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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-11-01
TIE END OF LANp-GRANrs.

This substantially closed the land
subsidy business, and no grants
have since been made except in
compliance with requirements con-
tanned in the original grants to the
Pacific roads. During the whole of
the present administration, the Re-
publican President and Republican
Congress have rigidlY opposed all
further grants of lands for railway
purposes. President Grant took
strong grounds in favor of preserY-
ing the public domain for settlers
Immediately upon coming into
Office, and he has since omitted no
opportunity to reiterate his convic-
| ton that enough lands have been
supplied to public improvements,
and to use his power to that end as
chief magistrate. In the same
period Congress has resoiutely re-
fused to substitute any more lines
of road, and has several times form.
ally repeated its intention to hold
the remainder of the public lands
exclusively for the use of actual
settlers under the homestead and
presumption laws. The land-grani
policy died when General Grant be.
came President; and the party thai
supports General Grant is a uni
against any further application o.
public lands to railway purposes
RECORD OF THE CANDIDATES.
/ The records of the two parties OF
the land question present facts tina
no Republican need fear to have ex
amined and contrasted. A compar
, ison of the records of the candidate
of the two parties, national ant
State, will be found to result ever
more fayorably to the Republican
! side.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17


When astronomers assure us that the
diameter of the circles which the PLAN
cts describe in their perpetual revolu.
tons round the sun, are millions upon
millions Of miles-how is it possible for
the mind to take in an idea of the
space or room in which such globes as
those Of eighty and ninety thousands OF
miles in diameter are running thirty
times more rapidly than cannon ball,
without the slightest interference with
others?
Space-without limit There is no
boundary, no barrier, no precipitous
termination, but space forever and
ever, and there the intellect leaves
the pursuit-the brain Of man cannot
grasp it.
But there is something more perplex.
ing in the belief that interminable space
is filled with billions, aye, with count
less organized worlds, beyond all human
computation, far excelling our own in
grandeur of proportions, ply steal re-
sources and beauty, so immensely dis
tant no telescope can ever survey thoe,
on the nearest border of that celestial
space which they occupy; and vet still
beyond and beyond 50 far that the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17
An AuecdOte OF Balzac.

When he travelled abroad-as he often
did to verify the most trifling particu-
lar which he might be introducing into
one of his iomances-some money, of
course, was Necessary. His mode OF
paying the positions in a country
where he knew neither the language
nor the tariffs, is thoroughly character
istic of him. al did not know word
of the language of the country" says
he, "nor did know the value o. its
current coin, but do know the human
heart, which is the same in all ceun-
tries, and / understand physiognomy
30 this is what did: had bag which
/ filed with small silver money, and
each time that the horses were to be
changed took this bag in my hand !;
the position then came to the door of
the carriage; ! looked searcLingly into
his eyes while dropped into his hand
one coin, two coins, then three, four, or
ever so many, until at last saw him
smile. Now AZ soon as | saw him smile,
l understood that l had given him
coin too many. Quickly / Withdrew
that coin, and my man was paid" This
anecdote shows US Balzac as he was
possessing the simplicity Of child
united with the profoundest insight and
the deepest philosophy. But in small
things wisdom is apt to overreach itself
and we fear that if he had tried q
second time this original mode Of set
Ting the score, our worthy position
supposing him to be equal in wit TO the
ordinary run Of his class-would have
| RETAINED from smiling for an uncon-
scionable time.-Londsn Society.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17

