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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16

II seems that the time cannot be far
distant when the British government
will be compelled by force Of circum-
stances to put an effectual stop to the
enormous waste OF wealth and life
through the liquor traffic. The Brit
ish drink bill tor 1890 was $650.OOO.-
900. At least three-fourths OF this
waste IL by the working classes.
whose food. clothing and housing are
diminished by that sum. leading to .
destitution 90 extreme and sbject that
jts like IL not TO be seen In any other
country. This state OF things exist:
every where throughout the United
Kingdom. The cost Of the liquor
traflc paid into tho tills OF the public
houses IL BY no means the whole o'
tho waste. tits = moderate estimate
that the products Of British industry
ere reduced BY oue-third from whs'
they would he but for the grog shops
Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16
Birdseye Beauties.

Once more has our old IN other eartt
been covered with snow.
There Is about forty days school ye
in Birdseye.
+. NJ. Critcbfeld is slowly recover
ing.
Smart Aleck and Taswcll are look
ing crosseyed at each other. Mr. Fer,
guson says he will act very wisely il
the game. in fact he will take the place
OF Taswell.
A protracted meeting is in progress
at the Baptist church.
Rev. II. Davidson preached an in
teresting sermon at the NJ. K. church
several people are guessing as Il
who the "Son-in.law" is. Some thint
it is Robert King, some Prof. F. Gross
while Others think that uncle Jackson
Gross is the most guilty. Yet we arc
not to be compared with any of the
above; think once more.
Some think Miss Ola Bonner II
looking crosseyed at the "Son-in.law,
as we are under the age OF $50 years
and lived single all our life. We are
looking forward TO that day when w
will say that we are in company with
our lady friends.
1t is said new school building will
be built in the Spring.
Rev. Peyion will preach at the Bsp.
tist church in the near future.
The teachers of this place are max
ing preparations for celebrating Wash
ington's birthday, and also II. w
Longfellow's birthday.
We are more than thankful Il
"Smsrt Aleck" for his description o
the fire in rhym and respect him In
all ho attempts. We say success Il
you"Aleck.
The death angel has once more
spread bis broad pinions DER another
dying victim. The wife of Rev
Shrodes died last Saturday, at home
of consumption. She was sick for q
long lime. yet she was young, when
that awful, untimely visitor, said
come, and she was carried to her heav.
enly home.
Is it far to the land Of rest,
Where the weary feet shall never
roam?
Oh it is nearer than e'er before.
And our path Is growing brighter day
by day.
SMART ALEcK's SoN-IN LAW.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16
HON. JOHN [. BRETT
ENTED BY A COM
PETENT JUDGE.

HOlman's Tribute To Bretz.
(Froma Washington City Interview in the Indian
apciis Sentinel
Judge Holman is q friend To thl
young man. lie is ever ready with I
helping hand and q kind word for the
beginner, whether II be Ia business or
politics. Since the Hon. John l.
Bretz came To represent an Indians
district in Congress he has had ire
Quent interview We with Judge Holman
then the sage and now the father o
the house. And the tribute which shs
Judge pays Mr.. Bretz is we'll worth
publishing u is not only sincere
but has weight coming unsolicited Ia
4 private little conversation.
"Mr. Drclz," said Judge Holman, 81
have Known ever since he c.mc tc
Congress. l have had my eye on him
and have taken Q great deal OF interest
in his welfare. do not hesitate Il
say that he IL ono Of the most promis
iSg young men who ever came to con
gress since have been a member o.
II. lie imprcsses every one with hil
absolute integrity. and l think he hal
made one Of the best records OF any
member OF tie house. lie is always
in HE sest and no member is more IA
miliar with the current business o.
the house. II he be retained In hi
seat for q reasonable period Of time hs
will make such . record OF which Ind
lana will be especially proud. This !,
Mr. Reoezss soraud tarrn aoA n show
that he tas q keen interest in all pro
ceedings for he seldom misses even |
. roll.call."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16

The editor OF q Storm Lake paper II
hiding in the swamp, the Peru Bulletin
says. because he mixed up the report
of concert and cattle show ,hns
The concert given last night by 1e
young ladies, was highly appreciat, d
They sang in charming manner
winning the plsudits ofthc entire aud
iencc, who pronounced them the fin, .,
breed Of shorthorns IN the country. A
fe " OF them are offs rich brown color
bu' the majority are spotted browr
and white"
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n. p. IL. G.

by GEORGE r.. WILSON. COUNTY SURF
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16

