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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
EIks Seek Taft Pardon for Deserter.

Laporte. Mar. s.-The entire Elks
fraternity in Indiana is cooperating
with Senator Beveridge in his efforts
to obtain executive clemency for
Peter f. Baker. charter member OF
the Bedford lodge Of Elks. Baker was
disappointed in a love affair and
Joined the navy. While on shore
leave he found that his sister in New
York had been left in pitiable
plight with two small children TO sup
port, and in endeavoring to relieve
her he overstayed his leave and be-
came a deserter. Several thousand
letters Of appeal for pardon have been
sent from this state TO President Taft.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
|C NEWS
OF HOOS|ER STATE
WIRE REPORTS OF HAPPENINGS
OF INDIANA.
MINISTER ENDS OWN LIFE
Rev. Thomas e. Smiley Commits Sui
eide by Hanging Himself from
ladder-Mind Had Been
Affected.

Connersville. Mar. S.-Rev. Thomas
+. Smiley. age A. minister and author,
hanged himself in the barn at the
home of his brother-in-law. County
Commissioner Lorenzo ID. Springer.
His niece. Miss Floy Springer. found
the body suspended from the rung OF
an upright ladder leading to the hay
loft. Rev Mr. Smiley had prepared
an improvised moose from n small
rope and when his body was cut down
life was extinct.
Rev Smiley was born on the farm
on which he died. Twenty years ago
he was graduated from DePauw uni
versity with an unusual record for
fine scholarship. He worked with
feverish ambition to win high honors
i'm the institution and succeeded. Soon
after his graduation. however. his
health failed. His mind was thought
TO be affected for year or more, but
he apparently recovered entirely I'M
der treatment at a sanitarium. Five
years ago he was ordained into the
Indiana conference OF the Methodist
Episcopal church Worry over the
death of his wife. together with over
work. is the supposed cause OF the re
turn of his old mental disorder
One daughter, Leah Smiley, age ten,
and his aged mother. Mrs. Elizabeth
Smiley. are among the near relatives
who survive him.
No hint of warning and no word OF
explanation of his sudden act OF self
destruction was received.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
Not Appropriate.

Senator Beveridge was replying a.
dinner In Washington to defender
the sugar trust.
You remind me OF a man az D.
brothers. funeral. This man bent ~
the grave and closely watched ihe w
ering OF the coffin down into me '.e.l
cut rectangular chamber prepared Y
II. He heaved sigh as me ooA
came to a rest. and said TO the un's
taker heartily:
Its the neatest fit ever saw
my life. Come and have dIiu@
the head OF IT, Sunday Magazine
the Cleveland Leader.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
Reformatory Board Meets.

Conservatism marked the action OF
the board Of trustees Of the Jefferson.
willie reformatory in handling the pa
role business at the regular session
for the month of March. Twentynine
inmates only were adjudged ready for
parole. although the entire number
whose names were before the board
many OF them. also being up for per
sonal examination. was ~. The board
only transacted routine business. and
neither Mai David G.. Peyton. nor DR.
Harry c. Sharp made any report as
to their trip Of inspection.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
Hens Are Trust Busters.

Columbus-The Bartholomew coun-
~ hen probably is doing more
TO bust the meat trust than any
other agency. At any rate she is
working overtime on the job of laying
eggs and as a result of her industry
but little meat is being consumed at
this place The supply of fresh coun.
try eggs has become so large that the
price has been forced down to 1s
cents a dozen.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
CHARGE TOTS SAW GAMBLING
Indianian's Deposition In French Lick
Suit Says Children Were About
Slot Machines - Asserts
Hotel Took Money.

Paoli-ln the suit 10 annul the
charter OF the hotel operated by
Taggart at French Lick the state Of
fered number OF dispositions. many
of which brought clearly into view the
character of the gambling alleged To
be carried on at the French Lick
casino.
James II. Manion, paymaster OF the
National Malleable Castings Company
OF indianapolis. visited the French
Lick hotel on June 13. 1906. he de-
posed. and saw about twenty slot ma
chimes in operation on the lower floor
OF the casino. He also saw great
many men. women and children there,
he asserted.
Il should say there were children
there from 10 TO IL years old up,
says the deposition, which adds that
the witness saw money both won and
lost on the slot machines,
MIR. Manion deposed that he saw
young man named Ritter who was
employed about tables in the casino
open the slot machines. take out the
money and carry il TO the Office OF
the hotel in a sack This money was
handed over the counter to the clerk.
The purpose of this testimony was
to show that employees OF the hotel
company received and took care OF
money from the gambling house. and
that there was direct connection be-
tween the gambling house and the
hotel company. the contention of the
state being that the company leased
the premises for gambling purposes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
Tires Of Life at Fourteen.

