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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1873-08-20

J. c. Easton has sued the Milwaukee s. st. Paul
and Southern Minnesota Railroad Companies for
$50 900 charges freight. being the difference
between the amount paid and the rates axed by
law. This suit will have An important bearing on
railroad matters, aud through It will ba decided the
question whether the men who build t he roads hays
the right to run them 49, - .
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1873-08-20

The. New York Sun very pertuently remarks that
80 '-A.torn-y General Williams evinces u good deal
more anxiety about Engi .hnan's horse tsn about
three American citizens who are Gagged in Fort Garry
These citizens arrested for crime agaiDst Cana
dian laws, but their arrest Is said to have been on
Anle rican soil. 1t Is subsct more worthy Of di
pomatic discussion than tho ownership Of horse"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1873-08-20

Citizens Of Bismarck and vicinity will fEd vt the
Pest Traders, Fort Abraham, Lpcciu one Of The bes
assorted and To- t,est 5 Eass. 4.sl-.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

There is hardly a family which does
not throw away enough table scraps to
feed at least half n dozen hens !: and
many that keep a nuisance in the shape
of a dog. that does no good, but costs
more than a dozen good hens, com
plain that they cannot afford to keep
hens. One dog in the neighborhood is
generally a create. trouble TO the neigh
bors han a flock Of hens would he ; for
if hens are well fed at home they will
rarely go away. But whoever saw a
dog that was not a pest, running across
the newly made garden and sticking his
hose into everything? Kill off the curs
and give the food to the hens. and YOU
Will find pleasure AS well as profit in 50
doing. We wish there was a tax Of S1OO
on every dog in the country. Those
that are of value rs watch dogs should
be retained, while the host of snarling,
dirty ours should give place to some
useful and less troublesome pet
Country Standard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

The President never draws his salary
himself, but receives it through the
First National Bank Of Washington, to
which he has given a power Of attorney,
and the money is always drawn from
the Treasury by the cashier, and placed
to the credit of the President in the
bank. The warrants for the salaries of
the President and President are
made out in the Treasury every month,
the former, under the new law, receiv-
ing Si,163.63 per month, and the latter,
SS333.33. Members Of the Cabinet are
paid from the rolls of their respective
departments, and receipt for the same
as all other officers and workmen. The
President and Vice. President do not
sign any payroll.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
THE ADVOCATED TOWEL"

The Patent Office has recently issued
papers to a California lady, the inven-
ton consisting in rather a novel method
of applying medicine externally, for the
benefit of a certain class of patients, by
means of a specially adapted towel.
This towel is used in drying the person
after bathing, and, it is claimed, is
medicated with such substances and by
such q process that it will arrest cutane-
n diseases, paralysis, and local affec-
tons, while it imparts at the same time
a healthful action and glow to the skin,
and frees it from bad humors. A towel
prepared in the ANN specified in the
patent will, it is said, retain its medical
virtues effectively during two months
use, when the process Of medication has
to be repeated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
ST. PETERSBERG.

St Petersburg, the splendid modern
metropolis of the modern empire of the
czars, is the Youngest among the great
cities of Europe. So late as the begin
ming Of the last century, the ground on
which the city now stands was only a
vass morass, occupied by a few fisher
mems huts- Peter the Great, whose
natural inclinations drew him toward
the sea, founded the city In 1709, by the
erection Of a fortress on the site of tho
present citadel. Seven years afterwari
the Count Golovkin, to please his i'm
psrial master, built the firstbrick house;
and the next year the Emperor, with his
own hand, laid the foundation Of ahouse
Of the same material. From these small
beginnings rose the imperial city Of st.
Petersburg, which is now one of the
~handsomest in Europe, and contains a
population of about eight hundred thou
sand persons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
A SHORT ROAD.

