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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-06-12

Blessings on the boys. Not the young.
healthy, ro>y-cheeked male savages of
thirteen or sixteen years. They cannot
help being boys. and deserve no special
credit or condemnation for it. But bless
ings on those hale old boys of forty or
forty-five or even of sixty years, who bend
their broad shoulders 10 the burdens Of
lite. but who do not let those burdens
crush their hearts whose eyes are quick
TO catch the light of merriment over a droll
story and quicker TO I'LL with tears OF SYM
patty f.. friends distress who retain
boyish love and reverence for all that is
womanly; whose boyish confidence In hui
mainly rs whole, though often shocked.
never dies: who watch eagerly for the
bright spots of sunshine on lifc's carpet,
and seat themselves where 1t falls bright
est and warmest. They rarely grow very
rich, for their boyish generosity Is too care
less for that; they may not command the
awe of adniiring crowds, they are not al
ways systematic enough to be safely trust
cd with important office: but the nimble
feet of childhood spring TO meet them.
manhood trustingly extends TO them a
wde-open hand. woman grcets them with
a conildng smile. and all through life they
give and receive great treasures OF pure
love. God himself Is very tender 10 these
boys.-Romc Sentinel.
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afar. TO talk In glittering generalities Of equal
rights and social equality, but that does not
remove the natural feeling Of race isolation
In "A social sense, which Is universal among
the whites Of the South, and which no arbl-
trary legislation can ever remove. You can't
change human nature by the congressional
law, and the sooner the national lawmakers
understand this the better for the black race
as well as the white race. To force this OBJ
noxious legal yoke on unwilling necks, rs
much as disturbances and bloodshed will be
deprecated, IL will be In the nature Of an inn
possibility 10 avert them. Even the passage
Of the bill in anticipation has produced such
whirlwind Of indignation as cannot be al
layed for many day. There should be no
excuse for lawlessness and crime. no matter
what provocation, but in the name Of justice
and peace we earnestly ask Congress not 10
let loose the dogs Of war and force condition
Of things dreaded by every law-abiding man
In the State. We are sure we speak the SEN
timents Of ninety-nine out Of every hundred
white men in the State, and probably the more
intelligent Of the negroes. when we say that
a more disastrous measure, rs affecting the
interests OF the white and black in Tennessee,
could not be enacted than the passage of the
Civil-rights bill now pending in the House."
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Science aud Industry.

Pittsburgh furnishes 6s per cent. OF
the steel manufactured in the United
States.
The planters in Putnam county, Flor
ida. have almost entirely abandoned the
cultivation Of sea island cotton, and are
trying their hand this year on the short
staple. They have not made the change
any too soon. for. according to the Palatka
Herald. the black seed cotton has proved
disastrous TO the planter in every in
stance.
The value of the fruit crop of California
last year NAV be- estimated in round num-
beers at two millions of dollars. From the
tenor OF the reports from all portions of the
State the fruit crop of 1874 will exceed that
OF last year by about 30 per cent, and as
The largely increased demand fo- packing
Will keep up the price, It's value may be
estimated hirly at three million dollars.
The Journal Of Chemistry thinks that
the potato Is deteriorating, and that per-
son should be detailed by Congress to 20
toSouth America and select specimens
nom the healthiest wild potato vines.
bring them by good cultivation to a proper
degree Of perfection in their native habitat.
then import them to this country, so that
American agriculturists may obtain seed
llngs OF original health and vigor Of con-
sutution.
The Mobile Register says that the day
Tor successful cotton planting on the low
lands of the South Is past. The present
generation follows the culture as a desper-
ale resource and under the influence of
previous habit. The future cultivation of
he staple will be done by small farmers,
ana rs an incident rather than rs princi-
pal business; otherwise cotton growing
VIII prove a delusve pursuit.
The Technoiogist enters into discus
SION of the possibility OF employing cleo
ulcity a. a motor, and arrives at the con-
ciuslon that when electricity can be pro-
uuced as chcaply rs steam, the applica-
uon in question will be feasible. For Ger
tam purposes. however, electricity can
never be supplanted or driven from the
position 1t has attained. as. Tor example in
lhe operation of telegraphing, or IN any
operation where il Is desired to transmit
power or motion TO distance without
serious loss.
An advertisement Is published by the
Commissioner of Fisheries of Canada,
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Odds and Ends.

