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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02


..Now, Mr.. Malone. .whin yer spakin' like that.
u il aisy 60 see-arrah. ga out o'thati
Win discoorsn' Wild ladies' poiteLcss should
tache
That yer 70. 70 use hands. sir. inssid 0v yer
taeuld the missus come down. sir. how would
appear
''Oh. Kitty. me dear.
ler parton Ak, but yer mouth IL 50 sweet.
AMI love You 80 fondly -pcgorra. is truei-
That I'm always unaisy unless I'm wild YOU.
An thin I'm unasy As bad ~ before.
An fhcrt's nothn' III alse nae ~ all any more
Until yer betrotnal I've got. and, oedad,
III moi iet ye 80 III yer promise I've had"
s'Ye can't call il impldint. Kitty. ochone.
FUR man 20 be Iowa the likes % yerself-
An ye might marry worse, II say Il meself.
Fur me heart Is yer own. an me wages Is good.
An know Of a brick cabin butt out ov wood,
To be had for the askin' Of Dennis McCue,
Fur he's goin' 10 lave il. an thin ifll do.
Wild some akin an mendin' 70 keep Out the air,
An a bit ov boord 20 patch up here an there.
An thrfe oy mud - discourage the cracks
An We'll make up IN lovin' whatever II lacks.
An it's built On rock. with mighty fine view
Ov the country surroudin that same avincw,
An 10 be quite genteei. an exlinsion We'll rig.
Conyaynlant Tor keepin' an illigant pig.
An thin Wen both prosper As nate as Q place,
An yell see me an alderman some o these
days.
An the chlldher viii grow up with schoolin an
An in politics thin they'll be sure to get rich.
on. this is the land for improvin' the race
so. Kitty. mayourneen, turn round yer dear
An give Us one kiss the betrothal to own"
.The divil a bit ov il, Teddy Malonei
Dye think ia he LAWN house Of brown stone
Fur the tumble down shanty. yer talkIn' about,
Wnile 1--we like . lady. wid two esenins out.
An a wardrobe nauer my self 10 compleles
Sure ye couldn't tell ...issus from me on the
sthreet
An at home rs the same. fur she's fond Of her
aise,
An We COULDN'T say which ov us bosses the place.
An rs like our assurance 70 ask me TO lave,
An be The same token-now will ye behave!
Let go me hand. slri"
''But. Kitty. me dear.
Ne can't he intindin' to always live mere,
wid never husband, bur mopin' alone.
An niyer = baby"
yer verT onmannerly."
.'Divna wan
It's only the & nth I'm telln'. indade.
That yer niver latendin' u die an OLD maid.'
-'Irs right e are. Teddy. how could you know
'''wen. thin. viii it place ye to give me the
kiss."
.sGt out wild yer barney. shure how can I tell
But tnfre might be another would suit me Ms
wells'
.'Arrah. Kitty. me darlin'. don't say that agin.
II you wouldn't be KILN the thruest Of min,
But II there's another ye like more than me.
Then it's faithless ye are. an its goin' III be.
An Ill die proken-hearted fur lack ov the JOY
That thought 10 be gainin'.
why. Teddy. me boy.
Is il dyin yer talkin' ovs What would do
An unmarried widda in mournin' fur your"
An ye wanted kiss, air: Well. there; If you
must
oh; muruher. the man is devsurin' me. JUST
IL IL atm me up ye'd be afther beli.ef
v ell. IFS not 80 onplaxln'. ye may II you like.
An II any ones askin' about ye Ill own
That broth Of q by Is me Teddy Malone"
-Peteg drksrrighf, ia Cincinnati Gasefte.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02

Bishop Williams, Of Waiapu, New
Zealand, has resigned his bishopric on
account OF his age and infirmities. He
went to New Zealand in 1926, and has
served faithfully ever since. IL was in
1859 he was made Bishop.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-02
SANFORD'S
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For CATARRH

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for tho treatment OF Catarrh. Tho prcrrlctors have
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who have boon cured BY this remedy. and WHO have.
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Radical Cure. you may feel assured that u u ari
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the standard medical specifics ofthc day.
".Thc henent derive nom IL daily isto me ~
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.Tths. cured me ster twelve year, Of uninterrupted
GEO. ". HoUGHTox. wAIrnAn.
Each package contains Or. sanford's Improved IN.
"a full directions Yr i q.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03
The Humbug of Snake Charming.

