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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-22

them In addition he knew the history OF wall
paper and pointed out Interesting changes in
styles. in ceiling decorations in friezes etc
When they left him Mrs d. said ippulsiveiv.
Wei. that man is an artist | feel positively
rested lie takes load right OF your shoulders
and now. she sighed resgnedy. Il s'pose We have
TO 90 back To that s.Ipid furniture department
again And II truly seemed more stupid than
ever The salesman Was a1able enough but be
seemed only 20 follow them about state prices
and tell them what was "ihe latest"
lie did not know how 20 suggest what would
harmonic with the rest OF the room. nor how
Il might NJ In any way into their particular needs
Neither did he educate them 70 an intelligent
appreciation Of his furniture as the other sales.
had done With his wall paper
The FIRST salesman was a genuine comfort be.
cause be save them the advice Of specialist
tie knew that ous Of every dollar the customer
paid for those gccIs fcar or FIVE cents came 10
him for bis service. SO he did not merely touch
his cap lackey does in the vestibuIe but he
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FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity
70 know the effects of special foods
on his customers. a Cleveland
grocer has long list OF customers
that have been helped in health by
leaving OF coffee and using Postum
Food Coffee
He says. regarding his own expe-
rience: Two years ago ! had been
drinking coffee. and must say that |
was almost wrecked in my nerves
Particularly in the morning | was
so irritable and upset that ! could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served. and then had no appetite for
breakfast. and did not feel like at
tending to my store duties.
"One day my wife suggested that
inasmuch as was selling SO much
Postum there must be some merit In
II and suggested that we try It.
took home a package and she pre-
pared IL according to directions. The
result was a very happy one. Ny
nervousness gradually disappeared. and
today I am all right. | would advise
everyone afflicted in any way with
nervousness or stomach troubles. TO
leave of coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee" There's Reason" Read
THE Road TO wellville." in pkgs
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. Tney
are genuine, true, and full Of human In
a..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-22

ion OF fring a revolver into the air outside your
door would seem 20 city dwellers as extraordinary
as the Maori nose salute But a rule Amori-
cans have reduced the custom OF salutation 10 its
barest and lowest terms. cutting out pretty much
al the fancfu formalities OF other lands and in
deed Of earlier times in our own land. We bolt
into shops tell the clerks what We want, with no
pretense OF greeting them like human beings and
then bolt out again in the time-saving but
mannerless style, which makes any wellbred
Frenchman wonder and think things about US At
least, he wonders for few days. then he catches
the microbe. At first. when he enters an American
elevator. he says 10 the boy. Good morning VIII
you BE- so kind as 70 take me TO the eleventh floor
Thank you" But the next week he knows
his lesson. He, too, bolts In. and merely grunts
Leven." He is Americanized
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Lonely Sunday for Thaw.

Poughkeepsie. n Y.-Harry X
Thaw spent a lonely Sunday In
the county jail here. after the appar.
ent collapse OF his fight for freedom
from Matteawan asylum Saturday.
The few startling minutes that he
spent on the witness stand upon the
unexpected call of District Attorney
Jerome were sufficient to undo all the
structure OF testimony that his coun.
sci had raised by the help OF gheir
alienists in support OF his plea that
he Is now sane.
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Employer-William. did that man
vno called to see me while was ont
leave his nance
Shaggy-Haired Office Boy-Yes. sir:
his name is-is-well. the last part OF
II is shaw"
Employer-What's the first part OF
it,
ONCE Boy (making a strenuous 81.
Tort TO recall iU-Well sir. it's either
Grim. or Hawk. or Hen. or Brad. or
Fan. or Ker. or Rick. but to save my
oloomin' life, Mr.. Townsend. can't
remember which.
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Emiarants lahore Marnina,.

