Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 21, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 July 1879 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

C. MAKE, rstlisaer. JASPEK, INDIANA. ITEMS OF INTEREST. -Mr. Etigeae Schuyler is writing a iiu v a ma-m a.m iiti cw im tin? ae n aaeuasi wiU take a very different view of that potentate's work from any hitherto pre. sen ted. Mr. Small, of the Atlanta (Ga.) CoHMi'ulum, intends to revise all of his writings ia tke aegrro dialect, and to Mint and publish them in book form, under the title "Uncle Iletnue His Sosgs and Sayings." Mr. Alvia Clark of Cambridge, the leader of the telesoope makers of tke world, ia now 76 years old, aad still full of energy awl skill. For 40 years Mr. Clark was a portrait-painter, aad. earned $20,000 by his art before he begaa Us telescopic experiments. "-Mr. Frederic Harrison denounces the collecting of rare books and forgotten authors as the most foolish of the collecting manias of the present time, lie thinks that there is much to be said for rare china and curious beetles, be.cause the china is sometimes beautiful and the beetles are droll; but rare books are commonly, by the nature of the case, worthless books, their rarity consisting either in some printer's blunder or ia something exceptionally nasty or silly. Mile. Sarah Bernhardt, painter, sculptor, and actreee, proposes, during her prewnt'engagement in London, to offer a scene ia a drawing-room entertainment that will be entirely new in dramatic history. She will model in clay a portrait of the actress playing with her. The work will be completed in about 25 minutes, and during this time Mile. Bernhardt will amuse her audience by giving, in a witty conversational dialogue, her ideas on sculpture and works of art in general. The medallion she means to give to her hokees as a souvenir of her skill aad of the occasion. Mr. .loaquin Miller gives, ia the IntktHIe.nt, the following as his idea of a poem: "To me a poem juust be a picture; and it must be a picture, if a good poem, so simple that I oan understand it at a glance, and see it and rt -raemlier it, as I would see and remember a sunset. I also demand -that it shall be lofty in Kjntimnt and sublime in expression. The only rule I have for measuring the merits of a written poem is by the hold that it takes on my mind and memory. I do net want to remember the words, nut l no aemanu that it remain with me a picture and become a part of my existence." Mr. .Miller cites Evangeline" as answer log his requirement, being a succession of pictures, and beautiful in language. 8 eh eel kb.1 Gkarh. The Russian Society of Hygiene propose to print books in white on a black ground, in order to check the increase of tnyopy in scholars. W. C. DeFauw of New Albany, Ind., has generously offered to purchase 50 scholarships from the DeFauw Female College in that city, on which he proposes to allow poor girls, unable to pay for tuition, to attend that institution. At the sale of pews at the new Cath olic Uat&edral in New York, a few days ago, 53 were disposed of for$12,525,the highest price paid being $2,100. Only the right t choose pews were sold, and the buyers are required to pay an animal rent of from $100 to $160 for their ue. The New York Herald, speaking of "cramming" practiced in schools, says that the unfortunate pupils are distracted by the multiplicity of the tasks to be memorized, and are weakened physically and mentally by the strain upon their faculties." The Ilera Id calls for the formation of an "Association for the Suppression of Useless Knowledge." A most usiaue trial of skill is to take place ia Philadelphia this month A wealthy Kniscooalian has given 1300 which is to be spent in prizes to be given to the young students of divinity who can do the Imt reeding either of the services of the Church or the Scriptures Students from five of the seminaries will compete for the prints. Nine gentle men are to sit as an examining board. and with this select consrreration before them the young orators are to exhibit n:u giua aaa graces. The Fresbvterian General Assembly at Saratoga took strong ground against theaters and operas. It formally con demned attendance on them as incon Mstent with Christian dutv. " since it not only gives countenance and support to an institution justly described by a former assembly as a school of IraJ&orality.but k in itself spiritually hurtful, and tends to obliterate the line which should always be plainly visible between the followers of Christ and the world." Selene anti Indwitry. , Memphis is to build a cotton fac lory. A firm in Petersburg, Vs., has ship Pd in the last month 790,000 pounds of waauiaciureu tobacco. . Coffee-growing- has proved iQl with a few planters in Southern fiorida, and its cultivation there prom ises to be extended. cu Bluffs will cover six acres of ground u nave capacity lor 4,wu need of

