Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 35, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 June 1893 — Page 1

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e NO. 4 JASPER, INDIANA. V KID AY. JUNE 30, 1893. VOL. 5 5.

I'IMtl.HIIKD EVERY FRIDAY. AT .IAH1' li DUI101S COUNTY, INDIANA, 11V CloiiMMit Oouitc OKUMC In (Jotritimt IUtiliunh on

West Sixth Street, j i 1'ltlCK OK ÖIJHsOUll'TloN. ir Y.ir, 52 Number, 1'osipnid, $1 SO Shorter time in propoi.it i; Hates or Advkktisino. Km- lu"nl iuvorliHimeiitH legal inte; In lines 5100 lor first inorlion ; COu.

räch subsequent insul t ion.

i.'nr vrar v advert iseiueius

t raids will lie i im ff

lg. a e. v. column

ttDNIlUG'TEI) II V MRS. M. I. II0IIII8,

I i lio nil r.iiii'

made to regular adver

COMMERCIAI ANM JOII Woltlv Ol nil Kind- Promptly and Neatly rxonHed il I.IRHtAI, I'ltlCKH We invito iiipiMMion and business.

i3octor X P. Salb,

OKFK y N't" XT !)"' TO 'IHK ItAMv, JASPER, INDIANA.

0

to

pi?uk ii; timfe-iioti'il services

Citizen of Dubois county. IMr-

lar nto Hi in tfiv'ii to surgery m

,1 .til nills anw'i"

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r.miptly tis possible u"-

M.MIMUMtV. M A. SWEENEY

Educational Column I

DUBOIS COUNTY SCHOOLS. Motto: Onlir, .Orvupittloii, Orcniitzntlon,

Tins I'lind

I ndividuals und even

1IY GEORGE lt. WILSON, COUNTY SUI' T.

Through tho kindness, of the editor this column is set apart for bcIiooI purposes, and the articles published below uro compiled or written at tho county superintendent's office, for tho advancement of tho schools. 1

Side. i

in u 1 1 1 1 uil us bo-

. . .

(nine 'in uy prey, anil are olten vic-i

iimizcii rc-iiliiy, oy ineir adversary ap

proaching Iii in on the blind side. The blind side of biimin tialuic is h lurk and unexplored region, und ban a very exien-ivii const line Some of its itliMiientri might lu (Miiuuci-'ited at I lie ni'i.'ativ(! tit iii'in'e mil m e. Let us Ural consider the not only cloudy but the Kgyptiau lurl; tic-f ol mi unit) ignorance, in all U extent and vast expanse ! Arilin in the Mine category and on Um.' sime side is tntiiid human weakness. And who would d ire to talk ol the extent or fatlioiu the depths ot the weaknesses of man ?

On tho same lino again aro found the;

cli'ihonis ol human depravity, with nil! t its inaliu'iiily and preverse currents Plain field imi surging billows. j Minium imlillermire. like 11 comaistini

stupor, is (beaming of peace, peace, now jioys are committe. when there I., no ..eaee! . "ly ?uurf,H 1com,n,U . . ... t... ..li .t ......these on v after the bov has had a

Aim iiiriin;,, win, mi uns wiuiiii nil; " .1 . - - ........ sm.a...

there is in and attaching to thu word, 11 IH' 1,1 "P"-"

human stupidity limits over and weighs

on the arho:ird side, against tho inter-

et and eluVitiou of the htidi iii raco.

Tho Dubois county Teachers' Instilino will be held at the coim h tiso on the week beginning July 25th, 1893 This is the only week available for insti-

jtute purposes, for the room will bo c'copied during August and Septembor

for court purposes.

INDIANA RKFOIttM FOR BOYS.

SCHOOL

Ind., Established 1, I HUH.

