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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-25
Foreign Gossip.
THERE are 2lS barons in England.

THERE are 2lS barons in England.
JENNY LIND has been singing in the
choir Of the American Episcopal Church
in Florence.
THE first railway in Tunis has just
been successfully opened. The pas.
sengers on the first day numbered :, 1896.
A FEW weeks ago Great Britain
tested" her ship.of war Citation. Two
shots were fired at her, and it cost
$6S.000 to repair the damages inflicted.
PARIS newsboys are to be uniformed
in dark blue, and their unkempt hair
is to be crowned with caps of scarlet
cloth, similar TO those worn by the
Neapolitan boatmen.
A NEW history of the Internationale,
which has lately appeared in Germany,
says there are not above 5000 members
of that society now paying their sub.
scriptions in England.
The latest reports from England and
Ireland give comparatively favorable
accounts of tho potato crop, and much
exaggeration on the reported failure APP
pears to have oeen made.
IN Germany children 60 to school at
Z o'clock in the morning. and do not
leave until in the afternoon. A half
an hour at noon is regarded by Dutch
schoolmasters ample time for urchns
to destroy bit of black bread and
drink a cup Of Adams cele brated ale.
The sudden growth Of Rome has made
it necessary to open many new streets
upon which to build. The digging of
foundations and cellars is the continual
upturning of treasures in art, long hid.
den and unknown. Almost every stroke
of the peak reveals fragment of
mosaic pavements, medals. bas.reliefs,
jewels. or ancient tools. Even statues
in marble and bronze are occasionally
executed. The patti of the workman is
followed by troop of eager curiosity
seekers and antiquarians.
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Limitations OF Life.

Some very curious discoveries have
been made by medical gentlemen, in
the service of life insurance companies,
not generally apprehended by we'll.
informed physiological savants. 1t is
this, viz. the children Of long.lived
parents. If only one is long.lived and
the other is from stock with less vital
force, then the children have sort of
division of vitality among them. One
will live to be very aged, while another
falls considerably short Of the life
period of the shortlived parent.
But there is another fact still more
surprising. pretty nearly as well estab.
lished. When child arrives at the
age at which either pi rent died, aside
from accidental cause, it will become
indisposed, gradually sicken and may
die. If it survives at that time, it may
pass through a similar state of vital dis.
turbance on or about the anniversary OF
the other parents death but if that is
passed, some years more may be safely
predicted as life-lease for the individ.
ual. Laws Of limitation are not exclu.
sively legislative acts. Nature estab.
lished them before Parlaments and
Congresses we're organized.
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IT is hard to respect old age when one
gets sold on venerable pair of chick
ems.
FORESTER mas been living very
chaste life. He has been chased all
over the United States.
ROBERT LINCOLN, says the Figaro, has
lately arrived in Paris, where ne lives,
with his family, at the Grand Hotel.
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT and his son.
in-law, Park Goodwin, have made $780,.
600 or $4,000 each out of the Evening
Post.
SIR ROUNDED PALMER and William
NJ. Evarts became so excellent friends
at Geneva that Palmer will visit
Evarts next summer.
EDITING a newspaper is very much
like raking fire every one thinks he
can perform the operation better than
the man who has hold of the poker.
THIS is the way in which Dow some.
times published his appointments. AZ.
ter eating his supper at backwoods
tavern, gaping crowd thered about
the room, and one Of the lives pushed
himself into BOWS presence. $50"
said the eccentric preacher, "and tell one
woman and three men that l will preach
ut the courthouse tonight" One woman
against three men for spreading news
was Dow's idea.
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Varieties.