! wheat, bat three Usee the area of or a, aad twiee ef oats, has We planted aad sown ia Colorado this year, eosi pared with hut. San Antonio, U rapidly becoming the great wool Market of Texas. Last year near three mUHons pounds were sold there, and tkk year the sales will nearly double. Saa Diego County, Cal., expects to fall short in its heeey erop thU year from one-third to one-half of last year. In 1878 the honey erop of California was estimated at 35,000,000 pounds. -The grinding and finishing of the object-glass for the great teleicope for which the Koseian Government has appropriated 360,000 roablee,will probably be intrusted to Alvia Clark & Boas of Cambridge, Mass. A Prof. Paschal Plant of Baltimore is reported to have invented a machine for separating gold from earth or gravel without the uee of water. This has been a desideratum to gold miners for many years. Several of his machines have been shipped to California. There are 6,000 men in the employ of the Chicago. Hook Island and

Pacific Railroad, and their pay-roll foots employees ?mTCnantl , Ii,mT?' and at , least 15,000 people have their rapport 1 ew kuv a vw Hpi RB(t MIlhMfta. Mrs. Perry Coyle of Canton, 0., was fatally injured by falling down stairs. I Eddie Yocum, 12 years old, was instantly killed at Carbon, Ind., by the accidental discharge of an old musket ,

while out hunting. , gendarme blue, are among late milliAt Wellsburg, W. Va., Johnny nery novelties. Robinson, A years old, shot himself Crape roses with dew drops spriakthrough the heart with a self-cocking t led upon them are the prettiest flowers pi itol with which he Was playing. j imported this season. Clusters of nine Doctor Jones k. Son, proprietors of of them ia different shades of red, are a dnur-store at Pomerov. O.. wore both ' worn oa some of the bonnets. This

seriously injured by the explosion of the generator of a soda fountain. I w I Mrs. Marts and her daughter of i Boonville, Ind., were driving near the town when the harness broke and the horse ran away, throwing both from the , buggy. Mrs. Marts was instantly killed; her daughter was slightly injured. -Jimmie Allen, son of the Deputy Clerk of Harrodsburg, Ky., while in a mulberry tree, was mistaken for a a qui r-; rel by a boy hunter and severely shot in the left side and leg. The wound is 1 severe, but not necessarily fatal. J. B. Walker, a well known farmer of Lee County, 111., was engaged in harvesting, when the mules which he j was driving became unmanageable and he was thrown from his seat la front of the machine and was literally cut to 1 pieces. Carl Underner, about 12 years old, son of Prof. Underner, a well Known muric teacher of Cleveland, 0 , was ac cidentally shot dead by Wm. Donnelly, a boy about Underner's age. Careless handling of a pistol was the cause of the , shootiufi. i Sharmn Hup-hft. & bov 14 vear3 i of age, of Lexington, Ky., loaded an old i IXlUeKcL Wlin Dim SUUl, iutueu UIS USUUS . and laid them cr. the muzzle, and then eaned his chin on his bands. Being . Darciootec, ne piayeu wun me nsmuier j ! 1 ll A V 1 with his big toe. Result, the top of his head blown almost entirely on. Fertlgrn xts. The Czarowitz, the heir to the ' Russian crown, mixes freely with the 1 eople. He is not afraid of the ISihil-, ists and is said to be in no danger from , them. 1 -Lord Ileaconsfield ha? denied the! petition of his Hugbenden tenants for , lower rates, although the noblemen of , England have generally reduced tne rants of their tenants from 10 to 30 per , cent. Of the Cardinals recently created by Pope Leo XIII. the Cardinal Zigliaraisthe youngest man now wearing the purple. He is the son of a poor sailor and is but 45 years old. Tho President of the German Parliament, Herr Forckenbeck, assorts that the formation of a great party founded on truly liberal principles is the only thing that can save the uerman empire. Count Bcust is said to be the wit tiest Ambassador in Europe. lie has graveKd?meanor-for he w originally intended for the pulpit-ana am conversion is full of brilliancy. . Queen Victoria has just instituted a new umer wnicn does ner as mucn , honor as its recipients. It is to be be stowed upon those trained female nurses whu, uj nreu 36.ui .iiu wHiuuu, (mm tk DrHsu-. St. Katlmrinft'a ! from the Order, "St. Nurses.1' Each St. Katharine's nurse will hold her appointment for three years, receiving during that time $250 a year in suuuiun ij wie imiu nui j by the institution to which sne belongs, and she will be permitted to wear for life the Royal Badge or armlet of the Order. The Illinois Railroad Commissioners have returns from 26 railway companies, which show that the life of a locomotive engine varies on these railways from 8 years to 24, and that the general average duration was 15 years. Paeeenger-cars endure from 8 to 20 years the average being 151 years; the average life of sU ck-oars being 10 years, and that of freight-cars Hi years; and railway bridges, of wood, endure from 5 to 20 years. As to the life of rails, the statistics seem to indicate that those of iron last from 3 to 12 yean the mean being 7 ; while steel rails are credited with from 9 to 20 years' service and aa average of 14 years is obtained from the returns.

