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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20
THE CURRENCY.
Extracts from the Report Of the Comp.
fro1ler.

The following extracts from the report Of
the Comptroller Of the Currency will be found
Of interest
The National Currency act became law on
the 25th of February, 1868. and nearly ten years
have therefore elapsed since the Organization
Of the system. Since then two thousand and
sixty-ore national banks have been organized;
twcnty-one of these have failed, and ninety
six gone into voluntary liquidation, leaving
nineteen hundred and forty-four banks in ex-
istence on Nov. l, 1872.
The following table will exhibit the progress
Of the system from October, 1868, to October,
1872. [Only the first and last years are given
below.-ED.1
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

MRS. JONES says: ~ believe I've got
the tenderest hearted boys in the world.
l can't tell one Of 'em to fetch q pail Of
water but he'll burst out crying"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20
SAID A PARENT TO 4 CHILp.-"Just look

SAID A PARENT TO A CHILD.-"Just look
ct those Shoes, only bought last week good
~ new, all but the toes, which are worn
through. Money thrown away. feet wet,
stockings soiled, all because they were not
Metal Tipped" Parents, take your choice
never wear out at the toe, or shoes without
Tips, with ragged holes and protruding toes.
Which looks the Best ? Which is the Cheap
eat ?-TCom.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20
Herring's Safes Again Triumphant.

A telegram says: "AIother Herring's safe
rescued from the Boston ruins. Everything
saved. Nothing lost in Herring 8 safes In this
fire." Such facts need no comment. Herring
d Co.'s Office is at 46 State St., Chicago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

The purest and sweetest Cod Liver
Oil in the world 10 HAsARp 4 CAswELL's,
made on the sea-shore, from fresh, selected
livers, by CAswELL, Hazard 4 Co., New
York. II 10 absolutely pure and ssoset. Pa
TENTS who have once taken it prefer it to all
others. Physicians have decided it superior
70 any of the other oils in market.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

TIE proprietor Of ,Johnson's Aroiyns
Imminent, Parsons Purgatiue Pills and Sher-
iddn's Cduairy Condition POWDERS have pub
lished q readable and instructive pamphlet,
which may be had free at the stores .-[Com.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

AN ESTABLISHED RRxEDY.-" BRowN's
BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" are widely known as an
established remedy for Coughs, Coils, Bron-
chitis, Hodrseness, and other troubles OF the
Throat and Lnngs.-[Com.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

RUFUS CHAPMAN, of Liberty, Maine,
had q stiff leg, bent at the knee. limbered and
strengthened by the use OF Johnson's Ano-
dyne Lininent.-[Com.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

A HANDSOME Christmas present to q
gentleman will be . hundred Elmwood Collars.
They will last him . year. All frst-class fur
nishiug stores can supply them.-Com.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

A PAPER FOR YoUxo PRoPLE.-The
Youths Comp0nion, Of Boston, 10 one Of the
most judicious and enterprsing sheets In the
country ICON.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

THE analysis of " The Queens Toilet
for the Complexion, made By Professor 8.
Dana Hayes. OF Boston. proves it to be free
from all poison, and = truly valuable prepars-
tiOn.-TCOm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

1t Is probable that the amount Of mutilated
currency to be returned hereafter for reissue
will exceed thirty millions Of dollars annually,
and that the whole amount Of national bank
circulation will be reissued as often as once in
ten years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-20

AMERICAN SUNDAY. SCHOOL WORKER
Sebbuth, with sxpository notes for Teachers: Lesson
PAYERS Tor scholars. specimen cogy with RsrticuIsrs;
nee. J.W. MclNriRs, Publisher, 3. 3. end Theological
Bookseller, Sc. Louis. No.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
shall We Meet Again.

