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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-11-06

mlsfory of the Darling Cherub.s Exnls.ss
daring Ons D.y-ro~try aud Lave ser.a
lssby's Iesrs and Fist>-4An old Maid.
sorrow snd : Poets (ssieG
The mother OF the baby in the room -,
pc~ise % mine AYERS that II Is an angel Il.
features are so pure and saint-like shs
says. that she has doubts about her eve,
bringing Il up We who are the othe.
boardcrs have q different opinion Of the
baby. II Is that some day ii viii b. tray-
cling around on It's muscle as knock er-o,,t
in four rounds
The transom Of my room Is kert omen
fur fresh air. So Is the baby's Under
these circumstances 1t Is dlscouraginr. n
say the least when come home al tire.
O'clock AZ night-from Strengthening up the
hr.n's books. for instance Al four. inst
when have fallen into a gentle SIMMER
with wet towel around my head 10 keen
down the throbbing that looking over the
long rows OF figures invariably produces. 10
have the baby get up and begin pounding
away At line door with what seems to nv
imagination pIledriyer. For the baby
Invariably rises At four, and il Is is custom
70 si<nallxe is Iarkish procliyities by n,,,s-
Guar ACTIVITY In doing this It's nurse SAYS
y u~es = shoe brush, but have my doubts.
= well enough, perhaps. when have
made Arrangements 70 20 fishing and want
y gel up - daybreak- The baby then
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That burned spcckled critter with III,
broken horn" said an exasperated farmer
makes more trouble than all the cows I've
got put together II could give her away
I'D do il Id fat her for beef but she'd
cost more'n she'd b. wuth.''
That same night a railroad train ran over
her and killed her, and the farmer. with
tears IN his eyes told the oiiicer Of the road
who was prepared TO remuncraie him for
his loss that II il had been any one OF his
other cows he wouldn't care 50 much. but
y lose that valuable animal, the only thor
oughbred he ever possessed or expected "a
possess, Was a misfortune almost beyond
money PREPARATION Y. Sun.
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Their Disinfccting Power Mightler Thau
/ Drugs Or Chemicals.
| The disiniecting power Of freely cir
cula!ing pure air is now fully recog.
nized BY sanitarians. The secret OF 4
Is. in part the rapid diffusion Of the
morbid particles. thus greatly dilutinp
them, IS mineral poisons may be rem
dered harmless BY dilution. So great
Is this diffusive tendency, acting with
the constant circulation Of the Air II
vast currents. that, though every vari-
ETY. OF harmful gases and miasms Il in
cessantly thrown into the air OF orr
large cities. no difference can be d.
tectcd BY analysis between the air Of
the latter anc the air Of our rural dis
tricts.
But another explanatory fact il the
Actual disiDfecting power Of snpsh;na
and oxygen. II i the inhaled OWEN
that changes the dark. impure venous
blood into the pure scarlet blood Of the
arteries L is the chemical power Of
sunshine that gives rs our wonderful
photographs. 1t Is the sunshine that
bleaches the cotton cloth laid on tia
grass. and. on the other hand. changes
the pure white Of potato-vine grown
IN cellar to dark green when trans.
ferred to the open air.
Hence, in our late armies. notwith-
standing % many unhealthy conditions.
typhoid fever never tended to spread.
md was hardly ever fatal. Il Il Tor
his reason that ia all infectious dis
Bases. the physician insists on 4 free
circulation u air in the sck-room.
An interesting illustration OF che
anne thing Is furnished bv the celc-
rated Dr.. Richardson. OF ENGLAND III
'pds that the vagrant class. who have
p homes. but sleep anywhere and get
ood anyhow. rarely contract contag-
,us diseases, and more rarely convey
hem. and that, too. though they wear
aston. and. often. infected clothing.
nj occupy the worst OF lodging houses.
The gypsics are remarkably free from
preading diseases; they know little OF
nall-pox, though little protected by
Acclnation. One seldom finds among
lem diseases Of . scrofulous nature.
+, Richardson concludes that poverty
itself has nothing to do with the &C.
'rrence o. zymotic (infectious) dis
'ses; that fresh air Is me one mi0htv
s'nfscfanf and that luxury and densi-
Of population are the two bad spirits u
nich conjure up the great physical Y
~ q humanity. - YouflTs ConipGnion. q
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PERcHERoN HORSES.


Wnss the Commissioner OF Agricultur
Said Of Percheron Horses.
