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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-22
STORY OF NAPOLEON.
His Generosity Extended Ia IN old Man
aWhose sons Life Was In Danger.

His Genero>tty Extended tn m Old MAJ
sWhose sons Life Was In Danger.
On an incognito visit to the depart
ments with Josephine, Napoleon
once entered a humble cottage wher,
sat venerable man in deep media
ton, with his arms folded on hi,
chest. Plain and virtuous old man,
murmured Bonaparte. thou enjoy
est peace under thy roof Remorse
suspicious. the projects Of ambi
ton. trouble not thy delicious sim
plicity- it's the simplicity Of limo
cence and goodness
He was wrong. The old man was
in agony. His son, soldier. was
about 10 be tried for some act Of in
subordination before court martial
and was likely TO be condemned tc
death. He begged the intercession
Of his visitor One Of his daughters
added her entreaty Speak to Nine.
Bonaparte," she Gid People say
that she is so kind and SO indulgent
that her husband never refuses her
anything"
You are right. replied the con
sui, with a smile. She manages SO
well that her advice is always fol
lowed, especially if its object is to
save some one who is unfortunate.
You cannot do better than TO pro-
nounce the lame of Josephine, for ii
will secure the pardon of your broth
er. Nay. will myself solicit Bona
parte In his favor and endeavor to
have him enter the consular guard. =
Then Josephine placed a ring on
the girls finger. pledged herself to
provide for her dowry when she
should be married, and Bonaparte
added: Il Will give Charles his first
pair Of epaulets He shall receive
them on the field Of battle as a re
ward of his bravery.
The visitors went out without tell
ing their names. But the son was
saved and the daughter got her dow
~ All such promises were held as
sacred by Napoleon. He was always
displaying his generosity in innumer-
able ways and never seemed to for
get anything. Perhaps this charac
teristlc did more than any other 10
endear MIN 10 the common people
as well a 70 the soldiers in the
ranks. II was folly for any one to-
tell these soldiers. Bonaparte makes
You food for bullets. Their answer
was: The BJufborS would have
made Us food for poverty and starva-
ton. Now ~ least we lave decent
food. we axe fsiriv well clad, and
there is Lot one Of t. who can read
who may not aspire even to al
throne. Chicago Ler;sld.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-22

One night at court ball in the
Tuileries Napoleon III was SO atten
tive to beautiful young woman as
to excite comment among the other
women. At last, in response to a di
rect tribute to her beauty, she said !:
All, but your majesty compli
mcnts me too much.
How remarkable" he replied,
with twinkle in his eye, that you
should say just what every other
woman here is thinking Detroit
Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-22

The undersigned, Trustee OF Balm
bridge township, Dubois county, will at
tend to Township business on Saturday
of every week. at his residence on North
Main street, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth, in Jasper
The Library OF said Township is kept
at the bookstoreo of Mrs Jacob Gosmann,
where persons wanting books can OBJ
tain them at any time
JosEPH EcEsTEIx, Trustee.
April 20, lsp4-v.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-22
COLD LIGHT.
Scientific Experiments To Initiate the
Light OF fircnics.

