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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-26

eminent Office which he had obtained
for Guy.
II should not have got him billet
IN London" continued his lordship.
''if they had not forgotten one an
other"
II hope he likes his work said DR..
Pillngham.
slt's the FIRST thing he has ever per-
Sc vered with There he goes % his
Office said Lord Broadmoor. as the
front door banged loudly; but he
ought 10 be earlier. all the same. How
late il il, You. too. must be later than
usual. doctor. think"
Il fancy nm." said DIR. Pillingham.
as her ladyship ready To see me-
and he followed "A powdered footman
out Of the rocm When he came down
stairs Lord Broadmoor was standing
in the hall. II should be obliged 10
DIR. Pillingham." he said. III he would
take hurriedly- written line from me
To Lady ilonora Shaucrotha To con
dole with her on Sir ratricls'~ acci
dent"
Certainly" said DR.. pillingham.
slipping the little three corncred nol'
into the. lining of his hat ~ VIII pn'
il here. with one corner projecting;
cannot forget il then"
..Bv the way" said his lordship. :"
hope Miss Dorothy does not regard I'M
. a terrible ogre.
Tut. tint" said DIR. Pillingham
"She has forgotten everything. an
we have restored her liberty she ma
a been quite civil lately TO young ~
NcGregor. She never would SPEAK
+ him before. In fact. really hope
!. Quite 50. A very suitable conne'
ton Thank YOU" said Lord Broat
v moor as he reached his study VIM
the footman closed the door on IN
doctor
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-07

The years from 1859 to 1764 were a
comparatively uneventful period in
Washington's life. During this time
he was the planter and the man Of
business, exporting produce and I'M
porting from England goods for do
mestic and family use.
With the passage of the stamp act
came momentous thoughts to Wash.
ington as to what would be the effect
on the colonies of the wilful violation
of the principle ''that no subject of
the realm can be taxed except by him
self or his representative. The i'm
portance of this violation was per-
ceived by him at the beginning. By
the time of his birthday in 1859, Wash
ington had advanced so far in his pa.
tient opposition to tyranny that he
took charge of the articles Of assoc a.
tion drawn up by his good neighbor,
George Mason, for presentation before
the burgesses of Virginia, with the OBJ
ject of gripping British commerce by
reducing imports. When subsequent
ly the patriot statesmen of Boston as
sembled IN public meeting, passed a
resolution calling on all the inhabit.
ants of the colonies generally to enter
! into an agreement that they would
hold no further intercourse with Great
Britain, either by imports OF exports,
Washington opposed the adoption OF
the passage relating to exports, be,
cause it involved the violation of, to
him, sacred business obligations. In
the fall of 1774 he was chosen to com.
mand volunteer companies, and on his
birthday in l775 was busy drilling
troops for the inevitable conflict.
Events of enormous import followed
apace. The second Congress passed .
resolution "That these colonies be
immediately put in state of defense,
on May 10, l775. Then was founded
the Continental army, of which Wash
ington was unanimously elected Com
mander-in- chief on the 18th of Jun,
following. He made his headquarteri
at Cambridge and took command OF
the Sd of July. In December, 1775
Mrs. Washington joined him and re
.mained till the spring Of 1776. Hi
birthday in that year was spent in hel
society at Cambridge. Dorchester
Heights taken, Boston evacuated and
occupied by the American army, the
Declaration of Independence, the dis.
astrous battle of Long Island, the
American army in retreat across the
Delawsre--this is the story Of 1776 IN
! outline up to December The rene
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-07

but the writer feels that a picture of
Washington, after his Presidential
days, will be more pleasing than elab-
crate description of his spleudid sur.
roundings when the great aud wise
bent before him in admiration. The
artist is Young Custis, adopted son of
the patriarch, and his intention is to
assist the recognition of Washington
by the gentleman whom he is address
ing: "You will meet, sir, an old gen.
tleman riding alone, in plain drab
clothes, broad-brimmed white hat,
a hickory switch in his hand, and car.
rying an umbrella with long staff,
which is attached to the saddlebow.
That person, sir, is General Washing.
ton. New York Commercial Adver.
tiser.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-07
CaliiOrnia's Emblem Flower.

