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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-09

a - 80. 4
ro.a oe'oEe ne; .s-..
I'm: now ietn:r iauxned q. tnat'
Why; nsssy; ;,h he '.'d s,, there sss ney :,
cr Wa = near WIN 3 wnite iace' AZ
!vns only Mrs Cralgs black sheep; you
NOV .na, nas .n'.e 'sso.
put NOV y wv oens P9r
s,stsos sno Z. ~ 5'kns uo"n jus' 'ke
Sar'o: snu "atcnesl ne out ~ s.knI
Wen, sa'd iatner' pose !
must ~ Win !ou nnu see aoon' ~ ~
sues: YOU n nne y W.. notn'hS ous .
sneep' ana ne laughed AGAIN. saiu
no'nin&' put tooA MS manu- anu W. went
oack 70 me road
well sara iatner - vs. came 70
signt ~ we cnurn SUI s'anuing "nere
! naa ~. y; wen, nes.y, snsre = your
cnufn' nut wnere your Dear
80 don't know where he j. now; but
ne So ~ Inc ROAD tne o'ner size ~ tnc
cnurn wnen ! ran on, answered. ~,
ra'her went UP - tne cnu1n; s.'''
holding my hand. ana: stopping down:
looked ~ the ground. when ne got
up. he was not laughing. but ne held
my hand tighter than before: a nc
said a bear sure enough ana o'g
one too' why. betty' cmiui Wncre
were your eyes that you didn see MN
beiore:
Nny' De came out OF Inc pusness
lsa'n.
rather looked at me tracks again.
Wen. he's gone on INTO the WOODS
now, ana guess you ana \ had netter
carry TINS churn home, and then iiisee
you SAFE back 20 mother:
$50 ne picked up the churn. ana.
SIN holding me tightly ~ the hand' We
Went On 20 MIS- Craigs
WY Mr.. Sross' crieu MIS-. Sra'S
Is she saw rs, did YOU leave your
work % BRING that home> now. tnat
TOO Dad ithougnt one the cniiuren
couin 20 y. or ! shouldn ! nave saiu =
word about is being brought nome TINS
mornin'
Then father nad 20 tell her about
the bear and finished Dy saving 'ane
was 80 frightened tnat sne really thought
y had white iacc'
"Weii, y dsa have white face'
crleu:
Mrs. craig laughed. ~ uon Won
ger you tho1ght 90 enid snc SAID
why, y scares me 70 tnink q u
Then father went nome WITH me-
and mother was frightened enough
when she heard the Story shan
dare 70 let one q you children out "a
my sight again. she sad; but she. 100.
laughed little over the white face
suppose must have been Lutte cross
about this; anyway. father told me not
70 say again that y had white lace
and mother told me 70 60 and lie down
little while, and 4 didn dare 70 as
obey either "a them; 80 went ana lay
down on my trundIe-bed' and cried 2
little, but kept saying 70 myself: IL
did have white face. ! know y did,
We'll, i was not long before every
body IN town knew that Betty Cross
had come pretty near being eaten BY
bear, and was 50 frightened that she
thought u had white race; ana q
course everybod laughed ~ that.
didn't Say anything. but ! knew ! wa
right; and On, how ! did hope some
body would Kill the bear ana then others
would know ! was right
We'll, one day my eldest orotner
came home from the MILL where ne
had been % have some corn ground
lie was greatly excited. and as soon AZ
ne came into the house ne exclaimed;
Wen, tfetty I'D the rignt on me
bear uid nave = whi'e lace. I've ju-t
seen Burns VINO lives inc otner side q
tne river' anu ~ ~" tne 1ear' ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-09

