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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-16

WANTED TO SEE HIM POP.
A Child's Curiosity spoils Her Big Sisters
W~ll-Laid Plans.

W~H-Latd Flans.
The last of the sunset glow was fad
| ing from the western horizon. and the
stars had begun to shine out clear and
bright on the darkening September
| sky. On a corner Of the boarding III use
| piazza. in the light which shone from
the door, a slender young girl with
dark eyes. wavy brown hair. and wear
sat in the shadow. The glow Of the
cigarette showed that summer young
man occupied a chair slightly in the
rear Of her.
Their conversation was intermittent,
and carried on in low tones
Yes. I'm glad we're such good
friends. Mr.. Van de Horn. because l.
because we're SO genial--and to be
frank. because like you-- The girl
turned her head and smiled at her com
panion. giving apretty mphass to the
| last sentence.
But. say. maybe you don't like this
smolSe-l'll fire it." The cigarette went
whirling out upon the lawn.
"Oh. | wouldn't have had you do
that on my account for anything. Mr..
| Van de Horn. And then YOU are so
fond of them.
Perhaps | ought to have fired it be-
fore. but | didn't think; but. say,
what pretty ring that il. taking the
| hand which rested on the chair arm.
did you know we were thinking Of
going away Tomorrow said the girl.
| pensively. without noticing the remark
as to the ring.
mo. you don't mean it? Tell us all
about it," said the young man. still
holding the hand.
| There's nothing to tell. except how
| lonesome I'll be. and
little sigh was all that remained
Of the sentence There was silence for
several moments, broken only by the
scraping sound when Mr.. Van de
Horns chair was moved along little.
| II wish you wouldn't. Mr. Van de
Horn: feel sad light, and you really
know YOU shouldn't do that"
But, my dear Miss Lands, / am
merely comforting you"
| "Nb-thcre. there, shall have to 90
| into the house. No one but--that is, no
onc-can give that sort Of consolation
to me. didn't think you would trihe
Thought you would appreciate friend-
ship"
The young lady had started to rise
from her chair, and the young man. as
he dropped on one knee. still holding
the hand between his own. did not see
the sight which made her stop.
lyon mistake me-you really do. 1t
is more than friendship offer You"
But he got no further. In the light
which ssreamed from the doorway
stood little whitc-robed figure, and at
the pause small voice piped;
SISTER May, is he doin to pop? Tell
me. cause / want to see 1t.
Child, what are you doing down
here at this time of night?" said the
young lady, glaring and rigid
want to see you make him pop,
said the tot. in rather frightened
tone of voice.
what are you talking about? Go
up stairs this minute back to bed.
II didn't do muffin" came in fearful
sobs. II heard mamma say ifany body
could make a man pop you could, and
never saw muffin pop but cork and
stick, and ] jest only wanted to see
Mr.. Horn pop."--Chicago News.
Three hundred and sixty mou n tainS
in the United States are over ter thou,
sand feet high.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-16
THE STOLEN DIAMOND.
The Accused Acquitted and the Accuse
Arrested.

Arrested.
COLUMBUS. o., March Din the po-
lice court yesterday, Judge Martin dis
charged DR.. A. j. Parke. who was
charged with stealing diamond from
a corpse, and held Grant Wilson, the
undcrtaker's hostler, who made the af-
fidavit. for the theft.
II is generally believed that the po-
lice made a serious mistake in taking
Wilson'S affidavit as a ground for ar
rest, as he Is an ex-convict
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1G-
Pats Ingenuity.

An 1rlshman on one occasion passed
a grocer's shop, and seeing a pile of
cheeSeS on the counter. and noticing
the shopman had left the shop,
thought it good opportunity 10 get
a cheese for nothing.
He therefore stepped lightly into the
shop, and taking a couple of cheeses,
placed one on each side Of the scales.
The shopman, hearing the noise, came
from the back shop apd asked Pat
what he was about
"Och," said Pat don't annoy your.
self; l only wished 10 know if your
cheese or mine Is the heaviest"
Like your confounded cheek" said
the shopman, angrily; IF you dom
take your cheese out of this at once
I'll set the police on you"
Pat lifted the cheese, and, smiling
at the trick he had performed, bada
the shopman a respectful good-iay.
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Ancient and Nediaeval Chemistry.