A MAN that ought to be remembered
A one-legged soldier.
If you court young woman, and YOU
are won and she is won, you will both
be one.
The Pacific slope"-The Quaker
Peace Commissioners running from the
Indians.
HAVE you heard my last speech ?r
asked political haranguer OF wit.
81 sincerely hope So" was the reply.
A MAN hearing of another who was a
hundred years old. said, contemptu.
ously, Pshaw what fuss about moth.
ing! Why, if my grandfather was alive
he would be $50 years old"
A DYING Irishman, asked by his con.
fessor if he was ready to renonnce the
devil and ali his works, replied: "Don't
ask me that; I'm going TO strange
country, and | don't intend to make
myself enemies"
a HoUsEKEEpER sent Bridget out one
morning to buy some heads of lettuce.
She returned with postage stamps.
When asked how she made the mis-.
take. she pertly answered, San sure,
wasn't told to get heads of letters p
A MAN who has a red.headed sweet.
heart addressed her as "Sweet Auburn.
loveliest of the plain Sweet Auburn
got mad about il. She objected to being
classed among the "plain," even though
called the loveiest Of them.
In Arkansas a man was sentenced to
be hanged, but all the carpenters in the
neighborhood refused to build the
scatfold. As the condemned man was
himself carpenter by trade, the Sheriff
tried to induce him TO put up gallows,
but he steadfastly declared that he'd be
hanged if he did.
A RAILWAY Waterman caught mapping
at his post, and convicted of willfuI
negligence, said to the iailer, who w
about to lock him up. :" / always sup
posed that the safety of railroad de.
pended on the soundness Of the sleep.
ers." $50 it does,' retortod the jaiIer:
but such sleepers are never safe unless
they ere bolted in."
A LADY, who had received a severe
bite on her arm from dog. went to DR..
Abernethy, but hearing of his aversion
to hear the statement Of particulars,
she merely uncovered the injured part
and held it before him in silence. After
it, he said, in an inquiring
tone, "Scratch 2" "Bite" said the
lady. "Cat?'' inquired the doctor.
Dog" rejoined the lady. So delighted
was the doctor with the brevity and
IS Of the lady's answers that
he exclaimed POUNDS, madam, YOU
are the most sensible woman have
met with in all my life -
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viding behind couple of headstones.
We hadn't long to wait. either, for in a
few minutes the spook came back,
shaking with suppressed emotion. We
waited till she was abreast OF us, then
rose up in our turn. The ghost jumped
back.
soho! old lady y cried Zeke, leap.
ing out and snatching other tall paper
cap. "Your little games up!"
Is that you, Zeke-and Kit, too?'
cried Nell, laughing in spite Of herself.
"Well, I'm caught at last, guess"
"Of course you are!'
eyes; but now, Zeke-and Kit,
don't tell the old folks. Say you won't,
now?"
"Don't know about that. You've
frightened us once, you know"
II know-such fun, too But please,
boys, don't tell of this!'
What will you give US ?"
"Oh anythipg-a kiss? Will that
do 2" inquired she, temptingly.
We thought that would do very well,
and closed the bargain.
There were no more spooks in that
church-yard. But we kept the secret
all three of us; and Mr.. Granger and
his deacons have never, to this day, sus.
pected that it was pretty, roguish Nell
Burnham who sent them o heeling so
down the frozen road that ghostly Fri
day evening.
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Agricultural Postal Laws.

There is no one, however remotely ne
may be engaged from the garden or the
farm, but who is interested in the food
he eats or the raw material from which
his clothing is made. Hence all that
has been done during the Fast few years
In aid OF the agricultural interest has
been cheerfully acceded to by the whole
community.
One Of the greatest boons to this
great interest was the permission
to send seeds, gratis. plants and
cuttings by mail at the rate of two
cents for every four ounces in quantities
of not less than four pounds. 1t was
thankfully accepted, and by this means
innumerable varieties of valuable vepe.
table articles have been introduced into
parts OF the country where railroads
and express companies failed to reach.
No one ever complained of the law that
we have heard of. 1t was thought 1t
might operate to the disadvantage of
the express companies, but in the main
the parties who have availed themselves
of this accommodation would not have
used the express and besides, the mat
ter is so small an item in the express
business that it is unlikely that it would
seriously interfere with them. At any
rate, this good step in progress is vir-
tually repealed by the new postal code,
and the agricultural community feel
very indignant thereat, the more so as
no one can see any particular reason
why this retrograde step should have
been taken.
BY the present law packages of only
twelve ounces can be mailed. Some Of
the smaller kinds Of roots and seeds
can yet 60 in this way, but of larger
varieties not enough can be sent to be
of any service to any except to raise a
half dozen specimens for botanic gar.
den and as for living vegetation, where
SO much of packing material has to be
employed to preserve them fresh and
from injury by the pressure of other
mail matter, the postal limit will be
reached before the plant is inclosed.
The great topic of conversation in
agricultural circles just now il what in.
terest, public or private, is to be served
by this unasked and unexpected change.
But it is probably nothing more than
piece OF hasty legislation, adopted with
out rejecting much on the conse-
quences, and which, il brought to the
notice OF their Representatives by those
interested, will no doubt be remedied
next ession.-Phiiadelphia Press.
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Curious Wills.

