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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10
PLAIN WOMEN.
wholesome Advice Tor the Girls 70 Con-
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II all plain women displayed IS much
common sense in settling the question
Of personal appearance as a certain
bright New York girl. there would be
less repining and more agreeable com
panions among them
Her argument and conclusion are both
eminently satisfactory. She saws that.
singly and collectively. each physical
defect was taken under consideration.
and every legitimate means employed
20 lessen her homely and enhance her
attractive features
To this matter, time. thought. pa
thence and ingenuity were devoted. and
. measure of success was attained. Bnr.
after once giving the best of taste and
labor to her toilet. the whole subject
was promptly dismissed. and she ALSO
lutely declined to fret or even think
about her looks
Seeing hundreds Of ugly women wor-
rying themselves i'll in futile efforts "a
Be beautiful. she avoided that Scylla.
and at the same time steered clear Of
the Charybdis Of slovenliness equally
fatal 70 the plain sisters
BY being unaffected and self. forget
full. and BY cultivating small talents
70 deserve q fair share OF admiration.
she has made herself favoritc. and
rarely Is one thrown into contact with
this young person without wondering
why all ugly women are not equally
lovely. illustrated American.
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Both the method and re.ul.. -,
syrup Of Figs Is taken; il I -.
and refreshing 20 the taste ~ y.
gently yet promptly on the Ka,..
Liver and Bowels. clesnses ~ "a
tenn efectually, dispels COLI. ~
aches and feyers and Guns -,
constipation. Syrup Of Frs !. i.
only remedy Of its kind ever -
duced, pleasing 70 the taste ana u
ceptable &c the stomach, prom. !,
its action and truly beneficial Il y; !.
effects, prepared only from The ~.
healthy and agreeable substance. !.
many excellent qualities ccmmeDa I; !,
to all and have made II tie NJ, !,
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs i for sale IN "a.
and 81 bottles by ell leadinc dur.
gistA Any reliable druggist W.
may not have il on hand viii nm
cure i promptly for any one rbo
wishes to Try it Do not accept .uv
substitute
CALIFORNIA RE SXRUP ca
s-s FRANCISCO. ca
4cuSr<<<. AZ. AEH f0rx. ~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10

InI<TE<I< SITUATED
ON the kaw Bottoms Seriously Incon-
venienced by High Wster-A Large Guam
THY OF Grain In the shock Destroyed.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Jure S0-The Hood
In the Missouri river reached its high
est stage at o'clock, when II registered
&c feet and 2 inches above low-wafer
mark. The water is now falling al the
rate OF an inch an hour. and all appre-
hension of further damage is set at
rest Parts Of Kansas City. Kas-. are
still submerged by the backwater Of
the kaw. but only the houses Of
squalor in the low lands have been
badly damaged Various industries in
the bottoms have been riously incon-
venienced- The Badger Lumber Cos
yards are flooded. The water has
inundated the hog yards Of the
King Packing Co. and the Phoenix
Packing house.
The water is now falling in the Kaw.
as the Missouri recedes. and no further
damage is expected
Harlem. the village across the river
which was flooded Monday. i still IN
der water. but no further damage has
been done
A special from Atchison. KaS. SAYS:
The house Of Pleasant Little. on Doni-
phsn Point, vent into the river with
its contents yesterday afternoon The
house was occupied by John Mcqueen
and his family. Little was boarding
with them They had vacated the
house few hours before it fell. taking
refuge on main land Little escaped
with McQueen's family. but has not
been seen since. and il is feared that he
returned to the house and was lost
with it,
Between Rushville and the river not
less than twenty-five farm houses are
surrounded by water. and farmers are
out in boats trying TO rescue shocks Of
wheat that are yet above water.
A st. Joseph MOI special says: The
river Is stationary at this point. stand
ing IS feet inches above low-wafer
mark. the same as AZ noon yesterday.
The water has overfowed the low lands
about Lake Contrary and that body Of
water Is now part Of the great flood.
Fears are expressed that as the water
recedes channel win lie cut draining
the lake. leaving hotels and boat houses
surrounding an unsightly mud hole
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10
RANK CORRUPTION.


