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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-15

= Has Smith sued Joncs?" asked ,
lawyer Of Dakota justice Of the peace
whom he met on the street
Yes, he has commenced suit foi
TWENTY-FIVE dollars. The case will be
heard next week"
Will he be likely 70 get in Z"
= Get Il? Well, should say no
would. know all about the matter.
Jones has owed that about two years.
/ entered Judgment against him just
~ soon as Smith came IN.
\ But you haven't heard the defense
yet"
I" Defense nothingI Don't want 20
hear Il. Il n time Jones paid y, and
the costs are on him now. - steIlsve
%. TO Bell
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-15

Ssovernor Marmaduke Of Missouri Assues
His Proclamation Against Localities In
Sected with Pleuro- Pneumonia.
JEFFERSON CRY, No.. Oct. The
following proclamation win be issued TO-
day By Governor Marmaduke:
srArr on MISSOURI, EXECUTIVE DEPARr->
MExr. CITY or JEFFERSON, Oct ~
WHEREAS. the state Board OF Health has
declared tnat there Is malignant Infectious
nneumonis epidemic among cattle In GER
sa she ssaa. s snd nsrs
s'1a sasS company q other cor:
gcss,,o. any Coos ssst Be- Pare ,Fom Ka sns
Kendall, win, Kankskee and froquois, n the
state or Illinois, or the counties o. Newton.
Jasper Lake: Porter and Lapo @S: q q s sne
province 81 Quebec, Canada, for period Of
ninety days next ensuing; and
WHERExs. The said Board Of Health hA.
ss2e sucS other Oh action g enforce said quar-.
antine as may be deemed necessary ana e.
& re STATE q Msso u a. hereby
s,os sse$pss!s: ssa s:sss s scS?o oS y;
:s ' s sss posoas " g Ss asss
s STATE soard q Health Tor ! period
S.r.s sn ss sy Ana s sss sn'ss 1s
stables AID other executive Officers Of this
State 70 assist IN enforcing said quarantine
na n e sh si sssss against 'hs
lssgnedi JOHN 4. MAnxADUKx.
MICHAEL X. McGRArH.
secretary Of state.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-15

SAN FRAxcrsco, Oct. S.-The steamer
Alameda, which arrived yesterday from
sydney and Honolulu, brings news Of
tbe loss Of the British ship, DonnotAr
Castle. on Ocean Island, 1900 niles from
Honolulu, July Is. She left Sydney July
: for Wilmington, Cal. All the crew
reached the shore In safety, but - the
island q barren, seven Of them left for
de Sandwich Island. which they reached
after : perIlous voyage Of 0ity.two days
= On open boat. a relief steamer lett
HonoluIu for the succor Of The remainder
q ne crew,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-15

10 his watch hain-a piece of IVORY
shaped and colored like q peanut
Tho point was this: Every member
MAS bound 10 produce his charm when
ever and wherever another member
'should challenge. II Mr.. A., meeting
Mr.. b.. should hold up 70 view the o'e
III ivory. then Mr. Is. was bound 70 10
the same. or else pay the line. ~ nrse
the Ilne was one dollar; afterwaru tho
fine Was liked at tive dollars Tho
fines were paid into the clubs purse:
which for many years was kept tat and
full. Now. this may seem boyish.
not to say .'silly." for . parcel
OF digniiied business men. yes
some Of the mcmbers u the
club were gentlemen favorably
known throughout America Tbs
Fwnchman in question was the presi'
dent Of the club, and the other mem:
bers used to take delight In catching
him. Once he was riding With another
member OF the club. The Frenchman
held the reins- The horses sprung into
4 run. The Frcnchman held on with
the grip az death. II would have been
madness 10 loosen the lines for an In
want IN tho WHY Sthcsr ~ ses~
stay the friend held IN ivory peanut in
front Of the Frenchman. lie was
caught. The next day he paid the nne
/ without a murmur. Years after that
be found himself wcdged In a great
crowd in Broadway. He was q stout
man rs round and a. rosy as a pippin
and he could not possibly get his
! hand into his waistcoat pocket IN thai
4 crowd. just then a member Of the
club saw him. and realized the stout
presidents predicament. Out came
the slim mans charm, and the chai'
lenge was given. I'm pay, said the
Frenchman; and pay he did. Again
he was At Long Branch. He had for
gotten about the peanut, and was dis
porting in the waves a long way from
shore. Suddenly he saw some one
with uplifted arm, swimming toward
him. In the hand that belonged to tn
uplifted arm was . little yellowish OBJ
ject. like pebble. But It was not
pebble: it was one Of the ivory pea
nuts. The poor president laughed g
that he was nearly drowned. -Gotdc'
DaUS.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 4.--WiIliam ,. Gala
cher, Of ballot box burglary notoriety, was
arrested this morning for completely In
the rebate warrants fraud. II was ru-
mored that thousands Of dollars on 70.
bat1 warrants had been secured BY the
conspirators. That some employe n
The special assessment department
played into the hands Of the rogues u
admitted. Comptroller schwab denies,
however, that Tie conspirators have
pocketsd any considerable booty. ~
ihlnk." said he 70 . reporter, "that thers
has been no serious fraud committed"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-15
SOME FASHION CHAT.
what the Leaders Of Fashion Will Wear
During the Coming season.

