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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-08


One Of the most prominent public
men Of our time said. lately. II have
lived sixty-threc years in the world.
and have come in contact with all ranks
and quality Of men; but l have nevermet
mi who when I spoke to him with
sincerity and courtesy. would not re-
ply to me ia like manner"
This testimony Is the more valuable
as Il comes from q man who probably
possesses more personal popularity
than any living American. and who
owes il - the magnetic charm Of his
sincerity and courtesy ~ manner.
Dorothy Dix. who visited almost every
prison in the United States. said that
she had neverrcceived once arnde word
from q convict. no matter how degraded
he might have been.
II showed them that / trusted them
by my manner was her secret.
There is no personal quality which
young people are SO apt 10 neglect as
this. Of m attractive. magnetic manner,
which IS 50 much more potent and en-
during q charm than the beauty or
face and figure which they prize so
highly II il not like the art Of dane
ing. . charm 70 be learned. for il not
attractive when artificial. All the
world, down 20 your dog. knows by in
stlnct when the suavity, the genial smile.
the friendly word. are assumed.
The basis. the absolute essential. in
q thoroughly well-bred manne is
that total lack Of self-consciousness
which not the most expert actor can
assume. Hence all the awkwardness.
the dinidence, the social mistakes Of
boys and girls. They are usually in
self conscious. Egotism be-
longs 70 their age. The world, their
their very selves, are all 50
TO them; their opinions and
thoughts, and the part they mean to
play in life, are 50 important to them
selves--tha they are apt TO thrust them
others. After q while, when they learn
insignificant they are. they will
begin 70 be c~onsiderafe Of Others. easy
and unembarrassed.
.Iceasedt to be awkward" SAYS Sidney
Smith. las soon IS I discovered nobody
was looking at me-
But sometimes a man most anxious
% please never finds out during 4 long
that the manner which attracts a
which shows that Its possessor for
gets himself. and Is generously in
Ierested in his companion YOUTHS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-08


fi.en oy tne ares.maker y put into the
iauy.s own hands ~ divers marks.
notcncs = other unmlstakabIc printed
directions showing just where and how
tne forms are joined. AZ % which arc
easily Followed: And advice y even given
- " tne selection q material and trim
m'nxs. a . lady chooses. however, she
can exercise ner taste and ingenuity
" urapcry ana garnishing her toilet.
ms VIII. ofcourse, make the garment al
ne more novel y attractive. provided
me lazy has an artistic eye TOR combi-
nation ana effect. but p would bo
saEer. provided We're not absolutely
certain ~ % her powers. : 2 listen TO nd-
Woo than 20 give scope % bad taste. al
nough giarinx p mharmonlous toilets
are no" the exception and mol the rule,
american ladies' are noted Tor their de-
Selopment OF great skill and taste IN the
art o. dress and they not only show
skill put wisdom. Tor this - = sensible
generation say what the gfumblers will
- ms contrary. p vogue cramped
waists ana thln-soled shoes has happily
passed away. y gone 70 DO numbered
Win ne VAN = foolish fashions relig-
Siously followed BY our grandmothers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-08

Never did fashion give such scope TO
individual fancy and taste IS af the
present. 10 studying the past, each
century and epoch shows . charactcris-
&c style N dress appropriate 20 is time
ana peculiar 20 ~ people. Az the pres
ent day there exists no longer STYLE n
dress and Il y almost impossible % b.
OUT a. St,le. ~ eccentric, old fashioned
and even ugly garments are III the
height ~ favor. provided they are put
On m An artistic manner. And In order
70 be conspicuous now-ardays, q lady has
" be q downright dowdy; and 4 dowdy
AZ u : day and generation has not the
shallow "a I'm excuse for herself. The
surpiis NJ rates at which beautiful and
fashionable dress goods can be pur-
chased puts "A in the power of n iady
who dresses a. al 70 dress we'll. She
cannot even plead as an excuse the hjch
rates 81 the drcssmakers, for she nj ~
hcr own dre-smakcr. Stylish and craoe-
ful patterns ~ every description. from
r. slipper toa sweeping cap. can be pur-
chased for q mere trifIc. Large aocncies
are constantly sending out thc lafcst
\ most desirable models 10 dressed
wraps and indeed Or every article 81 I'm.
i'aIel worn. fhcsc patterns nrc casi|v
adjusted and simple in construction.
And thc cnsicd and peculiar s.twist''
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-08

