called to of his secretaries and the following
conversation took place.
did you go up to the mansion and interview Mrs De
BiIlions?"
81 did, sir"
"And you told her to have everything in readiness?
Eyes, sir She promised to see to it instantly"
Good Is the kitchen in perfect order?'
Absolutely, apple pie, sir"
"And has she the piano tuned?"
"The tuner was att when left, sir
"And the wine cellar was re-stocked?"
"Ihe wagons were unloading baskets of champagne
and boxes of wine"
Excellent. And the policeman on the corner
changed for of the swagger Adonses Of the force
He is thing of beauty and JOY forever, as think.
Good Now that the carriage in readiness at pre-
csely at o'clock, the appointed time and not yspeck
the turnout at the peril of your life. will go myself
and escort her my house, headed by regiment band of
100 pieces. playing "Hai to the chief"
Good heavens exclaimed the cbman and companion who sat
listening to all with his growing wider and wider Are
have parsonage guest this evenlng
Royal? Well should I've been two steady months
trying accomplish the thing but only today succeeded.
"A duchess, eh?'
"Pooh!'
"A princess of the blood, perhaps
Nonsense No unimportant'
THE President of the coming Womans Congress?
'Boshi'
For heavens sake. who then?'
"A new hired girl
For moment listener looked his friend, then swooned
dead away with the momentous reaization-Ex
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-04-03
HORROR OF THE DESERT
(From Percival Lowell's Mars
and the Future of the Earth"
in the April CentuarY.l

0 (From Percival LowelPs Mar:
: and the Future of the Earth
! in the April Centuary.)
Deserts already exist on the
earth, and the nameless horror
that attaches to the world in
the thoughts of all who have ex-
perience of them, or are gifted
with imagination to conceive, is
in truth greater than we CON-
monty suppose. For the cosmic
circumstance about them which
lis most terrible is not that des-
erts are, but the deserts have
begun to be. Not as local, evil
table evils are they only to be
pictured, but as the general un-
escapable death grip on our
world. For it is the beginning
of the end. What depauperates
the forests to grass lands, and
thence to wastes. must in turn
attack the sea bottoms when
they shall have parted with seas.
Last of the fertile spots upon
the planet because of the salts
the streams have for ages washed
down, and of the remnant of
moisture that would still drain
into them, eventually they must
share the fortune of their pre-
decessors, and the planet roll a
parched orb through space.
The picture is forbidding; but
the fact seems one to which
we are constructively pledged
and into which we are in some
sort already adventured.
Girdling the earth with what
! it takes but little personification
to liken to the life-extinguishing
serpent's coils, run two desert
felts of country. The one fol-
lows, roughly speaking, the
Tropic of Cancer. extending
northward from it; the other,
the Tropic of Capricorn. Ari-
zona is in the northern band,
as are the Sahara, Arabia and
the deserts of Central Asia.
Now, these desert belts are
growing, In the great desert
of northern Arizona the travler,
threading his way across a
sagebush and cacti plain shut
in by abrupt-sided shelves of
land rising here and there some
hundreds of feet higher, sud-
denly comes upon a petrifed for
est.
Trunks of tress in all stages
Iof fracture strew the ground
over a space some miles in ex-
tent. So perfect are their
forms, he is almost minded to
think the usual wastefnl wood
chopper has been by and left the
scattered products Of his art in
Uttered confusion upon the
scene of his exploit. Only their
beautiful color conveys sense
Iof strangeness to the eye, and
leaning down and touching them,
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he finds that they are-stone.
Chalcedony, not carbon! Form
has outlived substance and kept
the resemblance, while the par
ticles of the original matter
have all been spirited away.
| Yet so perfect is the present.
ment, one can hardly believe
the fact, and where one fallen
giant spans a little canon, one
almost thinks to hear the sound
of water rushing down the creek.
But it is some million of years
and more since this catastrophe
befell, and the torrent, uprooting
it, left it prone. with limbs out
stretched in futile grasp upon
the other side. A confer it was,
cousin only to such as grow to-
day, and fiourished probably in
the Cretaceous era; for the land
has not been under water here
since the advent of Tertiary
times.
Nowhere near it, except for
the rare cottonwoods along the
bank of the Little Colorado,
grows anything today. The
rainfall which one supported
these forests is incompetent to
do so now Yet nothing has
changed there since except the
decreasing water supply. Dur
ing Tertiary and Quarternary
time the rainfall has been
growing less and less. Proof
of this is offered by the great
pine oasis that caps the plateau
of which these petrified forests
from a part, and is kerneled by
the San Francisco peaks. The
height above sea level of the
spot where the halcedony trunks
are strewn is about $500 feet.
Two thousand feet upward the
verdure line has retreated since
the former forests were. And
this is no local alteration, for
upon the other side of the pla-
teau petrified remains of trees
are similarly found.
The line of perpetual green
has risen because in desert
regions the moisture is found
most plentiful nearest to the
clouds from which it falls upon
a parching earth. Streams. in
stead of gathering volume as
they go, are largest near their
source, and grow less AMI less
with each fresh mile of flow.
The brooks descending from the
Anti-Lebanon, in Syria, water
the gardens of Damascus, and.
thence issuing upon the plain.
lose themselves just beyond the
threshold Of its gates. So in the
Arizona desert, though in less
degree; and those who live there
know it but too well.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-04-03
The Fools Prayer.

