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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-03-03

Government a. truly A. any clerk owes
such service 10 his employer. They
were rot employed or paid by party,
but by the Government. Ii they owed
any thing 10 any party the debt was
subsidiary 10 their obligation TO the ma
tion and the people whose money paid
their salaries. Nevertheless. We have
the authority Of Mr.. Douglass oath for
saying that they deliberately, and after
consultation, neglected their duty 20 the
Government, and postponed, not once,
but several times, their effort 10 detect
and stop the robbery Of the Treasury
which they knew was then daily going
on; and they did this merely because
the effort TO catch the robbers and stop
the robbery might tend 10 diminish the
chances Of party Of success in certain
elections.
II seems never TO have occurred 10
these gentlemen that they were not paid
by the people 10 manage elections. but
to attend TO tie duties Of their Offices,
and that they could not honestly do the
one at cost Of neglecting the other. 1t
Is aisheartening, we say, to know that
high officers Of the Government hold so
unworthy views of their functions and
their duties.
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Odds and Ends.

What is the difference between a
man and a tired dog One wears 4
coat, the other pants.
The great feature Of Barnum's
Centennial show " will be a congress
Of decayed circus managers.
They have a Rev Mr.. Hammer in
Georgia, and when ne breaches he hits
the nail on the head every time.
-" Mamma, do you know what the
largest species Of ant are? You shake
your head. Well, III tell. They're
ELEPHANTS"
The New York Graphic declares
that this j. a great year The Centen-
NAL, the Presidential election, Beecher's
trial, iifty-three Sundays and the pota-
to-bug.
A great many foreign counts have
visited Chicago, and the Chicago Jour
nal has met them, and its opinion il
given in two lines, viz. Many man
who would fail as a street-car con-
ductor could take hold and make first
class foreign count.
A Georgia COW coughed up grape
shot last week, and no one can tell
whether she was wounded during the
war or swallowed the bali while graz
ing. BE that as II may, she acts like a
different cow since resigning from the
ordnance bureau. Free Press.
lie held the old shirt up by the neck,
before discarding il forever. But he
wasn't mourning for the garment. He
only said: II wish had all the drink.
again that have gone through that old
neckband."
"A Chicago lawyer had a dream that
he died and went to Heavens gate.
What passed between him and st. Peter
no one will ever know. The lawyer has
dropped his profession. however, So it
may be surmised that even Chicago law
can make no case up there.
The second night after her husband
died she sat by the open cham Der win
dow five hours. waiting for the cats to
begin fighting in the back yard. Said
she. s'This thing Of going 70 sleep with
ogt a quarrel Of some Kind is 80 new
that can't stand it, let me alone till
they begin, then can doze off gently"
FRAGMENT FROM 1.-THE coURrsHIP or
a fOtl
We wanacred by a darksome wood
Atevening son and mage.
She felt ~ ugly a. she could,
And felt tragic.
The dew came down anil wet ne through
(fow harshly fate disposcsl.
We both came home with feelings blue,
And stured-uP noses
A class Of ragged boys in a school
had learned 10 answer the questions in
the catechism 10y rote. One day a
stranger entered to examine them, but,
unfortunately. the boy who was always
at the head Of the class was absent.
The stranger asked: "Who made
you?n And the boy answered: 1.-The
dust Of the earth ION, no." was
the demonstration. "God made You. "
"No," was the response, 1.-the boy that
God made isn't here"
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Until the Elections We're over"

Prom tire New York Evening Pcsti
One Of the most saddening things we
have recently seen in print J. that pas
SAGE from the testimony given in the
Babcock case in which Mr.. j. W. Doug
lass, formerly Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue. explains why an attempt was
not sooner made 10 thwart the nefarious
operations Of the Whisky Ring. The
first thing necessary TO this end was to
make certain changes of place among
the revenue supervisors, aud Mr.. Doug
lass says in his testimony that after con-
sultation il was determined '.to wait I'M
til the fall elections were over; we wait
ed. and then there Were number of
senatorial elections, and We had to- wait
until they were over; then We found that
we were in the midst of the Presidential
election. and that was another obstacle
after that we arranged 20 make the
transfers"
The only thing proposed in this case
was To make sucn changes of place
among the revenue officers A. were
necessary To prevent and detect fraud.
