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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
PARIS READY FOR A SIEGE.
Preserved Food Now In storage Sumeseut
to Feed the Population for Many Months

pr~sevved Food Now I'm storage Sumeieut
to Feed the Population for Many Months
Taking into account the remarkable
advances that science has made IN the
way of preserving and COMPRISING
food so that il can lie stored in an in
finitcly small space in proportion To its
nutriment. il is not likely that any be-
.ieged city in the future will undergo
the horrors OF starvation Paris has
learned n substantial lesson from the
experience She had in 1870 and ISL.
when the GERMAN invaders completely
surrounded the CITY and prevented
any food whatsoever from going in
III. in fact. an attack should come at
moments notice. the farisians
would now find themselves well sup
piled and with everything in their
warehouses necessary TO support life
for an indefinite time The war de-
parsment has made the accumulation
OF an enormous stock of provisions its
especia. hobby. Not only meat. -four.
biscuits. preserved vegetables and
solid soups are stored away in the gov
eminent magazines. but also milk.
.-Pasteurizcd.- and petroleum. wood.
chemicals and coal. Even the horses
have been kept in mind. for there are
hacked away great stocks OF com
pressed fodder and grass preserved by
the silo system
That all these supplies can be kept
on hand in the comparatively small
space the war department has for the
storing OF prov isions is not so remark
able when il is RENE IN bered that forty
thousand rations of preserved vege-
table, can he stored in a space measur-
ing forty inches each way Milk. the
scarcity OF which was a great cause OF
distress during the siege Of Paris, i
now well provided for DR.. Autefage's
method OF .'pasteurizing- milk. which
the government has adopted will pre-
serve this important necessity Of life
, for almos; any length Of time. render
ing il pure and sweet after months and
even years
Bv new chemical methods ice can b
dispensed with in the storage rooms
and by the use Of ammonia machines
II can be readily made for household
and garrison use. This Is extremely
important rs regards preserving meat
4 One special feature of the policy OF thu
war department is that il has all IL
arrangements perfected toward imme
dia,ely collecting. in the case OF i'm
pending danger. hundreds Of thousand
Of fowls. In few hours. almost Tn
city could be substantially provisione
for nearly year ia this regard liz
sides this. thousands OF pounds OF pre-
served meats are kept continually o
handy. Y. World
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
HUMOROUS.

--Guest-"You haven't got mahog-
auy board about six by four. have
you?' Hotel Clerk - hat do you
want it for?' Gue>t-'I want To have
it put On top the mattress in my room
Yes said the business man 10 the
clergyman. i've lost good deal OF
time in nv life. by frittering it
away. ! supposeg' NO. by being
punctual TO my appointments."-Bos-
ton Courier.
--"If you have anything to say. why
don't YOU say il, and be done with it,
II never cast my pearls before swine
We'll. don't know as l can blame
you; il would be an insult to the
swine boston Transcript
Doctor Countess. l should be
glad il you would let me hear you
cough Countess-''I don't feel dis
posed 10 do il just now. Go her maid
Eliza. please cough as ! did this
morn ing - Motto per Eidere.
Miss Gu~hington-"Do you not find
DR.. Snalltalls entertaining? lie is such
a mimic Mr.. Sneerington twho de-
tests the doctorl-''I have often mo-
ticcd that the doctor takes people on
cleverly --Town and Country Journal
! These yachtsmen don't seem very
Z different from other people" she said.
as She laid down the picture paper.
That's true. excepting as to one
fact What is that?" None Of
them wear yachting caps Washing
ton Star.
A strong minded woman who sup
ports her husband remarked recently
that she wouldn't have the condition
reversed. You've no idea" she said.
show sweet and affectionate man il
when he is dependent upon you for his
spending money."-Arkansaw Thomas
Cat
A young lawyer talked four hours
10 a Jury. who felt like lynching him.
His opponent, a grizzlcd old profess
sionai, arose. looked sweetly Mt the
iudge. and said: ''Your honor. ! will
follow the example Of my young
friend who has just finished, and sub
init the case without argument Then
he sat down. and the silence was large
and oppressive.
Hard To Please. discouraged Lover
-.It-s going to lie hard winter and
I'm afraid your father will object e
: my coming up every evening" Oh
I no. dear: forgot 10 tell Won There's
Z n new electric light right across tho
street, and it makes the parlor as ligh'
!. as day" Discouraged Lover ha
. has its disadvantages, too Detroi
/ Free Press
Z Cause for Thanks.-The indignan
q father ragged and stormed over the din
q nar table. Little Mabel had cried on
Z that she didn't like the meat why
;. YOU ought TO give thanks" cried tn
q outraged pater. .when was DO.
l. I delighted In the crusts and neve
}. need sugar" The little one thought
n moment. ..How thankful you must D
o ths.. you arc now living with mamm
}. ans me- she lisDed- -.PhladeIPhi
ca,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