Jan.

and fair

Ultomeys al Law,

JASl'KK, IIS JO., " y-orricn-souti. Sl.ii VMlc Sn.mr. W. E- COX, tfltlormij al haw, .TAI5? 113 INDIANA,

r. Utl. Jn.l.rUl Circ-llt.

uVl. t i'.bm. .n,nv ..y.'f ' c,rr..H. jy-om wt Ilm I'tnt oni. Hp, o, 1h;i2 ly.

court.

age:. For crime, boys may bo committed from 8 to 16; for incorrigibility, from

Willi I Id. an Ii v noirit i vn olitinnn t a . tnt'O 10 il

all their undefined and undefinablo ex-j tickkts ok leave. tent ami ponderosit) as a counterpoise,' No boy is ever discharged until be Imidin? down tiirhtlv tho break on tlio reaches tho age of 21. But boys are re-

oai- nf im mim nroi't'i'arf und Ii n in mi nln. 'leased on "Furlough." or ''Tickets of

vation, wonder not that tho friotid or; Leave," alter ty a long courso 01 aouu humanity and right, the pbllantbrop-.conduct, they r ach their "Honor ist and hiimanitarUn, in boating up! Badge," if the authorities ol tho School against and overcoming this mass in all deem him worthy. its hu .cuess, aro not occupying poäl- day schools. ttons as advanced or as commanding as T.,.BI aiinm-B ftrfi f,Hftinil in everv re-

might bo desired or as tho most sau-!Dnn ,.,., ,.h,Ifi fi0hnnU of cities.

Cruui l w '" --

nun ni u inu it l iww.-

guiuo might be led to suspect.

, .rtiiii niu Hintut w i r w

Tho craven aim unscrupulous w iK ftch uov attends school one-half of

tno otner nan.

are in school tn

.. - ... . K,acn uoy aueiiun ; hcuiMilvcs ol and appropriate to thein ,, A ,. mnrua

u'reod and morbidity, any itiHti iitiient (Th(f 0e.,,B,f thc )oyH

voar grado. Hut very few hav oducatiou enough when thoy enter hore to read a paporor book intelligently. The consc ijtienco is that love ol reading never detaiucd them at horao ol evenings. The hours of danger to a boy or man aro those between sunset and bed timo. Tho illiterate boy bus no resources within himself and naturally bo leaves home to tind amusement and pastime; he thus encounter temptations that lead to his downfall. Let a hoy bo educated, let him bo taught to lovo tho reading of good books or papers, and he has within bimselt a sourco of pleasure which the illiterate can never know. Aside from this, knowledge adds a ii-w interest to labor. A cultivated mind can appreciate tho advantages of a correct life over vicious one more than an Illiterate mind can possibly do. "Wo must educate, or we must perish." Realizing this, tho Uoforiu School does not neglect the mcnul faculties in tho development ol (diameter. HESULTS. Thiriy-livo aundred boyshavoat various limes been under the discipline and instruction of tho School. Ol these nearly 3,000 havo won their "houor" mid have gouoout to all parts of the countrv on tickets of leave. That tho

work of the School haH been well done, the subsequent lives of theso boys havo borno testimony. Soiuo havo fallen, but eighty-five percent havo made good citizens. Visitors aro ulwaya made welcome No breath of scandal has ever marred its bright escutcheon, and tho aims ol those in charge is to make it, year by year, a still greater blessing to society and to the state that established and fosters it. Respectfully, T. J. Uhaklton, Sup't. For Hie Courier. The Jasper SchoorSlow but Su re Homo was not built in a day, neither was the perfection of tho arts aud sciences of tho Greeks and Romans at

tained at ono bound, but by ycara of

gradual and succossivo steps. We

inns ).. rur.Ta:.

oAWlru r.Hf.T?

joiiN vr FA'-''

RRETZ. HcHLl & BREM,

4 1 i HVHPus al Law

JASPER, INDIANA,

,r. . ih.rourH of DuboH pJ ?tiinnJ

lrit"l lo them. , ..,.,. KAst of Court

11(1 MMUUIIIM'1 )Ul IIM7 I II! Iili;ij ,i.A

in.i I annaiiwiiHfi nikil rtiirirtil n tu tlinn

lllvta r I ' l"7 III IUMI I V wivat

haracter and beariug. lbit tho world

las had nothing, in point of intensity

ud universality, to plaguo ii as it has

g, mat too raco is uoi

been tortured by intoxicants and intox- ' .T' Th hV n b so co7h Ä I.

