Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 25, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 January 1883 — Page 1

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Weekly Courier. VOL. 35. JASPER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1883. NO. y.

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Wauliington Letter. IKrum our rrirulir CtrrpiiiftBt.

WASHINGTON, Jan. tfth, 1H83. Every year about thin time a trained host of lobby Lis nil contractors are loudly

grieved because we hare no blur fun oH"" ,

hip. England, France and Italy, they lament, have, larger gun nnd ships then wo ntve. Ana they ewteavor to scare! the "children" of the United Htates into the contribution of million of dollar by picturing the eoat of the United State

75 ct.dpfencf less and at (lift merry of collossal

'nlrlf in Iron (.'liuls. Thrra Is ha mii! urpMr. foP WBP These luhbtlBr i-,.. cnooui sir tbt in. would have th -WBarirtPnaw bullv. evei - 'ready for a fight. Iu lime of peace audi prosprrily tbe occupation of the Armyith U(X nyy nrt lhe manufacturer of war supplies i gone, hence tbeae tear. Now spnrt from tbe fuel that a man with chip on hU sh u der and a revolveriu hla I'ocket ia much more likely to set Into tiifh', and be in tbe wrong, than tbe man ,who aiteiuU to his bualueat, there are other reeaotia why we nhould neither iletenalTe armamenta now. The oral reason ia that we are not in the slitthleet danger of attack. There ia not and there haa not been for alxty yeareacANU ur.ixi between the United State and any rcrniHiaute power, i nere na oeen no diapute with any country except England and that wns settled without thought of

tiring a gun. Wo have never had anvtthe xtatute waijust and legal, and or-

qnarrel with any great powers except Kngland ana France. The cause and complication which keep Europe filled with collosaal arm leu are only safeguard for us. Not even Kngland with her in Hhr aecurity dares to lower her guard

by thedlwpatch ot warbips to thia couu-tlie state treasury in settling ttte otner try But, to suppose the impoaaible, letjelaima that will be filed. ".t'H assumed that England will send a 1

half dozen of ber big ships here. TheThe Longest IJrldge in the World.

cause for such expedition will be known from one to five years in advance, and either period will be sufficient to enable ns to build coast defences, and even float-r rw pom wun irfruucp. ii win m.u airi,. ua

time to drive r.ngllsh commerce fromr,"" B ' '

.1 J..iu 1.. .... t ir?.rr w"" x"wm7Z7i?: - wZ fZiZZ mM rktZ oue streetloa

much the breath of ber life a.sgriciH.urejX J h.m'T V, ; .ianS ortone n JK r l J2I, Z uJTiJ'SfiSA The distance of the pillar- is nearly 7T land h safe because of tbe -silver-etreak" . ' J VlSi!.' li Lh 1 .L! vIJJ! ,i..i i i t ,l. ,i . . :ports a pedestal on which a linn, twenty-

v"nr::r: "T Zx ".rrXl J r.lone feet long, and made of one block of

.....ir n.nr. th.H . h..aJ t!m. ttmes aet wide. vn'n waw. th ftitnr. and thr mit v come a time when we will needl hios and guns, but it is cerUin tbst in n l.i.ihl thorn now. ihev will ha obsn -

Ictoaud vatleM when we want them.,uptiou. Deep clralning in wet soil ia

For tbe last fifteen years the powers of Europe have been entertaining them - selves by btiildlug first a ship that will witWanii m iriiw. sjid thiH m. trtin Hi.-.f

will pierce any ship. They have now, I marshes, fonter tendencies to consnmpbelieve, ships steel-plated to the thick ,ion, or cause it to develop. 3. lbat nessof three feet, and guns that will consumption may le prevented or throw steel-pointed shot of about fifteen cherked in Its hastening coarse by rehundred pounds, and they are still ad-;iHng on a dry aoil. 8. That efficient ding to the thicknesa of their armor ami .drainage has diminished tbe percentage thAsiMt of their iruua. Theae are verv of deaths from consumption. 4, That

coatly experiments, and it would teem to be our policy to let them work out their KKIWCTIO Alt Anst RDDM wnet we may profit by their mialakea. It will be time enough for us to make an approprl atieu when they have performed the

