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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-20

DETRArDED NJ A. OH ExPLork
What was that? The Droyers' Bank
~dcfraudrd? Why. he used 20 be cash
ier at the Drovers' Bank What . long
time II seemed since he had stood It
the cashiers desk. and yet it vas only
Yesterday He would read the article
! n He didn't care now about
Mr. Knicker's noe. Beth's message
had inflicted so much deeper a sting
! that he had almost forgotten the note.
! but he would read the article. and he
thought he should feel pleased TO learn
| thar Knicker had been cheated
This morning. when 7. " Knick-
er. the president Of the Drovers' Bank
reached the Office. he found q note
| telling him that his cashier. John
Jones. was III. and would be unable 10
be at his desk to-day Mr. knicker Is
a very careful man in business mat
tcrx and he decided 10 take the duties
Of cashier upon himself until Mr.
Jones was in > condition 20 relieve
him He. accordingly. unlocked the
vaults and prepared fnr work Soon
Adam. Mealie & johnson presented :
check for . large amount. and. BY re-
ferring to the record Of yesterdays
business. Mr.. Knicker found that q
package Of ten one thousand-do lar
bills had been deposited He imme-
diately decided 70 use one q those
bills in cashing the check. and. going
to the vault. removed the package
supposed 10 contain them In count
inc the money. he found nine ono
,housand-dollar bills and = one hun.
drcd-do.isr bill. On investigation. il
transpircd that the last person who
had handled the bills was John Jones
the cashier. Before passing into ths
hands of the cashier. the bills had,
however. been handled BY tour sub
ordinatcs. who reported that sher'
were ten of the one thousand deal
notes in the packet when they saw i
II then went to Mr.. Jones. and one .
the clerks happened 70 b standing
near b. when Jones took IL tn
Slerk noticed particularly that NJ
Jones seemed to find it all right. hu
that instead Of pinning the little Iii
!, Of paprr with the amount marked q
n which ID il customary 20 piae
around packages Of money. be with
. drew one Of the bills and laid III
| others loose on his desk The cierl
was then called 70 some other part Q
. the room and can give no fruther IN
: formation Olhcr evidence concins
I ivcly shows that Notwithstanding al
, Jones previous integrity. ne ha
. welded TO temptation and gone II
w.y II many others II il mentione'
incidentally. that that very mornin
Mr.. Jones had said he was in gre'
, need Of goo. the exact amount e
1 tracted from the package Nlr. knicl
J er. Ia consideration Of Jones forms
1 uprirhtness and strict discharge
. duty. will not prosecute"
John read this once. twice. thrs
4 timea He only uttered two word
. my God"
Falling back IN his chair with ND
n open eyes he sat staring - the wal
The clock licked away on the mant
|. shelf, che ire grew lower and almo'
died. the lamp spugserei and smokes
a but still John Jones sat back n 2
! chair. staring. staring q ~ -
Finally Il gradually became light q
the noise q srafnc began In the stres
John moved uneasily. looked arouI
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-20

N Gaunt- : colored resident o
xenia. q. has decided HE property.
valued :. sjo.00 % wiIberfcrce Uni
ver.isv. I lesding college Tor colorcd
men. The college has frequently r.
ceivcd bequeass Of $1,000. and Inc
largest sum heretofore received from
- individual va $1,000
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-20

/. The rewards o. The kingdom q Hesves
arc hike : wedding banquet
2. Il il wise 70 prepare now ior %
future.
3. Il Il foolish % waists the present 4
careless neglect.
Z. Tho preparation . By . character dttc'
Tor eternal lie. : now heart, Christian liv
ing. sustained ~ Tie Holy Spirit
& The great events Of lifo come uucz
rcctcdly upon ~; ~ coming Of Christ z
death. Il the end Of tho world. IN ever
crisis and opportunity.
q only those who arc prepared bcfor
hand can enjoy the offered blcosings..
Z. We can not impart q otheye -
preparation. nor obtain & from others.
q There u Z "too liza"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11
Wha, They Said.
ExNAAnsn.


