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The Florida star., 1909-12-03

Theory and Practice-For all grades,
School and Class Management, by Ar
mold ($1.15), The Macmillan Company.
These books may be had of most book
dealers in the state, or from the pub
fishers by mail, postpaid, on receipt of
price. JOHN R. WALKER,
County Supt. Public Instruction.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
A Boy Of Fourteen.

In the lee OF a barn where the sun
shines sweet
And the green gins to come In the
grass at his feet.
With silver OF pine and a Barlow
knife,
Just look a. him, snowy-haired yet'ran
Of strife.
Looking UP rosy, with smiles between.
And feelin' like a boy Of fourteen.
A silver Of pine-yellow pines the
An the chips all caught in the crease
OF his vest.
HIS pants in his boots and guild in
his jaw,
An the sun just heatin ernough ter
draw
The juice from the roots. while the
land turns green
Amt he a fine old boy OF fourteen,
Dollars to doughnuts he'd dance II he
could.
But he's got such job with that silver
OF wood
That he couldn't leave off out there
In the sun.
With a boat TO carve for tOw-haired
one
That he hears in the door where the
lilacs lean
Calm grandad" to a boy Of fourteen,
Oh. spring has no charm anywhere
that IL goes
Like this Of an old man turned to a
rose
on the warm south side Of the old
barn there
With silver OF pine and an hour to
spare.
And an old heart bright with IN,
golden sheen
OF the dream OF a boy Of about four
teeni
baltimore Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
a Sugar Kings story.

THE late Claus Spreckels." said
San Franciscan. had one weakness ~
which he was a little ashamed he
could not resist the appeal Of beg
gar. Yet he knew that the charity
societies are right. and that most beg
gars are impostors.
Have the moral courage OF your
convictions. said one dav. as ! saw
him give a beggar a quarter. send
these fellows TO the charity special
lists for investigation.
Moral couragel' Mr. Spreckies
murmured. That is what we call ca
when we contemplate mean ac-
ton
"A school teacher once told her
class that the courage which makes "
do what we think right. regardless az
the sneers Of Others. was moral cour-
age. the best kind.
Then. II boy has box OF candy.
like me Yesterday said a lad. and Y
he eats IL ali himself. without giving
any to people that have no right 70 t'
no matter how much they call hun
mean and stingy-that there's moral
courage. amt II, teacher?' WASH
ington Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Stopping the Banner"

ia took tn Grubville Banner
Fer an even score OF years,
As anyone can find out
From its editor. Bill Squeers.
I'd banked on II. by cracky.
Stickin' by il. rain or shine,
An felt an interest in it,
Kind o. like tn sheet was mine.
| used TO like the Banner
Fer tn way il hammered things.
4 Teller took TO cover
When Bill hit him with his filings.
Things went along a swimming.
An as lovely as a rose.
Till Squeers he got rambunctious
An stepped upon my toes.
Well. that was sort o. different
An 1t made me good an hot.
went fer Bill about il,
Mad as any HOttentot.
He wouldn't hear to reason
Bill was stubborn. repeat
So says. by gum. I'll fix him."
An stopped his pesky sheet.
knew the blow would crush him,
Still he didn't faint away.
He simply smiled an told me
was actin like a jay.
It made me all the nader
In a minute somethin popped.
| shouted as / left him.
Anyhow. your papers stopped"
| didn't want 10 do II.
But he druv me 10 tn deed.
| saw him out a-business-
Paper busted-him in need.
But Bill he up an fooled me:
Wouldn't quit. Why. jes' to-day
saw him out o. business
Workin' in the usual way.
Harlan Babcock in Western Pull
Usher
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02

