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The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27

ated articles for genuine, he Is not only
fined. but Is Obliged Ia expose a placard in
his store stating that fact. Manufacturers
OF confectionery can only use the kinds
and quantities OF coloring matter pre-
scribed by ordinance. Such regulations
as these would fall heavily upon some
kinds OF business Of this country.
The Royal families of Europe furnish
some remarkable exceptions TO the pre-
vailing lelief In physical degeneration
through intermarriage. Emperor Will
helm is perhaps physically the finest man
that reigned since Charlemagne. His
nephew, the Red Prince. is formidable
hussar. The Prince OF Wales and the
King of Italy are both excellent horsemen
The Emperor of Russia is remarkable fol-
his gigantic stature and great physical en-.
durance. The Bourbons show more signs
of decay. but one Of them, the Due d'Au.
male, is the very type Of the cultivated but
over-stern General. Don Carlos is q feet
| in height. and three of his brothers have
earned military distinction in various ca
pacities.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27
Officials in Danger.

Now that the Democrats have secured
majority in the Lower House of the
Forty-iourth Congress, there will be a
good deal of speculation as 10 what they
will do with il. The first thing the coun-
try wants done. is an honest and unspar-
ing investigation Of every department of
the Government that has fallen under sus-
piGon-the Department of the Inferior
with its Indian rings, and the Department
of Justice, especially. Hew these semi
naries of fraud and pillage and partisan
iniquity, have been closed against the in
quiries of the people. Is well known.
Then will follow some pretty active opera
tons in the impeachment line. unless the
present Congress shall take the hint and.
by undertaking this work. shall give the
Delanos. Williamses and Darrells chance
to escape the wrath TO come. The hero
oe the Landaulet, particularly. should be-
gin at once to get out of the way and COW
er up his tracks. He is responsible for
the most infamous usurpations. as well as
for some of the worst cases Of malfeas-
ance and corruption In Office. He Is at
the bottom of all the carpei-bag conspira-
cies in the South. But for him the plots
of Spencer i'm Alabama. of Kellogg and
Packard in Louisiana, of Moses in South
Carolina, and of Clayton and Mcclure I'm
Arkansas, would never have become such
successful agencies of anarchy and
mischief. He is the author of the outrage
campaign which has just panned out so
miserably. In carrying Ii out he has not
9nly disregarded the decisions OF L. 5.
Courts, bur has openly violated the very
law he was pretending TO enforce. While
negroes were being lynched with impuni-
tv and without question from him in Kan
sas and Pennsylvania. he was looking for
such crimes only where the aid of his
troops and marshals was needed to sustain
carpet-bag usurpers in pending elections.
He assumed command of the army and
navy. hurled them against Alabama and
Louisiana, and sent partizan dcputities TO
make wholesale arrests, filling every cor
ner of those States with terror. He had
claimed authority under the enforcem Mt
acts TO police the country with troops and
marshals. and order arrests wherever he
NAV choose to think such course neces-
sary TO keep the peace. His whole out
rage campaign has failed of its object. lie
stands to-day guilty of the highest crimes
against the liberties Of the people. and If
he dafes 10 remain I'm office till the 4th day
Of next March, he must confront n House
that will impcach him az sure as IL meets.
All we fear l. that the Administration will
find him. at the peoples expense. an asy-
lum where he will be safe from the wrath
Of the peoples representatiyes.-Kansds
CITY Times.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27
school aud Church.

