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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-17
WIND or THE WINTERS NIGHT


wind OF the Winter night whence contest
And whittier. OH whittier. art wandering
now?
Sad. sad is thy voice on the desolate moor.
And mournfulioh monrnful, thy howl at my
door
SAY, where hast thou been on thy cloud
Say. what hast thou seen on thy roamings
What sorrow impels thee. thou boisterous
blast,
Thus 20 mourn and complain. as thou jour
neyest pasty'
" have been whore the snow on the chill
mountain peak
Would have frozen the blood in the ruddiest
cheek,
nd for many a dismal and desolate day.
y o beam OF my sunshine has frightened my
way.
II have come from the deep where the storm
spr eads havoc and death on its pitiless path
VIII ere the pillows arose. as the lighfnings
An d twisted their arms in the -colored
sky.
And saw fraiI vessel all torn by the wave
Drawn down, with her crew, 10 fathomless
An d heard the loud crack OF her keel as
And the nap Of her sail ana the crack OF her
mast
But il smote on my ear like the tocsin Of
As she struggled and strovc with the waters
for breath,
It's her requiem tune Is howl through the
sky
And repent OF the fury that caused her to
die"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-17

some some reckon reckon sSsr 1zs 81 81 s ss
hut some tell their days by the now Of their
And sheif life BY the means Of their heart
The dials OF earth may show
The length not the depth OF years,
rev or many they come-feM OF many they
But our time Is best measured BY tears.
All not BY the silvery gray
That crecps through the sunny hair.
And not BY the scenes that We pass on our
Ana not BY the burrows the finger OF care
Onthe forehead and face have made
Not so do we count our years.
Not BY the sun OF the earth-but the shade
81 our souls, and tho fall OF our tears.
For the young are ofttimes old,
Though their brow be bright and fair:
while their blood beats warm their heartlies
o'er. them the spring sime-but winter is
And the old are Outlines young,
When their hair il thin and white;
And they sing In age as in youth they sung.
And they laugh. for their cross was light
But bead by bead Itell
The rosary of my years,
From a cross TO cross they lead-'tis well,
And they're blessed with a blessing of tears.
Better day of strife
Than century of sleep,
Give me instead of a long stream of life.
The tempest and tears OF the deep.
A thousand Joys may foam
On the pillows of all the years.
But never the foam brings the bark back
II reaches the haven through tears.
-Fafher Ryan.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-17

= assure you, my dear boy, am ex
tremely sorry TO appear unkind in thi:
matter; but, believe me, am acting
for the BEST
:" But surely may see Rosie as US.
ualPr / asked.
= am afraid not replied Mr.. Tenn
pie. 1T would be very injudicious,
You are both too young and too ro-
mantle At present. Besides, your
means are utterly inadequate to main
tain wife,
.May I not bid Rosie goodbye,
thenp" l persisted. "One more meet
ing can not hurt either Of u.s."
Rosie is not at home,'' replied her
father. gently, almost alphabetically,
as he shook me by the hand. .Sie
went to stay with some friends yester-
day. Good night; and hope for better
days"
"Good night" replied. II sup
pose you don't mean 70 be unkind, Mr..
Temple; but you have made me very
miserable
my dear young FRIEND" he replied,
putting his hand kindly on my shoulder.
"were you in position to maintain a
wife, would sanction your engage
ment in time; but now, such course.
though painful for US all, Is the only
one Mrs. Temple and I can in Justice
adopt. We shall be pleased to see YOU
again after our return from the Cont
nent. Good night"
made no reply--indeed could not
have spoken just then. My throat was
9 hoked with tears, and big drops welled
slowly from my eyes as walked away
across the open space facing the house.
This was TO be the termination Of our en-
gagcment, then! Rosie Temple and |
had fiattered ourselves that series OF
dances, picnics and charade parties.
with a very good knowledge OF lawn
tennis and croquet, constituted house
keeping. We had only $500 year be-
tween Us, and dear Rose spent f4O al
least on her dress annually. She had
lately been very economical in the mat
ter Of gloves, and had made herself 4
bonnet which was in every sense becom-
ing; still, we were not much nearer TO
matrimony then; and now
so pursued my way across the CON-
mon, and ! do not mind confessing that
4 shed tears A. l walked in that dark
evening beneath the trees and into the
gloomy and desolate high road, caring
for nothing and for nobody except
Rosie, my pretty, piquante Rose; won I
dering whittier she had gone. Was Il
not pardonable subterfuge on the part
Of Mr.. Temple to induce me to leave the |
neighborhoodP
Al that time I had, unfortunately, no
occupation. had been clerk in 4
clearinghouse. but the :. bad times . 4
had necessitated change in the " staff, y
and l was one Of those sent away al A
months notice and . months salary. 4
True, j had small income derivabIe
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-17

