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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-13


strength for one supreme eiIort. ana
dragged rather thai carried hef ~ %
the dry shelving beach under the blum:
Mary Hope slowly opened hereyes ana
looked az her husband. Then she put
her hands slowly up toner race hhocos-
cred y.
Dick saw the tears coursing down.
her checks. "D0n't'-' dont' Mary
he said. M
~ can hclpit. am not cry'ng VIZ
pain or Srief; ~ pecause 1ou ~"
ing-bccausc We are poth spare"'
Dicks strength returned 70 him. ne
stood up and looked about him. Until
that moment he did not know that ne
was coatless and without vest or shirt;
he. was naked he pressed nv esss
with NJ hanas ana .oonea uo"n II n'n'-
self like one Weakening ou, q = ureain'
lie looked ~ ms w'ie: sun s't''ne Win
her face covered WIN her nanus'
Mary. we ARE almost nakeu. mere =
nothing on me, anu your urss5 = n ~
bons." lie loo-sed up ana down tne
river 10 2 helpless way s.i, pressing
hand % ms hean: - 1on ', s'o Tsn5
sign oi--the.-puggy q no,ss; nv
A.o >t>7t ~. '~> ~ -- --. II b
them. "Ccme' let Us go Up On 'ne
bank.
lie had 20 carry ncr: ~.
II y the horrsn'e irlgn'' usar liz 4, I
III soon get over ~ sne salu when ~
set her down gcns'y On 'se leSe' S,ou ~.
Mary. look over mere ~ you
see anything MY e."@ are - iui' Z.
sand, 80 sore t''at Ga, ,laSe y ~
quite. everything iooks p'uiIeo'
She did not answer him. y was MOI
because her eyes We're not clear -
she looked wonderingly' ner nanu' In IN
had never relinquished her husband
from the moment he seated her On ms
prairie. elapsed his convulsiveiy. liner
she uttered loud cry.
.I--I expected as much" said Dick
speaking more TO himself than TO hi
wife. .Nothing-nothing man eve
made could stand before that storm. I"
..Oh, Dick she exclaimed, sobbing
", "there il nothing left Of the tow
mot = house. can only see heal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-13

Not many days ago corpse was
placed in the baggage car Of one 81 the
Central trains at Syracuse. consigned
TO Buffalo. The car was well filled. and
away back in one corner was slowed
very talkative parrot that was travelling
10 point beyond Buffalo. In front q
the parrots cage was piled express
matter SO high Is 70 nearly close the
bird in. Every thing moved right un-
iii the train reached Rochester. There
4 change Of train gangs was made 70
run through to Buffalo, and new bag
gaccman took possession Of the car
containing the corpse and the parrot.
Before the train had moved very far
out Of the Central depot, and while the
baggagcman was busy arranging his
papers. 4 voice from one end Of the car
moaned LET me out, it's hot" The
baorarcman who had noticed the box
containing tho coffin, directed his
vision toward that object and stood for
4 moment in blank amazcmcnt, wonder
inc whether his ears had deceived him.
But lie did not wait long, for the words
were repeated in more mournful tones
than before. The frightened man leii
the car in one bound. and finding the
conductor, said: 4 Hank! they've got .
| live man III the colin; come and help
ret him outr' The conductor accom-.
panied the baggagoman 70 his car, nnd
soon succeeded III convincing him thai
| the corpse was not as lively IS ths
parrot. Ithaca On. I'D Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-05-13

Japan has 4.377 post Offices, and
the aggregate length q its mail routes
in operation II AZ, ~ miles. The mon-
cy-orslcr system Il employed 70 me pup
Lie satisfaction.
The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-03
A Lost Lover.

