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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18
THE BEGGARS OF ITALY.
Physical Deformity Is ArtiAciaIIy
Produced.

bicycling Through the Dolomites" Is
an account of Col. George T.. Warnings
European trip of last summer. Con-
corning mendicancy in Italy, Col. War
ing writes Perhaps there is no better
index TO the good or bad condition Of
the working people of a country than 10
afforded 10y the number Of beggars one
meets on the roads. The poles set up
at the border of Austria, with their
spiral stripes of yellow and black, do
not mark the line between it and Italy
much more clearly than does the advent
of the beggar the moment the line is
crossed. In Austrian Tyrol there are
virtually no beggars On the Italian
side, even well-dressed people in the
fields will leave their work to beg cop
pers from the passing travellers. One
day, in the upper Innthal, a couple of
bright-looking, rosy-faced children ran
after us, asking for kreutzers. "Mawk-
nix" upbraided them for such a shame
full act, and they skunk away He spoke
of this with much indignation to
neighbor. who said their whole family
were away in the fields at work. or they
would not have dared to beg, and that
he would see that they were well
spanked when their mother came home
at night Nuns and few favored Grip
pies sometimes ask aims ut the doors
of the churches in the larger towns,
and the poor box" is always found in
side; but the peasantry and the
churches take care of their own poor,
SO that the vice Of beggary is unknown
among them. In Italy. on the other
hand, it is obvious that special condi.
tions of deformity are artificially pro-
duced. Both legs broken and badly
reset in childhood constitute good
source Of income for life; and anything
that appeals TO sympathy is made the
occasion for cultivating a very mis-.
taken and mischievous charity.-Cen,
fury.
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Prof. w. II. Scott, of Princeton. i'm q
recent lecture, explained why lakes are
rare in countries whose surface has un-
dcrgone no sudden change for an inn
mcnsc period of time. 1t is because
the gradual effects of atmospheric
agencies and the power of water to
carry solid matter from elevated places
and deposit il in depressed places, tend
TO reduce the land to feA~ieral level.
and 10 fill up the basins of lakes. Thus
in the southern United States lakes are
rare, while in the northern states they
abound. the reason being that the
northern part of our country was COW
cred by great ice sheet during the
glacial period, and the lakes produced
by the scooping-out and dammingup
effects Of the glaciers have not yet dis
appeared. whereas in the southern
states, which were not reached by the
ice, the face of the land has lain for
ages. except by the slow levclling forces
already referred TO. Rivers are much
longer-lived than lakes.--Yo uth's Com
panion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18
SONG OF YEARS.

