Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 May 1912 — Page 2
Survey of the World's News
P
ItnT TTIPC t Ulm n Unnnknll
prame," once said Colonel
James Hamilton Lewis of
Chicago, "because a lot de
pends upon the ninth inning." Colonel Lewis, long a figure In public life and
noted for his suavity and elegance of
personal apparel and speech, has had
his eyes on a seat in the U Ited States
senate for a long time. The ninth in
ning hasn't been reached yet, but the
colonel's seorekeepers have sharpened.
their pencils in anticipation of the ex
pected events next November.
While in congress as a representative
from the state of Washington Lewis,
who got his title of colonel by appoint
ment on the staff of the governor of
his state, was the author of ';he 1897
resolution for the recognition of the
independence of Cuba. In 1898 he
served on the staff of General F. D.
Grant in the Spanish-American war,
in 1900 he was a Democratic candidate
for the vice presidential nomination
and was indorsed by the Pacific coast
for the publication of the results. It
has seemed the wisest policy to concen
trate 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 upon the appropriations available in future fiscal years and upon the deci
sion, 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.
USING. MAIL ORDER MONEY FOR TOWN IMPROVEMENT.
Formerly Sent Abroad, Now Kept ai Home Increasing Business For Local Merchant
by Hallen.
Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, Candidate For United States Senate. states, and in 1903 he was a candidate for governor of Illinois. He had ret moved 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 flropped into n hotel and asked the
clerk:
"Isn't that Jim Ham Lewis over there
reading that newspaper V" "No," replied the clerk; "that's a fel
low who looks so like him that Lewis'
opponents have hired him to sit around
in hotel lobbies and create the impres sion 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 TwentjMirst assembly district. An unusual sight will be afforded New Yorkers on Tuesday, when another suffrage parade in Fifth avenuewill 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 annual reunion at Macon, Ga., May 7. S, 9 under orders issued by Lieutenant General C. Irvine Walker, commander. The United Spns of Veterans also hold their annual convention at Macon, the dates being May 7. S and 9. 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 Routh'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 Langdon, who holds J the chair of Assvriolotrv to Jesus cnl-
h lege of Oxford and who has the distinetion of being the only American ever called to an Oxford chair. He left ) London for Constantinople in an at- J
tempt to translate the Nippur religious texts discovered by Professor Ililpreeht, which belong to the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Langdon went at the request of the leading scholars of Europe ainjl at the special Invitation of the Turkish government. The texts only nominally belong to the University of Pennsylvania. The Turkish government tvs the first call on thäm.
WAR ANNIVERSARY
Fifty years ago May 4 Yorktown, Va.,
was evacuated by th Confederate force
under General Joseph E. Johnston, who
retreated toward Richmond. The Federals under General George B. McClel-
lan immediately occupied the abandon
ed works.
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ATHLETICS IN GERMANY
Steps have been taken for the intro
duction 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 intercol
legiate competitions. The movement
has the cordial support of the emperor
and the crown prince.
Representatives of fourteen universi
ties, ten technical colleges, two vet
erinary 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 resolved 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 1913. SOUTHERN. CONGRESS
A congress for the study of and dis
cussion of social problems peculiar to
the south will be held in Nashville.
Tenn:, May 10. In issuing a call ad
dressed to the governors of sixteen
southern states Governor Hooper re
cited the south's struggle through the
period of adversity immediatelv fol
lowing that which the civil war left in
its wake and its substantial develop
ment in recent years, the effect of which neither of -hich conditions, the
governor declared, has conduced to the maintenance of the souths ideals of
overnment and society.
BALLOON RACING
Balloons will staiv 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 Amei ifii. Mm'nr
bamuel Reber is chairman of the com
mittee. Another balloon race is to
start at Kansas City, June IS, and this
one will be the intercollegiate contest.
