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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-23

From The ARENA, boston
War preys on two things-life and
property; but he preys with partial
appetite. Foasting on life, he ticks his
Jaws and says, More, by your leave"
Devouring property. he says, between
grin and glut. This is 80 good that it
ought to be paid forr' Into the vacuum
Of the wasted property rushes the COB
lin OF debt. The wasted life is trans
formed at length into reminiscent
glory; the wasted property into hid
eous nightmare. The heroes fallen rise
from their bloody cerements into ever
lasting fame; the property destroyed
rises from the red and aame-swept field
asa spectacular vampire, sucking the
still warm blood Of the heroic dead and
OF their posthumous babes to the tenth,
generation
The name of the vampire Is Bond
On the LIST of March, 1866, the nation
al debt OF the United States entailed by
the civil war reached the appalling max
imum OF nearly three thousand millions
Of dollars. The American people were
inexperienced in such business. They
had never known the incubus before.
Europe had known it but not America.
For a long time the public debt OF the
nation had been so small as to be dis
regarded. Now all OF sudden with
the terrible exigencies Of the war, the
debt expanded and settled over the
landscape like cloud from Versuvius,
darkening from shore to shore.
So far as the people and the govern
ment were concerned, it was an honest
debt. The method and intent OF Lincoln
and the great men around him in '62-63
were as sincere and just as they were
humane and patriotic. As for the Amer
lean people they were always honest.
The nation was in deadly peril, and
must be rescued at whatever cost. The
war was devouring demon. With the
explosion OF every shell, the product OF
hundred toiling hands was instantly
vaporized; for the bomb is not filed, as
many suppose with powder and iron
and death, but with the potatoes and
milk and biscuit Of mankind. At inter
walls the expenditures were more than a
million, and sometimes more than two
millions of dollars day. The govern
ment had nothing OF its own, did not
venture to take anything as its own.
and must therefore support itself by
loans or perish. Conforming to the
method Of the age, the nation borrow
ed from the accumulations Of the rich,
and gave them therefor its promises to
pay.
The promises to pay got themselves
into bond.
1t is the order of modern society that
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-23
INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 81, 1895

was the CONFUSION That LOT Blk hohtns
longer the expenditure rolled on with
out abatement.
The great question which confronted
the nation at the beginning OF 1866 was
the management OF the debt. There
we're bonds galore 7-S0 series Of $780,
600, 900, by act Of July II, 1861; then
S5l5, coo, 600 OF 5-20s, by act OF February
rs, 1862, becoming more than twelve
hundred millions by subsequent issues;
then 10-4Os in several issues 3 per
cents, Q per cents, per cents, 4 per
cents, per cents; plain bonds at the
hrst, and coin bonds finally--short loans
and long loans and longer loans, but
always becoming longer, until q mea-
sure OF calm ensued, and the nation
found opportunity to take account Of
It's losses and consider the question OF
payment.
II governments had the same care for
the life OF the people as for the property
Of those who possess property, then ma
tional debts would not be made, or at
least not perpetuated, by the event OF
war. 1t had been an act OF Infinite
mercy on the part Of the government Of
the United States in that day to take di-
rectly whatever was necessary-as it
did take whatever men were necessary
for the suppression Of the rebellion.
That course would have ended it. Had
that almost unprecedented policy been
temperately and successfully pursued,
the cost OF the war would hardly have
been one-fifth of what it has become the
bond would never have existed; the
wealth Of the people would not have
been concentrated in the hands of few;
the present narrowing and dangerous
conditions OF American life would not
have supervened, and the victorious
defense OF the Union would long ere
this have become a glorious and un-
clouded Renaissance.
Strange is, however, that our vaunt-
ed and Wanting civilization, even to
the present day, prefers property to
man. II exalts the one and tramples on
the other. In this particular we have
been even as the rest. Judging by the
facts there is no government on earth
TO which its mules are not dearer than
its men! Strange, too, that whoever
appeals on behalf OF the man as against
the mule and urges the protection OF the
one at the expense Of the other is held
to be an enemy to society Property in
this particular having no conscience. or
only the conscience of being always in
the wrong, fortifies itself with every
casuistical aud fallacious argument
known to the category OF self-interest,
and puts down both the man and his adj
vocates, The sacred rights Of proper
ty," meaning the right OF something
that belongs to life to seize that life by
the throat and strangle it, are promul-
gated and upheld with constitution and
statute and bsyopot; while the rights
Of man." so much in vogue during the
great epoch Of regeneration 1T the close
of the eighteenth century, are, at the
close OF the nineteenth, positively un-
der the ban Of every civilized state OF
the world According to the plutocratic
lexicons Of at least two continents the
rights OF man" have come to signify
merely-anarchy.
Our staggering nation arose and
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21
BLUE LAWS IN PHILADELPHIA.