Budapest-The recent warnings
20 intending emIgrants issued by
the minister OF interior. that the eco
nomic situation in America had not
shown sufficient improvement to give
prospect OF obtaining work. has
failed TO check the outflow from this
country. The minister now announces
that immigrants who have gone to the
United States since Jan. last will
not be given the privilege OF return.
ms TO Hungary gratis.
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l'ao.asrasas cosyrsas o. Uaisr-Ooa a Uaasr-ooa
listener. why. they're SO stolid they passed
law once that man shouldn't kiss his own wife
on A sunday. And one man who had Just got
home on sunday from a long Journey broke the
ordnance and was hauled up in court for IL
Fact IL was a good while ago though"
Freshmen kiss each other-Ive seen them.
And ltalians-vny you'd think 70 see a couple OF
noble Palermitans fling themselves into each 9TH
ers arms that you were Witnessing the end OF
some soul-stirring drama. whereas il only means
a. right What in creation those mercurial peo-
pie keep sayed-up. TO express their feelings in
great crisis. simply can't imagine"
The plump mAtron giggled.
They say King Edward has the true British
dislike OF sentimental poses. but when he goes
over 20 Germany a-cousining among the royalties
he remembers his own German ancestry and he
and the mighty Kaiser Wilhelm embrace like a
couple OF gushing schoolgirls. II must be
sight
Speaking OF kissing didn't you suppose every
body knew that kiss on the stage OF a theater
is Just hollow show as little Ike the real thing
as painted tree, Some friends OF ours a little
way out OF town got up a very clever play last
winter and had professional coach and all that
Il was for charity hospital Well. Mrs smith
and her husband were both in the cast but Mrs
Sllitl ; best scene was with the hero her lover.
The play vas a great success but poor Mrs
Smith found queer chill in the air when the af-
fair was talked over afterwards with some OF
the women on the board OF directors al the hos
pital Il was only later still and in a roundabout
way that she found they thought her beautiful
kiss was far too real 10 be proper And wasn't
her husband mad when he heard OF the gossipi
Nhy-you know the stage effect is the emptiest
show. As q matter OF fact all that happened
when his face bent SO close over hers was her
oEn frantic whisper For heavens sake let me
straighten your wig. its sliding over one ear
Did you ever see them rub noses in New Yea
iand@ That's the limit OF course you don't often
have the chance for its only the abOrigines-the
Maoris-that DO IT, and now a good many OF them
are civilized out OF all their native picturesque
ness Just as our American Indians. etc But out
in the mountain district where you 20 to see the
gsyssrs ard hot springs there are a few that keep
Up a queer mixture q store clothes and primitive
manners. There's native girl there who acts "a
a guide through the geyser regiOn-she's really
quite well educated and uptO-date. but-dont
you know how some coquettish French and Ger
man girls deliberately keep up a foreign accent
vhen they speak English. because they know its
rather fetching Well. this Maori girl viii rub
noses with you in the most demure fashion IL
you signify that you're interested in anthropoI-
ogy or sociology or whatever head covers the
subject
Il IS really curious when you come 20 think OF Il.
how many ways the human creatures have OF say
ing How dye 60. The traditional cowboy fash
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Thousands of American women
IN our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence.
drifting along from bad to worse
Knowing well that they ought to
have help TO overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden
1t is TO these faithful women that
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-22

Sault. Ste. Marie. Mich.-Fire
Monday wiped out the pulp mill
OF the Lake Superior Corporation. in
the Canadian 500. for the second time
in a year The loss is 100000. Two
men are missing. The power plant is
out OF commission. and there are no
street cars or light The plant will be
rebuilt
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But the race OF shoppers are out 10 get the full
worth OF their money and many a time they recog.
nize their heiplessness. II they only knew whence
70 turn for help, But the inept saes-person al
their elbow merely tells them the price-which Is
plainly marked-and looks patiently resigned or
indrerenty apathe,ic while they founder about
and get what they don't want or what they ought
not TO have
Come. come. rub your eyes. and put the micro.
scope 20 your goods. II is the way TO touch the
pocketnerve Of your customer. He wants your
goods and you want his money. That is he wants
your goods II you can prove II 70 him. And you
want his money, not now merely, but next week
and next month and next year. Use your tele-
scope on next year and bring Il close to you II
you understand what you are talking about and
II you talk about what you understand YOU can
see his money coming TO you year hence
You have surely tied string TO him He IA
a willing captive-you have shown him how To
convert his money into goods that satisfy.
Copyright 1905. by Joseph b. BowlesJ
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Only Iona Sleeves Now

Mistress-Here is a nice dress for
you. Martha.
Maid-Thank ye. ma'am: but can't
take II. really.
Mistress-You foolish girl. OF course
you can take IT, | insist
Maid-No. really. cant. ma am.
It's got them old-fashioned short
sleevea
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Touching the Pocket Nerue
By Miss Diana Hirschier, LII. B.
, Expert Trainer in Salesmanship

