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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-08

urn' with the ashes of the deceased are
placed in niche.).
"A remarkable and very beau iful shade
of blue Is noticea le upon many of the
ornaments found In the tombs II Egypt.
Analysis, some time since. proved The
color TO be formed by a combination OF
soda. sand and lime. with certain proper
ions of copper. From these substances
the ancient egyptians obtained three dit
ferent products: First, peculiar kind of
red, green, and blue glass second. bril-
liant enamel /; and lastly, this blue color.
which was used for painting. BY syn;het-
ic experiments, Poligot has succeeded In
reproducing this peculiar shade Of blue.
by heating together scventy-three parts OF
silica, with sixteen of oxide Of copper.
eight Of lime, and three of soda. The
temperature should not exceed 500 deg.
Fair. as. In such case, a valuclcSs black
product is the result.
In the course OF some investigations
by Profs. Angel and llehner, England,
out OF analyses OF fifteen samples of butter
which were determined by them, twelve
of.he samples. which were undoubtedly
good butter, contained six TO thirteen per
cent. OF water; the astonishing quantity of
1913 per cent. was found in one sample
from London, or an excess of about thirty
two per cent. of water. for which London
ers pay from thirty-two TO forty-eight cents
per pound. Another butter from the
same place had twcnty-four per cent,
these high rates being due to the fact that
the butter had been treated with milk
On the other hand. a sample purchased in
Nentnor was found to contain under four
per cent. of water, and, according 10 the
authors, il contained fifty per cent. of for
eign fat. The authors also found that gen.
unine butter spread out on sheets of paper
and exposed for week TO the air i'm the
laboratory became, so far as the senses
could Judge, iDdistinguishable from tallow
With regard to microscopic examination of
butter, Messrs. Angel and IIehner think
that DIR. Campbell Brown said too much
when he declared that with polarized light
il was the most reliable means of dislin-
gushing pure butter from that containing
other fats.
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school and Church.