The royal feast was done; the king
Sought some new sport to Danish care,
And to his jester cried: Sir Fool,
Kneel, now, and make for US prayer.
The Jester DOTTED his cap and bells, J
And stood the mocking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head and bent his knee
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
His pleading voice arose; 20 ord,
Be merciful to me fool !.
No pity, Lord, could change the heart 5
From red with wrong to white as wool; s
The rod must heal the sin; but Lord,
Be merciful to me, FOOL
'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep !
OF truth and light, we stay;
'Tis by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven away
These clumsy feet, still in the mre
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, well meaning nds we thrust 4
Among the heartstrngs Ct friend
The i'll timed truth we might h i've kept
Who knows how sharp It percd and stung? 4
The word we had not sense to say
Who knows how grandy it had rung?
Oar faults no tenderness could ask,
The Christening stripes must cleanse them all;s
But for our blunders in shame
Before the eyes of heaven we fall.
Earth bears no balsam for mistakes,
Men crown the khave and scourge the tool 2
That did his will; but thou, 0 Lord ,
Be mercifu to me fool!'
The room was hushed; in silence rose
The king and sought his gard n cool,
And walked apart, and mnrmured low,
BE mercful to me, a fool!' i
Edward R. Sill.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-04-03

The thing you don't want some
one else may wart. CcURIER advs.
will sell them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-30

Thursday, October IS Poultry and Live Stock Day

Grand Parade of All Show Classes in Front of Gr;lndsand. First Anniversary of Arkansas Poultry and Pet Stock Association. Automobile Interstate Match Race.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-30

Special Program in Auditorium. Show and Parade.
 Special Automobile Races.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
A Scared Stand Patter.

The Protective Tariff league must
be singing loud ~hallelujahs In It's
sanctum sanctorum that the sacred
tariff will be revised higher if the Re-
nublicans are successful at the elec-
ton. The league holds fast to the
fundamental absurdity that a high
tariff protects not only the manu-
facturer, but the laboring man as well.
In fact. Mr.. Charles A. Moore, presi-
dent of the league, who was in Chi
cago at the convention to see that no
harm came to the sacred Dingley tar
iff from it's friends, the Republicans,
said:
eff the alleged tariff reformers or
reyisionists prevail at the convention
the incoming administration will be
nledged to a revision downward, mean
ing greater importations OF foreign
goods and the displacement of Amerl-
can products, less production, less en-
| ployment. and reduction of wages, and
nlacing our people on the same basis
as foreigners
But the danger from all these dire
l.ful predictions of disaster have beer
warded off, and instead of revision
| downward" we are promised revision
upward" through the addition 10 the
rresent law of a higher scale of du
ties. to be known as the maximum tar
if.
So Mr.. Moore and his league of tar
iff-pampered trusts can now be cain
as far as the Republican party is con
cerned and turn their attention to thu
wicked Democrats, who are for rea
tariff reform that will curb trust mig
prices.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
TWO CURES OF ECZEMA
Babv Had Severe Observation-Disclosures
Suffered Torments with 1t
Owe Recovery to Cuticura.

