Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 March 1908 — Page 2
OLD GENTLEMAN NOT PLEASED. tetter's Inscription Certainly the Reverse of Flattering. In Um English club at Hoaskong a kite-haired old gentlMMA. who hai come down from some northern t r r . -was r-at. J at dinner when ho sudden ly be- .i n, ery escited He had been brotu ' ' a letter by oleum -faced Chi oa' t ut . r. and he saw something on the utMdo of this letter which seut hf- avnstalr two steps at a time to interview the hall porter When ha ante back . 'old ui what was tho jxa ter The b.. porter had inscribed in He etnelopr in Chinese, for tho luformaMon of tl butler: This is for the okl baboon with white fur" I cfortun&tely for the hull porter, th-' ''d gentle::, .in was a first-Class art dar in the Cbiats language. THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.
ii Ii .11 iiimmiM t n him in h mm i im
Woman Tells of Her Brother's Terrible Suffering Two Babies Also Cured Cuticura Invaluable. My brother had eaenm throo different summers. Ench summer It citrao ait between his shoulders and down h.s back, and he said his suffering wits terrible. When It came on the th.-d summer, he bought n box of CVteura Ointment and gave It a faithful trial. Soon he began to feel better and he cured himself entirely of eczema with Cu::cura. A lady in Injlaaa heard if how my daughter. Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son of terrible ecsenut by tho Cuticura Rwa-Mies. This lady's little one had the iczt tna eo badly that they thought tfcn would lose it. She used Cuticwa Remedies and they cured her child entirely, and the disease never came back. Mrs. Sarah E. LusU. Coldwater. Mich.. Aug. 15 and Sept 2, 1907." HER SUSPICION.
Thwarting a Conspiracy By Inez Hayncs Gillmore
'Does your husland et er admit that he was wrong"" "Yes, frequently, but I don't suppose ho erer really believes it."
Perfectly Plain. With all tho impartiality of the partisan. Prof. Price set forth the conteaUooc of both political parties recardlag the tariff. At the close of his talk he was surrounded by the fair members of tho Woman's Current Events club. "O Prof. Price." cooed the fairest, "theak you so rauch for your perfectly lovely talk! I understand all about the tariff now. Its just like a lover's comparison the free-traders are the other girls!" Sunday Magazine. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that It
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He came swiugtng out of the Flat
Iron building into n piercing ni.ru-
burlv of sound nd color and imminent He paused a moment to breathe the whipping briskness of the air. then started at a leisurely gait. Suddenly he clapped his hand, as if in tardv remembrance, to an inner pocket "and drew out a U tter. He had Just Inserted a vandal linger under the tlitp when his glance, playing casually ahead, caught on that, In the crowd, which impelled him to put tho note back unoponed Into his pocket. She was strolling uptown. There was the same appenrauco of uncertainty in her graceful, unhurrylng gnlt that marked his own. Sho wns dressed all in gray gray broadcloth suit, grsv shoes, a chinchilla turban with
a saucy gray plume, a cniucuuiu scarf, crossed on her shoulders and falling to her waist, a huge heartshaped wnd of chinchilla, that was a muff, suspended from her ueck by a silver chain. A curious impulse caught him. It ran riot in his brain for a white-hot instant. It crystallised into a definite Intention. He stopped at her side. "I beg your pardon." His tone was pleasant aud tilled with an easy deference. "I'm sure that I've met you somewhere, haven't 1? Will you Jet me walk up the avenue with you?" The girl stared at him aghast. He was a tall fellow, his cleanshaven, fair skin browned and reddened by an unseasonable burn. Her stare lasted an iustant. Then a haughty color flared Into her face. It wiped out the look of aloofness in its expression and brought out tho pride in it -Certainly not!" she flung
freezingly to him. He resumed his hat equably. Her shocked profile darted past him. It paused halfway. Yes." she suddenly conceded, turn
ing impetuously to him. "you maywalk a little way with me. I would like to have a few minutes' courersa tloa with you." He placed himself at her side. She walked a few moments in silence. He waited. Now," she began Imperiously, turning on him with a suggestion of menace In her air. "will you kindly tell me why. out of all the women ou Broadway, you selected me to approach in that insufferable way?" He looked embarrassed. "Well I the fact Is -.11" "The fact is," she took It up heatedly, "that after looking me all over, you concluded that I was tho kind of girl who would respond to such an overture." Her face flashed Indignantly up in
BUILDING UP TRADE
STORES A NECESSITY.
