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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

The late John Crcrar. Of Chicago,
Who left 81, 500. 600 20 found q public
library there. stipulated that French
novels and works " immoral character
should DO excluded
Only three copies OF the daily paper
read BY the Emperor of Austria are
made. Instead Of being printed II II
written, and Il preparation costs about
200, 900 gilders . year.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes recent
~ told a Philadelphia woman that every
body in the United States writes poetry.
Every mail brings him volumes Of verse
which he Is expected 70 read and &C.
knowledge.
bishop Lightfoot's literary remains
are extensive. lilo has left an unfinished
work on the Northumbrian Saints, >
series Of elaborate notes on the epistles
Of Paul, and . sufficient number Of mani
uscript sermons to fill several volumes.
Anna Katharine Green. the novelist,
early developed capacity - . story
writer. When she was ton years old.
she and her playlnates published :
pamphlet written under her direction.
and the little book was passed from n
70 another at five cents = read"
The Wilkie Collins memorial, for
which something over 81, 500 has been
raised. will take the form OF q small
library Of works OF fiction presented 10
the London Peoples Palace. Applica-
tion was made for permission to erect .
memorial in St. Paul's Cathedral, but
the Dean and Chapter reported adverse
ly. 'Other considerations than Mr..
C~ollins's literary excellence they
said. had to be taken into account.
-Alphonse Daudct. whom Henry
James and other critics consider tho
greatest living author. is still . young
man. He has not reached his fiftieth
year. He went to Paris in 1857 without
money or friends. His success Is OF his
own making. Personally he is . very
delightful man, agenial conversational
list and a delightful host His family
consists Of q clever wife, two sons and
. daughter. His eldest SON is twenty
one years Of age.
A society has been started in Ger
many to provide sound, cheap literature
for the masses. 1t is proposed to issue,
at . nominal price. millions Of small
volumes Of light, entertaining matter
1t first TO be followed gradually by in
structive reading matter on subjects Of
useful knowledge Of every kind Street
automatons. placedi in crowded thorough
fares and near big workshops. will, in
return for = copper. provide q good book
instead Of sweets or cigarettes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09
HELPS FOR HOUsEKEEPERs.


How 20 Lcssen the strain Incident 70
Many Routine Duties.
When doing an ironing. II Is q help to
the tired mother to select n rod OF the
| clothes-rack upon which to hang articles
that need repairing. When q button Is
missing. a rip or rent in little aprons or
4 hole in a stocking. hang the garment
on the one selected rod; then. when the
| clothes are folded to be put away. they
| need no examining, as the pieces requir-
| Ing q lew stitches are all in one place.
| Make 1t a golden rule TO never put an
article away unmended.
bingham aprons for little girls are
| pretty trimmed with straight rows OF
| serpentine braid, stitched on by the
scwing-machine through the center OF
the braid; II is easily done up II ironed
on the wrong side.
Black ink spots may be taken from
white goods by dipping the soiled parts
in melted tallow. letting II lie for
awhile, and then washing in the ordi-
nary way.
Whenever Eggs are used In baking, IL
Is better to beat them thoroughly be-
fore any other ingredients are added.
| This is especially true when baking.
| powder is used, IS too much beating.
| after the powder Is added, seems to kill
its essential qualities.
Sometimes when women have an un.
| usually tircsome days work to do. they
nut on light shoes with thin scles, hop
inC BY this means to avoid fatigue.
| This Is q mistake, rs heavy shoes, II
they fit well, will prevent both corns
| and aching fcet. II Is said q teaspoon.
ful each Of tar, sugar and saltpetcr
melted together will cure corns; put .
little on thin. kid leather and apply.
In cleansing black stockings " Is not
necessary TO wash the entire stocking
every time they are done NJ. by q little
care the feet only may be washed, and
thus the color may be retained much
longer. Stockings should never be put
into the suds until they are turned
wrong side out--Cor. Farm and Fire
side.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

