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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-01
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, AT JASPER
DUBOIS COUNTY, ISDiANA, By
CLEMENT DOANE.

OFFICE.-IN COURIER BUILDING ON
WEST MAIN STREET.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14
To Make Boys Good Farmers.

The American Agriculturist says: "In- duce them to take an interest in the farm, in implements, in stock tell them all your plans, your successes and failures; give them a history of your own life, and what you did and how you lived, when boy but do not harp too much upon the degenerate character of the young men of the present age, but praise them when you can and encourage them to do still better. Let them dress up in the evening, instead of sitting down 1n their dirty clothes in a dirty room. Pro- vide plenty of light. Thanks to kerosene, our country homes can be as brilliantly lighted as the gas-lit residences in the city. Encourage neighbors to drop In during evenings. Talk agriculture rather than politics speak of the importance of large crops, of good stock, of liberal feeding, and of the advantages of making animals comfortable, rather than of the hard times, low prices and high wages. Above all, encourage the boys to read good agricultural books. Papers are we'll enough, but an intelligent boy wants something more. Get him some good agricultural book to study. Read it with him, and give him the benefit of your experience and criticism. When he has mastered this, give him another. In our own case, we owe our love for farm ing principally to the fact that our father told us of everything that he was doing on the farm ; answering all the questions, and encouraging rather than refusing our child-like desire of helping hlm to blow, to chop, to let off water and fire the brush heaD
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14
A Crushing Sarcasm .

Chief Justice Spofford, during the latter part of his official career, was about as brusque and biting as man could be, and in his bitter moods he was apt to be as ungenerous as he was sarcastic. When left to his own meditations, with nothing to ruffie his temper, his decisions were clear and compact, and his legal papers patterns of ornate erudition :; and, more over, his decisions were held as good and sufficient law of precedent. e
 Once upon time Spoford was at the head of the bench holding a Court of Equity, and in the case under trial it became necessary for an attorney to prove the death of a certain man. This attorney was by name Wallington-a thin-visaged, nervous, buzzing fellow, who had the reputation of never letting go his hold upon case until he had wrung the last possible dollar from it. Wellington produced what he consid- cred sufficient proof of the death ol the man in question :; but the Judge would not accept it.
 "That is no proof at all," was Spof. ford's emphatic remark. The attorney brought forward other evidences And still old Spoford shook | his head.
 Ut will not do, sir. We cannot accept that as proof"
 "Your Honor," cried Wellington, witt much show of vexation, "pardon me if deem your decision extremely hard Why will you not believe me? Iknev the man well to the day of his death saw him dead with my own eyes and attended his funeral. He was my client your Honor.
 " Four client?" exclaimed Spofford "Why in the name of sense and reason didn't you state that fact in the frs place NO soonder he died! We admi tAe proof.-Go on, sir.'
 The Judge probably thought but lightl, of the sarcasm at the time, but it proved crusher fer poor Wallington-so mucl so that he was forced to seek anothe field for the exercise of his profession Ledger.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

WOULD TRY IT HIMSELF FRsr.-On a turnpike running through the northerly part of Rhode Island, many years ago, stood Q country inn, the landlord of which was noted for his eccentricity. He attended his own bar, and one of his pe- culiarities was, that whenever a traveller called for 8 drink he would nervously reply, "Yes, yes Iguess PA take ittle myseg first" and suiting the action to the word. he would pour out a glass of spirits for himself and imbibe it before waiting upon his customer. He at least made it apparent that he was not afraid of his own liquors. The precaution, if not the practice, of taking little first himself has been adopted in England by Furdham, who has achieved great rep utation as rider in races. On recent occasion he rode the horse Digby Grand, who proved the winner. Before the race bottle of old port wine was administer ed to the animal, but we are informed that previously Fordham partook of a glass, in order to ascertain that the beverage was all right.,' Tested in this way, "the beverage" if it had proved all wrong, instead of Gall right" might only have killed man instead of a horse Formerly experimenting with doubtful stuff was tried upon animals. Then they were not esteemed more irn. portant than their owners.-Ledqer
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

