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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-15
Our Young Readers.



Tho mcadow-hrooks arc full. and busy
Getting Winter On % scn:
His trunks or ice. an packed and ready,
Arc standing under every true.
His overcoatS well aired ana shaken.
Arr dangling from each dripping bouxh'
For DC has stayed I'll o~ycrtuken.
And spring 4 right upon him now!
yc~, hurry up. old Winter. hurryi
Sometime. we hopc you'll come again;
hut here II Spring, IN such 4 Hurry.
keeping back her stores u raint
Ycs, eood-by. good-hy. old fellowi
With your coastlnx, skating. fun;
Brine some more b. next December.
When tho summer days arr dome
What's the matter. pretty spring~timo?
Always wccpinr1 some would say
o are ycxcd. M Old Winter
Always fingers IN your way.
Well. he's on, The brooks have startcdi
Now the birds can come and sing.
SO welcome 20 the happ,~heartcd.
Laughing. budding, genial spring!
Mrs. >. G. Stone, ~ Iottl's CJmpdaion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-15

The Presidential term which ended
with the veto Of the Funding bill began
amid rumors Of civil strife. But for the
fat that the war Of secession was little
more than ten years behind us. and that
everybody who in 1876 had any part IN
the electoral controversy retained q
vivid remembrance Of is perils and
horrors, nobody a doubt that the in
auguration Of Hayes four years ago
would have been resisted even at tho
cost d war. In 1876. however. nobody
seriously thought Of fighting. and the
audacious and INSCRIPTIONS leaders Of
the Republican party took advantage Of
this temper Of the people % devise and
carry out . scheme o. fraud which has
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-15
Belief In Sp~IrItualIstic Phenomena 10
Evidence Of . Mans Insanity.

"A novel case was decided in the Chr
cago Circuit Court. the other day, in
which Judge Tuley held that proof that
q man believed in spiritualistic phe-
nomena was no evidence Of a mans
insanity or incapacity TO take care Of
his own affairs. The undue influence
in this case vas that exercised BY >
spiritualistic medium, Mrs. Chamber
lain. over Colonel II. w. II. Cushman.
now deceased. Cushman held . policy
in the Republic Life Insurance Compa-
nv for SO. 600. which his executor
claimed as an asset Of the estate. Mrs.
Chamberlain claimed il on an equitable
assignment. which the exccutor resisted
on the ground that At the time OF the
assignment Cushman was incapable Of
making a binding contract, owing TO
insanity caused BY spiritualism. II
was proved that for many years Cush-
man had been a firm believer in COM
m~unication with departed spirits; that
he had been in the habit Of consulting
spirits daily. and placed much value
upon counsel p~urporting 70 come from
them through mediums. and Al one time
had invested largely in worthless mine
through their advice.
Judge Tully said that men who stand
high in science. Judges who adorn the
bench, attorneys, solicitors, clergymen,
physicians, literary men If the highest
ability, and. in fact, men in every walk
and condition OF life honestly believed
in these phenomena; and 50 It would
be the sheerest nonsense for him to hold
that belief in the phenomena known as
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-15

"A pretty servant girl in a Roches-
ter IN. I'D boarding-housc won the
ardent love Of two boarders. Both de-
sired 70 marry her. She was puzzled
10 choose between them, and further
complicated the affair by accepting first
n and then the other. The rivals at
length agreed 70 meet her in q room
together and yet her final decision.
When the momentous occasion came
one tried 10 influence her BY drawing 4
knife and declaring that no would not
survive q refusal. The other. not 10 be
outdonc, placed = pistol a. his head and
sworc that he would blow his brains
out In ease Of disappointment. She
took the dagger man, however, and the
pistol man allowed himself 20 be dis
armed, though he vows he will die on
her wedding day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-15

The difference between Conkling
and Garfield q that the former believes
il fewarding merit and the latter does
not. Garfield thinks Merritt has been
rewarded enough and wants Robertson
10 have 4 chance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-15

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
Drummed 10 Their Death.