The professional snake catchers of
India are many of them, in addition to
their regular vocation, most expert Jug
glers, and exceedingly adroit at all kinds
of sleight-of-hand tricks. 1t is their con-
slant practice to "turn down" few
tame snakes in garden hedge or some
where close in the vicinity of house
they intend paying a visit to, ere they
present themselves before the sahib, the
owner of the premises; and then, with
every appearance of good faith, the ras-
Gals request permission to be allowed to
clear the place of snakes; at the same
time stipulating for reward, perhaps
one rupee a head for every snake they
succeed in catching. If the gentleman
of the house should happen to be a
griffin, or new conner, likely enough he
will be induced to lend an ear to so
plausible request, and at length promise
these crafty rogues SO much for each
snake they succeed in catching. Soon,
to his horror and amazement, hideous
serpents of various dimensions are pro-
duced, one from the straw in an empty
stall in the stables, another from the
garden hedge, and so on; till at last, per-
haps, the fraud is carried too far and
discovered.
A writer states that certain descrip-
tons of serpents-chiefy of the genus
nUa-most undoubtedly are susceptible
to, and in a measure become fascinated
ON hearing, musical sounds. 1 have con-
stantly seen, he says, tame snakes in the
possession of snake catchers, on hearing
the sound of pipe, erect themselves and
sway their heads from side to side, and
beyond doubt show pleasure at the
strain; but have never once seen a wild
snake go through the same perform
ance; and believe that only tame rep
tiles carried about in baskets and
"broken in for such an exhibition SO
conduct themselves. 1 have repeatedly
offered snake charmers five rupees to
bring out from its sanctuary, by means
of music, a cobra known by me to be sat
home," but invariably all their efforts
have been in vain.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03
How Washington Set the Fashion.

1t was possibly during his stay in New
York in 1889 that Washington began to
wear on his coat the conch-shell buttons,
now in possession of Captain Lewis
daughter. A new fashion in dress, in
troduced by President, is worthy of
record, especially when there is an ip-
teresting story connected with it. This
story, related by Robert Lewis, illus
trates two strikingly Characteristic traits
of Washington-generosity and economy
A needy sailor with wheelbarrow of
shells accosted the general on the street,
and, holding up number of conch-
shells, implored him to buy them
Washington listened with sympathy to
the story of his sufferings and want, and
kindly replied that he would buy them
if he could in any way make use for
them. Necessity perhaps sharpened
the sailors wits, and he promptly sug-
gested that they would make lovely but
tons for his velvet coat. The general
doubtless smiled at the ingenious pro-
posal, but agreed to try them. Garry
ing home his ocean treasure of pink
shells, he sent for a button-maker to
know if he could manufacture a useful
"luOlO oio VI oiio PIopuJ Ploy eiiihSo Wihi
which he found himself encumbered.
The workman replied that he could
make the buttons if he could find an
instrument sharp enough to pierce them.
Washington would have nothing useless
about him, and so the shells were de-
ivered to the manufacturer, who in due
time returned them to him in the shape
of concave buttons, little larger than a
quarter of dollar, with silver drop in
the center hiding the spot where the eye
is fastened beneath. The President
then astonished the republican court by
appearing in coat with pink conch-
shell buttons sparkling on its dark vel
vet surface. Eighty years ago, it seems,
fashion ruled in the hearts, or over the
costumes, of men and women, just as il
does now for Captain Lewis bears tes-
timony that conch-shell buttons immedi-
ately became the rage. The shell
venders' and button-makers' fortunes
were made by the generals passion for
utilizing everything that came into his
DOssesSiOn
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03
Tramps on Their Travels by Rail.

A freight train on the Erie railroad
had in it two cars, on each of which was
huge stationary engine boiler, shipped
from Jersey City to San Francisco.
When near Waverly the engineer, on
looking back, discovered passengers
about the cars who hadn't properly en-
gagged transportation, and when the train
stopped the employees made an inspec-
tion of the aforesaid boilers. On opening
the doors out crawled from the two fire
boxes twenty grimy tramps. When told
that those boilers were not Queen Vic
toria palace coaches, and that they could
not go any further on that train, they
appeared quite crestfallen. One, how
ever, confidently remarked that they
were bound for California in them
bilers somehow" A close watch was
kept, and the whole troupe were obliged
to stop at Waverly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03
A REVOLVING SPECTACLE.
Sheik on Horseback Riding upon the
Prostrnte Forms of Hundreds of Men,