what the Leaders Of Fashion Will Wear
During the Coming season.
Venetian beads in great variety are
coming in favor.
Black silk stockings are very stylish
with red shoes.
In Paris most Of the bonnets are
worn without strings
Colored bows to match the stockings
are worn on slippers.
The mconstonc grows in favor for
brooches and hair-pins.
Short plumes tipped with pearls are
revived for millinery purposes.
White feathers and white pompons
are shown in the greatest abundance.
Laced boots with patent leather tops
are still the stylish wear for cool
weather.
Ostrich plumes and tips nre the lead.
ing garniture Of imported bonnets and
hats.
Mohair braids With applique figures
Of silk and bead edgings and novelties
for trimming.
Removable hoods. fastened with silk
cord. are worn with tailor-made
dresses in the street.
| Jet trimmings are richer than ever.
! and are very large.
| Crossed keys studded with pearls
and horse-shocs surrounded with
pearls are favorite designs for brooches
In spite Of the anti-plumage league,
| BIRDS, wings and feathers are having a
prominent place IN autumn millinery.
White wings will be very popular
for young ladies on all sorts Of walking
and driving hats, but not upon dressy
bonnets.
Black stockings are still the fashion
able wear for children, and with bright
red will continue to be throughout the
coming season.
The fashion Of wearing no jewels Is,
Of course English. There il Is the fash
ion to reserve the display Of jewels fol
the evening.
! Fur-trimmed silk costumes are quit
the most approved English style for th'
autumn. Furs will he worn earlier thi
season than usual.
Beads and bugles find place on al
manner Of garments this season, be
ginning with bonncts and gloves AM
ending with shoes and stockings.
The new burnt ivory ornaments ar
very fashionable both for buttons
buckles and brooches. Some cxquisit
carving Is seen in the lately importc
trines.
A muller OF marabout feathers u
some soft tint Is the latest London wra
, for the shoulders; II u fitted TO tn
, shoulders somewhat after the patter
Of fur pclcrine.
The Spanish comb introduced In sun
. mer millinery II 70 be- a feature Of -
I tumn bonnets. II IL 70 be found In je
. she'll, copper, bronze and In blue, II
\ descent and cut steel.
Pretty and becoming hats for "a
|, wear are in two colors Of straw brai
) red being always one Of the color
] These are trimmed In two colors Of W
= vet or ribbon 70 match tho hat IN
Mail and Express.
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FOR OUR YOUNG READERS


she twirled upon her Tip tors light =.
,ios~cd buck her tangled tre<scs bright
Aud cried: = n truly tired ot piAi;
i'm have tea part "a dA,!'
She <rt t1e table meath tree.
With tempting tartA and osst ana tens
Ten tiny cups upon the tray.
Ten plates and spoons In trim array.
Ten iwinklnE tapers. thin ana TAIL
And then the feast WAS ready AL,
The thrushcs trlIled and twittcrcd ewce&
The turf Was tender meath her fcct
Her tidy cap with lace WAS r.tnmci
Her tasteful gown was tucked aud trlmmcd
snow here am aud here's the treat' she
cried
Hut who q there 70 eaty
tn very thirsty for ms too. ! think ~ %
the company.
And sippinR now and tasting then,
She AZ and crank for all tho toni
-M0yyorst Johnso'A 90 81 Nscholds.
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Jolly Frsnchmau-
Some young men are 80 deeply d.
appointed in life at the age Of twenty
that they think the promises Of child
hood broken. At the age Of thirty
these same men may say: well, y
isn't 50 bad. 1t is really what : per-
SON makes Il, after all; 20 Let NJ make
the best Of IT," That was the way
With . gentleman who died In New
York not long ago. The gentleman
was Frenchman. In order that he
might brighten life. he organised the
"Pea-nut Club" Let no boy for an
instant fancy that this was club =
which tho members atc ground-nuts
The club was very simple. Each mcm
Der carried about HMM his waise
coat pocket Or fastened Is "chsrm
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-30
Socialism aud Insanity.

