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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
r,FTy.sEcOND CONGRESS.

Ix the senate, on the 4th. the president
messags was apporttoned among ssvera' con,
mittces A number Of house bills wore passed.
The conference report on the bill CONCERNING
testimony ia criminal cascs under the in'er
state commerce law was agreed to- The senate
substitute for house bill 10 rstify an agreemen.
with the Cherokee nation was amended anu
passcd In the house an unusual scene was
scnted in the speeches. in committee OF tnr
whole. in eulogy OF Mr.. Bloupt. chairman OF
the committee on foreign affairs, VINO enuS
service OF twenty years. TO accept federal sp-
pointment. The military acahemy p'n "sS
passed without division. and business was sus'
pended 20 pay tribute to the memory OF tue
late j. w. Kendall, OF Kentucky
Is the senate. on the 9th. Mr.. Hill moved IN"
consideration Of the hi To repeal the sherman
silver -pur chase act. but the motion was 90
feated by a nearly two thirds MAJORITY. in'
quarantine bill was passed without division'
and bill for the payment OF local taxes ."
lands held by Indians in everalty was also
na.sed In the house the day was con
su,ned by fibustering motions by Mr.. kiigore
Of Texas
IN the senate on the eth. the automatic
coupler bill was considered but without action
Senate bill TO paw ths balanc, dn' the hsrs %
John Roach. d. ceasci. on Unitei S,ats
steamer Dolphin was pass ID In the mouse
the senat. amendments 10 the iiarter piii Oh
proceedei. in committee OF the whole, 70 con
slider the Legislative appropriation oii'.
IN the senate on the 9Th. thu morning hour
was taken up with the consideration ana pas
sage OF b lis on the calendar, AT ociocS tnr
body proceeded to tn, hall Of the houss o.
representatives 70 tax. part In the counting OF
the votes OF presidential electors, after wn'en
the automatic coupler bill was taken up '..
In the houss the counting OF the electoral
votes was the event Of ths day. and the elec
ton OF Grover Cleveland. as president ana
Adlai F. stevenson. as vice president WIS
duly announced. The legislative approprir
ton bill consumed the remain Ter OF the day
but no result was reached
In the senate. on the 9th. the whole session
after the morning hour was devote tor as
cussion OF the railroad automatic car coupler
bill without, fual action being reached
In the house r'.nediatey after the read
ing AMI approval Of the journal. MT
Catchings called up the resolution OF the com
mittse on rules setting apart this legis'ati
day and. IL necess ary. the next for the consia'
Grafton OF the bill repealing the sherman silver
act. and the day was accordingly devoted t.
that measure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

FARM ANIMALS.
Statistical Report Of Comparative YUM
hers and Values.


hers and Values.
WASHINGTON, Feb 1O.-The report OF
the statistician upon comparative mum.
hers and values Of farm animals, based
on returns Of January, 1898. i nearly
ready for publication. II shows an
increase Of horses. mules and sheep, no
material change in the number q
mlch cows, decrease in oxen ana
other cattle. and very heavy reuuc-
ton in the number of swine. Ihc cs-
timatcd present numbers Of domestic
animals on farms ranches ana the
public range arc as follows: HORSES
Ia. 206. SO2: mules. 1881. lbs: cows, ~
AL. 0s7; other cattle. 5,g5i. 1876: sheep
A.. 253, 553; swine, 1904, sos.
The increase in mules Is very slight.
The apparent increase in sheep eNceeuN
, GOA. 900. n continuation ~ The move
ment which commenced ~ lNN'' ~
which numbers have Increased near,
). 600. 600 in four years. In the case 2
swine there was small pig crop last
sprinr. and the late advance ~ porN
products has caused the slaughter'hs
Of some portion of the stock 81 ma'"''
animals. As the average age hu" ~
tanned by these animals is less thah
year there Is liability Of cNtre'ne
fluc,uation III numbers which ~ posS'
bic of no other species.
Average values have declined as "
horses and mules, advanced as inc gay
| tie Of all kinds. d greater gain appea''
in the value OF sheep. and very ia'he
| advance Is seen in swine. amounting n
80 per cent. and progressive since y"
returns were made. The average va'"
Of horses is sol. %: Of mules. s'o'oo' =,
COWS. sri Is: of other cattle. Sio'-tr Z
sheep. 81 90. and Of swine, SOL =.
increase in aggr cgatc valnrs ~
mated of all farm animals = S-i'.oc'
gps. from 81. iGl, T55.G's to S'''S'''oo'
$50. The valuation Of horses ayr
ra,ce s9oa. 2s5, 49,; If cattle q ~, N,"r !,
spo5. ISL .gs4: 81 swine 500 3@"' W. y
shccp sla5. .o,. I6i 90 mules sl54, 'oa''o''
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

