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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-02
ITEMS OF INAEREsT.
Personal and Literary /.

Personal and Literary.
Leland Stanford, OF California, Is said
10 be worth twenty millions.
The Princess Marguerite, of Italy,
and the Princess Victoria, OF Germany,
are very fond OF each other.
Prince Bismarck has gone To his Lam
rnburg estate. where correspondence Is
never allowed To reach him.
1t Is reported that the Princess Louise
and the Marquis of Lorne will visit Can
Ma and the United States this summer.
1t cost Henri Matile an imprisonment
of two months for speaking dlsrespectful-
IL of President MacMahon.
-Twenty-one letters of Robespierre,
which are said 10 contain some startling
facts, have been found in Paris, and are
.oon TO be published.
-Longfellow is suffering severely with
acute neuralgia, and Is said TO be In such
precarious health that he does no literary
work whatever.
The Pope was born little after md
night. Sunday, May IL, 1893. He re
oayed eight hundred kilograms on his last
birthday. His great age precludes any
prospect OF his calling second session of
the late Ecumenical Council.
The Hon. AlphOnso rant was the
freshman tutor of Chef-J Justice Waite, in
Yale College. and between the two most
cordial personal relations have existed
ance their first acquaintance, now forty
years ago.
One of Tennyson's friends quoted
one OF Tennyson's lines. in the poets
presence, az happy instance of the ma
iural expression oi "A spontaneous thought,
md the poet said, - smoked a dozen ci-
mrs over that line"
Miss Alice M. Singer, daughter OF
Mr.. /. NJ. Singer, the sewing machine
inventor, will soon be married in
England to Mr.. w. A. Il. La
Grove. former resident OF Brook
Irr. The brides dover Is toebe $1,000
10, and she Is TO receive $4,000 worth of
diamonds.
The value of color in journalism has
lot been adequately tested outside OF
China. where Shanghai journal lately
dubbed les sale by printing its daily edi-
ton on yermilion paper. by announcing
he death OF Prince lung che IN blue IL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-02
Odds and End.

"A German figure Of speech-Nein.
|-Singular TO see a garden walk.
The thirsty man who. in the dark.
b a swig from pitcher Of ink, has
r. been sent to the home for ink-ewer-
is.
why Is a pig the most provident Of
|Hals? Because he always carries a
|re-rib or bwo about him.
|+The ladies just now are controlled by
|beck-reign. But they cont kick.
a bit. They can't.
! a New Orleans husband never tolls
wife that hc is "going down TO the
office this evening" There are seven
clerks in that institution.
A Minnesota editor announces that
agricultural department of his paper
be conducted by superanuated
hger from Iowa, whose life has been
bt trying 10 graft the mangel wurtZel
he burr oak. His first article will APP
In his next number, entitled, 1.-The
soil for Bologna sausage
A young lady was yesterday standing
he wharf nj the foot of Second Street
hing her handkerchief at schooner "
lard z" queried her companion as he
he along. NO. | don't. tut they are
hing their handkerchiefs at me-" she
lied. Hand (ha y ker (hoo) chiefs
exclaimed, dropping his basket and
hing against woodpie "why, tbem's
mems shirts hung up 10 dry" She
led into a warehouse. Detroit Free
The engineer of fast train was lately
sted by the authorities of 0I.e-horse
h out West. at "A locality which shall
nameless. for running through the
k at greater rate Of speed than is al
ed by the ordinances. liz was very an
ing. but when the case was brought
re the court IL was decided that hav-
neglected TO give proper publicity 10
~ ordinances. they could not impose
fine. Their discontinue was further
ravated Nv the excuse of the engineer.
said, " He didn't know there was any
n there !"
A Sixth Street landlord warned dis
eable tenant out Of one of his houses
bther day, and the tenant replied that
you'd be out by certain day. Two or
y days after the time had expired the
lord called, and finding that no move
been made toward vacating, he ex-
ped Here! thought you agreed
out o. here last Tuesday 2" :" did,"
lily replied the man, but everywhere
int they wanted months rent in adj
Fe, and guessI'll have to stay h re all
mcr If don I find lost pocket-book
|rike some one who wants to lend
ley !"-Detroit Free Press.
AT a court in Durham, England,
old lady. who had brought an action
damages against neighbor. was being
hined, when the Judge suggested
promise, and instructed counsel TO ask
she WOULD take TO settle the matter.
hat will you take 7" asked the gentle
of the old lady. She shook her head,
BIZ she was very hard of hearing.
lordship wants TO know what you
tukew bawled the counsel at the top
voice. - thank his lordship kind
the ancient dame answered; "and II
10 inconvenience To him, Ill take
e warm ale :" The Judge gave up
fort In despair.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-02