We once knew man who was al
ways praising his wife. On the corner,
down the street, ut the Post-ofiice, at the
race-track, in the skating-rink, at the
theater, in the sal--that is, at the choir
meeting, he was always telling what q
happy man he was, just because he had
such splendid wife, and he talked ev
cry man he met into perfect frenzy Of
envy about her. Well, one winter
morning when it was not yet too light
TO make one appear overly ostentatious,
we sneaked into that neighbours yard 70
steal a fence-board for kindling, and had
to wait before we could safely obtain il
until that mans wife came out and saw
ed couple Of armfuls OF wood, shovel
ed out three ow-paths, fed and groom
ed the horse, and cleaned out the cow
shed, and then when she went into the
house and we heard her call 10 her hus-
band that the sitting-room was warm
enough for him to dress in II he wanted
TO get up now, we were so amazed that
we forgot what we we're waiting for,
and went back and kindled the fire with
a corn-cob and pint Of kerosene. Err
change.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-17

The largest locomotive ever construct
ed IN this country was brought here last
Friday by the Pittsburg, Fort Wavne 4
Chicago Railroad. This monster il on
its way to the West, and will be used on
the New Mexico 4 Southern Pacific
Branch OF the Atchison, Topeka 4
Santa Fe Railroad, and is especially in
tended to work on long, heavy grade
at point on the Rocky Mountains. II
is ten-wheel tank engine OF CONSOLE
dated pattern, having eight driving
wheels, and pony (two-wheeD truck.
The cylinders measure 20 by 20 inches,
and the driving wheels are but AZ inches
diameter. The boiler il enormous. be-
ing straight, So inches diameter. II has
2l3 tubes, each over i feet long A wa
ter tank, almost the entire length Of the
boiler, rests on top Of the engine, and
when filled with water will add consid-
erably TO the weight. The fire-box i
ten feet long. The truck-wheels are
thirty inches in diameter, and are of pa
per, with steel tires, similar to those
now being used so extensively under the
Pullman sleeping cars and on the Metro.
politan Elevated Railroad, New York.
The engine, when in working order,
will weigh $4,000 pounds. The great
weight and size of the boiler and the
small driving-wheels combined form a
tremendous power, well suited to the
work the engine has TO perform. The
eight driving-wheels are merely to dis
tribute the weight, for If it rested on but
four no track ever laid could stand the
pressure. The weight is so great that
the Western railroads over which it
must pass will not permit it to 60 over
bridges, so II will have TO be taken TO
pieces and carried over in sections. II
passed over the Pennsylvania Railroad
without being dismantled. Chicago
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-17

