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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05

riage that shall wrong Lionel and my
self, too"
Before Bransome departed it was
understood that they were engaged.
And Lionel Travis ring reposed in
Bransomes pocket to be handed to
the agent IL they met. Bransome
would affect ignorance OF the contents
OF the little box. IL was a cruel mis-
sion. but there was no way OF getting
q letter to Travis. who might be in
any part Of the coast.
Bransome sailed the following day,
and. fifteen days later, arrived with
his regiment at the coast town. All
the interior was in a ferment The
regiment was sent up hastily to the
base. where ii halted while the pio-
neers cut roads through the forest.
And it was there that Bransome met
Travis.
He was to accompany the column
as political delegate TO the loyal tribes.
The two men, who knew each other,
greeted each other warmly, though
Bransome naturally showed something
Il.
mess and they smoked their cigars
together afterward. When Travis rose
to depart to his quarters Bransome
spoke of Mary Starr for the first time.
She asked me to give you this" he
said, handing him the little box con-
tanning the ring.
Thanks" said Travis ipdifferently,
and slipped il into his pocket.
The column started day or two
later. Travis accompanying it. Often
tia men exchanged words. Bransome
would look curiously at Travis, but he
could gather nothing from the agents
inscrutable countenance.
There was. however. little time for
thinking. On the sixth day the enc
my's stronghold was sighted The
messenger who went forward with
summons 20 surrender was met with
defiant shouts from the negroes Half
an hour later the seven-pounders
opened fire on the rebel stockade.
A fusillade from elephant guns fol-
lowed, but few CT the attacking party
were hit Presently the guns ceased:
a breach had been made in the strong
walls. built of hardwood logs and al
most as resistant as cement and NOR
tar.
The regiment spread out in line
Bransome ran before them. waving his
sword Advance he sb outed.
Then he saw Travis beside him in
his civilian clothes The agents
white solar helmet made q splendid
mark for an enemy Go back you
fool" Bransome shouted.
But Travis ran beside him, and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05
EARLY POTATOES IN GARDEN
Seed Brought to Light and Allowed TO
Sprout Make Short, Sturdy Plants
Set Carefully.

Potatoes brought out to the light
and allowed to sprout may be used
to produce early potatoes in the gar
den to go with the early peas. Po-
tatoes sprouted in this way make
short, sturdy sprouts. Ii is well TO cut
the potatoes in halves the long way
and set out carefully with the cut side
down. Do not break the sprouts OF
but set out with care as you would
in transplanting and you will be re-
warded with very early new potatoes
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05

choice
Immediately hurried
de
had made
willy
holt"
The bill
received their
boiling their
and the other poultry Northampton doubocng
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05
AVOID OLD ASPARAGUS ROOTS
important That Soil for Plant BE Well
Drained-Set "Pips" Six Inches
Below the Surface.

Never plant old asparagus roots or
try to divide them. Plant the "pips'
instead. Set plants about six inches
below the level OF the ground in fur
rows. Put well-rotted manure in the
burrows and mix with the soil. The
first year level and cultivate the
ground. The second year put on q
good coat OF manure early in the
spring. then harrow and cultivate be.
tween the rows. II is important that
soil FOR asparagus be well drained.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05

the boat over how he was going to
fool all the crooks in Gotham.
While In Norway he did as the
Norwegians sometimes do and raised
a crop of whiskers which afforded him
a disguise that would not result in
some crook shouting take 'em off,
Len, We know YOU" He was aching
to get to work behind his King Lears
and took q room at cheap hotel near
the steamship piers. He donned an
immigrants cap and started joyously
to Sherlock Holmes around. Two af-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05
FOR Improvement OF SOILS
Give Legumes Benefit OF 100 to 200
Pounds Of Acid Phosphate Per
Acre-lt Will Pay.

Remember that there is no place
where fertilizers pay better than on
the legumes grown for soil improve
ment. BY all means give the peas
and soy beans the benefit OF 100 To
200 pounds OF acid phosphate per acre.
Ii will pay. II acid phosphate is too
high this year. try basic Stag, IL you
can get II in your market
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05

Masonic street engine company, from
whose large and varied menagerie of
pets they had escaped. The battle
field was the fancy hennery OF ]. J..
Kennedy on King street, and the other
combatants were two of his prize
roosters.
1t was in the small hours OF the
morning when the two miscreants
sneaked around the hennery door and
peeked in. There, roosting in neat.
orderly rows. was their breakfast
They StealthilY entered Each nicked
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05


1t delicious situation indeed, a
That he felt
The and
of
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05

girls. and women, old women, divided
into squads, marched and counter
marched upon the polished floor, di-
rected by smiling young soldiers.
In the middle stood Gen (Mrs.)
J. Hungerford Milbank, head of the
American Woman's League for Self
Defense. with a clanking sword at
her side and martial fire blazing from
her eyes. Major Thiery glanced from
the general to Col. Miss Ida Vera
Simonton, whose khaki skirt, designed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05
HOLDING LARGE DOORS OPEN
Heavy Affairs Are, When Caught by
Sudden Gust of Wind, Danger
Gus to Life and Limb.

