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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
unjustly Blarntd.

Speaking Of the unrehability Of
circumstantal evidence, lawyer
said.
"Sandcrs Mcdowell, a coal heayer
Of Pecbles, said angrily to his wife
one night:
'llaver. Lispcth. hoo many
times ava - tel Sc | Wilma hae
the children urngln up coal in my
top hat
"I oot Sanders, mon, be rea-
sonal.e ID I.ispeth. 'Ye've spoilt
the shape . the top hat wi' yer fun
ny head 'rcad3 rn', since we're
hcayin coa a'l day .cn ltt.e
extra rol dlst " the he4d pccc
mattt|
"Norrn. " duro "rap ma er-
gy"c2. .1d,a 'rrs d 4ear
that TOP lAt m t0r crola, Iii II
I'm cot an ! tax il o.T it lc.scs d
black band around l feaead
What's the ra,ooit? n by, I'm ac-
cu,cd on all ,.dns o'NA La ma face
wi Ina hat on'"-St Lous Globe
Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
eeshy,s unfortunate p.Iny.

lie was fye year. Oh on hi
particular day mo;icr had dressed
him with unuslal care and was very
much displeased 10 hlye him come
in with clothing dirty and torn.
She had so often told him he
must take his own part in the boys
scraps-ight should the occasion
demand it. This he would not do.
And now she intended to punish
him.
Bob became very indignant and
said, "Wcll. mamma, just told the
boy ] wasn't ready TO fight, and
when got ready he was settin' on
me. -Delincator.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
A CROOKED BOUNDARY.
t.u.s OF the Peculiar Lines That Di
vide Two States.


n YOU will look on the map OF
yew England YOU will see two GU
rons irregularities in the dividing
Ene betwcen Massachusetts and
conpectcut. One of them is in
CRANKY township, a little north
west N Hartford. and the other in
Enfield township, on the Connect
cut river. south Of Springfield. 1t
is a standing conundrum why, SO
onr as the boundary is imaginary,
tbey did not make il straight in
stead Of crooked. But thereby
hangs a tale.
Those two little jogs on the map
are Monuments to human obstinacy
and TO the pcrsistency which is one
Of the CHIEF traits Of the Yankee
character. The ancestors of the
farmers who own those little spot ;
Of ground preferred to- live in Mas
achusctts rather then in Connecti-
cut AMI fought for their preference
until they had their way.
The controversy began in 1913
and continued for 1l2 years before
It was finally decided. In 1924 the
question was appealed to England,
but the government was so much
enrossod in the Seven Years war
that il was never brought to the at
te1tion Of the crown. Up to the
outbreak Of the Revolution both
states continued to levy taxes and
send notices Of fast days and cleo
tons to the farmers who occupied
The land, and there is no record of
how they avoided one or whether
they paid both. Later, however,
they voted and paid taxes in Massa-
chusetts only, Notwithstanding the
protest Of the county authorities in
Connecticut. In 1898, after peace
was restored. both states appointed
commissioners, but the dispute was
carried on until 1904, when a COM
promise ves reached. There we're
several similar disputes between the
two states BESIDES those which now
appear upon the map, and an agree
ment was reached by which Massa-
chusetts consented to surrender her
claim to a strip of territory in
Woodstock and Sufield townships.
ForIded Connecticut would yield
her claims to the other tracts in
dispute No action, however, was
taken upon the report.
In 1910 the controversy was re-
Uved by some legal proceeding, and
another commission was appointed,
but il il ever reached a conclusion
there Is no record to be found. In
1870 a third commission was in
trusted with the settlement. and
after two years they decided upon
the present boundary line, which
vas adopted by the legislature of
both states. Exchange
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17

Whoever knows anything about
the small boy and his pride III his
first pair Of trousers will recognize
the truth of a story the Philadel-
phia Ledger prints.
Tommy was at Sunday school in
his first real" clothes. A picture
OF a lot of little angels was before
the class, and the teacher asked
Tommy if he would not like to be
one.
"No, ma'am," replied Tommy
after inspecting the picture.
"Not want to be an angel, Tom
my" reproached the teacher. "Why
not?"
"Cause Ia have to gye up my
new pants" said Tommy sagely.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
A STUDENT JOKE.
Conspiracy Of Silence That Put H.
Professor Ia a Panic.

