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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-22

-Tea-chests made in Massachusetts.
are to be exported 70 China.
"A ton of wheat can be sent from
chicago 70 Liverpool for seven dollars
John i. Raymond has paid Mark
IVAN 100000 royalty on the play OF
The Gilded Age
10 lind the weight Of square iron,
multiply the area 81 the end Of the bar
IA inches bv the length Of the bar in feet
ana by 3.jC; the product will be nearly
me weight In pounds avoirdupois.
The clocks in the Basque Provinces
q France are made to strike twice. first
2 give warning and then 70 denote the
nour. Few Of the people can read the
used ' =
There are 125 species OF grass
AnoWn 20 be native in Maine, and Il i
'hought q survey would discover half AZ
many more Fifty kinds have 4 hirh
agricultural value. The grass cron M
M State = said TO be worth 80, 100000
annually.
he slgar-growers Of Minnesota
nave been holding two-days' conyen-
non az Minneapolis, and have organized
Stale association for the exchange NJ
news and experiences. The culture ~
,,agar-canc i growing industry in
Professor Nirchow. IN n recent m
course at Munich on ire prsgrass IN
general science, said that there was
Zoo reason 20 believe thar. owing ID
'ne immense discoveries reached in thn
analysis u light, il would soon be posi-
oie 'o secure colored photographs.
hy means ~ d new telegraph appa-
.f"uS aesled ~ Vienna, from 100 rs iyO
.i''SsAReS may be sent over Il single wire
ln the space of m hour. This number
may under certain conditions he raised
W, Xxx "r even $50 The inventor i
llefr august Eduard Granteld. IN Aus-
ilan telegraph oiliaial.
Mr- Alexander Janiieson. ~ Berlin.
\" AnSlfalia, has constructed buggy
isllng exclusively IN iron IND strnl
w. lf'nre N hickory spokcs ard oak Vii.
.o,S' ne has employed wraucht irDn
.upes Anh "A iron. The tubes M intnthe
\. Nln.pvN ~ one end and ara rivo,ad Nm
ne : ron AN the other. Tho iirgt
'NeApl' 'ilect has been tu add X. the
.'lg,lt ~ thc vehicle. This has accrued
" aPno"i ihe thinncss M thu parts. Tha
's' NUN has been enhanced. Thc extra
5''gl1 \ nn' considered important M
as ,naNer' n view " the strength which
\. 9"se fssult from Tic use " iror Ia place
\ wool nqr should II be fclt. onoe h ,
A NM " nude, except III The aScrnt III !
1 strength and durability arc MI !
ICED n Y full equivalent or the ln-
's''sc ~ cost. The vehicle has 4 neat |
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-22

Near Lindsey's Corner, Clinton
County, G., 2 year-old child of John
Muladore fell forward on Il pen-knife.
the blade penetrating its forehead, in
ilicting wound that resulted in death
in a few hours.
Al Letters Ford. ten miles west Of
Rochester. Ind, lightning struck a
church while meeting was being held.
killing Elias Biddinger and injnring two
others James Phillips, Jr.. while rid
ing along the road in Pcnntield Town
ship. near Battle Creek. Mich. On the
"a ~ March, was struck III lightning.
and both himself and horse were instant
~ killed.
Mrs. shelton Allen, Of Bogard
townships Davicss County, md, WIS
sitting by the fire nursing her child.
when she was seized with an cpileptic
~, and fell forward into The iirc. burn
ing herself and child fatally Mrs. i
NJ Roman, a young woman from tie
country, while standing in front III lie
IRE ~ a ftiend's la Louisville, XIV. was
too near the CRATE and her clothing
caught fire. A door opening famed Tia
ilamcs - that her entire body was M.
yclopcd. Burning her fatally. Aiiss
LAURA Hughes, ~ Morristown, ID. while
getting breakiasttht other morning was
fatally burned Dy her clothes taking tire
frOn the stove
Ellsworth Fcagler, bright Young
~ "a Charlottesville. Ind. While os,t
'uniing look bis Iun hy thc mnzzlr.
iulling Il toward HIM, when tho lux
'anghi ia some grass, discharginr The
Weapon, The contents striking nm N
no breast, killing him instantly Cas-
yer Breck, aged IN, son ~ the leading
'rcwcr ot Font Wayne. Ind, accident
lly shot and killed himself while hunt
ng Near Caiskill, NJ ii, 4 It'd named
|rumpour found an old pistol n tho
arrrt, and not suspecting Il Nh loaded
N pointed Il AT companion, named
ninth, and pulled the trigger. MAJ
islnl went III, the ball passing through
~ lower part Nj Smiths body. I'll
ved about six hours. An Cincinnati.
ivhcrt scihel, two years old, VIA shot
ne right eye with d pistol BY his SIS
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ITEMS or INTEREST.


