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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-31

The town of Avesnes, in France, has
been the scene Of no ordinary bear-fght.
The sport Of batting the bear in France,
the attacks of maudlin sentiment and
sickly humanitarianism. Slender, If he
we're living now, would find only stray
Sakersons, trained to dance, not to do
battle. In the bear himself, however,
the delight of battle with his peers is by
no means extinct. Show him the dogs,
and he will prove himself of the old
mettle. The truth was unpleasantly il
Illustrated at Avesnes. A muzzled animal
of the tribe was disporting himself in
the market-place to the sound of the vio-
lin, and had collected circle of ad-
mirers, while M. Joseph Mansy added
to the public enjoyment by dancing as
the vis-a-vis of the bear. One of the
spectators had, as the French papers
say, the deplorable idea of letting loose
a bulldog at the animal performer. The
poor muzzled creature was unfairly
handled during the first round, but in
the second the fastenings broke and the
bear was free. Disdaining to tackle
the dog, he rushed on his human tor
mentors "Then began Mr..
Kingsley used to say, with uncon-
cealed delight, ga murder grim
and great" Poor Mansy, whose inten-
tons were of the best, was the foremost
victim. The bear struck him on the
face, laying open his chin to the bone.
First blood for the bear. Workmen
came up with pitchforks, and waged .
doubtful battle. The military then Of
course appeared on the scene, and
charged the bear with the bayonet. Az
ter gallant struggle the creature. with
whom 1t may not be unpatriotic to SYM
pathize, was overpowered by the French
soldiery and re-muzzled. The following
persons swell the roll Of his conquests:
Theodore Rougemont, a railway porter,
has bite on his knee and some bruises;
Ernest Jansen goes with his arm in .
sling, and is lame Of one leg; Edward
Visour has o cut in the thigh; Alfred
Magg's hand was nearly bitten off. A
few other spectators were slightly hurt.
The bear is gravely wounded, and
shows the natural goodness Of his heart
by licking the hand Of his master, to
whom he is seriously attached. The
people of Avesnes are unlikely to revive
the sport of amateur bear-baiting.
London Ncws.
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A new style OF bracelet Il q simple
wire Of gold, with q medallion in the
center.
New umbrellas are Of ecru serge,
with flowers embroidered in colors
around the edge.
A new style earring Is . silver ar
row, which when worn looks as II it were
thrust through the ear.
--Organdies with plain tinted grounds
and borders of flowers, fern leaves and
grasses will be much worn.
Pretty lace pins are in the shape Of
four leaves, with innumerable chains Of
small silver beads and balls.
New bridal wells are Of tulle, with
vines Of Marguerites and leaves, en-
broidered with white silk floss.
--Mantles made Of stripes OF lace in
sertion and velvet, and bordered with
lace, are very stylish, and will be worn
again this summer.
A new polonaise model, with .
shirred back, full lower front and grace
full side back and side front rerers that
turn both ways and meet under an orna-
ment of ribbon or buckle, is unusually
stylish.
New combs for the back hair are no
longer high and towering, but show
merely a single row of jet, silver or
pearl beads that fit closely around the
front of the coil or the finger puffs that
are now worn far forward on the hair.
A white muslin fichu or collarette,
pretty and becoming, is made by laying
the material in easy folds around the
neck; cut pointed on the shoulders, in
front, and completed with two rows of
Valenciennes lace. The neck is furnish
ed with ruch Of lace to correspond.
The "practical" women's under
wear consists Of several garments in one,
Is high in the neck and long in the sleeve,
and, like the princess-dress, forms .
complete undersuit, without division,
being cut all in one. Using q slight
gauze vest for foundation for q corset,
If one is worn, a garment OF this kind is
all that is necessary as foundation for
the skirts, and fills the place of chemise,
drawers and corset cover.
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American Rascals and German JUS
tice.