Some time ago romantic story was
put forth that Louise Michel, the fe-
male leader of the Paris Communists,
was insane. She had fallen violently in
love with a nobleman, it was said, in
her early youth, and aspired to be his
wife, He had encouraged this feeling
as long as it amused him, and then had
thrown her aside with contempt. This
treatment had enraged her against his
class, and she became a mOnOmaniac on
the subject. Hence her bitterness
toward rank was due to a misplaced
Irritation, and not to an innate love
for the masses against classes. Now
comes a learned DR. LOmbroso, who de
clares, in French publication, that all
Anarchists and Communists are de-
mented. He finds that propensity for
revolution is merely demonstration of
insanity, and should be treated the
same as other forms. This learned doc
tor discovers that revolutions occur
chiefly in warm countries, and during
summer. The heat stirs up the blood,
and excites the mind. To illustrate the
fact, the Doctor shows that, of nearly
two hundred popular outbreaks in
Europe, covering france, Italy, ana
Greece, there were thirty-two in June,
and twelve in November, and the sum.
mer averaged three times as many as
the colder seasons. All leaders of the
Socialist propaganda this eminent ply
stefan considers insane. He recalls the
fact that, after the Paris conspiracy, in
1871, four of the chiefs of the move
ment were discovered, upon examina-
ton, to be hereditary lunatics, while
four others had previously been under
treatment for insanity.
DatLY NelUs
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-30
How they make Slate Pencils.

In the northwestern part of the town
of Castleton, Rutland County, Vt, is
the only mandatory in the United
States of white slate pencils. The stone
as it comes from the quarry is first
sawed into blocks from four to seven
inches wide, according to the length
desired for the pencils. These are split
quite easily with chisel into slabs a
little thicker than the finished pencils -
say SIC inch. These are passed through
planning machine and over an emery
belt to make them flat, smooth, and of
a uniform thickness of about 3-16 inch
Next they are pushed into the jaws of
crocodile" which consists of a
pair of steel plates, in the under one of
which are six rows of curved knives,
each set so as to cut little deeper than
the one that went before it. These
plough out parallel grooves half way
through the slab, which a man then
turns and lays upon a steel plate having
ridges which Just fit these grooves
This slides back under the six rows of
teeth of a second crocodile lying in
wait alongside, which cut the grooves
on the other side, and leave the pencils
side by side. Lastly, they are broken,
and rolled for an instant, to point them,
upon an emery belt. A man can give
this last touch to about 5000 in day.
The average daily output is 1000 and
the mill gives employment to some
twenty-five hands The old plan was
to saw out square pencils from the slabs
with circular saw, one by one. These
were boxed and distributed among poor
families, who whitfield them round by
hand at from quarter to half a dollar
per thousand. The crocodile" has
spoiled this business.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-30
A Bait red SILK Hat.
HOW A DUDE TURNED THE LAUGH ON HIS
PROSECUTORS.
From the Alta California. I


'Johnson is a good hearted fellow
and good workman, but, boys, can't
go his airs. Every night he takes a
bath, puts on his Sunday clothes and Il
silk hat, and comes down town. You'd
take him to be a stock broker instead of
machinist. Now, I've got nothing
agin mans wearing good clothes, but
l draw the line at silk hats every day.
| wear one myself on Sundays, and
that's enough style for a hard handed
mechanic. Now, the next time we
catch him in here let's make a football
of his hat, and If he kicks we will buy
him another" So spoke young man
named Sanders, who works in the rail
way machine shops, the other evening
to several of the boys who were playing
pool in a Market street saloon.
1t was agreed upon that johnson
should be invited to take a drink, and
while at the bar Sanders should knock
his hat off and the others make a foot
ball of it. The next morning johnson
walked in, greeted the boys pleasantly,
and invited them to take drink with
him. The time had come, and in mo-
ment JOhnson's hat was in a condition
that would have discredited tramp,
for 1t looked like a hairy accordion.
johnson smiled blandlv, lit cigar, and
philosophically pulled away until the
boys had demolished the hat and their
shouts of laughter had subsidized, when
he said, quietly:
"YoL fellows seem to be enjoying
yourselves.
"You bet, F." retorted Sanders. 'Don't
wear a plug hat every day, johnson.
Honest, the boys think you feel above
them. We just kicked the hat to pieces
partly for Joke and partly to let you
know that we think you are trying to
put on airs. Now we will buy you an
other"
"Oh. it's not necessary. The hat
wasn't mine"
"Whose was it, then2" asked one of
the boys.
"WeIl, you see, it's this way. took
my hat down to get it blocked this
morning, so 1 stepped into Sanders
room-you know we board at the same
place-and borrowed his to wear to-
night. | knew he would loan it to me
if l asked him, so | made free to take
it, seeirg he wasn't there Sorry, boys,
for the hat, but glad to see you en- JOY
yourselves"
Sanders looked at the remains of the
hat, then at Johnson, burst into hear
ty laugh, and remarked: Come up,
boys, this is on me. Serves me right.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-30
Daring Feat of a Bicyclist.

