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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-10
CURRENT ITEMS.

CURRENT ITEMS.
NEBRASKA has 1900 miles Of rail-
road.
KANSAS exports buffalo beef directly
to England.
You can buy wool in Colorado for Is
cents pound.
CHIcAao's fire department costs her
s4OO, 900 year.
We read that 100 babies week is the
product of Kansas.
THERE are half q million more men
than women in the United States.
CINCINNATI produced 1860, 900 gal
Ions of lager beer during the year.
In Windsor county, VT, fourteen di-
vorces have been granted annually for
forty years.
The Pacific Mail Company has lost
four of it's steamers within q few
months.
THE assessed value of property in Min
nesota has increased 800, 600, 5000 in the
last year.
FoRREsr's library contained the best
collection of dramatic works in the
world, except the British Museum.
A VIENNA paper gravely tells its read
ers that out of the 500, 600 souls dwell
ing in Philadelphia, 25 are daily assas-
sinated.
A LITTLE darkey in Louisville drew
80, 1000 in the library concert. He says
all he asks for is pair Of boots and .
bushel of peanuts.
The name "grass widow" is of
French origin. 1t is derived from the
French "grace, and originally meant
widow by courtesy.
RoSDouT, N. Y, claims that it sends
more young men to be educated for
the Roman Catholic priesthood than
any other place Of it's size in the coun-
try.
AT the present rate of increase, the
Congressional Library will contain
1000, 900 volumes at the end of the
present century. No wonder the libra
rian recommends the erection of
separate building for the library, to
cover a square of ground. 1t looks as
if number of squares would be neces-
sary.
MEssRs. WINDOW Mimi, Sherman
CO.,, Conkling IN. Y.), Ames Miss,
Lewis (va.), Casserly Gal }, and Nor
wood (Ga.), constitute the Senate Com
mittee to consider the cheap transit from
the East to the West. They will no
doubt give the matter careful attention,
and if possible evolve remedy for the
present high tariff and ruinous rates Of
freight.
A DREADFUL rumor is abroad. It
originated with "an eminent French
chemist" not given. But the I'M
known assures society that many of the
new evening" silks are covered with
picrate of lead; that consequently they
are liable to terrible explosion at any
time, and that gentlemen must take care
lest their partners in the dance suddenly
blow up.
The rapid growth of vegetation in the
tropics is noticed by Panama paper.
Two years ago the Panama Hotel, at
Panama, was burned, leaving the walls
standing. The ground and rubbish had
hardly cooled before the interior began
to fill up with trees and bushes. Some
of them are now thirty feet high, with
branches growing through the openings
left by doors and windows, and unless
soon removed the walls will be broken
by their weight.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-10
EFFECTS or TOBAC eco SMOKE on TIL
SYSTEM

EFFECTS OF TOBA eco SMOKE on THE
SYSTEM
NJ. Gustave Lebon, Of Paris, has Just
issued treatise upon the chemical
and physiological effects of tobacco
smoke upon the human system, the au-
thor having first constructed variety Of
apparatus by which he has been enabled,
he says, to collect and show with exact
ness the various elements of the smoke
which condense and deposit themselves
on the organs Of the smoker. One hun
dred grammes-1, 500 grains English
troy-of French tobacco furnish, says
NJ. Lebon, O.55O grains of nicotine and
O.490 grains Of ammonia, able to act
upon the coatings Of the mouth, the
windpipe, or the pulmonary ducts. To-
baccos OF the Levant are the least dam
gerous, some Of them possessing but q
small trace of nicotine. In small doses,
tobacco smoke instantaneously excites
cerebral activity and the intellectual
forces, and facilitates digestion. In ex-
cessive and frequently repeated doses. it
producesdi difficulty ofdigestion, benumbed
intelligence, and clouded memory.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-10

RURAL BRETITIES
THR hog crop of Iowa is LBS, 10.
against ! ,00s, 671 last year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-10

The worst thing ''under the canopy
A mosquito.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-06
A Family Engulfed in q Well.

