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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

TIM Indian commissioners who have
been arranging treaties with the Northern
Minnesota Indians report the Indians 70
Be in deplorable condition, owing % the
whisky traffic which has been carried on
among them by white men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

ALAReE number Of employees have been
dropped from the rolls Of the Government
printing Office a. Washington. ana MS
expected that many more viii follow In :
very short time
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

or Recommendation Of the Nebraska
Live Stock Sanitary Commission Cover
nor Dawes has issued q proclamation e.
tablishing quarantine against al cattle
from the State Of Illinois.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

LvoHrxIxo recently started nres ~ me
yellow stone Park. and immense bodies o.
timber have been destroyed The BLACK
Tail mountains are one mass OF smoking
ruins
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

WmrrAKKR, Of Chicago, n bicycle
race Il CrawfordsvilIe, Ind, on the = IT,,
against time, made one hundred miles In
six hours. three minutes and hfty-nine
seconds, heating the worlds record BY one
hour, seven minutes and one second.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

A sroxr tuildiug has been discovered
eight feet below the surfacs at ksukauna,
wis, which from is appearance ana
workmanship Is thought to have ben
built centuries ago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08
TOPICS OF THE DAT.


uxrxrrcrrD opposition has developed
= Pennsylvania 70 Mr.. Randaii's rsnon-
nation for Congress
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

BrLvA LOCKWOOD 4 in training FOR ne
nrssidential race in lSsS - the candidate
q the woman's Rights and Prohibition
~ parties.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25
How to Face an Audience.

Any young orator may gain assur.
ance in the same way. Let him re-
member the anecdote of the young
priest who was startled in the midst
OF a simple ermon by his bishop sud
denly appearing robed in his full
canonicals. The sermon was COM
pleted with as much ease and self
possession as 1t began. At its close
the bishop asked if his presence had
disturbed the preacher. "No, your
lordship," was the reply: II always
regard my audience as SO many cab
bage heads, and the presence
of red cabbage among them
makes no difference" In brief,
a wholesome nonchalance in regard to
ones audience is much to be desired.
The audience is only human after all,
and eve the critics are not gods. Let
us, then, be calm. On the particular
night OF which speak / was strungup
to the highest tension, and yet l was
entirely master Of, myself. Whether 1
succeeded or failed, l can make no ex-
cuse on the ground of nervousness or
excitement. Macready says in his
biography that he used to prepare
hlmself-when the pious mood was
upon him, l suppose-byprayer. Ibid
not. Had l continued a prayer |
should not have been a player. But
1 we'll remember making my way
through the muddy alley which leads
to the stage door OF the Grand Opera
House, and across the darkened stage,
on which the carpenters. stood in
groups of eager skepticism, to my
dressingroom. My debut was made
in the face of more doubt as to it's
success than any other which l recall.
George 9. Min in Chicago News.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25
vanderbilt's Greatest Trouble.

New York Times: William HI. Van
derbilt had a big sorrow in his life. He
told bluff, g~ood-hearted Capt. Thomp-
son,of the steamship Germanac, about
it one afternoon, when he sat enjoying
a smoke in the captains Office. 'There
isn't much fun in having people believe
you are very rich,' said Mr.. Wander
bilt. "I'm willing to take your word
for it," assented the captain. "Now,
do you know what is the great trouble
OF my life?" went on the millionaire.
The captain confessed that he had
never suspected that there was any
great trouble there at all. "Well,
there is" insisted the railway mag
nate. "There is-a great trouble. l
am bothered and worried to death by
people who want to make me rich.
They seem to think 1 want all the
money on the earth, and they all have
schemes to help me get it. That is the
great sorrow OF my life. IdoL't dare
turn to this side or to thai; but some
man is offering to take me into part
ne,ship and make me another million
or two. It's very tiresome--yery re.
some" and the Havana went hack 70
lips that pursed contemplativh,y As
whiffs of the tobacco 1oated through
the captains cabin window.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25
A Mountain Adventure.