6clcrtfhc Experiments to Initiate tbs
Light of fircnies.
One of the prcttiest sights of a
summer evening in tho country is a
meadow covered with swarm OF
fitting fireflics. Many intensely prac-
teal people have laughed at any sug-
gcstion that this freely light could
BE- utilized in any way by man. Yet
scientists have long been ut work on
the problem. and one of the number,
Secretary langley of the Smithso-
man institution, has arrived at some
startling conclusions. The light shed
by these insects is the most eco
nomical illuminant in the world. 1t
has no waste and no evcrrunning
meter. Moreover, it is 100 times as
cheap as gas, which means that one
pays a dollar for cents worth of
light. and even with electricity the
waste is enormous. With the FREELY
there is no waste by the production
Of heat.
This may seem rather strange to
those who inscparably connect a
light with some degree of heat man
Hesitation, and this cold light. if
such it may be called, would be pc
culiarly adapted to hot summer
evening. 1t is probably simply the
result of a chemical action which
produces a phosphore>cstlce II is
produced at one-four- hundredth of
the cost of energy represented in
candle flame and is supposed to
come from the slow combustion Of a
material secreted by the nervous or
ganism of the insect The temper
ature of the light giving organs is
the same as that of other parts of
the body.
In Professor Langley's expert
ments he took the insects, kept
them in the dark all the time. dried
them, preserved their eggs long
time and ground the dried substance
into powder. In all these cases the
application of moisture produced a
light, proving the chemical origin
Of the phenomenon. To produce a
light Of equal brilliancy artificially |
would require "a temperature of at
least 1000 degrees. The most bril-
liant of these $50 varieties of animal
life capable of producing a light of
this character is the "cucujo," the
famous FREELY Of the tropics Thir-
ty-eight of these yield one candle
power. The natives of Cuba confne
them in paper lanterns. and they
have been used to take photographs
by a two minute exposure of bro
mide plates.
These insects, or beetles, to speak
exactly, were used by Professor
langley in experimenting. They be-
gin life as grub and are variously
called "skipjacks' or spring tails. Z"
Damp evenings seem to be the most
favorable time TO observe their hab-
its, as then they shine most bril-
liantly.
Nature having produced this most
light. which in the most
exaggerated instance cannot be made
to effect the most delicate thermom-
eter. seems TO laugh at the feeble
efforts of man to follow her plan. 1t
is true that the Geissler tube, a play
thing of the laboratory. will produce
light without heat. but it is incapa-
BILE of practical production. Scien-
lists believe that ere long the secret
Of the wonderful light, which has
been proved unlike the luminous
sulphide paint of commerce,
will be discovered. with result as
revolutionary in the world of illu-
as that caused by electric
ity.-Boston Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-22

It is always safe measure after
eating anything acid to brush the
teeth as soon as possible. Lines or
lemons are bad for them, and it may
be doubted If tomatoes are not hurt
full. Certainly it is best to be on the
sure side and avoid any harm by GO
ing to ones toothbrush after any
meal which has contained vinegar,
lemon juice or any solid sour sub.
stance New York World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-02-22

w. X. Hart. Travelling Salesman,
Dayton, o.. says: Like many
other travelling men. l made the
acquaintance of the railroad sand
witch, who afterward introduced me
to old General Dyspepsia. an &C
quaintance I was unable to shake
until l met with LYONS SEVEN
WONDERS, which am happy TO
say, has put the unwelcome guest
to fight. Dyspepsia and headaches
are things Of the past l feel like
a new man and can eat anything"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-04

somewhat bitterly declared that II he had
pronounced the miracles genuine the
book would have had an immense sale,
but as he decided against them Catholics
are told that they must not read it on
peril OF their souls
Emile lola was born in Paris April 2,
1910, but the location was sort of acct
dent. His father, Francois lola, was an
Italian and a man OF note in his time, tho
scion Of an old Venetian family and au-
thor Of scientific works which gained him
n membership in the Royal academy Of
Padua. As an engineer he planned some
vast schemes and went TO France to build
a new port for the city OF Marseilles, but
the authorities would not make the ven
ture. They did, however, authorize him
to construct the lola canal at Ak, which
irrigates part Of southeast France, pre-
yiously barren. He married French Lady,
and their son was born while they were
temporarily at Paris.
He was reared at AK, however, but in
1858 located in Paris. He had already
written a romance on the crusades and a
three act comedy in verse, neither ever
published, yet after a course at the Ly-
ceum st. Louis he failed in the examina-
ton, the examiner pronouncing him lab
solutely ignorant OF literature" He suf-
fered long in extreme poverty, worked
awhile on the docks as a common laborer
ut Sl2 per month and thought himself for
tunnte when he got position in the Ha-
Ghetto publishing house at $50. All this
time, however, he was composing various
some Of which were offered for
publication and rejected as too radical-in
fact, rebellious. In 1856 came his first
success His LA Confession do Claude
pleased the public. His subsequent history
is known to the reading world. His Las
the romance OF the toiling
Door, has passed through more editions
than any other French novel. And yet
some few OF his recent works have been
total failures.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-04
WOULD LIKE TO VISIT US.
INT ZoIa, the Novelist, Cannot Bear TO
Leave his Beloved Paris