"A meeting OF Protestant ministers 70
organize "A Wisconsin branch of the Evan
gelcal Alliance was held at Fond du Lac
on the 22d
Rev. Thomas Williams. of Providence,
n. T.. is the oldest graduate Of Yale, be-
longing to the class OF 1900.
The fall term Of the University of
Chicago closed December %, for a vaca-
ton till the eth of January. The charac-
ter of the work done as Indicated by the
examinations. j. more than ordinarily sat
isfsctory, and there has been harmony in
all the departments.
-" confess says Spurgeon, "Incver
had the ability TO manage a small church.
They are like those canoes on the Thames
YOU must not SIT that way or the other,
or do this thing or that thing. lest you
should be upset. | happen to have a
church like a big steamboat, and whether
| walk here or there my weight will not
upset il. IL big fellow thinks himself TO
be somebody, his importance vanishes
when he joins big church like mine."
"A writer in the Cturchmon, regretting
the large number of churches in a certain
Western village which can really support
only half the number, says: " Ten
churches arcto be kept open sundays and
OlItI llilfN itll art W w ll~-
tened to, or slept through, as the case
may be ten pirifnl oflertories come creep
ing up the aisle; and ten congregations
break up and 20 home, seemingly perfect
~ satisfied with the way in which they
have spent the morning. perfectly willing
to go on irittering aHay that which. II con
solidated, would do tontold the good. and
more; and perfectly unconscious OF. or
else indifferent 10. the figure which they
must make in the eyes OF the angels"
The most recent statistics Of the Cath
Ollie Church Nv the United States make
statements OF which the following is q
summary "Thc United States are divid-
cd into seven provinces, each ruled by
an archbishop. All are natives of the
United States. Til, re are forty-ninc bish-
ops and five Wears apostolic, each with dis
trict of his own. There are i,5l2 priests
1887 churches besides l5i in process of
erection, ,ilj chapels. l,259 schools, ~
seminarics for the education of priests. 800
converts. 300 Summaries and colleges. o.
hospitals and asylums. The authori-
ties from which these figures are taken
claim Roman Catholic population Ia the
United States of l29MO. II also claims
that the English-speaking populations of
the globe have l6 .3ll. 500 Roman Catholics.
who worship in 9.7i6 churches. and have
10 universities, l91 academies, il2 colleges
and 5.GGJ schools. They have 1873 relig-
ious communities of men and women, and
they have Ia hospitals and 26l asylums."
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In a difficulty in Boone County, Tenn.
on "Wednesday. Dec. l6. while drunk. Ed.
Nann stabbed his brother Dan TO death.
james A. Sibbald. of Little Rock,
Ark, formerly clerk in the Auditor
office and recently United States Gauger.
was fatally stabbed by NJ. j. Townsend on
the night of the 22i.
"A little daughter of John McCauley,
living a few miles north of Logansport.
Ind. on the night OF the 2lst. accidentally
got hold OF a cup OF prussic acid, and, be-
ing unobseryed. swallowed the poison.
causing death in few moments.
The daughter of United States Judge
Lowell, of Boston. aged II years. while
returning home from skating on the
l9lh, was brutality assaulted and mutt
lated by an unknown negro. The child
l. thought to be fatally Injured.
On the afternoon of the 10th. al Lon
don, o.. while Henry Harry Bredon was
attempting 10 take a loaded revolver from
his brother Charley, about six years old.
ii was discharged, the ball entering Char
ley's forehead. He cannot possibly live.
AT Pittsburg. on the night of the 18th
Joseph Mcfarland, a scene-shiiter. while
ascending the stairway from under the
stage during the progress of ,Ieflerson's
pay VI W limit. rblilffl. anu. lili-
ing over the edge of the stairs, broke his
neck and died instantly.
One night recently man by the name
of Tunis Frank stole some lard from "A
man named LEVEL, living about two miles
from Gree nville, o, and hid il in corn
field The next night he went to get il,
buta party of men. watching, tried 10 cap
turc him. He fired OH them. when man
named Jacob Weinbrec shot him with
musket heavily loaded with shot, killing
him Instantly.
In Mercer County. n.y., on the 22d.
quarrel arose in the morning about dog,
in which Isaiah Gabhert shot a man named
Daniels in the leg, inticting flesh
wound. In the afternoon Joe Davenport.
Town Constable. assembled posse aud
went 10 arrest Gabhert. Upon the ap-
pearancc of the poss Gabhcrt and ma
named Herring fired at Davenport, but
without effect Davenport then struck
Gabhert on the Il, I'D with IN iron shovel,
and Herring shot Davenport through the
body. killing him Instantly. Garland
Davenport. brother Of the constable. here
nteriercd and was shot and killed by
Herring. The latter has escaped and j.
supposed TO have gone to Louisville.
Gabhcrt'- wound il mortal.
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In China. the b moo Is extensively
cultivated. There are no less than sixty
s. cics of il. and il used for Almost
every thing. Out OF IL are made baskets.
beds, chairs. mats, pipes. br oms, matches.
umbrella ribs, a..d ever so many kinds
of house ,ol and agricultural iLple-
ments.
The Zurich witzer and Cremation
Society now counts upward OF GOO mem
bers, and II has latterly given evidence a
a resolve e. bring its views e q practical
bearing. II has already opened negotia-
tons with Professor Sicmcns, of Dresden,
for the construction Of furnace for con-
Stunning bodies. A committee has also
been appointed to look for a suitable place
for ESTABLISHING coluI,barium { ,hcre
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ment. She says she cannot see how a
body can be destroyed by creation.
Mr.. Walker, OF Fort Dodge. Iowa.
was recently somewhat surprised To re-
ccive his two-year-old baby by express,
duly billed aud labeled from his indignant
wife az Des Moines.
Clerks ri glove counters have "A great
/ deal 10 try their patience. For instance,
very stylish young lady will take pair
of six-buttored kids and wear them 10 a
party I; sometimes, perhaps. she will only
put on one, which, when the dance begins.
she will remove 10 protect IL from perspir.
alton. When she goes home she will care
fully fold the glove In the original creases,
put 10 between the leaves of the family BIZ
bile TO press. and the next morning 20
down 10 the store and tell the clerk that
those gloves he sold her Yesterday are en-
tirely TOO light, and that she would like TO
exchange them for a pair Of three-buttOn-
ed, in street colors. by this means she
gets the good of one evenings wear. all
she possibly cared for, and new pair be-
sides. Sometimes the clerk sees through
the plot and refuses point blank 10 make
the exchange, whereupon the young lady
LOUNGES our of the store. threatening to
withdraw her valuable custom.-Ae,0 Or
tcdNo ltHtS.
Just at the close Of the war of lSl2.
an English man-of-war entered Boston
harbor. The Captain was known IS a
bully of the first water. Entering a bar
Der shop in Boston. and findingno one but
the boy present. he demanded in an inso-
lent and ov,rbearing way. "Where is
your masters Not down yet. sir.''
well, | want 10 be shaved" Yes. sir.
can shave YOU" Your "Yes, sir"
"Well, you may try il, but look here, my
youngster," laying his loaded pistol on
the table, "thc first drop of blood you
draw on my face I'll shoot YOU"
" All right. sir" was the reply. The boy
shaved him and did il well. After the
operation was through, the bully turned
TO him as he took up the pistol and re-
naked, Wasn't you afraidg' mo,
sir" retorted the boy. "Didn't you be-
lieve | would shoot vouT' Yes, SIR
Then why wasn't you afraid:" The
boy very eoolly replied, " Because had
the advantage" Advantage. how?" de-
nanded the irate bully. why" said the
boy.with the utmost nonchalance, "if had
drawn blood. should have taken the IA
zor aud cut your throat from ear To ear -
The bully turned pale, but never forgot
the lesson.
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Romance OF German Medical School.