GOLDEN SANDs.-On the northern shores of California the sea beach has extensive ranges of golden sands which have been worked for years, and yet an- nually produce considerable amounts of gold, remarkable for its purity. The sand is black, and contains titaniferous iron and visible particles of gold. Those who have worked these beaches have found that the sands grew richer the further the breakers were penetrated, and life-boats that sounded in six to ten fathoms beyond found the sandy bottom still richer in gold of remarkable bright ness. This has led to the conclusion that there are submarine beds of golden sands much richer than those which have been exposed and it is said that the Pacific Submarine Exploring Com pany is about to employ the same kind of diving-bell which has been so suc- cessfully used at Hell-Gate for the col lection of the deposits which are sup posed to lie of he coast beneath the waters of the Pacific.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

FooD OF PLANTS. is nutri- ment for them in hard rocks. Soil in which they grow is essentially nothing more than pulverized stones, with which decomposing organized matter is mixed, By being thus reduced. potash, lime, phosphates and many other elements in them are set free. By exposure to air, falling rain drops, freezing and thawing alternately. besides other agencies in nature, those salts are liberated, and being dissolved in water are then absorbed by roots, and vegetation is thus nourished. The theory of the utility of manures is simply supplying appropriate food to plants in greater abundance than is attainable by them in places in which their proper aliment has been exhausted by continued culture. Ashes, dccaying wood, bark, straw, husks, shoes, bones, leaves, muck, and, in short, whatever is perishable by de- composition, yields something on which hungry plants can feed luxuriously. Therefore save everything of tke kind for that purpose. Without practical economy in that way, there is neither thrift on farm or full gamers in Autumn. That which is coal to-day may enter into new relations tomorrow. Once it was a tree, an animal, palace, or perhaps floating in the atmosphere. Matter is never at rest, but perpetually assuming new and diversified forms.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14
Tie Balloon Disaster.

A Nashville paper thus speaks of the disaster to Prof. Atkins at Decatur Ala. The balloon was of the hot-air class, and one of the main attractions connected with Mike Lipman's Queen City Circus. When a large crowd had gathered, and just before the process of imitation had been fully completed, Prof. Atkins, tue @ronaut, expressed great uneasiness as to the safety of the ascension. The circus men, however only laughed at his apprehensions, and, in a joking way, re- marked that he would come down all right. Still he could not dismiss his dark forebodings, and after he had gotten into the basket of the balloon prepara- tory to its being let of, he remarked to the spectators in sad tone of voice "This is the last ascension I'll ever make P Very soon the balloon was re- leased from it's moorings and shot up ascending to the height of about half { mile. It was steadily driven by current of wind over Decatur, hovered over the Tennessee River, and then decended a. rapidly as it had ascended, falling abou the middle of the river. Prof. Atkins soon rose to the surface, but having be come entangled in the ropes attached tc the basket, he succeeded in releasing himself only after desperate struggle which, it is supposed, exhausted hi strength. He swan heroically towards the shore opposite Decatur, while th' balloon foated down the stream. A fish erman named Abe Nichols, who wal half mile away at the time the balloon tell into the river, rowed towards it al fast as possible, to save the daring eero naut. Not being able to see him aftel the balloon had struck the water, ant believing that he would cling to it unti it sank, Nichols made for the balloon On nearing it, however, he discovered Prof. Atkins some distance of, and Q once tried to row to him, but in vain, fol just as he got within about twenty o thirty feet of him, Prof. Atkins, who hae himself nearly reached the shore sanl and to rise no more. The balloon wa recovered some distance below wher' Prof. Atkins was drowned.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14
A CURIOUS TYPOGRAPHICAL B1UNDER.

A CURIOUS TYPOGRAPHICAL BIUNDER. A funny typographical blunder oc- cured in the columns of the Paris Con- stitutionnel, in connection with M. Thiers, who was prime minister of France, under Louis Philippe, forty years ago. Then, as now. M. Thiers was very sensitive upon the subject of adverse votes of the Chambers, and was always ready to resign his office at the slightest provocation. One of these emergencies occurred, and M. Thiers sent in his resignation, but at an interview with the king he was in- duced to withdraw it. On the same day a noted burglar had been captured and brought before the jatge dinstructioa, whom he grossly insulted. The Ccnsti- tutionael contained the following two items about it: sAfter his Majesty had informed M. Thiers of his desire to keep him at the head of the government, the prime minister, deeply moved, replied to the king You rascally old fellow, feel like wrenching your head off 1 ," "The burglar, Jenneuse, was captured yester- day by the gendarmes. He was taken in irons before the .juge d'instructiom, to whom he had the impudence to say Your Majesty, the confidence you re- pose in me touches my heart extremely. I shall try my best not to disappoint your expectations. The closing para graphs of the two items had, of course, been transposed.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

