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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04

Mrs. Frink was a trusting soll
and rarely questioned the opinions
of Others about matters concerning
which tbev we're supposed TO be in
formed Cine dav she came home
with . T. = prr of shoes under her
arm. Got thcm At Brides" size
explained. "ani they're the best I
ever bought YOU
What Is so very good about
them?" inquired her son, for whom
the shoes were intended.
"Why, the salesman said that YOU
could walk farther in them than in
any others without getting tired.
and ! said that YOU couldn't walk
very far just now on account Of
your knee. YOU know, and he said
that he meant farther for the same
distance. SO bought them, and
here they are. Save the string,
please"
She did not notice the smile on
her sons face as he undid the pack
age, and he was spared the trouble
Of explaining. = outh's Compan-
ION
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04
Goino Too Far.

'rYes," sighed the suburban mas,
who had just moved IN, "at the last
place / had the prettiest little gar
den that ever bloomed until my
neighbor's chickens scratched the
roots up"
"And did you kiek?" asked his
new acquaintance.
"You betl ] got a big tomcat
that soon made mincemeat of his
chickens.
"What then ?"
"Why, the next I knew he had
bought ferocious bulldog to watch
for my tom"
Him, And did that end the
trouble?"
"Oh, no, | borrowed a wolf from
an animal trainer TO kill the bull
dog"
"War to the knife, eh' What
was the next chapter in the bitter
feud?"
"There was none. ! heard that
he was about to purchase tiger TO
kill nv wolf, and as ] couldn't af-
ford the price of an elephant to
kill his tiger / thought it best to
move"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04
WLLAINY AND NERVES.
The Rest Cure Might Have Made Nero
Harmless Fsddist-

Harmless Faddist-
Many overweight villains OF the
past, if they were alive now, would
be subjected TO a rest cure, which,
though il could not turn them into
good men, might make their vii
lainy less irrational and dangerous.
The worst tyrants Of the middle
ages and the renaissance, the worst
Roman enperors, seem TO US incom-
orehensible monsters Of iniquity,
men who did evil for the love Of il.
We should understand them better
If We considered how likely their
way of living was 10 disorder their
nerves. No doubt Nero, even if he
had been brought up in the most
modern way, taught from a child to
take an interest in nature and TO
eat only the most wholesome things,
would never have been a very useful
or pleasant person. But he might
have been a harmless faddist or an
innocent if undistinguished minor
roet.
As it was, he was the master of
the world, with no one TO prevent
him from eating and drinking what
re chose or from taking whatever
other unwholesome pleasure he was
inclined 10. No doubt he exceeded
N everything and suffered from ex-
treme irritability in consequence.
Unfortunately he could indulge his
Tritability without restraint IL
when be felt cross of a morning he
ordered a senator TO die, the sena-
tor did die, and he heard no more
81 IL Moreover, there was always
fear TO work upon a tyrant's nerves,
and some emperors became tYrants
because Of that fear Domitian was
q martyr TO it, though a good nan
of business. IL he were a stock
broker of today no doubt he would
worry himself incessantly about the
state of the markets, and every one
would pity him for his nervousness.
As he was a Roman emperor. we
think of him as sinijter villain,
who killed men for the pleasure Of
it.
We often hear talk OF that terri 4
bic taedium vitae from which Ro- 1
man mobiles suffered. We should
call it nerves now, and our doctors
would prescribe a strict diet and a
course of golf or gardening for il.
But the Roman noble did not know
how to treat IT, He made a feast
and drank deep and fast and crown
el himself with flowers and the
next morning must have felt il
worse than ever. But since he was
4 Roman noble he is a romantic fig
ure to US and not a mere sufferer
from our modern disease Of over
,train.-London Times.
S'.Ss Sne- iOu are pOslnveIs Awr
Ha.l. sir.
S4.s He-Yes. know II, | seen
TO & az everything backward--Phus
delphia Press
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04

A French medical man advises
people to drink buttermilk for long
life. He says that the Tactic acid
dissolves every sort of earthly depos-
it in the blood vessels, keeping the
veins and arteries so supple and free
running that there can be no clog
ging up. and hence there is no de-
posit Of ehalky matter around the
joints or Of poisonous waste in the
muscles. 1t is the stifening and
hardening OF the blood vessels
which bring on old age. Butter
milk is likely to postpone il ten or
twenty years if freely drunk. A
quart a day should be the mini
mum, the maximum according to
taste and opportunity.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04
chiIdhood Up 70 Date.

