Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 45, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 March 1903 — Page 1

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JASPER. INDIANA. FRIDAY. MARCH 20. 190 NO. 28 VOL. 4b

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rM.DDBOucooimr, laaiAX, t CLEMENT DOANK. OFFICE. - In Couribi BuiLDim on Wvn Sixth Stkkkt. PUICK UK BÜBflCBWXiÖM. Per Year, '' Somber-, Postpaid, HJt. Bfa wter Üb propoitto.

KATKS Of At KUT1SINU. Fur lennl gdlilUl it! lK1 ratea; 10 lines l.l fur tirst iuaertion ; 50c. each wlHBOjIllllI insertion. For yearlv advert nseuieuta literal contracte 411 be "'de regular advertieera. - COMMKUCIA1. AND JOB WORK Of all Kinde Promptly and Neatly executed at UMMUL PKitK. We invite itiapeetion and buHineaa.

W.C T. U.COLUMN.

CONDUCTED BY MKS. U. L. HOBR.

cause the best i .ii'ii- d' not

(iiveyour husband a good ballot and tell him to put it I'hilanx.

vote

clean in.

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The Courier Wtsbinfton Letter. April Mb. IDA rresiuem nas . ... IVABMiMiitoa CrTY. Mar. 16. '03. promised to h? present at the dedi A raw Tboufhis From

The democrats in the Senate have 'atry exercieei Ol the tH. Louis A nd ho the poor farm

.'IT. li'lll-ru-n

lode Tom.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS. C. W.Traylor,M.D. Physcian & Surgeon. . . V 11......

and

Irela&d, Indiana.

Calls answered eight an" 'day. Botfa telephones - amberlaaw

Home. oct. if. "0i FRANK ! BET Z Attorney at Law na Pension Attorney. JASPER, - INDIANA

Hfel rife. U

Tract? Two lüare. arih ,.(.urthoue Mnr H.im-

WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Uev. Dr. Ecob. formerly of New York, later of Cohrado, now of Philadelphia, .-aid at the recent Festival of the New Kurland Woman

Suffrage Association:

"1 urn glal in a tew woran lo give

you my impression ot njuai sun-

rage in Colorado. 1 hau me goou tortune to live in that new kingdom

inr two veurs. 1 will tell you some

of the things I saw, and some of the

things I did not see. '1 he tirst thing which Inputted me was that the women weie moie Herious than the average of woman

elsewhere, and that they were Iis-

cussing a different order oi sunjecis. The topic was not hats or pink or yellow teas, but questions of the atute, of the city, and especially ot the schools. You could not find a group of mothers any where hut they were discussing the best interests of

the schools, and inviting the teacn-.-to their homes, and trying to elect the best men to the school hoard. I said to myself , "Colorado hon. Ww Kncland was

LENT. Is this a fast to keep The larder lean And clean From fat of meats and sheep.' Is it to quit the dish ( )f Saab, yet .-till Ti mi

The platter high with tish? Is it to fast an hour, Or ragged go, Or show A downcast iook and sour? No. Til a last to dole Thy sheaf of wheat And meat Unto a hungry soul. It is to fast from strife, From old debate And hate ; To circumcise thy life ; To starve thy sin, Not hin ; And that''- to keep thy Lent. Robert Herrick, lbl8.

THE TURNIP.

fieen seriously misrepresented with Fxp jMtioii.

.Mid ho the noor farm will soon

savs k

"j ' i i a " ' a i? tin u it Mill luii .

I mx: I'll r- i iou. i i - - - - - . 1 1 1 1 I regard to their attitude toward the that be is not going to Colorado Wall, I would iust like to ask the Panama . anal, -aid Senator Arthur itb st'1 porpOM ot hunting, Co (Jomr's whv they can't have a P QofIMn when asked to make a h Wl- ,jf OOOWt, take his guut. conservatory of music erected for statement by your correspondent. He will visit Up- Yellowstone those paupers? Put in an electric The democrats." he continued tkmal Park, and there hopes to fan for eac.h ona 0f the poor 0m