-" Patrick" said the priest. show much
did you stealg" "Well, may as well
confess to your reverence for the whole
stack, for am going after the whole stack
tonight"
"A Chicago parson, who is also a
school-teacher. handed problem to a class
i'm mathematics, the other day. The first
boy took il. looked at il awhile. and said :
Z" pass" Second boy stared at IL and
drawled out T" Il can't make it, "Very
well, boys said the parson. well pro-
ceed to cut for new deal" and with this
fcmark the leather strap danced like light
ming over the shoulders of those depraved
mathematicians.
"A young bachelor who had been ap-
pointed sheriff was called upon to serve
an attachment against a beautiful young
widow. lie accordingly called upon her,
and said "Nladam, | have an attach
ment for YOU" The widow blushed, and
said that his attachment was reciprocated.
"You don't understand me; YOU must
proceed to COURT Il know it is leap
year. sir. but prefer you to do the court
triflng; the Justice Is waiting" ''1he
Justice Why, prefer parson."
When boy is put to farm labor he is
vlNtll an Olu moe. u lOih WIFI IL DTohci
tine, a round-edged axe. a scythe that no
body else will use. and is expected to work
more hours than hired hand. To do all
the chores, to build fires in the morning,
To run on all errands, 10 turn the grind
stone and to go To meeting in cowhide
boots. With this experience he does not
like farming; and lecturers. editors, mem
bers of Congress and petty lawyers mourn
because SO MANY Young men 90 from the
farm to the city.
Our medical and theological brethren
will have their little jokes. On Monday
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-06-12

Offering for lease the salmon lakes and
rivers ofthe Dominion of Canada, licenses
10 be issued for the season. or leases for
five years, as may be agreed with each APP
plicant. The minimum prices that will be
considered for the waters are mentioned,
and they will be adjudgcd to the highest
bidder above these prices who will FUR
nish the necessary guarantees. The pre-
servation OF the stream and its protection
against unauthorized fishing form a por-
ton of the condition OF the lease. The
highest minimum mentioned is $500,
while some OF the streams are rated as low
as $50. Application is to be made to Mr..
William +. Whitcher Commissioner OF
Fisheries, Ottawa, Canada.
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Haps and Mishaps.

An indianapolis lady by the name OF
Gebhart had her arms blown off while
attempting To clean stove with gunpow-
der.
George Roberts, a telegraph operator
at Mount Vernon, Ohio, was instantly
killed a few days ago while assisting in
moving piano. The instrument fell,
crushing him to death.
A boy named Kelly, while scoring for
a baseball game at Grand Rapids, Mich.
the other day. was hit by a club in the face
and had his nose broken. The injury is a
serious one.
Mrs. Smathers, of Elk township, Clay
ton county, Iowa, left home few days
since, and in some way during her absence
"A straw bed took fire. Two of her chill
dren escaped. but third, about fifteen
months old. was so burned that il died in
a few hours.
Two girls. sixteen and eighteen years
old. named Alkaline and Eliza Richardson,
living at Cedar Grove, Dekalb county,
Ga, dug up some hemlock root in the
woods. installing 1t for angelica. and each
ate portion of il. Alkaline died after ter
rible paroxysms OF vomiting, before reach
ing home. while her sister, after prompt
medical attention recovered.
The Mound City (Ili.) Journal says
Mrs. sam. L. Steel, residing near America,
met with peculiar accident few days
since, the result of which cannot yet be
known. Lying on lounge, she was
picking her ear with the head Of a pin,
when the pin slipped from her finger and
dropped into the ear. Physicians and sur
geons have tried In vain TO find it and give
up the task as hopeless. The head of the
patient is much inilamed inwardly and the
pain is most excruciating.
Here is a warning to lady spectators !:
The wife of VI. G. Sloman, OF Rhode Island,
committed suicide by drowning herself In
pond short distance from her residence
few days ago. She had been derangcd
for some time. The cause Is generally be-
licved to be anxiety on account of the fact
that she had invested heavily in worthless
Western bonds. andalso in Ohio and Ches-
apeake Railroad bonds. She belonged TO
one OF the first families of Newport City.
An Allen county correspondent writes
to the Bowling Green (ky.) Democrat /:
1--WE understand that, not many days since,
child in the western portion OF this cour-
" threw up (by vomiting) needle, which
held a deposit around IL a. large rs quill.
The child had been treated for liberation
OF the stomach by a very able physician
fora number Of years. When the rust or
deposit was broken, and the needle found
in the center. the parents OF the child re-
membercd that the child had swallowed a
needle many wears ago, and the fact had
been forgotten"
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school and Church.

