Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 July 1878 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER,

C, MAKE, raUliaer.

JASl'EK.

INDIANA. .

oent, of cane sugar, apricots, 6, and oranges 4. The sugar maw, when perfectly ritie, contains 18 par cent, of

i sugar; beet contains about 14 psc,oi)t. J of iugar.

ITEMS OFJNTEREST. fernuHBl aad Literary, -Joaquin Miller is again in England, and a few hours Httjr u" reappearance in London received a cordial letter of welcome from Mr. Gladstone. lWs sweetheart, tho late Sarah Helen Whitman, leave a volume of noenis that Will shortly be published, along witli a revision of her essay, 'roe and His Critics." Mra. Francis Hodgson Burnett has

- - ' hi.

Lancashire story canou na

ly. The total spaoe ooversd by H is about 5,682 square motors. Forty years ago it was feared tkat the Queen of England might le data ro mid by the Orangemen in favor ef her cousin, the ex-King of Hanovsr, who

gehuBl hhA Caareh. ha just died,

frn-nt.it iru.lnutod u nluiu nf 70 lliia 1 Tka Kmnaror of Israxil hasn't

year, Of whom seven are woman. enough of travel yet. He is gig to The "Disciple,' generally called t 1'nri for thu Exhibition, and ha enCampbollites, have just opened their! gaged for July the rooms in the Grand first chapel in Paris. Hotel now occupied by the Shah. -Rev. Dr. J. II. Vincent, the great i The Parisian man never give up American Sunday-school man, who has . hie seat in the oar to a woman. A. corjust gone abroad, will hold a Sunday- i respondent thought one day he diseov-

, school congress at nomo. it win oe tne urcu an cmhh, j....,. Hirst over held on the continent of and offered their seats to two standing

Europe, women, no was unuwwvou nuu wre

-A college has boon organic at , Zd S

Hickman, with i u. uaiyuurion as

President. The faculty consists of seven

SK, wl SoT said by who o1J. d a lirst-clak preparatory do ortu.:' . ri n -n.,.nrint. t i. wmii partment has been established.

w!?..:rV t" rf. I -The coloreii Baptists of the South

OB I DHL IJIUTO f w . - -

Tbe CmmIIi, th English imblish; I r tmg

Z help 01 ST. tatter 'orthanurpo

education. They are making effort to i "L i "Ai.i vZi

esUblish a school to oducate their V . , . .

nroachers in Louisville, Ky and a thoo logical seminary in Alabama. Tho Methodists of Canada, who bo

gan their existence as a church in 1778,

ers, havo set apart lor mo year ibb f 8 000 out of their profits, and proposo to do tho samo every year, for a fund for workmen who remain long in their service

,. rtt, Tniroranll miiiln mnrn ' Kn uwlr existence a uuuiuu iu nio, ""Th?y t?2 J thaA ri 1 Fuat 12 years after Philip Embury and money by lctunng ast seas on than anj kn had introduced thg fHllh othoHwtuw the United States, intend to coleCook both. His fees ua a lawjor are 1 . . . . . . ' Auust or Sen. also said to be enormous. In the goods nl!l0U contounml 1,1 AUSust or oeP

o, mis "J -Thoro U nport of a ram.rk.bU ; J E o. oi i,ouKb" i a" ; v diss's? ! some j.Yj " aiinnln to up- T nnerelly, British India, 1G,000 perhaving, in seven months, placed.

V!v ?" JTZ: r u ,; ! themselves " under instruct ons with a

view to Uantism:" but tho Madras Afaif ,

throws doubt on tho report, saying that

other; Rrown, do you remember that night at AVallack'sP" They were Americans. Tho cometery in Munich is a sight for the visitor, for in buildings orected

dead pcr-

,s re-

None of

the gloom of the grave surrounds these remains, but they are attired in everyday costumos and placed in caroloss or half-reclining attitudes, amid fresh tlowers. To the hand of each is attached a

iiniw its best so lone a n is a iiiuiu

drudge of his necessities." Mark Twain" has sent for his pastor, tho Kev. Jos. II. Twichcll, of Hartford, Conn., to go over to Europe and spend some weeks with him in a pedestrian tour through Germany and Switzerland. It 1s not to cost Mr.

