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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-06-04
COllllndrl,lns.

Why is ,hc country in winter like the
"iIlark Crook Z" Because there are 80
iiiaily bare limbs TO be seen.
WY Is 4 spcndthriit's purse like a
thunder cloud! Dccausc it is continual
~ tightening.
Why are good resolutions like faintinp
ladies? Because they want "carrying
out
WnrN do flowers become highway
men? When t!lcy show pisiils and sta
men.
How docs horse regard Il man? *,
the source Of all his wloas.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-06-04
A DrunIsard's Stomach on Fire.

About midnight ON Sunday last. near
the village Of Rainbow near New Haven,
Connecticut, the people were awakened
Iby the cry OF fire. which proved to bc
Icauscd by the burning of two story
frame house. owned by John Darwin
and occupied by linn rs liquor saloon,
which was completely demolished. =
Those ncighbors first on the spot found
Darwin. lying on the ground SO badly
burned rs to be inscnsihlc. lie was con-
lveycd 10 Il ncighboring house. but died
lin great agony before morning. II ap-
pears that the unfortunate man. as soon
as he had discovered the fire. ran out OF
ltlc house. but subsequently, returned 10
save his FIVE sleeping children. lie was
badly intoxicated az the time. and enter
ing the burning building. the flames
'struck him in The face. and Immediately.
lowing to the amount of listior he had
drank. set fire to his throat aud stomach,
SO that when he was found that organ
was mere crisp. The children were
saved by the neighbors: one Of them
was badly scorchcd. The eldest boy
says general cnrousal had been going
on in the saloon. and while some o,e in-
toxicatcd was drawing liquor. he proin-
bly, set fire to an old feather bed near the
barrel. Everything in the house was
DESTROYED. and the children are thus Left
orphans and unprovidcd for.
0Ey Mayor rCookerive estimates tho pres
ntipublic debt Of 1crrr IIautc that viii
have To be met by future taxation to be
A.. 49, A.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-06-04

Tnr question why printers do not sue
coed as wcllas brewers is thusanswcrcd :
Because printers work for The head, and
brewers for tlic stomach - and where
twenty men have stomachs, but one has
brains.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-06-04

PURDUE NivERsTry.- The Board OF
Trustees nanrcd in the acts Of the Lcgis-
hture Incorporating the Agricultural
College and the Purdue University. con
sits of the Governors; Mr.. Jenk fil.on. of
Fort WAYNE: Henry Taylor of Laiay-
cite; Lewis Burke. Of Wayne county |;
Smith Vawter. Of Jennings county; and
john purdue. Of Lafayette.
NtMh Iatayptte Disnatch
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EQUALITY from NEGRO STAND
NT.-Fred Douglass isa candidate for
the United States Senate, in the place of
Conkling. of ro,irsc, Sec what he said
iii speech before the 'Anti-Slavcry So
cicty, in New York. the other day.
Mr.. Hendricks said OH the floor Of thc
United States Senate: Gentlemen. thi,
thing is impossible. Manhood suffrage
means the bringing of black Senator
into this chamber, 10 be seated in these
chairs. 1t is impossible He was right.
II means all that, and am just the mar
to 90 there iChccrs.l
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-06-04

COPPER Mr.. l.. W. Kiser. of West
Point III this county showed us a couple
OF copper nuggets this morning, weigh
ing about IL pound each. which were
found IN Flint Creek. about quarter of
a nrilc from West Point. few DAYS since.
One of thc pieces appeared to be pure
copper and the other nearly SO. Thcv
are a curiosity. ard deserve to be exam
ined Ivy some cnc better vcIsed in gcolo-
gy and minenlogy than wcarc.
Infaycftp iyi-i1ofch
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A MEDICAL student says he has he new
cr been able TO discover the bone of con-
tcption aud desires 10 know whether il
y not situated very near the iaw-bonc.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-06-04

ny An Trismnan was called up in Il
'rase Of assault and battery, and when
asked by the magistrate what he SAIL to
the complainant, remarked. Il sail 10
him with the toe Of my boot, Go homc:"
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Lafayette DISPATCH.

TIM New Albany council proposes 10
enforce the strict observance OF the sum
day law. The marshal has notified the
salocn-kccpers that they must close on
sunday, threatening them with the PEN
altics OF the law in case of refusal. The
COMMERCIAL doubts whether there is Il
city of equal population in fhc west in
which there is apparently as strict an OBJ
sservancc Of the Sabbath by the people
in New Alblny. .LLillM --.l.-
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PUBLISHED fyERY FRIDAY, At JAspl];
DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA, Bl
CLEMENT DDANE.
OFFICE.-IN CorEiEf BUILDING on
WEST MAIN STREET.
RATES OF AnvIRTIsING.

