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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26

wonnr.s CnK~rR. rNrkfr On. Ind. June =. 1879.
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Indian BIood Syrup. Which sprtffly end rneef-
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26

-One-half Of this world don't know
what the other half take in their soda
water.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26

ALL who have used National Yedsf say Il
makes whittier, sweeter and better bread, bis
cults. ETC.. than any other yeast. Try It.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26

Counting one Republican 20 be elected in
October.
Counting one Democrat to be elected in DC.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17

The trade in glass in the United States
within the last few years has reached
enormous proportions. Pittsburgh, Pa,
is the great glass center of the country.
More than half of all the glass produced
is made there. The productions aggre-
gate over 81, ,000,0 annually, employing
a capital, which includes buildings, ma
chinery and grounds, of nearly, if not
quite, S3,5OOOOO. There are seventy
three factories, containing in all 600 pots.
Each year $4,000, 900 is paid in wages to
the hands employed, who number some
5,248. One can form some little idea of
the magnitude of the business by ascer-
tanning the amount of material consum-
ed annually. Last year there were con-
sumed 1926 tons of German clay, 800
tons of lead, $50 tons of pearl ash, 2,76O
barrels of salt, 6,055 tons of straw. ,025
cords of wood, 4, ,525. 76O bushels of coal,
793, 500 bushels of coke, 1918 tons of
l5O, 900 fire brick.
OF the successful pedestrian, E. p.
| Weston, the Rev. j. G. Fletcher, OF
| Indi'I apolis, says that when child
| Wei IN was the cleanest, sweetest little
| blor boy he ever knew. He always
had his Sunday-school lesson perfectly,
and was well trained at home, in Provi-
dence, by his small, slender mother.
But" added Mr.. Fletcher, "E. p.
| Weston was the most uneasy bright boy
| ever saw. There was no keeping him
still. His father was man restless in
his brain, and finally died insane. The
mother of z. p. w. was woman OF
intellectual parts. and at her husband:
death, in order to support her family
she wrote number of interesting books
then, instead of being published, wer
in the State of Rhode Island by Edwar,
Payson, who walked from house ta
house all over the State, and thus earl,
acquired the habit of walking"
Sergeant John p. Finley has investi
gated the cyclones that swept over Kan
sas in May. He travelled in a wagoi
and rode altogether five hundred miles
visiting thirty-tive towns and villages
u started out in making observation
by first finding the center OF the track o
the storm, and then making correspond
ing observation on both sides To ascertain
the effect of the wind on each. | foun,
after a great deal of questioning tina
these tornadoeS were always heraldCd b.
the appearance of hailstones and rain
which only ended when the funnel dis
appeared. The funnel. which resemble
Il water spout, was generally seen ap
preaching from the northwest and soutll
west, and has the embodiment of the nj
currents coming from both the dircC
tions. The northwest clouds always II
sembled heavy rain-clouds, while thos
in the southwest were a light, heec
color, indicating wind. After their AZ
pearance the inhabitants would motto
between the two, near the apex, a terr
BILE commotion, and in few moment
this would be followed by the funnel eN
tending gradually from the clouds.
was this funnel-cloud that always di
the damage. The majority of thcS
storms travel about thirty miles a
: hour, and while they are on the groun
their force is great enough to destro
, everything within their reach"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17
Troops Attacked by LOcusts.

A detachment of Russian troops,
bound for General LaZeretf's expedition
against the Turcomans, met with n
curious misadventure near the Georgian
town of Elisabethpol. At few versts
from the town the soldiers encountered
the wing of an armv of locusts reputed
to be twenty miles in length and broad
in proportion. The officer in charge did
not like to turn back, repelled by mere
insects, and, pushing on, soon became
surrounded by the locusts. These ap-
pear to have mistaken the soldiers for
trees, and swarmed by thousands around
them, crawling over their bodies
lodging themselves inside their helmets
penetrating their clothes and their KNAPP
sacks, filling the barrels of their rifles,
and striving to force themselves into the
unfortunate mems ears and noses" The
commander gave orders for the troops to
push on double quick for Elisabethpol,
Gusts that the soldiers grew fright
ened. and, after wavering n few min
utes, regular stampede took place.
Led by non-commissioned officer OF
keen vision, who had observed a few
huts a short distance from the road,
the troops dashed across the fields,
"slipping about over the crushed and
greasy bodies of the locusts as though
they had been on ice." The huts were
soon reached, and the officers rushed
inside, but the refuge proved to be ol
little value, us the premises weIe al
ready in the possession of the enemy
The peasants told the correspondent O.
the Kavbaz that for days they haC
been besieged by the vermin, the in,
sects filling the wells and tainting the
water, crowding into the ovens ant
spelling the bread, and preventing any
food being cooked or stored At in
tervals the villagers issued from thei
GUSTS, GUSTS killing M % them Sa by thousands, an siG an' nc
carting them away afterward to th'
fields for manure. The soldiers wer
detained prisoners by the insects fo
forty-eight hours, and on their mai cl
to Elisabethpol, in the rear of the 10
Gust army, they found every blade @
grass and green leaf destroyed and til
peasants reduced to beggary.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17
How a Great Silver Mine Was Found.