One a fancy the courage of the
man who first ventured to "interview"
the lightning; and Barlow's sonorous
tribute, in his poem of the "Colum-
toiad," to DR.. Franklin, on the clark
ening height" tempting "heaven's
awful thunders," is not overdrawn.
Franklin would have needed even
greater daring to walk into athunder.
cloud; no man, in fact, would be fool
hardy enough to try it. But Ernest
I~ngerso!ltells the readers of the Buffalo
Express how, nolens volens, he once
did that very thing. 1t happened to
him while climbing one of the highest
peaks OF the Sierra San Juan (Col).
His first warning, when being sur
rounded by the awful electric mass, he
says, vas "a ticking that played on
his fingers" and a tickling at theroots
Of his hair, which soon grewso intense
that the whole hair OF his head
'hissed as though being fried in hot
fat" His further experience is thus
described:
1t was only when the lightningstrokes
SeS'i'o W wv DuG eiIceOi ioui AiiiiiAees
apart, and thin advance mists began
to be blown quite close to me, that +!
suddenly realized the danger l should
presently be exposed to.
1t was high time to escape, but when
I rose up and seized my gun it began
to hum ina most alarming way; turn
ed itself into a sort OF electrical rattle
snake, and my arm buzzed in feeling
quite as angrily.
l was nov fully awake to the need
for haste, yet telt that must not
abandon the valuable gun ii 1T were
possible to save 1t. Holding 1t by It's
stock, therefore, IN spite OF the tlngllng
numbness IN my fingers. L tried to hur-
~ down the mountain; but after a
few steps dropped almost helpless into
a crevice between two large stones, and
tomake the long descent with h rifle
barrel singing and my arm %half-para.
lyzed seemed impossible; SO resolved
to RISK waiting mere, where l Thought
myself somewhat protected, until the
next stroke OF lightning shouldeiveme
a moments freedom rom strain to
take another run.
1t was q terrible SITUATION: The air
was thick and close with chilling vapor.
Inc gun was producing terrible hum
ming, which, added to the noises
evoked IRON thousands OF vibrating
blocks OF lava n my own sizzling
crown, MADE SUCH adm icould scarce,
~ 1hlnk. ! nde whether l could
endure the tast-increaslns electricity
until the discharge came-hoped Tor,
yet with an awful tear that might be
lett there forever It's wlthered object.
Utterly powerless TO avert my tate,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25

passively, looking more like a man on
his way to receive a dreadful sentence
than in expectation OF a pleasant sight.
His thoughts were bitter.
Shall my wife become lost to me,''
he said in his heart-.lost to me in q
world Of folly, fashion and extrava-
ganceP"
..Sit down. George, she said. leading
him to o chair.
Her Manner had undergone a change.
The brightness of her ~countenance had
departed. She took something in ahur-
led way from a drawer, and catching
up a footstool, placed it on the floor
neal linn, and sitting down, leaned upon
him, and looked tenderly and lovingly
into his face. Then she handed him the
jewelers. bill.
ut is receipted, you see." she said,
and her voice tiuttered q little.
MARY! how is this?" he asked.
What does it meanp"
81 returned the watch" she replied;
.'and Mr.. Rose receiptcd the bill. i
would have paid for any damage; but
he said it wa nninjured, and would not
take anything"
s4Oh, Mary! said her husband.
"And this is receipted also; and
this she said, handing the other bills
which she had paid. "And now, dear"
she added quickly, ''how do you like
my dress? Isn't it beautiful"
We leave to the readers magma
ton the explanations and the scene
that followed. If, however. any fair
lady. who. like Mrs. Whitman, has
been drawing too heavily on her hus.
bands slender income, for silks and
jewels, is at a loss to realize the scene,
let her try Mary's experiment; and. our
word for it. she will find q new
and glad experience in life. Costly
silks and jewels may be very pleasan:
things, but they are too dearly bought
when they come as the price Of a hus.
bands embarrassment, mental disqui-
etude or alienation. Too often the gay
young wife wears them rs the sign o
these unhappy conditions. Tranquil
hearts and sunny homes are precious
things; too precious to be burdened and
ciouded by weak vanity and love Of
SHOW. Keep this in mind, oh, ye fair
ones, who have husbands in moderate
circumstances. Do not let your pride
and pleasure Cypress them. Rich cloth.
ing, costly laces, and gems, are poor
substitutes for smiling peace and hearts
unshadowed by care. Take the lesson
and live by it, rather than offer another
illustration, in your own experience Of
the folly we have been ~endenvoring te
expose and rebuke.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25
Taken a Firm Stand.

