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The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

numsnItsnaos OF the East were ap.
pslled At this course of justice they
'vhinsd and SMILED around Prssidsnt
Lincoln uosil they secured the pardon
Of oil but thirty Of tho murdersrs and
il Il . matter Of record that majority
Of II" miscre.ats Who escaped were
within two years, engaged in massaores
in Dakota. This sentimsntalism makes
no consideration of tho lives of white
settlszs i; it is only On Indian that 10
sacred
It is to be hoped the management Of
Indian affairs will pow be placed where
it rightly belougs-vith the War De.
partmsnt. Let the strong arm of the
government be felt by these sav.ges.
The day of treaties with hostile Indi.
Ans has passed. They know nothing
Of obligations. They can be Influenced
only by fear, and any evidence Of l.ni.
'enoy IL = them an indication Of weak.
ssss. Kindness only opens the door
for sreaehery. Any further peace pol
10y with them would be criminal. The
American people demand resribution
loe this last Outrage, and the stsrlest
measures for the future.
40 additional chapter for tho
speaos" record comes from Arizona.
A lsrgs band Of Apaehes captured and
subjected to the most horrible tsrtures
three white men. Fortunately, there
was no Commission to cit on the case,
and tho troops promptly followed the
band, killing seventy .nins warriors and
capturing twenty.six women and chill
drsD.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14
A GENTLEMAN.

Probably no question during the CEN
tury has received so many and such diff
ferent answers as the question, "What
constitutes gentleman?" The term
itself is extremely indefinite and varies
in significance with time, place, and cir
cumstances. We all remember Davy
Crockett's definition, that a gentleman
turns his head away while the man he
invites to drink pours out his liquor.
In the South, before the war, it was he
who would fight duel, and owned ne
groes. In the far West, the distinction
was once reserved for the masculine
creature who wore standing collar, and
swore. In England, social responsibility
is supposed to be achieved by the pos
session of gig X; in Richmond, it is to
spell words ending with with a final 4,
and to have come from the Cavaliers in
Boston to have been descended from the
Mayaower, and to have read the vedas.
Here, the latest notion of a gentleman,
judging by a recent legal investigation,
is one that never inquiries of witness
who his father is. Such an interroga-
tory, We admit, is often indiscreet, even
useless, since the greatest amount of
sagacity does not enable one to answer
with any decree of accuracy. If this
precedent should be admitted, however,
what would become of man doomed
to live in Philadelphia, where they insist
on knowing whom your ancestors mar
ried on coming ont of the ark, and
whether they carried letters of recon-
after quitting Eden.-Nesc
York Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14
THE HUMAN SPIDER.

In one of his recent sermons, the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher said: Men were
busy to beguile their fellows. Man was
most stimulated by man. Society was
continually stirring up everything in US.
1t was strange that God, who made the
world, should let men eat each other.
But it was 30 through nature. The grub
lived on the plant. There was no ami
NAL without parasite. Human society
was not AN exception. Men traded in
beguiling and misleading men. "On a
fine summers day." said Mr.. Beecher,
II have watched spider with exquisite
skill fling its web from shrub to vine,
moist with the morning glory, and spark
ling with dew. All the blended lines
led to a center, fair as a gossamer of
heaven, and there lay the old monster
that spun the web, waiting till the gauzy
insect was entrapped, and then!
The greedy creature has seemed 30 hate
full to me until I have thought, The
spider has as much right to his flies as
have to my chickens. 1t is only the
divine constitution which the spider is
carrying out. He has spun the beau
teous web with the skill God gave him
to get food. He has got stomach, and
he knows when it is empty So Idon't
feel, though, when lood on the human
spider that has fixed his web for beauty
and youth and innocence, seeks his vic
TINS to get gold, and devours them to
fill his own NAV. Those who live only
to seduce the unwary lnger in all our
cities. They are feeding the wants of
thousands only to bring them to destruc.
ton. They are firing the imagination,
exciting the passions, only to squeeze
the bloody wine into their own cup.
There is not city where these mis-
creants do not lurk to seek the souls of
men,"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14
SUNSHINE AND SLEEP.