Two miners sat down in tn, wilder
ness of Southern Utah a few months
since to munich their bread and then
pursue their wanderings and their search
| for wealth. They We're prospectors
who, having left the beaten track of
| treasure seekers, wandered off, to the
| amusement of their fellows, into the
comparatively level country, where
months of searching had revealed moth
ing.
1--WE had better get back into the
mountain country, JIM" said his
"pard."
AS he spoke his tool truck something
few inches under the sand and the
prospector found n fracture on the rocks
and picked up Il small, yellowish piece
of stone.
"What's that?" said Tom, as he saw
with what feverish earnestncss his
"pard examined the piece.
"Egad l think it's horn silverm
They were out of provisions and
clothes; they had not means with which
to pay the fee ior securing their find"
After opening up their prize sufficiently
to show that vein of ore existed, they
offered it to Mr.. Ben Morgan. OF Pitts
burgh who is operating smelling works
few miles below Salt Lake City, for
$4,000. Mr.. Morgan sought the advice
of the superintendent of the Ontario
mine. Together they carefully examined
the new find" and unfortunately for
the genial Ben they decided it was not
worth risking the money on. The
miners continued to open their veins,
but soon again were stranded, when one
of them wrote to two Irish friends, who
had already lost money on supposed
"finds," and besought them to try their
luck once more. After much importun-
ing they invested enough money to give
the miners u good start, when the de-
velopment of the mine proceeded rap
idly. Four shafts were sunk and a num-
Der of intermediate galleries run which
connected the shafts. The work was
pushed solely with II view to show the
magnitude of the, deposit. 1t was the
marvel of the whole country. Conserv-
ative old engineers measured the ore
bodies actually in sight, taking nothing
ses in all parts of the mine to determine
its richness, and the most cautious cal
culated the silver in sight as worth 1927,
600, 600. jay Cooke, hearing of this
prize, secured an option of one-half
interest for 80, 100000 for short time,
and Fastening Eastward he induced a
number of Englishmen in New York to
invest, and they took it at this price the
} four original owners declining to sell the
: remaining half at any price. This is the
now famous "Horn Silver Mine" OF
New Bonanza" around which u town
, has in few months clustered called
Frisco" and to which one mine the
Utah Southern Railroad will this sum
: mer be extended nearly three hundred
miles.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17

en- the top of Richmond Hill. As she SAT
musing some one suddenly stood be.
tween her and the sunshine. She looked
up, and instantly put out her two hands
with joyful cry to Dion.
Oh, Margery! Margery! Margery
Oh, my own love! my dear love my dar.
ling!" while in a minor tone Margery
was sobbing: "Dion! Dion! Dion! You
have nearly killed me! How could YOU.
Dionp You don't know that YOU have
nearly broken my heart. Yes, you have,
sir"
Then there was such an explanation
to be gone through that at ten O'Clock
that night they had only got as far as
their unfortunate parting. And this
seemed to remind Dion of something
for he said: "Oh, Margery darling. /
am afraid must tell you the same old
story. | have worked very hard. and
all that. but am still in debit"
"No, you are not. have something
to tell you, also. Aunt Haywood left
you all her money provided you claimed
it within five years after her death; if
not, it was to be mine"
at will still be yours, Margery."
"No, do not want both you and the
money; I have enough of my own"
"Then / shall get out of debt at last
"No, you will not, sir. You owe me
the price of three years of my life. You
win never be out of my debt, and you
will never be out of my love-"
q don't want to, sweet Margery and
they who are deep in love can afford to
spend twenty out of an income of nine
teen for you know the old proverb
There was a couple who loved one an
other, and they always took what they
had, and they never wanted.-Harper's
Weeklu.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17
NO.. 81.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
After dinner--A hungry man.

