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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
ODD CHARAC
some Of the People who Seek Fsme
Through uncommon Chsnneis.

!" 49,
Through uncommon ChsnDels.
II think il all the cranks in this coun-
try were corralled. (" remarked the clerk
in the treasury department., "and put
under q shed somewhere it would re-
quire one bigger than all the buildings
at the Worlds fair"
Would there really be- anybody TO do
the corralliug?" inquired q pessimistic
old party. who thinks there is none good
no, not one.
"As l was saying" continued the
treasury clerk. lit would take the big
gest shed on earth, and still there Is a
new kind. This time it is a man or wo-
man who has been sending in 10 cents
at a time as a contribution to the con-
science fund. with . name signed In
full. and there is no such name on the
treasury books and never has been. l
suppose it is merely some crank who
thinks he or she will get that name in
the papers and have that much fame out
Of it,"
That's silly enough" Clipped in q
p~ostofice inspector. but ! heard OF the
oldest chap on my last trip down south.
You may not know. or. if you do. don't
paw much attention to the fact, that
there is a fine Of ti0 for sending written
matter through the mails under any
rate except 2 cents an ounce. Very like
" O have sent enough stuff written
ON papers. books and SO on to bankrupt
you if you had the fines to pay, but I'm
Gle Sam is easy, and / don't know Of a
case where anybody ever had to pay the
fine. In this instance a man came into
q certain Office down south and gave the
postmaster $500, being the amount OF
fines he owed the government for viola
ton of postage laws as far as he could
recall them. He was a young man, and
he stated that he had violated the Law
while in love with a girl to whom he
sent papers and books occasionally, and,
though he wrote TO her every day, he
couldn't let the Others go without writ
ing something on them. The postmaster
didn't know how TO act in the premises
and Just what he would have done final
" nobody knows, but the next day thu
young mans father came to the post
master and told him that his son hat
been Tilted by his sweetheart, and that
crazed him. This was al explanation
which satisfied the official, and the mon
ey was returned"
.'Ughr' grunted the p~essimistic ole
party, in no wise affected by the Patio
of the little story. only a crazy person
or an idiot would ever think Of settling
square with Uncle Sam for a little bun
ko game like that. "-Washington Star
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
THE MANIAC IN THE CAR.
A Drama with . Satisfactory Ending For
All but the Nervous Woman.

All hut the Nervous m
1t was perfectly obvious that the man
in the corner was crazy. At least II was
perfectly obvious to the nervous looking
woman who sat just opposite him l IA
the cable car. II was not so much the
mystical series Of wigwag signals which
he was making with his handkerchief
AS the amazing c%ontortions OF his face.
In the intervals Of these contortions he
stared intently in the direction Of his
nervous vis-a-vis, but at nothing In the
world, 80 vague was his look. Then he
would tap the bridge Of his nose with
his finger, grimace and screw up his
features into horrible expressions Of
malignant madness.
The poor woman didn't know what
to do. Her alarm was SO apparent that
all the others in the car noticed 1t, even
the man himself in one OF his lucid in
tervals, and thereafter his performances
became more violent than ever. Every
physician knows that maniacs delight
in playing upon the terrors of those who
exhibit fear Of them. Perhaps the wom-
an herself knew il. At any rate her
feelings finally reached an intensity
such that when the mar half rose from
his seat she shrank into her corner with
a stihed squeak. which brought from
him a glance of triumph, or perhaps II
was surprise. But he only sank back
again, with an expression of disappoint-
ment, az il his time had not yet come,
-l.-l s~l1~1 - k.l.tt Tk4~aof <ar sho
held herself gathered close, with every
muscle strained, ready to spring and
fee. She didn't have long to wait.
The man looked toward her with that
terrible. unseeing glare. His fists clinch.
ed. The handkerchief clinched in one
Of them jerked in short, sharp oscilla-
tions. His eyes began to bulge out. His
face became purple. Beneath his curl
ing lips could be seer his teeth. bare &c
the gums He leaned forward toward
the horror struck woman, his face pro-
truding almost into hers. His sharp,
hot breath was on her cheek, and just
as his arms went up to clutch she made
one bound from her seat that took bel
half way down the Car.
Two more leaps landed her or thu
platform. Thence, with a mad yell, sh'
launched herself forth, despite the re
straininggrasp Of the Observation-Disclosures
and was fortunately caught BY a police
man, who escorted her to the sidewalk
) where she wept From behind she heart
q mad, gasping roar Of bafled rage, bu
? the maniac did not follow.
He didn't want to. He sank back ii
his seat again and wiped his tearfu
eyes. Then he took out a newspaper ant
began to read. 1t had been a hard strug
gle, but it had ended in victory He hat
, got that sneeze out.-New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02