Sleepless people-and there are many
in America-should court the sun. The
very worst soporific is laudanum, and
the very best, sunshine. Therefore il il
very plain that poor sleepen should pass
as many hours as possible in sunshine.
and as few as possible in the shade.
Many women are martyrs, and yet they
do not know it. They shut the sum
shine out of their houses and ont Of
their hearts, they wear walls, they carry
parasols, they do all possible to keep Off
the subtlest and yet most potent influ-
ence which is intended to give them
strength and beauty and cheerfulness.
Is it not time to change all this, and 90
get color and roses in your pale checks,
strength in our weak backs, and courage
in our timid souls9 The women of
America are pale and delicate they
may be bloomy and strong, and the sun
light will be potent aid in this trans
formation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14
THE TWEED CASE.

Garvey, the plasterer, has been giving
in his interesting testimony in the Tweed
case in New York. This well-to-do ma
son had the easiest and surest way of &C
cumulating fortunes we have ever Known.
His business-as the advertisements go
was very Eight and profitable. For
instance: if Garvey required ten or if
teen thousand dollars for little emer-
gency all he did was to change one of
his bills against the city from five thou
sand to ten, fifteen or twenty thousand
dollars, and the thing was done. Some
times he was put to the trouble of sub-
hitting them to Tweed for approval, es-
peciallyif they amounted to large sum,
but for any triaing matter like five thou
sand dollars he managed the whole thing
alone. "When paid $500 for cleo
ton expenses" says Garvey, 1T put the
in my bills on my own hook. 4"
Some Of the ex-ring men have fed from
the city, while others are reported ready
10 turn States evidence il offered i'm
nunity from punishment. There seems
10 be no necessity for this. There is al
ready evidence enough to send the whole
gang to the Penitentiary, and this is the
quickest and most thorough way Of set
ling the matter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

Mr.. Harlan's claim, that the Durant
contribution of SlO,OOO,-which was
given certainly for use in Iowa and
about the time Of Mr.. Harlan's cand;.
dature for return to the United States
Senate-should not have been brongbt
out before the committee. is not a good
one. 1t would not be difficult 10 trace
connection between the subject under
investigation and the position of Mr..
Harlan at that time. Even il Mr.. Har-
lan's assertion, that there was NJ more
Pacific railroad Legislation. after he re-
turned tn the Senate, be correct. il still
remains that Mr.. Harlan was Secretary
OF the lnterior-a department which.
from the very beginning, had intimate
and important relations with the Pacific
railroads. But, even setting this aside,
1t Is matter Of SO much public interest
to know that one individual, represent
ing . powerful corporation like the
Union Pacific railroad, should have
gwen $4,000 to assist in electing one
Senator, that it should be brought be-
fore the public ut any time and under
any circumstances. It is well known
that elections generally require money
for w.iat may be called Legislative ex-
penses, in order to distinguish them
from corruption funds. There are the
expenses of public speakers, the distri-
button of public documents, the print
ing Of tickets, ETC., which parties have
assumed in their own interests. II il
equally true. however, that Senatorial
elections differ from all others in this
respect: United States Senators are
elected by Legislatures, after the leRiti-
mate expenses of the popular elections
are over. The way in which money is
generally used in Senatorial elections is
that brought forth in the case Of Mr..
Caldwell, of Kansas, and charged in the
case of Patterson.
We only know SO much of this matter
as Mr. Durant has stated in his testi-
mony, and this is not altogether clear.
AS the matter stands now, the two
checks for $1,000 each are left in Mr..
Harlans hands. We should think that
1t would be q wiser course for Mr.. Har-
Ian to explain what was done with the
SIC, 600, rather than to assume the air of
injured dignity, and assert the lain
that the matter Is not before the proper
No matter where it ia, the
public is just now interested in ascer-
tanning where, when, and how money
has been used in Senatorial elections
and this public interest ought to be sat
isfied In the case of Mr.. Harlan as well
rs IN that Of Caldwell or Patterson.-I
Chicago Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

