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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

At SO, David Yopp was simple
clild-l;ke bachelor, with no more
thought Of matrinony than newborn
baby All his life he had lived with his
parents upon the little homestead, and
apparently it had never occurred 70 him
that they three might not continue 10
live there unsevered till the end Of time
for when palsy laid low his mother he
looked about him in grieved astonish-
ment, telling each condoling friend that
he couldn't understand how she came
to die; she had never suffered any ex-
posure, and had always had plenty OF
good nourishing food.
At her decease the care of his blind
old father naturally devolved upon Da-
vid, who, having recovered from his
first surprise that Providence should
have used him so, tied on his mothers
apron, and essayed TO take her place in
the domestic department. All those
were dreary days, chronicling culinary
results never before attained, let Us
hope, by mortal man-results that tried
even the serenity Of the sightless octo-
genarian. who had borne affection and
bereavement without murmur.
Seems to me, my son, I wouldn't
worry about the cooking,r he at last
suggested, mildly. THAT comes more
handy to the women folks.''
But let cooking come never 50 . han
dy" to the = women-folks, what avail
ed II to the . Yoppses" so long as the
women-folks would not come TO them.
or would come only to goP Jane Bur
rill, an apple-cheeked county lassie.
hired out TO David Of Monday, and
left OF Tuesday before the clothes
were dry upon the line; the Widow
Mulliken, her successor, departed ut the
end Of a week; Margaret Ramsay
wouldn't stay where there were no chii-
dren; and Ellen Dunlap wouldn't stay
where there was no matron. Thus one by
one long procession II females passed
in AMI out Of he hip-roofed house be-
hind the lilacs, till August found the
Yopps again alone. In this extremity
David came To my mother.
~ don't know what father and Ill
do for a housekceper, Miss Farnsworth
fact said he, plainiyely. "Do Won
suppose Lovisa Braun would help as 4
spell, Just 20 accommodate
My mother smilingly shook her head
You forget how sensitive Miss Lo-
visa j., David, and that you are a bach.
elor. She'd be afraid people would
talk
"sho, ma'ami you don't say solr
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

The honest heart may well be proud
An honest tear to she'd.
with loving hand sew her shroud,
The good old soul is dead.
She died as she had lived--alone
We found her-nOt one trace
OF the las fearful passion shown
BY her dear, withered face.
Reproach, regret were all in vain.
Twas ike her 50 70 die.
As II 10 save our hearts the pain
OF bidding her good-by-
How poor and plain she used 20 be-
How generous and how kindi
She left n blessed memory
And three black gowns behind.
The little place She used to rent
Will be "A lonely spot;
certain grace her presence lent
To the house and garden plot.
The children swung upon her gate,
And watched her apples fail,
And still, like some benignant fate,
She smiled upon them all.
The roses on her window tree
Were plucked before they doomed;
And lavender and sanctity
Her quiet rooms perfumed.
She rests at last from pain and woe,
She sees Gods perfect WILL
And vet. though free from care, know,
she must be busy still.
PerchaHce. while through the golden air
The heavenly music swells,
She shows some little angel where
To dnd the asphodels.
Or. sent with mercies from the skies,
To comfort souls unblest.
she flies. Gods bird OF Paradise,
On wings that can not rest.
Glad be her flight She rises DER
The cloud that round us lowers
The tears shall MI her eyes no more
That gather fast in ours.
-AoT1on Douglas. IN Saturday Afternoon.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