a most remarkable phenomenon was
witnessed in this city being no less than
large numbers of rats being enticed to
their death by the roll of drums. A
number of the small boys of this city,
hearing it said that rats could be brought
out of their holes by the beating of
drums, determined to try the experiment.
So, procuring a number of these instru-
ments of martial music, and half dozen
dogs with weakness for rat flesh, they
proceeded to barn near Pearsons flour
ing mill, in which structure was known
to dwell many well-fed rodents, who sub
sisted on the contents of the grain bins
near by. Stationing part of their mum.
Der with drums in the hay-mow of the
stable, and the others at the doors with
the dogs, everybody was eager for the
fray. The drummers brought their
sticks down on the taut calf skin, and
soon the building shook to the very foun-
dation with the deafening roll. Several
boys had been stationed at various knot
holes in the floor of the hay-mow. and
these youths,peering down into the semi
darkness below, w,soon saw little twinkling
eyes appear at certain apertures all
around the apartment beneath. The
drumming was continued, and sharp
pointed noses and then sleek bodies of
rats came from the holes. Soon the rapid
rolling Of the drums seemed to excite the
rodents to point beyond self control
They began to caper and whisk around
the stable floor as if intoxicated They
ran around the fecd-bins in q wild chase
after each other. So rapidly did they
turn corners that their tails snapped
with a report like that of bull-whack-
er's whip, making the flour fly from their
caudal appendages so as to fill the apart
ment with dust. Now was the time for
action. The boys with the dogs were
signaled, the doors were opened and the
hungry CANNES let in on them. The
unfortunate rats seemed to be under
spell, andamade no attempt to seek their
holes For five minutes slaughter reign
ed supreme when it had subsidized the
floor was covered with the bodies of
forty-three rats. Again were the drums
called into requisition, and the same
scene ensued again. This time thirty
eight rats bit the dust. The boys con
tinued their operations with their drums
and dogs all the afternoon, and when
evening came there were piled up in
front of the stable, mangled, cut and
torn, the bodies of 497 rats; in fact, all
the rodents which had lived and thrived
for years on the grain of the mill had
been totally exterminated.--Neccast1e
(PuO Ne,rs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
A POetical Governor.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION OF GO'
LONG, or MASSACHUSETTS.

WHEREAS, 1t is a good and ancient
custom to set apart after the harvest a
day for public thanksgiving and praise
to Almighty God;
Now, therefore, |, John d. Long, Gov
emor, by and with the advice of the
Council, appoint therefore Thursday,
the twenty-fourth day of November
next.
Unto thee, o God, do we give thanks.
Thou visitest the earth and waterest
it. Thou blesscst the springing thereof
Thou crOwnest the year with thy good,
ness. The pastures are clothed with
tlocks: the valleys also are covered over
with corn; they shout for joy, they also
sing.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor
Come unto me all ye that labor and
are heavy laden,and | will give you rest,
Painter OF the fruits and flowers,
We own Thy wise design,
Whereby these humble hands OF ours
May share the work OF Thine!
Apart from thee we plant IN vain
The root and SOW the seed
Thy early and Thy later rain,
Thy sun and dew we need
our toll is sweet with thankfulness,
Our burden is our boon;
The curse OF earths gray morning is
The blessing OF It's noon.
And stu with reverent hands we Gull
Thy gifts each year renewed
The good is always beautiful
The beautiful is good
Given at the council chamber in Boston
this twenty-ninth day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one, and of the indie
pendence of the United States of Ameri
ca, the one hundredth and sixth.
JOIN ID Long.
by His Excellency the Governor, Will
the advice of the council
Henry b, PIERCE, Secretary
God save the commonwealth of Mass
achusetts.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
POetical.
WHAT Is THE GAIN
What IS the gain {

