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rOBLimiED XVBKY FRIDAY, AT JASrXK, DUHOIH COUNTY, INDIANA, BY CLE.HKNT DOANK. OFFICE. In Coukikk Buimiino on WesT Sixth Street. PKICK OF HUBSCKirTION.

dingle Subscription, for fifty Nob., $1 50 For six mouths, l w RVTKS OI AIYEKT?8KINO. Tor square, 10 lines or less, 1 week. $1 00 Each subscqucni hwcuiuu, Longer 'advertiscmentR at the same rate. A fraction over even square or squares, counted as a square. 1 lies timm for transient advertise ments;a reasonable deduction will be tn rncril)r RdvcrtiSLTS. Voticcs ot appointment of administriorsand legal notices of like character to be paid in advance. announcing candidates. For Township Officers, each For County " " For District, Circuit, or State. 600 T. H Ptl.tJOS. R.-k.Mil.Rt'HN. DILLON & MILBUItN, Attorneys and Counsellors ai law 2 c OI.LECTIONSIb hU and lijolnlnn (Vutul,n Kttctxlrd to llh Crel OFPICE-Ih KriHt' bHlUUr, Cor. Soutli Mlnnit Fifth Mreet. AUJ04I 3. H-H . A. J. HONEYCUTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JASPER. IND. O RTTLEMK5T of Ktm. Gurd!Bibipi ad Celtic mads SorclaltV. O rFlCE-Kt lilt.f Public Suarp. In Ito' me . KlnaU. AI JOHN I-.. BxlETZ, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT lAW JASPIE. IHDIAKA. OFFICK e.r Joh Twl-r'c 8iIc np u a. TRAYLOR. W. MUHTEH TRAVI.OiJtllllK'rK! zflltorneysat Law Jaspkr, Indiana, . Br,rtifi, In tin Coarti f DBbt aa 4olB VT IH' - " SSrOBe. ... doorK.stoItb. at. Ch.tto' IsUl Br'u N0 BUETTNEm, 4TT0UN1I iT 11W Aad Notary Tublic, J AFCR. ISDIARA, WILL prsetlct In ttl t Courts r "Bbe'!j,7;4 Perry coitl.li.B. Jst,M7i. tiltornexj at Law, JASPKR. ISO. . .L.r...... r TYnt.aU roetil?. Bl W .. . . . ..il.ii .-v..,.l... ntrultrfl 10 "m 0c. In th. "CoTitUr" bultdlBH. W.st M.Ib Sttstt. GENERAL STORE Mrs. C. HOCHGESANG Cer. l3thandNenh Main tte., JASPER, INDIANA, HAH RECEIVED HER SUMMER STOCK OF DRY-GOODS, GROCERIES, LADIES SHOES. NOTIONS. e via mm.Tm t ik i.Hhlte at VF.RT SMALL PROFIT, Bd lavllf n lnrtlen of ktr gooSi t1 rrlfm AT THK HkST MAI.KET t'KICK, FOH GOODS. May 19. 'M-lj CECILIA MOCHOMSANO. JASPER MACHINE SHOP! DAHIEL F. J. MILLER, Proprietor. bow prtpre! tolnrn hfllin. repair pled. Ac, for all klBt of MchlB.ry, an4 tnak th repairlag of ST. AM KS0IXK8 a SPECIALTY. I an alto prpred to rtpalr TffRRatflXn MACHINES, SEPARATORS, REAPERS anil MOWERS. ETC Maar farmer ka llt aM Reaptm tn4 Meri at wars out. wbleh. with but llttl esptaie. I can now MAKE AS GOOD AS NEW. I kMVonatttitljr on hwml PIPES nr1 PIPE VITTINOH r mrlnna U. which I ' -aaa pTftnm to fit n ttentreti. I will f ami LEATHER ksu TlUimRR BELTtNOS, xt Bsstassir.K.os shobhSOtiok. 9h4a at Kunhtar'a eetet SteHl, Corner i iVe iMiiifr,

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LASSOED OLD SANTA.

