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The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Il thought you were WORKING !.
Smiths new house" said me- 80.
painters friend.
Il was going to-" replied the ho,..
painter. but ! had a quarrel with b's
and he said he'd put the paint on -
self"
"And did he do it?"
Yes: that Is where ne out mos, =,
it."-London Opinion.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

II want to get a turkey, and a bottle
OF paregoric. and some mincemeat,
and some pepsin pills, and some cram
berries. and some furniture polish. and
a quart OF oysters, and a package OF
court plaster. and some sweet pota-
toes, and fire insurance policy"
Here the marketman smiled merrily
and inquired, Going to eat all that?'
NO" responded the customer; but
the family Thanksgiving dinner occurs
at my house this year."-Baltimore
American.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

While revival services were In prog
ress at the Free Methodist Church, at
Decker. a panic and fight for the door
followed the setting OF by a small boy
of a giant fire cracker in a drain pipe
leading 10 the baptismal font
Several persons sustained severe IN
iuries. II was thought at first that
dynamite had been used.
, The minister, who was near the
font, cleared the pulpit in backward
Jump and did a fip-hop when the fire
cracker went of.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
slaxs His son.ln-law.

william Barr, OF Terre Haute,
stabbed his sonin-law, Alonzo Geer, TO
death. following a quarrel between
Geer and Mrs. Geer in a saloon. The
woman asked her husband to leave
the place and he Is alleged to have
struck her. when Barr plunged a knife
into his neck. Barr escaped
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
"rurkeyitis" Killing EN- Of.

Not in years have turkeys been so
scarce in Southern Indiana, Southern
Illinois and Western Kentucky. The
turkeys are being attacked by
strange disease. belieN ed 10 be appen'
dicitis. and thousands Of the fowls are
dying. Raisers have been unable TO
check the ravages of the disease.
Thanksgiving turkey will come higher
this year than for many years past.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
BOYS Invent an Aeroplane.

George Lydick. Millard HOFFMAN
and Thomas Reid. amateur aviators,
OF South Bend. have an aeroplane. not
large. but scientifically constructed.
which sails for quarter OF an hour,
going UP exactly as does a full-sized
model. The three boys have worked
a year on an airship and only recently
fashioned a machine that was worth
anything.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
c,.., c.m.r. plant at burlington.

The United States Steel Corpora.
tion will spend 100000 for a universal
Portland cement company at Bufiing
ton. TO double the size of its present
plant and make IL the largest cement
manufacturing plant In the world. il
will then have capacity OF six mil
lion barrels a year. The plant is 10
Gated between Indiana Harbor and
Gary. Work will begin in the spring
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Means Roost for Terre Aaute.

Oficials Of the engineering depart
ment OF the Pennsylvania announced
last week that shops TO cost $1,000
600 would be erected at Terre Haute.
the work 20 begin I'm the spring. IL
will be car and machine shops, and
will employ 1000 men.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

The latest calculations on the course
OF Halley's comet. approaching the
earth. exhibit no point OF peril for as
piring aviators. Still. comets and fly
ing machines both have been known
TO do things out OF the days run.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

The Atlantic battleship feet has just
completed its target and battle prac.
tice on the southern drill ground. II
has been one OF the most successful
OF all the gatherings. and has again
proven that as gunners American sea.
men have no equals the world over.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Met Her Finish Soon.

Miss Catherine Campbell, 26 years
old. who ran away from her home In
Hammond, three weeks ago, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by Gus
tave Artigus in Pullman, Ill. Artigus
escaped.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

The next expeditions won't be able
TO see the aurora borealis because Of
the number Of American flags about
the pole. But the show will be good
deal more beautiful
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

II has been estimated that 40 per
cent OF the children under eight in
the public schools OF London drink al.
coholic liquor more or less regular
ly" And yet American children are
called precocious.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
And Her Name Was Maude.