Policemen Stop Wagons From Pass
ing Church During Service.
Policemen stationed at every cross
street within block of st. Barnabas'
Protestant Episcopal church attracted
considerable attention. They were
stationed there to prevent milk wagons
from passing the church during serv-
ices, and their presence was the result
of a request made to Director Ritter
by Pastor James II. l.. Nesbltt. 1t was
found that law of 1874 prohibits
milkmen from distributing milk on
Sunday between the hours of 8 "a. N.
and p. M, and it was this law that
was enforced.
For some time past the congregation
of ST. Barnabas' has been greatly an
noyed by the noise of passing vehicles
during church hours, especially when
the weather is warm enough to have
the windows open. The streets at this
point are badly paved, both Oriana and
Dauphin streets still being encum-
bered with cobblestones of unique pat
tern, and the noise made by passing
vehicles is very great. The law of
1894 will be enforced strictly during
the summer months. Philadelphia
Record.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

lowers, missing Simon, went forth to
seek him about the noon hour. Long
they searched, until the scene Of car
nage-the dead and wounded Kurds-
in the glen arrested their attention.
Here has been signal victory"
said YuSsuf. "What brave men have
done this deed?"
One Of the wounded Mohammedans
pointed gloomily toward the heights,
and at the same moment the boyish
figure Chat of Simon was outlined
against the sky. He waved the rife
in his hand, and cried joyously to his
father: II have conquered, oh, my
father! Will the poets make a song
about me, think you?"
The poets of Armenia did indeed
make songs about Simon, son of Yus-
suf, and for leagues around Argadoun
you may hear chem chanting the fame
of his wonderful rifle and the story of
how, single-handed, this brave boy
beat back a whole troop of Kurds.-
Philadelphia Inquirer
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

march and were even then on their
way to attack tie village.
With cruel jests upon their lips, and
seeming like the tigers they were, the
blood of fresh victims, rode the Kurd-
isD troops along the road to Argadoun
Simon, perched amid the crags, COM
manded his chosen defile, saw them
coming and made ready. He wait
ed until the entire body of men had
entered the spaces, etaoinaoinaoinhhh
entered the narrow space between the
rocks. Then. "bangp' went his rifle,
and horseman rolled writing in the
dust. "Bang!" it went again-for this
was a repeating rifie-and again
Kurd rolled over among the cactus
bushes. Leaping to his feet, the boy
ran like a lawping along the parapet
of rock as a volley from the startled
Kurds riddled the spot where he had
stood. Fifty yards further on he again
opened fire, and sent three shots rat
Ting among the brigands. Then, fit
ting new cartridges into the empty
chambers of his rifle, he dashed for
ward another space, and once more
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

plowed the ranks of the enemy.
Wild confusion and wrath beyond
telling reigned among the Kurds. ut
is an ambush they shrielxed, striving
in vain to scale the rocky wall above
which Simon was intrenched. ."Thera
is whole army of Christians on the
rocks"
Truly, from the way Simon leaped
hither and thlther, firing as he sped, it
seemed as though body of defenders
must be ambushed on the heights.
Charge the rocks, children of the
Prophet!' howled the Kurdish cap
tain, waving his scimeter. Instantly
the troopers began to swarm up the
precipitous crag. But Simon was
ready for them. TO and fro he sprang.
loosening by a touch the myriads of
stones and small boulders which he
had spent hours arranging along the
cliffs edge. Theshower of missiles
proved too much for the Kurds. Down
they rolled in scores-some never to
rise again. Then Simon-Sparing them
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21
SimoD's Victory