The o!lic, rs Of the Government receive
some very amusing letters now and
again. General Walker, the Superin.
t...l.,lt Of the census, received dolefnl
a"connt the other day Of q lost lover.
The letter was bona tide one and was
from lady, an unmarried lady, from
one. Of the Southern States.
She said her lover left her fifteen years
ago, taking with him. as q loan from
her, few hundred dollars that her
'ncle had left her. She gave the name
OF ll-r lover as also her own, and said her
liver might possibly be dead. She had
certainly not heard from him since he
went away. although she had taken great
p 'ins to discover his whereabouts. She
md been waiting for the names Of the
census to be published, but she was get
ting tired Of waiting. Therefore she
heggel that General Walker would look
over the names and tell her where her
truant lover could be found. or il he was
..sslsl to tell her where he was buried.
She inclosed q stamp for q reply. Gen.
erL Walker has not yet had time to GU
through the Atty millions Of names u
.l'!iye this faithful woman, but if he
does it at all it will be some rainy Sun.
day when he can't 60 TO- church. Wash.
i,yt0n Letter.
The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-03
The Strange Story Of q Hermit and
His Sweetheart.

Many years ago there suddenly An.
peared in Morehead City, n. G.. a pre-.
pnss ssing young woman calling herself
Mary Burt. Sue obtained work and
soon became tavorite with her acquaint-
ances. Fifteen years after when all the
CIR nmstances concerning her first ap-
'e'rance had been forgotten, she received
al "ffer OF marriage from one Of the
" H. TODD residents Of the place. She
r'fuse.l, however, and immediately after
her whole manner changed.
She became moody and seemed fond
OF solitude. She finally purchased plot
OF and in the mountains, built log
.'a''i and lived there alone. The only
book she had was the Bible, which she
Kew almost by heart. The story Of her
LIE was publ shed recently in the Aslle.
vile Citizen. The article was copied by
Vermont paper, and attracted the
no, c Of Robert Fletcher, a prominent
citizen Of that State. Fletcher soon after
visited Asheville, sought the editur o,
the citizen. and, together, tn y went to
Miss Burt's house. The hermit did not
recognize the Vermonter, but she soon
i,arned that he was her old lover. A
'ulstaKe lad Kept them apart for half q
c"ntury, but when Fletcher left Asheville
few days later, Mary Burt Howe, for
that was the hermit's full name. accom-.
panied him as his wife. When Miss
Howe AID Fletcher were young they
were engaged to be married. The woman
fancied her lover was attached to another
girl, however, and suddenly le.. her
home in Maine. Going to Boston she
shipped as stewarless on ship bound
for Liverpool. The vessel WIS wrecked
Oh the North Carolina coast, and, utter
many adventures at sea in an open boat
AID among friendly Indians on land,
Miss Howe found her way to civilization.
Robert Fletcher traced his runaway
sweetheart to the ship on which he
sailed, and, hearing o; the loss of the
vessel, always incurred her as dead until
the North Carolina papers gave him q
happy surprise. -Dostoss Herald.
The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-03
Travels ofap Eye.Stono.

The following remarkable incident has
just conc to our knowledge. Il would
seem almost incredible were II not for
the absolute veracity Of the gentleman
making the statement. Mr.. Rufus
iller Is . we'll known farmer Of this
town, living at Mechanicstown. Some
five or six years ago, Just before retir.
jig. Mr.. Miller placed in his eye what
is known as an eye.stone, for tie pur-
pose of removing mote, as he had fire.
qnel'tly done before. For the benefit Of
those If our readers who may not know
what M eye-stone is, we will explain.
It is small, white, round shell, about
three sixteenths Of an inch in diameter,
conc,ve OH one side, convex on the other
ard quite thin. It is taken from the
head IT crab, one being found under
'eacl, eye Of that crustacean. In the
n,nrnlng wien Mr.. Miller awoke 1t
c,n,:d not lind the stone. He made a
careful aud thorough search. hut all III
vain. and he made up his mind that it
was gone for good. Recently he felt a
',rl growth on the end Of the little
finger Of his right hand He showed it
t. some friends, who concluded it was q
wnrt aud advised him to let it alone. He
did so until it began to be sore, and he
commenced picking at it. He soon
IL AID out that some hard substance was
u.4,!er the skin, and digging away he
II ally took ont his long lost eye stone.
He examined it 50 carefully That there
c..A We no mistake. He now recollects
that ut one time he experienced con.
s dcrai'le soreness in his wrist and sup.
posed ut that period the stone was press
ing in that direction. How this hit ol
car!"ni Of lime ever made that long
Journey without being lost or absorbed
il mys.ery. That it did go there ca,
he no Observation-Disclosures (C0nn.
L1.e8a.
The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-03
A ClerRyman's Night Dance.