Alfred Webber. of Washington. has
filed suit for $1,000 damages against
Misses Violet Kyle and Hulda Allen,
alleging that they jointly owned a
vicious dog; that he rode by their res
idence on a mule. the dog bit the mule,
the mule kicked at the dog and Web
Der was thrown OF. His arm was
broken. his face dishgured and. he
claims, he was permanently crippled.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

People may not be able TO explain
nationally the popular sympathy with
a jury that declares a man insane who
recites poetry. but the sympathy is
there. all the same.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Women who have won farms in the
government lottery can. II unmarried.
doubtless get all the help they need
for harvesting their crops without ap-
plying TO the employment agencies.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

There is talk of getting milk direct
from COW to consumer. Maybe COW
specials can be run in from the dairy
districts night and morning.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Fashionable women are to wear sim
pie" gowns during the coming winter.
The men will now have an opportunity
to become convinced that simplicity
also may be expensive
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

The sultan OF Morocco had FL Roghi,
the pretender. killed in sight OF his
harem. It is not all the oriental po-
tentates who are so considerate about
giving their wives a little bit Of pleas
urable excitement.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Talked Some, Too.

The women Of Little Flatroek
Church. near Rushville. had a corn
husking recently. There were twenty
three OF them and they say that they
did as much work as the same number
OF men.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Farmers in pi,ehfork Duel.

In a pitchfork duel between Clar-
ence Renninghoff and John w. Rank,
Lake County farmers. Bennington re
ceived injuries which probably will
prove fatal. His body Is mass OF
wounds inflicted by the fork Rank
welded. The men have been enemies
for years. Rank is under arrest.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
All From a CHAR Stub.

Fire destroyed six barns on the
farm OF John Z. Robbins, near Greens
burg. entailing a loss Of between s25.-
GOO and 10000 Insurance slO,sOO- A
lighted cigar stub is supposed to have
been the cause.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

The scramble for social prestige at
Newport has caused a French visitor
TO revive an old Gaelic witticism: Il
doubt IL the people would take any
thing like so much trouble TO get into
heaven"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

A scientist declares that chickens
attract rats. We have often wondered
how It is that women who keep chick
ems always dress their hair so styl-
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Society must be improving since the
various scorching denunciations it has
received. The news comes from New
port that there IS a lobster famine
there
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Miss Alpha Kelly. SO years old. fell
dead OF heart failure in her school,
room at Liberty High School She was
a teacher I'm the schools for 25 years.
She was widely known in the literary
and educational work Of Indiana.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

In Chicago two women fought a
deadly duel with knives and pistols.
but they are always deadly when those
kinds Of weapons are used
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Great snort in Monroe.

The deer season is on in Monroe
County. and sportsmen and farmers
are all on the lookout for a single, sol
itary deer that is said 10 be roaming
about the county.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Because his wife compelled him to
take a bath on the back porch, thus
subiectine him 10 the cold winds Of
autumn. William p Dixon. OF Lebanon
has sued his wife for divorce.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
proninen, Miller Killed.

George r. Evans. President or the
Acme Evans Milling Company. OF In
dianapols. one Of the most prominent
millers OF the West. was struck by a
street car at Chicago and killed.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
500 Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper will he pleased
TO learn that there is at least one irf4it
disease that science has been ale 20 clr
in all its stages. aud that Is Catarrl. hals
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure nos
known TO the medical fraternity lliara
being a constitutional disease. requires
constitutional treatment Halls tataff,
Cure Is taken Internally. acting t.re,if
upon the blood and mucous surfl ~ ne
system. thereby destroying the flrniltlai
OF the disease. and giving tle Tiiif-i
strength by building up the constf tlon ani
assisting nature In doing its work ia
proprIetors have 50 much faith 10 u ~
tive powers that they offer one Hlnisi
Dollars for any case that IL fais ~ c-'-
Send for list OF testimonials
Address r. J CHENEY CO, a.e-Q'
Sold by all Druggists. 75c-
Take Halls Family Fills for constlatoa
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Miss Hattie Miller. daughter OF
Terre Haute butcher. committed sui
eide by taking morphine. Desponden
cy because OF love affair Is said t'
have prompted her to take her lie.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Cast Iron plows.

