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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
POVERTY LEADS MAN TO PLOT
Francisco Suspect Relieves Mind.
confesslne Plan to Get Money by
Threat 20 Blind chiidren;
Ready 20 Accept Penalty.

Princeton. The Gibson county
letter writer has confessed his
guilt and VIII be brought 10 justice.
William ]. White, arrested as sus-
pect. broke down when an officer in
tlmated his wife might be brought
here from Francisco and questioned
as 10 the case, and exclaimed frantic
ally:
Don't drag my wife and children
into II. poor souls. they are limo
cent; they know nothing about the
work"
Then followed the full story OF
how White had sold out small lum-
Der business in Georgia. where he had
resided a number Of years, and start
cd north TO his family in Francisco.
On the way he "blowed" all his money
and had then told lie after lie to de-
ceive his wife as TO his financial con
dition. she thinking he had money
and was going into business. He bor-
rowed here and there. he said. and
finally owed about 1912 and was
greatly in need OF clothing for his
family.
Morbid and downcast. he remem-
bered blackmail scheme he had read
OF in an eastern paper and which had
worked successfully. Sitting on a
Woodpile in his mothers yard in Fran
cisco one day last week he started the
blackmail letter to Doctor Swan,
cashier OF the Francisco bank. de-
handing $500. the amount he thought
would be required to put him upon his
feet. He threatened 10 blind the doc
tors children If he did not get the
money and to kill the doctor II the
latter tried 10 bring about his arrest.
He used much secrecy in writing
the letters. putting them in his pocket
when his children or any one else
came about, and il was several days
before they were finished and mailed
lie mailed both letters Sunday. after
having several times grown faint
hearted and decided to give up the
idea. but each time was carried on by
his need for money.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
.zlIIIIlE
Gate Pigs Can Open.

soxs are fed by a small gate that
swings from the top. The gate swings
outward, and cannot be entered I'M
less It is held open by an attendant.
The gate swings between the posts
in such manner that the pigs cannot
get their noses under II to open IL
from the outside. Ii is hung from
the top on horseshoes, and can be as
readily lifted up as 1t can be swung
out.
The pigs are taught to come to this
pen for feeding by being fed there a
number of times. Then the gate is
put In and the pigs cannot enter ex-
cept when admitted by the attendant.
When they are through eating they
can go back to the pasture by open
ing the gate themselves. They soon
learn this trick. and the gate saves
us considerable time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Commend US 10 that Toledo man
who had ten tons OF turnips to sell
but was not satisfied with the price
offered him by the wholesalers, and
deliberately gave the entire lot to the
populace. who carried those turnips
away in baskets. says Chicago Trib
une. He could afford TO do II. and he
dit It. and through his indignant gen
crosby. so TO speak. more people In
Toledo probably feasted on boiled tur
nips during the next "a hours thar
ever before in the history OF the city
while all the circumambient atmos
phere was redolent OF their more OF
less grateful perfume But suppose n
had been a carload OF onionsl
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Doc Bites Wabash Officer.

Wabash. April 5.-Because of cases
of hydrophobia found In this city the
police department has been waging
warfare on loose dogs and one canine
has retaliated Emanuel Ham. as
sistant chief Of police. was 4 bitten
while on his beat and FASTENED to the
Office of DR. Wilson. who is mayor.
where the wound was cauterized. The
dog will be watched to await develop
ment OF rabies. Numerous dogs,
some OF them valuable. have been
killed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

the hospital because they wanted 20
operate on me. went TO St joseph ;
Hospital at Omaha and put in three
months there without any gain was
pretty we'll discouraged when was
advised to use Doan's Kidney pms.
did so and by the time had taken
one box, the pain in the back LETT me-
kept right on and a perfect cure
was the result"
Remember the name-Doan'
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents q
boz. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

The fair goods OF a western univers
fly have issued proclamation against
the wearing OF mustaches by either
students or professors. threatening a
boycott OF all who disobey this order
Any professor who wears his face
as IL suits him. In defiance OF their
wishes. will find the goods absent
from his lectures. Which gives room
for thought on the effect Of discipline
and the higher education on character
building
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
MOST PEOPLE DO
NOT KNOW CAUSE
OF THEIR SICKNESS