Col. Long. the American officer I'm
the service OF the Khcdive OF Egypt, whose
discoveries i'm the African lake region
have made him quite noted. mas just re-
turned TO Egypt from the land of the NJ
am Mans. He denies that they arc can
nibals, as they were reported to be. though
they are warlike. and use poisoned ar
rows with more skill than Is pleasant.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-02
Foreign Notes.

The Crown Prince of Germany says
|apa will be the first German Empe-
|lsiting Italy as friend and not as a
her.
NJ. Escandon, a Mexican Millionaire,
bad colossal statue OF Christopher
INDUS. by Cordier, erected In front OF
Palace de l'Industrie, in Paris.
IN 1870 the average individual con-
ption Of wine in France annually was
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-02
THE SIOUX.

/ Nation of Some Thirty Thousand
Peopie-The Country They Now In
hs bit-Where They Came From-The
Twelve Bands into which They Are
Dtyfdsd-Ths Nation Really Ruled.
Not BY Chiefs hut by Societies OF War;
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

The following brief compilation oil
husiness law is worth a careful prese1
vat;on as IL contains the essence oil
,sr'rs amonnt of LEGAL yerbiage:- =
II i NOT LEGALLY necessary TO say on
note s.for value received
Contracts made ON Sunday cannot be
enforced.
4 note bv A minor is void.
A contract made with minor IS also
void
A contract made with lunatie i also
void
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13
Change OF Color I'm the stars

In reference to the variable colors of
stars we note that in the UrdRometrid,
composed in the middle of the tenth
century by the Persian astronomer Al
Sufi, and which has been recently pub
lished by the Imperial Academy of Sci
ence at st. Petersburg, under the edi-
torship of Schjellerup, it is stated that
at the time of his observations
the star Algol was reddish-an ep-
tibet applied also by him to the stars
Antares, Aldebaran, and few others.
Most of these exhibit reddish aspect in
at the present day. Algol, however ap-
pears at present as white star, without
any tinge of color. This change of
color is of great interest, and, indeed,
highly significant, when taken in con-
nection with the fact that the apparent
brightness of Algol is subject to peri
odical fluctuation of remarkable and,
i'm fact. inexplicable character. Spec
troscopic analysis has most plausibly
suggested that in many cases the estab-
lished variability i'm brightness of stars
is due to such internal changes in the
body of the star as bring different
class of chemicals to the surface, giving
rise thereby to variation in intensity
of the light, variation in its color and
change i'm the spectrum lines and
bands. The observed changes i'm the
color of Algol, therefore are quite in
accordance with this theOry.-Hdyper's
NGJd-iHe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

The First Continental Congress met
at Philadelphia, September ,, 1114. Its
first measures were not military, but
renewed the commercial war which the
colonies had tried before, which was
believed in long afterward, but which
always accomplished harm TO the enemy
at the expense of tenfold harm at home
in local and class chickering's. Trade
was thrown away just when wise policy
dictated to keep it, and even fight for
it. After December, 1115, nothing was
To be imported from any part OF the
British empire and after September,
1715, nothing was to be exported to the
same. English goods were needed for
the army and came by way of the
European continent and the West
Indies and lumber and tobacco the
same way,
The Second Congress, May 10, 1775,
set about making war, but it had no
power to tax, and therefore no power
to borrow. New York proposed bills
of credit of the old kind, to be redeemed
by taxes, and this plan was adopted.
The first issue was ordered June 23,
1S15-promises tn pay 2.OOO,0OO Spanish
dollars. The issues were app0rtioned
among the colonies ON an estimate OF
population, and they were called upon
to redeem the quotas assigned them by
taxes. Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
and New Hampshire alone did this en-
tirely; New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Maryland and Virginia did So
in part. The issues went on, however,
and in January, 1111. the depreciation
began, although it was not admitted by
Congress until September. The cost
of the war for American independence
was estimated by Jefferson at 10000,
900. and statement by the Treasury
department fixed it Mt S135,000, 900
specie.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

