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The Jasper weekly courier., 1892-07-15

WEEKLY COURIER.
C. DOANE. Publisher.
JASPER INDIANA
o. the sth President Harrison signed
the hill apprcpriaring t5.ooo for the
erection ~ statue 10 the late Gen
Sherman in Washington city.
THE P~ary relief expedition sailed
from ~ Johns. y. r.. on the sth. on
the steamship Kite. All the members
Of the expedition were in capital spirits
Ar North Vernon. Ind. three chill
dren in the family Of Jas Corduroy
died 0f diphtheria within m hour and
were buried together in the same grave
William cArxAS aged -. a veteran
o< the rebellion. residing At Brimheld-
Ind. was run over by Lake shore
fright train. IN the night Of the 5th,
and instantly killed
80 sss,.;- eh,,Ier- = r.r..-r,-l fr,m the
T~-n--r.r~.~;. II ,he ~i,v 81 RaLu
alone ninetv-one deaths and sixt three
n.y. r,s..~ vr..r, r..r,ort.d On the 81.
WM NEE~oS. EN- mployed as an elevator
man III the New York World buildiny.
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80 .,,-~s- ~ ~. fe.s..r-h s-o-v ~ IT,.
srh and ~ instantly killed lie wa~
1s ~ - and unmarried
The h0u~e Judiciary committee. On
The -th. ordered favorable rep-rrt On
the resolution intrndnced by Mr. VIII
lfau.s- of NaSSachu ~ettS. authorizing an
u.,-,..--s,4 lpa mills ana the causes
1e.as-~+ns-
The election in England Is prrceed-
ing quietly many members ~ parlia-
nenr being returned without oppo-
sition- but in Ireland the contest !
narixsi by fierce and bloody fights. in
one instance an attempt being made 70
wreck train for political reasons
DISPATCH - tne secretary o1 state
fron the 1ni'en S'a'es minl~te. n
Mexico announces tne exemption rom
cutle> 81 mAize' III gram o "a ..eA.-
md beans. imported through the Nexi-
can maritime and frontier custom
houses-dnring July and August ~
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OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

Some republicans find q crumb
Of comfort in the fact that their party
in Louisiana is big enough to-split =
Detroit Free Press.
The Texas republicans once more
notify the country that they are thar
monious. The hope for republicans
who couldn't be harmonious with 1884,
900 democratic plurality to make them
SO would be indeed forlorn.-St Louie
Republic.
President Harrison ought to get
. new secretary of the treasury. II
Mr.. Foster can't find any cash balance
without withholding from day labor
ers in government employ the wages
they have earned, he would seem to be
victim Of republican methods Of
financiering to such a degree as to rem
der him practically useless. st. Louis
Republic
The very best evidence that the
United States treasury is out of money
is that the government must borrow
money If it is to continue to construct
highways in the District Of Colum bia.
The proposition is to issue two per
cent. bonds, and yet when this admin
istration came into power there was q
surplus in the treasury Of 500. o00 900
IN. Y. World.
The corporal's guard that look
upon Tom Reed as leader must in
time appreciate that his moving ambi-
ton is to defend his record as speaker
Of the Fifty first congress. He Is fair
ly good nagger. but It Is . reflection
upon anyone's Judgment TO accuse him
Of being statesman When his abil-
ity as q clown fails to win approval he
draws upon his remaining resources in
vain Detroit Free Press
Pension Commissioners Raum In.
forms congress that with rigid econ
omy and provided no additional PEN.
sion Legislation is enacted he will be
able to worry along next year within
$t6D, 600. 600. 1t once was regretted that
the civil war was not averted BY purs
chasing outright All the slaves. That
would have been cheap way out Of
the difficulty. for the growth Of tie
pension list indicates that money would
have been saved By buy ring up Ill tho
|secedIn3 statea, slaves. lnnds. nnd n.
Chicago INu84 X Y
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ROMEO AND JULIET.

The Old Story, with Modern Accessories,
Retold in Naples.
