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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

am enjoying one Of the ~pleasantest
lecture tours l ever made and Provi-
dence is evidently on my side. have
nearly lest my diamonds, like Modjeska;
had a railroad accident, like Roze; got
myself. scratched with . cat, like Cary;
sprained my back kicking . . piano.
stool, like Nilsson; had Z row about nv
dressing-room, like Minnie Hauk; (jani-
Q wouldn't let me hang my overcoat
on the gas-6xtures) ; eat onions, like
Kellogg; and spell my name with . j,
like Wilhelmj- The men who plumber
the people from the platform have too
long neglected their opportunities, and
4 propose to make the stars OF the musi-
cal world hump themselves around like
comets il they have any more advertis-
ing incidents happen to them than l
intend shall to myself and nv
colleagues.-Buvdette, "a he Burlington
Hark-Eye.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

La-f administration candidate for
Eugene Hale, Visiting State.me,..
offered fostmastc eneralship...-
" W ~.tonehton. Visiting Statesman.
Jno. a. kas-on, Visiting stafcs,nan H''v'
Minister 20 AUSTRIA. 40 e<o
',k- iiaNiey. Visiting Statesman. La
commissioner 10 farf- Exposition. -. . coo
john Coburn. Visiting Statesman IL -"
,nnmfa-ionef Hot prings...... kOO
~ Noycs. Visiting statesman. II
minister 70 n E1o
Lew wallace. Visiting Statesman. FIa-
sosenor of New seao
john Little. Visiting Statesman, fla
At-oinet General. Ohio.... -
Samuel >heliabarger Nessrs. Haves
anu private counsel.... -
FLORIDA.
NJ stearns. Governor-Commissioner
fnk soo0
re humphries. Elector-Coliector PEN. w
:. j.. McLin. Member OF Returning board 80,
-Ass. Justice New Mexico (not con
Moses ). Taylor cierk Circuit conr, e, 1900
ier-on Lounty-Clerk United states
Land ONCE isoo
Joseph nowes. Inspector Leon County
Clerk Treasury Departments. 40
". n cessna. Judge Alachua County
2s0o
y, Il. BLACK Inspector Elections Aiachua
County-fnIiadelphla Custom house. 800
Geo VI. DE Leon, Secretary 10 GOV.
st~earns-Cierk in Treasury Depart
200
John ~Narnutn. Adiutant-G eneral-Re-
ceiver Land Fees
Char. IA. Pearce,
Bell. changed tickets Jefferson
Cvunty-Tfmbcr Agent...... ..... ON
Manuel Covan. Republican Manager OF
N,nrce-consuit e sspezzia .-....-. $500
:. ~ 90 Mccormick af Paris Expositi,n 600
=. W. Maxwell. Detective In employ ~
republican Visiting statesmen-Lieu-
tenant IN regular 400
I. a. MIL. Telegrapher who gave news
about Democratic dispatches-Treas-
wury epartmsnt..;:..-:-.:---.: 1900
vi furnan, b Member of
congress-sister I'm Treasury. Dis
missed when he said he considered
Iilden elected
Pagan. Chairman Republican
state Committee-Tfmber Agenf...... l2CO
! Y: Dennis. Republican Manager Of AL
achua-Ireasury Department. Re-
/, W e ana published afIdavit..--... -
hak-r-Coliectnr fernandina .....- 100
me Jcuonsng cHcers Of the Gorernm<nf srevs ~
tIorsda during ne Presidential canrass. dr0sria0
h6r regular s~a<aries. looking utter ne canraxs:
lhomzs J. Brady,Assistant Postmaster
..... 5,ND
ersi.- onice; 100
y LAY Hopkins. Special Agent Post
ofhce Department. l.2oO
r. Henderson. Special Agent Post
once department; 1850
apartment l.ce0
lamp, special Agen: Post-ofice
htl'nl tnicut.-... -.......... 1900
The sum total per annum which these
who counted Hayes in received II
'<,o' y which will amount in che four
ears Hayes must remain de facto Prcsi
emit tO 81 ,O31.4GO
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

Mrs. Marian Evans Lewes would
not al first attract special attention, for
she Is small and slight in person, blue.
eyed, g~ray-haired and plain. But pres
emily one discovers that she has the
sweetest of sweet voices and the loveli-
est smile in the world. Her late hus-
band was . small man with long, fair
hair. q homely face, and a fascinating
gift Of conversation which was not ex-
celled.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

Ak English lady makes paper artii-
cial flowers . wonderfully true to ma
ture as to deceive even gardeners at first
sight. They are used for decorating
churches and dinner tables.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