 The constant repetition of "says he's or "sAys l." in telling A story, is one unfAiling token of the speakorss iRnor- ance. The habit scems to arise from the. effort of an untrained mind to at tain vigor of utterAnce, and its result may be called the historical present of the vulgar. Hero Ia literal specimen, taken from the lips of q woman who, leaning over her fence In morning aisarNy, was giving hcr most sas!- mate neighbor an account of a family quarrel;
 "And says she, 'i'll do just as I've mind to about It.
 "'No, you won't says I, not in my house. says l. 'i'll treat you well while you're hero. but you've got to treat mo the same,' says |.
 "Then Jim he spoke up. sNancy,' says he. don't you say nothln' you'll be sorry for,' says hc,
 "'No,' says l, Il won't, but I'll speak the plain truth In my own house, and nobody shan't stop me-"
 And 90 the dramatic recital wont on.
 It is sald that in . certain novel, popular yeArs ago, tho heroine burst Into tears, In the course of the story, over hundred tlmca by actual count. Had . person Of an exact turn of mind been present at the interview in ques- tion, he would doubtless have becn able to report an astonishing number of "says Fs,"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11
Beeeher as q sehool- Boy.

When Henry Ward Beecher as a very small boy pompously read aloud the sentence: "The monstrous lions came out" as "Two moastro fdious great lions came out" he must have made sensation, says the Youth's Companion. Later, when he was placed under the care of his older sis ter, who was teaching young lady's school in Hartford, he had apparently retained the power of creating general diversion. A teacher was one day giving him a private lesson in gram nautical definitions, beginning with the following Illustrations:
 "Now, Henry, C k the indefinite ar- ticle, you sec, and must only be used with singular noun. You can say q man, but you can't say men, can you?"
 "Yes, can say dmcn," was the read y rejoinder. Father says 1t always at the end of his prayers"
 "Come, Henry, don't joke. Now decline ihe.' Nominative 'he,' posses sive 'his,' objective him. You sec his is possessive. You can say his book but you can't say him book. !"
 "Yes, do say hymn book, ," returned the incorrigible scholar.
 Each of these sallies made his young teacher laugh, and that victory was the one he sought.
 "Now, Henry, attend to the active and passive voice. I strike is active, but q am struck is passive, because if you are struck you don't do anything, do you?"
 "Yes, dol strike back again."
 Sometimes his views of philosophi- cal subjects were gratuitously offered. A class in natural science was one day stumbling through the theory of tides.
 "I can explain that" said Henry, from his place at his sisters elbow. "You sec, the sun he catches hold of the moon and pulls her, and she catches hold of the sea and pulls that, and this makes the spring tfdes.n
 "But what makes the neap tides7n
 "Oh, that's when the sun stops to spit on his hand, i" was the brisk reply.
 After six months Henry was re- turned to his parents hand, with the reputation of an invetcrate joker and sn indifferent scholar.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11
Lawsuits ARaist Animals.

kxchAnG&
 The law is held In greAter esteem nowadays than 1t ever was before, nc doubt, and yet 1t Is improbable that any one will ever again, in a civilized country, imagine that it Is something 60 grand and awful that insects and animals will obey its decreea. And yet this seemed once to be quite ( general impression. There are many instances in history of formal prose. cutions against animals. The most common of these cases are the law suits directed against the grssshop. pers.
 One of the most celebrated of these was case tried in Savoy, in lh45 when suit was brought, in the name of the people, against the grasshop- pers which were ravaging the ooun. try. X lawyer was found to under. take the defence of the insects, and he exhausted his ingenuity in pleading their cause.
 No doubt hs made cut very plana. ible case for their right to exist, for l, was finally proposed, on the part oi the government, officially to give and formally make over to tho grasshopper' . large tract of country, on condition that they should leave tho rest of the country.
 The lawyer took tho propositior under confederation, and finally came into court and declared that "his eli. ents could not accept his proposal because the land offered them was an abandoned and sterile tract, producing little or nothing suited to their uses and sustenance."
 The court, however, decided the case against the grasshoppers, and or- dered them to remove forthwith to the district set apart for them. They refused, however, to remove, but re- mained in the country until they had eaten up every green thing in 1t.
 If the courts were powerless to en- force their decrees against the grass hoppers, they made 1t up in the se- verity with which they punished creatures which could be seized and apprenended. In Meulan, France, in the last century, & pig which had at- tackled and killed child was prose- cuted for murder.
 Every step taken in this singular case was precisely as If the accused had been human being, except that the pigs lawyer spoke for 1t In every case, instead of the pig replying for itself.
 The lawyer was permitted to urge every possible argument In his client'' favor. But the pig was, nevertheless convicted, and sentenced to Do stran- gled in the market place. Pending the execution of this sentence, 1t wa, sent to prison and confined there.
 A few years before the French rev. olution, COW was tried and con- victed in the same way at Poitou. All the records in these cases are still preserved. They prove either a more than childish want of common. sense, or else an absurd devotion to form.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11