'In 1884 my grandson, a babe, a
an attack of eczema, and after trying
the doctors to the extent of heavy bills
and an increase of the disease and SUI
fering, l recommended Cutlcura n
in a few weeks the child was well. He
is to-day a strong man and absolutely
free from the disease. A few years
ago | contracted eczema, and became
an intense sufferer. A whole winter
passed without once having on shoes,
nearly from the knees to the toes be
ing covered with virulent sores. tried
manv doctors to no purpose. Then
procured the Cuticura Remedies and
found immediate improvement and
f~nalcure. NJ. w. LaRue, 845 Seventh St.
Louisville, Ky, Apr. % and May IA. 'O7."
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CAN NOT EVADE THE BLAME.
Republicans in Vain Seek to Lay Pan
ic to Democrats.

The Republicans in 1896 had no
doubt as to who should be blamed for
the panic of 1928, which was brought
on by the reckless silver purchase act
of 1890. That law was proposed by a
Republican administration and passed
in the house of representatives with
& unanimous Republican vote In It's
favor, and a unanimous Democratic
vote against it. Therefore, the Repub-
lican party proceeded to resolve that
the Democratic party was responsible,
for: 1T has precipitated panic, blight
ed industry and trade with prolonged
depression, closed factories, reduced
work and wages, halted enterprises,
and crippled American production
The Democrats al now retort IN
kind by adopting that Republican
plank as exactly fitting present condl-
tons for every consideration of pub
lie safety and Individual interest de-
mands that the government shall be
rescued from the hands of those who
have shown themselves incapable OF
conducting it," The Republican party
having had full control of the govern
ment for the past Il years, there can
be no Just accusation that the devil
ish Democrats have "precipitated pan
les. blighted industry and trade, with
prolonged depression" etc.
But the brazen effrontery of our Re
publican friends was quite equal to
the occasion, for to get out OF the
panic mes. they could not charge to
the Democrats, the platform JUS
adopted at Chicago declared that:
Nothing so clearly demonstrates
the sound basis upon which u com
mercial. industrial and agricultural IN
terests are founded, and the necessity
of promoting their continued welfare
through the operation of Republlcar
policies, as the recent safe passage O
the American people through a tnan
cial disturbance, which if appearing IL
the midst of Democratic rule or tn
menace of it, might have equaled tn
familiar Democratic panics of tn
past"
But have the American people ha'
a safe passage through tine Hnancla
Disturbance" That great baromete
of trade, the iron industry, is stll
sleeping to all intents and purposes
bank c%learances show a universal az
cline; many thousands of unempioye
workmen still hunting a job; railroa
earnings still falling and many div
dends unpaid or reduced; many indu'
trial plants closed or running on shol
time, does not clearly show their col
tinued welfare through the operatio
of Republican policies" but ratne
the reverse. But, of course, the n
publican party still holds to the Il
miliar theory that Providence is bacl
5 ing the party of great moral ideas
but of most astounding political co
, ruption and viciousness.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
peopie Still to Be MIXED.

The remarkable ACKNOWLEDGMENT
tariff plank of the Chicago platform
ought to satisfy every patriot that
thinks it right to compel h people
to help him pay the cost OF carrying
on his business. 1t goes stand pat one
better! But what will those manu-
~facturers think Of it who are being
held UP to the last penny for their raw
material? What will those think OF
1t who are paying higher prices Tor
goods made in this country than are
paid for these same goods by consum-
ers in other lands thousands of miles
away? An entirely Roosevelt conVen-
tion. Mr.. Roosevelt himself, MI.
Roosevelt's candidate are all agreed
hat we ought, not only to start our
Industries fairly in the race for SUI
not only to remove every
obstacle and handicap, but also to adj
lust tariff taxes so as to give them "a
reasonable profit after everything
heretofore deemed necessary had beer
done. In thinking about this we fear
that many people will have to revise
their views as to who are the reac
tionaries.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18

TeIepathic Thirst,

News travels so fast nowadays as to
render one almost speeches. with
wonder at the achievements of the
wireless telegraph and telephone, says
the Palmyra On. " Journal. One
night last week we won a case OF
whisky at the Elks' fair in Lyons, and
the night we brought it home there
were three church members, a town
official and two members of the band
on hand to meet us on getting OF the
car. Since our arrival many people
whom we have hitherto believed re
spectacle have gone out of their re
spective ways to speak kindly to us.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
Nothjru TO Be Thankful For.