A burglar recently met with his de.
serts in . dramatic manner. In the
neighborhood Of a place called Hunts
burg, near Oldenburg. two little boys,
aged respectively 8 and IL. were left by
their mother ut hcme to take art Of the
house. A man with blackened face ant
in black attire suddenly entered ant
announced himself to the scared little
mites as his satanic majesty. Il Am thu
devil. Where do you keep your money!
They instantly pointed toward tn,
massive trunk where the modest wealth
Of the parents was treasured up. While
however. the murky looking impostoI
was ransacking the chest. the youngel
Of the two boys whispered to his broth
er, Go and fetch the gun and shoot tn,
devil dead"
The brother jumped at the idea, fetch
ed the loaded weapon. crept up to TIM
unsuspecting thief and lodged the Who'll,
charge i'll his back. He fell back dead
London Telegraph.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
MARCH HAS ITS VlOlETS.
And There Il . Bright and Cheerful sids
to Everything.

And There Il . Bright and Cheerful Side
to Everything.
Edward W. Box, under the title Of
1.-The Odor Of Spring violets, writes
most forcibly in The Ladies' Home
Journal on the theme that there is q
bright side to everything-even to
March, the most disagreeable month OF
the year. for it has its spring violets.
1T is true" he writes, that il is diff
cult sometimes to see the bright side OF
sorrow, sickness and death. And yet
there is distinctly a bright side. No sor-
row comes to us without a reason. We
never know our friends until sorrow or
illness comes to M. We never know
what loving kindness and thoughtful
ness mean until we stand in need Of
them, and our hearts seem TO bent
against the walls Of q cold, mercilese
world. We learn something from every
grief and from each pain which comes
to us. We learn TO distinguish between
friends, and what more priceless posses
sion is there in the whole range OF
knowledge than this? What develops nj
more than trouble? Virtues Of heart,
which we never dreamed Of as existing
within us, reveal themselves when VIZ
are sorely tried. That is why sorrow
and trials are given us-not to give
pain, but TO develop us, to better equiv
us for something unknown which lies IL
the future, and which we could not
meet or understand unless we had frs
gone through certain experiences.
I've are far too apt to regard aetna
blessings as calamities, to look upor
the dark side Of things. Some sorrow
comes to us, and we rebel. 1t never &C
ours to us that perhaps We need the ex
perience which sorrow alone car give
Illness comes, and we fret. But we can
not always be we'll. Ailments are very
often given to us TO make u apprecia
tion Of good health the keener. God ha
an aim. a direct purpose, in everything
he does. His blessings come in diferen
forms. Nor are these forms always sucl
as we would choose. Lessons can b
more effectively taught in innumerabl
cases through sorrow than through pleas
ure. We should never know what
pure, beautiful color white is il we di,
not have black to bring out the contrast
We want only pleasure in our lives
When sorrow comes, we rebel and re
fuse to recognize it for what it 10 ofte
is-a blessing in disguise. We cannc
always have il June. There must b
March. Yet March has its spring VIC
llets."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
STOP AND THINK.

