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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-07-08

Tho County Convention - Hunting.
burgh last Thursday and Friday, w,s
rather sllmiy attended, bnt few fAiibiu
lsdies were on hand. and ~ enthusiastic
as ever. The tollo wing IL the report OF
the Corresponding secretary:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-07-08
COUNTY INSTITUTE,
JASPER, AUG. 1919, 1892


A precious thing IL more precious 10
US II It has been won BY work or econ
omy.
When you make mistake, don't look
hack At il long. Take the reason Of the
thing in your mind and then look for
ward. Mistakes are lessons Of wisdom
The past cannot be changed. The fu.
tnre is yet in your power.-Hugh
White.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-07-08

The federal tax on : gallon Of whisky
h about five times the cost Of manufac'
|ture. ana vet You will find wise people
vho etill talk about taxing tho liquor
srsfIlc out Of existence You rsmembe!
tho wise man who Was found one cold
nIRht In bis night shirt, holding = doe
ont on the porch 10 order TO freeze MN
10 death.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-07-08
Jasper Weekly Courier

The advocate o. Free Education; Free
voluaGe OF Silver; Lower Taxation
ssqnsl Rlghts for All; Special Privileges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

dollars The Russian says his prayers before
them and he looks upon them as the guardian
angels of his life. There is no store in Russia
that has not one of these icons hanging up in
1t, and il you wish to be ordinarily polite you
wiz take OF your hat when you enter the store
In honor Of it, and if you are Russian you will
invariably cross yourself on coming into Its
presence. The baby Of our consul general
OF st. Petersburg fell sick during nv
stay there few weeks ago and its nurse said that
the undoubted cause of its illness was because
there was no icon picture in the room in which
1t was lying and she would not continue to wait
upon the child until one was put up. In every
railroad station in Russia there is q shrine Of
this kind and you cannot get out of sight of Q
picture Of one Of the saints, of the Virgin or Of
the Savior. There are stores here in Moscow
which sell nothing but icons and the painting Of
them gives work to thousands. In making them
the workmen get prices according to the size Of
the saints and their number. A good man can
make three, each containing one figure, in q
week and as he gets so cents saint he makes
s1-50 at this rate for o weeks work. Some of
the icons are very well painted and those in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

picture on a stool was a man having tooth
pulled, and the sign intended to convey the fact
that the barber within was dentist, a shaver
and surgeon. A feed store will have bundle
of hay in a doorway and on the walls at the side
of the door will be painted horses feeding and
cows grazing.
The dairy signs are cows with maids or men
milking them and the tea signs are usually
gaudy Cinnamon, who are slipping tea
Even the newest Inventions, such as the type
writer, the bicycle and the camera, are painted
on the signboards in this way and sometimes
the whole front of a store will be covered by
pictures, each Of which represents some article
sold by the merchant. The windows are
filed with samples Of the goods sold and not in
frequently articles are suspended on the walls
outside in order to show just what is offered
within. Every merchant makes his calcutta
tions with box of wooden buttons strung on
wires, just as the merchants do in China, and
only the larger establishments keep book ac-
COUNTS. Little business is done by checks and
the banking methods of Russia are SO full Of
curious features that will treat Of them in
another letter. FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17
THE TEXANS PET CENTIPEDES.

After They Got Loose Their Owner Had the
Car to Himself.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrst,
81 was going to New York some time ago, ("
said H @. Forest, as he took seat in little ex-
perience meeting which the drummers were
holding in the corridors Of the Lindell. cat q
way station in Indiana o little old man entered
the sleeper, carrying wooden box bored full
Of small holes. The car was crowded and nearly
everybody had gone to bed. The newcomer
ordered his berth made up and retired to the
smoking compartment car for . few whiffs on Q
black brierwood pipe that was strong enough 10
curl the hair on a wooden Indian. When he
started to retire he picked up his perforated
box. The cover had come off and the little man
stood staring ct IL with such Q look Of hopeless,
helpless despair that ventured to ask him what
Was the matter.
"'MAtter?' he shrieked In his thin falsetto
that went through the car like the note Of a
bagpipe, matter? had six centipedes in that
box which was taking home from Texas, and
the last mothers son Of 'em has got eout'
well, sir, II you had exploded . pound OF
dynamite In that car you would not have created
greater conformation Men and women came
tumbling out Of their berths In their nightcapa
and short-stop clothes. One woman scratched
herself on pin, declared that . oentipede was
In her clothes and got nd Of her scant habil-
ments in one time and two motions. A fat
man, who was . victim Of prickly heat, i'm
sgincd that he could feel . centipeds making
it, way down his spinal column and could
with difhculty be restrained from jumping
ont Of the window. Mosquito bites were
magnided. into deadly wounds and the
whole train ranncked for doctors. The col
ored porter stood on the rear platform and
shook - though afflicted With the palsy. Every
clothes gingsrly and made hasty, but fearful
toilets IN The presence Of half hundred horri-
fed passenger There vas no more sleep thai
nighi I bad forgotten my mssrschanm pipe,
and In fear and trembling won't back 70 reoovei
IT, found The vrstched author u I'll our
his lost psts and mourning bscanss b found
thsm nod He nd b paid - apisce fur then
In Cisco, Tsxaa. and the very thought q being
e12 loser nsarly broke his heart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