Iyut ZoIa, the Novelist, Cannot Bear TO
Leave his Beloved Paris
4 yZola wants to come 10 the United States,
Sbut breads the voyage. He would like to
see foreign countries, but looks with hor-
TOR on the worry and annoyance Of getting
70 them II he could see the United States
without several months absence from
Paris, he admits that he would like it, but
TO leave Paris for any long time, be thinks,
would almost break his heart So he
winds up his talk TO the American who
urged him 70 como with the promise that
he will, II he can nerve himself up 70 the
proper pitch OF heroism.
1--WE French" said be, do not like to
travel. am going TO Rome, but that IS
only So hours and in a sleeping car all
the way. In 1880 our literary men trav-
eled more. The rOmautiques bad their
way then, and Spain and Italy attracted
the writer's. In Rome will ask an audi
ence from the pope, and notwithstanding
all that has been said about my last book
I do not see why he should refuse IL I
am a Catholic. 1 have been baptized and
made my first communion He then
talked Of his last book, "Lourdes, and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-04
Ruskin Hate ChrySanthemums.

Mr.. Ruskin was once asked if he did
not admire chrysant hc;nums in the quad.
Now, he liked nothing abnormal or aEtifi-
cial, and he regarded the production OF
chrysanthe1nums as an unhallowed at
tempt 20 grow flowers at season when
nature meant that there should be no
flowers, and so the startling answer came
80 hate chrysanthemums"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-04
1. 400 Years without a Woman.

There is a monastery at 81. Hcnarat, on
an island near Cannes, France which was
built in the fourth century. No woman
has ever been allowed to enter its walls
dnrin0 the ]. 4nO years OF IFS eHistench
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-04
To the
Ladies'.

We invite you to call and
see ouI new importation of l.
YARD WIDE SILK DRESS
GOODS at 30c.
They are beauties, and you
will fall in love with them at
sight.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-04
MOONLIGHT CONCERTS.
The Hawaiian Band Will Play Every
Evening This Week.

Professor Berger has arranged a
series of concerts which will &C.
cuPy every evening during the
coming week. Tonight the band
will play at Emma Square; on
Tuesday night at Thomas Square
Wednesday at Makee Island
Thursday at the Hawaiian Hotel;
Friday at Thomas Square and Sat
urday afternoon at Emma Square
Following is the programme for
tonights concert:
PART 1.
1. March-'TThe Pilot Sherman
=. Overture-"Poet and Peasant
............... SuDDe
3. GaVotte-''Ab schieCip - Kanney
4. SelectiOn-"I Martiri"... Donizetii
PART II.
3. Medley-"Musical Review RjyIara
q. Dance-"Ethiopia" ............ Rsavas
7. WAltz-"LIa Grand Via". VaIverde
s. March-"High School Cadet
Hawaii Ponoi.i'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-13
MEMORY OF ABE"
Is Quite Generally Honored
by Both Banquet and
OratOry.
Mr., WATTERSON EUL0GlZES
Gov. Mckinley the Orator at
the Albany Dim
Mr.. WATTERSON EULOGlZEs
HOLSTERS TALK HARRISON.
Vindictive Attack on the ADJ
ministpatiOn at the Phila-
delphia Feast.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Henry Wat
terson delivered an address tonight
upon Abraham Lincoln before Lin
coin council of the National Union.
The address was delivered in the
Auditorium, which was filled to the
doors. The speaker paid an elo-
Guent tribute to the commanding
powers of Lincoln and to the
breadth and liberality of his nature.
Speaking of the famous Hampton
Roads conference, when Mr.. Lincoln
met the agents of the COnfederacy
regarding terms on which peace
could be arranged, Mr.. Watterson
said: Mr. Lincoln had intimated
that payment for the slaves was not
outside a possible agreement for re-
union and peace. l am not going to
tell any tales out of school. l am not
here for controversy. But, when we
are dead and gone, the private
memorials of those who knew what
terms were really offered the Con-
federacy-within ninety days OF its
total collapse-will show that in the
individual judgment Of all Of them
the wisdom of the situation said
accept
Mr.. Watterson concluded as follows:
Born as loyal as the Son of God, IN
a howell; of what ancestry we know not,
and care not; reared in perjury, squalor,
with no CLEAN of light or fair surround
ings; without external graces, actual
or acquired; without name or fame or
official training, it was reserved for
this strange being, late in life, to be
soon snatched from obscurity, raised
to supreme command al supreme mo-
ment, and entrusted with the destiny
of nation.
Where did such a Shakespeare get
his genius? Where did Mozart get his
music? Whose hand smote the Tyre OF
the Scottish plowman and staid the life
of the German priest? God, God, and
God alone; and so surely as these were
raised up by God, inspired by God, was
Abraham Lincoln; and "a thousand
years hence no story, no tragedy, no
epoch poem will be filed with greater
wonder, or be followed by mankind
with deeper feeling than that which
tells of his life and DEATH
The Marquette club held a banquet
at the Grand Pacific hotel in honor of
Lincoln. The principal addresses We're
made by George r. Peck, of Chicago;
Charles w. Anderson, of New York;
Congressman John Dalzell of Pennsyl-
vania; Hon. Frank J. Cannon, of Salt
Lake; Congressman Cousins, of Iowa,
and others.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-13
THOSE ONE-DOLLAR BILLS.
Repeats That They Were Given
to Him by Harry.