Personal and Literary.
Colonel Tom Scott is President Of
IA corporations.
English authors produced and print
ed last year 3,049 books.
The widow OF President TYLER as
sisted the wife Of President Hayes in re-
ceiving guests one day recently.
The late George Cruikshank was
nearly 80 when he died. but looked a
hale and hearty man of 65.
Mark Twain is going to Europe
with his family next mouth for quite a
stay. taking in the Paris Exposition, Of
course.
1t is said that the London Graphic
and the illustrated Nescs gave $1,000
apiece for the right Of reproducing Mr.
II. NJ SANKEY'S sketches.
Miss Emma Stebbins, for several
years the most intimate and trusted
friend Of Charlotte Cushman, has near
" finished her life Of the great actress
Mrs. Southworth and Mrs. Ann S.
Stephens are out Of favor with the man.
ayers Of the public library in Provi-
dence, none Of their works being found
on il shelves.
Mrs. Mary J Holmes, the novelist.
is described rs being a tall, fine-lookinc
lady, with dark hair, eloquent ewes.
beautiful mouth, graceful carriage,
and stately presence.
The young Miss Sherman who is
about To marry Senator Cameron has.
ii said. fresh, blush-rose face, spark
ling dark eyes and brown locks. She
i twenty-five years old. Mr.. Cameron
is forty.fve.
-Flotow, the composer Of I" Martha, A"
i man Of GO, with long, white hair.
beard. and moustache. His cheeks are
round and full, and he makes constant
use Of perfumes. He is about TO pro-
duce new opera entitled, " Rosellana. y
SO She is not handsome" saws Geo
Eliot latest photographer. = Her face
slong, pale, with sensitive mouth.
Her eyes are vivid, warm, blue-gray,
full Of depth, now keenly perccptive,
now dreamily interpretive, ALWAYS full
Of sadness. Her hair, worn low. gives
awomanly effect 10 finely intellectual
forehead. Her general expression is
hat Of wearied scnsitiveness
DR.. Schliemann is AT Athens, where
he i building a new house. lie is short
and rather stout, with large, queerly
shaped head, fine skin, and ruddy.
healthy complexion. His ewes are
small, and, moving necessarily, give
INN a restless look. He is enthusiastic.
ana speaks in extravaganza, high-nown
ianguage lie calls his daughter An
aromache. and his servant-maids Pene-
'ope and Brisseis, i proud Of being an
citizen, and hates Germany
cordially.
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the question VA ihn haur What
iua ~ it2
AtrAsnreniciliS w ,vVl.tWo Anieri-
can white men iycaieet7l inches as the
average Dr foAiEs hsalb Monthly.
Az exchange asks "Was Hamlet
MadP' He was. Some fellow threw N
vegetable ~ him IA the ghost scene.
N0rYfsi0WA Herald.
Wax" what will lhe present wear bring
fortha" asks un exchange. Him.
Fourth az July. IA course. f9Yo1
1fnfS- Il viii bring April, fool.
-" Spring has cnmc!'i This IL. No.
lively, All Tint wr will consent u pub-
Iisl ~ about ScNcnty-iiye poems mon
ne yernal season, already received.
DON'T remarks the newspaper
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The San Francisco Examiner saws !:
A man deposited 5000 with the Hiber-
mia Bank in 1864, and was not heard
Of for IA years. II was considered GER
tain that ne was peacefully at rest in
his grave for at least ten years; but, to
the surprise Of every body, and without
trace OF smile on his face, he walked
into the bank last month, threw a
grimy-looking deposit-book on the
counter and asked how much his pile
now amounted TO. II was found, on
balancing his book, that he had nearly
$1,000 to his credit. This depositor's
head was clear on the subject Of inter-
est. lie evidently put the $500 away
As nest egg only to he looked at or re-
sorted to when II had grown very much.