Strangers visiting California are at
tracted by the great splashes of gold
that appear in the pasture lands and
by the waysides. II is the esch-
scholtzia esh-sholts-i-a), which is now
the flower emblem of California. The
appropriateness of this selection is
seen in many ways II is the wild
wine goblet of the State, suggestive,
in color, of the orange and the precious
metal. The Spaniards, indeed, called
1t sci oro de copo'-the cup of gold.
In the month of October, 1916. the
ship Rurick entered the Bay of San
Francisco. The naturalist, Adalbert
Won Chsmisso, was OH the Rurick, and
named the poppy for his companion of
the voyage, Herr Eschscholtz. Lon
don Illustrated News.
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Prisoners In China.

A Chinese prison is called "can,
gue." It's outer door is barred with
bamboo and is guarded by petty
soldiers or policemen. The ''cangue"
contains two rooms and two yards.
One room and one yard are for men.
The other room and yard are for
women. The space set apart for women
is very much smaller than that for
men. But the women's quarters and
the mems quarters are alike in being
entirely devoid of any provision for
personal comfort or for personal
decency.
Chinese prisoners are by the Govern.
ment provided with absolutely moth.
ing but the space beyond which they
may not pass. If their friends thrust
food to them through the bars of the
prison fence the law does not inter.
pose. Otherwise the prisoners may
staryf
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seat. The estate was left TO his sur.
viving daughter, and in case of her de.
cease without issuse. with other lands
to George Washington, with the re.
serve of the use of the same to his wife
during her lifetime.
In the fall of 1853 Governor Din
widdie sent the young officer as com
missioner TO French fort claimed to
have been built as hostile demon.
stration on English lands. He was
away eleven weeks on this ertand,
which was accomplished with tact and
judgment, but the war cloud spread in
broader and darker shadow, and Feb
ruary 22d, 1754. saw George Wash
ington mt Alexandria, collecting mill
tary supplies for use in the threatened
campaign. The succeeding May, be-
fore the declaration of war had been
made, Washington encountered the
French troops and heard for the first
time the whistling of bullets. He is
accused of having said on the occasion (:
81 heard the bullets whistle there is
something charming in the souId."
Washington's birthday in 1855 was
spent in retirement. He had retired
from his military duties after succeed
ing Colonel Frey IN command; but in
the spring volunteered under General
Braddock with the rank of Colonel
He had barely recovered from fever
when he took heroic part in the dis
astrous battle of Monongshela, after
which he retired to Mount Vernon.
On February 30, 1856, he had been
several months in command of the
Virginia troops to serve against France,
with headquarters at Winchester but
was absent on u journey to Boston on
the day we celebrate, where he ar
ranged with General Shirley that an
inconveniently independent officer in
command at Fort Cumberland, Md. =,
should be made subject to his orders
He fell in love for the second time, of
which we know, on this trip, with a
New York beauty, who had the bad
taste to prefer another young officer
for husband. In February, 1857,
we find him laying papers before the
Earl of Loudoun-he was then in com
mand of the Virginia troops with the
object of putting them upon the regu-
lar establishment.
His, birthday in 1859 found him
again in private life, the object of the
war in the middle colonies having been
achieved Denied the privilege of be-
ing more than colonial officer he re-
signed his commission, much to the
regret of his colleagues in the army.
On February % of that year he was a
benedict, having had partner of his
joys and sorrows about six weeks. His
marriage to Mrs. Custis was an excep-
tionally fortunate union. adding to
his wealth and social distinction, and
giving him rs perfect companionship
as is ever reached for the long space of
forty years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-07