Aftcr d1nner--A hungry man.
The sleeper reposcs in the lapse of
time.-New York People.
The roads and inns in Spain are rs bad
as they have been for centuries.
1t is forbidden in England to take
casts of the heads of executed criminals.
The amount ofmoney already expen ded
on the bridge between New York and
Brooklyn exceeds $40, 100000.
The United States uses up 1,000, 100000
paper bags annually, and several manu-
facturers report increasing demands.
A gentleman in one of the Western
towns is so much opposed to capital pun
ishment that he refuses to hang his own
gate.
Have you ever thought how exceed
ingly kind it is of the average murderer
to forgive everybody before he is swung
offP-Puck.
The evening the young man hasn't
money enough to take his girl into an
ice-cream saloon he sends her a note
stating he is sick.
The valuation of personal property in
New York city for 1870 is S197, ,532, ,O75, a
decrease of $2l, ,597, 100 over last year.
The real estate in 1879 is valued at $685.
l34, $40, an increase of S17, ,722, ,9l0 over
1878.
A story is going the rounds of the press
called A son turns up after twenty-five
years absence" We have seen son
turn up after an hours absence, often,
and never thought anything of it.
GriS1Uold.
The name "tabby cat is derived from
Atab, famous street in Bagdad, inhab-
tied by the manufacturers of silken stuffs
called Atabi, or taffeta, the wavy mark
ings of the watered silks resembling
pussy's coat.
When two women meet at the fence
there is no harm rs long us the talk is
loud and the tones firm, but the moment
the head begins to nod, the voice drops
to murmur, and the tones sound
hushed and muffled, then you may know
that scandal, or some ones character, is
made sweet morscl for the occasion.
Every good man sits down and weeps.-
Doo'ey.
Two Arizona miners, Freeman and
Hill, recently played a huge hoax upon
their fellows. They represented that in
the country 400 miles to the north of
Prescott could be found large quantities
of gold. Fifty six men, with ll2 ami
mails, banded together and followed the
two from Prescott. Water could not be
procured. and the whole party nearly
nearly died from thirst. Freeman and
Hill finally admitted that the affair was
a joke. They were hung in just 100
| seconds.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17

Three things to do--Think, live, act.
Three things to cherish-Virtue, good
ness and wisdom.
Three things to tcach-Truth, industry
and contentment.
Three things to govern-Temper,
tongue and conduct.
Three things to love- Courage, gentle
ness and affection.
Three things to contend for-Honor,
country and friends.
Three things to hate-Cruelty, arro-
gance and ingratitude.
Three things to delight in-Beauty,
frankness and freedom.
Three things to admire-Intellect, dig
nifty and gracefulness.
Three things to avoid-Illness, loqua-
city and fiippant jesting.
Three things to like-Cordiality, good
humor and cheerfulness.
Three things to wish for-Health
friends and a contented spirit.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17
Cholera Medicine.

The New York Journal Of Commerce
says: More than twenty years ago,
when it was found that prevention. of
cholera was easier than cure, prescrip-
tion drawn up by eminent doctors was
published in the New York SIN, and it
took the name of the SIN cholera medi-
cine.
Our contemporary never lent its name
to better article. We have seen it in
constant use for nearly two score years,
and found it to be the best remedy for
looseness of the bowels ever yet devised.
No one who has this by him, and
takes it in time, will ever have the
cholera.
We commend it to all our friends.
Even when no cholera is anticipated it
is an excellent remedy for ordinary
summer complaints, collie, diarrhea,
dysentery, etc.
Take equal parts of tincture of Cay
enne pepper, tincture of opium, tincture
of rhubarb. essence of peppermint and
spirits of camphor. Mix well. Dose,
fifteen to thirty drops in a little cold
water, according to age and violence OF
symptoms, repeated every fifteen or
! twenty minutes until relief is obtained.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17
Making Them Eat Their own Flour.

Relating his Indian experiences, Colo
mel Meadows Taylor tells of his being
beset by hundreds of pilgrims and trav-
elers, crying out against the bunnias or
tlour-sellers, who not only gave their
customers short weight, but adulterated
the flour so abominably with sand, that
cakes made of it were utterly uneatable.
The colonel determined to punish the
cheats; and this is how he did it.
| told, says he, some reliable man
ofmy escort to go quietlyiinto the bazaars
and each buy flour at II separate shop, be-
ing careful to note whose shop it was.
The flour was brought to me. | tested
every sample, and found it full of sand as
| passed it under my teeth. | then de-
sired all the persons named in my list
to be sent to me, with their baskets of
flour, their weights and scales. Shortly
afterward they arrived, evidently sus-
pecting nothing, and were placed in n
row on the grass before my tent. Now"
said |, gravely, each of you is to weigh
out seer (two paunds) of your flour;
which was done.
lis it for the pilgrims?" asked one.
"No," said l, quietly, though | had
much difficulty to keep countcnance
you must eat it yourselves"
They saw that | was in earnest and
offered to pay any fine imposed.
Not so," l returned; "you hav,
made mary eat your flour; why should
you object to eat it yourselves?"
They were horribly frightened; ant
amid the screams of laughter and jeer;
ofthe bystanders some of them actually
began to eat, suffering out the half
moistened flour, which could be heart
crunching between their teeth. AT las
some of them flung themselves on thei
faces, abjectly beseeching pardon; anC
so, with severe admonition, they wer
let off. No more was heard of the ba,
| flour.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17
Rules of Health.