upon the revenue IL was believed with
good reason that some of the revenu,
agents employed and paid by the Gov.
eminent belonged To an organized band
of revenue robbers: that they used their
official positions and the information
which came Ia them rs Government Off
GERS as means with which TO assist IN
defrauding the Government; and it wa
necessary TO change these men about be
fore any investigation could b,
made with the smallest pros
pect Of success. The men who hel,
( the consultation and determined upoi
delay were under pay a servants Q
the Government, owing honest. fear
! less, straightforward service 70 tha
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Following Is a brief extract from
Proctor Knots speech on the One
Term Constitutional Amendment:
A salary of $4,000, q mansion sus-
tanned in a style of luxury that few per-
sons dreamed Of, furnished, repaired,
and heated at an annual expense of
$4,000, with the very air breathed there
perfumed by rare exotics, propagated
in $50, 900 garden-ho maintained
AT an annual expense of 5000; pri-
waite secretary at g., 600 year to do the
Presidents writing; two assistant secre-
taries, AT $500 year TO do the work
of the private secretary; two clerks at
-. 2j0 to do the work Of the assistant
secretaries [laughterl; steward at
1000 year To supply the Presidents
table with the choicest wines and rich
est viands that could tempt or satiate his
appetite; with $1,000 year for books,
periodicals, stationery, kilograms, and
q commercial pause other contingent
cies. What that meant he did not know,
but he thanked God for the .scontingen-
cies.'' Laughter. II the children Of
Israel sighed for the flesh pots of Egypt.
what must be the anguish Of sensitive
soul when taking last long farewell Of
such salary and Injuries?
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MIR. Thomas Liyersidge, formerly a
wealthy manufacturer Of starch and
mucilage in Dorchester, Mass, has left
his entire property, amounting 10 $780,
900, with the exception Of few be-
quests, TO an institution for the educa-
ton of poor boys.
The Americans who are exploring
Palestine have just concluded success
ful tour east Of the Jordan. The MEM
bers were surprised by the number of
the ruins Of Christian Churches, many
standing side by side with heather tenn
pies.
A magnificent cameo, supposed TO
be "A portrait 81 Octayio, the second wife
Of Mark Antony, and sister Of Augustus,
has been brought 10 the notice Of the
Paris Academic DIES Inscriptions. The
stone is a sardonyN, with a milky sur
face.
The politeness Of the Khediye Of
Egypt in sending his guests up the Nile
In one Of his steamers has frequently
been commended; but il turns out now
that il is only a way he has Of freeing
himself from bores. So says one Of the
correspondents writing from Cairo.
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A company has been organized in
London To manufacture gas from sew
age BY wonderfully cheap process.
Norwich, Conn, has subsidized a
man 10 the extent of $4,000 10 enable
him to open = sewing-machine factory
there.
Machinery for three complete saw
mills has been shipped from manu-
factory in Erie, p, 10 the Black Hills
during the last month.
The large cotton mill at Nashville.
Tenn, has sold all the goods it is able
10 manufacture during the next two
years to parties ia New York.
"A lot Of plows and seed corn were
shipped from Des Moines, Iowa, re-
Gently to an extensive Chinese planter
at Singapore, British India.
Three yea, ago Sheffield sent cut
lery and steel ais 10 the United States
valued at FL. 1000. Last year the to-
tai value Of q ,ds exported 60 this coun-
try was only -69O,O0O.
Last year the importation Of raw
silk into the ni,ed States reached the
large aggregate $50, 4sg pounds. de-
noting rapid growth Of the silk manu-
featuring industries.
Canadian poultry has been success
fully shipped To- England. and has met
with ready sale. Nearly four tons of
Canadian turkeys were recently dis
posed If at Bristol.