Little Harriet had broken the lid
Of the box in which her blocks had
come. Calling her to account for it,
her mother said:
How did the box lid get
broken?"
81 satted down on it when |
wasn't lookin"
ooh, then you didn't mean to do
it?"
mo, l didn't"
''Then mother will excuse you
this time"
%Iuvver can save herself the
bower of scusin' me" replied Har-
riet. '1'll scuse myself if ] need
scusin'. That's my own play toy |
broked. Chicago News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04

Among the visitors to an art ex-
hibition in Edinburgh were two old
ladies from the country. They ex-
amined with great interest the
statue of a young Greek, under
meath which were inscribed the
words, Executed In Terra Gotta.
"Where is Terra Gotta" asked
the elder Of the two, turning to her
companion.
Il haven't the least idea," replied
the other.
"Ah. well," observed the first
speaker as they passed on. 1T does
not much matter. The poor man
who was executed is not the less to
be pitied. wherever it nay be-
London Mail.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04
A DIAMOND STORY.
The Way 9 Russian Princess Disposes
cf lCr Ie~efs

TIT Ss"-'s-
4 ieW ledr- ago LudSig NiSsen,
a vel knUau Wholesale dealer Of
the Maiden lane district. was in the
office Of diamond merchant in
London when stranger came in
and offered an unusually beautiful
stone for sale. lc Engli hinan
did not care .o But Nissen
thought ht in But he
was not riiun j. until he
learned vap 81 stowe and
whore It hrd rl The man
said be rcpr u fncad, a wO-
man. who t.'l ni are 10 have her
name disc.eed e American was
firm. II he co-d not Learn the
owners name he would not buy.
The stranger sad be would see the
woman and talk the matter over
with her.
The next iav he ca ne back and
took Ar. Nissen 10 tie wom4ns
home. She lived in handsome
apartment ~ one oI the most fash
ionabe quarters Of the city. Ii
turned out that she was Russian
princess who. with her husband
and her daughter. bad been driven
from RuSsa Tor having tlken part
in a nlbilist movement OF all
their large property they had saved
only their jewels She opened a
little safe and showed the Ameri-
can one Of the finest collections Of
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04
His One Chanc-.

Mothr- looming swiftly - Why,
Willie. Striking va-T little sister
Willie iloggedlv) II Aunt Frost
'ace made me.
Aunt Why, Willie, ]
aid if you did st-ike her | voai3
never kiss vou arain.
Willie (st;ll doggeD - Well, ]
'ouldn't let q q ancc ike that slip.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04
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 favort d, but your
neighbor is probably nearer the
bottom than you are.
The advertising department of
ary 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 1t
is cheap newspaper and is con-
scious of its own weakness and
probably has a smaller circula
tion than it is generally credited
with.
fhe COURIER wants all the ad-
vertising that its circulation de-
serves and expects to charge a
fair price for the same. At
present the COURIER krows that
it has much the largest circula-
tion in Dubois County and knows
that commensurate with that
circulation its rate is the lowest.
II you want the most for your
money, advertiseiD the COURIER
An advertisement does not sci
goods, but it helps the seller TO sell
them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04

An advertisement does not sci
goods, but it helps the seller to sell
them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04
The Disturbing Telephone.

