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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-16

Speaking Of tho rrrrliahi'itv ~
circumstantial evidence. iLNyc.
said:
"Sanders Mcdowell. a coal HEAVIER
of PEBBLES, said angrily 10 his wife
one night:
"Havers, Lispeth, hoo many
times am to tell We Wilma hae
the children bringin' up coal in my
top hat7
"Hoot, Sanders, mon, be rea-
sonable,' said Lispeth. 'Ye've spoilt
the shape o the top hat WI yer fun
ny head already, an, since ye're
heavin' coal all day, wot can little
extra coal dust In the headpiece
matter?
Woman, We dinna grasp ma ar
gyment,' said Sanders. Il only wear
that top hat in the evenin', an il
I'm oot an ! taxi it off it leaves a
black band around ma forehead.
What's the rasoolt? Why, I'm ac-
cused on all sides o washin' ma face
wi ma hat onp"-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-16
TRICK SHOOTING.
The Way Some Of the Stage Fests Are
accomplished.

I When a champion rifle shot fires
blind folded at wedding ring or a
penny held between his wife's
thumb and finger or seated back to
her shoots, by means of a mirror, at
an apple upon her head or on a
fork held in her teeth, the danger
Of using a bullet is obvious. None,
of course, is needed. The eXplo-
sion is enough. The apple is al
ready prepared, having been cut
into pieces and stuck together with
an adhesive substance, and thread
with a knot at the end, pulled
through it from the wings" so
that it flies to bits when the gun is
fred, is chow it is done"
Generally the more dangerous
feat appears the more carefully is
all danger guarded against. In the
civilian Tell' act the thread is
often tied to the assistants foot.
When. again, the ash is shot off a
cigar which the assistant is smok-
ing a piece of wire is pushed by his
tongue through a hollow passage in
the cigar, thus thrusting off the ash
at the moment Of firing.
4 fayorite but simple trick is the
shooting from some distance at an
orange held in lady's hand Great
applause is invariably forthcoming
when the bullet drops out on her
cutting open the fruit. 1t is insert
ed by hand earlier in the evening.
Another popular trick is that OF
snufiing out lighted candles. Half
a dozen are placed in front of
screen, in which as many small
holes are bored, one against each
candle wick. At the moment OF
firing a confederate behind the
screen sharply blows out each can
die with a pair Of bellows.
In most instances where ball OF
other object has to be broken on a
living persons head blank car
tridge is used and the effect pro-
duced BY other means. A special
wig with a spring concealed ip it
worked by wire under the clothes
is generally used, the confederate
manipulating the spring simulta-
neously wsh the firing of the rifle.
As the ball is of extremely thin
glass. a mere touch sufices to shat
ter it.
In these exhibitions some of the
rife experts" invite gentlemen
from the audience to testify that
the weapon is indeed loaded. The
cartridge shown looks very well, but
it is a shell Of thin wax blackenci
to resemble lcadcn bullet. 1t
would not hurt a ily onion Tit.
Bits
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-16
Nearly a Here.

Glands up"
/ The passengers on the r Imam
rar took n the situation al a glance
and did exactly what the train rob
Der told them TO do.
AT the points Of his guns he re-
lieved them Of their valuables. But
Of the sight Of one woman he
paused with a start.
"Who are YOU, woman" he de
maHded.
-" she Qlavcrcd, cam Miss Fav
d. lluiIie. the well known actress.
Here are ms Jewels. Take them
all"
The hc,i'p held up his head
proudy.
"No,r he replied; II may be q
robbcr, but am no press agent
Keep your wealth" = Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-16
VARIETY ON HIS TABLE.
He n ad -Four Kinds Of Meat and -Four
Kinds Of Bread