Twichcll a cent.

of the affair came from

wire leading to a spring bell, so that an alarm mavbe sriven in case of resusci

tation. I'octlml Odds ad Katta. Little Olt or lemon, I-lttle chunks of ice, Littlo water and ukMnku a man fuel nice. tlortvn Port. " Only a trciwnf. woman's hair," The boarder pensively did mutter, " And vet I think its hardly fair. Tn trlvi! it to ua in our butcr."

Stamford Adeofate. Two littlo boys were nothing loth To oat two verdant peachM each, And now one tombstone covers both. Thou hast this season for thine own, 0 i'tJKchl , Pttck. " Come wlfo," said Will, " I pray you devote Jnst half a minute to mend thin coat, Which a nail hat chanced to rend." " 'Tin 10 o'clotk-," aaid his drowsy limte. ' I know," Hald Will, "it l rather late, Hut it'H never too late to mend." When nixht serene and amorous, With its lovely moonbeams ulamoroua. Over earth doth winx;

Ah a Kuneral tnina

the hrst news ; London.

The Homan Catholic system of

"retreats" has gained an acceptance

in tho English Stato Church, according to Harper's Weekly, which would hardly bo supposed by thoso who do not Icloselv watch the course of events.

wide interest felt in J r. fcianiej a iuis-, T four or twenty-tivc are ancoverics that the . Enclish edition of his nminL(1 to tak, 1)lace Jbv thc cn,i of

"Through the Dark- umunent ap- Novembor ncxt, lSorce of them are for !

poars simultaneously m uio unuctii .. . . f , . , orjcrs. itig eti-1 The tom-cat with rapture

States, Canada, trance, Germany, or m.Uel thnt four hundroa clorgymen of :

way, Hiy, uvnuiniK, a.m vw.i ww..- iliQ Kstablwhuiont will go into retreat tnes. durinirthisseiuion.

-Mr. Forbes, tho war correspondent. . m(wmn(m. 5s on foot Kmonsr tho

the hast to do rule which lim-

minlster may re-

nFirn ni nnn neincrrruraiiiin mi

kind of half-pay fionUho)iiCK--itlirue 'a Somo of tho strongest no small one it may be imagined, when , n1fiH ,. fi,iurci, it :9 sa5d. favor the

his present on returning from a success- d chHngc. It is not proposed

to abousn me appoiniivo system altogether and establish, a settled ministry, but to invest bishops with discretionary power in the matter of changes in oach

in every mru

years.

oi 8 imuy (, i ih "-v Methodist churches in nuking a fortune. He, is clearing 9500 . , th arbUrHry

a week by lus lectures, aim an uio wiiue . . , j h i. ! . o l.u,iilann fialurv till a . . .

IS III IL'VUlKb 4 linmiiivim. ,,1

ful eauipaien U $5,500.

Eight years ago there worked as " devil " in the office of tho Wy thevillo rVa.l Dhnatch a bov apparently 18

years oi age. lie was snooiess, pcuui- 4 dmrch at least once

less and trouserless when ho entered. Now he is a Commissioner to the Paris

ivxposition, cnioi euuor oi mo ) HHpn Hmi Muvn.

Cmmiu ion, and one oi ine u , f M om S. W. Small, or" Old Si. to death by a lrse. -By way of a monument toThack-, A5-voar-oltl daughter of Reuben Iteyeray, London is to get out a superb nolg n-f Stanfortj, Ky. full into a kettle edition of his works. It will bo minted q boil in wator, and was scalded dead, to 1,000 copies. Tho wndortakingat. bJrt CummJn9 diod Rt Coskey

Station. Kv.. on tho dav set for his

' weddinsr, from

bu t mistaken for quinine.

made exprb for this edition, rca I -At YyinP,S'J.Al China paper will be used for the steel . painter, fell off a scaftolding, a distance

and copper plates, and tho very best oi uu icet, ami w aiuou. artist5, engravers and printers will lend At Eiist Davenport, Iowa, Bartothelr aid in producing tho finest set of I mus Hansel was asisting in moving a books ever published in any country. I house, when the supports gave way, 1 , dropping the .sill across his breast, and

amorous.