Witness was next interrogated as to
the forty or fifty 81 bills which he testi-
fed on Monday had been given to him
by Harry Mr.. Erwin asked him if
they were not taken from an iron box
in his fathers office. He answered
that the bills were put in his pocket by
Harry. The attorney then took up
his scheme Of connecting the witness
with BliXt and the murder.
O. Did you and Mr.. BliXt go out to
Lake Calhoun, at a point on Lake Cal
houn, one week before. the murder to-
gether? A. 1 never went nowhere with
BliXt; not even a block with him on
the street.
@. Did you and him pick out a spot
on that lake where Miss Cling was to
be murdered? A. 1 did not.
Q. Did you advise Blixt on the day
of the murder to take the iron with
him? A I did not. Harry spoke
about the iron.
Q. Did you say to Blixt on the night
of the murder, BE sure to take the
iron with you; be sure to go to the
same spot we were; if you have any
trouble Frank will be there and help
your A. 1 did not see Blixt
@, Did you say anything of that
kind? A. l did not see him.
@. Did you say any words of that
substance or effect? A. I did not.
Q. Why have you kept yourself in
Jail since you were arrested?
Objected to as incompetent, imma-
terial and not cross-eXamination.
Sustained. Exception.
Mr.. Erwin-Counsel offers to prove
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-13
WALKER VINDICTIVE.
Malicious Attack On the Admin


PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12.-At the
Lincoln anniversary banquet of the
Young Mems Republican club, of this
city, held in ST. Georges hall tonight,
a decided sensation was created by the
speech of Representative James Fl.
Walker, of Massachusetts, who achieved
a degree of fame by his parliamentary
encounter in the house with Bourke
Cochran. Mr.. Walker, who is a mem
Der of the ways and means committee,
vigorously denounced President Cleve-
land and Secretary Carlisle for their &C
ton in the present financial crisis.
THE treasury of the country" he
said, in part, lis a mirror wherein to
see the patriotism and power of the
country, but those in power were
ashamed to tell the ways and means
committee that they made a contract
for $6G,000,000 at per cent, a higher
rate Of interest than the bonds sell for
in New York. Shame on it. Traitors.
They ought to be impeached. 1 mean
what | say.
'They made a contract which they
were ashamed to reveal to the ways
and means committee and then pledged
the committee to secrecy about the
contract. The secretary of the treas
ury refused to answer a question about
that contract. If there had been the
slightest genius of government of
truthfulness or good faith the bonds
could have been sold from two and
one-half down to two per cent. Oh
shame on these men,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-13
RELATIONS WITH STEWART,
Adfy Explains why He Talked
to the Elder