At Adamsville, Ohio, Mr.. A. j. Wine
has well which latterly proved great
disaster. 1t was thirty-five feet deep, had
long been in disuse, and was nearly dry.
He was engaged in digging it deeper, and
there was windlass and tub for draw
ing up the dirt. The workmen, being
otherwise engaged, had not touched 1t for
several days, and daughter of Mr.. Wine,
a young lady of eighteen years, thought
she would put some butter at the bottom
of the well to keep it cool. She per-
suaded her brother, young man of
twenty-One-ath home from college during
vacation-to let her down in the tub. She
took the butter down safely and deposited
ing her up, and when within few feet OF
the top, the young lady became insensible
and fell out of the tub to the bottom. The
young man raised an alarm and the father
came. He let his son down, and before
he could secure his sisters body to be
drawn UP, he was lying senseless at the
bottom. The father then raised an alarm,
and the neighbors came. A young man
who was very intimate in the Wine fam
lily, and probably loved one of them,
agreed to go down the well to bring up
his two friends. He was let down as
young Wine was, and like him stayed at
the bottom. Onl ly then it seems to have
occurred to anybody that it was foul air,
and that this going into the well was GER
tain death. The deep hole had already
swallowed up three estimable young peo-
pie. A fourth went down with more care
and proper machinery for graphing, and
| finally all three were brought to the sur
face, dead! The young lady was much
ADMIRED In the country round, and the
two young men who lost their lives In
irving to save a sister and betrothed
were Of great promise. The affair caused
inconsoisble family grief, and greai
public distress In Adamsville.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-06
Layering Shrubs. !

1t is often to us a subject of surprise to
find so few persons, especially those re-
siding in the country distance from nur-
series, who attempt to increase their stock
Of shrubbery by layering the branches.
Almost every variety Of shrub can be
thus multiplied. Even among those who
do this it is not often that the queen Of
flowers, the Rose, is thus treated. 1t is
usually propagated by sticking cuttings
from the new wood in August and nurs-
ing carefully through the winter. By
layering the growing branches, however,
it is by the succeeding season q bloomer (;
and this too can be done easily, that is,
without the use of sash or hot bed,
usually resorted to with the cutting. In
laying down, take sharp knife and slit
the part of the branch that enters the
ground, from one joint to another, then
cover with two inches of soil and fasten
down with forked stick. Not only
roses, but almost every kind of shrub car
be thus propagated. And the person who
does not know how to do this, should &c
without them all the days Of his life.-
Germantown TELEGRAPH.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-06
Miscellaneous Selections.
JONES'.

ImeM as " 4; anu n,,' ne ,eu 70 In S hiei-
hmIn i,,s-5 ~ tS G mis- anu Ion
1bd ne I'Id 10y hu.,Sihy " sSt.lnS ", ioeuo,
ana ms uuIes Mere nothlng DuI SKIN anu Dohes,
Ana Ms hosS were as lat AS ms corn
Ana he'o Doue " 'nou'ano acres vi ianu'
This man-anu MS name was also Jones =,
He esWore lhat ne leaNe tnein OH reu Nils anu
stones
tor ne oousoh lhaAe ho'nAh out yehoWisn COT
ton, -.
Ana IlISe q Inat, anu ms FENCES wee rotten,
And ne couidn' get a hving rom me iand
,, - -, -
Anu ,IIe iongeI ne sMoIs tle nAiuuer ne eos,
Anu ne Iose anu-ne maikeu 70 MS staoIe iot;
Ana ne nanooeu 10 LON 10 come tnere ano nitch
FOR 20 emigrate somewhere where land WAS ricn,
And to quit raising cock -barrs thiskes and sfch,
81.
20 INN anu LON tney nltcneu uP tIe Lnues,
fIote5llng lnAt i0iks were ihisimiy pIs loois
mat 'uu stay IN 1eoIgIA tpelI uietinie ou.'
just scratcninB n living, WHEN ni VI theh
-. mougnt
by tne time you couia plant II In tne iand:
:. 80, :. : - I,
Anu ne uroVe py mousse where man naiieu
Drown
was i'ihe, hoL iaf lloIh she euse Vi the .oNn'
Ana ne 1antereu hsowh ior 10 Duy MS piace' ~
anu sala Una. seeing a. % money Nas 81 skaoe' Ss'
And seeing the sherins Were hsrd 70 lace
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-06
. ALEXANDRIA PARISH RAPIDEs LAss NJ 9 hs.pgs