Cast iron plows were first mace il
this country in 1897 and Were great
" objected TO from the belief that the
cast iron poisoned the ground and pre-
vented the plants from growing
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Lord Beresford keeps on seeing war
ahead for the British empire. The
kaiser must appear to him as a night
mare In all his dreams.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Elnned With Pana.

Charles Conover reported TO the
Evansville police that his wife, aged
20. had eloped with his father. VII
liam Conover. aged ~, a fireman
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

II is estimated that out ola popula-
tion OF 4o.OO0.OO0 in Great Britain. 12.-
100000 are either under or on the
poverty line.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

The world over Americans have a
reputation for doing things. That's
why the foreign aviators at Rheims
accord Curtiss so much respect.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
,rdiana Man Farmers' President.

Joshua Strang. Of Marion, was elect
ed president OF the farmers national
congress at the closing session OF the
meeting at Raleigh, y. c.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Moving picture shows have cut into
the receipts OF the saloons. This
proves that not all the jumpy pictures
and near-songs drive a man to drink.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
elnsenn seems Profitable.

George Heisler. OF Warsaw, shipped
a barrel OF ginseng to a Fort Wayne
firm. for which he received S4s2 .5S.
Ginseng is now worth $3.50 a pound.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

This country never lacks for lead
ers," according to the views of a Mary
land editor. No: the trouble is that
there are 10 followers.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

A New Jersey woman wouldn't al
low her husband TO kiss her and he
choked her for f. Some women must
be taught to mind
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
And a Minister Caught Il.

The Rev. T. T. Smith. minister
from Lexington, Ky, who is visiting
friends at Brazil. caught a sunfish
that had two mouths
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
A.. stn 600 for a Sian.

Ten thousand dollars is the price
which Miss Ella Harris, OF Evansville.
sets for a slap which she says Meyer
Fishman. merchant, gave her In her
own home.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

r. ID. brown. a Button musician,
fen from the porch Of his parents
home. while walking in his sleep, and
suffered a fractured spine.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
One Way 70 Get Il.

Rev. James Sandefur. pastor OF the
Little Hope Baptist Church, at Evans
Wills. has sued the trustees OF the
church for s40O claimed as back sal
ary
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Lake Michigan continues 10 jest
with those who try to cross II in gaso-
line launches.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Ieaned on lis Gun.

Or. Edward Fry. Of Greencastle. was
killed while hunting. He was leaning
on his gun when IL was accidentally
discharged.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Hunter Shoots Brother.

Edward Bunge. while out hunting
near Evansville. was shot in the abb
domen by his brother Jesse. he prob
ably will die
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Mr.. WI TingFang predicts great
future for the Panama canal. In this
no one will question his assertion.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Pat Disseninates Bibles.

Pat Grove. reformed criminal, visit
ed South Bend recently and handed
out Bibles 10 jail boarders.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
<HOOSERkSMS"
Little items of Interest
All Over the Length and
Breadth of Indiana.
HALL the Husker's Reign.

The corn husker Is having his IN
ming now Politics must give way TO
the man who takes the row and holds
IL against all comers. Corn Is king In
Indiana this year.-Newcasue Times.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

There Is enough prosperity in the
country now to give every section
full share.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Mrs. Hoyle-Do you think his Ia,
make me look older?
Mrs. DOYLE don't think you mal.
the hat look any younger.-New Yor,
Press.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

How does il feel to be sprinkled
with star dust? Halley's comet uses
that kind OF celestial confetti
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Famine In BUCK Greek.

Fire In Buck Creek wiped out all
stores in town and famine almost
resulted
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Elwood is TO have new evening
paper In the near future.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Throughout all the turmoil the
north pole remains cool.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

The south pole is no doubt begin
ming TO feel as II it were already las
soed.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Royal weddings continue, and the
people Of Europe continue 10 pay for
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Every man feels sorry for the vic
tim ~ some other mans Injustice.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Women are superior TO men because
they always say they are.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

BY its conduct Halley's comet Is
causing a lot OF gossip.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

A woman may be the light Of
mans life. either as a beacon or
danger signal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-02

