Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 14, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 February 1872 — Page 3

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Teaching Pnalk School.

F.)rty little ur ilns. Cuming through tho HWi 1'ur.hing. crowding, inakinf A treiiit'iiduu roar. hy d5n they tuit T Can't you intn. the ru a Y Ulm in, thin j i.leaant. Teaching public school. Forty little iilgriin. On the road to fame I If they fil t run It, Who will bo to blame T lliich and lowly itatione Hints of every featherOn common level Here re brought together. Dirty little face. Loving little heart". Eye brim full of uiiacbier. Skilled in nil iU arU. That' a pronoun darling I What Hre you nbout T " My I Ihh the water? "Please may I go out! Boota and e lines are scuffling Slates and booki are rattling. And in the corner yonder Two pugilists ar battling; Others cutting didoes What a botheration I No wonder we grow crusty. From lack associations 1 Arnica parent drops in. Merely to inquire Why bis olive branches Do not shoot up higher ; Bays he want his children To mind their p's and q . And hopes their brilliant talents Will not be bused. Spelling, reding. writing. Putting up the younger ones. Fuming, scolding, fighting. Spurring on the dumb ones. Gymnusts, vocal music! How the heart rejoices When the hingkr conies to Cultivate the voice! Institute attending. Making out reports. Giving Object Lessons, Class drills of all sorts, Reading dessertations. Feeling like fool Oh. the untold blessing Ot the Public School I Lions and Lion Taming. The process of lion-taming is elaborately described by a writer in the London Daily News, part of whose story we w'hatever is the reason, the forest lions are more intelligent and teachable than those bred in confinement. The lion-tamer begins by taking the feeding of them into his own hands, and so gets them to know him. He commences feeding them from the outside of the den, then ventures inside of one at a time, always carefully keeping his face to the animal and avoiding any violence, which is a mistake whenever it c:n be (.voided, as it rouses the dormant devil in the beasts. Getting to handle the lion, the tamer begins by stroking him down the back, gradijally working up to the head, which he begins to scratch, and the lion, which, like the cat, likes friction, begins to rub his head against the hand. When this familiarity is well established, a board is handed in to the trainer, which he places across the den and teaches the lion to jump over it, using a whip with a thong, but) not for the purpose of punishment. Gradually this board is heightened, the lion jumping over it at every stage ; and then come the hoop?, etc., held on top of the board to quicken the beast's understanding. To teach the animal to jump over the trainer, the latter stoops alongside the board, so that when the lion clears one he clears the other, and half a d zen lessons are ordinarily aliout sufficient to teach this. To get a lion to lie down and allow the tamer to stand on him is more difficult. It is done bv flicking the beast over the back with a small " tickling " whip, and at the same time pressing him down with one hand. By raising his head and taking hold of the nostril with the right hand, and the under lip and lower jaw with the left, the lion, by this great pressure on the nostril and lip, loses greatly the power of his jaws, so that a man can pull them open and put his head inside the beast's mouth, the feat with which Van Aniburg's name was so much associated. The only danger is lest the animal should raise one of his fore paws and stick his talons in, and if he does, the tamer must stand fast for his life till he has shifted the paw. Buried Treasure. At Philadelphia, on Monday afternoon, while workmen were excavating a cellar, they dug up a number of gold coins, which were wrapped in brown paper, and are supposed to have been placed there by a collector of old coins. Some are very ancient. One of them, the intrinsic value of which is about $10, has upon it tho letters F. V. A., and immediately under them the numbers 7. 4, 1, separated by raised lines. The characters ujonit are two lions and two castles. The coin is roughly made, and seems to have been struck upon a die. the coiner using a hammer. Another of the coins, about as large in diameter as the hall' dollar of the United States, but not as thick, has upon it a representation of the head of Ferdinand VI. of Spain, the date being 1749. One of the boys secured twelve or fifteen of the pieces, of various kinds, and another almost as many. About $500 worth in gold were gathered up. The oldest piece having a date upon it was made in the year 167S. The Spanish coin is in excellent condition, the soil being sandy, and the paper in which they were wrapt well preserved. Carbolic Acid as a Disinfectant. A writer in the English Mechanic advises its readers not to put implicit faith in carbolic acid as a disinfectant, as he believes its merits to have been overrated. As a deodorizer he considers it far inferior to ordinary chloride of lime, the eff ect lasting only a short time. He finds that the vapor of chlorine is very much superior for the purpose, as it always destroys the vitality of infectious and diseased germs, which carbolic does not. To completely disinfect an apartment that has been occupied by a patient suffering under small-pox, typhus fever or other diseases, it is only