Elizabeth's mother did not teach her
little daughter much that she should
have learned about religion; nor did
the father.
The other day a guest said to the
little girl: Elizabeth, does your IA
Their say grace at the table?"
What grace?" returned the girl In
nocently.
why, thanks for what you have to
eat"
"Oh." replied Elizabeth, now en-
lightened. I'VE don't have to thank
any one for what we have-we always
pay cash."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
HADN'T WALKED ALL THE WAY.
Prisoner at Least Had Change n
Crossing River.

"Down in Alabama" said John ~.
Fearhake, there's a deputy marshai
who doesn't let any such tribes as eX'
tradition laws stop him. Term OF
court was about to begin at one time,
and a gentleman who was out on pail
was reported to be enjoying himseh
over in Georgia. Deputy Jim Went
after him. Next day he telegrapneo
the Judge: 4 have persuaded hlm 10
come A few days later he rode into
town on a mule, leading his prisoner
tied up snugly with a clothes line me
prisoner looked as If he had seen haro
service.
"Why for heavens sake, Jim,' said
the Judge. you didn't make him walk
all the way from Georgia, did you?
""No, sir said Jim.
AZ hoped not said the Judge.
ono said jim, part of the way
drug him, and when we come TO the
Tallapoosa river, he swum. won
ms Home Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
Bv Inference.

The magistrate looked severely al
the small, red-faced man who had Deen
summoned before him, and who re-
turned his gaze without flinching.
$50 you kicked your landlord down
stairs?" said the magistrate. Did you
imagine hat was within the rights
of a tenant?"
"Tn bring M lease in and show 1t to
YOU" said the little man, growing still
redder, and I'll wager you'll agree
with me that anything they've forgot
ten to prohibit in that lease had a
right to do the very first good chance
got."-Youth's Companion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
Bevond EXPRESSION.

G. W. Farlowe, East Florence, Ala,
writes: For nearly seven years l
was afflicted with a form OF skin dis
ease which caused an almost unbear-
able itching. l could neither work,
rest or sleep in peace. Nothing gave
me permanent relief until l tried
Hunts Cure. One application re-
lieved me-; one box cured me, and
though a year has passed, / have
stayed cured. / am grateful beyond
expression"
Hunts Cure is a guaranteed remedy
for all itching diseases of the skin.
Price SOC.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
SHAKEDOWN NEAR
REPUBLICANS PREPARE TO
BLEED THE CORPORATIONS.
Probability That the Railroads VIII
Be Largely Called Upon for
Funds to Keep Friends of
Monopoly in Power.