II Is one Of the few religious cere-
monies participated in by the Pope
and the fact that he takes part draws
tens OF thousands OF visitors 10 the
Eternal City.
The queen OF festivals as Easter is
called in Rome. is ushered in by the
firing OF cannon from the castle OF
ST. Angelo. and IA early as 7 a. m.
carriages containing the wealthy
classes are pouring toward ST. Peters 5.
The altar is most richly decorated,
and the whole vast structure is fes.
tooned with flowers emblematical OF
the day. The lights around the tomb
and figure OF St Peter blaze brightly.
From a hall in the adjoining palace
or the Vatican the Pope is borne into
the edihce. On his head he wears a
TIARA TALL round gilded cap, repre-
senting a triple crown, and which Is
understood 10 signify spiritual power,
temporal power and a union OF both.
Beside him are borne the nabelli. or
large fans. composed OF ostrich feath-
ers. In which are set the eyelike parts
of peacock feathers 10 signify the eyes
or vigilance OF the church over him
is borne a silk canopy richly fringed.
After officiating at mass al the high
altar. the Pope is with the same cere-
mony borne back through the crowd
ed church. and then ascends 10 the bal.
cony over the central doorway. Rising
from his chair OF state. and surround
ed by his principal officers. he pro
nOunces a benediction with indul.
gences and dissolution.
Then printed slips OF prayers blessed
by the Pope are scattered among the
vast assemblage. who struggle TO OBJ
tain possession of them They are
priced highly. and the common peo-
pie. If they are lucky enough 10 get
them. hand them down from genera
ton 70 generation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02

more they gave the CHASTITY count.
Auguste Pollet came firmly enough 10
the guillotine. but weakened az the
sight. but before he had much time
10 show his feelings his head had
Joined the other CORY pair in the
basket. Abel Pollet was the last 10 go.
lie fought the hardest. repulsing the
priest and crying his hatred for the
established order But the knife
clicked again. and he was gone.
II was an awful spectacle, but
members of the Chamber OF Deputies
defend II by saying IL will do more
20 repress crime than thousand
imprisonments.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Picture Puzzles.


Seated one dav al table,
| was having forty fits,
AS my fingers lowered nervously
over those jig-sawed bits.
| know not what | was hunting
To finish a soldiers face;
But | struck one queer-shaped frag
ment
That fitted that queer-shaped space
1t linked all those silly features
Into one solid man;
And as | had finished his shoulder.
began to see the plan.
It helped with the background also,
A sort OF guide IL made
But | moved some other pieces,
And somehow ii got mislaid!
| sought. but I sought II vainly,
That one small piece so queer,
That out Of a hundred others
Fitted that soldiers ear.
I couldn't 20 on without IL.
| fretted and fumed and fused;
Then-somebody joggled my elbow!
And | gave up in disgust
II NAV be that some time or other
| will try that thing again:
But not till I'm I'm an asylum
And | doubt IL | do IL then,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
A Famous Story.

Every section has its famous story.
A famous story that is being retold in
Oregon is about a very rich banker
who got his start by doing work for
the government. His bill was $1,000.
and il had 10 be submitted to Con
Gress. Congress has habit Of cutting
bills in two. To make allowance for
this he jumped his bill to 10000 lie
sent the bill 10 the governor for his
approval The governor. having also
heard that Congress generally appro-
nriated only half as much as was
asked. jumped ii to $4,000 The bill
was then sent TO one OF the congress-
men Being friendly 10 the contractor.
he jumped it TO $4,000 and sent II TO
another Oregon congressman for his
approval The second congressman
jumped il 10 $4,000. Congress al.
lowed tls~ whole $4,000. although the
contractor was entitled TO only s. 900.
This is told as a fact in Oregon. The
man who got the $4,000 got his start
on II and is now a millionaire. -Atchi.
son Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
sUNFLoWER PHILOSOPHY.