Mr. and Mrs. Doubtful have
decided 20 renOvare their
house and are deep II the
discussion % wall paper.
waxsd floors. new dining room
table. etc Mrs. DIS converse
ton Is full OF Lucy recon
uends Blanks for 50 and so.
Mary says We ought 20 be
very careful IL ve patronize
CiarE's. because they break
their promises. Jennie tells
me her rug G'dn't wear well
that she bought at The orr
ert. etc. etc.
II the midst OF II Mr.. Near
by comes in and catches the
drift OF the conversation He
breaks in with: say. Bob. II
you want wall paper III tell
yOu Of cracker-jack salesman
% 90 20. ! believe he fairly
eats wall paper. he's so wide
awake about IL. he knows
what zoo want better than you
do yourself
Mr. Nearby interests Mr..
and Mrs. Doubtful so that they
call for this salesman at that
particular store. lie immcdi-
atsiy enters into their plans
with spirit and astonishes
them with his extensive
knowledge OF patterns. their
designs. their blending colors.
the qualities OF paper. the ef.
fects OF light and shade and
whether they would permit
many pictures hung against
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-22
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty yecrs Lydia f.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills.
and has positively cured thousandsot
women who have Oeen troubled with
diSplacementS, Inflammation. ulcera-
ton, fibroId tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency. indiges-
tlon,diZziness,orn nervous prostratlon.
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.
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LYDIA e. PlNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

comes as a boon and a blessing.
as it did to Mrs. +. Ellsworth, of
Mayville, n. Y, and to Mrs. w. p.
Boyd, OF Beaver Falls, Pa, who say:
=" l was not able TO do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
suffered Lydia +. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and am SO well that can do as big
days work az | ever did. wish every
sick womaL you'd try IL.
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equipped himself with the
knowledge OF the man inside
the Office door-the man who
gives advice and gets paid for
II. not only in money but in
appreciation. lifting the load
OF anxiety from those who
seek him.
Don't be a butler even
though you are a courteous
funkey.
BE a doctor and diagnose
the case.
Be a lawyer and convert
your Jury.
BE an architect and con
struct a helpful argument.
or be an artist and put in
strokes that tell.
Introduce yourself to your
own goods. Make them
friends OF yours-not the kind
that stick. but the kind that
chant parting is such sweet
sorrow" and are gladly swal.
lowed up In wrapping paper
and string.
How the race OF shoppers
flock 10 such an expert.
Mr.. Provider is willing to
shop with his wife when they
are going to deal with air.
Expert. Miss Proudfoot un.
bends 20 Miss Bright behind
the counter who shows that
she knows not only color but
style and the appropriateness
Of each TO the individuality OF
the Wearor
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AMENITIES.

And you call yourself honest?
Huh"
Sir. l keep the commandments
That must be because you've got
an idea that they belong to someb body
else"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-04-11

In my brief stay in the little mining
camp OF Talbot, Friskiyou county,
California, 1t was my fortune to make
the acquaintance of Mr.. Peter Walker,
guide, prospector, hunter and racon-
teur. Grizzly Pete" as he was called,
told me several stories of his expert
ences. after had WOE his confidence
by disposition to distribute. as re-
garded tobacco, and a willingness 10
tmbibe, as regarded certain intoxi-
cants. Mr.. Walkers stories, some Of
them, seemed to me to be trifle open
to criticism. as far as veracity is
concerned. go in selecting the tale
OF his adventure with "old Stub-Foot."
And So" said Grizzly Pete" to me
one windy autumn day, "and so you'd
like to hear about old 'Stub-footr"
! acquiesced.
Got any chewin'" inquired Pete"
silently shunted him a plug Of
navy. Biting on in the neighborhood
Of three and one-half inches of this,
he said: We'll, I reckon there never
was sech bear hunt before nur after
wards. This here Teller that went
out with me after 'Stub-foot' had
heard Of this bear there back east,
and he'd made up his mind fer to
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Our Peruna Tablet
Is Peruna With
Fluid Removed.