The Methodist is in favor of reducing
the number of presiding elders, and en-
larging the districts in the Methodist
Church. Ii costs the church now $500
900 annually to support $50 presiding ell
ders.
- Rev. Ii. NJ. Palmer has rendered his
resignation as pastor Of the First Prcsby-
terrain Church of New Orleans. and accept
ed the chancellorship Of the New South
western Presbyterian University at Clarks-
vile, Tenn.
- At the state Episcopal Convention OF
New jersey. Bishop Odenheimer made al.
address, in which he alluded To the seces-
sion Of Rev. DR.. Cummins from the
church, and said in reference to il that ii
was an ''ungodly, unchurchly, and ungen-
erous action"
The Baptists OF Tennessee have con-
soidated their convention work. Hereto
fore the State has been divided into three
conventions, East, Middle and West. The
new Tennessee Baptist Association" has
now been organized under circumstances
which promise great harmony.
The State Superintendent of Public
Schools of Tennessee has issued circular
10 districts trustees, suggesting that no
new contracts be- entered into with teach
ers and builders, rs the Civil-rights bill
now pending in Congress with "A likeli-
hood of final passage, is i'm direct conflict
with the provisions of the statutes OF Ten
nessee.
=" A History of tho Baptist Denomina-
ton During the Past Century" is an
nounced on occasion of the centennial an
niversary, containing AN account of the
Baptist growth and influence during the
first hundred years o. the United States.
The work is to be ,I.ted by the Rev. Lem
uel Moss, and will include contributions on
various specific topics from the Rev. Drs.
Weston, Justin A. Smith. ;. G.. Caldwell,
a. G. kendrick, l.. +. Smith. J. y. Bo-
CART and other distinguished Baptist cler-
gymen.
The Southern Methodists. In Confer
ence assembled at Louisville. have taken a
very bold position on the temperance ques-
ton, and one which Is much more radical
than any Northern church has assumed.
BY very large vote-325 to 3S, being
more than the necessary two-thirds--a mi
nority report that any person making. buy
ing. selling or using as beverage intoxi-
eating liquors shall be, upon conviction,
debarred from membership in the church,
was adopted. This action will be sent
round To the local Conferences. and if the
majority Of three-fourths concur II will be-
come "A law. The vote was preceded by a
long and excited discussion, in which all
the points which have so bewildered the
local clergy were canvassed. As there
was no apparent possibility that Scriptural
texts could be reconcilcd, or that the views
of delegates would admit of any compro
mise, they decided to take the bull by the
horns and throw the animal out altogeth-
er. The whisky-manufacturer the whis-
ky-seller. the whisky-buyer. and the whis-
ky-drinker were all cassed under the
SAME head, and the ban was pronounced.
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Never use enameled kettles for every
day common purposes; cook no solids IN
them. for If the glazing comes OIL they viii
poison the food. II you clean your brass
kettle before YOU set il away. do not do u
with salt and vinegar--just scour II with
fine brick dust.
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"A tenor in Vienna is said to have an
abnormal formation OF the vocal organs
whereby he is able to sing twonotes stimuli
taneously.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-06-11
LAURA BRIDGMAN.