RATES OF FADylRTJaING.
For square Of 70 lines or lcssl1 week, 81 "
Each subsequent Insertion, rs cts
LONGER advertisements ai the same rate
a fraction over even square or squares
counted as sYtarc. These are III" terms
for transient advertisement. a rci.sDnab,
deduction Will be made 70 regular adyer-
tiscrs.
Notices ofappontmcnt Of admf~Stla.
tors and lcgal notices Of like chalactcrtp g
be paid in advance
ANNouNcING CANDIDATES
For Township officers. each sl.0t
For County 25L
For District. Circuit. or State. 5.OC
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. BERT LANSING, of tie Bowling Green
Aurora Borcalis. recently visited ono
hundred saloons IN 1crrc lIantc. and III
the last issue of his paper gives. as tho
result of his observations. the number
and cost Of drinks consumed daily as
follows:
1880 drinks. at Zoe s I.T7s 90
Making yearly 64s.y7S 90
Bic CLrr.-NIr. Archibald Ceilings. of
Clinton township. informs rs that u
Spanish Mcrino buck Just shcnrcd bv
him yielded fleece weighing 26s poudd
and that of a eve. ! pounds. The cli,,
was OF onc ycaruiItl ten days growth.
ff trccncilsilc Press.
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or Mayor Cookeriv estimates tho pres
entpiblic debt Of Tcrrr IIautc that win
have to be met by future taxation TO be
from $4,000 10 $4,000.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-18
A Marital Mistake.

For several months past young man
who had been boarder IN private fami-
ly in Troy, N. Y, had paid some attention
to daughter, escorting her to the theater
and to church on one or two occasions =
There had, however, been no love making
on either part. About two weeks ago the
father of the young lady came suddenly
into the room where she and her mother
were sitting, and said to her, "Go- and get
ready, you are going to get married in an
hourn The mother confirmed the state
ment and told her to go for lady friend
of hers, living near, to stand up with her.
The girl asked to whom she was to be
married, The father answered, 'sTo Hen.
ry" (the boarder before mentioned.) The
girl took it for joke, and went for her
friend. When she came back minister
was present, and in less than ten minutes
she was a wife. She now seeks relief from
the marital bonds, alleging that she was SC
confused and surprised that she did moi
know what she was about, and that she
was married to the young man without hel
consent
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-18
FOR LAND APPRsAIsERs.

- 49, ----lNl-Na fAlA71 1-A--H-Alo-4--~fS
The Eand Appraisers nominated at the
late Democratic Primsry Meeting forstark
County arc as follows: ..
Paris, David EssicEy Washingten,. ] B
Knoll Lexington, J. A lRiBgsbuFy ) MaTl.
bOro, Martin. Replogle Nimlshillen, E
Landon; Plain, Peter Schick Sandy,
James Boyd; Bethlehem, A w Goshorn /;
Canton City, ] G Willard Canton tp.
Jacob Sherriek: 0snaburgh, Samuel Sny-
der; Lake, s s Geb; Jackson, 'Samael
Brougher; Perry, Levi Stump; TnscafaWas,
Joseph Oberlin; Iassfenee, p A Tritt.
Democratic Central COMMITTEES for STARK
oountyofor the ensuing year:
Paris; AKoons; Washington. A Shaffer;
| Lexington, Mathew Early Marlboro, A
H Giberson; Nimishilien, VIM Shafftr
l Plain, Levi Mckinney; Sandy, w Z
Knots; Bethlehem, p B Welsh Canton,
I VA. Lynch; OsnabuTgh, j d Miller
Lake, .B Ely; Jackson, John Hammer
Perry, j Estep; Tuscarawas, VIM Ober
lin; Lawrence, @ D McCue. i
The Delegates chosen for the Senatoria
Convention from Starl-eounty are:
Paris, E D. Riley; Washincron, B {
Wallace; Lexington, J Crane; Nimishil
len, L Pence; Plain, Peter Pierson; Sandy
James Boyd; Bethlehem, A Stahl; Canton
Daniel Sayler and R A Dunbar; 0snaburgh
ID Miller; Lake, Frank w Baird Jack
son, Sam Beatty, Perry, J P Barrick anC
John Warwick Tnscarawas, J H Gard
ner; Lawrence, q P McCaden.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-18
What Is Life?