estate, which b going to rack and ruin,
and transform It by Ma elArgy and brain
into home of wealth and ccm1brt for
Fanny. u
7 never saw my little humming.bird
look prettier. than when she stood by
Harry, blushing and smiling under her
white bridal veil and wreath. This morn
ing they left US on their little tour, and
l felt the arms of Fanny around my neck
with a pang at my heart. The very sun
shine seemed to 60 away with her,
Hearth and Ho,ue. :. -
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-06

SOME chap thought he would play Joke
on Brigham Young, so he gained access
to the list of his wives, and added twenty
seven, named Mary Jane Young, Joseph
inc Ann Young, Sarah Melinda Young,
and so forth. The next time Brigham
called the roll twenty-seven didn't answer
to their names, so he concluded they had
died since the last roll-call, and putting
few inches of Grape on his hat, he looked
as sad as possible, but has not yet de-
tected the ioke.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-06

SIX roughs penned Natchez reporter
in an alley and were thinking how they
would batter his head, when four of them
fell into an old sewer and woman scald-
ed the other two. 1t does seem as ifProv-
idence was on the side of reporters,
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-06

The new postal card does not seem to
be understood In Augusta, Ga. A young
man of that city received one on Satur-
day, and after tearing at it for some time,
said to a friend standing by: "See here,
Jack, l can't get the darned thing OPEN"
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-09-06

Dro LEWIS convulsed Utica audience,
recently. by some advice TO married men.
He was talking about the eye. 10 the
unfortunate benedicts, he said: Gaze
into your wife's eye closely, and you will
see yourself looking exceedingly small"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06
Pc, by refusing to inves.igate and fx
the true amoan: CT the yeiia debt Of the

pc. by refusing to Investigate and Ax
the tTue .amoan: CT the veiid debt Of the
State. Let them enjoy, as best they
oan the odium and oensnre now resting
upon them. Elliott has won for himself
great laurels by saving Scott and others
from the impeachment, which they 30
we'll deserved. Wonderi il Scott, Parker,
Neagle and others, who helped to pile up
this enormous debt, while Merrill.
Wilkes 6 90. were making their mid
night raids on the poor women and chill
dreD, to divert attention from the real
scheme now making their appearance in
the cases of Morton. Bliss & Co.. are
still about Columbia? One would think
that they certainly could not have the
audacity to show their faces on the
streets. Who are those Eve beings you
call Merrill, Wilkes s. Co.? Where did
they como from? And what is their oc.
oupation? For the information of the
people it is hoped that some person who
can do 80 will write their history and
give it to the people through the papers
The names OF Scott, Parker. Neagle,
Merrill and others, are indc!ibly fixed in
the hearts and minds of the people, and
will be carried down to the last page ol
the history of South Carolina.
a VOICE FROM TIE COUNTRY.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06
S35,OOO.