Once in politics. always in politics.
Don't expect presents all the time
occasionally give one.
Don't expect any friend 20 give you
more than your moneys worth.
Every smooth man ought 10 be
locked up: he finds SO many victims.
We wonder il everything girl
wears is as tight as her gloves and her
corset.
Every man has some friend 70 whom
he complains OF his job and his kin.
Some people pay no attention TO
meanness unless they find ii in others.
A man hates 10 put on pair Of new
shoes nearly as badly as he hates 10
go 10 party.
Mems underwear on the clothesline
on wash dag never look as immodest
as the other kind.
Women complain that their hus.
bands are not gallant. and then per
nit their daughters TO wait on their
brothers.
When a man gets a letter from his
girl il has more Is in il than the let.
ter he gets from his mother: that runs
to "You's."
Say what you please. when a the
atrical company comes to town you
get ideas in dresses and hats.
woman may respond TO a call TO
a deathbed with hope in her heart. but
she always takes black dress along.
When an elderly man enjoys perfect
health he Is as proud OF ii as hand
some young woman of her beauty
The great trouble with this world
seems 10 be that no frugal. sensible
woman has ever been regarded as the
leader of fashion
II sometimes happens that the peO-
pie never find out a man is an eloquent
talker because he didn't get started
on his wrongs.
How numerous annoyances are, Are
you usually responsible for your an
nOyances. or have you acquaintances
who provide most of them for you?
A rich man may be proud Of the
fact that he originated in a log cabin.
but he knows better than 10 brag
about it when his daughter, the prin-
cess. Is around.
Nearly every bright student at
school is ambitious to become a
good Republican Is anxious TO become
a leader and run for Office.
School teaching is a wOman's pro
fession. Men look as unnatural teach
ing school as they would should they
engage in crOcheting
Suppose men should attend six
parties" in one week how women
would abuse them for their worthless
ness, And the abuse would be de-
served.
Very few people really wash their
faces. They put little water on and
then wipe of the dirt with a towel II
clothes were Numbered as carelessly
as faces are washed there would be
howl
Cranberry jelly isn't the only thins
overrated there's young blood If
anything in this world has a value
placed on it that is ridiculously high.
ii is young blood A man does pretty
we'll in business. and finally gets in
some young blood Immediately he
spends half his days in covering up
mistakes made BY the young blood
and his nights in fretting about them.
Old friends are offended. innovations
are made that means a loss OF BUSH
ness. everyone is disturbed. and mis-
takes appear that the old man wonders
II a school child wouldn't do better
All due TO the young blood. -Atchi-
son Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02

Photographer Ito young man)-It
will make a much better picture II YOU
put your hand on your fathers should.
der.
The Father-Huh. II would be much
more natural II he had his hand In my
pocket,-Lustige Welt
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
senoras and Senorltas.

The married and unmarried women
OF the United States OF Colombo.
South America. are designated by the
manner in which they wear flowers in
their hair. the senoras wearing them
on the right side and the senorltas on
the left.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Kindly Bear With Him.

There was young man in Ishpeming
Whose conduct we re far from con-
demning,
For he helped us one time
In our search for a rhyme
by wedding a maiden named Fleming.
bohemian Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Literary Shoulders.

was that novel shocking"
TERRIBLY so-almost as bad az ne
testimony in an unwritten law trial
Washington Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
At the Boarding House.

At the Boarding House.
Maggie cleans the kitchen,
Agnes cleans the stairs.
Pop he cleans the sidewalk.
And Helen cleans the chairs.
Ma she cleans my face and hands
Well as she Is able.
When II comes 20 dinner time
Boarders clean the table.
-YOnkers Statesman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Quick Change.

Quick Change.
He used 10 call her "duckie'
on the honeymoon. but then
Twelve months had hardly slipped
before
He called her plain "old hen"
Detroit Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02

The proof OF an education lies in a
mind so titled that prejudices gain no
root
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02

Love.
Little germs OF some one
Growing on the mind,
Make the heart quite lovesick
And both the eyes stone-blind.
Judge.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-17

about a general and united effort all over the
land. but not yet has the Nation become fully
aroused TO action. large number of the more
intelligent farmers, the agricultural press the
agricultural colleges and the experiment stations.
the farmers institutes. and all other agencies
which have been working along collateral lines
for the past quarter of century have produced
effect, but II is yet insignificant in comparison
with the mighty work to be done. How are the
ranks and file 10 be reached? BY what means
the average farmer be made 10 fully realize
that IL Is TO his interest to Increase his yield per
acre, and by what means can he be induced to ap-
ply the simple means necessary 20 do IT. This Is
the great national problem OF the day. BY the
side Of II the tariff the railroad question and all
others important though they be- sink into trif-
ling insignihcance OH for the power 10 arouse
the tillers of the soil throughout this nature
favored Southland TO the vital importance of in
iellIgent action in soil building. The man. tho
men, or the agencies. which shall accomplish this
task will do Infinitely more for the South than
have all her glorious warriors and brliau, states
men whom so fond of crowniug with the
highest honors.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-17
Minor Matters Merely Mentioned.

