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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
Double Quick Composing.

Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote the over
ture 20 The Yeomen OF the Guard
In twelve hours and that 10 'Iolanthe'
In less space OF time-frOm 9 p. m. 10
: a. m But even this capacity for
speed in composition Is ecliIsei by
" Bompard. who for a wager com.
posed the music 10 song In ten min
utes Air y Trotere. however, is the
composer OF whom most quick time
anecdotes are told His beautiful
song Ashore" was both written and
composed In forty minutes In Blanch'
ards restaurant The melody OF In
old Madrid was the result of a sud
den inspiration Il came 10 the com
poser while on his way home from the
aquarium. Lest II should escape
him he rushed into a small public
house in Rochester row. seized bis
cult bag and on Il jotted down the
air. But Mr. Trotere holds the cham
pionship. II is said that he actually
composed The Brow Of the Hill.'
wrote letter and ran 400 yards e
post II in eight minutes undey
Advertiser
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
WHAT WILD ANIMALS COST.
Can't Sell a Rhinoeerous Any Hour In
the Day.

The prices OF wild animals naturally
fuctuate with the demand An ex-
cessiye supply OF rhinoceri would soon
reduce the market value Five for
sale al any time I'm the world would
glut the market. for one cal not sell
rhinocerOs every day The mainten-
ance Of wild animals is costly and
they soon eat their value In food. so
that every day they are on the hunt
er's or the dealers hands he Is losing
money
After the animals are captured they
have 20 be transported TO the coast.
This adds greatly 10 the cost Deliv-
cred az Nairobi or RI Florence. which
are inland and practically on the AZ
rican hunting field a baby rhnoceros
OF the prehensile Tipped species will
bring from e75 to el00 sterling.
giraffe from & 80 to Gl0O sterling and
baby hippopotamus from { 80 20
$50 sterling; Glands and most OF tho
large antelope from e25 10 $40 ster-
ling, baboone from five 10 twenty shil-
linss monkeys about the same cr0c-
Odiles from five 70 twenty-five shl-
lings elephants from t75 20 CLIO
sterling; lions and leopards. with the
exception OF the black species OF tho
1 latter. from $50 TO e35 according
to size and condition The gorilla
and the square-muzzled Cor so-called
white rhinocerous can be sold ~ anc-
tion by telegraph Their value might
run from e 600 20 10000. according
10 the bidding. The square-muzzled
rhinocerOs is fast becoming eXtermin-
ated. owing 20 the fact that IL is a
weld animal and feeds in the open.
where II is easily seen and shot
The above prices are doubled by the
time the animals reach the coast.
Then there is the cost Of transport
from Africa 20 Antwerp Hamburg or
London. with he cost OF food and care
added as we'll as the additional eX-
pense Of keeping the animals until a
buyer appears on the scene.
Prices in New York. OF course, are
naturally higher William r lorna
day. head of the Bronx Zooloeical
Park. gives the following quotations
Ordinary black rhinoceros. $4,000. hi
popOtamus. one year old. $1,000 G,
plant. two or three years, s. 500
raffe two 20 three years. $1,000. li'
cub. $500: leopard, 800. zebra, s.
10 $500 antelope. from 800 70 81
according TO species; camel. 500
a python, $40 per foot OF length. Th
longer the animals are in America, q
better acclimatized they become. "a
higher go their valuations-from tw'
10 three times the above figures
HamptOn's Magazine
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
"THE HUT" OF A MILLIONAIRE.
An Adirondscks Lodge That is Sup
Piled With Every Luxury.