AT0 o'clock on the morning Of the
ist the United states flag was raised
over Alinolani hall, in Honolulu. and
United States Minister stevens issued
q procla ma tion assuming protection Of
the Hawaiian islands in the name Of
his government subsequently the
dc facto government thus established
was recognized, pending instructions
tions from his government, nv the Brit
ish minister and the representatives Of
MANY other mowers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

THOMAS DEwAR testified before the
subcommittee Of the house judiciary
committee. on the sth. that he had been
approached by Mr.. Gibson, secretary OF
the National Distilling and Cattle
Feeding Co.. and requested to assist
in destroying the Schufeldt distillery,in
Chicago. with the intimation that II the
job went right it would be worth So
900 10 him
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

SYMpATurzERs with the striking
street car employees of Wheeling. w.
Va, drove non-union men from the cars
on the eth. and beat them. mashed car
windows and bloclSaded the track. de-
spite the presence OF large force Of po-
lice
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

CAPT. SANTOS CADESA, prominent
member of Garzas band. and his son.
Apolonia Cadena. surrendered. on the
9Th, to Lieut.. Slocum and United States
Deputy Marshall O'Donnell, and were
taken into Rio Grande City. Tex. and
put under bond to appear at the next
term of court.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

MEssRs. CHASE & SASBoHS, Of Boston.
have been awarded the contract for
supplying all the tea and coffee TO be
used inside the grounds during the OFF,
cial run Of the Worlds fair. II is the
largest contract ever awarded for high
grade roasted coffee, amounting, as 1t
will, to about 200, 900 pounds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

Cor. CHARLES T.. DAIrER, the Amer
lean commissioner Of King Tebcrnr-
iricmo Of Butaritari. one Of the Gilbert
islands. has forwarded 10 the state de-
partmcnt at Washington protest
from the king against the forciblc seiz-
urc Of his islands by the British gov
eminent while negotiations were pro-
crossing with the United States. lie
asks the protection Of the United States
or annexation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17
t.ycte,I wealth.

IirrsRrIaH. Pa. Feb. H. NJ M"
monwcalth Of Pennsylvania mas cn'c''s
the legal battle for the po~scss'on y.
the immense wealth IF the Ecoho",,a
society. The matter is now ~
hands OF states Attorney-icncra' IN ~,
sc, and Is being prosecuted ~ ~
allcst legal talent Of the AIcR"ai
and Beaver county bars. The pro,. .s;l-
ing will he instituted at once ~" ~ y"
DO far-rcaching in It's results TIT,
ccssful Il will involve the apsv .,
surrender Of all the prope,v 4.
The Economite society an"
eonf,scation .v she stut"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

THE widow Of Frank Leslie has cast
off her husband Willie Wilde, son of
Lady Jane Wilde. of London, and de-
manded a separation or divorce. The
lady has grown tired of supporting so
worthless a luxury.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

Mrs. MARGARET CASSIDY GILLESPIE
of Upland. Pa. more than century
old. who was christened when an IN
FAINT by the venerable founder OF
Methodism, John Wesley, died on the
Ath
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

THE amendment made by the United
States senate, on the 18th, TO the Rus
sian treaty makes an attempt TO assas-
sinate the car or members OF the
royal family an extraditable ofsense,
regardless of motive.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

DR. JONI A. IRWIN. of New York. OBJ
tanned judgment by default,o on the oth'
against the Baroness Blanc. for So
ss9 So for professional services, tins be-
ING the amount. with interest. OF the
original bill.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

CAPT. BrxJAMrS +. HowEY. promi-
ncnt republican and manufactures at
Relvidcre. n. j.. died on the 9th. aged
Cs. Deceased was an ex-member OF con-
gress, representing the fourth district
of New Jersey.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

Ex-SrcKETARy THOMPSON, of Terre
Haute. Ind. has been positively forbid
den by his physician to leave his room.
When last outside the house, n few
weeks ago. he tainted in his carriage,
and was taken home in an apparently
dying condition. lIisdoctor fears pneu-
monia and says IL it occurs it will al
most certainly prove fatal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

