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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
tor than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs
Its excellence Is due to it, presenting
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of q perfect lax-
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constiPation:
It has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
aeys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup " Figs is for sale BY Ill drug
giAs in 60c and 81 bottles, but Il 10 man
ufsctured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. emily, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and keirs veil informed, you viii not
scoops any substitute If offered
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stalked blossoms at time when really
elegant and beautiful hardy flowers are
scarce. 1t was. believe, introduced to
our gardens by Mr.. w. Thompson, OF
Ipswich. to whom we are indebted for
SO many handsome composite plants.
The illustration represents nearly the
natural size of the flower: it is a rich
golden-ycllow in color, the disc being
spotted with crimson brown. 1t is
difficult to imagine any gold-tinted
flowers more beautiful than those OF
the different species of coreopsis,
especially when their graceful stems
are inserted in crystal vase and their
flowers contrasted with the rosy. purple
and lilac tints ofautumnal crocuses and
colchicums. --Gardening Illustrated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

The agricultural department has just
issued bulletin on the subject OF
peach ycllows. prepared by Special
Agent Smith. IL embodics the results
of four years experiments with fertil-
izers 70 determine their value as pre-
vcntives and cures Of the disease. The
experiments were made in the middle
states. and DR.. Smith says he is salts
fed that peach ycllows cannot he cured
Wv fertilization Of the soil. and he there
fore recommends that further expert
N nts be abs ndoned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

Tea gowns for th~ summer are made
~ beast ful crepors Of light ground
strewn with flowers, also of lowered
dotted Stviss muslin. eamboured organ.
die and soft, undressed India mulis.
Most Of tAe new ec~ns have blouse
vests lightly girdled. Eton fronts be-
yond. and rather narrowly plated
Vatican hsck. The popular Queen
Anne sleeve. svith fullness dropping to
. lace frill a. the elbow. Is used FOR
these dresses. ON other gowns p ictur.
csqSe lsretelle~ VI vide. bcastiful lace
extend over the shoulders from belt 10
bet, with . falling rune Of the sams
arsusd the slightly spep ssok..-N. =.
Pe<l
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
IMPROVED HIGHWAYS.
4 Systematic Plan IL Needed 90 secure
BETTER Roads.


\ Systematic Plan IL Needed 90 secure
BETTER Roads.
II is unnecessary To refer at length Ia
the travelling wayfarer and To the COM
fort and facility which good road az
fords him in the progress Of his travel.
nor need more than suggest the added
comfort of the wheelman and the PEE
destrian who seek the fresh. pure air Of
the country in their trips for health and
pleasure.
The one prominent essential TO the
attainment Of road reform, and indeed
Of every other reform OF similar mag
nitude in this country, is organization.
A favoring public opinion must first be
developed and directed in the channel
which tends to the most certain and
lasting success To large degree,
am glad TO say. this educational work
has been accomplished. Public senti-
ment having been attained in favor OF
the improve the next requirement
Is q well settled plan to carry it ont.
Personally, am not yet prepared 10
say that should favor the levy OF a
state tax to accomplish this work in
whole or in part The benefits would pri.
marily be local, though, as have std,
the general public would in some meas
ure Ahare them.
My own thought Is that non.
partisan. non salaried commission
should be appointed by the governor
from among men of undoubted ex'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

--Succotash: This popular dish may
be made from corn and lima beans, or
any other kind Of nice shelled beans.
Cut the kernels from dozen ears OF
corn and have ready an equal bulk OF
SHIELDED beans Let the beans come to
boil and pour on the water, add
more and when boiling add the corn
Cook until tender, but do not let the
beans become broken; add butter
pepper and salt TO taste. A little
sweet cream or milk added just before
taking up improves it for many
Orange Judd Farmer.
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When a woman is sick and firsd and
has to make good appearance she can
a,clie her feelings by putting On red
dress. N that charita bic. warmfintcd
toilet is not at hand. get n crimson.
claret or cardinal scarf or . yard Of
silk and fashion kerchief. brctelles
a. chcmis.ttc against the face. Fed Is
the flag dhcalth. the banner Cd love-
the color If life: ii is the rouge with
wich nature makes mp the palms. lips,
ears, cheets and tingernaiis of her
children: IL * the heart Of more THAI
hak the flowers: it lines the SEA shells
and tints the priceless pearl. and II =
the best anss4frecklc cure and skin
brightener in rhc trade. No wcznan
suspicious Of her beauty should Mt
temps to dress well without a red
gown N. Y. Recorder.
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Absolutely Pure