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James report:
~ ,o<., exn~ndIturcs durinx he fiscal |
49, ,...- =, 49, -. "a ~ -o<- |
year ena<o '"'e 2 II y. - se- y, s,'r-~.
80; total revenues, - 80 ,s'-vs' r>
u expenditures. <4i05, 135. -; other dem
~. "A ,ccount u sbad debss,' ana scom-
~~.-.t..,, ....,,,s. III. nj os-n, skin~ ina |
fse s.,.--.- y, -, ~ 80
to(A excess 81 e1Po"...~c's <~'~~
The number OF Posta<e-stsmp<s po.tai-
cards, stamped envelopes etc. issued dur
s..r 49, x>ar was 15u3IlH2 amounting
s W "a. ~. ". ~ .-,,.., t,,.,
~ value ~ s,.. '---.'..'--. $500 ~ go
value uufinktne PREVIOUS nsc@i fcAx ~ 49,
0c7 ,3i24t-
The total amount Of postage collected dur
a. NJ xear 81 newspaper. ana periodical
~ --..,-- -...---.,..-- ~.--. r..~.-,
mailed p rku-x su'scI'psrs rom now
Offices q publication and from news agen-
cics af two cents Der pound. WAS q, 500, 018-
~ ~ Increase AZ <172. 1o6. az. or \ little over
= cs-s
~
The weight % second -class matter mailed
Was C,o52, ~ pounds, or 3i.956 tonA The
number Of posfoffIces A which the matter
,r.. nailed 49, Z 81 y. ,rcre... "a 90 oVer
-..-.,.~- 49, ~ -.--..--. ~---
- non'eE ~ NJ previous yeax'
~ careful REX oninr based uoon a. actual
-cr,, =. ~ n s~s~v 800 c,,,rs =, ~. 1I,,,.
eoun' "-.e y. etct! Post'o"os 1ntno init
ed States during the hrst week IN Deem
Der, 1850. Il has been ascertained that the
whole number OF letters mailed In this
-n,,,,r, ~, n. 800 H..>t 49, 80 ! ga
- 49, - 80 49,. n 80. -so-,'-
lo',sS me number reacnlnk tne De4a'
Letter Once during the same period was
s,ssa.e2l. or one IN every SIS. The total
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-12-09
THE C0uNTRymAn
y III
Weather Signal 01lco

Mr.. jeremiah Toadvine. or tho rural
Idi<trici, brought letter ~ intr0dnc-
- ton % the United rlaie< Signal ON
or. and ~ thc latter gentleman WAS
shown the beautiful scientific instru-
y ments for measuring and Determining
The various changes and conditions
/ Ioffhc weather. Pointing 10 tile stand
II ard thermometer he explained % Nr.
Il r. the uses Of the heat gauge. where
II upon Nr. n. anxiou<Iy inquired II he
n hadn't nnfhcr I'm 70 spare--sich :
II Inice mtrhinc 10 <of the weather In
II Ihayin and harvest time" His inspcc-
II Itl0n III the neroInticr ~ wind mcasurcf
II |cvokel the expression: -uouldnt
she be the racket 10 run the wind
ImIil with" Tho barometer was
II lone too many for Toadyinc. and. look
II ling qneerly 81 u1c Official. - II he
we're utterly nonplussed and hank
|rupt OF words, said: Friend. did You
abrurineSs Of The question surprised
I|Ithe officer. who replied. " No--ncycr."
Il" Vhatn-- Evidently rccollcctlnx
|IIhimsclf. Mr.. 7. stopped on the ragged
ledge Of the thrta1bArc remark. and
|said: II only wanted 70 know. for II
I|this trap lp0inting - tho hnrometer)
IIshowx tie good an bad weather rf0ro
lis time. II would Be bully trap for
people with rcumAtIs; they could
hank Il every time. Up my country
whcn folks has II they use 81. JAccnS
Hon. an lisa powerful Argument agin
rcnmaiis-it'e The upper dorx n ne
Hight every time With thanks for
II|the unexpected information. the on
cisl politely turned Mr.. Ioadvino
Hover 10 the usher % show him 70 the
|strcct car. while he. looking over his
II|papcr. rcad: Mrs. r. A. Gist, No.
Hi ixl Walnut street. Philadelphia. Pa
|I|writcs: had ininmmatory rhcuma-
III tism very badly. Inonc fnot and ankle
III seemed - have taken hold with the
I|dcfcrmination 70 stay. and she morn
Hing 1 Obtained the IT. lkcoDs OIL
conld not put my foot down 70 the
|i'oor. even for an instant ! used Il
I|thnt evening for the firstt time. and the
I|ncxf morning for the second time,
Hand thst afternoon put my loot down
for several minuieS. On the Sunday
following I could stand up and walk
4 few steps. on Tuesday could walk
about my room and went down stairs
~ holding on 10 the Lanisters. Now
"A 1 can walk quite well and there u
very little pain len. Just think! one
bottle snd 4 half and am almost FREQ
q from pain, Itisavondcrfnl medicine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-22
ALucky Parson.