Every State School Commissioner
q Ohio since 1852 has recommended
the establishment Of q State Normal
school, but the idea seems g far from
realization IS when first preached.
The women Of New Hampshire are
permitted both to hold school Offices
and to vote at school elections. A com
mittee Of ladies has issued q circular
urging q deeper interest in school a.
fairs on the part Of their sisters.
The smallness OF teachers salaries
= severely commented upon by the
Rev. MIR. Cook. "The penuriousness
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displayed in parts Of New England" he
says, in pairing down these small sal.
aries. y enough to set the very soil on
fire."
The school fund OF Indiana q
amounts % nearly : $4,000, 900. and the
people Of the State spend 81, 0OO. 900
annually 70 keep up the schools. The
permanent school property ia the State
. valued at not less han Sf2 100000.
The per capita expense on the daily AZ.
tendance last year was $500.
Every girl who passes through the
Boston schools now receives three years
instruction in various kinds of needle
work, and is capable Of being an expert
seamstress. II is said that the benefits
resulting from this instruction are seen
IN the improved appearance of the chill
dren's clothing in the schools, and are
felt In thousands of homes.
Miss Fanny Higgins, a teacher in
Iowa. has adopted = new and wholly
successful method # giving instruction
IN physiology. She dissects the small
domestic animals in her class. and gives
lectures meanwhile to explain the vari.
u parts Miss Higgins Is the cham
pion speller Of Mills County.
The Syracuse University proposes
e raise $4,000 to endow a professor
ship in the liberal arts, to be filled by
a woman, who is TO be elected by q
Of Trustees. The money is TO be
subscribed by women who have property
their wi right. The plan is pro-
posed in order TO place the admission of
DR.. Samuel Eliot, Superintendent
Of the Public Schools OF Boston. '
! Physical pain, or the fear Of it, moth
Ings In fact, that is itself no motive. and
appeals to none, can be a necessity
n school. Only duty, only the love Of
duty, only a motive, and one leading to
other motives, can be called a necessary
part OF education Here, positive, not
negative, forces are essential
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John sherman. Visiting statesman. La.
~-Secrctnfy Of Treasury ......-...... 4.
John NJ. Hafian. Visiting statesman. Ia.
s-Justic. supreme ccurt-..-----.. 10.
STANLEY Matthews. Visiting Statesman.
In.-~cnntor TOT Uhio.............. 8.
James A. Garfield, Visiting Statesman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21
THE PRESIDENTIAL FRAUD
How Hayes Has Paid the Men Who
Counted Him In.

n following Il = partial list of thoss
persons,~ appointed 90 onice BY the Re Iacfs
President, whc actively a.sisf~d An tl.s
great Preside initial fraud OF 1876 Follow
Ing the name u th~ position held by the
party while assisting In th~ fraud. and then
the place Ia witch he was appointed by
Hayes a . reward Tor ervices re- ndered.
From ne Report or me Potter Tnr<sfigafiag
Cone,nutee.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1879-12-12