lie was not one Of the sort Of depositors
who keep running every month to draw
money for a new suit Of clothes or to in
dulge IN any kind Of extravaganza. He
did not mind the harangues Of loafers,
either, at any time, about our savings
banks being unsafe, bat he let his $500
ilc until Il had grown % very respect
able and useful dimensions. He was
looked ga rs something Of curiosity at
the bank, the reason Of which he did
not understand. We have not learned
where this dcpositor kept himself
whether he has been quietly az work
here All the time or whether he has been
an exile N Alaska, az the North Pole or
M Africa. or whether he was shipwrcck-
ca pa y reef or had been making pro-
lorgcd stay at Salt River. One thing
IN certain, however he knows how 10
save. lie could teach the most ii ia q
lesson On that now nearly lost art. IL
ihe crowds who are daily eating from
the charity ~ church lunch-tabcs had 4
little ot unr long-loSt friends sense,
they wuulu not need TO descend ID free
meals or % Won for dollar a day.
~s<~----
A rorNG woman ia Morristown,
Mimi, who had an attack u spinal men
ingilis three years ago, since which she
has been III poor health, apparently died
recently from neuralgia Ia the head, ard
were made for her tuner
AL AZ the hour f0r the funeral ap-
preached, u WA. thought that the body
showed signs / life ia the collin, but the
services We're nevertheless held, the min
iStcr announcing At their conclusion
that the corpse would not be buried un-
I'll the absence of life was positively YER
itied. AT last accounts the burial had
not occurred
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lhe following correspondence
passed between gentleman who had
loaned friend Slu0 and his friend
/" Dear Sir liz closing my books ind
thar you nre indebted II me 500.
rlcasp remit, Yours, etc. /" Dear Sir
In opening mine ini that | haven't
cent, 20 | can't. Yours, etc."
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look, and an appearance. IL not q rcali-
", Of lightness, which renders ii attrac-
tive.
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ter, who had taken the weapon from a
pillow where the mother had placed il.
The wound was fatal.
-. M. Wallace, well known resi-
dent Of Sterling, III. , recently elected
Alderman, hanged himself, as is sup
posed, on account OF financial embar-
EASEMENTS. Zeiss, l3-year-old
son Of Louis Zeiss, Of Springfield Town
ship, Allen County, Ind, hanged him.
self In his fathers barn. lie had been
accused Of stealing lead-pencil from
store in Maysville, and was greatly NOR
tined, and, 10 avoid arrest and disgrace,
took his own life Miss I.ibbie Spencer,
aged ~, a beautiful and accomplished
Young lady Of Morton, Waukesha
County, Wis, drowAed herself
IN shallow stream of water near her
home. The unfortunate girl had slowed
not wisely, but too WE'LL and took her
own life rather than bear the shame Of
publicity. AT East Cambridge, Mass.
Josiah Wheeler and Kate Wheeler, hus-
band and wife, became tired of fighting
against poverty and misfortune, and
both lay down in front % railroad
train and suffered decapitaiion.- Is
not often that colored man kills him
self on account Of love, or in fact from
any other cause, but Samuel Valentine,
handsome, bright mulatto, aged 10, |
lay down on the track Of the Richmond |
and Petersburg Railroad near Phlllips's I
Crossing, Va, and was instantly killed. 4
A letter was found on his person from
his sweetheart, discarding him, and his
friends state he said he was tired OF life.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-06-14

II has Away. been a subject Of re-
mark the few persons killed in battle,
when the air is full of flying metal.
IL has been estimated, and with truth
we believe, that il requires a mans
weight in lead to kill him, or in other
words one hundred and fifty pounds
Of bnllets are fired to every man kill.
ed. This has been mystery, but it
IL ntsT solution. The waste Of mate
rial is due, without doubt, to the fact
that the holders Of the guns know
they are loaded. When a man points
an unloa,led gun at another, and il
goes of, the execution is insianiane-
ous and complete. The act does not
have to he repeated. No one can
gainssy this; and such being the fact
we recommend that the guns of the
soldiers in the next war he loaded un.
known h the soldier themselves. and
turned over to them rs empty guns.
Or, better yet, as saving trouble and
misunderstanding, We suggest that
ordnance makers turn their wits Il
invenung and periecting an unloade'l
gun. Danbury News.
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Hay and oats make the hest feed
for horses that are obliged to work
hard and regularly, II the hay is cut
and the oats bruised or ground, the
whole mixed or moistened, the horse
will eat his rations quicker, digest
them sooner. and thus have more time
for resting and renewing his power foI
labor. Farmers horses that work ill.,
tie Turing the winter may be kept
cheaper by cutting and mixing bright
straw and hay in equal quan titles, and
adding a ration of steamed potatoes OF
raw carrots.