The Hartford Times copies the account
of Sophia FL. HutsotL the deaf, dumb, and
blind girl, of Wilkesbarre, Penn, which
recently appeared, and referring to Miss
Laura Bridgman, who was spoken of in
the same connection, says: Miss fBridgman
is now probably fifty-eight years old or
more. She is still with the Bloomfield
family with whom she has lived for per-
la ps The last thirty years, or since her de-
parture from the American Asylum. The
family nave recently removed from the
house where she has lived for so long a
ime, to ~ residence at Bloomfield Centre
near the Congregational Church. 1t will
probably take Laura some time to become
familiar with the (to her) unknownprem-
Uses; but she learns with surprising readi :
ness when one reflects how completely
She is isolated from the world ofoutward
things. She could go about the house
and premises where she lived as readily
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-06-11
THE DYING POET.

THE following lines from the writings of a
Persian poet of the twelfth century, were
uttered at the moment when death was about
to darken the windows of his earthly habi-
tation, and must, even after the lapse of sever
centuries, find an echo in every heart !
Tell thou to my friends when weeping
They my words descry 8t b
Here You fud my body sleeping.
But it is not l La 4H -H-e
Now in life immortal lowering,
Far away I roam,
This was but my house, my covering,
Ills no more my home 1.aa.4,.. g..
This was but the cage that bound me,
!, the bird, have flown;
This was but the she'll around me,
l, the pearl, am gone
Over me, as over treasure,
Had spell been cast; 5 Er...#u
God hath p0ken at his pleasure,
am free at last. 81!
Thanks and praise to him be giver,
Who has set me free,
Now forevermore In heaven
Shall my dwelling be.
There stand his face beholding,
with the saints in light .ns 81
Present., future, past, unfolding,
in that radiance bright. i
TOiling through the plain leave you,
l have jOurneyed on,
From your tents, why should 1t grleye you,
Friends, to find me gone?
Let the house forsaken perish,
Let the shell decay, s,.sH1E .sf. .sels
Break the cage, destroy the garments,
l am far away. "4"
Call not this my death, pray you, gs IS 4
'Tis my life of life !;
Goal of all my weary wanderings,
End of all my strife. 1 -- a
Think of God with love forever
Know his name is love = 2s4a '4u 81
Come to him, distrust him never, .....t \.
He rewards above
behold each deafness spirit, .tI Ui y
All your ways l view,
Lo ! the portion / inherit. Het/s"@
Is reserved TOR you. s5 ASA
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THE MOURNFUL BALLAD OF SAD
Ilsl WILLIAM. sgy 1H g

