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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-24
A FRAUDULENT STATEMENT.


Juggling the Funds 70 Cover Up Repub-
lican RascaIIty.
Secretary Fosters ''explanation" Of
the new form Of treasury statement
with which the administration begins
the fiscal year does not explain any
thing and was neither intended by Mr.
Foster nor expected by anyone else TO
explain. Mr.. Foster is not in position
70 tell the truth. which. as well enough
understood. is simply that the treasury.
outside Of its trust funds. has nothing
in IL except the current collections,
which on the average Of the coming
year will be exceeded by the expend-
lures. The object Of the change Is to
avoid stating the amount of available
cash. II any, and. by Juggling the $780,
900. 900 gold reserve trust fund for the
redemption Of outstanding notes. to
make IL appear that there Is = large
balance in the treasury.
In the statement for May the cash
balance met cash. net amount in banks
OF deposit and fractional currency was
given Mt s53. I'll 900. and the net bal
ance Of cash in the treasury ut SO, lSS.-
600.
In the "ncw form" Of statement for
June the met cash balance" is given
at SIS. s93. 600 and the cash balance" at
sl5s, saS. 900. though in the meantime
there has been net increase Of 81, 992, III
oCo In expenditures above income.
That Is. with q net balance in the
treasury OF si0.i3s. 600 in MAY there is
now only s.. ia, 900. instead Of sss, $685.
900 which Il the cash balance" in
stead of $3.50, s93. 600 - Mr.. Foster pre-
tends BY Juggling In the trust fund d
500. 600, 900 in gold.
The $50, sos. 600 cash balance" In
eludes s33, 502, 100 in the net banks"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-24

49, the hot hours seemed endlessly
M. suddenly the brakeman entered.
Ringing with him a cloud Of black
|mokc and alkali dust With one hand
\ shut the door. while with the other
4 dragged heap Of rags into the ear.
80 You were sneaking a ride. We're
lou Wall. you be !. tough nut, sure
Snough. Got anything ter say fer yer
krlfs~
| The figure within the tattcss
Enlightened itself up. wiped the
Ilkali dust from its eyes. essayed 70
psak. then pointed TO the icewatcr
ank and sank back TO the floor ex-
kausted-
The poor critters bout done up
Iaid the man from Texas; where's my
Ra>k?"
.Where'd you get the poor cuss?'
ksked the Francisco drummer, wiping
u perspiring brow.
.Found him on the brake BEAM
hen we stopped at the water tank, r
|aid the brakeman.
Great heavens. you don't mean TO
Iay that mans been riding under this
kar." calculated the drummer. "Oh.
ord. and I've been sitting here gfum-
bling about the heat, and the mean de-
krees Of fate. Poor cuss-"
. The tramp at last regained his
breath. and the tender-hearted Texan
Assisted him TO q seat
He was a man Of middle-age. with a
hubble beard and a great scar running
fiaronally across his forehead. from
Me scalp to the right check His
klothes. or tatters, denoted him tramp
"a Western tramp at that
.Hungry? asked the Texan.
"IIed nothin' fer thirty-six hours
Gentlemen remarked the Texan,
- Strangers at yer door"
..Yer all, white said the tramp =
Df-hour later. as he pulled match
Of mis- pocket and used il for =
bthpickt
Gentl4men. you'd hardly think J
Ened bame by my looks, would yer?
hi do land : good one st that
srge C,&vert ex my title Thirty
- - il used 70 say that handle
a "a ~ from Lord Baltimore, the
| I, -.~sowA Puritan, but ! never says
tThss'- sretty tough wipe you've
~ thar. partner, = remarked the Texan,
RESPECTFULLY cycling the scar across the
ramps forehead. lie thar IN Injun
ttory thar"
Nav
That scrape never come from an
lnirn. e come from Greaser. and his
|bcncs hev been picked long ago by the
X rotes out thar.
Tain't often tells my woes. cause
|bobody b'lieves my story. Would you
like to know why I'm wearing rags
md ridin' on car trucks?
In the year go was a young mar
ttudyin' law in Boston. with ez good
prospects ahead ez any man ever he'd
kfore him hed just come in fer five
thousand BY the death Of an uncle, the
last Of kim One evening. At social
bop. met Mary-don't matter about
Der other uame-and-wall. twas q
ase Of love from the word go. She
vas rich mans daughter; my wealth
idn't 60 fer much gainst the gov
rnor's but then he'd prospects.
Things went on ez slick e. possible
er time, when my health failed. and
he doctors ordered rest and change.
The gold fever struck me, and ! made
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-24

