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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-31

some Fashionable Fabrics Tor Housc-
Dresses aud Heavy Winter Wraps.
Striped satin surah is much used for
pretty house dresses, made with plain.
full skirt Finished with a tinv foot
plating only and pointed bodice.
with Fedora p;astron and marine
collar and cuffs Of dark-colorcd velvet.
These satins come in Persian and AL
gerian stripes, and in quaint, tyi-col-
ored deep rluc. red and gold. and
various other bright combinations,
that render them so effective for dressy
home wear. Upon more elaborate
toilets made Of these satins are draped
graceful TUNES Of embroidered nets
and laces in ecru shades. especially in
the Egyptian and canvas designs.
Above this j short Russian jacket OF
velvet. simply finished with beaded
or corded edge. beneath which shows
a vest strapped across with narrow vel
vet bands. Another way Of arrangs
ing the striped skirts Is that Of having
clusters Of plaits Of the satin alter
nate with plated ecru lace. these
plaits extending from belt TO hem.
The ovcr-dress Is trim fitting,
French polonaise, with elbow sleeves,
finished with fall Of medium-widc
ecru lace Of a very delicate pattern,
with a scarf Of ecru net Of the same
design, drape6 from the shoulders and
falling some incncs below the belt in
front. In the back l. an immense
sash Of plain satin, matching one Of
the satin stripes in color.
Plush will be a very fashionable fab
ric for the long Russian cloaks for the
opera that enyclop the wearer from
head 10 foot. Ono model which proved
very popular last year IL copied still
more generally this season. II consists
Of wrap made of plush whose fronts
lcngthcn into panels which reach quite
"a the bottom Of the skirt In the back
| Is a mere jacket-shape only. with dol
man-likc sleeves. which Join to tine
front portion over the shoulders This
mantle enables lady to wear a trained
| dress with ease. the long folds of which
| she can reach and gather up over her
| arm. lawn color. pale dove gray and
| bright golden brown arc faycrite shades
| for opera cloaks. these lined with lilac
| or pink quilted satin, and trimmed
| with softest marabout bands. White
| basket cloth lined with pink. and
I trimmed with white feather trimming.
| or the more costly fluffy Ziblinctte, are
| quite as effective for evening rs the
more expensive wraps Red pilot
| cloth trimmed with black bcar-skin ls
an English caprice, and high-born
French women appear at the opera in
NANTES made Of white plush or velvet
brocadc. trimmed with raven black
| Ziblinette or fur. or otherwise with
cloaks Of black velvet bordcred with
white marabout. So report modistcs
returned from abroad. The combine
ton Of black and white is considered
highly becoming ami effective in even'
ing wraps.--N y. Post.
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A professional solicitor Of charity
says William X. Il the generous mem
Der Of the Vanderbilt fanily.-A y
Mail.
-CongressmAn-elect simmons. q
the Second North Carolina district. II
possibly the youngest Congrcssman-
elect In the country. lie is but thirty
two
President Robert Garrett. of the
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad. almost al
ways wears 4 bunch Of yiolets on his
coat He has them blooming IN his
conservatory the year round.
Lawrence Barrett. like other great
theatrical actors. has not allowed his
daughter to see play OF opera and
| Il unwilling that she should have any
thing to do with the stage. - Chicago
Journal.
Griswold Lorillard has introduced
| in New York the fashion Of wearing
coats without tails and scarlet vests.
lie so appeared at the Tuxedo ball.
| and created decided sensation ~ T.
| Graphic.
| Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett ;
directions for writing novel are a.
| follows: You must have pen, ink
and paper. Use the first with brains.
the second with imagination. and the
third with generosity"
-Sebra Crookcr. who died in Stock
ton. Me-, recently. aged eighty-nine
years. spent his life building ships. The
first Of his seventy-four vessels was built
when he was twenty one years old, and
the last just fifty years later.
Several years ago Miss Julia
Thomas. yonng colorcd woman,
went to Europe as the Topsy in Uncle
Toms Cabin Company. She has re-
NAMED in Berlin ever since acting with
white company, and has played
Topsy in German.
| DR. Magoon. the eminent Baptist
minister. whose death has been an.
nounced. was in his youth bricklayer
In later years the first brick ever laid
by him was hunred up. taken from the
wall. followed out. richly set in bronso
and used as an inkstand. - Phiiadciph
Press.
George Washington. who is widel,