Witness then testified at length con-
corning his relation with Elder Stew
art and the trouble which his father
had had with the elder He was asked
a great many more questions at this
time, designed to engender a suspicion
of his sanity, but he answered with a
spirit and readiness that indicated a
very level head. AT one time he was
asked if he did not tell his brother,
| the physician, not to sit near a glass
window for fear some one might shoot
him. He denied any such occurrence,
and also that he had written letters
from the Pacific coast stating that his
father and Harry were in league
against him.
IF you want to produce the letters"
said Judge Smith, ruling on an objec-
ton made by the county attorney,
you can go to that extent"
Adry was asked again if he had not
entertained for years a feeling of NOR
bid distrust and jealousy of Harry
He replied, mot at all"
At this point the defense made one
of it's lightning-like shifts in the order
of cross-eXamining a witness. The
questioning jumped at once to the
night of the murder. The first ques-
ton asked the witness produced a
commotion in the crowd. There was
the usual whispering and shufling
about and jumping upon chairs. The
question was nothing more than di-
rect attempt to connect the witness
with the actual killing of Miss Cling.
"On the night of the murder" said
Mr.. Erwin, with unusual deliberat ton,
did you wear the shoes that you have
on your feet? l think I did. | had two
pairs of tan shoes in the trunk in the
basement. l don't know whether any
body wore those; they were more point
ed than these.
Mr.. Erwin offer the shoes in evil
dence. 1 want the jury to take notice
of the toes of the shoes.
Q. Now, / will ask you whether you
ever entered into any conspiracy with
Blixt to kill Miss Cling? A. 1 never
did; never had one word with Blixt
about killing, and never had hardly
anything to say to Blixt - did not
scarcely know the man.
Q. Did you go down with Mr.. BliXt
on the Kenwood boulevard, some place
on Kenwood boulevard, and see him
get in the buggy in this case? A. L
did not.
Q. Do you know a man named
Frank, who is a friend of yours and
Blixt? A. Frank what?
Q. Frank is all the name-do you
know him? A. 1 don't know any man,
to my knowledge, that 1 and BliXt are
acquainted with-no difference what his
name is, any more than he is somebody
L,
sight-not personally acquainted with
R1iXt-T do not
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-13

P. Morton; Lieut.. Gov. Charles 7. SaS-
ton, and Gen. E. A. McAlpin.
The speakers of the evening were
Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio, who spoke on
Lincoln, and Gen. Horace Porter, OF
New York, spoke on Lincoln AMI
Grant. Gov. Mckinley in the Course
of his address, said: "Magnanintny
was one of Lincoln's most striking
traits. Patriotism moved him at every
step. At the beginning of the war he
placed at the head of three most i'm
portant military departments three OF
his political opponents-Patterson But
Ter and Mcclellan. He did not pro-
pose to make it a partisan war He
sought by every means in his power
to enlist all who were patriots.
THE world now regards with wonder
the infinite patience, gentleness and
kindness with which he bore the terri
BILE burdens of that four years strug-
gle. Humane, forgiving and long sut-
fering himself, he was especially tender
and considerate for the poor, and in
his treatment of them was full of
those kind little words which are of
the same blood as great and holy
deeds
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-13
BILL DAY At MADISON,
a Flood of Petitions and Legis-
lative Schemes.


MADISON, Wis, Feb. 12.-This beng
the last day for new business in the
legislature, both houses were flooded
with bills and petitions.
A bill was introduced in the assem-
bly,, which provides for the better pro-
lection of life and property against
forest fires. This was the bill de-
cided upon by the State Forestry AS
ISOLATION. 1t provides for the ap-
pontment by the governor of a state
All town supervisors and path-mas-
tiers are constituted fire Wardens. It
is provided that wherever in Sparsely
settled districts the discovery of fires
is difficult and the speedy arrival of
fire wardens is impossible, or wher-
ever forest owners, whose property is
especially endangered, require aid, the
state forest Wardens may, during the
months of July, August, Septem Der
and October, appoint special fire pa
trolls to be paid at daily rates, one-half
of the expense to be paid by owners
of lands so patrolled, the rest to be
paid by the state. The compensation
is not to exceed 81 a day.
In the senate a resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Austin. directing the at
torney general to arrange for the set
tlement of the claims against Ex-
Treasurer McFetridge. Both houses
hold sessions this evening