The workmen who dyed clothes,
clothing and tapestries in purple or
other colors, an industry practiced first
in Egypt and Syria and then in all the
Grrcian, Roman and Persian world,
not 20 speak of the extreme East, en-
ployed highly developed chemical
mampulattOns; and the cloths found
on the mummicS and in the sarco-
phagi attest their perfection. Pnny
and NiuuviuS describe in detail the
production of colors, such rs cinnabor
or vermilion, minium, red chalk, in
dtSo, black, green and blue colol's.
vegetable aS well as mineral, perform.
cd by painters. The chemistry Of
alimentatiOn. fruitful in resources and
in frauds, was next practiced. The
art was known of accomplishing at
will those delicate fermentations
which produce bread, wine and beer,
and which modify a large number Of
foods; also of falsifylng wine by the
addition OF plaster and other ingred-
Tents. The art of healing, seeking
everywhere for resources against dis
eases, had learned 10 transform and
fahricate q large number of mineral
and vegetable products, such as sugar
of poppy, extracts of nightShades,
oxide of copper, verdigris, litharge,
white lead. the sulphurets of arsenic
and arsenious acid; remedies and
poisons We're composed at the same
dine. for different purposes, by doc
tors and magiciaRs. The manufac-
ture of arms and Of infiammatory sub
stances-peuoleum, sulphur, resins and
bitumens-had already, anciently as
well as In our own time, drawn upon
the talents of inventors and given rise
10 formidable apphca tons, especially
in the arts Of sieges and marine bat
tles previous TO the invention Of the
Greek fire, which was in Its turn tho
precursor of gunpowder and of our
terrible explosive matters-Popular
Science Monthly,
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A Tariff Eject.

The young woman's father was one
of those men who talk tariff so much
that in time they learn 10 disregard
the comfort of their families and talk
IL in the home circle Thus IL was
that the girl knew as much about the
tariff as she did about housekeeping.
Yet she found time in the midst of
her political economy 10 have q couple
of real sweethearts, not 10 speak OF
a host of fellows who wanted TO be.
OF the two favored ones, one was a
farmers son and the other was q
swell youth from the city. This lat
ter she in time chose as the one, and
when her father heard OF IT he called
her before him.
so" he said. you have thrown
over this excellent, young farmer and
chosen a city dudeT"
Yes, papa" she smiled.
We'll, | don't like it and want Ia
know your reasons for doing it."
They are plain enough" she re-
sponded promptly. Il have heard YOU
talk tariff until l am thoroughly con
WINGED that the only kind of protec-
ton need in my home industries
excludes the raw material and admits
the finished product"
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WOMEN CRIMINALS.
The Record They Have Made as Diurderers
Is n Bad One.

The Record They Have Made as Murherers
Is a Bad One.
Continuing his discussion of the In.
crease in the number of female crimi-
nails In Europe and America. DR..
Hugo Muench the eminent Berlin
sociologist, said to St Louis repor-
ter: The woman who capdvated
more men in a given time and spent
moro money In better style than any
other In Paris was Miss Sutherland,
Il New York girl. Josie Mansfield
was almost as notorious in the French
capital as in the American metropolis.
II was an American beauty, Miss
Blackford, who captivated the Rus
sian Grand Duke and held him In alb
Ject slavery for many months And,
40 where you will throughout Europe,
yOu Will find the greatest swath In
the way of high class crime is being
cut by American women. InveStga-
tion has shown me that the number of
adventureSses In New York is some
thing startling-most of them made
so by the necessities of American high
pressure life.
'In the more serious class of crimes
women are on an equality with men.
In one line of iniquity of the blacklist
description. poisoning, they surpass
men. Poisoning has ever been n wo-
mans crime, both in ancient and
modern times. Jocasta, Catherine de
Medici, Lucretla Borgia, the March
ioneSS de Brinvilliers are familiar ex-
amples in point And in this coun-
try, out Of seventy-two cases of pois-
oning, OF which count has been kept
during the last nineteen years, fifty
eight have been attempted by women.
To such an extent has poisoning by
women been carried that in "A case Of
so-called mysterious poisoning the de
tectves turn to look for a female, and
seldom turn In vain.
'As murderprS, women have in the
nineteenth century been making a
bloody record. Account for II as phil
osophers or moralists may, the facts
seem to show that since woman has
asserted her rights 10 struggle for her
self with the world on the same terms
as man she has likewise struggled
Violently, and often murderously. with
men and women. The number of mur-
deresses in the nineteenth century has
been as great as the number of hero
ines. Nor have the murdereSSes been
confined to the under class, outside, as
IL were, of the restraints of civiliza-
ton. On the contrary, there have
been more murders or killings COM
mitted by women in large cities, or
civilized communities, than on the
frontiers or border lands. Women
know very we'll that In America, at
least, there is sentimental prejudice
against hanging one of their sex, and
with their characteristic cunning, they
are taking advantage Of this fact"
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Sham knowledge.

