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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07
IN BLuEeERRv TIME.


A culver Of heat on che upland.
And white lies the dust on the plain.
And dark In the west Is the beauty
OF the low cloud TINT brngeth the rain
Swift home TO the nest wing the robins,
And fleet 20 the hive swing the bees,
And straight 10 the mother the children
Run down the long path through the trees.
Nv the farm gate the mother is waiting.
Her hand followed over her eyes
One wants the dear children about her
When tempests march black in the skies
And safe Is the gray little farmhouse.
Though storms rlay be raving aloof.
And the tramp Of the rain-host as steady
As hoof-heats upon the old roof.
It's blueberry time. and the pasture
High up ON the hillside Is sweet
With the fragrance Of hay. and the incense
OF flowers you crush meath your feet.
The stone wall Is crimsoned with bricrs
The clematis tangles It's spray,
The deep wine-red plume Of the sumac
Cplifts like soldier al bay.
With banners all bright for the autumn
Ere yet the dear summer has fed.
The grace OF the golden-rod swayeth.
The fair aSter raiseth her head
And countless lush grasses are waving.
And ripples the brook as IL rhyme
Were the syllahlei music OF nature.
In beautiful burberry time
Bob White" with his silvery whistle.
Sings shrill from the heart Of the corn
And clear over fr-top and eln-top
The cav OF the black crow Is borne:
And night falls in shadow and silence.
Save only the katydids strain.
And the boot Of the owl from the thicket.
or the whippoorwiiis plaintiye refrain.
IT'S blueberry time in the mountains.
The time Of the culver OF heat
The time OF the sudden down-plashing
o. rain that i welcome and sweet
The barcfoot.d. brown. dimpled children
Troop out with their baskets and pals,
The rabbits are scared at their laughter.
And startled forth fiutter the quails.
lis blucbarry elmc and the mother
Remembers how she. In her day
Tripped UP the steep path hy the pasture.
The path OF her lnddies to-day.
And some ne was waiting TO greet her,
Up there By the old meadow bars.
And they loitered and fingered together
Till evening had lighted the stars
An. we'll. time has passed: she is older.
Wake dear, It j. bedtime. she says.
To the husband. who peacefully drowses.
Tired out after long working-tays.
The rain dies awny in soft patter.
The children upstairs are asleep
God guards them. the dear little family
Ills angels are ordered 10 keep
-Margarct T. sangster IN Harpers BazAR.
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Handel had great natural wit and
good humor. which were constantly
show ing the real good-hcartcdness Of
the man. When the Messiah" was
being performed in Dublin Dubourg
led the band. and Que evening had .
close to make. ad libitum- Following
the fashion. the violinist took his
cadenza through various keys and con.
tinued the Improvisation until Handel
began to wonder when he would really
come TO the shake" which was to
terminate the part and bring in the
other instruments. Eventually Du.
boury finished the cadcnza with a
grand flourish. whercupon Handel, to
the mcrriment Of the audience. ex-
claimed. loud enough to be heard;
"velcome home. Welcome home. MIR.
Dubourg.' ON one occasion per.
turbcd singer had some warm words
with Handel and wound up the
wrangle by threatening to jumpon the
harpsichori which he played. oh"
replied Handel, ''les me know when
YOU will do dat. and will advertise it,
Tor am sure dat more people will
come 1, see you jump than To hear you
siLr. Youths Companion.
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LOVE FOR A YEAR.
A Case Of Absence Makes the
Heart Grow Ponder"