To make yourself thoroughly miser-
able, begin by fancying that no one
cares for You, that you are not Of use to
anybody sort of ~nonentity in the
household. where your place would not
be missed, but could be very easily sup
Piled Reflect on your want of beauty,
and lead yourself to believe that no one
can love aplain face, or think you agree
able because there are others more
charming. Fancy that every one who
looks upon you makes a mental COM
parisol which initiates against you in
favor of some one else. Imagine that
every word said in jest is only meant to
cover a deeper and more painful mean
iny-that every article of wearing APP
parel youdon is criticized and ridiculed.
Do all this, and Your tendency to NOR
bidness Of feeling will so increase that
in a very short time you will become
one Of the most miserable of human be-
IngS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
sheep Eating sheir wo.l.

Instances of sheep eating their wool
Arc quite common, especially during the
latter part of winter and the early part
spring. Some have thought the cause
resulted from the the presence of small
parasites-as minute as the red spider
of some Towering plants-which pro-
duce an irritation, and to allay this, the
sheep acquires the habit of biting its
W skin, and thereby eating its own
wool 1t is generally believed, however.
that the habit is analogous to that Of
hens eating their OWL feathers, and Of
the abnormal appetite Of COWS for old
bones, wooden rags. etc; and is caused
by an exhaustion of the phosphate in
the soil. Old pastures and fields. that
have been long cropped, are deficient in
these elements, and there is a want Of
them NV the animals. As a preventive,
mix a small quantity of bone meal with
corn meal, and give them an occasional
feed Sulphur also has been found to
he a preventive Of the habit, and many
farmers keep their stock constantly sup
Piled with it. II no doubt assists in
giving a healthy tone to the system
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
FiEN AND HONE


An exchange says that on every farm
there should be a shop room, with n
work bench and set of tools, suitable
Cor repairing houses and mending all
kinds of farm implements Having
them. learn to use them, and permit
xour boys to use them. II they do de-
stroy a little lumber. or spoil a tool. you
are preparing the boys for the business
Of life. And many jobs can be repaired
a. home in less time than il would take
To 90 to a mechanic, and frequently
much better, and money will be saved
With a few bolts Of different lengths,
plows, harrows, corn-planter. reaper,
OF wagon, can frequently be repaired
With a small roll of harness leather,
and copper ~rivets, the harness or halter
can be mended. With a soldering iron
and a little solder q tin pail or milk pan
can be repaired, n a can Of fruit be
sealed. With a saw and plane, at leisure
time in winter, nice ornamental chicken
coops can be made, which will not look
so much like Q nuisance about your
premises. With tools. your stable doors
can be repaired and fastened with a
good wooden latch, and thereby relieve
that rail that leans against your door.
The same implements will be useful in
repairing that gate that is leaning over,
hanging by one hinge. Tools are also
convenient in making a suitable frame
for that nice rose bush your wife has
been nursing with SO much care. in your
front yard. If the farmer had a few
tools he could make a new roller for his
sled, and thereby have no excuse. for
neglecting to haul up his summer wood.
Farmers should never 60 to a mechanic
to buy a doubletree, neck-yokc, or OF
woke, AK handle, hoe handle. rake or
any of the simple wooden implements
on the farm. But in order to he thus
independent, he must have tools, and
learn their use. A bench and set Of
tools always pay for themselves in one
year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
A Good Farmer.

One of our hes. and most accurate
farmers informs us, says the Country
Gentleman, that when a boy, as soo as
he had learned bookkeeping at school,
his father employed him to keep the
farm accounts-the cost Of labor,
amount of work expended on each field,
time Of performing operations, plowing,
sowing, c~ultivating and harvesting.
amount of crops, prices at which sales
were made, etc. He sooa became much
interested in farm operations, and thor
oughly acquainted with all the details Of
work, in a o complete manner than
he ever could have been in any other
way, and was early placed on the track
OF farming regularly and Systematically.
Let other farmers follow this example
with their sons, and we should have less
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
THE AFRICAN WAY or RATIFYTNG
4 TREATY.

