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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04

In 1876 California produced over
seven million gallons Of wine.
a vessel i loading al Port ROYAL
ior Holland. II win carry 45o. 900 feet
q lumber. and will be the first shipment
Thence % that country
Al the Southern lee factories beam
NM wrcathS u flowers are artificially
frozen into the center Of blocks Of ice IL
any desired size.
The Permanent Exhibition at PhiIa-
aelphla J. A. assured success. Every
ioot q space has been applied for, and
half y much again could have been dis
posed II.
Before the war the States of Mis-
lSsippi and Alabama were the largest
e"tton-producing regions Of the South.
ulil neither one ever exceeded the $780,
W. bales produced by Texas last year.
"a bed u yclowish-colorcd paint.
covering an area ut NJ least two acres.
ahu having thickness ~ four feet. has
wen discovered near Cullman, Ala. The
PAINT i found 10 be superior 10 ochre.
n y can be worked without adding white
ead, and can not be surpassed for water
colors.
], There are now in operation i'm New
hampshire 1000 miles Of railroad.
which cost $50, 100000, and their net
profits are Sl.OOu,OVO, or about three
PER cent. The value Of the roads now
Sl5,Voo,ooo, and large proportion Of
'nem 90 not pay one per cent. on their
cost
Canadian firm are cndeavorinr
VI get an order filled in Charleston.
NJ. va, for 1900, 900 feet II sawed INN
W.T.. q ~ used for lock cateS II The
"rlland Canal. The order was sem
epu'li on account Of the great dimcn-
sons 81 some ~ The pieces. there being
" trees sufficiently large for the pur-
pose IN Canada
Trials have been made IN Rome ~
Z solution 81 chloride 81 calcium ~ \
'uoS'ilute for water in laying dust IN
Nrects, and the results are said 10 have
pecn highly satisfactory. The damn
acss communicated 10 the road remains
~ whole week. The road remains
uamp without being muddy, presenting
hard surface, on which neither The
n'nd nor the passing Of pedestrians or
horses has any effect.
!, --- The blackberry industry N Georgia.
North Carolina and other Southern
YATES l. about to open, and the local
Papcrs are showing what a bonanza Is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04
Evil Communication Corrupt Good
Manners.

A few days ago ten-ycar-old son Of
one Of our citizens happened 10 be in
the Court House during session Of the
City Council. He listened attcntively
and appeared very much impressed with
the proceedings. When he got home il
was later than usual. and his mother in
quired what kept him out so late.
+. A. chairman Of that committee ask
that further time be granted 10 make my
report. was the reply.
The old lady looked al him rather
strangely and asked him If he had got
the thread she sent him out to buy.
:. move that further time be granted
70 make my report" was the surly re-
ply.
.Will YOU have Your supper now,
johnny? I'm afraid there i something
the matter with the boy?" remarked the
anxious mother.
~ move the supper be laid on the
table" observed the youth.
Where is the change from the
thread ?" was the next question.
{. Referred 10 the finance committee,
reckon and he attacked his supper.
Just then the old man rose up and
grasped the incipicnt alderman BY the
collar and remarked off-handedly. "And
| move 70 furnish your honorable body
with fre-wood cheap" and they adj
journcd 10 the backyard, where the old
man could be heard making a speech in
support Of the motion. something like
this, ~ don't (whack) care where
(whack) you've been, You young scoun-
drel (whack), you smell u tobacco
smoke (whack, whack) and beer
(whack), and have lost i'll respect
(whack) toward your (whack) best
friends. Ill teach you (whack) g ned
die in politics. etc.
johnny says Nc i not the kind Of a
boy the old man needs about the place,
and he j. going 70 join the rangers for q
living as soon as he Is able u ride
San Antonio Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04

Little Harry Walton. aged 3 years,
has had an adventure during the past
two DAYS that kept his mother in a state
Of anxiety until o'clock yesterday
afternoon. He left his home, No. 126
South Second Street, at II o'clock on
Wednesday. On his way to school he
met woman at the corner Of Second
and Market Streets, who asked him 10 90
with her on an crTand, at the same time
giving him money. Child-like. he con-
scented. She took him 10 Lchigh Ave-
nue.. quoting his alarm with purchases
Of cakes and confectionery. They en-
tered shoe store, where the woman
purchased two pairs Of shoes. She told
the proprietor she would 20 after the
money, leaving the boy as security. OF
course she did not return, and the shoe
man was forced 10 take the boy 10 the
Eleventh District Station House. where
nc was kept until o'clock yesterday.
Meanwhile his mother, who i a widow
with five children. was almost distracted.
She had made inquiries al the Central,
but could obtain no tidings Of him. II
was hy accident she discovered his
whereabouts. The lady complains 81
her treatment 1T the station house. the
officers charging her with being uncon-
ccrncd about the child, when the fault
lay with them IN not sending word 70
the Central. philadelphia Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04