What IS the goln2
II one should run Il noble race,
And at the last, with weary pace
win TO the goal, and ind his years
A harvest field of waste and tears
or turmoil aud OF buried trust,
Rich with dead hopes and bitter dust,
And strife, and sneer, and ceaseess pain,
What is the gain?
what Is the gain2
when, having rea Ihed n sunlit height
Through barren sweeps Of gloomful nisht,
Hoping to see beyond the crest
Fair lands OF beauty and OF rest,
There lies before, stretched far away
into the confines OF the day,
A desoate and shadeless plain,
What Is the gain ?
What is the gain
TO sail for months Of cold and toll
Across wide seas, where winds rcco"
only to gather strength and roar
A louder challenge than before,
And find, when through fogs thick and dun
The rocky coast at last is won,
No haven from the storm-yexed main,
What IS the gain
what is the GAIN
The race Is won we see the light;
We conquer where the storm winds fight;
We show the way to those who walt
With faint hearts by the walls Of Fate;
our banners flutter In the van
OF battles fought for Thought and Man,
And ignorance and darkness wane
This is the gain!
-1homds s. Collier.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
Fighting Witches in Russia.

To torture areputed witch is, seeming
ly, pursuit almost as congenial to the
agricultural Borussan as is tho prosecu
ton of Jews to the Pomcranian opera
tive. The latest achievement in the form
er line is reported from Stangenwalde in
the columns Of the Danziger "Zeitung" "
Apotato. .havker.returning from the Dan
zig market TO her village with a lame
horse,was driving past the cottage of an
aged female, believed throughout the
countryside to be in league with the
powers of darkness, when the animal
came to n dead halt and declined to
proceed any further. This not unnatu-
raj result of lameness and fatigue was
forthwith aScribed to a spell cast upon
the horse by the venerable dame inhabit-
ing the cottage, and at late hour the
same evening, the indignant potato hawk
ers husband and mother-in-law proceed
ed to haul the sorceress out of her bed
and to intlict the most barbarous tor
ments upon her, with view toward
compelling her to exercise the demon of
which she had obviously caused the
horse to be possessed. They hacked her
fingers with knives, kicked her, trod
upon her face, and beat her numerically.
Her screams aroused the neighborhood,
and between forty and fifty peasants
were soon assembled in the poor old
womans dwelling, where they gave all
imaginable encouragement to her brutal
tormentors. One burly pumpkin volml,
tcered to fetch a razor wherewith to sew
er the arteries of her wrists. Another
produced a rope, end was adjusting a
clumsly-tied moose around her neck,
with the avowed intention to hang her,
when she was rescued from his clutches
by the district physician from Carthaus,
who happened to be visiting a patient in
Stangenwaldc, and who was attracted to
tn" scene of the outrage by shricks Of
the victim.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
THE MUSTANG.

A GOV boy DER the prairie wide,
UpCh mustang staunch and true,
Thro' cactl wet with morning dew,
In search OF rowing cattle herd.
Ofal the BIO. S fierce and wild,
The fiercest, widest boy was he,
And as he skinned the dusty lea,
He looked like Natures pette1 child.
Far out across the weary plain
He cast his eager flashing eye,
And sawa heiter, lean and spry,
Fast heading toward field OF grain.
Into his fOaming mustangs side
lie plunged his spur, and with a moan.
The mustang bucked, despite the groan
"IIa ha IIo no e. the cowboy cried.
Again It bucked-th's time with care
Andere that cowboy guessed the cause
or knew where in the world he was,
lie shot into the startled air
The probabilities are, we ween,
He's stlll going up or coming down,
For nor In country nor In tOwns
Has that there cowboy since been seen.
And that WAS eighteen months ago
The mustang waits upon the plato
For his beov'd to.drop again
And give him Just another show.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25

Congestion of the brain, brought on
by over study was the verdict of n
London jury at an inquest ON the body
of child 4 years old,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
The BackuS Water Motor

II takes but little room.
II never gets ont of,rGpalr.
II can not blow up
II needs no fuel
1t needs no engineer.
rhcre sno delay; no firing up; no ashes to clean
away; no extra insurance to pay; no repair
Ing necessary; no coal bills TO pay,
and It's always ready for use.
1t Is invaluable for blowing Church organs, for
running Printing Presses, Sewing Machines. Turn
ing lalhes' Scroll Saws, Grind stones Coffee Mills,
Sausage Machines, Feed cutters Corn Mills, Lleva
tors. etc.
-Four horse power at 40 pounds pressure Of wa err
It Is no!scless neat, compact, steady and above all
IT Is VERY CHEAP.
Send for circular to the Backus Water Motor Co. .
Newark, n. J stating name OF paper you saw ad.
ycrtscment In.
lflce, SO TO $500, Sept 3O-f
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
Valuable Real Estate
AT
PRIVATE SALE