Hon George b Loring. Commission
Or OF Agriculture OF the United States
having promised to meet with the Perch
eron Horse-Breeders Of America a
Chicago. Nov. Is. 1883, telcgraphed !,
follows: II regret exceedingly nv in.
ability to be with you. Am heartily n
sympathy with your position. Phvsi-
cian positively forbids my leaving the
house My disappointment Is greater
than yours. The Perchcrons are rccop-
nized as distinct breed in France. and
are entitled to Stud Book there and IN
this country as much as thorouchbreds.
and as much as any breed of cattle 70 4
herd book. Their introduction has
greatly improved the farm and draft
horses Of this country, and will. nm
doubtsdly. improve the large carr;age
and omnibus horses. think the pub
hcation Of Stud Book in both countries
will ultimately, in this case as IN All
others. add greatly to the future value
Of the breed" 1t is gratifying 10 know
similar sentiments are entertained ~
some Of the prominent importers, nota-
bly, among them. Mr.. M. w. Durham.
OF Wayne, Illinois. who. bnving mono
but pedigreed stock, has done more To-
ward the introduction Of the finest types
Of the breed than. we might almost
say, all other men. having imported
nearly 1000 since 1872.
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II is fell work. Miss OctavIa was tossing
y ~ her arms one evening and calling il 4
wotsy-wotsy, when suddenly il made A grab
AZ her hair. To Mr.. McWhorfer's horror Il
came on. giving Miss Octavia's head the
appearance OF having just been deyasted by
= cyclone. Setting the baby down hard.
she seized her wig and rushed on 70 her
foom Al six o'clock next morning She
moved 70 another clearinghouse. and Mr..
NC " hortcr, victim Of womans dnplicity
took the false hair from his locket. The
nurse mas since been charged BY the mother.
m case Of Miss Octayia meeting the baby
% refuse anything she might give il 10 eat
TOT lear that II contains arsenic.
Altogether opinion Is divided upon tho
pany IN the room opposite 10 mine. It's
iathrr declares that II i the handsomest
child that he has ever seen. and p,oiestlv
adds that 4 Is the living image Of himself
~ mother says Il is 50 quiet one hardly
KNOWS what Il Is 70 have baby in the
mousse, though the next moment II will be-
gin crying at the rate Of forty-hye miles an
nour. The ladies are enthusiastic in its
praise, while the gentlemen regard il in the
ight o. . necessary evil. Mr. Brown. the
grumpy old bachelor, who spends most Of
~ Time N ms room playing peaknuckIe. IL
'rfhaps Of AL the most emphatic in his de
lunciation. He characterizes il as reg |
llar little nuisance" - fir nv part. \
ook upon il AZ times with almost reyer- |
nee wasonce a baby my sel .- Malcolm
)vugfaS. ia sam.
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a some Investigations made with I
view 70 determining The conditions an.
der which male or female individuals
are produced in tho case OF dircious
plants. DR. Hoffman has found that il
most Il not all tho cases he examined.
dense sowing increases the proportion
o. the male plants produced: and this
results from IN insufficient supply Of
nutriment A . general law the pro-
auction q male plants is promoted By
tnc want Of an adequate supply 81
sood when In IN cmbryonal condition.
- Scientific Amcrjcan.
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"Aalaria," - popular ailinent, +" hal
given place 70 new potentate.
II you have Rheumatism now, tho medi.
cal wisoacres exclaim-" Uric Acid"i
II you have frequent headaches, they
sagely remark" Uric Acid"i
,o.y eS haze Y . soisg9Ing q r: brain. they
II Sciatica or Neuralgia make life mia
cradle, Il is-" Uric Acid"l
~ your skin breaks out IN Boils and
PimpIes. Il is" Uric Acid"i
Il you have Abscesses and piles, t" Uric
Acid" has set your blood on Ore.
~ you have dull, languid feelings, back
gravel. poor blood; are III at ease, threat
ened with paralysis or apoplexy, vertigo;
are bilious, dropsical consfipatod or dvs.
peptic-" Uric Acid" IL the kew 70 the sftu-
alton, the cause Of all your difficulties!
We DO not know a. madam Malaria viii
take kindly 70 this Masculine Usurper, but
ne has evidently come 10 stay.
"Uric Acid, "-this Monster, d the pro.
Duct OF the decomposition-death
etantly taking place within us. and unless
ne Is every day routed from the system,
though the kidneys, by means Of some
great blood specific like Warmers safe
cure. which Senator B. X. Bruce says
the least doubt but that it will utterly ruin
the strongest human constitution
- not young fellow by any means.