In the criminal court of Naples the
story of Romeo and Juliet in modern
life was told recently. Lieut. Leone,
of the Tenth regiment of artillery,
fell desperately in love with Catherine
Notarbartolo de Villarosa, a beautiful
young woman. The Notarbartolo fami-
" is among the most powerful 10 Sicily,
where good deal of the old feudal sys.
tenn fourishes, in spite OF the Italian
unity. Donna Marin Bentiragna, wild
ow Notarbartolo and the mother Of the
young woman, had brother executed
In 1859 for political offences, and she
was banished. but she returned to ST.
ely with Garibaldi- Although she is
"a years of age, she administered the
RIGA patrimony Of her family. The
beautiful Catherine was her youngest
child.
The question before the court was
whether the young officer committed
suicide or was murdered by the broth
er of the young girl. His body was
found at the door of the Notarbartolo
mansion. He had been shot through
the heart, and a pistol was found at
his feet The evidence for the prosecu-
ton was that he had been called into
the house by GATHERINGS old nurse, Ca
logera Tinnirello, aud that GATHERINGS
brothers. who were his sworn enemies,
had waited for him at the entrance, and
had shot him. Francesca Notarbarto-
10, who was accused of having organized
4 L. IA L.. Il
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Ting first in San Augustine, and about
ten years later moved with her hus-
band into Parker county, some miles
west of where Weatherford is now.
She is living with married daughter,
and is still bright and cheerful, not
withstanding he- age and the trials she
has passed.
s'sOh, felt at home in. San Angus
tine" she said to the Globe Democrat
correspondent, "but didn't want to
move to Parker county. 1t was so far
from every place-just like going clear
to the edge of the world and then
jumping off. But it was the only place
that would suit John, and SO we came
and stopped our two wagons right
where you could hear wolves bowling.
and built little hut there and moved
in. The, house was built of logs, with
the ends notched together, and the
floor was made of puncheons, smoothed
off by an adze, and the door was of
puncheons, too, thick and heavy
enough for Jail door. We didn't have
any window in the house, and SO John
left one of the puncheons out of the
door, as twas summer time, so that we
could get little light. And having
got that far, John went to clearing
land and fixing for his crop.
''Oh, the times we had while we lived
in that housed Once remember John
and our nearest neighbor, who lived
ten miles away, agreed to go to mill
together. They had to go clear to
Dallas, and it was ten or twelve
days trip. The neighbor came by early
in the morning, and he brought with
him deer that he had killed on the
way, because it ran SO close that he
couldn't resist the temptation. And
he and John drove away and the chill
dren and ! were left alone.
81 had lived in Texas long time,
and hadn't thought of being afraid.
wasn't of the scary kind, you see. So
! went singing about my work aud
finished up lot of sewing mad on
hand, and as fresh meat was rare with
us. fixed up all could of it for dry
ing. And as evening came on i got a
pile of dry splinters ready for kindling
and brought the AK in the house. Not
that l was afraid, you know, but it
suddenly occurred to me that was
sorry John had gone. / had never
been alone before, except when there
were near neighbors, and acknowl-
edged 10 myself that the sensation
wasn't a pleasant one. There were In
dians in the country, knew. Some OF
them were savage, for one of the ma
rauding bands had killed several peo-
Pile only few months before. AS for
wild animals / had no need to be told
about them. Had not heard the
wolves bowling, night after pighta
An had not bear killed our largest
hog only few nights before and
dragged the body away? ] still think
that was not much afraid, but i
turned our little table down before
that open place in the door Then I
looked all around the room until my eyes
fell upon little patch of ceiling about
six feet square, where John had laid
some loose punchcons over the joists
and made kind of shelf to store things
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/ recall to mind story Of an officer
in the emperor's army who were bcseig-
ing a. fortress. Their number was
small, and relieving army was coming
up 1t was Of great moment that they
should know how long the fortress could
hold out II Unjust capitulate for want
Of supplies within : week they could
stay and win the campaign for the en-
peror. A young Japanese nobleman
volunteered to go into the fortress and
ascertain how long they could hold ont.
He disguised himself, and IN passing
learned that they had food and water
for only two days more. As he wns GO
ing out with this precious information
be was detected aud the enemy said to
him: ''We arc going to cruelty you.
but we will let you on on one condition
that you go 10 the wall and tell your
people that we have supplies for q
week" He said: Very wel1, and
went TO the wall His wife aud chill
dren ia the be8ieGers' camp IAN him;
his frionds were there also. ind Re haId
up both hands snying: There oro
supplies Tor but two days Il Continue
The siexe and you will toI<e tlc plscr. X
III died " i hundred 6p6or poI61& bill
" hsd done Az daty v A. general
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Springing at my throat and had TO
fight for my life. By keeping the ak
swinging managed to protect myself
a little, but was gradually edging
around the wall toward our ladder of
wooden pegs. knew very well that
couldn't keep up the fight much longer.