METHODS PURSUED BY THE MOS SUCCESSFUL MERCHANTS.
specialty "walnut" by
Wouldn't Burn. The 'lal man cimf down lik a wolf on J
fold. H- Jmsl-d with silver, he UnklM with
.Id H Hi. Id US
namAn 1 dated our root la the spring with UK Mine. ovhk mnk ariijiioN- ro.soo.ooo) SOLU THIS VISA It. Sales Lewis' Single Binder cifmrs for year 1907 more than o.xoo.ooo Eiles for lOOtf S.r.oo.ooo n,n . 700,000 Quality brings the business. The Age Index. Ella You shouldn't look a gift horse in tho mouth. Stella But how are you going to tell whether the present fa new or not? Harper's Weekly. wn.VT CAUSES 1IEAMCIIK.
rm October to Mnjr. Cotdn are the moot fre-jetraft-oUcndv-lu. LAXATIVB ItltOMO QCNLNEreso?rsca. E.. W.Urwveou ltoK2f
The average woman is vain onough to believe that she Isn't,
"You Dropped This Handkerchief."
his direction and then away. He saw
that the light glinted through tho transparent bridge of hor disdainful
little nose.
"I thought nothing of tho kind," ho
asserted with equal spirit.
Til tell you exactly why I spoke to
0"-l ritft.l i
In nn Infant quick fejteteps overtook her. 'I'm very sorry to trouble you again." be began, a statement that his da tuing eyes made no effort to re enforce. "You dropped this handker chief out of your muff." She was shocked. "Did 1? What a goose!" Sho tlntned. "Of course you know I didn't do It on purpose." "Of course. Do you mind If I follow you a little way. Just for protection? You might loso your muff or or "
"I might cast a shoe." sho flashed. She looked ahead with a llttlo maddenlug Judicial air. - Well, all right, but you'll have to leave mo soon for I'm almost there. It's somowhore in tho Sixties, I think. You're not going to insist on going to dinner with mo. nre you?"
"I'm not sure yet. She had boon fumbling in her muff. She brought out a note, a crumpled creamy sheet. Ho watched her curiouGly at first, then with a start. "By every sign and token of long distance slgualing that's Bottina Thorpo's handwriting," he commented casually. She stared. "Oh. I've got my credentials with me, too. There's no reason why this peace conference shouldn't get busy."
He drew an unopened letter from hi? pocket and thrust It under her bewildered eyes. "By Jove! I jruess I'd better read that." he exclaimed. How perfectly ridiculous!" Her breath came In gasps. "Why, I can't believe It it's too silly!"
Bettina ought to serve a can-opener with her stationery," he complained.
tearing at thp flap, "or a little dynn mite. Ah!" He ran hungrily through the note and then burst into a roar i know who you are," he informed his companion, his face brightening with mischief. "You're Patricia Otis. Listen to this: 'Iear I"uk-. I've hrrn 'phoning you yo'i like all ponfii-sff! vr inee I h ard f your arrival. eater lay inernlng. Hi:' nbly knew wh-re y..ti w. r Corwin i?. Sivtv-thlrd street to dinner tonijrht with Bb and me. if If a pc sli-l thin, to meet Patsy Otl. who's t Ins maid-of-lionor n-t week, at the thief social event of tin1 season. I've alwu told you you'd o traiv over her, aril here's your chance. Hurriedly. "BETTY "
He jammed the letter back Into tho
envelope. "You see, I've simply got
to go to dinner, with you."
"Are you Duko Grayson?" 'i am." "Betty never told me you were
coming to-night. But then, of course, sho knew I wouldn't be there. I have
always, rcfuicd to meet you."
"Snmo here!" he agreed brnaonly.