81 have had" said a we'll known
Clergyman, "some very droll expert
ences. Among the most exciting was
the one that I will now relate. A well
known merchant was very sick-some
thought nigh unto death. He would see
no pastor, nor allow any one to speak to
him on the subject Of religion. One
day he mentioned my name, though he
was no acquaintance Of mine. H..
named me two or three times. AT
length his wife asaed him il he wanted
ME to call. He hesitated for some time.
and then asked his family to send ftr
ME. He added: "Tell him to come
tight away" I obeyed the summons,
was ushered into the sick chamber, and
at once recognized the gentle man a. ont
who had been an occasional nearer il
my church. He greeted me with great
corliality, and asked that all SHOULD
leave the rof m. He want d to speak 4,
me piivat -ly. FL, wife left with eyi.
d mt reluctance. The man VI 9 40 veal
that he could with difficulty turn in he'd
As soon as the dour was closed the nm.
tient sprung from his led, turned the
key in the lock, seized upon me with the
strength Of giant, and said: Nov
we will have nice Dance clasping me-
about the body, and he, in his nigh,
shirt, commenced to caper and pral,ct.
about the room, humming in a low
voice: | aud my Father are one. equal
IN power and glory He kept his pace
for all hour, until I was nearly dead
from exhaustion and fright. He was u
wild maniac. Once attempted to
scream. He seized me by the throat
His eyes flashed fire. He said he would
brain me if l was not quiet. Round aud
round he turned, keeping up the refrain,
l and my Father are one, equal in
power and glory Pretending to Ike
pleased, suggested that he cali in some
IT the family to join us. He caught at
the idea. He opened the door to call
the household up, and I instantly few
down stairs pursued by the mailman.
He was arrested, taken to the mad
house, and in twenty-four hours died a
raving maniac. I have never since hears
these words repeated without bei,..
thrown into cold sweat. had dan
enough that night 10 last me the bala..
OF my life"
The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-03
Neither One Nor the Other.

Thomas Salter was carefully reared BY
his wealthy parents at Montreal, but had
not sufficient pride to keep place among
respectable pe,ple, nor honor enough Ia
I've t. listed amoug thi yes. He went into
a scheme with some burglars to rob a
jewelry store, and then betrayed his
companions to justice. But in testifying
against them, though he caneed their
conviction, he lied 80 mu h that he was
sent to prison for perjury. Thus he
found hin self convict in the st. Vincent
lie Paul PeniteMtiary with men who were
his revengeful foes. One Of these was
Ian Everett, who deliberately resolved
to throw away his own life in order to
kill the traitor. He stabbed Salter to
death, and then, knowing that otherwise
he would surely be hanged, he commit
ted suicide on the spot.
The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-03
The average weight Of brain in various

The average weight Of brain in various
races is said to be Is follows: English
aud American. 45.7 ounces French,
ii.6 ounces German, AL ounces Ital
ian. n ounces North American ;..lian
~ ounces; Hindoo, AL ounces; KAT.
iir (Africau), IS ounces; Negro, 40.
ounces; Bushman, SO ounces, aud Malay
and Oceanic race, 80 to 43.7 ounces
This nice computation may be correct
hut it Is worth while 10 remember that
the quality Of mans brain is as i'm.
portant as its quantity. "a little farm
We'll TILED" especially Il originally fer
me- may be more productive than big
plantation naturally sterile and neg.
The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-03
Making Things Over.

