The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-24

AoWnSuip hustltNte>s
In casting q glance over the last week 5
Issue OF this paper, we were pleased to
notice the reports Of several Township
institutes, which showed NJ 4 good at
tendance. and from our knowledge Of
the ladies and gentlemen who attended
them, we unhesitatingly say they must
have rcdounded much To the mutual
benefit Of the participants. We may
have few GROWERS who oppose these
meetings, but what community beneath
the dome Of Heaven is not blessed =
with goodly sprinkling Of croakers
When we look at our profession from a
business standpoint, we must be culpably
blind il we fail 10 recognize the impor-
tance Of these meetings.
Do not business men meet in their
boards of trade, in their exchanges, and
consult. They watch the market; they
mark the fluctuations of prices to avoid
an emergency they read the papers and
stock and trade journals; they. in these
meetingE and from these journals, Gull
land note down ideas which add to their
store of business knowledge, and they
are thereby enabled to pursue the path.
ION greater or lesser scale. that lead a
Stewart, a Vanderbilt, or an Astor to
millions, aud to avoid the route that
caused the ruin and bankruptcy Of their
less circumspective brothers in trade.
Furthermore, the business man Of the
true type seeks to enlarge his business
each year by investing more capital.
Would it be amiss in us, fellow-teachers,
to add to our little stock of knowledge
by taking papers and journals, attending
Institutes and Associations, and observ-
ling and noting down how others, who
are perhaps little better favored, attain
to some prominence in the profession
II is.the merchant who invests the largest
cash capital that is the most likely 10
reap the largest profits; and it Is thu
teacher who invests the largest amount
of brain capital, or the will power Il
lscdulously pursue the onward and up
ward course that will unmistakably pro.
ducc that capital, who will reap the great
lest profits in the school-room. Our In,
stitutes are, therefore. medium through
which much useful know ledge may b.
dissemi mated, and il is our duty TO At
tend them. and what we do, ifit is wortl
doing at all. is worth doing well.
We look with pride on Patoka town
ship as she is the first to announce her
intention 10 furnish us with something
good. This Is one Chairman that il do
ling his duty in the cause. Brother
Clarke, give US your Ht-. Patoka Is No
a. Who cosles next.
LIBERAL GEMS.
Ire who would acquire fame must no
show himself afraid ofcensure; the dreac
ot censurc is the death OF genius
l-ISimms.
Ifyou want food, you must toll for It
liz pleasure, you must toll for H.; i
knowledge, you must toll for it.-lRu
!kin.
Il II il one Of our nobler human instinct
that we cannot feel within us the glory
and the power of real conviction with
lout earnestly striving 10 make that con
yiction pass into other Minds Lewes
The more we read Of the history oi
past ages, the more we observe the signs
of our times, the more do we feel ouI
hearts filled and swelled up by q good
hope for the future destinies Of the hu-
man race Macaulay.
lst. The feet are turned out to allow a
wider base upon which the line Of gravi-
lty nav work. I'd. 1t looks better, and
1.-The body Is more easily braced by the
outward turn. n. n.
/ 1.-two rays Of light Of equal force be
drought together from opposite points,
lihey will produce dark spot on white
Isurtacc. III two waves Of sound of equal
Ivolumn encounter each other from op'
posite directions, they will produce il.
lcnce. Z. 4.
A Solar day il the exact time from
Ilnoon one day until noon the next day q
ISidereal day Is the interval between the
moment q star IL on one meridian and
1.-The time when il is next on the same
meridian. Id.
Trade Winds are 20 called on account
Iof the advantages they afford trade oI
commerce. The Antoeci live under thu
same meridian but on opposite parallels
1.-THE Perioeci live on the same parallels
but under opposite mcridians.
The cold air in the stove and chime,
being heavier than the smoke forces ]
Iout The front and sides of the stove, bu
Iwhen the heat increases il expands, III,
.lheavy air In the chimney thus allowing
1.-THE smoke an exit.
II Fratcr Mes. In nominc meo habco a
lM., VI suprs, itaquc parcc mco.