Mn EDITOR: Under the infamous Ku
Klux proclamation of r. X. Scott, offer
ing rewards for the apprehension and
prosecution of parties who were said to
be participants in what was called the
Kn klux conspiracy cf South Caroiina,
$50. 600 of the peoples money have been
squendered by Gov. Moses, under O So
called appropriation made by the last
Legislature, and given to such as Louis
Merrill, Z. M. Wilkes, II. II. u. Byron.
James Canton and W. II. Brown. Think
of it-S35, 900 Of the hard earnings of
the poor people of South Carolina given
to five such beings! And for what? To
prosecute and punish tho people Of
South Carolina for doing what? No
thing bat what Scott forced them to do,
and nothing moro than any other people
wonld have done under the same circum-
stances. When Scott armed, equipped
and furnished bis black militia with bali
and cartridge, and they began to parade
and flourish their swords and bayoncts
in the faces of tho white people, and
make the air reverberate with the hideous
sounds Of their drums, and fiendish
threats to kill from tho cradle mp, and
no protection from any government,
what. in tbs name of common
sense, were the people to do?
Sit silently by and allow themselves to
be robbed, burnt out and murdered? :?
s35. 900 made by few individuals in q
few months making money fast, this;
but. then, they had to be woll paid to
protect the vulturcs who we're then fill
ing their vile elastic crops with the very
lie OF poor old South Carolina. The
bond case OF Morton, Bliss e Co.,
against the people of South Carolina, is
beginning to reveal somo of the dark
deeds that have been practioed upon tho
people. General Hogc. in his efforts to
save the people from death in this great
sea of fraud. is winning for himself many
friends. The people are eagerly waiting
to hear the decision of tho Supreme
Court of South Carolina on this subject
The people desire this matter OF the
State debt to be thoroughly siited and
the true amount definitely fixed, and oil
guilty parties sent to the Albany Peni.
tensiary. The last Legislature fell far
short Of their promised duty to the peo.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06

A complaining husband in Brooklyn
Heights is at present undergoing pc
ouliar punishment for his offences. His
wife, u lady of great vigor and o.iginali
ty, is cleaning house, aud the foolish,
frctful man annoyed her so with his in
cessant grumbling and growing, that
she finally decoyed him Oh the roof Of
the house. and incontinently boltod him
out. He amuses himself pitching ball
with the boys in the street below. and
has his meals sent mp to him through the
chimney
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06

How TO BATTLE D1sEAsE.-The man
who puts bullet through his head dies
more speedily than he who is continually
sending vo]leys of strong, cathartic pills
down his throat; but the drastic pillets
are as fatal in the end as the Ieaden ball.
1t is only question of time. Common
sense should teach everybody that the
idea OF expelling disease by subverting
the bodily vigor which is its natural
antagonist, is supremely absurd. There
shonld be no purgation without invigora-
ton and regulation. These three pro.
cesses shonld go on together, and they
do go in oil cases where Hostetter's Sto-
mach Btters are used as remedy for
disease or for the general debility grow
ing ont of torpid state of the digestive
and secretive organs In this great
vegetable restorative are mingled three
essential clements of cure-a purifying
elemelt u tonic element, and an anti.
bilious element. BY these means dys.
pepsia. bilious disorders, intermittent
fevers, sick headache, constipation ana
nervous debility are readily cured and
epidemic disease prevented. J6t3tl
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06