Large and heavy doors are, when
caught by sudden gusts of wind, about
as dangerous as anything around the
establishment. A good many ways are
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05

originally
much shorter approved. He
What to do
with What
An member OF the informed him that
Mbank
the feldy Mexico necessary
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05
Northampton Rooster Captures a Bad Racoon

NORTHAMPTON MASSA
had the object nzd woday search members
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05
Chicago S|cker Has an Adventure in New York

YORKLonad
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visit relatives Norway chud
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05

slaves gathered in front of the munic-
ipal building to receive from a COM
mittee Of Savannah citizens gifts of
substantial nature that had been pro-
vided for them by the business men
along the famous Bay street, where
so many wealthy cotton factors and
others do business. None was less
than eighty years old and some
claimed to be ninety goin' on hun
dred." They were mostly men, but
there were one or two women among
them Women who as Young and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05
Scene in Savannah Brought Back the Old Days

AVANNAE GA-Recny a in
back older residents foushng
wealth gagged by the number
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-05-05
New York Women Are Drilling for Possible War

NEW YoRKMaor Thiey and his
~ Ninth Artillery
the other might and with mingled dsdan
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

president reiterated that the people Of
Mexico we're struggling "bllndly ii
may be--and as yet Intellectually" to
free themselves from alien interests
some Of them Americans pressing for
things they could never have got in
their own country" and that he would
do everything in his power to prevent
anyone standing in their way.
1T Is hard doctrine" said he, "only
for those who wish to get something
for themselves out Of Mexico" At
another point the president said:
Mistakes have no doubt made in
this perplexing business but not in
purpose or object" He declared at
another point:
II am more Interested in the for
tunes Of oppressed men and pitiful
w"'can and children than in any prop
etty rights whatever"
q, The offset o; his references to the
legislative achievements of his marty
line president enumerated the laws
placed on the statute books relating
10 business including tariff revision,
antitrust laws. revision Of the bank
ing and currency system, rural cred
lls' rehabilitation OF The merchant ma
rlne and creation of the federal trade
commission.
What other party has understood
the task so well or executed it SO
intelligcntly and energeticaliy?" he
asked. What other party has attempt
cd it at all? The Republican leaders
apparently know Of no means of assist
ing business but protection. How TO
stimulate and put it upon a new foot.
ing Of energy and enterprise they have
not suggested"
At the conclusion Of his review Of
the party record the president de-
clared
This extraordinary recital must
sound like n platform. list Of san
gutne promises; but It is not. 1t is a
record of promises made four years
ago and now actually redeemed in con-
structiye legislation" Then, later he
said: We have in four years come
very near to carrying out the platform
OF the Progressive party as well as
our own; for we are also progressives. /"
The presidents address was some
5000 words long, one OF the most
lengthy he has delivered on any occas-
Ion since taking office.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