"The telephone has destroyed all
the privacy Of society,"" said the So
ciety girl. 1T breaks in on every
thing. Nothing is sacred to it. You
may be saying your prayers. The
telephone. Or in the midst of your
bath. The telephone. Or doing up
your back hair or, worse of all, a
delightful man may be making love
to you, when killing, killing, Killing
The telephone breaks OF the thread
Of his theme and he fain to resume
it.'-New York PresA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-02-04
The Bird OF Death.

New Guinea is the abode Of the
most wonderful feathered creature
known to the student of ornitholo-
gy-the awful rpir n'doob, or bird
of death" The venom Of this bird
is more deadly than that Of any ser
pent except the cobra. In fact, No
antidote for the bite Of the creature
is known. A wound from its besk
causes excruciating pains in every
part of the body, loss of sight,
speech and hearing, commissions,
lockjaw and certain death
just Some Bsdinass.
Mr.. Jig.ey-The other day / saw
quite an interesting educated pig
Miss Pert - oh, Of coursel /
suppose
Mr.. Jigley-Don't say i'll You
we're going to say you suppose
looked in the glass, weren't von'
Miss Pert-Not az all
consider you inter,
.ated. - Catholic ~ q
Times.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
Re-Submlsslon Problem.

The above subject seems to be the
leading topic OF the day. This vital
question is going to be put to men of
conscience. The Sth of November will
tell the tale whether they want sa-
looms or not There is a general com
plant among the voters; they are tired
of non-enforcement of prohibition law.
They can very easy remedy that to
inst vote 1t out ana what little whis-
Key may be smusgled in here. Elect
officers that win 90 their duty to en-
force the whiskey law
Intelligent voters. while you may
thrive and prosper with saloons or
local option, but just think Of thou
sands of full blood Cherokees. who
have always lived under the protecting
care of prohibition law Now this
class Of people are not aware OF the
danger that they are in, they dof,t re-
alize that they are under the mercy of
the voters. There are no words in
the human language that can express
the depth Of woe. no figures Of speech
that can picture the hopeless ruin in
the lives OF victims Of this monster
curse.
i Allowing saloons in here is deeper
thing than, many seem to think 1t is.
It won't be but few years with sa-
looms there will be homeless mothers
and children and wrecked homes and
Jail crowded with criminals. But we
will get the revenue and improve our
town. Woe to him that buildeth a
town without blood, an establishment
city of inquity.) Hab. 2:12.
DO the right thing in this important
matter, God win bless you. This is
the home and prayer Of the w. c. r u.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
GOVERNMENT APPROVES
SALE OF INDIAN LANDS

Muskogee. Okla, Oct. Sit is an
nounced here officially that the inter-
ior department had approved the rec
concentrations made by ]. George
Wright, commission to the five tribes,
to sell all the unallotted lands Of the
Indians in eastern Oklahoma.
This land is to be offered for sale be.
fore December 1. 1t consists of 1,500,-
900 acres in the Choetaw and Chicka-
saw notions, 10000 acres in the Creek
nation, $4,000 in the Cherokee nation
and 5000 in the Seminole nation. The
land will be sold for double the ap-
praisement made for allotment pur-
poses or from 81 to $1S an acre.
Secretary Richard Ballinger will ar
rive here Monday to 80 over the pro
posed plans Of the sale and attend the
international Indian congress.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
SURROUND CABIN
! OF OUTLAW D|ETz
One Thousand Shots Exchanged in
Battle With offIcers-Twc Of
Family Reported Wounded.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
Winter, Wis, Oct. S.--John Deitz,
the Cameron Dam outlaw. will know
his fate today. The sheriff was ordered
to do his duty and is surrounding the
outlaws cabin with squad Of deputies
who camped in the nearby swamps
over night. The village priest has
gone to minister to the dying. The
sheriff's men have fifty pounds Of dyna-
mite. The community is wild with ex-
citement.
The shooting began at 10 o'clock.
when Dietz and his son Leslie appear
ed outside the cabin. A rifle cracked
from the edge of the clearing. A mo-
ment later every rifle Of the ninety
men surrounding the cabin flashed fire.
Dietz fell to his knees, but getting up
ran, wounded, back to the cabin.
Leslie yelled and ran around lumber
! pile and also got inside. During the
fusilade screams were heard from the
cabin, where It is thought that either
Helen. aged fourteen or Johnnie, aged
seven, were hit.
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct s--A dispatch
from Winter says Leslie Dietz is dy-
ing from a wound in the groin and John
Dietz Is shot In the neck. Dietz ls
reported to have said that before he
would be taken dead or alive, he would
kill all the members of his family. A
thousand shots were exchanged be-
tween one and two o'clock this after
noon.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
HOPKINS SENTENCE AGAIN
STAYED BY GOVERNOR

