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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-03-29

Samuel NJ. Ralston, OF Lebanon, In
diana, was born in Ohio, December 1,
1857. He came TO Indiana with his
parents in 1866, and was reared on a
farm in Owen county. As a boy he
did all sorts of manual labor. With
the assistance of n fellow workman
he sunk with his own hands the first
coal shaft put down at Fontanet. AZ
forwards he taught school and read
law, taking up the practice Of his. pro
fession in 1856.
He is public spirited and generous.
He is a man Of strong convictions
and steadfast to his devotion 10 the
higher ideals Of life. lie has never
held Office, except he was Presiden-
tial Elector in 1928 and a member
OF the school board of Lebanon from
August ], 1903, to July 81, 1911.
He holds that a citizens ability to
render public service does not depend
upon his having an Office. In a recent
address he said. lie Is truly great
who. without the aid OF office, serves
his countrymen to a great purpose. In
truth, he who is not big enough thus
TO serve the people without office can
not be made big enough thus to serve
them with Office"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-03-29
Excerpts About Mr.. Ralston.

Judge John c. Robinson, of Spen-
Ger, says: 1T Is a significant fact that
Mr. Ralston has never held an official
position which might in any way con-
tribute to enlarge his fame or add to
his influence. Whatever distinction
he has, has been won by his own per
sonal worth and efforts. He has sim
ply been a large man, zealously and
unselhshly working in large and wise
way for a cause in which he was pro
foundly interested lie IS
too big n man TO be any mans man
Az we'll talk about Hendricks. McDon.
aid. Voorhees, or Turpie being tho tool
OF the scheming politicians or self
seeking clIquos OF their day. as to
think OF Mr. Ralston In that connec-
ton"
Judge Thomas J. Torhune. OF Leb-
anon, says: III elected be would be
the governor for the whole people and
could be approg he'd 10y any man with
an honest purpose"
Judge B. s. Higgins. OF Lebanon:
while his impulses are warm and the
dictates OF his heart are generous. still
he has that equIpoise OF tomperment
that forbids his yielding either to the
wild rawlings OF the vicious or the un.
just demands OF the mighty"
Judge Joseph A. Combs OF the
Clinton Circuit Court. at Frankfort:
Ellis past record has always been
good. His life Is an open book and
will speak for itself. No man stands
higher I'm this state than he. lie is
enc OF our progressive citizens. I
believe no has tho rights aud inter.
ssts Of the people at heart. He 10
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-03-29
10 Wholly unfounded.

This criticism 10 really less q eriti-
cssm Of my proposal than a criticism
Of al popular government II ia
wholly unfounded. unless II 10 found
ID 90 the belief that the people arc
fnA4ansatally nntsustxe.thx. TAis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Tabloid Information

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 Great Britain yearly spends s15o.o1o, coo on tobacco.
 Over fifty tons of tickets are issued each year by one of England's railroads.
 The Quakers throughout the world number 124,00o.
 use 23,000 locomotives The fish paratlapia multicolor matches her eggs in pockets in he~ mouth. Out of a total number of 54.OO0 passen- ger cars in this country 30o0 are of steel The area of the United Kingdom is 900 square miles. The earliest mention of coal is said to have been made by Theophratus Approximately 175,m0OO0 persons trav- eled in the London tubes last year. Canary birds are now part of the equip meht of very well-regulated mines. If tho atmosphere is questionable the birds are carried into it. and they show signs of it's effects at once. According to the last census there are 1F,000 foreigners in Egypt. The opening and closing of some of tho gates of the Panams canal is done by massie arm weighing five tons. That high-power Hertzian waves emit ted by modern wireless telegraph stations are capable. of setting up high electro motive forces in metal structures in the
 immediate vicinity of the stations was recently shown in Paris. some workmen on section of telegraph line experienced severe shocks when they touched tho wires Investigation showed that the source was the great Eiffel Tower wire- less station.
 The dairy industry of Denmark s quite extensive. and the greater part of the butter Is sent to England.
 The new government building being erected at Delhi, the new capital of In- dia, will cost s20,0o0,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
New York Cotton Futures
Port Cotton Movement

