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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-28
A Slight Mistake.

Washington Cores pondences St. Louis Democrat.
The introduction of the colored ele.
ment into the membership of the House
and Senate will inevitably lead tomany
cases of mistaken identity, in spite Of
the Amendments and the Civil Rights
bill. A friend Of mine was the victim
of one the other day. He had come
here from the West to see the sights,
and was engaged in the inspection OF
the Representatives Hall aud the al
miration of its beauties. He had been
admitted to the floor, and at the time
of the incident was seated in the cloak
room. 1t happens that there are seve-
raj very well dressed and well behaved
ce!ored servants connected with the
House, and always on hand to execute
the orders of members in the corridors
and committee rooms. My friend had
seen several of them obey the COM
mands of members and visitors, and, as
he needed little waiting upon" just
then, he thought he would muster one
Of them into his service. So, beckoning
to neatly attired citizen of African
descent who stood near him, and who
modestly answered his call, he said to
him, "Jim, will you show me to the
barber's shop; | want to get shaved and
have my boots BACKED" This was a
little too much for "Jim," who was none
other than one Of the honorable mem.
bers from South Carolina,-Mr. Elliott,
! believe. "'Scuse me, sab Use not
waitah Use membah." I need not
say that the visiting gentleman from
the West was extremely mortified at
the indignity offered to one Of the peo-
pies representatives, and very quickly
bowed and talked his best apollo
gy. He made his way out of
the cloak room as quickly as
he could, and vowed that while he re-
NAMED at the capital, he would avoid
the possibility ofrepeating his mistake,
by employing white "help" exclusively
to do his little chores; and yet he said
he couldn't help what he had done, as
the colored walters resembled the col
ored members so closely that it was i'm
possible to distinguish one from the
other.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-28
The Owners Of Ireland-Less than
10000 Of Them I'm All.

A return has just been issued by the
House of Commons about absenteeism.
1t appears that less than 10000 persons
own the soil Of Ireland, of whom $3.50
own less than 100 acres. These, of
course, are resident; and 30 g $3.50
more, owning an average OF 1000 acres
apiece; while only ,443, owing alto
gether 8, 1854 acres, or seventh Of
the soil, are usually resident outside the
island. A considerable number-4,465-
reside away from their properties, but
still in ireland, and the remaining few
are occasional visitors. Absenteeism can
hardly be coun ted, therefore, among
the grand grievances of Ireland, more
especially as many of the richest alb
sentees are among the more spirited
and ienient landlords. Lord Palmers-
ton,. for example, was a much better
man to live under than any resident
sotrireen
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-28

Hattie Thomas, Of Naueatuck, Conn.,,
was caught in some machinery about a
year ago, and the scalp was worn entire
ly off her mead from the nape of the
neck to her eyebrows. Her physician,
finding that she was likely to rally from
the first effects of the accident, began
transplanting pieces OF skin from her
arm to her head. The experiment
proving successful, q number Of Mics
Thomas friends volunteered to furnish
whatever new material was needed, and
sixty-four pieces Of seed~kin," many
Of them as large as q halfdollar, were
put on from time to time, which now
cover her head as perfectly as the orig
inal skin, while the lady's health IS en-
tirely restored.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-28
Master and Man In Japan.

No feature in Japanese society is more
curious than the relations between mas
ter and man. The master admits his
servant provided of course that he be
of the military class) to his intimate So
ciety; but the servant never assumes a
liberty. He takes his place at dinner
with the utmost humility. and having
done so, bears his share Of the CONVEX.
sation, addressing freely not only his
master, as if he were an honored guest,
and for q while they would appear to
any one not acquainted with a language
most fertile in subtle distinctions to be
on perfectly equal terms. Yet the mo-
ment the feast is over the man retires
with the same profound obeisance and
marks of Difference with which he en-
tered and Immediately relapses into the
servitor; nor will he in any way pre-.
sumo upon the familiarity which, hav.
ing lasted it's hour, disappears until oc.
casion calls it forth again. Feudalism
strips service Of servility, and although
the feudal system is thing of the past,
its traces must long remain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-28