egg.a Ifs. liar, the "bad egg will keep
on lying. There is nothing TO "tie to-"
# the "bad egg individual is q thief, he
will continue to steal. Send him to prison
for the crime, and, when he has suffered
the penalties of the law, he is still 'tbad
egg, and will steal again, rather than
pursue an honest life.
The chad eggs' of society are essen.
TALLY corrupt and vicious. Externally
they may appear all right, but beneath
the shell they are corrupt. Nor does 1t
meter where yau find "bad egg = nor
indeed, what civil, military or religious
distinctions are conferred upon them, the
"bad egg" characteristic will sooner or
later crop outs In the church, by hypo.
crits in battle, towards in places Of
trust, dishonesty as superiors, cruel as
interiors, syeophants as friends, treach
erous everywhere "baa eggs.''
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very much less attractive to the great
world which it is the church's duty and
policy 10 attract and influence.
The churches are full, as q rule, where
the music is excellent. bis'tIact may
not be very aattering to...tte preachers.
but it is fact, and it is quite legiti-
mate question whether church has
right to surrender any attractions that
will give it hold upon the attention OF
the world, especially # that attraction is
an elevating one, and in the direct line Of
Christians influence.
Congregational singing is we'll enough
in its place and proportions, but very
little of the inspiration Of music comes
through it. It is, indeed, more OF
torture than pleasure to many musical
and devout people. The ideal arrange
ment, as it seems to us, is FIRST class
quartette, made up of soloists, who take
prominent part in the public service, with
single choral in each service given tc
the congregation to sing. 1u this way
the two offices in public religious assemb
lies seem to be secured more surely anc
satisfactorily than in any other
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ing I take it my unknown correspondent
is o woman whom to know is both
privilege and q pleasure woman
whose principle would not let her borrow
money, and prefer to buy fancy dresses
than pay it.
Let's see Il is just six months ago
since Miss Elliot applied for the transla-
ting, in answer to my advertisement, and
she has insisted on not taking her pay
until the case is finished.
II shall owe her quite q pocketful-
yes and there's only. .onesbateh OF papers
more, too. I wonder what she will do
with it? If only"
Somehow he caught himself making
continual comparisons between Daisy
Vaughan and Miss Elliott-the one
butterfly girl, who thought naught Of her
word the other, Industrious, economical
and saving. He brought down his list
on the table.
"By love! I'm determined to get
acquainted with this emploYe Of mine
I'll send her a check in this letter for the
iob-a hundred and eighty pounds
and--"
He never finished, for at that moment
some one tapped at the door, and in
answer to his "come in u Daisy Vaughan
entered, her eyes shining, her cheeks
flushed, her mouth dimpled and quiverlng
between smiles and tears-so far to see
that every pulse in his body thrilled as
she dropped her sweet eyes to his as he
sat in his chair, and she stood beside him
and laid a packet on the table that she
brought-a packet Of his own law papers
that he bad sent Miss Elliot.
She laughed softly at his look OF
bewilderment.
eyes, am Miss Elliott, and these are
the last of the translations have been
making for you, to pay back the debt
owed YOU, and which could pay you no
other way. Mr.. Vivian, ,"-and her lovely
red lips ouivered-"but you have been
looking SO angry and stern all day, that
couldn't bear to be under your displeasure
any longer. And want you to know that
/ borrowed that money for-for brother
Dick, to get him out Of q scrape, and
papa swore he would never help him
again, and he made me promise, every
time he gave me money, I should not
help Dick, and I had to mind papa, Mr.
Vivian but now, those translations-.
He had her IN his arms, kissing her wet
eyes, her trembling lips.
"Daisy-Daisy, my little, precious
darling, my brave, noble, little girl, it is
who am in your debt, for my wandering
doubts. Youth forgive me, Daisy And
you'll love me ? You'll be my wife
Daisy 2"
But to this day, when Mr.. Vivian wants
to be specially tormenting, he addresses
his wife as "Miss Elliott" and people
can't understand what it means, ana even
Mrs. Howard is mystifed.
But he knows, and Daisy knows, and
they are content.
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s'A Bad Egg.''

A story is going the rounds, recalling
an incident in the history Of Lincoln, in
which he greatly annoyed Sumner, OF
Massachusetts. it's said that an active
abolitionist had been appointed by Presi
dent Lincoln to be secretary Of one OF the
Territories, upon the recommendation of
Charles Sumner. The man turned out to
be dishonest, and that fact was reported
to Sumner, who, incredulous, went to see
the President. Mr.. Lincoln laid the
proofs OF the mans dishonesty before the
Senator, assuring him that the man was
undoubtedly "bad egg" Mr.. Sumner
was obliged to admit the force OF the
evidence, but he said "Why, can't tell
bis friends that he is bad egg (" ooh
yes.'' said the President, "that expresses
it exactly. You tell them that say their
man is bad egg" The classical sena
tor from Massachusetts, could not per
guade the President to select from the
vocabulary any other term. bad egg
6lled the bill, and Lincoln knew it. He
understood the fpllscope Of the appella.
ton. "Bad egg" expressed to a nicely
the real character Of the dishonest seere.
tary, and Mr.. sumuerhad to get down
from his classical stilts and say 70 his
friends that the man vhose..-interests he
had sought to advance was "had egg
It might be well Il society would take
into consideration more carefully this
bad egg business. It will be- discoy.
cred that bad egg looks very..much like
good egg. Experts detect them readily
but unless they are serutinized with .
great deal Of care they are liable to get
into the best regulated families, places Of
frnst and honor, and the result is always
mischief sorrow and disgrace, and 9
thousand other ills which will at once be
suggested TO those who will examine the
subject. When person arrives at that
noint ii The career Of his deiinqueneies,
that be Is deserving Of the epithet bad
ege, be il q "goner,' beyond reformation
by any Of the appliances known 70 law,
science Or benevolenee. Il j. time thrown
avay ID attaraDt the reformation q "oaa
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Z
Forced Into Perjury.