STATE CONVENTIONS
This is the season of state conven
tions. Those of recent date are as fol
lows: The so called "lilv white" winir
of the Republican party in South Car
onna, at Columbia, opening May 4:
the Delaware Republican state conven
tion to select national convention dele
gates at Dover the same date, the Ne
vada Republican state convention at
Fallon and the Washington Democrat
ic convention at Walla Walla. Mav G.
and the Pennsylvania Democratic state
convention at Harrisburg, May 7. COMMERCE BOARD PIONEER Appointed from Georgia by Presi
uent Harrison in 1S92, Judson C
Elements recently entered upon his
twenty-first year as a member of the interstate commerce commission. He was reappointed by Presidents Cleve-
There 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, but it must be their own fault. Antiquated business methods are probably the cause of it." "That's where yon make a big mistake." promptly returned the station master. "I happen to know Brown aud Jones very well, and 1 tell von
they are a couple of mighty up to date business men. Would you care to know the real facts in the ease?" "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?"
x iiiuaii um i mssieuu or 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 home 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, I'll give you a little proof of
it. ' went on the station master. " happened to be talking to Brown, the
naraware merciiant, the other dav
when your boy came along on a new
bicycle, and we stopped him and look
ed the machine over."
"I got the wheel through a mail or
der house for $1S.50," said the resi
dent proudly.
"Yes, that's what the bov told us.
and after he had gone Browne took me
nto his store and showed me identi
cally the same wheel for .$15."
xow don't tell nie! Well, whv
doesn't he advertise that he bassuch
bargains?"
"Simply because . the neonle 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 resi
dent after a little thou
r, .... JA t J k I 1J 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.
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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 desires 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 them money. And every grove so planted of sufficient age (four and five years
to get. It grOWS in rwtniKr nnrl
which makes it hard to get out. A man to make wages in gathering the seed has to sell the seed for $1.30 to $2 a pound. But with the start nutde and the big groves in recent years planted seed will be more plentiful in a few years. The picture shows hardy catalpa
piautect for ornamentation and livln
feuceposts in Franklin county, O
VARIOUS FARM RECIPES.
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Remedy For a Kicking Cow. Tut a halter on the cow with sufficient rope to pass over n beam or pol overhead. Draw ihe 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 her kicking, as she does if her legs are tied. Hoard's Dairvman.
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Potato Senb Prevention Snk the uueut seed two lwmrs In solution of formalin. tne pint to thirty gallons of water. Oat Smut. Put tb seed in a heap on barn floor and firtnkl with one pint formalin Hi ßfty ?n.nons water. Pse a m:my gallons fif solution as then? are busheta of ssra;iw t rrwu. SHaovcM the grain over while sprinklm thtn cover the pile with hwivy blankets and leove nvenif-lit. Bean Weevils - Pin tW ttfmn in a tight bin or vessH. im top set a dish containini: a nm:H quantity hfeylplikle f acfnm. ('over and leave several litAirs. The fumes are heavier than air and sink down, penetrating Hie 1 tonus and killing all breathing inserts. The bisulphide fumes are very intiaminable, so do not bring n light Jiear them. Bordeaux Mixture. Popper sulphate, live, 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 and 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. Jf desired strong, "stock solutions" of the copper and lime may be made to be mixed and watered as needed. Rural New Yorker.
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 feuceposts, telephone poles or railroad ties. Ma ny farms in Indiana,
Sun Spots and Wheat Rust. Dr. G. Stuart Gager of the Brook-
l3Tn botanic garden calls attention
in Science to the discovery by G. N. Sahasrabudhe of the College of Ajrri-
culture at Pooua, India, that the disease of Aviieat rust closely follows the
changes in sun spots. The pest is least severe when the sun spot area is
With tiie Short Story Writers
Are You a Glass rarmer? mi. . .
j-ucre are special opportunities in
vegetable forcing near many of the smallest, and the rust recurs in cycles
uuiuiem cities. l'Jenty of towns of of eleven years at the season of the
iu,uuu or more population are not well greatest solar outbursts. The rust
supplied With forpfrt vrxrnfoh
-,.1,,. ... 0v.w.w. .111,1. iunu, yjL tuiusv, nuuiibuus uesi in
,ULlt l u" li,a eei0Sil 13 nauve are i you an opportunity in glass farming? damp and muggv weather.
xv,ucu ,1HI UL.iill W 1111.11 111 C J outlived the men who set them and ; are yet in good condition. Catalpa 1
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 calalpa was shown. It was as solid and fine looking as anv ever made from any wood. A section of a railway passenger coach, seats and all, also made of catalpa, was in
the same exhibit. j No other known wood has lasted I twice as long set in the ground as it ! took to grow the wood in the first
place.