Boston i going to make an attempt
% get pure milk. A dairy company is
~ % formed with S50.vOO capital, that
may be increased 70 $500, zoo. Ii II
proposed 70 furnish the fluid from head
quarters IN sealed cans that cannot b.
tempered with.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-04-08

~N
The two Substances everywhere met
with on the surface Of this globe which
rcccive the least popular attention arc
ar and water. The latter especially II
one u the most remarkable substances
In nature. and exceeds IN is ~porvasive-
ness even the air. Go where We will.
on the most arid desert. the mountain
top. the frozen pole. IN tho deepest
cavern. We meet with water IN some or
an Of il forms The coolest. hottest.
or driest air found in nature contains
aqueous vapor. Water forms 4 large
portion IL many minerals. in which bv
The giant power 81 chemical affinity Il
Is directly combined or il locked III as
water of crystallixatlon. TO ADEQUATE
~ discuss an the natural phenomena IN
which some form IL water Il 4 factor
would require q volume; 10 enumcrate
and describe Hits industrial applications
would require y number 81 volumes.
both air and water are essential TO
bodily health can only Be supported hy
our taking quantities IL both AZ short
intervals. Both NAV and often do Be-
come the vehicles Of deadly poisons.
which IN denselv populated countries
that supplies o. each needed for the sun
ZMILL OF amman IIIA MnAn|n nA mira
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-12-24
A Torpedo Chicken.

Further reports were submitted to the
Lime Kiln Club regarding the torpedo
chicken, lately invented in Mobile. y
specimen chicken had been procured BY
the committee, and it's workings exhibited
The invention is not as deadly as supposed.
1t is loaded with four ounces Of bird shot
and two Of powder, and placed on roost
When it is reached for, a catch is thrown
out OF place, powerful spring. is set in mo
ton, and a hammer strikes and explodes !.
percussion cap. The shot are thrown gu.
in every direction, and and within ten sec
onds after tn: explosion u dark figure Is
seen galloping down the alley and husk,
voice is heard :nq firing: "What has d.
white folks got hold Of now?'' The com
mittee closed its report as follows: "liavin'
pushed de investigation an kivered all d.,
groun,' we beg leave to be discharged from
furder considerashun Of dc subject, an t.,
respectfully inquar' OF our respected Presi
deat: Kin dis torpedo chicken b. sup
pressed! lfnot, what shall we do:"
AS to suppre>sin' dc invenshun, | Sc,
no way to accomplish it" replied Brcthe:
Gardner. "As to what shall we do, have
bin serusly refectin' fur de las ten minits,
an it am my solemn belief dat dc be>'
thing ds culled race kin do am to cultivate
a taste for some oder sort O. meat "-Detroi.
Free Press.
Vinegar Bible.-A name given to az
edition Of the Bible, published in l7l7 a:
the Clarendon Press, Oxford. BY ludc-
rous. ,nisprint the title OF the twentieth
chapter Of Luke was made to read PARABLE.
Of the Vinegar" instead OF parable Of tn.
vineyards" hence the name.
The Wicked Biblc.-A name give to an
edition OF the Bible published in 'S3a by
Barker and Lucas. because the wore: m:
was omitted from the SEA- enth command
ment. The printers we're called before the
high commission, fined heavily, and the
whole impression destroyed.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-12-24
SeIerf uoeiry.
The old Pastors Dismissal.

1--WE need younger man To stir the peoplc.
And lead them to the fold"
The deacons said: 1--WE ask your resigna.
ton
Because you're growing DID,"
The pastor bowed his deacons out in s..
lence,
And tenderly the gloom
OF twilight hid him and his bitter argui>h
Within his lonely room.
Above the violet hills the sunlight's glory
Hung like crown of gold,
And from the great church spire the oel's
sweet anthem
Adown the stiffness rolled.
Assembled were the people for worship;
But in his study chair
The pastor sat unheedinx, while the south
Caressed his snow. white hair.
A smile lay on his lips. His was the secret
OF sorrows glad surcease,
Upon his forehead shone the benediction
Ofeverlasting peace.
1.-THE ways Of Providence are most mystt1..
ious,"
The deacons gravely said,
AS, wondering. eyed and scared, the people
crowded
About their pastor-dead.
I'VE loved him." wrote the people on the
coffin,
In words Of shining gold;
And 'bove the broken heart they set
statue
or marble, white and cold.
ELIZABETH CUMMINGS
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22
what they g. from the maple p"-Bosso,.