The other day it was necessary Tor Mr
Pinder to 90 into court as a witness. Mr.
Pinder knows the nature Of an oath, and
he isn't man that would perjure himself
for the biggest and best farm in Michigan
Mr.. Pender was ordered to stand up
raise his right hand, and swear that he
would tell the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth. Then he sat down
and lawyer began !
"Mr. Pinder, you saw this affair, dld
you T.
II did"
"Well, now state to the jury what took
place." ~
"Wen, / was sitting in The house, and
my wifegsuddenly called"
aNeyer mind your wife, Mr.. Pinder,"
interrupted the lawyer.
"Why, sir, my wife,
"Never mind your wife, ! say, ] want
to know what you know"
Mr.. Pinder had been sworn to tell the
truth and the whole truth, but right q
the outset the lawyer wouldn't let him do
either one. Then he. began
Il was sitting in my house, when
II don't want to know what happened
ia your house. A fight took place in the
street and if you were on The spot ! want
to know it - :,
swell, heard loud talking, and
Il want to know if you saw Inc defend
ant strike the plaintiff, interrupted the
lawyer.
Mr.. Pinder had sworn to tell oil about
about it in truthful manner, but ne vas
now ordered TO leave out more than hall
Of the whole trnth, and begin where the
lawyer said.
'sWhen ! crossed the street, woman
said
Il don't care what woman said, sir 7
shouted the lawyer.
what that woman said should have
been told, according 70 the oath taken
but the lawyer wouldn't have II
aWell, / saw two men lighting, thf
The plaintiff and defendant here said the
witness.
do Jon swear that these vere 'he
men I" !,
Ny. Pindar had sworn . toll the sFutei
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Honor the Scissors.

Some people, ignorant of what good
editing is, imagine The getting up Of Sc
lected matter to be the easiest work in
world to do, whereas it is the incest work
done on paper. If they see the editor
with scissors in hand they are sure 70 say
HEh, that's the way you get up original
matter, eh p accompanying their ne"
and witty questions with an idiotic wink
or smile. The facts are, that the interest,
the variety and usefulness Of o paper
depends in no small degree upon its
selected matter, and few men are capable
of the position who would not themselves
be able to write many Of the articles they
select. A sensible editor desires consid
arabic selected matter, because he knows
that one mind can not make IS good q
paper as five or six.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1879-12-12
Mrs. Emerson Gives Ralph Waldo
Piece OF her Mind.

One evening when Ralph Waldo Emer-
son was engaged in preparing his new
loctnre Mrs. Emerson, who had at that
nonart aattened her fingers while trying
i drive : nail with the smoothing lron'
thrust her head into the study and SAID ;
"see here, sir, want you to drop that
everlasting pen OF yours, for minute or
two. at least, and go down to the grocery
and get mackeral for breakfast"
INV + dear, replied Mr.. Emerson, look
mo NJ from his work, "my dear, can
YOU 90 /? You see, I am billed in Q dozen
n,aces to deliver this lecture on Memory
and i isn't half finished yet"
UApd that's what you call your Internal
lecture, is it?n said Mrs. Emerson, sharp
", "a nice party, you are, to deliver .
lecture on memory y
sand why, my love q said NF, Ehsf-
~ ayon never 90 out of the house that
YOU don't forget to put on your nal q
YOU. boots, and you never take 9 letter q
mine to mail that you don't carry n your
nocket from six months TO year, unless
/ happen to 6nd il sooner. During 'ns
mast thirty days you have carried out o
his house and forgot to bring back no
less than seventy or eighty umbrellas
and YOU know yourself the last time you
vent to church you took your false teeeh
because, as you said, they hurt your e0Fns'
and came away and left them 70 the seat
4 sav YOU are nice man 70 talk % !. .
cultured audience On Memory, and q 7
YOU don't trot right of to the grocery IL
aYpose voa before you are twenty-touF
hours older
grocery, and when BE- got there he eoala
1 not for the life Of him recolleet what he
had come for.
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Went Up ON the Cellar Door.

q A farmer from Cynthian township came
came to town one day last month to make
q few purchases. It happened that he
called at an establishment where zan
elevator is in use. In order to furnish
the articles desired it was necessary to go
into an upper story, and the salesman
said to his customer, "just. get on. and
we'll 90 up" The startled granger looked
around and sai1 son where 2" He was
given the desired Information and they
started up. The upward fight was
evidently something new to the farmer,
and he attested his appreciation of it by
renarking f'This beats all nation don't
it ?" The salesman smiling remarked
that he rather thought it did. In the
meantime a son of the farmer became
impatient and came into the storeroom
below looking for him. The farmer
seeing his son, stepped to the hatehWay
and said "You cant come up here,
son; came up on the cellar door, and
its up here yet.''
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How to Train The Memory.