Scene: pleasant sitting room in Alicia's
home Present. Alicia and Ralmund.
Alicia with dignity)-No. no, Raj
mund. can't listen To you
Raimund (pleadingly) = But why.
Alicia; why?
Alicia-For hundred reasons
need not name them. since my answer
Is final.
Raimuna tdesperately)-It cant be
final won't believe it. ! love you
too much. Oh. do you think can give
you up for one refusal? That is not
my way OF loving. What can say to
make you understand?
Alacia (gently)-You hare made me
understand. | appreciate most truly
the depth and warmth of your feeling;
but. my dear boy. it is altogether inn
possible-wildly impossible, this dream
of yours
Raimnnd-It is in nowise inpossi5ls.
That's the wrong word.
Alicia tfirmlyp-Ra imund. listen to
me. Counting by time l am four years
your senior.
Raimund promptly don't care.
Alicia - And counting by expert
ence--
Raimund interrupt - Expert
ence? IL you come to that your expert
ence can't rank for q moment beside
mine. lam twenty-five. but have been
struggling with the world since l was
sixteen. You have been busy with
your books and music, going ont into
society now and then. What can you
learn of life. Of its real Significance, In
the pleasant drawing rooms Of your
select little circle Of friends?
Alicia with . Retrospective smile)-
Enough for dissillusionment-en
TO see the folly Of such . marriage -
you suggest.
Raimund-Thcn you have learned
very little. have been out battling
with fate-strugRling against worse
working my way to you
Alicia (emiling)-AndI was growing
old in the meantime. Come. now. b
sensible.
Raimund--I am sensible. therefore
refuse 10 accept your decision. ] re-
peat again, l love you. and want you
for my own. Oh. Alicia. (his voice
breaks little) il you don't quite hate
me-if there is no one You care 70,
more--don't you see that Iranf give
you up? must hope
Alicia (softly)--There Is no one else
and am very. very fond OF you.
see SO much in you that is noble and
manly
Raimund tquickly) - Don't--don''
praise me. You never did before. ant
1t makes me feel afraid. know quite
well am not worthy to tie your shoe
ribbons. but | worship Won SO. Their
Is nothing in Gods world ! would mo-
do to prove my devotion
Alicia after pause ~ wonder 1
you would do one thing might ask o
you make one little sacrifice for h0tl
our sakes?
Raimund tfervently) Yes; any
thing-anything in my power, Alicia
except TO leave you, and that il not Il
my power now.
Alicia-But that, dear, il what
would ask you TO do. No, let m
speak. ] do believe that you are sru
and loyal and full OF love
Raimund-Oh, Alicia.
Alicia--Iush. now. And il Il 10
this reason that wish you to e
away. Yesterday. when you spoke Q
your partner trying TO persuade ycu I
take business trip
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Alicia-How nice and kind.
Raimund-To myself. Its such .
delight to sit and talk with you again.
but there's 20 much To tell you. don't
know where % begin! I've had glo-
rious time with your cousins. and your
aunt has really been like . sweet
mother to me- Right ut once they
made the strange city seem like home.
Alicia-And Auat Iaura's health is
80 wonderfully improved Helen writes
me.
Raimund Enthusiastically - I'm
proved. You never saw anything like
IT, And the girls are really--well, real
" beauties, both Of them. They are
coming ON 70 New York. I suppose
Helen has told you, very soon now.
Alicia-Shc has not spoken Of it,
Raimund-Oh. they are coming: at
least, hope they win 49, that is, !
think--they ought TO-
Alicia tmcntallyD-H con fused he
seems (Aloud, smiiingIy). Why do
you think they ought 20? Aren't thcy
quite happy in San Francisco
Raimund-Wel1, I'm selfish, sup
pose Ill miss them = good deal
Alicia (spmpatheticaliy)--Oh. I can
understand that Helen is so charm
ing. don't you think7 ! said at once
when ] knew you were 10 stay in San
Francisco that Helen would be just
the friend you needed there.
Raimnnd-She certainly Is splendid,
butts curious I took IL
Amy more.
Alicia--Oh. lid your She's v.-,
~ unS.
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dish tint VIII be among the popular
colors this fall, appearing in the list Of
handsome dress fabrics of striped
bengsline, ladies' cloth, camel's hair.
Fayetta and cashmere. II has already
appeared among imported models for
autumn gowns Of ceremony, and u
will be extensively used by ladies'
taiiors for elegant costumes Of plain
velvet, velvet-striped Venetian cloth.
mad covert cloth. For cold weather
wear these gowns will be finished with
picturesque looking shoulder-capes,
and decorated with various brown furs
Capes. both large and small. in
single, double and triple effects, will
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

De sent out Win
the majority Of
" akin z and
visitin & cos.
tunes for the
present season.
I h ir novelty
consisting chief
~ IN their great
~ varied fab
RIGS. one. two,
and sometimes
three materials
playing h e ir
q c c u 5 I o m Q d
role, in addition
to novel shaded
galloons and ell
ega mt Persian
passcmenter les
both beaded and
plain. Plain tail.
or-lnafle canes or
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we're and the very ornate. One OF
these il = model in fawn-colored light
weight covert cloth, which has .
draped skirt with full folds At the
back and opens on the left side with
revers Of dark-green MORE. The
slender princess coat turns back with
revers to match. over a trim waistcoat
Of the watcred silk, fastened with
small gilt and enamel buttons. The
refined and delicate gray tints are
close rivals Of the golden tans, russets
and blues in marine and silver shades.
Among soft. beautiful woods and fancy
silks for the autumn season. stone
color, nuns gray. pure silver gray and
fawn with becoming touch of yellow
in it. will all be in high favor, and
MORE silk will still be used for an ac-
cessory, although for youthful wearers
some of the figured taffetas or surahs
will be used in combination. Gray
cashmeres, crepons of heavier weight
than have been used this summer. also
Henrietta cloth, sacking and Fayetta
will be made into stylish and pretty
gowns for demi-dress wear
Many varieties of color have been
added to the familiar standard shades.
and there are also dots, checks,
stripes and very pretty shot effects in
troduced in some of the new weaves.
Added to these are handsome new
bengalnes with ordinary, medium or
heavy cords or ribs which appear in .
range Of lovely dyes and which will be
used for entire gowns or in combina-
tons for parts OF fall costumes. Be-
sides these there are tempting lowered
taffetas, watered silks and changeablo
liberty satins Of medium weight. but
beautiful quality and heavy surahs Of
domestic manufacture that have
grounds shot In two colors, with
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