Lady-Where did you get this pretty
doll?
Little Girl forget the name OF the
place, but its that great big store
where everybody is in hurry except
the ones that makes change.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

-Dinks-.@what did Fullbizz say
when they told him of the million his
uncle had left him." Danks-"Just
two words: Capital, capital Troy
Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

ARE you busyi Are you making mcueys
II %, stuck to it.; you are Fortunate IL sou
are not. then our advice 10 that you write At
once TOD f. johnson = Co. Ri0hmond Va
They can show you how 70 sEtef quickly
upon profitable work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

"OSE Of you boys has been stealing Rails
ins again; I have found the seeds on tae
alt wasn't me; swallowed the seesss In
mine. ''-TiG -Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

J. =. PARKER. Fredonia, N. Y, sars:
~Shall not call on you for the FOO re ward,
for believe Halls C.tarrh Cure Will cure
apy case Of catarrh. Was very bad" Write
him for particulars. Sold b Druggists, &c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

s.PAPA, IL says In this account Of the
fight thattSir Marmaduke fell or his knees
and begged for quarter" eaid Tommy.
what did he want . quarter fort thought
he was rich"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

THE principal causes OF sick hcadsche,
lbilliousness and cold chris are found IN the
stomach and liver. Cured BY Beecham . Pills.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

LATE jewellers singing There's no paoco
like home always stop the melody just b.
fore they get there aud creep upstairs -
their stocking feet.-Boston Transcript
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

"TRERE. I knew something was IN ~
wind said the western farmer sadly -
himself, MS, through crack In the ceamf
wall he saw his new barn sailing along -
the crest OF cyclone. Boston Courier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

--"Clinsm's son has gone into bust
ness for himself. Ell: a branch house.
Won say:- "Yes." selling dry goods,
then" NO; teaching school. Inter.
Ocean.
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ssTHE seashore Il the place 70 mako IT,.
bashful lover propose" said the .philoce.
pher. III he hasn't grit enough himsems
he can acquire sill the sand be needs On ~
beach.r-Harper's Bazaar.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

TIE ny that the spider wove web for
was not so fiy after all. He was curious
about the weaving and got taken it. Plea
yune
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

FLANNEL next the skin often produces =
rash. removed with Glenn's Sulphur Soap
HILLS Hair and whisker Dye, 50 cents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

"SAToRr seems to be very guarded In ND
speech, he" slve noticed that myselfs
his wife never let's him get in word env
place."-lnter Ocean.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

JOSH BILLINGS says: II will never pur-
chase a lottery ticket 50 long as i can hire =
man 10 rob me at reasonable wages"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18

WHEN woman sets her face against anys
thing it usually has TO go-except II haD'
pens 70 be a mustacne.-Tr0y Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-08-18
A USEFUL PLANT.
rhs Go reops:s Aristoss aud lts Charse'
tngIy Beautiful Flowers