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When you see a man with a long
pole over his shoulder and a small tin
pail in his hand. snesking down the
back alley with his hat slouched over
his face, and his twinkling gray eye
peering out from beneath the brim,
first on this side and then on that, ev'
identity trying to avoid recognition,
and when he suddenly darts through
his hack gate, and with quickened
step passes into the kitchen, il may b'
taken as an accepted fact that thu
man has been indulging in aquatic
sports. and has experienced "6sher
mans luck" There will be no fish Il
speak OF at the vesper meal.
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A tramp was pulled of the trucks
of a passenger car the other day, and
after smilingly submitting to the ac
customed kick, turned to the conduc.
tor and said; "Old man, you can belt
away at me with that mules head that
you carry on the end o yer leg till
you kick me so full o holes that my
hide won't hold sagebrush, hut you
cant knock the glory out o me, or
keep me from shoutin' over the
thought that I'm jist 3l5 miles ahead
o this grindin' monopoly. ! froze to
this train at Reno. WhoopT-lElko
(Nevada) Post.
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How To FISH FOR Men. AT the
New York Press Club reception on
Thursday night, Rev. I. DE Witt
Talmage, told the following story.
"An old fisherman once told me the
reason so few sinners were converted
lay in the manner in which the minis
tiers angled for them. When go to
catch FISH, remarked the disciple OF
Walton, Il use a delicate pole. an al
most invisible line, a hook of the most
artistic workmanship, and at the end
of all a tempting bait, which | softly
drop into the stream; hut when you
preachers start out you take for a pole
weaver's beam, 10 which you fasten
cart rope, with pot hook attached
and a swapping turtle for a halt. Thi'
you throw into the water with splasl
and exclaim, Bite or he damnedr"
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FoRrY.sIx THOUSAND MILES WITH
A LANTERN IN HIS HAND.-Mr. Da-
vid Sheehan, the Waterman at the
Blue Ridge tunnel on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, has been there for
twenty-one years. He went there at
twenty-four years of age, and has new
er been away day. Lantern in hand
he walks through the tunnel, just
one mile from watch-house to mile
post, six times day, never missing
single trip. He thus makes 2,lsC
trips yearly,a distance Of 1890 mile'
in the twenty-one years-nearly twice
around the worldly the light of
lantern.-[Hinton (Va.) Herald.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-06-14

The Communist feeling Is rapidly
spreading over the country. Almost
every large city hs' bodies organized,
recruiting and drilling. Collisions
between them and the authorities, tho
not apparently imminent at present,
must inevitably take place at some
time not far distant in the future,
when the streets of the principal cite,
in the land will he deluged with blood.
The object and aim Of this secret 20
litical organization is "a great divide.
They hold that the poorer classes are
entitled to a division Of the property
of the rich. A rumor, which ha'
gained some credence. is to the eHec,
that they have set the month of Jun'
for Il terrible uprising, and prepara
tons are being made by the law-abi
ding citizens to meet and overcome
them, relying upon Government ali
to resist in .uppressing riots aud put
ting down the Communists.
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Once, when was a callow, bashfu
cub, I took a plain, unsentimentaI
country girl to comedy one night.
had known her a day; she seemed di
vine; wore my new boots. At the
end Of the first half.bour she said
"Why do you fdget your feet so''
said, "Did II" Then ! put my atten
ton there, and kept still. AT the end
Of another half.hour she said, "Why
do you say YES, Oyesr aud 'Ha, har
o, certainly, very truer to every thing
| say, when half the time those are
entirely irrelevant answers" ! blush
ed, and explained that | had been a
little ent.minded. At the end Of
another halfhour she said. "PleasC
why do you grin so steadiastly at va
cancy ard yet look so sad!" | ex'
planned that | always did that when
was rejecting. An hour passed, and
then she turned and contemplated me
with her earnest ewes, and said, ,"Why
do you cry all the timc?" ] explain
ed that very funny comedians always
made me cry. At last human nature
surrendered, and ] secretly slipped of
my boots. This was n mistake.
was not able to get them on any more.