fAMNieX KTWg. Young girk tt eaterktg their teeas are give dresses very like their eider Small boys wear keg, etark-eolered stockings, whether dressed ia white or colors. America bridesmaids are beginning to adopt the English tesUo of wearing hats or bonnets. For very young ladies aad for misses, suits ef Frenoh bunting are trimmed with polka-dotted satin. Long mitts of pale" eeru Uat are fashionably worn with black and tinted white as well as with sera eottumes. Charming summer toilets are of white barege, trimmed with quantities of finely plaited Bretoalaoe and white satin bows. The draperies of plain skirts are made short, en panir aad very boaffaat around the hine. with a rery short

apron or none at all. A new skirt-trimming consists of square slashed -up edges, under which are placed ruffles of plaited lace showing between the slashes. A pretty belt is formed by a wide watoraH T-iViKnn - -- rnu with one very long fiat loop aad two 0Bf,n g directly dowa the i front. Gabrielles isteaing in front with a double row r buttons, aad trimmed with flounces t the bottom, are worn by both boys aad girls under i yean of age. Changeable ribbons, bine with gold, grcjB with cream color, rose with blue, aad nale peacock aad pink with make, a woman a perambulating garden or roses wnue unaer one o meet . A. f creauve ueamgs It is not the meet fashionable lad who is the best dressed, but the one ;.r::!,; CI. " "7 " In Lrr matenai, aaa every coicr aarmonumg. . J. - . . . '. t and not as the Frenchman forcibly ex presses it, "each garment sweating at each other." Old-fashioned scarfs, like those worn about 15 years ago, are again in . . ' . , use. They are now made of black satin, j trimmed with fringe or lace. "Gore-de-pigeon " silks are again in vogue. Whole toilets have not yet been made of this colored silk, but the first step has been taken by making out of this material some very pretty bonnets. One of these consists of a small capote composed of a diadem of plaited garnetcolored velvet, with the drapery of " gore-de-pigeon" silk, and a large bow forming the crown of the bonnet. The ribbon of thk bow is taken down to form the strings. On the left side is a bunch of flowers, and toward the middle is a smau gariano oi aae buwki i hk shades of the taffetas. It is a constant problem how to and mi&e BUiuum u.bhiu w . " j fresh, Jt economical, repre-. sentative nf t ii a nawasr. uuu. i. yet not too difficult for those who can neither devote all their time nor their energies to the keeping it in nsinriiHna. The ftnlntinn nsuulv adonted is to avoid all the delicate, lfght-col-ored materials, aad fall back on such goods as will not need wash, or rather will not "ihow" dirt, xnis m way black grenadine and summer silks have been so popular; both are safe aad durable, and can be worn apoa tae maJonty oi occasions, cai e lins-the linen lawns, which used to be " D7'T"' - scarcely seen at all ; nd the new ootton goods, the soft-finis bed cambrics, the lovely chintz satines, the mummy cloths, the real Scotch ginghams, the fine batistes in delicate colorings, are oaly used by the ricb, and not at all by the class who ought to enjoy them. rrl. nAn!n mat. ulrut. 1M not liht f&brics used now as thev were 90 or 25 vears ago. and the answer is simple: then there were few complications tn the making of dresses, they were much more easily laundried, aad among middle-class people they were aw apt to be done at home, and by some member of a family, rather than . PJJliJxZWJl ii. "vy - nf thamm uncultivated specimens un derstaad that starch is undesirable ; that making a drees glossy ia streaks by ironing it on the upper, or what is called the right" side, ruins it for wear, 1 ,wt)5.tvH-t.tinn of wuViintr. or 1 doing up" dresses is tonaveiaemiooa: little stiff, as little "done up," and as nearly like new as possible. This oan only be effected by washing them in strained brau water, aad ironing them oa the under aide, the bran serving the purpose of both soap aad starch. This process is neither complicated, difficult, nor disagreeable, aad oae would thlak that young girk who like