known as the father Of his country
was great dancer. In 1873. III thu
quarters Of General Greene. Washing
ton and Mrs. GFene danced fol
upward OF three hours without sittin:
down. There was no structural weak
ness about the reyercd George. \
World
The late Mrs Stewart had a pc
ruliar abhorrence Of dark colors. al
Of the Stewart buildings were Of tn
purest white. and she herself avoide'
in her dress. as much As possible. al
sombcr hues. Mourning she laid q
as soon as conventionality permitted
and even during its term she lightene'
up its solemnity at home with whit
negliges.-N u Herald.
Jane Calhoun is living at Center
vile. Ulster County, n. H.. at the AZ
Jog years. She was born. married am
lived all her days in the district. an
her age is said 10 have been veriiie
beyond question. She frequentl
walks to Highland. four miles distant
and though very shrunken in appear
ance is active and in full possession {
her faculties. N. y. tribune.
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New tins shoa;d be sct over the
fire with boiling water in them Tor sew
real hours before food Is put into them
--Good housekeeping.
BE careful in feeding new corn:
The old. well-dried corn should be fed
first. 80 m 70 give the new corn as
much time Is possible for drying.
Cincinnati Times.
Take thick slices OF - bread. dip
in cold water, and fry In butter or but
ter aud lard mixed. using little salt.
serving Immediately; nice TOR break
fast. The Caferer.
An exchange says that ivory ornar
mcnts may be cleaned by rubbing them
with unsalted butter and placing them
thus in the sun. Afterward rub with
soft linen.
Sauce for Pudding: Rub together
a piece Of butter 40 large rs an egg
and teacupful Of moist or fine sugar.
Beat one egg. the yclk and white sep
arately. until a. light rs possible; stir
this evenly into the butter and sugar.
Add spice. II liked. -- Toledo Blade.
w. w. Rawson. -. authority In
| celery growing. does not believe, with
| some growers, that celery blight Il
| caused BY an insect. but that the insect
| which appears on leaves beginning Il
decay is invited BY the decay and is not
| the occasion Of it Detroit Tribune.
| -Arrowroot Pudding: One pint 81
milk. two tablcspoonsful Of arrowroot
two eggs. half-cup Of sugar. half tea
spoonf IL each Of cinnamon and nut
meg. Boil the milk and stir in the ar
rowroot, which has been dissolved in |
little water: take FROM the tire. add thu
other ingredients and bake in an earth
enware dish in quick oven. -Er
change.
There are many places about thu
garden and yard where there is room
for a fruit tree Of some kind. or for
row Of curranL gooseberry. raspberr.
or blackberry bushes. There is NJ
better place for these than along tn
fence in the yard. Tie the raspbcrrie
and blackberries to the fence 10 keel
them in place and have nice fruit AM
easy picking. Chicago journal.
| Farmers Mince-Pie: Four bowl
| II apples. two bowls of beef, one bow
Of suet, three bowls Of sugar. one tea
cupful Of molasses. one dessert-spoon
full each Of cinnamon. cloves, allspict
nutmeg. and little salt. Put away /
q Jar what you do not use at once
Moisten. when you bake. with swef
cider or current wine. (Fruit. on
bowl Of raisins. one of currants and
little citron. - Chicago News.
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The only Unitarian Churches IN
the South are In Charleston. New Or
leans aud Atlanta A. u. Picayune.
The Mcthodists are making prep
arations 10 send Bishop Taylor. In
Africa, another steamboat 10 navigate
the Upper Congo with. y Nit
ness.
The Young Mems Christian Asso-
cation of Utica n. ". has purchased
the Blceckcr-street Baptist Church in
that city for $50. 900. and will proceed
Al once 10 build.
The Protestant Episcopal Thco-
logical Seminary in New York City
has received S332.0OO in gifts during
the last three years. Its property. real
and personal. Is now worth $yy6. 797.
THE English universities" says
Sir Lyon Playfair, teach their gradu-
atcs 10 spend fl.0O0 year with dig
nty and intelligence. while the Scotch
universities teach men to make IL. 900
aycar with dignity and intelligence.
There are now ninety-fiye Congre-
rational Churches in Pennsylvania. and
4 meeting Of delegates from local con-
ferences, held nj kidgway. organized
a state Association. and the first regu-
lar meeting is TO be held at Ebensburg.
June n. 1887.
The Supreme ~ourt Of Arkansas
has decided that Second Adventist
must observe Sunday. even though he
also observe Saturday as Sunday. This
makes Arkansas more rigid in this re.
spcct than Massachusetts, which allows
any one within its borders To perform
secular business on sunday that viii
disturb no one else. providing that he
observes Saturday a Sunday. c0nscien'
tiously believing il 20 be the propcl