The undersigned Administrator CHm testamento
anneXo of Peter Applemanate OF Benton township,
deceased, offers the following described premises at
private le. All that portion Of the following de-
scribed TRACT OF LAND, In Benton township,
bounded as follows: on the north by lands OF r. l..
F. Colley, j. f. Chaplin and A. Wilkinson on tho
west by lands OF Ell McIIenry, John E. Appeman
and Peter Laubach, on the south by lands OF VIII
liam Hume and Margaret Dlldne, and on the east
by lands OF Reuben II. Davis and Stott f. Colley.
containing EIGnTY-EIGHT ACRES, more or less,
whereon are erected two-story FRAME HOUSE,
Bank Barn, wagon house and other ut-budings.
Only that portion lying on the west side OF Fishing
creek Will be sold.
Also all that tract of land situate in Benton town.
ship, bounded on the west by lands Of Rebecca Con-
ner, on the north by lands OF the heirs OF Thomas
Davis, deceased, ard j. +. Chaplin, on the south by
lands OF Ezekiel Cole, containing EIGHTEEN
ACRES, more or less, unimproyed land. VIII be sold
as whole or IN parcels to suit purchasers.
Terms made known on application to
!. X. KRICKBAUM,
Administrator, &C.,
aug. 5-tf Cambria, Pa.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
Cutting Whales in two.

The Newport, of the New York and
Cuba Mail Steamship Company, ran in.
to school of sperm whales off the Del
aware capcS on her last southwark trip.
1t was about s o'clock in the morning,
and Capt. John p. Sundberg says he
could see millions of them from the deck.
He estimated the width of the school at
half mile and its length at twenty
miles. The sea was smooth, the sun was
shining, and all the passengers were on
deck. The vessel was stcaming at fifteen
knots. Some of the whales were seven
ty feet long, One Of them, about sixty
five feet long, was struck by the bow of
the steamship at right angles and about
in the middle of its body. The shock
nearly threw the passengers from their
feet. At the moment of the collision
the whale threw up its fukes and del
uged the fore part of the deck Com
missioner Alden ), Swan of the Brook
lyn Bridge, who was looking over the
PROV, was among the passengers who
got drenched, The whale, Capt Sund
berg says, was cut in two, the fore part
SblHS W put Nlut VI lIt NtSSel ana
the after part to the other. The sea was
colored with blood, The head was driven
down into the water so far that when it
came up it arose six feet above the sur.
face, in plain sight of those who were
looking over the side, The shock threw
the steam steering gear temporarily out
of order, but otherwise the vessel was
not damaged,
a few minutes later a second whale
was cut in two almost in the same man
ner as the first had been, The heaC
went to the port side, but the body passeC
under the bottom and was struck 10y the
propeller blades, The effect of this OF
the machinery alarmed the engineer il
the engine room, who thought the blade
had struck a drifting spar The cours
of the vessel was then changed, and sh
ran out of the school
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
tSl,Quui0otljsul Ii
Pain in the Back and Side
Neuralgia, Sprains,

Pain i'm the Rack md SiIC
"'' ~ WV ''''N "'i' ''i''
,.,,.
l!VIc ~ hp'hlIS more pdlNlul lhan lht St
diseases. hut the u 1. ,nY lr r,moypd and
-, :, ,' ai, - NV,
the disease cured % 10, 'i fSlfy UaVlS
pain Kiljap
a"' ''S.
This remedy II not cheap Ben2lnt
or Petroleum product that laust be kept
away fIDln rrs ar hrnt To nynid danger
of rE,I,sinn. nor is n ,u untrIrd rXnsrI
mont thnt ,,,ny a., ,n,,r, hnr,,, tI,on ,Ilnnd
'''''' 'i'' WV '''''' '''' III ''''" S''"'
Pain Killer has been in constant use
a., ,,,,. ,-',. -, -, ,,',..
from all parts Of the world Is, IL never
falls, II not only effects "A permanent cure.
but 1t relieves pain almost lnstantancously.
Being A purely vegetable remedy. if is safe
in the hands Of the most inexperienced.
The record Of cures by the use OF PAIN
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
ALL Is WIZ rnAr ENDS Will.