A shocking story comes from Africa.
A treaty having recently been concluded
between the King Of Bonny and the
King Of Opobo it was. in accordance
with the ancient custom, ratified by
sacrificing a slave in a very peculiar
manner. From the crown of the head
down over the trunk an mission, as if
for halving, was made; then several
stout men seized hold of the victim,
while some Others hacked the body into
two parts along the line indicated
through the incision. One half of the
body the representative of King Bonny,
and the other half the ambassador of
King Opobo flung into the sea, by which
the contract was considered irrevocably
sealed. King Bonny tried very earn
estly to void this useless and cruel part
Of the ceremony, but the Africans were
not to be dissuaded from abandoning a
time-honored usage. The victim him.
self did not appear much disturbed by
the fate in store for him. His consola-
ton was hat his butchers would be re-
paid with the same coin in the next
world.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

May, with its treasures Of birds and flowers,
The balmiest month Of the year
May, with its mingling Of sunshine and showers,
Glorious May is here!
May, with its velvet-like carpet Of green,
And Its streams unfettered and free,
That gaily reflect back the glittering sheen
Of moonlight and flower and tree.
May, with its burden OF verdure and bloom,
And its zyphers, delicious and soft,
bear on their breath the sweet fiow'ret's per-
fume,
And the warblers rich melody waft.
Yes, May, in IFS glory and beauty again,
Smiling and balmy is here;
We hail thee, bright May! we rejoice in thy reign
Thou beautiful queen Of the year.
-yer Ovleans Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

The following beautiful chemical ex-
pertinent may be easily performed by a
lady to the great establishment Of q cir
Gle at her tea party: Take two OIL three
leaves Of red cabbage, cut them into
small bits, put them into a basin. and
pour a pint of boiling water ON them I;
let it stand an hour then pour it of
into a decanter. 1t will be o fine blue
color. Then take four wine glasses ;
into one put six drops of strong vine
gar into another six drops Of solution
Of soda; into the third a strong solution
of alum, and let the fourth remain
empty. The glasses may be prepared
some time before, and the few drops of
colorless liquid that has been placed in
them will not be noticed Fill up the
glasses from the decanter, and the liquid
poured into the glass containing the
acid will become a beautiful red; the
glass containing the soda will become a
fine green ; that poured into the empty
one will remain unchanged. BY adding
a little vinegar to the green it will i'm
mediately change to red, and on adding
a little solution of soda to the red it
will assume a fine green, thus showing
the action of acids and alkalies on vegs
bic blues.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

A writer in the Canadian Faynser
say : / had an excellent opportunity Of
observing the effect Of greasing the feet
whilst working in a shop where horses
were shod for q large undertaking es-
Enlistment The treatment Of the
horses by the horse-shoer was the same
as that of other horses shod at the same
shop, bat the fee. Of the funeral horses
we're creased every time they went ont.
to make them nice and black ; and, as
the fruit of this practice, the hoof
almost ceased growing. The sole was
not hard and glossy, rs after pairing, but
of dry nature. and in many cases could
be crumbled by the fingers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

THE amounts actually realized by the
United States in civil suits bear a small
proportion to the Judgments recovered.
Thus in 1871 the judgments amounted
to 81, 1854, while the sum actually
going into the treasury was only 81, 306,-
500, showing a difference of 81, 0,2I5.
In 1872 the balance was less favorable,
as out of judgments for -, 1891, 1913 only
S7S6,212 were realized; leaving a balance
of S2,6O7, 96l. The expenses Of the De-
partment OF Justice for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1872, we're So, O76,3 1874,
Of which S2,607, 961 were paid to the
United States Marshals and for court
expenses, including the pay of jurors
and witnesses. The salaries of the
United States District Attorneys and
their assistants amounted to S229, 465.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

GLASS SPINSISG.-After manifold
trials, a composition of glass has been
discovered which may be made at any
time into curled or frizzled yarn. The
frizzled threads surpass in fineness not
only the finest cotton but even a single
cocoon thread, and they appear at the
time almost as soft and elastic rs silk
lint. The woven glass flock wool has
recently been used as a substitute for or
binary wool wrappings for patients suf-
fering from govt, and its use for this
purpose has been, it is stated. success
full. Chemists and apothecaries have
found it useful for filtering. The
smooth threads are now woven into tex
tile fabrics, which are made into cush-
ions, carpets, t~able-cloths, shawls, neck
ties, cuffs, collars and garments.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