neceasary to vacate the apartment after

stopping up the openings, and placing in uineruiu pari oi me room several plates containing n quantity of common gait on which a little vitriol has been poured. The vapor of chlorine will bo instantly evolved, and will annihilate all infection with which it comes in contact. It may be wed even in rooms containing sick persons, if the quantity envolved be so slight as not to inconvenience the lungs of the patients. " After Many Days." Parsons who proi ess to have lost all faith in " poor humanity " may take a crumb of comfort from the experience of a Mr. Hirsch, who is at present a resident of Louisville, Ky. About seventeen years ago, this gentleman befriended a young man named Sonnenberger by advancing him, on his personal security, goods to the amount ot $051). Son nenberger was to have gone on a Southern tour with a peddler's pack, but instead of bo doing took shin for California. At the Isthmus of Panama, he met the brother of his benefactor, from whom he obtained the loan of a mule ! o transport his goods. Nothing further was heard of him up to a recent date, when a letter came to Mr. Hirsch announcing that his former protege, after a weary pilgrimage over the world, had at last found fortune in the diamond mines of South Africa, and was now desirous of paying the amount of his indebtedness, principal and in terest. Cases ot this kind, although of rare occurrence, have a tendency to show that a chain of untoward events has often prevented many an honest fellow from giving practical evidence of gratitude for acts ot kindness rendered A Story -writer's Expedient. A good story is told of a writer ior an hnir.li.sh penny magazine, who, in con sideration of thirty shillings a week, was furnishing a cheerlul serial, wherein the proneness of the characters to commit crimes in the first chapter was only equaled by their promptitude in meetinn violent deaths in the last. This apprentice lacerator of the popular sensibilities didn't put pepper enough in his cream tarts to suit the editor, so he was told one fine Tuesday that his services would not be required after the end of the week. Burning to avenge himself of his enemy, he gathered all the characters of his story on board a frigate, steamed out fifty miles from land, set fire to the magazine and blew hero, heroine, heavy villain, minor personages, all, into eternity. Then he wrote at the bottom, " To be continued next week," drew his thirty shillings and left the office with a sweet smile. The next incomer was a man of genius and fertile in expedients, so he sent out a yacht with a lot of new characters on board, which picked up all the persons essential to the plot after the explosion, and on went the story, as merry as a marriage bell. Phosphorous Brontes. A great advance has lately been made in the construction of bronze by the addition of a small percentage of phosphorus, although the precise function of this substance has not been hitherto well understood. According to Levi and Kunzel, however, one cause of the inferiority in bronze consists in the constant presence of traces of tin in the state of an oxide, which acts mechanically by separating the molecules ot the al'oy, thus interposing a budstance which in itself has no tenacity. The addition of phosphorus reduces this oxide, and renders the alloy much more perfect, improving its color, its tenacity, and all its physical properties. The grain of its fracture resembles more that of steel, its elasticity is much augmented, and its resistance to pressure sometimes more than doubled. Its durability is greater, and, when melted, it is of greater fluidity, und fills the mould in its finest details. A City In Two States. Bristol, in Tennessee and Virginia, is an anomaly among towns. It has a population of only 3,000, but is located in two States, the line passing near the centre of the main street. The rogues and lawless know where it is to an inch. The line used to be deeply venerated, and in former years it would have been considered a symptom of the decay of the Republic for a Tennessee constable to cross the street on the sidewalk, on the sacred soil of Virginia, to arrest a criminal. But the line is not now regarded with tender veneration. When a man kills another and steps over the lines for protection, the officers step after him and fetch him back ; killing is, consequently, not so popular as for merly. Each side of lot line has a separate Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and regulates its own affairs in the sense contemplated by the constitution. There are two papers published, one on each side of the line. Each side also has its own schools and churches. A London Institution Transplanted. The benevolent ladies of Newark, N. J., have established a day nursery for children under the age of five years, with a view of benefiting mothers who cannot afford the luxury of "female help," and who may wish to spend a day in shopping or visiting friends, without being burdened with infants. The cost per -week, including Sunday, is not to exceed seventy cents. Mrs. Booth's baby nursery in London is re ported to have been a great success until, by mischance, one of the babies fell from its manger, and was bo severely injured that death soon followed. Mother, are apt to lose confidence in an " institution " where the lives of their offspring are endangered, and unless the Newark ladies provide wire nettings, or cages, for the care of the little ones, their success is not likely to be of long duration.