Galveston: Steady; middling lie; net receipts, 2,S56 gross receipts, 9, ,s56; sales, 200; stock, S6i,4s2 France, 7023.
 New Orleans: Quiet: mddling, 10%c; net receipts, l0,s32: gross receipts, 10 SS6 {; sales, 1150; stock, 9S,9s2; Great Britain, $500; continent, l0,154; coastwlse, 50
 Mobile: Unchanged; net receipts, 1921 gross receipts, 1921; stock. 3i035.
 Savannah: Quiet; middlng, 10ssc net receipts. 16,SS0; gross receipts, 16.S4l; sales, 2255; stock, 1l0,S97; coastwise, 1903. n
 Charleston: Quiet; middling. l0Ssc; net receipts, 2947; gross receipts, 29i7; stock. 49 1902.
 Wilmington: Quiet: mlddling. 1ohc: net receipts, 355Oi gross receipts, 3550; sales 2l,S41.
 Norfolk: Steady: mddling, 1Os4c; net receipts, 5S0; gross receipts, 5630; sales 17io; stock, 3S,76i continent, 1900; coast. wise, 4397.
 Baltimore: Nominal; middling, 1o7sc stock 4960.
 New York: Quiet; middllng, 10. Doc gross receipts, 76S stock, 12S, 406; cont nent, 4402; coastwise, 46S
 Boston: Quiet; middling. 10 9oc; net re cetpts, AT; gross receipts, 7Sl3; stock, 9l06 Philadelphia. Steady; middling, 11.15c gross receipts, 1902; stock. 775g. Texas City: Net receipts TIPS: gros. receipts, TIPS; stock, 62,s3.s Great Britain 10,S9S
 Brunswick: Stock, 13764
 Aransas Pass: Stock, $40.
 Jacksonville: Stock. 753.
 Total today at all ports: Net 749SS Great Britain, 19.39s; France, 7023; cont, nent, 19,456; stock 992,932
 Consolidated at all ports: Net, A.. 9SS; Great Britain. 19,39S; France. 7023 continent, 19, 456.
 Total since September 1 at all ports Net, 2,402,3S7; Great Britain, 722, ,337 France 233,54: continent, 540013 Japan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
WHEAT EASY 1-4C TO|
 .3-0C UNDER FRIDAY
Hedging Sales Northwest Have Depressing Effect.
 Receipts Double

Chicago. October 1a-Hedging sales from the northwest had a depressing effect today on wheat. The market closed easy AQssc under last night. Corn showed a net loss of lsQAc to 1sc. Oats finished unchanged to sixteenth down and provisions varying from 1714c de- cline to an advance of 71ac.
 Northwestern pressure on the selling side of wheat resulted from the fact that the weeks terminal receipts We're double those of year ago. There was apparently no hedging by Chicago houses Bullish sentiment here. however, had become dwarfed by the low bids for ex- port business and by weakness at Win nipeg, where foreign activity develops first.
 Russian official estimates of greatly enlarged winter crop counted also in favor of the bears About the only op- posing influence came from weekend evening up. few traders caring to stand out over Sunday with a large open in- terest Price changes in December ranged from 92c to 921sc. The close, 92lac, meant a loss of 1zassc, compared with twenty four hours before.
 Better weather and scant demand tend ed to cheapen corn. December fiuctuated between 5Ssc and 537sc, closing steady, but 1sGSAc off, at 53sse. Cash offerings were moderate. No. ? yellow was quoted at 65lSa66e
 Oats suffered neglect, but held rela- lively steady. December kept within 3214c and 32ssc. with the close a shade net lower at 32AM322sc.
 Covering by shorts made provisions for the most part firm. The only important exception was October pork, which re- ceded 17lac.
 Future quotations were as follows;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Orange Scent to Deaden Pain

From the New York Evening World.
 4 new anaesthetic. with which the pa- tient is lulled quietly to sleep by the odor of oranges instead of with the strug- gle that attends the use of ether, has been discovered and perfected by J. T. Gwathmey and Dr. w. c. Woolsey. It has been used in five operations at the Brooklyn Naval hospital and with such startling success that Director J. c. Byrnes predicts it's adoption for both the navy and army.
 The new anaesthetic Is based on the odor of the essence of oranges. which is ten times stronger than the odor of ether. The patient smells this vaporized es- sence, which is then gradually mixed with ether, the change from one to the other being imperceptible.
 As demonstrated in the five operations at the hospital. and confirmed by more than two hundred experiments performed by its discoverers. the new process has the advantages of being much safer than the use of ether alone taking only half the time to administer. being much less costly. doing away entirely with the patients struggles. and being followed by quick recovery and no sense Or nausea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
In Praise of Walking
rom the Boston Advertiser.