Chambers Journal gives some strange
facts and figures appertaining to will.
making: In 1914, Lady Francis Will
son, daughter of the Earl Of Aylesbnry.
was informed by Archdeacon Potts, that
a parishioner Of his, named Wright,
then lying dead at a poor lodging in
Pimlico, had lett her a valuable estate
in Hampshire. The fair legatee ridi-
culed the idea, as she knew no such in
dividual. However, she went to Pim-
leo, and recognized her defunct friend
as constant frequenter Of the opera,
who had annoyed hrr by continually
staring at her there. One would natur-
ally suppose that the friendless man
had fallen in love with the lady, or
been attracted, perhaps, by her resem.
blance to some lost love Of his youth.
There may have been some tender feel
ing in the case but then, how can we
account for his leaving $4,000 to the
Countess of Rosslyn, E4,00O to the
Speaker of the House of Commons. and
fl,0O0 to the Chancellor of the Elk.
chequer, all CT whom were ignorant of
his existence. The worthy Archdeacon
would have secuted the notion of the
man being insane, for had he not proved
himself in his right mind by leaving
him $1,000, "as a mark Of appreciation
OF sermon he had heard him preach
In l712, a Monmouihshire squire left
f29, 900 to laboring man to whom he
would not speak while living. A Mr..
Furstone left $1,000 to the first man
bearing his surname who should marry
q female Furstone. This was one way
for lone man to provide himself with
heirs, but we prefer the practice Of
honest George Watts, of Stoke Bishop,
who, having no kinsman or kinswoman
to whom he could bequsath his sundry
cottages Of which he had by industry
and selcdenial made himself proprie-
tor, left each of his humble tenants the
cottage in which he lived.
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The Old Fence Rail.

II lies and rois By the roadside.
Among the whitening weeds:
And black berry vines run DER IL.
Aud the thistlss drop their seeds.
Below the Miami murmurs;
lie flows as he always flowed:
And the people. eastward ana westward.
Travel the National Road.
At times maiden's chances
Gid il with tints of dawn.
But the schoolboy snor,s with his nostrils,
Kicks il. and hastens on.
Above il the pioneers chimney,
Lonely and rickety. leans;
Beside the pioneers garden
Is wildering growth Of greens.
II was split by the stalwart settler.
One Of the ancient race.
And the hands Of his tow-haired children
Lifted il into its place.
Years after the gawky lover
Sat on it. dangling his heels.
While his girl forgot her milking.
And the pen. with its hungry saueals.
All. the rail has its own romances.
The scenes and changes of years:
/ pause whenever see il.
And drop on il several tears.
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Country Children.

Little fresh violets,
Born in the Wild wood.
Sweetly illustrating
Innocent childt oOd:
Shy rs the antelope
Brown as n berry
Free as the mountain air.
Romping and merry.
Blue eyes and hazel eyes
Peep IRON the hedges,
Shaded by sun bonnets
Prayed at the edges.
UP in the apple trees:
Needless Of danger,
Manhood in embryo
Stares at the stranger.
Out in the billy patch.
Seeking the berries
Under the orchard trees
feasting on cherries,
Tramrling the blossoms,
Down 'mong the grasses.
No voice 10 hinder them,
Dear lads and lasses.
No srim propriety-
No Introduction;
Free as the Buildings
From city restriction!
Ceining the purest blood.
Strongt q ming each muscle,
Donniag health armor
'Gainst life's coming hustle.
Dear little innocents!
Born in the wild woods:.
Oh. that all little ones
Had such a childhood!
Gods blue spread over them,
Gods garden beneath them:
No sweeter heritage
Could we bcqueath them
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The cash must accompany all tales
and poetry published in this depart.
ment.
The following extract is portion OF
a thrilling story of love, revenge, ben.
zine and dry holes that the local editor
received yesterday, from a talented
young writer, whose literary star is in
the ascendant, and is now beginning to
twinkle above the hills Of Red Hot.
Our usual custom has been TO publish
original tales at our regular advertising
rates OF so much per line. and, rs We
are determined not TO deviate from this
rule, we only print as much Of this story
as four dollars and thirty cents inclssed
by the fair authorizes will pay for:
THE SILVER MONKEY WRENCH;
OR.
THE LOST BULL WHEEL.
A Tale Of the Pipe Line and Transfers
Crusade.
The late September twilight was 10th
to leave the family starred, dim blue
heaven. Watts of delicious fragrance
tloatcd down over the town of Titusville
from the sweet scented acid works, the
hillside brewery, the golden jungle OF
suntio~ers, and dew covered patches of
sauerkraut in the raw. Low above the
ragged line of forest that fringed Kerr's
Hill, hung the young silver crescent.
Two lovers stand at garden gate.
The woman's face is fresh and fair as
that of the Sistiue Madonna, and from
the same cause-paint, laid on by
master hand. You can (f not near
sighted) see distinctly the lustrous
richness of her hazel eyes, as the soft
light of the moon falls aslant her
slightly aquiline nose. The man is
handsome, 100 tall and symmetrical as
a telegraph pole, well shaped, and mus.
cular as the sheet iron statue of William
Shakespeare on the Parshall Opera
House, and with face OF graceful con-
tour, slightly oval, like that of Hub
bard squash. 1t is Elsie DE Ferguson's
voice that comes over the gate and
breaks the stiffness OF the cleaning.
"And so, Paul, you have signed the
contract not to drill any more wells for
thirty days?"
eyes! yes! of course | have" he
as he takes her hand in his
while murmuring his words, and at the |
same time removing chaw of fine cut,
which he slyly hides on the gate post,
and stoops to kiss her white forehead |
that glimmers in the moonlight.
g But what az you going to do for a
living, Paul.?" asked the unsuspecting |
maiden.
Elsie did not see the sinister smile
that fitted over Pauls face as he heard
her question, nor did she catch the
words, "three queens beat one
pair" that fell from his lips.
This is all of the above interesting
story that will appear in these columns.
We regret that such is the case, but
business is business, and if we com.
menced any relaxation from our rules,
Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller and Walt
Whitman would til our columns chuck
up every day. The public must be pro-
.ected, and unless we receive another
nstallment Of very hard (looking) cash
he reader may consider the tale I'm
IitusmHe Press.
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TIE annual coal yield of Ireland is
10000 tons. Ireland is said to contain
some of the richest coal fields in the
world, but they are worked only mod.
erately.
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CHICAGO has grown since April at the
rate OF four.story brick or iron build.
ing every twenty.four hours.
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i PET WASP.