The following is said to be one of the
most brilliant articles ever written by the
lamented George d. Prentice:
But the fiat of nature is inexorable.
There is no appeal for relief from the
great law which dooms us to dust. We
flourish and fade as the leaves of the
forest and the flowers that bloom and
wither in a day have no Trailer hope upon
life than the mightiest monarch that
ever shook the earth with his footsteps.
Generations of men will appear and dis
appear as the grass, and the multitude
that throng the world to-day will disap-
pear as the footsteps on the shore.
Men seldom think of the great event
of death until the shadow falls across
their own path, hiding from their own
eyes the traces of loved ones whose liv-
ing smile was the sunlight of their exis-
tence. Death is the antagonist Of life,
and the cold thought of the tomb is the
skeletonl of allfeasts. We do notIwant to
go through the dark valley, although its
dark passage may lead to Paradise; and
with Charles Lamb, we do not want to
lie down in the grave even with princes
for bed-fellows. In the beautiful drama
of Ion, the hope of immortality, so elo-
quently uttered by the death devoted
Greek, finds deep response in every
thoughtful soul When about to yield
his young existence as a sacrifice to fate,
his Clemantha asks if they shall not
meet again, to which he replies: l
asked that dreadful question of the hills
that seemed eternal-of the clear streams
that flow forever-of the stars among
whose field of azure my spirit has walked
AS look upon thy living face, / feel that
there is something in love that cannot
wholly perish. We shall meet again,
Clemantha.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
Tricks of the Trade.

The following amusing story is told in
the New York correspondence of the
Boston Herald:
We are all acquainted with the fire.
quent extortions practiced by many
hotel keepers in this country upon those
of their patrons who, it is supposed, will
endure anything. Not long ago, a
young lady who had come here from New
England, with her mother, with a view
of taking lessons in music, went to one
of the uptown houses to stay for a
week or two, until shs could board in a
private family The morning that she
was to leave she sent for the bill for her
self and mother-a lady Of nearly sixty
who occupied room, No. 10, adjoining
that Of her daughter
Miss was amazed to find that her
bill amounted to Sl75, because she knew
IL ought not to be more than $50 or $40
at the outside. As no items were given,
she returned the account to the Office,
with the request that the items should
he inserted. The bill was sent back with
two or thgee specifications and sun
dries " set dowa ~ SO. Once more she
returned the bill demanding to know
what the "sundries might Lc. The
clerk explained through the servants
mat suadries was the polite term for
drinks, which so enFaged the young LADY
that she demanded to see tbs e5traordl'
nary accountant in person. de @eaa
himself visible in due season, and the
delicate, spirituel looking girl con-
founded him by asking If be supposed
that she had drank, in eight or nine
days, SO worth Of liquor.
As may be imagined, he was somewhat
abashed, and said with confusion; |
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
A Loan Year Story.

1t has long been the custom among
the young men that attend the West
brook Me. Seminary TO secure the SER
vices Of some good musician for Satur-
day evening sociables, and TO pay him
by contribution. A Portland musician
has done the fddling for this term, and,
though his charges are moderate, the
continual draw upon the slender purses
of the boys at last So drained them that
they could not afford to pay him last
Saturday evening, but made arrange
ments to have piano music. The young
ladies got wind of this, and, being un-
willing to dance TO the dull music Of
piano when violin could be had for ten
cents apiece, they clubbed together,
raised the required amount, and notlhed
the same musician that he would be
wanted.
The time for the dance to begin came.
The piano was in position and the pian-
ist on hand, the boys being unaware that
the girls had played leap year upon them,
when, to their CONSERVATION, in walked
the much wished for musician and began
to fiddle furiously. A more sheepish
looking set of boys cannot be imagined.
They looked from one to the other in
dismay, and involuntarily clutched their
remaining five cent pieces, undecided
whether to give up all or to throw them
selves upon the mercy of the fiddler, but
finally deposited their cash balance in
the hands of deputy, with instructions
to pay the bill or perish in the attempt,
when they were informed that the young
ladies had done that part for them, and
were now waiting for partners. So, with
sickly smile, they crooked their elbows
to the waiting damsels and walked on
the floor, inwardly resolved that they
would never be caught in a similar man
NOR a0ain
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
THE HIDDEN LAKE.
E. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor,
BY KATE DILLARD.


