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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-11


"Jack, John Brough's dog. died a
few days ago, of old age, general debil-
ity, and a severe flogging administered
70 him about year ago BY one Of his
sons. Jack was an intelligent but dis
sipated animal. He formerly belonged
% John Prcssly, and thun was sober,
industrious and well behaved dog. After
Brough acquired him he rot to hanging
about newspaper offices and soon fell
into vicious ways He frcquented the
Circle House lunches, and helped him
self TO beer from the slop-tub. He was
peaceable when sober, but quarrelsome
in his tubs, and he was intoxicated at
the time he received the terrible licking
at the teeth If his undutiful son. I'm
like his two-lcgged comrades Jack never
protracted his sprees beyond day and
night. You couldn't coax him 70 touch
beer for aweek after having been drunk.
He absolutely loathed il, and preached
total abstinence to his fellow dogs. But
Jack made the mistake Of relying too
much on his own strength, and. nnsus-
tanned by divine grace, he would go
back 70 the wallow as soon as the re-
membranes Of his headache grew dim.
Two-legged or four-legged, il is the
same old story, in which folly and re-
morse alternate. --I Indianapolis Sdtur-
dnU Herald
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A Winona (Minn.) letter To the Chi
tcago Ti,ses says Two things have done
wonders for this State during the hast
half Of the closing year. First, the we'll
established fact that Minnesota harvest
ed forty million bushels Of No. wheat,
and, second, the grasshoppcrs have all
disappeared, no one knows where.
These two facts seem To be working
great changes in the entire State. Vast
quantities Of wild land have been bought.
The frontier has been alive with land
hunters. The places where land Is sold
have done land-oilice business, and
even the cold weather and bad travelling
seem To produce no abatement in the
land fever. Large tracts Of land which
have been surveyed and in market these
many years without buyer or home
stead pre-emptor, have suddenly come
to be sought after by men who propose
to become grangers in dead earnest.
Our railroads have been crowded with
passengers in search of Minnesota wheat
land. There Is a kind Of mania for
large farms. Scarcely any buy less than
section (640 acres). Many are buy
ing five, ten, or even twenty thousand
acres. Many are preparing 10 open
wheat farms, and TO sow largely the
coming spring. The grand success Of
the great Dalrymple wheat farm, which
Is so large as TO require 43 reapers with
self-binding attachment, has con-
WINGED many capitalists that wheat
can be raised so as TO pay heavy in
terest on the money invested; at least
they are tempted to buy immense guam
titles Of these lands and try the expert
ment. They may find that few can do
what Dalrymple has done. A very
small amount of money buys large
farm. There Is no expense of fencing,
for no stock Of any kind is allowed TO
run at large. The breaking and seed
will cost less than IS per acre. The
seed alone will cost twice as much as
the land. Many hope in a single crop
to get back all the money they pay out
and have the land to boot. Winona
County Is furnishing a score or more of
men who will make the experiment the
coming season. A few years will tell
whether they will be land rich or land
poor. Ii they do not go and personally
superintend their great farm they may
fail to make the experiment profitable.
IL is often said that no man can succeed
in farming with his plow-handles four
or five miles long. How it will he
when the plow-handles are four or five
hundred miles long we shall see ii we
live long enough. 1t is quite sure that
a crop Of wheat will rarely fail in the
State Of Minnesota If il is properly put
in and cared for.
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An italian statuette-seller. going on
his rounds in the Paris streets and car
rying tray Of plaster casts on his head,
stumbled upon well stuffed leather
portfolio lying In the road. AZ it con-
tanned $500 In bank notes, il was a
perfect bonanza to gamin. What
could he not buy with ftp But there
was one thing for which he cared above
all others. II was strong coffee. His
first thought was that he could drink a
dozen cups Of coffee day, If he chose.
He rushed into cafe and swallowed,
one after another, six Of Gambetta's
favorite mazagrans" and nine "glo-
rias''--cups of strong coffee with liquor.
The next day he paid a second visit to
the restaurant and INDUCED In fresh
debauch and he returned on the follow
ing day to order coffee with the same
recklessness. His continued rcvelry cx-
cited the suspicion Of the police, and he
was finally arrested. Ten bank notes
were found In his pockets. A hundred
francs had lasted him several days, and
he was evidently congratulating him
self on having resources whercwith he
could buy and drink gallons Of strong
coffee during the winter.