Max knows q young woman who is
not afraid Of her convictions. She
lives in a house where Methodism is tho
prevailing creed. One day not long
since the dominic who has the care OF
the sous IN that particular family came
to make a pastoral visit. After con-
versing with the elder members of the
family ON their spiritual welfare, he
turned to the young woman in question
and said, with all righteousness:
And you, my dear daughter, are
you q child of God?s
No. DOCTOR said the young woman,
II ana an Episcopalian. '-Bu0aAo Ez-
pfes4
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25
q. J. ROSS M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Office and temporary residence up stairs
corsar OF LIST and Main St. Calls in CITY
and County promptly answered. Has had
seventeen years experience and refers to
Ohio Medical College .: Cincinnati and Stat
Medical Society oi Iowa.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25
EAfaWESHiG
sIoGsiI
X HIRLaz.

n ill6iss5 aAssysJseph ~ syts appsaes
6ssysna - kaif 6espoken.
warm and fond, draw near
aM GNi43selSat IT, o5eeai 10 brokcni
Issek aassyvoca
sls e s sessesae
arapedsAvm happy dreams
- neexAys
4 - .taaisy covsrt ssens;
tcNG1ndstGS fcssakeni
II wits VIII hands outstretched,
sSa5k HAAAtouA lit tho dew leaves
kAa06t1ef beauty somehow atretched
Is5a1A sunahinsf under new leaves.
III 10 phantom VIII not brock
HagSaig arpfOach, or beckoning,--
$XNfeyeA tn shadow in my look
M necq1tEJ, doubt, o. reckoninS.
49, shouKht III brief exalted moods
sssIo6 mortal cumber loseA,
Nhispefs, through my solitudes
a1Aespslieo8 ~ the Muses.;
1txhsnr tnla 81 nsarer !sllss,
I6llHA - sweet ! sdfeAmtAk
~ ~ lovely seeming:
An i "a III Il ny side,
SAMonK 900 gay throngas shifting
AID Mes iIst shadow seems to bid0
Juls ~ iair eyeltdss Lifting.
SIlsnd above their shyscllpss
o. Ill my hopes ard holies.
= riss snd their apocalypse
q greater than ny soul ~
fafMHsZ ~. AsGFHHN .ENN. Ga.s1
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25

should never have been purchased; hut
a too indulgent husband yielded to the
opportunities Of q foolish, young wife.
| say this to take the blame from him.
Now, sir, meet the case, if you can do
SO in fairness to yourself. Take back
the watch and say how much l shall pay
you beside"
The jeweler paused a little to think.
The case took him a little by surprise.
He stood for nearly a minute: then tax
ing the bill and watch. he said. wait
. minute" and went to a desk.
viii that dop"
He had come forward again, and now
presented her with the receipted bill
His face wore a pleasant expression.
How much have I to pay youp"
asked Mrs. Whitman. taking out her
pocketbook. q
10 uninjured."
.You have done . kind act, sir,''
said Mrs. Whitman. with a tremulous
voice. Il hope you will not think UNI
f~avorably of my husband. It's no
fault of his that the bill has not been
paid. Good morning, SIR
Mrs. Whitman drew her veil over
her face, and went with light step and
light heart from the shop. The pleas
nre she had experienced on receiving
n her watch was not to be compared
with that which she now felt in parting
with Il. From the jewellers she went
TO the bootmaker's, and paid his bill;
from thence to her n~iillener's, and SET
tied for her last bonnet.
sI know yOusre diving To zee nv nav
dress raid Mrs. Whitman, gayly, a
1he drew her arm within that OF her
husband On his appearance that eve
ming. Come up stairs and let me
show # Come slong! Don't hang
back, GeorEe, % II ron were afraid"
George Whitman went with his vita
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25

More than $40, OOO, 900 have been
invested in the Southern states in in
dustrial enterprises during the first
quarter OF this year.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-25
a SECOND THOUGHT.

