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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02

Bert Taafe came in from the
South the first of this week to
see his wife and child. 1t is re-
ported that Mrs. Taafe is incliR-
ed to sue him for divorce.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02

DiscoyC red Near "A Prehistoric Town Where Indians
Dwelt for Years Medicine Man Proved the Book
Could Stand Fire and Water.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02

IT never saw such childl You
don't seem to know enough to come
homer
"well. dat's just wot ma says about
ycur'-New York World
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

had enough Of Mr. Taft. and the ex- President sees this and with his GUS tomary luck or foresight or both. Is at tempting to turn it to account. No ons sees political situation quicker than Alr. Roosevelt does, and he Goes not let the finer attributes stand in the way.
 Some think Mr. Roosevelt proposes to organize a new party. but the chances are that by saving all sorts of things against graft and the rfcn and the poor and so on to the end of the chapter he proposes to dominate with radlcalsm his own party. He is. in other words, try ing to outsurge LaFollette and all the other insurgents, but whether he expects to become President again or merely q maker of Presidents cannot yet be clear iy determined The New York campaign will furnish pointers on this subject, and when it is ended the plain citizen will know better where he is at"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Vain pomp and glory of this world,
 I hate ye.
 King Henry VIII.
Remembering the Maine

The O'Rourke plans for raising the bat tleshp Maine from the mud in Havana harbor, where it has lain F years, ars favorably regarded by President Taft. and the subject is to be taken up and decided when the President returns to Washing ton next month-
 The O'Rourke plan is novel and wholly modern. Pneumatic caissons and steel cables are to be utilized in order to form a cradle that will hold the wreck as it is raised out of the water as nearly intact as 1t has been since it was sunk. The cables will be four feet apart, and the combined strength of the cables will be screws will tighten these cables until the weight of the ship rests on the caissons.
 If the government furnishes the needful men and tugs the O'Rourke company thinks the appropriation of Congress of $500 GOO will suffice, and that the ship can be foated and brought back 10 this coun- try by Christmas time The old historic hulk would be a novel Christmas present in Uncle sam's stockings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

From the New York Sun.
 Forty years of teaching could not force the spirit of the pedagogue into William James; he was further removed from dogmatism at the end than at the be- ginning of his career. Whatever place his Investigations will retain in philo- sophie thought--and it is difficult to be- lieve that a search so honest, so free from the conventionalities of the science, will leave other than permanent results his writings will live as literature In his case the style portrays the man frank, clear, natural, singularly devoid of cant The brilliant, unaffected Eng fish he used in his books was the Eng fish he spoke in the classroom, the faculty meetings and in his daily life.
 He was no builder of a philosophc system. but a seeker for truth. He did his own thinking, wrestling with the metaphysical problems that puzzled him while pacing up and down the long attic of his Cambridge home, and he presented the solutions he deduced simply as his own individual views The problems are as old as human intelligence; William James statement of them and of the con- clusions he reached is put in the plain est of language, confessing what he did not understand, with no attempt to con ceal confusion of ideas by a technical vocabulary.
 In the effort to promote interest in philosophy through popular periodicals in witch the successors of Francis Bowen At Harvard have engaged, Prof. James took a share, but never sacrificed the ideals of science by following the sen- sations of the moment. His ideas are known and valued in Germany, France and Italy as well. as in Great Britain, perhaps more than even in his native land. It is rather singular that while his novelist brother spent his life in con- verting an originally lucid style into a complicated grammatical labyrinth of linguistic and mental subtleties, William James should have cleared the way through the metaphysical jungle with his terse, clear and always logical English.
 His colleagues and students at Cam bridge will miss in him not merely the philosopher, but the good felloW, the white man. who never feared to speak out his mind in meeting out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
THE GIRL AT THE BOARD

From the Baltimore Sun.
 But how about you-you yourself who subscribe for and pay for the tele- phone and whose greatest interest is at stake? Don't you often lose patience with the hustling little girl on the board, whose two hands are flying at the rate of 200 calls an hour and who is doing her level best. to keep up with the rush? =? I asked an expert operator whom I know personally, who has voice as soft as the morning, a disposition as sweet as honey and a kindness that makes me marvel, and who goes out of her way to remember a busy number-I asked her if subscribers ever got rough with the girls.
 Do they?" she exclaimed, with laugh, q should say they dop'
 Well, about how rough do they get?'
 'They get so rough,' she said, that they don't care where they tell you to go!''
 Now, isn't that a nice state of affairs? ? Men, supposed to be the stronger sex, with all the reserve force and power and that sort of thing. lose their heads and say things to telephone operators that they wouldn't let any other man say to their daughters if their daugh- ters had to work the board for a liv- ing It isn't exactly decent, is 1t, when you come to think of it?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
Cotton Bills of Lading

