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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09

time and is perhaps as cheap as
any considering that ones own la
Dor can do it all.
A barbed wire fence with a
board at the bottom to keep FRA
zor backs" from roofing under is
good. but like the board and wire
fence requires cash. Then too, lit
tie pigs will cyawl through and as
they grow larger will continue to
do SO making it almost impossible
to break them from the habit.
The picket fence it at once the
neatest and trimmest fence one
can build, and like the post and rail
can all be built of the timber which
each lot affords. The only draw
back to this fence is that in time
the nails will rust in the picket and
the wood rot thus letting the pick
ct be easily pushed out by hogs Or
cattle. An easy method to prevent
this is to own picket weaving
machine and by using three
strands of double wire twist the
pickets in solidly, making a firm
fence and one which will last as
long as any at merely nominal
cost.
One cannot imagine what a
beautiful country this will be when
once the houses are surrounded
with neat picket or board fences.
Fruit gardens and orchards on
every twenty Or forty acre tract
good school houses and churches
convenient, people happy and
prosperous. This may seem like
Aladdin's dream but others have
demonstrated that it is not, why
not we? Kansas.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09

A libel suit was recently brought
by Mr.. Eugene Turpin, the inventor
of melinite, highly explosive sub
stance, against Jules Verne and his
publisher, Hetzel, according to LIE
Figaro. The inventor considers him
self insulted by the latest work of
the French novelist, and, therefore,
sues him for damages, The new book
is called "Face au Drapeau" (Facing
the Flag, and it's hero is described
as an INSCRIPTIONS intriguant. In
this character the great explosionist
thinks he has discovered a resem
blance to his own personality, but in
reality it now appears that the Pan
elastic company, the manufacturers
of melinite, are the real plaintiffs,
although Mr.. Turpin is but stock
holder in that concern. 1t is very
likely that scandal will develop
from this apparently simple libel
suit, and it is said that already some
200 witnesses have been supoenaed
for the trial
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09

AS Miss Fielding, school mistress
at pleasant Mount, Wayne county,
Pa, opened the woodshed door be-
fore opening school, few mornings
ago, she was startled to see a good
sized wildcat spring from a wood
pile toward the door, which was
shut. Miss Fielding ran toward the
door for the purpose of letting the
animal escape, when the cat attacked
her. Getting out into a hallway, she
succeeded in grasping a poker, and
with a few we'll directed blows she
killed the animal, which weighed
forty pounds. Miss Fielding was not
injured.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09

I'm the month of September" says
a cycling statistican, ''there were re-
corded in the Patent office at Wash
ington 400 applications which relat-
ed in some way to cycling. Under
the head of general construction,
900 of these applications were placed.
Brakes alone were credited with fif-
ty-six. The months product of sad
die inventions numbered fifty-two,
the chain thirty-one and the valves,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09

The Belgian government is making
every preparation to insure the sue
cess of the international exposition
to be held at Brussels April "a to Oct.
81, 1897, and it is desired that the in
dustries of the United states be we'll
represented on that occasion. The
United States commissioners appoint
ed by Secretary Olney are Professor
j. III. Gore of Columbian university,
Washington and Thomas Wilson of
the National museum. Professor
Gore was United States commission
er at Amsterdam and Antwerp, and
was also on the jury of awards at
the Worlds fair and at the Atlanta
exposition. Mr.. Wilson was formerly
United States consul at Nantes and
Nice.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09

twenty-five. Lubricants engaged the
attention of twenty-five inventors
and locks nineteen. There was a mis-
cellaneous lot of alarms, dress
guards, luggage carriers, etc. The
bicycle fever, it is plain to see, con-
tinues to run high among the inven-
tors
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09