She's determined to marry us. you
know. That's why you looked so
fnmlllar. It's tho pictures she showed
me. I would never have suspected that you were good-looking from those
things."
"Thank you. I'm not. It's those
clothes I'm wearing. When you come
to that Betty had any number of pic
tures of you In her room at Bertram
hall. See here I don t want to meet
vou. Oh, Hetty's a schemer. You
wait until I get alone with her! If 1
don't I simply decline to meet you.
She'll throw me at you in the most disgusting way leaving us to tete-a-
tftps. and everything like thnt. She
hates my settlement work, you know.
Her heart Is set on marrying me off. Sho says that if I married a man like you I'd be a different wornau. Isn't it disgusting?"
"Nauseating." he agreed. "Why, 1 wouldn't marry the kind of
man you arc for anything in the world
you're too frivolous. I have an ob
ject in life."
Ho applauded her. "That s rlght. You stick to that no matter how many limes I ask you." She turned hack and her little tooth gnawed at hor undorllp. "Oh, sugar! " sho burst out vexedly. She made an Indeterminate movement forward and stopped. "I won't go to tholr dinner," she said with decision. He had tho look of one Inspired. Til toll vou what we'll do. You see
Neoessity of Advertising and Meeting Competition Given by the Larg C.'ty Department Stores and Mall-Order Houses.
Small Retaller Fixed Permanently as Factors In Social Life. Thero nro pefshnlsts who view with alarm tho revolutionary fon-es at work In tho business world. The.o peoplo nf nnrrmv views solemnly announce
WORK DURING DULL SEASONS that within a few yenrs there will ho
no plneo for tuo smnu reinneis. mm tho so-cnllod country niorchant will ho driven out of business, anil will he supplanted by largo concerns that will hnvo tho trndu which Is now divided among a dozen or more small stores
5...,. ,f In. mi im cr ftir In tllPlr llOIO-
ouiiiu "i win... e" ful predictions as to predict that tho business of tho country will bo transacted in tho larger titles, and that tho country town shall become a thing of tho paßt. Those woeful prophets full to tako into consideration the force of natural law In tho social nnd tho business world. Thoy nro illogical enough not to weigh tho relationship of economy to trado conditions. Trade, llko lightning or llko water, follows tho lines of least resistance. Citizens nnd townB exist upon economic foundations. On tho virgin western plains u smnll col ony of settlers seek homes. Tho wants nnd necessities of these settlors must be supplied. Tho result is tho establishment of a storo at a central point In the now colony. This store becomes tho nucleus of a town, a city in embryo. As other settlers como in. the town grows inoro important, new Industries aro established.
local government Is organized, roads
radlato from tho place, banks and other financial institutions are estab
lished, and here wo lmvo a thriving
town created.
This town exists because there is n necessity for Its existence, nnd this
nnniwciflv la tho WOrkllllT OUt of
economic laws. Wherever communi
ties exist, tradesmen will exist. They
are a necessary part of tho social and
business life. They are necessary
agents in tho distribution of com
modltlcs. They are the outgrowth
of thousands of years of commer
clallsm, and they ennnot bo sup planted by any other system. I-argf storos of tho department kind may grow up. They are also a noces slty and are revolutionary in char acter. but thero will ever remain a place for the small store, it matters not how large tho city or how small the town.
Tho mld wiuter period is generally t.ho dullest in the retail trade. Why this Is so Is hard to explain. Farmers llnd a time of rest during Kehruarj and March, and a portion of April, nnd tho weather Is generally such that they llko to keep by their own firesides. While tho country retailers may And a lull in business, It is different with tho mall order housos. Tho
farmer's lelsuro time affords him a chance carefully to go over the largo catalogues and othor advertising matter sent out to him, and quite often be Is attracted by tho alluring description of goods nnd tho supposed low prices. Thus It is that tho mall order houses benefit, whtlo tho local merchant loses. Ono of tho faults of tho average merchant Is that during dull times he makes no effort to increase trade. Ho puts into practlco a system of false oconomv. He generally curtails his advertising bills and lets goods remain ttpoa his shelves, that a slight effort in tho right direction would remove. Tho mid-winter and tho months of early spring nro the best months for tho live merchant to arrange his campaign for tho year. It is a time when tho residents of tho rural communities have not much else to do but to read. A little otroke of enterprise on part of local merchants at this period Is more likely to accomplish good than at any other time. Well prepared circulars quoting prices so that comparisons can be made with tho mall order housa catalogues will result in bringing considerable trado. that otherwise would bo di
verted by the large catalogues.