"Maria, said Mr.. Jones upon one o,
!is worrying days, lit seems to me yor
might !" more econ 'mical now there :.
my ODD clothes, why can't y n max.
them over for the children instead o;
giving them awav?"
Because they're worn out when you're
done with them," answered Mrs. Jones.
Its no u.e making over thugs for the
children that won't hold toy ther; You
couldn't do it yourself, smart a. you are. -
''Well," grumbled Jones, II wouldn't
have closets full Of things millewing for
want OF wear II was q woman, that's all.
A penny saved is penny earned.
That was in April. One warm day in
lay Mr.. Jones went prancing through
the cl.n..ts l.oking FIR something he
couldn't find ami turning things gencr-
ally inside out
Mari. !" he screamed, "where's my
gray allmca dust,.r?"
"Made it over for Johnny"
"Ahenl Well, where's the brown
"Cl.thes-bag i humble Mrs. Jones
who seemed t. have difficulty in hel
speech at that moment. ''Just made il
lhU) u u4CO one!
"Wnere are my lavender pants? yelled
Jones.
"Cut them over for Willie"
"tleavens I" groaned the husband.
Then. III II wi . Of thunder "Where
have my blue suspend, rs got TOP
"Hung the baby jumper with them. y
"Muria." asked tue a>tonislled man,
IN a subdue,l voice, "wuull you mind
telling me what you have done with my
silk hut you haven made that over fol
the baby, have your
"Oh no, DEAR" answered his wife
c|.eerfully, 1--WE used that for hanging
basket. 1t is FIJI Of pants, and To- *.
lovely" Mr.. Jones never mentions tn,
word tctnony or = 'gsests making owe,
he had el,On"l 1T t
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Courtlny In the Arctic Regions.
All, yes. fond youth It may he YER,
nice t. court girl in the far lnrtl.er,
countries where the nights are 81
months long; Int just think If the Va,
amount Vt peanuts aud gum-dr.ps til.
young man. when going to Sc hi, girl
must Ing along with him in order to HI
time. and induce her to bell w that hi
n.lection for her is as warm us ever
And then the sad leave.taking few
", els before sunrise! He whispers
Goodnight. kve," and she so,tl.,
murn,Ms, "Good-niglit, dear. Wi,c.
shall see you again ? "T,-morvn,
night" he replies. Us lie kisses her y
turned face. Tomorrow iiglt." ST.,
repeats, with u voice full OF emoti ",
six long, weary months! Cant ym'
call ar mud few days before breakfast.
Cl,urles?" Finally Charles tears h,n.
SELF away, with pr mise t. write lie.
one hundred and 81 .ty lette.s before tll,,
ueAt tlay draws to close.
Tus crude IDEAS many foreigners have
IT American geography is we'll illus.
tr,.t;.d by the case Of Swedish girl who
arrived ut New York to Join her father
in the new world. After prolonged ques.
TIMING it was found that her fathers
place II residence was in o remote set
element in Washington Territory. Sup
posing, evidently, that Washington Ter.
r.tory was suburb Of New York, OF
something Of that sort, she had come
over with only money enough to pay her
steamship passage.
The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-03