Your prodigal is generally too sell
6sh to be generous chicago Herald.
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small chine
figures Of the
one or the
other In the
< r . u n q,
thrown upon
the surface.
These make
b e a II tiful'
gowns for all
sorts OF ~-
casions ac-
cording I o
the color and
d e gree Of
elegance re-
quired. or the
quantity Of
t r j IN m in 81
y s e d. The|
n Z w art
brown of q
slightly red
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NATIONAL BANKS.

Summary os the Reports Of Three Thou
sand seven Hundred and Seventy
Hsnnks.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.--A summary
Of the reports Of the AFRO national
banks in the United States under the
recent call of the comptroller Of the cur
rency shows on July IS, 1894, aggrc-
gates as follows:
Loans and discounts. ...... n, aas, $40 .a52
e.uid coin In reserve ............ IL. 05l ,677
Gold treasury certificates y, 80. ~
silver dollars .................. T,Oi6, 49,
Total specie In reserve .......... 2W,SsV, ~
surplus fund. undived profits less
expenses and taxes paid ........ ~ ,W ~!
Dividends unpaid. ............. NO ,Jps
individual deposits ............ I OF ,sOi IN
The car Of Russia Is suffering frou
serious kidney trouble.
The Progress., 1894-03-31


herself, ] doubt if she ever gave her
sociH rivals more than passing
thought. A rarely beautiful woman
can afford to be Indifferent to the dis
approval of her sex. Indeed, Judging
from her manner, Mrs. Van Glider
was comparatively Indifferent to
everything in life which bordercd
upon the disagreeable. She was
philosopher by nature and education.
Nothing disturbS me-" she was wont
to say, ''for the simple reason that |
do not allow it to do So" Conse-
quently, at twenty-nine, her face wore
the freshness of coloring that had at
tracted my admiration Hhen we en-
tered the same class at the Oakland
high school, and her smooth skin was
as free from the suspicion of wrinkle
rs in the days when we learned to
conjugate amo, and delgcd together
into algebraic mysteries.
Soon after graduation she had gone
to Europe with friends Cor year or
two of travel; had returned to New
York city and eventually married a
wealthy young Wall street broker, and
had been fairly launched into the So
cial swim of San Francisco before we
met again. To me she seemed thou
sand times more attractive as woman
than as the sweet girl graduate whom
l had last seen blusting before the
multitude with that white-ribbOned
and most remarkable Of all effusions
in her hand-a graduating essay. Her
husband had changed his residence to
San Francisco, and they took up their
abode at the Heths rington, large
and fashionable private boarding.
house on Suffer street.
The advent Of SO beautiful woman
caused something OF a sensation in the
hosiery, and when it was learned
that she came of irreproachable fam
lily, Mrs. Van Glider might have sprung
into immediate popularity with the
feminine element had she cared to ex-
EIClSS a llbblC GciCU. AS IL w DIS, SIG
nored, in petty, well-bred way, all
social overtures made by people whose
position in life she considered inferior
to her own, and succeeded in making
herself cordially disliked by the ma
jOrity of her SEX AS far as the men
were concerned, they were of one
OniniOn and that was that MrS Van
Glider was decidedly fascinating, and
that Van Gildef was a lucky fellow.
Perhaps the very unwisest thing a
man preoccupied with business affairs
can do is to take a pretty wife to an
establishment like that which the
Van elders made their headquarters.
Certain it was that before long it
began to be whispered about that the
The Progress., 1894-03-31