A few years ago an American lady,
while studying medicine abroad, having
been refused admttance 10 a course of
medical lectures in enc of the most noted
universities in Germany. determined 10
put on male costume and pass herself of
for young man. One day an American
Consul was summoned to "A hotel TO see a
Lady from the United States. As there
was no reception-room in the hotel. he was
shown mp 10 the room indicated in the
note he had received by the servant. lie
looked in vain for the lady, but saw what
he supposed was young man sitting on
trunk. He was soon undeceived. The
"boy said he was simply in Disguise.
and set forth at length the reasons for such
extraordinary conduct. She said she was
resolved to attend that course of lectures,
and had called in the Consul 10 give her
real name and place Of residence in the
United States, so that in case Of trouble
she could appeal 10 him for protection.
The position of the Consul was a novel
one. but he finally consented To take the
lady's statement. and promised 10 keep
the secret inyiolable. unless she should be
discovered. This did not happen. The
disguise answered it, purpose: the lady
remained al the institution year, passed
through the course with honor. and l.
doubtless now applying the knowledge
gained I'm her practice somewhere In the
United States. We suppress all names Of
persons and places for obvious reasons.
bat give the fact i'm Illustration Of the i'm
domitable perseverance Of a women :iIn-
bilious of professional career in pursuit
Of knowledge under difficulties. - Cinci1s-
natl Commercial
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ITEMS OF INHERENT.
Personal and Literary.

Tom Thumbs fortune is estimated at
$500, 900.
jefferson Rives, one OF the proprietors
of the Congressional Globe, dropped dead
of apoplexy in Washington City, on the
10Th OF December.
DIR. Hayes, the Arctic explorer. had a
reception at the Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce on the 10Th.
Lord Roseberry, who is now in this
country for the second time, will, il is
said, return to England with an American
wife. The lady is said to be the daughter
of a gentleman occupying the highest po-
sition in social aud financial life.
-Ristori has been quite successful in
studying the English language. She can
say ridiculous improbabillties" with
ease, and practising on " thirsty"
Madame Van de Weyer, the widow of
the Belgian Minister TO England, has or
dered that the pension granted to her on
her widowhood by the Belgian Govern
ment shall be- paid annually 10 the widow
of some Belgian literary man, a native of
Louvain preferred.
stephen Weston IIealcy affirms once
more in the Touyiste OF Florence that Lar
kin G.. Meade is not the designer or the
sculptor of the Lincoln monument re-
Gently inaugurated at Springfield. Sig
nor Augusta Passaglia and Signor Bordo,
he says, are the real authors and artists of
the work.
An interesting little flutter has been
caused in Washington by the decision Of
the jefferson County (W. Va.) Circuit
Court. in the of Daniel Ames. former
Mayor of llarper's Ferry. and Mary Glenn
mer Ames, well known TO residents in the
capital as correspondent of considerable
talent. Daniel has come TO judgment, and
obtained divorce from his incompatible
Mary. The Washington papers trust that
the result may be as fortunate as that de-
scribed i'm Ellis Two Wives" "A novel just
completed by Mrs. Ames in Erery Satttr-
ddy, in which the miserable couple, after
being divorced, meet, make up, remarry,
and settle down TO permanent happiness.
u. l.. Lewis is tie humorous writer Of
the Detroit Free Press, and a good fist he
makes oft, too. His paragraphs and social
sketches are copied as widely as any thing
i'm the humorous line going. Mr.. Lewis
started as a country printer, and writes a
good deal for the Eastern weeklies over
the signature of m. Quad'-''a bourgeois
EN- quad" he says, "as il is worthless in a
printng-oflice. except in its own line-it
won't justify with any othertyp Lewis
is one of the few newspaper funny men
who is likely to last for some timc.-B,g-
faio Courier.
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4 Female Gunner.

