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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-24
The American Circus.
An Appeal to the FilipinOs.

You Fiipnos don't know what you are missing by
not wanting to become citizens OF this grand country OF
ours There isn't anything like it under the SUM- I ou
ought to send delegation over to see usthe and Oh
the freeand of fine churches and lS0,OOO licensed Sa-
looms Bibles forts and guns, houses OF prostitution MIL
onares and paupers theoogans and thleves perIlheS
and liars politicians and poverty; Christians ana chaln
gangs: schools and scaawags trusts and tramps money
and misery homes and hunger virtue and vice. lana
where YOU can get good bible for fifteen cents ana
bad drink of whiskey for five cents; Where we nave
man in congress with three wives and lot in the pen
tentiarv for having two wives; where some men make
sausage out of their wives and some want TO eat them
raw where make bologna out OF dogs, canned peer
out of horses and sick COWS, and corpSeS OUT OF Ie
people who eat it where put man IN jail Tor not
having the means of support and on therock pie fo ask
ng for Job of work; where we license DaWdy houses
end fine for preaching Christ on the streeI cofeS
where we have congress of 400 men who make laws,
and sllpreme court of nine who set them aSlde,
where good whskey makes badmen and BAD men make
good whskey; where newspapers are pad lo suppress
ing the truth and made rich for teaching lle Whele
professors draw their convictions from the same places
they do their salares where preachers are pd 9zooVV
a wear to dodge the devil and tickle the ears OF
the wealthy where business consists OF getting noa ol
property in any way that won't land you IN the pente-
tiarv where trusts hold up and poverty holds down
where men vote for what they do not want Tor lear he
will get what they do want by voting for It. Where
''nggers" can vote and women can't where girl VINO
coes wrong is made an outcast and her male partner
flourshes as gentleman; where women wear raise nar
and men "dock' their horses tails; where the pohtca
wire-puei has displaced the patriotic statesman wnere
men vote for thing one day and 64 days. where
we have prayers the floor of our National CaPlto
and whskey in the cellar; where spend S5OO TO Duy
statesman who is rich and $40 to put away working
man who is poor whereto be vrtuous to be lonesome
and to be honest is to be crank where we sit on the
safety-vale of energy and pull wdes open the throttle
of conscience where gold is substance--tne one tnig
sought for where we pay $4,000 for dog and fifteen
cents doz n to poor woman for making shirts where
we teach the "untutored" Indian eternal life from the
bible and kill him off with bad whskey: where we put
man in ail for stealing loaf of bread and in congress
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He Would Get Over.

'1f he's as good as he looks" said
Lord Archie. hell do"
"Thry him, yer honor, thry him, "
said Delaney confidently. 'I'ye a
grand field and plenty o jumps"
The colt was saddled, and Lord
Archie mounted. He first galloped
around the field. about twenty acres
in extent, and then took him over a
couple of hurdles, a wide turf fence
and finally stone wall quite five
feet high. King Brian jumped like
a stag, he could 90 a good pace, and
his mouth was perfection.
'How about water?" asked his
lordship.
"Wather, is it?" said Delaney,
with supreme disdain. "Sure, if ye
put him at the river Shannon he
wouldn't balk."
"Do YOU think he'd clear it?"
"Well, no, yer honor" replied
Delaney thoughtfully. 81 wouldn't
70 as far as that. But, bedad," he
added, with an air Of conviction,
what he didn't Jump he'd swimP'
London Answers.
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Sarcastic.

There is certain Wilmington
business man, Of rather waggish
disposition, who contends that his
wife has no Imagination. At dinner
one night he chnnced to mention
a tsgic circumstance be had read
in the esening paper on his way
home. A passenger an transatlan-
tic steamer had fallen overheard N
midocesn. and he had never been
seen again. WAS he drownedp
asked fis wife. "0f course not"
answered the irreressible hubby,
"but he sprained hfs ankle, be-
heye. ."-Argonaut.
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lust Her Habit.