The first calico manufactured south
OF Baltimore was recently turned out
by the cotton mills Of Wilmington, y.
g. The first products of the mills
Were disposed Of 10 Wilmington ladies.
"A method Of covering cotton with
sllk Is devised. The silk is dissolved in
hydrochlcric acid, or an ammoniacal
solution OF copper or nickel. Water j.
ADDED until the solution begins 10 cloud.
When the cotton previously nordanted,
y immersed in il for u few minutes.
When taken ont il will be found 10 be
plated with silk.
There are now eight pin factories
IN the United States. which make a.
10000 pins daily. in addition to these
me importation of pins reach $4,000. 1000
uaiiy. AS these are all easily sold, il j.
SAFE TO say that 72,O0O,0O0 Of pins are
,ost daily, or $1,000 every minute.
where they 90 TO is u wonder.
"A French gentleman, NJ. Boulade.
mas discovered that il freshly gathered
plants are spread out between sheets Of
hltering paper in the usual borbarium
manner. and then heated between two
bricks IN an oven for two or three hours
~ about $50 degrees Fahrenheit, they
WIZ be perfectly and permanently pre-
served without impairment Of the most
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Hans aud Mtshaps.

AT Council Bluffs, Ia, two children,
named Asher and Haywood, Were scald-
ed 10 death on the same day.
Charles Faxer, aged 10, of Column
bus, o., took dose Of morphine to cure
cold, and died from its effects.
BY an explosion Of the boiler Of n
portable saw-mil at birmingham,
Mass, three or four workmen were
killed.
Mrs. Rachel Apologize, aged 50, Of
Youngstown. O.. was burned 10 death
in her room by her clothes taking fire.
Charles Medic, aged "a, of Short
Greek, w Va, was accidentally killed
by the discharge Of his gun while hunt
ing.
Two boot-blacks at Little Rock,
Ark, had an alteration the other day.
during which one hit the other with a
rock, from the effects Of which he died
the next morning.
Prank Sumerix, boy 10 years Of
age. living near Eaton Rapids, Mich,
accidentally shot himself on Sunday
while climbing over fence with gun.
The shot was fatal
Near Nashville. Tenn, on the l4th,
Felix Fredge was stabbed and instant
" killed by his step-scn, in retaliation
for being beaten and kicked. The
young man fled and has not been ar
rested.
"A little daughter Of Mrs. Eliza
Wagner. aged Z, at l.oganspOrt, Ind.
while looking through the crack Of the
door at some playmates, stuck her
tongue through the crack, when another
child suddenly slammed the door. cut
ting of iwo-thirds Of her tongue.
john Rice. "A poor Pittsburgh shoe
maker, cut his throat from ear to ear
His wire. who had been out. ON her re-
turn found her husband lying upon the
floor covered with blood, with hofri-
cash In his throat, and st.ff in death.
Beside him was the knife with which he
took hi life, and upon the wall written
in blood was the word Love" The
wall was bespattcred with blood, show
inc that after he had made the cash he
had dipped his fingers IL the crimson
fluid. aud while he was writing his life
blood was oozing against the wall. Out
Of work and consequent misery was the
cause Of the deed.
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From the Toledo Blade.

Whether Babcock Is convicted or not,
enough mas already been revealed to
teach the American people that their
civil serviceis corrupt not only in its
officials, bat in its system and in its es-
seniial principle. The use of the pub
lie offices and public revenues for polit-
zeal purposes was the plain and direct
source Of all this public shame. official
crime, and private misery. Is il enough
To mete out remorscleSs retribution To
the particular offenders caught this
time, while leaving in operation the
system that will constantly and inevita-
bly, produce more of the same sort 4? Let
US heed the great lesson Of the hour and
adopt a civil service system which shall
make an internal revenue officer a man
of as high tone and good standing a.
an army officer. IL can be done. and
now i the time to do it.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Marx Twain will deliver course
If lectures in England in May and June
Of this year.