The Rev. DR.. N. w. Conkling, pas
tor of the Rutgers Presbyterian Church,
New York City, has recently arrived in
San Francisco to enjoy season of rest
and recreation. His lines seem to have
fallen in unusually pleasant places. After
. very successful pastorate in the Arch
Street Church, Philadephia, hewas called,
twelve years ago, to the Rutger Street
Church, where he at once became i'm
mensely popular not only with his own
congregation, but with other den0mina-
tons. A wealthy Episcopalian widow,
who became interested in his preaching.
has been very bountiful to him and his
family. She sent him, his wife, and
daughter to Europe, paying all the ex-
penses of the trip. On his return he
found that she had bought and fur
nished mansion for him at q cost of
go, 600, and not content with that, she
Mrs. Conkling, who is said to
be not one bit jealous, 800, 600 in Gov.
bonds.-San Francisco Chros.
icle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-22
SINGING.

Singing from the mountain spring.
As it gurgles over;
through the neither and the ling,
through the grass and clover;
singing, laughing all the day;
Laughing, singing all the way.
Singing through the leafy dells,
Where the shadows linger,
AND the wild Covers ring their bells
To the merry singer;
Rippling, lang ing all the while,
singing, ripping, al a-smile.
Singing round the messy stone,
Meath the hazel bushes;
Singing when it's NJ. alone,
Stealing through tue rushes,
Happy as the day l. long,
Never speaking but in song.
Singing at the mornings dawn,
when the dayis breaking;
Singing when the lights Withdrawn,
And the stars are waking;
Watching, singing. through the night,
Singing, waiting for the light.
Singing in the April days,
When the clouds are weeping;
Singing through the summer haze,
When the men are reaping;
Singing through the Autumn's chill.
Through the winter singing still.
so, my soul, wake up the song,
Yield not to repining;
Clouds can never hnger long
See their silver lining!
Sing on, sing on, all the way;
Sing on till the break of day!
Good Words.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-22