T , w m hilste any ship, and a ship that wilt with - stand anv gun. There Is no public sentiment m ravor

miracle of making a gnn that will anm-'some

of the increase of the Army or Ifavy .,lto was anxious to tulflll her every wish. The sentiment that favors such increase rls it really a fact that you will do wbat-

is very private and select, ueneraleter I ask of your'' "Your sngntest

Sherman favors it because be Is the centre of a military coterie that has no Army for a background, and is naturally feeling verv much ont of place. Secretary Lin

coln lavors it because be is corralled hyps particular about whom the marries aa j

General Sherman and West Point. Sec retary Chandler favors it because he isurrounded by a boat of dry-land RearAdmirals who, as the French would sayJ have no raisori d etre, and, who liberally translated, are ducks out of water. Be Be - hind them all are a host of voracious eoutraotors and a full and overflowing treasury continually iucreaeed by a swolleu reveune. 0. A. S. 11 " - Jiff Oaten of Hancock county, Gs.,1 wither tbe champion liar or tbe chant -

pion duck hunter, seeing a niocx orxnt unitea states nas no sucn rear, wild dneks on a pond, he says he noise- . t , A. kuly swam ont and brought six of thetn The Roman correspondent of the

0 SHOre.

iii 1 1 1 n rename singer in iiaty io-aay isau AmenAeeordlnr to aloeal MwtpaMr, eattlekian--Alice Urban. Iter maiden name

valued at$i$,fiuo,000 are now gracing in was Henry, and fhe hails from Mew what waa six yean ago aMntely IwBsuiOrleana, Me pb dftwt iwclt iMMwea tn

eanntfy m Teaas,

AGAINST THIS STATE.

Judge Taylor Makes Deeteioa tfcnt May Coat the Ml ate a Larg e Amount. The Indianapolis Journal of yesterday ftubliabes the derision of Judge Taylor, n the case of Carrol county, through it) treasurer, against the state auditor, n which tbe former had paid n excess of money into tbe state treasury. It ay : The action In mandamus of Iaac Km Siale Auditor Edward H. Wolfe, to the ter lQ reUd exeea nuney paid into the state Ureaurv by Kemiard. was decided yes- " day by Judsre Taylor in favor of plaintiff. Tbe atatute provide that If a county treasurer raakca an overpay ment to tbe state treasury, upon ccrtifiaVste of tbe fact by tbe county auditor by authority of the county coiniutHfciouer, ape auditor ef utate obail allow and credit the same, andiaauee warrant upon ih iate treasurer in favor of the county. Mr. Wolfe refused to audit the claim on the lrronnd that allowing this claim would necessitate the refunding of nu merous other claims from counties against tbo ttate, and Can-oil county hrought suit, and Attorney (General Ilord argued that the statute waa Illegal, in that it authorized the county comitii-J mistdoners to nit iu judgment upon their! own cane. Judge e Tavlor decided that dered the auditor to audit the account. lhe Attorney uenerai gave notice ot an appeal to the supreme court, and will make tins a test case, it if nuoeratooa -'that tbe eurce of Carroll county in thl iit.will entail a draft of aO0(J00 upon T. Uni, Af ri..tut.-tiu f th . : ,V:u :Zlr3 ... . tr-t-r. ia th hrirlf " .u 'I?" STSlV bulH in" arm of the sea iu a similar way aa hMmm llt iukImi. hut Pntlrlv of MIMIO . its ienth is mid to he 24.000 Pari and cumpriaea ,W0 arches, or th. ble" Ped. Drainagre Check ConHiimptioa. Ur.c.H.AUinw.wrn mm. Recent' Jnvestigatioua clearly show .thftt nil moitttlire U one of eonjeeuUal to good health and paying crops. Tbo twills invest igatora have reached are: 1. That residing on damp -oil, or near pouda, lakes, rivers. towns that have drained their land are now much healthier than In former umcs, ueiorc uraioage wm iiiiruuuvu. "' An Austin yonng man nas oeen oonng young lady with his attentions for l . ' F . . . . time pant, aithougn on various and sundry occasions ulie had given him to understand that he was distasteful to her. a tew evening ago no assured ner tnai wisn ia law. vommana me ann i anatt obey." Well, then, I wish yon would aaa I r vnu mh tnrltiA mv mnthur tn marry you. She is a widow, and is not I am." Texas Sittings. America has the smallest standing army of any of the great powers of the earth. The 1,000 or SOjooo available koiHem scattered over the immense ter ritory of the United States show how little peace and order depend upon the bayonet. The immense standing armies of the countries ol Europe are a menace jrather than a protection. One power feels compelled to keep a great force in th field because Its neighbor haa one. Amnrimu jte( iici j n iiv iiiv rwim waiy. '