llnw Two CJterubn Played It Oh Their Father. Iailanpelli Sun, W. H. FUher of the C, H. k D it the happy father of two boys. They are time bovs Irom wav nacK uacie io me when the subiects for Helen's babies, wpre found in real life. They are both iiuir rui m u . --ww.- -....-o w.... as new dollars, iney are me Kinn en liltlechapathat .lo a thing with their whole souls and do It qutcK anu wuu a ruMi. Sometimes they are too quick tor Mr. Fisher, but he'loveu'em just so much

more for it. Christmas eve Mr. Fhher Like the grass on a swampy bank rnuceived the idea of playing Suita.It lies on the lifeless head; Claus of a verity ; so he procured somei And the skin, how shriv-led and shrunk; . ... . i.t. .1 . . . I ii ... .i...... t .. r .1. J. ....II

cotton Uimnganu iihik.8 u Kit:.n heard. He enveloped his head in the

arot hoard and made himself a C'i outlDon'i vou see that swollen toiiguo

of col Ion batting, and sprinkled it with. isinglass to ui'ikc ii sparkle like mow Then his wife seived little bunches of

fl OOjcotton batting all over hU clothe and 2 05 niHile him look a if he was quilted. He

so spriiiKiea iiih winder weu wan . i it .t.ft cotton tmtung ami isiugias. i ne ouiiL'sters were told that they should ee a.inta Clans, but that they must not move or say anything. When Mr. FUhr told the boys this he would protmoiy have endeavored to impress it more firmlv on their minds had he known the ouiiL'sters had a scheme to capture the Santa Claus. They had laid awake nlirhts for a week devising a scheme to catch him and get all hia presents. S s, when the boys were put to bed, tho loor was closed and Mr. Usher, belecked in Santa Ulnus clothes, secreted himself behind a screen near the fire nlKce in the next room After he was nicelv fixed, with all the presents tied on him. Mrs. Pixher opened the young aters door, ostensibly to say good night itgain be I o it; retiring, hut reallv hi ord r to leave the uoor open, one aniiri notice what they had done in the mean uie. While she was fixing Mr. Fisher up to play Santa Claus, they had been fixne to Useo him. i lievMiaii no more than been left alone, when they both jumped out on the floor, fished a rope out from miller the bed with a noose in it, and avinir oue side of the noose on the floor tliev hitiis; the other gently against a nail iu the wxll and the bedstead, arranging it so he would jost walk right into it whenuoinz to their stockings, which were huii ncr the head or me eei. All was quiet for some time. Then the bns heard a rattling at tha fire place, "lie's coinin " whispered one. Then Mr. Fisher, utile glory, paradid forth as Santa Claus. "Wuuner whur be got the show," wis. pored the littlest fellow. "Brought it with urn frum the north," answered the other very low. Mr. Fisher bad uearly reached the door. "Think the ketcher'll jrit'tim?" willspered the smallest chap again, who was a little dubious. 'Got h g whiskurs alnt he?" was the only answer. in tmothrr instant flop went Santa Clauso on the floor. Ho had walked right into tho snare and It tightened around both legs. ."IS, all directions and with one uoumi uoin m . . youngsters lit on top of him with force enough to knock the breath all out ol his lungs. Mr. Fisher scrambled to his IVct as best he could with his legs tied up. His heard had come off and the boys recognized him. "Why, pa, how did you get down the ehimbly ?" they asked in utter astonishment. G. A. It. Public Installation. For the Conrltr. Jeremiah Crook Tost. No. 481, Dept. of Ind , at Schnellville, will have a public Installation of the officers of said Post, for the ensuing year, on the even ing of the 12th day of January, 1889, to commence prompt at 2 o'clock. P. M. The newly elected officers are : Commander, John J. Aiies; a. v.u., Daniel U. Burt: J. V. C, Garrett Deem ; Quartermaster, Wm. Seller; Surgeon John H. Jackson; Chaplain, James W Ilooton; Officer or tee day, Thomas .letters; Officer of the Guard, bheiby Pi u lit. After the ceremonies are over, there will be a free social hop In the lower oart of the G. A.l. Hall, where all both young and old, may enjoy themselves to their soula satisfaction. Everybody U resnectfullv invited on that dt. Come aud see the Old Soldiers fire the Cannon once more. Boom 1 Boom ! Boom I By Order of the Post W. W. Kendall Adjutant. Democracy and tke Schools. lndiaRA Tnrnr. Editor -Sir: I find the fol. insintf in HiIr mornlne'a Sentinel: "It may not he generally Known uiai - - -- .. , . Ind ana has the largest scnooi in America. Nevertheless the Northern Indiana Nor mal school, located at Valparaiso, nas liml an average attendance of 2.500 stu dents for a number of years." And vou might have added that In diana has the largest pchrwd fund at in terest ol any tste I" this union oi tinnyelitht rtates, and all made by democratic legislation. The old whig helped to make It so, but the present republican parly of Indiana had nothing to do with making the free schools of Indiana, or thn lund which suttnorts them. See pro ceedlngsof constitutional conventlOH of