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The Turkish transport steamer Messina
with 100 troops on board. has been captured
BY the Russian steamer husband and taken
70 Scbastopol.
Intelligence Of the 2sth Is as follows:
Operations OF the Russian army at Rustchuk
are suspended by the snow, which il over
two feet deep. Many animals and few
soldiers have persisted. The transport service
Is interrupted and the Quartcrmaster's De-
partment has declared that n can not supply
food for the cavalry. Best authorities con-
cur In the opinion that the bridges across the
Danube must 70 in few days, and II the
winter i Of ordinary rigor field operations
win be impossible.
The Servians have captured Prot. The
garrison Of Nisch, 1t l. said, il inclined to
surrender, and negotiations have been open
ed for equalization. As the Russians are
approaching Sophia, the inhabitants have
been ordered 10 leave. The Russians have
suspended concentration OF troops around
Erzeroum on account Of snow.
A dispatch from Bogot, 3lst, says: After
an exceedingly difficult passage over snow
covered mountains and frozen footpaths,
the vanguard Of Russian division has oc-
cupied the Balkan passes between Arabak-
onak and Sophia, and cavalry has already
been stationed on the Sophia road. The
Turks were taken by surprise, consequently
the Russian loss was small.
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A Washington dispatch Of the 26th says:
The War Department to-day received dis
patches In relation to events just tran.pired
In San Elizario and III Paso County, Texas
but the only information gwen ont by the
Department il that all l. now quiet there,
and that Col. Lewis, who commands in San
Elizario, has been ordered 70 assist the
sheriff I'm making arrests, toprevent violence
against all persons arrested, and 10 protect
citizens from being piIIaged or In any way
interfered with by the mob. II Il unofii-
cially stated, however, that United States
troops were called upon 10 assist in making
arrests OF parties connected with the killing
Of Judge Howard and Others; that in doing
80 resistance Was offered and two Of the
mob killed, and that subsequently two Of
the persons arrested were taken out and
lynched by rangers.
The War Department l. in receipt OF in
telliTence from Camp Bowie, Arizona, dated
Dec. 2fth, which says: Lieuts. Rucker and
Toncy, % the 9th Cavalry, have returned.
They struck the party that killed the mail
rider December IA, east Of STEMS Peak
Ridge, and killed one. Five days later they
struck them In Old Mexico, surprised a
ranchero Of "a wickieups, destroyed their
camp, captured 10 horses, 10 saddles and .
hot Of stuff which the rcnegadcs had taken
from the train. Fifteen bodies were found
onthe ground, with evidences that more had
been killed. The mail matter was recap-
tured.
The Democrats Of Indiana will hold their
state Convention on Feb. 20, 1878. II will
consist Of LOG, delegates.
Hon. w W. Hcaton, OF Dixon, ILL.,, Chief
Justice 81 the new Appellate Court for that
district, died very suddenly at Chicago, on
the 18th, Of heart disease.
Mr.. G. G. Dibble and wife, OF Houston,
Texas, were drowned on the evening 81 the
2sth,while attempting 70 cross Cherry Greek
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Disgruntled Editors Christmas
H0mily.

December 25, A. ID. 1877. A dismal,
disheartening, day-long drizzle, soaking
into the very souls of men; air murky
with earth-born vapors and loaded with
the sulphurous stencil Of burning gun
powder; street-crossings ankle-deep in
muck; women holding dragged train
in the left hand and the handle of an
umbrella in the right, while their inter-
fering heels carried the mud far up
their red stockings and splashed 1t over
the bit Of white skirt revealed; five
hundred callow youths in helmet hats,
who preferred caroms to carols, punch
ing ivory in steamy billiard-rooms /;
thousands Of excited children beating
drums, footing horns, exploding stink
making contrivances, and adding in ev-
cry way to the general din; sweet peals
OF church organs mingling with human
voices; the breaking loose of the long
pent-up agony Of Christ Church chimes,
with their ear-splitting and nerve-rack-
ing jangle; fuddled men in stuffy GIN
mills poisoning themselves with alcohol
because Christ was born eighteen hun
bred years ago, while their hollow
eyed wives crooned 10 sick babies in
sqnalid homes; caIfdy-smeared infants
bowling with the collie; and 30 on for
quantity. This was Christmas. For
this Christ was born in manager, be-
meath the stars OF .Judea, while the start
led beasts dropped their long ears in
awe-stricken wonder and the wise men
from the East came with myrrh and
spices. For this he was crucitied be-
tween two thieves. A Christian festival.