Miss Clara Hale. Of Harrisburg. Pa.
has been on cunning expedition down
TO the peninsula. AMI met with c0nsidcra-
BE success Early on Tuesday morn p 3
last She went out. and IN a short time Sue
cpcdcd IN bag girg sixteen partrdgrs and
three squirrels. The night OF Tire same
day she Shot eight mUskrats. two of which.
however, she failed 10 ret. Ga N,dncs-
day afternoon she gave few of her inyii-
ed guests AN exhibition Of her skill in
handling the revolver. An old-iashioned
copper cent was fastened To f.noe-post.
and she hit il eight times out Cf ten sew
eral pigeons were let out Of trap, every
one of which she brought down. Miss
Hale i a beautiful brunette. about IL
years old. and her form is perfect. She is
intelligent. fluent speaker, and delights
in recosniing her hunting adventures in
the mountainous regions of Pennsylvania.
Her uniform consists of a tight-iitiing.
light corduroy jacket. "A short skirt Of the
same material. with the inevitable hustle.
which she utilities for the purpose of car
rying her ammunition. etc, several pockets
being neatly arranged Ia IL. Her capis
also of light corduroy. with an oil cloth
reversible cover, and her feet and ankles
are tightly cncased In pair 81 India rub
Der boots. Shcclrries one of liemington's
handsome fowliDg pieces, and seems
greatly attached TO her two canine comnan-
ions. who answer TO the names Of Eioisc
and Skippo. The Sea ford Cttizen saws she
Is now visiting few friends In Sussex
County. and Will soon return home.-Er-
cry EreniHg.
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Odds and Ends.

"A fig for your bill Of fare; show me
your bill of company.-Stcif.
"A pleasing figure is perpetual letter
of Recommendation Bacon.
Men, like musical instruments, seem
mad, to be played upon.-Boree.
1t Is our false opinions of things w.ucl,
ruin us Marcos AntoninNs.
"A slight debt produces debtor; a
heavy one an enemv.-Pabiius Syrus.
Speaking Of grapes on fruit stands,
Quiz saws: "l'm tempted whenever lgo
by en-. and go by 'cm whenever I'm
tempted"
Mrs. Malaprop Is puzzled To under
stand the proposed substitute for inter.
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Little JOhnny's Compositions.
THE CROCKY-DILE.

Ally CATERS j. Just the same thing only
Twin under other form of government,
for the dies is mostly Egipt'uns, but tine
CATERS like America the best. were there
Amt any Queen. witch ol Americans thinks
sets on a throne aud cuts iOkeSes heads of,
and these animels bleeyes they has got
nice heads like Shakes pear. But he did
dent have notches in his back like saw.
These notches j. Wy the dilcs and caters Is
called sawrians. Some crocky dies is as
large a. this room and one witch was i'm
iniy was seen by my uncle Ned a comm
right towards him. and he says IL was so
long il reminded him OF the road leadin to
the fort were the sojers was
A other time, wen uncle Ned was I'm
swomp. there was a big ollie wich come to
him a tame a a ole COW. | ast him did
he tri 10 ectch IL for the Zoo. and ne said
il was jest the other way, and wen said
Wy diddent he cctch IL, he said lac new he
ct. but the fack wa- lir see II was a goin
his way. and lac didd,nt blecve ia compul-
sin foxes witch was a gCin rite in the long
run.
CrOcky dies has got skins witch Is so
thick that nothing can't hurt EN-. Once
they was dog see one "a lyin down. and
the dog run mp and bit il real hard. and
got away a. quick as IL cude. about mile.
mooye Then he dog 1t went back end
took other bite. and the die rolled over
on it, other side and yond and sle' its eve
like IL said ! was up SO late las mite. mus
tri 70 git some sleep or shant be III Tor
work. Then the dog. sccin itdidcnt mine
il. went to it, tale aud lay down. too. not
to sleep but 10 chew the pint of the dies
tale. Wen IL had chude hou- the die II
begun TO snorc, and then the dog, wich
had almosc wore itself out chuin, got up
and shook its head very sad like ayin
poor f.ller, II mus be awile a. be tut. but
aint cot no time 10 stop, let him go To
the ospitl.
They was a crocky ollie n swimmin up a
creek, and II saw a horse more than mile
away on hill. aud II new IL cuddcnt have
the horse, hut II cuddent help throin open
It's mouth every time it see the horse. and
when ever IL opened it, mouth tn. water
oil run init. and there wass, nj any 10 swim
in. so IL stuck fas on the bottom. AT las
il got out on the bank and wskt. and said
IL never see sech times a. III, worl was
come TO wen q gcntlcm cudden take
quiet swim without bein aDnOid by up
start horses. witch 81 to know their place
and keep H. sposc he was a conscrvatn
ollie. that's wot think.
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A Mother of Criminals.