The bright hours pass like birds on pinions
golden.
And leave their empty nests in Memory's
halls:
And in the past. with all Its mysteries
olden.
Oblivion. like a twilight. DER them falls.
They have sweet songs To cheer. they have
glad voices.
Their flashing wings like flaming sun
beams burn:
But. all! cen while the listening ear re-
joices.
They speed away. and never more re-
turni
God rains the moments down like golden
showers;
We gather them. and 10! they are but
dew!
They melt like flakes OF snow, they fade
like flowers.
or glittering stars on mornings brighten
ing blue.
Day is IA rainbow arched from morn to
even:
IT'S lost when night breathes darkness
on the air.
Yet with the dawn 1t smiles again In
Heaven.
So life. when death has kissed away our
care.
All. me. the golden fancies that have per-
shed,
And left behind but footprints OF their
cheer,
Some autumn falls on every summer cher
shed:
Each laughing day ends with a dewy
tear,
Yet will not for years departed SORROW
The gentle lesson of the bright to-day
shall be my key to ope the fair to-mor-
row,
When nights cold tear in smiles is
charmed away.
Be glad. o soul. sing not a mournful story!
Hope. like sun. awakes the futures
dawn:
The past shall live again. where, bathed
In glory.
Through deaths hushed hall Gods angel
becks us on.
ERNEST w. Shurtleff. In Christian Work.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Rev. DIR. George Adams Smith has
declined the passionate of Marylebone
Presbyterian church, London.
Rev. DIR. John II. Barrows states
that the Ben Olicl mission among the
Jews in Jerusalem is unworthy % con-
fiJence and should be stigma,ized as
"a fraud.
-Rev. DR. Edward G.. Thurber, of the
American church in Paris. has arranged
an exchange OF pulpi.s with Rev. DIR.
;. II. Rossiter, of Chicago, for the
months of June, July and August.
The Waterman very truthfully
says that the friends OF minister
may do him great harm by sending
To the papers overwrought descriptions
of his learning, piety, eloquence and
general effectiveness" Many a min
lister has suffered in this way. Better
let him speak for himself
Rev. DIR. j. n. IIallock, editor Of the
Christian at Work Of New York. has
declined the presidency of the Westmin-
ster university. of Colorado. which was
recently offered him at a salary of SlO.-
900 year. because he feels il his duty
10 remain with the Christian ut Work,
which he has done so much to make
a force in religious journalism.
The centenary OF the conservation
OF Bishop Bass. of Massachusetts, which
was celebrated recently, recalls some
anecdotes of the bishop. lie refused to
live in Dorchester. because the brooks
there were mot large enough for Bass
to swim in" His first marriage dis
pleased his Pensioners, whcrcupon
he preached to them sermon from the
text: They will Stay me for my wife's
sake"
Two officials of the two Baptist mis-
sionary societies, which are SO badly in
debt, report good progress in the eff
forts making to raise enough money
to secure Mr. RoclSefellers offer. Seven
in Boston aggregate Si9,-
600. The Clarendon Street church has
$1,000 pledged towards the $4,000
which it expects TO raise. The Greater
New York committee expects TO Sc
cure $4,000.
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If the Fort Mcpherson court martial
proceedings will help do away with the
obsolete system of enforcing residence
at army posts of the families of officers,
1t will seivc at least one useful pur-
pose. So long as the army was sta
toned in. the wild West" il was OF
course necessary for the government to
provide facilities in the way of resi-
dence. ETC., but wherever. as is now gen.
orally the case. the vicinity of post af.
fords such facilities, officers and their
families ought to be permitted to dwell
wherever it suits their means or con-
yenience. as is done in all civilized Eu-
ropcan countries. The enforced resi-
dence, in close juxtaposition. of fam
lilies who might find themselves placed
in an uncongenial position. can only
tend TO discord and make trouble. An
other disagrecablc feature. that of fire.
quently shifting of quarters by the ar
rival Of an officer claiming assignment
according to his rank, could only be
done away with IL there were no quar-
ters to be assigned. There would seem
TO be no more necessity for an officers
family living at a military post than
for policcman's family living in the
station house. The women and chill
drcn are not needed there, and their
absence would be in many respects q
benefit TO the service.-Army and Navy
Journal.
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getting much the best of the other. I
thought I'd watch the game awhile and
l sat down behind Jim Weeks. a big
stock dealer, who lived in Burlington
| county. He's dead now. The cards
were dealt around half dozen times
and nobody got hand that was worth
betting much on.
Finally Weeks called for new pack
of cards. They were brought and care
fully shuffied. The cards were dealt
and everybody bet dollar. A fellow
named Haines was dealing. and when
he asked how many cards were wanted
every one of the players stood pat, and
we all noticed that he laid the pacI;
down without taking cards himself.
Weeks bet ten dollars. and the fellow
next TO him raised him ten dollars.
Everybody stayed, and when the bet
got back to Weeks he raised il $40: but
Haines wasn't feazed by that. and he
promptly raised Weeks $50. After some
hesitation the other two PLAYERS
dropped out. and the fight was be-
tween Weeks and Haines, who raised
back and forth until there was about
$1,000 in the pot. Finally Haines got
skiitish and called Weeks.
I've got club fush-deuce. tray,
four, five and six he said, spreading out
his cards.
I've got heart flush with the same
cards. said Haines
Well. I'll be whaled. said one OF the
fellows who had drawn out. If didn't
have the same kind of diamond
flush
Yes, and laid down a spade flush
to match it, said the other fellow.
halnes and Weeks divided the pot,
whiie the other two chaps went into the
barroom and ordered cocktails. Four
pat hands were dealt, and one was as
good as the other. never knew of its
before or since."-N. Y. sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18
THE SULTAN'S SERAGLlOS.
Thcy Contain Some 1000 Persons.
The Household Order