The MARION STREET SUNDAY soHoo1
CEnEBHAr1oN. The Fourth Of July oom-
pleted the tventy.fifth anniversary of the
establishment Of this school. AS is the
custom Oh sEiS occasion, q celebration in
commemoration of the event took place,
at which the scholars acquitted them
selves very creditably, eaeh one exhibit
ing great deal of frmness in performing
his or her part. At the appointed hour.
the school formed in procession at the
school-room, and marched up the left
and down the right aisles Of the church.
and then occupied the place assigned to
them in the gallery. The following list
embraces tke pieces recited:
Gratitude, by Minnie Norih; Flowers
embiematio OF Childhood, Alice Roberts:
The Young Speaker, Jimmy Thompson;
First Effort. Della Kittlebsnd; Bad
signs, Joseph North; Three Words of
Strength, Estelle Kirk; Sabbath After
noon t5oilloquy, Ssllie Patton; Things
we late, Jimmy Cloyd and Eddie Bur
Elkins; Thou Art, o God, Ella McKn.
! ney; Hope of Henven, Sammy Browne.
Sabbath Bells, Carrie Purse; Duties Of n
Little Child, Willie Nowil; Cultivatiok of
Home Feeling, Eliza Hunter; Forgive
and Forget, Arthur LaMotte; The Athe.
lst. Sallie Tarrer; The Mourner, Mamie
O'Neale. Chicora Kirk, Minnie North.
Carrie Purse, Annie Moody, Sallie Pat
ton; Autumnal Musings, J.. G. Beard:
The Sunday School, Melvin Kirk; In
tempelance, James Ogilvie; What is
Greatness? III. B. Browne; Seed time
and Harvest, Leah Miller. Chicora Kirk,
Mamie C'Neale, Carrie Moody, Sallio
Iarrer, Minnie North, Glover Browne.
Annie Moody, Kate Thackam, Eliza
Hunter, Carrie Purse, Ella Mckinney.
The anniversary address was delivered
by Rev. P. F. Kissler. Several odes were
sung by the Sabbath School during the
proceedings. which were highly appre-
ciated by the audience.
EoTE1 ARRIvA1s. July 4 and g.
| Wheeler House-W Bunie, New York; Fl
W Addison and wife. Miss Addison and
nurse, Edgefeld; T Whitsell and wife,
Ligon and two ladies', Ga; D D Ca
bill, wife and child. 8 @; Mrs Alexander
and child. Fla;-J W Hunter, Md; NJ G
| nyLLenoet8, L johnston, Sumter; @
W Jarratt, L Pollock, La; J " Marshall,
Abbeville: S L Hall, N G; W A Bradley,
Ga; 9 A Darling. j L Little, city; T
Clarkson. O, G & A R R; Al G Moulton,
Texas; Wa Sheriff., Ga; VIM T Ed.
munde. Grovewood; ] II Adams. Rich
land; W Dudley, Charleston; N W Polk,
Md; 81 Frost. P J Ravenel. Charleston; !;
l. Younger. Chester; Wm E Earle,
Greenville.
Hsndris House.-Q IS Cathcart,
Winnsboro, S G; W Fl. Hengerford,
" B Rodgers. Charleston, s G; T j
hernighan and daughter, Batesville, 8 G;
s A Woodruff. North Carolina; r Stopp,
wife and child, s J Metz, Lexington, S
.; Frank s Smith. Charleston, s G.; J
Sulzbacher, T T Jones, City; Wertz,
wife and four children, Clarksville, 8 G;
r 81 Kirk. Lexington, 8 G; E D Foss,
Charleston, s G; G D Farrar. New
York.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06

at the commencement Of the Univer-
sisy OF Virginia, on "Wednesday last, the
address to the alumni was delivered by
the Rev. John A. Broaddus, of South
Carolina. Among the graduates in law
South Carolina was represented by Mr.
E. NJ. Boykin.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06
The 0eeenvllle and Columbia Railroad
New Eqnipment-ImProy Of