aatzrh the surfaces MOUTH phanet stazA
Of the pharynx chronic catarrh of ea
ndra:t e omashe tonic useful In atomic dyspepsia @honc gastric
satarh catxrh OF the duodnum
intesne cah Of kidneys hrne Rghs dssas eah Of -
bladder and oatarrh Of other pelvic organa
RARTH0L0W REGARDS excellent resdv r cbroaa
catarrh Of the bladder chronic bronchitis
RARTH0L0W STATES THAT CUBEB ingredient Psrun pro
notes the appetite and digestion increases blood U
fn N chronic nasal cata1.h icular phangs .nh Of the ph
mcreastng tho tcn Of the also
hsvss hoasns Useful in atomic dyspepsia stomac
chronic cataErh Of the colon
and chronic bronchial a6ections
uISPAUGH MEDICINAL PLANTS most authoativs
wo1n medicinal hes in the Egih language commenting upoa
COLLHSOAA CA1ADENS that
vaso motor nerves increases the seceon Of the mucous membranes
genel In the mountains Of Virginia Kentucky Carolina
eolnna oanadna considered panacsa many dds ncudine
headache collie dropg and indigestion DR. sCUDDXR regards
highly remedy chronic diseases lungs
These citations ought to be sufficient show candid
caah remedy Surely such herbal rsme
enthuac confidence
proper combination oughtto make catazh remedy the
This claim and BY apo
quotations from the HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES THE WORM
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few more pictures while we looks
at the bear.
Fer little while we thinks he's
stone-dead, but bime-by he rouses q
little, and my lawyer he jerks q paper
out Of his pocket and q fountain pen,
and he says, he'll jist be able to sign
the dyin' declaration he says, and
SO he sticks the fountain pen In the
bears right paw. my lawyer reads the
declaration to him. and with me help
In, old 'Stub-foot' signs this here
paper with his mark. and then finally
tumbles over. havin' passed In his
checks right proper.
'Immejitly De Pyster an me we
skins the bear. the picture man goes
back to camp and develops-that's
what he called it-them picters; my
lawyer he writes out the afidavids and
fixes up the dyin' declaration all
right and the shorthand man writes
out and hammers out on q typewritin'
machine q full account of the fight.
This dyin' declaration told how this
here Old Stub-foot,' monster grizzly
bear Of Friskiyou county, California,
feelin' the near approach of death, and
hayin' no hope Of recovery, identified
De Pyster as the Teller that killed him.
and so forth Reglar legal, my law
yer said, and provin' certain that De
Pyster was the cause OF old Stub
foot's' death. And we all signed Il
a. Witnesses to old Stubfoot's mark
We'll, sir. got my money and paid
my lawyer. And when De Pyster took
the stage he had old Stub-foot's' pelt,
the pictures of the affair, the short
hand mans account Of the fight, all
our afidavids, and Old Stub-foot's'
dyin' declaration that De Pyster shot
him. 1t was the most convincin' ar
ray OF evidence ever furnished, 80
my lawyer said. De Pyster shook
hands with me and he seq: Mr.. Walk
er. you're simply . genius And he
sent me from New York this here
watch a q remembrance. Cost a
dollar an keeps ~ good time a. .
hunderd-doIIar one And I'm wearin'
one of old 'Stub-foots' missin' clawR
on II fer . watch-charm-"
And he passed the tims-piecs proud
y over TO me Tor . closer inspectioa.
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would lap up blot of ink as my Law.
yer said, and we planted the carcass
out where old 'Stub-foot' would be
sure to see IL at daybreak.
There was a few scrubbyy pines
around, and when we got out at day.
break the next day De Pyster had his
rife, this here shorthand man had his
note book, the picture man had his
machine all fixed, and my lawyer had
all sorts Of afidavids ready, and .
dyin' declaration fer the bear to sign,
purvidin De Pyster didn't blow his
head of the first shot. / want to say
right here that this here lawyer of
mine was certainly the most thought
full cuss l ever did see.
well, sir. we wasn't more'n Is
minutes hid in the pine scrub before
here comes old 'Stub-foot' growlin'
like a thunderstorm. and he looked
like he was perty nigh as big as an ele-
plant. There wuzn't no doubt he was
the one. and three of his claws on his
left fore-foot was gone, count Of his
gittin' ketched in trap once. So the
minute we sees him, the lawyer, the
shorthand man and me we climbs
trees, the lawyer gfttin' the best tree
and cIimbin' higher up than any Of
US. The picture man of course he
had to stay on the ground to git the
pictures of the scrimmage, and De
Pyster had to be there to do the
shootin'. So the picture man, as was
q dead-game proposition as ever
see, he's all ready and peekin' out
from his curtain, and he gifts one pic
ture as old 'Stub-foot' takes a bite out
Of the bull elk's carcass. Then this
here De Pyster ups an blazes away,
and fer some reason he only wounds
old 'Stub-foot,' who immejitly drops
the elk and comes lopin' over lords
De Pyster. amin to finish his break
fast on him. The picture man gifts
another good picture Of 'Stub-foot,'
an then goes up the lawyers tree,
and just then De Pyster shoots again,
and drops old 'Stub-foot' with q bullet
through the fore-quarters that busts
both shoulders and lays the old Teller
out as helpless as a sick kitten. Then
he soaks him with another bullet
through the body. and list then my
lawyer hollers, hold on. you've done
fer him. and then we all slides down
our trees and the picture Teller takes
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PERUNA EDITORIAL NO. 2.