Kvery one who ever studied grammar

by the utterly roufualnK and stupia eyetem in vofue in all public school will await with curiosity the renorta ot the debate today on Commissioner Wood motion to exclude text-book on grammar from the city's public schools. It ia undeniable that (trammatical accuracy ot Kpeeoh is deai ruble In children ; it ia equally undeniable that no children speak tfiemuiatieaily. and those wbo faultlessly recite rule, and construe sentences speak aa iucorrectly as any of their companions. When Any one, child or adult, speaks and writes grammatically it ia alwaya safe to assume that the accuracy was acquired by much reading of good authors, or by association with persons wbo read or write a great deal. It is very unlikely that Shakespeare, wboe construction of aeutenees teachers do not criticise, ever saw a text-book on grammar, and tbe tame may be said of other writers of! pure EuglUh. Reading ia much the most important branch iu a course of study; for the progress a pupil makes in any other study depends largely umn his ability to read the text of that study iu a manner that will convey to bis wind a clear com ep. t ion ofita meaning. And yet.it is remarkable how few of olir teachers can teach reading well, that is, can teacn pupila to read the Kugitsn langtiare wun Intelligence, feeling, spirit aad effect, The reading lessons, in many instances, are painfully dull exercises. The vocal rendition of some of the finest thought is tame and inromnarabiv expressionless. The teseber is largely responnible for this noticabln unawakenen interest on the part of tbe pupils. Often-time he neither studies tbe lessen himself nor does he attempt to letch bis pupils to study it f II. It, Jacob. On Satnrday evening last track laying on our railroad waa completed from the O. & M. It. it. to the foot of Main street. During the day some two thousand persons witnessed the track layiog4and a railroad engine and six flat-cars were something that no one had ever seen be fore in Petersburg. The men are still at work "balaneitig" up tbe track, and the whistle of the engine still attracts crowds. The officers and employes will make Petersburg their headquartera atilil the work la com Dialed tMtweatV

town and the river, when they win gobcomes a filthy ape. falling hither and

to Oakland and build tbe road to this place. Regular trains will not Lc pot on the road for a couple of weeks yet. (Petersburg Democrat. An editor on retiring one night hnng hia pauts on a chair near bis bed and during the night a burglar entered the

house and rifled tbe editor's pockets, andleed flour made by the

found a spring poem, a stub of a pencil, the remains of a cigar, and a dun for sixty rents. After meditating a few moments, the burglar took from his own pocket a ten dollar hill and put into the p.1 i toe's tut'i oocket and ouietlv aUoned out. The next morning the editor felt in hia pocket for a chew or tobacco which he did not And, but found tbe ten dollar bill; and giving a prolonged whistle ot surprise and delight, showed tbe bill to the family who had a regular old fashioned hand-shake. United States Commissioner of Agriculture Loring ha prepared a revised table showing the grain production of this country for the year ending December L It Is as follows : Busbeis. Com Wheat Oats Barley Rye Buck Total - 1,S5,OOO,0OO - . - 5 10,000,000 470,000,000 - - - 45,000,000 13,000400 - - lfi.000,0t0 2,692,000,000 Cincinnati is to hare a Shakespearean festival next spring. John HcCu Hough, Lawrence Barrett, Thomas Kecne, and Mary Anderson were invited to take part, but Keene's manager made use ofj tbe fact for advertising purposes, wnien offended Bnrrett, and he telegraphed aa rollows : You may be sure that I will not nlav if Keene ia to be included in j the affair, and yon know bow McCnl ! .!. it... ... j This waa considered by the committee, and they decided not lo engage Keene. who threatens to retaliate with a suit foe damages. Jftw Attn? Lsdasr. Mis Jutt, a teacher in one of the! schools at TjAnesvllle. Harrison county died yesterday. Her body was brought to this city and shipped to her former home at Jasper, Dubois county, for burial. The postmaster general has issued aa order discontinuing the post-ofiloe at Earns, Warrick connty (mails to hi sent to Gentryvitle) ; alto at Fidelity, Pike county (mails to he sent to veipen.; Gray squirrels are to troublesome In Connecticut, that the farmers have in vited sportomenl to exterminate them, and they are being killed in great nnm - bers. A party of three recently tagged 101 sonlrrels In a day.