HARD FOR THEM. If Moorish lady's parents are rich, even then she is a stran- ger to domestic comforts. She is gener- ally secluded in acorner of the house, and left entirely to the care of negress i; and as she grows up her sole aim and de- light is to become one of the most arrant coquettes, and to plunge into all kinds of intrigue. A woman, according to. the ideas of all Mussulmans, is nothing more nor less than mere toy-a playth1ng, 6 piece of furniture which every man ought to possess, but which has no right to think or to act. Hence the cause of her pro- found ignorance and semi-barbarous state and yet the Moorish women pos sess wonderful talent for learning. There is French institution at Algiers to which young Moorish girls are admitted.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

INSECT INsTNcT.-A correspondent of a New York paper relates touching in- stance of insect instinct as follows: "I found cockroach struggling in bowl of water. I took half peanut shell for boat. I put him into it and gave him two wooden toothpicks for oars, and left him. The next morning visited him, and he put piece Of white cotton thread on one of the toothpicks, and set the toothpick up on end as signal of dis tress. He had hair on the other tooth pick, and there the cockroach sat fish. ing. The sight melted me to tears. l never had to chew leather to get soul. I was born with one. took the cock. roach out, gave him spoonful of gruel, and he left. That animal never forgot that act, and now my house is chuck full of cockroaches."
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

A SUPERB PLANT.-A mammoth cen- tury plant, 40 feet in height, and weigh ing 31 tons, has been shipped from near Jacksonville, Fla, to parties in New York The plant is on the eve of bloom ing second time, and is therefore near ly 200 years old. Its leaves extend over an area, the diameter of which is not less than IS feet, while the central shaft or column on which the blooms are to ap pear, though only few weeks old, has already attained an altitude of 15 feet. It is still growing at the rate of six in ches day, and will continue to do so fo1 about three weeks longer, when all its upper portion will become clothed with magnificent mass of bell shaped blos- sons of purest white, hanging in dense clusters, and extending for a space oi not less than four feet apart from the apex downward.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14
CRUEL JoKE.-Two practical iokers

CRUEL JoKE.-Two practical jokers in Virginia town were left in charge of numerous babies, on a social occasion.
 while the mammas enjoyed a dance,
 changed the clothes Of the little darlings,
 and arrayed each one in strange habili- ments. The mothers, after an hour or so of devotion to Terpsichorean delights,
 took their baby vestments and the dear little forms therein contained, and re- tired to their respective and once happy homes: On preparing the little ones for the crib, sexes had changed-girls were boys and boys girls-and with one uni versal yell the outraged maternals set out on baby hunt. At last accounts, almost all had succeeded in recovering the lost heirs but the wags keep out of the way of those matrons as much as possible.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14
To a Little Huswife.

 o little huswife clean and spruce, Thy use one heart divines; A rosy apple, full of juice, And poish'd-tlll it shines A tidy, tripping, tender thing, A foe to lazy filters, A household angel, tidying Till all around thee glittersl To see thee in thy loveliness, So prudish and so chaste; No speck up6n the cotton dress Girdled around thy waist The ankle peeping white as snow Thy tuck'd-up kirtle under; While shining dishes, row on row, Behind thee stare and wonderl The crimson frsight dips Thy cheeks until they glow; The white flour makes thy fnger-tips Like rosebuds dropt in snow, When all thy gentle heart Flutters in exultation To compass in an apple tart Thy no5lest aspirationl, o Huswife may thy modest worth Keep ever free from wrong; Blest be the house and bright the hearth Thou blessest all day long, And nightly may thy sleep be sound While OCT thee, softly, stilly, The curtains close like leaves around The husht heart of the lilyl
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14
A mammoth diving bell is being eol

A mammoth diving. bell is being con- structed in San Francisco, with which 1t is intended to prospect the reported golden sands on the northern coast of California. Several attempts have been made to mine this locality, which is now below low water mark, in the black sand of the seashore but the shortness of the time allowed the miners between the ebb and flow of the tides, and the great dis tance over which the auriferous sand has to. be conveyed, have hitherto deterred speculators from entering into any scheme for obtaining the precious metal from this source. Is is estimated that under the new plan hundred tons an hour can be raised.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