Professor Elias Loomis for man
years occupied the chair OF astrono
my at Yale and was the author Of
the well known series of mathemat
ical text books.
Professor Loomis repeated eacl
year to the junior class a course o.
lectures on physics. The lecture.
were illustrated by experiments
and in one on compressed air he
explained the principle Of the well
known air gun.
The students Of each succecdinc
class as they entered the room for
this particular lecture found on the
side of the room remote from the
platform a small target. After ex-
planning the operation of the gun
Professor Loomis was in the habit
of landing three Of its projectiles
with mathematical accuracy IN the
center oi tie bullseye.
The professor was always APP
plaudcd fr this feat, but his grim
face. covered by a tightly drawn
skin of -rehment hue, never show
ed the slightest sign of qualification
or recognition Of any kind. To him
it was apparently only a scientific
experiment to be exactly demon
etrated
One class Of Juniors, however.
who had learned of the immemorial
incident from the then seniors, at
tempted a little experiment Of
their own, the subject being mathe-
matical and scientific human ma
ture.
Three pulrs from the air gun, and,
although the students saw that the
bullseve was perforated as usual,
there was not a sound of applause
Professor Loomis looked a moment
at the class in startled way, then
at the target, and then, with a de-
gree of emotion he had never be-
fore shown, exclaimed:
Didn't it hit? Didn't il hit?
Didn't it hit?"
A roar cf laughter. followed by
even more than the usual applause,
showed the professor that he had
not lost his mathematical accuracy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
The Welsh Note.

Here is what the Rev. John
Evans tells us in reference to the
way in which English was taught
in Wales in the eighteenth century
"This school had several features
unknown in the Welsh school Of to-
day. The Welsh note was one in
dispensable feature. This secured
English conversation. 1t was a
smooth piece of wood, like a fat
inch rule, with the letters w. N
carved on it. When any one was
caught speaking Welsh the Welsh
note was Immediately handed to
him, but the hand which held it at
the end Of the lesson was the one
made 10 tingle in consequence, so
it was a common occurrence for the
child who had it to move about
from pew to pew, craftily tempting
Others to speak Welsh. This sign
Of guilt therefore often changed
hands until at last it rested in that
which had to bear the burden Of ali
the transgressions of that law"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
Causes Of War.

The horrors Of the Indian mutt.
ny will still be remembered, AM
the cause which led to it is a mat
ter of history. Cartridges CREASED
with cows fat were served out ia
the sepoys. who refused to u.s.
them on the ground that the. COW
was a sacred animal. Almost with
out any warning the terrible massa-
cres followed, which were only
avenged at an enormous expendi-
ture Of lives and money.
The war which deluged Austria
and Prussia with blood in 1866 en-
anatel in the former failing to an
swer a question asked by the latter.
In the spring of that year the Aus
trians began to arm very speedily
and powerfully, and the Prussians
wanted TO know the reason. To
this they would give no reply, and
Prussia, thinking it was an un-
friendly and menacing action,
brought about the CORY campaign.-
London Tit-Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
WkTERMhRKS.
The, Are Stamped In the Paper BY
Patterns Of Wire.


The discovery Of the watermark
was the result Of an accident, prob
ably a thousand years ago. Parch.
ment was then made of vegetable
pulp, which was poured in a LIQUID
state into sieve. The water drip
ped out from below, and the thin
layer OF pulp that remained was
pressed and dried. When dry it
was found to bear uSon it the
marks Of the fiber that composed
the bottom of the sieve.
These fibers seem to have been
twisted reeds, and the mark they
left on the parchment took the
form of wide lines running across
and across diagonally. In those
days the watermark was regarded
as blemish since the fiber was
thick and coarse and the deep i'm
preston made on the paper proved
a drawback in writing.
The quill Of the scribe found
many a yawning gap TO cross on
the surface of the manuscript
"switchback scripture" it has been
termed. But when wire was sub
stituted for fiber in the sieve, saws
a writer in the Denver Republican,
the lines of the watermark grew
thinner and less conspicuous.
The possibilities of the useful
ness Of the watermark became ap-
parent by degrees. It was first
found to be of service in preventing
the forgery of books and manu-
scripts. Many bogus copy of
rare work has been detected be-
cause the counterfeiter failed to
take into account the watermarks
of the original.
The watermark of many a pre-
cious manuscript in the worlds mu-
seums is alike its glory and its
safeguard. And in the sphere of
bank notes and paper money every
where the watermark is most use
full in protecting the notes from
imitation.
The term "watermark" is in re-
atty a misnomer since the mark
Is actually produced by wire. Wire
is fashioned into the desired pat
tern, figure or lettering. This is
inserted beneath the sheet in the
last stages of its manufacture and
while the paper is still capable of
receiving the impression. and tho
wire device stamps itself into the
sheet.
Ordinary note paper held up to
the light reveals hundreds of par
allel lines running up and down,
betraying the fact that the paper
was made on a wire foundation.
To this the paper owes its smooth
ness and its even texture.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17

