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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
THIS AND THAT,

A public bcnefactor has appeared in
Kansas City. lie is Bertrand G. Haldc-
man.. who invented d cane with an in
candescent light in 1t that is illum-
mated by pressing a button.
The government intends that you
shall soon be able to put two cents in
the slot and draw a postage stamp
from an innoccnt-looking little estab-
lisbment clinging to pillars and door
ways.
To bore a hole halfway through the
sole Of a shoe is said TO relieve its
squeaking. The reason assigned for
the cure is that the air between the lay
ers Of leather is released by the boring.
The horror social" is a function at
which every n is expected TO bring
that which they have the most horror
OF. AT Topeka some Of the ladies took
men, others mice. castor oil. spiders,
grrmmars, etc.
One of an order OF rat-traps which a
Christian county (Ky.) farmer ordered
from a n~eighboring city. reached him
with half a dozen rats in it, which il
was supposed had been caught at some
station.
A quart of oysters contains. on the
average. about the same quantity Of
active nutritive substance as a quart OF
milk. or a pound of very lean beef. or a
pound and a half Of fresh Goldfish, or
two-thirds of a pound of bread.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Two women and n child were carried
away ON "A bridge further down stream,
and one man and two women. in plain
sight Of shore, were on n house-roof
when it went TO pieces. They all per-
ished. An old negro woman was cen
riding a housetop. The building soon
turned over and she was drowned.
Three men, Walter Olds, VanDuscn
and Eugene Gill, sought To rescue an
old man from a tree. Their raft
struck an ~overhanging tree and they
barely saved themselves by c%lambering
INTO another tree. They were finally
rescued ON n rope sent 10 them by
can OF shot gun and cord.
Two men secured a small stcrnwheel
pleasure boat and started 10 the rescue
OF "A half dozen men and women lodged
in a tree. The persons were rescued
amid the cheers of the spectators. The
cable holding the craft finally broke,
and IL was carried Gown stream, but
ultimately landed safely.
Adjutant-General jameson of the
territorial militia narrowly escaped
with his family in a buggy.
John Metz, aged SIS. was capsized
while trying To save IA woman who
sank before he reached her. Metz
himself was barely rescued.
George Owens, Attorney league Ray
and Dick parson were thrown into the
water while trying to save some pco-
pie and Owens was drowned.
The wife and five children of Wesley
McGill, colored, were drowned in their
home.
Tonight 40 or 80 people could be
seen clinging to trees and roofs of
buildings. but could not be reached,
and will have to spend the night where
they are. The strength of many NAV
fail before morning. IL il does.
nothing but "A watery grave awaits
them. The fate of many others
who are known to have been
carried own stream will not be known
until daybreak. and perhaps not then.
1t is impossible to get any definite news
from the hundreds of rescued people
on the bluffs west of the city, and
those who escaped are rushing fran
ticaDy about in search of missing ones.
The river is going down rapidly to-
night.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
BRIDGE FOR PASTURE STREAM.

Are covered with mud and the milk en-.
dangered-for the ordinary mixer is
not careful 10 get all the dust and dirt
oh the cows udders before beginning
to milk. Bridge the pasture streams.
This can often be done by throwing
a couple of logs across and placing
planks crosswlse upon them. Where
the stream is a little too wide for this
the plan shown ia the cut can be used
a simple bit of engineering that can
he put up by anyone " no can WELD an
AK. 10 make the sides less steep. put a
larger log crosswise under the lower
ends OF the planks. Notch the side
logs so that the crosswise logs will
be retained by them without slipping.
Spike the planks to The logs and the
bridge will last for a great many years,
N. y. Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
ARMIES OF GREECE AND TURKEY

The Turkish artillery forces con-
sist of Gle guns Of all sizes.
The total war footing of the Turkish
army is 022,l27 officers, men, guns and
horses.
The total war footing Of the Greek
army is 212,630 officers and men.
There are 3.40O officers of all ranks
In the Greek army.
The number of officers in the Turkish
army is Oslo.
Greece has a better. though much
smaller navy than Turkey. Her total
number of war vessels, including the
torpedo boats, is 40. while the total
number of war vessels of the Turkish
navy is l26. The Turkish navy is poor.
ly manned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
LAWS OF IhE A
raets Not Known Ia All WIN Go Upon
the ltnbxynya