some of the most curious and remarka-
bic criminal statistics ever obtained have
just been given to the public by Dr. Hair
ris OF New York. His attention was call
ed, some time since. TO county ON the
Upper Hudson which shoged remarka-
bile proportion of crime and poverty to
the whole population--is0 of it, 10000 in
habtants being i'm the alms-house-and
upon looking into the records little. he
found certain names continually appear
ing. Becoming interested in the subicc.,
he concluded 10 search the gcnealogics OF
these families, and after thorough inves-
LEGATION. he discovered that from young
glrl canned Margaret'--who was left
adriit, nobody remembers how, In the vii
lage Of the county, 20 years ago, and in
the absence of an alms-house was left to
grow up as best she could-have descend
ed two hundred criminals. As an illus
tration of this remarkable record. in one
single generation of her unhappy line
there were twenty children ;of these. three
died in infancy, and seventeen survived
to maturity. uf the seventeen nine served
in the State prisons for high crimes an az
grcgate term of fifty years, while the 9th
crs Were frequent inmates OF jailsand pen
itentiaries and aims houses, III, whole
number Of this girls descendants, through
six generations. Is nine hundred, and b.
sides the two hundred who are on record
a. criminals. larger number have been
IDIOTS. imbeciles, drunkards, lunatic-,
prostitutes and paupers. A stronger ar
gument for careful treatment Of paupsr
children than these figures could hardly
be found.
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Every architect and engineer in Port
Lind. Me. and two Leaving building firms.
have agreed to use in all their prof ssionnl
work the aetric syste of length after
J ;ly 4. 1876. provided the engineers Of
four other cities agree TO do likewise. We
not. only four, but forty, other cities viii
come ia o the plan.
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The greatest difficulties lie where we
are not looking for tslem.-GosfAe.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-10-14

Sourrr1 MAINLAND Ra1626AD.-'
We learn from the Washington 0lsr IT,
Mad.ShssJ saeeOlin uaass. ssses,
&sd1Eyiao tbS seeiver in taseaseofthe'
sred11, rs l ia Ishe sousAsrn l1asshnd
nAilA 1irssing Am 70 report =
sess IS shs eouux - rod VIII -
- the District i concerned. 90 back
into the hands Of Col 8. s. 6xocf snd
the other o4icers, but in Maryland the
case has been continued to January next
On Tuesday morning q new bill was
Sled BY d. 8. walker. for the complain
ants, for receiver and to eujoin defen-
dsnts from selling or hypothecating the
first mortgage bonds $3.50. 600 WORTHY
Of the company. Judge DIN ordered q
bill to show cause BY 18th instant to
issue.
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ECcelsiOr Farm Gate

THE undessiesed, having purchased the
i Right q &epkes Spoose's Psseas Csss for
q. n;sys e,snsy Is now prepared to SRI
Is.n Rights for this locality. There is a gate
Of this patent SOW on exhibition In Leonard
sevn and pAstiss DESTROYS Of supplying them.
selves with Earn Rights are invited 10 insPert
y or they can obtain infosnatien Of - pef-
in and weskin9s on application to me.
Jus 6ase u coOiag into general use -
saptdiy - possible, and the day 10 not hs
distant when Il viii be seen On every well
ordered farm. These are tie reasons why
lst-It 10 Ne ehsapest .Fasm Gate thu, ever
eaa b. constructed. (the sate,isis costing only
$i.Sl.) =
1nd-lt 10 the handiest. Doss dusable and
arongsse Or the amount Of material used.
Init The most secure Of all farm gs'ss.
u being ahsolussly impossible for any animal
- open 10. (no matter Low anruly.)
4th-lt b nose easily eonstrueied thas any
ether gate. % even 6sSs.
M.h dses away with the big gats posts
and hisges. -.
s,A-ftis meeting with ..bousdsd svee.s
wherever istsoduced; tis 10 estimated there
are 300 $50 in use.)
1th-It has taken the Esss Pysssisas at Ill
the Town, Cosnfy asd Stats Pain ~besevsf
u has been on exhibition.
sui have the nsst satisfactory sseonnen.
dations, which will be sk6wn On srplies'ios.
Farm Rights IS. Apply 60
PHILIP 0REBkWEtL.
80 Leoeas6sews. I'd.
SePt lS1S-lm. =
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-10-14

DEcLINArIoN-We are authorized
to withdraw John Dillahay, heretofore
announced in our columns for tie Lag
islature, and to say he will not lie a
candidate for that position. lnanother
place, il viii be seen that Mr.. Dillahav
10 recommended for the Commissioners
Court. By card. elsewhere published,
the withdrawal Of James r. Elioot:
from the legislative tourney is also an
ncunced.