em embroidery TO which capcs finely pinked
At the edges are applied. For sultry
weather this style will be repeated in
lace, net, accordion-plaited lisse. silk
and crepaline. Brides going away
dresses made by fashionable tailors,
have English skirts, open bodices with
silk shirt waists, or double-breasted
coat-basqucs, with full velvet sleeves.
Bodices different from the skirt are
more generally popular than they have
been for many seasons past A cotton
season for summer costumes is apparent,
from the variety exhibited at tho
modistcs and importing houses. These
range from the simple blouse, the En-
glish shirt with fancy jacket. and tucked
waist with straight skirt. TO snowy gowns
as elaborate As those Of fouIard orChina
silk. G. ID y.
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o1t they were very vague. He
referred to them himself. and no
~ would have dreamed OF ques-
ag him. Even /, who had been
NJ 'or him, riding by his side for
months, and for whom | think he
= much friendship as he could feel
N human being, would have as
NH @onIht o. putting my hand in the
Y have asked him any qucs-
IN eng even to-day | am really as
lna 'hc dark IS was then; for that
= terrible experience which l
,es"s 70 relate only deepcned the
WINTER u &c was a hard one, q !
sala' and, though early in the sca-
eae night Of the 10th Of November
~ % the bittsrest o. the year.
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/. 4. he inn where
NV ,ourneyed All my days;
,,r close the door--good bye
v, NJ World can 50 its ays
I'M, cool shadows round me creep;
NV Aown 70 rest TO sleep.
N. 1. ne reckoning here;
II, any noise o. strife;
.halI One murmur NJ the faro
r,sn pcath Il host 70 Life.
N hna ANA board for yc that ccmc.
.,shtless eyes and lips made DUNN
,ee Al head and feet.
N, nnWcrs d colors grand.
',.1e ,hr IN above you sweet
WA Saint the roof ~ sand.
Y, mor.. Ana when the keen winds blow.
", dreams ii daisies meath the snow.
W Mont friends. and farewell,
N, r,s. must parted be.
,.,. IN, that | with Death must dwell,
NV Death " kind 70 me.
IVA Ilag me downt 70 rest.
nua fullad on n mothers breast.
-F Il. stanton. IN Atlanta Constitution
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

at the sides. and the skirt full and
straight in the back Corsages are, as
: rule. glove-ftting, but very many Of
the latest models are given the easy ap-
pearance Of . neglige gown BY the soft
undulating outer arrangement Of the
folds Of scarf or plastron.
Among these are Terry collars and
cuffs Of Irish lace, ''Kendal" cape coli
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

lars richly en-
broidered, crepe
lisse fraiscs and
ests, with
pu fed under
sleeves 70 match.
lace bretclles or
deep Marguerite
guimps. Spanish
rundown col
lars with long
scarf ends, and
SO on al I'M.
There is q posi-
tive age for
Directoire shoul-
der capcs for the
street. These
have Van
dyked Jokes
wrought braid
ing Of gold or
silver. or in silk
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

dove-gray or re-
scda faced cloth.
these ~variously
decorated with
plain silk cord ar
abesques match-
ing the gown in
tone. or with
m~agnolia-w hite
passementerie or
geld GALLON laid
over pale ecru
faille. There are
also handsome
s uits showing
very Ion g over
dresses finished
with an extra
deep hem with
plaits falling d.
rectly in front,
slight but ar
tistic ~draperies
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09
OLD g."
Fjroman's Wierd Adventure on
a Terrible Night

ia Il 10 n &
since given up
trying TO UNDER
stand IL, and
have putt from
my m nd as
much as posi-
bic. There was
q time when !
thought about
1T too much, and
when IL seemed
70 rest upon my
brain like a
black. impcnc-
trable cloud
darkening my
whole life with
its horror and
mystery. Some
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mes. even now. when ! am wakcful at
Erht that weird picture rises before
Il ewes. and that wild voice rings in
until my flesh crccps and the
Eat starts out upon me. Then !
|. M re me again--but l will tell you
Y and you shall judge for your
hey say that learned men and
hers deny that such things can
NUll. / wish the wisest and most
3epEral 81 them all could have stood
M, .0ocs that night; IL would have
.en tlr something to think OF for a
e. a, any rate.
Ebh inter was a bitterly cold one
tefs bly severe on US railroad men,
IA as We always are, to the worst
hours OF the day and night
Us ! GOD fellow died Of colds caught
NJ rciless storms Of that year, or.
unl ! and stifencd in the icy
~ sscd his grip and rolled under
wheels, and-well. only a train
gone. Who takes note OF such
matters?
xas firing on the heavy engine.
|An aAong the line as odd 6s." She
a M n old bruiscr and sometimes
ina f. : a mule, so that. fire as you
au coula not keep steam in her
ncs the hand on the gauge up to
siktF FOUND mark. hut on the
was trustworthy enough as
and oncc get her in good
would pound along at . forty
lively as the best OF them.
Ger, Shelly. was one OF the
stcadicst mcn on the road
ga hawks TO catch signals,
'ana eel at the valve and bar.
an4 Ady in danger and fearless
cHAia II he would sooner have
aot-which l often suspect
T the case. He was not one
n, swearing. drinking fell
~ but. as was plain to see. had
Po"n better things than the hard,
arse life q an engineer. He never
ny company with the rest OF the men.
ne was never offensive nor put
ioi'y airs: but there was a kind Of
Ferse about him which seemed to keep
|efy one A. a distance without any cf-
on ms part. lie had no enemies
\ 70 friends. Those who knew him
knew but little about the man him
ana nothing whatever about his
e history.
: nere had been some rumors OF a ter
tragedy In his lifc-the sudden
~ q his wife. IL was said, by vio-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

