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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-05

':c7e..e ~. S:oLsn oy 'npos'nk - -
n1usou App1.eee
~ o1o.t1o: 70 sno tects 49, en.s 49,
- texeoon N tnlposnk ~. ess ~. 49,
necos19xy burdens upon We peopae. e.es y
80 occomokoteo tne teHseES 1.ssS
sume q money vnicn ou&et 70 ~ 49,
hands Q! tnoee VINO earn y ~ een as.es
ara ss1ll " ~ tno pakont o1 tkus, e.u e,-
oiuetion ana conspiracy 70 cont!oi psoouc.s
ono prices % me necessary eFucAo, wuso,
The people aro compelled - zee. Wnen
80 NJ. Blaine. who seems - q ne mouth
piece o. The Republican patty 49, k'von
quasi Endorsement ~ least y tnoso ny
nopolieA believe that wnen man q.
tcnds he own funeral % ousnt - ~ ~
lowed - - - the head o. tne processIon.
Laughter and eppiauseI nn' ssens
~. Harrison a mol 70 enjoy ms prIvncke
lApplauso- ~. Blaine y ~ tFe.s oSn-
trail dgure - tnis campaign enu ne tciI.
the people. ~ ne race q NE pln..oEm =
he party 10 tne face o. tno ccc'.s...ons =,
ne political rrienos On tno "u-.p sn1
neighbour, tnnt these uesss aro Pr
vate analrs ~ wnicn nel.nor ny
rre:ioent nor anyooey 800 -, 49, ~,
.coIer r'sn. g 'n.o ~. $3.50 Np ar
laughter wy ny .ss.us. 1890. axa,-
pFivete snsIr-a sc' pss.. .s ~,
tiauSnterl; eno ye' - !, NO. .1pts rs-
proper 20 interfere VIA 49, 49, ,h,s<,
niRnwaym.n wno n'oc.s 49, =. 80 $500
soed snu ae1nu ~. .ossc, ~ mi
ITO - enRskeu ~ ING ttans .Su - =
vate enterprise. put suiI 49, 49, $3.50
cognixance Q! ms ect anu Pun,,no, =
crime lAppiause.I now, sonss'ns. -;
Blaine mas not peen occupylnx WY sooa
position from which 20 view ne interests =
"a the American WORMS -c'' csr 49, -
consumer me sop % 's,.ss
coach. - ~ powied s,ons VII - .'s = ~.
outriocrs over the Ills - Sco.'.no, = ~
gooo place. from wn'o. - 49, ~.
interests q america iAPP,au 49,.
arc the iesta. ns'is y oluny o,''4o 49,
GOOD point eatner App'.us1
NJ biaine mao pes.cE 10y 1919 -
etay eoroao-one % .ne o.ne. t.s'~s,.!.
haa ne come mere - ~ 80 ~.
ana mingled wisn ne ..1ne 49,. 49,
consumers witn INC aspo. snk -on Z. 49, 800
land, ne would nave lar 1eteer oPpol,u-
nifty 70 Know wnat tney oesA1o. susn -
could possibly nave o,n'nk sno "'A'-s
with the aristocracv o. Europe
IL u said, gentlemen, that even !! ~ uoes
impose enormous burdens on inc con-
sumers OF the country the wages o. our
lsborers must Be maintained therefore
high rates o. taxation must pe cont'nueu.
II had the time think could snow 20
the satisfaction o. every tntellgent ana
candid man within the SOUND o. my voice
that the wages o. LABOR are no more
sncceed ~ the rates o. cules upon ~
ported gooos tnAn tne y'e'o - co.u - 80
acre on your iarm y aneceeo Y TAP
p.ause ana one % me cn'e. s 49,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-05

ALL taxation falls upon the labor
ing man ms It's ultimate place Of rest.
just As our houses rest upon the earth
beneath them Whatever i expended
for any purpose. public or privafes "
Dor must replace. - iiiadclp iio Rccoud
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-05

been received BY Mr. James Wnitcicys
Of Philadelphia:
ExRcrrIvE MANSION.
WAsu1x0roS. sept ~ iss&
JAmRs WurTKLEY. ESQ: Dear 6y-YOur
letter 81 she EN- instant has just been presented
70 my attention. and 4 Affords the first fnttms-
sson have Nd thsA IN N article publ,saed n
she EorfA Asssvjeca Rsei>w. an charEci with
the declarnsion that n ! believe ~ free traoe .
bclieve IN The Protestant religion -
snswor 70 your inquiry - - Nc trum g TINS
allceation. have 70 90 that never made use
o. that cxpression. or one any thing like ~
TIE statement yon quote d pure uhadniser-
nted fabrication While q would - 70 vain -
attempt % crush Or refute every false state
ment coined or forged % serve the purpose q
misrepresentation In the heal - political
canvass. che friendly spirit OF your inquiry has
led me 70 make f1is emphatic dental
Yours very truly.
GROVES Ci.kvE<.ArD.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-05