"The Crystal Slipper" still con- tinues to do enormous business at the Chicago opera house, and but three weeks more of the already extended run of the gorgeous extravaganza re- main to be filled at that theatre. The "third edition" of the piece was pro- duced Sunday night. This is the form in which "The Crystal Slipper" will be seen in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and the other principal cities in the United States. There are many additional features. The chorus and corps of auxiliaries is largely augmented. In the first ballet clown and pantaloon ballet, by eight children, has been in- troduced. The Neapolitan dance, from "Masanielo," is performed by Misses Pessione, Macarri, Montain, Griffith, Alice Woodbury, Grace Woodbury, Leon and Banner. Mile. Dorst and Mons. Oreste appear in 6 new dance, entitled "Krin- Krin and Kolofin." A new gavotte has been introduced in the great fan scene, where occur most of the changes in the third act. An ecceatrtqae qnadrills has been arranged by Mile. Dorst and Mons. Oreste. It, is called "Cocquettes and Cocadoes," and is danced by Mile. Dorst, Mons. Oreste, Mile. Pessione and MT. Chas. Warren. An added feature here is . new arrangement of the "March of the Supper Service" A large num- ber of new costumes have been made by Dazien and Leon Hirch. The new armors by the latter are even morS brilliant than those used in the first and second editions. They arc nickel plated throughout. The shield is in the form of . flower basket and the helmet represents flower stand. The music for the march, selected by MT. Richard Maddcrn, from the most pop ular airs, is artistically arranged. Mile. Qualffz is seen e CAarfreuse in an en- tirely new and novel pas se,z. CaTel Foir is danced by Mile. Morondo. The last act opens with the serenade from ALorrainev and there is . new song by M6ssr4 Graham and Foy, 1And I Went With Him..
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11
Wrttsn for The Arkansase TrareIer.
 LONG YEARS AGO.
BY CHARLES EUGENE RANKS

Long years ago, on arid ground, Beside rocky ledge found
 A tiny flower in bloom; The desert, bleak and bare and Rray. All verdureless about us lay,
 CuFied ss the hand ef .;t.cEn Had touched and shriveled it alone The flower smiled above the stone
 4 star above tomb. Tonight, inquisitive of mood, I wandered where the demon brood
 Of want and hunger wait; Where worth is sacrificed to might, And crouching figures curse the night In novels desolate, And vagrant song and ribald fest And Oaths deep muttered in the breast Proclaim the Fiend's estate. And there amid that dreadful din, The very air grown foul with sin,
 I found t0ddling child With face as pure and sweet and fair As e'er was famed by heavens air,
 As angels undefled,- At once saw the dreary plain The drowning ledge, twas come again, The blossom in the wild.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11

Little Johnny was taken In to see his new baby brother. After a good look at him he asked; "Dld baby como from heaven, mammap"
 "Yes, Johnnie; God sent the little dear to us."
 "Well,s said Master Johnny, after another Inspection of the round, bald head. "l wonder what kind of barber they've got up there. He's given him a pretty close out, think. ."-- Detroit Free Fress.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11

AA "Mabel, My Dear :--I know you arc alone and living in the old place, and l intended to come and sec you when this cruel war was over, but I'm not sure l shall be able. The surgeon tells me it's just toss up whether I live or die, and I want to see you, darling. Come, If you shouldn't get here in time, remember l always loved you and have been true to you all these years--true from mans point of view at least. Come. I can't write any more. This is against orders, but 1 know that the Mabel of old will st Least come to say good bye to an old friend. RUDOLPH BRAY.n No word did the major ssy in this letter of that old love- token, and he was wise.
 The two met, and Mabel helped the doctor tc Hght { close combat with grim death beside the majors bed, and, at last they conquered.
 Long after he showed her the letter case and the letter in 1t, and told her the story, but they had been man and wife 70 many happy years then that all she aid was:
 My good angel made me write that letter, Hudolph."
 "ADd mfnc," said the major. 1Irs evident that that pair of angels drank from the same canteen~
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11

At one of the recent public school examinations among the questions asked was: "Vith what crime was Lord Bacon charged7" To which the hopeful youth responded as if by in- spirstion: "With writing Shakes- peare's plays."-PAizadezpkfa North Ansertcdn.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11

"Papa, what do they have that crowbAr strapped up there forf" said the small boy in the railway car.
 ~That, my boy" replied pater Ta- Dstztas, sinking hot and frantic into his seat with sprained wrist and half his thumb nail gone after three minute wrestle with the ear window, Athat, I suppose, Is for the brakeman to open these bianked windows with.n-Bos- ton Commercial Bulletin.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11
Companion Pictures.