tngIy Heauttful Flowers.
This Is one Of the most snowy. and,
~ the same time, one of the most
graceful Of all late blooming composites,
and. like its congeners, c. lanccolata,
c. integrifolia. and several Others. IL Is
. native Of California and the humid
marshes Of Illinois II succeeds well
treated as an annual in our gardens,
and. together with its allies. isvaluabls
in cut state, affording, as it does, .
profusion Of bright-colored. slendsr.
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A Pennsylvania woman, Mrs. M. E.
Rice. keeps spiders ms pets. The other
lay sho sent to the bureau of entomol-
,gy a cocoon containing eggs, which
vas spun by n handsome arachnid
With striped legs and a reddish body.
This creature, which is a species that
makes a funnel-shaped web, she de-
cribes as being very tame.
"For months" she says, cit has lived
wer my bed, allowing me to examine
=. When il began to get uneasy l
placed it in a box, where it spun a
beautiful covering for its eggs. | am
'ery partial to spiders and v de-
troy ono nor its web unless l am COM
,elied to do so. In my w room 1
ct them have full sway. There arc
probably fifty spiders there now and
.lcy never modest me. | find them
i'll over the bed-clothes. ! believe the
,tory of their poisoning bites to be
argely exaggerated. Where / live
ve have many large black spiders. l
found one of them cnrled up under
NV baby's neck one morning"
She does not mention how MI. Rice
enjoys this sort of thing.
A Frenchfnan, the Rev. T. Camboue,
has recently been making some exper-
lmcnts with the silk spun by spiders.
His efforts were specially directed to
ttudying the work of a certain largo
srachnid of Madagascar. From one
,pidor Of this species he obtained in
.wenty-seven days more than four
thousand yards of silk. The silk was
| If a golden yellow color. However, it
5 not likely that any practicable plan
will ever be discovered for making
commercial use of the silk of spiders,
masmuch as they cannot be prevented
from gobbling each other up when a
aumber of them are kept together.
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immigration Into Canada.

According to tho official statistics,
Immigration into Canada is compare
lively inc%onsiderable. In 1882 it grew
suddenly from $4,000, the number re-
ceived in 1881, to 1l2,45S; but in 1888
1t fell to under 90 900, and in 1891 it
was only $4,000. 1t is m interesting
fact that more than two-thirds of the
addition to the population of Quebec
from abroad is made by Canadians
who have tried to make their way in
the United States, but, having failed,
return TO their W country. AT least
this is the assertion of the official sta
tistician in the yearbook for 1891.
There is no evidence that this is more
than mere opinion. The Dominion
statistics on this interesting subject
are confessedly unsatisfactory, the
task of gathering them being rendered
difficult because many of the new set
tiers enter tho country from the United
States.
In an evidently partial table in the
yearbook arc some interesting facts
tia. throw q strong side light on the
race and immigration problems in the
two old provinces Of Upper and Lower
Canada. Out of an immigration OF
2o,s52 people into Quebec. 5000 were
Canadians, and only 1920 were Eng
lish, Irish, Scotch, German, and citi-
zens of the United States. Out Of an
immigration of 9,516 into Ontario,
1864 were of the last-named peoples.
There had gone to Ontario nearly two
and a half times rs many Englishmen,
nearly twice as many Irishmen, more
than three times as many Scotchmen,
more than six times as many Germans,
and four times as many Americans as
had gone to Quebec. At tho same
time, three times as many Canadians
had returned to Quebec rs had gone
back to Ontario.-Henry Loomis Mel
tos.. IN f%inrpsr',s Maqazinc.
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Tho Care of Books.