ForR THOUSAND people in Concordia
md Catahoula parishes, in the northern
portion of Louisiana, are on the verge
of starvation. and unless relief IS
promptly given them many deaths VIII
result.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

PHILIP c. HANNA. United States con-
sui at Laguayra. Venezuela, and Miss
Lula Cornick, Of Liverpool, Ia, were
married at the latter place on the night
of the sth Mr.. and Mrs. Hanna will
make a wedding trip through the east
and be at home ut Laguayra after
April
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

THE demurrer in the libel suit OF
Col. Robert q. Ingersoll against Rev.
A. c. Dixon. before Judge lngraham in
the supreme court Of New York, was
on the 9th. stricken of the calendar.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

THE jury in the case Of Asa !. Potter
ex-prcsident Of the bankrupt Maverick
bank Of Boston. charged with false
ccrtification Of checks, rendered ver-
diet of guilty on the 9th.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

Aforementioned report was circulated
on the sth, to the effect that SIR 'ohn
Abbott. ex-premier OF Canada. had d'eo
in Italy, whittier he went some months
ago in search Of health.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

BY the burning Of the Continental
hotel AZ Ccntervillc, Ia. on the morn
ing OF the 9th. Mrs. Mckee, Of Center
vile. received injuries, from which she
soon after died. by jumping from the
third story, and Samuel Lewis. of Gree
lev, Ia. was burned to death. Two
other persons were seriously injured
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

The Frances Com fort Thomas Orphan
home. in Columbus, which has been
completed at cost Of $4,000, was
formally thrown open to the public a
few days ago. with imposing cere'
monies. The building is large and
handsome, erected upon a plat OF four
acres OF ground donated TO the county
by Richard Thomas, Of the Cerealinc
Manufacturing Co.. after whose de-
ceased wife the home has been named.
DIR. c. ID. McLArGHIIS. n prominent
physician at Harrodsburg. fourteen
railcs north of Bedford, committed sui
eide the other day. Ills body was found
hanging in the cngincroom Of the old
wooden mills by Joseph Trcndway and
Newton Holmes, who CHANGED to come
past the old mill. There Is no evidence
as 10 the cause Of his rash action.
THE wife OF DR. Frank IL. Smith, OF
Kokomo, who was a mail agent under
Cleveland, shot herself. Domestic trou-
BILE is presumed to be the cause OF the
rash act.
DUDLEY DAWSON, aged about 6o
years an old and prominently known
resident Of Ellihart, was found hanging
in his residence the ether day, having
committed suicide. Ill health was the
cause.
ThE most disastrous fire for years oc
cured at New Castle, the other night
About midnight the large manufacture
ing establishment Of Reason Davis wa
discovered in flames, and in an hour thu
entire plant, including a flouring-mill
saw-mil and brentwood works were II
ashes. The loss il fully 100000. In
sured for 81. 200 in the Phoenix, Nortl
British and Mercantile, Evansville
Spring field and state Investment Cos
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

GEx. +. q. T. BrAuRE GARD is very Ill
at his residence in New York, and whiic
there seems to bc no immediate cause
for alarm. report has II that he cannot
recover.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17

TIE Pennsylvania house. on the .th'
hy vote of $50 to Is. passed oil 10
prohibit the manufacture and sale oil
cigarettes within the commonwealth.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-16
A Wife-Ch0osing Ceremony.

At the far end of Naples lies the little
church of Santa Maria Annunziata,
which, once year, on the ''Day of Our
Lady" wakes up into, brief life and
excitement. In silent row before the
high altar kneel thirty girls, all in black
garments. with folded hands and eyes
fixed on the picture of the Madonna be-
fore them. These are orphans from the
neighboring founding asylum, and once
year all those who have reached the
age of eighteen are brought here to the
church, and may be chosen in marriage
by any honest man whose papers are in
order, and whose character is good. At
the door leading to the sacristy leans
gray-headed priest, the head of the
asylum. By and by a young man makes
his way from the back of the church,
and hands him little packet of papers.
These the priest reads carefully and, be-
ing evidently satisfied, he gives back the
papers and leads the candidate towards
the row of girls. All their eyes are
fixed more steadfastly than ever on the
altar. all their hands are clasped tighter
together, their faces turn a shade paler,
their hearts beat quicker as the young
man walks slowly along the row. At
last he stops. His choice is made. He
stretches out his hand with little smile.
The girl rises, casts a long look-half
thanks, half entreaty-at the picture of
the Madonna, puts her hand into that of
the stranger, and together they disap.
pear into the sacristy. The ice being
thus broken, other suitors como forward.
New York Mercury.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-16
The Evil of Eretting.

