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The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-05-07
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E. @. PALMER, President
J. s. WALTON, Cashier.

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E. O. PALMER, President
j. s. WALTON. Cashier.
On and after this date interest bearing de-
posits will only be received In the Savings De-
partment Of this bank, subject to the following
conditions:
1. Interest at per cent will be paid on Janu-
ary and July l, on all sums that have remained
on deposit three full months. and no interest
will be paid on any amount deposited for less
than three months.
2. Amounts under 800 may be Withdrawn on
demand. q
8. Amounts over 500 and under $500 may be
Withdrawn on fifteen days notice.
4. Amounts over $500 and under $1,000 may be
Withdrawn on thirty days notice.
8. Amounts over $1,000 will only be received
subject to special terms as to interest and time
of withdrawal.
6. All present interest bearing deposits will
bear per cent interest to July L. and after that
date be subject to the above conditions.
The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-05-07

We call the special attention of the public to
the Safe Deposit Vaults of this bank. boxes In
which can be rented at from s5 to s1oo per
annum, according to size and location. Every
safeguard known to vaults Of this description
is provided, and we can safely claim their alb.
solutely security. mv7 et
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
How to See a Seed Grow.

Many little folks wonder how a seed grows. Some boys and girls have taken up the seed after planting 1t in the ground, and thereby prevented it from taking root.
 We may, however, see the roots shoot ing out from the hyacinths and other bulbs that we grow in glasses in our windows. And in this way we may see other seeds sprout and shoot.
 A gentleman, to gratify his little sons, took a glass tumbler, round which he tied bit of common lace, allowing the lace to hang or droop down in the center of the glass. He then put enough water in the glass to cover the lower part of the lace, and in this hollow be dropped two sweet-peas. The little boys were told to look at them every day, and they would learn what was going on under ground with similar seeds.
 Next morning the boys hurried from the breakfast-room to look at the glass with the peas in the south window. They found that while they were fast asleep the little brown skins had burst, and a tiny white sprout was seen on the side of each pea. The little sprouts soon grew long enough to reach through the holes in the lace, and on the top of the peas two little green leaves were seen. .-....
 In time the boys saw the white thread like roots reach almost to the bottom of the glass, while the green leaves grew large and gave way to stalk or stem.
 In this way most seeds may be seen to grow.-NeaO York ObSeYCer.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
Loose Telegraph Wires.

In Wareham, Mass, the telegraph
 wire fell from one pole and hung dangling across the road. A traveller in a horse and wagon came along, saw the wire, but after getting out and ex- amining, concluded that it hung so low he could safely drive over it, and tried to do so, very carefully. However. the wire caught the hind wheel, threw the wagon over and the driver out, the horse ran away, and a good deal of damage was caused. In Colorado case, the company's superintendent was hanging wire along a new route. He allowed it to hang low for short time across the road while the work was going on Meantime a man on horse back passed, the wire ripped up the horse, horse and man were thrown down, and the man badly hurt. In an Indiana case, the Western Union posts grew gradually rotten, and, at length, one evening posts, wires and all fell down in the highway: the telegraph company knowing nothing about the casualty An hour or so later a traveller in carriage ran into the wreck, in the dark, and sustained an upset. In all these instances the courts considered that the companies were liable to pay all damages which their wires had caused. Their right to build their lines did not give them any exemption from making good injuries which the lines occasioned.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
How Australians Capture Wild Ducks.

Those who have perused that adven- turOus and fascinating novel of Charles Reade's, entitled Foul Play, will doubt less remember that when Robert Penfold was racking his brains for the means sending out intelligence that two per sons were cast away on one ofthe islands of the Pacific, he hit upon the eXpedient of making wild ducks the bearers of mes sages describing the locality of the island and the nature of the assistance needed.
 The novelist describes at some length the method by which Penfold captured his ducks for this purpose. He fastened number of common reeds to a hoop, and going into the water in the morning before the day broke, up to his neck, placed the hoop with reeds over his head. The unsuspicious ducks, seeing nothing but bunch of reeds, where other reeds were, swan within his reach uncon scious of danger. Seizing a duck he drew it under the water and stealthily glided to the shore. The duck being suddenly drawn under water uttered no outcry, and hence Penfold managed in short time to capture all the ducks he required.
 Now the novelist evidently borrowed his idea from the native Australians. These people used precisely the same method for capturing wild fowl, with this difference, that they used sage brush instead ofreeds, and drowned their ducks on capturing them, that is to say, they kept them under water until they were drowned.
 A native would thus operate in flock until he had secured as many as his hands could grasp the legs of, after which he would silently paddle to the shore, place his prizes on land, and return to the flock to go through the same process again. By this mode of capture the flocks were never alarmed, for a duck drawn suddenly under water makes no noise. Carrying peacock on your head does not make you nobleman.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
A Spendthrift's Luck.