October 1 Is approaching, and after De- will not accept drafts based on cotton bills of lading unless the validity of the bills be guaranteed by the forwarding bank. The banks are unwilling to give the guarantee called for, and at this writ ing no modus vivendi or other method in plain English appears on the horizon.
 To the wayfarer it seems strange that a railroad cannot be held responsible for the acts of it's employees. As the law now stands the bill of lading does not of itself impose any responsibility on the rail- road that issues it. It merely shifts the burden of proof. The validity of cotton bills will remain elouded until the law is changed.
 There is still general demand that the failures which led Up to the present con- fusion should be thoroughly investigated. "A resolute grand jury" says the New Orleans Times-Democrat. "should be able to search the dark corners and the probe should be applied without delay" Let the New Orleans brokers who hold spu- rious bills of lading come forward with their evidence.
 No farmer need be troubled because of the problem that now vexes the conner cial world. Cotton is cotton, and the cash will be forthcoming no matter what the bankers across the sea may announce. Full values will be obtained, especially if our farmers will get ready to carry their bales whenever outsiders oonspire to deprecate their cash value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
PittSburg YS. Alabama Coal

Francis l.. Robbins, former president of the Pittsburg Coal company, and now president of the Mobile Portland Cement and Coal company, stated in a recent in terview that the reason why Alabama coal Is going to compete with Pittsburg coal in the New Orleans market is because "values of coal land in the Pittsburg dis trict have increased to such an extent in the past 10 years that the supply must be marketed in nearer and more favorable markets, or conserved for the use of in- dustries contiguous to Pittsburg."
 In plain words, MT Robbins means that Birmingham coal can be mined and loated down the Open Warrior and through Mis- sissippi sound to New Orleans at rates that Pittsburg cannot much longer meet And what is true of New Orleans will be even truer so far as Colon is concerned. At Colon all steamers passing through the Panama canal will be coaled. After the canal is opened the producers of this dis trict will have to mine much larger quan- titles of coal, always provided they get ready to barge their produce to tidewater, and then to New Orleans, the gulf ports
 ;-1 4l,a coal mines of this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

department of railroad activity are being worked out indicate that tie plates, for instance. can be had for about 11z cents a pound in place of over cents pound' which the roads now pay in the open market.
 Already the railroads in the United States manufacture many things which they use in the operation of their lines' but the plans now being laid by these western roads mark an extension of this department of railroad activity, and IL is the direct outcome of the necessity which confronts railroad managements or finding new sources of economy to offset the increased cost of operation due pri- marly to the increase in the cost Of abor, but also to an important extent to the increased cost of supplies.
 'It Is in the construction of equipment and of parts of equipment that the rail roads have done most in the direction of manufacturing their supplies, but as often as not this has been done as an incident of their repair work rather than for the specific purpose of effeeting sav- ing in the cost of equipment. The manu- facture of tie plates and some other sim liar materials may appear a tender reed on which to rest in an effort to effect economies in operation, but the step proposed by this western group Of rail- ways points in a direction in which 1t may well be the railroads will in larger de- gree direct their attention in the future as the need of further economy in oper- ation may force itself upon railroad man. agempntsv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

fully, and be sure to insert in the 10- acre field one acre of watermelons; then take three or four large dark green pot bellied watermelons, insert them gently but firmly in the arms or a similar num- Der of young gentlemen just at that age; slip the young gentlemen deftly through the large commodious corn field to the banks of the deep wet creek Remove tn outer covering of the young gentlemen let them put the melons :n the spring LII der the sycamore tree, and then soak tk young gentlemen in the creek from unti half past 1. taking care not to sun burn, their backs, nor 10 remove any Q the cutaneoues substance on the slippery slide. At 4:30 take the young gentlemen out and drain them as they duck through the high horse weeds 200 yards upstream, and stand them in a row by the railroad bridge for the , o'clocs passenger train. As it arrives let the young gentlemen stand waving their arms and yelling to attract the attention of the passengers, and, as the sleeper passes, let them duck head first, batting their backs as they dis appear in the water. After floating down stream at 530 take the melons from the spring, break them on big limestone ledge, give each young gentleman half a melon to hold in his lap; let him gouge out the heart and souse his face in the hole and swill 1t down. Next let the first boy who gets down to the rind, begin breaking it up and throwing 1t at the others until all are as sticky and dirty as pigs; take them to the high mud bank over the turtle hole anc snove them off one at time, then take out and dry. clean and serve raw for supper. That Guenivere, is the best way to eat water. melon. Try it some day, it Is fine" 1.
 Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
MT. RooSeVelt'S CroSS-Country Crusade