Woolen Mills" Ct La Porte, Iudisna !;
his wool 10 weighed. and long and
difficult calculation follows, and ct
last Il 10 found thst the whole crop
smounts to ol2s, and the old farmer
10 told that II 10 al due to the benefits
lof . high protective tariff on wool, and
that II the Wilson bill pssses he will
DO ruined. Now the most pulling
Question Of oil begins TO engage the
old farmer's mind. How 10 be to
"clothe his family" pay of the mort
gage on HE farm" buy other lauds"
and "fll his house With luxuries" with
sl.28. And yet you say he caa do
sIl this from bic wool industryl
But suppose the farmer hss 50 shsep
and clips 800 pounds Of wool at 50
cents pound that would be $500.
No W how far would that 20 towards
Clothing . mans family, paying OF
tho mortgage on bic home, Buying
other lsnds and then filling bic house
with luxuries?" Yet you cay IL your
I"open" letter to me that be can do eli
this il the wicked Democrsts will not
die urb the tariff. You urge these
Ifimsy arguments, and when any one
attempts to show their true character
you say he is "un worthy Of the high
place he holds and ought to bo retired
TO private life" You cite two i'm
stances where men have succeeded In
making themselves mfortsbio who
started with nothing. What Of is?
You don't mention the millions who
barely exc out . living under the in
fuence OF your philanthropic tariff.
You asssil me because dare criticise
tho resolution you sent me through
the Secretary Of your Associstiou.
and because | Questioned some Of
your methods Of getting the laboripg
people to send protests to congress
against the Wilson bill. VIII you al-
low me TO give you . sample OF how
these protests from laboring men
we're obtainedf / give you . letter
cont Hon. w. l.. Wilson during the
consideration OF the tariff bill -rssd:
LEwrsrowN, Me-, JAM 1894
Hon W. L. WILSON,
Warrington, ID. c.
SIR: A petition TO Congress, pray
ing that the tariff may be let alone 10
being presented to oil OF the operatives
OF all the mills In this city for their sig-
natures: Such . petition IL entitled to
mo confederation. The request 20 sign
IL coming from the overseee 10 eQuivo.
lent to . command. aud none OF the
employees dare refuse. The entire
force is required to sign, even the lit-
tie children, some hardly big enough
10 walk. l am requested 10 report the
above facts by come OF the operatives
whose names will appear In the psli.
tion.
Yours truly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16

The following named pupils are
members Of the Y. Il. X. &. tor 1894
Louchcnaur school No. 2, Boone
Tp., +. J. Schnarr, teacher:
Ella Petry. Maggie Theroff. Christie
Mehne. Henry Harker, Maggie Mann
Leonard Sendlewsck. These six pu.
pills have read six books.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16
Farmers Home !
TO- Min Street. yAsPsRJ
PHILIP KAsTNER. Prop'r.

'nis eemmodious hotel hes bees thoroughly ever
- nssisd. and redtt ed new throughout, ana 10 nov
~" Tor public entertainment The table will always
ound veil supplied. and prices will be reasonable.
koo1 stable for farmers horses. and cheap iced.
snx socd bar, well supplied with the choicest liquor,
-"a cigars. and polite attention always. Give me
PHILIP kAeTNER.
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VesU Brick GARD!
Brack for 8a1ol

THE uudersigned wishes to inform
- the public that be has opened up biz
Brick Yard, ~ the north side OF Jasper
and will make more brick this year than
In any previous one. He will make
favorable terms on House Patterns.
JOHN GEIER, JR.
Anil - 1as1
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16
Yours truly