My strength was already giving out.
The wolves We're pressing nearer, and
would soon be pulled down and torn
to pieces, right there in the sight of
poor little Jennie and the sleeping
babies. And SO I watched my oppor-
tunity, gave my weapon a longer swing
to drive them further away, and then,
dropping my ak, sprang- for my peg
ladder. Here they came like whirl-
wind, their mouths open, their
eyes ablaze. Two of them ac-
tually caught the skirt of my
dress, but tore myself loose and
climbe out of their reach, and present
ly pulled myself up beside the chill
cren, so unnervcd that l was compelled
to lie down. When ] had recovered suf-
fciently to peep over the edge of the lit
tie shelf on which we were all pcrched,
there the gaunt creatures were, leap
ing high in the air to get at us, and
falling down and being trampled upon
by others. In the midst of the confu-
sion some of them knocked over the
little stand on which the candle was
sitting and it went out, leaving us in
darkness, but the bowling and raging
went on for hours--I don't know how
long. We spent the night on that little
shelf. When day began. to dawn the
wolves skulked away gradually, and
before ! could see anything in the
room the last one had gone. 1t was
sunrise before ! ventured to come
down--and, oh, such sight as that
house and yard were. The remains Of
four wolves were scattered about the
yard, and the whole place looked like
slaughter pen.
"And we stayed alone whole week
after that, never looking upon human
face. But managed to fasten the
missing puncheon into the door, and
though the wolves came and howled
around the house on the two nights
following that eventful one, they did
not get in. And then they disappeared
and were seen no more in that neigh
borhood- lat least in such numbers.
We always supposed that the drought
had dive n them from their old haunts
and they were pressed by hunger. but
/ never will forget that horrible night
/ spent fighting gang OF hungry
wolves. Fort Worth tTex.) Cor St
Louis Globe-Dcmocrat
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RAuM'S INVESTIGATION.
A Committee Appointed to Look Afts
the Commissioner Of Pensions

A Committee Appointed to Look After
the Commissioner Of Pensions.
A committee OF the house has been
appointed for the purpose Of investi-
eating Mr.. Raum. There is little doubt
as to the need of such investigation,
but the committee should be allowed
to extend its inquiries beyond the
merely personal transactions of the
pension commissioner. The private
speculations of Raum have little to do
with the great scandals that have made
his administration notorious save as
they may lead to conclusions as to
Raum's relations with those known in
Washington as members of the pension
ring. What enormous profits these
pension sharks have made within a
few years is common talk at the capt.
tai If the house committee shall be
able to lay bare even moiety of such
frauds it will have performed a great
service 10 the country. When it is I'M
dersto6d that the number of pension
ers exceeds 100000, and that this is to
be increased to more than a round mill
lion within the year, it will be seen
that something must be rotten in Dem
mark. A quarter of century after
the close of the war the pension list is
to exceed in numbers the roll of tho
federal army at any one time. The
bare statement is proof of frauds that
are disgraceful to honest pensioners
and wickedly burdensome to the peo-
pie.
The committee will discover in the
course Of their work that many vet
Grams in Washington and throughout
the country will aid them in uncover
ing some of the schemes by which the
pension Office has been disgraced-
There is an organization of old veter.
ans at Washington whose members are
earnest in their determination to stop
pension frauds before they shall have
destroyed the entire system. To these
old soldiers ~ committee may appeal
with certainty of valuable assistance.
Chicago Times.
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on. I'm sure you never would guess
how we got to it. We had no ladder
we climbed up by means OF o row Of
stout pegs, driven into holes bored in
the wall. Well, said to Jennie, my
eldest child: Jennie, if anything hap
pens tonight rm going to put all three
of You children up yonder, and you
must take care Of Bob and the baby
And then put the children TO bed
II had been sitting there sewing
about half an hour, suppose, When0
suddenly our cat came flying through
the opening in the door, every hair
standing on end, and without mo-
ment's hesitation itwent up the wall
like q flash, climbed upon the little
piece Of ceiling and did nothing but
growi, with its fiery eyes shining like
two cf.ais. I knew something was the
matter. Int hui d 10 ROUSE the chii-s
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so IL is True.


