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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22
COUNTY CONVENTION.

There is a call issued for a
Democratic Mass Convention at
Jasper on Wednesday, Dec. q.
at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. for the pur-
pose of selecting IL delegates to
attend convention at New Al
bany, December 20. to elect Mark
Storen a district chairman. Ii
you are a member of the Ma
chine" you will be a welcome
visitor, of course the delegates"
have already been appointed !. q
members of the Machine" a.
invited to come to Jasper get a
beer" and ratify the chairman's
appointments. One cog fits an
other.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22
Florida, Cuba
and
w estern North Carolina

Are near by. and comfortably
reached when you consider that the
Southern Railway operate daily
through sleeping cars from Il. Louis
and Louisville TO Knoxville, Ashc-
vile, Chattanooga, Atlanta. Macon
and Jacksonville.
Tourists tickets and Il meseekers
tickets are now on sale by al agents
Of the Southern Railway
Call on any agent FIR rates and
.;her information, o. write for copy
Of Winter Home. in the $ nth, y
Land Of the Sky" booklet, to
J. G. Beam, Jr., 4. q. p. A.
st Louis. No.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22
Y, 305 Taught School In
Indiana Last Year.
approximately Twice as Many
Women Employed as Men,
22l NEGROES Included.

According to figures compiled
by assistants in the Office of Chas,
A. Greatbouse, state superinten-
dent Of public instruction, there
were IL. 305 teachers in the pub
lie schools of Indiana during the
school year 1901. The number
of teachers in commissioned high
schools was /, 93l. The approx
mate number of teachers in the
common schools was 14,s69, and
In the non-commissioned high
schools was sos
The compilations show that in
the township schools Of the state
10, 208 teachers were employed
In the city schools 5,472 were re-
ported and l.625 taught in the
town schools,
In Dubois County there was
l52 teachers employ ed. Pike Co.
had LAT; Perry 141; Warrick l76;
Crawford LOG: Martin Ill; Orange
1874: Daviess 1S1. OF the Z bord-
ering counties 2 had more than
Dubois and s less.
The total number OF white men
who taught during the year was
s. 793. and the total number was
IL, 291. The colored men who
taught numbered seventy-seven,
and the colored women numbered
Ia
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22

! Felix Haller and wife are here
visiting the formers parents,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22
HAPPY RESULTS
Nave nsts Many Jasper Residents tnthusIas

W..
No wonder scores of Jasper
citizens grow enthusiastic. II =
enough TO make anyone happy TO
find relief after years of suffer-
ing. Public statements like the
following are but truthful repre-
sensations of the daily work done
in Jasper by Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mrs. Philip Schwenk. Mill ST.,
Jasper, Ind. says: II can vouc5
for the merits Of Doan's Kidney
Pills both from personal exper-
fence and from observation Of
their good work in other cases. /
procured Doan's Kidney Pills at
Flick & Pfau's Drug Store and
took them when suffering from
backache and pain and stiffness
in my neck. Relief soon follow
ed their use and ! am now in
much better health" Statement
given in April 1907
ALWAYS EFFECTIVE.
On March &c, 1910, when Mrs.
Schwenk was interviewed. she
said; Nothing has occurred
during the past three years 10 a
ter my opinion of Doan's Kidney
Pills. / still take this remedy off
and on and it never fails to help
me"
For sale BY all dealers. Price
80 cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buff
falo. New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's--
and take no other
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22
fred G. 0rirer.
Veterinary Surgeon

Office on 7th St. next door to
Kunkel & Eettich's livery barn
Home phone in day 45-2, night
119. Cumberland TIP.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22

We know Of snumber of fami-
lies who are regular readers OF
the Courier but are not subscrib.
ers. they borrow the paper from
their neighbors. Weare glad to
know that the Courier is thus
appreciated. but why not SUI
scribe?. The cost is small and we
would appreciate having these
names on our mailing list
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License Renewal Nnlice

AfDTiCE j. by given a. tnr citizen. "A
~ rter-ville. Boone township Dubn5,
county. Indiana. that the undtrs ilrmed !
to the counfy commissioners 20 nubn 7.
county al their next regular session IN Jsn
lyi1. Tor Ieenet' - retail fptnxiratli. !.
liquors. beer AID v l1l'. and , ttlr an sartss.
- De- drank 90 thr rr misses. under the pr,,-
Wis vus "a tine lass 81 Indiana xuverninx
tch license
The era aescrir4 on ~ y herr sai1 fiquo-
= tu be solids IN a front room on IN. arsSnr,d
noor ola one story frame building. feN1s
located on the Vast bali Of iot Gin tile town
% Porter-yiiie, Ind.
Dec :. N. swk.-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22