"hold the view that an important nd relief from the strenuous y(,uls, to keep cool by in July and treaty of this character should not crowds win h will meet August, while the rest of us poor be treated as a party measure. It bira at all points farthar hast. mortals swelter in the heat! Yes, should be considered and perfected The "lady immigrant inspectors put m an ice pW to0)!lnd an elec. according to the best judgment of appointed by Secretary naw at the trjc jine rana0 direct to Jasper, the Senate A mai onty in Con- behest of the Woman Ubrtfinthot tbV may btVO tbt ploaiOfl of gress, without regard to party, UV Temfaoce I nion. have not been fl m ,riling t"rip and return before vors the construction of an isthmian WOi eaofal, 1 hey will be retained breakfaöt. A few cork leg8 anj canal an demonstrated bv the for the ninety davs for "Inch they inM woul(J not be ami(JH M eome fact that the act authorizing such w,'r" PP otd' bu.l." H,n,,vv ,lHPin' of them arc lacking in these useful a.I t ... 1. 1 . , fkiit ipill I'tul f npir ton-

canal received almost unanimous I" """" ; " appendages.

lODDOft from members of both par- 0" Ol om e. mus jar incy nw Qh, yes. and rock roads. Why,

ties. The minority believes that noi itewcieo nmn ioihd mm hke tu nave forgotten that. As so

the treaty negotiated by Secretary young woman ueiug oruu.n """many of the poor laboring men hai

Hay reqnirei sevt

in order to brirB

with the act of Congress under the fOUOg women who travel ,)ften mire

... . .,.i .. tirst ami second cabin -enousiv ot- i

w ill' l 11 WHS neiiuuaieu, v : . . ... .'

safe guard the interests of the I nit- to being singled out lor a ed states. Article 23 is in obvious npectal m 'pect.on based apparentviolation of that provision of the jly, upon the belief thattbri moral Spooner act which provides that the charac'er b del.c.ent. I here ,s no Cnited States shall acquire theright;fatil t, und wi h the "lady inspec-j ! j" Ii,,.,,... . w in hav oer-,

in 1. u p orotect and govern inei" .. ..' ' . . ' :

w I . , F rf

iated by Secretarv wohbbu bciuK uiuu.h """many ot the poorlabonng men have rara) amendments', country for improper purposes and jhad t0 naul coal and otner thingSi g it into harmony thejr have met with many rebutts as thev mut work 0f B,arvs and if Congrees under 'the young women who travel ()ten mire in tne mU(1 0h( ye

.. . .u . k u;a h nannl hftll formed their dilli.'Uit worn to uie A poor laborer had dug up in his Ittip through which the ibaH a not be.

" ... , . U I. tl'IJ in H WHV Mi ll III I WIPII 1111 'in f

titty vears ago." New Kngland ll garden a nuge turnip u" mnMrnrrnlaniw These facts have ben lieved that the -ystem is impraclica1 spirit and U has gone westward, everybody wondered. J w, 1 make - q 'uUica leidera Ift The a l?oeatW of this system The second thing 1 noticed was a present ot it he said, to m 1 re em a i th(. uf inspection are urged to make that mnoieipal affair, were regarded noble landlord, as it pleMM him w5ePJSio provision for representatives of their as the large housekeeping, and at when the gardens are well cult.vat- " bc , am Bot orgaoitaUoni on the docks where, it

every lime socia! luncuuu u.c n., nreimred to predict." wii,!; .

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MiMii ' men. insl aa oi iaiKinLr mwui mm - -- r -- rvant., were discussing the welfare castle. The nobleman praised the T.l. ' . man' industry, and made him a

.lust after Mr. Gorman made the

tive work than on board ship.

C. A. S.

Wmki J u Inl1i-tn hll Alerp.

An Aiiist.nlit in hunker tue reiiue-

ilnv retired to boil. Some time after

ward lie arose, dressed, and, seating III III St' If nt his desk, worked out the

problem accurately, cererias Iberti el nntwr with his calculations, lie had

M recollei tion in the morning of ba hig done so.