Does human health depend on one
organ aloneg This question is becon.
Ing widely discussed since l.. T. Coon.
er first advanced his theory that The
stomach is the true seat OF life and an
health dependent upon II.
Mr.. Cooper who has met with 70.
markable success in the sale OF his
new medicine. believes that the stor-
ach is responsible for most sickness
and that this organ is weak in tho
present generation. While discussipe
this theory recently. he said: Il am
asked time and again TO tell why nv
medicine has made such record
wherever l have introduced II. Nv Ar.
swer always is, because il restores tho
stomach TO normal condition. 80
one will deny that today there are
more half-sick men and women than
ever before. Nothing critical seems
TO be the matter with them. They
are just half-sick most OF the time
They don't know really what is ill.,
matter with them. have talked wi.b
thousands during the past two wears
and few knew indeed what their trcl.
BILE was. One said nervousness. another
said kidney trouble. another liver com.
plant, some constipation, or heart
trouble. or lung trouble. Many haa
treated. as they called il. for most &.
these diseases at different times. a
very common complaint Is all rim
down, or tired all the time, or no
appetite
Il know positively that every bit AZ
this chronic III health is caused ~
stomach trouble and nothing else
My New Discovery puts the stomach
In sound condition in about six weeks
Mighty few people can be sick with q
sound digestion. That is why my medi
cine Is selling at such a tremendoss
rate. | have convinced many thou
sands OF people that these things afa
so, and the number is growing ty
leaps and bounds"
Among more recent converts 70 Mr.
Coopers beliefs is Mrs. Lottie L.
Miner, living on Rural Route No
Henniker. y. H., who says Il was ID
poor health for six years, from stom
ach trouble and indigestion. Quito
frequently my stomach was so weak
that IL would not retain solid food I
had vomiting spells every morning and
was subject to frequent attacks OF p
ziness. Life became such z burden
that | often felt il was not worth tbe
living. tried everything could hear
Of. but found nothing that would az
ford relief.
For some time had been reading
Of the Cooper remedies. and finally de-
cided TO give the New Discovery
preparation a trial. After taking he
first bottle, roticed marked i'm
provement. Five bottles made me en-
tirely well. ! can eat anything ! wish
and have not been troubled with my
stomach since. The dizzy spells dis
appeared long ago.
My mother. Mrs. Susan Parkns
Is nurse of long experience. Both she
and my father have used the Cooper
remedies with splendid results ! VIII
be glad to answer any personal CORE
spondence in regard to my case
Cooper's New Discovery is sold ny
all druggists. II your druggist cannot
supply you, We will forward you the
name OF a druggist in your city who
Will. Don't accept something just a.
good The Cooper Medicine Co. Day
ton. Ohio.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Makes Religious Defense.

Goshen. - Earl Keyser. manager
of the Bijou theater in Elk.
hart, was found guilty Of Sabbath
dissertation by a Jury in the circuit
court. keyser's defense was that he
showed only religious pictures and the
songs used were religious in charac-
ter -Four more cases are peGding
against Elkhart managers as a result
of the effort TO open the theaters OF
that city on Sunday over the opposi-
tion OF the Elkhart Ministerial asso
citation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

An ungallant French Judge has de-
cided that spinsters OF 3s have no
legal redress II they are Tilted. because
by that time they are old enough TO
know whether man Is in earnest or
not and II is their own fault n they
are swindled out OF their mature az
fections. This decision will be a blow
10 the spinsters whose hopes are
bllghted. but whose thrift remains
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Methodists Oppose chanae.

Richmond-A the quarterly con-
ference Of the Fifth Street NJ
Z. church resolutions were passed
against changing the name of this dis
trict from Richmond to Newcastle and
also asking for return OF Rev. ]. Cook
Graham, pastor. and DR.. 7. NJ. Guild.
district superintendent. Local Meth
odist are unit in opposing the
change OF name.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
carpenters order Strike.

Evansville TT Failing to get the
cents, for which they have been
asking. 500 union carpenters of Evans.
vile announced that the threatened
strike will come. The union men will
go to work independently. however. at
the new scale rate, and IL is not ex-
pected there will be any considerable
delay on small buildings Large fac
tory warehouses and buildings will be
DELAYED
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Rescue Body from Blaze.

Fort Wayne.-When the fire de-
partment answered a call at the
home of John Bellemy they found the
roof OF the structure ablaze and the
dead body of Mr.. Bellemy prepared for
his funeral in a room directly beneath
the spot where the flames were fierc-
est. The body was taken from the
building by the firemen. but not before
the clothing upon 1t had been burned
in several places.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Cuts Throat With Knife

Anderson. April 5--WillIam Miner.
rs years old. was brought from In.
gals and locked up in the county Jail
for safekeeping Miner became sud
denly insane and tried to cut his
throat with a caseknife. He made an
ugly cash in his neck, but failed to
reach vital parts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Elaht Barns Burn: Loss $1,000.