1850 aud 1811. Jamm B. Ryan. IniissaptUs, Dh. Ii.

For tbt Jasper Courlw.

Llnee Or A Dead Sweetheart. Look at the dead tiling; Take it away, But, no, let me touch Once to fnir ; How cold it is ; how moist and ill It feels to my hand ; bow still It lies. hook at the eyes ; How they stare; Shut them up. I say. There, there, ""." " .... ......I un ai uiai hiiioiipu gn. . ii earn ikcgho.ts h. while un-iemea... i ie laoed iipHim.awi . AH I mo. what an awml thing to die i '- See the luir, how matted and damp, nu vmumy uib ' . . Cloo the mouth, man Protrude from the sunken cheeks? Hark t if ark ! Who is it that spetks ? No one. Tis the knell which is rung Lift till the hands ; See Hit' veins dead blue ; Sunk like the rest, they ton; Limp and listless they fall Hanging down by tho pall! Fasten those hands Neath the chin. Don't let it drop That way. Look at the oozo from the Hps; Wipe it off as it drips, And tlioso gaping nostrils stop, What a stench, too! Noisome smell l i tne .ea i. urea un i ; cu ,. e - Thlsvtlo thing is tho image of Thee? Can H be tint I once loved ft J So lualhsomc a thing ? Take it a wav I once so fair. Now stifl'aud cold lying there! Give it up for the worms to eat, They will find it toothsome and sweet. There! There I Can't you hear what I any ( Hurry the hideous thing awav! Bknedict. Hcuhoiih for ileform. New York World. The offices should be taken nut of politics and politics kept out of tho offices: (1 ) To give ideas and principles limit-nrnnnr sunremACV in thn ennten- ....... r. ... ....

lions of parties and the administration where in the world ; the other, the modof government. Office-seeking is not em protective tarilf. The tarilf which