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, ,i man s indu-irv, ani iuuw nun a - "' tri ' hird ,.ce. I found lb. SUo. 3 IbS ri?-' ,:iüÜ"!

u,.nu,.r- .nH Another i.easant in the -ame vil- 10 c-ous.uo "

""i" .v....0 t , . . : u i nn inainuer oi me s iei iai .-er-rjun, auu . ... ..,tw ,rt wrk

w . nKK.&i. i.. .1..... . . ll... I'.tFt. li hi n r 1 1 . 1 1 mihi ijh i'iu. . - . imi :i rn umi "i in.,...' .......... .w

w ii Hi KN. " hiiurj Miaunar to me trounix ui p.v, ...... -: . . - .. 1 , ,:f :i ,.u1,k . .. ,.

.... .iionrvrv 1 i w T. ;n l-e touch heard of thil and sad: "I bell aewnnin-- w j'. r r"""' j iut a very intrnate ana pauinspiw MILHIKN & NLLNLY. state, and keeping in close tonch makethe nobleman Panama canal treaty as it stands fnr ,, profeaaor, thinkh.R Jlll.ni with all the doings of the political go directly ftftd make JDle Tfa further decided to accept the t,. Iimtt,.r , exerdae for the Intel AttorneysatX-aWM,arti,,. This is one A tbe mort l-"1 f 'a rm! iSmoffewd by SenatoV Be- ,, .,u. M' ui,,, or .us pUa JASPER, INDIANA. important gains of equal suffrage; heg. e ,PX con in the committee on foreign tkmed it to the- and renu-sted them . f i.uhoi. and tor those mothers were instructing mon turnip, wi at Iba 1 I receive lor , . d b u , t0 worU out the onlgrua. One of the win Practu-, m ii.e ( -....rt. -f . .p ,,,.,.... bul their such a beautiful calt I.elat'ons at a ad p ea ow BtndJlt-. who bed pondend deeply

ÄSSIa. eOiVtUÄ elements of good citi- So he the calf by a rope to . - Ä?Wf the tntr tart Ü-

-.irriv. ..,e inun-ion. atlU litTtnl inr iioinc j " . , l3dUO"-ir4aa. zen-hip. i iL tn ccpnt it as a nre-ent Th until it has been approved by the t-1' - An election was held soon after I man to accept it as a present i v agreement has been I l " got there, and I went to see. As 4 tSinJ3' He SUwOSSr. of both Ä HUNTER, the carriages came up and deposit- peasant WM M"""?- arliM to r,Hd the canal treaty toCOX ftUU"' ed the women voters, there was a said that he did not wish lor It, JJ eod a ppeche, AttOPlieyS at Law young woman busy among them, call continued to being limited to fifteen minutes duATAKUr.SU.A.A. j -1 tthevasthe l SPfU bÄöwed ÄÄ SSfflWSS daughter of a multi-mUlmn,r fl one a g t A t 1 tbj wdohle- tÄVS hen.be taken

.-.uu.,,1,. onl'uMics.uar. ne "", 0 the wo., en and force me to do eo, I will accept up in earned and a, UMM, WW rjcckketel, slew. , lW":.eX1 "JL ilrLSS?: v,,r nrnt. But as you are so be ratified and adjournment taken (m1 wbo, ,,v road. The shortest jam,

in me puui "u um -r- v iu:).rri m i ...... not let immediately atterwards. n ia hrae fifteen mUea. out orwn wwy nature o the ballot, .and how to b er. l ward m . 1 u-t n t et the apeoiaJ thirty bet n tnid.,ht aad n.ornin.

voie. Here was me oeg.nm aH o. , 'V ' . , . , " rp r p ,n . k e v o u a pre ion will adjourn the latter part break in that uon system of ca-ta I shall, therefore, make you a prt lthouah no definite

'b.n ,oog men ; and l ue- iwo or r . " , r,..ideDt doeB not hMi. .

are noi can if nun, au-i - .... air im - ' . r . . . ,.. 1... rparets ttiB ndotltlon

. i a i i . w i . ii.raninun : i i i - - -

voters. The women neia ciud presemeu i . u. t ibe H icon -imendment to the Cumeetings, and took pains to go and cre,t a lien peasant , the huge toroip Jerd

visit the women in the poorer -,unr- wn.cn n.s e,K . .r u "'""; bc;tn o Congress in mmL. i-t- ik. Um to them From the (.erman of C on to can oom nou te ui v K