The book of Job is said to be the old
est in the Old Testament collection, and
bears reading even by followers of Inger-
soil, for the beauty of its poetry and the
consolation of its philosophy. One can
not but recall it to, mind in relation to the
Affections of one of the most amiable
and at one time one of the happiest and
most prosperous of our fellow-citizens-
the poet, John G. SAKE. Misfortune
has fairly rained down upon him.
Light-hearted, free, generous and kind
~, he was the life and soul of his social
circle. His poems fairly efervesce with
good spirits and kindly humor; his con-
versatiOn was not only an intellectual
stimulous, but moral medicine for the
blues. He seemed to exhale content
ment and ight-heartedness and to infect
all who met him with his own delightful
humor, and made the man of cares for.
get his burden and Danish sickness and
sorrow from the suffering. Like lob,
he had a family over whom he watched
even as did the kindly, trusting philoso-
pher of the Oriental tale, who, "when
the days of their feasting were gone
about, rose up early in the morning and
offered burnt offerings according to the
number of them all; for Job said: 1T
may be that my sons have sinned, and
cursed God in their hearts, Thus did
Job, continually" Of this happy fam
lily but one son remains. Two daugh-
tiers were carried away recently by con-
sumption; year ago his wife died, and
this additional blow seemed to madden
him with anguish. He was at Albany
yesterday, and yesterday his son, John
I. SAKE, one of the two survivors of the
family, was found dead in his bed from
hemorrhage of the lungs. This crown
ing blow has probably come too late to
crush the poet, for he is said himself to
be in such condition that his recovery
is scarcely expected. Such a case as
this appeals to the sense of Justice in
every human mind and the stupendous
question of compensation in another life.
1t is incOnceivable that absolute Justice.
one of the attributes of the deity, can
delight in affecting his creatures as Door
SAKE has been afflicted without making
The Oriental parable Of
Job tells US that God rewarded him for
his patience, and that after one hundred
and forty years of additional life he died,
being old and full of days, seeing his
sons and his sons sons, even four gene
rations. Such was an early conception
II compensation, when another life be-
7ond the grave had not been taught as
among the blessings given to men. But
What compensation would it he to John
}. SAKE to live another life and see an
'ther family arise around him? The
'gony of loss would still remain. In
UGH case as this, consolation can be
,iven only by the teachings of religion
md the hope that in an eternity of union
Without pain the sufferings of this life
vil be forgotten.-Brooklyn IN. ~
Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-22
A Musical Tragedy.

Several musical composers hav,
turned their attention of late to Eastern
tragedies. The Musical Herald gives .
short musical story in ridicule of the new
style. After representing rival lovers il
the usual way, the story concludes:
"Ha!" interrupted the tenor; SHE
always plays the same thing, and always
without notes. I doubt if he can play
anything at sight,
81 can play any composition at sight,
even with one eye closed" responded
the proud pianist.
cit is WE'LL" sneered the tenor. 81
have here with me a new composition OF
my own, Nihilistic symphony in seven
movements. You will observe that il
begins pppp and continues very softly
until this chord "a diminished seven
teenth), which is to be struck Hff. Do
you think you can give the sudden eli.
MAXI"
81 have force enough for two more
rs if you wish them," calmly replied
the pianist, as he sat down before the
instrument.
He began very softly, so softly that
one might have heard a pin drop. Minks
sat beside him in ecstasy, although very
little of the sound was audible. The
fatal diminished seventeenth chord ap-
preached. 1t came. Swooping his
arms wildly in the air, he let them crash
down upon the piano-BANG!!!i!
The fragments of the two lovers
spread over three counties. The tenor,
who had fled, had smeared dynamite
upon the keys, and achieved his re-
venge. He was never heard of more.
By order of the benevolent Car, the re-
mains were carefully swept up; but as
they could not be assorted with Ger.
tainty, they were buried in one grave,
where they still remain, a fearful testi-
mony to the singers revenge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-22

