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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-11-16

Pretty nearly every thing that can
be done in the fine arts can be initiated
or reproduced by mechanism nova
days. (" said a well-known picture-frame
maker the other day, land some Of the
tricks that are employed in doing il
are wonderfully ingenious. For in
stance. II doesn't look rs II wood carv-
ings could be initiated very we'll BY
machinery, but they can. and don't
refer to the ordinary moIding or
stamped work. 1t Is stamping. OF
course. but an elaborate kind. Wctake
Eastwood. which can be compressed
enormously. but which will assume its
original size afterwards IL II Is steamed.
We stamp this wood with dies and then
plane OF the whole surface evenly.
down to the point o! the deepest i'm
preston. Then we steam the wood
and all that has been compressed
swclls out again, and some really beau
tiful effects are obtained in this way"
~ y Mail AMI Express.
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Rue,Es AND sABLea


Why LsdIes should Not Put All Their
Money In Diamonds
A long time ago. that day when
the world moved at the nod OF Cleo
patra- the Egyptian women saved all
their gold TO buy emeralds for their
daughters. because the possession Of
them not only insured freedom from
all physical ills, but made in their
hearts an ever-spring well Of hope,
forcing them TO be cheerful. happy
women. Sometimes the emerald was
engraved with cabalistic characters.
oftener its smooth surface was un-
touched; what could not be accom-
plished by the precious gem itself
certainly could not BY the aid OF
mysterious symbol Then the Sicilian
women bought coral for their babies.
believing that it not only brought to
them good health. but counteracted
the effect Of the evil eye and kept
away the wicked spirits.
1t seemed for awhile a. IL the same
interest was going 70 be taken in coral
now that was then. for beautiful pink
coral framed in diamonds was not only
shown il the large jewelry shops. but
was worn by some very smart women.
However, the fancy seems 70 have died
out; coral Is no longer displayed in the
window or on the woman. Unfortu-
nately both Of these health-giving orna-
nents- the emerald and coral. are east
" initiated. which destroys their value
in the eyes Of the gem-collecting wom-
an. The gem-collecting woman. by
the BY. who always asserted that the
money put in diamonds was like money
deposited in savings bank. is finding
out her mistake, for her diamonds by
no means bring her the price that she
paid for them. She had much better
put her money in rubics or sables. for
both of them by their rarity are al
ways costly Philadelphia Times.
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Hens do not live to be old for the
reason that they are killed and sold
for spring chickens as soon as they
lose their teeth.-N q. Picdynne.
--She-..Why do you take such an
interest in politics. Henry" He
Because. my dear. have 80 much
principal invested. - Washington Post.
--Annoying-"The trouble with
pa said Mrs. Bentley. lis that he
lets little things worry him. He was
mad this morning because the baby
kept him awake all night Harper's
Bdxar.
Next to the small boy on the front
sea; at a baseball game. the most re-
markable case OF absorption we ever
saw was that OF cat which stepped
on some floating sawdust ia mill
pond with the impression that it was
solid -- Once Week.
Don't fret. John" said Mrs.
Virgins. You've lost nearly every
thing you had in the world. know.
but remember you've still got me. I"
Yes" said John. with another heart
felt groan. That's just what l was
thinking journal Of Education.
Proprietor 10 recently engaged
waiter) you will have to GO; can
keep you New waiter-.'W What 8
the ma;ter?" When
ever customer asks you II the 1ish Is
fresh you get red in the face. You'd
break up the whole business in shoe.
| time. - Tsxas SJtiags.
How many sons have your
Three, and two OF them are right
good boys" whats the matter with
the third?" "Well. you see. Tom and
Bill stuck to the farm and worked
hard but Jim he went TO the city. and
he's never done lick OF work. !"
What business Is he imp Hes a
champion OF the laboring man. "--Lsia-
coin Journal.
Attorney TO colorcd witncss)
Mr.. White. understand that you de-
tected a discrepancy between the two
statements mnde TO you by the pris-
oner." Mr.. Whitc-"N6. sab. I didn'
tee no 'screpancy. What ! said wuz
dat de fust time he done tolc me he
crib dat ham. an dc mex time he
saycd he ncbbcr saw do ole piece OBJ
meat. - Drake's Magazine.
--Shc--''Mr. Fainthcart. did you
read that sad case In New York where
that poor girl died from heart disease
on receiving a proposal?" He
"Ycs. Il was sad She--"vcry,
indeed. What made II more in
tercsting to me was the fact that the
doctor examined my heart only last
week and found u perfectly sound. "
Before he went home one chair was
amply sufficient. ~ ztrrc Aaute Exprsss
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nonaens.s q ne csnalolsa q ehs Ne
Grsn a. 60 Wose ana Norsh - o,o1l.-
- g ~ .>nr.r-,er-, n.vlew-s ero~ -
n>rer ~ s,e~sn1 e>nvvos~ "a 900.
~-.~.-r ~ = .9.~ p---.s p.-s.-~
,@,~-. ~ -
80 - y. asses - 49, 49, !
Ue c@aoAt'oas 1s@ss1 - 1s
- hogs;
