Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 April 1912 — Page 2

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P OLTTICS is like a baseball game," öuce said Colonel .Tames Hamilton Lewis of Chicago, "because a lot de pends upon the ninth inning." Colonel Lewis, log a figure in public life and noted for his suavity and elegance of personal apparel and speech, has had his eyes on1 a seat in the United States senate for a long time. The ninth inning hasn't been reached yet but the coloners storekeepers have sharpened their pencils in anticipation of the expected events next November. While in congress as a representative rora the state of Washington Lewis, who got his title of colonel by appointment" on the staff of the governor of Iiis state, was the author of the 1807 resolution for the recognition of the independence of Cuba. In 1S0S lie served on the staff of General F. D. Grant in the Spanish-American war, iu 1000 he was a Democratic candidate f.6v tlie vice presidential nomination and was indorsed by the Pacific coast 0 by Hallen. Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, Candidate For United States Senate. states, and in inO. he was a candidate lor governor of Illinois. He had removed to Chicago in 1903. When Colonel Lewis was after an elective position in the northwest he was famous for his "pink whiskers," of which he had a roseate and flaming abundance. One day an acquaintance dropped into a hotel and nsked the clerk: i. "Isn't 'that Jim Ham Lewis over there reading that newspaper?" "No." replied the cleric; "that's a fellow who looks so like him that Lewis' opponents have hired him to sit around in hotel lobbies and create the impression that he is Lewis." Lewis coined the expression. "If you can't praise me in the newspapers, .please roast me, but never leave my name out altogether." WOMEN PARADERS Woman suffrage advocates in New York are again in the' fore front this week. Represented in their spring parade by the Woman's Political union, the College Equal Suffrage league, the Trades Union league, the Wage Earners' league and the Socialists' suffrage group, the women who aspire to vote believe that the demonstration will impress lawmakers at Albany. The parade arrangements included the appearance of a brigade of colored women from the Twenty-first assembly district. An unusual sight will be afforded New Yorkers on Tuesday, when another suffrage parade in Fifth avenue will be headed by a squad of feminine cavalry fifty strong, to the accompaniment of drums and music and cheers. THE SOUTH'S VETERANS The United Confederate Veterans hold their anuual reunion at Macon. Ga.. May 7, S. 9 under orders issued by Lieutenant General C. Irvine AYalker. commander. The United Sous of Vetera us also hold their annual convention at Macon, the dates being May 7. S and 1). The sons propose to place the war records of all Confederate veterans now living in the organization's headquarters at Memphis. Incidentally the sons are collecting data intended for a new history of the south s part in the civil war. HILPRECHT TEXTS One of the most interesting and important scientific missions undertaken in a long time was that intrusted to Professor Stephen Dangdoiu who holds the chair of Assyriology to Jesus college if Oxford and who has the distinction of being the only American ever called to an Oxford chair. He left London for Constantinople in an attempt to translate the Nippur religious texts discovered by Professor II ilprecht. which belong to the Cniversity of Pennsylvania. Professor Langdon went at the request of the leading scholars of Europe, aud at the special invitation of the Turkish government The texts only nominally belong to the University of Pennsylvania. The Turkish government has the first call on them. THE NEXT CENSUS It will be impossible for the Uuited , States census bureau to complete all of the branches of the decennial census work by June 30, the date flxtd by law