The gambling hell at Monaco returns within trifie of g. 300, ,OOO to its pro- prietor. The princely revenue will be short this year to the income of grand duke of Pumpernickel. One of the most remarkable instances of lucky gambling ever recorded has just set the crowd at the little free city afire with envy Early in the spring there was rumor of dis aster impending over an ancient British baronetcy, which has given heroes, poets and lawyers to the country. The heir had inherited Sl ,0OO,OOO debts, added to a round sum he had raised at Accom- modation Bank interest. When the usurers found their security a shadow, and the mortgages discovered that the successor to the title and estates had be- gun by dipping the property further, it was resolved to force payment A noble duke, whose name was much mentioned in connection with the Glasgow Bank, generously lent as much as deferred the evil day. But the smash would have come all the same, but for the wonderful stroke of luck which befel the spend thrift patrician at Monaco. He broke the bank three nights running. His last coup made a round $500, GOO, in addition to the S4OO, ,0OO captured by him the two nights previous.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
Learning to Swim.

When the air is out of body it's owner sinks; when the air is in the body its owner floats. Let any one slowly draw in his breath as he draws back his legs and pushes forward his arms, retain it whilst he is preparing for the stroke which is to propel him. and slowly allow it to go through his lips as his arms are passed back from before his head to his sides and his legs are stretched out. The action of the stroke should not be quite horizontal, but should be made on slight incline downwards. The real reason why people take weeks to learn how to swim is because swimming pro- fessors either do not know, or do not choose to teach, the philosophy of breathing, so as to render the body buoy ant. In order to acquire confidence, the learner should first try to float. Let him lie on his back, hold his head well back, stretch out his arms and draw in his breath So long as he retains it he will float on the water like cork. As he expels it from his body he will find himself gradually sinking unless he keeping his arms well in the water makes a slow downward stroke. This will bring home to him the principle on which swimmer, generally without knowing it, acts.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
No One Said Weather to Him.

1G was hot yesterday morning. It was hotter at noon. It was so hot that pas sengers in the street-cars took off their hats, mopped their brows, and fierccly declared that they knew all the time we'd catch it about this time. A Woodward avenue car had just one seat left when it reached John R. street, and this was taken by red-whiskered man, adown whose cheeks the precipitation fairly ran. His clothing stuck to the small of his back, his big, red hands were wet to the hnger-nails, and it was evident that the sun had been trying to corner him. Seven or eight men were making ready to tell him thatit was a hot day, when the stranger drew out a big revolver. laid 1t on his knee, and looking up and down the aisle, slowly remarked:
 Gentlemen, l am a stranger here, but have bought house and lot up the street and shall ride on these cars six times a day. This is my day for opening the season." ....
 Every man looked at him in wonder ing way, and gently carressing the weap- on of death, the stranger added:
 :" It is hot weather. Even a fool knows that. It's going to be hotter. Two weeks hence 1t will be regular old frying pan weather. Now, then, while I shall re- alize it as forcibly as any one, I am going to shoot the first man who says weather to me. l won't have word about it, nor hear to it. I'm willing to be broiled, baked, or roasted, but I don't want to talk about it. Now let some one remark that it's hot day-good for corn-looks like showers much rain-splendid for clover-awful dusty, or beautiful breezes, and I'll begin shooting"
 Not lisp was heard If any one im- agined there might be frost at night in the lower lake regions he kept his thoughts to himself, and the car rolled its peaceful way along.-Detroa Free Press.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
A Trick of the CIairyoyants.