In your mills and cotton factories and the
rates Of wages paid In the same indus
tries IN Europe. Tho rates OF wages
paid in this country, too. on the unpro-
tected industries are larger on the average
than the rates Of wages paid In this coun-
try In the protected industries, and the
difference between them in the one case,
and those paid in Europe in the other case,
II still plainer-much palmer Another
fact u that since 1876 when the English
corn laws were repealed, and what our
Republican friends call tree trade, and En-
gland entered on free trade, the rates Of
wages have increased from nifty 70
seventy i've and even a. high % ono hum
dred per cent in some occupations. Can
We trace that increase In this country dur
ing the same timel Another fact u that
the rates Of wages In the mechanical and
manufacturing industries Of the United
States increased far more during what Il
called the freo-trade period, from 1850 "a
1870 than they have ever sinco that Tina
[Chccrs.l
/ simply state these facts without goina
into argument 70 prove them. I can pro
duce abundant and overwhelming testi
mony from laboring-men, from manufact
urcrs, from testimony given before invos
tfgating committees IN the House 70 prove
the truth Of every statement have made
upcu this subject fApplause.l But thel
Say n you reduce these duties this countr,
will b overwhelmed with foreign choaI
goods, and al our manufacturing and me
chanical industries will Be ruined. Why
gentlemen, n al tho ships IL the worl'
wcro employed continuously In bringinI
goods from Liverpool 20 New York. !
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-10-05

A very few OF YOU
/ said / would not make speech J
have mot kept my word very strictly.
[Cries Of Go ahead."l ttis true that
did not attempt TO mako IN argument. but
simply TO state some propositions which
think the people ought ts take into consid.
GRAFTON. and which am sure they will
take into consideration In this campaign.
look forward, gentlemen, 70 the ides q
November for the achievement Of one Of
the grandest Democratic victories cvcI
witnessed in this country. [Uproarious
cheers and applausel1 know that Il the
intelligent and honest men Of this country
will sum up this question Of Federal taxa
tion. unbiased BY political prejudice, nm
awod By political power, they will give Z
| lust and righteous decision, and Cleveland
| [cheorsl and Thurman rchesrsl will b
| elected BY : majority muck larger thar
| that which secured the Presidency for u
| IN - Prolonged cheers and appIause.l
This Administration, BY - prudent and
| conservative course. ~ - honest ane
| faithful execution Of the law IN Oh parts d
S her sSs II danger ana disaster which
seemed 20 prevail In the minds Of some q
/ our opponents four years ago. No man Cal
! say that the Affairs Of the people and tht
| Affairs Of tho Government are not - -
cure 10 the hands Of the great Nationa
other political party that ever existed Il
this country. loud choors.I This - on
country a. we'll q the country Of our Re
publican fricnds. fChccrs We have .
much interest IL is greatness, In IL glory
o. they can possibly have, and no matte
viii III stand hereafter !. a. We have sicod !.
the past through disaster and defeat
steadily and firmly BY the principles whic
We believe TO DO right and Tar the best n
terests of The psoplA
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
81.
13 WEEKS.

The POLICEGZETTE ]w,l
be mailed, securely wrapped, to any
address in the United States for
three months on receipt Of
ON E DOLLA R.
Liberal discount allowed to post.
masters. agents and clubs. Sample
copies mailed free.
Address all orders to
RICHARD K. FOX,
Franklin Square, N Y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
An Ugly Weapon.

Operator Louis Welfero, at the
Chiefs Office, is in possession Of one
the eugliest, deadliest weapons that has
ever been invented or manufactured
1t is a combination ofa brass knuckle,
knife and revolver, made out of one
solid piece Of brass. The knife is q
keen, narrow blade Of steel, sharp
on both edges. 1t fits in a case on
the lower part of the knuckle, and,
at the touch of spring, flies open.
The revolver has Eve chambers, to
be loaded with powder and ball. 1t
is a self.acting one, and a simple
pressure of the finger on another
spring, caused the hammer to 60 up
and down with the rapidity that is
not equallcd by the finest seIf:acting
revolvers made. The knuckle pro.
per is made on the style of the or.
dinary brass kuuck. 4 person with
such a weapon, which cao strike
stab and shoot at the same time
would be able to clean ont a crowd
before he could be overpowered.-
N. O. State.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
Living Facts.