~ mas long and well-known lire OF an.
cestors. 1t Is undoubtedly the father Of
very great family Of diseases, and though
TO It that are not directly its own. fhere
can 30 little doubt that lift once gets thor
oughly seated In the human system II
really does introduce into IL most OF the
ailments now, per force of fashion. atfrfb.
uted TO Its baleful influence.
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!. nal' dollar that IT, proud father has loaned
. Nhsie q i cutting is teeth. with the
go zrasrcd tightly In il chubby Iist \
NY regard you with look OF dull yacuitv
sI."' would DO credit b dude. Once Il h.
n coughing violently. and is mother.
~ 70 ~ side. discovered that the half
..'..Af Mas missing. With hysserical
iram. she began pounding the baby
49," - back until its face assumed
apopieciic hue by the time the
arrived On the scene. Ire
NV was found under the CARPET where the
Spanked n" 49, 49,
y, nui the baby has IL uses. afser I'll Lin
1Hmpkins The has the fourth-story bed
rm back. and u two weeks behind n ~
3 poet He has nine hundred
AS& verse which he has been ~ In
- nI,ng out Tor three year, We have m.
ne9o assured by him that II ~
~. 49, md : publisher. the book wonld ere |
~. sensation IN the literary world. Rut |
= ''''"'nn.tcly none Of thosc now m business |
s' ~ handle Il and 70 Il waiting FOR morn ~ 4
~. y, nn When he b not wrestling with 1
~ n'vine aflatuS he puts In bis time rad /
~. "w extracts fromthc choicest passarrs.
49,. s.en occasions We ecncraIIysrontstve u |
49,. me baby around Before long 4 viii
W crying % That SImpkins ican NO
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proceed. and We an thus ..v.a ....
hours q the most Intense suffering.
ihe baby WIS the means OF breaLi.. :.
: s"uu~hlp whose progress was wafch~S
r'.n much Interest BY I'll az ~. Niss
~tasia Montsefrat, who has the parrot ~
W. sncond noor. was wooed b. Mr. .Iahel
~" horteE. our star boarder. Miss tlcfav;.
wno m'destly owns " thiriy-two, has mag'
r'hcent blonde hair. which found mmc,.
favor In Mr. MeWhoner's eyes AZ M.
request she coyiy cut him tress which ~
woIe ~ his Incket Little Freddy TomIr
ans who presides over the ribbon counter
2. Z ary-goods store, tried 70 bet his chum.
enaFiey Liscombe, who Il In the silk d..
panmen1 twenty-five cents 70 fifteen that Il
would D. ''surc CO." but the Offer was not
accepted Al the stage when Mr.. NJ.
"horter was about 10 propose, the baby cot
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"A botanical garden has been estab
aished BY the University u Nebraska.
The best Enclosure for poultrv
yaIds 10 wire fencing. MY Chicago Jour
1t y claimed that the quality Of
grass y improved BY being grown upon
10 remove warts and corns annIv
aqua ammonia IS often as convenient
Tor few days. and they will be 0ons
safe and sure - Detroit lost
A correspondent OF the Nev En-
gidnd Farmer relates q case where 4
heavy application Of wood ashes 10 an
pie trees prevented leaf blight and
grestiy improved the keeping qualities
foached Eggs: Nearly ill irving
pan with boiling water; add little sa7t
ana vinegar. Break eggs one at time
into wet saucer; slip from this upon
surface OF water. Cook slowly three
minutes; take up with perforated skim.
mer; lay carefully upon buttered toast.
The Household.
TO prevent the splitting or bursting
OF cabbages. }. J. II. Gregory recon-.
mends TO 60 frequently over the
ground and start every cabbage that
appears TO be about to mature by pushing
" over sidewise. Heads thus started
are said to grow to double the Size thew
had attained when about to burst.
tany Journal.
FOR milk fever in cows. a new
remedy Is one and half pints of fresh
lard and one-half pint kerosene oil. ia
be given in new milk. The lard re-
CURES to be melted. after which the oil
Is 70 De stirred in. This makes dose,
and II should be repeated in two hours.
II = claimed that two doses have
wrought perfect cure in serious Cases.
Prairie Farmer
-kecooking cold meat: Take anv
cold pieces and about onc-eiphth OF Tia
quantity of cold boiled fat salt pork. and
mince together very fine. Season with
salt. pepper and squeeze Of onion Juice.
u liked. and form into fiat cakes. with |
egg and bread crumbs. and fry until |
light brown. Have some potatoe, |
nicely mashed and arranged on nice
platter, and serve the meat cakes on
The potatoes. Have a brown sauce to /
send to table with them. - Boston Globe.