The Baltimore School Board has taken
the Necessary steps % have German taught
in the female high schools.
" ale COLLEGE has now ! .O3l students.
OF the I03 arr in the theological depart
menf. - .u the medical department. and
SlsI IN the department OF philosophy.
Although the Foreign Mission Board
of the ~oRthern Presbyterian Church has
twelve new missionaries under appoint
ment. yet from lack Of money only one OF
them has heen sent forth.
The first Methodist sermon on Iowa
soil Wa preached in Dubuque. November
II. SIS. In 1886 the church had IN Iowa
one hun'!red and thirty-six members. ln
ISL the iirs- iowa conference organized.
To-day iis membership in the State num-
bcrs abort siNiy-eight thousand.
One d. the noticeable acts of the Pros
testant Episcopal Convention has been
the refuse. 20 establish by law the order
of descones and the decision To leave
the subject 20 the authorities OF each diO-
ceSe-a step III caution that had some con-
necfiOn probably with the ritual questions
relating 70 sistcrhOOds.
The first Presbyterian Church. North.
em Assembly. in the Indian Territory
was Dedicated this month al Fort Gibson.
by Rev. :. 4. >-Oidard, assisted by Rev.
John Elliott. Of Muscogee. Rev. >tod-
dard has Just resigned at independence
Kansas. and entered voluntarily on a wi.
der and labOriOus field. Rev. Dr. Allen !.
about 70 elter upon work among the Full
BlOoi- near the old Dwight Mission.
Francis Dwight. school superintendent
of Albany County. y. u. found girl
twelve years old pursuing thirteen studies
Another super ntendent says: :. After
listening some time 10 the rotary concert
exercises Of an interesting class. com
mencing with the old hobby. How i the
surface Of the earth dividedr | inter
rupted and asked. How j. the alphabet
diyidcd,' Into oceans. seas. continents
islands. hills. gulfs and bays Another
class that had been kept for weeks skim
ming over the subject of forthography wa
asked. How j. the land dividedT Int
mute>. semi-vowels, and liquids.'"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27
Visible Speech for Deaf Mates.

In Boston. a meeting was lately held at
the hall OF the Institute of Technology in
aid of the proposed evening school for
teaching adult deaf mutes articulation, or
visible speech. also for instructing them in
bookkeeping. etc. A class of children. all
congeniial deaf mutes. from the Boston
school at No. III Pemberton Square. was
present. and gave exhibitions of proii-
cheney in the system. and. after showing
how the symbols are taught, repeated In
class and singly. words and sentences. sub
sequently pronouncing from the dictation
of persons in the audience. Some sixty or
more deaf mutes were present, 10 whom
the proceedings Were repeated i'm the sign
language. An adult deaf mute, thirty
three years of age. who has had but a
month and hall of instruction, addressed
the audience as follows. mis- articulation be-
ing distinct. though ofcourse the voice and
pronunciation were strange: " Ladies and
Gentleman-Howh happy / am to stand be-
fore YOU and say few words. You hear
my first speech in this world.' a young
lady, the special instructor in visible speech
from the Clarke Institution at Northamp-
ton. was present and gave specimen OF
the mode of teaching. An original poem.
written by deaf mute, was rccited by
another I'm a very touching manner. Ii Is
dedicated TO Prof. A. Melville Bell, the au-
thor of the system, and expresses the graf
itude of the writer at being brought into
speaking connection with the rest OF the
world. Prof. A. Graham Bell. son of the
inventor. conducted the exercises, and ex-
planned the plan OF the proposed school.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27
English In England.

Ii is high time that Englishmen were
taught to speak and write English. The
half of the population of these islands Is
about as uniRtelligible TO the other half as II
it were talking Welsh. A Yorkshire and
a Devonshire peasant thrown into COM
pany would not understand each other as
readily as an lrishman and Highlander
talking Gaelic to each other. Even
amongst the people who are fairly educa-
ted, and who live in those large circles OF
population in which provincialisms are
supposed To die out, the English language
is subjected 10 serious ill-treatment. Half
the country members of the House OF
Commons omit the final consonant In
words ending with ing. Many of them
talk of Indiar. The tricks playodwith the
letter 4 which are common in man socially
circles do not appear, as a rule, in Parlia-
m mt. except where the rural representa-
tive has 10 pronounce such word as " be-
hindr Ii would be an ignominious thing
If 30. coo. 900 of japanese were TO be found
speaking better English than the English
themselves. However, the Eastern nations
have an odd habit of imitation. Every one
knows the story of the japanese tailor
who made coat according to pattern by
initiating all the rents in it; and perhaps
the japanese will take the English Ian
guage as II j., reproducing all the current
faults of pronunciation London Aeics.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27
Testing Steam Gauges.