N. T. Robertson, the well-known
bicyclist of Washington, d. c., and
two friends went to Cabin John Bridge
to ascertain the truth of the story pub
lished day or two ago of the riding of
bicycle across the bridge on the cop
ing. After careful inquiry they found
that the story was hoax originating in
a joke Mr. Robertson thereupon de-
termined to be the one to accomplish
the feat. The coping is wall three
hundred feet long with a flat top fifteen
inches wide and a height on the left of
about three feet above the roadway of
the bridge and on the right at the mid
die of about one hundred and twenty
five feet above the rocky gorge below.
Mr.. Robertson placed his bicycle upon
the coping, where it was held by one of
his companions until he had mounted.
He then started on his perilous trip.
Moving slowly in an almost straight line
he proceeded steadily to the middle of
the bridge, where for an instant he
swayed slightly toward the outside, but
quickly recovered and kept on. On
nearing the further end he tipped the
little wheel up and with short ride on
one wheel dismounted backwards safe
ly, having crossed in three minutes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-30
A Chestnut.

eyer Honor" said visitor in the
Mayors office, 'me name is Patrick
Murphy, and live in East Boston. The
rain has come into me cellar an me
chickens are drownin'."
"Ah, indeed" said the polite Mayor
1.-THE Fire Department will attend to
your case"
''Me name is Patrick Murphy, an
live in East Boston. The rain has come
into me cellar, an me chickens are
drownin',n repeated Patrick to the Fire
Department.
"You should see the Street Commits
sioners, Mr.. Murphy" answered the
Fire Department. Patrick repeated his
case to the street Commissioners, and
afterward returned to the Mayor.
eyer Honor, me name is Patrick Muir
ply, an | live in East Boston"
ooh, yes" said his Honor. 81 re-
member you perfectly. Didn't tell
you to 90 to the Fire Department"
81 did, yer Honor, an then | went to
the Street Commissioners.
"What did they tell you?" asked the
Mayor.
ems don't you keep ducksf"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-30
The Placid Life of Chicago.

"Found any more bombs around the
houseW asked a Chicago man of his
wife on returning home for dinner.
eyes, l swept couple off the front
steps and found one concealed in the
basket of potatoes that the grocer
brought. threw it out in the street
and it exploded and killed two police
men and a street car horse"
"Good thing you discovered it; it
might have hurt some of the children.
Anything else PARTICULAR"
"Nothing much. l found a lot of
red flags and empty beer bottles and
pieces of gas pipe filed with dynamite
down cellar. The policeman ON this
beat took them away. He says it must
have been used as an anarchists head
quarters"
''Probably. 1 heard some strange
noises in the garnet last night, and
wouldn't be surprised if they had moved
up there, too"
'Tll go up and look, after dinner,
then"
81 wish you would, my dear. must
go this afternoon and attend the funerals
Of Brown and Thompson, who were dy-
uamited last night, OF | would do it
myself. "-EStelljne (Dak.) Bell.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-30
Can Imagination Kill ?