Late travelling thro' the sleeping land.
Behind the rushing iron steed,
l watched the trees on either hand
In changing circles swift recede.
We passed the twinkliug lights of towns,
The lonely CLEANS Of country fires,
And Ger the black and silent downs
We sped as fast as wild desires.
The rose still fingered in the sky,
The purple on the mountains crest;
The trembling star hung poised on high
To light the glory in the West.
The sweet young moon, pale yet and mild.
Shone o'er the solitary plain,
Whence. like child that sleeping smiled,
A sweeter moon shone back again.
And By that glimmer bright and fair,
Nestled among the clustering trees,
l knew an unseen lake slept there,
Lost in silent dream Of peace.
All thus, sweetheart, within thine eyes
Than evening air more soft and clear
l watch tenderer light arise,
And know that love itself is near.
IT'S hid beneath the veil of night,
Like the still lake within the woods;
Only that trembling, dewy light.
Tells where the unseen wonder broods.
-hppincoPs Magazine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
The Earth Rising at the POLES.

If a writer in the English periodical,
Nature, is correct in his views, the open
Polar sea, unless discovered soon, will
exist no more. Land is said to be rising
everywhere between the Pole and the
fifty-seventh parallel, and the greatest
movement is at the Pole itself. Some
interesting facts are quoted in support
of the theory. Pliny says that Scandi-
navia is an archipelago, and speaks Of
bold seamen who had circumnavigated
the group of islands. Celsius said, in
the seventeenth century, that Norway
was rising at the rate of forty inches a
year. Sir Charles Lyell indorses the
theory. The water level in the Gulf of
Bothnia rises one foot every fifteen
years. Near Geae there are low pas
lures where old men remember seeing
boats afoat. Near Stockhol I'm, seventy
feet above the sea, the remains of shell
fish identical with the present coast spe-
cies are found. At Soduleigh, ninety feet
above high water, there is a bed Of sand
which contains some wrecked boats and
an old anchor. In the interior of
Spitzbergen skeletons Of whales have
been unearthed 40 feet above sea level.
The fishermen say that the shallOwness
Of the water has driven away the right
yksle, which, once abundant is now
rarely see1. On the Pacific, the shores
Of Behring's Straits are iov aud fiat; but
mile or two back, there are ranges Of
bluffs, parallel with the eesst, and con-
tanning innumerable shells Of literal spe-
cies. If the theoFy is true. il offers us a
curious case Of contemplation. While
the ocean is washing away Great Britain,
ssd France, and Holland, and New
England, Wy - the north, the conti-
nents are eperoaehing on the sea. The
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05

beg pardon, Miss; it's mere clerical
error. This is A. the drinks should
have been charged to 45-the next door,
you sea room occupied by an old fell
low who drinks like fish. )"
" Permit me to introduce you 70 the
old fellow, replied Miss -, pushing
open the door standing ajar, and reveal
ing to his confounded gaze one Of the
gentlest and saintliest looking old ladies'
he had ever beheld. The clerk said
nothing, dashed down the stairs and in
q minute a receipted bill was once more
returned with the sundries omitted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
Startling Incident and n Startled
Fireman.


Fireman.
From the Knoxville Press and Herald. Feb
ruary S.
Mr.. Joe Patty, of Morristown, who is
fireman on the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia railroad narrowly es-
capped being killed on Sunday night last.
The engine which he was firing was at
tached to the passenger train due at
Dalton at 1888 pm. When within about
one mile and half of that village, he
went forward to the front of that engine
to oil the valves of the steam chest, and
Just as he reached the proper place,
which is on the bumper, heavy wooden
beam extending across the front of the
engine, and to which the pilot, or more
familiarly known to the public the cow
catcher, is attached, the engine came in
contact with COW. The force of the
train threw the COW upon the beam on
which young Patty was standing, with
his back to the COW and his face front
ing the cab The shock threw him eff
his feet, but having firm grasp upon
brace, he held on with the tenacity that
a drowning man would to straw and
succeeded in maintaining his firm grip
until, with the use of his other hand, he
regained his position. The COW, in the
meantime, had fallen of to one side in
the ditch, dead. Mr.. Patty's right
shoulder was badly bruised by being
jammed up against the smoke arch Of
the engine, and the palm of his right
hand cut entirely across. 1t will be
some time before he is able for duty,
but he is able to go about.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05

MASONIC TEMPLE.
OLD BUILDING FOR SALE.