IRmrATED FRESCHMAN Ito American
who has taken him for a waitcr) --"Sir-r,
You have gr-r-ossly insulted me. There
is my card. My seconds will wait upon
you. sir-r.- Amcrican-'Ncvcr mind
your seconds, Frcnchy. You can wait
on me just as we'll. Pass me the wor-
ccstcr sauce and be quick about IT,"
DURING the recent Presidential cam.
paign Mr.. Brockctt rolled a Monster
ball through thirteen states, a distance
OF 5000 miles. His long journey ended
in General Harrison's front yard at In.
dianapolis. Mr.. Drockctt is now a
t~rcnch-diggcr in Washington. lie spent
all his money on that unlucky ball.
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They have really
been too short
for z a Q.
Derby cloth,
Venetian zephyr
~broadcloth, chud-
dab. French cam
els hair and
Scotch and En-
glish cheviots OF
every descrip-
tion. plain, shot,
plaided. striped
and bordcrcd. arc
shown in colors
and m bina-
tions never be-
fore Introduced
Stripes Of lus-
trous ~bcngaline
silk are woven
in silver, terra
cot
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Yresh FsneIes In spring and summer
Costumes what Will b Worn - the
season Advances.
Especial New York correspondence
Generally speaking, the toilets ana
costumes this season repeat in cut, out
line and effect, the modes OF the past
winter. There is one change noticeable
that Is certainly 0 for the better, and
that Is the very perceptible lengthen-
ing Of the skirts OF street gowns. IL is
to be ~fervently hoped that We are not
drifting back into the untidy and UNI
healthy fashion Of street sweeping, but
IL looks very much like IL when we are
told that among certain Partisan lead
ers Of fashion. not a few dcmi-trainsd
dresses are being adopted. which. upon
the promenade are caught up in one
hand as they were when this fashion
was so universal a few years rs
At present, however, the popular
street skirts are just q graceful length.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
4 FAMILY POISONED.
A Servant Girl Administers the Fatal Dose
and Escapes,

CHICAGO. April Geo. E. Newland, a
citizen Of EngIewood died suddenly this
morning, and hi, wife and daughter are
now seriously i'll at the same place from
the effects Of poison that il is thought was
administered to them last evening. A
servant girl. Emma Stark, who has since
disappeared. is suspected Of the crime.
Mrs. Newland is expected 10 die, although
Miss Newland may recover
A grown SON Of Mr. Newland was also
poisoned but is out of danger. The girl
bad been in the family empove only one
day. Yesterday afternoon She complained
of tOothache and went to Il drug store os-
tensibIy to get something to relieve it. II
Is supposed that while on this trip she
procured the poison What possible
motive She could have had for the poison
ing /. a mystery. a doctor examined the
can If corn from which The family had
partahan al supper. and does rot believe
that rha was any injurious matter in II,
thus rendering more positive the belief
that poison was pot IN the food by the
girl
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
For Rccoinace.

WAsmNGroN, April THE house COM
mittee on coinage, weights and measures
today authorized a favorable report on the
bill for the recoinage of the subsidiary
coins of the United States 1t authorizes
the secretary cl the treasury to cause
subsidiary silver coins unfit for circula-
ton or of denominations for which there
is no current demadd. to lie recoined into
such denominations as may he required to
meet the demand therefor 1t provides
that the loss incident to lecoinage be
paid from the silver profit fund.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
Iao Miles an uour by Electricity