The historical pictures of the 1Ark- ansaw Traveller and "The Turn of the Tune" together with the original dialogue and music of the @Arkansaw Traveller" mailed to any address on receipt of forty cents. Read q Ben- ham, 29S Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11

Wo sometimes say tout Of sight, out of mind" but we do not necessarily imply that blind man Is insane. .--- Boston Courier,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11

So the duke of Marlborough is go- ing to marry a rich American widow. In throwing oil one kind of weed she gets another. - RochesEev Pot.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-11

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The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

A luncheon will Dc given on the Goth inst.
by Mrs, j. dc Romero in honor of Mrs. May.
Mrs Katharine Ramsay Hill and her daugh-
ter, Miss Bessie, will give tea next Wednes-
day at their home, ia Twenty-first street.
Miss LtchHeld and Miss Howard will re-
ceive their friends on Tuesdays throughout
the season.
The Misses Philips will entertain party of
friends at lunch on the 18th inst.
The members Of the new Cotillion Club will
be entertained by Miss Williams on the 18th
Instant.
The marriage of Miss Annie Estelle PEN
nington and Mr.. Adebert Cronkhite, y. S. A.,
will take place in New York on the Gath
instant
The daughter of Senator Cameron Of Penn
sylvania, Miss Margeretta, will be married ne xt
spring to Mr., Clark Of Newark, N. j.
The Mexican Minister and Madame Romero
entertained at dinner last evening number
Of the foreign ministers and their wives.
Cards have been issued by Mrs. Isham
Hornsby for tea on the Goth instant.
The Tuesday receptions OF Mrs. Warder will
be continued throughout the season.
Miss Maria Dare Berry was married on
Wednesday evening to Mr. Thomas Allen
Dobyns Of Virginia, At Garden, the country
residence OF the BRIDES father, In Prince
Georges County, Md.
Cards have been issued by Mrs. Starring Of
1855 Massachusetts, avenue for an 'At Homen
on the 18th instant
Mrs. Preston, wife of the Haytien Minister
and her daughter, Miss Marie, left yesterday
on visit to New York
On Fridays during the season Mrs. DR..
Kindlebergcr will be at home to her friends.
Representive James L. Campbell and his
wife Will occupy the Connecticut avenue resi-.
dpuce tlig spagOu Miss MDliia 0iyan La
sister of Mrs, Campbell, will assist her in en-.
tertaining
Invitations have been received by the mem
bers Of the Gridiron Club to attend dinner
TO be given by Frank Thompson, first vice
president Of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at his
home at Merton, near Philadelphia
Miss Marie Justine Wilson and Mr.. William
Wilson will leave Europe for this country In
January.
Mrs. Justice Lamar has returned from a
visit 10 her homo In Macon, Ga.
The Garfield Hospital Sewing Circle met
at the residence OF Mrs. Ford Thompson
this morning.
Mrs. John Blair Hoge will receive her
friends at the Portland on Mondays in
January.
The son Of Bishop Quintard Of Tennessee,
George w. Quntard, was married to Miss
Jennie Stafford of Oak Hill, Winchester
County, New York, at that city on Tuesday,
and Bishop Potter OF New York olllciated.
General and Mrs. Harrison were the only
guests az the marriage Of Miss Edna Wild
man, daughter Of ex-Postmaster }. Il. Wild
man, 10 Mr. William A. Bacom, which took
place Tuesday evening at Indianapolis. The
names of the witnesses on the marriage certih
cate were General Harrison and Rev. Mr. Nc
Leod the officiating clergyman.
Justice Matthews Is slightly improving.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14
TERMS.
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER IA, 1883.

THE FREMEN's RELIEF FUND of
Washington is shown by a report of the
Auditor to be short BY the regulations
this fund is created by monthly contri-
buttons of 81 from each member of
the Department There are III men,
which makes the whole available amount
Sill month. Pensions are allowed
fremen injured in the discharge Of their
duty, and TO their widows when they
die. The maximum pension is $50.
There are now on the rolls two pension
ers taking $50, and the widow Of Michael
Sweeny, who has been recommended for
heroism, is the third and the amount
she will receive is but S3l, which conf
pletely exhausts the fund.
No city in the Union has a more faith
full and efficient force than our own, and
In no city is there less provision made
for their comfort when their usefulness
has been destroyed by the accidents and
exposure incidental to the life of a fire.
man. 1t would be as little as Congress
could do. in view of the fact that they
protect Government as well as private
property, to make some provision for
them and at least appropriate az amount
equal to the monthly contributions of
the firemen themselves to that relief
fund. This would insure pensions to the
worthy and be a help to those who help
themselves.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14
Troublesome Apple Cores.