THE ALE QUESTION. The question of prohibiting the sale of ale and beer in the towns of Massachusetts was not set tied alter all by the vote taken few weeks ago. It seems as though loop hole was inevitably left open for itiga- tion to creep in when an attempt is made to settle any question in human affairs In this case on some of the ballots the whole question, .sShall the sale of beer, etc., be allowed?" was printed with the answer "yes" or ''Ao," while others only had the answer. Now the question arises es to whether the latter were legal, and the supreme Court must decide the question. < ..
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

PRINTERS SrR1KE.-The compositors on the Richmond EUemimg &ats Josr'nd struck on the alleged ground that the former foreman of the office was dis charged and another put in his place because he would not discharge one o1 the compositors, against whom there was no just cause of complaint. The Richmond Typographical Union met and approved the strike.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14
NATURAL ADVANTAGES, ''

NATURAL ADVANTAGE" = Teacher. -"W What bird did Noah send out of the ark" Smallest Boy in the Class (after a pauss). -" Dove, sir." Teacher "Very well. But I should have thought some of you Liz boys would have known thatr' Tall Pupil. --'Please, sir, that boy ought to know, sir, cause his father s bird fletcher, sir! p
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

There are twin brothers in Newbury- port who are known as rights and lefts, from the fact of one of them being lame in his right foot and squinting with his right eye, while the other is lame in his left foot and squints with his left eye.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

BRYANr,-When Bryant, the poet, was in Mexico recently, he met an American lady, and after the introduction she said to friend: Everybody in New York knows MT. Bryant, and they all go to hear his minstrels sing"
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

Cooking food for young pigs that we wish to push rapidly forward pays well
 Our ain is to get them to eat and digest as much food as they can assimilate. For old breeding pigs that can digest all the food we allow them and more, cooking ol grinding is mere waste of labor and fuel
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

Two white men were held as hostages for two days recently by the Indians near Trempealeau, Wis, because brave was mysteriously missing. The lost In dian came back and the scared whites " gre releas q.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14
Gunmeetie,.t M5tstertt Aews
 Advertising Rates:
Special Notices 50 per cent in advance of the
titutes a square.
1w 2wf Wi i'm 2m sm 6m

bpcclaI NOtIues, o0 per cent. m Auvance or tuV above rates.
 One inch space constitutes square.
 Cards in Business Directory, occupying hvs lines or less, $500 per year; over five lines, $1.00 per line.
 Regular advertisers to pay quarterly. Tran sient advertisements must be paid for in ad- vance.
 Notices of Marriages and Deaths free of charge. All additions to ordinary announce ments 10 cents per line.
Connecticut western news., 1872-06-14

An Iowa paper says the lion of the day is the dandylion.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-09

NEW CASTLE TRAINS.
Leave New Castle Tor Wilmington and Philadel-
phia at 7.4O A. M. Leave Philadelphia 11.45 A. H.,
and wilmington, LOO p. M, for New Castle.
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.
Additional to those above, leave Clayton for
Smyrna $40 A. ", and 400 P. M. leave Smyrna
for Clayton 11.95 A. M, and 1856 P. NJ, 10 make
connection with trains to and from Dover, and Sta
FRETGHT TRAIN, with Passenger Car
attached, will leave Wilmington 12.b5 A. N. New
Castle, 1.20; Middetown, 2f5; Townsend, 245 (;
Clayton, 3.l5; Dover, 400; Wyoming, 41O; Felton,
A4O; Harrington, sos; Harrington, b.15; Bridge
VILE $50; SeafOrd 615; Laurel, Gas and arrive at
Delmar at T.05 A. NJ Passengers leaving Baltimore
at z.3o p. M, and Philadelphia at 11.30 p M, will
make connection with this train at Wilmington
Returning-Will leave Delmar, 2.30 p. M. Laurel,
255; Seaford a25; Bridgeville, AGO; Farmington
AS; Harrington, $40; FELTON,, 5.s5; Wyoming, 61o
Dover, $50; Clayton, T.10; Townsend, LAS; Mid
dletown, $40; KirkWood, $40; New Castle, 9.25,
and arrive at Wilmington, $50 P. M. Philadelphia
11,s0 p. NJ, and Baltimore, $50 A. NJ. Subject to
delays incident TO freight business
This train will stop 70 take up passengers only at
stations named but will set down passengers at any
stopping place, ExoKPT Hare's Corner State Road,
Rodney and Dupont
At Townsend, with the Kent County, and Queen
Anne's d Kent Railroads for Kennedyville, Sud-
leravile and intermediate places.
At Clayton, with M. d d. r. II for Easton and In
Al Harrington, with j. 4 B. r. R. for Milford.
Georgetown, LeWes and intermediate places
AtSeaford, with D. d D. R. r. for FederalBburg
At Delmar, with K S. r. R for Salisbury, Princess
Anne, Crisned; alse for Berlin and other stations
on the W. d p. r. r
II. F. KENNEY. Superintendent.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-09
9tuauEiaI.

