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The Progress., 1889-07-13
Lost in tho FIOOd.

Lost in the Flood.
Mrs Madaline Brown Of New.
Cambria and mother Of Ven. Sis
ter Lloba, 0. S. B., Of st. Bsne-
diets mission, it is now ascertain.
ed, was one Of The VIC tiins Of the
late Johnstown disaster. The body
Of the lamented lady was diseoy-
cred, as was thousands Of Tiers,
many miles from the scenes Of 4
once happy home and md the
wreck and ruin wrought by the
terrible incursion Of the resistless
food The house, farm effects,
including stock, etc, were alike
swept away and lost. We Join the
community IN rendering to the
Venerable Sister the humble trib-
ute Of sympathy but mite TO
Iconsol alton in the sad moments s
Of her grieyons and lrretrievahle
loss
The Progress., 1889-07-13

,THEO. II. 8BEAULIE u, "A gent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30

voIts and Ohms. and How tho Words
Have Been Formed.
A volt is unit or standard Of cleo
tro-motive force. European electricians
call il an element" 1t Is the parts
OF which an electric battery is so con.
structed. and consists OF plates Of
zinc, copper or prepared carbon.
which are immersed in a liquid con.
tanning one OF limited number OF
acids employed for the purpose Of gem
Grating electricity BY contact with the
metal or carbon. A battery consists
OF u number OF volts. the number
varying with the strength Of the elec-
trio current to be generated. The term
''volt" Is formed from the same as
Volta. the Italian scientist, whose
name is prominently connected with
the development Of electrical science.
In tho same way the Ohm Is
named after Prof. Ohm. who invented
it as . standard or unit for measuring
the resistance to an electric current in
its transmission through o body.
usually wire. thereby measuring the
conducting power Of the wire. II
water flows through pipe the size 81
the pipe represents the resistance TO
the how OF the water. the narrower
the pipe the greater the resistance. In
similar way the electric current
encounters resistance liz its passage
through the wire. the resistance aris-
ing. probably. from the inherent
magnetic and electric properties OF
the molecules II traverscs. In travel
ing the current loses its force, spend
ing IL in overcoming this resistance. as
an engine running along track
spends its force in overcoming the
resistance OF friction. Tho 'Ohm"
Is the unit Of resistance. Its quanti-
~ has been determined by expert.
ment, and, as in other departments
q physical science. an arbitrary
standard has been established by
which to measure it Chicago Trib.
une.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30
HUMOROUS.

How happy our neighbors might
be II they would only do as we think
they ought TO do. Boston Courier.
Patient Cat Christian scientists Of
feel DIS the healer IMP" Attendant
Yes. sir; but she is sick to-day and
cant do any business. - Boston Her.
aid.
Bessie What's the matter in tho
sitting-room, Tommy" Tommy
.Oh. the usual contest between pa
and ma over the speakershi p OF the
house. Burlington Free Press.
Mrs. Cumso-. 'Jimmy's always
getting into fights with other boys.
I'm afraid when he grows up he'll be
professional pugilist" Mr.. Cumso
II see you don't know much about
pugilists IN. y. Sun.
First Shopping Lady-''Was that
clerk or the proprietor we traded
WITH" Second Shopper-"A clerk.
certainly. Didn't you notice he said
Il have this and that line Of goods.
The proprietors always say 'we'."-
Omaha World.
Deceived the dog-Laura-"How.
did you get to tho door? I'm sure pa
pa turned the dog loose ut sundown-"
Cholly ~ II just sprinkled . little
whisky on my clothes and the dog
thought was the old man himself"
-Terre Haute Express.
Where the work comes In: Min
listers wife--.'You haven't been out Of
your study an hour this week. What il
the matter?" Minister Some Of the
congregation say my sermons are too
long. and Two been trying TO write =
short one. IN. Y. Weekly.
Physician" Now. Mrs. SMALL
talk. will you let me look at your
tonguee" Mrs Smalltalk Uwo min
utes later) We'll. doctor. Why in the
world don't you look 4. my tongue, II
you want to, instead Of writing away
like newspaper editor. How long do
you expect ] am going to sithere with
my mouth wide 0pen?" Physician
Just one moment more. madam. I
only wanted you 70 keep Sill long
enough 50 that could write the PREF
scription. Somervillc Journal.
--Irate husband For heavens
sake. cant you talk about something
besides drcsscsr' Certainly.
my dear. You ought TO see the bon
nets they arc making nowadays ii
Smiths. l stepped in to-day and saw
beautiful thing In pink for only thir-
1 ty-seven dollars. Aud others were. Of
1 course, good deal more expensive.
| a fifty-dollar gem just took my eye,
but thought wouldn't get one that
cost rs much Is that before saw you.
or course can talk about something
besides dresses. you deSs old hubbv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30
The cANrEEN SYSTEM.
A New Feature Of Army Life That Iia
Novel Effects.