Iranscrfpt.
 sWhat shall we do with the mothers P'' asks Marian Harland, in @ newspaper article We'll, we'll tell you, Marian When Charles Augustus, Edward Frederick, and the rest of the boys call around to see their respec- tive girls on Sunday evening, pack the moth CTS off to Led about o'clock -Noaristoaen Herald
 ''Why do women SO often wander aimIessly in the murky solitudes of the dead Past, breeding over the days that are forever gone?" asked young lady of her practical lover, who is widower. ''They don't" he replied. ''On the contrary, they wander around the dry-goods stores of the Present, pricing things they have no idea of buying. it comes to getting $2 hustle for $1. 80 they keep right up with the procession"
 An estimable citizen of Brooklyn was aroused from his peaceful slumbers about midnight recently by loud knocking at his front door. Appearing at window he asked what was wanted. 'tWho lives here 2" in- quired voice from the street ''John B. asked the disturber. ''Of course I am," said the citizen. 'I am Smith, and I've lived here for twenty-five years'' '.Well,'' said the disturber, as he walked slowly away ''why in thunder don't you move, MT Smith ?"-Neao Fork Tribune.
 Philadelphia news, from the Paris Egene- nae7at, translated by the New York World:
 Encounter of two railroad trains in the environs of Philadelphia
 '"The voyagers go to complain themselves at the office of police
 How many of woundedsf 2 demanded the commissary.
 C Seven
 "How many of deads ?
 ''Three'
 C And it is for this that you dare complain yourselves? Thursday last there was thirty deads and not one of them said a word about it ?"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22

The Roxbury Congregational church re- ceives $1, 900 from the late G. T. Bronson.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22

The little word 'tand'' is quite important sometimes. Congress tried to appropriate $25O,O 900 for new building for the Pension bureau, and the clause appropriating it should have read: ''For the purchase of a suitable site in the city of Washington and for the erection" etc. But the word ''and" was left out by some careless overworked expressing clerk, in the rush of the last days of Congress, and the money is only available for the purchase of site for the much need ed building.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22

the other, some predict for her the highest speed. Between these two ships, the Fur
 nessia of the Anchor line, the Alaska, of 6, 400 tons, in forward state of construc- tion for the Guion line on the Clyde, the Pa risian, 5, 500 tons, of the Allan line, about to start on her maiden voyage, and a
 White Star liner now being built at Belfast there is likely to be considerable rivalry and some interesting ocean racing. The Anglo American companies are taking advantage of the low price of iron, steel, and labor, to re- new their fleets, the Cunard Company having 26, 300 tons of new boats in course of con- struction on the Clyde, which, with the Cephalonia, 5,1OO tons, building at Birken- head, gives total of s1 400 tons. Altogether, taking boats launched and boats on the stocks, something like 12o, 900 tons of ship ping has lately been added to the trans atlantic fleet.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22

The Nihilist known as John Baker, and who has shown that he is intimately acquaint- ed with the plans of the Russian revolution ists, writes to the Springfield Repu6Acan concerning the situation in Russia. He calmly announces that the death of the Czar was not murder or an assassination, but that it was, in the eyes of every true Russian, at home and abroad, clear case of suicide. And he declares that the new Czar has to un- dertalze an unsolvable problem-to grant re- forms and still remain Czar. "Whatever the outcome may be- he continues, reforms must be granted and not sham reforms either; expenses of the court must be cur tailed, and no more pensions to imperial har- lots and mistresses. In fact the end of it all, if these reforms are not granted soon, is that republic will rise and what was in- tended had the late Czar left the empire to take the baths at Ems and Weisbaden will take place by driving this Czar out bag and baggage, if not sending him to meet his father"
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22

Sunday morning is the true season of Lent -somnolent.-BOstOn Iraase'Tpt.
 thoughtful exchange says that if man had put ten cents out at compound interest in the year 100, he would now be richer than the Rothschilds Pretty time to tell us that, Sacaasa1uA Recorder.
 How beautiful it is, Mary, to think of you clinging about me as the ivy clings about the oak" ssWouldn't maple be more appro- priate than oak, Theodore" queried Mary, with sly twinkle in her eyes. "You know
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22