The rich opening chords Of hymn
10 the Day-god of Japan rolled in on
me In that bitterswect time when one
is about 10 wake. My struggling
senses argued that | must be in fairy
land. although calmer reason told me
better says Grace Gallatin Seton in
The Dellneator ! had 10 arouse my
self. dress. and make "A turn OF the
house before became fully convinced
that was in a camping cabin In the
Adirondacks instead of in home on
Riverside Drive.
The music was coming from Vel
temignon organ in large room In
which Navajo blankets covered the
touches. and on whose grained-wood
walls hung rare japanese prints. In
the room were precious bits OF porce-
lain. helmet pitchers. satsuma. clois-
onne or English luster. arylnd the
walls. bookcases containing rare vol
umes. on the comfortable. a lamp OF
beaten bronze. \ house with billiard
table. four club rooms and bowling
Japanese servant would scarcely let
me believe that I was ten miles from
a railroad and on top OF a mountain
in the AdirOndacks al that AT the
WINDOW tOlll lNOk DAt AAlNHa a SUN
of i've lakes. IN which | knew there
were trout and bass. 20 the foot OF tie
pools where | could see waterwhee.
| Even then ] knew II was generating
| electricity for my own fairyland
which Ind such a substantial name as
| The Hut" Turning away from the
| window | dressed and in twenty min
utes a motor was whirling me over a
hard road through the dewy freshness
Of the morning 20 breakfast at a lash
ionable inn thirty miles away.
over The nantelpiece OF The Hut
was carved motto Let Us lingei
here in the beautiful foolishness o.
| things
II would not take much persuasion
10 get one 10 linger at The Hut, or
for that matter. AT any OF the BETTE
camps in the Catskills or Adirondacks
II the wilds were not without th'
door and were not the roar o
the elevated and the hum Of the stree
gone. one could well imagine that on
were living in an apartment over
looking Central Park.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

The proprietor Of certain Turkish
bath establishment, seeing a strong
looking young man WORKING nj a
butchers shop. ana being impressed
by his magnificent muscles. told him
TO resign and take rubber's posi-
ton with him
III give YOU more than you are
getting now he said.
The young butcher, resigning in
good faith. turned up the next mora
ing at the bath house.
Well" said the proprietor to him
"Ill put you on al once. What did
you get at the Butchers
six dollars and my weeks meat,
returned the young man.
What did that amount to-"
about So"
We'll" said the proprietor. Il OF
fered YOU more 20 come here. didn't i
I'M give YOU So in money and 81 wortl
OF baths weekly. That is dollar
more than you got at your old place.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
Dancers Of Railway Travel in China

Railway travelling in China appar'
emily has dangers Of its own. OF late
complaints have been rife as TO The
failure OF the authorities 10 ahoid
proper protection 20 passengers on
the Shanchai-Nanhag hne. II appears
that when some irresponsible China
man meets with an accident through
trespassing on the line or not eNercis'
ing proper caution az a level crossin
Il IS customary for his fellow village s
10 stop the next train. lombard "
with stones and eXtort compensation
from the unlucky travellers, who are
fortunate If they reach their journey
end with their heads unbrokcn. such
attempts al repression as have been
made have proved entirely inaieouaie
and these outrages are said 10 be al
frequent occurrence Near Chin'dara
recently a mob hurled through thu
window of train heavy jagged pieco-
of granite. any one Of which migh'
bave causel sa-ien- 80 'ury TO pass y
rers.-London Telegraph.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
What CONSTITUTES RasebaIl7

The essential apparatus of baseball
is simple and inexpensive. All mat Is
required is a field. a stick. the bai
itself and police protection for the un'
pire one advantage OF the game as
played professionally is that those sit.
ting in the grand stand can play thi
game a great deal better than The
eighteen men on the diamond II Is
also true that any one OF the spec'a
tors. even though perched on "a tell
phone pole across the street or loo
ing through a knothole in he fence
beyond right field can Judge OF th
pitchers skill or the runners fiee
ness much more iatelieently than th
arbiter who stands behind the batter
The great merit Of the game is TIA
the people can participate in IT, IL /
not like bridge whist. Its science d
not synonymous with silence. Tn.
thing 10 do is 10 take OF Your Goa
and root as Sig and as loudly as yo'
can. even If YOU don't know what Il
happening. -Philadelphia Ledger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
Earth Telerhony.