During the testimony OF Mr.. Durant,
before the Credit Mobilier Investigating
Committee, the information was OBJ
famed that this gentleman contributed
the sum of SO, 600 to assist i'm securing
the election Of the Rev. MI. Harlan to
the United States Senate. This was af-
Ter Mr.. Harlan had been Secretary of
the Interior. Mr.. Durant was good
enough to assign as motive TO-. his
generous contribution that every man
ought to do something for his coun-
ty.' The inference was highly compli-
nentary to Mr.. Harlan. Mr.. Durant
sad as ,,:ainly IS he could, without Of
lending Mr.. Harlan's modesty. that it
aas for the country's good tina: Mr..
harlan was returned to the Senate. Mr..
Harlan, however, failed to take the
compliment in the same generous spirit
With which it was given, though it does
not appear that he declined the use of
tne $1,000 which had been donated
nth even greater magnanimity. Being
nov Senator, and the editor of Wash
lneson newspaper, Mr.. Harlan has taken
advantage Of his facilities for rushing
INTO PRINT to express the opinion that
M Durant's contribution In this in
vance was entirely foreign to the sub
lea under investigation, and that moth
ing should have been said about it. The
s9mmIttee evidently does not agree with
ny. Harlan, for it has called upon Mr..
purAnt every day subsequently to give
s,n more definite concerning the
sio,OOO donation. The statements have
nos agreed from day to day ~ thorough
x as might have been desired. Mr..
Durant said ON Wednesday that he had
gwen two checks Of Is, 600 each 10 assist
= MI: Harlan's election. On Thursday
NJ said that he had given these two
enecks to Mr.. Harlan himself, payable
70 the latter's order, " supposing Her-
IAN knew how to appropriate il !" but he
added that he did not know whether
narian was At that time Secretary of the
IleriOr or not, and did not know
shcther he was mt that time a candidate
~ the United States Senate or not. I he
COLLECTIONS of Credit Mobilier Wit
1865 seem 70 he s;ngularly conflicting
On different dayr.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14
AGRICUL TURAL.


How to Interest Farmer Boys.
Some kind of workshop should b.
appended to every farming establish
ment. 1t may be in a loft in the end o
woodshed; the corner Of barn a
least somewhere. Too generally sncl
places are provided with only an anger
or two, a hammer, a dull saw, rust,
plane, and such kind of instruments
wholly unfit for mending broken rakes
dilapidated carts. distorted plows, and
that catalogue of farming apparatus
which happens TO need repairing. If the
workshop is furnished with good tools
and sharp ones, and made comfortable
in the cold stormy days of winter, il
offers an irresistible charm for the bows.
They will neither complain of dull times
nor steal away to idle the day with worth
less companions, if they have mechanical
appliances for gratifying an innate pro-
pensity which most young men have for
mechanicalcontrivances-that is, place,
q pleasant workshop, where the industri-
Gus farmer resorts for economizing time.
With his own hands he makes and mends.
He saves the time it would requie to go
a mile or two to mechanics shop; and
he saves the money, too, which any such
reparation would cost. He has real en-
ployment in such pursuits in the exercise
OF his genius in art, humble and rude as
it may be to those who make loftier
flights in regions of imagination.
Farmers boys should have good tools
and enough of them. 1t would be money
well invested, since it invariably gratifies
an inborn propensity to make something.
Occupation insures rectitude of conduct,
domestic habits, and mental progress.
There is an underlined pleasure in the
creation of sleds, wagons, kites, and
wooden guns, peculiar to one period of
boyhood, not readily expressed in Ian
guage.
II Lad manifests decided aptitude
for mechanical invention-and these OBJ
servations have reference exclusively to
those identified with rural pursuits he
should have conveniences for the exer-
else of his ingenuity. Otherwise he will
OUNCE about the house, sleep away dull
ness on hay-mow, and, consequently,
waste away many hours, that constitute
days in the aggregate, while waiting
or fair weather.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14
THE "BLEEDIyG FAMTLY "