Ami at thuttiour.frHvrant.chastnanil mute,

Wv hear the dire tlend practlclHif on hlnllutc.

4 llall to the hat," the vampire mdd, AS face to lace the foomun stood; Then the pitcher putcii, and thu catcher cutch, And the hatter hut aa he oujehter should, Adown tho slope were the Mulder fold A liner, hotas a hornet wuhk, And atween the optics a baiK. , As bounteous as a hothead's bunx. YimJetrt GttztHe. A hoy stood back on tho xallery HKr, At the nuuKhtv femalu.show.

And cast his earnest Klaneus o'er Haiti heudiKl in below. "I'm too far back," he aadly suld; Yet he dared not forward ko, , Tor he saw hit ad fatlwr's head First In the foremost row. rhitaitetpMu J4irrr. " What's thodllfcrenceJ" said he, " Iletwcn the moon and you?" ' I can not tell, my treasured one," Said he with lnt'rest new. " The dilference is this',' said alio, With SHtire of a Junius, "The moon hath Hilvuryfiuarters.love, N'hae you are Impecuntmjw."

He site on the stoop; 'Ms a bright moonlight

n'to'ti . . And a kisn from her swei-t lips ho bfKs; Hut his trowsers aro not of the style that is Andtiie cockroaches crawl ap hi les.

He pauses a moment then wildly lie graspa

Simultaneously, with oi hi limiw ; 'I've icot 'em." pays lie. "Oh, good gracious!" nlm gasps, " Don't tell me, dear George, you've the J""!" ..

potato has It roseni-

geience anil ImlUKtry. The New Orleans mint will lw used to coin money for South American countries. Farmers in South Georgia think they have discovered a bonansea in the cultivation of the Chinose sand-pear. Ice is regarded as a prime necossity at Bombay,and the supply is received from this country, being shipped chiofly from Boston. A big deposit of ice has been found in tho Olympic Mountains, in Washington Territory, and it can be brought to Seattle at a cost of $ 5 a ton. Ice now

xsta $80 a ton there. A now enemy to the anueared in West Vinrinia

bios a small grasshopper, and destroys

whuib p&icnee in a auigiu ins"ing the plant near the ground. Three of tho largest tobacco factories In Key West have closed, and the Cubans employed in them aro going back to Havana Cause, a strike and interference of United States revenue officers. Parsnips contain almost twice as much dry matter or real food as turnips, and tala of a superior quality.

Carrots, again, contain about as much dry substance as mangolds, but aro richer in sugar and of better feeding quality, Salt is verv important for animals. l'rgo pieces of rock salt put into tho mangers and feediHg-troughs are recommended. One-half the ash of animal blood consists of salt; without the latter the blood can not be in a natural or healthy state. , The railroads of the United States nave in use 3,600,000 car-wheels. Those on fast passenger trains are ronowed every 10 months; but freight cars use the same wheels sometimes 10 years. The average life of a wheel is 60,000 mllee.and at that rate it takes 700,000 a year at a cost, lees the old wheels, of ,000,000. Strawberries contain 6.86 per cent, of their weight ot glucose, or grape sugar, cherries 10, white curranta15.40, and hot-house rara 18.37 : pineapples,

on the other hand, contain 11.83 per

crushing htm to death.

Mattio Matthews, a beautiful young lady of 17, committed suicide near Denver, Col., by shooting herself with a navy nistol. She had been disgraced and ru

ined by a young man under promise of marriage. Mrs. Dr. Allyno, a highly ostcomed lady of Cleveland, O , in a freak of insanity, caused by fever, saturated her clothing with koroseno, set fire to it, and then inhaled tho flames. She died in a few minutes from her intornal injuries, but she was not badly burned extornally. A young man very respectably connected, named Robinson, residing with Capt das. Morgan, in Union District, on tho Kanawha Kivor, Wost Va., committed suicide by taking arsenic. Cause, tinrnnuited love. The voune lady was

very much prostrated over the sad affair, and fears were entertained for her

life.

