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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Total e-np.oye< ~ y a week and over s-ess
50 IN this protected industry, en-
ploying 1855 persons in Massachu-
sess@ 1918, or over "a per cent OF the
whole. receive less than s. a week.
These figures may be found on page
~ Of The Annual Statistics OF Manu-
features" for Massachusetts,. issued
officially BY the state from the Office of
Us state printer. IS Post Office squa re.
Boston. 1891.
On page ici Of the same volume Is
given a table Of wages paid in all man
ufacturing establishments Of the state
ta0s:) for 1890. from which the follow
ing is condensed:
~ wee.ly wages lees than s. fta 30
40 weekly wages OF y. bar under s. N. 81 s9s
A weekly wages Of - and over. .lx1s7,
Total employed in al indus ries. 1s;.s,o
80 that while 13s. 2s7 Of these pro
tected' workers receive less than 81 =
week. only 49,. SO Of them receive IS
and over
According 70 the table given on paye
Us OF the tentn census compe ndium-
the average weekly wages paid in the
manufacturing industries Of Ma<sachu-
setts In the census year was s. (ss.005
The figures Of the state census Of
1890. as well as the federal census.
were furnished by the protected cor
porations themselves. and II is not /
likely that they have underestimate \
the wages paid BY them Nor is Il to II
be forgotten that all salaries are added Il
into the pay account TO make MP the \
average The salary Of $40 . week
paid the president and general manager
of the corporation adds on 70 the salary
II the employee q. $ week and under
% make the average wages for all
average that would be
cached for these two BY this process:
Weekly wage Of president and gen
ef4i manager. - 40 70 4
\ ee<'y wages o. = emp'oye------..--- $40
Totai wages Of president and IS en-
pioye------ 3 s1j %
Divide BY for aversg -.-... --.. ~ 20
50 that ''on the average the wage Of
he ''under $ week ma, shows ID /
much better ia the statistics
While the protected explorations AMI
capitalists Of Massachusetts pay such {
RACES IS this they virtually own five
= six Of the western agricultural
taseS The railroad bonds the county
nd state bonds. the private mortgages Z
nd other securities for debt in Iowa. {
LIMOS Kansas. Ohio and other west ;
m states are largely held By Massa- I
husetts corporations and capitalists '
no. under the prohibitive tariff. get i
estern products AZ their own prices r
nd sell supplies to the west az their .
wn prices We would be glad TO have 1
II. Mckinley's attention to these :
atistic< He will. Of course. recognize L
lem at once IS Official Louis d
epubIic- "
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

A Maine man. notorious for his
'snearness." lately went into a meat
shop and inquired the price Of certain
soup bone.
The proprietor Of the shop i gcncr-
Gus fellow. and in answer TO thc old
mans question he said:
Oh Ill give you that
The customer put his hand 20 his ear.
He Is hard Of hearing and had missed
the reply.
Can't you take something on Of
that be asked.
The dealer took pity Oh him
YES" he said. ''call Il ten centas
And the old man went home with
sense Of having driven .
good trade --Kennebeck Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Some BostoniAns recently took :
census Of the church attendance il
that city on : certain Sunday They
found that in eleven wards, the popu-
lation Of which was over 10000. only
10000 persons were It church This
would Indicate that only about 20 per
cent Of the people attended church
But Il must be remembered that over
10 per cent Of the people Of Boston
are under years. % per cent are
under 10 and 80 per cent under Is.
II would mot be strange IL . larger
Of the children under IS
went 70 Sunday school instead Of
church. and Of course. almost none Of
the children under 5 would attend
service Perhaps IL the persons in
question had taken . census OF the
adults At church we should know more
about the number Of Bostonians who
are church-gocrx But leaving entire
" out Of account those under Is. il
would appear that only 90 per cent
were ~ church on the Sunday the
sensus was taken OF course. there
IRE each sunday some who are obliged
% stay NJ home and Others who do not
70 regularly to church. but who some
lines attend Hence we may assume
hat IS per cent Of Bo~ton's citizens
ire church-gocrz brooklyn Citizen
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-20