converted into a pandcmonium Of noise,
which puts 10 shame the beaten tom
toms and gongs Of the pig-tailed celes-
iials-a day Of excess in eating and
drinking day 10 be dreaded. instead
Of looked forward to. ..Christmas
comes but once year, Thank heav-
en- for that How did this internal din
ever come to be incorporated into
Christian festival, anyhow r. gun
powder in any way emblcmatic Of him
who brought "Glad tidings OF great JOY
peace on earth and good will 10 men,
-of Christ, the gentle, the patient, the
long suffering? Is the abominable fire.
cracker ameans Of grace. We put these
questions as conundrums. Doubt
less our readers will give
Nutiu uU dt the sttTt. Bul
il does seem TO us that the Christmas
festival has been perverted in way
that amounts TO barbarism. If man
feels glad that Christ was born and died
70 take away the sins Of the world, does
he honor him BY swilling beer in sa-
loon? Is il meet that his nine-year-old
should express his thankfulness for
Christ by exploding fire-crackers in the
faces of pedestrians? How many men
who make Christmas day Of riotous
excess ever think of Christi The day
Is, if possible, more trying than the
dreadful Fourth Of july. And, with
only seven days intermission, we are to
have repetition Of il in the shape Of
the New Year folly. The devout men
who got drunk on Tuesday last, because
Christ was born, will get drunk on
Tuesday next, because they are one
twelvemonth nearer their final doom.
And 50 IL goes in this mad world. In
dsdnapOlis Saturday Herald.
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Fifteen colored people were recently
drowned near Rocky Point Mills, ya.--i2
children and their parents. They were liv-
ing in the same house, and finding 1t sur
rounded. took refuge in ferry boat, which,
becoming disengaged from it, fastenngs,
was carried over dam Immediately below.
Their perilous situation was Witnessed by
several persons, who could, however, render
no assistance.
The Passaic County Savings Bank, Of
Paterson, n. D., has gone into liquidation.
The banks capital has All been lost by UNI
secured bonds, and the directors are obli-
gated 20 pay the sepositors In full, amount
ing 20 about $4,000.
Meter A Co., Of New York, heavy opera
tor in gold and stocks, failed on the 10th
for large amount
The wife and daughter Of james Brophy,
Of Kondout, n. r., persisted In the flames Of
burning building on the night Of the 18th.
James Boyd, fcremAn Of Macintosh,
HemphilI a Co.'S foundry, Pitisburg, was
killed on the goth by a crane falling upon
him. lie was member OF the City Council.
The National Congress Of the Working
mems Party met At Newark, N. j.. on the
nth. Delegates were prcsept from various
parts Of the United States; also represent
sfiyes 81 the English, German, Bohemian
and French sections Of the workgngmcn's
Party. The principles OF the society are
the same A. those 81 the Social Democrats OF
Germany, it, members being mostly work.
ingmen.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The Duke Of Manchester l. 10 succeed
the Earl Of Duiferin a. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
Canada.
The French Government has requested
Don Carlos 70 leave France, and he has
complied with the request
The Paris MDnitenr announces that Japan
has renowned all commercial treaties with
foreign nations and resumed H. right 70
levy customs duties At pleasure.
An almost incredible instance of mans IN
humanity to man i revealed in a statement
officially made by Lieut. Walton, Assistant
Inspector Of the Life-saying service on the
North Carolina Coast. tits in substance, that
one Evan O'Neill, fisherman OF Mays Head,
discovered the dictated Huron coming on the
shore At 40 a. m, the morning the disaster
occurred, and saw her signals Of distress
and even heard the pitcous groans and
screams Of those on board. The keeper OF
the lfe-saying station lived only two and a
half miles away, and O'Neill had good boat
and could easily have carried him the news
OF the disaster, probably in time TO have e.
fected the saving OF the lives Of most OF those
on board. Instead Of doing SO, however, he
coolly wenthome and ate his breakfast and did
not return to the wreck until after sunrise. II
any additional comment H. needed to ex-
plain this inhuman conduct, II may be found
In Lieut.. Walton's further disclosure OF the
fact, that the bodies on the beach were rob-
bed Of every article OF yaluc-watches,
chains money, and even fnger-rngs being
stripped of by those who first found the
bodies a. they were washed TO the shore.
A London dispatch Of the 10Th says II Is
officially announced that the sultan has So
licited the British Government 70 approach
the Car with view to bring about nego-
tiation- for peace, and the British
Government has consented 20 do 80.