Caleb Cushing becomes, by the
death Of Reyerdy johnson, the oldest
Cabinet Minister living in point of years
and appointment.
MIR. Valentine, the sculptor, has
finished the recumbcnt statue Of Robert
l.. Lee, and il will soon be placed in a
suitable structure abOveth Confed rate
leaders grave AT Lexington. Virginia.
The wEclc cost of the memorial will be
about 5000, of which $4,000 have
been raised already.
The memorial volume Of the late
DIR. 5. G.. Howe will he printed in raised
letters for the use of the blind. A fund
is 10 be raised 10 defray the expense,
and each subscriber Of - will receive a
copy of the volume printed in ordinary
type. The volumes in raised type will
be distributed among the blind asylums
of the world.
Senator Logan has written a play
entitled "Adventurcs of a Congress
man. for private representation. 1t
was given AT Mrs Rives's in Washing
ton, recently, and was pronounced by
those present an unqualified success.
The play is merely farce, illustrating
the trials OF green Congressman in
Washington. The Senator's success in
this attempt has induced him to make
another, and he has now ready for the
stage drama Of army life.
60. tkn It,1,..,, ff..,.~g,,.,g,a.,,f,.f.
Miss Hattie NJ Ames, former enthu-
siastic Latin pupil of Mr.. X. l.. Perkins,
of this city, finds constant employment
in cataloguing large public libraries,
having catal0gued the city libraries of
Cincinnati and Chicago, and is now at
work upon one at Burlington, Vt. Her
first experience in this direction was IN
working upon the Boston Athenmum
Library some years ago, with Mr.. Poole.
49," Jennie June" relates this reminis-
of herlifc at >outhbridge, Mass.
- had only one enemy at Southbridge,
10 my knowledge, and that was an
elderly deacon's wife; the way il came
about was this: was my nephew 5
teacher, rs well A. my brothers house
keeper, and on one occasion, when We
had been invited 10 dine IN state al her
house, she called ont To Egbert in high
voice from her end Of the table. Sonny,
won't YOU have some puddin p and 10
tho horror and Consideration Of his papa
and myself. the terrible infant replied.
quite as loudly, = ] guess if YOU lived Al
our house my aunt would make YOU say
puddi9g' | am sure At that moment |
,uiaL.g fr,..tnr. a '. "a nj .n,.,.et 4.r,nuueia-
ton were with truth at the bottom % a
well, but il was Of no avail. Going
home, my reverend brother remarked,
III will never be forgiven, Jennie and
he proved 10 be right; il never was. !"
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DR.. Telcampf, Professor Of roliii-
cal Economy Of the University Of Bres-
lau ana member Of Parliament, j.
dead.
The Empress OF Austria will 70 20
England early in March. To visit her
sister, cN-Qucen Caroline Of Naples.
Throughout Europe. Centennial
excursions TO the United States are adj
vertised n; ridiculously cheap rates.
The Pope has contributed $1,000 in
gold for monument To President Mo-
reno, Of Ecuador, who was assassinated
some months ago.
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A Stovepipe Hat.

A party OF men came down from
Ilano County YESTERDAY. SAYS the Aus
tin (TeN.) Gazette, and were drinking
IN the saloon next door above the Capt.
toll store One of them, whose name il
Hammer, said that he could whip any
man in Austin who had on a ''stoyepipe
hat They got very excited. and
drawing their pistols laid them on the
bar counter. Finally, leaving the sa-
loon, they went down the avenue and
were gone about - minutes. As soon
a. they left the saloen some one met
Ben Thompson and told him about the
threats the men had made. Mr. Thomp-
son went To his room. and. putting on
a silk hat, returned to the saloon.
When the parties from Llano returned,
Thompson was talking in jovial sort
~ way about being Northern man on
a tour for his health. but that he be-
lieyed he could whip any man in Texas.