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for the publication of the results. It has seemed the wisest policy to concentrate the force in such a way as to complete those parts of the work which are now the furthest advanced. Lack of funds, reduction of clerks and other measures of economy have curtailed the work. The question has been raised whether the work on subjects which cannot be completed in the present fiscal year can be completed and the results published at some future time. This will depend u i)on the appropriations available in future fiscal years and upon the decision, which presumably will have to be made by congress, as to whether the, completion of the thirteenth census shall take precedence over the annual and special investigations prescribed by the permanent census act, WAR ANNIVERSARY Fifty years ago May 4 Yorktown, Va., was evacuated by the Confederate force under General Joseph E. Johnston, who retreatecLtoward Richmond. The Federals under General George B. McClellan immediately occupied the abandoned works. ATHLETICS IN GERMANY Steps have been taken for the introduction of athletics on American lines into the leading German universities. Serious comprehensive efforts will be made to popularize field, track and aquatic athletics by means of intercollegiate competitions. The movement has the cordial support of the emperor and the crown prince. Representatives of fourteen universities, ten technical colleges, two veterinary schools, the Royal Agricultural college and two mining academies met recently and agreed to exhaust all means at their command to arouse the enthusiasm of the German students for the new idea. The meeting re solved to organize at regular intervals intercollegiate competitions to be called "German university Olympias." The first meeting will be held-, it is planned, in Leipzig in 1013. SOUTHERN CONGRESS A congress for the study of and discussion of social problems peculiar to the south will be held in Nashville. Tenn., May 30. In issuing a call addressed to the governors of sixteen southern states Governor Hooper recited the south's struggle through the period of adversity immediately following that which the civil war left in its wake and its substantial development in recent years, the effect of which neither of which conditions, the governor declared, has conduced to the maintenance of the south's ideals of government and society. BALLOON RACING Balloons will start from Kansas City, Mo., in the national elimination races, Saturday, July 27. This is the date set by the contest committee of the Aero Club of America. Major Samuel lieber is chairman of the committee. Another balloon race is to start at Kansas City, June 18. and this one will be the intercollegiate contest. STATE CONVENTIONS This is the season of state conventions. Those of recent date are as fol lows: The so called "lily white' wing of the Republican party in South Carolina, at Columbia, opening May 4: the Delaware Republican state convention to select national convention delegates at Dover the same date, the Nevada Republican state Convention at Fallon and the Washington Democratic convention at Walla Walla. May 0. and the Pennsylvania Democratic state convention at Ilarrisburg, May 7. COMMERCE BOARD PIONEER Appointed from Georgia by President Harrison in 1S92, Judson C. Clements recently entered upon his twenty-first year as a member of the interstate commerce commission. He was reappointed by Presidents Clevea bv Clinedinst. Judson C Clements, Who Has Served In Five Administrations. land, McKinley and Boosevelt and on Jan. 13. 1911, when ranking member of the commission, was made its chairman, succeeding Martin fA.. Knapp, who became presiding justice of the court of commerce, it has been the uniform policy of the commission to choose its senior member as chairman regardless of his politics. Judge Clements is a Democrat. While iu congress he helped to place the original interstate commerce commission law on the statute books.

USING MAIL ORDER MONEY FOR TOWN IMPROVEMENT.

Formerly Snt Abroad, Now Ktpt at Home Increasing Business For Local Merchant. Jiere is a hustling and progressive little town in the middle west that is quickly growing into a city, but the story of the beginning of its boom is known to few people. It started one day when a resident of the town was discussing local matters with the station master while waiting for his train. "I .understand," he remarked, "that Jones, the dry good merchant, is not doing business enough to pay for the oats his horses eat and that Brown, the hardware dealer, is also on the verge of failure." "Yes, it's a fact." replied the station master. "Too bad. isn't it?" "Well, in a way it is, of course, hut it must be their own fault. Antiquated business methods are probably the cause of it." "That's where you make a big "mistake," promptly returned the station master. "I happen to know Brown and Jones very well, and I tell you they are a couple of mighty up to date business men. Would you care to know the real facts in the case?" "Well, I'm not particularly interested in these fellows and their affairs," was the reply, "but" "That's just it," broke in the station master. "Why, how do you mean?" "1 mean that instead of sending to the mail order houses or picking up in the city anything you need in the hardware, clothing or dry goods line it is your duty to give the hoine merchants a chance for that trade. Of course you are not expected to pay a dollar for anything you can get out of town for 50 or 75 cents, but you'll find in the long run that you can do as well if not better here at home, and just think ; what it means to the local merchant!" "I don't know about that." replied the other. "Well, PH give you a little proof of it," went on the station master. "I happened to be talking. to Brown, the hardware merchant, the other day when your boy came along on a new bicycle, and Ave stopped him and looked the machine over." "1 got the wheel through a mail order house for $18.50," said the resident proudly. "Yes, that's what the boy told us, and after he had gone Browne took me into his store and showed me identieally"the same wheel for ?lu." "You don't tell me! Well, why doesn't he advertise that he has such bargains?" "Simply because the people here. who patronize the mail order houses almost exclusively, don't give him your trade, and consequently he hasn't the money to-do it." "Well, there's a good deal of sound sense in what you say," said the resident after a little thought. "I'll bring this matter up at the club tonight and see what the others think of it." A few months later the merchants in that town were doing more business than they had in years, and it wasn't long before improvements in other directions were coming thick and fast.