In drawing out the facts of personal or family history, clairvoyants do not always ask direct questions, but rather make statements with an implied inter rogation, to which the victim, often times entirely unconsciously, responds by word or look or gesture, or perhaps by all three; and, at a later stage of the interview, these secret facts are artfllly given back to the victim, who has no recollection of having previously i'm parted them, and will not believe he has done so, but prefers to believe that he is in the presence of divinity.
 It is not only possible but easy for a practical adept to draw out in this way minute and elaborate details of secret family history. A few years ago, while connected with one of the public insti- tutions of this city, I made a number of experiments in this line. I told the patients afflicted with various forms of nervous and allied disorders not to tell me about their symptoms, nor give me any facts in their cases, but to let me tell them and then I would proceed to indicate, after the manner of a clairvoy- ant, the locality of their maladies and the history of their troubles. In the majority of cases I was successful. and made out the diagnosis to the satisfac- tion of those who sought my advice, and with good reason, for nothing that I could do prevented them from telling me, although I asked them no questions unintentionally and unconsciously. they would guide me at every stage of the in- terview. By little practice any one could easily acquire this art; and long study, such as professional clairvoyants bestow upon this subject, develops great skill in thus managing and deluding the unwary and non-expert.- Scrlbner.
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
The Way to Know People.

The only way by which people can be thoroughly known is by living with them in the same house or travelling with them in the same carriage. The smooth surface which we can maintain with so much success for a short time gets broken up then by the thousand petty details of daily life, and tempers are tried and characters revealed to an extent which years of an ordinary draw ing-room intercourse would not have allowed. Then the real man or woman comes out, and the human nature which has been suppressed asserts itself, some times with startling sincerity, and almost always in unexpected places; for no one is what his casual acquaintances and superficial friends believe him to be, and the depths reveals secrets never so
 much outlined in the shallows.-Meri- den Recorder,
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23

American buntings, chuddah cloths and wool grenadines are especially intended for the seashore.
 1TEMs.-Small capes are fashionably worn, made of black brussels net, mounted with rows of lace and edged with a deeper row, which forms a seant ruffle. Ribbons, which are so extensively used for trimming nowadays, require a little forethought in selection, and are never more out of place than when they are too petty in width or do not harmonIZe with the color of the dress on which they appear. Married ladies beyond the thirties choose ribbons Nos l2. l6 and even as wide as No. 9 for deco rating costumes. Quite fancy exists for trimming the full front of the over- skirt with two rows of lace or embroid- cred bordering, thus stimulating double or triple scarfs across the front. Ladies use passementeries on grenadine cos tumes this season, and buttons are often displaced by small passementerie orna- ments studded with jets and having brilliant little pendants attached to the centers. Small lace shaws, black or white, are brought up on the shoulder in folds, and the corners belted in on the front, the point hanging loose only just below the line of the waist. Broad sashes are again in vogue striped, watered, and with large raised flowers in natural colors, and may be stylishly arranged in black drapery; and the superb new waistcoats, in delicate blrle cream and rose colored satin, embroid- cred in a design of flowers in bright fiosses. with cuffs to match, wonderfully enhance a black costume. Lace and flowers are the greatest auxiliaries to beauty and the most fitting and natural adornments for summer. It is the little things, the finishing touches, which freshen and brighten a lady's toilet and add so much to its grace and elegance, and this season there is no limit to these charming little accessories to make the fair sex still fairer.-MeU Fork Herald
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
Fashion Notes.