The Introduction Of magazine rifles
into the army is said TO have ended
the custom of using the rife as a tele-
phone by placing the muzzle 10 the
ground and listening at the breech
for the movement OF distant cavalry.
new apparatus on the same princi-
nle is the acoustele OF NJ. Martel, a
French inventor. This is a trumpet
shaped tube a yard or more high, IN
closing central cone and u Is claim.
ed 10 be SO sensitive that the tick OF
a watch can be heard several hundred
wards away In listening Tor sounds
through the earth il is best placed IN
a snocial hole.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
-, 20 Make Things Lively.

snecial correspondent OF Vienna
writes this about a recently
ppa apo department store in London Ion.
o .'r. ,se great displeasure of the Eng
AN reople. the store owes It's exist exist,
l' u.s. 10 American money. and II VIII
- en- ,onancted on American lines. Lon
Soc has a full quota OF me business
S,sfricr just TO make Things nNely;
'u.' ,oiossus. a symbol of American
Co" g,b and self confidence. Fancy
So. ,7.ropance contained in the adver'
,i ~. our business, large as II
III be will not injure the old hon
w.. and carefully conducted con
o In onr neighborhood. On the
en- r.r,r,ry our business will be OF n.
..,ir.abla value to them. for VIII
60, the world to our district What
niu ,base Americans do neNt|
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not Penny to Pay for the Fullest
Medical Examination.

II you are Ia doubt as 10 the cause
OF your disease. mail Us a postal re-
guessing a medical examination blank
which you Will All out and return to
MS Our doctors will carefully dag
nose your case. and II you can be
cured you will be told so; II you can
not be cured you will be told so You
are not Obligated 10 us in any way. for
this advice Is absolutely free. You ar.
AZ liberty 10 take our advice or not as
you see At Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank. MI out and re-
turn TO US. and our eminent doctors
VIII diagnose your case thoroughly,
bsoiutely tree.
Munyon's SD and Jefferson streets.
Philadelphia. Pa.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
Emntv Snlendnr.

Matthew Aston Wilks. the son In
law of Mrs Hetty Green. has en-
dearcd himself TO the great woman # r
ancier bv his simple tastes.
mir. Aston wilkes said q hotel
,,ocner of New York, "sneers az osten
tation remember when we openel
onr new rocco dining room. II was
o1nit rather empty the first Wee
~ so Mr. Wilks during the empty
season dropped In one night for SUP
per after the play.
II approached him. eager Tor 4 com
pliment on our bright new spiend 7r
lie nodded CURLY and said:
Truly magnificent Thirty table,
for every customer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

One Of the most startling facts com
ing TO the American public from the
latest report OF the secretary OF agri-
culture is that the rivers of the Uni
ted States are annually pouring into
the ocean not less than million tons
OF sediment and that this immense vol.
ume of waste consists Of the most
valuable elements of the soil. the very
richest material, as the secretary calls
II. the cream OF the soil" At q
moderate appraisal the annual loss ex
ceeds all the land taxes OF the whole
country. and this loss is steadily in
creasing instead of decreasing.-lnde
pendent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
A Poor Judge

Il admit" said Crittick that he's
acquiring some nOtOrlety, bat not
fame as you call II"
But. said Dumlcy, Il don't see
the difference between notoriety and
fame
You dont7 Then you wouldn't be
able to distinguish between the odor
OF rose and Limberger cheese.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

terribly from headaches backaches
and extreme weakness. | had days OF
depression and languor and at times
my ankles swelled ! was nervous
and worn out Doctors and kidney
remedies failed TO help until ! used
Doans Kidney Pills. ! am In better
health now than | have been for
years, thanks TO them.
Remember the name -Doan's 5. Sold
by all dealers 80 cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co. Buffalo. y. Y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
Meinhina Touch.

wonderful instrument has recent
=. Kan invented for the purpose OF
}. ,-ir, me sense Of touch The
Seice consists Of series OF niue
,tra,a. nom wooden handles, the last
~. Stuck into holes around a block.
Tr. htest disk Is taken out and
,.'e,at .nt1 contact with the skin OF
M subject the latter having closed
W. .,ss II nothing is felt heavier
si.s employed. and so on till the
rressure becomes noticeable.
ta.ch Of a disk weighing 300 OF
ersin was observable on the temple,
-. weighing a-l0O on the nose or
eS,o and one weighing 300 on the in
sit,.o Nd "a finger. Pathfinder.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

They say that melody will make
cows yield more milk
Then the installation Of a sextet
OF operate milkmaids might increase
the dairy output, and also help keep
the boys on the farm.-Pittsburg
Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
Another Knock.