There are 1904 languages in the
world, and its inhabitants profess
more than 1000 religions. The
number of men is about equal to
the number of women. The average
of life is about 33 years. One.
quarter die previous to the age of
IL. To every 1000 persons only one
reaches 100 years Of life. To every
100 only six reach the age Of 65,
AID not more than one 10 500 lives
to 80 years of are. There are on
earth, 1,00O,OO0,0OO inhabitants Of
these 33,O33,O33 die every year (;
1884 every day; 3730 every hour,
and 80 every minute, or l every
second. The married are longer
lived than the single and, above all,
those who observe a sober and in.
dustrious conduct. Tall men live
longer than short ones. Women
have more chances of life in their
favor previous TO so years of age
than men have, but fewer afterward.
The number of marriages is in the
proportion of IS to every 1000 indi.
viduals. Marriages are more fire.
quent after equinoxes-..that is, dur
ing the months of June and Decem.
ber. Those bornin spring are general.
" of q more robust constitution
| than others. Births are more fre.
quent by night than by day, also
deaths.--Golden Argosy.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
Democrats to Blame.

Those who have believed that
there was no treachery in the Demo.
cratic ranks in New York, and that
Hill owes his election TO the Re.
publican liquor dealers who voted
for him on account Of his position on
the license question, have only to
study the full returns from New
York to see their error, and that
many thousand Democracts voted
against Cleveland. Not Hill alone,
but all the other Democrats on the
State ticket whether they had the
support Of the liquor dealers or not),
received good majori,ies. Governor
Hill got 1881 plurality, Lieut.
Gov. Jones 22,284, Judge Gray,
for the Superior Court 3425, and
the Democratic candidates 10 the
Congressional districts 1918. Mr..
Cleveland alone of the Democratic
candidates suffered defeat and was
knitted by between 6O00 and 10000
Democratic voters. Hills liquor
vote will not explain the matter. It
did not go to Jones, to Judge Gray
or to the Democratic Corg, essmen /;
and they were elected without 1t:
Mr.. Cleveland was defeated by
Democratic votes in New York
Times Democrat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
Some Hints to Mothers.

If you wish to cultivate q gossip.
ing, meddling, censorious spirit in
your children, be sure, whcn they
come home from church, a visit, or
any other place where you do not
accompany them, to ply them with
questions concerning what every.
body wore, how everybody looked.
and what everybody said and did;
and if you find anything in all this
to censure. always do it in their
hearing. You may rest assured, if
you pursue a course of this kind,
they will not return to you anladen
with intelligence; and, rather than
it should be uni"teresting, they will
by degrees learn to EN- oellish in
such a manner as shall not fail to
call forth remark and expressions of
wonder from you. You will by this
course render the spirit of curiosity
which is so early visible in chill.
dren, and which, if rightly directed,
may be made the instrument Of en-
riching and enlarging their minds
a vehicle Of mischief, which shall
serve only to narrow them.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
Riot In VirNiniais

A dispatch from Fredericksburg,
Va, says a bloody battle between
whites and blacks is repnrted as
having taken place at Tackett's
Mills, in Stafford county. The con.
flict occurred on Christmas eve, dur.
ing a political discussion. A few of
the whites and all Of the colored men
at the meeting contended. that STAFF
ford county was prominently Repub.
lican. The remaining whites cham.
pioned the Democratic party, aud
said that Democracy was the creed
of Stafford. This led to q wranele
between a white man named Bennett
Hi1en and q colored man. Both
INDUCED in personalities and ended
mp with fght. A general riot was
the result. Hiflen was shot and in.
stantly killed. His colored enemy
was also shot but lived for several
minutes. Twenty people are report.
ed as seriously injured. Tackctt's
Mills Is twenty miles from the city.
Whites predominant in that portion
Of Stafford county, and for the most
part arc Democratic ID politics. W.
S. White, attorney for the common.
wealth, has left for the scene of the
riot. Every effort will be made to
punish the gnilty parties and prevent
further trouble.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
He Claimed His Snakes