Old man Wowton, the meanest
citizen in all the blue grass country,
drove up to the market place III
Lexington, where an army Of ne
groes stood about or lay basking Ia
the early morning sun waiting for
some man to hire them. The old
man was so stingy that he usually
had great difficulty in engaging ne
groes TO 10 extra work on his farm.
But this time he struck bargain
Immediately with big Bill Saunders
and the half dozen powerful but
lazy blacks who follow at his heels.
All the Others were greatly sur
prised to see this gang ambling out
on The big road toward Mr.. Wow
tons place. Next morning they
we're mystifed to see big Bill and
his cronies again in the market
place.
"Whadia doin' hyuh, Bill ?" asked
Hannibal Harrison Tyler.
"Lookin' fo' wuk," Bill replied
sadly.
"ThouFht you all wuz wukkin'
for Mistph Wowton?"
"Naa.. We sut'nly wuz wok'in TO
Mistuh Wowton. He come to me
yistiddy mawnin' an say: Come on
out an make hay TO- me. / amt
gointer pay you-all emmy mo- dan
one doluh a day, but jes' tell you
dis-ey'y meal you-all sits down ter
yo' gointer have fo' kin's O. meat
an TO kin's O. bread So we all
TUX our foot in our han an went
out ter make his hay crap"
"Well, den huccome you-all is
come back ?" Hannibal inquired.
Il gwine tell yuh," William re-
Piled, with an injured air. "Yistid-
dy mawnin' we all wukked in de
fel', cuttin' hay an rakin' hay an
spreadin' hay, ontwell de dinnuh
hon blew at - o'clock. Den We
goes inter de kitchen, an all v
sees on de big table is lot . y
z'bl' po'k an greens an b9e'
| goes up to de big house
Mistuh Wowton ter come r.
please, sub, an look at dat in
] say, Mistuh Wowton, VIII. l.,
fo' kin's o meat you done u.
ised. please, suh?'
"Alistuh Wowton he say: wy,
daiah dey is-fat meat, lean meat,
skin an bone. Daiah you fo' kin's
O. meat
"Den sez ter him, Mistuh Wow
ton. whar dem fo' kin's O bread you
done promised usY En- he say:
wy, William, daiah dey is-white
bread, con bread, crus' an crumb,
Daiah yuh fo' kin's o. bread An
dat's why we all come back hyuh. /"
-Harpers Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-16
The Disturbing Telephone.

"The telephone has DESTROYED all
the privacy Of society,"" said the so
clety 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 off the thread
Of his theme and he fails to resume
it"-New York PresA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-16
How He Wan Her.

"The man marry" said the girl
n the parlor scene, must be but q
little lower than the angels"
"Weil, what's the matter with
M :" quericd the young man as he
aIopped on his knees at her feet
"Noa see. I'm a little lower thaD
nre ef them. Houston Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-16
9iIGIilGS and Style in Advertising.

The trte comment upon success of any sort
that ''there is everything in knowing how is
particularly applicable to the business of adj
vertising. Merchants generally advertise
their business but not many of them regard
advertising as part of their business; that is
they do not put business methods and business
brightness into their advertising Judicious
advertising pays every time and he who
knows how to advertise judiciously is better
equipped business man than is his merchant
neighbor who does not know when and how to
advertise.
A striking advertisement will run the gamut
of popular attention and get into the air like
popular song. Advertisements have become
as familiar as household words, and remained
advertisements long after they had disappear
ed from newspaper columns and from advettls-
ing billboards. Who will ever forget the mys-
tic rs. I. 1860 X?" 1t can no longer be seen
IN print, nor upon billboards, but the name of
the compound it advertised comes to mind
with the legend, and the advertisement is as
bright as it was twenty-five years ago.
"You press the button; we do the restp' 1t
is hardly necessary to state what these words
advertise They have been so widely read and
are so taking and so suggestive OF ability that
everybody knows what they refer to-. To show
to what extent an advertisement with bright
ness in it gets into the public mind, the fact
NAV be cited in relation to the advertisement
under comment that no less parsonage tnan
Chauncey M. Depew, in speech before the
merchants of New York at their annual din
ner closed an interesting statement of the ad-
vantages of reciprocity with the remark, "As
merchants, as bankers and business men, we
say to congress in the language which adver-
tises that most universal and productive of
our institutions, You press the button; we
will do the rest.
If merchants and manufacturers want to
win advertising of this happy kind, all they
have to do is to advertise in the right way
andput happy thoughts into their advertise
ments.
Holbrook argus., 1911-10-24

The motor boat recently pur chased ny w. c. Kelley and K. C. Kaufman is now in service at Clear Creek and stationed at the County Bridge. Chas. Daze, of the Winslow Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, has the contract for hauling people to and from the Creek. For all further in- formation see Mir. Daze who has the tickets on sale for rides in said motor boat. Boat seats ten people. i
Holbrook argus., 1911-10-24
Coinage in Northern Nigeria.