If the account given by the Dublin
Evening Mail of the adulterstion of
whisky is correct, it would be advisable
for even the most conviviel Irishman TO
be little moderate in his potations un.
Ill the British Legislature has taken
some steps for his protection and il
the advocates of the Permissive bill,
now before Parliament, would circulate
extensively among the working classes
authentic descriptions of the frightful
poison which they often consume un.
der the name of whisky, they might, m
the option Of the Mail, gain large &C.
cession TO their ranks. The influence OF
terror would have great effect on some
who now revolt at the idea of being per.
missively coerced. The crime OF adul.
iteration, it seems, prevails in all parts
OF Ireland, but the astute people of the
North appear to have graduated with
high honors in this diabolical chemis-
try. DR.. Hodges, Of Belfast, has recent
ly had occasion TO examine several
samples of whisky, which he found
adulterated with naphtha, cayenne pep
per, and vitriol. One sample, described
as fair specimen of the drink sold in
low-class public houses. was composed
almost entirely of naphtha, with
slight coloring of whisky. But even
this was outdone by the skill of an itin.
Grant practitioner in q northern coun-
ty, who, by a scientific combination of
cayenne pepper, vitriol, spirits Of wine,
and bluestone, transmutes gallon of
water into a gallon Of whisky
at the cost of one penny. The
physical effects of the consumption of
these connections are, it is stated,
frightful. Indeed, deiirium tremens pro-
duced Ivy drinking pure whisky is
joke compared to the consequences of
indulging in the adulterated article.
The coats Of the stomach are corroded,
the brain disorganized, and the career
of the consumer-when not arrested by
the hand Of justice in consequence Of
the crimes committed during the mad
ness produced by it-generally ends in
paralysis or insanity.
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Rise i'm Prices The Problem Ex.
planned.

What is the cause of the general rise
in prices? Depreciation of our curren-
cy as compared with gold accounts for
ten per cent. of it, but that is relatively
a small portion. The supply and de.
mand for commodities bear about the
same proportion as they did forty years
ago, yet we find the cost of family
requisites advanced nearly double in
that space of time. Thus $500 would 90
as far in supporting family in 1882 as
$500 in 1852, or $500 in 1872. On the
other hand, wages have risen in even
greater proportion. The mechanic who
got 81 in 1882 got $3.50 in 1852, and
now gets So or more. The cause is not
far to seek. The increased supply of
the precious metals from California,
Australia, New Zealand, British Colum.
bia, Nevada, and other mining regions,
has been 80 great within the last TWEEN.
ty years that probably the whole stock
of these metals now in use is more than
double what it was then and as these
metals are useful only in exchange, if
there are twice as many dollars to ex-
change for the same quantities Of COM
niodiiies the value of . dollar will de-
crease by one half, although, apparent.
ly, it is the price of the commodity
itself that is doubled. Taking this fact
into view, prices, although greatly al
tered, nominally, are, relatively, pretty
much the same as they formerly were.
Should the quantity of gold and silver
diminish one-half, or, what would
amount to the same thing, should they
remain stationary while the produc.
tiops and the commerce of the world
doubled, the good old times" would
return again when q dollar would go as
far as two will now.-Erchamge.
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Rowing Rodents Remarkable Midnight
Migration.
From the Monmouth On. J.) Democr at.

From the Monmouth On. j. Democrat
A week ago the roads in the lower
part of Hopewell township were literally
covered with rat-tracks. These tracks
marked the migration of the rats in the
night. The movement occupied two
nights, and so closely did they travel
that the entire width of the sandy road
was covered with the footmarks even
the ruts were also in this way marked.
1t is certain that the two companies
must have numbered several hundred
individuals. 1t is no new thing for these
vermin to migrate or change quarters
in this singular manner. But inasmuch
as they must comprise the assembled
occupancy Of many places, and as these
places in this portion of the pines are
very widely scattered, the whele affair
is not withou. singular interest. How
so as to act with such unanimity This
stream of rat life was made up of con-
tributions from houses and barns, and
perhaps mills from varying distances.
Then comes the ssgacity of taking two
nights for the tramp-that is, OF divid-
ing into two companies for this was
assuredly wise precaution against the
danger of being destroyed. 1t must be
confessed that there is more in this mat
ter than anyone's philosophy is capable
of answering. In Europe it is pretty
we'll known that the barn rats are ac-
customed to these migrations in the
spring of the year. But beyond the Oh
served facts, how little does any one
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-28
The Japs Take q Hand at Our National
Game.
From the Wa shineton Chronicle.