A feature OF Army life that Is now
attracting some attention outside Of
the ranks. and which has The approval
OF the officials Of tho War Department
Is what Is known ms the ''cantecn.
II is best known in the English army.
and has for It's object the providing fox
soldiers Of food. drink and amusc.
mcnts Atpresent tho first two named,
aside from the necessities OF the sol.
der. which are provided by the com
missary department, are supplied BY
the post traders. Until within the last
few years the business Of the post
trader was profitable, but with the
growth OF new towns near the posts
his business fell or. until now his rev.
cnue is derived largely from his Il.
ccnse TO. sell beer and wine. In many
eases it is said that the post trader
abuses the privileges thus granted him,
and dispcnses 10 the soldiers poor
quality OF whisky and brandy. The
traders dealings are thus often preju-
dicial to good order and discipline al
the post. II is this fact, probably
more than any other, that has led tc
Tho adoption Of the cantcen system.
The cantecn is controlled by volun'
tary association fthe soldiers. The sup
plies are purchased and sold as at the
post traders. but no spirituous liquors
are sold. and no liquors OF any kind
to an intoxicated man. BY this means
the soldiers themselves lend Their
aid to the officers in maintaining disci
pine. The amuscments include boil
indoor and outdoor recreation and
sports. and it is this feature to which
the officers look for the best result.
in the morals OF the enlisted men. The
results of the system have been so sat
isfactor; that the War Department
officials and heads OF the army give al
possible encouragement to its growth
In short time complete list OF TIM
locations Of canteens will be made up
They are known to exist at Davis Isl
and, New York harbor; Columbus
bal racks. and several posts in thu
West. 1t is expected that the reports
now coming in will be SO favorable
that the extension OF the cantcen sys
tenn TO every army post will soon b.
accomplished. Washington Letter
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30

Captain Travcrs. OF the schooner
Hester A. Stewart. that Just arrived
from the Bahamas, told a reporter that
just before no left the islands the
natives captured a shark eighteen feet
long. When IL was cut open half
barrel Of salt pork was found intact
in its stomach. besides a number Of
other articles which the monster had
swallowed. Mr.. Miller also had a
shark story. Two months ago the
dead body Of monster shark was
washed up on the beach at Abaco. In
side the huge mouth was found a small
barrel II was wedgcd so tightly that
II would neither 20 up nor down. In
the barrel. the head Of which was of.
was found all the food the fish had
managed 20 get inside its teeth. Tho
barrel caught all the food and the fish
starved 70 death. Baltimore Amer.
ican.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30

the estimation Of Mrs. Midas and Miss
Mnrici Contango.
Miss MnrieI subsequently recovered
her temporarily defective resonance
sufficiently 70 gladden. the hearts Of
her parents BY making marriage -at
their cost--into u noble house. ! still
have the pleasure Of ranking her
among my patients. but for no organic
or other serious ailment; and ! have
Il on excellent authority that her hus.
band. Viscount Barrenlands. would bc
extremely glad at times, when he has
been Unfortunately cxtravagant with
his unearncd increment. II Lady
Muriers vigor Of voice and physique
were both little less robust. -Cham
! bcrs' journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30