Whist Wages shs Nnssa~ha~~tss Cssss.
snis Are r>yis< Cnd~r rrsf~ctisn4
Badly Informed advocates OF hixh
sar'n taxation having challenged the
errreetne>s Of figures Of wages paid in
she cotton mills Of Massachusetts and
recently given in the Republic. we are
requested 70 repeat them with the
authority. Here they are. classified for
Iss Massachusetts cotton factories il
1880:
a. weekly vave~ under s. 9.1si
~ weekly wages :. but under a.. ..ii.iGs
M see<iy wages q. but nm Ter q ....i'.iss
Total number Of employees II less shan
80 -<<.--ss--- -..s..---.-.. ..-...- .H.-If
This Is out Of total Of n. ass Of all
employed in the ISL mills This table
gives additional data Of wages in the
same establishments:
AZ weekly wages 81. but under g. ..s.ls-
a. weekly wages - but una - a. .s.s<s
- weekly wages - but under ~. $50
~ weekly wages over 10. but un Isr -, -
af weekly wages 80 and ove-.. IS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
That New Salt Lake.

Howard j. Cone, who for the past year
has been the agent of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company at Salton, is at
home in South Pasadena on a leave Of
absence for few weeks. A reporter en-
loved talk with him about the Salton
sea. or lake. that has caused so much in
teresf throughout the country.
Mr. Cone says IL temperature of 11S
and 20 degs. in the shade is quite a
regular and common thing at Salton,
but that the few white people about the
StntioA AMI silt works manage to stand
1t pretty well They prespire profusely
and drink enormously. all the water
used at the station being brought from
up the road by rail They find that
mixing oatmeal with the water is nour-
ishiny and that it prevents illness. De-
spite the great heat Sectionmen work
ont IN the hot sun regularly, but, with
the exception of the boss. they are Next
cans
Mr.. Cone brought up some excellent
photographs of the lake. the station and
the submerged salt works. from different
points of view. lie says the inflow and
the evaporation of the water abuut coun-
terbal3nce each other, and that there
fore the level of the lake remains about
the same, although the wind sometimes
carries floating debris back and forth i'll
a way to lead to the belief that the water
is rising or falling. He believes it likely
II ~ the blSIu will Vuntinue to fiji nm
from the Colorado river to level with
tie gulf. and that it will be permanent
Body of water. with the Colorado flow
ing through it to the gulf
The salt deposits are entirely under
water and that industry is ruined. The
warehouse and II small portion of the
Southern Pacific track running beyond
the salt beds are still above the level of
the lake. hut the main track is still 900
feet or more from it's banks. Pasadena
Cal.) Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Saving Rent in the CITY.

ITO LEI" signs on Oats and houses all
over the city are coming down with the
returning rush from mountain and sea-
shore The number uf returning fam
HES who are hiring new dwelling places
calls attention to way Of Saving sum
mer rents which is ln"reaSi;:T IN pCTu-
larity each year as !he summer vaca-
ti0ns I2nSth"M Families which expect
to be out of the city from two to three
months now surrender their leases on
May |, put their furniture in storage, go
to boarding house tor the four or six
weeks before the country pilgrimage be-
gins. then return in september or OctO-
Der and hire Il new dwelling place. In
this way they save at least four, and in
some cases five moHths rent. $l25 to
300, toward their summer outing.
Real estate men will tell y0u that 1t is
almost impossible to rent flats or houses
in the simmer ut any price. know
one man who gave up an attractive fiat
on May | for M outing III the mountains,
who will find the same home swept and
garnished for him at the landlords ex-
pense on his return III observation-disclosures
lyn EAGLE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
The nradInn-h Library.

Mr, ErGdlaughs laughter has pub
lished the priced catalogue of her late
fathers library. in the form of sub
stantial pamphlet. With il view to make
it not merely descriptive list of books
but memeuto of their original posses
sor, two Photographic portraits are ad-
ded. together with Il fac smile sigma
ture. The books number in all 1000
volumes. exclusive of pamphlets and
blue books. They comprise, as his
daughter says. only a few rare bindings
and comparatively few costly first edi
tons. but such rs they were he valued
them.
Twice" she adds. within recent
years he thought he should be obliged to
sell them to meet legal expenses. The
first time it was 10 pay government costs
during his parliamentary struggle; the
second occasion was after the Peters and
Kelly cast Each time the sale was hap
PLY averted, but the anticipation of the
possibility brought extra lines to his
face and bitterness to his heart. Last
December. when he was feeling i'll and
n waut OF 1t rest and change, which he
&"i 70 money to procure, ! asked him:
Why not sell two or three of the more
valuable books; II You could get health
with the money they would fetch. it
would be well worth the exchange
"'Ah! my daughter, he answered,
with sad half smile, when | have to
part with my books was anxious
about tim and ventured to press him
further. bat he only snook his head, say
ing, 1t is of 10 use arguing the mat
ter" -London News
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
GIobular lightning.