They were country people pure
and simple, but they had read the
papers and thought they we're edu-
Gated up to all the improvements of
ety. When they went to Wash
lngton they went through the navy
department. and saw the models Of
our ships Of war. Pointing to a
companion ladder hanging over the
aae Of one Of the boats, she asked
ner better half what it was.
Vn, that's the fire escape" re-
p.hi the acknowledgements.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17

"Now. my manly lit.lc man. said
Mr.. Mildun. LAYING BIZ hand kindly
on tile BOYS s~ouldcr. ''you didn't
drop that banana peel there on pLl-
pose to make me slip on it, did
you z"
"Course not, rerlied the manly
little man Nriggling away. IL put
il there fer yer nearsi rsignted brother,
who wouldn't "a lodged kan
sas City I mes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
A SQUARE DEAL.
All Advertisers Are Treated
Alike.

The COURIER has but one rate
to all advertisers and treats all
advertisers in the same manner
and squarely. 1t frequently
comes to us that we lose business
because the other papers make
concessions with respect to their
rates. We urge you not to be
misled by newspapers which are
granting you concession. In
that kind of a newspaper you
never know when you have
reached the bottom. You may
think you are favore d, but your
neighbor is probably nearer the
bottom than you are
The advertising department of
any newspaper is only conducted
rightly when the rate is the
same to everybody under the
same conditions. When a news
paper offers you a cheap rate,
you can easily bank on it that it
is a cheap newspaper and is con-
scious of its own weakness and
probably has a smaller circula-
tion than it is generally credited
with.
Che CoURIR wants all the ad-
vertising that its circulation de-
serves and expects to charge a
fair price for the same. At
present the COURIER knows that
it has much the largest circula-
tion in Dubois County and knows
that commensurate with that
circulation its rate is the lowest.
IL you want the most for your
money, advertisein the CoURIER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
TIE 3cK EXCHANGE.


h :" Yer%s Brokers.
In tie easily part OF March, 1892
the first D icc was printed Of the
opening 81 q stock eNehange Office
at 22 Wall street by a. l.. Blocker
& Sons, J. Pinard. McEyers & Bar
clay, Cor'larlt & Terriers and JAY
q sutton These several firms held
auctions Of stock each day at noon,
selling in rotation to insure equal
opportunities for each other.
Some Of the broker specialists re-
sented such q restricted organiza-
tion, and on March p a meeting
was called of thc dissatisfied brokers
for purposes Of protection, and a
committee was appointed to pro-
vide suitable room in which Ia
assemble and to suggest such rules
and regulations for conducting
their business as the committee
deemed necessary. The final result
of this meeting, says Moody's Mag
azine, was the first signed agree
ment among dealers in securities,
the Oldest record now in the ar
chives of the New York stock Ex-
change. The agreement reads as
follows:
Eve, the Subscribers, Brokers
for the purchase and Sale of Public
Stock, do hereby solemnly promise
and pledge ourselves to each other,
that we will not buy or sell from
this day, for any person whatsoever,
any kind Of Public Stock at less
rate than one-quarter per cent com
mission on the specie value, and
that we will give a preference to
each other in orr negotia- Ions. In
TESTIMONY Whereof we have set our
hands this 18th day Of May, at New
York. 1892"
This organization had no local
habitation for conducting exchange
business. Like the curb brokers to-
day, transactions we're carried on in
the open air at point between the
present numbers of GS and 20 Wall
street, under a famous old button
wood tree that stood there with
widespreading branches, which pro-
tected them from the suns rays and
ordinarily inclement weather.
Business in those DAYS was not
rushing, and there was an air of
leisure and quiet about the gather
ing. Securities were not active
enough to employ all the time of
the brokers, so between times, bet
ting on the results Of domestic and
foreign political controversies and
dealing in merchandise were in
cluded.
The first inside quarters of the
exchange we're secured in 1893,
when the Tontine coffee house, at
the northwest corner of Wall and
William streets, was completed.
The old buttonwood tree was aban-
doned, and the dignity OF the bro
kers' organization was elevated by
the change. The Tontine coffee
house was controlled by chartered
company composed of 203 subscrib-
ers at $500 each, organized as a
merchants exchange.
The dealers in securities and the
we're all jumbled up to-
gether, and at times when trading
was brisk there was wild excitement
and shouts that would have done
credit to a band Of Comanche In
dams. No constitution for a stock
exchange was adopted until 1877,
when the New York stock and ex-
change board was formally organ
zed and constitution adopted.
Prime was appointed
president and John Burson secre-
tary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17