II IL strange that In country whose
language il stored full ~ the choicest
works Of the human mind, and whose
population is, as 4 whole, so well edu-
Gated, reading aloud as source Of
amusement and means Of enjoyment is
SO little resorted to. There are many
families -even in book-loving New Eng
land there are scores Of families, we dare
say, where book, or chapter Of a
book, Is never read to the family circle
from one end Of the year 10 another.
The individual members Of the family
read; but all reading done in the fam
lily Is silent reading. Father has his
paper, mother her tract; Mary her
novel; Johnny his story Of wild adven-
ture. Reading there Is, enough Of il:
but each one reads for himself. There
Is no reading for the whole, and no
grouping of the family into an audience
for an evenings enjoyment, such as
comes to people who hear good bit Of
writing well read.
Only those who have visited in fami-
lies where the gift Of reading was cult
waited as source Of family enjoyment,
and the custom Of reading aloud to the
family practised, can imagine what a
help and blessing to the family life such
a habit is. Music is well enough in its
way, but its range Of expression is far
narrower than that of reading, and for
that matter far less practical in its
adaptation to the family wants. Then,
too, singing requires an instrumental
accompaniment and piano costs
money and requires too much practice
on the part Of the performer to be avail
able for the many. The art Of reading
well Is easily acquired and cheaply
taught and the expressions Of literature
are abundant and varied II sorrow
has fallen on the family, the needed an
tidote can be found both in prose and
poetry. II fun is called for, then fun
can be had at the asking; for the Ian
guage Is full Of hnmor SO quaint and
subtle that the bare recital Of the au-
thor's words brings the point out and
= sets the table in roar History,
tragedy, comedy, wit, pathos. sublimi-
W; every spring al which the human
mind loves 10 drink can be opened and
The sweet waters be given freely 10 every
one.
How cory those home readings may
be made. Warmth. light. companion
ship, culture, happiness, are all includ-
ed in them. How mucc you are miss
ing, good people, il reading is not cult
vated as one Of the means Of happiness
and pleasure in your family circle; for
n such an exercise there is qulckening
Ior the imagination, appeal 70 judgment,
elevation Of feeling, opportunity
or criticism, which shall teach
he children more Of literature in three
hours, than they can learn in school in
hree weeks. Next to the impulse Of
owe as a means Of drawing families to-
yether Is the influence III intellectual
;ompanionship. Cultivate this, good
riends, and see how satisfactory will
,e the result. -- Golden Rule.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

the kitchen gurgled and choked
with glee. And the service
over and the wedding picnic
discussed, my father lent his horse 10
David. and the happy pair drove away
on their wedding-tour, and were gone
at least three hours, during which the
nuptial guests transferred Loyisa's mod
est spinster belongings TO her matron
home.
For 80 years these mature lovers lived
together like cushat-dovcs and never TO
the day Of her death did Lovisa regret
the hour when she married David, ..just
10 accommodates ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

The woman was old and ragged and gray.
And bent with the chill OF the winters day,
The street WAS wet with recent snow,
Aud the ~otnan's feet were aged and slow.
she stood Al the crossing. and waited long.
Alone. uncared for. amid the throng
OF human beings whe passed her by.
Nor needed the glance OF her anxious eve.
Down the street. with laugh and shout,
Glad In the freedom of " school let out"
Game the boys. like flock Of sheep.
Haiitng the snow piled white and deep.
Past the woman so old and gray
fastened tho children on their way.
Nor offered helping hand to her.
s meek. 80 timid, afraid 20 stir
Lest the carriage wheels or the horses feet
Az last came ont OF tho merry troop
The gayest laddie Of all the group;
He paused beside her. and whispered low.
+" In help you across. Il you waut 20 60"
she placed. and so. without hurt or harm,
He guided the trembling feet along.
Proud that his own were firm and strong
Then back again TO his friends he went,
His young heart happy and well content.
I" she's somebody's mother. boys. yeu know.
For all she's aged and poor and slow;
And hope some fellow will lend hand
To help my mother, You understand,
fever she's poor and old and gray.
when her own dear boy Is far away
And a afmefodv,s rnofherss howed Low her
head
In her home that night. and the prayer she
said
Was, " God. be kind to the noble boy,
Who Is somebody's SON and pride and joy"
-H0rper's Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