Moscow IL fun Of tea houses called traktirs where
these long-haired merchants sit and suck their
tea through Jumps Of sugar which they hold be-
tween their teeth and dicker and bargain from
morning till evening. There Is no such thing as
fiIed prices nor quick trades in Russia. II takes
q man al day 20 come toa decision, sndhe always
asks you three times as much as he expects to
get And still the business done Is enormous.
Moscow has some business houses which would
b . credit 20 Chicago, and there are stores here
- fine you will find anywhere in Paris. The
wes,th;er Russians buy the most eztravagant
articles Of jevelry and wearing apparel. and the
srcadss Of this city Of Moscow are unequaled
anywhere In the world. Just under the shadow
Of the holy Kremliu there is now being built a
vast bazaar Of sir stories which must cover
nearly ten acres of ground, and there are many
business blocks here which cover acres. There
Il more economy used in building than In
America, and some Of these vast buildings are
cut BY vide passages which are rooted with
gia1 and ont upon which open stores about
twenty feet front with good show windows.
These windows are filed with beautiful goods
and the shoppers can spendhours in going from
one store TO another without getting out into
the street
RrssIA's TARIPY METHODS.
The goods sold are largely imported and 1t Is
curious 70 see how the government watches the
payment Of duty upon them Every imported
article pays q tax and Russia has perhaps the
highest protective tariff of any country In the
world Every article has 10 have the stamp Of
the revenue officer upon il and this stamp Is in
the shape Of little piece Of lead a. big around
- . silver seen. piece, to which are fastened
tvo pieces of wire which unite inside of the
garment sold. II 10 impossible to get this wire
% Without breaking the stamp. which is in
dslibiy pressed into the lead, and whether you
buy nscktie. . pair Of stockings or piece Of
5svelry 10 must have this stamp upon
is Tobacco Of III kinds is heavily taxed and
cigars are always sold In boxes which are
wrapped round With revenue stamps and which
have slAas tops. II you buy one cigar it is in q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