A curious thunderbolt fell at Berga
near Schiieben. in Germany, recently.
1t appeared to be Il bail of fire and came
down the chimney of Il bedroom in which
a man. his wife and three children were
sleeping. On emerging from the fire
place it broke INTO TWO parts, each of
which assumed a Slobular form. One of
these globes ran along the rafters and
disappeared. while the other travelled
slowly toward the bed, on which it after.
ward Jumped Thence the man watched
it roam around the room and finally dis
appear through the wall with a loud
crash. None of the occupants was in
jured further than being temporarily
deafened. New York Recorder
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
4 Skinnrr,s Slnm Trim.

Skipper Norton is character indig-
enous to the rocky soil of the Maine
coast. He is well known to the house
wivrs&lc2y thc &hor" &Ha po.,dler Of small
wares. and travels about from port to
port in little schooner, acting in the
double capacity of captain and crew, de-
spite his age-upward of eighty years.
In recent trip from Bristol, Me, to
Portland harbor (where he now lies)
Skipper Norton had IL hard experience.
Soon after leaving Bristol he encountered
a heavy gale, and Il sea swept the deck
of the vessel, carrying overheard both
anchors from the bows with hawser at
tached.
He was unable to draw them in again,
and came all the way from Portland
with both dragging. 1t has become u
fashion to visit this quaint old sea dog.
and visitors nearly always leave some
substantial tokens of their appreciation
of his efforts to entertain them by song.
dance and yarn. He says when in port
his income thus derived is from fifty
cents to dollar q day, besides what he
makes from his buttons and pins.-Lew
iston Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Captain Maguire's Devotion to Duty.

Captain Mcguire, for years keeper of
the Marquette light, is one of the oldest
and most valued light keepers on the
Great lakes. His record is such that in
his old age the lighthouse inspectors
have winked mt an arrangement by
which Mrs. Mcguire has been his assist
ant, though this is fog signal station,
and woman assistants are forbidden by
the regulations. The captain did the
work, and two checks were regularly
made out by the department.
In March, without giving previous no.
tice. Mrs Mcguire decided to visit her
sisters in Chicago. and on the next visit Of
the inspector the captain reported her for
absence from the light without permits
sion Since her return she has regularly
secured ut the poStoiIiCe the check bear
ing her name and used the money. Mrs
Maguiras official head has now been
taken of Captain Maguire's action in
promptly reporting his better half for
absence from duty without permission is
characteristic of the old keeper, who is
one Of The eldest sailors On the great
lakes. and whose strict attention to his
charge has !.:,,G" his record rs II light
keeper rrepUach@hl". - Cor. Chicago
TrinunC
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Making Glad the Waste (Waist) Places.

"That's what l call making glad the
waist places" said Smithson, as he put
his arm around lady's waist. But
Lilly won't care much for this show
of affection il Smithson doesn't get
rid of that disagrecablc catarrh of his.
Won't somebody tell him that DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy will cure him.
By its mild, soothing, antiseptic,
cleansing and healing properties, DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
cases of Chronic Catarrh in the Head,
as thousands can testify. "Cold in the
Head" is cured with few applications.
Catarrhal Headache is relieved and
cured as if by magic.
In perfect faith, the makers of DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy-the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, of Buff
falo, N. Y, offer to pay $500 to any one
suffering from Chronic Catarrh in the
Head whom they cannot cure.
Now, if the conditions were reversed
If they asked you to pay $500 for o
positive cure you might hesitate. Here
are reputable men, with years of honor
able deaiiEC-; thousands of dollars and
q great namv back of them.
They bcliCl, in themselves. Isn't it
worth trial Isn't any trial prefera-
BILE to catIrrn?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
The BURNS IolUSrnphs.