Horticulturists are now endeayoring to
breed out the troublesome cores from apples.
The New York Tribune says: Two cases lately
put on record Of seedless sorts OF apples--one
of them represented as a large, good winter
varety--come directly In class with Professor
Claypole's proposition TO breed out the
troublesome core from the best of our fruits.
1t is worthy OF our attention, especially as
the trees are much more exhausted by the pro.
duction OF seeds than BY that Of their de
yelopment, and usually the more seeds the
less eatable pulp and the harsher It's quality.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14

General Martin 7. Mcmahon and Judges
Van Hoesen and Browne attended the meeting
of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Of New York yesterday to urge upon that
body an appropriation Of $3.50 600 for the cree
ton OF a soldiers monument, The gentlemen
represented the Grand Army Of the Republic,
Mayor Hewitt opposed the matter, saying that
he did not believe IN compulsory patriotism,
and the project was thereby killed, as IL re-
qures unanimous vote 10 make such an ap-
preparation. The Mayor afterward proposed
and had passed motion Increasing the appro-
phation Tor settees III the public parks from
10000 to 100000.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14
a COON Trap Cntohes nn nul.

George Ihayer, farmer living at Parish, N.
" found that something WAS killing his ducks
and he set trap for coous There were no
results, an lie set three traps around dead
duck Next morning he found an owl with a
trap on ea On leg and the other one attached "
another part Of the birds body. Tie naraud.
sr's wings measured six feet from tin 10 tlp.
and his head was twice as large as a cats. Nh
lhaycr has him chained up Ia the barn and ls
feeding him on all the delicacies OF the season.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14
a llIr Rewnrd ror a DOC.

A reward Of 800 for the return Of lost
Skye terrier set New York tdlers looking for
the missing pet. It's name is Nettie and 1t be.
longed to Mrs. Notion. One Of the servants
took the dog out for nm airing on November
2S, and the last she saw Of II was It's tail dis
appearing around the corner in chase OF
another dog He was brought back by a man
IN Mayors stables, 1876 West Fifty.seyenth
street aud Mrs Notion cheerfully paid the
ID
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14
FOR SAIE--LOTS.

ENOR sALE-4 FINE LOTS ON CHAPLIN ST,
\ bOx150 zach; one on 18th st. near Colum.
bla road; u choice building site, 5OX1l5.
BENZ. p. DAVIS, 1919 Est.
EOR INYESrnENT-117,o 900 SQUARE FEET
Il on Tennessee ave, nc 11th ST n O. sewer and
water, 171ec, worth 25c
Half square n Q, all shallow lots, high ground
on grade, 81 900 sd II, only l0c.
S100. '
Choice lot on N st n W, 23x97 to wide alley
near Scott Circle, only S2.15.
Elegant stable lot, Dupont Circle, fronts two
L30x15 feet oaved alleys; water, sewer gus
81 $50.
All OF above terms TO suit. Also lots Just
across Boundary on small monthly payments
Plenty other bargains. WM. II. OKIE,
Room 1881 + st NV.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14

A Republican IN a neighboring village illu-
minated his house because Of the recent vic
tory. His wife, however, IS Democrat, SO
she closed one blind on each window Of The
sympathise with the demonstration. Wells
bOrOi (Pal AnitatOr,
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14
"AIderney Dniry Wagons"

fresh AIdenoy butter, churned every morn
ing aud delivered In ID. Ward" prints, 45c,
per lb. Also cottage cheese, buttormIlk and
sweet milk, Be. per at, Cream, 15c. per pit.
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14
RECENT EVENTS ABROAD
LORD BEREsFORD WANTS THE
BRITISH NAVY sTRESGTHENED.

Mgr. Persico's Report on the Irish oues-
tion Nearly Completed--Tho Position
Which He Believcs the Pope Should
Take-stanIcy Feared to Have Been
Surrendered to FL Mandi
The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-12-14

The good news has trayersed 10 every quar-
ter Frock and Sack Suits marked down 10
$40. ElsENAS BROS, 7th q u,
Manufacturing Clothiers aud TaDors