The Bangor (Me.) Commercial saws:
Mrs. Mary Merriman is a respectable
appearing woman Of 30, is not bad look
ing, and has every appearance of being
upright and Of good character She Is,
however, without doubt, the queen Of
female tramps, and can discount the
great majority Of male tramps. She i
not genuine tramp-not Of the regular
KIND who are terror to the, country
and work " cities and towns in sys-
tematic manner, having their gates and
door-posts, signs. ETC., for Of these she
knows nothing, and with this class Of
people she does not associate, for they
are no society 10 her, but she likes the
business. She was born in st. Adams,
in this State, and her folks were farm
ers. She has since lived in Hermen
with her brother, Joseph Merriman,
who does good deal Of trading in this
city. Three years ago this fall she took
It into her head to see the country, and
started out with neither scrip nor staff,
but good pair Of thick shoes. She
walked across the country, Drawing all
kinds Of weather, and finally brought
up IN Clinton, Iowa, when she took
viz t1@n ~ Nm uuu ItluIntu 10 lnls
city. Two years ago she decided to
start out again, and this time selected
. longer tour. She walked through
portions of Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts,, New York, Pennsylva-
mia, and on 70 Washington, where she
remained few days and s'did the CAPT
tai, (" and then made bolt for Savan-
nah, Ca, where she remained a short
time. Then on she went, again, doing
the States Of Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa,
Indiana, and finally got round TO Kan
sas City. Here she stopped awhile and
earned new tramping outfit. She
started again, this time with the inten-
ton Of crossing the plains to California,
but finally stopped when told by many
persons that 1t would be very unsafe for
her TO think Of attempting il alone. She
then started on a return trip, walking
from Kansas City to Chicago, thence to
Detroit, doing Niagara Falls, ard cross
ing 70 Canada, thence to New York and
through Massachusetts, arriving nj her
home in Hcrmon little more than 4
week ago. She says she averages 20
miles day. She says when she gets
tired and out of clothes she finds no
trouble in getting few days work, and
In this manner enjoys her life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

When an estate IL sold in Ireland
the Irish Board Of Works i empowered
TO advance certain sum to help per-
SON who has been tenant on the estate
to purchase his farm, the money being
a first charge on the land sold Lately,
when an estate was sold in Tyrone,
iive-sixths Of Il were bought by former
tenants.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

The silver dollar i bully 'un.---
Boston Post.
The New York herald., 1878-11-21

assessed. But it is not true that the exemp-
tion Of personal property would impair the
taxable resources OF the State. BY exempt
ing it we should draw property hither in
stead of driving it away. Hosts of wealthy
men would come here to reside if their fur
niture, money, bonds and mortgages and
other debts due from solvent creditors were
exempt from taxation. Banking capital
would flow hither from ell parts of the
country and all parts of the world. Man
ufacturing capital which now plants
itself in New Jersey and Connecticut to es-
cape our heavy city taxes would come here
to enjoy the advantages of being at the
great centre OF distribution and supply.
This immense concentration Of capital would
so enhance the value of city real estate that
the resources of taxation would be in
creased instead of diminished, and although
this operation of the new system might be
Slow at first it would go on increasing
forever.
The New York herald., 1878-11-21
Dyviaht's Insurance

Fifteen physicians examined elaborately
the dead body Of the gentleman up at Bing-
halnton who Is accused by some insurance
men of having played improperly the great
game in which you have to die to win,
by having cheated in the way he died. But
the physicians have found nothing to sus-
tain the views Of the insurance men. 1t is
reported that they have all signed one state
ment of the autopsy, and consequently
that there is no disagreement among them
on the pathological conditions actually
found. 1t is held by the physicians
who attended the gentleman in his
last illness n,at he died OF gastric fever,
which originated in 'malarial clchexia, and
il does not appear tina. the insurance doc
tors dispute this. One of them DR.. Della
field, of this city--is reported as saying
that the death was due to paralysis Of the
heart. Paralysis of the heart .s a dynamic
rather than On organic fact. II does not
make pathological record. and when death
has rendered impossible all perception Of
the dynamics OF the case the tracing such q
cause of death must necessarily be subject
to much uncertainty. We do not believe
the insurance companies can make case
on the mans death, though they may on
those pulmonary hemorrhagcs which lie
did not report when he obtained the poll
ola
The New York herald., 1878-11-21
RARE OLD BOOKS.