"OOL'D ADVISE YOU 10 LEAVE MY
HOUSE.
HethcrlngtOn's star patron was re-
ceiving more than her share of at
tention from various sources, and that
Van Glider must be blind to leave a
young and attractive wife alone nine
tenths of the time in place where
she was the cynosure of so many pairs
OF admiring eyes. The truth of the
!. matter was that her husband, absorb
ed in his daily routine, caring little
for society and supremacy confident
IN his wife's integrity, did not realize
how much she was thrown upon her
own resources nor how she missed his
companionship As there is always
some one under such circumstances
more than willing to step into the
treech Mrs. Van Glider seldom found
time hanging heavily upon her hands.
1t was in this way that the name of
Howard Melton became associated
with her own by the busy gossipS of
the hotel. There was little indeed to
substantiate any of the interesting
rumors set ahoat by them, but then it
takes a fractional part of truth to
start the ball of gossip in motion, and
sometimes even the fraction is want
ing. That Mrs. Van Glider should
have found Howard Melton an inter-
csting companion was not at all sur
prising to any one who knew him.
Tall, handsome, well read. and fluent
conversationalist, his conquests had
been many and the methods thereof
as insidious as they were ultimately
successful. As an accomplished flirt
with that dangerous pastime reduced
or rather, elevated-to refined art,
he was undoubtedly without peer in
San Francisco. Mrs, Van Glider, sp-
preciative of such colpanionship, not
adverse to an honest admiration and
relying upon social ties for diver
sion, drifted unconsciously toward
deeper watels, under the magnetic
guidance of o pilot whose skill so
far had never failed him, But even
pilot may encounter hidden dangers
The Progress., 1894-03-31
Lard Oil Lights,

Those ships of the United States
navy that do not use the electric
light are still lighted with lard oil,
which thickens to the constituency
of very stiff molasses in cold weather
and has other inoonvenient haoits.
The powers that be have always
pronounced any other oil unsafe for
moving ships. There was a time
when the man who should have
invented better oil and persuaded
the navy department that it was as
safe as lard oil would have made a
fortune
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23
Noise from Human Bones.
From the Chattanooga. Te,im.. P~As

Among savage nations it 10 often Gus
tomary to use human bones for the
purpose Of making no, rs. and terri
bic screech can be brough t out of these
awful instruments. The braves in
many South AmeariGanl tribes in the
vic.nity OF the, Ama1on employ these
peculiarly constructed horns as ipstru.
men,s OF war. playing on the n as they
enter into conflict, and employ ing tn Eff
harsh. screeching tones to or wn the
cries Of the wounded ina inspire their
fees with terri +. The chief warriors
OF the tribe make IL one OF the main
points of the r fighting to capture or
Kill the iCsen chiefs Of tn other side,
not to eat them Or take their :cflps,
but to make .herns out of their bones.
Armed with the peculiar instru-
rents, they march q sec nd mo
against the hostile tribe, .playing the
battle music. which is 10 encourage
their own men, on the h,pes of the
chiefs of those whom they march to
oppose \ warrior. in fact, may be
the chosen brave ef a tribe che day,
and the next dav part CT h.r may Ne
turn9d into an instrument Of martial
music with which his brethren aro
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23
LOOK IT IN THE FACE
A QUESTION FOR THE VOTER
TO CONSIDER.
Time For Thinking People to Think and
For Acting People to Achievement
Ownership of RailrOads-The POpulism
OF James q. Blaine.
Startling Conditions.


The Pittsbnrg Kansan complies from
the census reports the following facts.
Mark you, this is from the census Of
1890, two years before Cleveland was
cleo ed. and in the middle of Mr..
Harrison's administration. Since then,
under Democratic rule, 1t has been
made worse. 1t is time for thinking
people to think, and for acting people
to act:
The census reports Of 1890 show that
there are on record in the United
States 100000 mortgages, which
average $3.50 each, making a total of
about $5,OOO,OOO The reports
also show that the average value of
each farm in the United States has
deprecated S1,62O; the per acre Of de-
probation since 1884 has been 500.
That in 1870 the farmers owned 80
per cent. of the wealth of the country
and that they owned less than II per
cent. i'll 1890.
Total number of farms in the United
States, i, 225, 955; of these 1,O24, 7O1
are renters.
OF these renters, 7O2, 224 are COM
PEELED to divide equally their crops
with their landlord, while the greatest
share asked of the English farmer is
one-fourth.
Over one million American renters,
while the homes of our people, the
heritage of our children are owned
and controlled by foreigners. Think
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23