Sunday School Lesson For May 5 SENIOR BEREAN, INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Golden Text. A man's life eonsisteth not in the abundance of things which he possesseth. Luke xii. ir. Duke vi, 20-23. Possessors of blessedness. Luke places before the reader two ideals of life. They are opposed to each other and appeal to two different classes of people. He leaves us to infer Vilich is the better of the two ideals. "Ye poor" must be taken literally. It refers to those who have little of this world's goods. Jesus did not mean to say that penury is a desirable thing for its own sake and that those who live iu poverty are better off spiritually than those who enjoy riches. The thought he desired to emphasize was that in spite of poverty they could enjoy the kingdom of God. ,4Ye shall be tilled." The testimony of the psalmist is worth considering: "I have been young and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread" (xxxvii, 25). Compare also rhil. iv. 10. "Ye that ween now." The reference is to Chris tian mourners, sorrow will not The causes of their necessarily be removed, but grace will be given them to bear it, just as Paul received strength to endure the thorn in the flesh (11 Cor. xii, 7-10). "Laugh," because comforted. "Hate you." Persecution has been one of the inevitable penalties visited upon the faithful followers of Jesus. "liejoice ye in that day." The first epistle of Peter is an exposition of the service of suffering for Christ. Compare ii. 20-20; Hi, 13-18; iv. 12-19. Luke vi. 2-1-20. Heirs of misery. These words are not a denunciation, but an annunciation. Just as the first section was an encouragement, this is a warning. The class of people here mentioned need counsel just as much as the others. "Kich" was practically ...Mi rtllr. J 4 flüV.i ;vionvmoui iui wut-a m ..- of Testis Thev were the oppressors ot tie noor and WWe tempted to lind the noor anü were temp 'consolation" in their wealth (Luke xii, 10). lt tbere were noble exceptions, like Xicodemus and Joseph f Arimathea. "You that are full" those who are self satisfied, who have reached a state in life beyond whieh they do not care to advance, who are opposed to improvement aud extension, who have neither vision nor faith. Laugh," in the spirit of the cynic. who does not understand the .marvel

Timely Agrictiltura

DID YOU EVER THINK OF GROWING A CROP OF WOOD? If Not Think of It Now and Consider the Catalpa as a Paying Investment on a Five Acre Lot. A subscriber writes to the Kansas Farmer that he desire's to plant some fast growing timber that will make durable posts. He asks if catalpa speciosa, the genuine kind, is such a wood and states that if it is he will plant it extensively. Some farmers in Kansas have planted their fields to catalpa and are depending on the timber to make thenl money. And every grove so planted of sufficient age (four and five years Ornamental Catalpa; Photo by United States forest service. for good posts) is proving that catalpa as a farm crop is a big, payer. It is doubtful if any other known wood will last as long in the ground for fenceposts. telephone poles or railroad ties. Many farms in Indiana, where catalpa speciosa is native, are ; fenced with catalpa posts which have outlived the men who set them and are yet in good condition. Catalpa crossties in railroad beds have lasted thirty-five years so far and are still in use. In St. Louis during the world's fair furniture made of catalpa was shown. It was as solid and line looking as any ever made from any wood. A section of a railway passenger coach, seats and all, also made of catalpa, was in the same exhibit. No other known wood has lasted twice as long set in the ground as it took to grow the wood in the ürst place. Catalpa would undoubtedly have a wider acquaintance except for the limited amount of it that has been found native in the country. It grows pure only from pure seed, and that is hard aud mvsterv of human life. They are shallow and superficial, selfish aud ! biased, shortsighted and itrnornnt. ; "Mourn and weep" in the time of disillusion and disappointment. 'Speak well of you." These words were addressed especially to the disciples, lest they should be tempted to seek popularity at the cost of principle. Not a few havejost their spiritual power by efforts to trim the conscience, their own and that of others. Luke xvi, 10-31. Dives and Lazarus. The purpose of this parable was not to illustrate the compensations in life, but to emphasize the necessity of taking advantage of the opportunities of life. "A certain" rich man." The type was common in Palestine. He enjoyed all conceivable comforts that money could obtain. "A certain beggar." This type of humanity was no less common.. The distress .aid discomfort of- Iiis condition were pitiable to a degree. Iu a country where no hospitals existed and where medicine was at best only an apology we can realize how dreadful must have been the afflictions of t-he sick. ''Abraham's . bosom." The figure was suggested by the custom of reclining on one's elbow and leaning on the bosom of the person to the left (John xiii, 23). From a place of obscurity and pain on earth he was translated to a position of honor and privilege at the feast oi paradise. "The rich man also died." lie met with the fate common to the human race, whatever the station in life. "In hell" "hades." "Tormented in this flame." This is a strong expression for the pain and anguish that were torturing the man who had been living for himself wjien on earth. "Moses and the prophets." The two parts of the Hebrew Bible contained sufficient guidance for those who dei u. i ,. -vi w iw-,- . its teaching: If the present opportun,Hoc nrp not nvnilod of there will be V V. V Vir -fc-. - - little use of providing greater benefits. The rich man was not a violent offender. He was seltish and indifferent and did not realize that he had responsibilities toward others. At his very door there were occasions to exhibit benevolence, but he turned away from them. When it HTas too late he la mented lost opportunities, l,ut regrets were now oi no avail. LIS AJ