II + Southern
Pacific express
was pn mng
through the hot
atmosphere Of
h e Arizona
desert. between
Yuma and len
son. The heat
" as intense.
Even the talk
alive San Fran
cisco drummer
had collapsed
in a sweltcring
heap on the
end seai- To the
tired passen-
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12

Z (
Gossip mongers ought To be
shot, or atleast those Of them
who are innocent of motive
should be muzzled and the rest
shot There are some people
who never can hold their tom
CUES, and having heard some
thing at once sally forth to re-
peat it in whatever form it has
struck their stupid brains. And
as they usually repeat it all
wrong, the harm it does is be.
yond words. Gossip mongers
have narrow minds and are ex.
ceedingly self.conscious; they
imagine everybody else is Cos.
sip mongers, and that their own
affairs play an important part
in the general conversation 81
| all they know. A man or wo.
man whose mind is occupied
largely with general interest
never imagines that his affairs
or himself can form food foi
other peoples talk, it never en-
tiers his mind, and he never re.
peats things unless they con.
Germ himself.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12
rhn AIln-lrnls.

George Wilson's Ministries viii be
in Durham Monday night Aug. nth.
The New York World thus notices
the company
One 1T the largest audiences Of the
season at the Criterion, was attracted
% that house last night. when George
Wilson's Minstrels began an engage.
ment. 1t was i demolistgatiye as.
scmblage, too. A now first part,
called Derby bay ii England, eerv-
ed 20 introduce the members Of the
organization under pleasantauspiees.
Eocally the company i above the
average and All the solos were encor.
"a Iii Tom Ward, who sang Meet
a Coon To. Night, was the recipient
Of flowers, while George Wilson was
given several encores. Some local
hits were naie and heartily enjoyed.
Las ard and IIIcifer, Howe and Wall,
Ramsey and Arno and Ward and the
Fulton Brothers furnished entertain.
ing speclalties. while a dancing feat
ure was well received
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12
A MIsHAP At TuE TRINITY euI-
LEGE sIiIDfSg.

Hunareds of People Walt the scene
About ii O'Clock Saturday even.
ing persons living Ia the vicinity Of
Trinity college, and lad not retired,
we're startled BY i strange noise.
some tllolg MI earthquake WIS oil.
But Il wasn't that
The tower uf the new college build
ing, situated in the front, and mid.
way tho structure, collapsed from
s0me cause, and fell down. It did
not fall u one side Is II the founda.
ton had given away but came down
ina heap to the ground, over the
very spot where Il was just com.
pletad Saturday afternoon.
This tower wis twrnty.tour feet
square. about ono hundred feet high
and contained we arr told. about
100000 brick and 1900 feet 81 lum.
Der II was built with view 81 ut.
Ting and not carried into the walls
IF The mann building ID any consider
able extent ~ when II fell it eamC
down smoothly and left the two
wings intact. The roof Is not dam.
aged only where the tower dropped,
and tie portion III which Il was con.
nacted
ID Is an unfortunate accident and
1 the immediate cause has not yet beer
/ ascartained. but Il bring looked intC
by those interested.
Tie work of clearing away ths
debris commenced this morning ant
all possible speed viii be used in re
pairing this injury 10 the building
1 A throughout test will b. made ant
due precaution will be used 70 mak,
the structure more substantial thai
il was before.
Rough estimates place the damag
az 10000.
Tie greatest energy will III use'
ana DR.. Cr0weIl informed Us thii
morning that the two wings win b
completed az the earliest possibl
moment, and the school will Opel
the first 81 October, az advertised
II Il The intention 10 put the buildin
in good shape Tor this event, even 4
i Is necessary % postpone the com
pletioh Of the tower until next sun
mer.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12

J. M. Currin. Buyer,
w. G. Reed, Buyer,
John Meadows, Buyer,
Wilkinson Bros, Buyers,
Meadows 4 Yancey, Buyers,
d. s. Osborn, Buyer,
+. o. Bransford, Buyer,
uly-l5 =
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12