C,EALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
- ceived at the office Of the Secretary. for
sixty days from date February 10, lST2l for
the purchase Of the two-story brick building
on the northeast corner Of Madison and
removed within thirty days from date Of pur-
chase, or when ordered BY the Directory.
Terms cash, or approved sixty days note.
The Directory reserve the right 10 reject any
or all bids.
By order Of the Directory.
II. II. HlGREE. President.
A, .. WHEELER, seeretaIy. Hl-eowtd
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
Curious Story About MRS. Lincoln
Ero,,, tka noatap UaroId I

Curious story About mrs. Lincoln.
From the Bosten Herald.l
A few days ago paragraph in the
Herald, based upon what was known TO
be good authority, announced that Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln had recently visited
Boston incognito, and closely vailed at
tended the seance Of well-known lady
medium on Washington street, on which
occasion the spirit of her lamented hus-
band sappeared, and by unmistakable
manifestations revealed the identity of
Mrs. Lincoln, which she had attempted
to keep secret. We have the best au-
thority for saying that the report was in
all respects accurate; that Mrs. Lincoln
visited Boston on the 4th inst that she
took lodgings at the Parks House, regis
tering her name as Mrs. Linder; that
she remained there ten days, during
which time she made frequent visits to
the medium above mentioned, and that
while at the hotel her identity was dis
covered by person who had often seen
her in Washington She desired to have
her visit to Boston unknown, but the in
junction of secrecy ceased to be binding
after the revelation at the public seance.
1t is further stated by those in position
to know, that the interviews with the
medium were of most satisfactory and
conclusive nature, as afording tests of
the real presence Of the spirit of her
husband.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
]. E. SPENCER & co. NEW YORK
the DIAMOND GLASSES,

Which are now offered to the public. are pro-
nounced BY all the celebrated Opticians Of tho
world to be the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05

A colony of English sparrows recently
appeared at Rockland, Maine, about one
hundred and fifty miles from Boston
They are supposed to have migrated
from Boston Common, which is the near
est point where English sparrows are
found in any considerable numbers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
MEMPHIS TENN: TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH 5, 1872

only pity is that the process cannot be
reversed, and Neptune enriched at the
expense OF the frozen north, and TO the
gain Of the more habitable south.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
NOTICE.
wORKINGMENS'
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

TUE FIRST INSTALLMBNT TO THE
Capital Stock is called, payable 70 Chas.
I. Paterson, Secretary and Treasurer (at the
Office Of the Southern Life Ins. Col, between
the 25Gh and 3Odh Of February next
The Association commences ACTIVE BusIEEBS
on the first Tuesday in March THE 5thl lS7z.
Parties desiring = subscribe % the Capital
Stock are requested to do 30 before the let Of
By order Of the. Board Of Directors.
lO9-xivt II. ID. BULkLEl, President.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05

BURNETT's COOKING EXTRACTS are the
best. Sold by all frst-class druggists
and grocers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
PROPOSALS..
~-~~-~----~----------~-~
TO CONTRACTORS.

OEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
y ceived at the Office Of the Secretary. by
the undersigned, until IL o'clock m, on
Saturday, 3Oth day of March, 1879,
for the Excavation of the lot $50 by 1851 feet)
and the Basement Brickwork Of the proposed
Masonic Temple. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the Office Of Jones * Baldwin,
Architects. The contract will be let out to
the lowest responsible bidders:
The Directory reserve the right to reject any
and all bids.
By order Of the Directory.
JN0. TENT,
@. B. CHURCH,
J. NJ. PETTIGREW,
l4i-eewtd Building Committee:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
SEWING MACHINES
PRICE, FIFTY DOLLARS.