That will be an expensive gauge which
the Government is To have in one OF the
towers of the Smithsonian Institute, with
its costly column OF mercury one inch i'm
diameter and 80 feet I'm height. Ii is to be
the standard gauge whereby all manufac-
turers of steam pressure-gauges, and all
supervising inspectors, may test the cor
rectness OF the instruments which they
make or use. BY means of this apparatus
any gauge may be subjected To mercurial
pressure Of 500 pounds to the square inch,
and as IL Is TO be constructed without re-
gard to cost, il will be as nearly accurate
In its gradations as human skill can make
IL. But as Ii cannot be expected that every
gauge hereafter manufactured or now in
use can be sent TO the Smithsonian Insti-
tute for the purpose of being tested, there
will have 10 be many other standard
gauges-fac SMILES of the government
one-erected i'm different localities. SO as To
leave no excuse for neglect or doubt; and
when these standard gauges have become
readily accessible, those who are found
running their steam machinery with i'm
correct gauges should be severely dealt
WITH TsehHoiogist.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST,".
Personal and Literary.


-Abbe Richter, the famous linguist.
who spoke eighty languages, died al
Munich on October IL.
--DiO Lewis is said 10 have wearied OF
oatmeal bread. and has returned 10 hot
biscuits made OF the finest white flour.
VICE President Wilson goes To Florida
next month. and to Europe In the spring,
by advice Of lis physicians.
The publication Of journal TO be de-
voted 10 diplomatic matters will be COM
menced az Washington on the lst OF jan
uary-
Mrs. Ross Church Miss Florence
Marryai the writer OF nOvels), IL is said.
i going 70 give some public readings in
the United states.
Mr.. Motley. the historian, j. once
more in Holland. He l. patroniZed by
the Queen. the most literary OF the
crowned heads OF Europe.
Mr.. James Redpath paid Mr.. Beecher
one thousand dollars tor the lecture de-
livercd in Boston Music-IIall on the even
ing of October l3-rhe largest price ever
paid for a lecture in Boston.
-t,eneral a. l.. Stewart. formerly a
graduate and teacher at West Point, and
later an officer OF distinction in the Con-
OF the University OF Mississippi.
Miss Anna VI. Lee. the daughter Of a
Philadelphian. has made success as a
painter in London. She j. about twenty
five years old. with light. but strong fig
ure. broad brow, firm mouth. and dark
eyes
MIR. Parton saws that the care of an
estate of SiO.p,O.O0O. and the management
OF all hi railroads. only occupy Mr.. Van
dcrbiir two hours a day. and during that
short time he does not appear TO be very
busy.
"A book entitled :. The Dialect OF the
English Gypsies.' by Dr. Smart of Man
chester. will soon be published. IL will
contain q grammar and vOcabularieS-l.o-
many-English and Engli>h-ROmany-
beside Information illustrating the man
ners anl customs OF the English gyp>ies.
George W. I.alar. Of Delaware Water
Gap. Pennsylvania Is supposed 70 be one
hundred ani ten years old. The records
AZ Ea-fou show him 20 have been christened
IN that place in 1863. but other records.
AZ Cenieryiile. make the date 1853. lie
was al tile fair al EaSton few days ago
with daughter aged seyenty-three-
Mr.. Charles IL. Webb. one OF the
most amusing men on the planet. dcdi-
cafes Ai. forthcoming book To the
Balsi-heatle,l that noble and shining Army
Of Martvrs." Entertaining the idea that
=. los al hair 6 caused BY loss OF sleep"
he ofiers them his book a an intellectual
poppv believing "a use his own words
that Ia h-- WAKE shall follow tired I'D
ture's l.i- FestOrer. balmy sleep"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27