The second Baptist church Meeting.
EDiToR SUM- desire. through
your columns, 70 say q word IN re-
gard n the revival which has just
close III TIL second BAPTIST clirnch.
Rey. 4. A. Butler. tie beloved
brother. who conducted the meeting
for tarte weeks. closed Il last Thurs
day night with the most happy re-
suits ihyre being Sixteen added u
tie church thirteen 81 baptisn and
three b. letter, and others probably
viii follow Bro. Woodson, on Fri
day night. led the happy candidates
down into she water and buried
them with Christ in Baptism ii the
presence of large congregation.
Bro. Butler preached the word with
great power and carnstness 10 large
and alpreciatiye congregations. He
has won for himself i reputation a.
mong this people which time viii not
soon craze. May he long live 70
work FOR the Master. wherever it be.
The people d this community win
ever remember and cherish 4 fond
memory " him who has So ably and
earnestly preached 70 this people.
! IL is to be hoped that his services
may be continued a. he has 50 en-.
deared himaelf 70 the church TINT
tiley win regret very much 70 have
70 part with him.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12

conversions, ana the meeting win 10
on through this week. There is 10
abatement Of interest aud they ex-
pect to reach one hundred before the
meeting closes
We note that religious revivals are
in progress all around lis and i tidal
wave appears TO be setting in all over
the State. Evangelists Of wide no
toriety are not conducting these
meetings, either, and II IL Il pleasure
h note that the results are from the
earnest efforts Of humble workers
who make no big preaensions III the
Lords vineyard,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12
4 l,hin,r Ii. hanntx.

The invitations of the Winston a
lem Chamber Of Commerce TO the n
q. Press Association are something
new aud attractive The front pagt
is Autographed in d handsome man
ner. The inside bears the program
Of the sessions Of the Association, anc
the banquet, with names Of speakers
On the back is a splendid representa-
ton Of a plug Of tobacco. The Who'll,
thing was happily conceived
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12
SlLEN FEMALE ACADEMY.
SALEM. N. G.
The Oldest Female College
in the South.

The 10Th Annual Session be.
gins August nth, 1891. Register
foe last year 35G. Special feat
ures: THE DEVELOPMENT or
HEALTH. CHARACTER AND INTEL
LEcT. Buildings thoroughly re-
modelled. Fully equipped Pre-.
paratory, Collegiate and Post
Graduate Department, besides
first class schools in Music. Art,
Languages, Commercial and
Industrial Studies
JOHN II. CLEw ELL. 49,.
aug.5-4t. Principal.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12

A correspondent writing from Chat
ham says that every body in that
country Is getting religion. Green
Level Baptist Church has had 81
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12

1<< 1879 - = -
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tenn eifectually, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitnal
constipation. Syrup Of Figs Is the
)nly remedy Of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable Il lie stomach, prompt in
its actigl aaa truly beneficial IN its
effects, pzeiGrss Only from the most
healthy ana agreeaain substances, It's
many excellent ,u commend il
to ell and bave nla.c i;' tie most
popular remedy known.
Syrup AZ Figs Il i9r saie d SOC
and Ell atslos bY al leading irug-
gists Any rgllli3l d.aapis. Who
may not hayt 70 Oh hard viii pro.
cure il prompi fr any one who
wishes % tryis ~ aot accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup 60.
SAY FRANCISCO. cAi.
LOUISVILLE, ~ EEw Y0Rk. ~
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12

Bring it along, the more the me. rier We are pre-
pared to pay HIGHER PRICES, for SNOW WIRE
CURED than any other market Freight are cheap, a
mere trhe when increased prices taken into account
Our railroad facilities good. Send your tobacco to
Oxford, N Co. yo: will get good prices and quick
turns Buyers for all classes from every part of the
world are located in Oxford You will find us
hi Business and No PrejudiCe-.
Hunt, Cooper & Co., Meadows Warehouse,
Bullock & Mitchell. Banner Warehouse,
Cozart, Rogers & Co Centre Warehouse.
Rv Minor q Co, Minor Warehouse,
R. f. Knott, Manager Alliance Warehouse
J. NJ Currin BUYER E. G. Currn, Buyer
W. c. Reed BUYER o. S. Smoot, Buyer,
John Meadows, Buyer, j. d. Bullock, Buyer,
Wilkinson Bros, Buyers, John Webb, Buyer.
Meadows 4 Yancey, Buyers, w. A. Bibbtt, Buyers,
d. S. Osborn, Buyer 70. +. Kingsbury, Buyer,
% Bransford Buyer, B. Glenn, Buyer
juy-l5 80 &#~5 4
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
OVER THE BANlsTERs