VAS the great grandson of a Johr
Washington, who emigrated to Americt
in 1857, and was sixth in descent
from the first Lawrence Washington
OF Ludgrave, Northamptonshire, Eng.
land. OF inestimable value to hi
country is the opportunity which
every year affords TO review his work
and character. Before his death his
birthday was celebrated in every great
town throughout the Union, and the
custom viii never fail of being honored
by the setting apart of the anniver
ssry rs q general holiday, its date adj
lusted to the Gregorian calendar, and
failing on the 22d day of February
Washington earliest birthdays were
spent in Stafford County, Va, on the
east side of the Rsppahannoc River,
opposite Fredericksburg, whittier his
parents removed while he was still q
baby.
At school, in Westmoreland County,
nnder Mr.. Williams, he learned read
ing, spelling, English grammar, arith-
metic, surveying, bookkeeping and
geography. He had been taught the
rudiments of his thorough acquain-
tance with the mother tongue by an
obscure and humble person known in
history for this reason only, as Hobby.
q The elder brother took a most af-
fcctionate interest in George, for
whom, when the boy was fourteen
years old, he procured midshipman' 8
warrant, which his mothers prophetic
solicitude prevented him from using
The next two years George spent in
surveying chiefly, under the direction
of Mr.. Williams, the nature of whose
instructions was better adapted to
develop the practical genius of Wash
ington than would have been classi-
cal education. He was sixteen when he
went to live with his brother at Mount
Vernon, and there, tall and graceful
youth, perfected himself in the dance
and other social accomplishments.
Lafayette described the beauty oi
Washington's physical proportions as
the most superb he had ever seen, and
this when the hero had passed the
best years of his manhood. What
must have been the fascination of his
presence in the morn and liquid dew
of his youth, and the heart hutterings
of the Virginia maidens whom he me-
in the refined society of his brother
mansion, and in his frequent visits t.
the beautiful country seats in thu
.neighborhood?
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-07
How Rice Paper is Made.

Cigarette smokers, who vainly i'm.
agine that they are using ce-psper,
will be glad to know how the genuine
article is made. 1t is manufactured
from the pith of a tree, a native of
China, which has just been success
fully introduced into Florida. The
pith can be obtained from the stems
in beautiful cylinders several inches in
length. The Chinese workmen apply
the blade of a sharp, straight knife to
those cylinders, and, turning them
round dexterously, pare them from
the circumference to the centre, max
ing a rolled layer, of equal thickness
throughout. This is unrolled and
weights are placed upon it until it is
rendered perfectly smooth and fiat.
Sometimes q number are joined to-
gether to increase the size of the
sheets. It is apurs pesrly white psper.
--Picavuna
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-07

dy for these disasters was found in
Washington being virtually dictator,
in his renewal of the army, in the au.
dacity and splendor of his military
genius. Recrossing the Delaware,
the American commander took the Of
fensive, with the result that in short
time not n single British or Hessian
regiment remained in the Jerseys ex-
cept at Brunswick and Amboy, between
which places and New York was open
communication by water. Within
three weeks the enemy had been
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-07
When the Ohio IL Most Beautiful.

To the artist, the silvery, shrunken
Ohio, winding feebly between green
and everlasting hills, is charming
spectacle, worthy of transfer TO
canvas and subsequent hanging in q
favored place in the home of pur
chaser.
But to the practical Pittsburger the
swollen, turbid, oil stained Ohio, career.
ing to the Mississippi through bleak
landscape of snow-sprinkled hills, is n
sight far more attractive than any
afforded in midsummer.
For the larger Ohio bears on its
muddy breast the deep-ls len coalboats
whose contents are not more needed by
New Orleans OF Memphis than the
money the coal represents is needed
by our river operators and shippers.
These regard the Ohio as most low
able stream, when, after months of
picturesque idleness, it arises in its
might and boasts of ''twelve feet"
If our local artists wish to make n
painting of Ohio which will be salable
TO coal skipper, they must portray
the stream with that number of feet,
with the tawny name of swirling
water and u procession of coalboats
heading for the Sunny South. A ''coal.
boat, it might be added, is one that
requires ten feet of water to float it,
and is helpless to reach the lower
markets on a stage of water that will
let out a coal Charge. Pittsburg
Bulletin.
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SOLDIERS COLUMN
"TAPa"

Beneath the starlit, azure sky.
Now breathing low, now soaring high,
Now wandering OF, now circling high
with mourntul pause and lapse,
And fioatlng OH the fragrant air,
Across the slopes aud meadows iair,
Under the stars | stand and hear
The bugle blowing Taps "
10 bed! lights out and In repose
The soldiers weary eyeliis close.
Forgetting all this worlds woes,
Its changes and inishaps,
10 dream OF home so far away
And friends and memories kind and CAV,
Beloved in boyhood's happy day.
oh, welcome then is Taps"
Down bv the old Shore road there strays
With whispered words of love and praise
A boy IN blue who fondly says
To his sweetheart perhaps
Just one more kiss sweet Jennie. dear,
There's no one near to see or hear.
II is the last, love. do no' fear
And we will call IT. Taps"
Alb, me- ah mel the days pass BY,
And all the hot es that mounted high
Like shattered idols round me lie
In ptiful collapse;
There's naught but passion pride aud woe
For MS poor mortals here below
I'LL Gabriers heavenly buges blow
The universal Taps"
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Invention Making Life Easier.