Made : Rad BsrgsIn-
When Hon. John wananaker was
promoted from : Philadelphia bargain
counter 70 the elevated and responsible
position ~ postmaster general Of the
United States the people 81 the United
States beheld the frst open and -
knowledged sale Of high public ofsice
BY one ~ the great political parties
Nanamaker WAS taken into the cab
met mot because Of his supposed exec
utire ability. nor because he had the
confidence or admiration Of even
faction Of the republican party. lie
was known personally 70 only a linn
tied number Of people in Philadelphia
and by reputation only 10 those who
read his bargain advertisements in
the Philadelphia papers The country
~ large had never heard ~ him The
FIRST intimate knowledge that the peo-
pie gained cf him was through the adj
vertisements Of Nsnama-Scr 4 Browns
cheap clothing which posfmasrers were
asked 70 circulate shortly after Hon
John became comfortably settled in or
nee.
lie was made postmaster general
simply because ne raised ss0n.pDo FOR
the big corruption fund b. which Har~
rison's election = the presidency was
purchased IL issA TO : man u Mr..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10

LoSDox, July IA letter just re-
'ceived from Sierra Leone says that tho
vigilant suppression Of the slave trade
along the coast. and the consequent in
ability Of the warlike races to dispose
Of their captivcs at a profit. has caused
= revival ia the most terrible form ~
the slaughter and bloodshed which for.
merly made every chief town " the in
terror Golgotha- Coomassie. II il
said has again witnessed the killing III A.
many a. 200 victims IN one day. and the
death drum i heard in the streets even
more frequently than before the Brit
lsh Ashantec expedition
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10

Two Petaluma fcal.) boys found
nest OF young foxes in the limb Of a
tree There were four Of the little
creatures, and each boy took two home.
where each happened 70 have a cal
with q litter Of kittens They killed
the kittens. and each pussy has adopted
and Is raising two foxes
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10

"A Maryland railroad not long 40
carried female passenger half mile
out Of her way. and has lately had 70
pay =. 500 for % doing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10
German
Syrup

have been q yreak
Asthma sufferer from HI 4
ma and severe ca ;
every Winter. and last Fall izy
friends as well as myself Thought
because Of my feeble condition. and
great distress from constant cough
ing. and inability to raise any o:the
accumulated matter from my lungs.
that my time was close at hand
When nearly worn out for wan; Of
sleep and rest, a friend recommend
ed me to try thy valuable medicine.
Boschee's German
Gentle. Syrup. / am con
psf~ash,.o fdcnt it saved my
life. Almost theirs
Sleep. dose gave me great
relief and a gentle re-
freshing sleep. such asI had no: had
for weeks. Mycough began irnrnedi-
ately TO loosen and pass away, and
! found myself rapidly gaining in
health and weight. / am pleased
to inform Observation-Disclosures
am in excellent health and do Ger
family attribute it to thy Boscliees
German Syrup. G. B. STrcKSEy.
Picton. Ontario"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10
THE BIG MUDDY.

The Flood 1T Kansas City and Contiguous
Foinfs-The Industrial Interests situated
ON the Nav Bottoms Seriously Incon-
venienced by High Wat<r-A Large Guam
tity OF Grain In the shock DESTROYED.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-07
Big Time i'm the Bird Family.

/
In the rear of the National bank OF
Chester county large pole was raised
yesterday afternoon, on the top OF
which was martens box The mar
tens soon gathered and flew around the
box as it rose. 1t appeared they were
inspecting it. Feeling perfectly salts.
fed with the affair they signed the lease
and took possession. cat home" cards
will be issued in a day or two, as soon
as Mr.. and Mrs. Marten have arranged
their apartments.
Upholstering and wall papering is
now the order of the day there. On
the occasion of the house warming it
is stated that the Robin family, from
Wawa; the Humming family, from
Oakbourne, and Mr.. and Mrs. Balti-
timore Oriole will be present, as well as
the Misses Catbird and Blackbird
Owing, it is said, to the fact of a fam
lily feud which has existed since the
days of Brian Boru, the English spar
rows will be given the cold shoulder
and will be rigidly excluded from the
drawing rooms. Mr.. American Eagle
will be stationed at the door to receive
the cards, which will be issued for the
event. West Chester Pa.) News.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-07