cATARRH 1KKKDY disputed deetpr
claim a. to the efficacy Of PeEuna-
Since ingredients what the m
cal authorities :y concerning the remedies Of which PeTuna mpoaf
Take for instance the ingredient HYDRASTS CANADHNBU Oh
GOLDEN SEAL The United States Densato this herbal remedy
that largely employed in the treatment depsvd msmbrn
chronic rhns nasal catah atomic dyspepsia h Of the smah
chronic intestinal catzzh catarrhal aund h the vs and
diseased membranes Of the pelvic recommended for
Another ingredient Psa c0RYDALIS F0RN0sA
United States Dspensatory tonic
CEDR0H SEEDS another ingredient Of excellent drug that
has been very largely overlooked by the medical profession for the
THE SEEDS ARE TO BIB FOUND III VERY DRUG STOR
The United States Dn the
bitter tonic and the treatment Of dynts and diseases
SUBSTITUTE FOR oUMUE
OIL OF C0PAlBk another ingredient
States Dpensatoy mild smuant and du
and Intestinal tract It acts mulant the urinary msmbana
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kill him er git killed hisself. His
name, the feller's, not the bears, was
De Pyster, rhymes with oyster.
well, sir, he showed up here one
afternoon in the Mariposa stage, and
he gifts on and asks fer me. Some o.
the boys hunts me up. and we git to
talkin' bear right away. And he tells
me eff can git him where he can
kill old 'Stub-foot,' and prove be-
yond any doubt that he was the Teller
that done 1t, he will pay me $4,000 in
gold.
$50 the next day I takes my outfit
over to De Pyster. and I says. Here's
my lawyer. and here's my shorthand
reporter, and here's my photograph
Teller, and here's three burros to pack
the camp outfit and grub. When'1l
you be ready?' And this here Teller
he sort o. takes a reel long breath,
and he says, All these fer bear
hunt?' And says. On the advice Of
my lawyer An he says, You're
the doctor, Mr.. Walker. I'm here to
obey orders
so we gets out In the mountains
and begins to climb. Old 'Stub-foot'
he lived up 30 high in the ranges that
the miners there used to put the ore
out on the mountains and let the
spring avalanches take 1t down to the
smelters in the valley; no railroad er
pack train bein' able to git In to
where they wuz; an they got their
provisions and stun In by way of
trained eagles. same as these here
carrier pigeons is learned to carry
mail
$50 one day we got to where old
setub-foot' ranged, and sort o. got
his bearings. So De Pyster he prac-
Nced little with his gun one mornin'.
It was the most powerful shootin'-iron
4 ever seen. IN he was knockin' on
The peaks from along the mountain
ranges inside the FIRST few miles
tn I stopped him from spilin' so much
scenery. SO he quit that an begins to
plow up . few new canyons with his
atselp'intsd bullets fer . change. II
rs . master powerful shootin' gun,
0At there ride q his wux. Well. that
nvQnihg he blots out the mont part Of
B kl4 * e 3asY = : nsx hlottsr
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Useful in chronic cyStitia chronic Do.
entery and diarrhea, and some ohronie
diseases Of the liver and kidnsya
These opinions ~ to the ingredients
Of Peruna are held BY all writs1 on
the subject including Bartholov and
6cudder.
OF HYDRASTIH RARTH0LOW
The Holly chieftain., 1908-06-05

Prsst Guy Hardy OF the Colorado Editorial
Glad to see you h.ve the boosting spirit. This
will not be our lest visit to your section. Give
the knockers my eommiseration.