irnntinn nnnririiiiiir in min niiimi i.iiii ? .

flSalnn ii rVtn tlinn urn in nil nrtrn nf fl . ..I -w t.. i. it c i. i , i..nA

,,,,M,muf;vo,K,o,.orl;o.viru

Y. A. Tryt. TRAYLOI.1

S. Ilnnter.

HUNTER,

Momeijs at Law, J AS L 15 It, INDIANA, "Sr Oin " Fifth Street, tel. M.IB d JVMn. April '11, lSlfi. BRUNO ltUE'PTNEH,

Attorney at Law,

And Notary Public, JASPER, INDIANA,

nm. ov fsta hintr inoralitv a i ,l,c ,,omo Iifü fr8 0' 1,ie8;coutent to watch their growth and upbÄH Wlt,KR b9semen ward tendency aud give them our most I jl, 1 j i (is ii imj ii t s in o t h a ii d c o u 8tor' for p H 111 b,atl T,e?,her; a 8CCOI,f .hearty support and commendation, and laysitsjia ids upon its mouth on ftloryi consisting of a sitting room, wash ' . ' . Krrlera or imnedimeuts In tho

iiiinrs in iiih iiuisi nroiiiiiiiii hiiüiici: i - . .1 . .

!. . . rOOln anu OHICCr iuuiu. ami n mnu . ... nr

witli ever possidio nisiriiuieuiuiu:

' ini-n tnr clnnnlncr niirnnupa. EarIi fam-

and every available leverage, in our cf- . , irround. but all

forts to pry our common humanity up . ' , , eoneral dinitig room.

to a higher plain of thought and uio, ,v,u!tiat. unncATinv.

wo can trust and rclv upon nothing save,

the better and positive elements of man s f , ,Uitry ftnd aim8 to teach each boy

iiiuuru, uu.i I.- yoiiiiru ...,c1i.?uh,, tradn. Hr ck niftk niT. brick laving.

w

ii.Lp.cii I. .ii ' M)ft.fm '"

CIMUIIlt-nf -

Atr' 1 ' . I if

fi.

13. A. MOSBY,

Resident Dentist,

UUNTINGUURG, - IND.

rnKNI)KU81il!iprofMolnn1t''crvlCMtoiUiier.i tiBonS 1 ; work !., the dental lino, and mini" B Mtenthm. Hold plMewoTk fpeclii lyMiIlcltmt.

..I .ii ....rl, !,rrntml. Aprtlll'. int.

JVew Oivich liar

m r

Brick for Sale !

. . . r ...

ItlK iiM.lnre crlipil WIS ICS 10 iniortll

I tin nil hlln that ho has opened up his

Brick Yard, at tho north sldo of .laspcr, ,ni mntn mnrn brick this year than

vlmio nne. Ho will make

favorablo terms on House Patterns. JOIIN G15II5K, JH. April 22, 1H02.

Farmers' Home! (On Mill Street. JASfKR.) IMItLIP KASTNI5II, Prop'r.

rrlllcommndlnii lintel ha heen Ihoronshtr over

JL ImiiK'il. ntnl teilt t h new llironKhoiit.ntut Uium-

"li'i rnriiulillc entertaltimenl. ilic tnint1 win iwy

i" r.iiiini p niiiiillcl, nnd prlcM win tie rriuoti.iiiie A CimhI Rlnliln fur r.,rnur' liiime. und clie.ni tent.

A Imr. well MipplM with llu clinlert lliiiiir

anil rljtAri), nml im In Attention ilnyü lllvo me IMI I MP KA8TNr.lt.