The electric current, as the flexible
and far-reaching arm OF the steam
giant, now applies the power OF our
coal beds to do work miles from its
point OF liberation from its ages OF
rest, says Prof. Robert II. Thurston.
With continued application Of the
genius of the Inventor and Of the en-
gineer, it may yet transmit energy
dormant since the carboniferOus era
from the coal beds of Pennsylvania
or OF Illinois, in form OF light, OF
heat, OF mechanical power, to every
hamlet, TO do the work Of factory,
mill, OF household even, and to re-
store independence to the workman
by giving him the force needed for
his work in his own home. When
domesticated thus, the tyranny OF
corporations and trusts will be broken,
as far as 1t enslaves the worker, and
such combinations will be then only
beneficial through reduction Of costs
Of production in limited fields. In
ventions OF new forms OF mechanism
In every department OF industry will
unquestionably continue to make the
labor OF the individual easier, life
more comfortable, hours OF labor
shorter, necessities easily obtained
comforts and luxuries now only known
to the rich, the usual and certain
privilege Of all.
With reduced hours OF struggle for
life and needs, time will be afforded
every good citizen for rest, for enjoy
ment, for thought, and all classes
may then become classes OF leisure,
In ample degree for their own best
welfare. Easy lives will come to mean
comfortable and happy lives The
world will grow better as IL grows
older, after the struggle for survival
shall have ceased, and the length OF
the life OF the individual will be pro-
longed, while the growth OF popula.
tion, now limited only by the suffer
ing consequent upon overcrowding
the present field, will lie given its
natural uncomfortable expansion 10
a limit set by the extent to which
vital powers are expended In mental
and intellectual exertion. The fam
lily OF the nation will, like the family
OF the individual, be smaller and
happier as the mind, instead Of the
body, comes to utilize all physical
powers.
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along he'll rear up and fall back in
the buggy and carry on awful. He
killed his last owner that way"
"Well, II that's the case perhaps 1
can get another horse. i"
"Don't think OF IL. will feel Of
Tended II you don't take mine. / like
TO be neighborly and the horse needs
exercise. He has the blnd-staggers,
you know, and sometimes he'll Jump
of bridge or run up against loco
motive. lie killed a couple OF old
ladies a year ago by disputing the
right OF way with a freight train.
But he's good horse and [ know
you'll enjoy driving him"
81 guess I'll go to a livery stable
and"
"Don't do anything Of the kind.
Times are hard and you're perfectly
welcome to my horse. Only when
you're driving him you'd better re-
member that IL he sees telegraph
pole he Is sure to become uDmanage-
able. It's singular, but that horse
can't bear the sight OF telegraph
pole. He just lies back in the har-
ness and kicks the buggy to pieces
and then throws himself down and
rolls over on the ruins. He killed
my uncle last Spning-what? You
won't take him? Now, that's too
bad. You're just rs welcome as the
flowers in May and"
But the short man was over the
fence and out.-Chicago Tribune.
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driven from every post he had taken
along the Delaware. Philadelphia
had been relieved from danger, and
almost the whole province of New Jer-
sey had been recovered to America.
Washington spent his birthday of l777
in headquarters at Morristown, New
Jersey.
Washington snmicable relations with
Lafayette began in l77I. year most
memorable for the surrender of Gen
eral Burgoyne to the American, Gen
eral Gates.
The French alliance brought sub
stantial assistance, but l77S can hardly
be regarded as brilliant success in
the working out of American inde-
pendence. 1t meant to Great Britain,
however, American persistence in this
purpose, spite of iealousies and party
dissensions in congress, treachery to-
ward Washington in the army and ill
fortune in the field here and there.
The majestic patience and serenity of
Washington amidst discouragementJ
OF all kinds is the strongest historic
feature OF the year. de was in head
quarters at Middlebrook when the an
niversary OF his birth in the year 1779
reminded him that he had passed the
best years OF his manly strength
The signal triumph of the war had
not been achieved when, in November,
l7S9, Washington made his winter
headquarters at New Windsor, but
there was an accession to the general
expectation of success for the allies, in
the addition OF Holland to their num-
ber about the end of the year.
With the foresight of the warrior
statesman, Washington was ponder
ing the great problem, how to give
necessary authority to Congress in
order to insure the continuity of the
band which attached the thirteen
States together, when at his head
quarters he and Mrs. Washington cele-
brated the return of his natal day in
the year l7Sl, which counts the cap
ture OF Yorktown as its great feature
and the virtual end OF the war of in
dependence.
On February 20, l7S3, the prelim-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-07