Wm- A. Wilson
General Insurance,
and Loans. Farm
Loans at 5 per cent.
Jasper. Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22
Southern Railway

Inauguration Of new Ell sctricsIly
lighted Pullman drawing room sleeping
car line between 81. Louis, Mo. and
Jac ksonville, Fla
Effective Monday Dec. 4th, Southern
Railway will establish new Pullman
sleeping car line between st. Louis and
Jacksonville, Fla. on following schedule
OIL, or
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22
|. |. K0erner.
Field Examiner.

State Board OF Accounts is the
way it will read after Jan. /. 1912
Mr.. Koerner received his ap.
pointment Dec. Is. just in time
to make tia nice Xmas gift. Mr.
Koerner took the examination
last October. We extend con-
gratulations and best wishes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22

WHnIflI men representing or reli-
able goods. Any man OF
good appearance who is not afraid Of
work can make this a satisfactory end
permanent business. Write at once for
terms. Outfit free. Territory unlimit-
ed. Big money can be made. APPLY
quick. ALLEN NURsERr Co.. Rochester,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-12-22

We desire to call your attention
to the handsome appearance of
the Courier this week. Then
compare it with bile cox's rag.
il is the limit.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12

public is more keen for summer amuse-
ments than ever before Anticipating
the conditions. the management Of Riv-
erview, considered the largest outdoor
amusement enterprise in the world, has
built UP to the cravings OF the crowds
Riverview is the only park in the world
that had the courage to put half mil
lion dollars in two spectacles such as the
Monitor and Merrinac" and Creation"
each of which leave impressions of glory
and splendor with the visitor never to be
forgotten The Monitor and Merrimac"
is most realistic production Of the ia
nous battle in Hampton Roads which
revolutionized naval warfare "Crea-
ton" with beautiful electrical and scenic
effects and living tableaux, illustrates the
birth of the universe Each of these
spectacIes is described by interesting and
impressive lectures. Another peculiar
feature about the amusement park idea
this summer is the demand for exciting
rides Of the thriller type Riverview
has more of these than any other park in
the world, and they are crowded with
riders all the time Aside from all these
expensive shows and rides, Riverview
has one asset that other parks in Chicago
would pay thousands If dollars for
great acres and acres of -hady trees and
green grass o Riverview also employs
none but the best bands, which give con-
certs every afternoon and evening o
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12

Smoking is an indulgence against
which good deal may be said, and
for and against which good deal
is said. but no matter how much nr,
Wiley's NEST ardent admirer may
dislike the habit upon aesthetic
grounds. or distrnst tobacco as q
safe companion and consider he can
hardly regard his argument against
smoking in public with seriousness
Few smokers are borish enough to
intiict smoke upon persons who are
annoyed by il, and certainly nobody
who smokes infiicts vile breath
upon the public. a confirmed con
sumner of onions may be offensive 70
others in a crowded car or theater.
onions shall be eaten raw only by
persons who expect to be alone or
in the open for some hours after
the Indulgence, but it could hardly
De urged that because some persons
violate the rule the onions should
De no longer cultivated, and the
smokers breath hasn't the range of
The onion eaters. or half the range.
Everyone knows that it Ii the habit
Of fond parents to kiss their sons
good night to ascertain whether
hey have been smoking cigarettes or
bringing intoxicants, The smoke
sr's breath can hardly be condemn
ed as a public nuicance In these
days of appreciation Of ventilation
neither public nor private convey
ances should be so ill-yentilated
that the most confirmed smoker
could annoy his nearest neighbor
between cigars or pipes
II DR. Wiley goes to such fantas-
tic extremes as to advocate the abo-
lition of smoking upon such grounds
ne win lose friends without gaining
points. The old-fashioned argu
ment that Indulgence leads to over
indulgence, and over indulgence
causes ill-health is better than the
lew-fangled one that the public has
right to insist that smoking cars
De abolished and that everyone who
oreathes in public must exhale the
fragrance of the rose or the violet
Courier journal
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12