Shells still take the place of metal coinage in northern Nigeria. Lately movement was set on foot to intro duce proper coinage, but as no action has been taken with regard to the demonetizing of cowries. They have never been legal tender in the strict sense of the term, but have been and continue to be accepted by the government in payment of taxes, and are still current among the natives The government is striving, however to replace this unsatisfactory form Of currency by British coin. The natives nf Africa have a very decided pref creme lor silver coins
Holbrook argus., 1911-10-24
Poor Consolation.

f'Uncle Joe" Cannon, at a Republic an banquet in Danville, said of re- verse:
 -"There are cancellations. to he sure but these consultations remind me of a Washington waiter.
 "A friend of mine entered a famous Washington fish house and ordered soft shell crabs one hot June after noon. But when the crabs came they didn't please him.
 Waiter, he said, these soft crabs are very small
 "'Yes, sah,' said the waiter.
 "'They don't seem very fresh either
 "'Then. sah. it's lucky that they's small, sah ain't it?'"
Holbrook argus., 1911-10-24
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE WINSLOW OIL AND
 GAS COMPANY.

That we, the undersigned, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under and in pursuance of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and for that reason do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 The name of the said Corporation shali be the "WINSLOW OIL AND GAS COMPANY"
 The names of the incorporators are w. G Kelly, J A. Lyons and w. P Gsary, ali of the town of Winslow County of Navajo, Territory of Ar iZona.
 The principal place of business of the corporation is Winslow, Arizona and offices may be established and maintainsd at such other places within or without the Territory of Arizona. as the board of directors may desig- nate, at which said offices or either of them, meetings of the Board of Direc- tors and stockholders may he held.
 ".
 The general nature of the business to be transacted by the corporation and the objects and purposes for which the corporation is formed, are to make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond, locate, prospect, or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or other. wise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hp- pothecate, and deal in any and all kinds of real and personal property: including bonds and shares of the capital stock of it's own and other cor porations, mines, claims, mining claims, oil lands, coal lands, mineral lands, oil, gas, shale, asphaltum, pe- troleum, asbestos, salt, water and wa ter rights, machinery, franchises, and to work, mine explore, develop, oper- ate and exploit the same.
 Sec. 2.-To engage in and carry on the business of boring, drilling, dig ging, tunnelling and exploring for, producing, refining, distilling, treating, manufacturing, piping, carrying, hand ling, storing, dealing in buying and selling: oils, petroleum, mineral gas, asphaltum, bitumen, bituminous rock and other mineral and hydro-carbon substances and products of ali such substances, and for such purposes to buy, contract, lease and otherwise acquire, hold, own, manage, operate mortgage, sell and otherwise dispose of, retineries, pipe lines, tanks, cars, manufacturies, machinery and other works, properties-and appliances, fran chices and rights of way, patents, pat ent rights or lease under patents that may be incident to or auxillar to said business or pertaining thereto, or that may be deemed necessary or conven. venient by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
 Sec. 3-To establish and carry on agencies, offices, stores, storage tanks, appliances and houses, structures and to do and perform each and every and all matters and things necessary, expe- dient or proper to carry out the pur poses and business of the Corporation and generally to do and perform any and all acts that an individual or natu ral persou might do or perform the business of the Corporation is to be carried on in the Territory of Arizona, and when necessary, in any and all other states and territories of the Uni ted States and in foreign countries.
Holbrook argus., 1911-10-24

provided by the said bylaws aforesaid and their successors in office, shall be the officers of the corporation and shall hold their respective offices until their successors have been duly elect ed and qualified.
 TX.
 The private property of the stock holders and officers of said corpora tion shall be and the same IS hereby made forever exempt from all liability for the corporation debts. lis hilitIes and obligations. The election of of cers of the said corporation shall ae held on the fret Monday in January, annually.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our names and seals th,s 18th day of Septem Der, 1911.
 w. G. KELLY, tsEAL)
 J. LYoSs. (s3AL-l
 w. r. GEARY, SEAL TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,) COUNTY OF NAVAJO,
 Before me, Geo. H. Reyes Jr. Nn- tary Public in and for the County of Navajo, Territory of Arizona, this day personally appeared W. G. Kelly, w. P. Geary and J. A. Lyons, known to -ue to be the persons whose names are sub scribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that they exc cuted the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed Gwen under my hand and seal of office this 18th day of September A. D. 1911. My commission expires May 23rd, 1914.
 (sEAL.) GEO. H. KEYES JR.
 Notary Public
Holbrook argus., 1911-10-24