A Wonderful Fish. Prof. Agassiz, who is with a scientific

expedition upon the coast survey steamer I lassu-r, writes trom fit. 1 nomas to the Sujierintendent of the Survey some ac count of the progress of the expedition. A curious discovery was made of the nest of a fish, built up of the gulf weed curiously knit together into a mass as large as the two hsts. Ibe elastic threads which held the sea-weed together were found beaded at intervals with eggs, which proved to be those of a curious nsh, which has nns resembling hands, by which it attaches itself to the sea-weed and walks rather than swims. The fish has long been known, but its curious nest, set afloat upon the ocean, is a new discovery. Probably most of our readers know that the gulf weed or Sargassum is a marine plant that is abundantly provided with air bladders to cause it to float, and that in immense, detatched patches, is very abundant in southern seas. Truly Penitent. During the Clay and Polk campaign the admiration of the Hon. Walter Brooke, of Mississippi, for the great Kentuckian led him to bet a pair of matched horses, all the stock he had, on the result , and this, though a strict member of the Presbyterian Church. Of course he lost, and of course he was " churched " for gaming. M All we ask of you, Mr. Brooke," said the minister, during the trial, "is to acknowledge that you are sorry, and promise to sin no more." " Sorry ?" ask ed Mr, Brooke, rising from his teat with an air of in jured innocence, "Sorry? My dear brother, when I think of those beautiful bays, gone from my gaze forever, I can truly say, with my hand upon my heart, that no transaction of my life gives me mere genuine sorrow than this!" The Military Division of the South Discontinued. A general order of the War Depart ment announces that, by direction of the President, the military division of the South is discounted. The com manders of the departments of the South and of theGulf will report direct to tho headquarters of the army. The personal staff' of the late Major-General Halleck will report for duty with their proper commanders. The general staff officers of the division will report for orders to the chiefs of the respective departments. The records of the division will be turned over to the headquarters of the Department of the South, except such as are not needed there, which will be forwarded to Washington by Captain K. N. Scott, Acting Assistant Adj utant-Generalj Chinamen in Memphis. There are several Chinamen in Memphis, some of whom have obtained per manent employment in families, where, according to the Appeal, they give great satisfaction, by doing all manner ot work, at all hours, without grumbling. Others of them are still beating around town, living cheap and working wher. ever they can. One of them is a regular lodger at one of the station houses. He goes in there evety night with his bundle of clothing on his back, spreads them down at the inside door, and lies down to sleep. He manages tc keep good clothing on all the time. The police, who are acquainted with the habits of celestial John, say they never eat a square meal, but go into groceries and Biirchase their grub for a few cents, ried codfish and rusty ends of bacon are their principal luxuries. The French Throne. A manifesto has been issued by the Count de Chambord la the French people. The Count claims as of yore the right divine, and says: "I shall never abdicate my claim to the throne of France. I shall never forsake the monarchical principle, which I have preserved intact for forty years, and v.hich is the best hope of France's greatness and liberties. C&earism and anarchy threaten France because her salvation is sought in personal questions and not in principles. I shall ever uphold the flag of France and aid in restoring the ancient prestige of her armies. The happiness of France is my only ambition, and I will never consent to become a revolutionist when I am the legitimate King' Studying Stars by Lantern. Rev. Sanies Freeman Clarke, of Boston, has turned his wits in a novel direction in inventing an astronomical lantern. It i a small dark lantern, one side of which is fitted for paper cards on which are punched, by little pin holes, the various constellations in the heavens, so that a boy, or girl for that matter, who is studying the stars has only to go o'nights with his or her lantern and a supply of cards, put the constellations in succession in front of his light, and then follow out the originals in the sky. It saves him the trouble of running into the house every few moments to study up his charts. Camels In Nevada. From the Virginia City enterprise. Jan. A train of over a dozen camels arrived in this city yesterday afternoon from the valley of Carson river, below Day ton. These "ships of the desert" were loaded with hay, in bales, for Adams's hay yard on North D street. The huge, ungainly beasts presented quite a picturesque appearance as they filed into town with their cumbrous freight. Upon arriving at the hay yard, at the word of command they all knelt down to be relieved of their loads. These animals appear to thrive quite as well in this country as in the wilds of Sahara. There are an abundance of deserts here if they are necessary to the comfort of the beasts. Fruit for balloonists Currents in the air.

