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Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-10

TEERs aFe row 900 men st work on
the New OFlsans Pacific Railroad and
70 iS thought the road will within
twelve months from next November be
ready for business. The completion Of
this road will be the regeneration Of
The Creacant City.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-10
Activity Among the British ana Rus,
sian ships.

SAN FRANCIscO, May S-The steamer
Quebec arrived from China. There is
great activity among the British and
Russian ships In Japanese waters; ell
are preparing for sea service with much
hasle-lhs BFitlsh Squadron to watch
the harboF Of Valadmostock Russian
cruisers are reported on the Pacific
lines Of Engliah sleam0hips.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-10

TIE @HalioaLr" party holds itS
Convention IN PhilAdslPhiS next week,
aad The political campaign Of Penn
gylVania opens.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-10

MILWAUKEE, Wis, May Mar.
shall and Co.'S organ factory burned
this morning. Loss between s25, 900
and S4O,0
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17

been saving. The collectors either send
on the cigar-ends 10 the central society,
or sell them on the spot and transmit
the proceeds. This latter plan, when It
can be worked, is preferable, as saving
expenses in carriage aud packing. Itis
prrDosed that the number Of children
which each town shall have the privi-
lege Of sending TO the Home shall be
regulated according to the amount
which they have contributed to the So
ciety.
To insure the success of this institu-
ton, it will be absolutely necessary for
all to unite and work together; each
one must not leave it for his neighbor,
thinking that one more or less can make
no difference. To show, however, what
might be accomplished by thorough
unity in this matter, let US say that
there are at least some 10000, 200
smokers in Germany; or, to be very
much within the mark, we will take on
ly 100000 smokers, who will give
themselves the trouble, If such il is, of
saving up their cigar-cnds; and assum-
ing that the cigar-ends of each person
during one week are worth only a quar-
ter Ptennig 90 Pfennig equal
penny English), we have a total revenue
for the year of ESQ, 600 marks, or $780,
500. Now, these So, 800, which, AS
rule, are thrown away and wasted, can
be used to provide home for at least
$4,000 poor orphan children. Further,
II the 100000 smokers would con-
tribute but once a year the value only
Of a single cigar, say in Germany,
penny, this would make an additional
100000 marks, or f25, 600, which would
clothe another 10000 children.
Now, we ask, is it not worth while to
be car cful in small things, and to save
up these usually wasted cigar-ends,
when we see what great things might
result? We can only conclude by wish
ing success TO this remarkable institu-
ton, which has taken for its motto the
most appropriate words, 9 viele Wenig
machen Elm Well" or, in the words of
the old Scottish proverb, . Many little
makes a mickle. "-ChGmbers's Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17

The Times has department head
ed " Pearls" which it casts before the
people Of Chicago - Couvier-.journal.
W." Hennery the VIII" as the tramp
said when he paused at the last hem
roost he visited before daybreak. -
Harkcye.
Scene in railway carriage: Fond
wife--Let me see your paper a moment,
dear? Yes, dear, as soon rs we get to
the tunnel.
Suicides are more frequent in
springtime, but true inwardness comes
only with the green apple season. Pic
Gyu,ie.
We are NJ a loss to know why news
paper men should trouble themselves
about the tax on incomes. 1t i GER
calmly none of their funeral w. Derrick
One Adam kehr. Of Bloomington,
H., contracted 10 furnish a Chicago
firm with 1900 dozen eggs for Easter,
but fell short 5000 dozen; and now he
won't speak 10 a hen. Chicago Times.
--Husband-AWas the Ladies' Club
lively tonight, dear? Wife--No; aw-
fully dull. Every member was present,
and of course one can't speak Of peo-
pie before their faces. So--we had moth
ing TO talk about.-Punch
Fame. Is tardy in reaching some
men, but il man is deserving il Is
bound to strike him sooner or later. A
Berks County editor has had a blue
and-red canal-boat named after him. -
Norr istorn Herald
See here. This figuring on the
time lost by smoking, taking chew Of
tobacco, etc. Is becoming too gauzy.
Let's try something else. a man never
ought To take off his hat, for every time
he does II, the article is put away in
some place which i forgotten in two
minutes, and il will take him 4 minute
TO hunt II up. Now. one minute and ~
l5ths Of second allowed for putting IL
on, say four times day, consumes Al
minutes. which III one year amounts 10
l,Gi2 minutes and ~ seconds, or in 100
years To liza days, hour and IS min
utes, and that ~ the rate Of dollar a
day. and W cents on dollar. accord
ing - the new silver code. would give q
man chance to buy house with Il
mortgage on ID. Time i money .-- oil
City Gall.
"A naturalist visited the Kanin Pc
ninsula ia Northern Russia. last sum
mcr, to make natural history collec-
lions. and also to study tho pecnliari-
ties Of the Samoycdc inhabitants Of
that region. These primitive people
took alarm az his proceedings. especial
N when he attempted u measure their
heads, and, believing that hc had some
sinister design toward them, they
marched with their reindeer far into
the interior Of the peninsula. taking
the cnierprising man of science with
them He was finally rescued hy
some fishermen, but hc lost an the w.
scots he had collected. a. the Samoy-
cdcs drank up the alcohol iii which
they were preserved DR.. Foote'S
! HsalM Monthly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17