In time OF the sultan's predecessor
thc seraglios' buildings stretched along
the banks OF the Bosphorus for mile
and half and contained some 1900
persons. the household order and ar
rangement being much as they are at
present. The sultan's mother, when
he has mother, receives "a servile
obedience from all its inmates: then
comes the hasnadar ousta. or mistress
OF the treasury. generally shrewd old
woman. promoted from the ranks of the
servants for her talent for housekeep-
ing and gossip. IL the sultani yalide
dies. the hasnadar succeeds her. I'm
der Abdul Medjid the seraglio was long
ruled by washerwoman, whose chief
adviser was a baltadic. or newer OF
wood. who could not read. but had the
power of dismissing viziers. The sui
tan's four kadines come next. who
rank as spouses till he divorces them
and marrics them to some of the pashas.
Then there are five or six ilxbals. or
favorites: then the guieuzedes (from
guieuz. eye-girls who have attracted
the masters glance). Every woman
Nho llplIi the StfdglO takes
with her. besides a large portion In
cash. her clothing. jewels. furniture.
carriages and servants. After them
come the kadines-e ffendis. the mothers
of the sultan's children; then the I'M
married princesses Of the royal blood.
then the foster-mothers and foster
sisters of the sultana or princes or
princesses. Among the attendants are
secretaries. guards,
eunuchs. scullions. cooks. pages. mu-
sicians, dancing girls, ,i~ arts, buffoons.
priests, astrologers. BARRIERS and sham
pooers. tasters of the sultan's food,
cock-fghters. ram-fighters.
jugglers and grooms to look after xie
100 horses contained in the imperial sta
bles- Tales of victory from the Thessa-
liam mountain passes now thrill this
extensive household. making il buzz
md mum like n swarm Of Paphlagonian
)ees: its note of exultation is likely TO
strike into another key whenever the
nconstant bird of victory changes its
perch from one standard 10 the other.
" " Tribune
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18
THE NEW SUGAR SCANDAL.
Editorial Opinion OF Legisiatioa for
Trusfa

Is the country 10 be afflicted with q
second sugar scandal? Are the sen
ators from Ilayemeyer' ex-ofiicio me M
bers OF the finance committee. and are
they to be permitted 10 dictate The i'm.
portant sugar schedule? ~ Chicago
Evening Post (Ind Rep.).
The senate committees bill. whcth-
er designed To do SO on not. will give
the trust great advantage should il
become a law. For that reason the
country is bitterly opposed to the SEN
ate sugar schedule, and if the senate
will heed the voice of the people that
schedule viii not he embraced in the
rev tariff. indianapolis Journal
Q,ep).
The storm over the sugar schedule is
steadily increasing. All the examina.
lions which have been made since its
report, instead of clearing il up, only
make it look the biacker. 1t has appar.
emily been made of very complicated
character TO battle analysis and to dis
guise a job, but. intricate as it is. il
does not conceal the fact that II en-
braces a very large differential for the
benefit of the trust. This conviction is
universal. and it is aggravated by the
stories of personal profit in connection
with it.-Philadelphia Press (Rep).
The specific charge by responsible
newspaper in Chicago that three MEM
bers OF the senate speculated in the Sc
crets OF the committee room after the
sugar schedule on the senate tariff bin
had been framed, and profited $4,000
by the transaction, is altogether too
serious to be treated by the senate
with contempt or indifference.
The peculiar influence which the
magnates of the sugar trust have en-
erted in the framing of the new sugar
schedule has already created suspicious
as TO the integrity of the trainers of the
ill. If the charge against the alleged
spectators shall not be investigated,
it will serve TO strengthen, if not con-
firm, this suspicion.-Philadelphia Bull
letin Rep.).
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18
The "Ethnikc uetairfn.-

The "Ethnike Hetairia." or National
league, which sent into Macedoniadhe
irregular forces whose operations gave
Turkey a pretext for war, Is n secret
Greek society which seeks the liberia
ton Of all Greeks still under Turkish
rule. 1t collects funds, provides arms
and carries on an inccssaDt agitation
for the freedom OF Greece. 1t includes
in its membership a large number of
influential and wealthy men, and Is sup
posed to have been the agent in the at
tempted instruction in Macedonia last
year.-N. Y. Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18
Trx ON bachelor. and spir.tcr,.