A voyage to the moon IS the latest
project which is seriously put forward
as the browning point of the exhibi-
ton OF 1900. NJ. Mantois. its author.
does no propose to carry passengers TO
the lunar regions in an aerial car, bur
he expects to bring down the moon to
the reach Of people whose vision ex-
tends. say. six miles from the earth.
The plan Is to construct telescope
nearly two hundred feet in length.
The objective glass will have diam
e,cr of something over four feet three
inches. the largest in the word. The
colossal tube will BE- placed horizonf'
ally, and the image Of the moon will
he reflected by what is termed a mir
ror plane, six feet in diameter and ff
teen inches thick. The weight would
be eighty-five hundred pounds The
special feature Of the idea is that the
image OF the moon should be thrown
upon screen placed In hall large
enough to hold six hundred specta
tors. Astronomers calculate that will
an apparatus Of these dimensions 4
will be possible 20 discern easily Oh
iects OF the size of the Notrc Dame Ca
thedral towers. and to distinguish tho
evolutions. N. Y. Sun.
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replied the unfortunate one. faltering-
ly. II think | could raise the money
Go through the train? Not much.
Third-class passengers stay in this car
You get of at the next station" said
the conductor. in a voice Of fierce warr-
ing. as he passed on
In about an hour the conductor came
into the car again and gave the bell
rope vicious pull The engine re-
sponded with two short whistles. and
gradually the train slackened its speed
and stopped.
Come. now, you get of here" said
the conductor. roughly; were behind
time already. and you want TO hurry
up about it,"
Again the mans lip curlcd in an ugly
way but he made no answer, except t.
gather mp the few paper bundles O
bread and meat on the scat before him
Then. taking his child in his arms. he
followed the conductor to the platform
ana stepped uff the train. Before l
was under way again. however. hu
name brakeman on the last step called
out TO him:
say. partner. Their amt nothin
here. This is only flag station. TIL,
eastboundll be along in n few hours
Stop her and board her. The conduc
sor on that train'll let you on. It's
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