Light Dumplings: Take pan OF
1ice, light biscuit that are ready for the
wen, and when you put your potatoes
'n for dinner. put tho biscuits in the
steamer over the potatoes tthe water
must be boiling; they will be done
u half an hour. Served while hot with
cream. seasoned with nut
neg. he sure and do not cut them.
ut tear them open with fork. Crushed
trawberries, or any kind Of stewed
ruit are very nice with them. The
'utcrcr.
Egg Pie: Make two very thin cakes
I Indian meal. flour and soda, lust as
Or corn bread. and wet it with sour
nix, and bake them in quick oven.
lake gravy of one teaspoonful Of
utter. the same Of flour. cup Of milk.
nd salt and pepper. When il i boil
". drop in cold. sliced. hard-boiled
ggs; leave them in long enough to
eat. but don't let them boil up or thew
All fall to pieces Butter one Of the
OF Indian cakes. lay ii in round pan
dish. pour on the gravy and eggs.
ID lay on the other cake. buttcrinc II
the top and sprinkling on pepper
I'd salt -Erchdn0e.
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saves the expense Of an alarm-clock.
bN ~ other times IL II narrowing in the
extreme. IL makes me long intensely for
Tie right TO exercise parental authority.
The baby has Swedish nurse Of com
IoFsAoIe proportions who. for the deiecta-
uon Of her tender charge. has composed 4
iusiApy which runs something Ike this:
Nice lcesie Voc:
Nice leetle zoe.
Sicc leetle Yoe-poy.
Toe. Zoe. Yoerf
- song admirably adapted 70 the
Iah-t ~ her voice. which is hybrid. onlv
t~o notes Of the gamut being required. a.
- addressed 70 the baby, She has p.tched
win delicate consistency il The mipor
key- for staying powers she can discount
e'.ner zoe Emmett or the author Of PEEK
80, 100 a. the champion luilabyst have
Is'ened 70 her with al the horrors n IL
$500 usrp.ng over me- ! do not know
"n.'ner me ms reserved all right or not
~ i''"'nel Tells me that am great "a
v"'l'e q the taby'S Consequently fhe
xea' next 10 II At table 4 nr~er,~.d ~ ~.
-. though an honor OF which am deem
= oo<nixanl y extremely embarrassing -
: nan Win only one pair OF frowserx Ia
= "et9 ar 70 BE- Decorated with The
u'sAes thai the baby reaches for in IL crnde |
way. - that nearly an his spare time 4 /
sItn' "a ne privacy o. his chamber sr,ur-
iig his clothes $500
lns uaoy has an aunt who - very much \
-. s'acnta 70 X she l. about twenty wears
ssl W. pn''y and susceptible. aud has
$500 ~ her own right As IL il nv de-
..r " .,laks good impression. dare not
Offend the baby When she ALL ne u
o"s.t think il l. inst too ente far any,
sxnS' answer BY sentimental glance
N We EYES have even taken Il ~ INV
!. y win smile from her. and logged
y np and down '''''' ''@s''" I
= oneof the delights OF the hahy 70
81 upon the fcor and play with TIE silver
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prevents some doctors from advert;.;,,
their skill, but we are bound bv no sncE
conventional rules, and think that n ~
make discovery that il OF benefit 70 our
Iehows' we ought TO spread the fact "a fbe
whole land. Therefore we cause 10 be pub-
, rs 3 throughout the land the fact that
covery" Is the best known remedy FOR co,,-
sumption (scrofula OF the lungsj and lin.
dred Diseases. Send two stamps FOR ~
fierce's complete treatise on consumntion
with unsurpassed means Of self Treatment
ADDRESS. worlds Dispcnsary Medical AZ
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Look here, boy, this will never do.'
"What's the matter, par asked JOHNNY.
"1ou have missed your lesson again. To-
! zee BY this report that you were kept 4
after school. never was kept in afsss
school when was boy
Johnny looked At him for a minute and
then said:
~ know why you were not kept IN after
school When You were boy and missed
your lesson, your teacher. instead Of keen
ing you IN after school, took Il out 81 your
hide with switch and sent you home. 80
Tcrus S;ffin0s.
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Ma Tumbletung gazing through the
car window -"OhI isn't Il Iovely?, Nj.
Fcgg "Beautiful~ Mrs T.-.Did YOU
ever So anything like Il? The autumn il,
! think, the pleasantest season Or the year.