There were large number OF new fsces seen among
the buyers at Messrs Bangs Co.'S. saesroom yester
day afternoon where the Odel library is being sold
Whether II the infusion Of this new spirit among
the old collectors what Il would be hard to say,
but certainly the prices fetched were better than
the two previous days Of the sale.
Tho following will give an excellent idea
OF the days sale-Hazlitts Old English Jest Books.
ti3; Hcineckens Idee Generate dune Collection Com
plete dEstampcs. e32; Hermes Mercurius Trisme-
gistus the first and only translation Of the dialogues
Pocrnander and Asclcpus, printed in 1850. 80; Hey
woods The Hierschie Of the Blessed Angels. printed
in 1885. sl5 the HrorIou, Nosori~ and Notes and
(eries concerning the antiquities. history and biog
rsphy Of America original numbers. un.
cut. 81 63. the first American edition Of
Homer. in the original Greek text, printed at
Book. slT: hrst edition, 1472. Of Honorius De
Imagine Mund. sl5; Thomas Hoods works, 80;
Hoods Miss Kilmanseeg and Her Precious Leg, with
printed in 1904 S1g another copy Of Horstius in two
volumes, SIS; another copy Of same, SIC 50; Icon
ogrsphic Encyclopedias Of Science. Literature
tatione de christi. 500; Artists edition Of
Washington Irving's sketch hook, $40: A
Treatise on Wood Engraving. by Jackson and
Chatto. Sic; Mrs. Jamcsons Sacred and Legendary
Art, $40: Mrs. Jainesons Legends Of the Monastic
Orders. $11; Jansens Essay on Engraving, S24;
copy of the Aldine edition Of Iwonalis, $40 rs; :
scarce copy of the Ksbbala Denudata. $3s; Lycos-
themes Prodegiorum, $I2 30; Malcolm's Anecdotes
Of the Manners and Customs OF London, Sl2; .
Latin edition Of Mandevillc's Travels $l2; Manual
volimns sss 70: rare copy Of Matiss $40 50;
Cotton Mather's Magnolis, . book highly prized BY
collectors, s33; Mcnau's Dance, $40 30 Meurxi =
fa%SR rs.as den t. 81. sss sss; 'fs
Dibdin's edition u M0rs's utvpis. 80.
The New York herald., 1878-11-21
British Bounce in cyprus.

The story of the arrest of Major h Ces-
nola at Cyprus on the charge of having dis
regarded an order issued by Sir Garnet
Wolseley prohibiting excavations in the soil
of the island and the carrying away of any
articles that may be discovered, is told by
Dr.. Hepworth Dixon in an interesting let
ter published in to-day's HERALD. It is i'm
possible, without a knowledge of the local
laws Of the island (Which we have no means
of obtaining), to judge whether this prohi-
bition Of the Military Governor has legal
warrant or is mere arbitrary exercise Of
power. But giving the British authorities
the widest latitude and conceding that Sir
Garnet Wolseley has not exceeded his right
full authority, the case as told by wholly
disinterested party, and an Englishman to
boot, is not creditable to the new regime
and demands explanation, if not repa-
ration. Major Cesnola. who is nat
nralized American citizen, is shown not
to have disobeyed the order in question,
having ceased his interesting explorations
as soon as he received notification Of its
existence. The seizure of his property ac-
quired before the prohibition was made is
little better than robbery, while his ar
rest and incarceration are violations of the
rights Of citizen Of the United States
which may demand redress. The swagger
Of the young English officer who, acting as
commissary of police, was charged with
the duty of arresting Major Cesnola, is not
worthy Of notice, such insolence being
natural to subordinates armed with ''a brief
authority" But the arrest seems to have
been made by order of Colonel White,
responsible British officer, Commits
sioner for a district Of the island
under the English occupation and
rule, and to have been accompanied
by aggravating circumstances. Major
Cesnola had voluntarily sought Colonel
White for tho purpose Of explaining his
innocence of the offence with which he was
charged, when he was seized and thrust
into prison, apparently without any evil
dence having been produced against him.
or course it is unfair to judge case upon
the hearing of one side alone. But the
story published to-day cannot be- consid-
cred exactly an ex parte one, inasmuch as
it is told by an Englishman, who would not
be likely to ncedlessly or unjustly censure
his own countrymen. If it is truthfully
related in all its details-and DR.. Hepworth
Dixon was an eyewitness of the greater
part of the proceedings-t good people
on the island Of Cyprus are not likely to
find the Englishman as ruler any improve
ment on the Turk.
The New York herald., 1878-11-21
The Caves OF Luray.