The iirst anniversary Of the grant
Ing Of Q constitution was observed -
q holiday In Turkey on July 2S. and In
Constantinople the Sultan reviewed
fifteen thousand troops before the Hin
Of Liberty. The anniversary. coming
exactly . century and third after the
notable July day Of America. may
mean % much In Turkish history.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-02

intelligently planned or constructed
under present diversified ownership
and operation OF surface and elevated
roads does not alter the proposition
that subway Is indispensable to a
correct solution of our traffic problem.
Straight line operation of all cars, ele-
waited, surface and underground. Is
what the people undoubtedly want and
what they eventually will have. First
class operation cannot be attained,
however, until the operating company
acquires the pecuniary interest which
will make 1t an object to that COM
pany to haul It's passengers by the
most direct route and In the shortest
time-until. In fact, 1t becomes a mat
ter of Indifference to the company on
what register a cash fare Is rung up.
To accomplish this In accordance
with approved methods of handling
traffic, unified operation Is imperative.
but the precise kind OF subway re-
quired cannot be determined until 1t is
ascertained what the demands OF the
traffic will be following such unified
operation. Under no circumstances,
however, should elevated trains be per-
mitted in future to enter the present
loop district. AS have suggested. let
auxiliary elevated railway terminals
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-02

OF the question how to eliminate the
unbearable noise now produced by the
operation OF trains on the Chicago
Union Elevated Loop and on the ele'
waited roads.
The officials OF the Union Loop may
raise objections to the cutting Of the
rails according to the plans above sug-
gested. and II this should be found
impracticable. then let the rails be cut
as they are now, but placed and an.
chored as above suggested.
II Is my deliberate judgment that
1t would be folly to attempt at this
time to rehabilItate he Union Loop
with any view to Its permanent contin'
uance. The loop must come down II
transportation methods are to go up.
The steadily increasing congestion In
the business district and the multipli-
city OF traflic problems which are chok'
ing downtown operation. make II i'm
possible to consider continuance OF the
loop In connection with any adequate
relief plan. The loop must go, and
will go as soon as downtown subway
can be constructed to take Its place
II the city cannot deaden the noise on
the loop II can at least bury 1t In O
subway.
The fact that subway cannot be
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-02

The milk trust Is going to raise tn
price of milk to nine cents a quar-
Why Is 1t that the Illinois anti'trui
law is not enforced against these fe
lows?
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-02
ADJUSTMENTS.
News of Interest for Chicago
Playgoers and Base Ball
Fans.

close, the patrons Of Gunther park
will be able to see Saturday and Sum-
day three Of the best games of the sea.
son. The champion Leland Giants will
play an exhibition game to-day and
Anson's Colts will close the Chicago
League season Sunday. The Gunthers
are out to win the latter game, as Sec
ond place depends upon It. Rugar will
twirl for Niesen's men.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-02

nutrition. The theory that It is caused
by corn or rice as claimed by some Of
the gang has been long ago exploded
by able medical men. Its appearance
among the insane and paupers ut Dun.
ming looks suspicious to say the least.
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The Chicago public Is tired of street
railroad bossism.
~
Subways mean relief to the people.
Aldermen who are opposed to them
will be marked for slaughter.
Our friends. advertisers and sub.
scribers will confer favor by mail.
ing their new house numbers and
addresses to The Chicago Eagle. 172
Washington street, at once. The new
system went into effect September 1
and we wish to avoid any confusion
occasioned by the change.
Who owns the Weighing machines
that are found on the elevated road
platforms? They are out Of order
most Of the time and they should be
removed.
~
The practice Of the Chicago City
Railway and Chicago Railways Com
pnny In hiring yahoos from the country
for conductors and motormen may ex'
plain the cause Of some tragic happen
ings along their lines.
&@
Give us traction ofiicials who know
their business.
The city IL being robbed regularly
by its street railway companies. Whan
the latter add q regular dose Of Duv'
der to Its other shortcomings" It Il
time to do something.
>9A
The Chicago City Railway Compan,
and the Chicago Railways Compan!
are talking Of consolidating. This vii
beat the city out Of 20 per cent more o
its lawful income.
Keep It up. Wayman. the people arr
with you.
No other city in the world woul'
stand for the death strip" betweel
Chicago car tracks.
~6A
What public ohicial, II any, stand
In with the slot machine graft on tn
| elevated roads? This graft is becom
ing a public scandal. weighing ms
chines." that don't weigh; gum ma
chimes that take money and give u
no gum. The whole of them. guu
and Weighing devices. should be tor
of and thrown In the lake. This forr
of graft should be suppressed at onct
The milk trust Is going to raise tn
price of milk to nine cents q quar-,
Why Is 1t that the Illinois anti'trus
law Is not enforced against these fe
lows?
~6
The people are sick and tired OF SEE
ing the elevated road platforms III
tered up with gum machines an
Weighing devices that are invariabl
out of order.
VOTES BETRAY GRAFTERs.
| II your Alderman votes against pa
senger subways for Chicago or II b
votes for an extension of the loop b
will try to explain his action by ev
sion and lying. DO not be deceive
He opposes public interest because !
Is paid to oppose it.-Editorial Ch
cago Journal, August 81. The Eag
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-02