Prom = careful summary Of the reports Or Our
crop ana stock correspoadens~ IN ,hs dI1erens
8ease<. We ar1 this week enabled % farnish Z
very complete report relative % the cond:sion
ofspine. ths prevalence or absence Of cholera.
md he movement 70 market. whether free o.
u1ow.
O1l,-Condls good u thirsy-two cooo<ieo,
Gnir u EIGHT Some cnolera Il three countioa-
Movement SLOW n twenty-thrce counties. freo
A. fourtccn.
IndlAna--C Condition GOOD N twcnty-thrce
roontic<. fair IN six Some cholera IN foug
coouiics Movement slow In nine counties frco
= seven.
Ilinois--Condition good N forty counties.
pocr In four. fa,r in shirtcen. Some cholera 10
1hirtcen counties Movement slow IN thirty
1hrco counties. frec N twelve
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A little higher up. two barna clcs are
grown fast TO the stem. with their
arms spread out in the water. What
does he do with the long. hairy armsP
II we watch him for few moments.
we see the arms suddenly pulled en-
tirely in--they shut up just as you
close your hand by folding your fingers
together. In another instant the arms
are put forth again and make grasp
ing or clutching movement In the
water, after which they are again
Withdrawn. So the barnaclc goes on,
continually grasping In the water, and.
Of course. you have guessed what he Is
doing. Yes. he II fishing he il try
ing 10 make meal OF the microscopic
creatures which are swimming about
in tho water You sec. the barna-
Gle Is grown fast at one end 70
the sea weed. so that he can not swim
about in pursuit Of his tiny prey. lie
must wait for the unlucly little fell
lows TO como within his reach. And
as he Is stone blind. having no eyes. ne
car not keep watch, 80 as TO throw his
net at just the right moment; he has
TO keep grasping away At hap-hazard.
and DO contcnt II no makes q catch
only now and then. But woe betidc
the little shrimp or worm that Is I'M
wary enough 70 come within reach!
The long arms instantly close on II, Il
Is dragged down into the terrible jaws.
torn TO pieces and eaten. And then
the lucky fisherman begins 70 throw
his deadly net again. Edmund Wilson.
~ 50. Nicholas.
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uenrgul Charges of Starvation nnd Cruelty
AgaInst the Captain % the British ship
n1ersa-
TACOMA. w. T., Nov. A-Sixteen sailors
of the ship Hecla, which arrived here
yesterday loaded with wheat for Great
Britain, entered suit in the District Court
agoInst Captain Snow OF that vessel for
c<uelty. They allegs that tine Hecla start
- Cor Cardiff, wales with crew Of six
tsen men. After she had been ont but =
short time the captain began feeding his
men on rotten meat and potatoes. which
were not At 70 cat and both Captain Snow
and his mate shamefully abused tho
sailors. while near Caps Horn. Captain
Snow attacked the carpenter, breaking
his Jaw and knocking out many teeth A
Jew days later he nearly killed one Of the
mon. when debilltated By the poor food
'lhey were unable 10 work. and every
sailor was put into the hold and tied In
such a manner that be could neither
stand nor cit nor lie down, and n that
position was kept for forty eight hours.
One Of the men was tel 20 stanchlon
four days without food. During this
time his scant rations we're placed
within sight but ont u bis reach. When
che Hecla reached Acapulco, the men
we're weak from i.l-treatment and insufli
Client food. The brutal captain with the
aid OF Mexican troops cast them into
dungeon and kept them confined until the
vessel Was ready TO sail The men ap-
psnled 20 The Uuited States Consul q
Acapulco, but were unable 70 obtain any
assistance from that quarter. The case
viii come up to-day. The captain REFUSED
% nay the money du, the men for thei
services on the trip from Cardiff abou
$50.
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lueer Things Candidates fos Teach ne
Fold > Committee.
The Committee Of the Privy Council
on Education in Scotland has been in
vcstigating the scholarship Of the
Scotch student, and has brought out a
prodigious amount Of ignorance min
gled with considerable native ingenuity
and shrewdness- Students in the
training school for teachers aroused
the most establishment BY their
answers TO simple questions. owing TO
their supposed superior intelligence
and moro thorough scholarship.
'.Crcmwell's eyes, says one. 'were
keen and gray, but he was God-fear-
ing man" Another gave. rs his sole
knowledge Of Nelson. ''that he was
burica in St. Paul's Cathedral, amid
the groans Of dying nation" ''Black-
guard one scholar defined as "a man
who has been . shoc-black." while "a
man dressed in black" and q ''policc-
man. were other attempted definitions
Of tho same word. The word ''police."
- -. Po,es On account ~
49, 49, -,,,%..v u th.t race. ana .char-
-, y .c-.crd,rg q another. came from
sSs,~ :. ~heace ~ Queen dolcth out
800 y. Ore scholar defined 4 straight
Ina =. :. one which lies in the Same
~.cnI.r LENGTH from mint 10 poinf. y
4 srrers,cies va declared 20 ID ). the
rcint s.I<cn between any two straight
i,rcs y Z circle. 4 figure bounded by
1 straight line. and an isosccles tri-
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FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
4 RHYME ron LITTLE FOLKS.