In his poem entitled "The Deserted
Village," Goldsmith describes the old
inn on whose parlor-walls there hung,
good rules" 1t seems that these
rules were drawn up by King Charles
l., and as they are never displayed
nowadays it may be interesting to
state what they were. Here Is the
list: /. Urge [drinkl no health. 2.
Profane no divine ordinances. 3.
Touch no state matters. 4. Reveal
no secrets. 5. Pick no quarrels. g.,
Make no comparisons. 7. Maintain
no i'll opinions. s. Keep no tad COM
pany. Q. Encourage. no vice. 10.
Make no long meals. III. Repeat no
grievance. ~. Lay no wagers.
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A few months after his birthday, in
I749, he qualified asa county survey
or, which was q profitable occupation
at that time, and he had added to the
property left him by his father, when.
at nineteen years old, he was commits
stoned major of militia, with the con-
siderable salary of ESQ year at
tached to the honor. On February
22d, 1852, he and his brother, Law
renee, were on their way home from a
trip to Barbadoes. whittier they had
gone in the hope to regain health for
the master of Mount Vernon, who,
the same year. died ut his beautiful
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painter could catch, and form de-
clared by Lafayette to be the most
superb he had ever beheld. Phila-
delphia cherished the tradition of the
Presidents chief cook, Uncle Hsrk-
less, sauntering with the dandies up
Market street in silk with cooked hat
and gold-headed cane, doing his
share toward glorifying the establish
ment OF the Chief Executive. The
stabling and care OF his numerous
horses, his oream-colored coach, the
magnificance Of his Aunkies and out
yiders are we'll remembered by every
BODY sc0uainted with bis biogrsuhv /.
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The SkOptZt.

The st. Petersburg correspondent
of the Standard tells this story: "A
banker and his niece, who are men,
bers Of a religious sect called the
>koptzi, or selfmutilators, were sem
fenced recently to fifteen and ten
sears Imprisonment respectively The
banker tattooed cross on his niece :
breast, and mutilated himself. Mu.
tllation Is 3 penal ofiense In Russia
only when 1t Is prompted by religious
motives
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-07

I " a matter OF
h ist Ory and
among old sold
iers a well known
fact. that the
army cons sting
Of the Sixth,
Eighteenth. and
Ninth Corps and
our Cavalry was
was badly disord
ganizeh by the
surprise Of Early
on Oct. 10th, 1861.
The surprise
was Of the gen.
uine kind, but II
was returned with
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WashingtOn's Eyeglasses.

George Washington was not dudish
young man. Yet we cannot help Il
thrill of surprise on seeing the eye
glasses and the sunshade which he al
ways carried with him. The eve
glasses were of silver, cunningly
carved, with Washington's name en-
graved in the middle of the handle.
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were nuhB upon a HttIe curved pm
which was fastened to the lapel of his
coat. His sunshade was queer little
affair with an ebony stick. The shade
was of yellow silk, with a tiny fringe
around it, and was always carried
when the Father of His Country went
for drive. In those days men did
not wear broad brimmed straw hats.
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ONE MAN WHO WAS NeIoHsoRLv Y
Perfectly willing to Lend His Horse In
Spite Of Many Drp wback

Perfsctiy willing to Lend His Horse In
Spite Of Many Drawbacks.
They live on Drexel boulevard and
are neighbors. One Of them, the tall
man, owns horse and buggy, while
the short man doesn't The other
day the latter felt as though drive
would do him good, and he went over
to the tall mans place to borrow the
rig.
"You are perfectly welcome to IT,"
said the owner. "1 believe In being
neighborly and accommodating, and
you can just 20 to the barn and take
the outfit whenever you want IL. But
l think | ought to tell you, TO pre-
vent accidents. that the horse has
hts. Sometimes when he's trotting