OF fashions ~ hish forever rage
Midst fsllible humanity
The foremost fashion Of the age
Appears to be insanityl
whens'era crime committed 10
Unusually bad.
It's author thus acquitted H.;
"Of course be must DO nsd
A scholar aas snrewish wife.
WHO little things complains about;
lie eets enraged and takes her life
b. scattering her brains about.
He'd ne'er. had he retained his wits.
Have dose an act 80 ead;
His studies overstraiaed biz wits
Poor fellow. he was mad!
A woman. dragged by passions down.
Sowsd poison broadcast through q town
With hideous probability:
By strychnine shed didusively,
She chanced one luckless lad
To kill-which proves conclusively
Inc she. Of course. was mad
Brought up on mad Dick Turpin tales.
And sick for notoristy..
An idiot the Queen asssils.
And hOFrifies society:
But when TO tales he's read 90 on
We nine moro tails would add.
Again-it has been said % Oft =
We're told. Poor thing. he's mad"
Of intellect's vast march We hear
But this say untoignedly.
The march Of intellect. l fear.
IL marching March-hsre- brainedly.
That "madness is paronymous
With badness" seems the fad;
Ifso.. why they're synonymous.
And every ones gone--msd!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17
How . Pennsylvania Judge Obtained I
Competent Jury.

His Honor, Judge Kirkpatrick, of the
District Court. if we are informed cor
rectly, has done very wise and praise
worthy thing. An intricate and COM
plicated business question being in
volved in q cause to be tried before him
the other day, he requested several of
our leading and prominent citizens to
serve on the jury. as the ordinary meth
DDS Of drawing jurors had, in this in
stance, almost wholly failed to secure
the attendance of such shrewd, keen
business men as could master the intri-
cacies of the matter to be decided. This
Is not at all prejudicial to the clear
judgment of ordinary jurors on ordi-
nary subjects, but illustrates the propo-
sition that in the trial of important
causes, in which the clearest possible
perception not only is wanted, but also
perfect familiarity with business rules,
methods and customs, care should be
taken to select such men as can readily
appreciate the facts in evidence and
adapt themt to the determination of the
issue insJsyg Gazette, April q.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17

A paper on this subject, read by Ed
ward Roberts, F. s. A., before the
Royal Institute of British Architects,
closes as follows:
l. Never allow pervious drains in
pervious Soils
2. Never allow q cesspool or drain
near a well.
8. Never select gravel as building
site if welldrained clay can be OBJ
tanned
4. Never allow drinking water to be
drawn from q cistern supplying water
closet.
5. Never allow waste-pipes to be IL
serted into water-closet traps.
6. Never allow rain.water to run to
the ground If it is required above.
Z. Never allow water to stand in pipes
exposed to frost.
s. Never allow pipes to be fixed so
that they cannot empty themselves.
9. Never ventilate except by pipes or
tubes inlets and outlets being of equal
size.
10. Never use glazed earthenware
pipes for upward Aues.
ii. Never allow chandeliers To be the
exclusive light merely because it has
been customary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17
Difference Between Strength Of Will
and Strength OF Mind.

A very clear illustration of the dis
tinction between strength of will and
strength of mind was once given by a
gay young fellow who probably had
never read page Of metaphysics in his
life. This young gentleman, whose
friends called him Bob, for shortness,
was of an exceedingly nervous tempera-
ment, and any unusual indulgence in
wine was sure to leave him in a shaky
and unhappy condition. Bob had q
consequential acquaintance named
Waffles, who was gifted with the absorb
ing qualities of sponge, and who, al
though in the habit of drinking much
more freely than Bob, was never known
to exhibit any signs of inebriety.
One morning Waffles called upon his
friend, whom he found seated on the
stool of repentance, with a wet towel
bound round his head, and several
empty soda bottles by J is side; and,
shocked at the sight, he began to
moralize.
$50 you were tight again last night,
Ell ?" said Waffies. "New, why don't
you do as | do? When | have drunk
enough stop. You should have more
strength of mind, and initiate me-"
"Streng.h of mind" snarled Bob,
who, nervous and irritable, had very
little disposition to submit to temper
ance lecture from such a source "what
the duce has strength of mind to do
with it? Strength Of will, you meanw
"Well," quoth Waffies, "what is the
difference
"I'll tell you the difference" retorted
Bob, vindictively; "brutes have no
mind at all, but a jackass has more
strength of will than any being that
breathes."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17

fully believed to be my dead body,
could hardly credit their senses ut find
ing me still alive, and, with the excep-
ton Of a badly mangled shoulder and
arm, comparatively unhurt, the more
80 As ! WAS perfectly drenched with the
animals blood.
II had long been the wish of my
heart TO have hand to-hand encounter
with the "Lrd Of the forest" and
certainly had it grati6ed with ven
geance- have shot others since, but
have never had 80 near . shave; and
frequently, when l wrap myself up in
her akin, now doing duty as rug, I
think to myself, with . shudder, how
near death was in obtaining it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17
How q Baker Discovered Who Stole
His Pies.