DR.. Richardson, Of England, who i
now recognized as a high authority on
matters q domestic hygiene, says that
~ deg. Fahrenheit Is the right degree a
temperature for health, and that those
engaged In literary or artistic work can
not possibly be too careful on this point.
II their labor be prolonged or severe, the
temperature may be allowed "a run up
10 % deg, or even 70 deg. The same
rule applies 10 all sedentary persons and
children studying. Our rooms here are
apt % be at least 10 degrees too hot for
healthy persons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04
train Of ears at indianapolis, and will

train Of cars at indianapolis, and will
die.
Paul Morphy, the famous chess play
or, y again reported 10 be in New Or
leans asylum, hopelcssly insane.
-. l.. Price, ~ Chicago, committed
suicide AT the Walnut Street House,
Cincinnati, by shooting himself in the
left temple.
"A leading citizen Of Van Vert,
Ohio, &. Knapp, committed suicide BY
shooting himself In the head with re-
yolver
Henry Johnston, colored man,
shot his wife in the shoulder with shot
gun al Lockland, Ohio. When arrested
he tried 70 Kill himself by stabbing him
self in the neck with a pen-knife.
Daniel Vollmer, a prominent drug
gist Of Fort Wayne, Ind, was found IN
the cellar under his store in an nncon-
scious condition, from the effects Of NOR
phine, and, despite all efforts to resusci-
tate him, he died.
The negroes Of Blossom Hill, Va,
suspecting that Harry Martin, missing
for two years, had been foully dealt
with, took his wife from her cabin and,
placing her neck ia "A moose, swung her
up To "A tree, and she confessed the kill
ing, her son assisting under threats.
James Abbott and wife, while visit
ing. were called home by the announces
mcnt that their daughter, aged rs, was
dying. Returning. they found their
daughter dead. Mrs. Abbott was so
affected she fell to the floor corpse.
John b. Young, aged So, Of Gin
cinnati, while visiting the law Office Of
Richard l.. H. Finch, on the third floor
Of 202 Broadway, New York, fell from
the front window. out Of which he had
been looking, and was fatally injured.
In falling he struck an iron gas lamp
fixture. upon which he was impaled,
the sharp iron passing through his alb
domen and appearing at his back.
A little girl years old, daughter Of
Mr. Fielder, Of Collinwood Village.
Ohio, was literally roasted to death.
While going home from school through
the woods where some brush was burn
ming. one Of her companions playfnlly
pushed her into the flames. Her
screams attracted the attention Of some
carpenters who were at work near by,
but before she could be rescued the
lower portion Of her body was burned
20 a crisp, She died in great agony.
-Lorcnz Breigmann, German re-
siding in West Davenport, attempted
suicide about five weeks ago BY taking
strychnine and other means. but by
timely aid and good care he was saved,
but was in weak condition. and has
had medical attendance ever since. He
sent his wife % the grocery, and. while
she was gone. went into the cellar, took
a rope and hanged himself. holding his
feet of the ground 10 accomplish the
act. The man was probably insane.
lie was in comfortable circumstances.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04