According to the Mosaic law, per-
son passing a birds nest, either in
the fields or in the trees, should leave
the bird, it's eggs or it's young un-
harmed. But now, 2,5OO years later,
in a Christian land, by Christian
men and boys, for Christian women,
millions of birds are annually
snatched from their nests, leaving
untold numbers of eggs and starving
young ones to perish, in order that
the so called Christian women of our
land might make walking undertake
ing establishments of themselves by
wearing the corpses of mangled birds
upon their hats-all this being done
because it is the stlye. If you wo-
men wore these dead birds where
you could see them, it might be diff
ferent. But to place them upon your
heads, where you can't see them af-
ter you leave the looking glass, just
to satisfy your vanity, makes the
crime infinitely worse.-Rev. 0. P.
Clifford, Baptist, Buffalo.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09

The peat, or turf, taken from the
irish boys, is used as fuel in the
manufacture of cloth, and when sub
jected to great pressure becomes as
hard as ebony and may be used for a
variety of mechanical purposes. Al
ter being washed, dried and leased
it presents the appearance of an ex-
ceedingly coarse brown fabric. After
further cardings it changes to a deli
cate, creamy, chocolate-colored fiber,
which can be spun into yarn or WOW
en- into wooden goods. 1t can be
bleached to snowy whiteness and
dyed any color. 1t can be produced
for one-third the cost of shoddy, and
in the finer makes the appearance is
equal to tweed. Several members of
the royal family, including the Ouch
ess of York, have purchased dresses
of it. It is also an antiseptic and
possesses absorbant qualities so
great that it will soak up nine times
it's own weight of moisture. The val
us of peat fiber as non-conductOr
of heat has been long known in this
country, where it is used in the lin
ing of refrigerators and oold-storage
rooms. and also as a covering for
steam pipes.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-12-09

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05
A NEW ELECTRIC DEVICE.
|By Means Of Which II Is Now Possible 10
Boil Water with Q Wire.

An electric boiler device adapted
Ito be applied to any pot or kettle
has been patented to +. W. Schind-
ler Jenny, Of Kennelbach, Austria
Hungary, SAYS the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. This invention COM
prises ring-shaped heating body OF
refractory insulating material, con-
tanning resistance wires, and sur
rounded by a suitable protection
casing. A handle is attached to
this ring for raising or lowering into
or out Of pot or kettle. The re-
sistance wires are connected to an
electric circuit by suitable insulated
wires passing through the handle
| If it is desired to boil pot Of pota-
toes the ring is lowered into the
pot by its handle, and the current
switched into the resistance wires in
the ring. The latter Immediately
becomes hot because Of the heat
generated in the wires by the resis-
tance of the same to the electric
fluid. In a few minutes the water
in the pot will be boiling and the
potatoes cooked. The ring can then
be removed and washed and the
coffee boiled in the same manner.
The pots and kettles all rest upon
the top Of an ordinary wood table
during the process Of cooking. The
sight Of pot boiling while resting
upon the table, and with only
small flexible wire extending into
the same, is indeed very unusual
one, and would no doubt excite
many modern housekeepers greatly
upon seeing the same.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05
rvp-s q old world Beauty.

It is said that when artists are
seeking for models the palm for
beauty and symmetry of figure Is
given to the girls of Spain, while the
daughters Of rural Ireland are q
good second. The pretty faces and
graceful throats are found among
English maidens. A model for q per-
feet arm would be sought for among
Grecian ladies, while lady OF the
Turkish harem would bo regarded
as the posscssor of daintily com
mendable hand. Italians are usually
good in figure, and some Of the most
beautiful models. perfectly proper
toned, are derived from the women
of sunny Italy. Frcnchwomen, as
rule, are not in request. being toe
thin and vivacious for the purpose
while the face and limbs Of Ger
man frau are too commonplace fol
artistic work. london Standard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

All we ask is consistency and
something workable on the part ol
the church. The General Confer
ence is out Of gear with the election
booth. The Book Of Discipline
boxes the ears Of the religious edi.
tors. The present condition is .
bowling farce at which saloons
bawdy houses, gambling dens
slums and all hell stand grinning
Give us new deal one way or thu
other. Go right over to the saloor
and you will be respected at leas
for your honesty and openness II
wrong. Bring your manhood owe
where your mouth is. and there viii
be more Joy in heaven over one pre-
siding elder that repenteth thar
over ninety and nine cranky per
sons who need no repentance. .-Th'
Pilot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