A few weeks ago we gave some space
to an account of the termites. or "white
ants" Since then the following wonder
full incident illustrating the extent and
method of their rayages has come
under our notice. 1t is related by
Forbes in his '0riental Memoirs On
opening an apartment that had been
some weeks unused the author dis
covered a number of the well-known
covered galleries of the termites lead
ing to some engravings hanging on the
wall. On inspecting the pictures closely
they looked peculiarly dull, while the
frames were covered with dust. "On
says Mr.. Forbes, ito wipe
it off. was astOnished to find the
glasses fixed to the wall. not suspended
in frames as left them. but completely
by an inerustatiOn cemented
by the white ants, who had actually
eaten up the deal frames and back
boards, and the greater part of the
paper, and left the glasses upheld by
the incrustation or covered way which
they had formed during their depreda-
tiOns,'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

Fertilizers for Fan lSotring. The Amer
icdR AgricHlturist says: SIN the fall We
need an active fertilizer, one that will
push forward the young plants and en-
able them to become well established
before winter. PhOsphates are not
generally required by young plant, it
is only when the seed is to be formed
that the plant needs to store up this
material. If superphosphates are ap-
piled in the fall upon the soil contain
ing lime, the excess of soluble phos-
phoric acid combines with the lime
and makes an insoluble (or slowly SOL
uble) phosphate which has no appreci-
able effect upon the crop. 1t is for this
reason, and not for any fault or defect
of the fertilizer, that it so often seems
to be useless. Guano, on the contrary,
is Immediately active and much more
suitable for fall use than any other ar
tificial manure. Supsrphosphate of lime
should be applied in the spring, which
is the season when it will be most use
ful to the plant.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

To Color Copper Alloys and Siirer an
Intense Bldck.-Paul Wieskoff. of Nor
genstern, recommends the chloride OF
platinum which has deliquesced in the
air for givingapermanent black cOler to
copper alloys, like brass, pinchbeck.
bell metal, gun metal, etc, as also to
silver allOyed with copper. The me-
chanical manipulations are most easily
performed in this way: The work
man moistens the ball of the thumb
slightly with the liquid and rubs the
article to be blackened with it strongly.
The article at once becomes covered
with black film, which can afterward
be washed and polished with polish
ing leather and oil. So little of the
chloride of platinum is consumed that,
Notwithstanding its high price, the pro-
cess is a comparatively economical one
especially on account of the simplicity
and rapidity with which it can be ap-
piled. This same property which pla
tinum has of precipitating itself as a
black film on the surface of other me-
tails, notably silver. causes it to be
quite extensively employed in photo
graphy for blackening the silver de-
pOsits on negatives and Transparent
cies.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13
JUST As OF OLD.

saw my love in dreams last night
Pass up the sleeping moon-lit lands,
The love-beams in her dear eyes bright,
A rosebud in her rose-leaf hands.
And round me- - / nearer stepped,
/ felt her soft arms steal and fold,
While close against my heart she crept,
just Is Of old.
The gay dawn broke. my love was gone,
The golden dream was past and dead;
got me to the churchyard lone
Wherein my love lay buried
found headstone gray with years,
bowed me to the morn mists cold,
wept and knew she saw my tears,
Just as Of old
But ever while live alone
This comfort comes and soothes my care
We two may meet, when all is done,
Far of in heavenA garden fair;
And by the light above. beyond.
Chastened, each others face behold,
Stainless, more pure, bat true and fond,
Just as of old.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

The HAPPIEsr Discovery OF The AGK.-
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scientific combination Of poultice, ins,r.
ment and medicine, endorsed by physician,
of all schools, discovered by DR.. SnsBK,. a
regular physician, and used successfully in
thousands Of cases. Sufferers who have
tried everything else in vain will find in.
stant relief and permanent cure II is re.
garded by medical men as the greatest Of
modern discoveries, and pronounced infsl.
lible. Price 81. Sent free by mail on re.
eeipt of price. P. Neustedter & Co.. AZ
Walker ST., New York.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