Twenty.four years ago John Meik'e
was tried. convicted and sentenced for
sheep stealing In New Zealand After
serving seven years he was free man
and started out to show that be WAS
Innocent and wrongly convicted. Tile
irst thing he had sent up for four
years for perjury the chief witness
against him Three years ago he
finally. through his persistence. Ind
passed ian act to reverse the couvic
ton of John Meikie on charge "
sheep stealing" and 1t was put upon
the statute hook Of New Zealand
Then the New Zealand parliament
was urged 10 award Meikle S25,000
but they made II $1,000. Thus a uar
entirely innocent and wrongly convict.
I'd has been forced TO spend the best
years of his life in prison and in work
to restore his good name. which for
wears was lost because of neighhof
hearing false witness.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12

, delay in considering this, but, like
some story tellers, commence in the
! middle, or plunge In anywhere. and
/ work both ways
What has become OF the crusade
against mosquitoes and hies2 Has
Ehe health officer or the Board Of
Health relaxed effort in this? There
are more than two months of sum-
mcr TO come yet, more than three
months If you count until frost
comes, and generations of the pests
named follow each other in rapid
succession Crude oil Is cheap and
every damp place and cess pool
should be treated with 1t judlcious-
~, not wastefully The "swatter"
Is the best invention for getting rid
of flies indoors There is more sport
for the entire family in handling it
than hoy can find in hunting
squirrel The flies do not scare at
approach Of the swatter, apparently
do not see it, Wherever the place
| of execution. nothing Is soiled not
even the whitest linen that the fly
may be found on The "swatter"
used properly few minutes each
day will keep house that is well
screened free from flies. Get swat
ters, everybody.
There is much talk Of people kill
ed and injured hy automobiles. but
let your mind run back and remem
Der the number Of people killed and
injured by horse vehicles What
do you think comparison OF these
accidents in Cairo and vicinity
would show? II would appear that
since automobiles came into use
here three or four times as many
fatal or serious accidents happened
TO horse vehicles than to automo-
hiles Railroad crossing or street
car accidents happening TO horse
vehicles are usually due to the neg
lect or recklessness of the drivers Of
those vehicles. Horses are some
times frightened by automobiles. By
this cause serious accidents some
times occur to horse vehicles, but
the people suffering by such acct
dents would not meet with them
II they Travelled In automobiles
which fact proves the latter safest
in this day of motor vehicles
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
OnIN Partial CannihaIs.

Regarding the alleged cappihalism ot
the natives of New Guinea the follow.
ing IL g comment made by Or Lorenz
an explorer: Until more convincing
proofs are forthcoming cannot he
ieve that the Pspuans, whom we vts-
tied are real caunibals that Is to say,
that they feed 90 human f1esh-the con
dltions IN which they i've being too
favorable. That there exist ceremo.
MES at which the heart and the brains
are consumed in order TO secure the
courage and the intellect OF the slain
enemy can readily believe. but do
not consider that caunibalism."
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
woMAN's WORK.

The pet theory Of many mer
that woman's mission is In the
home and she should coniine her eff
fUrts to that sphere, because In a
wider field Of action her Judgment
and capacity are too limited for ac-
complishment has been proven fal-
acy many times in every civilized
community, Many cities have their
striking monuments 10 woman's
noble purpose and planning, and to
womaus effective work Cairo has
hers. conspicuous among them here
as everywhere, are the beautiful
churches, erected largely through
the expressed desires and the per-
sistent, well-directed efforts of wo-
men. Cairo owes her fine public
library to her women, one of thf
largest and finest in this section of
the country which is steadily filling
a larger place In the community's
struggle for intellectual and moral
uplift.
And now another establishment
has been added which will give this
community a stronger foothold
among those which claim to be max
ing steady progress toward the mil
ennium--an expression of love and
sympathy for the little waits who
are left on the community without
proper care-the Children's Home
which Is to opened In a few days,
This new building was paid for
largely by generous subscriptions
from many of the people of Cairo,
all of whom have a share of credit
for its existence; but 1t would not
have been perhaps for years
to come, II ever--had it not been
for the initiative and persistent,
earnest. self-sacri1cing work Of
some Of the ladies Of the Board Of
Managers
The Cairo Childrens Home shell
ters scores of little ones every year.
many of whom probably would die
in misery or grow up to be undesir-
able citizens, but who. through the
care and training received In this
s.i.
establishment, or through being
provided with good homes In respec-
table families, grow mp to be good
mon and women. Its mission prob
ably will be broadened, If means at
hand will permit. to provide tempo
rary shelter also for young women
who are strangers in the city and
need aid for the time being.
The people OF Cairo have cause to
be proud Of this new establishment
and to feel grateful, especially To
the good women who were chiefly
instrumental in its erection. and
who are devoting 50 much though
and time and work to its prope,
management
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
wcos., Shoes Bar t,,okworms