The amount of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be four hundred thousand (400,000) dollars, divided in to four hundred thousand shares of capital stock of the par value of one $1.00) dollar each, w hich shall be paid ill at suchtimes as the board of directors may designate, in cash, real or personal proprty, concracts, services or other valuable right or thing, for the use and purposes of the corporation, and all shares of capital stock shall, when is sued ill exchange thereafter. thereupon and thereby become and be full paid and non-assessable forever, and the judgment of the board of directors as to the value of any property, right or thing acquired in exchange for capital stock shall be conclusive.
 VI.
 The Corporation shall commence at the date of the signing of these Arti- 1les of Incorporation, and shall endure for the period of twenty-five years thereafter, but it's charter rights may be renewed from time to time before he charter expires, not exceeding twenty-five years at time, perpet- lally.
 VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness pr liabili to which this said Corpor- ition shall at any time subject itself shall not exceed the sum of one hun fred and fifty ($l50,000.) thousand dol lars.
 VIII
 The affairs of the said corporation shall be controlled by Board of Di- rectors, of not less than three and not more than nine directors. and the name of the first directors of said cor poration who shall hold office until others shall be selected according to the bylaws. hereafter to be adopted: are W. G. Kelly, W. F. ueary and J. M Childers. The persons so elected as directors, and other officers as may be
The Washington herald., 1911-07-29
LANDMARK SAVED
By. mr.. SHOEMAKER
Presents Historic Hut in the
Park to the District.

Another landmark Of the District has
been saved from obliteration In the
march of progress by the action Of
Louis p. Shoemaker. who has dedicated
the stone hut which stands near Pierce
Mil in Rock Greek Park. and has served
for generations as spring house. to the
District government
The hut, built Of stone which abounds
in that region, bears the date 1901, and
Is one of the few survivals Of the old
civilization which obtained there as far
back as the Revolution. The hut was
built by Isaac Pierce over the iimpid
spring at which automobilists now stop
to quench their thirst and lay the dust
In their throats. The surrounding terri
tory was settled in 1874, the land having
breen conveyed by patent from the
Crown to the Pierce family. The Pierces
and Shoemakers, closely related, have
held the land from that day to this.
A strip of land also has been dedi-
Gated by Mr.. Shoemaker for the exten-
sion Of Tilden street through the park.
This will afford a new entrance to the
park from Connecticut avenue. The
street will divide at the hut, leaving 1t
standing In q circle.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-29
STOCK PROMOTERS
FIND MANY DUPES
Nearly a Million Obtained
Throughout Country.

New York, July 8:-Post-ofice Inspect
ors Booth and Kincaid bagged four of
group of several badly wanted stock
promoters to-day on charges of using the
mails to defraud. The corralling Of
these four, they said. would effectuaIly
stop the flow into a neatly contrived
reservoir of stream of fools gold which
has already nearly topped the million
mark, with more Of the duped to be
heard from.
Those arrested and arraigned before
Commissioner Shields were: E. s. Robin
son, who has passed latterly under the
name of C. R. Raymond and who is q
brother of the famous Herbert F. pea
nuts) Robinson, now picking hemp for
past financial manipulation, in saltwater
Penitentiary. Mich; F. c. Garfield, Sec
retary and treasurer of the Stockholders
conservation committee of the American
Tanning Company, now defunct; G.
Herbert Smith, the general manager Of
this tanning company's plant in Newark.
N. J., and Adam Hoch. a chemist who
has his laboratory in this city. Another
member of this coterie Of specialists
who handled the stocks Of the American
Tanning Company and many coal mines
from offices formerly conducted in Fifth
avenue is in Europe, and probably won't
come back this way for time.
Hoch, the inventing chemist who pos
sessed the valuable secret for the rapid
tanning of leather, which is now the
sole asset of the American Tanning
Company, was held in 1900 bail; Robin
son in $500, and the other two were
held for the Federal grand jury in $500
apiece.
Out of the great stack Of letters, ad-
vertising literature, and correspondence
of a confidential business nature which
the. post-office inspectors have in their
rooms can be drawn the Interesting tale
of how a firm of financial agents" con-
| jured the ghost of a dead man to write
honeyed advice to the guillible and how
tannery in New Jersey tanned i'm
aginary leather for purely advertising
purposes.
To-days arrests and the court proceed
ings which will follow will have to deal
with the perplexities that many thou
sands of people all over the country-most
of them of moderate means-have SUI
fered in regard to the absence of divi-
dends for money invested in leather
tanning, coal mines. and other COM
mercial ventures which were exploited
by the Henry N. Roach Company, Of SI3
Fifth avenue.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-29
Special Sunday Rates 70
MANN IS AROUSED.
of Chicago District At
tOrney Cause.