on. tn tell you story that nobody knows.
often little fingors and ten little toss.
Oftwo pretty eyes and one little nose,
And where they al went one day.
Oh. the little round nose smellei something
sweet.
50 sweet Il must surely be nice 20 eat.
And pattcr away went Two little feet
Out the room one day.
Ten little toes climbed up on q chair.
Two eyes peeped over q big shelf where
Lay lovely caks all frosted ana FAIR.
Made BY mamma that day.
The mouth grew round and tho eyes grew big
Al taste Of the sugar. the spice. the iig
And ten little fingers went dig. dig. dig
Into the cake that day.
And when mamma kissed curly head.
Guiding u coxliy up In bed;
II wonder was there q mousey' she said.
'Outon the shelf to-dayr'
"oh. mamma. yes" and laugh OF gloo
Like fairy bells rang mernly-
"nut the little biz Of a mouse ives me-,
Out on the shelf 10 day.
Kate ~ cisrry. IN ST. Nics0'as
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= Trausp Tried % Force - Entrnnos Isee
= Powder Magazine. Hat Won't Do -
Any More.
PS1rsBUR0B, Pa. Nov. a-A terrible q.
rlosion Of nitro-gly cerine occurred al
shout half-past four O'Clock this morn .
ing in the Delaware Torpedo Compauy's
stOrehouse AZ Bhannopin. the we'll known
oil and gas Held. some seventeen miles
southwest Of this city. Three men wero
said 20 have been killed. but later reports
Do not confirm this statement and say
that no one was near the buildings at tho
time. The telephone and telegraph
lines wore torn down BY the explo.
sion and the details OF the affair are
diflcult % secure. 1t Il reported that
quite q number Of wcll-houses were de-.
stroyed. besides some shanties occupied
BY wei1-driverA The forcs % the expio.
sion was terrific. being felt In this city
and Allegheny and for twenty miles
around. At points along the Ohio river.
including Seawikcly and other boroughs
there Was q panic among the people and
many o. them rushed out Of their houses
A. their might clothing under the impTe s-
siou that they had experienced .
shock from earthquake. In some
instances glass was broke in houses ten
or twelve miles distant from the
scene of the explosion. The city tele-
phones were kept busy for hours answers
ing inquiries whether or not there had
been IN earthquake or an explosion The
cause OF the explosion has not been as
certaincd. The magazine belonged % the
Delaware Torpedo Company, and their
loss viii be 1900 or more.
The explosion was caused by 4 tromp
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Miss Lucy Larcom was an llliroi'