The earth-almost the AIR - was
yhi,e with the heat OF the summer
ann. Al, was vastness, immensely, 81
.ace. Loneliness; above. the fiawless
niue: below. those seemingly iilimita-
,le plains Of reddish yellow. streaked
with al.xali white, that swan back and
forth before the eyes in parallel lines
.util far off they melted into long,
low stretch of shivering light, the
hooking water mirage at the base OF
the mountain range hundreds Of miles
away Encompassed within that hori-
,on there was no thing o! life except
within that desultory moving train
Stocked in the emigrant or third-class
ear OF the train WAS crowd OF tired.
miserable and dirty people They
looked out listlessly at the passing
landscape. or stupidity at each other.
or twisted themselves into all sorts OF
uncomfortable positions on the hard
wooden seats in vain efforts to secure
a little sleep. Perhaps the most un-
prepos sessing of them all was dark
featured. rorghly-dressed man. be
side him was a very little girl ina blue
dress. His lowering. repellant face
had a scowl upon 1t which suggested
the convict or the desperate. but he
was neither The scowl and the un-
conscious sneer about his ugly mouth
were born simply of long and thor
oughly fruitless struggle with misfor-
tune.
Although pretty, it was easily To be
seen that the little girl was his child
She was a momentous factor IN
mighty problem To the man whose arm
was abou. her and whose knit brows
and troubled face showed how hard II
was he studied it, 4 crazy letter had
come to him across the continent. and
he had left the tenements of New York
70 try and reach the golden land OF
California. He had started with hardly
sufficient money to take himself and
child more than half the distance. out
he had confused sort Of an idea that
he would in some way reach his desti'
nation. Better il was. at all events
than To remain in the noisome Hester
street den. where. without work. oi
the prospect of any. his little sum Vi
money would soon be gone
The station To which his scanty
purse had ena BLEED him To buy tickle
for himself and child had been passet
hours before. and he was wondering
how soon the conductor of the traiI
would discover the shameless impo>i
ton he was practicing upon the rail
way company He had not muci
longer to wait. for presently the auto
-crat of the train. in a hurried passag'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-Tasso's mother was peculiar" IL
Is believed by some writers that the
madness with which he was afflicted
was inherited
-Alphopso v. ~ Aragon and Naples
was entitled The Magnanimous. be-
cause on more than one occasion he
released prisoners taken IN war, in
stead OF putting them 10 death or hold
ing them for ransom
--Gec-ge Francis Train. 1.-THE sage Of
Madison square, New York. is said TO
be undergoing a remarkable change.
His snowy white hair is turning black
again The change was first noticed
oy one of his youthful playmates about
. month ago
-Sadi ,arnot's mon ument by Roul-
leau has been unveiled at Nolay. where
Lazar. Carnot was born. From the
description il must look rather absurd.
The figure Of France is receiving in
her arm, the mortal y-wounded presi'
dent in modern dress. with look OF
resignation on his face.
DE Erazza's bride. who is 70 accom-
pany him To Africa. is almost an Amer
lean. Her father. the late Marquis de
Washington a. a legal adviser Of the
French legation. and his daughter
who was brought up there. has hosts
of friends at the American capital
-Fifty-four members of the new
British house of conn about one
in twelve-have written books Mosl
OF them are on subjects on social and
political economy. and next in number
are those on history and philosophy
The marquis of Lorne figures as thu
author OF Guide to Windsor Castle.
though he has written poems and .
least one romance.
Sims Reeves. the famous Englisl
tenor, has married second wife
Reeves is now seventy-three years o
age. and his wife is nearly fifty year
his junior Reeves began his career a
a baratonc, but he made his reputa
ton la ter as a tenor. He sang in pub
lie long after he lost his voice. but hi
reputa ton has been sufficiently elias
tic TO keep him before the Englis
public
--Zola has just won lawsuit abou
.Lourdes" against Gil Bias The news
paper had agreed to pay him ten thou
sand dollars for the story for its feui
Teton. but refused to keep the agree
ment. on the ground that the novels
had at the same time allowed the >tor
to appear in foreign papers. and tina
il had been published in book form
month before il could be completed J
its columns As there was nothing
the contract to prevent this. lola 20
his money.
st Just, the rev oluNonists hithe
to spotless personal character. has bee
attacked by Victorien Sardou. WI
says that he has the record of II
Picpus prison showing that the te
roris,. three years before the outhrea
Of the revolution. had spent six montl
in Jail. lie had beaten his mothe
who refused him money. broken in
her ca binet, from which he stole silv
| and jewelry. and was arrested in a d
) orderly house where he was spendiI
I proceeds. During the reign Of terri
: he revenged himself by having i
prosecutor guillotDed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

The engagement is broken Them
Her face was drawn and pale.