Says the Louisville Courier Journal:
Some rhubarb pies were stolen several
days ago from q laker living in
the lower portion of the city, and he
has been on the qui sire ever since to
discover the thief or thieves. Three or
four days were spent in fruitless watch
ing, and day before yesterday novel
plan was adopted, by which the GRIM
inals were caught and punished. The
baker prepared dozen of rhubarb pies.
and sprinkled tartar emetic on the tops
instead Of white sugar, which had been
used on former occasions. The drug
resembles white sugar in appearance,
and as it is tastelcss the difference
would be apt to pass unnoticed, espe-
cially as these pies were likely to be
eaten in a hurry by the thieves, who
would naturally want to get them out
OF the way as soon as possible. The
baker placed his pies on the front porch
to dry and cool in the evening breeze,
intending to take them in if not stolen
during the early part of the night. But
they were stolen, as usual, in an hour
or two, and the owner began to con-
graduate himself that his plan would
work adj irably
Another family, END raci:g men, wo.
men ard children, old and young, lived
in adjoining apartments, and were the
suspected parties. The baker saw them
retire one by on ., and then, lying down
himself, watched from his couch through
window and door the slow but sure
workings of the metic. In an hour or
two one of the children became very
restless, and soon commenced to cast
up its ill-gotten food. Another one was
seized with the same complaint little
while later, and by midnight all the in
mates of that | ortion OF the house were
in terrible state of retching and sweat
ing under the operation.
The baker lay still for while, and
enjoyed the sport, laughing heartily to
himself at the powerful effects of the
and the nausea and fright of
the victims. who thought for a time
that they had been poisoned. A few
hours later. however, they began to
recover, in the came order in which they
were taken sick, and soon got over their
fright. The baker thinks now that his
pies are safe at least from that quarter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17

honey in q week, and at 4 favorable time
believe this can be repeated every week.
Can better afford to sell extracted honey
at ten cents per pound than comb
honey at twenty-five cents. Comb is of
30 high value that We cannot afford to
sell it at an ordinary price. Some have
obje cited TO the extracted honey, but rs
people become acquainted with il they
buy it readily. Sells all she has to cell,
and the demand is increasing.
Remedy for Hens Ea6.g Eggs.-Build .
layingroom little dark, 90 that they
cannot see to do that kind Of mischief.
Hens naturally like 70 retire out Of sight
TO lay, in snug, cory place. 1t pre-
vents hens that are laying from being
disturbed by going into the house and
strolling hens do not bother, for they
cannot see 10 pick. A room six by eight
feet, is large enough for seventy-five or
one hundred hens /; for il will accom-
modate twenty nests or more. Shelves
are necessary 70 set the nets upo.,, with
a projection in front for the hens to
walk on.
To IMakea Pvtridge TFap.-Make . box
three feet long and foot and half in
height. Make the sides Of lath. Make
a door on top two and a half feet in
length, and suspend or hang it by a
wire through thecenter ofthe door. Then
put grain on the top of the trap and
door so that the game must alight there
TO get it. When the partridge steps on
the door it turns so suddenly that the
bird is not able TO escape. Try it.
Fresh Air for Meep.-Sheep require
abundance Of fresh air, as in fact all
stock do, but sheep especially. Close
pens are very injurious, causing, first,
running at the nose and colds, which
finally result in cough and inAamma-
ton Of the lungs. The greatest need is
to keep them dry under foot and Pro
tected from snow and rain storms
sheep will choose to lie out of doors in
a well-littered yard rather than under
cover, and thrive better in doing so.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17

light they send abroad at the speed of
one hundred and ninety.two millions of
miles in one second, may not reach
this earth for q hundred OF millions of
years to come-and then again thereare
globes infinitely multiplied beyond.
Space, then, is . field in which the AL
mighty displays the majesty of Ills 81.
prene mower
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17
COlOred ElOQuence.