tied in the banks Of our country
amount TO six billion dollars more than
was deposited under the four years OF
the administration Of Mr.. Taft.
Our exports for the first time in our
history lead the world; our farmers
are more prosperous than ever; bust
ness is free; individual endeavor is no
longer denied its reward. The increase
in the business Of the commercial
world is so great that It almost stag
gers the mind to contemplate 1t, not
withstanding n worlds war has called
for legislation to stay the process OF
the courts in debt collections in all
the neutral countries OF the world ex-
cept here, where plenty blesses and
prospers our people. Your beloved
country marches forward to pros
perity never dreamed Of Your oppon-
cnts are unwillingly forced to admit
this happy condition OF our people,
which they say is not permanent. but
they shall be no more regarded as
prophets now than they we're when
they said 1t could not come.
-Four years ago in accepting the
nomination of the Democratic party
for tho presidency you stated that
you would seek advice and counsel
wherever you could obtain It upon
free terms; this you have done. You
uncovered and drove mighty lobby
out OF the Capitol and invited Amer
leans Of all stations to come and
counsel with you. The laborer with
his grimy hand, the farmer with his
tan of the blazing sun upon his face,
the railroad men who hold the thrOt-
tie, swing the lantern, and direct the
rolling wheels OF commerce, the toll
er from the damp and darkness OF
mine, from the shop. the mill, and the
factory; the business men from their
Offices. the clerk from the counter
the banker. the artisan, the lawyer
and the doctor, have come and found
welcome and shared counsel with you
They knew you were free to serve
that you were Embossed, unowned
and unafraid. They knew you only
sought the truth. and when you found
II you were ready to challenge all Of
It's adversarles to any conflict.
when peace shall spread hel
Wulle WlHBS over CIdIIeu ANT
bloody world, in the quiet Of the
chamber of the just historian
when the din and roar Of poll
tics, antagonism shall have ceased
when the prejudice and passion Of
craftsmanship shall have died away
when principle shall actuate men and
parties rather than appetite. when
ambition shall no longer lure mon
and parties to unjust attack, the his
torian will accord to you and your
administration n foremost place in
the republics life.
Americans are not ungrateful;
the people are not unpatrlotic; they
recognize the thousands OF Difficult.
ties that no man could foresee which
you have encountered and mastered
Their verdict Is already written; II
has been agreed upon at the Preside
Of the land and has been nodded In
the schoolhouses, the places of wor.
ship. and wherever Americans meet
to talk over the affairs and good OF
their country. That verdict leaps
forth from almost every American
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
WILSON
CONTINUED from mage / }

|
money oligarchy' and lodged it in
he hands OF the government; service
hat at once destroyed two trusts,
money trust and panic trust, where
The business can not be oppressed or
destroyed by the manipulation of the
money market, nor legislation con-
rolled, intimidated, or suppressed by
Inc panic trust. These two trusts that
your service and matchless leadership
destroyed, live only in memory. as con-
temporary with the malodorous rule OF
he boss-ridden and monopoly-con-
trolled stand-pat Republican party.
lit is q service which has prepared
The nation for its defense; service to
fair and equal treatment to all men
by destroying subsidy fed to an
American monopoly; service to the
farmers OF our country who yearn for
! home and fireslde to call their own
by enacting into law a federal rural
credits system that makes credit and
home building easy to the tillers Of the
soil; a service that in the stormiest
hours of Americas life and the blood
lest days of the life OF the world, you
have kept our people at peace with all
The earth; service that has kept
homes happy, family circles unbroken,
while the Old World staggers beneath
It's weight Of sorrow, mourning and
seath; service whose victories for
lhe freedom Of the seas, the rights Of
Neutral life, the protection OF Ameri-
can citizens and American rights
stands resplendent in the worlds in
sernational law and in the earth's
G-I y, 4,
which you achieved for America and
The world gave protection to noncom-
batants and neutrals that war-mad
countries must respect, and this dip
lomatic achievement will be the guild
ing, protecting precedent to millions
Df lives of the innocent and unoffend-
ing long after you are gone. This
triumph of yours will not be told in
history by great war debt. n NAM
moth persion roll. vacant chairs at
7~'anpy fresides. and Decoration Day
Iervices to place flowers upon the
mounds of those who achieved It, but
L will be told in the victory OF match
less diplomacy and OF Irresistible log
.c. presenting In an uncqualed manner
The everlasting principle of justice.
Under your unriYaled and fearless
leadership you have rescued the little
children OF America-the future faith
srs and mothers OF our race-from tho
grinding slavery OF the sweatshop and
he factory. No dividends or fortunes
IN the future will bear the stain Of
their toll and tears; their youthful
lays will be spent In the fresh air Of
growing life and in the schoolrooms
\ land Etrka ,r.f1l 4,
srly prepared in strength and mind
10 become the future citizens Of a
great. humane and free republic.
You behold your country after three
md a half years of your administration
more prosperous than ever in It's his
sory. The earnings OF tho laborers of
America exceed by three billion dol
lars their earnings under four years
If the administration of your predoces-
Ior; the savings OF the people demos
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
NEwsY ADS.

The stores are renewing them
selves for another season. The goods
that. but yesterday, were regular
stocks" are today offered at price
concessions. In order to further the
process of store-rencwal. Thus the
store ads. nowadays. are peculiarly
"newsv.n
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
TRAIN HURRIEs BACK.

The government Safety first"
train. which was here several weeks
ago. passed through the city on its
return trip to Washington Friday
evening Its return is believed to
have been fastened by the threaten
ed railroad strike.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
LAY HANGED.