A great many columns have been
written concerning topographic errors.
and many Of the instances sound so wit.
~ or SO stupid that IL seems as IL they
must be rather inventions than actual
happenings. But we never saw ono
cited so unlikely that we couldn't re-.
member its match. Once we wrote that
II was I" like evoking the shadow Of a
shade " to quote forgotten writer's. The
phrase appeared In print thus Like
cooking the shadow Of shad.n The
printer had, in burlesquing the senti-
ment, actually preserved and intensi-
fled il in most striking image Of unsub-
stantiality. At Another time we had the
proverbial opinion of Rosalind, ssMe,
have died and worms have eaten them
but not for love-" The printer may
have been misogynist; at all events
he substituted women "for "worms.m
There are Shakespeare emendaiions not
much better than that, perhaps. In one
of the country weeklies there was re-
Gently an account Of the presentation
to some one of Bible sbound IN
guilt" In n discussion one spoke Of
g the divine totality of being" II was
reported as sthe sublime brutality
Of feeling" This may have
been the reporters errors but not
so when Methodist College President
spoke OF sin as IN dark, guilty. damn
ing fact, y and found il published as "a
dark. quietly dawning fact and de.
scribing the death Of Jesus as s.vicari-
ous,' saw 1t in print "vivacious. This
was in very religious paper, and an.
other into an eloquent hymn admitted
this questionable temperance sentiment:
81 praise The STILL" Sometimes these
things are so funny that the writer cant
be as angry as he would like, but still
that Virginian editor must have been
'.hopping mad" when his powerful
leader wound up with Courage, tillers
Of the land! and forget, in the excite
ment OF politics, your pantry and your
nursery" lie had written sspovertyu
and 'misery." And how must Astron-
omer Proctor have felt when, having
written of "lines, bands and stri:r near
he violet end of the spectral he was
as seeing 'slinks, bonds and
stripes for the violent kind Of specters?r
Perhaps, as II he had had peep into
spiritual lunatic which must
% necessary enough, if the mediums
nave got the rights of it, to store Diak-
sas in.-Springfeld Mss. } Republican.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-17

London exults over a rara auis in
the shape of Ia polyglot elocutionist. A
young Portuguese lady, by name Mile.
Antonini, Of good family in her ma
tive land, has been giving lately several
recitations in private drawing rooms.
She has . wonderful memory, and de-
claims in the purest accent in French,
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and En-
glish. The latter language she has
made her special study. Her Lady
Macbeth is said to be admirable in tone,
fire and passion. She has fine voice
and great facial expression.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-17

Il don't insist upon pedigree-for .
man or horse. II horse kan trot fast the
pedigree is all right; II he kant, !
wouldn't give shilling yard for his
pedigree. josh Billings.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-01-17

An English paper says that Ameri-
can-made lamps are more elegantly de-
signed and better finished than their
own.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19
A Novel Wedding Trip.

Or Tuesday last wedding party in
high life came off at Carpenters, this
county. Why it may be termed a we'd
ding in high life is because it occurred
on the top of high mountain directly
opposite the station. After the wedding
ceremony was performed, the newly
married couple made q novel start in
life. From the top of the steep mount
ain they concluded to go to the station
in hand-sleG. The time for starting
came, and their friends, after fixing
them and their baggage solidly on the
sled, gave the sled push, and away
they went, shooting over the ground at
the rate of forty miles az hour. Half
way down they turned a sharp curve,
when to their horror they discovered q
span of mules not far distant coming
mp the mountain. They saw at glance
that there was not room enough to pass
those mules, and that the mules would
not have time enough to get out of the
way. And, what made matters worse,
there was a high embankment to the
road. However, they did not hesitate
as to what was to be done, for stop they
couldn't, and to strike in among the
legs of those mules they we'll knew that
that was to get kicked out of this world
at once. John, the husband, of course,
was pilot of the sled, and, bracing him
self to meet the rapidly-approaching
trouble, he exclaimed:
Now, Maria, as you swore this morn
ing to cling to me until death, l would
advise you to give extra fastenings to
your arms around my waist, for over
the banks we must CO."
"Let her slide, John, I'm praying
for both of usl" replied the faithful
wife.
And John did let her slide, by bravely
turning the sled to one side and letting
it shoot over an embapkment, down q
distance of twenty feet, into the snow
below, carrying with it the bride, groom
and carpet-bags in one promiscuous
heap. Fortunately the snow was deeI
enough to break the force of the fall
and nothing serious, save the smashing
of Johns new high hat, followed. Suf
fee to say, that the wedding party
gathered themselves together again in q
little while, and resumed their bridal
"trip, John occasionally pulling off his
tile to see if any improvement could be
made in its appearance, his only words
of censure being, IF you had allowed
that hat to fly, my darling, it would
have taken care Of itself."- Williams
port (Pa) Bulletin.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19