At Fourth-of-July celebration, just
after the war, q colered orator was
holding forth to crowd Of his fellow
citizens of African descent. He was
much disturbed that the whites and
blacks had been separated during the
exercises of the day, and thus deplored
the fact:
"Feller-citizens," said he, "dis is all
wrong. faint so in the animal king
DOM Out on de perairey ye kin see de
white COWS and de black cows all eatin'
de same grass. Dey amt ashamed o.
one anoder. De white cow don't turn
up her nose and say, Go way, niger
beefr An in de vegetable kingdom it
Is de same. When you pick q posey
you put de white flowers and de black
flowers all in together, and one smells
jist as good as anoder. So it ought to
be, bredren, in the human kingdom"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17

Some Yankee-like Frenchman has
produced new edition of the Cardiff
statue. His ingenuity has made it a
great improvement on the original. 1t
was dug out Of q stratum of sand in a
cavern, in which many relics of the
stone-age have been discovered. Then,
too. it is hfe-size, so that the pretense
of its being a petrified man can
be made with some show of truth.
The face is nicely tatooed, and
bears petrifed wreath of pebbles
and shells. Two arrow-heads are stick.
ing in the temples, and choice assert
ment of miscellaneous curiosities was
dug up around The body. Ingenious
anliquarians are already disputing the
precise age of the world in which this
petri6ed mortal lived and it bids fair
TO have as good a run as its kindred
humbug on this side the water.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17

A CURIOUS lunaiic made his appear
ance, few days ago, in the Luxem-
bourg Gardens, in Paris, and, before an
excited audience, commenced te- ring
up bank notes, each for one thousand
francs, with a remorseless indifference.
Before he could be checked in his de-
structive little game he had torn up
thirty of the notes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-17
A New Humbug.

Brigham Young's brilliant success in
sanctifying lust has inspired woman
in Nebraska to do likewise. As Joe
Smith founded the sect of Latter Day
Saints, this adventures styles herself
Josephine Smith, and her followers
(when she has any) Latest-Day Saints.
She abhors Polygamy, and proclaims
the holiness of polyandry. Her ere.
dential- consist Of several scratched
stones, which she declares came from
Heaven, and which she interprets as
authorizing plurality of husbands.
Not having any money, she lacks the
responsibility of Woodruff, and, instead
of living on Murray Hill, sojourns in an
ole army tent. Her converts are not
numerous, but she is mistaken in her
faith.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-27
Liuseed Tea for Sick Horses.

According to the american Yet
Urinary Journal, this is not only a
valuable restorative, but is exceed
ingly useful in cases Of infamma-
ton of the membranes peculiar to
the organs ofrespiration and diges-
ton; it shields and lubricatcs them;
tranquilizes the irritable state Of
the parts and favors healthy action.
The editor says we have prescribed
linseed tea in large quantities du-
ring the past month for horses la
boring under the prevailing intlucn-
"a; they seemed to derive much
benefit from it, and generally drank
it with avidity. Aside from the
benefit we derive from the action of
mucilage and oil, which the seed
contains, its nutrltive elements are
of some account, especially when
given to animals laboring under
soreness in the organs of degluti-
ton, which incapacitates them from
swallowing more solid food. In
the event of an animal becoming
Frustrated by inability to masticate
or swallow more food, linsecd tea
may be rcsortcd to, and in case of
irritable cough the addition Of a
little honey makes it more useful.
In the latter form it may be given
to animals laboring under acute or
chronic diseases OF the urinary ap-
paratus, more especially Of the kid
neys. The linsced tea is prepared
us follows: Put a couple of hand
fuls of the seed into y bucket, and
pour gallon and a half OF boiling
water upon it. Cover it up a short
time, then add two quarts Of cold
water, when it will be fit for use.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-27