-Drs. Stuart Robinson and j. ID.
Matthews have accepted editorial posi-
tons on the Kentucky Presbyterian.
Last year the British and Foreign
Bible Society printed 2,610,1i copies Of
The Bible, and the American Bible So
cieiy ssl ,c56.
Berlin has a population Of $4,000
Fr0Iestants. for whom there are but 81
churches and 50 ministers that is one
shepherd 70 flock Of S.463 sheep.
The Lyman Beecher lectures before
the Yale Divinity School, for next year,
will he delivered by Bishop Simpson, Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Rev. George Muller, head Of
the Bristol, England, (. Faith and Pray
er orphanage, is preaching in Cali
iornia. He will return to England to-
wards the close Of next month
The congrcgaticnalisi publishes n
list 81 80 churches which have in the
three months past paid of their debts.
a. large as the list is, il i incomplete I:
The exact figures would make nearly 100
churches.
The Baptist ministers Of New York
have informally decided that women
may preach, II they have the necessary
gifts, grace and other accomplishments
But Why" asks an exchange, "can't
the same restriction be put upon menP''
At Baltimore, Md, the cornerstone
u Bishop Cummins's Memorial Church
tRefurncd EpiscopaD was Laid on the
10th with appropriate ceremonies by
right Rev. Chas. Edward Cheney, Sc
nipr Bishop Of the Church.
Key. II. B. Morgan Of St. Johns
kriscopal Church, Cincinnati, has form
ally announced his withdrawal from
fellowship in that church, on account
" iis alleged Romanish tendencies, aud
hls Intention to unite with the Reform
60 Episcopal Church.
Church society ia England has
aagAia been stirred To it, depths by the
discovery Of another extremely ritual
iS'ic motherhood with Roman Catholic
pfocligitics. II IL called the Contra
ternty "a the Holy Trinity. and num-
oers between 800 and 400 members.
AMONG them are the Bishop 81 Ely,
~aAan Carter, and son If the Bishop
ui Winchester. TWO hundred and tiGtv
NH tne confraiernity are already Va holy
orders. and lhe remainder are university
N'tiatnts studying for the Church.
some 2mf0rmcr students az 1lamp-
pl MAD Col1red Institute are now
teaching IA tie schools of the State.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17
DR.. Plerce's Invalids' and Tourists
Hstel-Grand Opening.

DIR. X. ". Pierce opened his new In
yalids' and Tourists Hotel. az Buffalo,
N. r.. on the 29th Of April. with a re-
ccption to the press. followed by one
on the Both 10 the citizens. both Of
which we're largely attended and highly
enjoyed by all the guests, whom the
genial Doctor received and entertained
In the most princely style. The struct-
ure itself is magnificent and imposing.
the style Of architecture being what IS
known as the modern French. Sit
uatcd as il is. on the highest ground in
the city, with a pleasant wooded lawn
before it, sloping gently to the Niagara
River, il commands the finest and
healthiest position obtainable, espe-
cially as Buffalo is probably
the healthicst city in the country.
Skillful combinations Of maple, ash,
oak. cherry. ebony and mahogany. with
tiles in according colors. form the rich
est effects in the several halls and par
lors. II is heated throughout by steam,
and fresh water is drawn from the
street by large pump. which forces il
up into tanks on the fourth, fifth and
sixth stories. Pure air and sunshine
being two Of DIR. Picrcc's favoritc med
icines, the system of ventilation is.
therefore, most perfect-eyery room
being so constructed rs TO receive fresh
outdoor air and provided with double
escape for any air which has become
impure. The value Of such ventilation
to invalids needs no comment. There
is not room in the house that is not
visited by sunshine. or from the door
Of which staircase cannot be seen. On
every floor there are four stations, each
provided with 100 feet Of hose, con-
nected with the Champion chemical
fire-cxtinguishing system, and which,
with the assistance Of the speaking an
nunciatOr, can be made instantaneously
available. Everything pertaining to
the medical department is placed down
upon the basement floor. thus giving no
unpleasant suggestion of the sick room
to those guests who d not need ply
stefan. Here we find the Swedish
health-lift, recepfion-room. consulta-
tion-rooms, of which there are several.
each one for some special class of dis
eases-all tastefully arranged and well
supplied with the appliances necessary
for their different departments. The
bath system is arranged in the most
complete and luxurious manner. The
rooms are large and fitted up with
glazed tiles. and comprise Turkish.
Russian and electric baths. In the
matter Of recreation. the house is well
supplied, having bowling ALLEY, bill
iard-room and gymnasium. The ca
pacity Of the house is about $50 guests.
The tower. no feet from the ground,
rears its magnificent head above the
whole. making . grand tont ensemble.
The hotel opened for business IN the
lst Of May. The enterprise will doubt
less meet with that unbounded success
which it most surely deserves.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17
ITEMS or INTEREST.