Odds and Ends.
"A bray-sing air-the song Of the
mule.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY Bar Associa-
tons.
When man is called by his friend.
brilliant but erratic, il means that he
will get drunk occasionally.
-. AT little social gatherings i the
way Tennessee papers start off their
account Of a stabbing or shooting ARRAY
The cheapest things in the market
AT present are sprained ankles .-Eastos1
Free Press. Oh, they are always low.
-Reynoid's Herald.
Why is il that when a woman falls
down stairs she screams out al every
bump, while man holds his breath
he gets 10 the bottom?
About the oldest little game Of draw
we know Of was played when Joshua
RACED Jericho, and the fellows Of the city
wished they hadn't stayed Hunk
Eye.
-" Six feet in his bo0ts.r said Mrs.
Darlington; 'swhat will the importance
Of this world come to. wonder? Why.
they might just as well tell me that the
man had six heads in his hat
A country girl wrote to her lover
:. Now, George, don't You fale to be at
the singing-school Tonight George
wrote back that in the bright lexi-
con Of Webster's Unabridged
there's no such word as falc."
INV" Now, my boy said the examin-
er. If had a mince pie. and should
give two-twelfths Of il 10 John. two
twelfths 10 Isaac, twO-twelfths 10 Henry,
and should take half the pie myself,
what would be left? Speak out loud, -
that all can hear" = The plate, ~
shouted the boy.
Among the replies to an advertise
ment of music committee for ga can
didate "a organist, music teacher, etc, =
was the following: Gentlemen, no
ticed your advertisement for an organist
and music teacher, either lady or gen
tleman. Having been both for several
years. | offer you my services
One single paragraph in Herbert
Spencer's essay on Primitive Mar
riages, 7 in the Popular Science lMonthiy,
contains the words .'endogomy, sex
ogamy." ''polygamy. :" inonogamy,"
" polyandry,' .polygyny. and .sagna-
tion." Think Of man being caught out
alone with that essay in some country
town, and no unabridged dictionary
within forty miles.
They have bank in Deadwood.
The paying teller wears a red shirt, and
sits with his boots upon the counter, and
the president. when he isn't cutting of
his coupons with bowie knife, amuses
himself with draw poker with director
Or two in the back room, using the
banks funds in the pool.
Miss Kate Claxton was in luck al
Il. Louis. She had gone to sleep in the
Southern Hotel, and was awakened by
a cry Of fire. A dispatch says: Slip
ping into the scantiest Of garments (does
that mean a stocking9) she threw up one
II the windows. etc" Now. what in the
name Of goodness did Miss Claxton have
for supper that she could begin To I'M
ravel in this sort Of wayp Had she
swallowed 4 wing Of the building?-
Chicago Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04

There were five passengers on a
Woodward Avenue car going north yes
terday--four women and a man. The
man was long-bodied and his eyes had
a squint, but yet no one suspected him
Of being fiend. II % happened that one
Of the women sneezed. and the man sud-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04

The astrologer Of the Porte fixes the
day for the session ~ the Turkish Par
lament.
II j. proposed in France 10 supply
slabs of gun cotton a part Of the cavalry
equipment. "a be carried in sort II
waist belt, and used. il necessary. for
the destruction Of railways, stockades.
etc.
The newest device al Partisan fancy
balls i 10 dress the head alone in char
acter. whereby the world j. edited with
the spectacle Of medieval princes in
dress coats and pumps talking with
Helen Of Troy in costume fresh from
Worth'S.
AT Berne. Switzerland. there was d
row on the recent anniversary If the
outbreak Of the Commune in France.
The police intcrfcred. and took away
the red flag which had been hoisted.
The crowd resisted. and wounds were
inflicted in the struggle.
Fred Archer, the leading jockey on
the English turf, j. only rs, but during
the racing season Of 1876 he rode no less
than 651 times, and won 2l7 races-a
feat never before accomplished by any
horseman on the turf His years re-
cciptS. in fees. retainers and presents
Were about $4,000.
A commission agent, 30 years Of
age, advertises in Paris paper for =
wife. He modestly defines himself as
an ''articlc Of luxury who has 10000
francs and fine business. and wishes
~. lu.Ix - -
age, who j. intelligent aud honorable.
The French try To make out that the
Londoncrs are fools. A correspondent
of the Paris Figaro. lately strolling about
London. noticed large crowd hurrying
into wooden booth. Having paid his
shilling. he entered also, and found the
great attraction 10 consist Of sailor sit
ting quietly smoking and drinking beer.
Over his head was the following inscrip-
ton: 4 This i the only sailor in the
Arctic expedition who succeeded in per-
spring AZ the North Pole.
1t takes an Asiatic 10 pay 4 compli-
ment. Lew 70 Yhan. one Of the Chinese
Ambassadors ia London. was recently
,akcn behind the scenes of the thcatcr
whore Miss Monroe, the pretty Amcr-
can actress, j. playing, AMI desired the
interpreter 10 say to her, !. do homage
70 her beauty and her talent, and will
build for her thcater II ivory a. wide
ms London" This Lew 70 lhan i 4
gorgeous Chinese fop, with pigtail Of
wonderful length and glossiness.
Lately, IN London Police Court, a
daughter gave 4 mother in charge for
pawning her dress. The mother, Il
proved on investigation. had wrecked
the happiness IF the whole family by her
drunkenness. Her husband had rcmon-
strated, but in vain. The daughter
worked hard 10 get living. and matters
az length came 70 such pass that she
was compelled most reluctantly to take
this painful step The Magistrate com
mcnded her for 50 doing
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04