Your memory is bad, perhaps, but l
can tell two secrets that will cure the
worst memory. One Of them is to read a
subject when interested. The other IS to
not only read, but think. When you have
read a page, or 3 paragraph, stop, close
the book, and try to remember the ideas
on the page, and not only call them
vaguely to your mind, but put them IN
words and speak them out. Faithfully
follow these two rules, and you have the
golden key Of knowledge. Besides, mat
tentive reading, there are other things
injurious to the memory. One is the
habit of skimminng over newspaper
items of news, smart remarks, bits Of
information, political reflections, fashion
notes, so that all is Q confused jumble,
never to be thought Of again, thus dill
gently cultivating o habit of careless
reading hard to break. Another is the
reading of trashy novels. ..-~.
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FORT BENTON,M- T. FRIDAY, DECEMBER a. 1879, !.

the whole truth and nothing but the
truth, and the lawyer turned right about
and limited that he might not have seen
the men he had sworn he saw.
"These were the two men," he an
swered.
"And you saw blows struck ?''
Il did,:
Snow we claim that not a single
blow passed." shouted the lawyer.
He was defending a man With o black
eye and q busted nose, who had been
arrested while fighting, and Pender had
seen The fight, and Jet he claimed that
he, Pender, didn't see blow struck.
II heard"
"No matter what you heard"
Mr.. Pender had heard plaintiff dare the
defendant to strike him and he had
sworn to tell the truth, and yet the
lawyer forced him into perjury. He
wouldn't let him tell the whole truth-not
even half Of it.
"Did you see the blows passed ?' re-
sumed the lawyer. E-.--
II did"
"And you saw the plaintiff strike the
defendant first ?"
"No, sir the defendant struck first,
"What Do you know what you art
swearing to Didn't you just take al
oath to tell the truth in the case 7"
1T did"
"And now you are trying to misleat
the jury by suppressing part of the trutl
by telling what you wish too, and sup
press what you don't ?"
'No sir. Just as I heard --"
"You heard We don't want to kno1
what you heard"
| Mr.. Pinder didn't want to suppress
anything, but he was forced to ; be want
ed to tell al about it, but they wouldn'
let him !; he wanted to tell the Who'll
truth, but they wouldn't let him. The.
made him perjure himself while swearing
to tell the truth, the whole truth an,
uothing but the truth.
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On the Home Stretch.

The superintendent Of one of our Gem.
eteries was called upon not long since By
a man who said he wanted to select lot
in which to bury his wife, who had died
the day before. The official started out
with him to walk through the grounds,
and on the way fell into conversation
concerning the deceased. "Was her
death sudden ?n he asked. "Well, yes,
rather answered the bereaved husband
"that is, at the last. She was ailing like
for good while, but the last week she
went off hand over fist y
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why 1t Looked Up.

Old Phineas Rice gas one ofthe quaint
type of Inherent Methodist preachers.
He had hard patch to cultivate once,
and when he made his report to the Con-
ference following, he reported the church
looking up. The Bishop presiding ex-
pressed his pleasure, but asked for an
explanation, because no one expected
success in that parish. Deacon Rice was
equal to the occasion, and added "Well,
Bishop, the church is on its back, and
can't look any other way There vas a
roar of laughter all over the Confer.
ence.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1879-12-12

A couple was recently married in
Baltimore whose combined weight was
518 pounds. The ceremony. was per-
formed by sixteen ministers, and then ii
wasn't more than half completed and
the little dog that went under the car
riage to the church whined himself to
death because he felt that he couldn't do
justice 10 the occasion.
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A little boy in . Sunday school put .
poser to his teacher. The lady teacher
was telling her class how God punished
the Egyptians by causing the first born
in each household to be slain. The little
fellow listened attentive1y and at the
proper interval he mildly inquired, "What
would God have done if there had been
twins %
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aVhy, papa, = said Market street girl
to her father, as he sauntered into the
parlor, away long il the night, when she
and her Ado1phus were conversing upon
the ethics Of tbe dust and kindred topics,
avby, papa, what are you looking for ~
aoh, nothing, + Just thought I'd get up
to see the sun rise Then the clock
struck and the son arose and vanished
and the old man went back 10 hed.-g.