In none of his speeches does the ex- ident. In no speech does he even refer to the AldMch tariff. A sentence or two from his Cleveland speech is the keynote of his entire speech-ma6fng trip. T will make" he said at CleeyIand, ''the corpor- ations come to time, and l will make the mob come to time. l shall insist on hon esty, if it breaks np the best business in fhe land, and shall insist on order under all circumstances'
 Now what do such words from private citizen. even if he be No. 1, mean? That ''I will'' is significant of one of two things -he either expects to be President again. or he desires to become the country, s recognized Warwick. The Cleveland declarations are fair examples of his ut- terances all along his route, and it is i'm possible to avoid the conclusion that he is ambitious in the one direction or the other. He either wants to be President or a maker of Presidents, and the reader and nearer may take his choice, but he cannot well avoid the one or inc other conclusion.
 He practically asserts In every speech that his policies call for a resumption of his leadership. Instead of aiding Mir Taft and his supporters, he points di- rectly to personal leadership on his owr part, He in effect repudiates the man he made President and he demands for him. self popular attention and recognized leadership. This may not be very manl, on his part, but the country is in no mood to stand by MT. Taft who naturally leani at every turn towards tile reactionaries Tho people are ready to say they hav' ' .-<.~ --L4 k
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
DIR. COOK AT COPENHAGEN,

Nevertheless, I feel that if the ex- plorer had been allowed to go to Bel gium he might have fallen into the hands of saner counselors. He appeared to be almost too dependent on outside advice. I attributed this seeming weakness to his long absence from civilization.
 Sped as parting guest on Friday, Sep tember 10, he sailed the Melchior to meet the Oscar II of the Scandinavian American line. Flowers were flung after him; but there was no official notice taken of his departure, nor any sugges- tion made that his majesty should give him the Order of the Dannebrog. I men, tion this merely to accentuate the fact that no royal decoration was bestowed Many strange rumors have been printed. One was that l had sent a special mes- sage from her majesty the Queen of England to Dr. Cook. Of course, no such message was received or sent by me.
 The feeling of the Danes, who were individually and as a nation intensely in- terested in the episode, is rather of sorrow than of anger. It is significant of the moderation of their scientific men that the University of Copenhagen has not made any move to announce that the latest re- cipient of the silver medal of the Royal Geographical society, or of the honorary degree of doctor of philosophy, should be deprived of his honors. That the consis- tory of the university used violent lan- guage in making its report on the com- parative worthlessness of Dr. Cooks rec ords is, repeat, untrue. Messrs. Strom- gren and Pechule are too much aware of the dignity of their position to be other wise than conservative in their express sons The majority of the Danes seem to think that the explorer deceived him self, but they are rapidly ceasing to think about the matter at all. They know they acted generously and courageously, and that is enough for them and the rest of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
LIVES SAVED BY TOBACCO

From the London Chronicle.
 John Wesley was saved from disaster by tobacco. You will find little humor in his voluminous journa, but a deal of truth; and-well, here is the extract: Game to Turner's Hall (Deptford) which holds (by computation 2O00 persons. The press, both within and without, was very great In the beginning of the expound- ing, there being a large vault beneath, the main beam which supported the floor broke. The floor immediately sunk, which occasioned much noise and confusion among the people. But two or three days before man had filled the vault with hogsheads of tobacco. So that the floor, after sinking a foot or two, rested upon them, and I went on without in- terruption." And yet Wesley never had the humor to smoke-lke Spurgeon-to the glory of Godl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31

From Minister Maurice F. Egan's Doctor
 cook in Copenhagen: A Footnote to
 History" in September Century.
 No far as know, pr. Cook was not
 asked to present his data to the o University of Copenhagen. On the day he received tine honorary doctorate of philosophy from the university he sol ennly promised to send all his records to Copenhagen and to charter a ship to go to Etah for the lost instruments and the Eskimos, whose testimony he considered necessary to prove ais case.
 Though the rector magnifcus of the of the tons,stoliurI, l am informed that when the Cook records were shown to the committee of experts there was gen. eral indignation that he had submitted no proofs, but had only reiterated his previous narrative. This indignation was not openly shown, because the dignity of the learned body would not permit such a public expression of the hopeless inad- equacy of the data offered seriously to a scientific circle.
 I must accuse myself of an error of judgment in suggesting to pr. Cook that he should leave Copenhagen at the first opportunity. He was desirous of going to Belgium, In which country, he said lived one of his closest scientific friends, the astronomer royal, I believe. It seemed to me that his delay was making a matter for serious scientific consideration seem frivolous, and the subject of sentimental and sensational discussion. The work at the legation was at standstill; autograph hunters and all sorts of freaks" were infesting the place; and now that the guest had been treated with distinguished consideration I was only too happy to speed him. Besides. Commander Peary' declaration that he had found the north pole had settled the question; the honor was ours No matter which had first reached that dreary and desolate place, he was an American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
SOAP BOXES FOR sUFFRAGET1