T(VI OF. MARCELLUS POINTER. n native OF
lvNN Holly Springs. Miss. Colonel of the Twelfth
Ni Alabama Cavalry. and aide-de-camp To
General Joe Wheeler during the Civil War dis
tinguished for bravery. died In dire poverty I'm
New York City last Saturday DR. George Wilson
said of him II guess he died partially of brok-
en- heart and pride. He was too proud TO beg"
In Tennessee Attorney General JeH d. Nc
earn twho prosecuted the Coopers for the muir
der OF Carmack) has announced his candidacy for
Governor on platform OF rigid law enforce
men,. THE State" he says. has constantly ad-
yaneed In matters relating TO temperance iegis-
la,ion. law enforcement, purity of elections and
civic Righteousness. Recent legislation on the
subject of temperance and honest elections meets
my approval. and II elected shall do all III my
power TO uphold and sustain these laws. and II
necessary for the purpose OF sustaining and en-
forcing these laws. I shall favor the passage OF
other laws
Cotton prices continue between twelve and
thirteen cents. the cotton world estimating now
that with the condition G.: points below the tom
year average the coming crop cannot exceed 49,
000. 900 bales.
The House, by vote OF SIT TO II. passed the
Joint resolution providing for the submission 10
the States of an amendment to the Constitution
permitting the levying OF an income tax.
The Georgia House OF Representatives asks
Congress to forbid the of the mails To the
New York and New Orleans Cotton Exchanges.
Colombia the South American Republic Dor
derins on the Isthmus OF Panama, Ia on the verge
OF n revolution.
Prof. Simon Newcomb. the noted astronomer.
died Monday at Washington. He was "A years
old.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-17
The Tobacco and Cotton Schedules.

81 ENAToR BRADLEY. Of Kentucky. forced
~ provision through the Senate land IL
go will probably pass tho Conference Commit
,ee) removing all restrictions tho sale OF tobac-
co In the hand. Under the present law. the farm
or may scli. but the man who buys from the
farmer In taxed six cents pound This tax the
new bin removes. 30 that any one may sell In the
hand.
Tho Democrats made hard night against the
Increase In tho revenue tax on chewing and smok-
ing tobacco and anun from six To eight cents n
pound. but were beaten by strict party vote.
You won't tax the rich mans income but you
tar the poor mans tobacco" Was Senator Bailcy'-
argument
Cotton bagging. ma We reported last week. goes
on tho free lis, under the new bill. but the duty
on cotton ties In only oYAot by n drawback which
would so 10 the manufacturer or exporter.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-17

than industrial education for boys: and Edwin G.
Cooley, of Boston, made no less vigorous plea
for giving common schools more practical
industrial turn.
While 1t Is the privilege OF every Ameri-
canborn boy to try to become President Of
the United States" said Mr.. Cooley, ut does
not follow that 1t becomes the business Of
the public school system to fit him for that
position. Some OF these boys going to be
laborers. mechanics artisans. something be-
sides President. and right now they neg
lected. II has come to pass that are edu-
eating about 100000 boys for the Presi-
dency and about 80. 100000 for nothing be-
cause our schools examining things in
their heads which will be OF no use to them
when they begin to work in the factory
tho farm"
State superintendent Joyner. of North Carolina.
was chosen President for the ensuing year, he
being the candidate of the forces fighting tho
book trust.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-17

rT01 RISTOI. VIRGINIA. went wet last week by
lfSH a majority OF 80. Bristol Ia on the edge
~ of Tennessee. and the bride OF a prospec-
tive $1,000. 600 trade In supplying the dry States
south OF Bristol was too much for her citizens.
many voters also soothing their consciences by de-
ciaring that they would have voted dry bnt for
Abingdon having a dispensary within ffteen
miles OF them anyhow. The Associated Press dis
patch continues:
Against tho Influence of the Prohibition
lists and their unwaverlng allies tho women
and children. the leaders of the opposing
forces spent thousands of dollars. Half of
the business buildings In Bristol had been
op,ioned for sale or rent ut very high prices
pending today's result. And these options
were paid for In cash. too"
II is clear from summary OF Virginia press
opinions that the Bristol cloction--the result OF
such shameless and wholesale corruption the
part OF the whskey intcrests-has helped rather
than hnr, the cause Of prohibition IN the State
and country at large. As the Suffolk Herald says:
zone eject the Bristol result is going TO have.
Say what else You may. is TO hasten State wide
prohibition. You might we'll try to dam the
Mississippi River as TO prevent the people from
demanding the issue OF Statewide prohibition In
the next two years
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-17