to get. It grows in peculiar pods, which makes it hard to get out A man to make wages in gathering the

jPeed has to sell the seed for $1.50 to 2 a pound. But with the start made and the big groves in recent years planted seed will be more plentiful in a few years. The picture shows hardy catalpa planted for ornamentation and livin tr 9 fenceposts in Franklin county, 0. Remedy For a Kicking Cow. Put a halter on the cow with sufficient rope to pass over a beam or pole overhead. Draw the cow's head up pretty snug, which will hollow the backbone. In that shape she finds it very difficult to lift her hind feet, and she has no idea what it is that stops ber kicking, as she does-if her legs are tiedHoard's Dairyman. Living Fence Posts Are You a Glass Farmer? There are special opportunities in vegetable forcing near many of the northern cities. Plenty of towns of 10.000 or more population are not well supplied with forced vegetables. Have you an opportunity in glass farming V With the Short A C ins ase By CHARLES rIIE postmaster at Clayton at the time I write of aud for two years previously was a single m ...... man, tnirty-nve years om, named Kenry Day. lie made his home with a widow named Martin, who had three children. As postmaster he was known to every man. woman and child for five miles around, and you would say that his identity could be proved above any other man's. One morning Day was missing, and within an hour the widow startled the community by charging him with attempted assault and robbery. Her statement was to the effect that she had been awakened about midnight and found him in her room. She had that day received $2.000 in cash, and he demanded the money. When she cried out he struck her with a club, and during the few minutes she was unconscious he secured the money and fied. i3id any cue doubt her story? "Was there the slightest reason to suspect she could be mistaken? She had seen him and heard his voice. So also had Frank and Hattie as he left the house. He had taken a freight train which passed the station at 1 o'clock a. m.. and the station agent had even spoken to him. As he was the only passenrrer the conductor and two brakeuien could fully identify him. Was there ever a plainer case? It was three weeks before Mr. Day was overhauled and brought back for trial. He calmly denied that he was Henry Day. He denied that he had ever been in Clayton. Indeed he was so cool and nervy that the officers, who knew him as well as they knew their own children, began to doubt if he were really the man before they started back. The prisoner declared the officers mistaken, but made no objection to returning with them. There were uOO people at the depot to see him. Every one recognized him as Henry Day. Next day he was arraigned before a justice of the peace under that name. He denied it and gave his name as James Bailey. His plea was "not guilty." and he had ths best lawyers in the county. The doubt which the officers brought back with them now began to bear fruit. When Mrs. Martin took the stand she positively identified the prisoner as Day. On cross examination she began to waver. One of her children swore positively; another "thought so." A clerk in the postoffice was put on the stand to identify the prisoner. He was positive at first, but ended by doubting. Only two young persons out of thirty called to the stand were positive. The defense claimed a case of mistaken identity. The prisoner dedared his name to be James Bailey and that he was born of American parents in Switzerland. He had come to the United States as a tourist aud luul only been in the country two weeks when arrested. He had about $1000 in money, some of which was English irold.