Columbus.-A fire which was
started by spark from a passing loco
motive destroyed eight barns and a
number OF sheds here. causing a loss
OF $4,000. Benjamin Wilmington. a
son OF Frank Wilmington, risked his
life TO save his pet colt. A barn in
which the colt was stabbed collapsed
while young Wilmington was leaving
IL and he was severely burned on the
face and neck
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Evansville. April edwin z.
Hall. missing cashier of the Illinois
Central freight offices in this city. has
been traced 10 a small city near Chi
cago, according to information given
out, and his arrest may be ordered
at any time. Halls accounts show
shortage of more than 81 500, the com
pany officials say.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
SEPARATING SOWS AND PIGS
Gate Is SO Arranged That Young AMI
mails Can Pass Through at
Proper Feeding Time.

We have only one pasture for the
hogs on our farm, and about the time
the pigs are weaned we find IL neces-
sary to have them separated from the
sows at feeding time, writes c. IL.
James of Union county. Illinois, in
Farm and Home.
We have built a small Enclosure in
is separated from the place where the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Shop Workers Walk Out.

Bedford.-Another strike was in
augurated in Bedford when the boil
ermakers and the car inspectors en-
ployed at the Southern Indiana rail-
road shops went out. owing 10 the fail.
ure Of the management to grant them
an increase in wages equaling wages
paid by other roads for the same class
OF labor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Scratch May Cause Death.

Anderson - Raymond Collyer,
prominent farmer living north of the
city. is dying as a result OF having
scratched his knuckles with a raspber-
ry briar. Mr.. Collyer was pruning
raspberry bushes and did not notice
the scratch. but within twenty-four
hours his entire body was affected by
the poison. Physicians say he will
die.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

case II is difficult matter to keep II
in the wagon, writes Z. E. Perry of
Greenfield. Ia. IN Missouri Valley
Farmer. To obviate this put halter
on hog snap a chain into rings on
each side and fasten to sides of
wagon box. and there will be no fur
Their trouble.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Calculations of the enormous theo-
retical losses In a slump In the New
York stock exchange afford very little
consolation to the lamb who was in
for a few thousands OF real money.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Goshen. April 5.--Earl Keyser. an
Elkhart picture show manager. was
found guilty Of violating the Sunday
blue laws" and fined All the other
managers pleaded guilty and their
zines and costs amounted to $s9.45
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Mastodon steaks. preserved In ice
for 100000 years. are said by cold
storage advocates TO be perfectly de-
licious But that has nothing to do
with the scarcity OF strictly fresh
eggs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Girls Win Wager In Walk.

Charlottesville. - Misses Geraldine
Earhart and Nora Halfmann, pu-
pills OF the Lebanon high school,
walked from Lebanon TO this
city. distance Of 2s miles. in ten
hours. The trip was result OF
wagers they had made with several OF
their friends.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

more Marine Hos
pital for min e
months. | had a
dull pain in the
small OF my back
TIL at completely
wore me out. The
urine was in a ter
rible state. ana
some days ! would
pass half a gallon
OF blood. ! leit
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

The thoughtless. not to say soulless.
man who is cruel to his stock, not only
draws heavily upon his pocketbook for
the privilege. but commits one Of the
meanest and most inexcusable crimes
In the whole list OF wickedness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

The ice cream ptomaine has started
IN to work. poisoning so patrons OF a
church fair In a New Jersey town
But II takes more than this to fright
en- the brave who treat the fair.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Now an Illinois farmer comes for.
ward with what is practically a cob
less variety OF corn. In this case the
grains grow directly from the stem.
and the resulting waste Is said TO
much less than In the cob kind. win
the evolution proceed until the husks
also are eliminated
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
Studies in suII Life.

Il want a few colored Illustrators
OF beets and tomatoes
Life size?" inquired the artist
Catalogue size" replied the seeos
man. with a significant smile.--Louis
vile Courier-JournaL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

One trouble Is that a statesman In
endeavoring TO get TO the level OF the
plain people is in danger OF underesti-
mating the plain peoples intelligence
and refinement
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

One trouble OF the city farmer will
be how to pitch bis crops for the
coming year when be looks over the
price Of everything he has been buy
Ing as a consumer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

A Paris editor gets four years for
praising the murderer OF a policeman.
and the murderer OF a Cuban editor
serves one day. What is the moral ?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Even though the average wages OF
workmen IN Germany have increased
20 per cent. during the past 20 years.
they still look small In comparison
with the wages OF vorkmen here in
the United States.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

In 1912 the Chicago papers were
voicing mild protests against the large
spring bonnets Millinery. like his
tory. is a repeater.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Another plot has been discovered IN
Portugal. That kingdom is closely
running Russia's old established rec
ord for plots
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

II the comet has so much gas In It's
tail will not the gas companies OF this
mundane sphere warn II by injunction
from trespassing on their domain
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

The hen is bird. SAYS the treasury
department Any one buying strictly
fresh" eggs these days will agree that
she is a luxury.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Did II ever occur TO you how much
easier the word "aeroplane" would be
20 pronounce II we could call It "areo-
plane?"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
THOUGHT so LITTLE.