Joshua Montgomery Sears, the
voung Boston millionaire, has made the
Art Museum Of Boston gift Of $4,000.
--slidhat Pasha has turned author.
The Nineteenth Century will soon pub
lish an article written by him, its sub
iect. "The Present Situation Of the OF
toman Empire"
Mr.. Emcrson's lecture in Boston the
other night was an argument for tenn
perance i'm language. "Superlatives, y
he said, ssare diminutives, and weaken.
The positive is the sinew Of speech; the
superlativc the fat"
1t Is not true that the price paid by
the Nineteenth Century 10 Tennyson-
$3.50 line--for his last ballad IL the
highest paid in the present day TO poet.
Longfellow received for "The Hanging
OF the Crane" $50 line.
Eugene Benson, writer for the
GalarV magazine in its early years, is a
nourishing painter in Rome, Italy. An
Englishman last week paid 1880 for
one Of his Holy Land studies-a small
picture and gem, glowing and ORR
entail.
Charles Blanc, the eminent art crit
ic, recently appointed to the only chair
Of aesthetics in France, has written a
very long and favorable notice of NJ.
Aunnste Bartholdi's colossal statue des-
tined for Bedloe's Island, in New York
Harbor.
of the present status Of journalists
in England, l.. j. Jennings. London
correspondent of the New York World,
writes - In these days all doors are
open 10 the journalist, and the time Is
evidently rapidly approaching when
the press will represent the most pow
erful profession or calling even in Eng
land"
Walter $. Morton, son OF the late
Senator Morton, and who for the past
Is months has been engaged as civil
engineer upon the jettics now being
sippi River, Is writing and will shortly
publish a history Of that work. The
work will be illustrated with cuts, dia-
grams, etc.
Mark Twain, who sailed for Europe
on the same steamship with Bayard
Taylor. said before he departed: "Mr.
Taylor goes abroad with purpose;
with none Mr.. Taylor goes to repre-
sent his country, to represent myself.
Mr.. Taylor goes to do business, | 70
loaf. How long shall stay? can't
tell. | left my heuse in Hartford just as
i j., SO | can come back at any time.
Perhaps that's the best way to do il you
want to stay good while. II you rent
your house for a year or so, you know
YOU want To come back in three months
am going TO write something when i
ret settled. can't write when am in
terrupted-burn three pages out Of ev-
cry four, and begin over again. In
Germany, where / can't understand n
word they say, can settle down and
work il or
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17
How Cigar-ends are Utilized In Ger.
many.