That tho poisonous principle OF
Rhus toxicodendron resides In the
bark as we'll AZ in the leaves isprov.
cd by tho fact that men who have
to deal with logs and lumber suffer
from the poison when they work 10
the woods in winter. My father has
been severely poisoned by handling
logs in the millyard with dry vines
attached after they had been cut
several weeks. The volatile charac.
ter OF the poisoning is proved by the
we'll known fact that susceptible
persons arc affected by passing to
the Toward side of this rhus. A
neighbor of minc undertook to kill
out some Of tho plants by pouring
boiling water over them, and the
vapors arising carried a sufficient
infusion of tho poison to produce q
very serious case Of poisoning. A
workman in our garden Whenever
he has occasion to mcddle with the
ivy always pulls one Of the small
leaves and,e eats piece Of IT, assert
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

In the early days Of California
there were neither courts nor juries
in the land. The word of Califor-
nian was the only bond required.
Even the wary Yankee traders who
frequented the coast when foreign
commerce was finally allowed trust
ed them freely from one season to
the next. An incident illustrating
this trait is told by the Aguirre fam
lily. Don Jose Aguirre, who owned
q trading vessel, once had as super
cargo a young man who was a stran-
ger to Californian customs.
While the ship, with cargo, lay in
San Pedro harbor, the master being
absent, Augustin Machado, a ran
uhero Of considerable wealth in land
and herds. but who could neither
read nor write, went on board to dt
some purchasing. his carts awaiting
him on shore. When he had made
his choice and was about having the
goods conveyed to land. the super
cargo asked him for either payment
or guarantee.
Machado did not at first under
stand that he was being distrusted.
No such demand had ever before
been made Of any ranchero. where
the buyer offered no money, he be
ing credited without hesitation
When Mt length it dawned upon thu
Californian, he drew hair from hi
beard, and, gravely handing it t.
the young man, said. with dignity
"Deliver this to Scnor Aguirre ant
tell him it is q hair from the beart
Of Augustin Machado. You will fint
&c sufficient guarantee.
The supercargo. crcstfallcn. place<
the hair in the leaves of his accoun
book and allowed the goods to be re
moved. Upon Aguirre's return h'
was deeply chagrined at the insul
that had been offered to his friend
'l-Overland Monthly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05
AN INQUIRY.


Editor Jasper COURIER:
The 'ollowing can be found scat
tered over the pages Of the Jasper
"Herald" Of last week; "hood-
lums," ''carpet lacks," "trickery
and treachery Of a Dubois county
democrat" ''picayunish princi-
|ple," "bluffer." "Buzz-saw,"
anonymous ass" "sassed,"
'mouthiest boy "advice Of
|shyster," "young rowdies," $50
called lawyers, ..brats," ''deplor-
able condition Of our peoples
morals"
Besides this, the paper contains
bitter attacks on Judge Ely, Sena-
tor Sweeney, Prosecuting Attorney
Cox, and what it is pleased to call
the "Pike County Ring" And
vet the proxy-editor wishes to ap-
pear as the apostle of harmony anu
peace,
Do you think it fair that young
man only nine months in the coun-
lty, and who has always voted the
Republican ticket, and who, aided
by the egotism and ambition Of a
minor county officer, succeeded in
lbilking a number of citizens to give
up their money to him, for the
ostensible purpose Of publishing
''model paper" should permit an
lother man to make his model a
vehicle of billingsgate against bet
tier citizens and Democratic officers?
i A READER OF Born PAPERS.
| TThe COURIER declines 10 an
,swer the above conundrum. Read
ers can pay their money and take
their choice. The officer alluded
to may reap his reward some time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