At the banquet recently given by the Lord
 Mayor of London to the Directors of the
 Bank of England, MT. Birch, the Governor
 of the bank, made some interesting remarks
 upon the management of that great machine
 of exchange. The business transacted by
 the Bank of England had. he said, no paral- Tel with that of any other establishment in the world, inasmuch as it combined with an ordinary banking business the management of the national debt and the issue and pay ment of the greater portion of the note cir culation of the country. Some idea of the magnitude of that work might be formed
 when he told them that there were no less than 2s6, 800 accounts open in the public funds; that the number of bank notes issued during the last year was above 15, 250, 900, representing sum of e33S, ,OOO, ,OOO, and ter of each operation being kept, so that any note paid into the bank during the last five years could be produced within 8 minute or two, with information as to the channel through which it had found it's way back to the bank, although the register represented v, 100000 notes, slowed away in 14, 4,500 boxes. If stitched end to end these notes would extend to 12, 300 miles. It was gen. erally thought that the bank was extravagant in cancelling the notes which come in, but the matter had been well considered, and it was calculated that if they were to keep Q register of the notes in the way it was the custom of the bank to do, the system they followed was the cheapest
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
THE SONG OF THE CAKE.

THE SONG OF THE CAKE. With features heated and red, With head that throbs and aches, A woman stands in the kitchen Turning buckwheat cakes Bake bake bake In autumn winter and spring, And still with a voice of tremulous quake She but of the cake doth sing. Beat beat beat While the batter is foaming high, And bake bake bakei Till 1t seems that the man must die. But no-hs bears him bravely, And the woman continues to bake, Spreading and lifting and turning, While the man, he takes the cake.
 San Froncfsco ArQOnGut.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Edmund Hudson in his Washington letter to the Boston Herazd denies that Mrs. Hayes was any more responsible than her husband for the total abstinence policy of the White House. He also says that President Hayes actually spent more money in and for the White House than any other President ever did in four years term.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22

The new prohibition law of Kansas is meeting with the strongest opposition from quarter whence trouble was probably least expected. The law absolutely forbids the use of wine in the sacrament, punishing the minister who so administers the sacrament with two years imprisonment in the peni- tentiary, and shutting up the church itself as . public nuisance, according to the interpret ation of the Rev. Dr. Beatty. rector of the Episcopal church at Lawrence On Sunday that clergyman administered the sacrament as usual, regardless of the consequences, hay ing previously announced to the congrega- ton his determination so to do He said: .sWe are willing to render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, but we will still give to God the things that are His. I say, as did Peter, Judge ye whether we should obey men rather than God Of ore thing you may be assured, we shall never recognize for moment the attempts of human legisla tion to destroy the great sacrament of the Christian church."
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22

The Cunard steamer the Servia, though the largest boat afoat will not be without Q rival, for there will shortly be launched from the Barrow ship building yard vessel for the Inman line, to be called fhe City of Rome. which, though 500 tons smaller in bulk, is 70 feet longer, her length being ex- actly 200 yards. Her engines are calculated to give her speed of IS knots also, being 10, 1000 horse power, and as the ship from her extra length has longer and easier lines than
Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-22
IORNING. MARCH 22. 1881.
Sgournal arto Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. 400 State Street, Courier Building.
 JOHN B. oARRNaToN. EDWARD T. oARRINaroN. JOHN B. oARRINaToH JR.
, 1881-12-15