The engagement is broken them
Her face was drawn and pale.
A river Of pathos surg-d in eddying
whirlpools about her faltcring tones
Blanlly she gazed at the sullen sky.
but. true TO its condition. the sky re-
NAMED sullen and answered not
The young man shifted uneasiiy,
standing first on foot then on the
other.
Yes he faltered. crushing his hat
into a shapeiess mass under the in.
tense pressure Of the moment
Very WE'LL she said At length. sup
pressing a grvan.
Tell Your mother not 10 disap
point me next week. Claudius-
With weary sigh she returned 4
tho kitchen and proceeded 10 do thu
weeks washing slore and uraided-
y. Y. World
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There is much excitement in En-
gland over the discovery that iron
manufacturers have been making idols
for the worship Of the h.atheno OF India
Gen. Booth has issued special
appeal for money and officers for work
in Germany, where the Salvation
Army has made much gratifying pro-
gress lately
The state law OF Illinois prescribes
a four-mile limit TO saloons around the
Northwestern university at Evanston.
Chicago The city authorities were
about to license four saloons within
the limit. but on q protest from Presi-
dent Rogers. the mayor OF Chicag"
promised that the licenses would oe
refused
A Greek Catholic priest in south.
ern Hungary recently forced his whole
congregation To swear in church that
they would not touch liquor Tor three
wears The liquor dealers and revenue
collectors thereupon protested against
his action 10 the minister OF finance
asking him to declare II illegal lie
has not answered vet
The courts at Stettin recently had
uv for settlement . case that can not
be paraileled in the history 81 the
church. A member Of the consistory.
the highest ecclesiastical body In the
province, DIR. Schumer. of konigsberg.
was arrested and brought before the
tribunal of justice for having fought
duel with q lawyer. What the punish
ment consisted in the papers do not
state
The woman's Improvement League
Of Minnea polls. MINI, is engaged IN
CARRYING out plans for the identifying
Of the city. and lettering the condition
OF it's people. Shade trees have beer
set out on several streets; s.i0s schoo
children have been furnished will
flower seeds. with instructions how 4
use them for the best results The,
intend also 10 interes, the children u
discriminating the Russian thistle
The league will soon open cheap bati
rooms with competent persons II
charge.
Another missionary pioneer ma
gone. Rev. samuel Hutchings. d. ID
OF Orange. " j. lie sailed in 1888 a
missionary of the American boar
for Ceylon. India. was there for mum
Der of years. and then returned to thi
country on account of ill-heaith- Dun
ing these years he was pastor of
number of churches in Massachu>ets
. and New Jersey. and did a GOO
. deal of literary work. especially IN cor
, nection with Chambers Encycis
, pedia~ and 'The Encyclopedia OF Mi
. sions." To this latter he contribute
( the greater number of biographies
, sketches lie was for many years
\ feeble health. though always activ'
5 and died at the age Of eighty-nine-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
SOME ONE TAKE THIS CHILD.
SHE HAS No PARENTS

With a string ne placed the placard
around the neck OF the little girl This
done he took her in his arms. kissed
her again and again. pointed To the
smoke that was becoming blacker and
longer. and told her that water was
coming. When the rails began &c
sing of the approach of the COM
ing train. he placed her near
the track. and then ran and hid
himself behind the dug-out From
mis- hiding place he looked out and
eagerly watched the child, while the
rattle and clanor and thunder of the
train grew louder in his ears On it
came with a rush and roar. and flew
pas, the station in gale of wind and
dust The mans heart died within
him. and then il beat wildly again
| The train had stopped several hundred
wards past the station. and was coming
back 10 the sentry box. The engineer
had seen the tattered flag
As the long train rolled slowly back
ward. curious and inquiring heads pro
truded from the car windows The
roid-emblazoned conductor stepped of
and looked about him in wonder Not
for several moments did he discover
the child. Immediately there was q
crowd about il and the placard was
raised from hand to hand A white
iacketed porter came out of Pullman
car and placed wooden step on the
ground before il. He was followed by
lady in black. who descended from
tho car and Joined the throng. A pair
az yearning, eager, beseeching eyes
watched IL all from the dug-out- Te
the man hiding it seemed that the de
termination % his child's fate never
would be reached. Finally he saw the
lady in black take the child in heI
arms. kiss IL. and rcenter the car will
il. The passengers scrambled bach
into the cars, the conductor waved hi'
hand. and the train moved on
Their the father came forth ans
yazed longingly at the departing trair
-gazcd at il until it became smalle
and smaller-until il became dot II
the plains-until it vanished-and n
! knew he was alone
y The terrible sun rose the next da.
aud looked down upon him as its VIC
tim. lie endeavored 70 eat some OF tn
i bread he had saved. but the dry crumb
!. were torture 10 his throat One thin
only was there to do-to follow TN
2 track until an inhabited station wa
l. reached. Ii might be fifty miles
: might bc more-but there was no SAWS
d ton away from the railroad
d At noon. when resting for awhile
he heard the rafting OF an approach
a ing freight train Hope sweiled u
d within him as he stood on the 'rac
y and made frantic motions to stop IN
train. The trainmen merely laughe
Il at him. lie did not know he had en-
d ployed the favorite rusc OF tramp
y Freight trains were not for the accom-
a. mediation Of such gentry. Nor was
,e a supposable case that wayfarer
m the desert was unprovidcd with los
/, or drink. else why would he be Their
n After this his progress was very sio'
"a ON the third day he came to the end
his journey. lie may have been dell
n Gus or he may have been quite san
,e A train stopped for him and took M
: ON board. This they always do WIS
q. they kill man.-San Francasco Arg
= paul
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