A widower was being married for
the fourth time recently. During
the ceremony one Of the guests IS
surprised ts hear violent sobs pro-
ceedingsfrom a woman in q cornec
of the church.
"Wfo is that lady who is crying
so bitterly!" he asks of the by
ISLANDERS.
"OR, it's only Martha, our cook"
answers one Of the bridegroom's
children. "She always blubbers
when papa gets marriedw-London
Mail.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-24

Colonel Charles Marshall, who
was aid-de-camp to General Robert
r. bee and who went through the
battles Of the war with his chief
told the following amusing story of
his experience with a new horse
His old horse had beem shot from
under him in the fight of the pre-
vious day, and he had taken posses
sion of an animal that seemed to
suit the work. In the battle a few
hours later he was riding across a
field in which there were numerous
stumps.
Suddenly the performance open
ed. The guns roared, and the air
was filled with smoke and noise.
Before Colonel Marshall knew
what was happening the horse had
his four feet on one Of the stumps
and was gayly dancing in a circle.
In the meantime the firing was In
creasing, and the situation was any
ching but comfortable. But the
horse kept on as If he'were enjoy
ing it.
1T was not until afterward,", said
Colonel Marshall, "that | found the
horse had belonged to a circus and
had been trained to do this sct
amid the firing of cannon"
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Al the Elond.

Hearing Of a rising river at the
headwaters of the Euphrates, with
falling barometer and indications
Of a flood in the valley, the Pthe-
canthropus changed his mind and
frankly admitted it to Noah. His
manner was that Of chastened and
softened person.
"You monkeyed too long" said
the patriarch I'VE gave you a
chance TO come in with-us, and you
wouldn't take it. Now we have ar
ranged for all the stock we care
about trying to float.V
The general liquidation which fol-
lowed had the usual effect upon all
mt the insidSs.-Puek
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Ought TO Be Thankful.

Doctor growled the patient,
ct, seems to me that $500 is a big
charge for that operation of mine.
1t didn't take you over half min
ute"
MY dear sir" replied the famous
specialist, 'in learning to perform
that operation in half a minute l
have spoiled over eleven pecks Of
sach eyes as yours. Success Mag.
Azine.
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DUMAS AUDACITY.
A Unique Literary Scheme OF the
Great French Writer.

American readers are accustomed
10 surprises in their newspapers
but imagine their astonishmeni
should sosAo favorite journal pub
lish IN good faith, in daily install
ments and adapted according TO the
notions Of some staff writer, o
classic such as, for example
Darte's "lnfcrno." Yet the aston.
ismneut SO excited would not br
without a parallel IN the annals o.
newspaper management, inasmacl
as Homer once figured as fcuillc
tonisie for a Partisan newspaper
When Dumas the elder was edit
ing his journal. lc Mousquctairc
Urbain Face, ono Of bis assistant.
who was an.exccptionally inc Greek
scholar. was one day enthusiastic
ally cxpatiating upon the beauties
Of the "lliad' and the Odyssey
Dumas grew most Interested
"If only yol could read them in
the original" sighed FACES.
"Whv not?' asked Dumas
"But." exclaimed Fages, "my
dear fellow, you don't know alpha
from omegaw
"Will you translate for me-
asked Dumas eagerly.
Accordingly Pages undertook the
task. Beginning with the first
book OF the Had" nc would read O
line of the Greek and then give a
literal translation Dumas qaickly
caught the spirit of the. epic. As
Pages read he wrote a translation
and signed IL.
'In the meme Of all the ancients,
VI. Dumas" exclaimed FACES, "but
YOU are signing your name to the
1liad ="
Certainly" responded Dumas,
"thst is. TO my version of it. II
will appear as feuileton in lie
Mousquctaire."
FACES was filed with dismay, as
he afterward related, but before
such audacity and naivete he felt
helpless. How was he to convince
writer accustomed 10 every tri-
umph that he was too bold?
And so the next day en- install
ment of the "Iliad," as rendered in
half an hour OF so by a man who
could not read the Greek alphabet
appeared at the bottom of the page
Of lie Monsquetaire, with the note
Continued in our next"
This enterprising bit Of journal
ism raised such a storm of criticism
that Dumas was persuaded to dis
continue it after the third install
mcnt, though it was doubted that
he quite understood what was The
troub.e.--St. Paul Pioneer Press. =
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The Black Sheep.

what" asked the man who hat
returned to his native town afte'
an absence of many years, "becam'
Of Ed Ferguson" Z"
ed? Oh, he's doin' fine. Go
the best livery stable anywhere
around here and runs the depo
hack"
"Let's sect He had younge
brother, hadn't hep
"Yes-Lem. lie never amountc.
to much. Wrote poetry and paintc
pictures. | guess the family kin,
OF disowncd him. At least he wen
away several years ago, and ! dunn
what ever became Of him. m.'--Chicf
20 Tribune.
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His One Chance.