IKo n.HsliKU. - k . , i -neciai session 10 pa;-f mc iririF1SIICH & KEAX, If a waaherwomen was busy, , he Schmid. . tion eceeeart tn pot the terms of

" ,.,.f,,r nur HIN HHP I UO lllir-l . U-.k ll..iKr..L . . . ..fit . . n

oriiui, r-. . rrioivu ummi". ihn ireniv mm eneui. I'uui

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WDIUni in iu v..,, " o - - nil,.... Hour In m v hoart IS

111 'A' 11 k ' a r s. . . as - -

were.

rlrrua Horifi Work Treretlng with round

liar top

Calico

CW.A.Tra,l..r. Ilr Tra,lr. 1KAYL0R & TKAYLOK,

Attorneys at Law,

JAHPBK. IMia.w ,. Kaeeoee women

1.1. t..-Court f DuJioisanu

in i" ate"r o'bola Ooaalj Mataaaak. .!'. i, 1S.

II M

An i Ohl I l.h.

iiu. of the oddest fishes that ever

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JASPER wOläfla into me room n "-'"1 8tpndv sub,criber, w 10 pays in ad- tion from the majority ol the Ueruo- hocetaUA A sj of It la found

win practice in the co-irtao '.. V.-i.n antl w",,ou.' '"T"? . vanefl in thesnriuKof the year ; who crats. whose only object in securing , ... of Galilee, where it builds

mid sil mere exp. annua; i ' i.-. ,lf,n i.:a mnBa and does it the adoption of the amendment was ost wWl,.u f,,r i auty of dealffn and el

Another thine I experienced, was , j .,,,1 .. ..i,.intinn nt the mnsiitu- n.-.. of worktnniishli) excels the if

...... i...,.tf roiititien. -in-vi.

"'" ",, (Jf r-tMtr UU(1 COll.Clii.il' "Vfißi laapay I iKlWlag.oTaf DruftMN w't entrance

March 2. 1.

IPEH TIVE DEMIST,

jasper. - iMDiawa. an oo acr of reeTH. aa.oo .. . i aIA .,rk rtold Ulllnaa

. .7 .""J I...I., .. iiuirr. over Haw

Xilllll HI'O'iM . ruafw i loaai . nrii u.isaa 1 DEXTiSTR V

: . . f , i lUllie KiaUlV, aim cario luuuu vin- hi flu .i nnww going with my wi e to vote, and it f er Ra nPV, r tioDt but the republican leaders.

M a very simple ana areeame ( (i(inn()t affoni jt m;ny ()f whom arf, spcrptIv opro9ed process. It was not halt so tire- . , Atting more j.aj.ers now to any form of reciptocity because -nme as coinit BbOpDing WIWJ your , i...., -0..fl !,u ; ,an- thp herinninir of

5 ii' . ... Mlti r. ..vor1'1"" 1 Clin lenu, uui "". ".-. mcj - o

wu. " liZlT 'send it. the family likes it; in fact the end ot the protective system, larieen that Women would be in any thQk jt boUt,M(1 e, d ' exi.re- themselves as emphatically

waycon.uroiiiii-cii n..uS ....

forts of the majority of feathered nest

buildera. it-, favorite apol for tmUdlni

is in an old root or nek ptejeetlBi un .!. r lh water nnd the material con

sists of aenwi-ed. t'rass nnd leaves

Whv not Htiend dome of the

Dubois Co. funds in improving the ' . . . i m) a . i

roads, instead oi spending so muco in ' torn foggery" for the poor farm? Just as soon as the roads become pa-.-able, along corner four dozen log wagons, and then they are cut up so that no one else can travel. Why not pas a law that each teamster cutting up the roads, or otherwise injuring them, shall pay damages? Why can not some of the

money that is spent foolishly, be

ut to a more wise purpose, and

put men in ollice who have enter-

urise enounh and sense enough to

ur r mm mm give the people better roads?

I M.1.E Iom, tor good roads. Alder Creek Hollow, Mar. 18, '9-L

The manacemnnt of a Virginia

railroad has given notice that in the future no unmarried man will be employed on their lines, and that

all men seeking employment must be at least .'5U years old. Kx.