Talks cheap, but when it's
backed up by a pledge Of the
hard eash Of a financially re-
sponsible firm, or company, of
worldwide reputation for fair
and honorable dealing, IL
means business !
Now, there are scores of
sarsaparillas and other blood
purifiers, all cracked up to be
the best, purest, most peculiar
and wonderful, but bear in
mind (for your own sake),
there's only one guaranteed
blood-purifer and remedy for
torpid liver and all diseases
that come from bad blood.
That outstanding solitary
and alone-sold on trial. is
DR.. Pierce's Golden Med.
ical Discovery.
If it don't do good in skin,
scalp and scrofulous diseases
and pulmonary consumption
is only lung-scrofula- just let
it's makers know and get your
money back.
Talks cheap, but to back a
poor medicine, or a common
one, by selling it on trial, as
Golden Medical Discovery"
is sold, would bankrupt the
largest fortune.
Talks cheap, but only "Dis-
covery" is guaranteed.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-07
WHERE MOTHERS BUILD HOUSES.

Woman In Zuluiand IL the Architect and
Constructor Of the Domicile.
The Zulu woman is the architect and
builder of the Zulu house, and the style
of architecture Is known in the colonies
as 'wattle and daub." It looks like an
exaggerated beehive, for the Zulu mind
has this popularity, that 1t cannot
grasp the idea of anything that is not
round or eliptical in form. There are
no squares in nature. To build her
house the woman traces circle on the
ground, fourteen feet in diameter, and
and getting number of long, Timber
branches, she sticks them firmly into
the ground, and then bends the tops
over and ties them with fiber obtained
from the numerous creepers or "mon-
key ropes"
Then she twines thicker creepers in
and out OF these sticks all around the
circle OF these spaces, about twelve
inches apart, and then taking waffle Ia
kind OF coarse grass or reed) she thatches
the edifice, leaving small hole at the
top for chimney and another hole
three feet square for door. In front
of this she builds covered way extend
ing outward about three feet, and the
exterior of the house is finished by a
coat Of "daub," or mud.
She then seeks a nest of the white
ant, and, digging it up, obtains a
quantity of white clay, which she beats
to powder, dries and then, mixing it
with water, kneads it until it is quite
smooth. This she spreads over the
ground inside the hut, and beats it
carefully until it is quite hard and free
from cracks. This floor a good house
wife will scour twicea day, with smooth
stones, until it is like piece Of polished
marble.
The fireplace is near the door, and is
simply ring of this clay to confine the
embers in one place. The other neces-
saries found in a hut are bundle of
spear shafts, some drying tobacco and
several punches of millet hanging from
the roof. Grouped around the walls
are the three amasti "a species of sour
milky jars, the native beer jars and
open jars for holding grain.
Of course the dense wood smoke ris-
ing coats the roof, millet and tobacco
with SCOT, and long fingers of it hang
in every direction; but the floor will be
clean enough to eat on, and as long as
that is SO the social Mrs. Grundy of the
Zulu is satisfied. Sheffield Telegraph.
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River Problem 8.

Should the rank of river be meas
ured by its length or by its average
volume of watera is question on which
geographers have apparently failed to
agree. On the first named principle
the Mississippi would be only the chief
northern tributary of the Missouri. On
the second, the Mississippi and Missouri
combined would be mere brooks, CON-
pared with the giant streams of the
American tropics. Near their junction
with the Amazon, both the Rio Negro
and the Toncantins are at least three
times broader and deeper than the
Mississippi at New Orleans. -Philadel-
phia Times.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-07
A DOOrknOb Problem.

The other day man who is so fond
of mathematics that he is never sc
happy as when setting himself hard
sums, tried to give some sort of an av.
erage of the amount of work and time
and strength and health and patience
and good nature that could be saved il
everybody opened and closed the doors
Of all the houses by means of the door.
knobs. OF course he had to give it up.
But think of it one moment Think
of how many doors there are in one
house, and how much time it takes
every week to scrub off the dirt which
need not be there II the fingers closed
upon the doorknob instead of the door.
Watch yourself, and watch your friends
as they let themselves in and out. They
turn the knob if there is no other way
of entering, and then transfer the
hand to the door, feel of the wood for
awhile, and then push it to with the
fingers upon the paint instead of the
knob.
"Show me human" said the wife
of Thomas Carlyle, "who can open
and close door without slamming it,
and without leaving a mark upon it,
and | will show you some one whose
acquaintance you would do well to cul-
tivate"
Mrs. Carlyle evidently understood
the use of doOrknObs. Young
People.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-07