ChollyChumpleigh-Tm not afraid
dontcherknow, TO say what think
Miss Cutting Hintz-You may not
be afraid-but you ought 20 0e
ashamed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

The Harvard professor who says a
man can live on 20 cents a day speaks
accidentally for academic purposes
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
PROPER WAY TO CUT HORNS
In Dehorning Cattle Correct Line 10
Just Below Where sNin
Joins Base.

In dlshorning cattle either by saw
or shears the correct line for seyering
is from a quarter TO half an inch be-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

A pessimist is a man who believes
that spring as an Institution has beer
done away with.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Comets and the end OF the world are
no longer being worked simultaneous
~. They have dissolved partnership
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

billiards. that linger on the way be
come harmless as q summers rain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
WHEN HOG HALTER is USEFUL
Excellent Method Of Handling Vicious
or Frightened Anlmsl-Ends
Trouble.

Frequently when a single hog is
being hauled in a wagon 1t becomes
either vicious or frightened In either
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Weather that makes the plumber
ki,k and the iceman grow is the kline
most folks like.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Uncle Sam owns 1900 hens at Pan
anna and he expects every one OF them
10 do its part nobly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

A baby was born in New York re
Gently with full set OF teeth. but II
had no meal ticket
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

Baseball will soon make politics
look like 80 cents. The sap Is rising
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15

kissing dangerous' Get q breach
OF promise suit and Ind out
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-04-15
IN HOSPITAL FOR NINE MONTHS.
Awful Tale Of Suffering From kidney
Trouble.

Alfred J. OBrien, Second St. Ster-
ling. Colo, says: Il was in the Balii-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-25

THE railroads are discharging all
men with gray hair" Most of the
married men will be safe" How
500" 1.-THE majority of them are
ald."-Houston Post.
Am l really and truly your first
and only lover" Queried the dear girl.
NO." answered the truthful drug
clerk, but you are something just az
good."-Chicago Daily News.
why it is that novels are so much
more popular with the women than
with the menu" I'm a novel the fell
low invariably asks the girl 60 be his
fe."-Chicago Record-Herald.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-25

In the day Of the great metaphysical
skeptic, David Hume. psychology, espe.
cially the new psychology, was not in,
vented. Nevertheless the Scotchman
stated with marvellous lucidity some
OF the laws or fallacies to which the
human mind is subject, and he showed
now upon those fallacies, the supersti-
lions which alright the human imag.
nation are based. Here, for instance.
are thousands casually connecting the
terrible floods in France with the DOR
tent OF the comet, although the scien-
lists affirm that the two things are in
no way related. A little of Hume's
philosophy may serve to dispel the
frantic fear of the woes the comet
will occasion to our planet, even If it
does not bump into us at last. The
things that happen in any one instant
VI time are multitudious. II the nu.
man perception were to be aware of
1 per cent of all the occurrences, the
sensatory nerves would be shattered
and our brains would go mad. For.
trnately we perceive mainly that to
which our attention Is called, and the
phenomena which are inconsequential
to us, are not registered by our per-
cept1on. Therefrom arises the fire.
quent fallacy. Out of a million hap.
penings the mind picks two which it
chances to note, and if both are un-
usual the mind assumes that the two
are dependent, the one upon the other
A comet flames into our skies, Paris is
drowned in floods. The coincidence
must have a meaning, it is not mere
chance. Hence the conflict is respon-
sible for the floods. Hume says it is
law of the mind to note the one CO.
Incidence and to disregard the thou
sand non-coincidences. In a universe
wherein million things are happen
ing at once, it would be passing
strange If condolences did not occur.
In fact, they must occur. But coin
cidence is not cause and effect. If
the comet is responsible for floods in
France, it is responsible for the birth
of baby in Pullman car. A comet
roamed the heavens those Ides of
March on which great Julius fell, and
the superstitious Romans saw in the
flaming visitor the departing soul of
Cesar. That comet was as truly the
soul of Caesar as this comet Of ours
is cause of the Seine's foundations.
Comets, as we'll as planets, suns and
all the heavenly host, have other bust
ness than materlaizing great mems
souls or bursting Partisan sewers. Life
has existed on this planet millions of
years. In all that time this sphere
has revolved and rotated regularly and
never been malignly Influenced by
forces out of the void of space. Life's
troubles here have all proceeded from
forces within the aerial envelop. The
heat and light and electricity that
have reached this globe through the
ether have been entirely beneficent.
Therefore the probability that Earth
will continue unmolested until she
cools amounts to mathematical certain
ty. Besides, the astronomers assure
us that collision with a comet would
not scorch the hair of single crea'
ture.