From the Wa shngton Chronicle.
The royal Yeddo Japs, who are some
as orange singers, bottle holders, rope
walkists land pole climbers, played a
royal game of b. Sc ball with the Olym.
pic Club, of Washington. For two
days preceding the game the Japs prac-
ticed under the guidance of Prof. Brain.
ard. Under this tuition it was expect
ed that the Orientals would come to
time, but they did not. Prof. Gangero,
who handles the balls on the stage so
well, let every "red hot" from the
bat slip through his fingers with an
ease that caused the little boys peeping
over the fence TO dub him " old butter
fingers"
Quietaro, alias Buckingham, Jr., was
the best pop in the bunch. There was
no pigeon English about his play ing.
As a battist, Astaro was extraordinary.
When his turn came to the bat he
would jump with great alacrity into
position, and after cycling the pitcher
for a moment, and then measuring the
distance to the fence in the rear, would
proceed to unstrip with an alacrity that
made the bystanders blush for his nudi.
ty. Astaro, however, kept his pants
on, but, after these immense prepare
tons for q home run, invariably went
out on three strikes. The Japs en-.
joyed the fun, and, through the cour.
tesy of the Olympics, were allowed to
make seventeen runs in the FIVE in.
nings played.
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Twice Dead-An Extraordinary Case.