The legislators of the Argentine Re-
public have introduced law which
says that after the first day of January,
1897. every male from the age of 90 10 80
shall pay monthly tax till he mar
ries. Celibatcs of cither sex who with
out legitimate motives reject the adj
dresses Of him or her who may aspire
TO her or his hand must pay the sum OF
500 piasters for the benefit Of the per-
son refused Chicago Tribune
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18

This cartoon is from the New York
Press. one of the most partisan of re-
publican newspapers. which always adj
vocates protection to any and every in
dustry. Like hundreds of other repub-
lican papers, its disgust at the action of
Aldrich in writing the sugar schedule
at the dictation of the trust is so great
that it is daily denouncing the sugar
schedule and the senate committees
net od of doing business
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18

Wiggins-What makes You so certain
Of Bawler's patriotism?
Boggs-Why. he just boils over with
Indignation when he hears Of the
wro,gs Of foreigners that we have No
interest mn. Y. Truth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18
rho Airship.s My.teriov, yox,..

The airship that was launched in
Nashville last week has disappeared
from sight. but from accounts of "cn-
tircly reliable observers" il wss last
seen heading for Canada. limitations
are thrown out that after taking on an
assorted cargo of dutiable goods the
ship will recross the line and land its
cargo in some quiet spot far from the
reach OF custom house officers. In re-
gard to such a cargo il would be ex.
tremely difficult TO apply Secretary
Gnge's circular Of instructions for the
retroactive section OF the Dlng)ey biil
philadelphia Record.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18
A GREAT CURSE.
Protoction Enervatos Industries
and Dobauches Politics.

The Whole system severely Ar
r"igncd by Franklin Picrce-Mith
free Raw Materials Our Machines
Made Goods Would Soon Capture
the WorId-increasinsC Cost of Cow
ernmcnt-Mnd Protection Riot VIII
Soon lie over.
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sent 10 the telegraph office with dis
patch, and the game went on.
THE pot was $1,000 strong when the
men drew cards, and | want 10 tell YOU
now OF the most remarkable set OF
| poker hands that / ever saw dealt.
Tr~ GERS was dealing. Holcomb called
] for one card. Collins took one, Rawson
drew four, and Trayers took one. There
was business ahead. everybody saw that.
Iravers made bid for raise by bet
teing S25, which was lifted 5000 by Hol-
comb. and Collins raised that 5000, so
that when il came around To Rawson II
cost 1925 10 come in. Everybody thought
he would throw down his cards, but he
didn't, he slowly drew n check book out
of his pocket and wrote n check for
$1,000 and showed IL up, thus raising
Collins 1878.
you could see right away that the
other players thought he was bluffing
Travers met the raise at once and added
$500 TO it. IIolcomb saw that. and
raised il another $500. Collins simply
saw the raise and Rawson lifted it an
other thousand
"Travers settled back in his chair and
eyed Rawson for minute. You've got
pretty good nerve, old man. he said,
but you can't make me lay down. not
on a four-card draw, anyway Then
he saw Rawsons thousand raise, and
increased it $500.
~ call you said Holcomb. showing
in $1,000.
az might as well take chance for
my money said Collins, laying $1,000 on
the pile. Rawson put down another
check for $500
"'Well, boys said Travers, I'm sorry
for you. I've got four queens He threw
them on the table.
THAT beats my four jacks said
Holcomb, and my four tens said Col.
Inns; but it doesn't beat my four kings
said Rawson, spreading out his cards.
He held four kings and an ace.
Thunderation, what draw!' ex.
claimed Travers.
"''Twas pretty good said Rawson
raking in the money: and / got them
all in bunch. held up an ace
"Rawson pulled in $4,000 and $3.50
OF it came out of the pockets of the other
three men. twas the biggest pack pot
/ ever saw"
''IIow about the wcdding?" asked
listener.
"Oh, yes, ! meant To tell you about
that" said the old settler. You see,
the girl that Rawson was going to
marry had a mind of her own. and when
the telegram came saying that he had
missed the train, what did she do but
jump aboard the cars and come up to
Trenton, reaching here about six
o clock in the evening. Rawson was
mighty glad to see her. too. They went
out and hunted up minister and got
married. Then they came back To the
hotel, and we all had mighty nice lay
out. | don't know whether the woman
ever found out why Rawson missed the
train or not, but reckon If she did she
would have more sense than TO kick
much. because she seemed to be a
pretty level-headed girl"
speaking about that being re-
set of poker hands," said an
old-timer, who had been listener to
the old settlers account of the game.
Il saw n funny set of hands myself
once. 1t was along about '62. / guess.
II was while the legislature was in SEES
sion. One night dropped into Charley |
Donnelly's place, that was, in those
lays. favorte resort for poker play
FRS. There was big game on between
our South Jerscymen. They had been
playing all the afternoon without one
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18