"Look ont, there is big snake
on the sidewalk there!" exclaimed
colored woman last Friday. This
attracted the attention of two col
ored men. one Of whom stopped his
dray, took a plank and went for it
with vengeance. Every time he
W ould hit the snake it would wrig'
gle and twist, as if bent on getting
out of the reach of the blows of the
drayman's plank. Directly little
boy came along and said: "Tha.a
nv snake." aod he picked up the toy
serpent and carried it intothe house,
while the drayman took the "broad
grins," crawled back on his dray
and drove off, muttering: No
wonder mudder Eve was deceived
by de snakes; Use deceived myself"
The negro woman looked at the
little boy bearing off the snake in
his arms and astonishingly ejacula'
ted: We'll, l do declare! Who
would a,thought itp- Marietta
Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
The Kindlier Country Way.

Now it is inevitable that the kind.
lest people living in cities should
fall into a greater reserve of manner
toward strangers than that develop.
ed in the country, where people
know all about their neighbors.
In city you can not nod to every.
body you meet on the street; there
is not time for it. You can not even
call on those who live in the same
block with you. You may be living
in the next house to a professional
gambler and have no means of as.
certaining the fact. All these things
produce in people from cities
habit of more guarded intercourse,
which is certainly less pleasant than
the kindlier country way, but is not
easy to lay aside. Again, the mere
possession of a new acquaintance, as
such, is q privilege to one. who
hahitually lives an isolated life. but
is not thing so eagerly desired by
those who live In q crowd oil the
time. and have rather to acquire
the habit of defending themselves
against numbers. Indeed a great
deal of what is called hospitality in
thinly settled regions and new com.
munities has no especial unsel6shness
about it, where neighbors and guest
are few it is really the visitor who
confers tho favor. To give the
pleasure of his company becomes in
that case a phrase Of some meaning.
--Harper's Bazaar.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
Louisiana Lady Journalists.

The Springfield (Mass.) Repubi-
can says: Louisiana makes very
fair showing in the matter of women
in journalism. Mrs. E. j. Nicholson
inherited the New Orleans Picayune
about ten years ago, a piece of prop
erty that was about in the condition
of the Leslie estate when Mrs. Leslie
assumed control. Both women were
signally successful. Mrs. Nicholson's
career is the more remarkable be-
cause she was compelled to face
very stubborn and we'll entrenched
ring inside the Democratic party.
The high ground assumed by the
Picayune in support of Ex-Governor
Nichols was an important factor in
the defeat of McEnery. Another
paper, the Assumption Pioneer, ed
tied by Mrs. Susan Dupaty, took an
active part in the Nichols reform
movement, as did also the Carroll
Banner, edited by Mrs. NJ. l.. Gar
ner. Young Democrats all over the
State heartily supported the reform
movement, and it sounds little odd
to hear Senator Chandler striking
out wildly in this fashion concerning
the Democratic majority of Louis
lana last April. L denounce it as
the result of a deliberate crime on
the part of the then governor, Nc
Emery, and the present governor,
Nichols, two stupendous criminals
against free suffrage, two instigators
Of intimidation and murder of vo.
ters.' AS a matter of fact the spring
elections were conducted in singu-
larly quiet manner, and the best
element Of the party was in com.
mand of the canvass. If the women
editress of Louisiana once get after
the New Hampshire senator his path.
way will not be numbered with
roses. No less than FIVE papers are
edited by women in that State"
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29
New Counterfeitiue Scheme.

"Here is one of the cleverest coun.
terfeiting schemes l have ever seen,"
said E. L. Lucas in Captain Porter's
room in the Government Bnilding,
to a Chicago Tribune reporter. ut
hasn't been worked in the United
States yet, but it soon will be, and
merchants ought to be on the look.
ont for it. You see this Canadian
$40 bill? Well, it isn't a $40 bill
at all. 1t is a 81 bill. See here" "
and Mr.. Lucas ran his thumb nail
under a little seam in the bill and
pulled it up as postage stamp would
be pulled from an envelope. 1t thus
became manifest that the end of a
$40 bill had been pasted over q 81
bill. "You don't see how a person
could make any money at that,
repeated Mr.. Lucas in answer to .
question. "Well, it is easy enough
when you know that the end of the
$40 bill is counterfeit. 1t is a
clever one, too, and would deceive
almost any one who was not watch.
ing for it. You see it is q good
deal easier to only counterfeit por.
ton than it would be the whole. A
difficult point for the counterfeiter
to overcome is to preserve the bal.
ancc of the parts in the case Of coun.
tcrfeiting the whole bill-that is. no
part can be more or less prominent
than the correspondent part of the
original bill. Now in this case it is
simply question of counterfeiting a
small portion Of a genuine bill. II
is a great scheme, and merchants
can not be too careful in mailing the
first man who attempts to pass such
q bill in Chicago.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29

