Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 May 1879 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

C. HOAMI, Fa.llik.r. JASPER, INDIANA. ITEMS OF INTEREST Parauaal m4 IJtararjr. Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines proposes to found a great library. It will probably be located in New Orleans. Sam Small, the "Old SI" of the Atlanta Constitution, is writing a book about tho 44 Fighting Alstons of Hallfax" and the Cox-Alston case. The German Empress Augusta has offered a prize for the best treatise on diphtheria that shall be published within a year. Mr. Fronde is parent of the last curious blunder, and in his new book on C.'usar speaks of that General as returning "with tho light of twonty victories blazing round his bayonets." The late Mrs. Sarah Joscpha Hale was active in many excellent public undertakings. Sho had much to do with the completion of the Bunker Hill Mon ument; for iiO years she moored to have Thanksgiving Day made a National hoi iday; and she greatly influenced her old friend, Matthew Vast-ar, in the organization of Vassar College. Paul Morpby is harmlessly insane. He denies that he knows any thing about chess, imagines that he is a great lawyer, and that he was defrauded in tho settlement of his father's estate. He is living quietly at New Orleans, promenades Canal Street daily, and if any acquaintance rashly gives him a chance, rehearses the long story of his wrongs. He is well cared for by his friends. The late Mr. McGahan, the London New correspondent who first directed attention to the Bulgarian atroc ities, is being all but canonized by tho s Uuipanan natives in gratitude lor his fearless services to them. They are about to hold high religious servicos in his memory on the anniversary of his death, and Prof. Muller of the St. Petersburg University is about to write his biography for distribution among the Slavonic race.. Mark Twain, when asked why ho hasn't written a book on England, says : 41 I couldn't got any fun out of England. It U too grave a country. And its gravity soaks into tho stranger, and nike3 lnm m serious as every body else. When 1 was there I couldn't seem to thiuk of any thing but deep problems of government, taxej, free-trade, finance and every night I wont to bed drunk with ,4 .i'".," T I I I ... t.- i . o iiviuiiiuuiiuii books, but mv nublishnr wnuhl hvn 1 hired the common hangman to burn . r them." Edwin Booth wrote a private letter from Chicago to a friend in Richmond, Va., Just after the attempt to assassinate him, in which he said: 44 Your very kind and welcome letter of congratulation reached mo in due time, but the nervous shock (referring to the shooting) has been so severe to both Mrs. Booth and myself that we have been unable to do much more than play nurse to each other since tho ovont. The poor tool that committed tho outrage is in saf keeping, and I hope he will be confined in an asylum for the rest of his life. He is a dangerous lunatic nothing more." 8ehonl and Church. The Genoral Assembly of the Pros byterian Church, South, met at Louis yille, Ky., on the 15th. Rev. Joseph " oi Wilmington, .N. u., was elect ed Moderator. . rhe Presbyterian General Assem bly met in annual session at Saratoga, .1., on the 15th. Rev. Dr. Henry H. Jessup, of the Syrian Mission, was wiecieu moderator. ihoforth-ninth General Assembly of mu uumoenana l'resbyterian Church met at Memphis, Tenu., on the 15th. cv. J. L. Gridor, Bowling Green, Ky., uiecicu Moderator. the Canon of Dorry Cathedral in ntjland has written a book, in which ne averts that 44 the divine right of op scopacy has always been, and always ub, an open question in tne Uhurch of England." , Aiie congregational Church at jonia, Mich., has been withont a pastor ior several months. The oilicers of tho church take their turn at reading serpions from nowspapers, and the people Uke this plan so well that they conterapiaie continuing it permanently, and wiling no minister. The ten ladies who are County school Superintendents in Illinois have managed the financial part of their business particularly well. Not one cent ot the large sums over which they had supervision has b, en lost, either through 'tnhoneety or ignorance of business, hven those male educators who opposed too law making women oligtble to this otlice now pronounce their work a success, after tho five years' experience. The Northwestern University at Mansion, III,, i9 one of the great training schools where young men are educated for the Methodist ministry. It is ln pecuniary trouble. From an aggregate of $34,000 a year of professors' saiarios there has been a cuttlug down y ose-half, and even the reduced salaries are now largely In arrears. Endeavors are now on foot for relief, with nope of success. Mr. Spurgeon sounds a warning note apalnst tii koV.it i.aAm:n .ramon in many pulpits, of prominenty describing the theories of unbellovers. e does not think It necessary in giving guost wholesome food to accompany Lit 1 & lose ot polwn, and declares iaatmany young men have got their