"What IS life?" asked a little child.
''A regret" answered hard featured
woman. J. .-- -- at '..--
< ..s'Who is she 2'' 1 inquired of friend.
--"A woman who speaks well of none, p
was the reply. s..iz. .y .rs
No wonder, thought L, that life to her
is but a 'tregret." 'tA woman that speaks
well of none (" Poor, blind creature,
may God help her, for surely He never
created human being without some good
elements of character, and sincerely pity
the man or woman who sees only the evil
where there Is so much noble to-admire.
What is life ......-
ga hope" I" said sweet faced lady,
Ali well can life be q hope to her, foE
her existence is beautiful. Each day her
tender hands soothe the misery of others,
and her sweet lips speak only words of
love, faith, hope and charity. ~
What is life2
Eddie, our three year older, looks quain-
tly iRto my face, and answers promptly,
'tEager bier" l laugh, but I know the
answer of the child IS truthful.
Bitter-sweet--lntox -efferVescing
Life is lager bier Mary E. Tucker
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Quaint EDTtoII...


A writer in the London SsOis,aoa
has gathered acrop pof epitaphs. some
OF which are quite fresh. --'T -
Here is one on a person namA5
Chest: 1.eA -ar- ,7e9ob zsi5i0 8
~, Here lies at rest do protest. ST. -,l =
-.r.,yl One Chest within another: ~.
The one of them IS very good. ~.
z,.e-.. Who says SO of the other2n
On very old man: ,'-''''
. He lived to 105 because he. was strong tIn
100 to 8 you don't live SO Ions. - 7iIo10'
On Martha Shell 20 lo7y- joq oil
':Poor Martha Shell has g6nn away. w5aryt ioaa
q Her would fishe could, But 7AeF Couldn't
Saz = stay, 3l1lICy o3aGD4ICl az 70 -
Her had 2 bad legs and q baddish cough,
Twas twas her bad legs that carried her. off y
=, Mr.. Proctor's antipathy 10 medical
Iuen d1d not save him from the com
mon fate of humanity: ~ E'sI5 6saq
el- t'Here-lies John Proctor. " p sldt-
SalszWho lived and died without doctor.v
On Professor Walker, who wrotea
treaties on English PartieIess vsF-l
-1as nAs'HeFelies Walkers Particles5lI
ION d. Fuller. .3losqs bnR sxIIslu9iI
-silu3I' Here lies FIllef's earth VI
g On dustmanvsauo3 rf9d3 20 rs,u
5at .'tCease to lament his change We lust
q ~ He's only gone from dust 70 7dust.p'
= DIR. Chard's medical practiceseems
TO have been large, if not particularly
''Here lies DR.. Chard. 9'7" a5inl
''-'+ Who filed the half Of this church.
tsl- yard. ."Y94a3 DHG sbI9i1l 1sn5o
oi The following is a Quaint mixture
ofspeciBc Information andsentinaent:
.aA f'Here lies two babes assdead as nits,
l. ds Who .oied Of aEonizing fts:s ve,;rf'
/ ~. They were too good TO live with we,
.'- So God took them to live with He. =
% On a Woodman '12Ys Tod ,5iQoo1
'i- ''In Kent so good I was looping wood,
| And down fell from Stfee ;02 sff
i met@with check and broke my
-eaHI neck73is ne bed Y5F-,-rrsrs y
w-a And SO death Topped off me!' 8 81
There isno evidence that Jonathan
Pound was ganb drishmau. sbut hi
epitaph contains an bunnaistakablG
bull 8: 9-f ,VIsT5Cmsu od3lo 1RsIs-d.E
sHers lies the body Of Jodathath Pound sdd
was l0st AZ 81 and nd 5aeYf meyer : wa r.
Il -.fl. rAOfln4s & ..--r ~ ,f4-lr 800 -.
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tions, arrived, Readshfst, at the Ia6dy
1ngs A good Samaritan ran to .oicl-l
him up, but was rewarded for his
compassion after this wise; 1Nov.
you les lem me 'Ione, will YOU I; All.
Iers come down stairs that 'way.' 3 z
.Lts'WelI, I went to albany and tooEr
dinner at q tavern Right beside me
sat a member of the legislature. ffOno
one of the back, towns. Before his
plate was a dish of peppers, and ne
Kept looking at them. Finally "a
the waiter was very slow brfEging
on the things he up with his fork.
sL ano IN less than no time soused one
into his mouth. AS he brought down
his grinders the tears came into his
eyes, AT last, removing the peDneT
into his hand, he laid il down bv, the
sIde OF his plate, and with a voice
that set the whole, table in a roar.
txcisimed ASii3i a. Just lie there and
cool y ~ -H.a.- 'tgf
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-18
Championship I'm FnIsebood.