IN the summer lie II = Skeleton. In VIM
ter : Monster.
There were several side shows con-
nected with the North Carolina State
fair, and was much taken with q sign
regarding fat boy. It was stated
that he was only fourteen years old.
and weighed about four hundred
pounds. l paid my nickel 70 60 in.
and found lad Of that age, but his
weight was not over one hundred
pounds. he was dressed in costume.
and sat on platform, while the show
man delivered short lecture ut in
tervals.
.See here" said to him after look
ing the boy over, ARE you deliberately
swindling the public?"
"How?"
by passing that kid on as . fat
boy"
mo. sir"
"You advertise that he weighs about
scur hundred pounds?"
"Ycs."
That's u falschood. lie won't weigh
one hundred.
"When?"
To-day; now; this minute"
.Oh, see. An explanation Is due
you. run museum in New Orleans.
That boy is one OF nv freaks In the
summer he is my skeleton and In the
winter my fat boy. 1t takes him about
six weeks to make the change, and ho
Just began to pick up flesh last wcek.
lie was the most beautiful skeleton you
ever saw. and II you can only see him
two months later you'll be delighted at
his rotundity. He'll weigh all Of four
hundred in two months from this.
YES. but came in here 70 sec fas
boy"
"Wcll. there he is"
.But he's no fatter than any other
boy OF his age. It looks to me like .
| fraud"
| Good heavens, man, but do you
want all the earth ut once" he gaspcd.
ssGivc him time 10 change. wont your
| Here, look at this lock OF hair cut from
| the head 81 George Washington. Its
my own property, and not on exhibi-
| ton, but | want to satisfy you that
am square. A skeleton weighing
| forty-two pounds cant change 10 q
four-hundrcd- pound fat boy in an hour
or day. We expect the public TO be
| lcnicnt with Us. Goingp Well. good
bye. Come in with your family and
III make reduced rates. IN. Y. Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30

--Georgo Parsons Lathrop has writ
ten story dealing with an imaginary
timn in tho distant future when II will
be Is much OF distinction TO DO poor
Is II Is now TO DO enormously rich.
A volume OF tho poems Of Mr..
Frederick Tennyson. eldest brother OF
the poet Laureate. Is among the re.
prints in contemplation. They have
become scarce and difficult 70 procure.
DIR. Joseph Taylor. OF Kennett
Square. Pittsburgh. lately finished the
task. begun over seventeen years ago,
OF reading through Webster's Una.
bridgcd Dictionary. something which
only one other man has done, and be
= Georgian.
Here Is a picture Of Tennyson by
Edward Fitzgerald. the translator OF
Omar Khayyam: I'VE have had
Alfred Tennyson here; droll and
Maynard; and much sitting up Of
nights till two and three in tho morn
ing with pipes in our mouth; at
which good hour we would get
Alfred 70 give US some OF his magic
music. which he does between growl.
ing and smoking; and so TO bed"
One OF the first public libraries OF
Now jersey was founded in 1876 In
New Brunswick. The librarian > book
has lately been examined. and it does
not bear out the notion that In those
days nothing but good solid literature
was read. 1t is found that over third
OF the reading done was Of fiction. pure
and simple. though only one-cighth Of
the books was devoted to that branch
OF literature. During the first two
months The Fool OF Destiny" was
drawn eighteen times and Desmond
eight Independent
The Prussian war minister re-
Gently published in two volumes
history OF the colors OF the Prussian
army from 1907. 1t appears that in
the campaign Of 1864 and 1866. nine
| ty-nine standards were pierced by
balls In the campaign OF 1870 the
/ number OF regimental colors pierced
| was ISL. The flag Of the Seventh
Regiment Of Infantry was hit by
twenty-three balls in the single battle
OF Mars-la-Tour. In the entire
Franco-P russian war thirty-eight
Prussian standard bearers were killed
while holding their colors.
John Eglington Bailey. Of Street
ford. Manches ter. who died last year.
accumulated the best shorthand co,lec-
tion in England. and It has been bought
and presented to the Manchester Free
Reference Library as the Bailey Short
hand Collection" Wherever a book
or MS on. in or about shorthand in
any language was to be had Mr.
Bailey would secure it II he could. In
several instances every edition Of the
same work was bought the entire list
finally amounting TO one thousand vol
umcs. He was himself an expert
stenographer. He possessed singu-
lar insight into the most grabbed Of
shorthands. He succeeded with case
in deciphering some Of the most APP
parently bewildering. including that
used in Samuel Pepy's diary. His COLI
: lection began with .Brights Charac-
teric" OF the time Of Elizabeth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30