AJAcKAL who had pursued a deer all
day with unfagging industry was about
to seize him, when an earthquake,
which was doing a little civil engineer
ing in that part of the country, opened
q small chasm between him and his
prey. "Now here" said he, sis a dis
tinct interference with the laws Of ma
ture. But if we are to tolerate miracles
there is III end to all progress" So
speaking he endeavored to cross the
abyss at two jumps. His fate would
serve the purpose of an impressive warm
ing if it might be clearly ascertained /;
but the earth having Immediately
pinched together again, the research Of
the moral investigator is bafied.-
Fables Of Zambri, the Parsec.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

Thomas Heathwood, a successful
breeder of game fowls. gives the fol-
lowing as the proper food for young
chickens: One egg, with the shell,
beaten into quart of raw oatmeal, and
vet mp with new milk. Feed them from
four to six times a day. according to age.
Lettuce. onion tops, fresh grass, chopped
fine, should be given them at least once
n day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

THE books of the New York steamship
Offices show 2 1900 persons entered for a
visit to Europe this summer. Allowing
the very small average Of 1900 a head
for travelling expenses, and We arrive at
the interesting sum of S21, 500, 900 Of
gold and gold exchange carried out of
the country in a summer. No wonder
the balance is against us.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
SING ULAR ARITHMETICAL FACT.

Any number of figures You may wish
to multiply by 5 will give the same re-
suit if divided by two-a much quicker
operation ; but you must remember to
annex a cipher to the answer when there
is no remainder, and when there is a re-
mainder, whatever it may be, annex 5 to
the answer. Multiply AGA by 5, and the
snswer will be 1920 ; divide the same
number by 2, and You will have 232, and
as there is no remainder, you will add a
cipher. Now, take 359-multiply by
5, the answer is 1875; ON dividing this
by 2 there is 179 and a remainder I; you
therefore place a 5 at the end of the
line, and the result is again 1875.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

The Fat Contributor s Saturday Night
has been compelled to apologize to the
Ohio Senate for an alleged unintentional
reflection on the members of that body.
The editor wrote, "The Ohio State
Senate is proven to be wholly destitute
of the sense of humor," and a villainous
compositor made it read destitute of
the sense of honor
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
CURRENT ITEMS.

CURRENT ITEMS.
THE tunnel under the city of Balti-
more, built at a cost of $1,000, 600, will
be completed in two months.
Gov. HENDRICKS will visit California
in q short time, where he has a large in
terest in an extensive gold mine.
GEORGE ELIor's husband is said to be
the ugliest man in England ; and Hans
Christian Andersen is reputed to be the
homeliest in all Europe.
DETROIT, Mich, claims to have a fam
lily, composed of father, mother and
three children, all of whose birthday
anniversaries fall on the 18th of April.
The East river bridge, in Brooklyn,
will require 10000 tons of masonry in
the construction Of the towers, and 3d.
600 tons Of masonry, 4,2OO, 900 feet of
timber, and $50 tons of iron in sheathing
and bolts in the c~aissons, forming q
total weight of 43, 600 tons, and q grand
total of 113, 900 tons in the entire struc-
ture.
The populations to the square mile in
several of the largest cities Of the world
is as follows: London, 26, Paris,
$4,000; Pekin, 2S,5OO; New York, 49,
600. Pekin has generally been regarded
as surprising all others in the density
of its population, but New York exceeds
Pekin by 14,5OO, or more than 80 per
cent. to the square mile.
AN attempt is shortly to be made to
cross the Pacific, from San San Francisco
to Japan, in a small sloop, thirty feet
long. She is named the Dolphin, and
will carry a crew Of three men, in addi-
ton to her captain. The object is to
hunt sea otter, which are stated to be
very plentiful ON the Japanese coast.
A YOUNG a advertised for CORE
spondence with ladies' in Cleveland a
short time ago. Some fellow answered,
and appointed an interview n night on
Euclid One of their number
dressed in woman's clothes and met the
advertiser, and then another, pretending
to be her brother, belabored the roman
tic youth with a stuffed club, purposely
prepared. He ran away crying loudly
for the police.
The transportation of Goals to New
castle, according to the New York Her.
aid, is, from being a proverbial express
sion, in a fair way to become a fact.
That paper learns that the Great East
ern, after laying the new Atlantic cable,
is to take a cargo from Cow Bay to Eu-
rope, on her return trip, of $1,000 tons
of coal, and that one Of the principal
shippers in Cape Breton has contract
ed to load the monster steamer in fifteen
days.
The New York World estimates that
there are 125, 600 women in that city
earning their living in other than do
mestic employments. Of these, 1880
are milliners, 1900 artificial flower
makers, 1900 in the hoop-skirt manu-
factories, $4,000 in the hating trade,
5000 tailoresses, while several thousand
work in book-binderies, and large num-
bers are employed making parasols and
umbrellas and in other minor trades.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