A correspondent of the New York
Times writes from Cairo, Egypt, giving
an account of an extraordinary Egyptian
religious ceremony which took place
there recently. After narrnting the initia-
tory proceedings, he continues 1t is
now near one o'clock in the afternoon,
and the motley assemblage in anxious
expectation stretch their necks down the
avenue. Here they come ! rushing,
with banners flying and 300, or more,
Dervishes, heated, frenzied with excite
ment, throw themselves at full length
upon the ground, side by side, and close,
with heads together. Bystanders and
Arab boys, in their faith or ambitions,
vie for place. With faces down, and
upon the hands, we hear from the fana-
without intermission-"La La Ell ha Ella
Allah p (there is no God but Cod; but
not a motion of body or limb, save when
an individual charged with the arrange
ment of the line pulls body this or
the contrary way, in order that its mid
die may, with that of other bodies, form
an unbroken line.
All is ready. The miracle performing
Sheik who has passed the night and the
morning in fasting and prayer, is now
seen approaching, ushered also by BAN
ners and more Dervishes, who dart to
the end, and also fling themselves along
the continuing line, even we'll into the
tent of the Sheik. Then follows the
most revolving scene which has greeted
the human eyes since the suppression of
the Indian car of iuggernaut, of which
most probably this ceremony is an imi-
tation. This lonely man, passed the
middle age, in the grand robes of his
calling, and under turban as sadly out
Of proportion as drum majors bear
skin, mounted upon fine Arab gray
horse, with naked hoof, large and well
trimmed, nears the further end of the
line. The horse, less brutal than its
rider, hesitates, Sheik leads HIM for
ward he mounts the line of prostrate
grinning forms; is steadied on either
side by one and two assisting men who
hold to the Sheik. At q good pace the
horse follows the seis, who has dropped
the rein, and now only guides the other
three assistants keep their hold, and all
with horse and rider treading full on the
bodies, hands and shoulders, and legs
and ribs alike. Nothing is heard but
the continuing invocations, and the
multitude look on in silence and with
palpitating breasts. The Sheik, with
head fallen to the right, eyes seemingly
closed, affects a supernatural physiog-
nomy, which suggests the irreverent ex-
claims: Husband Of, Madonna p
He had no osoonerpassed than men jumped
up and ran off, but scores and scores
with painful features, closed eyes, and
almost silent prayer, we're lifted up,
foaming with blood about the mouths,
and spirited away, evidently seriously
injured, the equable pace of the horse
carrying both fore and hind foot upon
the bodies on which lie trod.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03
Truly Partisan,

A gentleman has iustdied in Paris who
owed most of his celebrity to the quaint
manner in which he managed to disem-
barrass himself of his creditors. No
sooner did a dun present himself than
he was ushered into a room hung round
with variety of mirrors, some convex,
others concave, etc. In one the unfortu-
nate creditor beheld himself with head
as fiat as a founder; in another his fea-
lures were nearly as sharp as knife; in
a third he had several heads; and in a
fourth he was upside down. Here he
had the broad grin of clown, there the
long drawn visage of an undertaken. On
one side of the room he saw himself all
head and no body; on the other side it
seemed as if dwarf had put on the
boots of giant. No applicant, however
pressing, was known to resist this cham
ber of horrors for more than quarter
of an hour.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03
SPRAY On MY Plate, TOO."

A little bright eyed three-year-old was
seated in his high chair at the dinner
table. Mamma had arranged the little
uneasy, while for the moment his
sprightliness and fun had made him the
observed OF the family. She had placed
him snugly up to the table, pinned on
his bib, and succeeded in getting the
little mischievous hands quiet. and MAX
ing him hush, when father proceeded
to ask the blessing. While this was in
progress our little chubby made dis
covery. 1t WAS that all the plates on the
table, except his own little plate, were in
one pile at "papa's place" and as it
seemed to him were put there to get the
benefit of the solemn ceremony. So,
scarcely waiting for the "Amen," he
held out his own plate in both hands,
saying: "Please, papa, pray on my
plate, too"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03
An Incomplete Tragedy.