Strawberry Salad. Pick, wash, drain
and toss crisp, tender lettuce leaves,
shred them up fine in the salad bowl,
and pour over them some strawberry
Juice, and serve at once.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-04

Charles Mclaughlin had an arm
torn out BY falling underneath moving
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01

OF mill on total valuation of S73,-
562, ,237; Toledo, forty -four mills and
four-trnths of mill on total valua-
tion of $2O, ,365, 1855 Columbus, twen-
$27, ,l4S, 74l and Dayton twenty-five
..i'ls on a total valuation of S19,792,-
O6O.
The largest rate of taxation of any
city or town in the State is that of
Perrysburg Corporation, Wood Coun-
~, being fifty-mills and six-tenths on
total valuation of S379, ,76O, or more
than five per centum on the entire val
nation. The next highest rate is that
If PauIding Corporation, Paulding
County, being forty five mills and
,ine-temths of a mill on total valua-
tion of $46,23
The smallest rate of tax alton of any
city, township o. village in the State
for 1876 is that of Salem Township,
Highland County. being six mills and
hree-tenths of mill | total valua-
lion of $325, ,707.
Perhaps we have furnished already
as much rough food as can be readily
tigested at once. We shall stop here
my how, with the partial promise to
continue the subject at some future
time.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01
LIFE AND DEATH.

What is the life of man? A passing shade
Upon the changeful mirror of old Time;
sere leaf long ere autumu comes d.cayed
plant or tree that scantily reschs prime ;
dew-drop OF the mornings gone ere noon;
A meteor expiring in its fall:
blade of grass that springs to wither soon !;
dying taper on darksome pail;
The foam upon the torrents whirling wave,
bird that flutters II dropping wing;
A shadows spectre o er an open grave;
morning -giory's moments in the sprip & !;
A breaking bubble on rushing streams;
"A sunset after storm an erring angels dream
What is this death we fear? The pc caceful close
OF stormy life-of reckless passions sway;
The veil that mantles all our cares and woes !;
The heavenly ending of earthly day;
The crown of time well spent: the portal fair
Which opens the way to never ending joy;
1t sets the captive spirit as free air,
From all the fetters which on earth annoy.
What is this death: The sleep the pilgrim
takes
After much weary travail he has known
And whence with renovated power he wakes,
His soul more mighty for its slumber grown
The glorious conquest over human i'll:
spirits joy which death never kill.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01

ONE of the most remarkable appli-
cations of photography is that by
which it is now made to register, the
mechanical action of the human heart.
The device by which this result is at
tanned, indeed triumph of inventive
skill. 1t consists of a thin india-rub-
ber bag, to which short glass tube is
attached sufficient mercury is pour
ed into the apparatus to fill the bag
and portion of the tube, and the in
strument is then placed over the heart
of the person to be examined. Ar
ranged in this manner, every puIsa-
ton of the heart is indicated by q corr
responding movement of the mercury
in the tube, and by suitable photo
graphic apparatus, provided with a
moving sensitive slip Of paper, per-
feet registration of the extent and rate
of the pulsations is obtained. The in-
teresting fact IS made known by this
process, that the fall of the pulse some
times takes place in successive hori-
zontal lines and sometimes in ascend
ant lines, the column re-asccnding two
or three times before falling altogeth-
Gr.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01
MOP WRINGER.

IHAVE secured the exclusive right to sell
l. Henry l, IIOtchkiss' Nor WRINGER in the
several townships of Portage County.
The ladies will find this great labor s wing
i'm mplemcnt.
Twill sell this convenien. and useful inyen.
top at retail or will sell township rights or my
entire interest therein. at very low figures. 1t
is an implement which finds ready and rapid
SALE and an active. energetic man can make
good wages in sellingit.
Tor terms, apply at the Office of e. p. HAT
FIELD. over Second National Bank or on Sat-
ursiays at Otto Sontum's. next door to Poe
House. JAMES MCMUILEN
Ravenna, Nov. 10, 1876. l20
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01

AN organ being some time ago in
troduced in parish church in the
north of Scotland, some of the men,
bers took offence and left. One of
these soon after met another member,
and inquired shoe the organ was get
TIM on!' "Oh, fine," was the answer;
sjist blawin' ava the chaff an keepln
the corn"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01
WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE.
sending Maps, Pictures and Messages b
Fac-Simile Telegraph,
From the New York tribune.