Entcred at the Post Office, Abbeville, La
as second class matter.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29

Mrs. Lamadrid, of one cent lunch
stand fame, proposes to give 1900
New York newsboys Thanksgiv-
ing dinner. Mrs, Frank Leslie will
help Mrs. Lamadrid wait on the
boys. They will get turkey, and
cranberry sauce, roast beef, boiled
ham, three kinds of vegetables, mince
pie, cake, fruit and coffee.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29

An enterprisipg man wLo had
Just embarked in the milk business
distributed a lot Of circulars an.
nouncing that he was prepared to
serve his patrons with milk Of the
first water" As a failure he wSs d
success,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29

The emperor of Germany sleeps,
as did his grandfather, On an iron
camp bed. He is suhjec. to insoma-
MIA and often walks his room the
entire night.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-12-29

nEED Sea Wonders exist IN
D1Il11 thousands of forms, but are
surpassed enl by the marvels of invention,
those who are in need of profitable work
mat can be done while living at home
should s at once send their address to Hal
f iett q Co. Portland, Maine. and receive
,ree .sas 1nil information how either sex. Of all
upwar3s wherever thew live You ara
s,arted free. Capital not required. Some
rave made over $50 ina single day at this
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-01
Mow to save Lie n Blizzard.

New York Sun: Had the persons who
perished in the recent great storm in the
northwest adopted the following simple
preeantion, not one case in ten, in my
Judgment, would have proved fatal, and
that is this: When exposed to q bliz-
zard Immediately envelope the head and
upper part OF the body in thick shawl
or blanket and in no case allow the fine
powdered snow floating in the air to
enter the mouth or lungs. This write
from personal experience, having some
years ago been exposed to blizzard in
Minnesota. with the thermometer at As
deg. below zero. The first few breathe
sent sensation like an icicle through
my chest. / grew weak and trembling.
lt seemed ns though the blood was
thlckening in my veins and the
heart could not circulate it. Respiration
grew rapid. l was being smotheeed.
concluded that it would not do. With
what means had wrapped up my nose
and mouth, and bresthed only through
the covering. / was exposed for more
than an hour, and got through all right.
| afterward saw the Indians adopting
the same plan, for they had large
blanket, governments one, wrapped
around their heads and bodies. and they
resembled unveiled moving statues OF
Turkish women on the streets. When
lost in such storm get on the lee side
OF snow bank and burrow hole in i,
and close the opening, or, SIS they say
"Crawi into hole and haul the hole il
after yon."
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-01

loads OF cattle and hogs, destined fo,
Boston and New YORK. w.re. trczen te
death near Palmyra and several carload,
ct other points. Reports from 10 rail.
ways in this locality show that all viii
be in operation to-day. Snow plows
were running all day yesterday on the
various lines. The storm has entirely
subsided.
Nov York, Jan. 3o-The fury OF the
storms whick began Thursday and which
swept the railroads of northern aud east
ern New York with snow, was not spent
until Saturday afternoon, but the rail-
roads, mp to that time, completely at
their mercy, began q vigorous fight
against the drifts, which ended in com
plete victory. Unless more snow falls
to-day, the blockade OF New York by
snow may be said to have ended.
The New York Central & Hudson
River railroad, as soon as the snow had
ceased falling and the wind had stopped
blowing Saturday afternoon, ordered out
an army OF men to clear the tracks and
soon the road between New York and
Albany was literally lined with men while
the huge snow plow went plunglng
through drifts in some places higher
than the caves OF the cars, Passengers
who arrived Saturday night by the
"Vestlbule Limited" from Ohieago-and
they did finally arrive at the Grand Gen.
trail station, though they were five hours
late-tell graphic and thrilling stories OF
the appearance OF the tracks between
Albany and this city. Some places they
said il was like passing through marble
lined tunnel, the snow being piled SO
high the view ont OF the car window was
entirely obstructed. In the superintep-
dents flee ID was ssceEtained yesterday
shat freights would be running through
upon schedule time today.