ENIBsT NATIONAL BANK,
OF WILMINGTON,
DepOS tory Of the Public Monies,
FINANCl al AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
EDWARD BELTS, PREsIDHRT.
GEO. d. ARMSTRONG, CAsHIEiL
Paid Up Capital,. al,...................... S5O0,O 600
Rw-Philadelphla and New York Exchange fur
nished to regular depositora without charge.
Discount days, Mondays and Thursdays at 81 A. M.
DIRECTORS:
CLEMENT B. SkYTH- GRoKaK W. BUsH,
IsRAKL PUsEY, EII GARRETT,
HENRY s. MoCoMB, JOSHUA T. HKALD,
DANIEL JAMES, WILLIAM TATRAIi,
EDwARD BKTTs. oct1,1y
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-09
PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT,

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world renowned Improved BUCKEYE SEWING
MACHINE at a liberal salary or on Commission. A
horse and wagon given TO agents Full particulars
furnished on application. Address W. A. HENDER-
son CO., General Agents, Cleveland, Ohio, and
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Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-09

VNHIs Is NO HUMBUGI
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height color OF eyes and hair, you wiz receive by
return mail correct picture OF your future husband
OF vile, with name and date OF marriage. Address
W. FOX, p. o. Drawer No. "a, Fultonvllle, N. Y.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-09
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Il u R u B H. B A
II Is NOT PHYsIO; 1t Is NOT what is popularly
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o 0Lyyears by the medical faculty OF those cogn-
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Poverty or Want Of Blood, Intermittent or
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Lfver, Dropsy, Sluggish Circulation Of
he Blood, Abscesses, TtsmOrs,
Jattndice Sorohiia, Dyspep-
sid, Agtte and Fever, or
their c0flo0mitdnts.
DIR. WELLS EXTRACT OF JURUBEBA
is offered TO the public as great invigorator and
remedy for all impurities Of the blood, or for Or
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foregoing complaints
JuRuBEBA
Is confidently recommended 70 every family as
household remedy and should be freely taken in all
arrangements Of the system. 1t gives health vigor
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IS Plat st., N. Y, Sole Agent for the U. g.
Price 81 per bottle. Send for Circular. jln2o 4w
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-09
FREE TO AGENTS.

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Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-09
THK ARTISANS SAVINGS BANR,

TTNHK ARTISANS SAVINGS BANR,
NO. GOT MARKET STREET,
WILMINGTON DEL
Open TO receive deposits daily Sundays excepted
during the usual business hours and on Tuesday
and Saturday evenings from 10 O'Clock, P. M.
All the profits Of the Bank after the payment Of
necessary expenses, are devoted to the benefit Of
the deposltors and dividends are made semi -annu-
ally in April and October Since the organization Of
the Bank in 1861 the dividends have uniformly been
at the rate Of six per cent. per annum.
Dividends not drawn are regarded as deposits, and
at once become entitled to participate In future
dividends.
No manager is allowed to borrow any Of the funds
intrasted TO the Bank.
MANAGERS:
WILLIAM 81 HnLBs, GEORGE w. BUBH
CLEMENT B. SMYTH, GEORGE s. CAPKILR,
CHARLES W. HowLAND, NJ L LIcHTKHsTgIR,
EDWARD DARLINGTON, N. r. BENSON,
HENRY r. DURK. jon Ii. JAuKsON
JOHN McLKAR, WIN. II. SWIFT,
ANTHONY HIGGINS.
WIN. s. HILLES, Preside.s
GEO W. BUsH, Vice President
octl21y JOHN P. MoLEkR, Treasurer.