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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-24

Considerable amusement was created
In one Of our stores the other day, b,
the antics Of an old lady in frilled cap
and spoctaclcs, over what she consider.
ed strong exhibition Of the marvellous
A gardener friend Of the shop-keeper
had recently presented him with . small
mouthed bottle containing large Gu
cumber-quite y curiosity TO those ig-
norant Of how il is produced. but, like
many other mysteries, simple enough
when explained. The bottle Is Of course
placed over the embryo pickle when il
Is small and allowed TO remain beside
the vine until the growth Is completed
The old lady had never seen or heard
Of any thing Of the kind, and she stood
before il utterly dazed and bewildered
with establishment First she would get
on one side, plant her spectacles firmly,
take long look and then draw = deep
breath She would then remove her
glasses, give them q thorough wiping
and try Il again, remarking in high
key, with much emphasis:
. Nobody in the world kin ever make
me believe that Is ginooine cowcum-
Der in that bottle-it's jist some kind Of
q scum you've cast over my eyes,"
Then she would get over on the other
side, readjust her spectacles, wink sew
eral times with both eyes in the drOllest
manner to dispel the delusion. and then
take aim At the bottle again, closing first
one eye and then the other, with the
same result as before, when she would
repeat the remark, and shake her head
with incredibly rs she slowly expressed
her doubts as to the reality of the spec
tacle-
:" 1 mind Of being to a slight-o' hand
show when was gal,- she went on
70 say, "an' Teller come out an per-
tended 70 be eatin' cotton. bclchin' fire,
an spinnin' ribbons. besides fryin' eggs
In hat, an q lot more nonsense an
tomfoolery, not to speak of his gittin'
live chickens out'n q loaf of bread he
had found in the mans overcoat pocket;
but them as had seen such
things before an knowed how
il was, all said il wasn't
more nor less nor sham, an all he
had done was to put scum over peo-
pies eyes, when he could make 'em be-
lieve = tree-toad was bird Of paradise,
il he wanted 70. An that's jist exactly
what l think about that cowcumber.
Take away the spell from ofi'n my eyes,
an dessay the bottle will turn out to
be empty It's real entertainin',
though, an / s'pose there's heaps o.
folks jist fools enough to believe it's all
as real as it pears TO be, but I'm too old
bird to git choked on chat, Mr.. SAN
ders, an you can't fool me worth a
cent
SO saying she gathered up her parcels
and departed with many knowing mods
Of satisfaction.-cincinnafi Breakfast
Table.
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About two weeks ago, says the Soda
liza (Mo.) Democrat, Capt X. H. Moses,
County Clerk took an old daguerreotype
TO Latour's gallery to be copied Mr..
Latour was very busy and the Captain
merely asked him il he could reproduce
the picture in photograph. Being in
formed in the Affirmative, the Captain
laid the daguerreotype on n table, and,
ordering half dozen copies thereof,
passed out without informing Mr.. La
tour As to whom the pictures were in
tended 10 represent. Some DAYS after,
when Mr.. Latour was preparing for a
print, he took up the daguerreotype left
by Captain Moses and took good look
At il without being able to recognize the
features Of either of the faces (fhere
were two) on the old picture. A mega
tive was taken Of the daguerrcotype,
and MIR. Latour went to his dark room
TO jeyslopit- While applying the acids
he would look through the plate from
time TO time to watch the development
Of the picture. When il was nearly
finished he looked through il, holding 1t
up between his eyes and the lamp. and
20 his utter establishment beheld between
and Just over the two faces transferred
from the daguerroetype . perfect pic
ture Of Captain Moses, as he appears to-
day. The nervous system Of Mr.. Latour
received quite shock and he came very
near dropping the plate, but he finally
Gained down and finished up the sega-
tive, from which he printed the half
dozen photographs. The face Of Capt.
Moses, dimly outlined, even appears on
the photographs
The strangest part of this whole affair
transpired when Captain Moses called
for the photographs, when Mr.. Latour
ascertained for the first time the parties
who set for the old picture. 1t was Cap
tain Moses and his brother Arson, who
was killed by desperadoes in this city
in 1866, while acting as one Of n mar
shal's posse attempting TO effect their
arrest The daguerreotype was taken
about twenty years ago and no one would
be able to recognize in the picture, in
tended for Captain Moses then, one ia
miliar feature as he looks to-day.