Miss Lucy I>arcom was an IlliEois
school-teacher IN pioneer days.
e z. Roc. the dead novelist, once
sawed nine cords Of hard wood In or
der 70 pay for his fathers subscription
70 Horace Greclcy's paper"
Mrs. Humphrey Ward. the author
Of ''lsobcrt E.smere." u an Australian.
having been born az Hobart Her
father. Mr.. Thomas Arnold. held IN
educational position In Tasmania,
where he married the daughter Of Gov
crnor Sorell.
John Bright never commits =
speech to memory. He merely makes
notes and leaves the words TO como
when speaking. Occasionally he writes
short passages. and almost invariably
his concluding words or sentences.
MIR. Gladstone seldom refers even TO a
note, and never prepares q single
sentence.
Mrs. Kate Epson Clark. whose
name is now seen so frequently in cur
rent literature. i witty little woman
OF thirty-fiye or so. with husband.
three boys and domestic tastes. Her
favorite costume is the Mother Hub
bard. and she thinks il combines all
the virtues that aesthetic and hygienic
reformers are looking for.
Mrs. Mona Cairo. who started tho
discussion on is Marriagea Failure?"
spends most OF her time on large es-
tate In Hampshire. dividing her time
between experimenting her farm and
performing literary work on type
writer. She is the author Of two or
three novels. and is as bright in con-
versation as she is radical on all social
questions.
Mrs. Mary Bryan was born and
rearc.l in a.. Isolated home in Florida.
without school advantages. Married
at fourteen. she began writing when
not more than fifteen years old. and
before she was eighteen she was edi-
tor Of a political tri-weekly. A year
or two later she took full editorial
charge Of the Sammy South. weekly
story paper published in Atlanta. and
kept two serial stories constantly
running. in addition TO her editorial
labor.
Archbishop Cranmer's library.
which was one OF the finest collections of
fifteenth and sixteenth century litera-
ture. has lately been discovered after
having been long entirely lost sight
OF. Besides numerous manuscripts.
267 printed books have been found in
the British Museum, twenty in the
Cambridge University library, eight
cen at Lambeth Palace and five in the
Bodleian Library ut Oxford. Many Of
the bindings are engraved with Gran
mer's monogram and inter.
Lord Tennyson Is not. as some
people believe. enshroudcd in inn
penetrable gloom. for he has relaxed
again into social gayety OF mild type.
The poet regards Mary Anderson with
an afectionate interest and considers
her "a living, breathing poem" Dur
ing her recent visit to the poets home
in New Forest, she was appointed high
priestess Of his Lordship's pipe. She
filed and lighted it for him. and had
conferred upon her the title Of Min
istcrinS Angel Of Tobacco"
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"A Judge was recently called 70 de-
eide as TO what was ''neccssary." The
rents from certain valuable lands are
held in trust '.for the necessary occa-
sionsr Of parish church. II lately
built beautiful spirc, and the trustees
demurrad TO paying fcr !! OH the ground
that IL was unnecessary. Tao judge
decided that though the salaries Of the
organist. the organ blower, the bcll'
ringer and tho singers were not ncccs'
sary. the salaries Of the sexton. the
vcrgcr. and the tuner Of the organ
were. md that the spirc, being the
place where II Is usual TO hang the
bells. should DO considered ''ncccs'
sary,r and accog iingly the money
should b. paid from the trust.
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NEW YoRK. Nov. a. dispatch was - :
cetved IL Che Naratims Exchange IN this
city thls morning from Liverpool. stating
chat the British steamship Mar athon. with
= cargo of cotton from West Point, has
been on firo at her dock IN Liverpool since
IN early hour this morning. The IRE be-
ran In tho hold where the cotton was
slowed and burned herccly tor almost m
hour before II was discovered. Then ths
.srcw IN the forecastle detected q strong
smell OF smoke aud an investigation was
begun. One or The crew was overcome BY
,ths smoke. His life Il dcspaired Of. For
Gve hours the IRE RACED. destroying IL
chat time two hundred bA!es or cotton
Hhsn Il was gotten under control
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BArrDA. Col, Nov 5.--In Lsadville yes
1srday the club rooms were thronged with
betters on tho result Of the general cleo.
sfion. Inside OF. Ave hours capitalists
owning mines or ranches hcreabouts Wa
xrred over so 90. giving odds Of ? 70
ON Clevelnnd. The case was the same n
ali the smaller camps. notably II Aspen.
where $1,000 was wagered within Two
hours on C.cy eland's success.
The Arizona champion., 1888-01-28


 encourage. Most of the cattle then were brought from California and Utah. With no transportation, it was thought Arizona would do well to raise beeves for home consumption, she has not only done that, but has in the past season shipped large numbers of beevss to a state that few years ago was in the van of beef producing states. May the number of her cattle never be lessened. " The increasel volume of Arizona's s cat tie business has been something phe- nominal and the shipment of beef cat. tie from this Territory now supply the markets of not only Colorado and New Mexico, but those of California, Kan ss, City, St. Louis and Chicago. The bounteful fall of snow in the moun' tains this winter insures good feed on the ranges next spring and the out- look is excellent for larger shipments and fatter steers next season than ever before seen in Arizona, rF r
The Arizona champion., 1888-01-28
MAHOGANY REEF,