-nM tkl 2d Sit sum body to pass the note to sum ?,?iyiJnlibaye. nd you watch them while

pretty dresses to whom it is : keep them looking fteeh and new till the last, would direct uieir energies uw ibu ohaaael, bay the new aad lovely, though somewhat more expensive washing materials, make them up themselves, and also wash and iron them wltea required, ot subject them to the ruinous proeese of mixing indiscriminate scrubbing, streaking, dragging, and tearing that they get at the hands ef the ordinary laandrees. A very little practice would reader the operation a matter of but little moment, easily performed during the cool hours of an early summer moraiag,whlle the satisfaotioa would be aaUmited aad the saving ermoas. CemoresJ'tf. '

rer Star ara.A Freaeh Lady's Aw-

fnl Heath. Niagara Falls, Jane SI. Our eitimbs were horritted to-day by the enactment of oae of those terrible tragedies, the list of wbiea has already reached a fearful length. Another victim to the Falls was added. This time the unfortunate being was a woman, aad the ciroumetaaoes of the oase show it to be oae of the most pitiable that has ever yet occurred. The lady met her death purely by accident, aad right before the eyes of a loving husband she was swept on to her fearful death. Mr. A. Roll and and wife of Paris, the celebrated gunmaker, arrived at the Falls on Wednesday. (Liege, Belgium, is also given as their place of residence.) They had been traveling since the Frenoh Expo-' sitioa, had visited Japan, China, and other countries, and were oa their way back to their home. They were able to speak but little English. The husband exhibited great ignorance of our language. They took quarters at the Falls House, and had their meals at Romain's restaurant opposite. This was owned by a Frenchman, and, through his assistance, Holland and his wife visited all places of interest, aad had become rather satiated with hackmen, etc. This morning they were to have left for Philadelphia, from whence they were to sail about Tuesday. Mrs. Holland, just after breakfast, told her husband she would like to make a farewell visit to Goat Island, as she was greatly pleased with the sights of that locality. He consented, and they started for the island. They passed j through it and went clear away to the end of the third of the Three sisters. They walked down to the edge of the river, and were standing on the corner nearest the Horse-shoe Falls, which were distant about 40 yards. Holland turned to look up the river and his wife stooped to dip up a cup of water irom the river, 1 lllZTJ' I inz shriek, and turning around he was y- 7 "Jl Ji. " . thunderstruck at seeing his .wife being ' carried rapidly to the terrible precipice. ' L I - -,t - J J 1 . L! I. mg the brink she came to the surface, and and gave one long last ing scream. Almost with horror Holland and piercparalyzed was unHe quickable to move for a minute. iy oeioos mmsen w "ismpps iuu vub way mj cuubsibi uu mi uw iiittiu , . trt th - unm t. ma hnt n nn . . ,.n.ra.anr1 him ,ini)r,nM. Mlt aii immediately passed on, thinking that perhaps he was crazy or drunk. He, ran rapidly to the hotel, and in the office took his position in front of the clerk, ptwticulatinc wildlv and shouting at the r i t f ir J rt - j iop oi ma vuic. mqhum ivuuiui, ibd landlord, succeeded partially in quiet ing him, when be succeeded in saying: " My wife ; river." After many minutes he told his terrible story in French, wringing his hands and walking up and down the room, jno one couiu uo any thing with him, and a man kept watoh nf him in nnrant: nim nnmroittmir Mil. XmT "LtTu-"w ViUOl 0B1U SW T-v swvm her. The case has excited the sympa thv of all. and everv thing is being done 1 1 .1.' , ' ill Jy i.T- . i irnr, m nnasiniH iii a av vimil fiibi. rr; - - " 5 ' 0ji an(f bad posed that while ia the act of dipping she lost her balance and was immediately swept away from all possible chances of rescue. At last accounts her body had not been recovered. Jeeh Billings's Advice te the "Qnlre" singer. The 1st thing to make a good quire singer is to giggle a little. Put up your hair in curl papers every Friday n'tte soze to have ft in good shape Sunday morning. If your daddy is rich you can buy some store hair; if he is very rich buy some more and build it up high noon vour head: then git a high-priced bunnet that runs up very high, at the hi-h part of it, and git the milliner to plant some high grown artafishels onto the highest part of it. This will help t vou to sing high, as sophrano is the I I ! l . niEiKNH. pari.. When the tune is giv out, don't pay attention to it, aad then giggle. Giggle a good eel. Whisper to the irirl next you that Em Jones, which self; ' on the 2d aeet from the front en the lety hand side, has her bunnet with the same color exact sne had last year, and then put up your book to vour face and giggle. Object to every tune unless there is a solow into it for the sophrano. Coft and ham a good eel before you begin to sing. When von sing a solow shake the ar tifichels off your bunnet, and when you a little, twist your head to one tide, and theft vita1 OAT- nn ftifti open your mouta tne wisest on mai side, nhet the eye on the same side jest When the preacher gets under hed wey with his preachin, write a note onto the fourth part of vour note book. That's what the blank leaf was made for. If anv bodv talks or Jaffa in the congregaUon and the preacher takes notis of it, that's a good chantz for you to giggle, and you ought to giggle a great The preacher darssnt say any thing to you bekaus you are in the quire. If vou had a bow before you went into the quire, glv him the nalttea yeu ought to have sum body better now, Don't forget to giggle The Queen of England will go from Osborne to Scotland the last of AUgnet, aad she will not return to Windsor un til the end of November.