A California paper highly recom-
nends charcoal for fattening tur-
keys, pulvcrizcd aud mixed with
mashed potatoes and corn meal, as
well as fed to them in small Jumps.
It mentions two lots of turkeys of
four each, treated alike, one lot CIV
en- this mixture and the other not,
where there was an average gain in
weight of the first of II lbs. each.
We do not like the practice of mix
ing the pulvcrized charcoal with
the other food Of turkeys, compel
ling them to. eat it or 20 without
food, but we have no doubt of the
excellent effects Of supplying tur-
keys with charcoal broken into bits
when fattening for market. They
will naturally eat all they require.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-27
Hog Cholera and Cure

A correspondent of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, in Georgia,
where the hog cholera has prevail
ed and no remedy been found, says:
"We believe that it is contagious,
and the best remedy l have found
is the free use of spirits of turpen-
tine mixed with tar and a small
quantity of camphor. 1t can be used
either externally or internally. l
prefer the latter, by soaking corn in
it for ten or twelve hours. l have
never failed in arresting the dis
ease"
r. H. Worthington sends to the
Towsontown journal the following
prescription, which states is sure
cure for the hog cholera:-"Takc
10 grains of calomcl and 10 grains
of tartar emetic, and make them in
to pill. AS soon as it is known
that the hog is sick, give the pill.
If there is no change for the better
by next day, or within "a hours,
give another pill of the same ingre-
dients." Mr.. Worthington says he
has never known q second dose of
the medicine to fail to effect . cure,
and restore the hog to health. Mr..
w. himself has cured more than 100
hogs which have been afflicted with
Nv fhia mAdioine.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-12-27
The Warning Of the Rat4les.aks.

A magazine writer says: Too
much cannot be said OF the sound
of the rattle. l have been on the
prairie when opinions were divided
as to whether q certain ominous
clicking arose from the grasshop
pers, which were there in great
numbers, or rattlesnake. It is
not pleasant, at twilight, to have
any doubts on this subject. The
chief thing against the rattlesnake
theory was that these reptiles sell
dom move or leave their holes after
shutdown. But l would warn the
reader not to depend too much on
this, as some snakes are certainly
of irregular habits, and have been
known to crawl into tents, and into
beds within the tents. This was
for the sake of warmth. Very often
the reptiles will content themselves
with coming inside; and SO true is
it that use doth breed habit in a
man, that l have known men to
sleep quietly all through the night
when they were perfectly aware that
a rattlesnakc was within the walls
of their tent. They rolled them
selves tight in their blankets, know
ing that the creature would not
touch any one if it were not first at
tackled, ana that when the light
came it would go away.
In one instance, a man was bitten
at night. He was on the prairie,
and sleeping near his horse, which
was fastened by long rope to a
log or stone. The horse broke
away, and the man feeling after the
rope in the grass disturbed a rattle
snake, which bit him on the back Of
the hand. He was cured by rem
edy which I think l have seen rec.
commended in England. A friend
cut with a pen-knife the skin around
the puncturc, so as to enlarge the
wound and make it bleed; then he
put small heap Of gunpowder on
the spot, ignited it-no pain attend
this-and the man was cured. l
would add just here, that the stran-
ger mast not always depend upon
hearing the rattle when the snake
moves; it is only violently shaken
when the reptile is alarmed, or is
about to attack, and then the warn
ing and the assault are too close to-
gether for the victim to escape.
The rattle has been too often des-
cribcd to need much comment here;
it is known to consist of a
number of bones, looking like
small knucklc-boncs, securely fast
cned together, yet so loosely, that
they make a "clicking" noise when
shaken. These grow on the tail Of
the reptile; and the popular belief
is that the first joint, which is al
ways Of a darker color than the 9TH
ers, takes two years to grow, while
afterwards the snake has an addi-
tional joint each year. Some OBJ
servers contest this, and argue that
the reptile forms it's rattle much
faster than at this rate. The wear
ing of this rattle in the hat or bon
net is said to be an invaluable spec
ific against the headache, and is
frequently worn on that account.