I withhold the writer's name to
Keep him from being blseklisted be.
cause he would dare tell tho truth.
Do you want any more evidonce OF
how protests we're obesiued from L.
boring people and ssnt TO Congrsss, or
are you now 10 possessisn OF these
msthodsf II you do let mo know.
| can accomods;e you By tho indol-
gence Of my friend Wilson. Like sil
other croakers OF your kind, you refer
10 the present depressed condition OF
business and labor, and coy Il II due 10
bad Democratic legislation, when you
kno v not single Law bee been passed
BY this Democrats Congress that
could In the least effect the busissss
Of the country, except to repeal the
purchasing clause OF the Sherman Act.
which you yourself ack wledgsd was
ankrupting the United States Treas.
ury, and your party was % anxious
for its repeal % was anybody. Il 10
tho effect Of your psvty's legislstIou
assuming you to be Republican
from the scope OF your vision on
economic Questious) that has bank.
rupted the United States Teeasury,
snd compelled the present Secre.
tsry TO Issue $50, 100000 new bonds to
Keep the Governments paper from 60
Ing TO protest. Whatever effect the
laws have upon the present stognsted
condition OF sffairs 10 due 10 Republi-
can legislation.
II protection 10 what you claim Il 10,
and does all the good things you say
Il does for the lsboring man, why are
millions starving and freezing now in
90 short time after the beginning Of
the present psnicl You have had
protection for thirty years. and II it
has been for the sole benefit OF the la
boring man and he has prospered 90
under II, he certainly ought to have
laid by enough IN that time 20 have
lived through two or three years OF
mo work. without sufering.
You conclude your "0pen" letter
thus: "As we have MI stood together
In the past, manufacturer, trader,
farmer and laborer, and have been
pre- spered, 90 must We do In the fu-
lure. or sll 60 down together" Now
you have been 90 accustomed to get.
ting of that little speech to your cm.
pIoyees just before every election that
you could not resist the force Of ha6ie
and 90 concluded your letter. Your
employo hsve needed the admoui-
tions OF that little speech and stood
with you In the pest, but somehow or
other they always "went down togsth-
Or" and you vent up You can make
your little spsso0 10 thsm still, but
under our benign systsm Of votlng
now, the mill.b0os csuoOt follow the
employee 20 the poiis snd MAKE out
bic ticket and geo thst he votes " I
shalt be pleased 10 furnish you With .
second edition 10 yonr "opeU" letter
when I have more lslsUrN
Very truly,
! JoHN L. BRBfx.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16

Duff school No. 3. Patoka Tp., ID. l..
Kstterj Ohm teacher:
Nervia Spurlock. Alyah Spurlock,
SYLVIA Spurlock, Ada Painter, Henry
Warnsmsn. Fred, Lichlyter. Katie
Mayo, Leonard Osborn. Anna Painter.
These nine pupils have read ~ books.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-16

Tormoehlen School No. l, Csss Tp.,
Miss Anna Werremeyer, teacher:
Anna Kemp, Mary Land, Elenora
Tormohlen, Sendry Wiitrock. Rebeccs
Wittrock. Elenorn Kammam. Jacob
Never. Clemens Meyer. August Wan.
hoff, Edw. Schafer, Willie Kamman,
Ben Tormohlen. These twelve upils
have read thirteen books.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-03
Made His Heart Jump.

A man while walking along a west side
street. CHANGED 10 lift his eyes toward the
building opposite.
What he saw brought him to a standstill.
and so great was his sudden terror that there
seemed 70 he a strong hand al his throat
choking him. says the Chicago Record.
\ little child, baby thing in white clothes.
hai craWled out OF a third-story window and
standing on the square projecting TO the cap
OF the window below.
Some 30 feet beneath the child was the
stone pavement a Inlsstep. movement IN
dny dlrectlon-the man shuddered. and. as If
by some fascination waited for the dreadful
thing 10 happen.
HIS impulse was to warn the child and then
itaU
A story flashed into his mind-the story Of a
olnd girl on a preclpiCe and the mother
nois-eSSly creeping up behind to clasp her
daring and III lie back in a dead swoon.
he would run upstairs, quietly approach the
window and save life On that he might
not re too late.
All this had happened in less time than it
takes TO read il. and the man with presence
OF mind was across the street and UP the
stairway in another short time. He found
the right door rs If by instinct and opened it
softly With his nerves at tension of steel
wire. he tiptoed through a hallway. Another
door. and he was in the right place for there
was the curly head showing atove the win
dow-sill.
Some one clutched him by the arm from
behind and he heard woman's voice;
"Sh, Sh," and he beckoned for silence.
Say, who are you:'
lie me 90; the chlld the child"
= w hats the natter"
She Il fall. Keep quiet now, till pull ,er
in"
Is that child outside again: Sure enough.
II she wash t tied she'd I e killed twenty times
q day"
1he woman stalked to the window and
pulled IN the infant by means of short and
stout rope. at the end Of which the SAID infant
clawed and kicked at the same time emitting
a long drawn vail Of protest. The man
dropped into chair and nervously rubbed
his forehead.
L suppose you meant all right. mister ="
said the woman as she made a grab at the
offspring, which had again clambered up on
the sll, out Pearhe wasn't in danger at all -"
But she does fall of sometimes
NO. The ropes Just long enough to let her
get hat far When she wants to get back
she Just squawks and l come and hist her in 80
"Fearlie a bright child SAID he as ne
went out, trent ling all over from the reac-
ton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-03
Saved by q Cigar.