A XAKTBL4UI tmtLWVt,

The reata wHk WMti Mr. F. H. Lr4 Ai(mhmm mw Xmrk mhI rrla. Almost any evening mar be seea, at the gallery of John 8. Coalia, feats ef pistol marksmanship waieh would make any one of the old-style off-hand shooters stand ia wonder. The marksman is Mr. Frank H. Lord, the most expert ana flnisnea pietoi-saot m tne country. He is a vounr man of 32. the Touasraet son of the late Thomas Lord. lie is athlete aad a gymnast, aad about 187 he began to try his skill at a shot at the old coaim gallery. The feats o uapt. John Travers, now of Cleveland, had become a tradition, though when Saady Lawrenoe kept a ten-pin alley oa the site of the present Astor House, Trav el's gallery attached to it saw acme wonderful exhibitions of steadiness skill with small arms. One of Capi. Travers's feaia was to snoot away a sti ver three-cent bit placed between his toes, and when Blondia crossed the Ni agara he allowed Capt. Travers to put a ball through hie hat. From a doubting friend Capt. Travers won a diamond ring by putting a shot through the ring, ana his feat of picking aa orange xroi his son's head was tried again and again. Since Uapt. Travers's time billiards have driven out ten-pins, and rifle shooting at long distances has crowded pistol-snooting at vz pace into disuse. Mr. Lord, however, confines his sport almost entirely to the smaller weapon, though he is a fine rifle-shot, lie is a member of the New York Club, and his bachelor chambers are adorned with curious stock of pistols. In Paris he has met Paul de uaesagnae aad others of the Frenoh dueling clique, and aetonished them with the certainty of his aim. The Form ana Stream, in aa article enriched with drawings of Mr. Lord's targets, says: jfor ten seasons past ae nas oeea chosen by the English-speaking resi dents of Pans ae their champion, and a well chosen representative has be prov en. On one occasion he performed among other feats of accurate marks manship, the following: A cap of aa ordinary musket was placed upon the neck of a champs erne Dottle, and Mr. Lord, standing at thirty-six feet, or , twelve paces, wua an oramnry uoeiiBg pistol picked off the cap without scratch ing the glass. The same feat was renn iwl ,!'l tVta ntofnl I fill I nil from the right to the left hand. Two , mt,.i,.ui nfr V picked off by the right and left hand firing respectively, but ia these instances the pistol was held ia a reverse position, with the line of sight below instead oi above tne line oi are. The next shot was a fancy one. Mr. Lord standing with back to the object t? 1 . 1 - f M J . U nreu at, leaning; lar lurw&ru, uuu im with pistol pointed back between hie I legs, picked off the cap as before. The 1HI OI IUQ BIX 8BUUI WM IUUe BllHIlg IM a chair, again with bade to target aaei leaning back until the target could be seen bv the head and eyes bent 'back. It i3 a favorite feat to suspend his watch fi imported poking $260- - . 1 1 . . . . . . . . Bd .Vut st?otaiter snot mrpugn ine loop at thirty-six feet. A match or wooden toothpick laid across the opening of the golden loop is out cleanly through, and though the watch has been under fire scores and hundreds of times, it still ticks on toward the day which may come when a bullet a fraction of an inch out of the way may scatter the works ia. a shower of wheels and pinions. In shooting at the word of commaaa, as in dueling, where the secouds cry out, "Are' you ready!" "Keedy!" " Fire one two three," the shooter being required to shoot between the words " fire" and "three," Mr. Lord, with a dueling pistol at twelve paces, struck down six 1-inch bullets hung ap by threads. Such an adversary oa the field of honor would satisfy the chivalrie Yearnings of about any mortal. At the word "one" Mr. Lord fired tee con secutive shots into alHnch circle, same distance. In Paris, where fantastic shooting is very much in vogue, he is known ae "Le diabie Atnencam." ne aaa uat and again at fifteen paces put 100 shots consecutively into a space of an ordinary playing-card. On a recent date, ae showing his ability for long range fir ing with the pistol, he struck two oape out of three shots at a distance of sixty feet. As the ordinary musket oap w about one-eight of aa inch acroes the mere seeing of the mark was somewhat of a feat, but to see and hit as well wae something entirely beyond the common. Yet it was done at a certain hour previously agreed upon before a large numoer oi niarasmea, moiuuing bmj bbbers of the New York and Zeltler Bile Clubs. With a Stevens 12-inch barrel pistol, distance 125 feet, Mr. Lord picked off a couple of 1-inch bullets, using njfc left h ancT in sra. I SCCUUTC I11BW 4Wi xaree const 45 feet before shots from a large -siaed Smith Wesson revolver, Russian model, heavy trigger pull. Maav attempts have been made to bring together Mr. Lord and Recorder Hackett, and the ciuomea nave DasKea these famous pistol-shots on several occasions, but the Judge is somewhat wary. i ..n ni1 affinlant rAfrirarator can maife D catting away the floor n one comer of the pantry or milkroom, and building a cupboard over; if preferred, a cupboard already made can lie used. The aperture must be covered with strong woven wire, and one or two wire shelves (according to tbe aeigkt) should be added. This will save many journeys into the cellar, aa bread, butter, cake, etc., need aot be brought up aad taken dowa before aad after each meal. There are four ice factories ia At lasta.