day OF rest - Boston Herald.
The annual meeting of the Gen
eral COMMITTEES of the Board OF Churcl
Extension Of the Methodist Episcopa
Church was recently held in Philadcl
phia. The annual report shows a tota
receipt for the year OF S276, 265. gail
a about 5000. II i proposed TO pusl
the erection OF frontier churches. ans
The call for ..million for missions
10 be accompanied by an appeal for
marter OF a million for church exten
Sion. Bishop Bowman presided at IN
anniversary Of the society.
The White Gross Branch Of tn
Young Mems Christian Association /
taking deep root in different parts 9
the state. In those colleges and uni
versities where organizations hay
been formed the past year the student
have been greatly interested and IN
membership largely increased In Ia
New York association excellent r.
suits have been obtained. The name
Of more than one thousand are NOV
enrolled. some OF whom have found
personal Saviour ut these meetings
and become earnest laborcrs for Others
N. y. Witness.
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A man who shutters pays out his
words on the installment plan. Pitts
tmgh Chronicle.
There Is shortage in the CHINA
mon crop. II will nutmeg much DIFF
ference. however. -F Philadelphia cal.
MORE antique sashcs six or eight
inches wide are becoming more popn-
lar. but they should not be worn BY the
more antique ladies--N y Ledger.
The meanest girl in the world lives
in Philadelphia Pa she said. Il
do wish you would lend me your lovely
red nose to paint my cheeks with. -
7trds SJfings.
Doctor-"I will leave you this
medicine to take after each meal.
Mike And will yez be kind enough
to leave the meal too, docther?" her
chant Trareier.
Van Daub--.sYou are criticising
this picture a good deal. Did you
ever draw onc?'' O'Sullivan -''Oh.
yesr' Van Daub '.And pray. wherc'"
ID sullivan a rattle me boy'"-
~ y. Graphic.
\ -ICircumstantial Evidence sUncle
Ben. how can YOU tell that your hands
are dirty they're SO black. you
know Y" ..IIc! he. wot = chile yo' IS
Yo' see. honey. de water gifts riley H.
! Harpcrs Btszar.
| NV dear" he said. what j. the
difference between ingenious and in
genrous?'' The difference between
| 4 and /, nv love. she replied. and he
scratched his hcad for . diagram. -
Washington Critic.
Buttons for female wear are be-
coming so large that they soon will be
biz cnough-for the wearcr. when she
4 caught in rain-storm, to snatch
one OF, stick it on hair-pin and use Il
Tor an umbrella. ~ y. Mai.
-She-sJ James. do you know you
put three buttons on the plate IN
church today" He knew what
was about" She--.James, perhaps
Won don't know that bought those
buttons yesterday for my new dress
and paid fifty cents apiece for them. \
WAS II love match?" Not
exactly. She lived next door. you know.
Charles had read somewhere that few
women continue their piano-playinc
long after marriage. and he concluded
10 trust to il. We didn't want to leave
the neighborhood you see; 80 Charles
married her. Very good Of him. WASH
it?"- Boston Transcript
Much Bctter-"Do you thinl
Lucie will succeed in winning Alger
nonP- asked the high-school girl. mo
indeed" replied Amy; ''she hasn't !
ghost 81 . show" my dear. pro
Vested the high-school girl '.pleas'
don't use such horrid slang a. ghost o
show say 'Apparition q N exhibi
ton. - 1jd- Bits
Omaha Dame---"You seem yer.
fond Of that Mrs. DeCash?" New YorI
Damc--"Ycs, ! wish you could NEE
her. She II the most self-sacri:icinl
woman in Now York" "Indecdr 4
should say 50. why. her husband CAV
her three hundred dollars TO buy new
parasol. and she spent every cent Of
Tor doctors fees and medicine. ''Ah
| I sce'-- Eyes, poor little pet, but
really don't believe the dog would hay
lived II she hadn' - Omaha World
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frof. Forbes, State EntomoIogist Of
Illinois. in relation to spraying trees
with arsenical poisons, insists that the
cost Of the application would be prac-
tically Is nothing. 80 far as the codling
moth injuries are concerned. compared
20 the benefit to the tree and the crop
resulting from the destruction Of cur
culios. cankcr worms ant: other minor
leaf and fruit insects The experiments
show. however. that late poisoning Is
dangerous, and. Furthermore, is with
ont effect upon the codling moth. Prof.
Forbes also says that observations and
analysis have shown that there il not
the slightest danger 70 the consumer
OF the fruit from poisoning the trees
early In the season. when the apples
arr very small and before they have
turned downward on their stems.--
CHICAGO Tribune.
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GALLEY SLAVES
Their DeplorabIe Lot In the Early Day.
OF the Eighteenth century.