that It may not be SOY there must be q
gaseous zone somewhere between . solid
center and . solid circumference. Fd.
CHS descensss aus,ni Is proverbially
treated as . truism. But II the classic
authors are to be our guides, and If in the
center OF our planet Acherotian shades
and Elysian fields are to be localized,
there will be found practical difficulties
OF access which might well discourage
even 80 substantial q parsonage IS .
ghost. Nor can the all-powerful imag-
nation accomplish the descent with any
approach to ease. The distance we may
suppose to be nearly 1890 miles; but
along line of this length connecting
the surface of the earth with its center,
we may safely assume that conditions
would vary greatly, and, since heat and
pressure have to be balanced one against
the other. probably by no means uni
formly. We can measure the power Of
pressure upon the surface, but in the
neither depths its power is in part open
to conjecture, nor can we say how soon
we may reach debatable zone, at which
the expansiveness of heat may overcome
the compressive force of gravitation.
Nor, again, could we venture to expect to
find that zone itself always at uniform
depth. Here and there it seems to ap-
proach the surface. The volcano is ma
lures safety valve, and the cavernous
rumble of the earthquake warns US that
there are imprisoned gases beneath our
feet which pressure but imperfectly pre-
vents from escaping. Upon other ground,
also, it is quite evident that our expert
ence, limited as it is to the surface Of the
earth, may tend to mislead us in regard
to what lies beneath the surface; for II
pressure increased uniformly with depth,
the average density of the earth would
be much greater than what, upon astro-
nomical data, we know it to be. The
earth, as q whole, is about five and q
half times as heavy as it would be if it
were entirely composed of water; or,
technically expressed, the density of
water is one, and the mean density of
the globe is five and half. But five
and a half is only about double the dens-
ity OF rock matter upon the surface;
whereas, if nothing but steadily increas-
ing pressure be supposed, it would vast
ly exceed this. There is, therefore, only
one possible explanation. Heat, intense
heat, somewhere or other, overcomes
pressure. and converts everything into
gas; and if it were in our power to try
experiments, and to feed the subterran-
can crucible with the most intractible
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., fre-proof safes,
Or what we will-an would there share
the same fate-instant evanescence.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-22

1t is claimed in Arizona that dops
do not run mad there, and that sunstroEe
is unknown. A paper printed in that
Territory desires to have this claim
''made known to al the earth, !" to the
end that all who are in fear of rabid
dogs and the suns heat NAV find q
place Of refuge there
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-22
Inside the Earth.

That the interior of the earth is the
seat of intense heat is q familiar truth,
Volcanic phenomena give us ocular dem
stration of it. Mining experiences,
moreover, have furnished us with an al.
most uniform rate at which the heat in
creases, and this is generally computed
to be about one degree Fahrenheit for
every ffty-ive feet of descent. But
mining experiences are necessarily very
limited. The deepest mine in England,
that of the Rosebridge colliery, near
Wigan, takes US down only 2,445 feet
and to temperature not much exceed
ing 80 degrees Fahrenheit. It is hot
enough to make the work exceedingly
trying tothe miners, but that is all. This,
however, is $50 to speak, scarcely ira
versing the earth's epidermis. But If
we may assume q uniform increase of
heat in descending, the temperature at
q depth of fifty miles may be expressed
in figures at $500 degrees Fahrenheit.
In other words, at less than an eighth
of the distance which lies between the
circumference of the earth and its CEN
ter, the heat would be about TWENTY-FIVE
times the heat of boiling water at the
sea-level. Proportionate figures might,
OF course, express the heat at greater
depths still. but figures fail to convey any
idea to the mind of that which must
necessarily transcend all imagination.
Suffice it to say, that in . descending
series we must eventually come to heat
20 great that no substance with which
We are acquainted could, under any con-
ditions which we can imagine, exist in it |
In either solid or fluid form. And we
oonclupe, therefore, that Il the earth's
center be not itself In . gaseous condi-
Hon (and there i every reason to think |
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-22


ever, he came, and came unexpectedly,
to find her in field surrounded by a
group of children, crowned, as they
were, with coronet of ripe grains and
straws, bearing strong resemblance to
the head-dresses of Madge Wildfre, and
tossing together with them the hay
cocks of the aftermath, in which they
had been tumbling. He stood looking
on in naughty disapproval. As soon as
she could she disengaged herself from
the little people, and from her harvest
crown, and came to his side.
I" 1 wonder you could leave such COM
partnership for mine at ALL" said he,
stifhy, for greeting.
"Why, Vincent, certainly" she be-
gan, falteringly and with changing
color.
Certainly what?" he asked.
1T is their holiday" she said, taking
courage from his rudeness. 'sAnd you
would not wish to deprive them of it
and they are 80 used to me, it would not
seem holiday without me.o
GAS much child as they. Are you
never going to be q woman?''
I" l feel already like an old one when
you speak to me So"
He softened little at that. LsThe
fact is" he said, that you ought to 20
away. You ought to see the world. nv
mother must take you to New York this
winter, and to Newport for a fortnight,
now before it is too late, and you might
earn how it is that other women con-
1uct-women that know how to play
heir part in the world, which you cor. !
'ainly have not yet learned, and which
t seems as if you never would. Do you
hink shall have any pleasure in mar
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-07-22