Six or eight weeks ago family named
Vhestwy. consisting of husband, wife
and a child, came to the city from Ma
comb county, and rooms were engaged
at the house of a Bohemian named
Loidwiest. Vhestwy, up to a week ago,
worked in a lumber yard, but was taken
i'll one day and had to 60 home. The
doctor pronounced his case typhoid
fever. The patient received no help
from the medicine, and soon after died
in some sort of spasm. James Hav.
lemeyer and Augustus Worthe dressed
the corpse for the grave, the dead mans
Sunday clothes being used in place of
shroud. 1t was the intention to have
the body conveyed to Macomb county
and inferred beside dead son, and
team was engaged for the purpose.
Vhestwy had weeks growth Of harsh
beard on his chin, and young man
named Fremm volunteered to remove
it. He had worked with the dead man
at digging a cellar, and the two had
something of an acquaintance. The
body had not been put into the coffin
yet, and there were ia the room when
Fremm commenced operations with the
razor the men who tad dressed the
corpse, the widow and o neighbor wo.
man. Fremm applied the lather, and
at length began using the razor. He
had not taken above three or four
strokes when the dead man raised his
arms, moved his body and tried to sit
up. The women ran away frightened,
but one of the men put his hand under
vhestwy's head and helped him SO that
he almost sat up straight. He opened
his eyes, looked at Fremm, and distinct
ly uttered the words: "What's the
matter of me Fremm? l feel very
queerw
One of the women, who had returned
to the door, twelve feet away, plainly
heard the words. The man seemed to
want to speak further, but gasped for
death, closed his eyes and fell back.
His heart continued to beat for three
or four minutes after, and then the man
died for the second time.-Detroit Free.
Press.
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IRON the Utica IN. ~ Observer.
An amusing incident occurred in Lit.
tie Falls, the other day, which created
considerable innocent fun ut the expense
OF n pleasant young lady.
Officer Becker, of Herkimer, convey.
ed man from Utica to Little Falls, who
was charged by a crazy man with lar.
ceny. After arriving at his destination,
the officer was sent back to Herkimer to
summon the principal witness. Before
leaving Little Falls he deposited his
handouts in the telegraph Office, at the
depot, for safe keeping, not caring to
carry them about in his pocket, and
left for Ilerkimer on the day express,
about noon. He had hardly arrived in
that village when he received telegram
saying, Come back to the Falls,
quick" There was no train going east
within two hours, and reply to that
effect was telegraphed back. Another
telegram was received, imploring him
to 60 back to Little Falls as quickly as
possible.
Officer Becker waited anxiously for
the train, fearing that something dread
full had happened in connection with
the prisoner. When he arrived at Lit
tie Falls he was dragged into the tele-
graph Office as quickly as possible, and
without a word of explanation being
given, the key of his handouts was de-
handed. Officer Becker's laugh came
in just about this time, and his anxious
mind was relieved. He enjoyed the
laugh heartily, but a young lady sitting
in shady corner of the telegraph office
felt like anything else but merriment
1t appears that, with woman's natural
curiosity, the young lady had been ex.
aiming the steel bracelets, which were
never intended to encircle fair hands
like hers. By accident, or design, one
Of the young ladys friends closed the
handouts, and the young lady was sub.
jected to the modification Of wearing
the inelegant bracelets until Officer
Becker arrived. She smiled through
her tears as the officer entered the tele.
graph office, and will never NEEDLE with
such dangeous articles again.
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try.
GEN. JOE JoHSsroS's history of the
war is ready.
SECRETARY BOUTWELL, plowed m acre
OF land in Groton, Mass, a few DAYS
ago.
The remains of ex.King Louis Phil.
ippe are to be taken from nd to
France.
MORTIMER THOMPSON Doesticks ~ is
connected editorially with tie Mime.
spolis Tribune.
FouR Presidents of Asbury University
have been made Bishops of the Metho-
dist Church, TO wit: Simpson, Ames,
Clark and Bowman.
THERE is now in Paris French paint.
er, born at Bordeaux, named G. Wash.
ington. His signature is said to closely
resemble that of his great nAmesake, but
there is painful silence regarding his
early reputation for veracity.
DIR. HUsrox, of Baltimore, has been
acquitted by the Church of the scan.
dalous charges brought against him, but
tuc TcSeIeuu geuticu1au Will nave W
answer criminal prosecution, the
Grand Jury having indicted him for
adultery.
The bankruptcy OF Koopmansc hap,
the importer Of Chinese, is announced
in the San Francisco papers. His liza
bilities aggregate $3.50, 900, and he holds
100000 in notes given by Cinnamon for
allowances aud passage money, which
are valueless.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT was buried in
Greenwood Cemetery, New York, on
Thursday, June ID. The following
eminent Journalists acted as pall-bear.
ers: Horace Greeley, of the Tribune;
Manton Marble, World; George Jones,
Times; Charles A. Dana, San; David NJ.
Stone, Journal Of Commerce; James
Brooks, Erpress; Hugh Hastings, Com
merciai advertiser; Robert Bonner,
Ledger; George w. Childs, Philadel-
phia Ledger; friedrich Hudson, for
merly of the Herald.
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Bryant's Post Oblt Compliments to
Bennett.

To call Mr.. Bennett "great journal.
list" is an entire mistake; he was great
news vender, and made in his calling a
worldwide notoriety. But he never
discussed any great public question,
either social or political, with knowledge
or sincerity. He never enlightened the
political mind by the variety or extent
of his information nor directed it by the
earnestness of his convictions. He was
not a statesman nor a scholar, nor a
philanthropist, nor even a politician.
What he said from day to day was said
merely to produce a sensation, to raise
laugh, or to confirm vulgar preju.
dice and SO far as he had any influ.
ence at all as a writer, it was one that
debased and corrupted the community
in which his paper was real. He did
more to vulgarize the tone of the press
in this country than any man ever be.
fore connected with it; and the worst
caricatures that the genius of Ralzac.
Dickens and Thackeray has given US of
the low, slang.whanging, dissolute and
unprincipled Bohemian, of the Ions.
teaus, Jefferson Bricks, and Capt. Shan.
dons of the journalistic profession,
failed to depict what Bennett actually
was. His earlier career indeed was so
shameful and disgusting that he was
banished from respectable society, and
the impression it left was so strong that,
with all the wealth he subsequently
made by the prostitution of his energy
and talent, he could not procure social
recognition anywhere.-Ne1o York Post.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-28