Murder of a Whole Family in Arizona.

A correspondent of the Alia California reports that Mr. J. W. Baker, keeper of what is known as the " Blue Water Station," in Pimitcounty, Arizona, about sixty-five miles west of Tucson, together with bis wife and one or two children, were brutally murdered on the 19th of December. In a corral adjoining the house were discovered the dead bodies of Mr. Baker, his wife, and a child (boy), about 7 or H years of age, stretched out upon the ground, completely riddled with rifle balls and buckshot. The body of a child, about 5 months old, was also lying near by, which had died from exposure. Mrs. Baker had evidently desperately struggled with her murderers. The dress covering her right arm was burnt, extending from the hand up to near the elbow, while her arms and breast were full of buckshot. It is certain that the deed was done by three Mexicans, whom Mr. Baker had employed only one week before to cut hay for him from a ranche near the house, and haul it up to the corral, as he had always to keep on hand a supply of hay and grain for animals at the station. These men were missing. Their object must have been solely plunder, but it does not appear that they got very much after all. They decamped with some three or four head of Baker's horses, and carried off an amount of money from a trunk, and other portable valuables, having thoroughly ransacked the house before they left. They did not disturb any of the cattle on the place. It is pretty certain that they passed through lucsm on their road to Sonoia, which seems to be a favorite hiding place for most all Mexican bandits who commit crimes in Arizona. Death of a Murder r In Prison. From the Jackton (Mich.) Citlcen, Jan. 24. Ebin O. Leach, sent from Cold water in the year 1867, under a sentence of solitary confinement for life, for the crime of double murder, died at the State Prison last night, aged 50 years. The crime of Leach will be well remembered. He killed his wife and her lawyer in cold biood, at Cold water, in February, 1867. He and his wife had not lived together for years, and she had made application for a divorce. That evening, while leaving office, under escort of a young attorney, who was the lawyer's Mr. Brown, a a member of the farm who had taken Mrs. Leach's case, they were met on the sidewalk by Leach, who immediately drew his revolver, fired, and his wife fell dead at his feet. The infuriated man then wheeled, fired at Brown with unerring aim, and the young lawyer dropped to the earth a corpse. The awful crime was but the work of a moment, and the double murder was committed in less time than it takes to write these words. The murderer then gave himself up. His trial soon followed, and he was speedily convicted, the evidence being overwhelming. In May he was sentenced to solitary confinement for life, and since then has been in prison here. Leach was a man of fine attainments, and a finished scholar, but for years had led a reckless lite, Mis wile was a woman of great beauty and accomplishments, and was a sister of the Rev. M. A. Daugherty, formerly of this city. The awful crime created great excitement in the State at the time. The Spectroscope and Steel Making. The spectrum analysis is likely to be come an important adjunct in the Bessemer process of making steel. The essential part of the operation is the burning of carbon oil out of cast iron by means of the air blast. Owing to the continuance of the process the flame is tho chief point of attention, for in its chances the skilled workman finds the signal for stopping the blast It is of the utmost importance that this should be done at exactly the right mo ment or the work is spoiled. Those accustomed to the process can tell prettv accurately bv the inspection ot the flame, but the use of the spectroscope makes the matter oi exact scienunc observation. The carbon line before distinct in the spectrum of the Besse mer flame suddenly becomes extinct, so that the exact instant when the opera tion must cease is indicated. Serpent Skins Utilized. Prescott tells us that the Aztecs made their war drums of serpent skin : but we were not aware, until very recently, that any of our modern leather had such a snaky origin. An exchange states that a single establishment in Boston, last year, tanned fifty anaconda skins for loot leather. 1 he boots were valued at $50 a pair. The largest of these skins was forty feet in length The tanning processes were similar to those in the manufacture of alligator leather, the product being a very beauti ful and highly finished quality of leather, glossy, mottled, pliable, and ex exceedingly durable. Tux Chicago Timet of Jan. 23d says : " A gratuitous distributor of handbills was prominent at the street corners on vesterdav. incased in a huge canvas bell, his head forming the handle, an I his feet projecting from beneath the t i of the tongue. It is neediess to ad that the bills which he was freely ped dlinc were shrewd advertisements of 'relics' manufactured from the Court House bell." Mr. Leb, a Milwaukee gun-maker, has iust natented a new armv gun, to be tried at the next Government trial, re quiring but four movements to load and discharge, capable of firing twenty-five times per minute. The inventor claims great superiority over the needle, Chassepot, Remington, or Peabody. What is the most awkward time for a train to start? Ans. 12:50, as it is ten to one if you catch it.