BY what agency was his face pro-
duced? The plate upon which the neg
alive was taken was perfect
~ clean, as IL has TO be before il can be
used The Captain was not in the gal
lery from the time he left the daguerre-
otype until he called for the photo
graphs It Is one Of those strange freaks
calculated to suggest the agency Of
something not mortal, but this 4 = ques-
ton for scientific men, and not local re-
porters, who are supposed to know
-. -
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Gentlemen Of leisure who live in Ne
vada will be glad TO know the fashions
for 1878. Il will be a gross breach Of
politeness to shoot ut any body further
OF than six feet, and il he falls nj the
hrst fire i Is dc rigucnr that you should
walk up TO the party and put at least
eight more bullets in his carcass in self
defense. This necessitates carrying two
revolvers, but that can not be helped.
Fashion az times lays heavy burdens on
is votaries. The knife 4 no longer
used In polite circles, and the correct
thing to do after the occurrence 4 to
iimmedi.tely give yourself up to the po-
nee ana send letter Of coincidence to
the nearest relatives Of the deceased. Il
Is not usual 70 20 TO the funeral. unless
i happens TO Be your own, In which
case 4 II In bad taste to either stav avav
or take an active part In the proceed
ings.-SaD francisco Nesos- Letier.
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1 Did you ever watch party Of French
workmenP The day begins nominally at
o'clock, which is earlier, must admit,
than my own observation Of them begins.
An early-rising friend describes them a
usually arriving on the scene from six 70
half-past. The first thing they do Is 70
sit down on some convenient stone or
bench, and have talk. Pipes come out
and are leisurely lighted. and tobacco Is
agreat promoter Of conversation. Pres
emily arrives comrade with newspa-
per, which he unfolds and reads aloud !;
the performance being much enlivened
and protracted by continual comment
and followed by general discussion by
the company. All this may last an
hour, At the end Of which coats are laid
aside and the blouse put on, and tools
are picked up and good stroke Of
work is done till breakfast. II is the late
French breakfast which is responsible
for good part of their dawdling. Mr..
Petit thinks this custom has put back
work in the American section more than
any one cause Breakfast is solemnity
with all classes; with the laboring man
hardly less than with his betters, II
betters he have. Perhaps he goes to .
cafe for il; perhaps il comes out Of .
handkerchief and is eaten on the
thumb; in either case the ceremony Is
begun and carried on and concluded
with every circumstance Of leisurely de-
liberation. There is at least as much
talk rs eating, for the Frenchman is
temperate in diet and in drink,
and takes an hour TO dispose
Of = meal which an Englishman would
dispatch in five minutes; asking for
more as soon rs il was devoured. Then
another pipe and more talk; then .
stroll back to work; then q discussion
how il should be done; in
which all the men employed
in the vicinity politely take part
You may see . carpenter lay down his
plane to offer his opinion to a mason
about the foliage he is carving on cap
ital; and so much natural taste, or in
stinct, have the race, that the carpenters
opinion viii probably be worth hearing.
The mason will probably requite the OBJ
legation by hints to his friend the
painter, and so on. This Is brotherly.
and perhaps the work is well done, but
when il is : question Of speed, the
Frenchman is all abroad. -Paris Letter.
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The Bucharest correspondent of the
Edinburgh Scotsman, writes, April 10,
as follows:
A sad tragedy has just taken place
here The sister Of the American Vice
Consul, a gentleman well known and
much respected. has been cruelty muir
dered by a young man who fell in love
with her about three years ago. For
various reasons the young lady's family
refused their consent to the match, al
though one marriage had already taken
place in the family, the lady's sister be-
ing married to w. Stladecker, the elder
brother Of the sutton. After some
stormy scenes twas resolvad that young
Stladecker should 60 to Paris, where he
has been staying until the last two
weeks. Returning to Bucharest. he
found married to another the lady whom
he loved, and At once seemed TO lose his
reason Going into the room, a few
days after his arrival, where the lady
and her sister were alone, he commend
ed upbraiding her. aud scarcely waiting
for an answer. plunged dagger into
her breast. The wound was mortal,
and with one shrek she fell to the floor,
her sister trying TO shield her from the
fury of her assassin, who. unable to
strike again to her heart, stab
bed right and left into limbs and
body, 1t is said screwing the dagger
round in the wounds he inflicted. Then,
his object accomplished, he rushed on
and tried TO commit suicide, BY cutting
his throat with dagger, breaking it,
however, and failing in the attempt
Help coming when too late, the poor
lady, who had been but four months
married, and was only 20 years Of age,
was laid upon couch The murderer
was also secured and taken to hos
pital, and guarded BY gendarme-
During the night he made an attempt to
escape, which was frustrated, but on
Tuesday the 10th he committed suicide.