that Mr.. Rivers had held, and they went
out on the piazza, and she passed with
in yard of him, without seeing him,
without dreaming of the eager, pallid
face, without seeing the quick move
ment, the half -outstretched hand, as un-
concerned, lifting the spotless laces of
her train, as if he were q waiter stand
ing there, and passing on into the moon
light, in the snowy futter of her dra-
perry and the soft white down of her
mantle, q vision of maidenly grace al
most too lovely to be real. No sleep
visited his pillow that night; the vision
hung before his eyes; he heard, as one
hears bell in the ears, the warm. rich
tones, the low, sweet laugh, in which
she seemed to be rehearsing the scenes
OF q life with which he had nothing to
of q summer in France at the
old chateau of the Beaurepaires, famous
in song and story.
As soon as he dared he sent his card
to Mrs. Rivers's parlor, and having
tipped the servant, followed him boldly
up.
Maurice? Mauricep'' he heard Mrs.
Francis Rivers say, holding his card, the
door ajar. Put down your book, Kate.
Do you know anybody of the name
Mr.. Vincent Mauricep''
"Mr. Vincent Maurice? Oh YES"
same the musical tones again. 81 used
% know him very well. We were great
friends once. To tell you the truth,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-04-21

Columbia river, distant eight hundred feet in
westerly direction from the south. eastern
corner of the ChenOwcth Donation Claim and
running thence In an easterly direction along
said low water line to point where 1t is in
tersected by the eastern boundary of said claim
continued to low water line; thence north
westerly following said eastern boundary
line one hundred feet; thence westerly and
following high water line to point distant
one hundred feet north west of place OF be-
ginning; thence south. east one hundred feet
to place of beginning, all being in Section IA,
Town north, Range east Also commenc
ing where high water line of Columbia river
intersects the eastern boundary OF the above
described tract of land and running north
"A degrees east $50 feet; thence north 81 deg.
30 min. east 800 feet, thence north 40 degrees
east 1900 feet; thence north 10 deg. east 500
feet; thence north 81 deg 30 min. east HOO
feet thence north deg east $50 feet; thence
north 81 deg. west $50 feet thence north 10
deg. west go feet; thence north % deg. west
$50 feet to post marked \, placed on the
north eastern end of the uppermost OF two
small islands at the head OF the Cascades;
tract of land 40 feet in width along the above
described lines wiz: 20 feet on each side of
the lines); also commencing ut point dis
tant 100 feet in direction of north 20 deg.
east from the post marked X above referred
to and running south 45 deg. east 4SO feet;
thence south 20 deg west $50 feet; thence
north 45 deg. west 600 feet; thence north 20
deg. east $50 feet; thence south As deg. east
120 feet to the place Of beginning.
1t being understood that whenever the
land above described approaches SO nearly to
the railroad now owned and used by the Cas-
cade Railroad Company that the railroad
of said Portage Railway Company could not
be laid thereon without interfering with said
present railroad track of said Cascade Rail-
road Company or with its use, then the Cen.
ter line Of said 40 foot strip shall defect to-
wards the Columbia river leaving and return
ing to the line specified by suitable curves.
And reference is hereby made to said petit
ton for more full and particular description
of said lands and of the uses for which the
same is sought to be appropriated.
The object Of said petition is to cause the
damages which the owners of said lands will
sustain by reason of the appropriation of the
same as aforesaid, to be determined and as
sessed as by law provided.
JOSEPH GOODHART,
Justice of the Peace in and for
the county of Skamania.