4 ~ . r. 81 j
istOver the banister leans q fare.
Tender and iull Of meaning"
i see her still, with dainty grace.
8 Over her banjo leaning
While by her side j watch her hand
Over the soft,notes straying,
Weaving her lace, as idly stand,
Into the tune she is playing.
The light burns dim in the great square room
Nobody else is listening;
But through the dusk OF the twilight gloom
Somebody eyes are glistsning.
Broken strains of song are blown
Over her half-turned shoulder,
"Holds her fingers and draws her down
| Suddenly growing bolder."
The rest is lost in soft low note;
What does it mean, 1 wonder?
But up from the banjo seems to float
The song OF the sweet lips plunder-
The question asked, and the swift caress
And the Eyes" that comes from the landing,
What is it, wonder, that makes me guess
She looks up ut me where am standing?
What does she mean by the soft low time
And the words she is family humminr?
Why does she start again so soon
The banio's empty stunning?
Sitting there singing an idle rhyme,
With the soft light DER her steaminr.
Is she only trying to pass The time
And am but fool for my dreaming?
Boston Transcript.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
Copies From Nature,
Most of the skilful devices invent

Most of the skilful devices invented
by men for doing fine work rapidly
can be traced to nature where for
countless centuries they have been
operating, says Mechanical Progress.
The discoverer of each new appliance
of mechanism might be shown that
his idea was as old as the hills. 1t is
suggested that the inventors of the
future will be those who carefully
study the natural world, The buhr
stones of the mills are another style
of the molar teeth, which grind all
the grists that feed men and beasts.
The hoofs of horses are made OF par
allel plates like carriage springs.
The finest file of human manufacture
is rough affair compared with the
Dutch rush used by cabinet makers.
The jaws of the turtle and tortoise
are natural scissors.
The squirrel carries chisels in his
mouth, and the hippopotamus is pro.
vided with AIDES, which are constant
~ sharpened as they are worn. The
carpenters plane is found in the jaws
of the bee> The woodpecker has
powerful little trip-hammer. The
diving-hell initiates the work of the
water-spider, which constructs
small cell under the water, clasps a
bubble of air between it's hind legs,
and dives down to it's submarine
chamber with the bubble, displacing
the water gradually, until it's abode
with fishes contains large airy room
surrounded by water. In laying it's
eggs on the water the gnat fastens
them into the shape of q life boat.
which it is impossible to sink without
tearing it to pieces.
The iron mast Of a modern ship is
strengthened deep ribs running
along it's interior. A porcupine quill
is strengthened by similar ribs.
When engineers found that hollow
beams were stronger than solid ones,
they only discovered a principle that
is very commonly seen in nature.
A wheat straw, if solid, could not
support it's head OF grain. The bones
VI Vic ils-llSl tllllilttlS ilc HoltuS:
those of birds, where lightness and
strength are most beautifully COM
bined, are hollow. The framework
of q ship resembles the skeleton
OF a herring. Aeronants try to copy
the structure and movements of for
tifying a town. The ship-worm is an
admirable tunneller, boring his way
through any submerged timber, and
lining the round passage with a hard
c,sing. The engineer Brunei took 3,
hint from this animal, and WAS the
first to succeed in tunnelling under
Water.-1Ddustrial Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
The Misunderstood Elephant.

The affection and sensibility of the
elephant are we'll known. In the
memoirs of the actor, Charles Young,
is an anecdote which admirably H.
Illustrates these characteristics.
Chung, a big elephant, just arrived
from India, Lad been purchased by
an English manager to exhibit in a
children's pantomine. At the first
rehearsal when Chung reached a
bridge over a cascade which he was
expected to cross, he refused to step
upon it, distrusting it's solidity, and
not without reason. In vain the an
CRY keeper punished him by pricking
him behind the ear with an iron
goad. With lowered eyes and pen
dent ears the enormous animal
stood in a pool of blood, motionless
as a wall.
The captain of the vessel which
had brought Chung over came in
during the contest between the man
and the elephant. He had become
fond of the beast, and often fed it with
dainties. The animal had scarcely
recognized it's friend when it APP
preached him with duplicating air,
gently took his hand in it's trunk
and placed it in the bleeding wound,
then held the hand up to the cap
tain's eyes. The gesture said as
clearly as words: "See how they
have made me suffer-" Poor Chung
appeared SO unhappy that every one
was touched, even the cruel keeper.
To win pardon the man ran out and
brought some apples, which he offer
ed to the elephant. But Chung dis
painfully threw them away. The
captain, who had also fetched some
fruit from Convent Garden Market,
came back Immediately and held it
out to Chung. He willingly accepted
it, and, after eating it, coiled his
trunk gently round his protectors
waist.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
Will the Earth Fall to Pieces?