Probably few people in this country
are aware that that usually wasted sub
stance, cigar-end, is utilized in Ger
many to large extent, and with even
beneticent results.
We can imagine many Of our readers
wondering what can be the object Of
collecting these small ends and we will
therefore briefly explain that they are
sold for the purpose Of being made into
snuff, aud that the proceeds Of such
sales are devoted 70 charitable purposes.
There is in Berlin society called the
+" Verein der Sammler Won Cigarren-
Abschnitten," or the Society of Collec-
tors Of Cigar-cuttings, which has been
in existence some ten years, and has
done much good. Every Christmas the
proceeds Of the cigar-ends collected by
this society and its friends are applied
10 the purchase of clothes for some poor
orphan children. In 1876 about thirty
children were clothed by this society,
each child being provided with shirt,
pair Of good leather boots, pair of
wooden stockings, warm dress, and a
pocket-hsndkerchief In addition 70
this, large, well decorated Christmas
tree is given for their entertainment.
and each child Is sent home with q good
supply of fruits and swectmeats. Alto
gether, more than two hundred orphan
children have been clothed by this So
ciety simply by the proceeds Of such
small things as cigar-cnds.
The success of the society NJ Berlin
has induced further enterprise in the
L. -.
To erect 4 building, 10 be called the
s.Deutsches Reichs-W aisenhaus" lm-
perial German Orphan Home). where
orphans who are lett unprovided for
may be properly cared for, clothed and
instructed. The site proposed for this
institution is at Lahr, in Baden, where
there are number Of snuff maIufacto-
ries, and ii il therefore well adapted TO
the scheme, which we can only hope
may be successfully carried out. AL
though the directors Of this Home pro
pose to have q plan prepared for d large
building. only small part Of it will ~
first be erected. 10 which each year or
two more rooms may be added, in ac-
cordance with the original plan, in pro-
portion To the success which Is found to
attend the undertaking. II will be
readily understood that good many
difficulties beset this scheme, for il re-
q:.ircs the most perfect cooperation Of
the smoking community and some as
sistance also from non smokers; but
much can be done BY friends who will
undertake The duty Of collecting, and
some IL tho mret energetic of these are
not unfrelacntly Of the fail sex.
The system OF collection, which Is ex-
tended over sarge part 81 Germany, l.
generally undertaken by one or two
ladies "a gentlemen in each town, who
collect now and then from their smok.
! ing friends the ends which they have
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17

The present Earl OF Lcitrim has Of
fered reward Of 10000 for informa-
ton which will lead To the arrest OF the
men who killed his uncle. This is by
far the largest reward ever offered in
Ireland. A farmer with q shattered
hand has been arrested.
The beauties Of Partisan society are
said to be the Duchess Of Chaulnes,
Nine. de Montebello, and Nine. de Fol-
ster, the last one OF the most fascinating
women Paris has ever seen. Her head
and face are those Of wonderfully beau
tiful boy, while her coun.enance is full
of character.
Miss Burdett Coutts, now her lady
ship, is the richest and most philanthropy
ic woman in England. The bank Of
that name Is hers. Hundreds have pro-
posed to her, but she somehow thought,
not being handsome, twas her money
they wanted. She has been troubled all
her life with hereditary skin disease
She dresses always in black. Her Chris
tian name is Angela.
The late Lord Leitrim did not 60 in
for popularity. A few years ago he ad-
vertised for some one to fill up the va
cancy in his Donegal agency. Three
hundred applicants wrote to him, and in
answer TO one of them he said that he
wished TO appoint military gentleman
used 10 shooting natives in Australia and
New Zealand, AS he wanted a wholesome
lesson given to the tenants on his es-
tate.
During the 36 years of its existence
the income tax has brought into the cof-
fcrs of Great Britain and Ireland the
sum Of f265, 600, 900, or 81 1926, 000, 900
in gold. The highest rate--ls. I'd. on
the pound--was in 1861, the years
following the Crimean war. The lowest,
in 1875, was I'd, while the present tax,
including the increase from the "six-
million" vote, Is only sd. (about two
per cent? on incomes above E150.
There is in Berlin society called
'sThe Society Of Collectors Of Cigar
Cuttings" Every Christmas the pro-
ceeds Of the cigar ends collected by its
agents are applied TO the purchase Of
clothes for poor orphan children. In
1876 about 80 children were clothed by
this society, each child having shirt,
pair Of strong boots, wooden stockings,
warm dress, and pocket handkerchief.
They were in addition entertained with
a well decorated Christmas-tree. The
system Of collecting is by one or two
ladies or gentlemen in the various towns
Of Germany getting their friends TO save
their sends for them. Putting the
smokers in that country at 100000,
which is very much below the mari, and
assuming that the cigar-ends Of each
person are worth ? cents quarter, this
would make in year 800, 900, and il
is now proposed by making more active
efforts 10 raise much larger sum than
has hitherto been raised by this means
and found large orphan home.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17

The Institute itself continues with its
work In a quiet way and has now un-
der It's charge about 250 pupils. Its
farming and industrial departments are
well sustained, the farm last year bring
Ing in Sil,5i5 receipts. In domestic
industries the college has added set
Of broom machinery, loom for weav-
ing carpets, and 10 knitting-machines
TO its former branches.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17