Mrs Stubb-It's queer, John. that
you don't hear of many women going
trout fishing
Mr.. Stubhs-Not at all. Maria. You
know in trout fishing you can't speak
a word for hours at time.-Chicago
News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
Hiah Ideals.

Good heavens, The boy has no
better ambition than 10 be balloon
list"
We'll. dear could ne have an am
bition more uplifting. Baltimore
American.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

Napoleon was no doubt a great
strategist'
"Well?"
but | managed 20 hold ont a 50
bill on my wife last week. kansas
City Journal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

"But. | say" yelled the "champeen
OF the peepul." where does the ulti-
mate consumer come in@'
AT the finish" said the man with
the carpet bad and mark my words,
it will be his'n. all right
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

Doan's Kidney Pills.
They cure all irregu-
larities and annoy
ances. remove back.
ache and side pains
and restore the kid
neys 10 health. Mrs.
John Il. Whitaker,
1903 Jefferson St,
Madison, Ind. says:
* / d II ey troub lie
caused me TO suffer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
The Mechanical Choir.

81 hear that your church has install
ed a photograph stuffed with sacred
music?"
Yes. Had to do It. Choir had
struck
New scheme work all right?"
ITS beautiful Never quarrels with
itself. has no skirts 10 rustic, doesn't
fret about the angle OF IT'S hat. refrains
from giggling or powdering its nose
and If II gets out of order mechanic
can repaic it,"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
p | T.. Z: = s

~ have suffered with piles for thirty
six years. one year ago last April be-
gan taking CascaTets for constipation. In
the course of week l noticed the piles
began TO disappear and at the end OF six
weeks they did not trouble me at all.
Sascarets have done wonders for me- I
am entirely cured and feel like a new
man" George KIyder, Napoleon, o.
Pleasant Palatabie. Potent. Taste Good. ]
DO Good. Never Sicken Weaken or Grpe.
lOc 2Sc soc. Never sold IN bulk. The gen
uiue tablet stamped G & G. Guaran .eei TO
cure or your money back. go
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

The man In the moon snickered.
"The English probably think me a
German spy" he cried.
Herewith he took another peep
New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
Nov scheme work am right?"
After Their Quarrel.

Mabel-Of course you speak to Lena
when you pass herr
Helen-lndeed, do not. Why, /
don't even notice what she has on
Puck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

Perpetual water rights, fine water. pro-
ductive soil. crop failures unknown 80
bushels wheat per acre; 81 To = tons al.
falfa Healihful climate. free timber Terms
easy. Write now Linwood Land Co, Rock
Springs Wyoming
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
The Chief Requisite.

A man may toll to build a house
And pay in small deposits.
But his wife will kick unless
There's forty-leven closets.
st. Louis Republic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

I'm going to write a story about a
tallow candle"
Going 10 take a dip into literature,
SO to speak. Washington Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
onen So.

"He saws that most Of the time his
head is in the clouds
Hes got IL wrong. The trouble Is
that the clouds are In his mead. -
Kansas City Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
The kudzu Bean.

The quickest-growin plant in the
world Is said 20 be the kudzu. spe-
cies OF bean. IL Is said TO have been
known' TO grow sixty feet In three
months.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

Farmer Hayrick-Why are you go
ing to charge the summer boarders
more this year?
Farmer Corntassel-I've called the
Mace a bungalow. -Puck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
cools lis Temper.

Under the laws Of China the man
who loses his temper in a discussion
Is sent to jail for five days TO cool
down.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

Sore throat is no trifing ailment. II
will sometimes carry infection 10 the en-
tire system through the food that is eaten.
Hamlins Wizard oil IL sure. quick cure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
All Up-,o-Date Hou.ekeeper.