T roil the bo5lon AuyeTtlSer-
 The inspector general of the United States army has declared that the staff sergeants from the Philippines are too fat, and has recommended that they be made to take long walks daily, in order to reduce their weight. War Is full Of grim necessities. and even an army in time of peace cannot quite escape from the exactions of the military spirit, but 1t is too bad to make walking into q punishment In the brisk fall weather. walking Is delight. The pity Is that so many do not appreciate the joy of it Walking has always been one of the real resources of humanity, but at present the mental attitude of the general public is such as to discourage it. The feeling Is that he who goes afoot has somehow failed in life. Had he succeeded he would be whisked through space by an automobile. but as he is walking, he must be at b st a well-meanng failure. Such Is the attitude which has cut off one of the splendid common delights of man. This should not be. This must not be- The fall is the time when the obsessions of high life should be cast aside and the pleasure of putting one foot before the other should be again realized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
MARKET LOSES FRIDAYS ADVANCE Close in Cotton Barely Steady at s to 15 Points
 Decline

New York, Qetober 19.-The cotton market lost a little more than half of yesterdays advance during today's trading under liquidation for over the week end and renewal of pressure here inspired by better weather condi- tions in the south and expectations of heavy hedge selling next week. The close was barely steady and from to 15 points net lower. The market opened barely steady at an advance of points on october but generally 1 to points lower and sold to 10 points net lower right after the call under lower ca bles than expected, the failure of the weather atlas to show any signs of the predicted frost in the western belt, and a bearish opinion of the week end fight. There were overnight buying orders around the ring as well as some support from leading spot people and lowest during the middle of the morn ing.
 Aggresyve buying was lacking, how ever, and with the western belt fore cast for fair and warmer weather over Sunday the market soon turned easier under southern selling
 There was pressure here with con tinued realizing by recent purchasers who may have been influenced by pre- diotions that there would be heavy of ferings here Monday against today s wagon receipts in the western belt. Prices reached the lowest level of the day in the late trading when houses with continental connections were ac- tive sellers and the close was at prac- tieally the bottom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
TRADING IS AGAIN | LIMITED IN STOCKS
 Union Pacific Recorded Its Best Price of Week. Steel Wavers

| New York, October 1s.-In a smaller may today's stock market was little more Than a repetition of the days immediately preceding. Trading was again compara- lively limited and the movement continued Fo converge around the industrials and Fpecialties. Substantial gains were scored Fn the early dealings by such issues as tho Fertilizers, American locomotive and Peo- Ple's Gas. Almost the only representative lor standard stock to display more than moderate strength was Union Pacific, (which recorded its best price of the week. lAll copper stocks manifested a firm un- ldertoness while United States Steel was linclined to waver. Extreme dullness set lin before the irregular close on the expec- Itatioh of he bank statement. The mon- otony of the movement was broken by a sharp advance in Chino Copper issues. Market conditions abroad were no less dull than those here but money was in better demand for the outlook of next Monday. The bank statement showed actual cash gain of practically $500, COG This came close to general estimates, while loans increased SIP, ,4S5,0OO and the reserves fell away over s5,OOo,0oo. The average of the statement was in all es- sentials radically different from actual conditions showing not only a moderate increase in loans, but very large cast gain and substantial increase of re- serves.
 Bonds moved rather Irregular in the course of the week. The movement fol- lowed the trend of stocks Total sales par value, s1,025,000 United States bonds were on call unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Weekly Cotton Review

l New Orleans, October 19.-Cotton
 futures were quiet this week. Prices
 did not move far in either direction.
 The main influences about counterbal-
 anced and in addition traders on both
 sides of the market were held in check
 by the alarm of killing frosts. Fhe high
 prices of the week were made Friday. IThe low prices came Tuesday. With
 the highest the trading months were 13 to 2 points over last weeks close. 1 At the lowest prices were to 16 points down. The Grange of prices was 31 to | 32 points. The market closed with q
 net loss of points to net gain of II point. News of the war was the chief bearish feature of the week. While 1t caused great deal of com ment and many gloomy predictions. 1t
 did not result in anything approach ing a bear campaign. Bears lacked
 leadership and moreover were fully aware that large short interest had been constructed This work told against them Friday when outside in- terests made drive against the short side.
 The weather of the week was unfa- lvorable as altogether too much rain fell over large part of the cotton belt. Isrhis interfered with picking and caused damage to the grade of cotton left in the fields. although it was claimed In Texas that the rains and warm tenn perature were typical wonders for the top crop yield. Rains, however, were the last thing wanted over the belt as whole and these caused more or
 less buying at all spaces The ques- tion of frost is now one of the most important things before the cotton trade. Killing frost in the near future would work great damage to immature bolls while should 1t hold off for an- other fortnight 1t would add mater
 ially to the crop. The Knowledge of
 this situation more than aything else caused quiet this week. In the spot
 department prices lost hc, middling
 closing at 10% c against 107sc last week and 99-16c this week last year. Sales
 of spot were 1865 bales against 5005
 last week. and 2139 this time last year
 for the week. Sales to arrive. 10.200 bales. against 9250 last week. and 10,-
 925 this week last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
"Suspender Jack" Was a Scout