1YrY n Yourselves Nv making ,ncr.cy VIII.
- II / u golden chance i. offered, tn reH
uuAl always keeping poverty from y""
door. Those who always take i!van
age oi the good chances for milking money that
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want many men, women, boys and girls 10 work ion
ls:,t in their own localities The business vii.
IN expensive outfit and all that YOU need, free. No
one who engages fails to make money rapidly.
You devote your whole time to the work, Or
i needed sen, tree. :. Address STlSsoI l. Co.,
Portland, Maine. <s-&%
The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-03
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There are nHnv ut the age of thirty N sixty who
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often h. found, and ssnrtimeS small PARTICLES Ut
albu,nen will appear the cfor will be Of thin
mi'kash hue, agnm changing tn a dark and torpid
appearance. There are many men wh0 die ol this
difficulty, ignorant Of the cause, which is the second
stage IT seminal weakness. Dr. s. will guarantee
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Office Hours-Io to and 4 tn (. SUNDAYS from 10
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THE CoNTEDERATE 8AT1LEPLAG.
F,,,m TIC N1,'hnn Historical PHp-,,s.

p,,,,n The Nodhc17. Historical Pnp~s
While on this fold Manassas' and suffering inns
terribIe anxiety, General Beauregard determined
that tho Confederate soldier must have flag so
distinct from that of the enemy that no doubt
should again endauger his cause on the heid Oh
battle.
soon after the battle he entered into corIespOn-
dence with Colonel William POIchcr Miles who had
served on his staff during this day, with Wow 10
securing his aid in the matter. and proposing ble
field, red bars, crossed, and gold stars.
They discussed the mattrr ut length. Coloncl
Miles Thought it was contrary 10 the laws Oh ner 1
and the stars gold. lie proposed that tho ground
be red the bars blue, and the stars white
General Bcaurcgard approved me cnIhSe anu
MeanN lille it became known that the design for u
tag was under discussion, and many designs we're
sent in. The matter was freely discussed ~ htau-
quarters. I'LL finally. when he arrived al / ltaA
Courthouse, General BeaurcEard caused ms
draughtsman "a Germanl to make drawings oil I'll
The various dfsSs Y o,, item Hof The SINUS at
headqnartcrs agreed on the famous Old hanner-lho
red field the blue cross. ana the Wllle Stars. lhe
Hag Was then submitted 10 vac W ." OVPd't'"N"'
and Wa approved. i.
the troops by General Braurrgdrd IN person, nc
then expressing the hOpo ana CohiH,hte 'ldt -
would become ihe emblem o. homer AMI victory.
The tilst thrp. ilags received were lradc lI'"
ladies' dresses bv the Misses Carey al Baltimore
and Alexandria, ut their residences anu the resi-
denccS oi nicnds. ~ soon rs thel eOuiu sc' " "o
scripton OF tn design adopted ,.,.. ,.,to "a
One of the Misses Carey sent the nag she mage 10
General Beaurcgard. Her sister sent hers 10 urn
erAI Van Dorm, WHO waS Lhgn al aIdaH S",r'
House. Miss Constance Carry. oil McA"ndriH S'''
hers to General Joseph +. j"hn''@n. m roo.i,eJ #
General Bcaurcgard sent the tag he received a'
once to New Orleans for Sac-krrP!us. AIT ttio
fall Of New Orleans Mrs. Eaur' gdrd ach' tlle ,i (.
onnostc New Orleans to cuba. where it remained
to the CLOSE of the war. when 1t was ictiiheu 10
General bcaurcgam. VINO picN,Hicu II ", ~
keeping to the Washington Artillery Oh No"-0''
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TILE PITHE1IC OH MIN.