A distinguished man remarked moi
long ago that there is 10 surcr test Of
culture than tho way in which one
handles a book. "All those who have
any experience of the deeper life" he
said, "think of books almost rs human
beings. Even n book which is moi
worth much in itself is Still treated by
them with respect, since it wears the
outward guise of what they haM
learned to consider their best friends
He went on to condemn the senselcsi
and offensive manner in which choiI
singers often %abuse,their hymn books,
bending them backward until thu
covers meet, and holding them thus
throughout the entire hymn. This
vandalism is not, alas! confined to The
class mentioned.
A certain housekeoper, who also
takes this Just and noble view of books.
almost frightened her parlor-maidin into
spasms by the stern reprimand which
she gave her OH this subject. The
poor maid had just let fall one of het
mistress favorite volumes. aNever!s
she uttered in a deep and trembling
voice, "neyer drop u book in my house
again. would almost rs lief have yot
drop the baby"
Cover with paper or cloth books
which are in constant use. Break" .
now book gently and rejoice in thu
new method of binding, which obviate,
the necessity OF "~brYaking" it at all
May it soon become general.-N Y
g YJu,pc
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Colonel Colt abandoned the anu
facture of heavy ordnance and stuck
to his revolver. The gun-which did
not explode, because it never had a
chance-is on display in the army ex-
hibit. There are several other curious
relics in the ordnance exhibit of the
navy. One Of them is old "Long Tom"
the famous bowchaser carried by the
privateer General Armstrong in the
days of the revolution. This vessel,
after capturing N British frigate In tho
English channel, and subsequently car
rying destruction to the British marine,
was finally wrecked on one of the
Azores. The gun was subsequently,
fished up. and for more than eighty
years has been mounted on one OF the
forts in the Azores islands.
Not many months ago the King OF
Portugal, thinking it would be a grace
full act to return the old gun to its
native country, presented it to the
United States, and last summer an
American man-of-war brought it home.
1t is now atJackson park and attracts
scores of visitors. 1t is of rome OF
the old-fashioned type, has q bore OF
about four inches, and it threw n shot
weighing eighteen pounds. In the
days when such guns were built the
length of the gun was the only known
way to secure n long range, and sc
aLong Tom" as he lies there on his
back is almost as long as a modern five.
inch high-power rifle.
OF the curious old Mexican field.
pieces captured in the Mexican wal
there is an unusual display. Some oil
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he DIDN'T CARE ABOUT CATALOGUES.
sI've been buying guide books" said
ne, because | wanted to know every
thing about the fair, and I've been SO
busy looking things up that I haven't
seen q thing since / got here two days
ago, and all I've had for my money are
bits of useless information, like the
Ferris wheel covers thirty and one-half
acres and there were 17,402, s1s. 2O1
nails used in the construction Of the
art building, but what do l care for
that, or TO know that the burros in the
cave-dwellers' place nre 10000 years
old, or that the sunlight soap palace
was drawn and colored by Whistler, or
that that %nocturne in blue and silver
was designed by MacMonnics and
costs $3.50 an hour to illuminate.
"All this may be very interesting
and very true, but what's the good OF
a lot of miscellaneous information like
this when to get it I've had to keep
my head buried in n lot of guide books
all the time. and have been kept SO
busy that l haven't had even time to
90 up the Midway and sec the gon.
dolas and palanqu:ns in their native
costumes.
at don't pay he concluded, aand
I'll just tell you what I'm going to do;
I'm going to throw away the whole lot
OF guide books and start in to see the
fair"
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The German exhibit of heavy ord
nance is mostly confined to Krnpp's pa.
%vilion, and is perhaps, the grandcst dis.
play of modern artillery the world has
ever seen. Speaking of the Whitworth
breech-loader, there is on display in
the American exhibit a unique and
somewhat amusing production of the
brain of Colonel Colt, inventor OF the
Colt revolver. 1t was during the civil
war, when every thought was in the
direction of human slaughter, that the
colonel concluded to build u gun on
the model of his revolver. In fact, it
was a regular Colt revolver on some
thing like a two-ton scale. 1t held six
shots and the revolving motion was
conveyed by machinery turned by o
crank. The caliber of the barrel was
three inches and the weight of the am
munition and shell about twenty
pounds. The colonel built two OF
these guns. Unfortunately one OF
them at the first trial met with an cx-
perience which rather discouraged its
further manufacture. All its chambers
being loaded, a test was made of the
gun. The charge fixed for explosion
went off all right, but so did all the
others. Result-four dead men and
more than n dozen in the hospital. In
~enlnrging the principle Of his revolver
the colonel forgot that he was enlarg
ing everything in connection with It,
and particularly did he forget that he
was charging the quantity o illuminate
Of mercury, which, exploding by con-
cussion, could not very we'll withstand
the explosion of another charge near
by it. When this result became known
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BIG GUNS AT THE FAIR
EXAMPLES OF MODERN IMPLEMENTS
OF WARFARE. /
area. Britain Lead. the World with Hsr
Armstrong Rapid Fire the Great
D%eslderatum Nowadays.