Their DeplorabIe Lot In the Early Days
OF the Eighteenth century.
The life Of the French galley-slaves
OF the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries has been thus described by
Admiral de Ia Graviere: They place
seven men on each bench; that Is TO
say. in space ten feet long BY four
feet wide. They are 50 packed away
that YOU can see nothing from stern
10 bow but the heads Of the sailors.
The captain and the officers are not
much better oil. When the seas over
take the gallcys. when the north wind
bowls along the coast, or when the
sirocco dampens the passengers with
IL deadly moisture. all these make the
galley perfect hell The lamentation
Of the ships company. the shrieks OF
the sailors. the horrible howIing Of the
convicts, the grooming OF the tlmbers.
mixed with the clanking Of the chains
and the natural noises Of the storm.
produce An effect which will tcrrify the
hravcst Of men. Even the calm has is
Inconvenience. The horrid smells are
80 powerful that you can not with
stand them, despite the fact that You
use tobacco in some shape from morn
ing till night
..Condcnncd in 1901 70 serve in the
galluys Of France on account OF being
Protestant. Jean Martclle de Bugcrac
died in l777 AZ Gaicnburg. on the
Gucldrc. at the age Of ninety-fye. dc
seems 70 have had Ito use a common
expression, though quite IN place hcre)
his soul devoted to his body All the
convicis' he says. ARE chained six 70
bench; these benches are four feet
apart. and covered with bag stuffed
with wool. on which is thrown sheep
skin. The oyersccr. who Is the ,uaster
OF the slaves, remains aft. near the
captain. 10 receive his orders. There
are two sub-oversccrs one amidships;
the other on the bow Each Of them -
armed with whip, which he exercises
on the naked bodies Of the crew. When
the captain orders the boat on, the
oversccr gives signal from silver
whistle which hangs from his neck.
This Is repeated by tine two
others. and at once the slaves
strike the water. One would say the
fifty oars were but one. Imagine six
men chained to bench naked rs they
were born, one foot on the foot-rest.
the other braccd against the seat IN
front, holding in their hands an oar o.
enormous weight, stretching theil
bodies out. and extending their arms
forward into the backs Of those before
them. who have the same attitude,
The oar thus advanced, they raise the
end they hold in their hands. - that
the other end shall plunge into the sea
That done. they throw themselves back
and fall on their seats, which bend 10
receiving them Sometimes the slave
rows ten. twelve, even twenty. hours
at time, without the slightest rclaxa
ton. The ovcrsccr. or some one else
on such occasions. puts into the mouth
Of the unfortunate rover . mOrscl o
bread stepped with wine to prevent
his fainting. II. BY chance, one fall
over (Which often happens), he Is beat
EN- until he h given up for dead. and
then he II thrown overheard withou
ceremony. ~ Interior.
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The Racdad Lumber. blind and rnsh
Company OF Florida Il . model institution
None Of is stock Is for sale, and no money
ian buy admission 70 the company its
ssockholders are its workmcn, 10 clerfs'
its managers, Each Il qualified by enter
ing some one Of the branccs Of the ousi-
ness u the bottom and working Tor regu-
La wages until, after mastering the details
h. il promoted. and, when his services arc
found valuable, he u allotted certain
number Of shares. These shares are In
alicnable and q the death Of the holder
they are sold 10 the highest bidder among
the other stockholders for the benefit o. The
widow and children. There arc no CAPT
talists and stril<es. The company now owns
100000 acres OF finely timbered land, EN-
ploys many men. and ships IL lumber Y
IL own schoonera
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ANY lost children down there?"
asked woman's voice through tine
telephone Of police headquarters the
other day.
Yes; live Of them" was the reply.
Only five! I've lost seven, and ]
wonder where The other two can bc!'
Detroit Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-31