The foreman in a Delaware County

(N. Y.) tannery had been at work in thu sa'Hat nita. and become overheated

and was perspiring profusely, and while In this condition he fell into one of the

vL. The poison from the liquor on

!riHi his svstom throutth tho poros of

ilm skin, resulting in death in a few

days. OnHof the most distrossinsr acci

Wis nf the Fourth occurred at Balti

more, where Marcellus Kcene, a 10-year

old boy, fell on a powder bottle ho was carrying in his pocket, and large pieces .if Mm trlass penetrated his right thigh.

wtrnrinsr the larire blood vessels and

causing death in 20 minutes. Foreign Mete. Onn of the most attractive and pop

ular features of the Paris Exhibition is

th disolav of the superb Pullman pal

aco and sleeping cars in the American tmntlnn.

A tawnier in the Paris Exhibition

shows a necklace which purports to be u mixture of true pearls and false, and

challenges any body to single oat the

Of all the buildings in the Park of the Trooadero, the Algerian Palace is said to be the most extensive and oott-

(lessle AbeuUhe Head queen. The suuerstitiotH recall that, as Mor

cedes entered thu Church of the Atocha on her marriace-dav tho bearer of her

train stumbleU, a baa omen ; also, mat

t the bull-fiirht next day a veteran

torero, many years ago a great favorite

at fllaaiiU, opened tne amusement upturning to the Royal box and explaini

ng to tho tiuten, may your iuajesty I vo 100 Years!" Next moment he was

tossed by tho bull. Tho Queen died at davbroak in the arms of her husband . . . m . 11..

and in tuo presence oi nor parents, me Infanta Christine, and the Ministers. Cardinal Mareno administered the last ritos to tho dying woman, who preserv

ed her clearness ana scremcv oi minu.

Does j'our Majesty regret leaving this life?" he asked. " Yes," she replied,

I do, but it is for Alfonso and my par

ents' aakes." Alfonso telegraphed to

his mother the death of his wife in these terms : " My beloved Mercedes is in

Heaven. Pray for her:" an inconsist

ent but earnest dispatch. At the time

of the wedding, five months before,- the ex-Queen Isabella prayed, on (lit, at the

Church of St. I'ierre de Uhaillot that evil might follow the Montpensier fami

ly. The Pope sent King Alfonso an autograph letter of condolence, and Queen Victoria telegraphed him a9 follows: "Dear Brother, my heart bleeds

for you. What an awful misfortune it has pleased God to send you t May Me

. w i

eive vou strength to near tme lerrtoie

loss." Tho Queen's remains rest tern

porarily beside thoso of the Bourbon

Princes in the vaults of the Esourial On

the dav of the funeral, throughout all

Madrid, almost all the shops were partially closed. The people generally wore mourning, and business was en

tirely suspended. More than 60,000 per

sons visited the onapei where the re mains lay.

George Green, a well-to-do farmer.

living about 12 miles southwest of

Zanesville, 0 went with his little

daughter, 10 year? of age, to pick cher

ries, a snort distance irom me house,

when a storm oame up. Suddenly s flash of lightning struck the tree, in stantly kill in his ehiUL and so serious

ly injuring km as to render his reoov

try extremely doubtful,

Caps in the style of that worn by

uaarioite uoruay are laehtonanie,

MAKKIAQ1 IM JAPAN. lrfHiaNl Matsa-Makem NMrathalt la iHraaey-Othisr ireHlir c'waltHiu, from the JapttneWTim. The lower order of the Japanese employ some married oodple fo make matches for their sons, and time agent are called nakodo or go-beiWeens. Betrothal sometimes takes plaoe in tlte infancy or childhood of parties, but it is very often deferred till they are old enough to wish to hat's some voice in the matter themselves, which, however, is denied them if they have parent living. When, by reason of the death of Ids parents, a young man is left free to manage thu matter in his own behalf, lie chooses a pair of go-betweens from among the friends or acquaintances, and through them makes inquiries for a suitable helpmate, and when they report the disoovery of one, he sends them to solicit her hand of hor parents. If the proposal suits her parents the liRrcttin is made, and bv their conniv

ance a meeting is arranged to take place j

among the young people at some teahouse, unless they already know each other by sight, where the botroihed can only oast sly glances at each other, but aro permitted to hold no conversation, as that in the presont stage of affairs would be a breach of .Japanese etiquette. In arranging matters for the wedding, fixing the day for it, tc, other go-betweens are employed, whose office expires only when the two aro made one. First, the young bridegroom sends tho go-betweens with the presonts to the bride elect. Those may consist of a varioty of things, varying according to the taste or ability of the bridegroom, or his parents, provided only that certain things aro included in the number; as, for instance, some edible seaweed, and noshi, or strips of dried and powdered awabi. The preparation of the latter is made chiefly in the department of Ise. If noshi can not bo obtained, I J t 1 Ml ......