Fort Wayne-After giving life
trial for fourteen years and then de-
termining that the game was not
worth the effort. Florence Doctor, I'M
til a few months ago pupil at the
Clay street school. and a daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs William A. Doctor of p
Charlotte avenue. committed suicide
by taking carbolic acid Her dead
body was found in bed. The child
left the following note:
Dear papa and mamma, although
| love you both. think il is best 10
leave you. was always the black
sheep in the family. Mamma will be
glad to get rid OF me. | know.
FLORENCE.
The parents cannot account for the
childs deed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
Show Eaqs in Divorce Case.

Princeton-Tn the circuit court
Judge Clements awarded Mrs. Ber-
tina Stewart divorce from her
husband. Dr. w. H. Stewart. and
s7,s66 alimony and $500 for attorney
fees. The verdict marked the close OF
sensational Oakland City case. the
plaintiff alleging cruel and inhuman
treatment. The testimony was height.
ened by the introduction Of eggs found
under Mrs Stewards setting hens and
on which charges against her had
been pencil written.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
Finds Frozen Body.

Lafayette f. Corwin. so years
old. who has been missing since
January H. was found dead in barn
in the rear of his home In West Lafay-
cite. The body was frozen stiff and
the discovery was made by his son.
The body was covered with excelsior
and paper. Corwin was travelling
salesman and it was his custom to
stay away from home many weeks at
a time. II is believed that he COM
mitted suicide.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
Clears Post Office Site.

Peru Peru's $4,000 federal
building. the appropriation for
which was obtained through the ef-
forts OF Senator Albert j. Beveridge.
will get start within few months.
The sum of $4,000 has been appor-
toned by the government for this
years use and the architects have or
dered the lot, corner Broadway and
Sixth streets. cleared so that there
will be no delay in the work. The
building is to be one story upon a
high basement
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
Wishes Fire Escapes.

w. f. Blakely. state factory inspec'
tor. has refused to sanction the con
struction OF a proposed school build.
ing at Mount Vernon according to
plans and specifications adopted by
the school board unless some pro.
vision Is made for fire escapes. The
structure, which is to be 2ia stories
high. has its only means OF egress
from the second floor rooms in two
stairways. which lead directly past
the boiler rooms in the basement.
Mr. Barkeley has suggested changes TO
comply with the law.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
Mhen Tempus pIdn,t -.

Little Helen. during the three year
OF her life. had never been separated
from her elder sister night or day ~
more than a few minutes az tine
but at last the time came wnen in
sister went away for whole gay
The child tried every game and oeel
patton that she knew Of. and ne'
one or two suggested by her mo'Ae'
but they all palled.
Finally she gave up and stood az
looked sadly out of the window. Inc
she sighed deeply and said
ITS still the same old day, Isn't
-Woman's Home Companioi
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Princeton. Monroe Anderson and
Frank Jones. two colored shot
firers in the Princeton mine, who
We're injured by the explosion Of two
cans of powder. died from internal
burns They were preparing TO
shoot down" coal and a fuse was
being lighted when a spark from IL
fell into an open can of powder.
Numerous shot firers have been killed
and injured in the local mine in the
last two years and IL is difficult 10
keep men in the places.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
BIG INCREASE IN
CASH RESERVES
Report on State and Private
Banks Of Indiana.
STATE BANKS GAIN 100000
Total Resources. Deposits and Loans
Are Greater in ITS State and
1879 Private Banks Than
Ever Before.

Indianapolis compiled in
the Office Of the auditor OF state con
corning the condition OF the 215 state
banks and 1879 private banks OF the
state on January 81 show. by com
parison with the reports made Sep
TENDER 80 1909. a large increase IN
the cash reserve. which is shown 10
be far more than that demanded by
the state banking laws. The condi-
ton is not accounted for by the bank
ing department. other than that the
report was made on the day before
the banks which are public depositor-
les were compelled 10 make their reg
ular settlements with the public Off
cials. which would account in part.
for the unusual supply on hand II
may also Indicate. il was said, sharp
falling OF in the demand for loans.
or a outstanding Of the reserves.
The reports. by comparison with the
September reports in the state banks.
show a gain in deposits of approx
mately s. 1000. 900. with the cash re-
serve increased by s2.300000. In the
private banks the gain in resources
reported amounted TO 100000. with
deposits increased by 100000. and a
cash reserve increase of 100000.
The report shows the total re-
sources. deposits and loans TO be
greater than at any other time re
corded by the banking department.
The total reported from the state
banks are as follows:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