A Ca
se of B
razen Audacity
By CHARLES B. LEWIS
HE postmaster at Clayton at the time I write of and for two
years previously was a single
man. thirty-five rears old.
named Henry Day. He made his home
Catalpa would undoubtedly have a j with a wi'low named Martin, who had ... - i . Hii'Qn -. i-i ? 1 . 1 . .-, .. a j
wiuer acquaintance except lor the lira- postmaster, ne was
ited amount of it that has been found native in the country. It crows nnre
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Sunday
known to every man. woman and child
for five miles around, and you would
only from pure seed, and that is hard 1 say tlmfc llls "lentity could be proved : - j j thove any other man's. One morning
! Jay wa miSSlllir. ami wifhin in hnnr
the widow startled the community by
ocoyiii uesson tor May
SENIOR BEREAN, INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Golden Text.-A man's life consisteth , and mystery of human life. Thev
not in the abundance of things which
he possesseth Luke xii, 15.
i-uue vi. u-j. Possessors of bless
edness.
Luke places before the rentier two
are
shallow and superficial, selfish
biased, shortsighted and ignorant.
"Mourn and weep" in the time
of disill
opeaiv well of you." These words
ideals ot lue. Ihey are opposed to were addressed especiallv to the disci-
THE NEXT CENSUS It will be impossible for the United Ktfim cenu bureau to complete all ot Um brmaelMNS of tim decennial census
work byJune rtO. th& lnfA Hvt i
.hargir.g 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 j in cash, and he demanded the money, f When she cried out he struck her with ! a club, and d'irhig the few minutes
she was unconscious he secured the money and fled.
each other and appeal to two different pies, lest they should be tempted' to 1 Dicl nn-v rne (loubt hev story? Was
uaai!" Ui I'iJ. leaves us to in- seek nooularifv t ih n? w,.,.?. tnere the slightest reason to snsneet
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lei m men is ine Detter ot fhn two i w x-t-. i . . . . c ip i-miifi micfni..m ck
jy. .wi ci.xcw nave lost men snirirua' i ii.nftc. om- uiu set-u
ideals. "le poor" must be taken nnu-A,. ...f. ...
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their own and that of others.
uiv .vi, iy-üi. wives üüü Lazarus.
The purpose of. this parable was not !
to illustrate the compensations in lite.
but to emphasize the necessitv of tak-
mg advantage of the opportunities of
are. a certain rich man
The type was common in Palestine. He
enjoyed all conceivable t-omforts that
money could obtain. "A certain be
gar. This type or humanitv wis no
less common. The distress ..ird discom
fort of his condition were pitiable to a
In a country where no hos
pitals existed and where medicine was
at best only an apology we can realize
uicuuiui uiiist nave ueen tue af
flictions of the . sick. "Abraham's
bosom." The figure was suggested by
the custom of reeliuinr on one's elbow
-t. 41 1. J t I 'liiri aomnrr rt K .. f!
i-iu. luaiigu. uecause comtorr- tnuö tue uuöuui ui tue per
"liate you. ' Persecution hn been öun leit c.joun xin. 'Jot. From a
literally. It refers to those who have
little of this world's goods. Jesus did
not mean to say that penury is a de
sirable thing for its own sake and that
those who live in poverty are better off
spiritually than those who enjov rich
es. The thought he desired to empha
size was that in spite of poverty they
could enjoy the kingdom of God. "Ye
shall be filled." The testimony of the psalmist is worth considering: "I have
been young and now am old. yet have 1 not seen the righteous forsaken nor
his seed begging bread" (xxxvii, 25)
compare also run. iv, 19. -Ye that
weep now." The reference is to Chris
nan mourners. The causes of their
sorrow will not necessarily be remo
ed. but grace will be given them to
bear it, just as Paul received strength
to endure the thorn in the flesh (II Cor.