(. K.of A., nnuiPh 1 11, Monis, tho IpI and 3d Sundays of over month, al. their ball in dapper. CtiAitLKS Snt.niA, I'rns. D. P. J. Miiit.r.it, Scc'y.

ml victnni.c the huinless uixl tinsus

ecliug victims, by nppronching them in

l-ÜWMI) Uli Uli! uiiiiii uu;, , , . 19 ...nrU-IDL' (.OaSOII. W lOtl i. t..i. : ,n,.t. v lin mil.

UM.II,. Ii. v.irli in .imp mil fini nwil. " ! . ' . ". .. ' . ' iiu uuiKnt .....j

i ....v 1... tin. innniiinir ni irnnnd mil uirs il iii'ni'N. .1 I.....

.nra """""i , ucieiiL to uiihii iiiu uiiiiiiiui

afternoons. No vacations are ever giv- ,., ,. , uborand to wait.

on except to tho higher grades, and then ,,.. fft,sn len 8(.ftiiiiif a mountain

OUN, CRAVENS DEAD.

Quo of tho Kent Known Men in

Indiana, PasHCH Away.

(Many of tho Couuiek readers in Dubois county, who wore life-long friends of Major James A Cravens, will read with interest the following sketch of the distinguished soldier, tatesrnan and

and friend of humanity. I be Major

had an extensive acqutintance In tins

county, where in his youtiger days be

frequently bought cousmeraDie quantities of livo stock for shipment to the

oftntorn markets, and be made friends

of all with whom he tloall. A truer man,

in every respect, wo have never raet.J Xrom the IndUnanolU Sentinel.

Pi Juno 22. Gen. James A. Crav

ens died at the residence of his son, John 11. Cravens, at Hardinsburg, Washington county, yesterday, in the 75th year of his age. Gen. Cravens was one of it. a Ian Jim A k .1 ni-m. tiicmt rIti7Ana nf'

l HC luauuig ouu I""' .... - -1

Tho Chief Cause.

The New York World ! accustomi

lo sDeak out no matter who is hurt tri

the truth, says tbe Kvauiville Courisij

It knows, as every thoughtful pers

does, that tbe trouble in business circle!

la due to downriKbt dishonest?

roguery daily practiced by "respectable business men, more than to tbe SuermaJ

law or any other lair relating to our cerl

rencv.

"Imperfectly informed zeal," saye ttri

World, "prompts certain newspaper

still to insist that tbe Sherman silver lei

is tbe sole cause of tbe present financi itriuKtucv.

"An intemperate and uncandid ptrtil

sansbip inspires tbe repeated assertion of Repubiicsu organs that tbe trouble I dne to popular distrust of tbe Democrat! parly. These uewspapers are doiai hurt to business in precisely tbe degre

in which their contentions are aeeepte

by tbe unthinking. It is a time wbei

tbe first step towards recovery should

Involve a frank recognition of the effleil

and a sincere ellort to remove

rn times hu had plagues, distempers

sary. Thc primary schools extend

to depths be-

all Iau mlinii li will rnnnirn Ilm irronlAKt

iu i ' ii v. 1 1 ... . . w-..... n

care and skill to ba able to repeat the

the cottaoe on FAMii.v jssTh.M. nort. Let us glean alcsson IromtliH

The school is founded upon the atiovojlj9tory ot lll0 .)(49l ft,i t,us RCt wisely,

system, 'lliero aro tweivo couages' emembernir ,hat ,no raco is not al

whoro boys iivo when not in scnooi orw, vg t0 ttiC BWi(t, nor the battle to the

and

ihn Htate and had distingululied bimselt ent cause

in both public and private lllo, ana Uls it. Aontu will cause as much genuine sorrow "That cause is tbe prevalence and ees

a urnnlri that ot almost any citizen of'toleraliou of swindling iu tbe name 01

iimQtnin nml psnoclallv is ho moumcdibusiuess. Tbe silver-purchase law b

in tho neighborhood whore ho livod and helped lo weaken foreigu confidence in died, and where during life bo tho our currency aud iu all that dependj

friend, counselor aud advisor of all, and upon currency. It has belped to artvi

whore he dispensed a generous nospiiai-'goiu oui 01 me cuumry ihu w muw tu with hin amnio means aud ureat.'tbe withdrawal of foreign capital fro

inantv irnnnrnni heart. investment here. But it is not the eol

He was born in Rockingham county.'cause ot these things.