From the New York Sun.
 Boys who supply soap boxes for the crowd to stand on know better than any body else the tempests of emotion that stir peoples souls at outdoor suffragette meetings. The vehemence of the stamp ing is the emotional barometer they go by.
 "The boxes we rent to that bunch have to be strengthened or there would be a lot of folks with parked shins and maybe broken legs said one boy. who was mailing extra pieces of boarding across the tops of several fragile boxes that he had collected from One Hundred and Twenty-ffth street storekeepers. "Everybody gets so wrought up at these meetings that they jump up and down like mad and break common boxes to flinders.
 ''I rented boxes at the Fulton celebra- ton and the day Roosevelt came home and at lot of political meetings. handled just the ordinary soap boxes then without an extra lath nailed on, but a box that will stand the wear and tear of a big parade without an accident wouldn't last 10 minutes when the suf- fragettes get to going"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 f<Y USED to think it lowered my
 dignity to have them call me
 ! Teddy; but now. don't you know, I rather like it."
 Of course he likes it. He would not be the excellent judge of political values that he is if he did not like II. It makes hlm the "big brother of the plain people. We all like to be on free and easy terms with the great. Armies always nave playful or affectionate soubriquets TOT commanders they delight to follow. The hungry and barefoot soldiers of the army of northern Virginia forgot all else 1oi "Marse Robert" So the boys in blue ral' lied the more readily when Little Phi dashed among them in the valley of the Shenandoah than if he had stood six feel four in his stirrups with a name they dared not fondle.
 But there are two kinds of nicknames the admiring and the disparaging. Ted dy' falls only from fond tongues Wealthy malefactors and undesirable citizens cal him names, but never Teddy
 This is by long odds the most comradit nickname ever bestowed on an American President In "Andy," Jackson ap preached it; but somenow Andy" is less intimate than Teddy" Lincoln was called "Old Abe in spite of the statistica fact that he was not old; but "Old Abe was a fatherly term, implying confidence and expressing in homely way the rev erence of the people.
 Men spoke of Andy" Johnson only tt mark their contempt. Likewise the whigs in Van Buren's time sneered at Little Van.' Zach Taylor was employed tt describe the general ideal of "Old Rougl and Ready and proDably brought hin electoral votes. Monroe was spoken O as Jim" only by those who though to belittle him. If Arthur's 'Chet'' coult have found familiar acceptance beyond his private circle 1t would probably hay, prospered him politically Grover" be came somewhat slogan among the loya | Clevelandites and was set to music il the famous clever song which swayed { netional convention. and was the triumph ant chant of victorious campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
A PARLOUS TIME

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 Representative Dudley M Hughes of the Third Georgia district is a farmer in addition to being a statesman. Recently when he was at home, Mir Hughes re- ceived an urgent call to so to the police station in Macon. When he arrived MT. Hughes found that one of his colored laborers had temporary quarters there. The negro was very penitent and very anxious to get out "Marse Dud," he said, "youse CT deekin in de White Baptis' church, aint yer?' "Yes, Sam" An Iyer knows Is CT deekin in de Cullud Baptis' church, don't yer, Marse Dud?'' Yes, Sam; but what has this to do with your present trouble?'' Well, I jis' wanter say dis, Marse Dud, dat hits time fer us deekins t stick tergetherl''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-31
BORNEO NEWS NOTES.

Condensed from the sarawak Gazette.
 The opium farmers having got into difficulties with their rent, the govern ment has released them. A syndicate will take over the farms from the 1st of July for one year.
 The year 1909 was remarkable for the great revival of trade after the ex- treme depression in 1908. The opium, arrack and gambling farms show a de- crease in government receipts of over $22 0O0
 Some 200 Kayans arrived at Belaga from Batang Kayan with jungle produce. They sold 100 piculs of india rubber, but bezoar stones and rhinoceros horns they took back to their own country. as they were unable to procure old beads in ex- change.
 There has been a good crop of katio nuts, and when that was gathered in the lammah edible caterpillar came to maturity, and the up-river population were out collecting them. They are taken at full size and are much relished. The price, 50 cents per gallon nine years ago, has risen to g per gallon. The moth Is dull brown with yellowish markings and about three-quarters of an inch long, the caterpillar being slightly longer. black on the back with two white lines and reddish yellow below.
 Jelutong gutta-working is becoming more general now that the price is so high.
 Pangeran Mohamat has bought three buffaloes for ploughing, and with some others intends to farm padi< near s. Penutus.
 The Kampar Dayaks have been paying taxes. It took lot of persuasion. but when one man has been got to pay up the rest follow like sheep.