II vas rainy night; there were nc
omnibuses going our way; and as l
walked home, burning with shame
with the girl on one arm and my boots
under the other, was an object wor'
thy Of some compassion, especially in
tho.e moments of martyrlom when
had 10 pas through the glare that fell
upon the pavement from the street
lamps. Finally, this child of the for
est said, "Where are your boots?
and, being taken unprepared, put q
fitting finish to the follies of the eve
ming with the stupid remark, "Th'
higher classes do not wear them Il
the theatre"
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rse y.pasese Esee Of HeH

One Of the curious articles exhibit
ell at Tiffany. Is a scarf Of gray Can
ton Grape, which portrays the Internal
regions, according to the japanese
idea. The scarf is nine yards long,
and half yard wide. The first scene
represents Satan on earth seeking new
victims. The arch fiend appears a.
sulphuric, yellowish-green demon,
with protrudinr horns, cloven feet
and demoniacal expression. Turing his
victims into his net, and plupging
them into fiery depths. They appear
to fall into nest Of burning scorpi'
ons, where they are iantalized by a
glimpse of their friends enjoying
themselves in lake Of cool water. In
the next scene Satan takes the form
Of an immense dragon, with his hui
man victims crouching in terror at
his feet. They are mercilessly drag.
ged into court, and the Judge is repre-
sented as condemning them to he tied
to rocks, and to have rel hot lead
poured down their ,hroats. They are
then chased by hyenas through q field
Of open knives and other sharp instru'
ments. The victims are next por'
trayed as being tortured by having
their limhs -awn off and by being
thrown into revolving wheel Of fire.
Satan next appears to he looking out
for new victims on a field OF hattie.
Some Of these victims are made "a
hug rel.hot siove.Pipes, while Satan
himself, with q smile, is tanning them
Others are swimming in seas Of blood,
surrounded by laughing demons. 9th
ers till are seated in a caldron Of red
hot sulphur, having their tongues
pallei out. Some are represented as
carrying heavy burdens Of coal and
throwing il into the FIRE TO burn new
victims. His Satanic Majesty is nexI
represented as feeding his subjects
with rice, presumably to give then
strength with which to endure greater
tortures.-TN. Y. Tribune.
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Josh Billings thus defines "horns !"
Dinner horn-This is the oldest and
most sacred there is. II ia set to mu.
six AMI plays Home, Sweet Home
about noon. 1t will arrest man and
bring him in quicker than a sheriff 3
warrant. II kauses the deaf to hear
and the dumb 10 shout Cor joy. Clio
rious obi instrument! Long may our
lungs last! Whisky horn-This horn
varys ia length, from three to six
inche. Is the favorite size. 1t isdifier.
ent from other horns, being of fluid
naiur. 1; Is really more pugnaciou'
than the rams horn; six inches Of il
will knock a man perfectly calm"
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A greater curiosity than the Siam
ese twins Is on exhibition at Troy.
The Siamese twins were two nearly
perfect men united by a bond OF flesh.
hut this visitor, the Canadian double
headed baby, has two beautiful heads,
lat. blue-eyed faces, one resembling
the father and the other the mother,
necks. shoulders, chests and arms rs
usual, but just at tho lowest rib the
bodies are united, and from that point
downward, are the limbs and mem
bers of one child only, one navel and
one pair of legs. Each controls the
leg nearest to il. One may be asleep
and the other awake aud crying. The
faces are exceedingly pretty, the moth
er is an interesting French woman.
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Something down the soldiers check
Washed on the stains of powder"

Jack ofall trades seldom succeeds in
making much money. To do one
thing extra well is about all man
can do. He may aim to be a prince
in one line of business. He cannot he
a very great merchant. contractor,
manufacturer, farmer, builder, RAILROAD
operator, speculator and cattle drover
at one and the same time. He must
take some one Of these to his heart and
head, and make speciality ofthat one.
1t is the only way the great trade
schemes are pushed ahead and that
millionaires are made. This one.idea
theory will hold good in every calling
of life; and no better advice can be
given to youth than that contained in
these words: "Do some one thing in
life, and do il WELL
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Idleness is the mother Of vice, and
boy who is allowed TO grow up in
idleness is pretty sure to be a vicious
man. The parents of such boys have
fearful responsibility resting upon
them when they let their sons run a
bout late hours of the night instead Of
keeping them at home reading good
newspapers and books, and training
them into moral habits so as TO be-
come respectable men instead ofidiers,
rum.drinkers, gamblers and loafers,
which is sure to be the case with the
night runners and day idlers, then the
responsibility is increased. Give the
boys plenty to do, and you will pre-
serve their morals. Better tired
body than a vicious mind.