From the Springfield Republican.
 The latest figure in the national hall of fame is ."Suspender Jack" McGee. who nominated oscar S. Strain at the con- ventIon of the New York progressive and started the stampede. He seems to be a genuinely picturesque character and no mere stage production designed for polit- ical effect Tn ss79 and 1880 he served as a scout and guide with the Fifth United States cavalry in campaigns with the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians.
 But even before that his life was one of adventure. for his father was a sea captain and took Jack with him on many voyages. on one of which they were wrecked off Cape Horn. Reaching Rio Japeiro, Captain McGee was put in com mand of the boat which was laying the cable to Brazil, and subsequently, ob- tained from Dom Pedro a grant of land at Para It was there that ''Suspender Jack learned to ride. and began an ac- coHplishment which Is said to have made him eventually one of the best rough riders in America. While a cowboy in r1e west he met Buffalo Bill, and for some years was in the latter's Wild West show. after which he secured an ap- pointment as mounted policeman in New York. serving for eight years and being familiarly known as 'the cowboy cop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
A POET WROTE OF IRELAND One of William Watson's Verses Has
 a Current Interest

From the London Chronicle. Ireland has often figured in William Watsons verse. and one of his supreme achievements is the fine poem entitled England to Ireland," which was written in February, 1888. The lines are not without certain topical interest at the present moment: Hate and mistrust are the children of
 blindness
 Could we but see one another. 'twere
 well, Knowledge Is sympathy, charity, kind-
 ness,
 Ignorance only Is maker of hell. Could we but gaze for an hour, for min
 ute.
 Deep in each others unfaltering eyes, Love were begun-for that look would be-
 gin it.
 Born in the flash of mighty surprise. The poem-for some reason or other was not included in the collection edition of MT. Watsons works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Easy; middlng. 10 5-16c; net receipts, 19,744; gross receipts. 19,- 7fo; shipments, 23,150 sales, 11.400; stock, 105,44S.
 Augusta: Steady. middling, 10%c; net receipts, 2503i gross receipts. 2S42; shipments. 1249; sales, 14S7; stock, J6,061
 Memphis: Quiet; middling, lie; net receipts, 3l64; gross receipts, 4089; shipments, 35s4 sales 2250; stock, 54,S54.
 St. Louis: Quiet; middling, II %c; net receipts, 536; gross receipts, 1920; ship ments. 1S40; stock, 4106.
 Cincinnati: Net receipts, 551 gross receipts, 551; shipments. 952; sales, 400; stock, 16,815.
 Little Rock: Steady; middling, 10% c; net receipts, 1415; gross receipts, 14l5; shipments, 1888; stock, 29,101.
 Total today: Net receipts. 27,900; gross receipts, 30,457; shipments, 32,- 163; sales, 15,537; stock, 256,8S5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Weekly Naval Stores Review

Savannah, Ga, October 19--Some early hesitation was shown in the turpentine market this week and the price eased 1ac to 3Sc. The demand became more active afterward and the market advanced to 41c. The market closed at the outside, but the demand fell off at the advanced level, only small transactions resulting Sales, 294S casks for the week. Receipts for the week were 4o01 casks. against 3931 last year. Shipments were 9S04 casks, against 5000 foreign and 1904 domestic. during the week the stock Uecreased 5803 casks. Resin held steady to firm with a slightly hardening tendency in prices until the close. when there was de- cline of 10 cents for all grades except the bales. Closing prices for M and under ranged from 15 to 25c lower than week ago. Sales for the week il, ,257 barrels Receipts 1332z barrels, against 12,6o5 last year. Shipments 9756 barrels, 51s5 foreign and 4571 domestic. During the week the stock decreased 256s barrels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Easy; winter patents. $4.25@4.75, straights, s4a4.55; spring patents, N.25Q 5:30 straights, s4Q425; bakers, s3.6O@3.7O. Rye-No. ?, 6SQD6S11c
 Timothy Seed-$3M4. Clover Seed-$13Ql1S.
 Mess Porlx-$ BIT. .25@17.3A
 Lard--In tierces, s11.721kd11. .S21a
 Short Ribs-Loose, S10.50q11.25.
 Butter-Active; creameries, 24i9d29c dairies, 2212@27.
 Eggs-steady; receipts 2s5s cases a, mark, cases included. 19d20e; ordinary iirsts, 21c; frsts, 24c.
 Cheese-Steady; Daisies, 17hd171sc Twins. 16s44I7c; Young Americas. + 171Ac; Long Horns, 17A@171hc.
 Potatoes-Steady; receipts, 70 cars; Mich igan, 45c; Minnesota, 43e; Wisconsin, 4Sc Poultry-Alive steady turkeys, 15c chickens, 12c; springs, 1oc.
 Veal-Firm, 9M14c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
St. Louis Produce