I don't care if do, said L. c. McWhirter
OF Evansville at the Laclede as a friend
offered him a cigar, according to the St Louis
GIGl e-DemO rat. one OF these anti tobacco
cranks asked me the other day why did not
quit the vile weed, as he termed it. | told
him the vile weed was my hest friend It
saved my life once. How: l was travelling in
Virginia. We stopped al an eating station
for dinner. After dinner ] left my seat in the
ladies' car and went into the smoker TO enjoy
a cigar Before very long part of the train
went through bridge. I he smoker passed
over safely, the coupling broke and the cars
behind US all went down. There were
only four persons in the ladies' car
ana they were killed. There is no moral
to this, because the thing might have been re
versed. In 1854. l think 1t was. [ was on a
Little Rock and Memphis train and saw two
men killed, who lost their lives because they
left the ladies' coach to smoke The smoking
car was full Of euugrants and did not smell
goot. so the two men stood between the cars
One was merchant named Salnger Of Cot
ton Plant, Ark, and the other was his part
ner. believe. There was a tramp riding on
the platform also. The train Jumped the
track a small culvert. The ends of the two
cars went into the culvert and the two plat
forms were crushed togelher Salnger his
partner and the tramp were killed No one
else on the whole train was scratched. In
deed the passengers hardly felt the lar, as
the train Was running very slowly"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-03
BRIGHT BITS.

Heller heart is as hard as glass.
can t mako any impression on It,
She-Eave You tried diamond kate
Fields Washington.
And YOUR Senate, what does 1t do" asked
the intelligent Hindu.
The senate said the man who was show
ing HIM around. is something like your MIR
vaEa II doesn't do. 1t merely is. Indian
apoAS journal.
\ young Kentucky woman killed a
What makes this feat he more
remarkable IS the fact that tue steer that was
killed was the one aimed at ty the young
woman.-AlUany Argus
Matel-Do you notice how attentive Tom
Terrapin is to that elderly Hiss Gotr0x.
wonder if he really means business.
Maude-Ihere is certainly little about her
TO lead one to suppose that he means any
thing elSe.-BrOoklyn Life.
Caler-I suppose, Grace that your being
chosen valedictorian of the class Will make
considerable study and preparation neces-
sary.
Grace--Oh, no, indeed, We left everything
to mother and the snsaw
Traveller.
Teacher TO boy whose father keeps a cor.
ner groceryl-Johnuy. If your father has a
hundred eggs. and.twenty of them are bad
how many of them does he lose:
JOhnny-He dOeSn lose any of them He
sells the bad ones to the restaurant-keeper
Texas Siftlngs.
Little Boy What's the use of so many
queer letters and words Cook at that c in
indicted
Little Girl guess those is lust put in so
mothers can get an excuse to send their chill
dren to school and have little peace.-Street
& Smiths Good News.
Suppressing Evidence.-Aunt Sarah Jane
l blieVe them Oldhams is gitten to be regular
agnostics. They don't keep the family Bible
on the center table in the est room no more
Aunt Ann Eliza Wen II 81 I their raij-io0
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-03
Lees Christmas pinnar.

As the fortune of war had favored his lar
der. through some skillful forarinq Of
Fnbraf~n a re,-ro VIII, ,,.a's tis fa{+hf,1 eoo,.
MI, ser,-o+t "a ,ni.o % 80 20 u W. - UG ,,
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mas 5a,, 1Sf, ne C',ii - IL, W 7r ~,
iUTi5,. re,i,,iettS ~ 10 - =, ne
G,la ~ ,a'.'iS ~ Va vioiI9 "eIe
non, +borD Co., oto. Va , ~ 'iol
%iiiU.iI VV1 ,'e'lS lolle Tree, ,Io!Ioh ana
innrryas raIe1 Tas sertei Nv .,0 r, vliS
- - .i.,. vas 9oIno oL q lo,e Il
20 oai 20. IN zen n
Lo-Ioi Cl,ro ,li ~ tor SoHSlS'eu 81
ot1toes Sisb of r, " n y0 eqitTu o"Iec
Nee de- re,isfan 'ss' 1rhi"b i19eeG tba
49, ~, "'I.gl1 ln"eeu 'LG guests
aeon a0t ,bree inbe ,a, ny n,t Tl LAY
IN Of fi,e l.,r,o ~. rt-So ~ I " - LAY oiI
r.. re in Nc 1,, 49,. d as
northern hllI,onS in 1etamHtSr yo7 ian an
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"a 1t. o,1 ,CC ne 5ii al aiIt GAel-
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-03
ERSONAL.