Every time you make a purchase
whether it is to your interest or not.
For the nearer you keep your mon
ey in reach the benefit you
derive from it. By favoring us
and buying no other than a hand
made Guckes Broom, Mops,
Whisks, Toy and Ceiling brooms.
And if your merchant don't handle
them, ask him to get them, or call
at our factory, or write us a postal
card and we will send you ouI
brooms. We sell both wholesale
and retail.
FARMERS wishing Their
corn made up into brooms and who
havn't got the cash, should remem'
Der that we eat, and will take any
thing in the produce line for oul
pay. 49,,
GucKEs BROOM MIRO. Co.,
H. +. GUcKEs, Manager.
June u. 1857
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
IN A LONDON THEATER.
A First Night - Seen BY the Artist c. ID,
Gibson.

A First Night ~ Seen BY the Artist c. ID.
Gibson.
A London audience is brilliant. Ev-
cry one is in evening dress, and the au-
dience is often more entertaining than
the play. This is especially true on a
first night. At such times the pit is
watched most anxiously by the manage
ment, as the success Of the piece gener-
ally depends on its verdict. 1t has Of
ten occurred to me, when l have seen
people ON a stormy night forming a line
ON the pavement outside the pit en-
trance, taking it all seriously enough to
stand there for hours before the doors
were opened, that by letting them in
side, the management might improve
their spirits and they in their turn
might be more gentle.
And il has also occurred 20 me when
/ have seen a stout man standing in the
aisle fumbling for a sixpence or a shill.
ing in pockets that probably only con-
tain a bank note and a goldpiece that
the management might further improve
the spirits Of its audience by doing
away with ushers, and by sell
ing the programme at the same time
il sells the seat. for il is hardly fair
TO the first act Of a play to make it over
come the fretfulness caused by annoying
attendants before it can hope to amuse.
But the second act is sure to have a fail
start, and il the play is good from there
on il will have no reason to complain
Of the audience. &C. d. Gibson in Serb.
ner's
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice is given that hereafter the Trus-
tee OF Madison township will be at the
store room Of Mr.. John p. Norman. in
ireland, on every Saturday, for the pur.
oose Of attending to township business,
and all persons having business with the
township are expected to confine it to
those days.
The township library is kept at Isaa,
Alexander's in Ireland, where all NAV
obtain the books.
The Indiana School books will bt
times. JOHN T.. NORMAN,
Aug. Is, '95-y Trustee Madison TIP,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
HARRISON Trustees Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Trustee Of HARRISON township
will att md to township business on eacl
saturday of the year, at my office, an
persons having township business I
transact r required to present it TO hin
on Saturdays.
The township library will be kept
my home in Haysville.
Indiana School Books are for sale D
Henry Ruehrschneck in Haysville, and
Alan Harker in Kellerville, Indiana.
john SEITz,
Aug. 30. lS95-y. Trustee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02

King Of the Fijis-Say. Arabella, I've
discovered . fine new dish for our bill
Of fare.
Arabella-How do you make it?
King Of the Fijis-We put a Chicago
man and . Boston man in the pot to
gether.
Arabella-what do you call that?
King Of the Fijis-why, pork and
beans Of course. New York Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
Farm For Sale i'm Madison
Township.

One Of the best farms in Madison
township can be btught on easy terms.
}2l acres, with house Of six rooms, barn
56x75 feet, plenty of stock water, ground
produced 20 bushels wheat per acre, and
other crops in proportion, nice orchard.
Four miles from Jasper, 21a from Ire.
land, 5 from Duff go acres cleared.
Will be divided into two or three parts,
If desired, and sold for one-third cash;
balance on easy time, interest on secured
notes for deferred payments payable an
nually. $25 per acre. A very desirable
place. Apply to G. DoANE, Jasper.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02

That's what ] call an insult to tn,
whole human race"
"What is?"
The first speaker pointed to a NORTH
Side butchers window. where, under
an array Of calves ~livers, hung thil
sign. Get Your Brains Here. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02

The majority Of grown people, AZ
well as the children. in ancient Rome
rarely lighted a candle unless at dawn.
The bedtime in Rome, Athens, Egypt
and other parts Of the Mediterranean
shore was between Z and o O'Clock in
the evening, nc, oiding to the season.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02

Food and Drink Consumed In . Lifetime.
The average maj takes 81 pounds Of
food and drink each day, amounting to
. ton Of solid and liquid nourishment
annually. In 20 years he eats and drinks
1. 900 times his own weight. Ladies'
Homo Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
Good Residence in lrcian.
For Sale.