All day long the hamlet Of Arga-
doun had remained in a fever of I'M
rest. News came from the north and
south-that the terrible Kurds were up
in arms and that the Christians of
Asia Minor might look forward to tort
IRE and death. In this small village,
oerched among the mountain spurs, the
Armenians knew that they need ex-
pect no quarter. Had they not, only a
twelvemonth before, headed by Yus-
suf, the old soldier of the Greek, war,
beaten back plundering body of
Kurdish brigands? Had they not
steadily refused to pay more than their
Just taxes to the hey who governed
that province for Sultan Abdul-H
mid?
Old Yussuf had explained to his lit
sle dark-eyed son, Simon, all the mys-
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21
Patents Issued

List Of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors:
Eugene A. Bryant, Minneapolis,
Mimi, metallic packing; Archie d.
Bryce, Lake City, Mimi, mechanical
motor; Clarence w. Carter, Minneap-
oils. Mimi, street car brake; Herman
Dittbenner, Minneapolis, Mimi, piston
rod connection for saw mill carriages;
Lars Grondahl, Red Wing, Mimi,
washing machine; Theodore Grutting,
St Paul, Mimi, electric heater; Amasa
Harvey, Minneapolis, Mimi, friction
clutch; Alexander S. Hill, Pierre, S. D.,
clamp; Silas Johnson, Willow Lake, s.
D., windmill; Matthew j. Peppard,
Minneapolis, Mimi, device for use III
erecting dock-bents, etc.
T. D. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, $40,
OIL and 912 Pioneer Press buildin5 :,
st. Paul, Mimi.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

teries surrounding certain lOng-bar-
relied, bright shining rifle (gift of an
American traveler) which lay hidden
in his hut Little Simon had even been
allowed to fire five shots from the won
derful rifle, and with one of them he
had triumphantly brought down a
blackbird on the neighboring peak.
The smooth-bore rifle was much
talked of among the mountains, and
more than one Kurdish spy had
brought news Of it to the brigandS'
camps. Indeed, the attack from Ar
gadoun, the year before, had been
mainly prompted by a desire to seize
the famous weapon; which STILL how
ever, remained in its hiding-place.
At the council Simon held a tight
grip upon his fathers flowing gar
ments, and listened eagerly to all that
was said Some of the villagers, 1us-
Suf of course, among them, ADVISED
resistance to the advancing kurds.
f'We beat them back, before, they
said. 1--WE can beat them back again.
Let us stay in Argadoun and preserve
our homes"
But the majority was opposed to re-
Sistance. The Kurds were coming IN
overwhelming numbers. To stay
would mean death for themselves and
slavery for their children. Flight to
the mountain Businesses, cried those
frightened people, was the only chance
of safety Reluctantly at last, the
nriest, Isaac, was driven to admit that
the force of opinion called for flight
Then it was that old Yussuf arose
from the stone seat he had occupied,
his stern. war-scarred face set and
s.N 70 IL W. H.
rem" he said; but I-eyen I-shall
stay here in Argadoun, and guard my
hearth against the marauders. l have
spoken.
A brief silence fell upon the listeners
"a silence broken by the voices of lit
tile Simon. crying bravely: And will
STAY in Argadoun with my father!'
The villagers looked from one to the
other with shame-faced eyes, while old
iYussuf, a flush of joy lighting up LIS
face. turned to throw his arms around
the lads neck.
The Lord hath raised up man to
he nv sonr' he shouted. Take heed,
oh, Christians of Argadoun! Ye are
set at naught by the very children
Then dozen stalwart young men
leaned forward and ranged themselves
beside the old soldier Others more
advanced in years followed slowly, I'M
til nearly thirty stood around 4ussuf
and the boy. But nothing-not even
the bravery of Simon-could move the
remainder. They knew the Kurds, and
feared them as they feared Satan him
self. SO accordingly it was agreed
that these weak-hearted ones should
hasten across the hills with the old
Dr;est. Isaac, the women and children,
leaving Yussuf and his devoted banu
to guard the pass and the hamlet OF
iArgadoun against the advancing
KustiS.
That night Simon borrowed his faith
er's rifle aud went forth alone The
Kinds were not expected until morn
ing. but Simon had his own IDEAS As
If CHANGED. those ideas were correct
The Kurds had executed a 1orceu
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21
A Child Enjoys.