Mrs. Catherine Salisbury, sister Of the Nor
mon prophet, Joseph Smith. who was killed
by a mob at Carthage. IL June y, 1874, IS
sun living near fountain Green. Ill Al
though - years Of age she recalls distinctly
the circumstances OF the tragedy.
Rev. Isaac }. Lansing. whose title as the
Boston ParEhurst' was gained Dy single
speech before the Reform society Of his city,
y represented as being particularly ANXIOUS
10 AVOID the reputation OF being q nOtOrletN
seeker. The sensation which his speech
caused was d compile q surprise to him
While listening to concert given by the
Chasseurs battalion OF the PruSslan Guards
LIS week, mperor William discovered fine
TENOR voice. he at once directed that Cor
poral hraatz. the pOssessOr Of II. be sent 10
the best teachers at the regiments expense
ana az the eud OF his course Of training. ne
Drought out as Max IN Der Freis huetz-
When the act was passed relieving the
queen OF the grewsome necessity Of signing
death warrants, by curious oversight no
mention was made OF the ise OF Nan. ana
the execution OF a criminal who committed
murder IN that part of her majesty 5 dominion
Is the.ODly one which the queen has sanctioned
with ner own hand since the beginning OF her
reign.
The Rev Luther Clapp. who died al Wau-
watosa, Wis, on Sunday last, at the age OF IS,
was one Of the Oldest ministers in point Of ser
vice IN the state having been sent out IN Ie49
-Aac9saNAucbtl5 DA LIS amer 4'A4l AiOllAp
missionary Society. His first sermon was
preached IN an unfinished barn but before he
died he had nlled the pulpit in eighty-two diff
terent Wisconsin churches.
Rider Haggard has been suggesting that
journalism ought to b. controlled oy regula-
lions modelled on those which govern the
clerical. legal and medical professions. Pc
lore becoming journalist a man ought -
subscribe 20 the tnirty-nine or more articles
ana pass an examination In the meantime
rev Journalists m ght he made while lot
81 goou newspaper men would be Starving to
death.
The one hundredth anniversary Of the birth
of William Cullen Bryant Will he celebrated
by the people OF Cumming ton Mass, on the
ltth OF August, anticipating the actual date,
NOV. I. The prOgr. nine of exercises Will in
clude the reading OF poems by the poets only
uVlnE brother. John Il. .ryaut. now - years
ola. au Grafton by Edwin b. Brown OF ILL
nois and address ses by prominent eastern
literary persons, Parke Goodwin is to pre-
side
A street in Paris is hereafter 20 be known
as the Rue Antoine Caremc in memory Of
Talleyrands famous chef. Careme remained
IN the diplomatic service until the pea of
lsli. and then entered the household OF the
Car Alexander who paid the il!ustrOus cook
5000 month Apparently it as not only il
our own time that good cooks have had thu
| incomes of cabinet officers Caremes book
la Cuisine Franchise vas long and l. still
the great authority on the culinary art. Its
sale at one time brought in royalties of 3 0CU
a year to its author.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-03
The Drainage Problem.

Those who are considering the drainage
problem of this city might read with pro-
hit what Albert Shaw has to say about
the disposal Of the sewage of Berlin. in
his article in the July Century on ''What
German Cities do for their Citizens" A
great many people of this city want the
Bilbo canal changed into closed sewer,
and others say ii would be the hight of
folly TO turn all the sewage of the city
into the river in front Of or just below,
the city. To construct a sewer to a dis
tant point would cost a good deal of
money.
Would it not be possible to use the sew
age on the lands in the vicinity of the
city, in such a way as to make the lands
pay the cost of getting rid Of the sew
age That is what is done at Berlin.
There are thirty square miles of farms
in the vicinity of Berlin that are made
exceedingly productive by the sewage of
the city that is distributed over them by
scientific irrigation. Mr.. Shaw says
at is interesting to note that a city the
municipal limits OF which include only
twenty-five square miles should have
acquired an outside domain of thirty
square miles as a place for the discharge
of It's liquid waste" The Berlin sewage
farms were tracts of rather poor sandy
soil The new Berlin sewage works to-
gether with the land cost about $50, 600, e.
600 The parts of the farms that
have been brought under the closes t
cultivation are already very profitable
1t is estimated that within very few
years the city's investment in the farms
will have become enormously productive.
The crops of vegetables and fruits on the
farms now cultivated are prodigious, and
it is regarded as certain that when the
whole area is brought under cultivation
not only will the original investment be
paid back, but the income Will go a
great way toward maintaining the mu-
nicipal government.
1t may be that it would not be feasible
to adopt the Berlin plan Eere 1t is a
plan, however, that is well worth consid-
ering.