In the gardens of the White

house at Washington gr.'we the llower of the holy ghost, which blooms the gardners say, only once in an administration, and in the middle of each tlowtr is an exquisite likeness of a dove with out-

pread wings.

If we had a double track belting

the globe at the equator, the can- . i a i

loaded witti grain raised in me I nited States in a single year would

fill both tracks solid, and then

enough would be sidetracked to

reach from New l ork to San Francisco six times. Ex.

It i- reiiorted that Andrew Car

negie has an assured income of

118,000,000 a year. This means

:t;.(MMi a week. PvUUO a day.

2,OC0 each hour, :)4 a minute and

tiftveentsa second. It looas as

though Mr. Carnegie is doomed to

die disgraced, after all.

The Cbioaao health department

taa fitliciallv confirmed the theory

that lemon juice will surely kill the wrmn of tvnhoid fewr. A tea-

ipoouful of the juice in half a glass

water is recomtnenaea lor me

Ofltc

-Ie

int. n. xi. Mositr, Resident Den ist, . i t -sj'B'I 1 It I ' i .

X I . J i m mw-m-

husbendo end brothers to perform

Stbat aim pie action? Smce I have

done it, I Cannot imagttie BOW any bodf evi r thought M. Ooing to a big depertment ftore, ai.d home afierwards on it crowdtd trolly, it far worse, womea ut the Eaal often sey to me, "How about gointi to tho-e poll ii c plaoea?" They heft in mind euch polls as are often tonmi in the Middle Niete, where

no d Ct nt man OUgbt t.. tie required to 0, In Color kdo, II lien the WO ., v.r tn he voters, lh- Dolls

ir ivi. - a

HOW welcome be is when be steps loppoeed to an extra session oeiore in the sanctum, h W he make our election, and it is probable that Mr heart throb, hoW he makes our Rootevelt will give heed to their heart- fiance. V- outwardly thank wishe and, if he calls an ex'ra Mehim mm inwardh bleai him. the sion at all, rtfrain from i-o doing

needing ai. .i.ml.r. t '

tl.ilC plate rk work warranto.!.

..ui in . i - l i I :i 1 1 ( I I .'I i '-

nmfeMional a-rrliM t" aii n- i"" r 7i7 ' ,

mork in the IWBMI one. mwm

Klv, it hi. elua-at attniion. mv..rl reform

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steady ubscriber w ho payi in advume Kx. The Report of the Secretory of the Interior abowa that there are i on eb Hit 7,000 donaettic reindeer in Ala-k , M a re-ult of the governmenta policy Inimportinf Itn ani reala and di-tributing them among the Beftimoa and other natives for bne ling porpONa.

Dtwlalls tolielttMt, an t r .r ik,'..

Money to Loan at 5 Per Cent. Wm. A. Wilson, JASPER. INDIANA.

until next Novembet. He asserts now that he will certainly do M then if not before. Senator Aldrich is believed to be preparing to urge bis financial bill, with D 's-ible some modification-.

next winter. He has obtained the OOOeeot of the Senate to call hill Committee ifl session during thei reeeef, and, it is known that be does not contemplate any tariff re- J iminm it I M he 1 i e V I d ilis PUrUOSe IS

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It IM I.C.I

1 don't ooderataod how Miss M li

ve- i pan atw sort bins in that foreign

nobleman. He's Bottling t"it a 'gilded

tat: "

"Tnat's SO, mid vet the chancos are

ten to this ill he I CSS of 'a fMl

and her ntooej soon married." Phil-

ttdelplila I'rena.

It e. o ..nit III II-

Oat day tittle fonr-jrear-old Cora wna

Irving to at i ud on Uer bead. Her moth-

.r -isU. d hi I whnt she WBS doUUf. Mb

Riisui'ii d :

i ze atandlng en ray head to rest myjorou

feet. Ike- toi, 1 1, raid.

.;ieni-iitn ry K niiwlfllf..

atmnaon Do you know anything

about art?

Jackson 1 know enough about art

n.-t to trv to talk ibettt lt. Detroit

I n I'resa.

If pteple like yon. don't ever start trouble for ro Brasil by naklng tbena

artay. Atctataee uiobe.

Following are the large employ 11 1 !.''