Representative James R: Mann, of Illi-
nois, the Republican leader of the House.
and close personal friend of ex-Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon, has fallen out with
President Taft. The trouble is over Fed
eral patronage.
Representative Mann blew up" yester-
day when he was informed that the
President had nominated James H. Will
kerson to be United States attorney for
the Northern district Of Illinois. Mann's
candidate was Edwin H. Sims, the in
cumbent.
Mann insisted last night that he had
received assurances from the President
that Sims would be renominated. Osten-
sibly Mr.. Wilkerson was named on the
recommendation of Senator Cullom, Of
Illinois. In reality he was appointed at
the instance OF Attorney General Wick
ersham, Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, who
was formerly connected with the trust
busting" branch of the Department Of
Justice, and others familiar with condi-
tions In the Office Of the United States
attorney at Chicago.
The government has a number of anti
trust proceedings pending in that juris-
diction, notably the case against the
packers, and the officials were anxious to
make a change in the office Of the prose-
cutor there.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-29
CHANGES AT ANNAPOLIS.
Commander Coontx and Capt. BART
lett VIII BE Detached.

Commander Coonts and Capt. Hart.
lett VIII BE Detached.
Special to The Washington Herald
Annapolis, Nd, July 2s.-Two impor
tant changes in the personnel Of the
Naval Academy staff Of officers will be-
come effective when the institution enters
upon the next academic term on Octo
Der 1. according to announcement made
to-day.
Commander Obert E. Coontz, command.
ant OF midshipmen and head Of the de-
partment of discipline. at present com.
manding the middies' summer cruising
squadron. is to be detached and ordered
to sea. He win be succeeded by Com
mander George w. Logan, now COM
manding the Mayfiower.
Capt. Frank w. Bartlett, for nearly
three years head Of the department OF
marine engineering and naval construc-
ton, has been ordered to the navy yard
at Portsmouth, N. H. as chief engineer
offlcer and Commander John F. Hines,
the present senior assistant, will become
head Of that department
There will also be a number Of changes
among the younger officers who are as
signed as instructors IN thu several de-
partments.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-29
ARMY ORDERS.

First Lieut.. EDWARD E FARSsWoRTH. Cosst
ARTILLERY Corrs IL relieved nom assignment 70
the 1lsth Company and placed on the unas
signed list.
Leave Of absence foe fourteen days s granted Capt
PERCY p BISHOP. Coast ARTILLERY Corrs.
F1rst Lieut. EDWARD w. wILDRICK, Coast
ARTILLERY Corrs, b Ealievsd from attachment to
the Fifty-fourth Company and placed on the
unassigned list. =,
granted Capt. ANDREW J. DoUGHEkIf.
Thirtieth Infantry.
The following named ofhcers win proceed At tne
rroprr time nom Fort Myer. Va, to Charlottes-
me va. for the purpose Of taxing part In
the horse show as that place on August and ~:
Cspt. GUY v. HENRY. cavalry. unasigneu;
Frst Leut EPHRAIM y. GRAHAM, Isntn
r.. Fifteenth caulry.
Lave q Absence for one month and hftesn asys ~
aanted F1nt Lieut. JOHN ,. kiN6AAN'
corrs q DnUne>rA
The Washington herald., 1911-07-29
ANACOSTlA.

At a meeting OF the committee Of the
Anacostia Citizens Association having
in charge the public flag raising to be
held in September. last evening at
the residence of the chairman. 2217
Nichols avenue, encouraging reports were
submitted showing that good progress is
being made toward securing the neces-
sary funds to carry out this work.
AS far as Emmanuel Chapter, No. 191,
Brotherhood of st. Andrew, of Anacostia,
is concerned, the petition. which had its
origin with that body, requesting the
druggists to close their places of busi-
ness on Sunday, is not losing ground, as
stated In one Of the papers yesterday,
and the matter will be brought up for
further consideration at a meeting to be
held August 1. The only change in the
petition is that all places will be asked
to close instead of the druggists only,
as originally outlined. ..#