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C5 pics VARIOUS FARM RECIPES. Potato Scab Prevention. Sonk the uucut 5eed two hours in a solution of formalin, one pint to thirty gallons of water. Oat Smut. Put the seed in a heap on barn door and sprinkle with one pint formalin in fifty gallons water. Pse as many gallons of solution as there are bushels of irrain to treat. Shovel the grain over while sprinkling, then cover the pile wlrh heavy' blankets and leve overnight. Bean Weevils. Put the beans in a tight bin or vessel. On the top set a dish containing a small quantity bisulphide of carbon. Cover and leave several hours. The fumes are heavier than air and sink down, penetrating the beans and killing all breathing insects. The bisulphide fumes are very inflammable, so do not bring a light near them. Bordeaux Mixture. Copper sulphate, five pounds: lime, five pounds; water, fifty gallons. Put the copper sulphate in a bag and suspend in a vessel of water until dissolved; add the slaked lime in a creamy solution ard then water to make fifty gallons. This is standard strength for work on dormant trees. For use on foliage it must be diluted according to sensitiveness of the plants. If desired strong, "stock solutions" of the copper and lime may be made to be mixed and watered as needed. Kural New Yorker. o 0 O a o e e ft 9 e Sun Spots and Wheat Rust. Dr. C. Stuart Oager of the Brooklyn botanic garden calls attention in Science to the discovery by G. K. Sahasrabudhe of the College of Agriculture at Poona, India, that the disease of wheat rust closely follows tlm changes in sun spots. The pest is least severe when the sun spot area is smallest, and the rust recurs in cycles of eleven years at the season of the greatest solar outbursts. The ruse fungus, of course, flourishes best in damp and muggy weather. Story Writers

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B. LEWIS When the trial hv the higher court came on the crew of the freight train and the station agent were put on the stand. Each set out to bo positive, but each ended by doubting. The testimony of tin station agent was a fair sample: "Mr. Jones, you wore acquainted with Henry Day?" -Yes. sir." 'What sort of nose had he?" "Nose? Why, straight nose, sir." "Sure of this?" "Yes, sir." "That will do." The prisoner in the box had a Roman nose. Did Day have that sort of nose? One half the village said yes, the other half no. The Widow Martin was determined to he positive this time. She not only believed in what she was going to swear to, but a hundred different people Luid encouraged her in her conviction. This was tlie way she .came to grief: "You think it was about midnight when you awoke?" "Yes. sir." "Well, what did you see?" "i saw the prisoner at the bed and called out." "Did you know who it the foot ot was before 3ou heard his voice?" "No.- sir." "Well, what did he say?" "He said, 4i want that money or I'll murder you.' " 'You were greatly frightened?" "Yes. sir." "And yet, frightened as 3ou were, you recognized his voice?" "Yes. sir." "Well, let us see if there is any similarity. Prisoner, you will call out the words used by the man in the bedroom." The prisoner complied, seeming: to put himself in the other's place, and his words knocked the bottom out of the prosecution. The tvidow Martin seemed stupefied as she looked at him. "So you swear that this is the voice you heard in your bedroom, do you?" asked the lawyer. "I I can't say." Of the two men who had been positive at the preliminary examination one backed scpiare down, while tba other was full of doubts. When th case was closed and the jury went out eight were doubtful and the other four not very positive, and the result was a verdict of'not guilty." Bailey remained iu town for a couple of weeks, meeting everybody as a stranger and wandering around to see the sights, and then went quietly away, to be seen no more. Was he Bai toy or Day ? I have told you how they faiitd to prove he was anybody but Baitey, and yet he was Day. Years afterward 1 interviewed him iu a South Carolina jail for two days before he wa to b tried for burglary, and .o meto hftdsed his identity. 0