The Post, In it, leading article. says the duty
which England has Undertaken il nos ON
bafrassed by any basis for settlement OF the
war, and involves nothing more than 10 test
the willingness Of Russia TO enter into ncgo-
tiations, terms OF peace being matter for
subsequent consideration.
The following u stated 10 be the text on
England's note 70 Russia: "Her Majesty's
Government begs 10 inform the Emperor
that the Porte j. ready 10 open peace nego-
tiations. The Emperors wisdom and re-
peatedly expressed love Of peace Justify Her
Majcsiy's Government in the hope that he
VIII lend favorable ear 10 the Sulfan's re-
quest" Russians reply TO England's note il
stated 70 be substantially as follows:
That while the Gar wishes peace and il
ready 70 conclude the war on such terms a
Russia would consider acceptable, yet no
steps can be taken until Turkey Il willing to
give preliminary guarantees Of her desire FOR
actual peace and not merely for delay. The
course suggested Il for Turkey to make
proposition for armisticc directly to the Rus
sian COMMUNICATIVE Chief In the field, 40
that the first steps may be arranged on d
military basis.
Sir II. q. Elliot, recently British ambas-
dor at Constantinople, has been appointed
Ambassador 70 Vienna.
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on the Brazos. Mr.. Dibble was well known
citizen, and his wife was niece Of Mayor
Wilson OF Houston.
Joseph O'Neill, for over 10 years pass
enger engineer ON the Chicago and Alton
Railroad, was shot and killed by An un-
known assassin At Bloomington, H.. at an
early hour on the morning 81 the 2.th, a. he
was on his way home from the railway sta
ton.
John Prydc was found murdered near
Town Creek, Lawrence County, Ala, on the
24ih. lie was brother Of Detective Pryde,
Of Memphis, who accidentally shot and
killed his wife and babe few days pre,i-
ously.
A horrible occurrence Is reported from
Morgan Township. Crawford County, Iowa
Carl Mas and wife, farmers, locked their
three children, aged respectively one, two
and half and four years, in the house on
Christmas Day, and went 10 husk corn.
They were shortly after apprized by neigh
Dor Of the fact that their house was burning,
and when they reached il II was wrapped In
flames and the children burned TO crisp.
The mother franfically attempted to rush in
to the flames, but was forcibly prevented
The foggy morning had prevented them
from seeing the fire sooner.
The Real Estate Savings Bank OF st. Louis
suspended on the 18th. Its loans were all
based upon real estate security, and the
great depreciation in the value Of the latter
Is given rs the cause OF the failure. tits
said that none Of the Directors owe the
bank dollar, and that its deposits, amount
ing TO about $245, 900, will ultimately be paid
in full.
The Tennessee Legislature adjourned sine
die on the 18th, without having adopted any
measure toward the compromise Of the
State debt, all propositions to that end hav-
ing been defeated.
The Indiana Republican State Convention
will be held IT indianapolis on June 9Th
next.
The Indians recently attacked stage
coach in Bassey Canyon, Western Texas,
captured the four hsrses and killed both the
driver and Gabe Valdez, the division super
intendent Of the stage line.
A charivari party who were serenading a
newly married couple, Mr.. aud Mrs. Philip
Mertz, NJ Monroeville, Allen County, Ind,
the other night, were fired upon with buck
shot, several OF the party being badly
wounded.
Jacob Harness was hanged at Clinton,
Tenn, on the 10th, for the murder Of Isaac
White, committed more than IA years ago.
The notorious George Murrel and two
other despcradoes escaped from the Adair
County, Kentucky, Jail, on the night OF the
18th.
The German Savings Bank Of Lafayette,
Ind, has gone intoliquidaiion, but promises
10 pay al depositors in full.
Henry Underwood, said 70 be one OF the
Union Pacific train robbers, known a.
Thomas Nixon, was recently arrested at his
home, - miles west Of sherman, Texas,
aud lodged in jail at Omaha. There APP
pears 20 be some question a. to bis identity.
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ington. Shower thy counsels down on
the Honorable the Continental Con.
gress. Visit the tents of our host
comfort the soldier in his wounds and
Affections nerve him for the fight ;
prepare him for the hour of death.
And in the hour of defeat, oh, God
of Hosts, do thou be our stay; and in
the hour Of triumph be thou our guide.