An interesting Ms. volume of what is
known as the "GlenriGdel Collection"
has just been picked up at sale 10y
private collector. 1t contains three holo-
graph poems by Burns. Two of these
"bucolie" on Nirnsdale dame, and
satire On the then Duke of Queensberry
have never been published The hu-
NOR of tie former is said to be- decidedly
broad, and it is accompanied by IL car.
tuon believed to he the work of Riddel
who had received the manuscripts from
Burns. and the poets friend GroSe.
Captain Riddel, of Glenriddel, was a
great friend OF the poet His residence
was within mile of the farm of Ellis
land, and for several years ne extended
toward the poet much attention. But
their anl"able relations We're afterward
disturbed through some iudisCretiOn ON
Burns part. and though he expressed
much regret, Captain Riddel never had
an opportunity of indicating his forgive
hess. Nevertheless. Burns did not over
look his friends kindness. and honored
his memory with an elegy.
1t was at Riddels that Gr0Se. the an
tiquary, became acquainted with Burns.
Grose was an Engiishlnan. and had gone
north for material for work on the an
tiquities of Scotland. Burns had fire.
quent meetings with him, and entered
with enthusiasm into his plans. 1t was
to Grose that the poet addressed the
lines about 1.-THE chiel amang you takin
notes" and it was to CRAFTY his English
friend that the greater part Of the ia
nous Tam o Shanter" was written
Pail Mall Gazette.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20

Operator Dan Spencer, of the Buena
Vista Office of the Mexican Central rail
way. in this city, was called by the Ell
P&so Office. saying that the oldtime
telegraph operators, who were having a
reunion in Washington. would like
to hear from their brethren and friends
beyond the Rio Grande. FL Paso sig
nailed Spencer to call Kansas City
which he did. and Kansas City in turn
told him to call Washington, who was
evidently waiting, as the reply came in
stantly. when Spencer sent the follow
ing message:
IT. r Eckert and the Old Timers
The railway operators and trainmen in
the Iand Of the Montszumas send warm
est greetings"
The circuit was made by way Of 81
Paso Kansas City, Chicago, Buffalo and
New Yor.; to Washington from this
city, forming the longest overland cir
cuJ in the history of the telegraph
Mexico Cor st. L0ms Globe Democrat.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
An Organ Grinders Sparring Com binati an

An organ grinder who has been in this
city for month has u scheme which is
making him small fortune.
Instead of the customary one monkey
this industrious son of Italy carries two.
When he stops the ordinary tricks of
climbing and begging are dispensed
with. the monkeys are set to fighting and
bets are made by the owner with any Of
the spectators who are So inclined rs to
which monkey will win.
The owners bets are freely taken, and
they rarely go against him The result
is that where. under the old method. he
would probably receive few niclIels no
now receives dollars.
a reporter watched the man with the
monkeys for nearly an hour in front Of
the new city hall. where he was sur
rounded by large crowd. who Were
freely contributing their quarters, halls
and dollars to the Golfers of the must
clan. Francisco Chronicle
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
The waiT of Wounded Knee.

On the through train which arrived
over the Rock Island route was party
Of editors from Des Moines. Council
Bluffs. Omaha. Lincoln, Beatrice and
Fairbury. They breaEfasted at the AL
bany and were entertained by the gov
ernor and mayor.
In the party was a fifteen-mOnths-ol
Indian baby, which was found upon the
battlefield of Wounded Knee after the
defeat of the Sioux by United States
troops. 1t has been adopted by Mrs
Colby and was christened ZjntEe Lanuni,
which mpans III the Sioux tongue the
wail of the field Of Wounded Knee. 1t
was on the fourth day after the battle
that the child WAS found beside its dead
mother Its feet and one side of its face
We're frozen.
1t was given in care of an Indian
woman to nurse end soon showed no
trace of its exposure and suffering. Mrs
Colby obtained permission to adopt the
child, ont she was hidden b. the Indians
and it was only by dint of bribery that
its whereabouts was discovered. The
indians wer" given orders on the post
trader and while they were making pur-
glasses size Was smu@gled out Of camp
and driven 10 the nearest railway sta
ton. and thence taken to Beatrice. Neb.
Mrs. Colby has legally adopted the
chill, ?'d processes tn educate her and
tr ! ser - a useful iile.-Etnver Re
nLlEllr.in
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Tie Collection Eng.