II is not out of place TO cast a glance in-
10 the future In order 10 discern in what
direction electricians are working the do-
main OF electric railways One of their
main objective points is 10 attain higher
speed than is now reached with the fastest
express train and enough has already
been demonstrated 10 show that this is by
no means impossible. There has been for
some time in operation at Laurel Nd, a
system of electric railway, originally de-
signed by David c. Weems. When 1t was
recently inspected 10y the writer with his
watch in hand he noted a speed of the
electric locomotive of nearly one hundred
and twenty miles an hour. The electric
car there employed is cigar-shaped, point
ed at both ends The electric motors are
constructed with revolving armature
which is mounted directly on the axle. so
that no intermediate gearing whatever is
employed The curiously pointed ends of
the car, which might by some he consider
ed faniastical have their rais0H d'ete in
the fact that at the high speeds at which
this car is run, the resistance OF the air Is
bv far the greater retarding influence;
much greater. in fact, than the resistance
due 10 the axle and rolling friction, which
at lower speeds is predominant From
THE Electric Railway Of To-day, by
Joseph SETTLER NJ T., in the April Scrib-
nor
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
Az IMMENSE PRoLECr.
Favorable Report on the Bin to Construct
a Canal Around Niagara Fails.

WASHINGTON, April THE house
committee ON railways and canals has
ordered a favorable report on Representa-
tive Baynes bill providing for the CON
struction 10y the United States of ship
canal around Niagara Falls. 1t will be
urged that the Welland canal, which now
affords a route around the falls is English
property, and would be closed against us
in the event of war. The depth of that
canal, thirteen feet, would be insufficient
to permit the passage Of our war vessels.
As a further reason in support OF
the passage Of the bill it will be recited
that the Welland canal has been used as a
means of discriminating against ports OF
the United States and in favor of the Cam
adam export trade According to plans
submitted, the canal is to cost S23, 5000
The route is about twenty-three miles in
ength. The canal is to be sufficiently
large to permit Of the passage of the YES
sells which can pass through st. Mary S
canal when the new locks are completed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10

P4HEE,BruG. w. Va a dastarlIy at
tempt 10 poison several families was dis
covered Wednesday at Fair View, a sub
arb where u large number Of people re-
side Twelve famiIie get their drinking
water from one spring 1t il flowing
spring and runs for SOME distance For
some times dogs, cattle and other animals
have been dying and the children COM
planned that the water was bad. Am i'm
yestigatiou disclosed the carcass Of a sheep
near the spring filed with strychnIne
enough to kill hundred people The an
finals that died had been devouring the
carcass The stream is thoroughly pois-
oned The perpetrator is promised sum-
mary punishment If be is caught
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
\ FIERCE STORM
Meagre Reports From the Path of the Tor
nado Last Night

BuBL1YGToN, Iowa, April THE re-
port reached here late tonight by
railroad wires, that the city Of Proph-
etstown, Ill.,, had been partially
blown away 10y the cyclone and many peo-
pie killed. No other particulars can be
learned as the wires are Frustrated by the
storm.
LOUISVILLE. April Tt has just been
learned that Harper Ferry, Henry coun-
tv. was almost completely destroyed by the
forbade. The village which is composed
Of less than 25 houses. is considerably
distance from amy raiIroad AN the
houses are blown down and the inhabit-
ants are buried beneath the ruins. Two
persons were killed and seven. or eight
badly injured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10

NCrIhuer q magazine.
With the advantage of the electric rail
way s clearly pointed out. and SO unques.
tionably demonstrated in actual practice,
it would not he unsafe to hazard the opiu.
ion that, in ten years az the farthest,
there win not be single horse-aiIway in
operation, at least in our own country.
The horse will then be once more returned
to hi. legitimate field of labor, and the
street-car passenger will be transported at
an increased speed, and with all the COM
forts Of easy riding, in ears propelled and
lighted by electricity: while il is by no
mean. improbable that, with furtl work
ON the line indicated. the passenger may
step aboard train in New York at ten in
the morning. and eat a hye-o clock dinner
in Chicago ON the same day Enough
ha. indeed been accomplished to show
that electricity Is distined TO be one of the
most powerful factor. entering into our
social conditions, and that the ease Of dis
trihuton and convenience " power af-
forded by il must bring forth changes ia
the social order which are even now hardly
realized
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10