1t is easy enough to learn what the
gypsies would call the "patter" q.
various professions. One can dis
course learnedly, on leaving d concert
hall, concerning the value Of the music
he has heard; or he may criticize n
picture. with the proper reference to
''foreshorteaing," "hlshhghts,- mid
dle-distance," and the rest of It
1T is a fine poem; yes, o very fine
poem,r said a would-be critical friend
TO an author. "but you will excuse me
for saying l don't think YOU have a
perfect understanding of the sonnet
form. The pause hardly comes In the
right place"
The author bowed and smiled nier-
rily; and afterwards a common friend
said 10 him:
"You seem to take criticism very
cheerfully, Fred"
BLESS you" said he, "that isn't
criticism, but t ainuses Tom to de
liver ii. The poem he was talking
about isn't Il sonnet at all. 1t has
nineteen lines"
AgassiZ was once asked what he
thought of an attack made ON his
scientific position by certain scholar
and thinker who had book knowl-
edge of the different theories advocat.
ed by the representatives of science.
and decided that Agassiz must he
ranked in the second or third class.
He burst into roar of laughter.
why, just think Of It," he said, "he
undertakes TO fix my place among
biologists, and he is not zoologist
himself. Why, he has never even
been an Observer
IT often happens that the men who
really know a subject from beginning
TO end, so far as q human being may.
are those who have least time to talk
about IL. So there are long silences 10
be filed by the people who are con-
TENT with seeming 70 know, and few
OF them have the self-control TO resist
the temptation.
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THE MARKETS.
MARKETS.

CORRECTED WEEKLY. RETAIL PRICES.
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Chronologically the talk had come to
Grants journey east 20 assume gen
eral command, and his first meeting
with Lincoln. Did he give you his
impression of Lincoln when he return
ed from that interview p asked.
Not exactly" answered Col Grant.
You see, was with him at the
time"
'In Washington"
Yes; in Washington and in the
White House--with him and Lincoln. g"
"ls Ii true that Lincoln quoted a
story about Capt. Bob Shorty and the
Mackerel Brigade from the Orpheus
c. Kerr papers to your father at that
meeting?' l asked.
Very likely; though | don't remem.
Der. The story that l do remember
hearing him tell my father that day
was about Jocko. Jocko was the com
mander of an army of monkeys in q
monkey war, and he was always sure
that If his tail was little longer he
could end the monkey war. So he
kept asking the authorities of the
monkey republic for more of tail.
They got other monkey tails and
spllced them on his. His spliced tail
got too long 10 drag after him, and
they wound ii around his body. Still
he wanted more, and they wound his
splced tail about his shoulders. Fin
ally II got so heavy that it broke his
back. Mr., Lincoln applied the story
TO the cases of generals who We're al.
ways calling for more men and never
did anything with them. They talked
about the campaign. but in desult-
ory way. | remember Mr.. Lincoln's
saying, 4 don't give many military
orders. Some of those do give |
know are wrong. Sometimes ! think
that all of them are wrong Nc
Cures Magazine.
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longer.
We'll" he said. '1t was hardly the
thing for Il man of my impressive ap-
pearance, who would naturally at
tract attention the moment | entered
a room Il had to stand on tiptoe and
hold on with both hands 10 look over
the back of car seat to go around
with such a head of hair, when he
could straight1n II out for me in a
minute"
told him to go ahead and closed
my eyes. and wondered what would
como next.
That fellow took pair of dentists
forccps and pulled" every lock of hair
l had left
There" ne said proudly, NOW
when your hair grows out 1t will grow
out even"
was little dismayed Mt first when
| looked at my glistcning poll. but
after all Il was relief to know that
the end was reached. and nobody
could torment me- again to have my
hair trimmed for several weeks But
when l got shaved at Ashtabula, tho
barber insisted on puttyng up the
shcllaC. | yielded. and my head look
ed like a vanished globe with the
maps left off. Two days after, sat
in n BARRIERS chair at Mansfield The
barber shaved me silently Then he
paused, with a bottle poised IN his
hand, and said
''ShampOog"
l Answered him with a look. Then
he oiled my hairless globe and bent
over 1t for a moment with a hairbrush.
Then he said:
"On which side do you part your
hair ?'-Robert ]. Burdettc.
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a Curiosity of the Law.