The German newspapers have ac-
counts Of an extraordinary criminal
trial which took place at Berlin in the
beginning of April. The principal de-
PENDANTS were four Americans, who
showed American medical diplomas,
and who called themselves DR.. St. Mari,
DIR. Van Dusen, DIR. Balleau and DIR.
Sampson. They came to Berlin in
1875 and opened in Louisa Street a
place which they called "The Ameri-
can Lying-in Institution" Suspicious
were excited that 1t was place for
malpractice, and the police made de-
scent upon the house. They arrested
Anthony Ward, diias DIR. st. Mari;
John Williams, alias DR.. Van Dusen !;
Jeremiah Preston, alias DR.. Balleau
and Carl Niattzberg, alias DR.. Samp-
son. Several young women, one of
whom was schoolgirl of noble fam
lily, were found to be inmates Of the
house, aud Nine. Durivage was in at
tendance on them. The trial of the
guilty parties lasted some days, and the
jury rendered verdict against them.
Ward and Niattzberg were condemned
to death, Williams and Preston to i'm
prisonment for life, an agent named
Kraushaar to fifteen years, Nine. Duri-
wage TO eight years, and two assistants
to five years each. This Is the way
German justice treats criminals Of the
Restell profession. II would be inter-
esting to get description Of the Amer
lean diplomas that these rascals prac.
ticed under. PhjlGdclphia BulletiM.
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odds aud Ends.

--" The birds are now upon the wing
The teacher read the pupil heard;
"Oh, no." said he, sit seems 70 me
The wings are on the bird"
detroit Free Press.
A little girl who was somewhat out
Of sorts, but whose exact ailment no one
had been able to discover, amended her
evening prayer Of = God bless papa and
mamma, by adding, "and cure me IL
there's any thing the matter with me. y
Boston Transcript
Mark Twain told a newspaper re-
porter that he was going abroad in or
der to find quiet place to write, where
he would not be disturbed once day.
II Is singular that It never occurred to
him to remain 1t home and secure desk
In store that doesn't advertise. Nor
rist0iCn Herald.
"A new method Of raising church
funds Is TO hold hug sociables, where
ne hug Is sold for 10 cents and three
for quarter. The old fashioned way
y best where two constitute the socia-
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The new Diocese Of Quincy Is now
fully equipped with Bishop, the Rev.
Alexander Burgess, Of Springfield,
Mass, who was elected last February,
having been consecrated on the 10th.
A building has been purchased in
Rome, Italy, for the Third Baptist
Church in that city, and is to be held by
me southern Baptist Board Of Foreign
Missions. The position is regarded as
one Of the very best yet secured for
Protestant use.
Il appears from the report made to
The International Sunday-school Con-
vention at Atlanta, that there are &c, $50
Sunday-schools in the United States,
with 6,423, 2S5 scholars. New York
stands al the head of the list Of States,
with 9O3,399 scholars; Pennsylvania is
next, with 1s2,025; and Ohio is third,
with c2i,7O2.
The Home Missionary Society has
employed 996 ministers during the past
year. Three missionaries have labored
among the colorcd people, and 33 have
preached in foreign languages. There
nave been 2,237 congregations and mis-
son stations supplied, and 9,762 pupils
N the Sunday-schools. The receipts
nave been S2Si,4sG, and the expendi-
lures s2S4, $40. There Is Sl5,3O0 still
que TO missionaries, and SOL ,s35pledged.
At the annual meeting Of the Amer
lcan Bible Society II was stated that the
society had turned out about 1909
copies per day for every working day in
me ~ years Of its existence. The book
mas been translated into so different
languages. Last year there we're over
3,ooV Bible destinations in the country.
Inc receipts were nearly $50, 900 copies
y me Bible printed at the Bible house
ana abroad. AT the same time nearly
l,vV,VOO copies were issued at home,
s ana abroad, $4,000; 1l,136 copies for
smc oiind were issued the past SO years
- me total issue Of the Bible Society in
~ years was "a, 1864, 1916 copies. During
sne year nearly 100000 copies OF the
Dloie Society Record were circulated
sratuitously. The work for the year
amounted to $260,000. There was :
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ITEMS or lMrEREsT.