Hammer said. " You dos Well, YOU are
the man for me" Tor something to that
eflect), at the same time drawing six
shooter. But before he could cock il
Thompson fired At him, the ball enter
ing near his ear and coming out at the
back Of his neck Hammer then started
across the street, still trying 70 cock his
pistol. when Thompson fired second
time, the ball taking effect in Hammers
back. Officers coming up. arrested the
parties, who gave bonds for their APP
pearance AT the Mayors Court.
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AT Upton, Ia, prisoner in the
Jail. named Robert kelso, while smok-
ing pipe, had his clothes catch fire.
lie was locked in his cell with no win
dow open, and when discovered was ;,
bally burned that he soon died.
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delicate colors. The process is render
c more rapid and certain II the layer Of
hliering paper next the flowers be
changed after about an hour.
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The fortune left by the late Sir An
thony Rothschild amounts to nearly
fl0.Ooe, 900 sterling. This fortune ex-
ccels that Of the late Mr.. Brassey, who
has hitherto been regarded as the larg-
est " the millionaircs, BY e, 00e,O 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-06
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS,
WAsH. B. WILLIAMS. Auctiope,r.


WAsH. B. WILLIAMS. AactiOuser.
TBUsTEEs' SALE OF VALUABLE REAL IA.
IA -. u sTs SELL, BETwkEE AND
LAReE Cum rORrA GLE DIV ELLIHe.
by virtue on decree Of the Gu preme Court "A
o. the district , Of CSlumbis, passsd in equity q.
sssinst VII ,am Pope ct a the undersizned, q
S Ssm,''; % ~, TIaURspAI the aia Day d ssp.sa
street vest Il feet and inches from he port6
corner o. said iot running thence due south fest
hortn teet and inches, and thence vest 70 the
Ilsee OF beeinnins, with the improvements thereon
Terms Of sale: Ons-fourth OF purchase money
and the residue in three equal instslmsns at 8, u
Ss 81. her or ,Sss srOnissoT 81
Ipsr cent. Isr snnum Iron da1 Of sale Until paid;
day Of sas or within seven days thsrsfrom No deed
siyea until all purchase money sad interest shall be
.. the iS q .. S M g Con-
the risl and costs Of defsuitins purchaser On nor
SIvspins STAR All convey snsins cent. ~ tSs
purchaser or purchasers; deposii Of go win be
required yhsn property I: sold
JOB BAnssssssPS.. ''''''' Trustees.
- ts6 La svenue,)
sep4-eod lLav Rsporter.l
~BY .AGREEaENr THE ABOVE saLHIs
noetpcned to mONoAY, Oetobsr 2, lsYs, ct the
sep2o Goods wAsa. WILLIAMS, Auct.
10y, ayBY sAGnEEMEEI The Asovl SALE -
0oiasOsd. WASH 0 B, Il III r Sac..
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OUR FIRST GRAND OPENING


NEW FALL DRY GOODS,
AT Is PER CENT. LESS THAN LAST SEA
SONS PkIJEs.
case dark CALICOHs, at 4 cents
StOOO yArcs Hamburg BDGlNG ant INSuR-
TlOhs.sc aid l2hc worth double the money.
30 dozen TOWELS yard long, al Linen, l1hc.
go dozen ktD GLOVES, at 10 and SOC . sold at
10 dozen oieth sKIRTs, at s0c. apiece.
BLANKBTS
SO pair large double Blankets, ct a 50,
80 pair dOuo.e Blankets, IS, IS 50, %, etc.
case English Oalicoes yard wide, ltc.
DKEss GOODS, full assortment.
case beautiful Stripes, at l5c.
case hesses ooyA Il nickerbocker, sc.
Cashmere single fold, NAVY Blue, seal Brown,
Bottle Or, en- and other shades, az 3sc.
i case 50. Roman 9 PlAids, at 15c.
case Madison Serge, NJ sc
case Scroll Dsmassa. plain goods, stripes and
figures, ell prices and cheap; "A French Cashm ere,
Of Soc; Double vdsn all Wool Empress OlGths, SOC.
All these pIess Goods We offer 81 q SIN AL advance
Csssimeres end water proof Cassimeres for Mems
and Boys wear, from IS, 81, 30, 81, rs Sc, oI q %
as yo Ell n1sI5 nS }isS sids 4.