In many long years observation
as an editor, 1t has not been our lot
to encounter as unworthy and dis
creditable a production at the care
fully cOncocted stump speech delivers
ed by Governor. Hayes on the oc-
caSion ofaccepting his
1t demolisheS at a dash all the good
opinion that had been entertained of
him by his opponents. Instead of a
man of truth and a gentleman above
the level of demagogues, it proves
him to be an adept at falsehood and
the peer of the lowest trickster in
political warfare. His statements in
the matter of expense and taxation
under Democratic legislation. are
prepared and CLOSED over with the
skill and cautious circumspectiOn
that govern the practised burglar in
the formation of schemes to accom-
plsh his nefarious purposes. The de-
sign of all this, is so transparent that
it will deceive none except those
who are hopeless blind, or who have
no Wishto know the truth. Governor
| Hayes is conscious of the openness OF
his party to adeStructiVe assault, and
it is in the vain hope of arresting at
tack, that he seeks to put the Demo.
cratic party on the defensive. The
t1reS of alt sorts, LeUied or authorized
6y the last Democratic Legislature OF
Ohio, do not amount TO- o. SinqLe ddJ5s
| I1LItllder By q Radical Congress. Not
withstanding this undeniabIe fact,
Governor Hayes seeks by shouting
"Stop thiefH at the heels of a Dem.
ocratic Legislature, to draw attention
froml the squanderings, profligacy
and pillage of his, own. party, and ID
this way keep. its strength unimpair,
ed that 1t may. retain power and he
obtain reelection. That he. is con.
siderably anxious on this subject is
natural. When elected two years
ago, majority of white voters o.
Ohio cast their suffrage against him.
1t is therefore not wonderful that he
now feels distrustful of success with
the additional drawback which
| stagnant trade. an imbeciIe federal
administration, and a purpose tt
override the declared wishes of the
white voters of Ohio, interpose tt
the success OF his party at the coming
| October election. But in all this
no upright, honorable man shoulC
see an excuse for crafty deception
and falsehOod that would be in keep
ing with the ingenuity of counter
feiter but are in utter violation of re
ctitude. Besides, it will fail to sc
cure the purpose intended, and if an
sense of honor be left, will strip tn
person who has restored to it of tha
highest of all rewards, the secret ap
proval of his own NeWaT.
AdUOcdte. ..-....-.---
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-18
A Philosophical View OF the Me-
gro Suffrage Question.

No writer has presented a more
philosophical VieWfof the theory of
our government and the nature of
our free institutions that the French
writer, DE TOcqueville, in his work
OH Democracy in America. This
work was written many years ago,
about the time when the abolition
agitation was inaugurated De
TOcquevilIe had no prejudice against
the negro, and he looked upon the
question of negro suffrage and ANAL
gamatIon with the comprehensive
grasp Of the statesman and philoso-
pher. He condemned with a pro>
phetic eye the Radical ideas now
entertained upon these subjects, and
coming from such a source they are
entitled to consideration by all who
sincerely desire the perpetuity OF
popular government and to advance
the general welfare and Individual
happiness. Id He says sthoSe who
hope that the Europeans will ever
be amalgamated with the negroes
appear to me to delude themselves.
am not led to any such conclusion
by my reason nor by the evidence of
facts. Hitherto, wherever the whites
have been most powerful they have
held the blacks in degradation or in
slavery; wherever the negroes have
been strongest they have DESTROYED
whites; this is the only balance which
has ever taken place between the
If were called upon to predict the
future, should say that the abolition
of slavery in the South will, in the
common course of things, increase
the repugnance of the white popula-
ton for the blacks. / found this
opinion upon the analogous observa-
ton I have already made at the
North. I have remarked that the
white Inhabitants ofthe North avoid
the negroes with increasing care, in
proportion as the legal barriers OF
separation are removed by legisla-
ton. = > !
Must it not be inferred that the
blacks and whites will sooner or later
come to open strife in the Southern
States. ..-7a.e.-.. ...r -.. no t..-
In every picture of the fu-
ture there Is dim spot which the
eye OF the understanding can not
penetrate" ia..... .--.-.E ..t ...
These arguments are Irresistible
for they are sustained by facts and
the teachings of history. Nature,
the DEGREES of Providence, are mi
mical to the amalgamation of the
negro and white races, and why fight
against them? -.--- ss .E..--..
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THE ISSUES OF: THIS CAM
PAIGN.