oolitics. Office-holding is not govern, ment. (2) To relieve the President and other executive officers from the presstire for appointments which, if unregu - I a ted. will consume to little purpose the greater part ' their lime and thought The rresideut of the united btates should not be a mere patronage dis penser. (3) to prevent Congressmen from neglecting their constitutional duties to become office-brokers for party hacks., The business of Congressmen is legisla - lion. (4.) To secure to the people the service of trained and experienced men in the suhnrdinate ollices. It is a bur lesque upon business methods to keep a prnceMnn of creuhorns rotating through the public offices. (5) To diminish the selfish interest f iitittniiiiiiil..iia i.niil Iand tat I It a DualtU rot lniQ,.by depriving them of the poteto ''farm nut' the ofBces. Cornip 1 n funds will shrink when corrupt men can no longer dispense the offices as spoils. (6) In a word, Civll-Servlce Reform should prevail iu order to elevate the plane of politics and to increase the efficiency aud purity of the Government. The best civil service reform would be the establishment of so high a grade of public morals that un dishonest otlWr would he countenanced in anv cnuuimuity. It Is the low grade of morality which has crept into political and office holding society, during the lat twenty years, which has made the civil service of the United States a blot on our fair page and a stench in the nostrils of all decuut citizens. An Apostle of Republicanism. OoluBibui Herald. A gentleman who resides in or near Hartsville, who is an apostle of goody good republicanism and a preacher ol the gospel, was In tuwn on Satui diy last, lu one of our dry goods stores he had collected around him a number ol ladles sisters of the church -aud to IIibpO he was dilating with much earnestness, and with a religious unction utautilul to contemplate, upon the immorality of the democratic parly, and the pruueness of lis members U indulge to excess in the Intoxicating bowl. lie grew more caruest iu his condemnation ut democratic immorality, ami congr.i ulated the countiy on Its escape Hum the whisky llppllug party, and hi the ascemleucy of the sober, wbisky-iiatlug friend of the prohibitionist party lu power. In oue more than usual emphatic gesture he knocked his coat tail against an obstruction, which broke a thin Hisk ol loriy-rou lauiaracK, nits con the pocket material aud ran upon the floor In a stream. This episode cut the moral temprauce lecture off suddenly, and the kpeaker made a bee-line for the door, leaving his lemale auditors to wonder if the tamarack itself was what set the religious tongue upon such a wondrous wagging. Moral The gentleman of the white choker must hereafter buy a bottle of heavier glass, or what would be still better and much mure safe, a cast-iron bottle, packed in sawdust and Inclosed in aa oyster can. The apostles of temperance and repubil U1"!tt eei Itaa MtWk iwa nitw m