Such beautiful foliage Such variety of
colors! The whole earth Is actually clothed
In vcrsiurew Fogg has the presence az
mind 70 stun his handkerchief IN his mouth
N time % prevent an explosion. 80 BOSTON
Tr0nscript.
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y Sc a woman has started out with :
stick % walk all the way to California.
That's something new. isn't itr'
NO, that happens all the time
Il never heard Of another case"
what. Did You never hear Of an 40
tress travelling over the country with half :
dozen sticks And some Of them make
money 81 IL too. ferns Sfffinos.
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~-caceres' raid IN New Mexico, lev
months ago. was headed In thu Cowr-
asf. u Edinburgh. 1.-The Indians up
rising In the United States" The &C.
count which followed was about -
Sensational ~ the heading.
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COMPOSED Of Smart-Weed. Jamaica
Ginger, Camphor Water and best French
brandy, DIR Pierce's Extract Of Smart
Weed Il the best remedy for diarrh9a.
cholera morbus, dysentery or bloody -flux'
,olic or cramps, and 70 break up colds.
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JUMBO j. said to have eaten ! bushel 81
onlons daily This accounts for his won.
derful strength. ~ Y. Graphic.
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CONTAGIOUS |!

lam native Of England. and while Va n thu
country contracted terrible blood poison Ana ~,
~ under treatment an ou,-dooe patient
= Notingnam Hospital. England. but was not cured.
suaered the most agonixing pains in my bones, ana
- covered With sores al over my body and limbs.
ns,y completely lost all hope IN that country and
sailed for America and was treated 4 Rooseyelt q
sn's CITY - well - b. prominent physician IN New
York having no connection with the hospitals.
~ nw the advertisement Of swfft's SPECIFIC. ana I
~ Win great 10y that they have cured me en-
, mttev Am = sound and wei as ever was ia mo
Sew FORK City. June n ISIS. 80 49, o''D'
Treatise on Blood anc Skin Diseases mailed free.
TvyE e, sEIyT srscInc Co. Drawer q Atlanta C.
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I'M VoLfAIc BELf Co, OF Marshall. MI,
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ess Secret, neutrality-suspicious. upon
The system cured In thirty days. PAM
stamps. Address, Worlds Dispsnsarv
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Many a Lady

IS beautiful, all but her skin;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy il is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin Is Magnolia
Balm.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-12-31

Act to prescribe and regulate the il.
PRODUCTION in the General Assembly OF
measures relating to private interests and
the conduct of the same in the progress
thereof
Act providing for the safekeeping of
the registration books and replacing such
as have been defaced or injured.
Act to amend Section 1,O74 of the
General Statutes relating to injuries to
public highways.
Act to amend Section LIS Of the
General Statutes of the State relating TO
the removal of distractions in running
streams.
Act to suppress the publication and
circulation of obscene books, papers aud
pictures and the posting of indecentshow
bills.
Act to repeal Subdivision % of Section
1G9 of the General Statutes relating to
the exemption Of property from taxation.
Act to regulate the fees of physicians
and surgeons for testifying as experts in
criminal cases.
Act to amend an Act to organize
boards of health and for the better pro.
lection of the public health, approved
the 10th day of December A. D. 1883.
Act to provide for the payment of the
claim of the late Judge j. ?. Reed.
Act to amend an Act entitled "an Act
authorizing trial Justices to issue war
rants for:the enforcement of agricultural
stems in certain cases and to fix compen.
lation therefor"
Act to amend Chapter 36 of the Gen.
eral Statutes in reference to banks and
banking by adding thereto section to be
known as Section 1,S52a.
Act to permit the sale of domestic
wines manufactured in this State without
license.
Act to prohibit the catching of terra.
pins between the first day OF April and
the thirtieth day of June in any year.
Act to amend an Act to prohibit the
sale of spirituous and maltiliquors with.
in the County of Barnwell, approved
December 81, 1883.
Act to regulate recogbizarces to be
taken before trial justices.
Act to amend an Act entitled IAN Act
to limit the ages of pupils attending the
free schools" approved December %,
1883.
Act to authorize the defendants in
actions to recover lands to set up claim
for Improvements.
Act to amend Sections 1888 and 1889
of the General Statutes relating to
improvements made upon lands by
occupying claimants.
Act to amend Section 2,39S OF the
General Statutes relating to the enforce
meut of agricultural liens.
Act to permit persons in the State
liable to road duty to pay..a Communication
in lieu Of working the roads.
Act to amend Section 1857 of the
General Statutes of this State in relation
to the taking or renewal of records from
County Offices.