him and haa-d his voice. So also had Frank and TIaftie 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 passenger, the conductor and two brakemen
him. Was there
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0 by dim dmst Judson C. Clements, Who Has Served In Five Administrations. land, McKinley and Koosevelt aud on Jan. 13, 1ÜJ1, when ranking member of the commission, was made its chairman, succeeding Martin A. Knapp,
one of the inevitable penalties visited nlaee of obscurity and pain on earth
upon the lauimil followers of Jesus. lIB w;is u-ansiatea to a position ol -Rejoice ye in that day." The honor and privilege at the feast of fust epistle of Peter is an exposition Paradise. -The rich man also died." of the service of suffering for Christ. Ue net with the fate common to the Compare ii. 20-20; iii, 13-1S: iv, 12-10. lniman race, whatever the station in Luke vi. 2-1-2(3. Heirs of misery. life "In hell'; "hades." -Tonnen tThe.se words are not a denunciation, ed in tnis fiame." This is a strong exbut an annunciation. Just as the first pi'ession for the pain and anguish that section was an encouragement, this is were torturing the man who had been
a warning. The class of people here mentioned need counsel just as much
as the others. "Rich" was practically
aving for himself when on earth.
"Moses and the prophets." The two parts of the Hebrew Bible contained sufficient guidance for those who desired to regulate their lives' aright by its teaching, if the pres-ent opportunities are not availed of there will be
.yiiun muui im iiuuiess m me oay. 1 of Jesus. They were the opnressors of I
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 in congress he helped to place the original interstate commerce eo mini ion law on the statute books.
the poor and were tempted to find onsolation'' in their wealth fLuke
xii. 19). But there were noble nwen-1 little ue of nrovidinc irreaiPi- honmlrs.
Hons, like Meodemus and Joseph f The rich man was not a violent of-
Arimathea. "You that are full"
those who are self satisfied, who have reached a state in life beyond which they do not care to advance, who are opposed to improvement and extension, who have neither vision nor faith. "Laugh," in the spirit of the cynic, who doe not understand the marvel
feuder. lie was selfish aud indifferent
and did not realize that he had responsibilities toward others. At Iiis very door there were occasions to exhibit benevolence, but he turned away from them. When it was too late he lamented Ipfit opportunities, but regret were now of ao avail. is A
could fully identify
ever a plainer case? It was three weeks before Mr. Day was overhauled and brought hack 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 500 people at the depot to see him. Everv one
recognized him as Henry Day. Next day he was arraigned before a justice of the peace under that name. He denied it and irave his name ns Jumos
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 Hip tinstnm
on the stand to identify the prisoner. Tie 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 oi! mistaken Identity. The prisoner declared 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 and had only been in the country two weeka when arrested. He had about $1,000 in money, some of which was English oKL o
When the trial in the higher court came on the crew of the freight train and the station agent were put on the stand. Each set out to be positive, but each ended by doubting. The testimony of the station agent was a fair sample: "Mr. Jones, you wore acquainted with Henry Day?" "Yes, sir." "What sort of nose had be?' "Xose? 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 be positive this time. She not only believed in what she was -oin- to swear to. hut a hundred different nen-
ple had encouraged her in her conviction. This was the way she came to
"You think it was about midmVhf-
when you awoke V'
"Yes, sir." "Well, what did you see? "I saw the nrisnnor f tiia
the bed and called out." "Did you know who it was before you heard his voice?" "Xo, sir." "Well, what did he say?" "He said. T want that inonev or I'll murder you.' " "You were greatly frightened?" "Yes sir." "And' .vet. frightened as vou were.
you recognized his voice?" "Yes, sir." "Well, let us see if there is anv 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 Widow Martin seemed stupefied as she looked at him. "So you swear that this is the vole
you heard in your bedroom, do vou?" asked the lawj-er. "I I can't say." Of the two men who had been positive at the preliminary examination one backed square down, while the other was full of doubts. When the 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 guiltjV Bailey remained in town for a couple of weeks, meeting everybody ass a stranger and wanderiug around to see the sights, and then went quietly away, to be seen no more. Was he' Bailey or Day? I have told you how they failed to prove he was anybody but Baitey, and yet he was Day. Year nfttrwur.i
I interviewed him in, a Sootli OuaMa
jail for two days before be wt b -
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