M- tu the tbini'"' 1 'id not

A Ptond ot rHiliinii h w-'tiri a , , . , , PU

fthv should we esuect to? Greet million dollar- It is a metal. . . MMriv oonoaded

moral reformi a.e ot line growth. There only two pounds in ex.t- lhfA hm pooler correnCy hill, even t In the Othef hand, I did not M 8 enc- It will give light JOat like I n, anv dimupted homes. One tbiruj I the sun If a particle of it is placed i S(naU Tne u,,,.r

lid see, Often. Some overworked or, the -kin, a sore win come . ; , , . far a, tht.

man would remark, " I said to my will take month" to heal. -I -t loncerned, is unaltera-

wife, 'V)u have been at Uie club Dispatch. bv ,,,,p ,-, , to anv f rm of fiat curmi..tiniid where the, ticket- Were . . J ' . . . u , , L,udur

iui. ..ä. . . l. . ..iÄ. rwni'V will-ill-. ii... ui.. . ... v .

.u 'm.. .ii.n..HUd l.v tlw.s. h,i holiowum uie tiiiir oi v -j. , . ( mna f,.r women: Servants, l.'-o

1 w Ä Z : canili 1, N.. J. - IC..I.f..rn,. 1 ding - - - . gricullur.. laborer,, Mi i... ..ii A h,..v ,.l,vi,.,a rn-i-ur.- i. rib. exclusion ..f con-, !" " e. cu" ,,,. n,l lantem. 807.70:

H . !, , 'in; make mmpliw. horn botdm. In i.lonB , ,. : " " ' ,r lr,er. 327.614: textile worker,..

Stä ÄS." It mAt tmUm b.h o. .he-;..on dijtajct ly " ' 5i S77,74. Ther., are M71

. ,. ii.u... I'orriini rit hh of l ie ungraieiui. wi.u.- mm u. prirvmen. .'41 arcnuecis, ion

iU . n would do that even by "lungers" and .f it were not for .enoua enon t. Zut" Aert(l. 2.193 journalists, 1,010

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now. In Philadelphia (by which I ioe 1 f-' ' ... - lawyers,.,:- pnystcianB ana " .. . - J n .L- Min in I liforni the southern ror- made. . .

mean the Dil Ol corruption.! in .. Tk. Pr-idpnt now contemn ates women eienuuiy ruBd,u

- - t ii.a uiniA aar , .11 in no inn iiann. a nn 1 av. iv m- t . .

t I . l. - ... o , ...I at Linn U I lllü Piair nviuiu au tuu ucnu' ... .. . ..1...I...J

ry" Z H..I. of .hin"g7 ex;;; b: e-t broke mnmmm in mmmmr-tmrnm oo m

if

natient. This is

remembering.

something worth

The hundredth birthday anniveraries of several great authors are lot! at band. Ralph Waldo rearon and Bulwer Lvtton. 1903:

Bear mstield and Hawthorne, 1904;

Sybil tier and Longtellow, IW ,

fennyson, 1909: Thackeray, 1911;

Dickens, 1912.

Ot all the idiotic yells that the lifferent College have formulated In- from the Syracuse Medicoea is he most idiotic: "Well man, sick . . et 1 : 1 m

man. dead man sun; ui em u

ut 'cm up, whnt's the dif? Hum-

tumorous, blood and gore.

Syracuse Hediooea, 1904,"

,887 physicians and 11

veterinary surueons. In-

on eluded in the above army of women

workers are several good coots.

In California '2M.504 bachelor

tre fighting for 88,775 maidens. In Idaho there are only 8,566 spinsters to co round among 23,431 bachelors

and in Montana the surplus of possible husbands oeer wives is in the ratio of about seven to one. In Of

iron it i niiidilv four to one, in

Washington over five to one, and in iViiiminL' nearlv nine to one. And

in Pike county. Indiana, there are . m

at present lb lonely women advertising for husbands to love them, etc.

It is said that one of the largest

ranches, if not the largest, in tha

woild, is owned by a woman, Mrs.

John lieorge Adair, lms rancn is

said to comprise over 1,000,000 broad tolling Texas acres. The "J. . . a a

A. steers that won in tne canoaa lots classes in Buffalo are from (he

ranch of Mrs. Adair.

Feb., u, vm-y.

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