According TO W, f. Arnold NJ. D,
late surgeon In the Un.ted States navy.
writing in the Medical Record. the
hookworm larvae. because Of the ac
tivity Of their movements. can pene
trate into any crevice of shoe that
will admit water and he hplieves II is
probable that ths larvae may he able
to penetrate creeiees between sole and
upper which will not admit water
Ordinary shoes With machine sewed
welts will not keep npp' immune from
the hook worm The wooden sole ~
necessary h. says
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
Il WILEY UPON SMOKING

"A mere useful public servant than
III Wiley IL hard to find, but if he
Is correctly quoted he has under
taken a task as hard as the poet
@by firm resolve to conquer love-
The Washington correspondent OF
the Courier-Journal says that Dr.
Wiley asserts that nobody has a
right to smoke in public "and i'm
hlct q vile breath and unwholesont
smoke upon the community al
large. and predicts that within /
few yAars smoking IN public viii
she At an end.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
RIDE EIGHTY MILES A DAY.
1scsuss It's Cheaper to Live In Baiti
mors Than In Waahiruton.

1scsuss It's Cheaper to Live In Ba'ti-
more Than In Washington.
'@The commuters who work In Uncle
Sans great departments In Washing
ton. but whose homes are In Baltimore.
are thrifty lot. AS | have found out
through making frequent trips on the
cars of the electric line. which many
of them patronize." said Mr.. George
w. Rae, veteran employee of con.
gress.
"The reason these men land quite
number of women. tool maze this daily
round trip of eighty miles Hes In their
desire to reduce the expense OF living
OF course majority own their homes
In Baltimore. but even those who pay
house rent can incur the cost OF trans
portation and still save money by hae.
ing their domiclles in Baltimore. TO
start with. y good house can he rented
here for M least one-third less than In
Washington. The cost Of food. as ev'
cry one knows who has had chance
to compare. Is greatly less In THIS CITY
at least % per cent less--while tue
markets are bigger and better. so that
the housekeeper can choose her ma
terials for the table from a far greater
variety.
"As ONT OF the commuters told me-
II he lived in Washington his salary
would be inadequate for bis support
but By living In Baltimore he Is able
| to save something out OF bis wages. -
! Baltimore American,
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12

Hes sitting
carried thought and
a al n and fun And fine
GUN o without warning, plugged
T0TER bysander, who turned his he S
wailn, and no one has pity for
boneyard
to biz
lie the
the fool with and bury him
chains! No unatics the building forgot
o with
-s ss;:s - LoaAm ..c~.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
WORTH KNOWING


Men were never seasick till they
went to sea, nor airsick till they be-
gan the practice of aviation, so that
the conquest of the air has brought
with 1t new kind of illness Incl
dentally, IL may be observed that
this sudden seizure midair may ac-
count for some Of the wrecks which
hitherto have appeared inexplicable.
The rapid ascent of 3,0o0 feet. alter.
ing the atmospheric pressure, af-
fects the respiration and the pulse,
costing both the lungs and the
heart greatly increased labor Head
ache and nausea are the result Just
as mountain climbers are made iii
by changing their altitude, SO IL Ii
with aviators. but in a greater de,
gree, because the change In the lat.
ter case is made more quickly. All
aviator asceHds much more rapidly
than mountain climber But the
birdmans descent is worse yet HI
Ia accustomed 10 come down in ter
minutes from an altitude attained
by him an hour or ever
longer What Is still more strange
aviators report a sudden seizure o
drowsiness, like that of men abou
to freeze to death. The eyes clos,
in spite of all that they can do Il
keep them open, than which nothinl
under such conditions could be NOR
/ dangerous
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
lLLINOISCENTRAL
July /, 1919
THE FAST MAIL ROUTE.
Trains Leave Cairo.