The President Of the Liquor
Dealers League Of Pennsylvania is
reported to have said in his inaug-
|ural address 81 say to the tenn
perance people, attend to your
business and let US attend to ours. y
This is as though the assassin should
say to his victim. "Keep right on
at your work and do not mind me
II will attend to my own business. "
The law makes it the business ol
every man to protect his children,
| II this is every mans duty in refer
ence to assaults or menaces OF
nuisances that effect only the physi-
cal well being, how much more il
the case Of evil that destroys, If lef
alone, not only the body, but thu
soul? Would to God that every
temperance man would attend
strictly to his business.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

Sc. Louis Post Dispat ch-

Senator Dubois has cleverly un-
masked the false pretense Of those
who insist that a higher tariff is
necessary for purposes OF revenue
and to prevent further bond issues
A leader among such pretenders
is Senator Sherman, who recently
declared he would tax the shirt off
Of the back Of every man in the
country to provide the money for
running the government. But he
was among the first to vote to table
the Dubois amendment increasing
the tax on beer 75 cents a barrel.
Such an increase in tax would
fall altogether on the brewers and
not on the retailers or consumers
The brewers, however, are a recog.
nized political force which protec
tionists do not want to challenge
even for the purpose Of keeping uI
their delusion that bond sales ar
forced by shortage in revenues.
Mr.. Sherman has fooled the peo
pie many years, but is coming 4
be understood in his old age.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05
THE GARDEN GATE.

The garden gate IL broad and low.
And. swinging back. discloses
4 wealth OF bloom, . bower sweet.
4 paradise Of roses
AZ morn upon my way 70 town
linger there . minute,
To greet the mistress Of this bower.
The fairest now'r within It,
She pins rosa upon my coat,
"To make the town seem brighter.
Her smiles. her kiss. her parting words
All make my toll seem lighter.
And when q. dusk leave the town.
With all its dust and noises.
Ny spirit, like an uncaged bird.
Mid country fragrance poises.
I sing along the budding lane
That leads where my true love waits,
Ah. there 'mongst the bloom OF roses.
She's leaning upon the gates
-Philadelphia Times
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

"What shall l do!" she moaned
II have broken my bicycle.
LET me see the wreck, said her
mother. "Why. these wheels are
very light indeed. "
"Yes, the lightcst manufactured. :
"Wcll. there il no need Of wasting
them. Ill take them down town and
hnvc some trimming put on them.
They will naakc lovely hats for you
and your sister to wear to the theA
ter. .".-Washing.o Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05
HARRISON Trustees Notice.

Notice 10 hereby given that the under
signed, Trustee OF Harrison township,
will att md to township business on each
Saturday Of the year. 1t my Office, and
persons having township business To
trrnsact are required TO present il TO him
on Saturdays.
The township library will be kept al
my homo in Haygville.
Indiana School Books are for sale by
Henry Ruehrschneck in Haysville, and
Adam Harker in Kellerville, Indiana.
JonN SRrrx,
AuR, 50. 1006-y. Trustee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05
w. CT. U. COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.


NoSuv WIotc TIE lOllOWtnS lnulct-
nent ten years ago. 1t remains
true to-day by permission of the
Republican and Democratic parties.
"The brewers and distillers and
theirlieutenants, hesaloon keepers,
stand in opposition to every class
that makes any pr, te lsion to good
less or even decency. Their busi-
hess is opposed to everything il
he way Of good morals or Of good
order.
"It is the one business which has
generalization at its base, which
lives and thrives only upon vice.
1t kills out of a man every good
impulse before that man is valu-
.ble to it, and the customer be-
comes valuable exactly in proper
ton as he becomes bad.
"It is q business which is at the
bottom Of all the political corrup.
ton Of the country, the tool that
has always been used by unscrupu-
lous politicians, from "Boss" Tweed
to the very last bargainer in politics
1t is the business that is used for
|anything that is bad and demoraliz
ling, and which has never been as
sociated in any way with any good
lobject or cause.
l 1t is a business that is drag up
on progress, the enemy of civiliza
ton and the bar to improvement.
ut is the business that is answer
able for vast majority Of the pee
ulations and embezzlements ant
frauds by men in positions of trust
"It is the business that sweep
down every year thousands Of younl
, men, transforming them from th'
decent to the disreputable.
: 1T is the business which no on
; dares assert that it does no harm
!. the only dispute about which is a
to the amount of harm it accom-
plishes.
; '-Anl this business, this Par
). ldora's box, insists that the law sha
: not touch it. This aggregation (
crime insists that it shall 60 on III
4 checked, unrestrained and unregl
Z lated. And more than that, it a
sumes to make the laws and insc
!, |lently asserts its control OF the law
! making power.
: "Based upon vast capital, an
with an army Of voters all in its ir
! terest, and controlling still create
: army Of votes by the agency Of al
! petite, it has taken 10 session {
\ States as it long has Of cities.
8 "It is undermining our institr
-ssltions and DESTROYING the countr,
= There is but one way to meet i
There is no use in temporizing {
, compromising with it. The issu
is made up. We have either I
= submit to it's dictation or kill j
: If the people are wise they will XII
''Iit. No matter what it costs, Il
z rum power must be destroyed.
y has grown to too great proportion
y now, and it is time that it be kille,
: Pulverize the Rum Power!"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