Use Red Cross Ball Blue. II makes ms
clothes clean and sweet as when new. All
GrOcers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
The Mayhower.

The Maynower after her memoir
able trip across the Atlantic with the
pilgrim fathers of New England went
into the West Indian cotton trade and
was lost in a cyclone.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

II may be possible for a man 10
write a sensible love letter, but be
never does.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

BY standing up for yourself others
may be prevented from sitting down
on you.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

There Is something wrong with the
minds OF men who seek continuous
pleasure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13
A SURE SIGN.
when II Appears Ac, AZ once.

Trouble with the kidney secretions
Is a certain sign that your kidneys
are doranged-that you should use
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

a Classy Task.

should be- "a every home. Ask your gro
Ger for t. large 2Oz. package. cents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

The beginning Of excellence is to be
free from error.-Quintillian.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

hrs. " insiow's 500 Thing syrup for children
tseti irg. foftens the gums. reduces Inflammation
tllays ain. cures wind collie. ~ cents a bottle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

m. backyard Of many a brown
s.sna front looks like junk shop.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

II a man doesn't enjoy his work the
Job won't please the boss
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

placed snywhsre. st-
tracts aad Ais all
files set clean ar
nsEsutsl euuFsni-
eat cheap Lasts ~
sssson. Cann0tspih
- ~ ever ~ili u0s
soil - iuluN amp
thins Gusnnt-~t
sfs Nv. Ofsli ssai.
srs or sent pfepait
~ ~ cts HAR0Lb
sOAFRs ise psksIs
Ave Brookiya. v. 4.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

FREE TEXAS GUIDE WRITE TODAY.
Owners names prices. farms ranr1e-.
colonization tmcts BUY FROM OWNERS.
save COMMISSIONS, INVESTORS GUIDE,
Columbus, Texas.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

DIRT NKENSEsS Positively Cured remedy
Given secretly or voluntarily. Send stamped
envelope for particulars br. ;. llamlln'
Baldwin Bldg, indianapolis, Ind
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

Diagnosed.
els golf a game or a science
Neither. 1t is a disease. New
York Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-13

Stale Nuts.
When nuts have become too dry TO
be good remove the shells, let stand
over night in equal parts Of milk and
water. then dry them in the oven and
they will be fresh and good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-20
AUCTION SALES.
THos. J. OWEN 4 SON. AUCTI0NEERs.

CHANCERY SALE OF BRICK DWELLINGS;
PLACE Ne; ALSO TWO 4-ROOM BRICK
HOUSES nos eos AND eo7 BROWNS
By virtue Of the decree passed 10 the s g..
case of G. o. B. Cissel ct al. against Eliza
beth W. Weller ct al. Equity No. 2s721. we
viii sell at public auction. In front Of the re-
spectixe premises, on M0NDAY; THE TWEEN
% and IS Fenton place ne. at QUARTER
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK Pm, and eos and 81
FoTR o ca15t being the land and prem
ises situated In the city Of Washington in said
bered a46 and 347. in John Viewers subdivision
of certain lots in square numbered 674. as per
plat thereof recorded In Book IS. folio 169. of
the records of the surveyors office Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia: also lots 30 and o. Of WILL
division of lots in square No. $40. said SUBJ
division is recorded in the Office Of the sur
veyor of the District of Columbia. in Book No.
II folio SIS, with the improvements thereon.
money to be paid in cash. and the balance In
equal installments. payable in and two
years from the day of sale. and to be represent
ed hy thu promissory nu'es of the purchaser
bearing interest at the rate OF 6 per cent per
annum, payable semi-a7nually. and secured by
deed of trust the property sold. or all cash
at the option of the purchaser: $4,000 deposll
required upon each parcel upon acceptance OF
bid. All convey ancfng. notary fees and record
ing at purchasers cost. Terms to be compiled
advertise and sell at the purchasers risk and
cost after five days previous advertisement Of
such resale published in some newspaper Of
Washington. d. c. BLAIR LEE,
Trustees
deS-d&dS eSu Fendall bldg.