All the prosecuting attorneys OF the
state will. in the next few days, re-
ceive a circular letter from H. r.
Barnard, state food and drug commits
sioner. calling attention TO the fact
that in virtually all the prosecutions
brought by the field inspectors against
violators of the state food and drug
law. the justices of the peace and the
police and city court judges have been
assessing fines under the act OF the
general assembly OF 1899. which makes
the minimum fine of 81 and costs, with
the minimum almost always assessed,
except in cases OF the second or sub
sequent violations The law of 1899
was amended in 1907. providing that
the fine for such violations shall not
be less than $40 nor more than $50
for the first offense.
In Mr.. Barnards opinion. the JUS
tices and judges have been misled by
Section PAS. Burns Revised Statutes,
1905. which is the Law OF 1899. The
repeating act is found in Sections
C73S-674S. the same revision
Il call your attention TO this. wrote
Mr.. Barnard. because il is our opin-
ion that a violation of the pure food
and drug law is inadequately punished
under the first mentioned section.
May / urge you. in representing
the state in food and drug cases, TO
ask for fine of at least s25 and costs?
Such a fine is certainly none too small.
and unless II is imposed. the offender
may fail to appreciate the necessity
Of observing the law"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
SHORTAGE NAV Close Mines.

Evansville. Mar s.-Shortage OF
cars in the local and southwestern In
diana coal fields threatens complete
suspension Of mining. Seven mines
in or near this city were compelled to
work on short hours. No cars are In
sight for the new week.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
AcetyIene Gas Kills One.

Bloomington. Mar s.-Oscar f. Ter
rill. &c years old and son Of Mrs.
Susan Terrill OF this city. was killed
by an explosion of acetylene gas while
repairing household lighting ma
chine on the farm of John Wagner.
near Rossville. ILL., The force OF the
explosion which followed burned his
face and dislocated his neck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Paulhan In his high fight contests
has attracted but mild interest com
pared with the aerial feat Of food
sturs: they are awaiting higher and
higher and the man that pays the
grocery bill is standing open-mouthed
wondering when they will come down
again
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Laporte. Mar. s-Rey. Mr. Pfugg OF
Plymouth told his congregation OF
call received to the passionate OF the
First Presbyterian church at Ham.
mond. The call will be accepted and
Rev. Mr.. Pfugg will begin his new
duties early in April.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Talk about prices. Pennsylvania
hen has just won a $4,000 prize, A
great TODD is being made because
somebody stole an egg which she laid
in her coop at the show. and no won
der Her eggs must rate at about
800 each Is IT surprising that com
mon eggs are so high?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

The difference between drudgery
and play is all In the point OF view
Drudgery is work that one doesn't
like and pla, is work that OF . does
like. AS far as muscular effort Is CON
cerned baseball Is fully as strenuous
as pitching hay. Some men enjoy
pitching hay more than they would
baseball. and there you are.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Quail are reported TO be starving
20 death in southern Wisconsin be-
cause the heavy snowfalls have cut OF
supplies Of food II this be the case
the farmers should rally TO their res
cue The quail is semi-domestic in its
habits. and as the state has been Civ
ing the birds an opportunity to multi
ply by forbidding all hunting for them.
the farmers should be assisted by all
sporting clubs In extending help to the
quail in these days of their adversely.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Thomas A. Edison foresees a Utopia
10 do any work. because the machines
will attend TO all that AS this will
be too late TO benefit either this gen
Grafton or it's grandchildren. It may be
suggested that II Mr.. Edison will hurry
up and perfect that cheap storage bat.
terry he has announced so often II
may advance the day when people
now living can enjoy the golden or
electric age.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

American hens. according 10 Dr.
Wiley. are being taught to lay smaller
eggs but more Of them. The individual
American appetite. however. is not
growing smalled TO 1T the eggs
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Alaska has had a blizzard with a
temperature 20 degrees below zero.
You will recognize that condition OF
intense cold by thinking OF the night
you had to get up to put out the cat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Fame and fortune beyond the
dreams OF avarice await the genius
who can devise a steam radiator that
will always produce the right amount
Of heat
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

The charge is made that the cold
storage men are responsible for a rise
OF 40 per cent. in the price OF food.
That still leaves unexplained the 20
per cent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Moreover. the consumer objects 10
paying Tor wooden butter dishes at the
rate OF 40 cents a pound. since they
are not very good TO eat
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Some OF the royal family Of Greece
have gone to Russia for peace and
quiet. winch recalls Mr.. Dooley's IA
nous visit for the same purpose TO the
boiler factory.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Even if on account OF the nigh cost
of living you cannot afford many beef
steaks. you might inform yourself as
10 the price Of runabouts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