The best trunk ever made, or thai
ever will be made, was that old time
horsehair covered trunk. 1t would
defy any baggage smasher of the pres
ent age. Why it went out of style
never knew. 1t was a good seller and
seldom came back for repairs. Next
to it the best trunk now made is the
cloth covered one. They are much
better than the tin covered ones, and
yet it is almost impossible to convince
a customer of that. / do not know
whether you are aware of it, but most
English travellers to this country buy
their trunks over here. Our trunks are
no better than the English trunks, but
the English think so. There are q few
things in this country to which an En-
glishinan will take of his hat. Inter.
view in Chicago Tribune.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-07

A most serious fault with many
mothers, and one accountable for a
terrible waste of life, is that of failing
to properly discipline their children tc
take medicine when offered them and
patiently submit to any other treat
ment to bear which little or no forti-
tude is required.
Every young mother should distinct
ly understand that there are many oc
casions in child life when the chances
Of recovery depend almost entirely
upon the early training. If child is
pampered and petted and hired to take
medicine, there is sure to come a time
when all persuasion is utterly useless
and force must be resorted to.
In diphtheria, for instance, if he has
always had his own way, little or moth
ing need be expected from medical
treatment, and before the disease has
reached its most dangerous point
brides and articles will have long since
been exhausted, and medicine or food
can be administered only by 'main
strength" Force must now be used,
for it would never do to permit child
to go without treatment, and yet in not
a few instances it must do more harm
than good.
All this trouble and much of the
danger might easily be obviated by
mothers. At very early age they
should fix in their little ones the habit
of taking, without hesitation, every
thing offered them in a spoon or cup
Boston Herald
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Again, see In my SuDJecC an Illus
tration of the beauty of female indus
try. Behold Ruth toiling in the har
vest field under the hot sun, or at noon
taking plain bread with the reapers or
eating the parched corn which Boaz
handed to her. The customs of So
ciety, of course, have changed, and
without the hardships and exposure to
which Ruth was subjected every intel
ligent woman will find something to do.
l know there is sickly sentimentality
on this subject. In some families there
are persons of no practical service to
household or community; and though
there are so many woes all around
about them in the world they spend
their time languishing over a new pat
tern or bursting into tears at midnight
over the story of some lover who shot
himself! They would not deign to
look at Ruth carrying back the barley
on her way home to her mother-in-law,
Naomi.
All this fastidiousness may seem to
do very well while they are under the
shelter of their fathers house; but
when the sharp winter of misfortune
comes, what of these butterfiies2 Per-
sons under indulgent parentage may
getupon themselves habits of Incidence;
but when they come out into practical
life their soul will recoil with disgust
and chagrin. They will feel in their
hearts what the poet so severely satir-
lied when he said:
Folks are SO awkward, things so impolite,
They're elegantly panied from morn till night,
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reason Is that all his lie he mas been
prospered But let misfortune or be-
reavement come to that man. and he
sits down at the instrument, and you
discover the pathos in the first sweep
of the keys. Misfortune and trials are
great educators
A young doctor comes into sick
room where there is dying child.
Perhaps he is very rough in his prescrip-
ton, and very rough in bis manner,
and rough in the feeling of the pulse,
and rough in his answer to the moth
er's anxious question; but the years
roll on, and there has been one dead
in his own house; and now he comes
into the sickroom, and with fearful eye
he looks at the dying child, and he
says, "Oh, how this reminds me of my
Charliep' Trouble, the great educator
Sorrow see its touch in the grandest
painting; Ihear its tremor in the sweet
est song; feel its power in the might
est argument.
Grecian mythology said that the
fountain of Hippocrene was struck out
by the foot of the winged horse Pega-
SOS. l have often noticed in life that
the brightest and most beautiful foun-
tains of Christian comfort and spiritual
life have been struck out by the iron
shod hoof of disaster and calamity.
zee Daniels courage best by the flash of
Nebuchadnezzars furnace. see Pauls
proves best when l find him ON the
laundering ship under the glare of the
lightning in the breakers of Melita.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-02-21
Merit Wins.