There is one sin which seems to me is
everywhere and by everybody underesti-
mated and quite too much overlooked in
valuation of character. 1t is the sin of
fretting; SO common that unless it rises
above its usual monotone, we do not OBJ
serve it. Watch any ordinary coming
together of people, and see how many
minutes it will be before somebody frets
that is, makes more or less complain
ing statement of something or other,
which most probably every ore in the
room, or in the car, or ON the street cor
ner, it may be, knew before, and which
probably nobody can help. Why say
anything about it2 1t is cold, it is hot,
it is wet, it is dry; somebody has broken
an appointment; i'll cooked meal; stu
pidity or bad faith somewhere has re-
suited in discomfort. There are plenty
Of things to fret about. 1t is simply as.
tonishing how much annoyance may be
found in the course of every days living,
even at tho simplest, if one only keeps
q sharp eye out on that side of things.
Even Holy Writ says we are prone to
trouble a. sparks to fly upward. But
even to the sparks flying upward in the
blacklist of smoke there is a blue sky
above, and the less time they waste on
the road the sooner they will reach it.
Fretting is all time wasted On .:c ro:d.-
(New Yosk kdvsttiec:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-16
Varieties Of WOodpeckers.

The imperial woodpecker is an exag-
geration of the ordinary red-headed
woodpecker. 1t 10 nearly two feet long,
its plumage black and white, with q
gorgeous scarlet crest, its bill white. 1t
lives in Mexico and in the Sierra Madre
mountains. These birds are always
found in pairs and are destroyers Of
trees, as they devote their entire energies
to one tree for ~ long a. fortnight, in
juring it SO greatly that the tree dies.
In Europe and Asia there is . gray
headed woodpecker. Tho largest Eu.
ropean woodpecker is seventeen inches
long, black, with scarlet crest. It ID
called the great black woodpecker. The
little brown woodpecker Of Ceylon is not
five inches long. The white headed
woodpecksr is wise looking little crea-
ture that lives in the pine woods of tho
Pacific coast. There are some ESQ
species Of woodpeckers. and they inhabit
almost every part Of the globe. -[Chica.
60 Herald.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-16

Of the stomach, I" aid that in the buying
and preparing Of proper foods ''thsre p
the chance OF moro saving than In any
other item of living" With the i'm
portance of this subject recognized the
responsibility Of every person. who has
pertinent knowledge on it, of importing
it to others becomes apparent.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-16

sides the tubes for Sandy Hook his com.
pany is to construct q battery of three
l5-inch pneumatic tubes for San Fran
cisco and one Of them will be shipped to
San Francisco this week. The contract
price for all six with their foundation
complete, is, in round numbers, $780,
900. Two more tubes of 15-inch calibre
are to be built for Boston harbor.
For the test for the Sandy Hook tubes
old hulks will be selected to be de-
stroyed. The trial will be severe and a
large number of projectiles. both loaded
and unloaded, will be fred at all ranges
and degrees of elevation.
At the bombardment of Alexandria the
British fleet deliberately anchored at .
distance of 1000 yards-less than one
mile-from the forts and opened fire.
The effect of the fleets high powered
guns, even those of the heaviest calibre,
was not a. disastrous as was expected.
Mortar fire was needed, and commenting
upon this fact Lieutenant Vreeland. U.
s. N, Of the Naval Intelligence Office,
says:
"Had the fleet included dynamite
torpedo thrower that vessel could have
placed nerSelI DeplnO any one OF the
huge armorclads of the attacking squad
ron and from that position could have
easily landed within the shore forts at
an angle of fall of about twenty five de-
gress projectiles filled with the enor-
NOUS charge Of five hundred pounds of
dynamite, the effect of which can be i'm
agined. Conversely, had the shore works
possessed one or more dynamite throw
ers the attacking fleet probably would
not have calmly delivered its fire from
1000 yard range.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-16