One writer asks whether it is safe
to bore the earth too much. He as
sumes the earth to be a hollow sphere
filled with a gaseous substance called
by us natural gas, and he thinks
that tapping these reservoirs will
cause disastrous explosions, result
ing from the lighted gas coming in
contact with that which is escaping.
Earthquakes, he says, are probably
caused by vacuums created by the
outfowing gas. He compares the
earth to a balloon hoated and kept
distended by the gas in the interior,
which, if exhausted, will cause the
crust to collapse, affect the motion
of the earth in it's orbit, cause it to
lose its place among the heavenly
bodies and fall in pieces.
Another writer thinks that boring
should be prohibited by stringent
laws. He, too, thinks there is pos
sibility of an explosion, though from
another cause. Should such a disas-
ter occur 1.-THE country along the gas
belt from Toledo through Ohio, In
diana and Kentucky will be ripped
up to the depth of 1 200 or 1 800
feet and Topped over like a pancake,
leaving a chasm through which the
waters of Lake Erie will come howl
ing down, filling the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Valleys and blotting them
out forever
Still another theorist has investi-
gated the gas wells with telephones
and delicate thermometers, and he an
nounces startling discoveries. He dis
tinguished sounds like the boiling of
rocks, and estimated that a mile and a
halfor so beneathFiDd lay the temper
allure Of the earth is $500 degrees.
This SCIENTIST says an immense cavity
exists under Findlay, and that here
the gas is stored; that a mile below
the bottom of the cavity is a mass of
roaring, seething fame, which is
gradually eating into the rocky
floor of the cavern and thinning it.
Eventually the flames will reach
the gas, terrific explosion will en-
sue, and Findlay and it's neighbour
hood will De blown skyward in al
instant. Snch are some of the the
cries gravely propounded in respect
to this new fuel
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
Scales that Weigh a Hair.

The fine gold-weighing scales made
in Philadelphia and intended for the
mint at New Orleans a few years ago
are marvels of mechanical invention
and expert workmanship. The larg-
er of the two pair has a capacity of
10000 ounces troy, or about six
hundred and eighty-six pounds aver
dupois, and when loaded to it's full
we:gh:n" capacity will indicate the
variation OF the one thousandth of
an ounce The other and smaller
pair are intended for lighter work.
All it's hearings are of the finest
agate, which have been ground with
remarka bic precision. This instru-
ment is believed to be the most deli
cate in the world It will give the
precise weight OF human hairend is
susceptible to the slightest atmos-
pheric changes.-St. Louis Republic.
Somehow or other the man who is
always wishing he was dead doesn't
find many to disagree with him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-23
ARSENIC AND AMMONIA.

Remarkable Contrast in the Effect
Of Two Poisons on the Complex-
ion.
The slow absorption of many pois.
ons changes in some more or less
modified form. the complexion, but
arsenic and ammonia show their effect
about as quickly as any. The popu-
lar belief that arsenic clears the COM
plexion has led many silly women to
kill themselves with it in small, con-
tinued doses.
1t produces q waxy, ivory-like APP
pearance of the skin during a certain
stage OF the poisoning, but it's terrible
after effects have become too well
known to make it of common use as
cosmetic.
The effects of ammonia upon the COM
pleNlon are directly the opposite to
that OF arsenic. The first symptom
OF ammonia poisoning which appears
among those who work in ammonia
factories is q discoloration OF the
skin OF the nose and forehead This
gradually extends over the face until
the complexion has a stained, blotch.
ed, and unsishtly appearance. With
people who take ammonia into their
systems in smaller doses, as with
their water or food, these striking
symptoms do not appear so soon.
The only effect OF the poison that is
visible for time is general unwhole-
someness and sallowness OF the COM
pleNion.
Many people are slowly absorbing
ammonia poison without knowing it.
The use Of ammonia in the manufact-
ures has greatly increased of late, and
it is unquestionably used as an adul-
terant in certain food preparations.
Official analysis have plainly showed
its use even in such cheap articles Of
every day consumption as baking
powders. The continued absorption
OF ammonia in even minute quantities
as an adulterant in food is injurious
not merely from it's effect upon the
complexion, but because it destroys
the coating Of the stomach and causes
dyspepsia and kindred evils.
Professor Long OF Chicago, is author
ity for the statement that, if to fifty
million parts OF water there is one
part OF ammonia, the water is danger
GUS