A boy of 13 and girl Of IL ran away
together from South Framingham,
Mass, to Lowell. Their escapade was
telegraphed to the Lowell police as an
elopement, and they we're arrested; but
the little fellow Indignantly repelIed
any aspersion on his companion, and
proved that he had taken her from her
home, where she was discontented, to
find her a better one. A slightly older
pair, aged II and IA, really did elope
from Cleveland, and were overtaken by
the boys mother and the girls father.
The girl behaved sentimentally, throw
ing herself on her lovers bosom, and
declaring that her entwining arms, but
not her heart, might be wrenched from
him. The boy. however, on feeling the
grip of his mothers hand on his shoul-
der, said II guess we'd better 60 home
with 'em, Jennie"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19

A GLOWING account is given of the
Improvement going on in Persia since
that country has been taken in hand by
Austrian aud Russian officers. A marked
change appears in Teheran. Nearly all
rich Persians now drive in European
vehicles; some have had built splendid
and great houses in European style; the
principal boulevards are lighted. But
the most important matter is that the
Shah is constructing good road from
Teheran through Kaswin, Zendshan and
Tauris to the Russian frontier at Dshulfs.
From Teheran to Kaswin is already
completed. The new Persian army is
being organized by the Austrian officers
in the Austrian manner. The organiza-
tion of the cavalry has been confided to
the Russian Colonel of Cossacks, Do
montowitch, aided by some other Rus
sian officers. The police is being organ
lied by an Austrian count who has been
appointed Chief Master of Police. The
police and gendarmes are to number
twenty-five thousand men. Two foreign
ers who wish to establish gas works at
Teheran arrived there some days ago.
A company for the purpose has been
formed, and counts the Persian Minis
ters of Foreign Affairs and of Posts
among its members. 2
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19

officers are tainted; and it is not true
that any women of respectability have
been found among the Nihilists. A
few miscreants have banded together
for plunder and murder; they have no
other programme. He says that the
Emperor is a man who deserves this
affection, for he is one of the kindest,
most unassuming, and lovable men in
the world. The family life of the i'm
perial household is model of domestic
happiness. So far from the Emperor
wishing to repress any movements for
progress in the government OF the
country, his feelings, his wishes, and
his desires are all the other way. The
history of his reign shows the man he is.
His liberation of the serfs, his desire
that the Bulgarians should have a rep
resentative Government, and his ex-
pressed wish to improve the condition
of the Russian people, and to give them,
ultimately, a representative Govern
ment, indicate his character as states
man.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19
the faults Of the women which dis
quslify for telegraphic service.

The spinners, manufacturers, and en-
ployers of labor in and around Hud-
ders6eld, Yorkshire, lately held large
meeting to discuss the operation and ef-
feet of the Factory Act of 1874, restor-
ing the hours of labor to fifty-six and
one-half week. Mr.. j. w. Brooke, a
great mill-owner, of family well-known
for efforts in behalf of the working
classes, contended that such immense
improvement had taken place in the
structural arrangement of woollen mills
as tended to neutralize the evils for
merly arising to health, and that sixty
hours would now be productive of harm.
1t was impossible for English manufac-
turers, working only fifty-six and one
half hours, to compete with Continental
manufacturers, working seventy-two.
Parliament is to be memorialized for a
repeal of the at.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19

HERE is an idea for some one of our
sharp merchants given to brilliant feats
of advertising: A merchant in Bangor,
Me-, many years ago, opened store in
one of the thriving towns in the north
ern part of that State, where he found
sale for a great many goods which had
become "out of fashion" Among other
articles sent to his country store were a
lot of pigskin caps, which. however,
proved too much for the genius of his
salesman, and they lay in stock long
time. One day the merchant visited
the town where his store was located,
and noticing the pigskin caps, inquired
If any had been sold. Not one," re-
sponded the salesman; "no one will
purchase them" Every WE'LL" said
the owner, "have them all taken to the
back part of the store, brushed up clean,
and put in the window next Monday
morning" On the ensuing Sunday the
merchant made his appearance at the
village church, dressed in best broad
cloth, with heavy gold watch chain
dangling from his vest, and pigskin
cap jauntily set on the side of his head.
On Monday the sale of the pigskin caps
commenced, and continued until the
whole lot was disposed off.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19
A WORD FOR RUSSIA.