Saying he was unwell, he was allowedto
leave his chamber, followed by the SEN
tinel- On entering the closet be drew
the cord Of his dressing-gown of, at
tached it knotted to q beam above him,
and ended his life by hanging himself
He made no noise nor uttered q sound,
and was discovered dead when the door
was opened. This has been grievous
blow to MI the relatives, who are Jews.
Dr. Stern, the lady's brother, is we'll
known here, both as filling the place Of
Consul for the United States and by
having translated Shakspeare's Hamlet
into the Roumanian language.
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They have some queer girls in Col
orado. One Of them who resides in
Cache Ia Proude Valley, had been re-
ceiving the attentions Of young man
for about year, but becoming impa-
tient at his failure TO bring matters 10 .
crisis, she resolved 70 ascertain his in
tentions. When he next called she took
him gently BY the ear, led him to . seat
and said Nobby, you've been foolin'
around this claim for mighty near :
year, en- hev never Wit shot offyer mouth
on the marryin' biz. I've cottened to
yer on the square clean through, an
hcv stood or every other gaIoot that has
tried to chin in, an now want yer TO
come down 70 business or leave the
ranch. Ef yer on the marry, an want
. pard that1l stick rite TO yer, till 70
pass In yer checks. but ef that amt yer
game, draw out an give some other fel-
| low = show for his pile. Now sing yer
| song or skip out" He sang.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-24

Of swallow.
The most costly watch is, after all,
nothing but secondhand article
Many man has been prevented
from climbing the ladder of fame on ac-
count Of the patch on his pantaloons.
School mistress-Now, what are
the principal things we get out Of the
earth? Youthful angler Confidently
Worms.
1t is an evidence Of great wisdom on
the part Of medical colleges to graduate
their new doctors in the spring time, so
they may be on hand for the ravages Of
the first cucumbers.
Mr.. EDISON has invented . machine
which will so magnify the human voice
that IL can be distinctly heard the dis
lance Of four miles. The small boy who
Is shirk Is beginning to be appalled,.
Master" Bridget, have you seen
my ulsterPn Bridget USUALLY very civ
I'D -" No, sure, and / haven't ii; aud
whats more, l don't want to. Me
brother had one on his leg onst. and l
never want to see another
The intellectually Of Boston is all
pervading. II j. said that nj every
bench show Of dogs, the classical curl
Of the Boston dogs tail enables YOU to
distinguish him from the rest when all
other signs fail.
There Is an astonished parent in
Lafayette, Ind. The Courier SAYS "a
well known citizen Of North street was
startled BY little six-year-old at his Ia
bic, who, with quaint, queer and quiz
ical expression, asked: What do you
think about Beecher nosr p"
You cant plant cats too early, nor
Is 1t possible TO get too many in n hill.
You may not raise any thing else that
season where the cat Is planted, but in
the meantime the cat would not have
raised any thing either, and that Is
where the enormous profit comes in.
The withdrawal Of the Duke of Ed
inburgh from the fleet is due (says a
London correspondent TO the opinions
which he holds as much as his connec-
ton with the Russian royal family. He
have made no secret Of his APPROVAL OF all
Russia has done, and has even spoken
with the utmost frankness to strangers
who has recently visited him. In this
case, as during the Franco-German war,
his elder brother and himself have open
" taken opposite sides. Then the
Prince Of Wales gave his sympathy to
France, while the Duke as future Ger
man ruler was warmly in favor Of Ger
many. Now the Prince has not conceal
ed his sympathy with Turkey. while the
Duke is not only strongly in FAVOR Of
Russia, but far from friendly to the pol
icy Of his own country.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-24

Haps and Mtshaps.
A young lady, daughter Of Amos
Meeks, Of Lima, o., was fatally gored
by an unruly COW.
Henry Ketfing, resident Of Worth
ington, Ind, and employed in q saw
mill, accidentally fell backward across a
saw. sustaining injuries resulting in his
death almost instantly.
AT Reed City, Mich, Mr.. Martin
was caught in the gearing Of mill and
drawn doubled up through hole two
feet square. His clothing was torn to
shreds and his injuries will result either
fatally or in crippling him for life.
Near Des Moines, Iowa, Mr.. Leids
left his team hitched TO heavy farm
roller. His little bow, three years old,
took hold of the reins when the father
was not looking. and, pulling them, &C
horses backed the roller over the child,
crushing him dat.