Black Water; proof, nessly two yards wide, at 81,
Blues and Medium Blue, very cheap Bargain In
BED TIanneis, 10 Is, 50, IS, Nxo:, and best Meii-
nels, swfal cheap. Great bargains In Black Goods;
Black Alpaca, double width, 1Sc.; Blsck Alpaca,
nne quality 0c extra heavy Black Alpaca. Ikc.:
Pure nohsir 81 Snc Double .eisht Mohair at
Sc: Double width, tue quality, al 75c Extra
double . eight At sc and n
Our stock l. Complete, and guarantee our prices
TO compete with any south Of hev York.
G. N T0wsON IL CO,
sepH -eoSm $50 Ps av south side, Near TIN 1t
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DOwNmAN & GkEEE' Aucts' ee' H'i
{ HahOnKY SALE or VALUABLE In
ESTATE IN THE CITY ANO OOUH1Y OF

u, Of The District u Gslunpia .S tns 81
P;Ldins bet.eon Delis 3: Jewell. ooupls'nant. AID
Martha Jane Burr et al. DEFENDANT said cause
suction to he highest bidder 3. tss t N Sn snS
place. hereinafter specified, the following parcels Of
j On wiDNEsDAY, the 18Th instant, on the
prmises, st O'Clock ,. M, I viii sell ell OF Lot
:eoId :srs1 81 q nsy
bsred four %, IN square numbered two hundred nd
III os Z q ~ sSs . R
between and and 18Th and 18th Streets nors ORTIZ
: lot. ON sas g. s.
Il. and 10 81 S
three hundred and ninety ,hre $3.50 IN the sad city
Gs tie sa%s
said seusre and running thence south on 9th Street
forty eight (ssl feet SIX go inches; thence east
ninety; nine sss feet four inches. 70 the p.cs Of
story a anne dwelling houses, each having q front
Of e feet inches. Each house Will be sold sepa.
m VII sell, on the premises, slt thst part Of
Ds,sd IN The county Of Washington, District sfore
lot ~ xhsI. tine
Pisrces HI. and running thence south atty fs tV
feet thence west one hundred and sixty 1901 feet
drtd and sixty soj feet to the place Of beSinniaa
This lot is admirably located for building pur.
the Of the th street ana Pierce Mill
Vi. Tor sale ali q lot m DS 1si
hfteen tiol, according to Darrows recorded subdi-
vision al part OF square numbered three HUNDRED
..a si1.y hys sss q ne SAID city Of Wss6insion
= n II fuUf
s. on TKID ! 7, the goth instant at 4 O'Clock p.
pelsd n'reseen 1is, and txeaty ~ according 70
numbered nine hundred and ssSentgfouf o. E ie
Tine sss city Q. e These lots are I'M
g. On the same Day At IA sIooS ;. will otf.r
interest as tenant in 10 fee, Il all that part
on Lot numot red ten ll0), In square numbered i've
w..hip gtop, contained within the fOiowi0s mstes
50 .tree. vest distant ten iC feet south from the
northeast corner OF the sad lot and running the
ninety s fest four 20 ineSes thence north Ssi
ten oI feet and thence east ninety three ls3 feet
70, .sI. on the premises. one fourth undivided
bsred aSe hugdIsd md dity: 1.-TWO $50 in the said
metes and bounds: Commencing for the same Of the
norhsast corner Of said LOT 3s aud running ,henos
As .5s nsSs. Is S:SsS
q: s:r%: :; Il: !: ss::ss;;.e.a By said decree,
the balance in to equal pawn snts as ~ and twelve
satsfacion Of the Trustee Unless the terms Of sas
als complied nth n ten dsy: ne Trustee WIN r.
deposit Of 90 win be required en- eaoh D1eoe Of
property q the time the sane is sold. Al convey
'''''' fa ;SSss tSss$$s::: s:s Ss.
ocU LIE Dfoit Building,