Mai. Chas. II. Smith O. Bill Arp')
l. 70 lecture in Atlanta. He Is now
farming.
The Pennsylvania Record and Shoe
,aaksrtorn Advertiser and Jenktn0town
Paste, Is the name Of q diminutive
Pennsylvania newspaper.
Mr.. Irwin Russell, who writes the
clever negro dialect poetry found occa-
sionally in !Scribsser's Monthly, Is resi-
dent Port Gibson, Miss, and men,
Der Of the bar.
Mr.. William w. Story is the Ad-
mirable Crichton Of his age. lie is a
lawyer, prose-writer, play-writer, a
fine actor, poet, a painter, q sculptor,
and one Of the best Of takers.
Mr. Ira ID. Sankey publishes card
in the New Haven newspapers emphat-
ically denying the oft-repeated story
that he Travelled about New England
some years ago vending patent medi-
cines.
David Pulsifer, Of Boston, bought
an old Hebrew Roll of the Law at a sec
ond-hand bookstore for nominal price.
Rabbi Haravon, of Jerusalem, has just
Inspected il, and pronounced IL $500
years old-the most ancient relic Of the
kind in existence.
Edward b. Perry, who has been al
most blind from infancy, has attained
such proficiency in his musical studies
abroad that he was invited by the Crown
Princess Of Germany TO play before the
royal household and select company
Of the most distinguished personages Of
the empire.
Martin Luther was in the habit Of
marking his Bible. The copy which he
used daily, and the leaves Of which are
covered with annotations made with his
own hand, is now in the Brandenburg
Museum, which gave for II $3.50. The
Bible was printed in Basic in 1909, is
bound in leather, and is in good preser-
vation.
Mr.. Ballard Smith has become
managing editor Of the New York Sun,
having retired from a similar position,
which he has held for year past, on
the World. Mr.. Smith is a graduate
from the Louisville Cottrier-Journai,
and Is not only ready and forcible
writer, but has the peculiar tact and in
dustry and that sort Of intuitive talent
that are indispensable for the managing
editor Of a leading daily.
General Mexia, of the City Of Mex
leo, will soon publish costly work on
the Aztecs, profusely illustrated.
Among his fac SMILES is a photograph
Of four heads, drawn side by side on a
wall in Paleque, onc Negroes, another
Caucasian's, a Malay's and an Indians.
II i thus supposed TO be shown that, at
some remote period in the worlds his
tory, the people OF this continent held
intercourse with those Of Europe and
Africa on the one hand, and with Asia
on the other.
"A magnificent shakespeare AL
bum" intended for England, is being
exhibited in the Berlin Museum Of In
dustry and Art. The album, the gift Of
Professor Leo, one of the leading Shak-
speare scholars of Germany, to the Bir-
mingham Shakespeare Library, contains
the portraits Of all the more important
herman scholars, poets, actors and COM
posers TO whose united efforts the Ger
mans are indebted for the thorough ac-
quaintance with and intelligent appre-
citation Of the poet.
Scloo1 and 6stwwcn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-31