The display of implements for caus-
ing death and destruction in time OF
war attracts great attention at the
Worlds Fair. The very latest inven-
tions in the way of ordnance, heavy
and light, in all the nations of the
earth arc there to be seen, and what
makes the-display more interesting is
that each new INVENTION or improve.
ment is accompanied by its nnte-type Of
many years ago. For instance, in the
British display, contiguous to some
ripe old smooth-bores of the days of
King G~eorge-guns taken from Nelson's
flagship Victory-appears the first at
tempt in riied artillery. The Whit
worth breech-loading rifle was q crea-
ton of the Crimean war. 1t Yves eff.
fective while it lasted, ard for some
uses was a valuable accession to field
and naval ordnance. But with the ad.
vent of steel armor plates and the in
PRODUCTION of heavier and powerful
ordnance the old Whitwor.h rifle
ceased to be manufactured in England.
Near this obsolete specimen are several
types of the Armstrong steel high.
power gun of to-day. The English
government has ceased to manufacture
my larger gun that what is known as
the 65-ton Armstrong, but no gun az
large as that is on exhibit. The largest
is q 3O-ton gun which corresponds in
type with the American s-inch rifle.
These Armstrong guns in their various
sizes and weights form the heavy
batteries of England's new battle
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AN EXTRA SESSION CALLED
Congress VIII Be Convened In Extra SEES.
sion 'aonday, August z.
WASHINGTON, July lit ha s been
determined to call an extra session Of
congress for Monday, August Z.
FOSTER FAILURE GROWING.
Tho Asslgnss star,les the COMMUNICABLE.
b;,itjes Nav Reach 81. q oOo.


TIFFIN, o., July Tho failure of
Charles Foster nnl his business assoc,-
ates in the city of Fostoria has assumed
proportions which are ASTOUNDING.
John b. Gormlcy, the assignee. FLED q
partial report with the probate court
today from which the startling infor-
nation is CLEANED that the failure
will in all probability APP
p%roximatc if not exceed 81. 900. 900.
Gormley is the assignee OF Charles Fos-
ter and John w. Davis, individually and
Davis & Foster and Foster & Co. The
assets of Davis are S16,15O and liabili-
ties S44,749.9 5; Davis s. Foster, assets
$ls1, $50. go; liabilities, $21a, $685. Eos
ter & Co., bank assets, $40, 2S6; liabi j.
ties, $500, Osa. 40.
The papers in the assignment of Mr..
Foster individually have not been filed,
but enough has been ascertained to
show that the shortage is even greater
than in the other firms. These figures
do not include the ss30,O 900 for which
Foster & CO. have Endorsed for the three
glass works, brass ana iron works and
the Fostoria Electric Light and Power
company, o Fosters individualliabi
ity on his stock in these several enter.
prises. Tho figures astonis,l every,
body, and none more than Foster him
self. Over $T5, 600 of claims held by
the wholesale grocery firm of Davis 4
Foster were rejected rs absolutely
worthless by the appraisers. Fosters
account in his bank is overdrawu $780,.
600 and that of John L. Wilkisor
| SIT. 900.
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Wave Tossed.

Sen sick voyagers suffer u~nspeakable tor.
lures. Then If Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers is resorted to the fortunes cease
Yachting parties, ocean fishermen, ner-
vous, sickly people, whom the iarring of q
railway train affects much in the same
wny as the tossing OF the surgcs do one
who crosses the Atlantic for the first
time, should be mindful of this and be
provided with an adequate supply of tho
Bitters. This incompatible stomachic
will promptly settle q stomach outrage
ously disturbed, is q capital antidote to
malaria and nervous complaints. remedies
constipation and biliousness, and counter
acts q tendency to rheumatism. Besides
this, it c~ompensates for q loss of energy
consequent upon undue exertion or .ner;;
vous anxiety. md uverts the effects of ex.
posure In Indictment weather and the
wearing OF damp clothing. Both appetite
and sleep are promoted by 1t, and general
health rapidly improves through its use.