One of the most curious attendants at
the gathering Of the British Association
at Brighton was little gentleman in
brown overcoat, with black and yellow
neither garment, wearing sharp sword,
poisoned at the tip. Next to Mr.. Stanley,
this visitor might be called by far the most
remarkable and best worth attention
among all the assembled notorieties. 1t
was Sir John Lubbock's pet wasp; and the
respect which would naturally be PAID 10
any friend Of the benevolent savant VINO
has given London it. new holidays was
really due to this insect on its own account.
Captured in nest of soft grey paper In the
Pyrenees, the wasp was the first OF ITS
species that had ever received an educa-
ton. Sir John exhibited it to the Associa-
ton with just pride, as proof OF what
kindness and patience can effect upon the
most unpromising creatures; and even
Mr.. Foster might have wondered to see ii
come out OF the glass bottle where it lives,
eat sugar from its masters fingers allow
him to stroke its striped back, and fly
round and round his head. returning al
ways to its home in the bottle. At first.
says its distinguished educator, it was
s'rather too ready with its sting; but now
it never thinks of unsheathing the tiny
napier at its tail :" nobody who saw the in
sect could doubt that the nature had been
greatly changed.
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The Wheat Field Of America
IIpaIlhiaI Climate, Free Homes, Geel Markets.

THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL.
ROAD Offers for sale its Lands in Central and
W estern Minnesota, embracing: T!,c best
of " heat Land, :. Excellent Timber for the ain
the Farm and tie Fire; 3, Rich Prairie Pasturage
and Natural Meadow, watered by clear Lakes 9nd
running streams-in iiealthtnl tlimate 'r5GTe Re
and Ague Is 'nknolcn.
Grain eau be shipped hence by Lake to market RS
cheaply as from Eastern Iowa or Central Illinois.
Cara now run through these Lands from Lake ru-
perior to Dakota. Price of land close to track 10
TO S. % per acre further away $50 to 81 40. Sew
en- Years Credit; WarreAtee Deeds; northern
Pacific 7-30 Bonds, now selling at par, received
for land at tll0. No other unoecapied Lands pre-.
cent such advantages 10 settlers.
SOLDIERS under the New Law (March, lS1A)
get lGJ ares FREE near tho railroad, by ore and
Wo years residence.
TRANSPORTATION AT REDUCED
RATES furnished from all principal pointo East
20 purchd OF Railroad Lands and 10 settlers on
Government liomesteads purchasers, their wives
and children carried FREQ over the Northern Paci.
Road. NOW is the time for Settlers aud Colonies
TO get Railroad Lan,is and Government iiomesteads
close to the track.
Send for Pamphlet containing fun Information,
map and copy Of NeG Homestead Law. kddrcre
LAND DEPARTMENT, NORTHERN PACIFIC
RAILROAD, 81. PAUL, MINI,
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