A PHLADELPHrAN has invented a port
able bridge, durably but lightly con-
structed, intended to be carried ON the
fire apparatus, and SO arranged as to be
easily and speedily erected over a rail-
way track, upon which the hose run, and
under which ears and other vehicles
may run without impeachment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16
THE LONDON FIRE DEPARTMENT.


TIE LONDON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The immunity of London from great
fires has long been a marvel to us
Americans. who are accustomed to big
confagrations which, apparently, no
human agency could stay. The densely-
settled population, the square miles of
narrow, crooked streets and closely
wedged houses and shanties, the char
acter and habits of the denizens Of these
overlooking, poverty-stricken quarters,
the unparalleled opportunities, in short,
for fire to get a good start, and, getting
a good start, to have its W will and
way indefinitely, make it a wonderful
fact that London has not suffered a great
c~oniagration since that which took place
in the reign of Charles H., and is COM
memorated by the monument which
stands on the spot where it began, just
by London Bridge. The Londoners do
not hesitate to attribute their safety, in
the main, to the composition and man.
agement Of their fre-brigade /; and a re-
cent report shows wherein the chief
officer of that body thinks the efficiency
of his subordinates lies. He says that
the brigade's strength consists in its
skilled officers and well-trained and
disciplined men, with a full knowledge
Of the machinery and appliances with
which they have to work." the result
being ga steadiness and utter absence
of ever the smallest appearance Of ex-
element" Trial is sometimes made Of
the ire-brigade by purposely causing IN
alarm of fire to be raised. The whole
Geographic and steam enginery is set to
work; and the brigade, by company
after company, m dashing on to the
ground, to find that their chief has been
simply testing their good discipline.
London, it is confessed on all hands,
has an admirable fire department. What
with its force Of four hundred skilled
firemen, Of whom about one hundred
are on duty by day and two hundred by
night, its three floating and twenty-five
land steam-engines, its one hundred and
thirty-ive f~ire-escapes, its ffty-four sta
tions, and its eighty-four miles Of tele-
graphic wire, the fires have hitherto
been admirably confined to narrow
limits. Though, when it is considered
hat this force has to operate over an
area of no less than one hundred and
twenty square miles, it would seem
hardly adequate, but experience proves
the number, when drilled and picked
and well paid as the brigade in fact is,
to be nearly sufficient. But after all is
said, it is recognized by the Londoners
that a good system of fre-corps is not
all that is needed, and hat it is possible
for a great fire to create immense raw
ages, especially at the East End and an
| agitation has recently begun to clear out
and widen that part of the town. 1t is
curious to learn that London supports
its brigade for sixty-eight thousand
pounds a year, while the fire department
Of Paris costs threefold that amount.
Of the sixty-eight thousand pounds the
nation contributes ten thousand pounds,
and the rest is raised by a percentage
on fire assurances and q tax of a half
penny in the pound upon the London
rate-payers.