Irst notions of infidelity from these I Ministers, haviBg sucked ia the noisoB and discarded the aatklote. I An English newspaper cites at la. stance of the "starring" as well as

"living.." In the Church of Eagland. The case is that of a "living" for which the Bishop of Truro wishes to find a self-denying clergyman, it U situated in a healthful Dart of Cornwall in moorland surrounded by beautiful oountry; the value of the living is f 175 a year, with two acre of glebe. The population of the parish is 84, and tho area 843 acres, but there is no parsonage or church. There is a good deal of suggestion in this paragraph : 44 A State superintendent who had made during a long term of oflice, hundreds of visits to ungraded COlintrv ftfttmnla. fl y J wwf M.vitiiu blink he never once saw a teacher conducting miaiauuH wunout a text-book in hand; that he seldom saw either teacher or pupils at the blackboard: that ha never saw a school-globe actually in use ; I Inn. 1 1 . 1 . O ,

" mbur arrBS nullrtHln,Cer Ht W fivo Poundg of oil can be obnftnlrbUlne0 'JM he-tH od from every 500 pounds of seed.

stand erect and hold a book properly; :t. . V,u " u w tuab u nuvor nearu a icanhur iiw u

lesson in local geography; that classes, ' Afr ' ... , when asked to point north, uniformly 1 ".At Bettvle O., Mary Rugglos, pointed upward to tho zenith; that he l y.0H" whiIe Paying with nover heard a spelling lesson dictated in tw? otner 1,ttle Kirls accidentally stpwhich the teacher didnot mispronounce ' P.e ?n a parlor match, igniting her one or more words : and that h nnmr . clothing. In her terror she ran to the

found a school where the pupil had been trained to write a letter, either of business or friendship." Seteaec and Industry! The acreage of the cotton crop in Western Texas is 50 per cent, greater ttns year than it was last. Putting up "caviare" made from sturgeon spawn is an important industry at Menominee, Mich. The most of this "caviare" is shipped to Germany. blue is mado of the clippings of hido?, horns and hoofs, washed in lime water, boiled, skimmed, strRined, evaporated, cooled in molds, cut into slices and dried upon nets. that The Chcmikcr-Zeitung statos wau papers, in imitation oi 61IK, are manufactured at Ascbaffburg, dyed in the mass, and afterward printed by means of the cylinder machine. Tho paper is made of cellulose. It has a decided silky appearance and feel, and the effect is pronounced ploasing. Tho dosigns aro executed in darker shades of the ground color. The latest triumph of Fronch chem . . """' "-vim IIUUI IVU istry- is mo extract oi color irom red cauDgge Dy oouing anu maceration and nraunm ti, nL..i:. : ? . if v vaunue is a HCUIJ HUlet. Irom this, bv various addition's, i

n n!lin ThL l n "T CRSe nounc5 that the otHi are preparpf aniline. They are perfectly harra-iing a biography of wore than 4;000 rfnS fon ?iTnbJ?r 5f br'&Dtls in S with shortnoperfection itself for the artist. ticwon their friends and associates. A German inventer nroDoses to Tham trentltnn all iuinn tn ih.'