St. Louis, October 19.-Flour firm; hay steady; timothy, $13.50@1S50; prarie, $14.oO@ 1900; whisky. s1.40; iron cotton ties, 94c; bagging unchanged; hemp twine, Sc; pork unchanged; job ping, $16.75; lard unchanged, prime steam, s11.22h @13.321z; dray salt meats unchanged, boxed extra shorts, l2 SC; clear ribs, 121sc; short rib clears, l2 ss sc; bacon unchanged, boxed extra shorts, 13hc; clear ribs, 131sc clear shorts, 13as c. Receipts: Flour 11000; wheat, 13,000; corn, 1S,000; oats, 6S, 900. Shipments; Flour. 13,00O; wheat, Il 1 900; corn, 12,000; oats, 60,OO0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington. October 19.-At the be- ginning of business today the condition of the United States treasury was working balance sS7s01, $50. In banks and Philippine treasury, s32, ,263,004. Total general fund. s146556,310 Re- ceipts yesterday, s2,301,0S7. Disburse- ments yesterday, $9S9,497. The deficit for fiscal year. s5,642, ,947. against $20,- B42.531 last year. These figures exclude Panama canal and public debt transae- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool. october 19.-Cotton. spot moderate business and demand; prices firm. American mddling fair. 6.5sd. good middling, 6.36d; middlng, 6.16d; low mid ding. 5.96d good ordinary. 6.44d; ordinary,
 496d. Sales. 9000. of which 800 were for speculation and export and included 5400 Auerican. Receipts. 4l,O0o, all American. Futures opened steady and closed quiet. October, 592d; october November. 5.9ld November December, DecemberJanuary. 5.S5kd; January February, 5.S7hd; Febru- ary-March, 5s9d; March-April 5.9ld; April May. 5.92d May-June. 5.9Sd; June July, 5.931sd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, October 19.-Cash Wheat unchanged. lsc down; No. 2 hard, S714c; No. 3, S6hc; No. 2 red, sl. 04d1 .061s; No. 3, .9sc@1 .05l1. Cash corn unchanged to 1c down. No. mixed, 61d621sc No. 3, 6O9 62c: No. white, 62@63c; No. 3, 61Q62c Cash oats unchanged to Ac higher; No. white, 34df341sc: No. ? mixed 32s49931kc Wheat futures: December. S69sc; May 91Ac. Corn futures: December. 4s5sc: May 49I4c; July, 49ssQ4s1zc. Oats futures: De- cember, 325sc; May, 34Ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Flour and Foodstuffs

Self raisir3 Hour. S6: Iennessee flour, s5 .50; Indiana flour. s5.70: Idaho flour, s 60: Michigan flour. s6.6; bolted meal per yv lbs. s1.95; no. corn, per bushel. a; pure wheat shorts. s34.W; pure wheat bran, s2s; C. s. huils, per ton. slO: primo C. s meal. per ton. s23; c. s. feed meal, per ton, $26, No. timothy nay. per ton. s22 miRd alfalfa and Johnson grass. per ton. $2iq22; corn chops, per lu lb. sack. l.9o; alfalfa hay. per ton. s25 Johnson grass. per ton. 3io017: mixed feed per ton. $ScQ3I oats. Soc bushel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, October 19.-Cash wheat, steady; track No. red s1 .1od1 111s: No. hard, 92Q94c. Cash corn, down; track No ?. 64c No. white, 65c. Cash oats. firm; track No. 2, 32d331kc; No. 2 white, 3412c. Wheat futures: December. 93hc: May, 91&c Corn futures December, 50M M51c; May, 507sc Oats futures: Decem- Der, 32ssc; May, 3f4c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20
Cotton Seed Oil

New York. october 19-Cotton seed oil was generally lower, under scattered liquidation. owing to cheaper crude, to- gether with pressure from the bear ele- ment. Spot closed 15 points down and futures unchanged to points down. Prime crude, 4.50n4.s0c prime crude sum mer yellow spot 6.1on6 BOG; october, e.15c; November, December, January and Feb ruary, 5.s6c; March, cole; April, 6.o5c; May, 6.o9c.