Bs.e's friend who says that sorrow
Comes to-day or comes tomorrow.
Here's long face who Is moaningf
Tel him death 10 far awayi
Let dull age go weep and pray;
Heed not grief, the ghost there, groanfng,
Who would cloud the Jocund dayi
An, thcy say that anguish found them,
Men cut down with battle round them
Hear the boys there, gayly singingt)
In some region far away
What care VIC who laugh to-day?
Bring no tears, whate'cr you're bringing;
Honor to the jocund dayi
What's that sound that cools our laughterf
what's that form that follows afterf
Funeral music sadly sounded
One more man is turned to clay.
Let dull age go weep and prayi
Youth by death was meier confounded.
Long. shall shine our jocund dayi
Oh my dear ono, to my weeping
Marble silence stcrnly keeping,
Lying there In breathlcss blindness
Dealt. Is never far away.
Even youth can weep and prayi
Lips That loved have lost their Kindness;
Dead they are, this bitter dayi
Rose Hawthorn Lathrop, in Scribncr's Maya
zine.
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WHERE TOYS Arr MADE.


WaEcE rnxc 49, a1nnr
-
Gerrnany Furnishes Dolls md saxony
e. Noah's Arhs.
= m open secret that santa Claus
~ en1 greater pars 81 nls yass
s.oc ksol 1nristmas soys from europe.
uernany being ms 1avorite coliccl1ng
srutno-
2 ~ ne encourages American industry
~ 2, lew directions, notably IN cheap
meg nanicai Toys Inc TN railway.
Trans ana TN horses and steamb boats
tnas run wnen Wound up with Key
are maze ~ brooklyn, ana the cast
iron toys OF the same description are
maze principaly IN New YORK
sch ne desires an expensive me-
cnanira. 10y however, ne goes 70
france LOT u; % Saxony Tor ms Noah's
arks and all tho other carved wooden
Toys; 70 Nuremberg Tor his toys, TN
trumpets and magic lanterns, and TO
lnuringia lot ms CHINA tea sets.
far m re important than all other
Toys are the dolls, ana nine dolls out OF
every ten are little German girls. In
Wnoie districts 10 Germany the country
people spend the winter In making
dolls, tilling their fields in the summer.
+, Inc cheap wax doll, commercially
known as 'composition way, such as
may De bought and retalled IN the
country Tor twenty-five cents, furnishes
perhaps tne pest ldea OF now dolls are
made.
a modeier, VINO mas nothing FUR
tner TO do with the making OF dolls,
makes plaster OF paris models OF the
Styles OF heads ana limbs most 10 de-
mand and sells them singiy or in sets
to the peasants who make the dolls.
Inroughout the winter father,
mother and all the larger children
unite IN making papier mache casts
from these models, each cast being, Of
course, an exact counterpart OF the
models, but thin and light and gray In
color.
The legs and arms are dipped gin
neSh-coiored paint, and the painted
shoes are put on with brushes. These
various parts, together with the head,
are fastened 70 cloth body stu1fed
with sawdush and dolly goes on to the
factory, where the more artistlc work
IS done.
An expert workman in the factory,
holding dolly by the feet dips her
head and shoulders for moment into
melted wax, and she energies from the
bath the composition wax doll OF COM
merce.
When she - sufficiently dry she
gpasses into the hands of a girl oper-
ator, who quickly paints the pink tinge
on her cheeks. Another girl adds the
blue eyes; still another the eyebrows
and eyelashes; and SO she goes through
the hands OF a row OF girls, one girl
for each tint, the whole process taking
about six hours, for there are delays
while the paints are drying.
In six hours six girls are expected to
paint ten gross, or nearly enc thous-
and five hundred dolls, complete. This
requires rapid work, and the girls re-
ceive about one dollar and seventy-fve
cents week each. Flowing locks OF
mohair are fastened to the head. and
dolly is ready to emigrate to America
Fer the real wax doll a more ex-
pensive article, the Elolds for the head
are made in three parts-one back and
two fronts The mold Is filled with
melted wax, which is allowed to re-
main for minute or two, and then all
that is not hardened is poured out,
But II we do not make dolls to any
extent in this country we repair them
at great rate.
bout Christmas times doll hos
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dren up without some bctter rexAo.
than the mere fright 81 : cat i stood
there IN the middle Of the room. Look
Ing 81 the darkness that pressed against
that gaunt opening In the door, and
III tell yon for moment / aid feel
desolate, and q lonesome Inconsistencies
came over me for the old home and the
old friends. And then, while stood
there, came Q sound that knew--the
bowling of wolves. hundreds Of them.
one would have thought from their
voices.