f~ HE MEETING OF THE National Educa-
N{~I tional Association in Denver last week
CX-J may not have promised much OF interest
10 our people. but IL was extremely significant Of
the growing movement To make the schools train
for work for real life. AS President l.. ID. Harvey
declared In his annual address:
For the great mass OF those needing In
dustrial education the existing public schools.
elementary and secondary. must furnish tho
facilities. They must recognize that the great
majority OF their pupils must earn their liv-
ing by their hands. and they must undertake
to give definite instruction and training for
at least tho beginning OF industrial efici-
ency."
President Harvey emphasized that training In
domestic science lis less necessary for girls
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-17

i
lob night the Aldrich tariff bill passed the
0S Senate by a vote OF as TO "a. one Demo-
crat. McEnery. OF Louisiana. voting for IT, and
ten Republicans from the Middle West voting
against It,
The passage OF this bill. II II be signed by Pres
ident Taft will be regarded as the end OF the
Roosevelt era in Republican politics and the def
mite return Of control TO the predatory inter.
ests" II is party peridy and dIshonor" as
shameless ms any for which Mr. Cleveland rebuk-
ed his own organization fifteen years ago. and
Mr.. Taft can only keep the respect OF the country
by vetoing n measure which gives the lie TO his
pledges OF n downward" revision OF the tariff
In tho interests OF the people. He declared that
the Dingey rates were excessive. and yet the Sen
ate bill as nrs; presented land II is even worse
now lief, tho duties unchanged on 75s per cent
OF our imports, increased tho duties on Is per
cent. aud decreased them on only 81 per cent. On
|sT worth of ordinary clothing IL is shown that
tho Dingisy bill imposed duties OF s3212. the
new House bill s22. 20. and the new Senate bill
&32os. Tho New York Outlook exposes tho fall
lacy OF tho Finance Committees claim that II
made 400 decreases In schedules and only 10
increascs": IL IL very much rs II your merchant
offered you n 10 per cent decrease on soda salt
and pepper but 10 per cent increase on piows
cloth. and shoes. AZ tho Outlook says:
THE decreases generally arec, minor i'm
ports. The increases are on important stems.
Thus In the linen schedule there iTs
reductions and only ono increase. But the
reductions arc chiefly numerous varieties
OF threads and ,w!ne. on which tho imports
range from 81 10 $500 a year. Altogether
they affect imports valued slightly In excess
OF 100000. Tho single increase Ia wo-
ven fabrics. OF which $4,000. 900 worth were
imported In 1907 Tho average decrease
was Is per cent; Tho ainge increase was 81
per cent Hero II real revision upward.
whore person glancing a, tho figures wonld
naturally infer that there had been revision
downward"
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-17
Editorial Notes.

rTI AXE A MEMORANDUM book with you TO
lA~I your farmers institute. Jot down before
hand any questions or problems you wish
10 bring up for discussion: and when the day
comes have your pencil and notebook ready to
make memoranda OF the facts. suggestions.
recipes formulas etc. tina, you ough; TO have for
book you may regret e.
Nearly every graduate OF agricultural col
loge hnds one more positions waiting for him
Offering 500 month more at tho very begin.
ming, Agricultural Department work. Expert
ment Station work. agricultural high school work.
oil need more men. while the demands for thor
oughly equipped farm managers ia constantly on
the increase. For probably no other class OF COL
icge graduates la there such demand AZ for the
agricultural graduate.
II is n good time 10 eat little less meat than
you usually do. There !s no excuse for any farm
cr not having n great and appc,iring variety OF
vegetables nj this time o! year. and they arc both
cheaper and more heaithfui. especially In sum
ner. than meat And of course. tho orchard
should supply peaches and apples In abundanes.
The National Department OF Agriculture e.
Inmates the condition OF corn July n, SIS
against s2.s last year and n ten year average OF
sfs For the Southern States the figures are
as follows the FIRST figure In each case being for
July LIST this year. the second figure tho tcn-year
average for that State: Virginia. 800: Ar
kansas. si-s3: Texas. SIC: Georgia. 500:
Tennessee. 500. Alabama. 7T-s6 North
Carolina. SIS: Mississippi. T2-s2. South Car
olina. ST--si. Louisiana $50.
Please don't send us letters or questions with
out signing your name We can do nothing with
these except throw them away. and this In I'M
pleasant % US and disappointing 20 you.