A curious case of attempted suicide is
recorded in Paris. A certain gentleman,
employed upon the Bourse, was OBJ
served to grow gloomy and morose in
his manner, which was ordinarily gay.
His habits, too, which were active and
regular, underwent a change, and for two
days it was noticed that he did not leave
his apartment. This gave rise to some
anxiety among the occupants of the
house. Nor was it lessened when one
of his friends called, bringing with him
letter he had just received, in which
the unhappy stock-broker had conveyed
his intention of putting an end to his
life
A policeman was Immediately sent for,
and the stockholders apartment was at
once visited. Upon opening the door q
painful scene was revealed. The body
of the ock-broker was stretched upon
the bed; the windows We're fastened, and
all interstices carefully covered up, with
strips of paper, while the fireplace, tco,
vas air-tight. Charcoal had clearly been
chosen as the means of death. But
that the horrid step had been taken
during the full possession of reason
seemed too evident, for the cage of IA
vorite parrot had been hung outside the
window, to save the bird from an untime-
ly death. An empty punch bowl was by
the bedside, and a heap of charcoal lay
upon the floor.
But wonder upon wonder! AS the
party entered the body moved; it trubbed
its eyes; it sat up. The porter's wife al
most tainted with fear. ALI, however,
were presently much relieved to find that
the stock-broker, having got everything
ready for execution, had drunk off the
punch, and before putting light to the
charcoal had succumbed to a dead sleep,
and so escaped the sleep of death.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03
Rapture.

l know not death when life is all so sweet,
When every rose
Breathes hope into the soul and at my feet
The green earth glows.
Oh, passionate love! Thy song is softly borne
On breeze and stream;
Thou art the grace and glory of the morn
The living dream.
oh L am faint with rapture, and my bliss
Is full of pain;
Yet still l watch the golden sunlight kiss
The dropping grain;
And still watch the tenderly wooing flowers,
And seem to see
New beauty born with all the passing hours
Oh, love for thee.
Hark Through the sleeping stiffness of the air
A sweet voice calls
woman singeth of the old despair,
And love that falls.
Oh, rapturous beauty Let me worship ever
Thy soul divine
No voice of doom, no deaths despair shall
Thy heart and mine.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03
A Sea of Troubles.

A man in difficulties is poor fellow
who was smashed up in railroad disas-
ter near Vincennes, Indiana. The ON
nivorous reporter published his name
in the list of wounded two regularly
welded wives came to nurse him, and
neither would give him up to the other,
so both kept him in possession. The
publication disclosed his whereabouts to
the police authorities, who wanted him
on criminal charges, as well as for large
reward offered for his apprehension, and
five detectives are guarding the house in
which he lies, waiting to take him if he
does not conclude to bear no longer the
"ills he has," but "hy to others that he
knows net Of,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03

In connection with recent boat acci-
de 1t at Ryton, ON the Tyne, in England,
by which three lives were lost, it is re-
ported that the boatman's dog, re-
triever, seized a woman and attempted to
swim ashore with her, but the cure 1t
was too strong, and the drowning woman
with the dog holding fast to her, drifted
a quarter of mile down the river, where
the animal, by an extraordinary exer.
ttion, brought her ashore at Ryton Viii.
lows. 1t was then found that she was
dead.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03

The lately deceased Henri Monnier
stood once upon the beach of watering
place near an old man and his wife, who
were viewing the ocean for the first
time. "What puzzles me, said the old
lady, is the perpetual movement of the
seattle .waves-the tide" Madam, !"
said Monnier, solemnly, "that motion is
produced by the fish. They wnggle
about good deal, and wag their tails
violently. That causes the waves.
When they get tired of swimming near
the shore they all retire simultaneously,
and the sea follows them. That causes
the tide"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-03

A Chinaman thus explains the object
of the Celestial order of Freemasonry
some Chiny mamie bad-steal-
belong-put him out. S'pose Chinyman
lazy-no work-put out. S'pose good
work, no steal-he-sick-we pay; he
die, we cachee box and put him in.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-10