The county of Page, in Virginia, and es-
pecially that portion of 1t which, from a
rabbit burrow q few days ago, has burst
into fame as one of the great natural won-
ders Of the world, is just now the envy Of
the whole Southland. In their own opinion
the good people Of Page have discovered a
bonanza which will be of inestimable value
long after the golden glens of California
and the silver foundations Of Nevada have
passed away. Every foot of Page has
become more precious than ruby and
jasper, and in Imagination its happy
owners see all the world streaming
in long procession over the hills up
and down which generation alter gen.
Grafton they roled their way to the
modest market town, which was all Of
the great world they ever saw or knew.
Already they behold dozen iron roads
converging from the north and the south
The New York herald., 1878-11-21
The Inviolabilfty OF kilograms.

In another column we print the paper
read yesterday before the Bar Association at
Albany by Mr. Grosvenor p. Lowrey, on
"Telegrams: Their Inviolability Against
Disclosure, Subpoena and Search Warrant"
This, as we have hitherto noted, is one OF
those critical points of collision between
the laws as actually administered and the
interests Of individuals that is likely at any
day to come home very painfully to the
whole people. 1t always Injuries the moral
sense of o community for the law to be the
cover and pretext for what seems to every
body q gross wrong, and what in any
case is m oppressive application of
legal rules TO facts that have come
into existence ages subsequent to the
making of the rules. Facts that were
not in existence and not contem-
plated, and that Could not have been con-
templated by any exercise Of human facul-
ties when the subpoena duces iecum became
a recognized instrumentality of legal pro-
cedure, have in our own times exposed to
the operation OF that subpoena, as the law
is interpreted, nearly that whole mass Of
written communications between citizens
which was formerly committed to the invio-
liable custody of the Post Office. And this
is really piece Of legal chicanery +; as pal
pable fetch as that of the ancient adven-
bulls hide would cover, claimed that this
entitled him to all the land he could sur
round by the same hide when he had cut it
into thin strips. Perhaps no great harm is
done when tho exposure Of telegnms does
Justice to q coterie of sharpers in their
scheme to buy the Presidency; but the
danger here, as in all such cases, is that
an apparent present advantage may give
the status of precedent to what in other
circumstances will be more justly appre-
ciated as dangerous abuse Of power. We
are glad to see that the lawyers have their
thoughts turned TO this topic, even though
they show us no glimmer Of way out of the
difficulty. Fortunately there are forces in
the field that operate more rapidly than the
brains Of the lawyers. Perhaps before the
learned men who interpret the laws get all
tho bearings Of this topic the telephone
will be in such common use that every man
who desires secrecy for his communications
will be his own operator, and will leave no
copy OF his dispatches in the Office. Doubt
less the time is not far away when in all the
telegraph stations there will bo telephones
for the optional use Of the public. In that
case the ordinary despatch will only be
used by people In different cities to make
appointments at the telephone. Such a
practice will solve the legal difficulty in re-
gard to kilograms,
The New York herald., 1878-11-21
GIasgOyv's Relief Fund.

Scotland seems determined to do all in its
power to redeem itself from the injury its
business reputation sustained in the failure
of the Glasgow Bank. The total Of the
losses reached thirty million dollars, and
it was at once apparent that under the
joint stock system on which the bank
was run the unfortunate shareholders
would with scarcely amy exceptions Be
ultimately ruined by the successive calls.
From day to day distressing stories Of
widows and orphans reduced from COM
parative afiuence to dire want, through the
crime of the scoundrels or the bank,
came to light. Scotland could not
wipe away the stain Of the crime its
hard-headed business men did not desire
to waste their sympathies or their money
upon the gang OF Spectators who played
the terrific losing game Of that ''circle Of
kite-fying" which came to SO signal
an end. Touched, however, by the
misery Of the innocent sufferers within
their reach they resolved to alleviate it.
Hence was started unique relief fund for
the benefit OF. these poor erich people,
which Is taking mighty proportions, mil
lion and quarter dollars being subscribed
in less than month Not dollar of this
is to 60 to the creditors, but by some
process it is to be drafted over to the
unfortunates in handsome sums as fast as
the sufferers are discharged from their
bauk liabilities through bankruptcy, and,
pending that event, in such way as to
relieve their pressing necessities. II is as
kindly as it is canny.