House Of eight rooms and two halt
and good cellar, with three town lots y
Ireland. Good water. stable, and othr'
cat buildings. In good order eve,
way; . nice home near churches and
echooap, with good society surrounding
WIN b cold very cheap and OH cssy
49, NY y 9, peAsn, 1aaPer,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02

A horse Is more liable to scare with
than without binders. He is seldom
afraid Of what he can fairly see.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02

Englishmen who have resided in
Guernsey fer a year and a day are com
PEELED 10 serve In the local militia.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02
INSURE WITH
VIM. A. Wilson's
General INSURANCE AGENCY
JASPER. IND.

Represents old line companies.
Life, Accident, Fire, Tornado,
Live Stock and Plate Glass Insur-
ance. Prompt payments guaran-
teed. Also, Etna Life money to
loan on farm property.
Feb. II. lss7.-y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-16
Sweeping With Air.

Une OF the greatest aids to the mod.
ern housekeeper is the pneumatic
sweeper. This surprising new inven.
tion, which nobody seems to claim the
honor of having discovered, and which
is, therefore, open to all manufactur.
ers, relegates the broom to the garret
and takes the place of the mechanical
carpet sweeper, which few years ago
was thought to be perfection.
All that is necessary to fit the pneu.
matte sweeper to any hotel or private
house is u pipe connection for com.
pressed ali. When pneumatic sweep.
ers have completely won their way
pneumatic tubes may be carried into
every house from main ir tie street,
as is now done with gas and water.
With such a connection the whole
house could be cleaned from cellar to
garret in o few hours and the labor of
several servants could be dispensed
with. The pneumatic sweeper can be
applied to dusting the furniture.
The new sweeper consists simply OF
long nozzle attached to the end OF a
rubber hose. The nozzle is about the
same size as a broom handle.
One end OF this pipe is inserted
into the rubber house, and the other
carries brass arrangement about
foot in width across the face. Fl ere
there is a narrow slit running from
sido to side. and not more than 1872
of m inch in width.
Through this narrow aperture the
compressed air is forced at the rate of
seventy-tive cubic feet minute. The
household using the pneumatic sweep
ee passes it back and forth over the
surface OF the carpet. New York
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-16
WISE WORDS.
Be a friend to the friendless.

Be friend to the friendless.
The pond is an ocean TO tho tad.
pole.
Truth has nothing to fear from the
future.
The reformer is living declaration
Of war.
1t robs the world for a man Of abil.
ity to live in idleness.
When the world comes to its worst,
it will soon be at its best
Keep the heart young, and the body
will be slow in growing old.
The man who wears hair shirt
hates those who dress comfortably.
The inventor of pins did more for
the world than the builder of the pyra,
mids.
There is such thing as having
great influence without having great
talent.
1t is better 10 have little talent and
a noble purpose, than much talent and
no purpose.
Nothing pays smaller dividends in
spiritual results, than making spe.
cialty of discovering the shortcomings
of other folks.
Much of the trouble in this world is
caused by the man with the beam in
his eye trying to point out the mote
in his brothers eye.
How it would soften the push of the
door in the book agents face some.
times, if we could see the little hands
that stretch out to him for bread. -
Rams Horn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-16

remarkable exhibitions OF courage in
an eight'year-old boy that l have ever
heard of. 1t occm red near the town
OF Beaver, in Utah. A ranch in that
vicinity was attacked by the Indians
and one man who was visiting the
ranchman killed, and for while it
seemed as if the whole party, wife and
children, would fall prey to the
savnges. The house was surrounded
by the Indians and the people within
defended themselvesas best they could,
but the ranchman. watching his op-
portunity, lowered his little boy and
his daughter, who was but twelve
years old, from the back window and
told them to try to make their way to
the canyon and follow it down to
Beaver, where they could obtain help.
The two children succeeded in reaching
the canyon unobserved, and, with pres.
ence OF mind and bravery which. l
think, is remarkable for child of
that age, the boy told his sister to fol.
low down one side of the canyon and
he would follow the other, SD that in
case the Indians should find one of
them the other might not be observed.
"The children succeeded in reach.
ing Beaver, where relief party was
organized which fastened to the res
cue of the besieged party. At the be-
ginning of the siege the Indians had
heard the children in the house, and
missing their voices the alert
savages discovered that they had
gone and endeavored to overtake them,
but being unsu uccessful, and knowing
that help would soon arrive, withdrew
before the rescuers could reach the
ranch"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-16
The Va'ue of Inventions,