a Kind oi oneu nsn win answer iuo purpose. But, whether the presents be few or many, the bridegroom must send a written list of the articles along with them, for which a specified form is furnished in the Japanese works on the subject.

These presents being received, anu

the weddingday being fixed botween

the bride's parent's and the go-be-tweons, nothing remains to be done but to await the appointod time. Meanwhile

tho bride and Her lamilv arooccupiea in

preparing the numerous presents to be made by them to the parents and relatives of the bridegroom on the night of tho wedding.

In the evening ot the uay set lor ihb nuptial ceremony, the bride, dressed throughout in white (the color of mourning in Japan), is escorted in the kaniro or norimon ( palanquin) by her

parents and invited relatives to the house of tho bridegroom. At the present day she is met in the entrance of the houo by certain females employed to rccoive hor, called machi-ioo-roo, who conduct her into a separate apartment where she takes a little rest. It should be stated that she left her father's house having hor hoad covered with a wataboosht, a cap made of floss talk, which entirely conceals the head and face from view, and is not removed until she has become a wife. When a sufticient time has elapsed for the bride to refresh herself, both she and the bridegroom proceed separately to the best room, where tho young man seats himself at one end of tho tokonoma, a sort of open closet or recess in the wall opposite to the entrance, which is considered tho most honorable place in the Japanese house. And the young lady takes hor seat at tho opposite ond of tho tokonoma. The fm-betwoens also sit down, the male by

thc bridegroom aud the female by the bride. Two other attendants, male and female, ' usually young ipefabnsr eaoli bearing a vessel ' with ft lorfg htfndle,

luod as a receptacle tor s wise present to wait upon

bridegroom and fill their cups

long-handled flasks havo a paper butter

fly fastened to each ; a large ana smau one represent a- male and female butterfly, Tho attendants who boar them are therefore called bv these names, and

the idea expressed by the symbol is, that as butterflies always go in pairs, so the husband and wife should accompany

each other through life with a like constancy. . Between the bride and groom is placed a tray bearing three lacquered cups,

one upon another, tne smauesi at mo top. The two butterflies pour a little

sake from both their flasks into tne up

permost cup, while the bridegroom

holds it to be filled, grasping it with

both hands. He then sips thc wine

three times in a very alow, formal man

ner, and passes the cup to the unae, wno takes it in her hands and takes three similar sips under cover of her veil, when she hands the cup to the female butterfly, who set it aside. The

second cup and the third are nued ana

emptied in like manner, so that each

party drinks nine times, nonco who (Mtrfltnnnv is called H-S'H-AK(to, and

fnrma thu most important part or tne

nuptial ritos, for It wakes the parties

husband aad wife, wniie tnis umiKinK la iTMmir on. nnfl ar two male singers are

seated behind tho screen in the same room, chanting songs of congratulation

tn Hiu uunnv nair. raav are now mar

ried, and the bride and groom proceed tn annthar room, where thev pay their

respects to her parents by drinking sake

together; noramauy, uut no going through the snn-mH-kH4o again Aftr that thev are conducted to anoth

veil and excJaanges her white dress for tiaa of btirkt and cav colors, and the

groom puts on the kaml-shlno, or JapaaaiM full dress. dUUnsraUhsd by the

wias-.like shoulder ftkees, m fall

trousers, and then again they eVbtk

aoh other - three times three osas, m natural t eongratnlaUon at the happy change that has otfrne over them, as indieated by their ehange ot dress. This being done there follows a fsast to all in the house, who assemble in onn room, and regals thenjselvss with the fare that is set before them; and, having kept up the festivities till about the dawn of day, the wedding-party breaks up. .Three days after the bride usaally pays a visit to her own parents, when another entertainment is made to whioh the relatives of the family are invited. Henoeforth the married woman is regarded as having been absorbed, as k were, into the family of her husband, and to have surrendered her relationship to her father's house. Her duty to