A little daughter Of August liable,
Crawford County, Iowa, farmer, was
fatally burned by her clothes taking fire
from burning grass. When she found
her clothes on fire she ran for home, n
mile distant, and her parents being
away and the door locked, she crswled
through window, got into bed and
there died an agonizing death.
AT Rochester, n. r., VIM. Bowies,
lad IA years Of age, was cutting bun
dies of paper i'm the Ercntng Express
Office when called by some one in anoth-
er room. Turning around suddenly, his
knife was plunged into the heart Of Geo.
Obust, printer, who was standing be-
hind him unseen by Bowles. Obust
lived about 10 minutes.
A Baltimore boy Of IA took two car
tridges to school with him the other day
As he was scratching one OF them with
a pin during roll-call il exploded. shat
tering his left hand so seriously that it
had to be amputated and his right hand
somewhat, besides shocking another
boy SO that he had TO be sent home and
causing a third to faint.
AT Delaware, o., young son OF
Lewis Slack, aged 6 years, shot and
killed his brother, aged years, with
revolver. Their mother had stepped
into neighboring yard for a pail Of
water, when she heard the report and
rushed into the house, only to find her
son breathing his asst, with a bullet in
the neighborhood II his heart. The re-
volver had been lying on the table, and
il Is supposed they were playing with it.
AT Frankfort. Ky, the little year
old girl Of John Bailey was shot acct
dentally by servant, who was careless
ly handling gum The shot struck her
in the head and she died Immediately.
Eugene +. johnson, Of Covington,
Ky, killed himself by taking laudanum.
He was married about two years ago,
ut the age Of Is, to girl younger than
himself, against her parents will, and
they have lived an unhappy life.-Wm.
Smith, an employee Of the St. Auber's
Hotel At East Saginaw, Mich, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself BY
the same rope with which his father
shufflcd off this mortal coil two months
ago. Mental alteration was the cause.
Russell Ward, of Bradford On. H.),
about 80 years old, shot himself through
the heart with gun. Domestic infe-
licity is supposed 70 have been the cause
A young woman named Smith, dis
appointed in marriage, drowned herself
and child ut Bath, N. b.
Foreign Notes.
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been commissioned 10 collect instances
Of the late Pontiff~s sanity virtues.
Pope Leo XIII. has not his prede-
cessor's faculty for speech-making. and
therefore the populations waiting upon
him are requested not 70 present long
addresses calling for replies.
New recruits for the Pope's Swiss
Guard have reached Rome. Iaiie says
that they are all from German Switzer-
land, and are selected BY the cures Of
their districts, who guarantee their
characters and devotion.
Mime. Schliemann. the wife Of the
celebrated Trojan explorer, has been
very i'll in Paris. She Is now GONZALES
cent, and DIR. Schliemann hopes to re-
sumo his archaeological excavations in
the Troad or in Greece next month.
-Mdlle. Lablanc, the Partisan actress,
wears 100000 worth Of diamonds on
the stage. She is escorted TO and from
the stage by two policemen, who keep
watch over her dressing-room during
the performance. She has, too, an
enormous bulldog, as ferocious rs he
looks.
The orthodox Hebrews of London
are said to be much disguised with the
marriage Of Hannah de Rothschild with
Lord Rosebcry, and 1t is added that in
the principal synagogues she has been
publicly renounced and cursed, the con-
gregation splitting on the floor at the
mention of her name.
William Ill. Of Holland is past 60,
and since the death Of the late Queen,
from which he had long been virtually
separated, his Majesty has contracted =
morganatic marriage. His married life
was VIGOROUSLY unhappy. For a strik-
ing likeness Of the King, see the Dutch
postage stamps He loves Schiedam.
1t l. reported that Miss Minnie
Stevens. daughter Of the late Paran Stew
ems, Of New York, and lately q guest Of
the Princess of Wales at Sandringham,
has accepted proposal Of marriage
from son Of Alsop, the millionaire En-
glish brewer. When this fact was COM
municated to the Princess, she is said to
have congratulated Miss Stevens cor
daily.
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""11ssSU
Fork Is lower in Iowa than 1t has
oeen for Is years.
Eggs are selling for five cents .
uoAen N most Wisconsin towns.
The value Of the cigars shipped
rom hey West, Fla, last year IL put
uown 10 round numbers at $27 1000, 600.
1t is said that i've million bushels
~ corn are in store along the line Of the
lineage and Rock Island Railroad in
\. a Sand Spring, Iowa, clergyman
~ ~ invented . churn which Is worked
rccking-chsir.
Two prominent machinists In Bat
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tie Creek, Mich. have sunk $4,000 In
the will-o'the-wisp attempt 70 discover
perpetual motion.