Oklahoma City. Okla, Oct. S.--Goy-
ernor Haskell has granted another
stay of execution in the case of John
Hopkins of Lawton, sentenced to be
hanged for the murder of his wife.
Friday was the time set for the execu-
tion. An appeal is pending in the
court of criminal appeals and the case
has not yet been reached, hence the
stay of execution. The new time set
is the second Friday in December.
The cases of six precinct election Off
cials were set for trial today in the
district court. The first case will be
begun next Tuesday and others will
follow. The officials will be tried first
on accusations and if these are sus-
tanned will be removed from office i'm
mediately.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
|TRUsSCOTT WAS VICTOR IN
FRIDAYS ROP|NG CONTEST

A large crowd saw the first of the
roping contests. being held here, yes
terday afternoon. This sport has quite
a following in Vinita and it was not
surprising that such a large crowd
would assemble to again see the boys
indulge in the sport that amused the
cowboys on the range here only a few
years ago. Tom Trusscott won the
contest yesterday afternoon. He roped
and tied his steer in twenty-seven and
two-fifths seconds. Lee Brady was
second, tying his steer in fifty-seven
seconds. Tom Donnelly, local .oper
got the third money in sixty and one
fifth seconds. Paul DonnelIy was
fourth at sixty-four seconds. The last
of the contests is now in progress at
the south end of Scraper street.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
CANNOT COLLECT BEER
ACCOUNTS IN OKLAHOMA

Guthrie. Okla, Oct S.-The first
case filed in the supreme court to col.
lect liquor bill incurred since state
hood is that Of the Anheuser-Bush
Brewing association VS.. c. T. Doss
and other members of Chickasha Aerie
No. 131, Fraternal Order of Eagles.
which was appealed Friday from the
county court Of Gray county. The
brewing company sued for sl5S.l4 for
beer alleged to have been ordered BY
Doss for the Eagles lodge. The com.
pany is careful to allege that the con.
tracts for the purchase of the liquor
we're entered into in Missouri The
court gave Judgment in favor Of the
defendants and against the plaintiff
for the costs Of the action. from which
the brewing company appeals.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
BROWNE FINISHES
HIS TESTIMONY
Says Lawyers Told Him He Would Be
indicted For Perjury Whether
He Told the Truth or Not.