Rentes at Paris advanced TO 1857 32kc Bar silver
sold at 53d per In the open market the rate
OF discount for three months bills was ~ per cent
In Montreal the stock market very strong and
cited Bank Of Montreal. l74ls; Merchants Bank,
75A; Bank OF Commerce, 1l71s; Bank Of Toronto,
173; Montreal Telegraph. Ill; Guy Gas, lls.
State bonds steady, tho sales being confined TO
Georgia skies, Missouri skies funded and long bonds.
and Tennessee skies. new series
RAILROAD BoSDs.
Railroad bonds dull aud the following were the
changes in prices compared with last previous sales
An advance Of u in Albany aud susquchanna seconds
Lehgh and wilkesbarre consols and Eric third mort
gage. and = In Ohio and Mississippi consolidated
There decline Of q IN Michigan Southern sec-
onds, otherwise there wero changes.
SHARES.
Tho sales Of city bank shares were Shoe and Leather
at 100, Commerce at Il01, American Exchange 1t
l10k. Metropolitan at 1872 and Park at ia.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-10

trade but Change thcre considerable excite
mcpt growing out OF the warlixe news from Europe.
Flour and wheat excited and altogether higher.
Oats active At higher prices likewise
Whisky steady. Pork active and irmer. Lard
quiet Frcishts were quiet. but firm. Cotton the
spot was 1-16c lower. Futures closed steady. Coffee
and sugar quiet Oils firm. Petroleum quiet.
Naval stores were also quiet.
CopYEE.-Market for Rio quiet at about former
prices Sales 4.20o bags, ex Acton, at 17c. Tor
barely low fair. and l43t bags Santos La Place.
private terms. At New Orleans. $500 bags Rio, VIM
bledon I79sc for low fair. nd at Ham Ro
to Baltimore 6c0O bsgs Rio. tlsIs price said BIO
l7sc Mid c,nee quiet but steady Correction rhc
$500 Laguayra in last should hav. been
reported Maracaibo Tho stock Of kio tonight
s3522 bars; ut Galveston, 1000 do; New Orleans.
1860 do Savannah, 1900 d.; at Bsltimcre ~ l3i
do. Total stock all ports. 13o.p6. Ahoat and loading
for United States to March 120s10 bags Purchased
United states April Santos 5000, $4,000 bags We
quote :-Ordinary cargocs 16c l6i4c; fair do 1870
1876 good 1s4c. 19c primo do. 101(c zoe
lots. Ice 21ac; Santos, fair good,
1890. &c.,. gold 40 days. Java, pc.
q 2Jc do grass 2Sc 25c. Singapore. 19c ale;
Ceyon 1ec. 2lc Maraeaibo, lsc 20c Laguayra, Isc
kico, 1sc 2oc Costa kica Ike. gle Mexican.
ISc loisc.; Mucnssar, lie. 21c Angostura 10c.
2Oisc.; Savanlls. 1sc zoe Curacoa lie. 1870.
COTTox spot dull and quotations reduced
The closing to-day compare with Saturdays closing
ms
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-10

sitter for chartcrug tonnage suited to srne and petroenn
owing partly TO war rnmos from Europe Inc man ons
meuts-Io Liverpool BY sail. 900 bales cotton at Nd and
Ut ID standard and 1900 bushels closed out Of
ship Saturday. supposed 10 DO nc same rate
tharters-An Italian brig. 3Ss tons. hence TO
Bristol Channel, with 2.yO quarters grain AT 4s.;
German bark. reported from Phiiad pha Liverpool
Bristol with 600 grain AZ A. 81 German bars
hence "a Hamburg with 100 bills refined pero-
Norwegian bark AS hence To christians
a Swedish port with 800 bills refined petroleum ~ a.:
i3l tons from Philndephia the Baltic.
with 1000 bills refined petroleum =, 81 3D. German
1.37 hence Bremen with 5000 bbis refined
petroleum Is Norwegian bark 63 toas. laid the
berth recently hence to Liverpool with 1910 b6s residuum
refined and lnbricating oil reported AZ 81 I'D b. Sd
bark So aoas from baltimore 80 the Continent
with 42U0 bbls. reineu petroleum recently, on private
American ship, I2l5 tons. recently tomitted in
particulars not having been fully KNOWN from
Bremen with 5000 bbls refined including
about 600 bbls n. s aud balance owners account
Norwegian bark $40 tons. from Richmond the Baltic.
with 5000 bbls refined petroleum ~ 3s Cd: German
brig $50 hence to Santos and Rio do Jsneiro with
general ut limp sum American schooner. 44j
ions from Cow Bay 10 New York, with coal Mt 81 rs;
British schocner. $50 TONS hence Porto Rico with
or ut $500. oliver.