Mother (coming swiftly - Why
Willie. Striking Your little sister
Willie (doggedlD - Aunt Frost
face made me-
Aunt Frosifacc-Why. Willie.
said If YOU did strike her | w5a'-
never kiss Won again.
Willie (still dogged) - We'll,
couldn't let chance like that alp
first Diner Out--I shay. ole char
d'you know wilshoni
Second Diner Out-No. Whatsh Isl
name7
First Diner Out dunno.-Tatler.
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The Mail Order Song.

Said the groceryman TO the
butcherman, Really it is a sir
that you buy your salt on the
wholesale plan and | never see
the tim" Then hied him back "a
the grocery store and quickly an
order sent, for a few choice hams
for family use and a box of fish
for lent. Said the clothing man
to the hardware man: You GER
tainly don't do right, when you
get a suit of an eastern house
with my big stock in sight. =
But the clothier wanted a new
steel rlnge and it came as tn,
neighbors knew, in a box that he
tried to hide in a box marked
Gee Hawbuck Co., The business
men thin called a meeting to see
where the trouble lay, and they
all agreed it was the editor man
and not the devil to pay. why
don't he roast the mail order
stores. these grouchy knocker.
said, 'and stand by them who
patronize him and give him his
daily bread? So they drew UP q
contract long and strong for the
editor to peruse, and waited OF
him with aspect grim, as he sol
emily dug for the news. Bui
the editor laughed q big horse
laugh till the gang all took to the
woods for twas written on axle
grease letter heads that came
with a bill of goods
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Heknsw.

They were country people pure
and simple, but they had read the
papers aud thought they we're edu-
Gated up to all the Improvements Of
a city. When they went to Wash
ington they went through the navy
department and saw the models OF
our SHIPS Of war. Pointing to a
companion ladder hanging over the
side of one Of the boats. she asked
her better half what it vas.
"0h. that's the fire escape" re-
Piled the husbard.-Lippincott's.
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He Got the eirl.

He had gone to ask her father for
her hand in marriage.
"Well, sir, what is it?" snapped
out the old man. Remember, / am
a man Of few words"
Il don't care if you are a man OF
only one word if it's the right one"
replied the suitor.
lie got the girl
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-06-24

The surface Of the earth can be
compared TO the top Of barrel of
asphalt, hard and rigid through nnd
through, scanned and cracked on the
surface by the emsnts. For ten
miles ia a straign. line below the
surface the earth is probably dry
and hard. Of rock substance. The
pressure Of this substance upon the
heated center of the earth keeps it
from. getting hotter than II ia, just
as YOU can keep water from boiling
by an appropriately sufficient pres
sure. Tke fat lint there is steam
in volcano eruplioas is the leakage
of the interior pressure of heat in
the earth. The character of matter
in the center Of the earth or its i'm
mediate environment must be some
thing like pumice stone-spongy.
porous, hght-because when the
earth's interior matter is melted in
the high temperatures that are
there it dissolves. and there is con-
siderable water In it that escapes
through volcanic craters in steam.
Professor Hallock, Columbia Uni
versity.
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for stealing railroad where the check-book talks sin
walks abroad in daylight justice is asleep, crime runs
amuck corruption permeates our whole social and po
tcal fabric and the devil laughs from every street
ner. Come to us, Filies We've got the greatest ag
gregaton of good things and bad things, hot things
and cold things all sizes varieties and coors, ever ex
hibited under one tent.
Published prominent jasper Socialist
F.. As
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
POLITICAL CORRUPTION
ON WANE, DECLARES FOLK
Noted Democrat Wins PIauditS of
Chautauqua Crowd AS
sembIed in Yosemite