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mako boots that will never woar out. (dreaded 4Ma!ia," and many are said to ' He mixes with a water-proof glue a occupy high positions in the State. ( suitable quantity of clean quartz sand, mUn nl w, ti . , . which is spread on the thin leather sole , Prince of ales was so tickled employed as a foundation. Those quartz'1 -nfle shootinSL?f Dr- Carver, solos are said to be flexible and almost I the Araenct?n, h august presindestructible, while they enable the rec?.nlly that he sent. h,im a lettfr wearer to walk safely 6ver slippery of compliment, accompanied by a gold roa(j8 J awpuij horse-shoe scarf-pin, studded with dia-. ,;La, , , . . . . jmonds, and having in the center the1 iv"k! L J 7h,ch ?8n h?rd' I Prince,s fathers, with minute colored hibU in -of thecor-j Hamilton, of Bushnell, III., is attract-1 ' 4l . , . . . . , i ing much attention among lumber men. I . In the bMt Parisian society of late mi .... . ... tt Mail nI I. n n X

The process of manufacture, as explain cd by Mr. Hamilton, is as follows : Ordinary straw board, such as is manufactured at any paper mill, is employed for this purpose. As many sheets are taken as are required to make the thickness of lumber desired. Those sheets are passed through a chemical solution whlih thoroughly softens up the fiber Anil mmnlfitek- aitnralna it Tliawhnla is then passed through a succession of rollers, dried and hardened during the passage, as well as polished, and comes nut. nf tlia nttiar anil t4 tlia naAin. hard, dry lumber, ready for use. Mr. Hamilton claims that the chemical properties hardening in the liber entirely prevent water-soaking and render the lumber combustible onlv in a very hot fire. The hardened finish on the out side also makes it impervious to water. It is also susceptible of a very fine polish. Hnpa nnd MUhnp. Miss Minnie Heskins. seed 16. who resided noar Greenville, O., was burned to death in a field while burnlnsr cornstalks. John Moran and John Durnoll, two young men, while engaged in plowing i near treaeriCKsnurg, ind., were struck by lightning and instantly killed. An infant child of Hueh Edwards. on a farm four miles from Iowa City, Iowa, was so badlv rored bv a cow that it died. Elmer Kimball and Lee Gucrrin. two Lowisville find.) bovs. were fool ing with a revolver, when it was dis charged, shooting Kimball in the mouth. Hi injuries fortunately were not fatal. A goose attacked a little frramlson of Michael Wilson, a farmer living near Washington, Iowa, scaring the lad into convulsions, from which he never re covered, dying a short time after. Frankie Browninr, 5-vcar-old son of Mr. Eugene Browning of Bloomington, 111., fell on a case-knife which he had in his hand and cut his throat, al most completely severing the windpipe. There was no hope of saving his llto. Miss Alinich, living: near Castine. Darke County, O., while out in the vard washing some clothing, accidentally got too Rc.tr a lire built for the purpose of heating water. Her clothing took Are