The republican claim that 1.-THE for
eigncr pays the tax" is amply proved
by the following letter. which will APP
peal TO the people of Nebraska and
Iowa, as il interests them particularly:
Omaha, April 10.-The Albion Milling
Company. Neb - Gentlemen: Answering
your inquiry OF the 9TH inst. The explana-
ton OF the recent marked advance in the
price or burlap bags is In the prospective
changes in the tariff. Under the Wilson bill
they are on the free list. but the Dingley
bill provides for "A duty which would
amount TO something over one cent per bal
on the 65-inch eight-ounce burlap. The
price made you on your recent invoice is
tie lowest which we can offer on the pres
cnt market. Yours truly,
Bemis Omaha Bag Company.
Nj. c. Peters. Manager.
The consumers of burlap bags who
live in this section of the country need
not imagine that the increased price of
bags concerns them. The foreigner has
TO pay it.
Congressman "Champ" Clark, in his
speech on the Dinglcy tariff bill, said
1.-THE passage of the bill will force every
merchant in the land to make a tariff
for revenue only speech every time he
sells bill of goods across the coun-
ters."
The above letter is only one of
the tariff speeches referred to by the
eloquent and witty Missouri congress
man.-World- Herald
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France has erected about 300 ynonu
n,ents TO more or less distinguished
rrenchmcn during the last rs years and
there are now 1877 committees collsctias
money fov more.-Chicago TsussHss
ed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-01

hundred stating machines instead of
one." He said if the railroads hauled
the originol packages in violation of
the dispensary law, they should be
prosecuted. Being asked il it was by
his influence that McLaurin was ap.
pointed senator, he replied that he was
in Washington at the time. He did
not commit himself. He said he was
hands off in this election, but that he
knew the people were going to vote
for john"
Tillman's talk was impromptu, and
had the sound of a conversation with
the boys, which took immensely with
them, and he was assured by them
several times that he was as dear to
them as ever, ano they were gong to
keep him where he is. He said that
no politicians made him; that God
made him, and the people found him
and put him where he is, and, so help
him God, he was going to stand by
them and talk out in meeting for their
rights, no matter who his pitchfork
went into, and that he talked to those
fellows in washington just like he
talked here. He voted for tariff on
white pine, cotton, etc. He knew that
a cotton tariff would do no one any
good, but he had an object in it. which
be will use out west next year 10 his
speeches to them. He depends on the
wool hat boys for his re election.
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Bahr Is Suspended.

Governor Ellerbe Tuesday morning
made the official announcement thai
he suspended Chief Constable Bahr,
who has been in charge OF the consta
balary in Charleston since the present
administration took charge OF the at.
fairs of the State. The governor stated
that he had been suspended until a full
investigation could be made into Ger.
tain matters. When asked, he said
that he did not care to discuss the rea-
sons for the suspension OF Chief Bahr
for the present; he simply wished to
make the announcement. The sus.
pended chief arrived in Columbia last
night and will have talk with Cover.
nor Ellerbe today. Governor Ellerbe,
says that until the investigation
referred to has been held and final
action has been taken in Mr.. Bahr's
case, the constabies in Charleston
will be required to report directly
to the governors office, when they
will receive their instructions. OF
course, while the governor would not
talk about the cause Of the suspension,
reasons therefore could be heard else
where. It appears that Bahr has been
doing too much talking through the
newspapers down in Charleston, as.
suming 10 be the mouthpiece of Cover.
nor Ellerbe. He, had, it is said, been
warned about this several times.
Again, it is said that there is no love
lost between Bahr and Chief Martin
of the metropolitan police. They are
each charged with the enforcement OF
the dispensary Law in Charleston and
has taught that nothing
can be accomplished when the heads
of such departments are fighting each
other. It may be that the encounter
that Bshr had with Editor Moore of
The Critic in the Charleston Critic
Office last week has something to do
with the governors action. Editor
Moore. in strong open letter, brought
the matter and certain charges that he
had previously made agalnst Bahr to
the governors attention.