YOSEMITE, Cal, July 1S.-Declaring
his belief that this country is now
closer to a realization of an ideal re-
publican form of government than it
was two years ago, Joseph W. Folk,
former governor of Missouri, and
whose name has been persistently to
the fore of late as a probable candi-
date for the Democratic party nomina-
ton in 1912, won the plaudits of an
audience that packed to overflowing
tonight the pavilion being used for lee
turers of the chautauqua now in
progress here.
Mr. Folks speech dealt principally
with reform in politics. The eradica-
ton of political corruption and the
evils attendant on the bribery of public
officials are the vital issues now be-
fore the American people, declared the
speaker, who took a hopeful view of
the situation and expressed himself
confident of a speedy reform along
those lines.
Mr.. Folk was introduced by Chester
H. Rowell and was warmly welcomed
by his hearers. He will leave for San
Francisco tomorrow, after which he
will visit Pacific Grove to address a
chautauqua now assembled there, on
Friday evening.
Other addresses delivered today were
based on religious and educational sub
jeCtS.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
RAILROApED TO ASYLUM,
CHARGE AGAINST SPOUSE
Woman Seeking Divorce Makes
Sensational Accusations

Claiming that for many years her
husband laid the foundation for OBJ
tanning an adjudication of her insanity
and that he finally did railroad" her
to Patton, Mrs. Frederick Shuman yes
terday, before Judge Hutton, asked
divorce from Edwin Shuman on the
grounds of cruelty.
The husband was present, and en-
phatically denied his wife's charges.
He stated that, being out of employ
ment, he was unable to provide his
wife proper care, she being an in
valid, and subject to delusions. For
that reason, he stated, he had consent
ed to sending her to Patton.
The question of which parent shall
have the custody of the 12-year-old
daughter, Vivian, is the chief occasion
of the contest. 1t was taken under
advisement by the court late in the
afternoon.
A decree of divorce was granted to
Mary A. Draper from Archie B. ORA
per on the grounds of desertion. The
plaintiff stated she was married in San
ia Ana on June 80, 1908, and her hus-
band left the last day of July, the
same year.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
PENN. R. R. MEN
VOTE TO STRIKE
General Manager Notified of En-
pIoyes' Decision Regard
ing Wage Demands
IAssociated Pressl

PHILADELPHIA, July 1S.-Repre-
sentatives of the conductors, trainmen
and yardmen on the Pennsylvania
railroad lines east of Pittsburg, Erie
and Buffalo notified General Manager
Myers this afternoon that a large ma
jority of the men had voted ''yes" on
the ballot that empowered the men S
general committees to call a strike un-
less they reached an agreement with
the company on the matter of wages
and working conditions.
Mr.. Myers informed the delegation
that the Pennsylvania railroad is will
ing to meet the conditions that prevail
on other roads If the company is put
to no additional expense. AT the re-
quest of the union leaders another
conference will be held with Mr.. Myers
tomorrow morning. In the meantime
the 100 delegates repI esenting the 1880
men are considering the result of the
conference.
The complete count of the ballots
showed 1863 conductors had voted in
the affirmative and 448 against the
strike proposition. The vote of the
traininen was 1898 in favor of and
965 against. Myers told the committee
that the Pennsylvania was at present
sustaining heavy losses. having $4,000
freight cars and ESQ locomotives idle.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
CITY MAY ADOPT
HEWITT MEASURE
Union Men Express Confidence in
Defeat of Anti-PiCketing
Ordinance
DEALS METAL WORKERS BLOW
IfLaW Passes Emergency Clause
Will Make 1t Effective
Forthwith
DEALS METAL WORKERS BLOW

The anti-picketing ordinance framed
by City Attorney Hewitt will come be-
fore the city council this morning for
consideration. Union men are conf
dent 1t will be defeated by the city
fathers with absolutely no delay, and
employers who are anxious to see the
measure passed are certain that it will
be granted immediate councilmanic
approval.
Interest in the proposed ordinance is
intense, for the reason that If it is
passed an emergency clause will make
it effective forthwith, and q decided
blow will be dealt the strikes of the
brewery and metal trades workers.
The council chamber probably will be
crowded to overtlowing this morning.
Representatives of several unions
stated last night that it Is their belief
that the legislative committee of the
council which has heard arguments
for and against the ordinance, will
make an unfavorable report and XIII
it in a few minutes.
After disposing of the anti-picketing
ordinance the council will adjourn and
convene as a board of equalization for
adjustment of city tax assessments
upon which complaints have been
made.
Today is pay day at union headquar-
ters. It was said yesterday that there
are seVenty-five names more on the
pay roll this week than there have been
at any previous time. George Gunrey.
financial agent of the strike, says that
$400 increase has been made in the
strike appropriation for this weeks
roll
The strikers say that everything
points to a settlement of the difference
in their favor. Employing manufac-
turers, however, disclaim all such
declarations and say that they are
firm in their stand for industrial liber-
ty in Los Angeles.
George Gunrey said last night that
between 800 and 400 men have been
agreably replaced in the shops upon
the eight-hour and 81 a day scale.
Negotiations, he said, also are pending
with several other shops for settle
ments of similar nature.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
DR.. ADAMS, WHO DIED IN
HAWAII, BROUGHT HERE