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Secretary Fair C lit Id Speech. The Massachusetts Tax lleform League held Ills annual bmmupt on the night of At. mi.l 1.. t..... MM HIP aoill 1IIKI., IU 1XINIUII 1IICIB brilliant assemblage, and after wer read from IVcldeni Cleveland others Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild waa hit rod need. bf.crrtaky taihciiild's srp.r.cir. Rectetarv Fairch hi expressed his an , ..,-f ,. ..f,.,! f... r - ; r ofVhV u' , , -.. fli)l, . Hlr,inll hv ',,,,,,,., tho ,( ,,f T.itr M..d me in Tarilf reform. The struggle has only begun, and the end Is not yet ; the record or the late canvnss brings no discourageinent to our exuse, but on ll:o contrary ,wtnp. r ,,in t, Aunwm ... that wherever intellect was aroused, thought invoked and experience appeal ed to, We mule great gains; thst we lost only in those places where mind was dominated hv P'imioii where partisan ship and the blind prejudice of race and section overcame benevolence and love for a whole country. It is true the Tariff should be settled and forever re moved from the domain of politico, lor ii not onlv disturb business, but iiilioitey worse, it prevents the him pie purpose of universal beneficence for which alone our government is fitted ; it converts our legislative halU into scenes of barter between conflicting iuteresto, where wrangles over means to enable men to - d st m from our ,,., ii1A i,w.f ,.i,ra,,inrii. l. II r Wl T.f(BXU ' via-. v .v. iKlicn of the people's representatives It degrades business and makes suc cess therein of dishonor; it corrupts the neonle. Hut bow can this question he scllied? There are two kinds ol so-call ed 'jrotective tariff. The old-fash iotieil. now almost obsolete, that of Henry Clay, some times called the pro motor of iiilaut Industries, the undr lying principle of which whs, if 1 riirhllv understand it. that there were certain important important industries wnicri, it utiRiuliied bv the promise of an assured market iu this country, would In a abort Itime become so established that they could give the!. products to our people aa rliottnlv aa tlmv could be houifht hov. . was embodied iu the platform of the Dartv successful in the late election ha U iig foundation the principle that it Is the best for the American people to buy and iise certain articles, or lu tne lHn gunge of the late Republican plat lorn articles which can be produced in t hi country only, when thus produced or manufactured. cost what they may, am jthattothe promotion of this end, al powers of the federal governmeu should he invoked. The statement ot the principle of this protective tariff ahowa it can be settled; it could evei be embodied in the constitution. We have but to provide that no article which can be produced or made in tlii couulrv stnll he itiiporlid, or that tbe Hinill be fuMecl to duly ot l.uuo pei " m. cent ad valorem- This would settle the question aud remove it from politics This settlement, however, can only b had after the principle involved ha been naked before the people, has beei lull v considered and discuaod by them ami approved by an overwhelming majority. Tuis q l otion bts sot been preswitei to the people, aud the blame for its uon niPHCotoiciit rent with those business men and manufacturers who were so ac tiveiu the late canvass, and who wil now complain that your agitation tend. to disturb lli-it which tor their interest ought to be settled. I don't remeinbei one document or an argument active! Circulated among tho peoule during the last year which presented or attempted to present this question pure and simnlo:on tho other hand we can all recall uiHiiy documents and appeals, the sole T ... 1 . ! I. ... n . ... 4 I ..... . n . . V pilrpOM" Ol wiiiuii nas in uitciii men - ihotnihla from this question and to confuxu their minds upon this iBiie. It would he wearisome, Slid the speaker, to tell tho long lister tion-atgumeuta, and yet go to any Northern moral community aud ak the iiihxbiiants to give a reason for their action upon the tarilf and sec iryou will got a sttisfnetory reply. Now aud then you may hear a nebulous something about a homo market, but it will he nebulous indeed. No, such arguments so presented have nut tallied aud cannot settle a principle. For the future, we are told that this modern taritTldeals popular in some ol the Southern States, and that the party which advocates it will soon be strengthened by their support. Tills may or may not be true. They can only be ualued for it by presenting It clearly and fairly to the people of those States, They can't t e won by picturing to the people of the North the dangers which they have to fear from old men who ceBcd;o be rebel brigadiers before many of the present voters were born ; it, however, any of those Stales can be gained lor that cause alter argument lairiy a northern mail ami many a Noruieru Stale must be released by brosilor, freer thought, and that the exclmnge thus made may advantage the greet cause which we call our own. Gcni lumen of the Tariff Reform League you tt an example worthy to be followed by patriotic and unselfish men In all Darts of our land. It ia the duly mm . . ...... T ... ot all such never to rest, but agitate, discuss, nersuade. educate, till our art versarles shall be compelled to lay this is ne clearly end distinctly before the AMerloan neoDte. to tke end that tkv latellHe.ee te - elve Md lime la lettt re over.

A fckaory ef the Dudley Letter.

Vtw York Sun. To tiik Editor or Tub Sun Sir: It was uart of the strategy of the oani' i, sign. For a lone time it was a que t ik.ji t i a ..... ...

was a'iiou in Dudley'H mind how to get hi

I'ttcra'pimi telore the Republican workers, and B'ul I d and Ht the same time let them know that tliei' Khtfu ly

means and amount agreed upon would through wmie or tnose invaoin nun ansurely be lorthcoming, as previously owly married couples alone promised by certain special megngers n affect. Two young men were sitting

who had vutted every preciuci, not oniv.j"'1 m,uo"D D"", niUiu inn im in Nnw York ami sweetheart on the incoming train. The