- ~ OAIe ~ - n 11O1AAA4DtDs
UHE IMPROVEMENTS MADE ON THE
i Wilson" during the year 1871 have
placed II at the head Of all competition, and
to-day il is without rival. IL Is as durable
as steel and iron can make IL. Every Ma
chine of the late cAsR-HARDENED FINISH is
warranted five years. and q warranted
furnished with each Machine.
The above cut represents the late improved
Machine, which rests fiat with the table and
runs light and rapidly, and makes the shuttle
or lock stitch, uses straight needle, and the
celebrated UNDER-FEED improved In shape so
as to have q portion Of the feed on both sides
of the needle. Fna
Remember the Fact,
that high prices ION sewing machines) do not
indicate superiority. The combination, the
ring. and the monopoly, all agree on high
prices, which they, sooner or later, will be
forced to reduce on account of the unprece-
dented rapid and increasing sales Of the
NEW WILSON SEWING MACHINE.
Please call and examine even IL you do not
wish to purchase.
A full stock of Machine Twist Spool Cot
ton. Oil, Needles, etc., always On hand and
for sale low.
BEACH e. SUTHERLAND,
353 Main street, south of Union.
A-63-xiv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-05
REMOVAL.
Wall PAPER.
HOOK & LaGRILL.
And window Shades,

CTAMP gifts. BRONZES. sATINS AND
- Blanks, Fresco Decorations, Center Pieces,
Fire Sereens. Statues. etc. ll5-1lNLl
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-12-14
PRIVATE SALE
OF
Valuable Berkeley and Jefferson
Real Estate.

\ OFFER al Private Sale. first. 4
< TRACT OF LAND. lying in Berkr-
lev aud JelIerson counties. 90 ,he Snep.
herde,nwu and Msrllnsbnrg road. at
Wynkup's Spring. t"ne miles IRON The
former and seven from The latter place.
con,sining sbou, lO3 ACRES OF LINE
STONE LAND, aud has upon i! two
comfortable Dwellings. two Barns or
Stables. and other necessary Buildings.
|, formerly being two tracts, two orch.
ards, five or SIX acres OF Timber. twenty
acres of Bottom. and has q fne Spring
and never failing sueam running
through IL.
Secoud. Stone and Brick HOUSE,
or Four renemen. Houses, situated on
New Street, ShephrrdSlown. and better
known as Faucelrs Row. and each con-
tsin,ng five rooms. hall and kitchen.
will sell lhe sbuve property collec-
lively or separot,ly ior iair price and
make lhe pay menls easy. IL not sold by
the frs, OF January. 1879 | will rent the
houses both in town and country al al
time. Address Voncles,esv,lle, Berke'
ley coun,y. Wes, Virginia, or call on me
near The above pos."tfire.
REIN L. CROSS.
Sept 81, 1872. IT.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-12-14
THE BRIDES FAREWELL.
The hour has come, the parting hour,

The hour has come, the parting hour,
That bears me from my home.
On bended knees I've sought for power
To stem this grief alone,
And must each tie that fondly binds
Be severed now forever;
And moulder meath oblivions shrine
O, God forbid it ever.
But distance now must hold each heart
In loves unyielding chain,
And hush with hope the tears that start,
And soothe the parting pain,
I 90 to share the fate of one
On whom l look with pride,
And God will deign to smile upon
a fond and trusting bride.
When far from dear and cherished ones,
Ill sit me oft alone
Memory Ger the past will run
And watt me back to home.
I'll think me then of hours gone by
Of childhood's sunny scenes,
How swift those golden ears have fled
Like summers sunlit beams.
Nv girlhood days-they, too, are Ger;
Each idle vision fled
Still memory's richly laden store
Sweet recollections shed
A holy sunshine DER the past
And hopeful dream unfold
The happy influence that it cast
Around my Weakening soul.
But 10! the parting hour is here,
cannot linger now,
III strive to hide each rising fear,
And soothe my thu obbing brow.
But parting throws saddening spell,
And calls the glistening tear
And silently lisp farewell
To those | hold so dear.
But hush my heart; cast out each thought
That whispers Of regret,
Though fate has called on us to part.
Fond hearts will not forget,
They will bear mein their evening prayer
TO mercys glittering throne
And guarded safe by angel 5 care,
III dream me oft of home.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-12-14
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