The city of Rome has been agitated
recently by a tragedy as fearfully ro-
mantle as any that have been told IA
romance or sung in opera. On the 18th
of February the Princess Caterina Chigi,
beautiful girl of eighteen years, went
out for walk to q jewelers. on the
Corso. Nothing more was heard from
her until the 9th, when her body rose
clad in the rich attire she wore on the
day of her disappearance, but it was
stained with blood from dagger stab
in the breast. The weapon, which had
q beautiful diamond hilt, still remained
in the wound, while on the plain white
collar, pinned to her dress, was written
the word vendetta, Vengeance, not the
desire Of robbery, was the inspiring
cause of the crime. The deceased had
been sought and won by Erberto Cling
lie, junior prince of Aldobrandini, q
house like hers, among the most illus
trious in Rome. Religious ideas, how.
ever, gained possession of her mind. and
she resolved to enter the cloister. The
18th of March, the feast of the Annun-
citation, was fixed upon as the day
when she would turn her back upon the
world.
When Erberto knew of her determin.
alton he was very angry, charging her
with perjury, and vainly endeavored to
induce her to abandon her change OF
plan. He then became sullen, and alb
sented himself from the Chigi palace,
where he had hitherto been frequent
visitor.
The circumstances of Caterina's death
would make one suspicious, if not quite
confident, that she had fallen victim
to Erberto's rage, even without positive
proof that he was her assassin. They
view things somewhat differently in
Italy, and at last accounts Erberto had
not been arrested. His high rank has
given him immunity, and made many
believe that he could not be the perpe-
traitor of so fendish a crime. The own
ership of the very valuable dagger would
seem to bee easily traceable, and it is
probable that ere this Erberto has been
taken into custody, unless other devel-
opments have shown that another per-
SON is the criminal. The idea of Cateri-
mas suicide is not tenable. The Chigi
family are in the deepest mourning, and
it will be long before the public will
cease to talk of the sad fate of the
young and beautiful princess.
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the week ending May IS, 80 people died
in Lon..on out o. every 100000 of the
population. During the week ending
hay Is, AZ people died in Paris out Of
every 5000, and during the 'me week
the ratein New York was 68 out o. every
l00,OO0.-Nev York Times.
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TIE intense hardness of the black, I'M
clearable diamonds, which are used in
boring machines and for dressing mill.
stones, is such that a single one has
been employed for more than year in
dressing pair Of mill-stones daily, with
out perceptible wear or diminution OF
cutting power. The application of the
diamonds to boring and drilling il due
to Swiss engineer, NJ. Leschot.
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The Mortality OF Three Great Cities.

Inc MOrtSllty OI AmHee urcot OltheSs
We have before US the bills Of NOR
tality Of Paris, London and New.Yosk,
for a single week in May. The returns
from Paris and New York are for the
week ending May IS; those from Lon
don are for the week ending May Is.
They may be briefly summarized as fol.
lows: With population of 1921 800,
the British metropolitan district counts
for l,26S deaths; with a population Of
l,98O,OOO. Paris shows the record Of Sl2,
and with population Of 942, 300, New
York has GAG deaths. These figures
give New York very alarming pre-
eminence over the two European CAPT.
tails with which il is compared. During
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AwIDow won so. 900 from a German
gambler at Baden Baden, and French
General, whose hatred of Germany is
undying, married the avenger of his
country and the $4,000.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-31

welded the Legislature, and in doing this
he had such power that all acts whereof he
was in favor went through.
The witness spoke Of the corruption evil
IDENTIFY used in the Legislature, and charged
the blame of a great deal of it on few Of
those who were regarded as reputable
and respectable citizens" He declined to
answer the question, which of the parties
were most corrupt, Democrat or Repub-
lican, aud stated that corrupt motives in
the passage of laws he only knew OF when
he had been told by those who had received
the money paid for the passage of bills with
money in them. He said there were cor
rupt Democrats as we'll as corrupt Repub-
licans; that corruption was not confined to
any party or color, but that there were
men who would sell themselves belonging
to either party or color.
The remainder of the testimony was
merely story of old and well known events
told over again, the witness setting his own
actions in the hest light and giving his opin-
ion whenever solicited by the committee.
The testimony of Mr.. j. II. McVean, who
was next called, related to the details of
the organization of the Carter House.
The committee adjourned until tn o'clock
TODAY