That labor saving inventions de.
crease the number of persons employed
on the special work which the inven-
tion performs, has long been used rs
an argument by workmen, and the fact
that the introduction Of such machines
has had the immediate effect of reduc.
ing tho force heretofore employed
gives show of color to the assertion.
For the real state OF the case we are
indebted to the indcfatigablo stats.
tician who gives the following inter-
esting data:
"The introduction of inventions
which revolutionize some particular
art or trade Mt first decreases tho
working force; but this decrease il
ouly temporary, for in short tlme
the result is n cheapening of the pro-
duct, followed by greatly increased
demand for it because of this cheapen-
ing, and then necessarily an increased
demand for lnborers in that line, aud
almost universally at increased wages.
The statistics show this to be true be.
yond the possibility of question.
"The records of the Labor Bureau
of the United States show that from
1860 to 1880. the most prolific period
of inventions and the most intensified
in all directions of their introduction.
the population increased $3.50 per
cent. while in the same period the
number of persons employed in all oc.
cupations-manufacturing, ngrlcul-
ture, domestic service and everything
increased 109.S7 per cent. and in
the decade from 1870 to 1880 the popu.
laticn increased 3o.OS per cent. while
the number of persons employed in
creased thirty per cent. AS shown by
the investigation of committee of
the United States Senate, wages have
increased sixty .one per cent. in the
United States since 1860. And AS we
all know, during the same period the
cost to the people of nearly all manu-
factured articles has been decreased in
rs great if not greater ratio
From these facts it will be seen that
the introduction of what is called Ia
Dor. saving machinery not only does
not cause the laborer and the poor any
hardship, but actually puts within the
reach OF persons of the most limited
means articles that otherwise, being
turned out by hand, would be too
costly for their purses. Although it
seems impossible for the workingman
to understand this, labor saving ma
chinery is his greatest benefactor.'-
New York Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-01-16
Tiger Gratitude.

The Pail Mall Gazette recalls diff.
cult operation which was successfully
performed in the Geological Gardens,
Dublin, few years ago. One of the
finest tigers in the collection was
threatened with gangrene in its paw,
the claw having been distorted and
grown into the foot. Rev. Samuel
Houghton, NJ. D., Senior Fellow of
Trinity College, Dublin, and a we'll
known parsonage in the Irish metropo.
lis, undertook to perform the danger.
ous experiment of operating on the
paw.
The mate of the tiger was first Sc.
cured in side den. A net was thrown
over the tiger, and he was drawn for.
ward to the door OF the cage. Four
stout keepers then held the feet OF
the struggling animal, while Professor
Houghton cut away the diseased claw.
The suffering beast furiously endeav.
orcd to get at him during the opera.
tioJ, but the rage of the tigress look
ing on through the bars of the side
den was much more terrible. She
roared and flung herself violently
again and again against the barriers in
her mad desire to go to the rescue OF
her mate.
When the tigress was admitted to
the cage after the wound of her mate
had been dressed and the net removed,
she turned up the paw and examined
it with touching sclcltude, and then
licked her mate as cat licks her kit
ten to soothe him, pnrriug softly the
while. But perhaps the most extror.
dinary part OF the affair was the se-
quel. A week later Professor Hough.
ton was again at the Zoo to see how
his patient was going on. When the
animal esped him he began to purr
like cat, allowed him to examine his
paw and seemed pleased that he should
do SO. Indeed, for years afterward the
tiger and tigress showed themselves
most friendly au grateful to Profess
sor Houghton.