A hens egg is IL per cent. fat.
Butter does not improve as cheese
does, by age, therefore the sooner it Is
sold the better.
Exhibitors Of butter at British dairy
shows decorate their rolls with sprays
OF maiden-hair fern and parsley.
The famous Neufchatel cheese re-
sembles some Of the fine Stiltons; the
cheese is spread on the bread like but
ter.
The value Of milk and its products
last year was six hundred million dollars.
One hundred and fifty million pounds
Of our cheese was marketed in Europe.
The subject Of fencing material is
becoming serious one in the older
States and in the treeless ones of the
West. The time is at hand to abolish
every fence possible, and save expense
in this direction.
One single house at Neufchatel for
wards annually to Paris 100000
cheeses, the value of which is estimated
at loo, 900 francs. The manufacture
ofthese cheeses requires the milk Of o.
GOO or 5000 cows.
The Manufacturer and Builder
makes a minute calculation of the ex-
pense and advantages Of the electric
light, as compared with other methods
Of Illumination, aud concludes that it is
seven times cheaper than gas, motive
power not included and four times
cheaper, taking into account the cost Of
driving.
-Tantalite, mineral, has been found
in Coosa County. Alabama. and ana
lyzcd by DIR. Smith. of Louisville, Ky
Scientific men from various quarters are
seeking specimens. DR.. Smith esti-
mates the value of tantalite from one 10
two dollars per ounce in weight for
good sized pieces, and at increased val
ues for good large humps. Small frag-
,nents about 80 cents per ounce.
-Colasanti states that he has inn
mersed hens eggs for two hours in a
mixture Of ice and salt, exposing them
TO temperature Of degrees to 10 de-
grees g., and apparently freezing them
solid. They were then thawcd gradu-
ally and introduced into Matching
oven, where, after period Of eight
days, in every instance the normal de-
velopment Of the embryo was observa-
BILE. II would thus appear that animal
germs possess very much greater re-
sistance to low, and possibly TO high,
degrees of temperature than the ami
mails into which they develop.
A. j. Nellis, of Pittsburg, has in
vented new process for making steel
castings Of irregular shape, which con
sis,s in impregnating the mold with
combustible material, which becomes
ignited by contact with the melted steel,
and keeps il fluid enough to penetrate
to the remotest corners OF the mold,
and Is also a preventive of blow-holcs
plowshares and other irregular castings,
have been very successfully prcducedby
this process. They may be forged mo
any shape BY blacksmith, and, when
worn out by use, converted into smaller
articles, such rs tools, knives, etc.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17

An Irishman, who lived ia an attic,
being asked what part Of the house no
occupied, answered: "lf the house was
turned topsyturvy Id be living on tha
first iiurel"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17
Haps and Mishaps.


Carrie Heatie. aged 10, of Ridge
way, Mich, being crossed in love, killed
herself with morphine.
"A 2-year old daughter Of William
johnson, living near Carroll, Iowa, was
drowned in a tub containing only three
inches Of water.
--Thos. Hagen, aged II, formerly a
wealthy farmer Of Butler County, o.,
hanged himself on account of his finan-
cial reverses.
"A daughter Of Mr. Bable, farmer
living in Crawford County, Iowa, was
burned to death BY her clothes coming
in contact with prairie fire. She was
Is years old.
The house Of Alex. Ashby, in Lake
County. Mich, was destroyed BY light
ming recently. Mr.. Ashby's mother
and daughter, 6-ycar-oId. persisted in
the flames, and Mrs. Ashby was seri-
ously injured.
A young son Of James Wiseman.
residing near Fairfield, Morrow County,
o., accidentally swallowed hickory
nut shell which lodged in his throat,
choking him to death in short time.
"A 2-year-old child OF Bolivar Dun
can, living near Bedford, Ind, while
playing near the house was attacked BY
4 large blacksnake and severely injured.
When found. the snake was wrapped
around the child's neck.
Near Mason City, w. va, Young
girl named Lizzie Jasper, while fOoing
with loaded pistol given her by her
brother, shot her 3-year-old sister
through the head. killing her instantly.
Ex-Judgc Glccson, practicing
lawyer, and his adopted son. Frank, is
years old. were found inscnsible ia their
room AZ Baltimore. Md, one morning
recently, having blown out the gas
when they retired the night before. The
young man died in short time, and
The Judge was not expected ID recover.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-17

Erg.ric's son, Napoleon IN, having
been drawn IA the French CONSUMPTION,
has availcd himself Of his privilege a.
the only son ~ widow 10 take Ills en-
emption.
There does nor seem 10 be the least
likelihood that the Paris Exhibition will
~ finished before July, At the earliest
France j. more backward than most Of
iis guests.