The talk of the many thousands IA
often turned toward the law Of tho
road. for there is no one who does not
make use OF roads either to ride, drive
or walk upon. For the protection Of
the travelling public It is necessary that
certain rules regulating travel upon the
pubic highways be generally observed.
our statutes do not require n traveller
70 Keep upon any particular part Of The
road. nor TO turn out in any certain di-
r~ection, but IL is universal custom in
this country for vehicles and animals
under the charge Of mar TO take the
right side Of the road when meeting
others, II II is reasonably practical TO
40 so. A team should. in general. keep
the right side. whether meeting an
other or not. Yet, when two are going
IN the same direction. and one wishes Ia
pass the other, he should pass on the
left side, as the first team has the right
or way and cannot be expected 10 de-
waite from his course upon the right
side. One passing another must use
great care to avoid a collision. as Moth
ing but necessity will warrant him in
doing this. for both. going in the same
direction. belong upon the right side,
aud by any deviation from his proper
side one assumes all risk Of the expert
ment. The rule must be very strictly
observed at night. or when, by reason
OF storm or fog, II might be difficult to
distinguish others approaching.
A traveller on foot or on horseback
must give way TO a vehicle, and a light
lv-loaded team must give way TO n
heavily-loaded one, but a team with a
heavy load ought. in certain cases, to
stand still so as TO allow a lighter
vehicle to pass. The driver of a horse
must use ordinary care in hitching il.
for IL a horse left unhitched starts and
occasions damage the responsibility
rests upon him who neglected to hitch
II. But if a team is hitched with ordi-
nary care and is frightened by some I'M
rsuai disturbance. as by n runaway
team running against it, and the team
so hitched breaks away and in turn
runs and causes damage. no liability
rests upon him who carefully hitched
his horse.
The movement OF sleighs and sleds
upon the snow being comparatively
noiseless. it is customary to attach bells
to them or to the horses, and the want
OF bells would render a person liable
for damages. Bicycles are regarded as
vehicles. and are subject 10 the same
r~ules--they must give way to heavier
vehicles, and foot passengers must in
turn give way 10 them. Massachusetts,
require bells to be attached 10 all
bicycles. As no one is obliged to build
fences next the highway, the use OF
which is common to all people who
to travel upon it. so drovers OF
cattle and other animals are not re-
sponsible for damage by their travelling
herds, II reasonable ARE he exercised
in their management.-Utica IN. W
Observer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

KANSAS CITY, Mo. April 20. A spe-
cial To the Star from Perry. Okla. says:
a ve,itable flood visited this section
Tuesday and Tuesday night. The
Santa Fe railroad is badly damaged
by numerous washouts. South of here
four miles of track have been washed
away. The bridge over the Cimarron
river is unsafe for trains. and it may also
go out. Numerous other washouts are
reported. and train service in every
direction is stopped. In this city one
bridge was washed down and the
streets were filed with water. All
streams are out of their banks, and
much damage to low land is reported.
News is nearer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
D--DURk
Louisviile's Mayor Goes to ST. Louis for -
Bride.

ST LOUIS. April 2~9.-George ID. Todd,
maytr of Louisville, KY. made "A flying
visit to the city Tuesday. and made
straightway for the home of Miss Laura
{. Durkec. and after a pleasant little
repast his honor and Miss Durkee took
the family carriage and drove to the
courthouse, where they secured mar
riage license. They returned to Miss
Durkee's home. where "A reception was
held Tuesday night in honor of the
young people. They were married
Wednesday at the residence of
the bride by Rev. Mr.. Short. of st. Pc
ter's church, and started on a tour of
the east.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
IN LOVE.
Suicide of Miss Clara Jones, u ming.
ton Ind.) Girl.

BLooMNaToN, Ind, April 29.-Miss
Clara Jones committed suicide Monday.
Her mother found her hanging to "a
rafter in the barn. She succeeded in
cutting her down before death cnsued.
and made a desperate effort to save her
life, but was unable to unfasten the rope.
She went t. the house to ret a knife.
and during her absence The daughter
died. She was driven to the rash act
by a disappointment in love.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
MAY MEAN MISCHIEF.
The River Takes Another Upward Turn at
New Orleans.

New ORLEANS. April 29.-The river
rose during the night. and evidently
means mischief. At Pixies Peak levee.
on the opposite side of the river, 500
men are at work. The labor is
all furnished by the planters, and
will be augmented by a convict
camp in a day or two. The plan here
Is to build n revctment of lumber in
front of the levee three feet higher
the present crown, and to fill in
behind this fence with sacks of tightly
packed earth, making the barricade
stronger and larger in every way.
In New Orleans the panic which has
been in the air for "A week is almost en-
tirely allayed. and there is talk of the
citizens committee disbanding before
the end of the week. leaving the de-
lenses to the levec board as before.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
Recreation In RcndinE.

II you contemplate a pleasure trip this
season, you want information about the
principal resorts in the west. There are
numerous points on the line OF the Union
Pacific, and it is a pleasure to read about,
if you cannot visit them.
Send six cents in stamps and get a copy
Of Western Resort Book" Address +. l..
Lomax, G. p. & I. A. Union Pacific System,
Omaha, Neb.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

The above class OF scientists recognize and
have repeatedly borne testimony, 10 the eth.
cacy OF hostetters Stomach Bitters as a
remedy and preventive OF fever and ague,
rheumatism, want OF vigor, liver complaint,
and some other ailments and inirm con
ditions of the system. Experience and obser-
vation have taught them its value. They
but echo the verdict long since pronounced
by the public and the press. Only the
henighted now are ignorant Of Americas
tonic and Alternative.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

In the Lake Regions Of Wisconsin. North.