Stains from leather are removed
BY the use of paraffin. 1t likewise
gives a brilliant polish. To remove
sugar and sirup stains wash the
stained part yith warm water with
out. soap, then rub with ammonia
diluted with warm water. If nk
washable, use diluted alcohol.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
He Got the Girl.

tie had gone to ask her father for
ne' hand in marriage.
Wen, sir, what is it?" snapped
vl' 'he old man. Remember, ! am
aman Of few words"
don't care if you are a man Of
sl'y one word if it's the right one,"
replied the suitor.
lie got the girl.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
THE VOICE IN THE DARK.
A Memory Of Piekett's Brigade and .
Night Attack.


Some years after the civil war
gathering of veterans of both sides
was exchanging "reminiscences at
banquet given by the board of trade
of New York, writes Mrs. La Sale
Corbell Pickett in Lippincott's.
The presiding officer was Colonel
j. j. Phillips Of the Ninth Virginia
regiment, Pickett's division. He
was speaking of night attacks and
recalled one in particular, not be-
cause of its startling horrors, but
because Of peculiar circumstance,
almost resulting in the compulsory
'disobedience of orders-<the obey
ing, as it were, of higher com
mand than that of earth.
"The point of attack had been
carefully selected" said Colonel
Phillips, "the awaited dark night
had arrived, and my command was
to fire when General Pickett should
signal the order.
There was that dread, indescrib-
able stiffness, that weird, ominous
sience, that always settles over
everything before a fight. You felt
that nowhere in the universe was
there any voice or motion.
Suddenly the awesome silence
was broken by the sound Of deep.
full voice rolling over the black
void like the tillows of a great sea,
directly in line with our guns. 1t
was singing the old hymn, Jesus,
Lover OF Ny Soul
81 have heard that grand old
music many times in circumstances
which intensified its impressive
ness, but never had it seemed so
solemn as when il broke the still
ness in which we waited for the or
der to fire. Just as it was given
there rang through the night the
words:
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow OF thy wing.
"Ready! Aim! Fire to the
left. boysr said.
"The guns we're shifted, the vol
lev that blazed out sweryed aside,
and that defenseless head was Gov
cred with the shadow of his wing"
A Federal veteran who had been
listening looked up suddenly and
said:
81 remember that night, colonel,
and that midnight attack which
carried of so many of my comrades.
! was the singer"
There was second of silence.
Then "Jesus, Lover of Ny Soul"
rang across that banquet board as
on that black night in 1864 it had
rung across the lines at Bermuda
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
The MANAGER Was Cute.

The crowd swayed toward the
manager of the open air show.
"What did You moan by advertis-
in thet tight rope walker?" cried
the spokesman.
"Jrst what ! said,s replied the
unabashed manager.
But the rope was laid on tn
.round,' cried the spokesman, IAN
your fraud of a rope walker just
walked on il a step or two! Do you
call that.tiyht rope walking"
"Certainlyl' shouted the man
ager "The man was tight. wasn't
he ?'-Clcyeland Plain Dealer.
coin,idenees.
First Stranger Ton railway train)
SO you are selling Professor
Bla.s ) new book. are you? Strange
coincidence | am Professor Blank.
Second Stranger ~ That So?
Then you wrote the very book | am
agent for?
"Yes. The hardest work / ever
did was writing that book"
"Well, welll That's another
strange coincidence. The hardest
york ! ever did was trying to sell
it."-New York Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17

"rhcre is one thing ! never realized
until | began to cast my bread upon
the water
"And that is;"
allow many Deople are out for the
dough :" r. delphia Press
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
She Felt For Him.