AN English lady owned big St. Ber-
nard which would kill lambs. One day
q farmer gave the dogs mistress pretty
lamb. she put it on the lawn with the
dog and sternly commanded him to let it
alone. He did, and tho two became
close friends, nor would the dog ever kill
. lamb.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-16

uOC ODSC(uCt tu0lC uScs wv Will puotCOs
them almost completely, not only by the
resistance of the sand, but also by con-
cealing their exact position. There is,
of course, no smoke to betray this.
EXCEPTIONAL ACCURACY OF FIRE.
At all ranges the tubes can place
seventy-five per cent. of their projectiles
within q rectangle 80 feet wide by $50
feet long. A duplicate of one of the
tubes was recently purchased and tested
by the English government for coast de-
fence. The most skilled rife practice
was thrown in the shade by its perform
ances. At the close of the target prac-
uce during two days British military
authorities who witnessed the expert
ments declared that the accuracy of
this aerial torpedo thrower was unparal-
leled
At q range of 3,94S yards or 2 IA
miles the error in direction was 8 90
yards; at 3,644 yards it was is yards.
The wind at the time was moving at the
rate of eight feet per second and the de-
Walton from the range was from 17.2 to
.2. 60 yards.
It il believed that this aerial torpedo
thrower will largely supersede the sta.
tionary torpedoes heretofore introduced
for coast defence.
According to the contract with the
government Mr.. Schuyler says that be-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-16

reaches, while another actually captures
frogs that, once caught, are unable to
escape because of the thorns extending
downward which pierce them when they
attempt to jump out.
Mrs. PATTI LYLE COLLINS, Of Missis-
sippi, is an invaluable worker in the
Dead Letter Office in Washington, where
she is known as 'the blind reader"-not
that she 10 blind by any means, for she is
wonderfully keen sighted. She has q
remarkable facility in ascertaining the
intended destination Of letters that are
''blind" because of incomplete or imper-
feet or incorrect addresses. The Ladies'
Home Journal gives fac simile reproduce
tions of many such that she has deciph-
cred. One il 'Riekbier Stiejt Kane
dika." which she correctly read Roxbury,
Conn.
A STRANGE phenomenon Is reported
from Ssndersvilie, Georgia. During
thunder storm . bolt of lightning
struck a we'll, shattering the covering
over it, and carrying the curbing into
the bottom. In an instant dense vol
umes Of steam began to issue from the
we'll, and a. soon q the vapor was dissi-
pated sufficiently to make it possible to
approach the spot, bucket of water was
drawn up, and found to be boiling.
When it had cooled little man put his
finger into it and received . powerful
electric shock. A bottle of the water
has been sent to the State chemist.
AeNALL boy in Maine, who brought
home . mud tartlS ttsm pond quarter
The Arizona sentinel., 1893-04-15
The Spring,

Of all seasons in the year, is the one for making radical changes in regard to health. During the winter, the system becomes to a certain extent clogged with waste, and the blood loaded with impurities, owing to lack of exercise, close confinement in poor ly ventilated shops and homes, and other causes. This is the cause of the dull, sluggish, tired feeling so general at this season and which must be overcome, or the health may be en- tirely broken down. Hoods SaFsa- parilla has attained the greatest popu- larity all over the country as the favorite Spring Medicine. It expels the accumulation of impurities through the bowels, kidneys, liver, lungs and skin, gives to the blood the purity and quality necessary to good health and overcomes that tired feel ing.
The Arizona sentinel., 1893-04-15
Hoods Pills assist digestion,

c. NJ. Moot came down from the Castle Dome mines Thursday.
 Frank Blaisdell and family have moved into town from Cargo Mu- chacho.
 Sheriff Greenleaf went to Phoe- nix Wednesday evening and re- turned Friday.
 Miss c. Bixbey, the popular school teacher at Gila City, left for California yesterday.
 Col. P. R. Haford of Tombstone was a passenger on Thursday evenings eastbound express.
 Miguel Ovieda, a prominent rancher of Tempe, is visiting his sister and family on Gila street.
 NJ. Hill and N. s. Graves, two of the energetic farmers near the boundary line, were in town Mon day.
 s. B. Lidy and Jesus Felix of Ensenada, L. C., are trying new patent dry-washer at Pothole placer mines.
 N. c. Farnham of San Francisco, brother-in-law of Capt. Ingalls spent Tuesday in town. He was well pleased with Yuma.
 Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover has restored gray hair to its original color and prevent ed badness in thousands of cases It will do so to you.
 Ex. U. s. Senator James G. Fair and his private Secretary Herber Clark, left for San Francisco this morning, called hence on lnportan business. His health has greatly improved during his stay in Yumi and he will return as soon as hi business will permit. He has grea confidence in Yuma and her sur rounding country, and Is enc o her best friends.