Additions TO rented premises, when
made by the tenant should never be
fastened with nails, but with screws,
says a St Louis lawyer. The reason
for this lies IN the fact that should ne
wish 10 move away and take with
him the boards and other lumber com
posing the Improvements he has made
he can simply draw out the screws
and take the planks. If ne fastens
them with nails, however, he can re-
move nothing. and the improvements
become the landlords property. The
fact results from a legal quibble, in
sisting that articles fastened with
screws are for temporary use, and If
put IN place by the tenant are bis
own properly. 49, ----
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Following N Prophet.

A false prophet has arisen on the
Island of Jamaica. He teaches that
God has given him power 10 make a
new Bethesda or a small river ON the
island. Every Wednesday he stands
on rock in the stream and blessed
the waters, which are then supposed
10 have the power Of healting any
disease. The natives are crazy In the
fanatic belief In e new prophet and
10000 pilgrims q day bathe Ia the
waterS - ~---'
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DIED.

BURNS-In New Bedford, March 30, Hugh
Burns. aged CD years.
BARNEY-ln this city, March ~, Charles
Ilorpcrt Earney, son OF Caleb X. and
sarah NiDton Barney, and grandson OF
Rev John G.. Welsh, aged % years.
CASwELl4-In Wakefield. Mass. March ~.
Ellen g., wife OF William G. Caswell.
AGED a. years.
CUNNINGHAM-In Elliott's, Conn, March
20. Mary Is. Irving. wife of Fred w. Gun
ningham. formerly OF East Providence,
aged ~ years.
DUFFY-ln Blackstone. Mass. March 81.
Catherine. wife OF Hugh Duffy, aged rs
years.
DoHERTY-In this city, March 81, Patrick J.
Doherty. aged 40 years
GLYNN-In this city. March 81. Bernard. son
OF the late Michael and Ellen Glynn, aged
30 years.
HAMILTON AZ pettaconsett. Cranston,
March 81. John Hamilton. aged is years.
JOHNSON-In old Warwick. March "a. Mrs.
Lydia G. wife Of William {, johnson, aged
Funeral Tuesday. April 2. at2p. m ut the
residence OF her son-iu-law II. w. Waterman
40 Friendship street. Relatives and friends
invited 10 attend, Burial at convenience Of
the family.
MOELIER-In Jewctt city. Conn, March %.
Conrad Mocller. aged ~ yeais.
RUSSELL In tits city. April !. Richard. son
of Sarah and the late James Russell. aged
~ years.
SMITH In Uxbridge. Mass. March 81 Benny
j. smith, son Of George W. smith, aged II
years.
WHITE-In this city. April !, Emily, widow
VI David White, aged " years.
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There is a nourishing element In ale
and beer but 1t is small-there is the in
toxicating effect, too. That is a strong
objection. Yet ale and beer are used and
benefit the health at times. There is
another liquid, the active principle Of
malt--JoHANN HoFF's Malt Extract. One
dozen bottles OF 1t have the same nourish-
ing and tonic effect as a large cask of ale
or beer. That's an advantage-anoth
it has not the intoxicating effect OF either.
1t helps digest and assimilate food, creates
appetite, makes the weak strong and
healthy. BE sure to obtain the genuine.
See that signature johann Hofr" Is on
neck label of bottle. None other Is equally
''as good
Esner n Mendelson Co, Sole Agents, l52
and lA Frankln ST, New York.
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ONE OF SHERIDAN'S BRIGHT BIZ s
He told Qucstioner out I'm Ohio What
the Matter is With the Democrats.