Chicago, Ill.,, Oct. S.-The hearing
before the Lorimer investigating COM
mittee is nearing an end. Lee O'Neil
Browne, who told his story for the
first time under oath. concluded the
testimony yesterday with a number of
interesting sidelights on the political
situation in Illinois, and motives un-
derlying the bipartisan combination
which elevated William Lorimer from
the lower to the upper house of con-
gress in Washington.
A subpoena has been issued for
Speaker Edward D. Spurleff, who pre-
sided over the session of the legisla-
ture which elected Lorimer, and who
according to Browne, first formally
approached him with reference to Sc
curing democratic votes for Lorimer
Spurleff is expected to testify today,
also State Senator D. w. Holtslaw, who
will be recalled to rebut the testimony
Of State Senator John Broderick, Holt
slaw confessed that Broderick gave
him $4,000 for Lorimer vote. on
which charge Broderick is under indict-
ment at Springfield. Broderick denied
the charge while witness before the
senatorial committee. The testimony
of Spurtleff and Holtslaw will practi-
cally conclude the hearing here.
Every effort was made yesterday to
discover the whereabouts of Represen-
tative Robert E. Wilson, the alleged
distributor of the st. Louis Jackpot" 7"
but without success. He is said to be
in poor health. The best information
to be obtained by the sergeant at arms
of the committee is that he is some
where in the west on real estate busi-
ness. His father will be questioned
today Wilson is under indictment
on charge of perjury in Cook county
and one Of conspiracy to bribe at
Springfield.
In the course of his testimony Minor
ity Leader Browne stated that he saw
Wilson last month and that the latter
seemed to be nervous wreck. Seha-
tor Frazier lead in the cross examin-
alton OF Browne in the afternoon When
the senator alluded to the fact that
Browne had not testified at either OF
the trials, the witness said ne had not
done so on the unanimous advice OF
four attorneys. He said his counsel
assured him that if he told his story
In court he would be indicted for per
Jury, no matter what he said-whethel
he spoke the truth or not.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
ATTORNEY or MUsKOEEE
KILLED BY CREEK NEGRO

Muskogee, OKLA, Oct. 5. = Charles
Runyan, an attorney, was shot by Ed
ward Starr, a negro, on farm twenty
five miles west of here in Okmulgee
county yesterday afternoon. Runyan
recently bought the farm OF Starr and
yesterday went there to take posses.
sion. Starr asked permission to move
a frame house from the place. Run
van refused. After shooting the attor-
ney, the negro stood over him and de
manded that he deed back the farm,
Runyan promised. hoping to avoid an
other attack from the negro.
A mob pursued Starr with the inten4
tion OF lynehing him, but deputy
sheriff arrested him and put him in
jail, and the mob dispersed.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
PRAIRIE COMPANY TO FIGHT
STATE CORPORATION TAX

Guthrie, Okla, Oct. s. That the
Prairie Oil and Gas company will con-
test in the courts the validity of the
corporation license tax law passed by
the last legislature, was made evident
here last night as the result of con-
ference between Judge j. B. f. Cats
|of Independence, Kans., attorney for
the company, and the corporation com
mission. Judge Cats offered but did
not file a showing of the objections
raised by the company to the validity
of the law.
The objections are, first, that the
measure denies the equal protection
of the laws to the company: second,
that it takes property without due
process of law; third, that it discrimin.
ates against foreign corporations. The
commission will set October IS as the
date for a formal presentation and
argument Of the company's objections,
at which a basis will be laid for the ac.
ton which is to be brought In the
courts. Officials of the company state
that the matter would have been
brought to direct issue at an earlier
date, but for the death of Atwood Cady
tax commission of the company, who
had charge Of all tax questions.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-10-08
FIRST REFERENCE
BY KING MANUEL
Deposed Monarch Says He is Confident
He VIII Be Able to Return /
to Lisbon.
By Associated Press.

~ ~ANSNNt0hDA a 1888
Gibralter Oct. Skiing Manuel
made his first reference to the revoIu-
tion today, when he said that he had
every confidence that he would be able
to return to Lisbon and is decided that
most of the army and a bulk of the
people were loyal at heart.
Lisbon, Portugal. Oct. S.-President
Braga and associates, feeling secure
in their new authority and drawing
Tighter the reins Of government, began
lputting republican principals in prae-
ltice. An official decree was published
today, ordering all religious bodies out
Iof the country In twenty-four hours,
Marquis De Pombal was arrested,
charged with sheltering members OF
religious bodies. Troops were sta.
toned near the religious establish-
ments to prevent attacks by a mob
A decree was issued ordering the re
lease of all persons detained by the
monarchy. for belonging to secret SO
cieties. This was in fultillment of tht
promise of political freedom.