Muslin jackets are still worn. Necklaces sencircle the throat closely. Percales are trimmed with coarse lace. Some sunshades have hand-painted stripes.
 Short dresses become more and more fashionable. Thread stockings with silk stripes are Underskirts are trimmed with colored embroidery.
 All muslin gowns are made with el- bow sleeves.
 Sprays of wheat in dull gold make the prettiest of lace pins.
 Dogs and owls heads are still in favor for parasol handles.
 Veils of fwhite dotted tulle are thought to be very becoming, . Pink and silver is one of the newest combinations in gauge.
 Necklaces are now made up of re- petitions of small designs.
 Wreaths of artificial flowers are placed around the tops of parasols.
 Valenciennes lace is used to border sunshades lined with lightsiIk.
 Pearl embroidery is used on both white and black evening dresses.
 Sashes for lawn and muslin dresses are very wide and of the richest colors.
 French lace is used less and less, black Breton having replaced it forimany pur- poses.
 Lockets are the favorite gifts for a bridegroom to bestoW on the brides maids.
 Innumerable ribbons are worn on all the draped oyerskirts and princess dresses.
 Small scarfs have the ends quite straight on the edge and hanging below | the waist
 Gray and buff foulard linens are trim med with colored embroideries, pipings and laces.
 Ruchings and trimmings of Breton lace appear on all dresses of washable materials
 Some of the new dress skirts. have no 1 less than a dozen little f1ounceS on the front of the skirt.
 irandkerclliefs to match lawn and mus. II suits have bands of dress goods stitched around a white center
 Pretty overdresses for children are composedensirely of white Italian lace. 1 They are very beautiful wien worn with pink or blue slips.
 All silk grenadinss ;sfe pretty. IS eyer; if they be clfeaIy aud sure to come into fasllion again M hen the rage for stripes is oveF
 Thealast freak is for ex young lady 1 to choose q color and fEss either by itself .orsin conbinatiom with black, white oT neutral tiilfs, rest Of her life. N
 Lawn gowns are much Werns this year. They are simply niade but not SO simply that they wash easiiy. FoifnHatel tlsey are very cheap, and one kst fo lss them aside when soiled
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23
A Pet Turtle.

s:sAtEs: Z. Taylor Lacy, of Reading, Pa., has q number of pets. among which are canary birds, white rabbits, fancy stock of fowls, a dog and land tortoise. She said to reporter that she hard lys knew which she thought the mostof, ceptfng 1t might be the land tortoise, which sire would not sell for any none F. She SFas strolSing the head of tile tortoise with her finger, and as she spoke to it, calling it 'smy pet, :" the shelled animal looked up into her face and turned it's lrendHo one sid and then to the other, as if listening to and understanding what hessaid. When the repoftar cam close ibssa uiekly drew back out of sight- into itsshell, and she Remarked. The little prt.is afraid of E6trangers.'' sssss
 What doyou Feed dsto the little pets''
 Bread aud lnIz k iifIabueket.
 ,s.ss. How long have you had it?''
 bout two years. received it from q friend in Pliiladnl pl lsiE9 A cousin Yiiue residing in fhsstkeity has one that makes a peculiar noise when it wants something to eat, and it follows mem- bers of the family all around the yard. They keep it in the yard in summer, and at the approachof winter it goes to the cellar door, when some one opens it and it goes down and 'eepsintothe ground, where it stays until spring
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23

X Observe themhn wha a,lvertises. He. means business, and he don't care who knows it. The man who don't advertise may mean busihess. but he IS afraid to say anything about it.--lM Modern Aa,na
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23

Also, the torture is undergone as athank offering to the Great Spirit for f;evors re- noiyod
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23

Lawn gowns are much Wernt this year. They are simply made, but not so simply that they wash easily. Fo11NHately tlfpy are very cheap, and one N9h llaEd fo lss them aside when soiled #
The Newtown bee., 1879-07-23

[ be too tricky in selling a mine on Wall streetpa inquired old Sawyer, and smiled blandly IS the gentleman from Wall street, accompanied by his experts, drove furiously off for Reno, blasting the blossoming sagebrush along the route with their fiery language Virqiqaid CSty (NeU.) Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

SINGULAR THEFT.-The official ticket
Of Esquire Parker. Of ireland. was stolen
last week from his Office. The thief en-
tered the office nj night. by forcing up a
window. and the do -kct being il an nm
locked desk was easily obtained. The
object Of the theft l. not easily OWNED, A.
there were but few judgments on the
docket, aud they can lie readily authen-
ticatei. and Il i mol likely a sane person
would commit a p~cnitcntiary crime
merely for the purpose Of ANNOYING the
Justice. Nothing else was disturbed.
although there were many more valuable
articles IN the room than the docket.
No clue as vet 10 the thief.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