The 6eeenvAlle and Columbia Railroad
New Equipmen,-Improy Of
tho Up-Country. >. -,
We were pleased to. read and to copy
into our columns, Q, few days ago, the
statemen. from the Charleston Neics, that
the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
was in a very short time to be put in
first GLASS order. Already 500 tons Of T
rails, with approved fastenings, have
been provided. and are being laid down.
Locomotives and cara are under contract
and in progress. A quick schedule is to
be adopted, by which passengers will be
put into Charleston at half-past 10
o'clock at night. By the time active
business re.opens, it is expected that the
road will be in condition to give ample
accommodation to both freight and pas
sengers.
This is q popular and favorite road,
and, although badly treated few years
ago. and for time injured in the public
esteem, it has revived under the auspices
and by the aid OF the South Carolina
Railroad and from the efficient manage
ment of its officers. It is rapidly re-
covering from its difficulties and the in.
crease OF business which, in it's dilupi-
dated condition, was, to some extent,
almost embarrassing, will now be abun-
dainty provided for and amply accom-
modated. We notice improvements
along the line Of the road nearly through
out its whole extent. A contract has
been let out for new and commcdious
depot to be constructed at Greenwood.
The business OF the place demands in
creased facilities. The town is rapidly
growing. The same may he said of
many other villages and stations on the
line OF its route. The road, without
which these towns would not havo been
bnilt, is, rs is fit, now receiving at their
hands grateful return in the way Of
business, trade, travel and intelligent IN:
terest.
Col. Dodamead. who has bsen so sue.
cessful in managing the affairs of the
road in it's season Of trial, is just the
man to usher it upon higher -plane of
activity, and to run it with equal and
increasing advantage to the country and
the company. While he vigilantly guards
aud forwards the interests committed to
his care, he is assiduous in efforts to &C.
oommodate and crafty those who travel
on its cars. This obliging spirit is
shown on all public occasions-such as
the Orr funeral, the commencement ex-
eroises at Spartauburg, Greenrillc, Due
West and other places. It is not unfre-
quently exhibited in private to the relief
OF distress and the soothing OF pain, in
the arrangements and facilities thought
fully made with that view. This spirit
of promptness and strictness in bust
ness. tempered with kindly feeling and
consideration, makes the ideal railroad
man. We are pleased to say, that we
recognized it in Ae conductors whom
We have met on the wing. in our recent
trips. nnder circumstances we'll calcu-
lated to add q glow TO grateful feeling
for kindness shown. In travelling, it is
pleasure to full into the attentive hands
of such men as the veteran Isaacs, the
active Brazeale and young Sloan, of the
Anderson branch.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06

NERVOUS DEDILITY.-A DEPRESSED, 1n.
RIrADLE STATE OF MIND; WEAK, NERVOUS,
EXHAUSTED FEELING; NO ENERGY OR AM
NATION; CONFUSED HEAD, WEAK MEMORY,
OFTEN WITH DEDILITATINd, INVOLUNTARY
DISCHARGES. The consequence of ex.
cesses, mental overwork or ipdiscretions.
This NERVOUS DEBILITY finds i SOVEREIGN
CURE in HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC SpE-
cIFIc, No. 2S. 1t tones up the system,
arrests discharges, dispels the mental
gloom and dependency, and reiuvenates
the entire system; it is perfectly harmless
and always efficient. Price SIS for pack
age OF five boxes and largo 50 vial of
powder, which is important in old serious
casss; or 81 per single box. Sold hy ALL
Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of
price. Address HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE COMPANY, No.
662 broadway, N. Y. For sale by GE1aER
X McGREeoR. Columbia, S. G. Ap14 lily
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Col. +. ". McMAsrER Speaking Of
the Due West commencement, the Able
vile Medium pays the following tribute
to onr ellowtownsman, Col. McAIaster:
"Col. Fitz ". McMaster delivered the
anniversary address to the students of
the college. Col. McAIaster is one OF the
most successful lawyers and best orators
in the State, and it is needless to say,
that his address fully matched the expec-
tations OF his hearers. Ho chose for his
theme The duties and prospects of the
young men OF tho South, and for more
than on hour held the vast audience
sspell,bound by the beauty and power Of
his matchless eloquencc. His speech
was admirably framed, repleto with
Thoughts that breathe and words that
burn, and so elegantly uttered as to call
forth the applause and approval Of all
who heard him. Col. McMaster is bold,
eloquent and patriotic, and his words to
the young men on last Wednesday will
90 sounding down tho ages rs the utter.
ances of soldier who knew no defeat,
aud patriot who feared no foe."
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-06

The fact that sugar of lead and sulphur
hair renewers have produced many cases
Of blindness and other disorders conse-
quent on their use, is the best argument
why Nattans' Crystal Discovery, which
is entirely harmless, shonld be used. At
any rate it will repay yon to try it. Get
your druggist 10 get it for you. Fog
sale by Z. Il. Mot. J4t3