- story Of asvife,s Good Sense
n must have Il, George" said MI.
Nhitlnan's handsome little wife. So.
Unit put On that sober face.
.sDidSI put on ! sober facep" asked
asShusband. with IN attempt to smile,
NAT was anything but : success.
ID, sober % 8 man ON trial for his
he she replied. There, dear, clear
d Up, and looksas4sM you had at least
mo friend III the world! What money
bv6rssy0u mon are!M
rHoW much VIII II costr' inquired
Whitman.
There WIS another attempt to look
sheerful and acgniescent-
asAbont six pounds.n was answered,
nth Just little falterIng in the lady's
voice. for she knew the sum would sound
sxtrayagAnt.
sSsix pounds! Why. Mary. do you
hink I am made OF money!
Ard Nj. Whitman,s commence under
Went ! rsrnarkabls change Of express
ion. rs
4 declare. George said his wife. a
at&1e impatiently, .you look at me as II
IwerSsan object Of fear, instead Of af-
lecton don't think this is kind Of
\ ron. I've only Ind three silk dresses
tnCo we were married, while Amy
blixht has had six or seven during the
nxae period, and everyone Of hers cost
nuge@than mine. I know you think
neextravagant, but wish you had .
nh Ike: some women could name.
father fAinkayon'd lind ont the differ
SlnOe bs1Uewslong.
q thiore. pot, don't talk to me
aSethisAf1shion III bring you the
non14E His evening-that is, if
s. ~ nor butts, Il you please. The
|lentenoo b comp1sta without them.
! sMhauh you, desrl I'll 20 this afternoon
and buy the silk. So don't fail to bring
- money. I was In --- street yester.
1ay, md saw one Of the sweetest pat
tsfn1 ever beheld. Just suits my
Ityle and complexion. I shall be incon.
solehle Il It'll gone. You won't disap-
point mef
Aud Mrs. Whitman laid her soft,
\ Whits hand on the arm Of her husband
nd smiled with sweet persuasion in
- face.
is. You shall have the
u monsy. said Mi. Whitman. turning
u from shis wife, asshe thought q lit
II abruptly. and hurrying from her
presence.
III his precipitation he had also for
gOttBnathe usual parting kiss.
That's the way it Is always!" said
" Mn Whitman, her whole manner
changing. q the sound Of the closing
street door came jarring upon her ears.
ss1fnpt ~ money to George. and al
once there ~ cloud In the sky"
= ut down. pouting and half an
.E,x pounds for q new dress!!, men.
tally ejaculated the husband of the
yaiiss pretty and thoughtless Mrs.
Whitman. : d he shut the door after
hhins. ~ promised to settle the coal
ms1chant's bill to-day. but don't know
Where the money hssto come from. The
1oAl nearly Out, and more must BIZ
0rdered. Oh, dear!! Pm discouraged.
Everysyear / fall behind hand. This
Nintef 4 did hops to get 3 little In ad.
81 vance; but Il silk dresses are TO be the
order Of the day. there S an end to tina,
davoutly-tOfbe-wished-fo circumstance.
Debt-debt! how / have always shrunl
fromsit! But steadily, now, it is over,
powering me. oh, Il I could but dis
sntangle myself now, while / have the
strength Of early manhood; but thu
bondsa that hold me ! weak. Il Mar,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
A Hindrance to Digestion.

Some people drink alcohol to assist them
in the digestion of their food. But what is
there in alcohol that can render food more
digestible? Food picked in alcohol will
remain unaltered for years, just as food
when picked in brine remains unaltered;
hence alcohol, like salt, naturally tends to
render food indigestible. DR.. Norman
Kerr, speaking of this subject, writes:
$50 far from aiding in digestion, intoxi-
eating liquors actually hinder this vital pro-
cess. Again and again, on examining after
death the bodies of persons who have died
suddenly, have found large quantities of
food which had been hindered from being
digested by strong drink, taken few hours
before. The presence Of an intoxicant in
the stomach markedly interferes with the
digestive net.
"True, if you take half glass of brandy
after eating too hearty a meal. you may feel
temporary relief, but you have not digested
your food. You have only made the nerves
Of sensation-God' messengers in the liv-
ing body-drunk, so that they cannot do
their duty; they cannot deliver their mes
sage to the brain that the stomach has been
oppressed by excess in eating. National
w. C.. T. U. Bulletin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