virini0 Nnvom ier 4. 181Ö. and re-1 ''All conndence, ioreixii ana aomeiii

"t'"' ' ... . . . ... lanrt I. . I I I 1 k

innini with hu lamer lo lucuaiia in nBa oeeu uautsruimeu hu wiuiam u

Hi. hnvhoml davs were soctit in Waeh-'tho tiemendous swindles perpetrated b

inuton county, where ho received a com-, trust conspiracies and nowhere punished

mou school cducaiion. mucu oi nia or even inreaieaeu uy tun iw. m Ufr, was devoted to Hirricultural pur- cordage trust, the whisky trust and tb

suits. Ho was a major of Indiana vol-Readiug conspiracy have robbed Inno untocrs iu the Mexican war uuder Ocn.'ceut iuvestors ot many millions by pro Zichary Taylor and was commeuded cesses as infamous as those of the ounce for gallantry at Buena Vista. steerer or Ibe green-goods man. Ye' In 1818 0 be sorved in tbe lower housethese swindling concerns have their ee

of ihftBiatn legislature. In 1850 be was'cuiities listed upon tbe stock excuengi

nipptnd to the state senate and servediTbeir manipulators are men prominen

tlirpn voftra. In 1854 ho was commie- in business, society end church. No

sioned brigadier-general of militia. Injono of them has been aeut to jail, thougl

1851) ho was elected by the legislature to they have been violators oi ine crimm

tn iim important position of state agent, law. They are even al this monier

tciiiMi im resigned in i860 and was'ononlv planning new swindles und

niopind a member of the Thirty-seventb'nlans of reorgauiz- ;oa designed to maJx

nonirross from the New Albany district, one dolhr appear to te iwo or three fei

" a1 S. I . . f . LI. . , .

r anrvnil as. a III C tn ucr oi mo coinmii-'g SUincieni lime i uuauia w

tee on territories, llo was re-elected to load upon the unwary

posiuyo iruin. poemvo jusiico, auu ,U3,- plagte,.Iu ga8 making, plumbiug, steam live virtuo and right. iuing, bread making, cooking, tailorThen, with these jewels ever shining, . 85,;ocm9king and repairing, gardenunlrii'htencd by ceaseless ellurt and uu-,,, ,., frtr Bi,,ri- flnrlp.nl.

. . " . i ii a l 1111. Ill IIIHlKl wti 'ft irmg industry and coupling on eternal , dr k anJ prllltln igilanco-tho human liberty-wo shall h '

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SCO 1110 ClOlIll OI igiiuinuuo uibjjuiocu,. - .N.CEJjT tho weak points of human naturo bracedl 1 Good and propped up, and tho dark and tur-j 0' jt nay bid currents of hnman depravity neu-l 1 3 ralized by bettor agoncics and 1111011009,: V "q00(i

g aro

boyi

INCENTIVES TO O0OI) CONDUCT.

treatment.

s to do right because it

IB

and the dark and tdagna t pall of human

ndilleronco broken and stirred Irom

center to circumference bv activity iu

3 Good conduct hastens his honor

ablo furlough and bad conduct post nones it.

4 Had conduct Uenrives a uoy 01

agitation ; and lastly tho forbidding whtifl 00h conduct enlarges

..1....... I l,..r.. .. aiitiil.litu wn will r--'--- "a

glUlllll Vf, lll.llinil Diunun; " " ...

rro

them.