uIuAvx pEEx AFFLICTED with an Ahec.
ton OF the Throat from CHILDHOOD. caused
by diphthera and have used various rem,
edics' but have never found any thing equel
To BRowx's BRoxcHIAL IHocHEs. "-Eer' u
N ~ Hampton, Iiketoa, Ky. Price - cts
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SHAVE you ever seen ghost, Pogxinsr'
mo, snippit,r was the spirited reply, land
never exspectro."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-31

SHE wouldn't but he wooed, and finally
shey were both Merchant Traeeier.
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A BOOK agent was shot In Texas the 9th
der day. Let Us hear no more about the
uncivilizcd West BOSTON Post.
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FoR twenty years Mrs. John Gcmmell.
Milroy, Mifliln County, Pa, was paraiysed
ana unable 70 walk. She used b. Jacobs
OH and was cured.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-31

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters y Haie's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar upon = c :,',.<
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one nanute'
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Was that Of one OF our acquaintance who
suffered from scrofula, yellow complex
before using DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic, which
finally cured her.
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Crossed many times, but leaves no mark
Old ocean ST Louis Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-31

AFTER all il is shc.bad child that gets the
palm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-31
S!JACoBS OIL
LUMBACO-LAME BACK.
AMAZING RESULTS.

Suffered rs Years and Cured.
Hyde Park. Scranton Pa.
have been troubled with lame back for The
Last ten OF tfteen ycnr-. and during that Time
have tried all kinds 81 remedies hut found nt
relief tried st. Jacobs OH which an hap
~ MRS. ID. II WADE
Could not Rise and Cured.
TAT York Street. sidney. - =. ".
had severe attack q rheuma mat, ,nm asa,es
ana applied 81 Jacobs OIL whereby VAS q
far relieved that the rain Ms fsm2ss ~ sno
SPICE Merchant.
severe Lumbago Cured.
New York. MY.
I had very severe case o. lumbago- 80 that
could hardly walk. friend q mine recon-
mended -. Jacobs oh l tried totties u
relieved me. tried another bottle. u curer
me. and now I would not be without ~ ~ y
cost - per bottle ~ Z. SHAME.
the CHARLES A.voGELER CO. Baltimore Ma
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
SATURDAY, Jan. 16-P. n.

SATURDAY Jan. 16-P NJ
The week closes with the speculation at the Stock
Exchange little demorazed. Added to unfavora-
bic conditions the market has been called upon
to bear the brunt Of stabs in tho
dark from its professed friends To-day's
operations stock amounted to a96427 shares Open
ing figures showed steadiness but after the first
hour the pressure to sell undoubtedly exceeded the de-
mination sufficient frghten of buyers and to
bring out not a little OF stocks that were held
upon slender margins. Yet with all the
pressure there only few stocks which show final
declines of over i9 per cent Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western sold down 1o to 1171 but its final figure
shows decline of only s. per cent Lake Shore sold off
Z to $685. but its final price Of $3.50 was
the same as last evening" St. Paul went of
only per cent and after selling at 1904
finally at 106s shows define Of only s Oregon Trans
continental Union Pacific and Pacific Mail are exceptional
in showing final declines of 1as0l7s Pacific Mail sold
2is per from yesterdays last figure and
cred only to $3.50 The traders generally "bearsh"
and yincreasng but a" short"
intereseven when 1t is largc-s not sound basis for
"Tbuling" stocks. II there is better reason than
that for buying should bo left to the daily traders.
That the local crowd now is bearsh is not to be won
dered at, when large operators who profuse with
predictions of 80 for Pacific Mall when It selling at
6SG70, that 1t Is at 5Sa snake their heads in an
ominous manner and with an air of profound disap-
pointment. The market closed unsettled with room
traders covering their short sales.
Government bombs dull In sales but were in de-
strong figures Bids for the As s per cent
higher. Annexed are the closing quotations:
New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
HOUSES SOLD ~ ELIZA BETH.

President Mckenzie, Of the Singer Sewing
Machine Company, has sent n letter to The Elizabeth
journal In reference to the statement that parties
purchasing houses lots burdrncd with unpaid
ments Ynd removing them 10 escape payment lie said
In part: I" credbly Informed that this has been
done and ~ now being done openly and with little
fear q! shame am told IL Is hciug done by parties who
lately rushed into PRINT to show tdrr zeal for the
city's welfare. | told IL has been done near
tho tract have offered 10 buy II TINS Is True then
brand the Transaction ID deserves. call the attention
Of HE people Ia II, aud ask them fairly. can any cred
iOr or any other hOneGt deal with such trcksters