Edison, being asked at Washington
by Southern Senator II he could not
invent q simple machine TO pick cotton, =
said he thought he could and would.
A paper butter-plate mandatory
At Lyons, Iowa, now turns out III, 900
plates per day. The demand is 30 great,
however, that facilities are TO be added
until 100000 per day can be manufac-
tured.
Manitoba is exporting large quanti-
ties OF wheat this spring. Some Of the
steamers have carried ~ much ~ 100
tons At trip. Most OF it Is consigned
to Europe, and Is shipped by way Of
New York.
The King Of Burmah Is 90 pleased
with the experimental manufacture Of
sugar that he has imported large
amount Of sugar-making and refining
machinery, and ordered 500 planters to
engage in the exclusive cultivation Of
the cane this year,
Davenport, Iowa, has factory in
operation making sugar out Of Indian
corn. The sugar is said to be Of the
best quality, and much resembles maple
sugar, and rs pleasing TO the taste as
honey. Syrup made from corn has
been in the market for some time.
The fruit crop for the Uuited States
of 1877 amounted in value 10 $4,000
600, or about one-half Of the outcome
from cereals. Fruit Of every species
and climate is now raised in this coun-
try, the vine prospecting finely and the
oranges Of Florida and California sur
passing those Of Italy and Spain.
DIR. A. NJ. Forster, Of Georgetown,
s. c., has sent something over 60 pounds
Of tea, raised in South Carolina. TO
Baltimore firm. The flavor is between
. Japan tea and a Moyune China green
tea. The firm is TO have the leaves cured
in the proper way, SO as 10 secure fair
specimen Of native tea.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-02
FIVE PERIODS.
.Bat = v.si :. 80 lose r. he said.

.But . weeh 10 90 long r. he said.
With toss Of HE curly heal.
zone. two. three, four. tve. 81. ssv'n =
seven whole days, WAY. IN six. you know
tYou said Il your. elf yoa told me col,
The great God mp In heaven
Nsde al the earth and the seas and skies,
The trves and the birds and the butterflies
How can wait for my seeds to grow p
.But q month :. 90 longr r. he said
Win : drop Of his boyish head.
.fI-ar ms eount-one, two. three. four
Pour vhols weeks. and thrve days moro;
Thirty one days. end each will creep
As the shadows crawl over yonder steep:
Thirty-one nights. and shall lie
watching The s'srs climb mp the sky
Hou can I vail uii the month Il o'srf
"But year 10 90 lengi'' he said.
uplifting hia bright yourg bead.
IAN the seasons must come and 20
Over the hills With footsteps SLOW
Autumn and winter. Summer and spring;
Oh. for bridge Of gold 10 fing
Over the cham deep and wide.
That might eroes To the other side.
w1ers che 10 vsiiins-mv love. my bfide
"ren years may BE- long" he said.
siow raising his stately head.
Z" Bat there's much 70 win. there 10 much to
lose:
And be must BE- strong to walt
The year, may BE- long. but who would wear
The crown Of honor. must do and dare
No time has he to toy with fats
VINO vcuid climb 10 msnhooi's high esta'e'
.Ah life IL not long r he said.
Bouing bile grand white head.
.On. tso, three, four. ave. slx. reven =
seven time. ten are seventy.
seventy yearsi As swim their hight
As swallows cleavins ths morning light,
Or golden gleams at even.
Life IL abort As . sumner night
How long. v tod 10 eternity =
--HarP~'s Basar.
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In the horse car. A little boy whis-
pers something in his mothers ear to
which she says no. The child begins
10 whine. and repeats his request. which
is again unfavorably received. There
upon there is crying and sobbing
enough to terrify the whole car. The
gentleman opposite. a gentleman whose
every feature beams with good nature
and good fortune. and all the better that
his teeth are snshrinsd in the pursst
gold. thinks he ought to intsrpose.
"Dsar little angel" says he. In pster-
nal tone. "why not give him what be
wantsf Il IL impossible p "Abso-
lutely impossible. replied the mother.
"And what Was IL. then. he said 2" in
quired the good man. unmasking still
more of his worries. "He said Il
want Monsisur's teeth to play with. "
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In Q restaurant. A gentleman and n
scrub are seated Mt the same table. The
scrub Is just finishing his dinner. the
gentleman Just beginning his. The
scrub lights cigar and blows cloud OF
smoke over his coffee. The gentleman
rises aud says in the politest tone
Excuse me. sir (; will 1t annoy you II
cat while you are smoking p