Caught In a Trap.

The New York Sun of Jan. -'0 says : Last August a woman calling herself Madame Carey rented a house in an aristocratic locality in Yonkers. The house was elegantly furnished, and Madame and herthree daughters moved in. The young ladies proved to be dashing belles, and attracted a good shaie of attention by their winning ways and inexhaustible wardrobe. Madame became acquainted with a number of wealthy families, and before two months had passed she had given several magnificent receptions. The old men were delighted and the young men were in ecstacies. About six weeks ago she became acquainted with Mr. Johnathan Y. Searles, an old gentleman with grownup children around him, and possessed ot wealth. Mr. Searles has of late been a constant visitor. He took the young ladies out riding, made them presents, and acted more the part of a father than anything else. A few days ago Mr. Searles called about dusk at Madame's house, and took a seat in the drawing-room on a settee beside the youngest daughter, Amy. Madame facing them, and the three chatted pleasantly for several minutes. Madame excused herself and left the room. She was absent about five minutes. Suddenly she burst the door open and frantically screamed " You hoary old villian, how dare you attempt to outrage my daughter?" and producing a revolver she threatened to shoot him if he did not leave the house instantly. The other daughters, schooled in their part, rushed into the room and began pouring anathemas upon his head. Mr. Searles stood his ground and denied the charge until the f;irl herself, sobbing, begged protection rom her sisters. Seeing it was a job, Mr. Searles fled. About an hour afterward he received note from Mme. Carev stating that out of respect for his family she would not commence criminal proceedings against him, or expose him, if he would give her $10,000. Mr. Searles returned the envelope with the following written on it : " I have $10,000 lying idle und 1 will spend that sum in sending you to Sing Sing if 1 hear any more from you. "J. X . SEARLES." That silenced her, and next day Madame and her daughters left town and have not been heard from since. On Thursday the furniture was removed, and now the house is deserted. 1 his is the same woman who figured in Morrisana a year ago in the same manner under the name of Mme. Clay. The French Throne. A manifesto has been issued by the Count de Chambord to the French peo ple. The Count claims as of yore the right divine, and says : " i shall never abdicate my claim to the throne of France. I Bhall never forsake the monarchical principle, which 1 have preserved intact for forty years, and which is the best hope of France's greatness and liberties. CsBsarism and anarchy threaten France because her salvation is sought in personal questions and not in principles. I shall ever uphold the flag of France and aid in restoring the ancient prestige of her armies. The happiness of France is my only ambition, and I will never consent to become a revolutionist when I am the legitimate King. Thought it was an Earthquake. A gentleman from the land of the olive and tig, and also of the earthquake and volcano, was in the city the other day, lodging near the reherssal rooms of one of our brass bands. He had retired for the night, and was slumbering peacefully, when suddenly a talented artist commenced an elaborate solo on the bass drum, with a muscular accompaniment on the cymbals. Within a mo ment there came a volley of carajos and carambas from a window, followed immediately by a dishevelled Spaniard, dressed principally in a necktie and a window sash. He was about to take to the woods when he was persuasively collared, and informed that he was mistaken that it was not an earthquake, and after considerable argument he waa convinced and subdued. A Curious Trade. Three or four weeks since a citizen of Oratiot street found a little boy baby on his door steps, and the next day relating the case to a friend who had no children was offered a dog in exchange. The trade was made, and the baby was taken to the other house. The other day a family from Utica, being on a visit to the Gratiot street man, he told them about the child, and was offered five dollars to get it back and give it to them. He took the dog back and wanted to get the baby, but could not effect the exchange, and yesterday sought advice from the police. All the parties are respectable citizens. Detroit Free Press, Jan. 18. A rich young fellow from Alabama visited New York the other day, and, having imbibed a little too freely, took it into his muddled hend to enlist in the United States service under the impression that there was to be immediate war with Spain. He is now petitioning the Secretary of War for a discharge. On Saturday seven boys attempted to cross the river at New Bedford, Mass., on the ice. The ice broke, and two sons of William Wilkinson, aged 9 and 11, and two sons of William Smith, aged 10 and 13, were drowned. The other boys were rescued. A nervous old lady in Galesburg, III., disinfects all her letters before reading them, by dropping them in aromatio vinegar. She mentions n number of cases of small-pox where the contagion was commuuicated through the mails.