Shall negro suffrage be made uni
versal throughout the United States,
and the people of the States, be de-
prived Of every power to say who
shall be voters within their limits ?
Shall the bends be paid in gold,
for which we only agreed to give
greenbacks, and shall they be made,
in the meantime, subject to taxation,
like other property? %.
Shall we of the West continue al
ways 10 be oppressed by a tariff
which was solely created for the in
terests of the New England manu-
facturers and Eastern bondholders
Its upon. these questions mainly,
and upon the conceded extravaganza
and corruption of the Republican
Federal Administration, that the
battle is to be fought and the victory
won.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-18
EIIE ECLIPSE.
Accounts from the ScieMIf6cF Par
ties4-Des NI6anes ana HBrIs6OI.

Accounts from tIIeSciemIfncIs
ties4-Des NHOlnes and 1SrIsiOI-
WASHINGTON, Aug.-9.-Com. Sands,
who has charge of the Normal Observatory,
has submitted the following report to the
Secretary of the Navy: -
UNITED STATES NAVAL OBsERyAroRY,l
WAsHNeToN, ID. C., Aug. 8, 1869. )
SR-I have the honor to report that 1
have received telegraphic dispatch from
our observers of the eclipse, at Des Moines,
Iowa. Prof. Harkness reports as follows:
We have succeeded beyond our most
sanguine expectations. We have one hun
dred and twenty three photographs of the
eclipse, two being of the totality, also 3
spectra of five prominences, no two of
them giving the same lines, Could see no
absorption of lines, in the spectrum, of
the corona. 1t gave a continuous spect-
rum, with one bright line IN It
Prof. Eastman's observations were also
successful. Prof. NeWeombC reports thai
no inter- Mercurialj planets were visible.
Mr.. ,P. W. Hayward left here on Friday
morning, and arrived at Bristol, Tenn, in
ample time for the eclipse. The objects
OF attention were the duration of totality
and -MercuriaI planets. The -circum-
stances attending his observations were ex-
tremely favorable. Mercury, Venus and
Regnlus were visible to the naked eye, but
no inter-Mercurial planet was seen. he
has numerous notes of The eclipse, from
/ which full report will be made.
At this Observatory the sun was parti-
ally obscured by clouds, and owing to the
use of higher power than the observer
was accustomed to, he failed to get a frs
and last contact. His other observations
were entirely successful. ..-.- ..H
| 1 will have the honor to submit more
detailed report on the return OF the obser
vers sent out from here
| Very Respectfully,
! Your Ob't servant,
B. F. SANDS,
Commodore and Supt.
To Hon. G. NJ. Robson, Secretary o.
Navy. . .......
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-08-18

At this rate, the whole South viii soon
become. as reliably Democratic as Ken
lucky and New York City First, Vir-
ginia, then Alabama, now Tennessee. VIC
tories are as frequent as contests, and NOM
nations are equivalent to elections. It has
only needed a maximum of Radical folly
and tyranny, and minimum of Democrat
ic wisdom and iberality to assure this
Let no man be deceived. Though Wal
ker and Senter sailed in under the para
dOXical name of Conservative Republicans,
the cognomen deludes no one. Democrats
supported, elected, and will advise them.
Decency in their section necessitates De-
mocracy, and the line between them and
the Radical party is as marked. as the diff
ference between any conceivable Opposites
between Mr.. Greeley and free trade, for
instance. And Tennessee rightly leads off.
The first to be reconstructed, she is the
earliest of the Southern States to ,repudiate
the disfranchisers and peddlers in savage
suffrage who have brought her credit to
ruin and given her history the only blot it
wears. The scalaWags and carpet baggers
may as well emigrate or die. Their day
is gone. Tennesseeans hereafter will rule
Tennessee. The State belongs to herself.
We congratulate the commonwealth. We
congratulate the country. We congrstu-
late the progressive, indomitable Democ>
racy. Now for the abolition of all disabil-
tiles. Now for an honest, aggressive State
administration. Now. for a true man in
the Senate of the United States, be he ex.
President johnson or any other. capable
statesman, of whom the locality has nc
lack. This is no doubtful triumph Con
gress dare not even usurp the supervision
OF the righteous verdict. Tennessee, which
re entered the Union in humiliation, al
last retaliates upon the conspiratoFs who
haFe played fast and loose with her honor
A mighty present struggle has saved the
State till time shall end. Future success
will be easy, and the, Democraey,af are once
more free and victorious inSthe- home O1
Jackson and the hearts that follow hi:
cOunsels. I'm. Y. World.