A singular story is told bya Milbridge
(Maine) physician of Rufus Mitchell,
aged 30, who recently bled to death from
a slight cut. He was one of those I'm
fortunate men who bleed from the smallJ
est scratch of the skin, and many times
he has lain and bled till it seemed that
the blood had all run out, and then he
would gradually recover. This time the
cut was quite large, and he lived but a
few hours. There is something remark
able about this family, who are here
termed rs belonging to the bleeding
family. None but the males bleed, and
they are the sons of the females of the
Same family. For instance, this man
has left children; none of them will
bleed, but If the girls should have boys
in their families, they will be of the
bleeding kind, but the boys are them
selves free and their families will be. the
same. I cannot explain this. 1 have
practiced in the family for more than
twenty years. During this time a num-
Der of them have died from this cause.
and others have bled often dangerously.
They seem to be as careless about edge
tools as though they were like other
people"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

There Is manifestly, in both houses of
Congress disposition to inquire whether
revolution by injunction is quite the
correct thing in republican form of
government. Even recognized leaders
IN the Centralist party begin to perceive
that the New Orleans injuncter' has
beel pushing the central-absolusism
business too recklessly, ifnot too rrpidly.
Mr.. Kelley's resolution (instructiry the
House Judiciary Committee to ina uire
into the conduct of the man Durell, with
view to his Impeachment. if, "in the
Judgment Of the committee" be has
usurped jurisdiction, or been guilty of
unlawful interference with the constitu-
tional rights of the people of Louisiana),
may De designed for white washing pur-
poses but the debate upon Mr.. Shell
dons proposition to raise joint CON-
mittee of inquiry very plainly shows that
In the opinion of some very conspicuous
members ON the Administration side. the
judicial Mogul of New Orleans, who i'm.
proved upon all known Bonapartist and
C@sarian coups d'etat by inventing
revolution by injunction" overdid the
business expected of him.
Whatever may be the upshot Of this
disgraceful $. ,anish-American business,
the situation begins to present ? more
hopeful outlook for the ultimate vindica-
tion Of the right Of State self-govern-
ment. There is no installing the fact
that the Federal ofiiceholders' usurpation
In Louisiana has excited more general
public interest, and tended more power
fully to direct the popular mind of the
whole country to the imperialistic ten
dency Of the Administration party policies
and practices in the South, than any
other event that has happened since the
war. Though the popular "masses,"
who are not in the habit of thinking
systematically, do not clearly perceive
the why and wherefore of it, there is an
underlined notion, of augmenting force,
that these political disturbances which
are transforming several of the Southern |
States to the character of Spanish |
American Republics. are the outcome
of Federal interference with State rights. |
This is in reality the whole truth of the |
matter, and it is truth which is at least !
making serious impression upon the
public mind. Every occurrence in Louis
lana, and every fact throwing any light |
upon the situation and meaning of affairs |
in that State, has tended to strengthen |
this feeling, as it has to further disclose |
the indefensible and inexcusable char
acter Of the high-handed proceedings of
the Federal usupers, and their tools.
This significant and unmistakable growth
Of an adverse public sentiment has un-
questionably had powerful effect upon
the minds Of Congressman, and to its
quickening influence the rather unex-
pected development of . disposition
among the conspicuous members of the
Administration side no longer to blink
the Louisiana infamy, nor to defend the
nsurping scoundrels concerned in il, il
without doubt very largely ascribable.
Chicago Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

On many farms cattle, during the
winter, are supplied with water by cut
ting holes in the ice of ponds or creeks,
which Is vary convenient method, but
attended with more or less danger if can.
tion is not exercised. After continued
cold for week or two, water is apt t.
recede beneath the ice from the banks,
and the whole surface becomes conceived.
endangering the lives of the animals that
may venture upon it to drink.
A creature that has once slipped upon
the ice is extremely cautious thereafter,
and will not make another venture un-
less driven to it by thirst. Farmers
should take the precaution to avert dan
ger by giving the ice a coating of ashes
or sawdust. Because an animal does not
choose to go upon the ice to drink is no
sign that such an animal is not thirsty !;
often they suffer through fear, as before
stated, and cannot thrive under such cir
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14
TILL DAYRREAK.