In some churches years ago the collec-
ton was taken i'll small close neshed
nets with short handles The latest thing
made for this use. the collection bag, is
a modification of the old fashioned net.
1t Is cone shaped plush bag seven
inches in diameter and seven inches
deep. 1t is secured to "A hoop to which
Is attached IL handle two or three feet
long. rs may be desired. The collection
bag sells for four dollars. 1t has been in
uSe about one year. New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20

That Il cow has IA wonderful appetite
when she gets into Il neighbours field was
clearly shown in Indiana, where the in
jured owner proved IN court that one
ordinary brindle COW DESTROYED in one
afternoon the following property; Two
4-year-Old cherry trees, : apple trees,
pear trees, plum tree, 100 heads of cab
bage. IL rows of beans rods long.
row of beets II rods long, 80 to $50 sweet
potato plants. bed of onions, grape
vines and II blackberry bushes. Boston
News
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20

Two hundred persons were assembled
at divine service ii the Mower High
tower church. near Osborn, GA. when
bolt of lightning entered the edifice.
Some of the people We're rendered sense
less, others had their clothing torn from
their bodies, several were burned and
every one bore mere or less serious marks
Of the lightning. Although no person
was fatally injured, Il horse that stood
outside the church was Instantly killed
by the electric fluid. - Yankee Blade
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
had Boys and n Turtle.

The boys have been keeping the fire
department busy of late. Some boys
caught turtle and poured oil over it.
near the city's house for storing naphtha.
on Dwight street, then set the shell on
ire. the turtle ran up to the door of
the house. and in an instant the Whole
interior WAS i'll flames An alarm was
~UUnded, and the department worked
over two hours before the flames We're
subdued. -Holyoke Mass Cor. SPRING
field Republican,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20

A small negro boy. who was playing
in the woods with some companions
near Pine Forest. was bitten by rattle,
snake. The poison spread rapidly through
the system of the boy, his body began to
swell. he lost the power of sight and
death was evidently approaching. Mr.
Levi Dunn, who happened to be near,
was attracted by the cries of the Negroes
companions. and ran over
The boy by this time was in the last
stages. 5Ir. Dunn, having heard Of the
curative powers of a small weed that he
observed growing hear. gttIerteiI hand
full. and forcing it INTO the mouth of the
negro. ordered him to chew it. Con
seriousness had not entirely left him. and
he obeyed. The effect was almost in
Simultaneous. the swelling disappeared
and in Il sLor; iliur th' boz Wa "ut of
danger. lie. IL ubw at w0ri and I'LL
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20

= new experience Of the danger of
electricity mas to he recorded. DR.
George 5. Hull recently conducted some
experiments with ice cream freezers,
and hr finds that galvanic action takes
place. which results III the introduction
Of poisonous salts of copper and zinc
INTO the cream 1t appears that the
freezer and the paddle are generally
made of disslmilar metals, and the
cream, especially If mixed with fruits or
otirr aCIds or even saline substances
forms an elpctrotyte which naturally
completes the necessary conditions for
galvaniC action
With gaiyanic action there is, of
course chemical action, resulting in
the formation Of salts of zinc and cop
per, which become mixed with the
cream Dr. Hull has probably discov-
cred the cause of many mysterious cases
of poisoning which have followed the
consumption of ice cream. The remedy,
however seems very simple; if the
freezer and the mixer were made of the
same metal, no galyanic action could
take place. Iron
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
ImpcTviouS ia Cold.

A professor oi the Paris Academy de
Sciences has been making experiments,
which have resulted in convincing him
that the rabbit is. of all living things,
the most capable of withstanding a very
low temperature. Enclosed all night in
a block of Ice. Il rabbit was found next
day getting on very comfortably and
evidently not aware of anything very
peculiar IN his circumstances New
York journal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-20
Imitation Gold.

Imitation gold Is II new compound
which was recently discovered and which
puzzles the best jewelers. to detect Its
weight is that Of gold and the acid tests
are the same. except that the acid boils
trifle when applied to it, although
when it is wIprd oil 80 spot is left. 1t is
cheap and Is easily worked Its chief
factor is aluminium composite, from 5
to per cent. Exchange