He had sat looking abscntmind-
edly out of the train window for
two hours. whistling the same tune
and not on the key. The passen-
gers had become well nigh distract
ed.
A we'll known actress sat behind
the young man. Finally there came
a moment when the whistler paused
for breath. and in that moment the
quick witted actress leaned over
and said
81 know just how it is. | never
could whistle either" = Ladies
Home Journal.
Too Suggestive.
The new patient had been put to
bed by the nurse. Upon waking he
inquired 49,.
name was ?"
"Dr. Fitzpatrick" was the reply.
"Thot settles it, replied the sick
man. "Thot doctor will not git a
chance to operate on me"
"Thy not:" asked the nurse
'1Ie Is a good doctor"
"Maybe so. but not for me. 1on
sec, nv name is Patrick. ."-I1adies
Home Journal
The Mark.
Eva - Yes, Harold Hatband
brings Ethel violets at So dozen
and candy at SIS box.
Edna-Graciousl | suppose that
is mark Of aGcction7
Eva-Yes, an easy mark OF az
fecton.-Roston Transcript.
s~-L
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17
Al III, Elnnd.

Hearing Of rising river at the
nealgaters = waters of the Euphrates, with
Ealing barometer and indications
on u food in the valley, the Pithe-
santhTopus changed his mind and
.'anAly admitted it to Noah. His
H1Sner was that Of chastened and
'oliencd person.
:. lou monkcyed too long" said
Ile patriarch. 1--WE gave YOU a
nance TO come in with us. and YOU
nOuldn I take it. Now we have ar
,lnsed for all the stock we care
'gClt ~ trying to float"
In. lne general liquidation which fol-
Il. Iosea q had the usual effect upon all
W. Ihe insiders. Puck.
90. .ey say Gussie has a weak heart "
Sau hadn't heard"
.r.,s ,s'' he's been falling In love with
p,..yy py girl be meets. : Phllade,phis
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-17

What is the longest SEN
tance you ever read, Bobby?
Bobby Imprisonment for life.-Cin-
slnnat Commercial Tribune.
First Diner Out--I shay, ole chap.
d'ycu know Wilshon?
Second Diner Out-No. whatsh ish
namei
First Diner Out--I dunno.--Tatler.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-19
Fishing Now
Closed for
Season

Attorney General Stoddard has
rendered an opinion declaring that
the Board of County Commissioners
exceeded it's jurisdiction in extend
ing the open fishing season in this
county tt November 15.
Under the provisions of a recent
act of the legislature, the date for
the close If the fishing season was
set for September Is, and persons
who are caught fishing in any of
the streams of the county after that
late will be prosecuted.
The Attorney General asserts that
the law will not permit the open
season to be extended, but only au-
thorizs the County Commissioners
to further restrict the open season
by extending the closed season.
1t being the general impression
in the county that fishing would be
permitted in certain streams until
November Is, in a~ccorcance with
order of the Commissioners, and in
order that all persons might become
acquainted with the ruling made by
the Attorney General, District At
torney Reeves has given notice in
this issue that the fishing season is
now closed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-19
Market Closes
In Improved
Manner
Talbot & MOORE, CLOSE.
b. w. HULsE & co. LETTER.

For the closing day of the week
stocks held surprisingly firm. St.
Paul, u. P. and s. P. were the mar
ket leaders in the railroads. These
stocks evidently have inside support
and advanced easily. The banks
clearing report for this week was ex-
tremely encouraging, showing a very
fair increase over the corresponding
week of last year. This coupled with
the report on crops stimulated
activity in the stock market. The
copper share market, in the face of
a weak metal market, displayed re-
newed strength today and showed
an upward tendency. OF the local
coppers Ely Central vas the leading
attraction again today, it being &C
tive throughout the trading, with
large blocks changing hands. The
stock Is very strong and is very
apt to advance in next weeks trad
ing. Giroux is considerably stronger
with many buying orders around
present prices and very little stock
coming out. Nevada Con-. Mason
Valley and Inspiration were active
around these prices, but failed to-
show any substantial gains. Boston
Ely is quite active and we look for a.
strong advance in this stock in the
uovt thirty davs