Progress of Engineering.-At the
meeting of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science, which
took place at Bristol on the 25th ult.
Sir John Harkshaw delivered the ad-
dress. devOting himself especially to
thehistOry and progress of engineering.
''InventiOus," he said. "were lost and
found again. The art of casting bronze
over iron was known to the Assyrians,
though it has only lately been intro
duced into modern metallurgy; patents
were granted in 1909 for processes con-
nected with the manufacture of glass
which had been praetised centuries be-
fore. An inventor in the reign of Ii
berius devised a method of producing
flexible glass, bnt the manufactOry of
the artist was totally destroyed i'm Or
der to prevent the emanufaeture of cop
per. silver and gold from becoming de-
preciated.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

HOW TO Cool ROOm-A writer in
Public Health recommends that a dish
or basin large enough tn present good
surface of water be placed in rooms
where the heat Is oppressive, and the
water be changed once or twice in very
hot days, to secure a general lowering
of the temperature. The hot air of the
room takes up the water in the form of
atmospheric vap0r and diffuses the
greater coOlness of the water through
cut the room, until air and water be-
come of the same temperature. When
this takes place fresh water should be
put in the dish. He says he has found
atumblerfulO of ter"pOtential- enough
when he has been sitting IN small
study, but the greater the surface of
the water in contact with the air the
more effectual will he the diffusion of
atmospheric vapOr. The writer does not
say whether the doors and windows are
to be kept open or closed, condition
that might have an important bearing
on the success of the experiment. The
thing is rather doubtful as to its feast
bility, is easy enough to try, with the
doors or windows either shut or open,
and with a vessel containing any qnan-
tity of water, from tumblerful to a
tubful.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

Boiler ErplosiOn.-Mr. r. Nickerson,
of Harlem, Ca, informs us that a bOi-
Ter at Sawdust. Ca. exploded on Au-
gust Z, 1t was in a sawmill, and the
building was torn to pieces, Parts of
the boiler were thrown to distance of
several hundred yards. One man was
blown to pieces, and two seriously in
jured. Mr.. NickersOn states the pres
sure gage showed 45 lbs. /; but the gage
was defective. as the practice lindulged
in by the person in charge) of hanging
car couplings on to the safety valve
did not appear to form any increased
pressure i'm the boiler.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

A Neir fertile Industry.-The govern
ment of India has been encouraging of
late the culture of China grass (tschu-
major inner bark of the BOhmerid Rired,
which yields very beautiful fiber,
some three times as strong as hemp,
and as soft as flax, while possessing a
luster equal to that of silk. Although
the properties of this fiber have long
been known there has been an absence
of proper machinery for its preparation
and until quite lately it has been sup
posed that only the green stem could
be operated upon. Since it has been
discovered that the dry stems may he
treated by ordinary flax and hemp ma
chinery, producing fiber but little in
feriOr to that obtained from the green
plant, their utilization bids fair to con-
stitute an important addition to exis-
ting textile industries.
Although the vegetable is indigenous
to China, India, Japan, and has been
successfully cultivated in Martinique,
Jamaica, Trinidad, = Algeria, Queens
land, and Mauritius, and to limited
extent on some portions of our conti-
nent, we are not aware of any extended
efforts being made towards its acclima-
tization in the United States. 1t is said
that the plant adapts itself to climatic
conditions with considerable facility,
and hence it may inferred that syste-
matte culture in the Southern States
would be attended with favorable re-
suits.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

The solvent power of glycerin upon
several substances commonly used in
medicine and the arts is as follows: 1
part of sulphur requires 1900 parts of
glycerin iodide, 100 parts red iodIde
of mercury. $40 parts corrosive subli-
Innate, IA parts; sulphate of quinine,
AZ parts tannin, 6 parts veratria, 96
parts atropia, 80 parts hydrochlorate
of morphia, 10 parts; tartar emetic, 80
parts; iodide of sulphur, 60 parts To-
dide of potassium, 3 parts sulphide of
10 parts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

Now, YOUNG MAN, listen while We tell
you how to pop the question. Get yo1r
junebug well cOrnered where no one can
overhear you, and then poke this con-
undrum at her:
When will there be only twenty-five
letters in the alphabet?
Answer-When yOu and | are made
one.
After that it is plain sailing. Our
charge for this is a box of cigars in each
case of successful application = the
charge to be and remain debt of honor
until satisfied and discharged.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13
AGRICULTURAL.