Fac-Slmne feIeSPaph,
From the New York tribune.
William E. Sawyer, of this city, for
merly Washington correspondent of
he Boston Zi'aUeter, and James 6.
smith, of Hackensack, n. j., have in
vented an instrument by which it is
claimed fac-similes Of letters, pictures
or maps may be transmitted by tele-
graph. 1t is asserted that by this pro-
cess mistakes and willful changes are
impossible. The message is written
upon ordinary paper, with any kind
of ink of an oily nature. The paper
is placed upon hot zinc plate and
passed between friction rollers which
throws the design upon the metallic
plate, the lines being made non-con-
ductors by means OF powdered shelIac
rhe negative plate is then placed
around a cylinder which can be made
to revolve five hundred times a min
ute. Above this are carried metallic
points, which, when the instrument is
ral line. AT the receiving instrument
are similar points drawing similar
lines over sheet of paper, chemically
prepared, placed upon the cylinder of
that instrument. These latter points,
by means of the continuing and ceas-
ing of the electrical current, inscribes
upon the prepared paper the lines Oh
the zinc plate, thus giving the exact
production of the writing or picture
drawn thereon. The ordinary speed
of the facsimile instrument is from
three to four times, it is claimed, that
Of the Morse telegraph, Its guage of
speed, however, is the amount of sur
tace covered, rather than the number
Of words transmitted, and 800 words
written within certain space, are as
easily, quickly and as cheaply sent,
the inventors say, as one word written
within the same space.
During the Centennial Exhibition a
specimen of the facsimile telegraph
was placed in the Machinery Ha
with another instrument
at the Weather Bureau in Washington
By means of it the Signal Service map
made out at Washington, was daily
to the Exhibition ground,
including the fac-simile signature of
the Secretary of War, which daily ap-
peared upon this map, having been
vas printed and distrib-
uted precisely as it had been made out
in Washington. The inventors claim
hat the use of these instruments in
the various signal service stations
would be very valuable, as the reports
to the headquarters could be made
more full and minute, and the return
reports more satisfactory and compre-
hensible than they can possibly be in
the meager word-map now furnished
by the common telegraph. The pro-
prietors of the patent are striving to
obtain sufficient capital to form a tel
egraphic line between Washington
and this city.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01

A clergyman in this city went the
other day to call upon poor woman
living little distance from his church.
She was new conner in the vicinity,
and the clergyman had understood
that she was very pious. Il trust the
Lord sustains you in your aflliction >.
said he and she answered, The Lord
Who's she p
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01
MEDICAI
TO THE AFFLICTED.
DR.. JOHN G6UcHER

Salicontinues 10 treat every variety of
CHRONIC SE,
az the corner of Sycamore and Cedar SITS. Ra-
VIENNA. Ohio. where he located the 26th of Octo-
Der, 1869, Since that time have success fully
treated TwENTY-FIvs THOUSAND CASES among
which have been many miraculous cures of
Cancer. Grdret, Tumors, Dropsy Rheumatisna
fisfala in 4ao. ProlapsUs OF the Rectuna Piles
7aDe HORNS. Seat Pin Wo,n,s Intestinal
HORNS. Hip Disease, Goitre Enyarged Glasds
.Sc''ofnta. and all Impurities of tie Blood
Scoid Head Invariably Cured;
ana fhdf most insidious of all diseases Catarrh.
sohiet IS desfroying its tens f thousands annual
~ Also The raried Disedses of females.
The Doctor is a graduate in the Eye and Ear
Iniirmary of New York City, and has had a
large and successful practice in that depart.
ment; and is also graduate OF several OF the
leading Schools of his Profession, the Diploma,
of which are hanging up in his Office for every
body to READ and INVESTIGATE
Thanks to an Intelligent community for their
extensive patronage.
OFFICE HOURS--From .. M, to D. M
J.GOUCHER, M. d.
Ravenna. June 2sth. 1876.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01
NEW TAILORING
E S t a b Ii S h M ent

HI. C.. MUETING
Would inform the people of Ravenna and vicin
ty, that he has opened shop in the Allen
Clock. two doors east of d. Littlc's Grocery
tore, on Main Street, and is prepared to ,io ali
york entrusted to him, in q workmanlike man.
Ter. and at reduced prices. From many wears
experience in the business, he feels confident OF
his ability to give entire satisfaction.
Particular attention paid to Cutting Garments
to be made bv women.
Ravenna. Oct. 8 1859. 5S-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-02-01
Business Cards.

LII. & NJ. W. PHELPS
Attorneys and CounseIlors at t.aw.Ravenna
ONO. once over First National Bank. 3so