other State. Dudley knew that if a letter were sent to the Deejooratio Committee in Indiana by some one who pretended to have received it iu confidence from him, it would be regarded as a great fire and would achieve wide publicity. So he sent the letter by prcarrangemeut to Evansville, Indiana, where it was thought there were a great many Gre sham UepuhliaatiB who were sore over Harrison's nomination. The Democra tic, titate Committee would think thai one of these ureshaei Republicans ftve he letter away. The postmark shows that the letter came into the Democratic Chairman s hands from Evausvillc, and that ia all that anybody knows about It. You no ce that iheuraud Jury Is alow anout finding an indictment. Why? Because he Democratic Committee can't prove that the letter was ever sent to any one. There is no name on it, ami the Indiana polis Democrats dou't know from whom came to them. A man might write a thousand such etters, sign his uaine to them sen let hem lie around iuo-ewouiu it ue a crime? He must address the Idler to somebody, and that somebody must be iroved to have received it. Well, the letter was published iu every city and country newspaper, and so the nstructious went out. thanks to ine State Democratic Committee at India uapolis and Mr. Bi ice's National Cam paiga Committee iu New York. AN ULl) HAND. All bosh! God Foraakea Arizona. I met Allen W. Thurman a few days avn. avB a writer In the Cleveland Lead r. and a ter we nan exenaugeo our con . . gratulations aud condolence over uie election the subject of Arizona mining came up. Mr. Thurman is a heavy stock holder in a mine at Mineral ronn, ah. Mtiri lam Mimmer lie went on there io inaner;! his uroperty. "It is," said he i hi. most God forsaken country I eve saw In inv life. I believe there is noth ing to compare to it on earth, above the tha prth. or In Ihe water under the 0rih." Then his features relaxed into a broad it rill a he said: "I'll tell you a Htory about that country. My father iiiia it. Ntul I never saw it in print. He .mil a tmrtv of ConeresRineii went ofi there on Ihe opening of the Pacific Ilsll rond. Thev stonned at one of the sla lions, and got out, looked around upon the barren landscape, rocky and sterile, its monotony unbroken except here and there by a straggling cactus. Old Ben IVmla nun Id not exnress Ilia indignation ind contempt for such a country. He walked up and down Ihe Utile platform, making ihe air ring wlln ins vigorous KnvlUh. enforced hv heavy drafts upon that part of the vncabularlv which you inimt inn in the uaoex. Finally ati old .ptth.r who had been allracted to the hv tha arrival of the train took un ih defence of hia home. "You find too much fault whh thla here plare, atraturnr.' mIi! he to old Ben. 'All Ihlf citiint-B nnpda in make it a food plxcr to live in is water and good or.icty.' Wade looked at him a moment aim ana. .im. I II A ft. tit tlAtl ' " swereu, inai s an mey n No Leap Year Uatll 1802. StRiidard : The following ex i.lunallnn la tflveil wIlV the VBSr 1900 will not be counted among leap year: 'I'lio tsui la 3r ilnvH. 5 hours and 49 minutes long ; eleven miiiine n i. every year to make the year 3651 day long, and every fourth year we have an a , t m. mm. I.lllni. extra day. This was juiiiis :Br irrangement. Where do these eleven minutes come from? They come from the future and are paid by omitting leap year every 100 years. But if leap year s omitted regularly every ane-uiiiiuiein - JIVl ..Anna I, I year, in me course ui w -round that the eleven minutes taken each year will not only have been paid oack, but that a wnoie aav win puvi. up. So Pope Gregory XIII. who itncalendar in IB8J, de creed that every centurlal year divisible by four should be a leap year after all So we borrow eleven minutes from each year, more than paying our oorrowing back by omitting three leap years iu three centurlal years, and square matters by having a leap year In the fourth centin hi year. Pops Gregory's irrangement Is so exact, end lbs borrowing aud paying back balance so closely, that we borrow more than we pay back to tke extent of only one day In 3,t66 years. One of the smarleat Western towns growing Is Gladstone, Mich. Fourteen months ago it oegan 10 rw, nu named after the Grand Old Man. Today it has 2,000 inhabitants, the principal streets ere paved with cedar blocks, there la a complete fire apparatus, a $4,090 town ball, an electric lignt plant, five churches, three school buildings, . . . m m . 4 B m i . t two bank buildings, tnree aoieis, six mannfaetorlM, em weekly newspaper, ana fifty buiiaees houses, reprsttMliig tkt various braaeaet of trade,

The Bride Smiled.