Near Burlington, Iowa, the other day,
as Il. h. Carens was putting his gun into
wagon it was accidentally discharged.
the contents striking him in the breast
and causing instant death.
-Cordelia Lessiur was a lowell hero
Inc. She recently rescued a girl whose
fingers had caught i'm the machinery of a
mill. but in doing 1t her own arm was
drawn in and torn of. She died from the
hurt.
A young lady was Instantly killed at
Vienna, Ind, the other night by hSr
drunken father. who threw loaded revol-
yer upon the floor. discharging il in the
fall. The load entered his daughter head,
near the right eye.
"A little daughter of Postmaster Il. c.
Buttum. of Milton Junction, Wisconsin.
started fire with kerosene in the kitchen
stove ore Saturday afternoon. when the
can exploded, and she was so hadly burn
ed as TO cause her death al IL o'clock sun
day night.
AT Kansas City. few DAYS ago. col
ored boy named Tommy Logan was en-
trusted 10 carry loaded musket. On the
way he saw Two colored girls and thought
% frighten them by firing ~ them. The
shot struck one. named Fanny title, in
the face, causing serious wOuld
Mr.. Henry Stinespring. aged about
sixty years. WIS killed at WilliamSville.
Va. recently BY the accidental discharge
~ rifle. Ii was lying on a workbench.
and in placing piece of timber on ir the
timber struck the hammer. and the re,Hlt
was that the bail passed entirely through
him.
Il young man named Freeman. aged
eighteen years. who lived upon Dry
Creek. Southwest Salina. Kansas. acci-
deniallv shot and killed himself recently
in the following manner: He had been
blowing into the muZZle OF 4 shotgun.
AM attempted 10 cock the hammer with
his foot. when the gun Went of and a
char &c of buck-shOt was lodged in his
brain.
While out hunting. short time ago.
Charles Neuscl. proprietor of the south
side Hotel. AZ Haie's Corners. Milwaukee
County. Wis. was killed outri ght by the
discharge of his gun. He was holding the
gun between his knees TO free his hands
20 unite bis dog. when the animal jumped
up. struck the hammer. and discharged
the load into Neusel's head.
Lately an engineer named George
Crockcr. while oiling shan in spice
mn III -hdI-t- vi Nd~ WOAatAh AH anu
held BY his shirt bosom. While revolving
he hal presence of mind TO halloo 10 the
fireman 10 reverse the engine, but TOO
late. His beard was wound on the shaft
and was torn out by the roots. his throat
crushed. and neck broken. killing him in
Stantlv. The deceased was formerly OF
Boston. and has relatives in Milwaukee,.
"A week or two since, Mrs. Faulkner.
residing near Papinsville. Bates county.
No. received a mortal wound under the
following circumstances Two men stop
ped at her house 10 stay over night. and
being scarce OF bedroom, a bed was made
tor them on the floor. The men had load
ed revolvers with them. and on retiring
placed their pistols under their heads.
Next morning Mrs. Faulkner was cleaning
up the room and moving the bedding
when one of the pistols fell, and striking
on the floor discharged itself, the ball strik-
ing Mrs. Faulkner in the forehead just
above the right eye and passing through
the head.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27
scienrc and Inan.arx.

"A Tennessee tailor has a shop on
wheels. lie only stays in village long
enough to clothc the people. and then jogs
along.
The lemon growers in FLORIDA and
Louisiana are raising fruit equal To the
sicily crop. and good deal OF money is
being squeezed out Of the business.
California finds a good market for her
surplus leather and boots and shoes in
China. Japan and Australia The ship
ments - those countries are on the in
crease.
A remarkable instance Of the increase
in the sale Of imported OK tongues j. az
forie,i by the trade done az Paysandu. in
Uraguay. At this little town during the
last season about 10000 OK tongues were
packed ia herrnetic.llly sealed tins and
shipped % England.
They are going 10 raise coffee next in
California san Rafael !. the locality
selected for the experiment. The seed
was imported direct from Java. BY Mr..
i.ichteuburg. who lived on the island, and
thinks the conditions Of soil and climate 50
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27

BENJAMIN b.

Air" Maiiigan Guards"
You all remember Butler,
4 man Of mighty cheek
Who ruled the House az Washington
Whenecr hc rose to speak.
But down in Massachusetts
At last he got fall;
For Thompson came with a T.. to his name,
And carried Essex and all.
Chorus:
Then farewell Ben.
And get. get away
Like every dog,
You've had Your day,
And on the stage
Your part youll have 10 play.
For there's none cares now for old Bencminn Il.
They called him old strahsmus,
Al over this broad land,
And he was cursed and ilatiered too,
And feared on every hand.
lie rode upon the party,
And nearly wrought a wreck,
And made muss, like The incubus
That hung upon sinbad's neck.
Then farewell, zen. etc.
For boldness he was noted
Most people called IL check. F"
His spitefulness and malice, too,
In many ways he'd wreak.
But power was what he wanted;
Without IL what was he:
He lost il all in his last great fall
Which finished benjamin u.
Then farewell Ben etc.
No doubt this fellow Butler
Has feathered well his nest
OF others spoons and property
lie has become possessed
His .'moieties and such like
He took wherc'er he went,
No matter now II we raise row.
For he won't give up a cent.
Then farewell, Ben etc.
The nation Is not weeping,
Nor does the party mourn;
With grief and woe for BENJAMIN
Our in'ards are not torn.
The loss Of some one better
Would give us greater pain,
or we know To our cost that what we've lost
Is the biggest kind Of gain.
Then farewell, Ben, etc.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27