Teach us to be merciful. Though
the memory of CALLING wrongs be at
our hearts knocking for admittance,
that they may fill US with the desire of
revenge, yet let us, oh Lord, spare
the vanquished, though they never
spared us in the hour of butchery and
bloOdshed
And in the hour of death do thou
guide us to the abode prepared for the
blessed; so shall we return thanks I'M
to thee through Christ our Redeemer.
God prosper the cause. Amen.
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The Lie that Attaches to a Sub
marine Cable.

The amount of submarine life that
comes up on cable which is taken up
for repairs after being immersed for a
year or two is surprising. Three years
ago the writer was with a repairing
expedition on the Para to Cayen
section of the Western and Brazilian
Campany's cables. We were chiefly
at work off the Island of Marajo, in the
estuary of the Amazon. The cable
had only been submerged about a
month; yet it came on board the shin
at places literally covered with barna.
Giles; at Others overgrown with subma-
rine vegetation, crabs and curious
shells, often of singular delicacy and
beauty. The sea-weeds were in great
variety clinging to the cable, some.
times in thick groves OF red and vel
low alge, slender, transparent. feath-
cry grasses; red Shiny fucoids, and
tufts of amethyst moss. We found
branching coralline plants upward Of
a foot in height growing to the cable,
the soft skeleton being covered with a
fieshy skin, generally of a deep orange
color, Sometimes a sponge was found
attached to the roots of these corals,
and delicate calcareous structure. OF
varied tints incrusted the stems of all
these plants, and served to ornament
as well as to strengthen them. Paras-
ilic life seems to be as rife under these
soft tepid waters as it is on the neigh
boring tropical shores. Many star
fishes, zOophytes, and curious crabs
were often themselves completely over
grown with the indigenous vegetation
of the bottom, and so were scarcely
diStin Unstable from it. Others, al
though not so covered, were found to
have the same tints as the vegetation
they inhabited, and even in structure
somewhat resembling the latter. 9th
ers again were perfectly or partially
transparent; and one most beautiful
hyaline crab, new to science, united in
its person several of the prevailing
colors of the bottom. Its slender
limbs, like jOinted filaments of glass,
were stained here and there of deep
topaz brown. Its sDout, pointed like
needle. was of deep scarlet; irs
triangular body was of a deep yellow;
its eyes were green; and its tiny limbs
of an amethyst blue.-(Chambers
Journal.
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THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THAN.
ATOpSiS."


reprint below "Thanstopsis as IL orig
innlly appeared in the North American he
view, OF September, 1871 Tor the convenience
Of those who wish to compare the earliest with
the latest, most familiar and greatly improved
form Of the poem -Four rhyned stanzas. OF
inferior merit, preceded the blank verse when
first printed but this, according TO MI. bry-
ant, was owing to mistake OF another j
yet few days and thee,
Tho all beholling sun shall see no more,
In all his course; nor vet in the cold ground,
Where thy male form was laid, With many tears,
Nor in tn embrace of ocean shall exist
Thy image Earth, that nourished thee, shall
Thv growth, to be resolv'd 10 earth gain; lie aim
And lot each human trace, surrend'rinx up
Thine individual being. shalt thou go
To mix forever with the dement's
To be n brother to tn insensible rock
Andthe sluggish clod, which the rude swain
Turns With hi. share and treads upon. The OAK
shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy
Yet NOT 10 thy eternal resting place Tmould.
Shalt thou retire aIone-nor couldst thou wish
Cou,b more magnificent Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs Of the infant world with kings
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Without Drummers.

A large Chicago grocery house,
which few years ago carried sixteen
drummers at an expence of $40, 900 a
year, and did an almost profitless bus
mess, has abandoned the drummer
system, spends One-fourth their cost
in newspaper advertising. dividing
the balance among customers. AS a
natural result their trade has::increased
ten-fold, and the net profit, to the
house in 1877 were $4,000. This
year they will do better. Their Gus
toners are better pleased because they
buy on order from prices current from
two to twenty per cent. cheaper than
they ever could under the drummer
system. Competitors don't like it
much. but it is nevertheless a complete
success.-Journal of Commerce.
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SUBSCRIPTION RAT Z
DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY

CHU rich DlhESlOhi
B,ptist-Serviccs FIRST Sunday and Sun
s.y night in every month and Saturday
night prceed.ng.-W. p. Bennett, pastor.
NJ E. Chursh Soath-Services third
Sunday and sunday night in each month
Rev. 7. J. Randolph, pastor.
uaisn Sunday School every Sunday Morn
lag st half past eight o'clock.