THERE is class of men m every profession who know no bettsr method of building themselves up, than by de- crying the merits of other men, and the profession of Journalism is no exception to therule. A Nevada Editor who pub fishes sheet on the Great Ameri- can Desert, called the Reno WtekD
 Gazrtke, and who has sharpened his teeth on gutta-percha steaks cut from the Texas steers of that sterile region, until he can't tell porter house from apiece of bone rubber says: "Arizona stockmeu are disposing of their surp- Jus beef cattle to California buyers for four cents, and offer to supply them in train-load lots for that figure. Here in Nevada the price of cattle is steadi- ly advancing and the buyers are talk ing all they can get at 63 cents up. The difference in the price is explained by the fact that Arizona cattle are noted for the mahogany consistency of their flesh, while the sagebrush cattle arc equally noted for tho flavor and firm. ness of theirs. The people of the West want the best in the market, hence the never-failing demand flor our cattle. " The Ga:tttr article is written under the caption Arizona vs Nevada beef, and while there is no reason for the products of this territory to be placed in comparison or competition with those of Nevada, the fat steers fed upon the nutriciops bunch grass of Arizona would not suffer by comparison with the beef product ofany other section of the world, and while the hungry editor of the GdEFht was peruslng the above article the range fattened beef of Arizona was selling in the markets of St Louis, Chicago and New York al opgside the stall fed beef of the western reserve and other sections of the east, fact that cannot be stated regarding the range beef of any other section. HF B.
The Arizona champion., 1888-01-28

The following from the Roef and Horn, the leading stock paper of Ari- zona, has the true ring, and we com mend the honest and fearless language of its able editor, Judge W. o. O'Neill, and ask the patrons of the CHAMPION in and around Flagstaff particularly, to give the article careful perusal. If the financial affairs of this county are run by ring, the sooner it is known by the taxpayers the better, and united efforts made to stamp out the gang of parasites:
 "We regret that several gentle men, whom the outspoken views of Hoef ana Horn have offend ed, have seen fit to class that paper as political one. We have said, and again repeat, that Ho9f and Horn knows no politics or party. To the cattlemen of the broad Territory of Arizona and to their interests the paper is devoted. It has not, nor will it ever, fail to attack and expose dishonesty in public places, whether the parties offended be republicans or democrats, for with tho stockmen of the terri tory it realizes the fact that the past and present political turpitude which exists will ruin the taxpayers of the territory unless more honesty is injected into the high and low places of official life, To-day the county of Yavapai groans under burden of over half million dollars indebtedness, with taxes at the rate of S3.25 per hundred dollars, and nearly twothirds of the taxable property on the delin- .quent tax list, for no other reason than because close listed ring of political tricksters located at Prescott for years have prostituted tho interests of every other portion of the county to feather their own nests and advance their own personal schemes.
The Arizona champion., 1888-01-28
THE MINERAL BELT ROAD.

A copy of the financial newspaper WeaM published in New York has reached us, containing lengthy article on the Mineral Belt. In commenting on the meeting of local creditors held in this city and the management and prospects of the read WeaHA says; It
 is certain that President Eddy has done everything he couh to make this enterprise a success. There is no doubt as to the u ltimate result, The intrinsic merits of the scheme are bound to carry it through sooner or later. The plans of the construction company are of the broadeSt nature and when car, ried out are certain to make the road a valuable investment to the security holders and also as feeder to the At lantic & Pacific. The country through
 which it is surveyed to pass is immense
 ly rich in natural advantages. Wood
 water, mineral and soil combine to make a successful mining and agricult; ural region, It is a pity that the lack
 of Q few hundred thousand dollars should thus early block it's prospects. We have faith in the ability of Col, Eddy and his friends to carry on the
 building of the road even without the backing of the Atlantic x Pacific, and that those who go into the company
 will receive large profits. %
The Arizona champion., 1888-01-28
Leap Year Ball,

The leap year ball which came off last evening at the hall of J. F. Hawks was attended by large number of our society people among whom we noticed Major and Mrs. D. M. Rior- dan, MT. and Mrs. J. B. Thomas, Col. and Mrs, E B. Davidson. MT. and Mrs. Geo. Rabbit. Misses. Fulton. Marshall, Mur av. Meiz, Coffin, Mary, Ella and Annie Hawks, Mrssrs. Som mers, Foster, Bowman, Keller, RioI- dan, Howard. Kaiherns, Brannen; Rabbit, Francis, Campbell, Mclntyre Cook, Clark, Hoskins and Governor Geo. Nagle and Judge E. M. Sanford of Prescott Everyone present seemed to enjoy themselves to the fullest ex- tent possible. At twelve o'clock the merry dancers were served with an elegant lunch by J. r. Hawks, after which dancing was again resumed un- tlI about ? o'clock P. NJ. The uner
 versal expression of all who attended was, that it was one of the most pleasant, sociable parties trey had ever attended in our mountain town.