Grin Catlin, 10 Pearl street, Buffalo,
n. y, says; Il tried various remedies
for the piles but found no relief until |
used Thomas Eclectric Oil, which en-
tirely cured me after few applications. "
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-11-25
Odd Items.

If you wish to know the climate of
any high mountain, why go to it and
climb it,
The bee hive is the poorest thing in
the world to fall back on.
All forms of impaired vitality, mental
exhaustion, weakened digestion, etc, etc,
rapidly removed by using Browns Iron
Bitters.
Why is the letter like a sewing ma
chine? 1t makes needles needless.
A screw fish has been caught off Nan
tucket-something like a nailwife, prob
bly,.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-11-04
lSIRANGER IXAN FICTION

When Gen. Grant contemplates the gor-
geous equipments of his new mansion in
New York, he cannot but adTit that if, like
some barbaric conqueror, he had gathered
up the spoils of victory to minister to his
pleasure, he could hardly have excelled the
magnificence he to-day enjoys. How vivid
to him must be the contrast between the
humble surroundings OF his home at Galena
twenty years ago and the spectacle on which
his eyes now rest-the curiously wrought
chairs, velvet and gold embroidered divans,
the Gobelin tapestry and exquisite brocades
the ebony and ivory fauteuils, the Oriental
hangings and Persian carpets, the objects of
fretted silver, the creamy satns and silks
embroideries, the tables of buhl and mosaic
and the paintings and statuary that contri-
butte to the luxurious splendor of his pres
ent state. His elegant mansion situated not
mid the tan-yats of Galena, but in the bril-
liant and aristocratic portions of New York
City, close to its marbled stores crammed
with rich and costly merchandise, its sump-
tuous hotels, its gorgeous equipages, its
crowds of gaily dressed pedestrians, its
nightly throngs of gaudy courtes ans, its
superb saloons, consecrated to wine and
midnight revelry. What child of fortune |!
more strange than fiction truly his lines
have fallen in pleasant places, and from the
stress and waste of war he has come into a
possession more substantial than that of
"the bubble glory"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-11-04
Membraneous Group,

Mr.. Editor. | noticed in your issue of the
2Sth instant, a short communication from
my old friend and professional brother, DIR.
Edward Anderson, on the subject OF the
mntay OF menlbraneous Group and diph-
iberia.
am aware that many eminent physicians,
both in this country and in Europe, are of
the opinion that the two diseases are one
and the same; but whether or not the aoeight
of opinion favors that view, / am not at
present prepared to say. II is true, in some
respects, they simulate each other, paIsicu-
larly in their local symptoms; but they are
so dissimilar in their general symptoms that
my limited experience has taught me to
look upon them as two entirely distinct dis
eases. | regard the one as stseiic, the other
as dsthenic: the one as local, the other as a
constitutional disease, whose throat affection
is but the predominant symptom.
The one is sudden in its accession, rapid
in its progress and terminates either in death
or complete recovery; the other creeps on in
sidiously and progresses slowly, leaving,
when 1t does not end fatally, some such ugly
result as partial paralysis of the lower ex-
trimeties. The one Is almost exclusively
disease of childhood, the other is no respect
or OF age: the one chooses plethorc sub
ject, the other se9ms TO fancy the palor of an
@mia; the one requires the antiphlogistic
treatment, the other calls loudly for wine,
beei-tea, DC; asphyxia smothers the spark
OF existence IN the one, while asthena more
slowly ends THO scene in the other.
YouH truly, b. OFFuTr
October 21 1881.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-11-04

The ably written and lucid communica-
ton from the pen of our talented young
member of the bar, Henry G. England, Esq,
on the relative fitness of the two candidates
for the Chief Judge of this Circuit will no
doubt be read with great interest. The
writer has been in position for several
years to be fully acquainted with the politi-
cal and professional records of each of the
aspirants and his views on the subject carry
with them more than ordinary weight. A
careful perusal of this communication will
amply repay the reader.