so badly that she While carelessly handling a revolver, John Montgomery, a young uaitieu wan, imnr near i-awrenoevllle, Ind., shot himself through the body. The ball entered just above the heart, inflicting a serious and probably fatal vruuuu. Miss Virginia Hicks, a mim ladv ttjtmhuuuu, inuian Territory, was riding a very spirited horse, and was tnrown irom the saddle. She struck on her head, and a hifrh tortoise-hholl comb which was in hor hair was driven ciear to tne Drain, producing almost instant death. A 9-year-old son of John Miller, near White Bear, Minn., during the abience of his parents, took down a shot-gun and, suppling it unloaded, I DUUVKU pointed at a little brother of 4 yoars, and discharged it, the charge entering the stomach, causing death in two hours. Among new industries recently in, troduced in France is the expressing of 1 oil extracted from the srr crane seed is of a light color, odorleee, and of a mtia navor. fltret nvoioped m flames. Neighbors , soon tore the clothing from her. but sho was burned terribly, and died in a few j hours. i A 6-year-old son of Hennr Bol f Pan ' Mankato, Minn., while playing m &n unoccupied house with other childrcn, jumped through a window, and t a scarf which ho wore about his neck , ca&ght on a hook and hung him. The children ran to the house and gave the alarm, but so much time elapsed that when released he was apparently dead. By extraordinary efforts on the part of the mother life was finally restored. Foreign Xotei. , A St. Petersburg letter declares that the heads of the secret police have dis-, covered that throe-fourths of their men t , arc in league with the Nihilists. 1 ! By the birth of a daughter to the Princes Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningcn, ! Queen Victoria becomes a creat-irrand-mother, before she has attained the are of CO. When the Duke of Connaught was married his Royal mother lorbade the bridesmaids to wear high-heeled boots Ml UUI1or pull-back dresses. Victoria, it seems, is about as sensible sis thouch , ' " j luuubu ,SUB WUft) 1 not a Queen. The Nuova Gazette de Palermo an- ' and intelligence has been much studied! f ' f nr nana tiTn nrnfoaoinnal vnailnra 3 a employed iu families. Indeed, reading threatens to replace the classic piano in the programme of the feminine education of the future. Paris has, too, a reading society, composed of shopkeepers and clerks, who every year have a grand public meeting for the interpreulion of lllrary masterpieces. Odd and Kadi, is more deserving of What our syPfhy than a young cen1u in hlf Pookflt a .g,rl man witu id on each arm. and seven ice-cream signs in sight? The Bolivian army has been much embarrassed by the detention of its baggage train, but they've got a fire going under the mule now, and it is thought he will start. Boston Post. 44 Whv." asked a firoverness of her i:ttt. it - i i little charge, 44 do wo pray God to give , ,...j.ii u,i3 iri. jn - i- I us our daily bread? Why don't we ask for four uV or Rva ivS. nr -.nV-s for four days, or five days, or a week? j 44 Because we want It fresh," replied the ingenuous cmid. The unblushing assurance that leads the hen of 20 summers to enter market as a spring chicken compels the belief th -t nothing but the inexorable difficulties attending the exploit prevents her from appearing in the guise of a freshlaid egg. Boston Transcript. " O, niRldon sweot, with delicate feet, Tripping the fair flld over, What do yon seulc by the Knrlln creek, And amid the dewy clover? 44 Why, mlHter," sho wild, ' you don't know liuani! I'm R-KHtherln' yaller dock for greens." A person is known by the position he occupies. The man who trudges around the saw-dust arena, amid the thumping of drums and the sounding of brass, is a hero ; while he who plods his weary way along the dusty thoroughfare, beseechingly asking for work, is a tramp. Waterloo Observer. An old Dutchman who keeps a beer si'.loon on Sacramento Street has his third wife, and being asked for his views of matrimony, replied: 44 Veil, den, you see, de first time I marries for love datvasgoot; den I marries for beauty dat vas goot, too, about as ?;oot as de first; but dis time I marries or tnonish, and dis is patter as pothl" San Franciwo Golden Era.

and she was burned died in a few hours.

FASHION 50m.