TIL is, perhaps. hardly the correct
form of question that the " British and
Colonial Druggist puts to itsalf in dis
cussing the death OF the young woman
at Hackney under circumstances in
which certain insect powder largely
figured. AS the powder appears. by
DR.. Tidy's experiment, to be perfectly
harmless, the suggestion is not unnatur-
ally made that the deceased, who was
possibly of hysterical, high Y imagin-
ative turn of mind, took the powder in
the full belief that by its means her
death might be accomplished. The
writer of the article in our contempor-
airy, we think wrongly, brings forward
two remarkable instances of what may
be regarded as practical jokes with
melancholy examinations. In the case
of the convict delivered up to the sci
enlist for the purpose of psychological
experiment (the man was strapped to a
table and blindfolded, ostensibly to be
bled to death; a siphon containing
water was placed near his head, aud the
fluid was allowed to trickle audibly
into a.vessel below it, at the same time
that trifing scratch with needle was
lIhlSlOu III IhC Cul JIIG uCChi IL ID o1lI
that death occurred at the end of six
minutes), fear must have played no in
C nsiderabl9 share in the fatal result,
and we do not know whether all the
vital organs were in sound condition,
though they were presumably so. The
old story of the case of college porter
is also one in point. he students en-
trapped him into a room at night, a
mock inquiry was held, and the punish
ment of death by decapitation decreed
for his want of consideration to the
students. 1t is small wonder that, I'M
der the dominion of fear and belief in
the earnestness of his tormentors. the
sight of an axe and block, with subse-
quent blindfolding and necessary genu-
Election, smart tap with wet towel
on the back of the neck should have
been followed by the picking up of
Ipse.-LaRcet.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-30
THE CLAY EATERS.
The Peculiar Diet of Certain North Carolina
SandhiIers.

have seen sandhillers" in certain
parts of North and South Carolina, and
some within ten miles of Columbia,
while engaged in eating their dinner,
and have observed them consume, with
evident RELISH large quantities of clay,
and what's more, l have joined in their
frugal repast and partaken of some of
the stuff myself. 1t is nearly tasteless,
but some of the clay eating epicures pro-
TESS to enjoy it because of delicate fla
vor it possesses. 1t is white, devoid of
grit, and not unlike the kaolin of
which plates and saucers are made.
There is nothing disagreeable about this
clay and may be taken into the stomach
with impunity. 1T is not injurious as an
article of diet, indeed, many contend
that it insures longevity and wards off
several diseases. There are well authen-
ticated instances of wonderful longevity
among ''clay-eaters, - and it is we'll un.
derstood by such of the faculty as have
studied the subject, that none Of the
''sandhillers" ever suffer with lndiges-
ton or dyspepsia, and l have never
known one to die of consumption; in
fact, foolish as it may seem, l am con-
strained to believe that this strange
habit exempts the "clay eaters" from
many of the ailments to which the rest
of the human family are heir. Of course
there is nothing very succulent or nutri-
tious about slice of clay, but it GER
tainly allays the cravings of hunger.
This is done by distending the walls of
the stomach 1t is not to be expected
that clay diet will take entirely the
6 l. 10
to certain extent.
In my country practice, which occa-
sionally carries me out in the sandhills,
occasionally | say, for although the
sandhillers are the sickliest looking,
most cadaverous and woe be-gone beings
in the world, they are the healthiest), L
have good opportunities to study their
habits. They can subsist on exceedingly
limited quantities of meat; in fact, they
get very little to eat, and that fat bacon,
about thrice a week. They are not lazy,
but decidedly shiftless. They are trou-
bled with few wants, however, and these
are supplied easily.
" Do they eat only one sort of clay ?"
GAS a general thing, yes" was the
reply, "but sometimes their table is gar
nished by a kind of yellowish mari,
somewhat scarce, which they consume
with keen relish. 1t is said to taste
sweet, and they use it as a dessert.
They, however, draw the line at red
clay. This not even their ironclad
stomachs can digest. Don't you eat
red clay p asked gawky old fellow.
No, surree, was his animated response !;
1 have occasionally had brick in my
hat, but I'll be blamed eff l banker after
making my bowels a brickyard. '"-A
Carolina Doctor IN Atlanta Constitution.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-30

A new planchette Is made in Chicago
by mailing four short wooden legs under
the rim of mans hat by means of pins
run through the cloth. On pieces of
paper the letters of the alphabet are
marked and so are the words "yes" and
emo" on separate bits of paper. Per
sons with mediumistic or electrical quail
tiles derive much fun from making the
hat spell out words by leaping from let
ter to letter. The toy is called the dan
cling Derby"
A Chinaman, who has been in the
New Westminster, Canada, Jail, under
sentence of death, was very angry when
told few days ago that he was re-
prieved for month &c said that after
death his soul would inhabit the body
of bird, and he was anxious for the
TRANSPORTATION to take place, that he
might peck out the eyes of those who
had testified against him.