The body of DR.. Paul Adams, United
States army surgeon, who died of acute
appendicitis in Hawaii July 3, was
brought to Los Angeles yesterday by
his widow. The remains were brought
to San Francisco. by the United States
transport Sheridan.
The body is at the undertaking par
lors of Pierce Bros. The funeral SER
vices will be held in Temple Baptist
church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the Rev. Robert ]. Burdette officiating.
The remains will be inferred at Sierra
Madre under the auspices of the South
ern California lodge No. 278, f. and A.
NJ. The procession will be escorted by
the national guard of California.
DR.. Adams was born in Boston, Mass,
August, 1875. He came to Los Angeles
from Montana and practiced medicine
here a number of years, having grad
uated from Stanford university and an
eastern school.
Since his arrival in the city he had
been connected with the California
national guard. Two years ago he
joined the regular army and was as
signed to duty in Hawaii. He is sur
vived by widow and one daughter.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
TAFT REGIME ENEMY OF
LABOR, CLAIMS MORRISON
A. F. of l. Officer Declares Con-
uress Hostile to Unions

WASHINGTON, July 13.-Organized
labor has not been fairly dealt with by
the present administration and its ene-
mics are in a majority in congress,
according to Frank Morrison, secre-
tary of the American Federation of
Labor. In an address today to the
convention of the International Alli-
ance of Theatrical Stage Employees he
urged the delegates to use the ballot
to defeat for reelection members of
congress opposed to organized labor.
ut was organized labor" he said,
that brought about the recent sue
cessful fight on Speaker Cannon and
the house rules, though the fact is not
generally known, and we can be re-
sponsible for much if we only make
our ballots count. We should have
thirty or forty members of congress
friendly to our cause, and if this were
the case we would have enacted legis-
lation favorable to our interests"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
GOMPERS CRITICISES MOVE
OF LABOR IN ARIZONA
Is Opposed to Formation of a
New Party

WASHINGTON, July 13.-"Tt is a
mistake to subordinate the constitu-
ton of Arizona to party; the pri-
mary thing is the constitution" said
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor today.
Mr.. Gompers was discussing the ac-
ton yesterday of representatives of
trade unions of Arizona, who after re-
fusing to pledge support to candidates
of any party who would not subscribe
to the principles of organized labor.
created the Union Labor party of Ari-
zona, which will support candidates for
election to the constitutional conven-
ton.
Il am more concerned" Mr.. Gompers
continued, with the people of Arizona
adopting a progressive constitution, as
the people of Oklahoma did, than with
the creation of new party or the sup
port of any existing party"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
CLOAK MAKERS THROUGHOUT
COUNTRY MAY WALK OUT

NEW YORK, July 13.-It was an
nounced today by the strike committee
of $4,000 striking cloak makers that
there was a possibility of a general
strike of cloakmakers throughout the
country. Representatives of the union
in many cities are in New York to con-
fer with the strike leaders.
A mass meeting will be held in
Faneuil hall in Boston Friday night to
determine the position of the cloak
makers in that city in regard to a
strike.
A committee of union officials has
gone to Worcester, Mass, to arrange
for a mass meeting of cloakmakers
there.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-14
P. E. PLANS CUTOFF FROM
LINCOLN PARK TO CITY

The Pacific Electric Railway COM
pany has been attempting to secure a
right of way for the building of a line
between Rose Hill and Lincoln Park, a
distance of two and one-halt miles.
The contemplated line will be in the
nature Of a cutoff and is expected to
shorten the time over the old route.
Estimated cost of the line is $1O0, 900
Residents of Pasadena have been
looking forward to the railway COM
pany securing the right of way, but
the corporation has endeavored to keep
the matter quiet, not wishing to have
the work delayed.
The right of way is a comparatively
straight line between Rose Hill and
Lincoln Park, and will reach a well
populated district,