ItfnaL- ami ovnniiriln hv llvimmtin I fO I . . . . ,1

... un ...... j , -.- - - -- u ijornora nuiiisiimeiii ih uiauu mo

hibition bombs, and ct 111 trio sunsn noi. tf other annliances fail tho

r . ..1 . .1 nHfS nits inn"-""- " . .

parintendeut in

to inllict a cor-

t. If tho Sup-

investigation,

..a.!a Hm normll Ihn nvtniil ft 11(1 man

- - . . U f. 1 1 1 n ...w ..vi ......

good win toward men." Arnr ih ...n.lainnont . clearlv set

Vo'co W. toUMi. .forth. Thus bad habits aro suppressed

and good habits formed

oi Bounoiy aim giauuubs, uu u lBacilor oDDi e$ to the Su

world rejoice and shout, "iMCcuua mo ,,, ff normission

god of drunkenness, fallen i lueu i . "nora, DUightnen

voice shall ho heard, iko tno voice oi orltontiellti Hor duo

illitnv wuiuis nni nia, i untie vmi m .

What Drink Doos. It clogs (ho brain. It overworks tho heart. It checks thc action of tho lungs, It lull mies and hardens tho liver. It causes fatty degeneration of tho idnoys. It arrests digestion by iullaining the

mucous meinbrano of tho throat and

stomach.

It creates an appetite which is only

increased by being gratitiod.

It destroys the norvo force and para-

ly.'js tho oncrgy.

It diseases to tiio third or fourth

oration by tho laws of heredity.

what nm.vas hoys heue

1. Truaucv and absenteeism from

dav schools.

2. Idleness and stro t life when there

is no school. 3. Intemperance and vice on tho part of parents. 4. Spasmodic control at home. 6. Over indulgence and Isck ol homo restraints. 6. Step-parents and neglected or

phanage. I T IIa. I nlit.t llinll

I. U1U CIIIIIUIIIUCIIIlli Tho last might be regarded as a summary of tho others, and may express the primo cause of the downfall of boys. SOME PREVENTIVE MEASURES.

I. A good compulsory law requtr

progress. There is a Utting

season for all things, wisdom crieth

aloud in all nature, exemplifying tbe

propriety of seed timo and harvest, aud tho beauty of tbe tour seasons verging imperceptibly from oue into tho other.

It would not do for tbe icv fetters of

winter to bind up the tender fruits and

crops of summer at one sudden bound. And so it is with the schools of our

town iu their divided conditiou. The

seed time is hero but tbe harvest is not.

A lean from tho Common school

courso to a Commissioned High School course, with all of its requirements,

scorns to mo liko trying to jump from

the lower round of the ladder to tbe

tonmost at one bound. Tbe non-com

missioned High School course, would have been tnoro in keeping with tbe

needs aud requirements of the Public

Schools at present, raking iuto considers

tion tho number of pupils who are com

petent and who desire to avail them

selves of tho opportunity of such

course. Iu the second place I think

that tbe financial phase of the subject is

of primary consideration. I sin of tbe

opinion that to find a man who is wil

ling to aBBU'i.o the labor and responsibility of such a position, without paying him a salary which exceeds the most wo

cau possibly stand, will bo impossiDie

and uot at all satisfactory. A Friend or The Puiilio School

K"i- itlir all children to attend school.

I ... ........

2. Abolition of "child Ubor" lor tne

benefit of vagrant parents. . .... . 3. The suppression of vicious haunts A Pretty Solid haul. whore boyi congregato.

Nothing beggars a nation quicker . Abolition of whatever win Keep

Our Public Schools,

A respected correspondent in Ballston

desires to know our opinion on tbe

teaching of foreign languages In our

public schools. "What," bo asks'shouh

bo taught at tho expense of taxpayer ?

Wo atiBWor nothing should bo taught at

tho cxnciiHO of tho taxpayers but that

which is absolutely essential and nccei

sary to tho performance of tho simple duties of a citizen. Children should bo

taught to rcatl and w.'ito and cipher

Thov should also know the olemouts ol

the English languago and of goography

But as to foreign languages or other

fancy branches of tho higher cducaiion

those things should not bo taught at the

cxpenso of tho taxpayers aud should not

form a part of tho system oi instruction

In the nub ic schools. flow lorK aun

(U The patronising plea of class inter

girvby cuddling tho community with

thu earn of its helpless and alcohol-soak od viol 1 ins. Thc Voice.

l.mtn.f Imua nn thr frnnt ftWftV from llOMIG

ability of its units. Tim rum buslness Suitablo restraints and a better homo csts, of please just aid us in repealing II. j i... .. .11 I. til .nil Iii nn ion orill al.