stations on the river introduced by
Aid. Bauler.
Mayor Busse sent In veto on an
ordinance requiring the notification OF
both aldermen of ward In which
street opening Is to be made.
&eA
After all, a good states attorney
counts for great deal.
<e>
The discovery of that traction graft
was almost. too sudden for the ere.
spectacle" reformers. Nothing doing.
BENJAMIN F. Richolson, the able and
popular attorney for the West Park
Board. has earned by his long and
brilliant record an election to the Su.
perior Court bench next year.
During August. 1909. the Chicago
Telephone Company put In 2,9S2 city
and 7SS suburban telephones. against
2.747 city and 5s7 suburban In August
last year. The total number Of tele.
phones In the city Is now 1874, as
compared with 173.472 year ago. and
59,925 suburban. AZ compared with
4S.441 year ago. The total number.
city and suburban, Is 24S,669, an In.
crease for the year Of 26.756.
%6A
Watch the traction gang closely. The
members Of 1t are aguring on skinning
the city to a greater extent than ever.
%6
Have We no great and rich lawyer
In Chicago who can follow the example
Of Samuel J. Tilden towards Tweed
and become Governor and President
and immortal In the memory Of the
people as reward?
What right has the zeno Manufac.
turing Company to litter up the ele.
waited railroad platforms with their
gum machines?
The Chicago Railways Company ID
the worst run line In the United
States.
Imitation is the sincerest hattery
When you see It In The Eagle you may
be sure that 1t will be copied.
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Fred w. Blocki. John T. Connery
Charles J. Vopicka, Andrew J. Ora
ham. Harry r. Gibbons. John Il. Trae
ger. Ernst Hummel, William L. O'Con
nell and Lockwood Honore each have
a host Of supporters for the Democrat
ic nomination for Mayor.
%6A
States Attorney Wayman proposes
to be States Attorney and has NJ
string tied to him.
EcuoBTb - not tgUpICoi uiuI6uy
as claimed. It Ia q bad food and filti
disease. and shows lack Of proper
nutrition. This outbreak at Dunnini
should be investigated.
~
How many election Oflicials are sui
sidized by the Western Electric Com
pany?
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"Pasteurization of milk" simpl
means the removal of all the strengtl
and life giving qualities from mill
1t ia a fad to say the least---but
most dangerous fad.
@9A
Why should elections for Municipa
Judges be held In the fall? All Mum
cipal officers should be elected In tn
spring.
@A
What does Mr.. Weston get $4,000
per year for his traction work for th
city. Since when did engineers becom
80 valuable?
~6A
Pellagra Is a disease caused by poo
food. hlthy surroundings and lack Q
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-10-02
THE SPOILERS At THE MAR.
GOOD, CLEAN BURLEsoUE AT TIL
STAR AND GARTER.

The Columbia BurlesQuers open for
q weeks engagement at the Star and
Garter. The company promises good.
clean and up.to-date show. The cho.
rus 10 full Of attractive and we'll.
gowned young women. 1t 10 said. The
two burlesques used are Vacation
Days" and "The $4,000 Prize"