Away to her, fresh morning breeze
Uplift aud put aside
Her snowy curtain, and with esse
Approach her undenied.
And lightly hiss her mouth and eyss,
And lightly lift her hair,
And blow about her where she Lies
This scent that Alls the air.
OF spple-blossolns sweet. that shs
May, walking, long to know
What newly-nowering shrub or tree
sweetsns the morning 50.
And past the cloudy curtain there
Lean forth, perhaps, to zee,
Sweet, fresh, and fair and unaware
Be seen herself by me.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14


The fame Of the great photographer
certainly does not rest upon his knowl.
edge Of agriculture. but the following
letter, dated New York, April %, 1897,
and addressed to Robert r. Livingstone,
President of the New York Agricultural
Society, shows that he was careful OBJ
server, and knew something besides
rords. He writes:
Some observations made the last wear.
on the growth of potatoes, may possibly
be worth the notice of the Agricultural
Society. From a single experiment,
am led to the following results
i. The seed potatoes should be those
Of full growth.
2. Cuttings produce more than whole
potatoes.
3. The English whites grow to perfec-
ton in shorter time, and upon poorer
soil than the red. The difference is es-
sential. They are, therefore, best for
early potatoes.
4. Potatoes will not come to perfection
without the sun. Therefore, nothing is
80 prejudicial as to plant them too thick,
especially upon rich soil.
5. The cuttings in drills, where and thel
is light, will answer well Mt nine
inches distance. This seems to be q
good distance for the whites. But in
rich land, especially if the potatoes be of
the red kind, and stalks of which grow
to large size, the distance shonld be
not less than from twelve to fifteen
inches.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

CoLRRDoR had custom Of putting
aside his essays till the heat and excite
ment of composition had subsided, bran
dishing his pen and beating time with
his foot when he wote, and ever and
again breaking out into shout at the
birth Of . felicitous idea
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14
DON + ADVERTISE.

Don't do it. Don't advertise your
business it's paying out money to &C
commodate other people if they want
to buy your goods let them hunt you up.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

Many people are afraid of sowing
wheat because they think that it is an
uncertain crop, liable to be destroyed by
smut or rust. have grown wheat for
many years, and though I have some
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

The total transactions in Chicago real
estate for the past year reach the enor-
nous sum of sl2O, 900, 600.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

LuccA twists up her own hair in musk
scented tissue paper, and battles her
throat in mug of lager beer each night
bc!o-e retiring.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

times suffered from rust until I hit upop
changing my seed every year, / have
never had particle of smut, and no one
need have any il he will only take the
necessary precautions. i always soak
my seed in strong brine, not blue-stone
water, which i believe is good, too but
prefer the brine because know it to be
good. 1 put the seed in big barrel or
hogshead, half full of the strongest brine
l can make. and stir it with stick I'M
til every grain becomes saturated. I
then skim off all the light grain and
foreign seeds which float upou the sur
face, leaving nothing but the heavy, sound
wheat. I then pour off the brine and
put it in barrel fixed on legs like I've
barrel, with holes in the bottom, covered
with net, which will keep in the wheat
and allow the water to run out. / then
pour into the barrel a sufficient quantity
of thin whitewash Cline and water),
which runs throughout and gives every
kernel a coating of the whitewash. After
this is done l spread out the seed to dry,
and then it is ready for the sower. Since
1 have done this have never had smut
ty ear in my wheat, and those of my
neighbors who had adopted my plan have
had similar experience.
Since / have been in the habit of chang
ing my seed every year-that is, using
seed brought from distance-I have
escaped the rust. / cannot explain the
reason OF this. lean only give the fact.
Grading Corn.
What is No. / corn? No. corn is
simply pure white, Or pure yellow, sound,
aforementioned corn,-this and nothing
more. And this leads to the query, What
is No. 2 corn? 1t is not the second quail
ity corn, as many suppose, but simply
these two varieties of corn mixed, and
known as High Mixed. Low Mixed is
the two varieties mixed with red, blue,
or other additional varieties and yet, all
sound, aforementioned corn. No. 2 is
simply corn out of condition, of less
value than those named, from some de-
feet of growth or condition while Re
jected is too inferior to be sold as mer-
charitable, or, rather, unfit for food, and
must go to the distiller.