The manufacture Of bicycles hast
the last few years engaged an enor-
nous amount Of capital This Is COM
uarativcly ncw business.
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the house. Nervously his fingers
fumbled in his pockets until he pro-
duccd the stump of a lead pencil
Picking up piece of pas'eboard. he
wrote upon il in great, rough letters:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
TWO IN THE DESERT.

RAGING itself
westward across the
drcary plains of
Utah. the overland
train. from a van
tage point in the
sky. looked like a
small chair
snake crawling over
the earth's surface.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-03
WAS LOST IN THE ARCTIC
Story Of the Wreck Of the Bark Dagmar
to Be Ret0ld
Captain Clark, the Master Of the Vessel,
Left an Estate and There IL To
Be q Contest

San Francisco, March Captain Fred
g. Clarke was lost with the Alaska Com
mercial Company's bark Dagmar in the
north Pacific in 1877. His estate has lain
in the hands of the company until last
December. when, no claims appearing, it
was transferred to the Public Administra-
tor, who advertised for heirs in the Boston
papers, Clarke having been born in
Charlestown, Mass Mayor Curtis of
Boston became interested in the case, and
found two Bostonians who knew Clarke
intimately. One is Gordon Prince, who
made a trip from San Francisco to Alaska
With the Captain nearly twenty years ago.
The other is James +. Osmond, with
whom Clark, then lad of IS, served in
the war. Osmond brought Clarke, who
was sick, to his mothers house in Boston.
The wounded boy recovered, and after
living with the Osmonds year left for
the West, telling his friends when they
heard from him again he would have
something.
Ten years later Mrs. Osmond received a
telegram from Clarke, telling her he
would be back for Christmas dinner with
her. He came and remained several
months. In the spring he left but in the
mond, sister to the youth who brought
him back from the war. In less than a
month Clarke was drowned. Nellie Os-
mond still lives unmarried in Boston, and
Louis Sloss, president of the Alaska Com
mercial Company, says that beyond a
doubt Clarke would desire Miss Osmond
to have his money. In the absence of a
will, however and unless relatives can be
found, the Captains fortune will escheat
to the state.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-03
The Southern California Railroad
Bill is in Danger
DELEGATES FIGHTING HARD
Counties in the Northern Part OF the
State In the Way
Jl,n Hills Northern Road 10 Asked to Come
South, and the Fife Is Filled With
lnnumernblc Bills

Sacramento, March 1.-The important
matter that will come up for the people OF
Southern California next week is the rail-
road bill. There is great danger for it.
owing to the shortness OF time. 1t has to
60 to committee, be reported hack, pass
one house. go to the other be referred
again and pass the second house The
bill provides for bonding counties oil the
second class, but no doubt other counties
will want to get in under it, especially
ss has been pointed out in this CORES.
pondencc.
Counties from the northern end OF the
state are anxious for an extension OF the
Great Northern Railroad south from Ore
gon, and their representatives will move
TO amend, and that will cause debate,
and there is not much time for debates
with dozens of important bills hanging
fire and only q few days more OF the SEES
sion.
Undoubtedly the delegation will do all
II can to push the bill, but it will have
1 big task before it, and it is well to
understand just what the differences are
As rule, the Legislature favors the pass
age Of the bill, apparently, but there are
some very determined opponents to bind
ing plans of any kind, and they must be
heard. II is only question Of time, and
the longer the session the better the pros
poets OF passing the bin are.