Sad William was man of mark /: Fly
For miles and miles around ~ *4f
Each worthy dog at him did bark 8 Gala
He ne'er was sober found.
Though dark, his brow was hung with gloom
Deep wisdom lit his eyes ;e 5fsE ems
a kind OF royal purple bloom,
Did on his face arise. 6E B& GGT98J8 n
fI7Is voice was thick with wisdom's speech,
And from his lips did roll N la In na...
Long cautions loud, dear youth to teach,
DO shun the sinful bowl. yfqfF8 ern Z
and as he spake the tears would flow,
He'd mournful stop and think
Then, SHAKING sad his head, he'd go E~'
and take another drink.
Some tender friends of this sad man,
By Christian love inclined, ,@3ea1T3$ a@
Did 'lnong themselves q story plan adp
To work upon bis mind. @~@ qua
with awful looks they told in fright a'is38
That one who drank like sin, vatvn8aM
And like him. went to bed each night
Exhaling clouds ofgin, $4,000 5000
Ead sought to blow the candle out, paw III
When 10 his breath took fire, E.ft,
And straight he died and left NO doubt
That drink had lit his pyre. qtHNNBM
%Oh, William, think of this dread fate" 8 +
TO him these friends did say,
land stop beforeit Ia too late gg ft8Va3
Oh, William, do, we pray r. 81. .a..pa
Then William sat him down to mourn,
They left him in his fear; b s@lH 53
And in the morrow's early dawn,
Said he, as they drew near; 80 e19Rs-@
I've thought. with many fears and true, V
Of all you said last night, sfiarW sEf
and now !, soemn. promise You
all ne'er blow out light -
-Neto York World.
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as most persons who have the full use of
their senses, and she can also distinguish
instantly the different persons with whom
she Is brought in contact Nearly half a
century ago, when she Was at the asylum
here, her powers of discrimination in this
latter respect were such as to astonish
people who went to see her. For instance,
a party OF ladies, strangers to her, called
TO see her at the asylum, and had their in
terVleW with Der after they had taken off
ana hung up their shawls. bonnets, &c,
Laura, (who has always possessed the
sense ct touch) went 70 each one of them.
and felt of them After satisfying her
curiosity in this way, she went on with
her usual wOrk-for she could knit and
DO good many other things. When the
laoles rose to depart, she went to the
pace where they had hung up their
things" and, taking down each article
separately, took it straight to its proper
owner, What fate is hers! Here she
has lived for nearly sixty years life al!
isolated from the world around her. An
interior world is hers, into which NOTHING
that We know oflight-the physical light
OF the Sun-can eyer enter, mr. any out
ward sound. Alike to her, thro'
all the years, the silence Of midnight or
the cheerful sounds of daily life, the notes
OF birds, the voices of winds and leaves
and falling water, the power of music,
the peal OF thunder, the loving tones Of
the human voice. Silent herself, she
dwellS in her own world of absolute ST.
lence Ii, as some people might belive,
there arc for her interior voices she has
no means of apprising her friends of her
soul experiences: We must accept the
outward seeming that to her, aid such as
she, the world is world OF darkness and
of silence Wnat,to soul so imprisoned,
must be the final aw kening into the life Of
''Tha: deep dawn behind the tomb"
which the consultations of religion assure
to u, and whose finer light in light
inspires the loftiest strains5of the poet? Il
was the case Of just such an Lff1lction-
th"tof az interesting daughter of DR..
Coggswell, Of Hartford, who. unlike her
sisters, was "deat, dumb, and Blind
that interested philan' tropical people,
nearly aixtY years ago, in the benefcient
educational project of the American Asy-
lum; and it was of her, and her death,
that Mrs sigourneY, rising to the in agina-
ton ofthe final awaken ng and release of
that imprisoned soul, attuned her harp to
It's finest strain, ia the poem beg inning.
Sisters. there's music here"
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A STRANGE ANIMAL Some of the an
imals that lived upon the earl ages and
ages ago, andhave long been extinct, were
so monstrous in size and peculiar In habit
that one might well be excused for doubt
! ing their existence, were not the finding
OF their skeletons pto6t too strong to be
refuted. One of these animals, the Me-
gatherium, was much larger than an ele-
plant, though with shorter and heavier
legs, and had many Of the characteristics
of the sloths now found in South America,
which was also its native country. It's
hind feet and tail were very large, the
latter measuring more than two feet in
diameter. Feeding upon the leaves and
tender twigs of trees, 1t did not, as the
sIoth does cling Co the under side of the
branches while eating-tpr the weight of
its unwieldly body would have broken
the stoutest llmbs-but procured its meals
in another way. Moving slowly and
a@kwardly along upon legs Informed
forwalking until tree WasKreached, with
its fore feet it would Dig away the earth
from .he roots AMI sever them with its
sharp claws; then, sitting On its strong.
tail and hind legs, as on an immense three
legged stool, and winding its fore egs
around the trunk, it woald sway its b'dy
in all directions until it had torn the tree
up by the roots. or suapped it from its
stem This AZ coinplished, 1t was an easy
task foT the huge brute to strip the Tree
Of everything ea:able to satisfy is enI'
nous appetite.
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nous appetite

tGs&# MM #MN# s@ett tf5.fN r. ~ "a tsa
A CURIOUS DECISION. The following
story comes from Ireland: Two men had
a quarrel in liquor shop. They adjourn
ed outside to settle the dispute. The first.
man being from C,unaogbt, Immediately
seized lump OF stone and lett Fly at
the head oil his opponent, who dippe 8.
his head and missed the stone, which
went through an expensive plate glass
window, and did much damage. A mag,
|istrate was called upon next morning to
determine which of the two should pay
the cost. The evidence clearly showed
that the aim was a good one, and if the
second man had net dipped his head he
would Dave been struck. Therefore"
said the magistrate he must pay the
damages, as it is certain the first man s
didn't intend to injure the window. and
the window would not have beer injured
if it had not been for the act of the
second man lodging"