While Hon. George A. Sheridan OF
Louisiana was speaking Monday
night on the West Side, says the
Cleveland Leader, he was inter
rupted with this question: "What Is
the matter with the Democratic party,
anyway" Quick as lightning Sheridan
turned from the line OF argument he was
pursuing and gave an answer to his in
terrupter, which all who heard il will re-
member as long as they live. 1t was as
follows
"What is the matter with the Democra-
tic party? will tell you, my friend. The
Democratic party was born under planets
that were in opposition. II lives in the
objective case. Like mule, it
has no pride of ancestry, no
hope OF rosterity. 1t never
originates anything. Ii shines by bor-
rowed light. IL has never been joined in
honest yedlock TO principle, but lived
for years in open adultery with harlot
called Slavery; lived with her till
she died of corruption, and was
buried amid the sobs and groans
OF her paramour. The atmosphere that
surrounds Democracy is full of noxious
vapors that breed moral pestilence and
death. The sun never shines through IL;
vice seeks its shadow and corruption
grows lusty under its unholy influence.
springs OF purity are never
found in Democracy. It's waters are tor
pid, lifeIess, covered with the filth and
scum with which stagant pools and move
less waters always offend the eyes OF
men. The soil which Democracy has
cultivated has failed to yeild har-
vests of value TO the nation, but
has given crops of worthless weeds and
briars. Democracy has no love of coun-
try, believes in states instead of a nation,
comes treason to its habitations,
holds the deeds OF our soldiers
and sailors as naught, strives
TO blacken the names of our heroes; weeps
over the lost cause; hates the blue and
loves the gray; stabs loyalty in the back;
binds up the wounds OF treason and
speaks words of hope and comfort
helpless blacks are stricken down
in the South, and caresses the hands red
with their innocent blood; denies the
right Of American citizens 10 make homes
for themselves in the South justifies the
men who shoot them down or drive them
out. Democracy is a curse to the
land, the source of our bitterest
woes; the haven where vice finds friends
and crime its apologists and defenders.
Democracy IS original sin let loose. to rend
and destroy; it is the spirit of evil filling
the swine of the nation; the
incarnation or unholiness; the
child of the devil; its home
should be in that outer darkness, where
there is weeping and wailing and gnash-
ing of teeth. Such, family pictured, my
friend, Is what the matter is with the
Democratic party"
1.-THE foregoing quick impromptu re-
sponse was famous during the Hoadley
campaign in Ohio. Its nature is sufficient
TO demonstrate that General Sheridan
never could have been, as a local paper
charges be was, identi flied with the Demo-
cratic party-ED. NEWS.
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THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
GEN ERAL
ELECTION! (!

whereas, WEDNESDAY. The fourth day Of April
1894 Is by the Constitution and Laws OF this Slate
designated as the day for holding the Election Of
Wherefore, the Citizens of the City Of Providence
entitled 20 vote are hereby notified aud warned 70
assemble In Ward Meetings, on the said ith day of
April at the following places:
FIRST WARD-First District, at Voting Booth
on Traverse street, corner OF Wiekenden street
Second District, at cas-; end of Board of Trade
Building. Market Square.
SECOND wARD-First District. at the School
House on Meeting street, between North Main
and Benefit streets. Sc iond District, at the Ward
Room on North Main street
THIRD wARD-First District, at No. % West
= River street. second District al tie Ward Room
Smith street. Third District, at NO Branch
FOURTH wARD-First District. at No. 20 Foun-
tain street. Second District. at No. sis Westniin-
FIF-TH WARD-Flrst District at Voting Booth
on Chestnut street between Elm and Elbow streets.
Second District, at the Ward Room on Beacon
SIXTH wARD-First District. at the Ward Room
on Public street. Second District at No. 25S Thur
sEVENTm wARD-First District, at No. 63
westneld street Second District, at the Ward
Room on Oakland street.
EIGHTH WARD-First District, at northwest
corner Of Messer and Hudson streets. Second
District, at the Ward Rooom on Harrison street.
NINTH wARD--First District, at the northeast
District at the Ward Room on Palias street.
TENTH WARD-First District, ON easterly side
of Florence street, near kossuth street. Second
Third District, at No. $40 Smith street.
And TO give IN their votes according to law for
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, secretary OF
State. Attorney General and General Treasurer;
also for one senator and Twelve Representatives,
TO represent the City Of Providence in the General
said ward meetings, as the law directs, shalt be
kept open from sunrise at 25o'oloek a. n' until
Wines. WILLIAM e. CLARKE,
City Clerk.
Providence. March 2T, 1894 marg1-ot
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DEFINING GRADES OF CALIFORNIA,
GRAND. INDIANA, MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK,
OHIO, RHODE ISLAND, WEIR
MONT AND VIRGINIA
AVENUES.

In Board Of Aldermen. March -, is9t.
Ordered. That the abutting proprietoIs be noti-
fed TO appear before IN Board on THURSDAY.
May ~. tsN, at o'clock y. m, that they may be
heard upon the question Of defining grades on the
following streets. Vik..
California avenue, from Eddy street 10 Maryland
avenue; Grand avenue, from Angel street 90 south
ANGEL street: Indiana avenue from Eddy sire q 10
Maryland avenue. Maryland avenue, from New
York avenue 20 Massachusetts, avenue; Massachu-
setts avenue from Broad street 10 Mar ysnd avenue
New Work avenue. from EDDY street 90 Maryland
avenue; Ohio avenue. frou Eddy street 10 Mary
land avenue: Rhode Island avenue. from Butler
avenue 10 Grand avenue Vermont avenue, from
Eddy street 10 Maryland avenue; Virginia avenue,
from New York avenue 90 Montgomery avenue.
witness. WILLIAM L.. tIARhE.
parlg-ap City Clerk