Some of the new roses are as large as a peony and a single one in erepe lonage u sumcieat to oeeorate a uoaaet The newest cottage bonnets clasp tae neaa oioeiy ana aavn a narrow rolling brim, which is covered with "fathered satin. Very large bonnets with coal-scuttle Dnms Ji-tve made tneir appearance There is an interior lining but no trim ming oa the inside. Colored silk underwear is out auite cloce to the figure and beautifully triminau wita lore honor v ale ncieanes lace. Ihe chemises are somewhat high, square, coming well over the shoulder; the night dresses are embroidered in feather stitch on the bands in white silk and trimmed profusely with lace. Dressy little kerchiefs of pink or of wnite crepe usee are trimmed with Breton insertion and cdeine. and are used for caps, for cravat bows, or as pocicet-fianaKercuief. Uthers, of mas lin, embroidered in colors, have the center caught up in a puff, and held by a cluster of flowers. This may be used eitner on tne neaa or at tne throat. New silk bows" for the throat are without lace, but are made up of the matenai ot tne dress ana its trimmings. Thus a cream colored satin bow has its jabot shape mado partly of this satin and partly of olive irreen, both of -which are held by straps and loops of brocade in which these colors combine. The ends of the satin are cut in sharp trident points. Louis XIII. stylos have made their appearance, aad it is thought will take the lead next fall. They are quite severe, the trained skirt showing; no flounces or drapery, but having many rows of narrow gold braid, which is carried round the bottom and continued up the front. Loops of ribbon trimming, deep basques and jackets, large pockets, rich buttons and large collars belong to this era. Trained underskirts are not now worn either morning or evening. Even with trained dreseca tho balayeuse renders the trained skirt unnecessary, and for dancing the short skirt, with the in- ' terior plaitings, are infinitely more coni venient. The newest "dress-improvers" are depressed at the top and provided with flounces at the bottom, which button on, and can be taken off at pleas ure. The new parasol, writes Jennie June, is a piece of expensive absurdity, as ugly as it is possible for a parasol to be. Its size is awkward too large for a sunshade, not large enough for protection from showers. The shape is Japanese, low, squat, and divided by 16 ribs, which destroy all elegance of street, no matter now costly tne materlav may be. To complete the list of its enormities, it is made in zebra stripes and dreadful figures, which are only permissible when the latter are lost in the richness of the fabric, or what is called 44 invisible," or match the costume. Now, no one wants one of thete monstrosities to match every costume, especially at $8 each, so thnt harmony is out of the question, aad all that is necessary to complete the harlequinade is the cap and bells. There is consola- j tion in tbe fact that the plain, regular sun umbrellas are simple, handsome and ladylike The most desirable are of black twilled silk, soft and durable. The handles are cbonized and tho frames are never divided by more than the number i f ribs used in the construction of the paragon frames, which is 12, and they usually contain only eight. An elegant parasol, just imported, is a very rich figurod black silk, considerably larger than the Japanese styles, and surrounded by a border of hand some Spanish lace, in which the principal part of the design is a so, id leaf The figure in the silk is large, but only partly in relief. The handle is of ebony, with a little inlaying of pearl in the form of an insect. Very small cottsge-shaped bonnets and the picturesque large shapes hive both been adopted, as milliners predicted they would be. Some of the dressiest bonnets to be worn with various costumes are small close shapes of Tuscan straw, or else ecru chip, trimmed with loops of cream-colored satin ribbon and a wide Breton lace barbe that forms a bow on tbe crown and also strings ; inside tbe brim is shirred satin, and the flowers on top are either chrvsantheuowers on top are euner ,v,.. r,-. t. mums or roses. Ihis is t1 Vuv. ejHu01 bonnet to wear wita eiaooi a cnarminz elaborate cost units f black grenadine, silk, and satin. The beaded lace bonnets to wear with various drestes are either close shapes, or else they have Marie Antoinette flaring ftonts; these are also most often trimmed with white chrysanthemums, lily buds, roses, and a barbe of Breton lace. Simpler bonnets of black chip are edged with beaded lace, or else they are daintily trimmed with a jabot of India muslin and lace on the right sido, some saucy perked-up loops of black satin ribbon on the loft, a bunch of .white lilacs or of chrysanthemums on top, and four narrow strings, two of which are white satin ribben and two black, laside the brim is shirred black satin, on which rests a row of white Breton lace. To make this still lighter, the brim may be faced with shirred white muslin. Other black chip bonnets have an Alsaclan bow and strings made of a white Breton lace barbe; this is quite far back on the crown, while in front of it is a cluster of black ostrich tips; the brim is edged with large jet beads, and a orescent of jet is in the center of the lace bow. For light mourning are very dressy bonnets of black chip, trimmed with black China crape edged with bl tok Breton lace. The orape ia twined around the crown, and held by jet stars. A wing is stuck ia the back quite lo w dowa. iorw 'j Haw.