l6r The Trih"r'.
Pity thc Sorrow Of a I0nr OLD man
Wuo,p trembling limits ha,o borne INN 10 your
Whose mil of life grinds ont The coafse9t bran;
Whose bark of life lies stranded ~ the shore;
Whose path Of lille winds drought IL desert
V1sie; ,
Whose emp Of life IS bitter to the taste.
lie ias no Preside where cheerful light
Shines on the faces of his children dear
he has no children where his iircaldn bright
FILLS all his cottage with Its gentle cheer;
lie has 10 cottage where he lNcs alone,
He hcgs Won for rest within yOar own.
lie has no lamp TO send i gladstone Dean
Ont from ms " ,uoT. rs he ncaiS bus home;
Tie has no window whence the light may stream,
When he returns resolved no more to Foam;
No n0dding harvest fills ms fertile Held,
He has no meadow any gram 10 Yield
The housewife listened To the woe confessed,
And ba,lc hiin for awhile forget 20 grove.
He took her ;ini advice. and took hrs rest,
And took her gifts. and hnmbly took his leave.
The housewife sitting m her easy chalr.
Thought OH ne man with So much pam io bear;
Thought on hi4 manner -ar;lcs~ mid and rare;
Thoueht on the rich, with warmth and food 10
SparS;
Thought on the good they might, but would not
-;
Thoucht II the toil-vorn frame and silver hair
Thought On her SILVER sponns. with ANXIOUS care {;
And thought 30 60 ami gaze n moment, where
she lett them la,t-hut could not find them there.
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OUEP1RD. THE BIBLIOGR4PHER.
From The bookseller.

lie became a very lshmael OF letters, whose hand
wa. against every man and every mans hand was
against him. His especial delight was 10 tease bis
successors the editors Of La Liti6ature Franeaise
10y detecting their errors. by ex-
posing their negligence, by CHALLENGING their is-
ancc, b. censurlng their slips Another incident
added cUlOqumtda t. his GALL While preparing hIs
first blbLOGrIpny, he had, as he examined the
cat alogue Of the great library in Hio heheheu.
read. Herself. The Memoirs OF Young Lady,
by" When asked the cause of his Laughter DO
pointed TO this line Of the catalogue IL Lad been
written by tue uIdei -hbra1an 1t was erased DrSt
day, hut the Diunderer never forgot or for2ave
QGrraTd's merry laus liter. About tue time u the
iaticr's release from gaO the former hal risen %
be librarian. QIeraId asked for a situation in tho
Library The lOra:lan lnsutingly answered: We
give situations IN the Library only to people TO
wHol ~ know may ConIde books
Som" y-ar> aiterwa:d Querard applied to Nle-
man. then Minister OF PuOlc Instruction. 20 eest0w
OH ma an oti % III some public library. His pete
lion na.i >ul ported by some OF the most consid'
ridJic people OF tie literary world or Par!s. lie
prtllon contained lapsus caaUi. Vlilemain "a
creature of venom. I'll compacj read the petition in
las vOptG supcrcIiIOu, way ana a. lit handed IL 10
ms s.-y,,t -rS put IL T Muder the pens slip ana
said, HC"c Is uy answer" TITLES Iight Is 4r a,e
continuity making and nndUlHg men. falling
apple 1h.Glrngei Newton 10 explain It's dOWuwaId
ilt ht and led him 10 the law ct GravtatIOn. pm
pl, llrd up made Laiitte great banker. Prin saw
Queen Isabella pm thumb on nose and twIrl hn;ers
1I his bacA al uncOnsCIouS oi teli-taIe mlffCI;
nc vowed her dctErOuement.
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The house where Burr WAS entertained at IIT-
rOdsHlrg belonged At that time TO Colonel Joseph
Thompson, and Is still standing. 1t was a heavy
log house, with solid walls, now weatberboarded
aud in good preservation 1t was here that Burr as
welcomed by General Adair. and here that his pecu-
liar Vaccinations were seen and felt by entuckaps
he Is described neat. Trim, wiry man, of medl-
am hoight tasteful In dress and immaculate III his
neither garments
lie had ridden from Louisville on horseback to
Frankfort and thence to HarrOdsbug It q
long ride but the little man had heart Of granite
and nerves Of roD Stopping at Colones WiBon's To
spend the night ten miles frUm IIariOdshrus. -.
vsre rain-stofm had made the yard ankle deep in
muA Hhis mud caused the dainty and fastidiO,is
Burr to tremble He gave o negro dollar to rake
him On his back and csrry him tO hiS aorav.l-Cou-
risr Journal.