.. ....I.. . I .. n n ,1.1a I..,, l,Aal....d Ihn I.A.. 1,111 3 11 IZ I III II HIITDI Ulli CSU. 1IIVII nil ..... ....

IHM Ulli uwu 1111,11111 iiioiuui iiiu unit I .. .. i i it ..... , i ...... I t.. n.ntt.i.. Ilm iirnnnr .llvop Infflllg.

o. i' or parents to givo muru iiuii-.yuii m uuaiiuig, mu nwii o,i.. . -p, ..... lion to Iho rearing ot their children, tion, Is hcekincss of tho tan color. Tho Vmflnrt In ihU rosneni is fraiitfht with Sherman bill demonetizing Mlvor was

ruin. Ipassed in tho interest of tho money

PiutnATinv itpov ciiaiiaotkr. olasscs. Wlioti It Is repealed a law I

The dovil Is in tho greatest nnslaoy nf There is no doubt that education is the interest of tho people must take

delight when ho succeeds in fdloiioiiig ono of tho strongest agenelos in sup-iplacc. frratikfort Orescent.

the pulpit and pidlor.Uing Mm mniiths;nrctfsing crlmo. lleform School boys, tif God's servants against Iho nttf..aucn;,io ft nilo. aro verv illllorato: 05 per

of everything except ti fow " gllitcriug cent aro below tho fifth year grado, andwi burglarized by generalities." about CO per cent are bolow the third seven dollars lakeu.

II

depol al Cannolton

(ramps, snd about

.. . . . . t j

tho Thirty-eightn congress ann retainea

is nosltion on tbe same committee.

Since his retirement from congress he

ms not held office, but always tooK a

leading part in the councils of his party,

n which ho occupied tne position oi a

trusted and ablo leader.

Ho was a Democrat of tho Jacksonian

tvno. and if there ever was a man woo

' .. .. . . it.

esorved the appellation 01 ucmocrauc

wheel horse he It was, tils time, nis . . i . .

money and ins services were aiwnys i tho command of his party, and a demo' cratic n itional, state or district conven-

tion without his prcseuco wouia nave resembled the play of "Hamlet" with the character of the Danish prince eliral-

ated therefrom.

Gen. Cravens was a man of strong phy

sique and portly, handsome presence, until February, 1893, when he had an attack of la griono and since gradually de

clined until last November, wnen nis

heart became effected and finally caused

bis death. During the last four days of

is life ho was so much better tüan he id been that hopes were entertained by

his friends of bis restoration to some

thing like his former vigor. On tbe morning of his death ho rodo in a buggy to one of his farms, a mile from town, and upon his return drove around town and called unon lift friends, Drs. Chas.

McPheetcrs. Santlford, Mcintosh and

others, one ol whom said to him, ''Major,

von mav ivo fot ten years yrt." ue re

plied. ' No, I'm only living on borrowed

timo."

After bis rido he returned to his son s

residence, ate a hearty dinner, walked

around the yard awhile, tbeu went to bis

room and sat down by an open window

aud commcucod reading the life of Na

poleon. Presently his book was heard

to fall on the floor, and wnen the mem

bers of the household got to him he was

breathing bis last. He had amassed

laudsome estate, valued at irom f o,wo

to 100,000. His home farm was a

princely estato of 1,000 acres of fertile landp. T.ess than a year ago he distributed $30,000 equally between his six surviving children.