nS0s. Ginss boz. and there are boxes of two
c4gnrS, three cigEs and Of five, six, ten and a
oossn. Esch beaEs Its appropriate stamp and
ths bigger the box the bigger the stamp. The
fesulf b that I'll foreign articles are very high
I'D imported cigars cost twice much as they
DO v1,h ~ Articles manufactured in Russia,
hOv0ver, are cheap, and II viii be surprising to
mnny Americans to know vhat Russia makes.
MANUyACruzIxo II RUSSIA.
There arc over 500 factories in operation
aboot Moscow and you can see the smokestacks
se.adins hke senxinels here and there over the
lsndscape, nyAling IN their height the golden
spires Of the churches. These factories en-
ploy quarter Of million Of laborers and they
tarn ont about hundred and fifty million dol
lars worth of products every year. The city Of
Tula. which n Q nights ride from Moscow, has
cutlery works which make all kinds Of iron and
steel ware Of the finest quality. I bought a
knife and . razor during my visit there q few
days ago and they are e. fine as any thing that
Shefaeld or Birmingham can produce II Is ct
fula that the amovars are made nearly S. OOO.-
600 worth being turned out every year and
there ere iAlge gun factories here which supply
the Russian army. The cotton industry Is
mainly confined to Moscow. II has trebled
within The Last ten years and there are cotton
nsls hsre which would be credit
10 Massachusetts,. The WOODEN factories
Ere also increasing and the dAy win
come when Russia viii manufacture most Of the
GOOD consumed By her vast population At
ths present. time . large amount Of the manu-
lectures ere tbs result Of home industry. The
pses.ns do . great many things In their homes
and nearly every village has its speciality Of
some hind on other. Near Moscow there IL a
town which p notsd for Its beating Of gold leaf
and q people Of this village beat the sold out
bssvsen oalfAktns, and the monthly wages Of q
GOOD gold bssses axe about seven dollars There
ere o<her villages which make wire, others
vhicA uake nothing but spectacle frames, and
down In TEA thsre are about z. 900 peo-
pie Who dsvote themeefves TO the making Of
sooosdtonA SOM Of the most beautiful ware
turned out q MOSCOW b the lacquer papiez
mscAe This b sold IN over Europe. II has
the fnish Of the japanese lacquer and il Il
beauafully painted his is done by familie.
Who have worried 81 n for generations II VA
nom them thst the old-fashioned SNUFF boxe,
came, and they nov make sleeve buttons, tea
eaddies, boob covers and lacquer pictures.
TEE Icox DCsryxss.
Speaking 1 pictures, tbs icon trade ID one Of
tAe ersss industries q this country. An icon ID
spicture Of . saint, the face Of which 10 painted
but the body Of which r. made Of carved gold
silver or bras& Every man IN Russis has hi
loon and there II scarcely Q room In Q Russiar
houss which docs not contain ons Of these sacret
pictures. Thsy are Of eli dies and prices, from
httie ones no bigger than watch and worth
only few cents mp 10 great paintings the sizs
0sharn door and worth tens Of thousands d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

the Russian streets b ~ lock peddler, who
vsils about With bis breast and back covered
yisn iocks, vnisn are hung x ssEines over naa
great peasant industries. The locks are nearly
al made BY hand and they are Of all sorts and
shapes and Of all prices from . half cent up 70
S. Some Of them are so small that u takes Q
hundred 10 make pound and others 90 large
that they would drown o cat II one was tied
around its neck and it was thrown into . pond.
IN THE BAzAAns.
Every city in Russia has fits grand bazaar.
This Is known a. the Gostini Dvor and CONSISTS
Of . vast building containing many acres and
made up Of all sorts Of shops, which usually
open out upon covered corridors separated
from the street by pillars, 20 that you can walk
all around the bazaar and not be affected by
the weather. The interior Of one Of these vast
buildings Ia made up Of courts and the stores
run from the srcsdes through to the courts and
there are hundreds upon hundreds Of stores in
every bazaar. These stores are Of all kinds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

From the Detroit Free Press
Jules Simon read somewhere that a woman
who was being tried on q criminal charge
"would be acquitted il she was pretty" So he
wrote to the newspapers letter as witty as gal
liant on 1.-THE Influence Of Beauty" In the
course Of it he said:
"If it were said that jury could find only an
ugly woman guilty that would be great ex-
aggeration. but who can deny, who would dare
to dispute, the influence which a woman's
beauty always Yields? Beauty Il an areu-
ment as old as the world. A lovely woman of
Athens accused Of crime did not engage a law.
yer, did not utter word; she simply showed
herself"
Turning to the entrance of Frenchvomen
into the professions NJ. Simon says: "A pretty
woman win always be most dangerous lawyer.
There were several women" he adds. "vho
were great teachers-Hypatia, for example.
She spoke behind q curtain. They understood
the arguments she uttered; they did not see the
argument she was. But, after all, 1t turned out
badly for her and did not greatly advance
science.
1--WE viii be little embarrassed with pretty
women" n. Simon concludes, "when they be-
gin TO struggle with Ms ct elections, and more,
II they make personal visits upon Influential
electors. Once In the chamber Of deputies
s sid, they speak behind = curtain as Hyp.t'
''There Il one remedy. To fx the age Of can.
didates at fifty years. But that rule would moi
last long. II would violate justice, because II
would violate equality. II is the misfortune,
the mistake Of women, to demand EQUALITY VIII
men. They are often asked, How can you de-
mand equality when you are weak7 But Il
would be at least only Just 10 say to them
How can You demand equality when you arr
prettyr
bssn most unjustly treated, but It u not By
sharing public duties with them that We vii
better their condition. II is by returning e
good mannsrs, to the great traditions Of polite
nea. = the domestic virtues, to The rearrange-
nsnt q ne family tie. The happy woman. The
Ghs vl never b. aequittsd In court because Of hel
be.uty, but she WIN never appear there becsusl
oe her yiytua."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