AT Delphos, o., Mrs. Jessie Pleas
ant, colored, was fatally burned by the
upsetting Of coal-oil lamp.
Rufus Day, aged Is, accidentally
shot and killed himself with a revolver
near Belmont, Southern Wisconsin.
Near Morristown, o., Mrs. David
Grimes, an old lady, while burning some
brush, was fatally burned by her clothes
catching fire.
William Powers, Of White Creek,
KY, .blew in the muzzle Of his gun TO
see II il was loaded. The whole charge
entered his head, killing him instantly.
Albert Roseboom, an employee in
Pfanstiehl's shingle-millat Holland City,
Mich, was caught in y belt and carried
around pulley, which was revolving
800 times a minute, dashing his brains
out instantly.
Lewis Cameron, farmer, was in
stantly killed near Newaygo, Mich, by
a tree falling on him while he was chop
ping. He leaves wife, whose former
husband was killed i'm the same manner,
in the same neighborhood.
Near Shellsburg, Iowa, as farmer
named j. l.. Berry was chopping down
a tree, his wife, with a child in her arms,
came to tell him she was going to a
neighbours. Just as she arrived, the
tree fell, killing the mother and child
instantly.
Minnie, aged IL, daughter Of Lloyd
Saunders, Of Bullet County, KY, while
engaged at work in her fathers chick
en-house. was attacked by large game
cock. The fowls spur pierced the side
Of her head, entering the brain, causing
paralysis, from which she appeared to
be dying gradually.
George w. Stebbins, well known
telegraph operator, died at Las Vegas,
New Mexico, recently, from injuries re-
ceived two days previously from ball
from . pistol accidentally discharged
while he was endeavoring to check his
horse from running away.
Mrs. William Slattery Of North
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BILE and make II very sociable, and hugs
don't cost one cent unless the old man
happens along.--StiiiUater Lalmber-
man.
Hypocrisy came In as necessity
with civilization. A lady requested her
little daughter TO kiss an old gentle
man. The child refused, and being
hard-pressed for reason said; "He
kissed ms the other day, and his breath
was bad" The mother, shocked at her
offspring's lack Of hypocrisy, admins
tered the necessary punishment at once.
-New York World.
"A young man in Cazenovia went
over TO Manlius to a dance. He was an
entire stranger TO the girls present, and
the boys were mean and would not in
troduce him. He finally plucked up
courage, and, stepping up to young
lady, requested the pleasure Of her com
pany for the next dance. She looked at
him In surprise, and informed him she
had not the pleasure Of his acquaintance,
Well" remarked. Cazenovia, "you
don't take any more chances than l do. :"
-Cazenoria IN. r. Republican.
Since Edison invented the telephone
and photograph he has more orders for
new inventions than he can attend to.
One party wants him to invent bone
less shad; another wants him to turn
his attention TO gas meter that won't
always lie in favor Of the company; q
third desires pocket-book that win al
ways contain dollar or two; and while
he is about 1t he might as well infuse
some Of his inventive genius into flight
Of stairs that won't creak like all pos
sessed when a man sneaks into the
house at midnight. -Norristown Herald.
At THE CHURCH FAIR.
No mere the festive oyster swims
His lonely round in church fair stews;
Yet still the young mans optic dfms
At dainties he may not refuse.
The luscious fruits OF spring are here.
And sayory odors I'LL the air;
While stray "er,ies and cream appear,
With short cake on the bill Of fare.
The impecunious youth, distressed
At prices far beyond his means,
His sweetheart eyes with vague unrest,
And suffers pain mid festive scenes.
-Ner York Sun.
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Hoosick, N. r., was burning brush In
the yard when her little girl threw
straw on the fire, her clothes caught fire,
and she was 50 badly burned that she
died during the night, the mothers
hands were badly burned in trying TO
save her child.
AT Derrick City, Pa, 5-year-old
daughter Of A. j. Mckenzie was burned
to death by her clothes taking fire from
stove during the temporary absence
Of her mother. The girl ran out on the
street and was met by two men, who in
endeavoring to extinguish the flames
were badly burned, one SO badly that
one, If not both hands will have to be
amputated.
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LOUISVILLE & Ct, SOUTHERN
RAILROAD LINE.