MoUNDsyILLE. Sept. flames
Lay, aged %. negro from Mcdowell
county, was hanged in the state pen
ltentiary here late Friday afternoon
for the murder Of William Bowman,
a Mcdowell county huckster, whom
he robbed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02
ENTRIES ARE PRIVATE.

All entries upon the books of the
West Virginia Fair Association, which
will hold the big Central West Yir-
ginia Fair September u. 13 and IA at
Clarksburg, will be considered strictly
private. No entry will be revealed to
the public until the awards OF the
various judges have been made.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

The revival of Greek art in dane
ing will be featured at the Central
West Virginia Fair. to he held Sep
TENDER IL. 10 and II at Clarksburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-02

There said to be pretty bqers Chicago but recent
beauty contest Miss Peggy Ball selected
Miss Ball is said to have an unusually pretty face well fauless
tive long ashes Her teeth white and her smile radiant She
Wood be seen the beach dv
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-11-23

good men. It Is just as necessary to train and cultivate the habits of chill dren as 1t is to train and cultivate plants or animals. Without care the plant or animal will deteriorate and the same may be said of children. If a chile. is allowed to roam the streets until midnight, or cougregate in pub bic places without care, or discipline the child cannot be blamed if it does wrong. It has never been taught bet ter; it has never learned to respect the property rights of others.
 While it is aggravating to have children destroy property and mali ciously or carelessly undo the work of weeks, the fault cannot be laid en- tirely at the doors of the children; the parents should be held responsi- tle for large share of the offsprings'' wrongdoing.
 The children are worth all the time expended in their behalf to make tct- ter men and women. The future of the world depends upon the children
 Why not give them a chance?
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-11-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ARE
 WANTED BY GOVERNMENT

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23.- Bids will be advertised soon by the war department for about 15O mili- tary hydro-aeroplanes in addition to 215 machines of various types, orders for which are now outstanding. Speci- fications prepared by the aviation section require that the ,hydro-aero- planes be of the double-motor type developing between 170 and 300 horsepower; that they be either bi- plane of triplane type and have a carrying capacity for fuel oil and water sufficient for five hours con- tinuous flight in addition to the weight of the pilot and observer. The machines will be used largely for training purposes.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-11-23
449 1886 1894 Sulzer's lead over Wickersham lilo
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Valdez daily prospector., 1916-11-23
"GET OUT" SAID GERMANS ~-
 3s TOOK 10 OPEN BOATS

NEW YORK, Nov. ,23.-"I have been a marine engineer since 1881, but never have gone thru an ordeal like the one that a German subma- rine put upon us few weeks ago." said Frederick Smith, of Hartford, Conn.,, who arrived here last night from Liverpool on the American line steamship St. Louis. Smith said he was induced to sign as third engi- |neer on the British freight steamship Midland by promise of good pay and assurances that the vessel was bound for China and would not enter the European war zone. When of St. Lucia he learned that the ship was bound for Vladivostok. ,...-
 After leaving the Siberian port we went to Australia, where we loaded grain for Havre. At 6:30 p. m., October 20, we were halted by seven shots. None hit us but we found they came from submarine which had come to the surface few hundred yards away.
 we had a crew of 33 men, eight of us white men and the balance Las cars. I was the only American on board. We were ordered to the life boats, Is men going in one and 15 of us in another. We were ordered to approach the submarine and the German commander forced us to come aboard. He put crew into our boats and they went out to the Mid land and sank her. After four ex- plosions we saw her dark hull roll over and go down.
 "The Germans only knew one En- glish expression but it was a good one and sufficed for all needs. Whei they returned to the submarine after sinking the Midland they pointed to our boats and said, Get out We got. We drifted throughout the night un- til at daybreak French trawler pick ed us up and kept us aboard for two days. Later it took us into St. Malo. have enough. The war can be fought without my assistance. I am content to remain in America"
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-11-23
Indian Factions Unite.

CHEHALIS, Nov. 23.-Two fac tions of the Cowlitz Indian tribe were united at meeting of the Citizens club hall in Chehalis Saturday and F. Lyall the Cowlitz delegate to con- gress will go to Washington when congress convenes to press claims of the Indians against the government. The Indians have agreed to accept $6000 each instead of land on the Quinault reservation. The Quin- aults are the ancient enemies of the Cowlitz tribe. The necessary bill has been passed to congress. The next process will be to take the matter into the court of claims.