It will pay the merchant In the small town carefully to study the methods of the larce department stores and to beenflt by the work of the mail order concerns. Th large hcuis-s do not lie down during the dull period. They make an extra effort to gather In trade, and these efforts generally win. The present season Is an exceptional one. Unlverral talk of ranlcky times hns made a groat class of people more economical In their every day affalrä. They are looking lor opportunities to f.ave money. Low prices attract them. The merchant realizing this condition can turn matters well to account by making the right kind of effort. This is the time when Intelligent appeals to common sense and the preaching of .evils of concentration of capital, and the necessity of protecting home in dustrles, will have the most beneficial offects. Tho home merchant has all the advantage over tho foreign Institution. He hns tho goods to show
tho peoplo before they pay their money. He should bo able to give as good values as the largest concern. His expenses are not one-half
according to tho amount of business he transacts as are the expenses of a largo city department store or tho mall order houses. The trading away from home, evil Is up to the local merchant. Hu must realize that these days the back number, the lazy man and the Incompetent ones ennnot well suceeol In mercantile life. There is competition that must bo mot, and It must be met In a business way. The only great lever that the catalogue houses use la that of "publicity." It is tho right use of advertising space, and of advertising methods. The principles that apply to the largest concern also apply to tho smallest ono. It Is purely a matter of degree. The merchant who docs not use prlntor's Ink these days cannot expect to make a great success In his choson Held. D. M. CA rut.
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SS lt. A
you, lie saia simpiy. i um iioi ion
you whon you first aBked me because i,ow It Is: hero are two people con?pir
what happened to be tho truth, in my inK against us against your happi
case. Is what men always say under noss and my liberty. Let's ovado thorn
these circumstances. I was afraid you
would not bolleve It You caught my eye at once, because you seemed such
a mouse of a creature that gray Is so
soft. Thon I have always llkod
women to part their hair In the middle. Ab you came nearer 1 had I honestly had a sudden conviction that. I'd mot you somewhere, though I couldn't, of course, think whore. I spoke to you on impulse. It was a queer huslnoas. I don't understand now why I did it Tho moment tho words wero out of my mouth I know, definitely, that I'd nover soon you before. I was sorry on my honor. But I was first attracted to yon, bcltevo me, because you looked so girlish -so different I think your now clothes aro all right." "Oh. I'm so glad. I should have folt uncomfortable nil this evening If you hadn't said thnt You see, my
friend Is tho best-drossed girl I know." They walked on In sllcnco for a moment "1 think you had hotter leave me now." She smllad In spite of herself; but shetopi"d. "Good by," she said inflcxibb Ho lifted his hat resignedly. Sho nodded and walked on.
by going off to dinner togetner. ru call a hansom and we'll go down to tho Waldorf. You can telephone Betty, so that she won't worry. There'll bo nobody there to foist unwelcomo gratuitous teto-a-totes on us. That's the only wuy wo can boat their game." "I don't know what grandma would say," she said dofiantly, "but, anyway, I'm going to do It. 111 tell Bettina that I've met you by accident, that we understand each other nnd hor, and that wo see right through all her plans. And if she has any idea of poking us Into corners to fail In lovo with each othor, she enn Just give It up, because we absolutely refuse to do It." "That'o tho stuff," Ho raised an alert llugor to tho hansom that hnd assiduously trailed them up the avenue.
But six months later. wh"n Bettina Bnswnrth received a certain Inovllalrle announcement, sho only smllad plaeiily. "I'd give a good d'-al to know whether fdio dropped that hnndkorchlnf on nurnoaa." t&e said to Boh.