DTrrrvrD. a correspondent from
Ireland sends ms a c,n ffnnirafion find
ing fanit with the te,'onries Of many Of
The citizens Of that furnishing village
~ p-v into other peoples affairs. The
fanlt y n verv common one. and good
rifizrns should guard against II. hut wa
prefer always 10 publish the hri rht side
NJ Affairs IL every c,fnmunifv, as Inc
lad will IRON out enough anv NV. AMI
therefore must drcfinr 20 publish his
fanlt finding. We would he 0Iai. how
ever. ~ have more real items ~ news.
= fintere~i generally. and a little less Of
the personal gossip.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

PosTAL MISTAKES. On last week our
PcrtcrsviIlc correspondent sent IN his
items BY a friend, and they were drop
pedin the Jasper postofice. They never
reached Us, which accounts for their not
appearing, and il i suspected they were
published elsewhere. On Thursday OF
Task week we mailed our regular pack
age Of over thirty papers for the Hunt
ingbnrg postoficc, aud our subscribers
there complained to ~ on Sunday that
they had not received their papers, and
Postmaster Shredder told them none had
been received At that Office. We sincere
IS hope these mistakes will not occur
again, A. W. dislike 10 find fault, partic-
ularIy when we are not certain who Is
70 blame. Please be moro careful.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21
THE JASPER.
NORMAL SCHOOL.

8 The State Board OF Education j.
- yearly presenting more dificnll que>-
tons 10 applicants for ~teacising. 10 rails.
the standard OF qualifications Tor teacl
ing, il IL evident that even the best nf'
our teachers must keep thorough,
posted 80 as not Il be crowded out. IL
is certain. roo, that the present Le.i-
lature will abolish the six months license.
after being once held by \ teacher. max
ing il necessary for those holding such y
grade 10 advance themselves or give M,
teaching. OFT the teachers OF This Couni..
eight per cenf holl twenty-four months
license: iwcnsy-four per cent. eighteen
months; ~twensv-four per cent. twelve
months. aud ~forty-four per cent. ak
months licenses. To keep pace with The
demand. the undersigned have concluded
70 hold q Normal School. ia Jasper. Du-
bois county. to last sixteen weeks. First
session opens April 9Th. and second
June 9th each continuing two months.
The facilities offered by the Jasper Nor
NAL. are greater than those offered by
any surrounding school. aud The new H.
Illustrative apparatus makes y decided inn
provement III every branch. Board.
50 90. Terms, first session. S6 90. Send
postaI-card with your address, Tor y cir
cular Of all particulars.
wv WISDOM, p-r;nc;na,s
A. NJ. SWEENEY, A'i"0a'
Feb. 18th. 1S79-tf.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

ny~rox BAHnArKs. Mo-. Aprii 3ofh. 1888.
IN yoWx Brfi.-DfsR SfE. knowing the efficacy "
your ssrssparilia. and the hssinx and beneficial qns'i y
ties Il possesses. | send you the following statement ~
case.
was wounded about TWO yesrs aro-wa- taken rrfs-
cner and confined for sixteen months. Iesng moved so
often. my wounds have not healed yet. have not set up
q moment since I was wounded, I am shot through the
hips. NY general health r. impaired. and ! need some
thing 10 assist nature. ! have vaore faith IN your Sar-
saparilla than any thing else. wish that that 70 geru-
Please express me half a doxen bottles snd chligs
CAPrNxC- r. 0HSSOx.
ST. Lorfs.tNo.
r. s---The felic~ing was written April aosh. iss. BY
Mrs. Jennie johnson, mother or Capt. johnson:
IN. JoHS ErLI--nxAk SaNs Nv husband II. G 3.
Johnson. was = skiliful sur rcon AMI physician in Central
York. where be did. leaving the above e. n.
johnson 20 my care. Al thirteen years o. age Ne had .
chronic disrrhea snd ~scrofnla. for which gave your
Sarsaaarila. IL cured him. fhsve for ten years re-
commended Y 20 many In New York, Ohio and Iowa. for
~scrofula. fever sores, andgeneral debility. Perfect
success has attended n. The cures effected In some
cases 81 s~crofula and fever sores ave ~ almost miraculous.
! am very snxious for my son % arain have recourse 10
your Ssrsapsrilia. Ne Is fearful ~ Getting q spurious
article hence his writing 20 YIN Tor II. His wounds
were terrible, but | believe evil rerover.
Respectfully. JENNIE JOHNSON.