Seven ministers OF the Church Of
England have recently been admitted
by Cardinal Manning TO the Church
Of Rome.
There are one thousand Christian
Cinnamon connected with the Con-
grogational missions In California
and Oregon. spirit Of Missions.
In all, one hundred and thirty
four Congregational churches have
been organized In the State Of Mis-
souri,. OF which eighty-two remain.
The shrinkagc has been nearly thirty
nine per cent
Chan Chu Sing, converted
Chinaman, has been licensed AS .
local preacher in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. and will engage in mis-
sion work among his own people In
Los Angeles. Cal.
Albion (Mich.) College is TO have
''public college lecturcship' for the
discussion before the public OF the
bearing Of college work on the inter-
esis OF the peoplc-social. political.
scicatitic. industrial.
Judge Keatley. Of Iowa. who has
made personal inspection Of tho
schools OF Alaska. reports that there
arc about fourteen schools in the Ter
ritory. three OF which are for white
children. the rest being for natives.
"A citizen Of Lynn. Mass recently
entered protest before the school
board Of that place against the use OF
a certain text book. on the ground that
the smalness OF the type in which il
was printed proved injurious TO his
daughters eyes.
"A larger proportion Of the boys
and girls Of New Jersey than any
other State in the Union go to Sunday
school. II appears BY statistics re-
Gently taken that there are just about
$50, 900 children in the 1897 Sunday
| schools OF New Jersey.
The First Church OF San Fran
! cisco is. in every sense, home
| church. and very attractive to young
men. The Y. NJ. G. A., free read
| ing room open every evening, inviting
parlors, and meetings Of praise. are
/ some OF the accessories.
| The Austrian Archbishops arc
probably the most highly paid in the
! world. The Cardinal Archbishop Of
Vienna has only about f6. 600 year,
but the Cardinal Archbishop Of 81
mutt has 10000. the Cardinal Arch
bishop OF Prague has f35. 600 and the
Archbishop OF Erlru 100000. And the
Primatc Of Hungary. the Cardinal
Archbishop OF Grau, has ESQ. 900
year.
Cardinal Gibbons is reported a
expressing the hope. in recent after
dinner speech in Philadelphia. tina
the day may never come when w
shall be obliged TO call upon the STATE
70 build our churches. for II they buils
our churches they may dictate TO u
what doctrine we are to preach or wha
We are not to preach As for myself
l believe in the union Of the churcl
and the people"
The Presbyterian church In Sout
Australia. thato OF MilIicent. has distin
guished itself by adopting new meth
cd OF paying its debt Having go
the loan from friend Of sixty acre
OF good land. the minister, the Rov
I. Cunningham. and some twenty 0
his flock. plowed and sowcd the ground
and the crop. which found a purchase
o II stood. realized $77J, sufficient 4
meet the bank overdraft
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30
woMAN.s WORK.


with many turn my steps take.
In many q crook ana crcvicc:
And many biscu must bake
For Maud and mo and Lev >.
Isweep. dust. cook. ! riss
Up In the morning early;
lwash the breakfast dishes. ana
.hurn. then dress the baby.
make the dust ana dry leaves ~
Against my new broom fairly;
CHATTER, chatter us 60.
uecausc rest 50 rarely;
For men may come and mon may 60,
But 20 on forever, ever.
80 on forever
Imove about and IN and out.
While here The chickens fced.ag
And here and there NJ nawx 70 shout.
Hut little they are heeiing.
walk. run. SKIP. mop
From one thing 10 another;
stop 10 dress u Dru,se or cut.
For the childrca run 10 mother.
Then % the garden must 20
no see what work Is needed.
Fur plants must be set out you kaow
And then they must be wcedcd.
For men cant STOP. for they must so
hut we work on forever. ever,
We work on forever
iclear the tray ana ''put 70 r:gh:s"
The dining-room and kitchen;
then 60 in my room 70 sew,
And Try and do some stitching.
wonder II there on earth
No respite from our labors.
No time 10 90 and gossip SOME
With Pleasant friendly ncighbors!
!. Before lend III piece Of work
And try to think n little,
throw il down ana run and mako
A hire and place the kettIe-
For men must eat and -. you knows
But women can 80 never.
Yes. men " II come and mon Will 80,
But we work on forever, ever.
We work on forever.
Mrs. r. o. Holt in The Freeman.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-31