Driven Out by Pure Food Law. During the past half dosen yoars thoro has been a constant cry for pure food, and this clamor has caused nearly all the states, and tho national goveminent us well, to enact puro food laws. If there has been need for reform It has been in bettering the classes of foods which are Intended to feed tho millions as well as keep them In good health, and Improving
the conditions under .which they are prepared. Such frauds had grown up In foodstuffs that It was imperative that stringent measures be taken to protect tho livos and tho health of the people. Unprincipled persons engaged in manufacturing of baking powders,
flavoring extracts, tho soiling of spices and coffees and tous, and their products were the vIleBt combinations of drugs and other materials. Those goods were disposed of to dishonest grocers, but tho chief way of selling them was through traveling agents, nnd dlrccL by mail. Not many months ago the puro food department of a western state secured a shipment of more than a dozen different articles of food from a concern that sold Its
products direct to the consumer. Analysis of nil tho articles proved each and every one adulterated. Baking powder was composed of cheap Hour, starch, tartaric acid nnd aium; vhst was labeled "pure spices" consisted of ground b.irk and a highly conce ntrated flavoring substance. So It was with nil the rondi. SInco tho pure fcod laws have been In offect,
many of these t neorns hnvo quit
business.
Get.RIch.QuIck Concern Put Out of Business by Postal Department. Verily, fishing is good for the catch ers of gudgeons and the various othei kinds of suckers. They aro caught of every class and kind, and so numerous are they thnt tho post ofllco depart mont of tho government pays om thousands of dollars monthly to pr tect them. But whether It is worth while to keep tho brainless yorson from parting with their change Is thquestion. Yet it Is one of tho b nlgn features of our government ma chinery to protect children, women fools and Incompetents in general, and as far as possible punish those who make any department of government tho means of defrauding them. Recently a fraud order was Issued
against a New York city mall order concern, claiming to be "dealers in any kind of merchandise" It had
boon doing an extens! business, and In the possesp'.cu of the New Yoik
postmaster when the order wont int
effect were 5.000 letters, each of which was supposed to contain SS runts tn nav nackiiii: charges on a
"nremluni. a very valuable, beautiful
silver fruit dish, gold lined, and guar
anteud quadruple silver plate." These articles had cost the concern 30 cents
ench. The letters In the post ofllci
addressed to the company were In
response to a circular which In
formed tho "lucky person that you
answered a premium offer some tltm ago. and we have Just completed tin
list of tho fortunate ones who may
recelvo presents, and nre now ready to
shin them. Your name Is on the list.
nnd this notice Is sent thnt you muy
claim tho present." Then the gen
tlo touch of 88 cents was mado to "cover exnonso of packing." This is
onlv ono of hundreds of similar con
cerns which cause the post ofllco do
nartmont Krcat annoyance, and the
unsuspecting heavy losses.
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One of the latest grafts to gather In
tho farmers is the co-operative storo
game. Tho field for thin work is pro
line; the west has had prosperity that hns filled tho pockets of many arm
ors, nnd it has made them greedy for
more, and easy victims for the man
who has a scheme that promises a field for investment and tho saving of
inoro dollars. Tho co-operative storo
1b a plan thnt takes, and everywhere
a success has been made of a co-opera
tive elovator or similar enterprise
that may bo in tho fat mors' line tha
promoter of the co operative storo gets
busy. If only a llttlo stock Is sub
scribed for, all the sann, as it glv.s tho promoter and his backers a bettor
swing, and tho Jobbing houses that
an bohlnd tho movement vill hnvo
things their own way. Tho big rake-
off is in tho supplying of goods at from
ten to fifteen per cent, more than the
legitimate denier would he required to nay, and soiling at a sandier per
centage of profit. Tho salary of the mannger nnd tho clerkn lakes up the big share of the "ino'lts," but long
as a showing of earnings can bo mndo
tho schemes succeeds, and thn regular
Etores und business dull. Dozens of
storci-of this clnss ha.vo fnllod with
in tho past few years. " ATlp.
Nover do any worrying to-day that
can bo mit off till lo morrow.
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Revised Homestead Regulations by litoh entry muy te Jv iny ; tain conditions), by the In 'Vf;. 'r,uedimphier, brother or Hinter of Inlcuuiiik
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