Nothing is so essential to health at this
season OF the year as a proper observance
of sanitary rules. The following sugses-
tions in this line will be valuable:
Drainage-A thoroughly drained soil
is all important. Sewers should be prop
erly located and frequently examined, so
as to insure cleanliness and effectiveness.
Houses. cellars and yards should be
cleaned.
Water supply" Water, next to air,
is the chief necessary of life" We may
even place it before food, because all food
is largely composed oft. Cisterns should
be constructed of suitable material its
water ought to be frequently examined
and kept free from color, odor and other
indications of impurity. Wells are the
most dangerous sources of water supply,
for few wells are free from surface pollu-
tion. They should be properly located,
to avoid all possible risk of contamina-
tion from their surroundings, carefully
built with elevated curbs and covered
tops. The water they contain should be
examined at short intervals. A simple
method of examination is by dissolving
lump of loaf sugar in a quantity of sus-
pected water in clean bottle, which
should have a close-fitting glass stopper.
! Set the bottle in window of a room
where the sunlight will fall upon it. II
the water remains bright and limpid
after a weeks exposure, it may be pro-
nounced fit for use. But if it becomes
turbid during the week it contains enough
impurities to be unhealthy. Such water
should not be used for drinking purpose:
until it has been boiled and filtered.
Dwellings-The prime condition o.
health in house depends upon cleanli
ness, pure air and unpolluted water
Good ventilation is absolutely necessary
Rooms should be frequently aired and
daily visit from DR.. Sunshine encouraged
Oyercrowding is a fruitful source of air
pollution in dwellings.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-17
Early Morning Market Scenes in New
York.

Although vast retail business is done
in Washington and Fulton Markets, says
II New York correspondent, not one
householder in a thousand goes there for
supplies. The householders buy of the
green-grocers and butchers who keep
stores convenient to dwellings. The
green grocers and butchers come down
town for their supplies. But there is,
especially at this season of the year, an
immense market business done in the
downtown streets. This is n compare
lively unknown business, except to those
who carry it on, and many people have
never even suspected its existence. 1t is
entirely vegetable market and is well
worth looking at us curiosity.
A visitor who wants to explore its
mysteries should come here Mt five
O'Clock in the morning. Landing at
Liberty or Cortlandt street few steps
will bring him into the midst of its ac-
tivity. Many hurrying stranger, who
has been rushing for midnight train
out of the city, has wondered why long
and solemn rows of covered wagons,
with sleepylooking horses, are then
standing along some of the streets
ask, had he time to stop and think about
it, why the drivers do not drive to livery
stables and stay there until morning, or
ut least why they do not, if they want
the wagons to remain the street, take the
| horses out and put them in comfortable
shelter.
To which it must be answered, first,
that these wagons are placed in position
during the night in order to have the
choice places which their owners fancy.
for some stands are far better than
others; second. that there are not
enough stables in lower New York to
shelter this great army of horses. There
are hundreds and hundreds of wagons.
They stand on Washington and Green
wich streets as far up as Bleecker and as
far down rs Dey. which is next to Cort-
landt. New Church street, under the
shadow of the elevated railroad, is full
of them. They are most numerous on
ing except Sunday q goodly number may
be found. Having stood all night they
are at daylight ready for business. Some
of the drivers have reposed on their
loads, while Others have stretched them,
selves out on soft granite steps or luXuri
Gus wooden cellar doors. If the night
has been stormy, it is rough work for al
concerned. The business is at its height
between five and six o'clock, and pre-.
sents sight worth coming long dis
tance to see. Not moment is to bt
lost. The whole caravan must come
out of the way by eight o'clock, fol
every one of these wagons is in front o
some store or warehouse, and the resi-
dent business men have the right tC
clear away all such intruders when theil
own business begins. Each wagon pay.
twenty-five cents for the privilege of th'
room it occupies. This goes to the city
or is supposed to. A collector come
around each morning, and must hav,
his cash. All transactions are for cash
and every vegetable dealer who brings
good and fresh stock sells his Who'll
wagon load and takes the equivalen
cash home with him.