The New York Mail says that the
United States Minister to Russia, Hon.
Edwin w. Stoughton, has just arrived
there from the country of despotism
and Nihilism, and expresses views on
the political condition Of that country
which tend to exonerate the Imperial
Government from blame in the recent
commotion, and throw considerable
doubt on the reports, which have been
generally credited in this country, con-
corning the wrongs of the people and
the patriotism of the Nihilists. Ra-
tional men have long since come to the
conclusion that no faith can be placed
in reports from Russia, because it seems
impossible for any man who sets foot in
that country to see more than one side
of its political life, and lovers of the
liberty of men have taken stand against
the despotism which is inherent in
the Russian Government, without
having the means to fully satisfy them
selves whether it is the form of rule OF
the antagonism of the Nihilists that is
all mistake. Mr.. Slough ton, how.
ever, has had extraordinary means of
observing matters. and his view il
worthy of special respect.
He says that not only are the reports
of the troubles grossly exaggerated, but
nearly every material statement made
about them is absolutely false. St
Petersburg is as tranquil as New York
1t is great error to suppose that the
Nihilists are numerous, or have any ex
tensive organization it is not true tha
the Russian people are deeply infected
with Nihilism; it is not true that whole
troops Of students have been arrested
by the police and sent off to Siberia o
tortured in dungeons; it is not true tha
whole regiments of the army, with thei
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19

PROFESSOR KING is busily engaged in
preparing for his balloon voyage across
the Atlantic. He will proceed on a
theory different from that of Donald
son, whose idea was to ascend or de-
scend and take advantage of favoring
currents. Professor King, on the other
hand, will try to cross in accordance
with the theory of the westerly current,
which prevails nearly all summer. He
will carry just enough drag rope
never to be cut free from the surface,
and trust to the prevailing current to
take him across, even if he has to take
a month on the voyage. He intends to
find out with as much exactness as he
can just how much rope he must carry
to prevent the balloon from lifting the
whole of it out the water at any time,
and yet not enough ever to pull him
down to the surface of the water.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19
l,loviur Chickens.

Fl. D. Thoreau, says writer in the
Boston Herald, was once called upon
by Mrs. r. w. Emerson, whose flower
garden was being scratched up by the
hens, to help devise some plan to pre-
vent further damage. After consider
alton of ways and means, Mrs. Emerson
hit upon the expedient of putting linen
gloves upon the feet of the galhnaceous
Vandals. Taoreau, who had keen sense
of humor, r, se.ined the laughter which
was nearly ch> ling him, and graveiy,
under Mrs. Emerson's direction, band
aged the claws of the assembled barn
yard in stout linen cloth. For an hour
or so the fowls did no harm, and the
Emerson household was greatly pleased.
Finally there was heard an exultant
crow. The rooster had scratched
through his bandages and was triumph
ing over his exploit. The hens followed
suit, and Mrs. Emerson was reduced to
despair, while Thoreau went to the
woods, where he could let his laughter
have vent.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-19

tract, and that bonds issued since 1869 be
paid in misunderstanding, full legal
tender notes declare in favor of the free
coinage of silver on the same terms as gold; ;
demsnd the repeal of the Resumption Act,
and denounce the locking up of coin in the
Treasury; regard the system of contraction
of the currency pursued since 1866 subver.
sive of the interests of the people, and
leading to bankruptcy and paralysis of
business; and declare that the proper
money circulation of the country should be
steadily increased to keep pace with the
growth of the country and wants of trade.