Exrerfence o1 a CIlicnyo 1Inn Who WAS
osa ttle City OF Berlin During Her Ikc-
cont Trip from Now York to Liverpool.
To tn Editor Of 1hs Chicago Tribune.
1AvEnrooL., Eng. Nov. :u.-Tho City Of uorlln
sAi!ctl from Now York IN the 1Dth OF this month
for Liverpool, Eng, and had very rough
passnKe, nooting with what Ia saI.l to 10 tho
most severe storm Of tho North Atlantic for tho
past forty ycutB. Tho st0rin brokc firth In lts
fury M thu night ut tlla Nth, lustluR for nearly
two dpya with uunl,ated violence, sweeping
nearly everything from tho decks, Including
eight at our ten llfoboats, aud lesnoilthlng one
OF tho two left on deck. staving in our bull
warks, amoktna- a-rcom, ladfca' cabln, and all Of
our skyliFhts. pinnacle, bridges, yunttlators
hand-ralls, companiun stnlrs nl Runo; toreyartl
down, tua!n-bootn thrown OH tho skylIaht OF our
alntug.saloou, completely lomoshinx 1t, and
letting In an tnmens0 volume of Waigr, which
dntetet cur aa!u0n eon'n hvt feet ttcep. III which
refuge ~ the sAlootl after being wAshed
out ut iholr hunks ia tue aft Hlattroons
a esoa IL aa aeE o Wnsxrs Se o.S
trunks, boxes. chairS. aud tahcs, belng cut and
eaptnY belnK drowned. Fsoin slx to seven foot
Of water IN the hod. and our trcu1en a.l'! cnKi-
nses e a snf tY r. wStGs t. hfS ax w1. H.:
which, It extln9utshe. at trtre hut. Frntn thirty
to forty Ut thv 'ro persona on bt,urd wore moro
hrokoi, arms, logs, ulo, Think (lo.l. aot q soul
PARTON OF tno Cargo was utterly ruinoa by
breaklge and watur. Our passage to Liverpool
tSok 80! Says' !i'n9 l,aq,axe 10 s.saner at
Gots' ul0thinx about $l0.uo0; ny personal loss
not very heavy. However. hatl Ho All Iandr.! III
LtvorpDo! without Bt!lctl Ut clothes OF cont 0f
l,lonoy va wn,lltt hays acen nut only happy
but a worry thankful! !9t At pcopsc. Tho passsn-
Gora WIN hFo rron1 Chicago Al known to tno aso
tlsoalI Of rradol, II. KinRborg (protlucpj, 4na
your hu1pblv saFsaut. VI owo our lives U
plueky cruw and ottlccrs. Very ytru!y yourA
, 1881-12-15
THE SOUTH PARKS.
Yearly Report Of the Board-Prog.
.ress Made During 1881.
Work on tho Michigan Avenue Boule-
vard and the Parks.
Tho Bonded Debt 1s Now Reduced to
$7G5, ,000-lscccipts.


Tho Board Of South Pa1l Commissioners mot
yesterday AFTERNOON ut thoEr rooms, cornor Of
Washington md Fifth nvenuo. There woro
present Commissioners Walsh, Curnnll. Cul-
l.soa1s, aud ltuesoll, tho former occupying the
chair.
4 CLAIM FOR ExTlsAs.
contractor Dol F0sse handed III petition tho
burden Of which WIS that no bo allowed Is OK
tn for ench ono of 137 out OF totul Of III CATCH
oAslus, which hv had contracted to put up On
AicalRan Qyenuo from Park placo to DouRius
afenno. Ih'a owing to the refusal Of tho city
nporn!t olhor than their own cmploy6s to
make connections with tho sewerage malns, and
toaome other unforeseen circumstances, which
ensAlsd Upon him considerable additional OK
hnceF n charge Of tho work.
sE. John q. Bhurtutl, hundlng delegation
TIE CHICAGO nicYc1.E cI.uls,
presented petition frou, tue club and nthors
hA,lnf hhsAlnf toF tho rGpenl OF tho 0rdor prohibiting
oe5c!e riders trum the use 0t the Ihrk rtvo-
1rnr;;, 11ss Tho M pottton sets forth II uonsderb!e
Mo ~ psstttoners ought 10 10 granted. The lizard
D9ar 9 ssaxd H to to- 6y IT. wirs
r II wi Sho@ ao TSv fevctIy udS " sxtSue
,s:s;s, ,sSSs TIT Il K"xisaa 'hs G!cysIa W. s
'd .nd dSs'fy%e0Fe ih%t as was ~Ss1s asto 'eht, 10
a.! ~, t4s parhs ai.i bo,,leynrtls In b0th Eaglanl
~. ~ lM'e:, anve tu allch aa were dcsKncd for
o!eyclo was cunning i1to extensive usO In thla
s@uaatry. Ely ad wAs admitted to tue parks Ut 1aos-
s"n1 % ano 9iaer arKp citics Ia tho ast. con1mis.
.a csase TOR sllch IN 0rtlur hAYluR bcGn pataeu
11SSytns bcsn frixhtsnsa BY Sloyaics and thoir
n!teE sonlo deibeEat1on, rnsoiuuon prepared
S3r Eorhnll ropcultuK the nl9nAivc
aHr rt;nr va: ~ R Rpassvd. Commissioner Russell alone