An energetic lady in 0lweln, Iowa,
laments her inability TO vote. why, II
were man. she said recently, I'D go To
the polls if had to be laid on a feather
bed, placed on a stone boat, and hauled by
a blind OK with one leg broken, but Id
vote. But what's the use of talkingy
Men are men when they amt swine, and
can't Da driven -
The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-11-27

-ProfessorJ. ID. Steele, OF Elmira, now
In Stuttgart, protests. like Mr.. Northrop,
against the education of American youth
aboard. He declares that foreign educa-
ton has not even the merits of chcapncss;
that the students at Stuttgart. for instance,
find board more expensive than the stu
dents NJ Syracuse University.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-11-19
Our object.

In accepting the positions assigned
us 10y our fellow members Of the In
stitute it was understood that the OBJ
ject of this department Is TO present
statistics in reference to our own
schools, and to the schools of other
counties and other States. Another
object was to have u medium of COM
munication between teachers, between
teachers and trustees, and between
teachers and parents. All have II
common interest in making our
schools as nearly perfect as they can
be made by the harmonious and en-
ergetic action of all concerned.
Communications from trustees and
from parents are respectfully solicited.
Teachers are not always what they
should be. Perhaps if they see them
selves photographed in this depart
ment, they will acknowledge their
imperfectiOns and reform in time.
Friendly criticism may be the means
of saving many valuable young
man.
While there is no room for long es-
says, short, spicy articles will always
be acceptable. If every teacher will
send at least one article each week, he
will improve himself and encourage
others. At the end OF each school
month send your roll of honor with
any local items that will be of general
interest.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-11-19

Respect for Labor and LabOrers.

One of the most important subjects
before the Institute was presented by
Mr.. Howe of Westminster. How
shall our pupils be prepared for the
duties OF life" Owing to other bust
ness provided for in the programme,
there was not sufficient time to discuss
this question. Mr.. III. referred to the
fact that we were constantly holding
up before the minds of children the
hope Of their becoming professional
men, politicians, governors, presi-
dents, etc, etc. He considered this
one reason why so many young men
sought clerkships in preference
to learning useful trades. They learn
just sufficient in the public schools to
make them despise hard work. He
thought the teachers were responsible
for much of the hoodlumism of the
day.
Prof. Carr followed with some very
forcible and practical remarks. He
was in favor of teaching children that
there was no true dignity without
labor. IL is hoped Mr.. Howe will use
his pen In presenting his views more
fully than he was allowed to in the
Institute. The question will bear dis
cussion.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-11-19
EDUCATIONAL COLUMa.
Edited by The Teachers the Public schools
IF Los Angeles county
Explanatory.

About one year ago, the pro-
prietor of the HERALD, Offered to the
Los Angeles County Teachers Insti-
tute, the use of portion of his paper
for the purpose of presenting the sub
ject of education more fully than was
customary in the journals of the State.
The offer was accompanied with the
condition that the Institute elect n
committee of teachers who should be
responsible for supplying the Educa-
tional Department with suitable mat
ter, original and selected.
The Institute unanimously accepted
the offer, and appointed Il committee
of gentlemen and ladies to represent
them. For several weeks the commit
tee attended to the work and presented
many subjects of general interest,
which, we are assured, attracted the
attention of the public. For reasons
not necessary to be repeated, the ed
itors became discouraged, and, as the
HERALD soon after changed hands,
the matter was entirely neglected.
much to the disappointment of the
majority of the teachers of the
county.
Last week the present proprietors of
the HERALD renewed the offer. This
was accepted 10y the Institute and
new committee appointed. From the
interest manifested by the teachers
we may reasonably expect more salts
factory results.