"Drome.- for aeroplane flying. looks
still an agreeable. well-mannered word.
Still why not say soar" since that Is
what you do?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

There is a hitch somewhere In the
Nicaraguan revolution. This one
should have petered out long ago. and
a new one should have been started.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

A wife sets up In her answer TO her
husbands suit for divorce that he
made her cut her hair for six years.
Why does she not allege mis- insanity!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Now the English sparrow is TO be ex-
terminated And remembering the
success Of fhe movement against the
mosquito. the blithesome sparrow
chirps. hope. and hops.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Milk producers think the man who
stands between them and the consu-
mers gets too large a rake-on for the
work be does.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

All welLregulated comets have tails
20 burn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Going shopping for ones yearly sup
ply Of automobiles is way Of getting
a thrill which is denied 10 many.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

A cocoon" gown at "hookworm"
dance ought 10 occasion some com
ment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

In time 10 come perhaps horse VIII
be regarded as merely a gasolineless
automobile
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

The Seine must have gone insane.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

While tho meat eating stacks up we
can see prosperity for the pie factor
les
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Somebody creased the slide for the
price OF butter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18
DESERT MELODY.

II can sing" said one Toucan. you oel
II. too. can" said one THAI be met
so II | can. and you can.
We two can. we Toucans
So the TWO Toucans sang a duet
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Pick out that automobile YETI
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

Aviators may be classified as sky
riders. SKI riders and 10Y riders.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-03-18

In Boston Il is considered shocking
10 see a comet with the naked eye
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02
~T0RRicELLPS VACUUM.
Experiment That Led to the Invention
of the H~aroneter.

Experiment That Led to the Invention
of the Barometer.
The barometer was invented by Tor
%rlcelli, a pupil of Galilei, in 1913. In
attempting to pump water from a very
deep well near Florence he found that
in spite of all his efforts the liquid
would not rise higher In the pump
stock than thirty-two feet. This set
the young scientist to thinking, and as
he could not account for the phenome-
non in any other way he was not slow
in attributing it to atmospheric pres
sure. He argued that water would
rise in a u only to such a height
would render the downward pres
sure or weight of the column of water
just equal to the atmospheric pressure
and, further, that should-a heavier fluid
be used the height Of the column could
be much reduced. To prove this he
selected a glass tube four feet long
and after sealing n end filed it with
mercury and then inverted it in q
basin containing a quantity of the same
peculiar liquid. The, column in the
tube quickly fell to a height of nearly
thirty inches above the mercury in tAe
basin, leaving in the top of the tube a
vacuum which is the most perfect that
has ever been obtained and which is
to this day called the Torricelli vac
-uum in honor of its discoverer. The
name of the instrument means "air
- a-.AA 49,
pies cannot be better illustrated than
by the above described experiment.
Pc an advertiser-i4 word.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02
lDoLATRY IN MEXICO.
The Natives still Sacrifices Animals to
Their Favorits Gods.

The Natives Still Sacrifices Animals to
Their Favorits Gods.
1t may not be as apparent, but as
a matter Of fact idolatry has a strong
a hold on the natives of the Mexican
hot lands as when Cortes and his sol
diers marched through them on their
way to Honduras 400 years ago.
In the state of Oaxaca, in which is
Tehuantepec, there is near every vii
lage some secluded spot-be It. a cave,
the top of a mountain Of a forest en-.
circled pool-whither the people clan
destinely repair in order to make sac
rihces to their gods. The favorite sac
ri1ce is a goat, a turkey or other fowl,
the head Of which is cut off and buried,
while the son and the other offerings,
consisting of dishes of food and a
gourd filed with an intoxicating drink,
are sprinkled with the blood. The
place where these saoeilces are made
determines their effect. If a Tehuana
bears a grudge against a neighbor he
will bury the head of a chicken or the
bones of a dog at dead of night out
side of his victims house, though, on
the other hand, If the ceremony is per-
formed within 1t can bring nothing
but good luck.
The natives Of the isthmus firmly
believe that every child at birth be-
comes intimately connected with some
beast Of the jungle. and the grownup
will mayor hurt that Darfjpuiar
kind of animal. If the animal dies,
the child dies too. The question is to
determine just what kind of an animal
1t is, and in order to reassure him
self the father sprinkles ashes or dust
On the ground outside the house at
the child's birth and watches for a
spoor.-Everybody's Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-02

Pc an advertiser-lt word.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1910-07-27
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