One morning, as we We're driving
through a sage brush region we saw a
large coyote stop sud leuly. as If be had
met something that required his serious
attention, says "a written nm Forest and
Stream He had arrived within yard on
two Of the hole ola badger That the pro-
prietOr was at home was certain, for we
could see his head protruding from the
front door After little hesitation the
coyote stepped forward, aud at the same
time the badger advanced quite ont of his
hole and stood with his nose close mp into
the face Of his visitor. We now regarded
them with interest expected I'm a
minute or two TO see badly whipped
wolf. But not So The badger remained
irm, but the wolf turned away. had
once seen a lar, dog under Just such cir
cumstmces as wolf The dog
self conceit forced a collision. and IN a
minute he discovered his mistake He re-
turned TO his master with his nose side well
slapped. The badger is the most industr-
ious Of animals. Often he digs "a half
dozen holes in onenight and from one TO
two feet in depth in the hardest clay and
gravel and as often in the road as else
where These pits become traps for bugs
orickets, lizards and other insects and
furnish the badger with food he expects
when he digs the pits
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
An Unfortunate Woman's Horrible Death
at Duluth.

DrLuru. Mimi Friday afternoon "a
fire was discovered at the house of
Joseph Pineo, just below the Northern
Pacific bridge. Mrs. NJ Piuco persisted
In the flames and her -iz-year-oId child
Josephine wa. badly burned in the face
arm. and body and may die, though there
is hope for her recovery The origin Of
the fire is explained Thus Mrs Pirreo
was boiling pitch in "A large pan and
poured water into 1t. which caused the
pitch to boil over, al aba15 over her dress
and to the floor In her excitement she
could do nothing. and before She realized
ii she was enyeoped IN flames Jumping
wildly about, the unfortunate woman fell
at last into the seething mass Of flaming
pitch and was burned to death, her limbs
and abdomen being aperfeet crisp. An
inquest will be held tomorrow The little
child j. being cared for by friends near by,
but is suffering intensely from burns.
Several men who were boarder- lost con-
siderable property. Mr.. Piue0 lost all he
had
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
NoIntimida,ion.

To being pretty near election time i'm
Arkansas, Thought would have a little
political Joke with an old d.Eky who was
leaning against a cotton bale al the end of
the platform, and sauntering down tohim.
] said:
Well Uncle, election will soon be
here
Reckon twill, sab, he replied as he
dotted his hat.
Il suppose YOU are interestedy'
Not IN the leckshun, sab
How does that happeuy'
Well sah 'ze sorter made up my
mind to keep cl ar ct 1t.
For what reason;
Wall. dars Mars Jones. He says kin
vote II ! wants to, but he reckous leekshun
day VIII be a good day fur me 70 hunt
posSums ober IN the ole co nteld Mo
tracks ober deere dan you kin count in tive
days.
Is.
And dar's Mars Williams. He says !
KIN vote IT | wants to, hut ne reckOns fish
will bite monstrous heavy down no the
bayou dat day. Says he nehber kuowed
u To tml ON leckshuu day. His man
Joe got 10 teen suckers last Ieckshun day.
! es.
An dms young Tom Bake'. Hes
gwlne 70 stand at de polls all day. lie
says | KIN vote If ! wants 10, but he viii
oe Obliged to AK me eonstltushional quesh.
ans, an IT ! can answer EN- U be took.
en- mp tor crime an lay m the county jan
all winter. Says he u give me TO bits L
grub on stumps dat day, an 70 bits Is
better dan three months IN jail. W
| 81 see
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
PROTEST AGAINST ruE DUTY.
Glove Importer. Ask FOR substitute to
the Duty on Gloves.

WAsmSGToN, April 4 committee
from New York, representing the glove
importers appeared before tae ways and
means committee thi. afternoon 70 urge
the substitution Of q specific for the I'D
valorem duties on gloves. The first
speaker said the change was desired 70
protect honest merchants from under yalu-
alton as practiced by dishonest importers
The committee presented d table d speci-
fc rates. which would b. acceptable, and
asked that a penalty De fixed for laisrep-
resentation Of the quality Of importa-
tons
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-10
DIFFERS WITH THE COURT.

The New York VI. 4. Conference Repudi-
ated the Decision of the wisconsin Su
preme Court
New York, April THE committee of
me NJ. +. conference. in Its report, repu-
dated the recent decision Of the supreme
court OF Wisconsin, regarding the read
ing Of the Bible in public schools. II is
mAmerican and pagan, and menace to
the .perpetuation of our institutions, il
was held 1T was the duty of every Christian
citizen to deny the Bible was sectarian.
and to claim for it place wherever the
state attempts TO educate for the duties Of
citizenship At the conference Missionary
Foster, OF South Dakota, spoke Of the work
accomplished by the prohibition party in
that section.