from the London Times
The British consul at Chicago in his latest re-
port gives an example Of the extraordinary
rapidity with which the lofty buildings are
erected there. The Ashland Block, . construc-
ton of STEEL stone and terra Gotta at the cor
ner Of Randolph and Clark streets, close to the
city hall, seventeen stories in height, was built
on an area Of lao feet by 80 feet in midwinter
and work was continued day and night by relays
Of men, strong arc electric lights being used by
night; artificial heat was furnished by 100 sala-
mander stoves to enable the builders and ma
sons to work at that season of the year, and
protection from the cold winds was given BY
several hundred yards Of thick canvas.
The skeleton OF steel for each floor was first
erected, each column, girder and rsfter being
ifted and placed in position by steam power;
these were riveted with red hot rivets, and az
the stories rose they were filled in with square
blocks Of terra Gotta and brick. On Decembel
Last year SIX floors were completed, and the
steel skeleton for the next six stories was for
the most part placed. On December 10 ten
three more stories was mostly in position. Thus
the entire construction Of four floors of build
ing 140 by 80 feet, divided into numerous rooms
ives solidly built in thirteen days, or one hooi
in three and quarter days.
About sixty iron and steel workers, 100 bricl
masons and thirty five terra Gotta settlers were
continually ct work. The enormous quantity
Of iron and steel used in this new mode Of con-
struction, which was only first tried six years
ago, has created quite new industry, and the
employees have already their organization un-
der the term architectural iron workers.. Steel
has nov almost entirely taksn the place Of iron
Of which the first few Of these tall buildings
were constructed. The foundations are tier Of
steel rails, imbedded in concrete, the bSkms
stretching ten feet or twelve fest undey ths
street. This plan was found necessary on &C
count Of the nature Of the soil 20 - to bear thu
great imposed weight These beams ere made
ct the Illinois steel work.. or come from Penn.
sylvania. This new method Of building h aaid 4
be lighter and stronger than the old system and
to BE- absolutely are proof. The greatest vari-
alton in the plumb line from bass 10 top o,
these tail buildines has besa found not 70 sx
coed half IN inch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

lures. from boots and slippers made of little
pieces OF diferent-colored leather sewed to-
gether TO leather coats and travelling bags.
bought pair Of boots and pair Of slippers for
"a, and vas offered . very good travelling
satchel OF the finest Russian leather for S1.5O.
SOME WONDERFUL sHAwLs
Thought shawl in Moscow today which IL 20
large that ID would cover the biggest double
bed In America and 90 fine that it viii 90
through . lady's ring II was made By the
PEASANTS Of Orenburg and is Of the kind known
- ring shawis. II was made entirely by hand
and the fine lace work Of these Russian peas
ants 10 wonderful The velvcts made by them
are noted al over Europe and some Of their
velvets bring Is yard. They make carpets
which are equal TO those Of Persia and TURKEY.
and I met ct Moscow American buyers sent
here TO buy the wonderful Russian aiver and
the famous bronzes, which arc finer than those
Of any other part Of the world. There il no
tory here In Moscow which makes thiu
gold and oliver enamel ware which h %
I.re and % high priced, and the ~ sets
which wore given by tho cxar to the go
captains who brought over the famine supplies
we're made hare. One Of the curious dghts Of
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, AXE A CUP OF TEA
with me o N Russo
while I tell you some
thing about the queer
business methods of
this queer people. A
bare-footed boy brings
in the large brass sam-
ovsr and we drink our
tea out Of glass tum-
blers with nothing but
Q BIT of lemon and a
generous amount of su-
gar to affect its flavor.
The Russians doall their
trading over tea, and
thia Commercial center
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17

xfom HEpsr's Dasax.
"charsss = TOO tii6ad 70 prsposs and shs b
TOO tinni4 to,heap him on"
II should think susn tinid pair could easily
shrink 70 one.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17
A BUSINESS ADyRBrYsIMINT.