81 yeas to 3O1 nays-a most empnacc de-
feat-and the convention declared in favor
OF "the largest personal liberty consistent
with the public welfare" which was plank
vague enough for Democratic prohibition
lists and liquor men to all stand upon. This
year the same struggle will come up in the
State convention, and efforts are making to
have the party committed to q policy SINH
lar to that outlined in the Vest resolution Of
1882.
In 1883 submission resolution was lost
in the House by the votes of 81 Democrats,
III Republicans, and Greenbacker in the
negative to 80 Democrats, Is Republicans,
and 5 Greenbackers in favor of it's nays
to 80 yeas. In the same year, Marmaduke,
then candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor, which he received and
which Office he now fills, declared that de-
mand from the people for the submission
Of prohibitory amendment should be
"cheerfully and promptly" responded to by
the Legislative and Executive Departments,
without reference to individual convic-
tom" and similar expressions were made
by all the principal leaders Of the party. In
the light Of these facts, it would seem inn
possible to pledge the party to the liquor
interest. The Missouri campaign promises
to be most interesting one.-Toledo Blade.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
The Prohibition Fight in Missouri.

Missouri is to be battle ground OF the
prohibition movement this fall. A move
ment has been organized for the submits
sion of a prohibitory constitutional amend
ment by the Legislature. and it is daily
growing in strength and importance. The
Democratic leaders of the State have al
ready attempted to array their party against
the movement, but there are great many
Democrats in the State who favor prohibi-
tion. aud who will work in harmony with
the submission movement. The st. Louis
Globe Democrat points out the fact that,
several times in it's history, the Democratic
marty of Missouri has committed itself to
prohibitory measures. The first struggle
Was in the Legislature in 1879. where party
lines were disregarded on this question,
and the resolution for the submission of a
,,roh;bition amendment to the State Con-
stltution to the people was passed in the
Honse aud defeated in the Senate by very
close vote. In 1881 the Senate passed
similar resolution, which failed in the
House by only one vote.
Tn the Democratic State Convention OF
1889. on a resolution, inspired by Senator
Vest. pledging the party to the doctrine
that athe question of temperance is one be,
longing solely to the domain of morals, and
every attempt to enforce it by prohibitory
LEGISLATION is subversive OF the legitimate
foundation of government" the vote stood
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17

ent lnll III manufacturing and business
activity would find many Of them able to
bear it without being pinched for the nee
essaries of lite. It is not over-consump-
ton Of food and clothing in this land Of
liberty and liquor. The annual bill for
bread, meat, cotton and WOODEN goods of
this great American people, foots up to q
tota! Of about $1,25O, 700, 900; but its an
nuai bill for whisky, beer aud taxes there
on, IS 81 ,40O, 100000. In other words, it
unnecessarily drinks $14O,OO0,OOO worth
more than it necessarily eats and wears.
And the people who commit this folly every
year are amazed that once in a few wears
they are hard up, and some. of them want
TO hoist the communistic red flag, and de-
strey everybody else's property, because
they have wasted their own share of the
national substance in rye juice and other
riotous fnids!"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
Prohibition and Jugs.

1t is claimed by some, eff you prohibit
the sale of whisky, men will send off and
get it,
We wish to say that investigation has sat
isfed us that where prohibition is brought
in and enforced, the Jug" business soon
regulates itself.
TO illustrate: Three years ago the issue
was made on railroad with thirteen sta
tons, running into large whisky town.
When prohibition first took effect, the daily
jug" supply was on an average of fifty
Jugs, ranging from one to three gallons
per day, making nearly four jugs for each
station. Now the daily average is not more
than one dozen, not quite one per station.
Here is decrease of three-fourths in three
years. And does it not look hopeful that
the other fourth will go by the end of the
fourth year?
These facts we gathered from an express
agent that ran on the road referre d to-
The Way of Life.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-17
Cause Of the Prohibition Movement
in the South.

A reporter of the Cincinnati Times Star
asked an intelligent and observant traveller
for big distillery in that city what was the
great reason for the prohibition movement
in the Gulf States, and he replied:
"Self- protection. They want prohibi-
ton for protection. You see, the greater
part of the population in the South is coll
ored, and in the towns and cities the ne
groes are drinking whisky until they are
not only destroying their strength and use
fulness, but are an actual danger to the
community. The Southern penitentiaries
are filled with colored men, and statistics
show that liquor is at the bottom of more
crimes than intent or original depravity. In
fact the white people Of the South realize
ed man, and the only way to do it is by
universal and absolute prohibition. That
is the reason of the present temperance
movement"