Seelatr Steaewall Jaeksen. Mr. A. C. Redwood, ia oae of hie 14 Johaay Keb " papers, ia 8mb for June, gives this description of aa incident within the Confederate lines. Ha says; It was tbe end of a bleak November day; the fires of railway ties, extending ia a long line either way as far as the eye could follow, made still more neutral by contrast with their ruddy light tbe dun-gray fields of stubble, and the woods in which tbe gorgeous panoply of the earlier season was paling into russet and ashy to see. The work was over aad we were waiting with some impatieaoe fdr tbe order to take up tbe line of march back to oanp ; for the evening air struck chilly through

our threadbare and tattered laokata. and we had eaten nothing since early morning. Moreover, a wild rumor had spread abroad that an issue of fresh pork awaited our return, and thoue-k the long habit of exnectinr nothliu good until it came secured us against any serious disappointment, there were not wanting tender memories of "short" bhcuit to raise our anticipations hith er than we cared to own. Thus preoccupied, we are fain to refer a custsat cheering further down the line to tid ings of tbe comintr rations, and we gather by the roadside in order to get oil tbe more promptly when our turn shall arrive. The sound grows more and more distinct every moment, and now, far down the road some moving object can just be discerned in a cloud of dust which travels rapidly our way. Nearer and nearer it comes: ouder and more enthusiastic ring the shouts, and now we make out ia the dust the figure of a single horsemaa, with a clomp of others trailing off into obscurity behind him Jackson is coming! A moment more, and he is here, going at almost top-speed ; his hat is off; his hair blown back from his broad white forehead; his eyes dancing and his cheeks aglow with excitement, and the rush of keen air. And now the cheers grow deafening and ragged hats are swung more wildly still as the men of the Foot Cavalry recognize tbeirleader. The cavalcade passes like a whirlwind and disappears in the dust up the road, cheered to the very last lagging courier of the escort for we are in good humor now with ourselves and all the world. And &h we step briskly out upon our homeward march, the air feels fresh and invigorating, and the miles seem shorter than they were in the morning; even the beloved biscuit is of minor consequence, and the promised pork pales beside the thought which fills as that we have seen Jackson! And we got the pork besides I Ureenlaad Ceartskln. When tbe Danish missionaries had secured the confidence of the Greenlanders marriage was made a religious ceremony. Formerly the man married the woman as the Romans did the Sabine women, by force. Oae of the missionaries writing in his journal describes the present style of courtship as follows: The suitor coming to the missionary said, 44 1 should like to have a wife." 44 Whom?" asks the missionary. The man names tne woman. 44 Hast thou spoken to her?" Sometimes the man will answer, 4Yos; she is not unwilling, but thou knowest womankind." More frequently the answer is 44 No." 44 Why not?" 44 It is difficult; girls are prudish. Thou must epeak to her." The missionary summons the girl, and after a little conversation says : 44 1 think it time to have thee married." 44 1 won't marry." 44 What a pity! I had a suitor for thee." 44 Whom?" The missionary names the man who has sought his aid. 44 He is good for nothing. I won't nave ntm.1' 44 But," replies the missionary, is a good provider; he throws his nnnn with a If 511 anrl Invoa tWaa ' "he haru . . on.. cum .www wnw. Though listening to his praise with evident pleasure the girl answers, "I won't have him." 44 Well, I won't force thee. I shall soon find a wife for such a clever fellow." The missionary remains silent as though he understood her 44 no" to have ended the matter. At last with a sigh she whispers: 44 Just as thou wilt nave it, missionary." 44 No," replies the clergyman, 44 as thou wilt; I'll not persuade thee." Then, with a deep groan, comes 44 yes," and the matter is settled. A young Jewish lady, of a rich aad respected family, was recently on the point of being married, near Colngne, in Germany, when a peasant woman entered and forbade the ceremony. She said that twenty years before she had been the nurse of the child now supposed to be the bride, but had accidentally rolled over upon it and smothered it while sleeping. Fearing punishment, she substituted her own infant, and allowed it subsequently to be taken from her. 44 Of course I am much obliged for the education and rearing the obild has received," said the woman, 44 bat you can understand that as a good Christian I could never allow my daughter to be married to a Jew." George II. Stuart of Philadelphia, after ten years of suspension from the reformed Presbyterian Church for communing with other denominations aad singing hymns, has been restored te membership by aa order of the Penn ylvania Supreme Court.