Blrmln ha Ag. Ail amusing Incident occurred at the Union Depot yesterday afternoon, anil f uihiahed Inn for a large number of passeugers, A rather mudest-iooKing groom in tri i y ilium were miiuik ueclose together, and were going boys watched the carcases of the couple for a while, but finally decided to put a stop to it. "Tom," said one of the young men to the other, "wheu is your wife coming home?" "Never, I hope." replied the young man addressed. "I wish she would elope with some one, or the train would run off a bridge with her. By the way, wbeu is your wife coming home?'' Pretty soon, I am afraid. When she does, 1 have a good mind to meet her at he depot with an axe and give her and that infernal kid ten minutes to leave lu. wife la a nuisance, anyway." The voung men kept up this nonsense for half an hour, and the loving couple knew that all of the conversation was in tended for their ears. It tickled the irlde immensely, but the groom got hotter aud hotter, and finally called one of the young men aside and threatened to whip him. This had the eflect of stilling tho tun permanently, and the exultant groom bravely put his arm around his treasure and bugged her until the train carried them away oa their bridal tour. Indiana Vasurpaesed. Judge Lewis Jordan: There era about 23.0U0.0O0 acre of land within our boundaries. The pioneer fathers aud the fathers of the boys of to-day Iikv-' prepared tho largest part of theee broad acres for cultivation. This work is done. The rich quality of our lawk is not surpassed, or indeed equaled, by that of lands of other statea. 1 make ttiis statement upon the authority of Mr. W. P. Gallup, of Indianapolis, who bae traveled over every pert of the state, has examined the quality of the lands in all the other stales, Bt.d rests his judgment on careful observation. There are now on exhibition, in the rooms of the state board of agriculture in our state bouse, stalks of corn sixteen feet high, with ears of corn twelve and fourteeu inches long that grew eleven feet from the ground. It may be one of the possibilities of ihe future that many of the far mers of Indiana will have to gather their corn with a stepladder! What untold wealth will come to our state whea the enormous crops now raised on our rich fields shall be largely increased by improved methods of farming, and whea everv acre shall be cultivated as a garden? The full development of our fanning lands will more than furnish employment for years to come for every man aud boy now in the slate. Thee let the boys of farmers remain on the farm, and let these be reinforced by many boys from tha cities and large towns. I wish I had the gift to inspire ill the boys with a lore for country life, for our agricultural development la only in lis infancy, and there is ample room in ihe country for twice our present population. "It Uurts." MSlanasoUa ItBtlsel. To this Editor Sir : The Journal ef this morning (true to its reputation ihatol publishing more Ilea to the square than any other respectable (?)paper In the country) statea that Ihe demoemtio veterans, with Gen. Koontz at (heir head, have abandoned the project of forming a democratic soldiers' organizitiou. Nothing could be more fore go to the iruin. me iieraocrauo soldiers' and sailors' orgauisallon is flour ishing "like a green bay lire," and now iiuniliers. iu this city alone, about 5S0 "X-UuioH soldiers, aud at every meeting receives accessions. Within three mouths it will have a membership of over 1.000 iu this city alone. Besides, the association receives every day letters from a I over the Union from prominent officers aud privates of the Union army axkiug for information and foe charters, It burta the Journal to see tnat tne g. o. p. can no longer use democratic soldiers to further republican schemes. And we may expect just such articles to appear every week, but it will not work. The democratic soldiers see through the scheme, and will no longer be the dunes of such leaders as Dudley, Carnahan and other lights of that stripe. Whoever doubts that the i. a. K. is an "annex" of the republican party, need only look at its treatment or President Cleveland at St. Louis, Wheeling aeil Columbus. George w Koontx. Indianapolis, Deo. 25. Some of the gay girls in a school la Macon. Ga thought to have fun with one of the professors, who ia young and devoted to his books, io they dressed a dummy In girl's attire and dropped it trOm UIB WIIHIUW UUo Ilia iiiicinro rnnrn an that it WOUld fall past the Win dow at which he usually sat. Aa Ihe dummy was dropped, one or the jokers gave a piercing shriek. The processor heard the shriek, sew the falling form, rushed down stair wilh a white face, bent anxiously over the prostrate and motionless figure, and then altewpled Jo lift It. Then be turned and wenl quleklv to his room with a very red face, while the wretched glrli giggl1 mOl oxaR.w atlegly.

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