The pleasant flavor, gentle action, ant
soothing effect of Syrup of Figs, when
In need OF laxative, and If the father
OF mother be costive or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow it's use; so that
1t is the best family remedy known and
0vecy family should have a bottle.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21
How to Grow 4Oc wheat


Salzer's Fall Seed Catalogue tells
you. It's worth thousands to the wide
awake farmer. Send 4-cent stamp for
catalogue and free samples of grains
and grasses for fall sowing. John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

South Dakota can raise wheat more cheap
ly than any other part of the United
States. The cost per acre is SS.57, of which
the rent of ground per acre is $1.52.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

magnificent salmon, said to be OF per-
feet symmetry, and weighing forty-fouI
pounds, was captured recently in the Killa'
loe waters, Ireland.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

STRONG EnOuSh 10 StFIINe q StrOke
for Armenia
not, as they had not spared his coun-
representatives to pick them out
with his rifle.
At last the Kurdish captain fell, and
the troopers, with yells of despair,
turned tail and fed. The rOut was in
describable. Men and horses mingled
madly in race down the rocky de-
file-Simon discharging his last cart
ridges after them as they disappeared.
Then the boy, utterly spent with ia
tigue, his face grimy from the effects
of powder-fell fainting on the rocky
wall which he had held so well.
Yussuf, the old soldier, and his fol
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

1t is computed that there are about 800
600 consumptive persons in Great Britain.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-07-21

In Auburn policeman who does not pay
l,is bills cannot remain on the force.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-01-02

A New York dispatch to the Wash
ington Post revived the story that
Russia had offered to lend the United
States government any amount OF
gold up to $400,0000O0 Tor the pur
pose OF protecting its credit against
any attacks from the money power OF
Europe. The impression conveyed that
the offer is recent one and made in
consequence of the Venezuelan affair
is said to be incorrect, The offer was
made two years ago, but is still open
and the knowledge of the fact has AS
sisted the United States government
in its financial negotiations.
Mr.. Henry Clews suggests that il
is now time for the New York banks
to cooperate with the treasury in
throwing all proper ob,tacles in the
way Of gold exports. He thinks banks
should cease to furnish the exporters
with greenhacks of large denomina
tons and that these should be paid
out over the counter, while the
treasury should adopt the same slow
method of Transferring the precious
metal. At present the gold is furnish.
ed aim st Immediately upon notice in
bags officially weighed and stamped.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-01-02

The reorganization of the senate
committees has been all arranged and
this week the republicans will take
charge, but it is not certain whether
they will elect the officers of the senate
until later. President Cleveland will,
on January 4th, issue his proclamation
declaring Utah state, and the repub-
licans expect its legislature, which will
convene on the 9th, to elect two repub-
lican senators at once. They may wait
for the arrival of those two senators be-
fore electing the officers of the senate.
They have made deal with the popu.
lists, but they are still afraid to trust
too much to them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-01-02
Dr. KoIIock inlNashville,

The attention of the reader is espec
tally called to the card of DR.. Matthew
Henry Kollock which is in another col
umn. The doctor is native of Mort TX
Va, (183f of a prominent Southerr
family of Savannah, Ga He is quuter
as standard authority by the "Ency
clop@dia Britannica" Vol. X, pag,
135, the "largest and most imrortai
work in the world" being in twenty
five Volumes, each The size Of a large
church bible. He is noted as the dis
coverer Of the active principle OF GEL
sEMINUM, aspecific for neuralgia oil the
face and womb The doctor has beer
all over the world, and has mad,
many cures, especially at Hot Springs
Ark, given up by other physicians
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-01-02
He Will Not Resign,