t:to a. m. Daily Chicago vestihuls
limited, arriving Chicago 10:4O a. m,
3.l6 a. m. Daily st. Louis Night
limited, arriving st. Louis 720 q. M
sleeping cars open Mt $3.50 ., m.
$50 a. III. St Louis Special.
500 a.. NJ Chicago Daily Express
Ills a. NJ: st. Louis Fast Mail.
il:15 a. IN. Chicago Midday Special
$40 p. m. Afternoon Express for
1t. Louis, Odin, Effingham, NATION
md Champaign
AIS D. m. Thebes Accommodation
AIS p. m. Fulton and Nayfield ao
,ommodation,
6:15 p. IN. Chicago and Casters
express.
1910 =. m Chirsgo Night Express
arriving at Chicago 7:16 a. IN.
2:303 a.lu Memphis and Nashville.
$40 a. m. Coach section for Mem.
phls and New Orleans.
$40 a. IN. Seminole Limited FOE
birmingham and Jacksonville, Fla.
800 a. IN. Paduoah and Louisville
t:aI p. III. Daily Memphis and New
Orleans.
t56 o. m. Daily Nashville. Chatts-
1ooga aud Atlanta.
$50 %. IN. paducah and Louisville
sleeper, Paducab to Louisville. oper
at $3.50 y. III. !.
5:55 p. M Memphis and New Or
leans Special.
For through tickets, sleeping ca.
accommodations and further informs.
ton apply at Illinois Central passsn.
ger Station. Cairo, Ill.
J. n. JONES. Ticket Asa g.Efs;
NC. PHELPS.
General Pass. Agt. Northern ans
Western lines.
GEO. H. BOWER, Nj
General Pass. Aut. Sou. lines.
8. G. HATCH, Passenger Traffic Mans
auer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
SUMNER JOYS
IN CHICAGO
Great Throngs Flock to
Riverview Exposition
Every Day.

The popularity Of summer amusement
Park enterprises IN large cities, and the
growth Of this form Of outdoor diver
sion, IS perhaps more sirilingly erlpha-
sized by the success Of Cllcago's RIVER
view Exposition this season than IN any
other way q This big park has already
had two Sundays and one holiday (pec-
Grafton Day. on which the crowds for
each dav numbered 100000. which means
that nearly one tenth the population OF
Chicago was out for amusement on these
davs For some unexplained reason the
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
Dodglng His Obligations.

Il expect to spend the summer
with relatives in the country. That
outing won't cost me much"
They'll get back at you next
winter"
mo, they won't Then I'm going
to Europe"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
Great GanhInr..

In Europe 0nd the new world the
most inveterate gamblers are the Span
iards and their descendants. Among
African tribes the Haussas run the
Chinese very close, and there are some
Kanaka tribes In the south seas who
push the hazard Of gambling beyond
the grave and stake their very bones
on last throw Of the cowrie shells
which they Use as dice
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY,
Paper Is Made From, Wood and Now
Comes Wood From Paper.
'rharn is an old IN n. u ih.. .affa.n

THAT
Nature works IN ct lies,
Every one agrees
Trees grow out OF abors,
Doors are made from trees.
Some one with gift for rhymlus
may add another verse about paper be
Ing made from wood and wood nov
being made out of old paper. An Ohio
inventor. Oliver Barber. has pei
tected machine which does this. liz
takes old newspapers and straw ano
puts them through his machine ana
they emerge In the shape of artificial
boards Of any desired length or thick
ness suitable for building material. fo,
railroad ties or for furniture
For many years the ever increasing
demand for white paper for newspaper
printing has been making serious in
roads on the available forests of this
country and Canada. and the problem
Of where to find timber TO meet the de
mand has been growing more and
more menacing. This also applies 10
wood needed for building construction.
furniture and railroad ties.
Turn about is fair play. so today old
newspapers are being converted back
again into wood which Is claimed to be
even more suitable for many purposes
than natural timber, Specimens Of
the new artificial wood that have al
ready been made out of old newspa-
pers and straw vary in thickness FROM
IN eighth Of an inch upward and
range from narrow molding to boards
four feet wide and twelve feet long
The inventor claims that It can be
lmpregnated with certain chemicals tc
render it tireproof can he made water
proof. can be permeated with any do
sired color during manufacture nr car
be given highly polished surface fin
ish He further asserts that II Is sus
cephble 10 all kinds NJ tool treatment
IL free from knots and shakes. witt
their consequent waste. and IT ran als'
be used In enclosing. st. Louis Post
| DISPATCH.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12
Plenty of Them

Some say there is sucker born
every minute"
Il don't know anything about
that" responded the eminent trust
magnate II cater to ultimate con-
sumers. and the birth rate is very
satisfactory as to them"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-07-12

The above Is a correct statement
OF the circulation Of The Cairo Bui
letin for the Month of May. 1911, and
for the year 1910,
CLYDE SULLIVAN.
business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Srd day Of June. 1911.
LEO. ]. KLEE.
Notary Public