Benefit of Tile Drattlng. la&MMli Tim. Tile draining la a great dleverv in practical farming methods, lty mean ef it the low laud of Indiana are bciiir rapidly reclaimed, while the productiveness of cold, clay soils la largely increased. The time will come when every acre of wet land In Indiana will be underdrained, and when it will be a disgrace to a farmer te own a marshy tract of laud. In regard to the expense of tile draining it is said to cost twenty cents a rod to grt a ditch three feet deep for laving tUi, three and a half costs twenty five cent.

and four feet thirty cents. Two and half Inch tile eoata $15 per thousand at the factory; three inch, 25; four uirh, $10; five inch. $10 ; and aix inch. . A tile la a foot in length, and sixi i '' them will lay a rod. Two ami if men ttie is large enougtt when sum h c fall can he had to mn the water moid I away. Land can be drained with let than $10 per acre, which is worth $73 for general cultivation. A great portion of all the bottom leads adjoiuiu'g creek can be drained at moderate expense, which will prove the beet for corn raising, aa the soil ia almost inexhaostable. Such lands are getting too valuable to let lie, aa much of it now does. Ten yeara hence will see tbem all under cultivation. An'AMciestt Jewish Parable. When Noah planted hi vineyard. Satan came and asked bim what he was doing. -Planting a vine yard." was the 'reply. "What is it for?" 'Its fruit, green or drv. are sweet and pleasant. We make wine ef it, which gladdens the heart." "I should like to have a band in tbe planting," aald Hatan. Good," replied Noah. Satan brought a lamb, a Hon. a sow and an ape. killed them in the vinevard. and let their Mood mn into the rtu t- of the vines. From this it come that a man before he ha taken wine. Is him pie aa a lamb, which knew nothing, and ia dumb before its ahearera ; when he haa drank moderately he grows a Hon. and. Intake there Is not his like : If he drink too much be tarns a swiue and wallows la use mire ; u be nrtcas etui more, ne thither, and knowing nothing of what he does.SeL. Floor Tew. A test ha been made in New York of the strength of tbe patent process flour made from the best bard spring wheat process from No. t red winter wheat. The test waa conducted by first-daea bakers, who were not informed of the object of the experiment The winter wheat floor was selling at $1 60 a barrel leas than the spring wheat floor, and It was so sold because it was thought that a barrel of the spring wheat flour would take up from forty to sixty ponnos mere water man would the other. To the surprise of all It turned out that the spring wheat floor made only four and one-half pound more bread than the winter wheat did. The bread made la the teats was exhibited on the New York Produce Exchange, and the winter wheat bread was pro nounced the best. The editor of the Ligoneer Banner says: we nave time ana again oeenioia. by well wieners, ocpe-Mne wno are oiest with nlentv or una worrs goons, wno are in tbe habit of sponging their new weekly front the Banner, we do not invite patrons of the Banner to lay trouble of this nature before us ; the heat way ia to plainly tell the "sponger" to subscribe for bis own paper, or at least leave that atone wnieh oolongs to otnr." Important results have been obtained. through the analyses of London fog made at the request oi tne iseyei society. Tt I shown that the foar Isold In suspen sion two and a half times the quantity of carbonic acid gat usually found in a normal atmosphere. The fact aeeonnto in a large measure for the iucreaeed death rate observed in London during a prolonged season of muggy weather. Globe. Democrat Work on the new Kvansville. Seymour and Beliefontalne railroad wUl be began tome time during tbe coming month. Col. B. Pnttoreoa hat been sleeted President. A girl traveled all the way from Massachusetts to Montana to marry a man whom she had never seen, but who by letter had nromietd to wed her. She aearched the Territory In vain for him. California is not generally considered! la cotton state, yet one pianiauoa m Ifonottta county this season yielded eu,000 pound from 24 acrtia, The London Spectator admits, in the hnatter ef CAriatmat nerds, that Engmm is latrty aeaten ew wi 9 'Anter tea.