i her father-in-law and mother-in-law an-

persedes all the obligations of filial piety. Tho common people, iu their matrimonial rites, endeavor to ape as far as possible their superiors, the daimios and other great people of the land. . , Things That I Wenier At. Why the boys who made the Fourth of July odorous and hideous with gunpowder from 1840 to 1866, inolusive.are speechless with indignation at the depraved and vicious tastes of the boys who want to enjoy the same kind of a celebration in 1878? Why people always discuss European politics as though they understood them? Why a man should always get.raad if you frankly and for his own good tell him he is making an ass of himself? Why it is so hard to find a man when you want to borrow money of him? Why it is so hard to borrow the money after you have found him? Why somebody doesn't come out and explain the Louisiana muddle? Why a man' always wishes he had chosen some other profession? What Mrs. Jenks is talking about and

what she means by it? Why a man is, always going to take a vacation "next summer?' Why people should consider it disgraceful to be sent to Congress? Why a man thinks every year that be won't be as big a fool this year as he was last? And why he is, though, all the same? Why the tramps don't ask for something to eat, if they are hungry? Why a man never tries to beat down the prioe of a railroad ticket? Why every body affects a profound knowledge of growing crops and crop prospects? Why men always lie about the siae of the fish they catch and the number of ducks they shoot? What a girl ever sees in a great selfish, deceitful, hulking animal of a me r tn marrv him for. anv how?

Why so many foreigners should speak Gorman or French, when it is so much easier to speak English? Why it takes five grown peeple to take, one sleeping infant to the oirons to the animals?" Why a man who doctors himself with patent medicines, three bottles for a dollar, always, in referring to his health, speaks of " his physicians" as though he were constantly attended by a retinue of 50 or 60 doctors? Why it is wrong to kill the man who says he told you so? Why really generous men are always so ready to admit that you were iu the wrong? Hawkeye Burdette. Traps fer tieergia Fleas.

Necessity is the mother of invention, : and in those parts of our State sfaicted with fleas, many novel and ingenious devieefi have been resorted toas a means of getting rid of 'the pest. We published a few days agd thai a Cuthbert man had, with partial sucoess, tried covering hialffrfba with varnish on retiring; at

receptacle for sake, aro like- night and had captured 48. Another ;ntto wait upon th bridend1 (pmW now gives the experience of a.

The gentleman ot tts town wno piace a

plate oi moiasses unaer a nonets wre the animals loved to congregate, drove a little stake on each side, and then fastened a sheet of writing-paper in a vertical position over the middle of the

plate. The neas, true to tneir raeuaet to make for every thing white, began to jump against t he paper and to slip down into the molasses, from which they were unable to extricate themselves. The scheme was a success. The fleas were

thinned out. " Now," says the paper, "if it was some enterprising lankee who had made this disoovery, he would apply for a patent and make a fortune out of it." Savannah (0i.) News.

The great ttelsgkal QnestJe. The question as to how far the varia

tion ot the eccentricity of the earth's orbit may have brought about the great changes of climate indicated by geologi

cal phenomena more especially aa regards tlie cause and date of glaoUl . . .... .1 t.it .i.r; -.4

epochs is still an aosorwng nwaw m discussion among scientists. The nosi-

tion of some, in this discission, is, mat during the past three millions of years

there nave oeen mree jxamm wbu uhb eccentricity attained a high importance that is, the first of these began about

2,630,000 years ago, and terminated

some 2,460,ow years ago; ineseooau began about 980,000 years ago, and terminated some 720,000 years ago ; aad

the third began some 240,000 years ago, and terminated about &0.000 years ago.

It is considered that the first peno was the glacial epoch, the second was that of the upper mlocene period, while the

third oo r responded to tne giaowi epooa

of the middle eocene period. The MMe 1mm" lew printed 90 different langnagM for the bete4 the aborigines of this country, and of Greeai kuri, British Abed, and Meek.

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