and YOU can find in one of these bazaars any,
thing you wish from q hairpin to a seal
skin coat and from a toothpick to a
set Of furniture. There are iewelry
stores and clothing stores, stores for the
selling Of household utensils stores which ham
die nothing but leather goods and other stores
which deal in books and pictures. The mer-
chants as Q rule are Russians in long coats with
their pantaloons stuffed In their boots and their
hair chopped of level with the neck 80 that 1t
forms o sort Of q brush as II hangs down from
the crown. They part this hair In the middle
and they are usually long bearded men Of the
Russian type They are shrewd dealers, but are
very suspicious OF one another and 60 on the
r. .Lal. ...ue 40 AaI AZ So ~
finest honses in Moscow belono 10 The rner~
chants. The nobleslooked rather down on them
until In recent years and today the merchant
grass nov AZ nAen as .ne ornciai class IN RUSSIA
ond oma,s TIKI. 49,. - h1a;,,.s. - go
about o In tha n,ornino nnt;, ahnnt :, ~
afternoon and tbonob thav are "a .O1inr. 20
maize a GOOD trade as onr marcbonts thor tots
mora rest than we do and tbev will nnt onon
their stores dnrino The holidov. nov ~, Spn-
dava Evervtbina 2 closed ~ Pys.;a ~ Sn,dar
and az Petersbn,o and Moscow o. th;s t;r1s
look mncb r,ors RE Ros,nO tbor por;s IT, IL
Interesting 70 watch ono ~ these hazaar ner-
chants close mn for the niobt In the frat nlace
he locks up everything in the store and seals IL
shut He then Comes ontside and closes his
windows and locks the front doors of his shon
with a great nadIock He tbsn takes a strinq
and ties the paddock TO the stanle and ioins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17
AN UNLUCKY NUMBER,
How No. Is is Regarded by Super.
stitious Railroaders.
ALWAYS CAUSING TROUBLE.

Boyc0tting Engines That Arc Numbered
With the Hateful Combination Of Figures
Omcfals - Well ~ Laborers Under the
Hoosloo spelLstories substantiating .
Superstttious Belief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-17
BUSINESS In RUSSIA.
The Queer Stores and Trades of the
Land of the Slays.
TARIFF AND MANUFACTURES.
The Wonderful House Industry of the Peo-
ple-The Icon Business and the Millions In
Candles-The Great Bszaars and the Mer-
ehAat.-Advertisemen and Signs.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
Moscow, August 90 1892.
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MONG PEOPLE OF A

MONG PEOPLE OF A
superstitious turn Of
mind the figures IS and
i'll luck have always been
synonymous, but this
idea has taken firmer
root In the minds Of
railroad men than upon
any other class. They,
undoubtedly, have had
more experience with
the luckless number and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-22
.rhe pavis Memor.a.

We rejoice that President Jefferson Davis IL 70
have q monument at Richmond, Va Lot II DO a
grand one--wortny OF hls great abilities and no
bic virtues and lofty pauiotism.- Wilmington w.
c. Messenger.
Yes; 81 will be grand one; but VIC shall
have to make up by extra diligence the
time that has been lost pending consoii-
dalton Of all Of the Davis monument as
aooiations into one.
Tho chief labor win now devolve upon
the Richmond organization, but commit
tee OF the United Confederate Veterans
will have general direction of the under
taking. and it is hoped that tho people OF
each southern State viii make liberal con
trIbutions to the fund, which should reach
at least &250.
One OF the first things 10 be done Is TO
remove tho body of Mr.. DAVIS from New
Orleans TO Richmond for permanent burial
In lot in Hollywood cemetery which MIS-.
DAVIS has accepted from the cemetery COM
pany. The DAVIS memorial. however, VIII
be erected in Monroe Park-a beautiful
piece of ground In the West End sur
rounded by handsome streets and houses.
1t was our frst Far-G Grounds. and there in
1861 camped the fret troops (south Caro-
liniaus) that came 20 Virginia from the
South. All during the war it was camp
and about 1870 1t was converted into
park. and since then 1t has been made very
beautiful.
The general judgment Is that II is the
choicest spot In Richmond for such me-
moral as 1t hos beer determined 10 erect.
But Virginia must have the help OF the
whole South in this matter. And this we
expect will be heartily given.
BY the way. some OF the Republican or
gaus are making loud howl about this
movement. They grasp at it as does the
proverbial drowning man at n straw.
Every time that 1t is proposed TO build
monument TO distinguished Confederate
they make this same hullabaloo; but II
they we're honest-minded they would re-
joice at the present undertaking, as 1t will
about complete the South's monument
building. In this line il is the 6outh's
last great duty