II aroused the sleeping children and
assisted them to climb up into the loft
I have described; then, arming myself
with the Ak, took my stand at the
hole that served as door. and awaited
attack. But the wolves were devoting
their attention to the hogs, which were
incloscd in an open pen near by, as
could be told by the terrible commo-
ton that came to my ears. This lasted
Tor some time, but fnally the chorus Of
sqneals and snarls claimed down, and
finally ceased. began to think the
wolves had become satiated after de-
vouring the hogs and had Como back to
the tangled brakes Of the bottom But
before 0nat idea made any very firm
iodgment IN my mind ! felt. rather
IMAM neard, stealthy step that passed
near the door and paused and went on
again. Ihen directly 1t came back,
ana inc huge gray head OF wolf was
thrust IN at the door above the table.
~ startled me, after all, long as ! had
been expecting IT, and almostdropped
the Ak. But then, remembering my
sell struck with all my strength.
The blood flew and the head disap-
peared. ! think must have stunned
the wolf at least, for peering out into
the darkness ! saw 1t lie there strug-
Cling for a moment, and then 1t was
fallen upon by first one and then half a
dozed gaunt figures and torn limb from
- II
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against the Hill convention embraces
section Of the New York democracy
which ne national convention can az.
ford TO disregard; and If it Is also true.
as stated. that the leaders of the move
ment have hook. 50 to speslx, in tho
jaws OF Tammany, It Is not IS all nm
likely that Tammany itself will be
eager for the interference Of the ma
tional committee or convention "a
neutralize the evil done by the pre-.
mature convention business.
Except as the country At large may
want . candidate from New York tho
matter is one which really concerns
Tammany more nearly than 1t does
anybody else. II is as certain rs any
thing we'll can be that Senator Hills
goose was cooked in the fire generated
by the ill-advised step Of forcing the mid
winter convention against the remou-
STRANGE of some of the best elements Of
the democratic party Of the state His
friends have 1t in their power, possibly,
to prevent the nomination Of any other
New York man; but they have lost the
power tosseeufe hist he senator HIM
self, under tho circumstances, might be
satisfied, if he cannot be nominated,
with preventing the nomination OF any
New York candidate hut will his
friends and followers take similar
view? Can they afford tor
1t is unlikely. 1t has happened in
the past that considerable bodies Of
men have so pinned their faith to q
leader that they were not only ready
to follow him in the forlorn hope Of
success but quite ready to follow him
to certain defeat and to aid him In
pulling down the political fabric on
himself and them for the sake Of
crushing his rivals But in these mod.
ern times there is comparatively little
of such devotion. The hold which the
politician has on his followers is based
very largely on the hope Of something
for themselves; and when that incen-
tive loses its force attachment wanes.
So long as Mr. Hill is in the field with
a reasonable prospect of success he can
count on more or less enthusiastic
following on the part Of those who
have political expectations But the
moment it becomes clear that he is
marching to defeat and has no object
left but to prevent some one else sue.
ceeding where he cannot, he will lose
the biggest part Of his army. 1t would
be different, perhaps, If he were fight
ing for principle; but if there was
any pretense Of that at first it has been
abandoned.
- It Is not, therefore, by any means
certain that the split in New York
means either the loss of New York to
the democratic column or the failure
of the state to furnish the candidate;
though the chance of carrying the state
at the present outlook is better withKa
candidate from some other state
Detroit Free Press
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Caught at Last.

she grabbed the letter with the fe-
rocity Of tiger. She found It In her
husbands overcoat pocket, addressed
iii fine feminine hand. Now l have
the wretch, !, she Kissed through the set
teeth ofsher rigid jaws. She crulnpled
sthe missivc in d demoniac grasp, and
then her fiery eyes shot upon the ~
scription: Mrs John Smith, Butternut-
yille.r THAT'S i'll that's i'll" she again
Kissed in her triumph. tits TIE letter
/ gave him to mail to moths three
mouths ago. Binghanton Repnb
lean 4