Feeding Horses scith Bits in their Mouths.
MIR. +. b. Middlebro0k, veterinary
surgeon, in reply to a communication
from the president Of the society, says:
ssPut a string on bit of wire, in your
own mouth, and after securing it there
attempt to cut even the most simple
food. II will interfere with the proper
flow of saliva, which acts on the food
during the process of chewing; it will
interfere with the proper separation of
the food before it enters the stomach; !;
the constant friction OF the bit while
the animal is feeding acts slowly but
surely on the enamel of the teeth, and
thus cause the horse to lose the use of
his teeth long before nature fixes the
limit, and makes him old before his
time, and man loses his valuable SER
vices years before there is any neces-
sity for it. You are aware that men or
animals die when deprived of the use of
the tongue; now horse with the bit in
his mouth, while feeding, is like an ami
NAL with only piece of his tongue. 1t
is true he can chew and feed but this is
only done partially, imperfectly and
inefiiciently. 1t is therefore cruel, in
human, and should be stopped by the
strong arm of the law of your society.
If the bride is short, the bit comes in
contact with the bicuspids and not only
destroys mastication, but eventually
the enamel of the teeth, If long, the bit
NAV pass between the incisors and the
molars, and allows masticatiOn, but
only of an imperseet nature. l may be
told that spirited animals, are frightened
by removing the bride while in harness
the remedy is very simple, unbuckle
the bride on one side, and drop the bit; !;
the bride, nose piece and blinds are
thus partially detached, but can be at
tached i'm minute.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

4 Cambria county Penna. farmer ex-
perimented upon new method of grow
ing wheat, which he has just harvested
with the most satisfactory result. He
planted half teacupful of wheat in
hills about eight inches apart, three
grains TO the hill. From each hill an
average of fifty four stalks grew, the
heading of those stalks ranging from five
to eight inches. From the half teacup-
full a peck of the cereals was tbreshed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

Fruit Cdke.-2 pounds of eggs, q
pounds of butter, 81 pounds of sugar,
q pounds of -four. pound of almonds,
2 pounds of Taisins, pounds of cur
rants, II pounds of citron, 3 glasses of
brandy, 6 nutmegs, 3 tablesDoOnfuls of
mace, 3 tablespOOnfuls of cloves. Beat
the whites and yolks of the eggs sepa-
rately. Blanch the almonds, and beat
them fine. Crate the nutmegs. Stone
The raisins. Rub them IN a little of the
flour. Wash the currants. Dry them.
Roll them in small quantity of the
flour. Cut the citron in slices. Rub
the butter and sugar to a cream. Add
the eggs, almonds, brandy, spice, flour,
currants, and raisins. Butter the
bakingpan. Pour small quantity of
the mixture in it. Place a layer of
citrOn on it, another layer of cake on
that, citron again, and so on. until the
pan is sufficiently filed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

To Stop Hens from SettiRg.-The desire
to set is but natural to fowls, but when
we wish for eggs rather than chickens,
it is of importance to Us not only TO stop
them from setting, but to do it with a
little loss of time as is in our power.
Consequently we divert the attention
of the sitting hen as much as possible
from carrying out her propensity, and
it should always be done with reason
and humanity. Do not half drown the
poor creature by dipping her in water,
nor confine her to small box with
narrow boards set on edge for the bot
tom, so that she must always roost,
nor yet scare her Off the nest, for she is
in her right place, but ''take her up
tenderly, lift her with care" and place
her in strange place of confinement,
with supply of food and water con-
stantly by her, where she will probably
soon forget her brooding proclivities,
and return with renewed vigor to the
egg business. If, however, she is an
inveterate setter who does not know an
egg from brickbat when the fever is
on, and she persists in setting on the
bare floor, as is the case occasionally
with Asiatics, confine a cock in the
same apartment with her, and the cure
may be warranted.