hA1bbeOhp IL ~ L"
TRAIN No. connects at Lebanon juno;
with Knoxville Branch; at Cave City to AVID
from Mammoth Cave; at Glasgow June. to
and from Glasgow; at Nashville with Nash
vile and Chattanooga Railroad; at Decatur
~ith Memphis and Charleston Railroad at
Calera with S., Il. X d. Il. k. at Guthrie
With st. Louis and Southeastern Railway; at
Mckenzie with Nashville and Northwestern
hallway; at Montgomery with Mobile and
Montgomery Railroad, for Pensacola, Mobile
AMI New Orleans.
TRAIN No. connects at Nashville with
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad: at De
tur with Memphis and Charleston Railroad;
at birmingham with Alabama and Chatta-
ncoga Railroad: at Calera with Selma, Rome
and Dalton Railroad; at Montgomery with
" estsrn Railroad (of Alabama. Montgomery
and EufaIa Railroad, and Mobile and VI mt
sOnery Railroad; at Guthrie with st. LOui>
and Southeastern Railway; at Milan with
jackson Route and Mobile and Ohio Railroad;
a. Memphis with Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad for Little Rock and all points in
Texas and Arkansas.
TRAIN No. from Montgomery connects at
Calers with Selma. Rome and Dalton Railroad
at Decatur with Memphis and Charleston Rail
road for the West. No. from Memphis CON
pects fat Humboldt and Milan. for. the West,
slso from points South for Louisville al
Guthrie with st L i R'y; Lebanon june,
With Knoxvll. and Riehnond Branches; at
Cincinnati juno. with l. i K for the
Forth and East: at Louisville with the Y. ,.
Nail Boats for Cincinnati, and with U 4 NJ Ky
ana u VI " l II LOT tDs NSEtn. EcsI anu wet.
TRAIN No. 4 runs daily from Montgomery
and daily except Sunday from Memphis, hay-
ing direct connection from Little Rock, and all
-oints in Texas to Louisville: connects at De
catur with Memphis & Charleston r X; at
Guthrie with st L i L II X for the North and
East, at Louisville with Q Il NJ and NJ 4 | X
for the North East and West.
TRAIN No from Memphis connects at Nc
K@nzie with n K ST L R'y for the Southeast.
From Bowling Green it will be run as accom-
mediation to Louisville. making same cOnnec-
tions as No. 4.
PULLMAN PALACE CARS
Run both ways, WITHOUT CHANGE, from
NEW ORLEANS to LOUISVILLE
via Milan, GU No. and Nos,
LITTLE ROCK TO LOUISVILLE
via Memphis, on No. and No. 3.
MEMPHIS To NASHVILLE
via Mckenzie, on No. 6 and No. 8.
Fer information about Tickets and Emigrant
lates, address
C.P. ATa0RE, GenI Pass. L Tick. Ag't,
Louisville, ny.
A.w. LOVING, Agent, Milan
EDW. COLEMAN. Ticket Agent.
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ESa7EySzis not easily earned in these
sAk { q times, but i can be made in three
OE z months by any one of either sex,
in any part of the country who is
willing to work steadily at the employment
that we furnish. Sf6 per week in your own
town. You need not be away from home over
night \ GU can give your whole time to the
work, or only your spare moments. We have
agents who are making so per day. All who
engage at once can make money fast. At the
present time money cannot lie made easily
and rapidIy at any other business. 1t costs
nothing TO try the business. Terms and s. out
st free Address at once, II. HALLErr X CO.,
PoTtland Maine julylg-1y
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Editor Exchange: viii you be kind
enough to give me a small bit of in
formation? Can | sell books, pens,
ink or paper, without first taking out
license? Win | be held liable by
law for selling them without license
Your opinion will greatly oblige
A SUBSCRIBER.
Not having the law before US, we
are really unable at present to an
swer GA Subscribers" intenogatories.
Any lawyer or magistrate can give
you the desired information.
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Sherman, Matthews, Garfield, Hale
and White are hopping mad at the
Louisiana courts for convicting An
derson, and say that the jury was Sc.
lected to convict. Probably they
see an avenging Nemesis after them,
and are trying 10 create public sym
patty for themselves as martyrs.
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The New Orleans Carnival,
Handsomely illustrated.

The New Orleans Carnival,
Handsomely illustrated.
The N. o. Weekly Budget will is
sue three extra illustrated editions
during the Carnival; the first edition
will contain the street procession of
the Knights of Menus, together with
the Grand Tableaux at the Opera
House, which takes February 28th.
price per copy, 10 cents, post paid.
The second extra edition will contain
the street procession of Rex, the King
of the Carnival and his Royal Court,
as it appears on the street on March
9th; price, per copy, 10 cents, post
paid. The third extra edition will
contain the grand night procession of
the Mystic krews of Comus and the
magnificent Tableaux given at the
Varieties Theatre, with a full and de-
tailed account Of the subjects repre-
sented; price, per copy, 10 cents,
post paid. The three editions will
be sent to any address on receipt of
80 centsin currency or postage stamps,
address Weekly Budget, New Orleans.
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Rra;uard,s Musical World.

For February, is a gala number, and
will delight any one interested in mu'
sic. In addition to the usual forty
pages of elegant new music, this num-
Der contains an Illustrated extra, Civ
ing the history, full description, and
a fine view of the grand Cincinnati
Music Hall. The five pieces of mu-
sic, (songs and piano pieces in this
number, would alone cost in usual
form about 81, yet the Musical World
can be obtained through any news
dealer or of the publishers for only -
cents, or $3.50 per year, postpaid.
If you are in any way interested in
music, you should take the Musical
World, which is the Oldest and best
musical monthly in America. Pub
lished by S. Erainard's Sons, Cleve.
land, o.
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Doorkeeper Polk, of the national
house of Representatives, confesses to
irregularities" in the administration
Of his Office. OFF with his head. No
doubt, though, many of the members
are partially to blame for his trouble,
by pressing him to make appoint
ments of their constituents.
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FOR IG7a.


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We notice that a number of our
exchanges in this state are IL favor of
establishing whipping posts for the
punishment Of small offences. We
have advocated that for some time.
We hope the subject will be agitated
until the law is passed.