If this Government is to endure law
must come up from the. people. and
not be handed down to them.-Argus,
Austin. Tex.
ALL debts are mortgages on the
bodies of men and women, who are vet
bought and sold on the market by this
means.-Tribune, Des Moines. Iowa.
The gold bugs make the laws, the
straddlebugs make the platforms, and
humbugs make the speeches. Tho
doodlebugs endorse the whole thing.
National Reformer.
ELECT Congress next November
that will need no petitioning; and that
will need no Investigating committee"
to tell it what the trouble is.-People's
Forum, Cleveland, Ohio.
LABOR organizations have kept out
of politics heretofore and the railroads
have kept in politics. Just about this
time organized labor does not need q
maenifying glass to determine who is
On top, and why.-Diamond. Brocton.
AIAQ2.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23
ment ownership-and what ever evils
real or imaginary, may he urged will
have to be avoided or endured. Chi
caSO Sentinel.


For the benefit of our Republican
friends. We propose to prove by James
G.. Blaine that the Peoples Party is
right. No Republican will dispute
that he is competent and credible
witness. Here are his words:
believe that the struggle now going On in
this country and in other countries for a sin
gle gold standard would. II successful pro-
duce widespread disaster i'll and throughout
the commercial world The destruction of
silver as money and establishing gold as the
sole unit OF value. must have a ruinous effect
on all forms OF property. except those invest
nentS which yield fixed return in money
These would he enormously enhansed in value
and would gain dispropOrtlonate and unfair
advantage over every other species OF prop
erty. II. AS the most reliable statistics afirm
there are nearly s.uO0oo.uOl of coin or bullion
in the world not very unequally divided be-
tween gold and silver. It is impossible to
strike silver out OF existence a. money with
out results which will I,rorc distressing to
millions aud utterly Disastrous to tens OF
thousands.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23
of it! FOREIGNERS own So. DOC. 900 acres

of it! Foreigners own 50. 900, 900 acres
of our land. enough for farm Of 100
acres for 800, 900 of our renters. Two
hundred and eighty one million acres
Of our land owned by railroad corpora
tons and svndicates-enough to make
nine states the size Of Ohio.
WHO owns the railroads? The mon
ey power, composed principally Of
over million American Farmers with
out farms.
New York. with 100000 inhahi-
tants. only $4,000 own their homes.
In Chicago, with a population Of L.
100000. less than y per cent. own real
estate. From 1850 to 1890 the pro-
ducers increased the wealth OF the
country so per cent.-they increased it
from $44. OOO,O to $4,000, 900. Who
got the increase? In 1890, OF the S66.-
DOC, 200, 900 of wealth in the United
States, 10000 leading capitalists pos
sessed SIS, 26O. 100000, leaving 49,
75O, OO0, 900 for the remaining $4,000
600 inhabitants.
1t will be seen from these figures
that although our farmers. artisans and
other toilers produced the increase of
$4,000, 100000. few capitalists alb
sorbed the most of it.
The wealth of the Vanderbilt family
IS estimated to be $500. 900, 600: an
nual income at 7 per cent. is S2l ,OOO,-
600.
The average annual income of our
farmers is $500. To pay the income
of the Vanderbilts requires all that
10000 farmers can produce. II this
thing is to go on for few years
thousand plutocrats will own the coun-
try.
Think of it: two-thiris of the wealth
of the money changers is not assessed
one farthing for the purpose of taxa
ton, while the farmer who has mort
gage on his farm pays tax on the mort
gage he owes as we'll as on his equity
in the land. The farmers cwn less
than II per cent. of our wealth. but
pay 50 yer cent. of the taxes.
The Government has the power to
force every taxpayer in the land to Of
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23
ur wealth. New York, PENNSYLVANIA

our wealth. New York. Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts get it.
About % per cent. of the business
Of the country is done on credit. The
producers of wealth must pay interest
on this credit.
The total amount owing by all the
banking institutions of tho United
States 5000, to depositors in July,
1889. was $4,000, S44, 157. TotEl cash
in ali of these banks at the same date
was:
Cold coin. ......-.... .--.......s 99.sll.9ll
Silver. nickel. foreign coin :..ll.4.
"Onlv enough money on hand to pay
a fraction over 10 cents on the dollar
to depositors on demand"
If gold were the legal tender there
would be on hand about 2 cents on
the dollar for depositors.
According to Secretary Foster We
have of money, of all kinds, at the
present time S1,5Ss. ISL, 726. Our
banks alone have loaned out to the
people s3.SO3. 5S1, 799. Where did
they get this money to loan?
Reader. we entreat you to sit down
quietly and frankly and look this
question sQarely in the face. 1t is
your duty as an American citizen, as
vo,er, to do so,