Ills wifo died about a year ago and

was buried at llardln cotnotory, tour

miles north of Hardin. burg, where to

day, iu the presonco of a vast concourse

of people from Wasuinglon and sur

rounding counties, ho was laid to rest by her side, the site bciug marked by a

bandsomo aud costly monument, erected

"And these are but simples of tl

criminal conspiracies we permit to 11

port themselves as 'business ana 'laai

trial' enterprises. There Is the eugai

trust, whose paper issues represent oi

man knows what There is tbe Geuer

Electric, which must be poken of onH

in whisners. There are scores ot ai

honest, illegal, criminal consplreet

with hundreds of millions of fraudnl

lent stocks and bonds represented by ui adequate value anywhere, but floetlaj

upou air-OUDDies inai may oursi upoi

any touch of mishap. "These facte stare bankers aud pri

dent business men In tbe tace anu bid

thm name. Ia it anv wonder that thl

foreigner withdraws his mnuey from in I

vestment in a couutry where such pracl

tices are tolerated? Is it not wors

than fnllv to lenore these (acts, and fo

the sake of tickling a narrow partisan

shiD to attribute tbe grievous results

an alleged Dooular distrust of tbe pops

lar nartv ? Is it not a mistake to dlverl

attention from the truth by attributing

tn a mifichibvous law alone a conditio

(or which the law, bad as It is, is only II

nart reanonsible?

'The reniedv lies in telling the wholJ

truth and prosecuting tbe knaves whos

exploile of fraud have wrougnt antra

and threaten calamity. WBCB we ecni

hiv awlndlera to -1 ail as we do petty ri

calt, and conduct our great exchanges.

as honest basis our busiuess euierpru

wilt inspire confidence again."

A Correctiou.

Couiikr: Iu your last

Editor

ana vnn Dublished what purports to

an official renort of School Board m

In held June 21st Your article is i

accunte and distorted aed calculated I

create erroneous impressions at hon and abroad. Now in justice to t

community and to myself 1 respectfull

ask that yon prim tne ioiiowibk corn rflnnrt of the way ia which the Jasi

Public Schools are to be numbered bo viz s No. 1. Intermediale German Dep't. No. m. Grammar German Dep't. No. 3. Intermediate (boys) Dep't. No. 4. Primary Dep't. No. 5. Intermediate Dep't. No. C. Grammar Dep't. No. 7. High School Dep't. The words "Catholic School" ai

"ftivim to the Catholics" were not 1

peblleati

by Gen. Cravens since her death, with Ttn

suitable inscription on mo lace noxt uer . wh ordl uQ9rmm Dl

grave. That next jiis grave was leit to, " lmall(,iri. Uietl to 8tmDl- ,hoir th

be inscribed after h deal i and me fron fn " ü re roome German is Uugl f... nnnl. nlim llio a. n nil k.lliar inn lu ....T.

as a branch. There were two pernio

face containing tho words "Fattier and

Mother." It is the old family burying

ground of the Cravens, Hardin, Kills and Schoonovor families, and is situated

in a lovely and fertile valley, the graves

being shaded and protected by mas'lve

forest oaks.

Gen, Cravens leaves six children sur

viving him: The Hon. A. A. Cravens,

preseut representative from Washington

county ; the Hon. Ben II. Cravens, pres

ent trossurer or Washington county; John K. Cravens, Mrs. W.O. Davis and

Mrs. W. J. Mpplng, of Hardinsburg, aud Mrs. Dr. 0. Fonts, of Ltncsville, Ind.

OrDiscover your false friends; your true ones wilt discover you.

presented to tbe Board ; one to establlil

another intermediate department ii

school rooms in northern part of towel

and as tbe rooms there are very aucs crowded, the Board deemed it a sees tsr I

aud Just to add aeotuer scuooi mere, i

well as tne uign scuoui uiiruoni

tbe new school building, as to oatite nf HTM for high school teacher, tns

iint antiled. but we believe that

suitable teacher can be had at 13.60

' t. ,r. HM

iiuapcuiiBiij, J. T. Melchior, . President 8shoot Board,

tjCrNo sympathy is who is a fool twice.

felt for the ma

(LT Don't ask your neighbors to leal

in vnn mvrv dav anu never vt

'I that which yon berrew,