Eloquent words often portray for
us how vain it is to hope for better
times il man himself is not bettered.
The cultivation Of humanity must
begin within man himself and
radiate from him to society.-Rein.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice il given that hereafter the Trns
tee Of Madison township will be 1t the
store room Of Mr.. John p. Norman. in
Ireland, ON every Saturday, for the pur.
oose Of attending TO township business,
and all persons having business with the
township ere expected TO confine il to
those days.
The township library is kept At Isaac
Alexander's in Ireland, where all may
obtain the books.
The Indiana School books will be
found C Norman 4 Gray's store at al,
times. JoHN r. NORMAN,
AUG. Is. '06-y Trustee Madison TIP
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

The Consecrated Life.
All truly consecrated men learn
little by little that what they are
oonsecrated to is not JOY or SORROW,
but a divine idea and q profound
obedience which can find their full
outward expression not in Joy and
aot in SORROW. but in the mysterious
md inseparable blending of the two.
Phillips Brooks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

In q ton Of gas coal there are
800 pounds Of coke, 20 gallons OF
ammonia water and 14O pounds OF
coal tar, besides the gas.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

Tom Reed still refuses to believe
that it is possible TO put the horse
behind the cart and expect any
thing like a swift rate Of speed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

II is nov quite generally believed
that the actual date upon which
congress will cease to find fault with
other people is not far off.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

ing that the workmen on the railway
along whose embankments the plant
abounds always do ;Sis a. a pre-
ventive measure and witt success. -
Gard and Forest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

Every man has some habitual
contortion Of body or established
mode Of expression.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

Catarrh is almost unknown among
Quakercsses-doubtless because
their bonnets are real protection.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

The faith that removes mountains
has spade IN its hands Nashville
prqsbytr
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05

Time is a measured portion OF
duration.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-17

Morris slept well the night before he
was hanged, and did not awaken until
6 o'clock. Before going to bed he had
long talk with the Waterman. and TO
him as well as the Rev. George Gonga-
ware. he made a complete confession OF
his crime. He said he killed Loker for
his money. He related how he had
planned the murder, and how he had
carried into effect his plans.
When Deputy Johns was about to
draw the black cap over Morris face
he said he would like to speak. He
then addressed himself to the shcriff
and said: II wish to thank you for
your sympathy. ! bid you all good-by.
/ know l am going to meet my God"
The cap was then adjusted, and be-
fore the people knew what had been
done Sheriff Chalfant had sprung the
trap and the body OF Frank Morris
shot downward and his neck was bro
ken.
The body of Morris was placed where
II could be seen, and thousands
looked upon the face of the man who
had been rendered incapable of she'd
ding more blood. About 300 people
witnessed the execution.
The remains were taken to his old
home in the evening. and we're In
tered in the family graveyard by his
friends. His father was with him to
the last and admonished him to pre-
pare to meet his God. The mother
died several years ago. and Morris
stated that he was glad that she did
not live to see his awful fate.