tbsxs = great SxeiaeG GsHt ~ Orznitx
las. alAp-, Sszr rsIsx1e1 ko11 discoveries
nz~ snse1 2estgoYe9 prcpsrsy ssbzec a.
81 80 ee~4rzsG - y 44sssz o. s2zss-
day
kzslasy eosnIa-aElexsca betwesn 5sEha
al DEssdsa Is la-sTE~ g1e1 cE azcs-EG ~
severe sterE2s
waite rafting legs Al Reekp0Fs lna Lee
D'Iaam wss eaagat - = hS3Fy loz sze
81 lsAsd - death
Ulster County = horss owEers are
alsrasd over a. spidsmic u -Anasrs thai
Ia receatly hgokea cat
The last shipneas q ths buiidiuz ma
teriAi of Lbby Prison va naae fr0@
ElcAL0ond, Va % Chicago Wednesday
Eo2rtsea 4pglic4tleas - eater town ssses
have oeen made 81 Kingrsher Oklahoma
aad twelve tn t1s GuLhrls l4n1 district
Melville Pay. a somewhat noted spirit
medium, died IA ths hospital II Cleveland
o, wednesday Of cancer OF the torgus
Aa ageat Of az English syndloste is re-
poy.sd 10 be as Logisyi le negotiating for
TIE pgToa4se of al the cistilleriss Ia ken-
;1eky
The annual report OF the southern Pa
cl1c Company states tssg ths net s.F aiags OF
the roads aad steamships fsr 1855 were SIS
90 e,0
The suis 0s Lttlejohn, OF Boston, agsinst
the fiJehburg railroad for the loss Of two
children has resulted IN verdict VI o. 90
foE the plaintiff
Rev DT J. II Harris, for twenty years
principal Of Keystone Academy, Scranton,
Pa, has been elected President Of Bncknen
University, ~ Lewisburg Pa
John shsdlock, miner. and Hungarian
laborer named sudown were killed wednos-
day by the fall Of roof Ia the Lehigh Val
ley colIiesy at Wilkesbsrre. Pa
Two men We're arrested az steubenviI,s,
O., Tuesday for passing old State hank nosea
some upon the County Bank, Meadville, Pa !,
which failed twenty three years ago
William Plankinton, OF Milwaukee, has az
ranged 70 pat up az Yankton, OAK mills
for the Manufacture OF building cement
Five hundred men will be employed
gang OF lightning rod men have been
swindllng farmers IN Hancock County,
Illinois They robbed A. s Tager, OF Bush
nell, OF $500 recently on bogus contract
Theodore johnson, colored, who is in
prison at Westminster, Nd, has made a
confession that he killed Richard Morgan,
who was found mutilated by the cars ut that
place
A man named William White Wa arrested
at LaPorte City, Iowa. Wednesday, for pass
ing counterfeit money. When searched
s222 80 IN bogus gold coins wero found IN
his possession
The Indiana Grand Lodge Of Masons has
revoked the charter OF the Mount Vernon
Lodge because 1t failed to discipline two OF
its members who pleaded guilty to the
charge or selling intoxicating liquors
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-31
aaANp nArIps. gaIpAY. WAY 81.

Tax ranks Of the Grand Army are
growing thin. lt Is nearly quarter OF
a century since the war closed, and
those Who returned from the held IN
the prime of manhood, now, where
they survive, feel the inhFmities OF age
beginning 70 press upon them. But
there Is no decay in the patriotic feel
ing that prompts the annual pilgrimage
% the graves OF our dead defenders.
The Grand Army may pass away; in 4
few years more the veterans viii be
gathered 10 their rest. But every year
when the flowers Of May are blooming,
their brave deeds and heroic sacrifices
Will be remembered and hOnored while
the Republic endures.
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-31
Big Land Deal I'm Mexico.

San DIEGO, Cal. May SIT is published d
here that the International Land Company
OF Mexico has been sold to the Mexican Land
d Colonization Company, which is con-
trolled by wealthy English syndicate that
built the Chicago st Paul & Kansas City
railway. The syndicate Will spend large
sums in the construction OF railways and
development OF the country
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-31
The American Tract Society.

BosToS, Mass, May 3O.-The seventy fifth
annual meeting OF the American Tract So
ciety was held here Wednesday afternoon.
The sum OF s27, ,3Sl has been expended in
grants To institutions and agencies More
than SIC, 90 has been sent 10 foreign mis-
sions The following officers were elected:
President, William c. Chaplin; Secretary,
Rev Jeremiah Taylor
Telegram-herald., 1889-05-31
a Bank Swlniler Caught.

SEATTLE, W. T.. May 30-A man giving
the name of J c. White has been arrested
and indicted here on a charge of swind-
ling. He bought drafts on Butte, Portland,
and other city banks and raised them
several figures. obtaining so far as heard
from over 50. 900 in this way.