The press OF the state and the peo-
Pile Of the state have spoken their mind
pretty freely about Judge Snodgrass.
Pretty much everybody except the
chief justice Of the supreme court un-
derstands and appreciates the incom-
patibility between him and the office
he holds. We grieve to say that Judge
Snodgrass himself seems to have no
notion of the shocking improperly OF
his remaining on the bench. That he
would resign after the disgraceiul
brawl in which he Voluntarily engaged
and in which he attempted the life oil
fellow-citizen we had no doubt. But
he seems to have decided to hang on
to his job and his salary. Every day
that he sits on the bench he is burn
ing deeper the disgrace he has inflicted
upon the judiciary and the state. Ii
it any wonder that plain people despise
the courts when shooters and pistol
toters sit on the supreme bench2 We
see no reason why the plain citizen
should be punished for violating the
law if the chief justice OF the supreme
court may do SO with IMMUNITY. Il
Judge Snodg rass is to remain on the
bench we hope he will never give his
consent to the punishment OF a
criminal.
In the meanwhile, what is to be
done about itf Will the bench and
the bar do nothing9 Will they try tc
whitewash this black spot on the robh
Of justice? So far as we are concerned
II Judge Snodgrass will not retire
from the bench We hope some way
will be found to scourge him from it
In the last resort we shall make our
| appeal TO the legislature TO rid the ad-
ministrstion of justice Of this intoler
able disgrace.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-01-02
ASkED TO RESIGN.
An Order Has Been sent Out to U. s.
Commissioners.

An Order Has Been sent Out to U. s.
Commissioners.
KNOXVILLE, Jan. lit was learned
last night from a reliable source that
great CONSERVATION has been caused
in the wholesale removal of United
States commissioners in Eastern and
Middle Tennessee.
Judges Clark and Lurton are said
to have made an order calling for the
resignation of all commissioners il
counties in these sections where there
are more than one commissioner t.,
the county. This order came through
Capt. II. H. Taylor, the United States
court clerk, who has forwarded copit {
OF the same to the commissioners who
are affected by it.
When this information was obtain
ed last night it was TOO late for thor
oueh investigation, but the genera
effect of the order will be, it is said, t.,
remove about twenty United State,
commissioners, nearly all Of whom ar,
republicans. The object OF the order
however, is said to be solely to remov,
surplus commissioners and retain il
Office only the number that are re
quired to do the work of the govern
ment,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-01-02

POSTMASTER GENERAL WILSON has
been giving the fraudulent advertisers
a shaking up and the result is that
quite number of them have been shut
out of the mail. The postoffice people
do their level best to keep the people
from giving up their good money to
these sharks, but so long as there are
people who will be caught by promises
of $40 worth for o dime these frauds
will continue to do business. As soon
as they are shut out of the mails under
one name, they take another, and
slightly changing their schemes they
go right ahead again until caught by
the postoffice officials.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-01-02
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-01-02
LEASE SYSTEM AT AN END.
The State Assumes Full Centred Of the
COnYictS.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 1.-The
state assumes control of her convictt
and the penitentiary lease system is at
an end. The six years lease Of the
felons Of the state to the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad company for
a consideration Of 100000 per annum
ends at midnight.
superintendent OF Prisons Trice is
at Coal Creek and tomorrow vill re-
move eighty-five men at that point
to the state mines ut Brushy Noun
tains. High Sheriff Joe Tu cner is at
Tracy City aud will remove 1926 Of the
men there to Brushy Mountain, which
with the $40 already there, will maxi
$50 at the state mines Warmer Ed
wards, Of Tracy City, will bring the
other oil 10 the main prison at Nash
Vile which with the $50 about already
there, will make $50 in the walls.
There are seventy.6ye at the new
prison and fifty at the quarry, Men
will be removed from the main prison
to the new prison as required. The
penitentiary commissioners will be
enabled to work all but about 500 OF
the prisoners and possibly me q
them. The main prison will be crowd.
ed and large workshop there HIS
been fitted up for the accommodation
of the prisoners. Fully 200 more can
be accommodated at the new PRISON.