What Republican is to do the TAT
irving this year? There is no DOUBT
that Mr.. Cortelyou would be best able
TO undertake it. He knows all aoouI
the weak spots in the armor OF the
trusts and protected monopolles ana
therefore, just about how much rat
can be squeezed out Of each corpora
ton without making them feel they
are being imposed upon. Then the
Wall street financiers, who nave mere
tofore beer charging up their dona-
lions to some corporation, must also
be dealt with tenderly now they have
TO draw against their own bank &C
counts, and who knows better than
Mr.. Cortelyou just how much to as
sesS them?
But there are peculiar difficulties
this year in making collections. be-
cause the interests that give 90 not
repay for what has been done Tor
them. but expect promises of protec-
ton and advantages in the future.
The tariff-protected trusts VIII re-
ouire assurances that their particular
schedule shall not be revised, anu
with a platform promising all kinds
of reform, although none is intended
it will be difficult to make a sklttlsh
trust magnate believe he and his In
terests will be left alone, when the
Republican spellbinderS and canal
dates are assuring the gullible Repuo'
lican voters that real reform is IN
tended. Rockefeller and Morgan VIII
evidently have to do the bulk OF the
giving for the financial interests, fol
thev hope to have the currency la"
made perpetual.
But there is a rich kettle of fat II
the railroads that will yield enough II
grease all the Republican machinery
and allow the politicians to live In lux
urv. The railroads are poor now, II
consequenc of the Republican PAM
and the continued business depression
but if they don't yield to the fat frye
they may expect that reform leglsla
ton, heretofore threatened, might De
come a reality. Then, too, nearly ever.
railroad has been a law breaker, am
some are still at it, and the evidence
is on file in the secret archives OF III
Interstate commission. Yes
Hartman will have to come dow
again. The Republican fat fryer WI
have the evidence of rebating and re
straint of trade and high rates at HI
fingers ends before he starts on nj
mission of collecting the tainted fund
10 save the country and incidental.
of course. to save the railroads an
the Republican party.
The poor old Democracy Will nav
TO trudge along with about enough t
pay printing and postage, n rel
upon dollar subscriptions and volul
teer help. Unless all signs fail, tn
Republicans will be swimming In la
and all the new, so-called reform la"
and regulations have been arrange
to help the frying process.
Still, it will need an adroit fat fr
er. If the Democratic candidate
would demand publicity as to whel
all funds come from and for h e
pended. to be published every ds
from the opening of the campalg
they could put the party of great me
al ideas, but of corrupt purposes al
actions, into a hole that would kee
them busy to escape from until ele
ton was over
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
Nna Bottle or Less.

Malaria is easy to contract in some
localities, and hard to get rid Or
that is, if the proper remedy is not
used. Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees
any one from it promptly n thor
oughly. 1t is guaranteed to cure n
kind of Chills. One bottle or less
will do it.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
The Entire Family.

Grand Pop used it for Rheumatism.
Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises.
Many for Burns, Scalds and Aches.
Sis for Catarrh and Chilblains. | use
it for everything, and it never dlsap-
points any of US. 1t surely yanks
any old pain out by the roots.
Hunts Lightning Oil is what l am
telling you about.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
The Part

Does it cost much to live in the
citv?" asked the old lady from the
small village.
20. no." replied her city nephew, 1t
doesn't cost any more to live in the
city than it does in the country, u
# costs three times as much to keep
IN Observation-Disclosures News.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
Have You ChiIls?

1t cured your Pa and also your Ma
of chills in the long ago, and it will
cure you now. 1t has been tested by
time and it's merits have been proven.
We guarantee one bottle to cure any
one case of Chills. If it fails your
money is cheerfully refunded-and it's
name is Cheatham's Chill Tonic.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
Overlooked.

az always distrust your judgment for
some reason or other, John"
Eyes. and you have reason TO-; II
serves me right"
"Why, l cannot remember you ever
having lone anything to justify sucn
a distrust."
Have you forgotten that l marrleo
YOU ?"-HouSton Post.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
The Mean Thing.

She (eyeing the refreshment booth)
dearest, while we are waiting lor
the train, don't you think it would Dc
a good idea to take something!
He-Yes, darling; and since IL Is
such a beautiful moonlight night, lets
take a walk.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
a Curious Fact.

water swells wood
at must. I've often noticed tha'
q novelist will wreck q skiff and then
float enough timber onto the desert
isle to build a town.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
Iookinq for Work.

.Why don't you go to work instead
of begging and boozing?"
81 will, boss, as soon as there's an
openin' in my trade. An l amt got
ong to wait now. nuther."
What is your trade?
I'm a trackwalker for aeroplane
1ipaS"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
TRY Murine Eve Remedy

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
Murine Doesn't Smart-Soothes Eye Pain.
All Druggists Sell Murine at scots, The 4S
Page Book in each Pkg. is worth Dollars
in every home. Ask your Druggist.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18
onnosites Cause and Effect.

"They say hat there is more crime
committed in hot weather"
Eyes; heat seems to conduce TO
wickedness."
Now that's strange, that a. close at
mosphere should cause loose prihci-
Mes"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-07-18

Everyone must have felt thai a
cheerful friend is like a sunny day,
which sheds it's brightness on all
around: and most of us can, as we
choose. make of this world a palace OF
q Observation-Disclosures.