We desire to say 10 our citizens. that
for wears we have been selling br. King :
Kew Discovery for Consumption. ~.
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklcn : Arni-
ca Salye and Electric Bitters. and have
aeycr handled remedies that sell as well.
or that have given sIch uEiversa! salts
-faction. We do not hesitate Ia guartn-
tee them every time, and we stai'!
ready to refund the purchase price, II
satisfactory results do not follow their
use. These remedies have won their
great popularity purely on their merits
For sale at Kilbournd Il Cos. druggist.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-02-21
r.,yTbe trial of the murderc,

Esy-Tlle trial Of the murdercrs
of Chief Ucnnessy was begun at
New Orleans on Monday last. \
severance having been obtained
by the State, nine of the nineteen
men charged with the henious
crime, were put on trial, viz:
Clas. Metr:,ngo, Pietro Monaste-
rio, Antonio Bagnetto, Antonio
Scoflidi, j. p. Macheca, Antonio
Marchesi, Manuel Politz, Basti-
ano Incardona and Gasparo Mar
chest. The State is ably repre-
scented by District Attorney Lu-
iceberg, Mr.. w. l.. Evans, Judge
y. G.. Walker aud Capt. Arthur
Dunn; while the accused are de-
Tended by Hon. Thos. j. Semmcs,
Mr.. Lionel Adams, Capt a. d.
Henriuues, Chas. A. Butler and
Judge Arthur Gastinel. 1t Is es-
timatcd that the trial VIII con
sumo ut least two weeks owing to
The difficulty of obtaining jurors
Jrp to the close Of Wednesday 5
proceedings only a jurors had
been accepted.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-02-21
For Fireman's Parade at
New Orleans, March 4tll.
H.Izniiett .S 60.

The Mississippi, Valley Route
will on March 3rd and 4th sell
round trip tickets from all sta
tons in Louisiana to New Orleans
and return at one and a third
fare, good to return until March
5th. For rates call on nearest
ticket agent or address.
p. II. Rogers Gen. Pass. Agt.
Memphis, Tom
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a. r. GASTEEL.L,
Bayou Sara. :: Louisiana.
DE.iI-ER IN
PleNs and Agricultural implements,
Dayeu Sara,

Brides. Harness. Hardware. Guns,
Pistols Pumps, Pipes. Machine Fitting.
Locks. Valves. Castings. Ropes. iiol-
low ware. !, .tgorl ana Carnage Wood
work Blaxksmiths Mate i'ial.. etc. Tin,
Copper aud Sheet iron Mandatory.
Also agent for the celebrated Charter
Oak stoves i'ric Garrett " Cottmdu,
Eriniey. Jas II. Hail ard other pluws.
Aliens Horse Shoes. Woods Moving
Machines. Horse Hay flakes. al Of
which | will guarantee to sell lover
than can be purchased elsewhere.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-02-21

Mrs. y. Il. Austen can supply
your every want in the lines of
fa>hionaDir millinery, infant caps.
trimmings. ribbons, sprays. tips,
piumes. buds. flowers. etc, etc.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-02-21

18Th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
STATE OF LOUISIANA vs.. DELIN>
QUENT TAX DEBTORS.
pY VIRTUE of The authority vested
- IN INC hy tl,c Constitution and
Lava. .f tEn State Of Luni lana, l will
seii Mt the principal front door of the
Court House, l.: which the Civil Dis
rrict Court OF said Ta"ish is held, within
the le-,! hours for judicial Safes begin.
mn. ut / ! o'cioCi> Il. m, "n Saturday th"
y dag %. February, 1871, a"h continuing
on ea IN succeeding day until sail sales
arc completed, all imInur@ Hie pr"pcr:.
on which taxes are dino TO the state Il
Louisiana, Parish OF W.s. Frii-
ci,na, and to iuforce tie collection 81
tax, ; assessed ia III" yr..I $50, t"Scthe:
With interest thereon from til" al-t day
4 DeccnGc. lr9V at the rate of , per
coat per month until paid. aH, all costs
PUG,l. Heirs o. Holm,
State Tan $.5.Hp; Parish iaz - 30 ~:
acres Il: swamp iaud III 9th wand, from,
ting on Mississippi liver, h""ndei ah"y,
tx Emile Bridges tract and below hy
Wicker Folds and Brown tracts.
On s;,,l LAY Of sale wi, sell such lor
,ions If said property as Gael! A"ntcl MI
pcirt out, anl III case tic debtor will no.
puiut on. sntlic property, will a;
ouce. and withou. further delay, sell /! {
'sa.: quantity If said property CT an.
ch;or which any bidder viii buy iu'
the nmorrt of tho Taxes, iI,terrs; arG
cost, due by said debtor. Tie sale viii l.,
for cash, without apprniscn,cn: iaana the
property shall he rcdscn.ahis at any
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