In the Lake Regions of Wisconsin. North
ern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and South
Dakota along the lines Of the Chicago, Nil
waukee 4 St. Paul Railway. are hundreds Of
charming localities prominently fitted for
summer homes, nearly all Of which are To-
Gated on or near lakes which have not been
fshed out. These resorts range in variety
from the "full dress for dinner" TO the fan
mel shirt costume for every meal. Among
the list are names familiar 10 many OF cur
readers as the perfection of Northern sum
mer resorts. Nearly all OF the Wisconsin
points OF interest are within a short distance
from Chicago or Milwaukee, and none OF
them are so far away from the busy marts
OF civilization" that they cannot be reached
in a few hours of travel, by frequent trains,
over the finest road in the Northwes.-the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul Railway.
Send a two cent stamp for a copy Of "Vaca-
ton DAYS. giving a description Of the prin-
opal resorts, and a list of summer hotels
and boarding houses, and rates for board,
TO Geo. H. Heaiford, G. Il. A., Chicago, LII.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
Shake Into Your shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet,
Cures painful. swollen, smarting feet and in.
SANITY takes the sting out of corns and bun
IONS Greatest comfort discovery OF the
age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. Is a certain cure for sweat.
ing. %callous, hot, tired, aching feet. Try it
to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen S. Olrnstead, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
SIMPLE FARM BRIDGE.

Much Can lie Done with n Couple Of
Logs and PInnks.
1t is rare that one finds a farm tnat
has not at least one brook or ravine
to he crossed either by farm carts or
by the cattle returning from pasture.
Too many farmers allow the cattle to
wade the brooks and the mudholcs,
with the result that the cows uddery
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
The Wait VIII be Long and weary.

G~REENvnLLE, Miss. April 29.-For
the first time since the flood reached
its height the river at Cairo went be
low the danger line. But it will
be at least two weeks before
the water falls at Helena to any
great extent owing to the
outpour from the st. Francis basin.
Even when that begins there will be "A
long and weary wait before the water
leaves the overlooked lands, and plant
ing IAN begin in arnest over the larger
portion of the delta.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Nins4eenh century roxd-makers arr
recommended to study the methods Of
the Rofnans. which reveal modes Of Con-
struction worthy Of imitation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Fits stopped free AID permanently cured.
No hits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle a.
treatise. DIR. Kline, 933 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07
FIRE.

Two Business Houscs mt Attention. Pa.
snner Loss by Fire.
A~LLESToS, Pa, April 29.-Firc, which
broke out in the big store of the Nc
Ebbccke Hardware Co. did damage
amounting to nearly $50, 900 before Il
was extinguished. McEbbeck's store
was completely Quilted. Loss. $50. 900;
insurance. SIS, 900. John +. Lents'
shoe factory was damaged $40. 900
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

We can see one way with a little thought,
hut it usually takes a second or third
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

II n of a mans relations visits at his
house as long as n month, his wife never in
the world gets over lt.-Atchason Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting. and therefore the cheapest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

use Piso's Cure for Consumption both in
my family and practice DIR. @. w. Patter-
son, lnkster, Mich, Nov. 8, 1894.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

A slip-a sprain-lame. st. Jacobs Oil
cures it all the same.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

The man who is always suspicious Of his
neighbors is hardly to be trusted.-Washing
ton Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Act without thought, and you are a fool:
think without act, and you are a visionary.
Rams Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Imaginary eminence is actual humiliation
Rams Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Reflection is a key that nnlocks the treas.
ures OF the memory .-ham's Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, l0c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Pains and acnes break down. st. Jacobs
Oil builds up and finishes with a cure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

If you get sick by going to church 1t is all
right, but if from going to a show it is called
a Observation-Disclosures Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

You can't tell how little a man knows by
his size.-Washington Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Don't refuse or excuse-St. Jacobs Oils
the cure for bruise.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

just try a Zoe box OF Cascarets CANDY ca
thartic finest liver and bowel regulator made.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

When people say of a man that he is worse
than dead, they mean that he is alive
Atchison Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

He is ~littlest, who belittles others.-Ram's
Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Look out, Shiver, then soreness and
stiffness. Use st. Jacobs Cll-then a cure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

People never know that they had any
thing to lose by marriage until they are
married .-Atchison Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

Nothing will upbraid you like unused
TAI ulties.-Eam's Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-07

A CLEAR CoSscIEScE.-"Don't some Of
these old songs haunt your mo; I've
never murdered any Of them. Chicago
Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-25
GIRLS CORPSE IN THE SEA.
Strange Discovery by an IndIa1
Diver Off the Alaskan Coast.


VICTORIA, B. c., June 23-Charles
j: stewart. trader at the missionary
station at Hoonah bay, Alaska, who is
IN the city, brings a strange story from
that desolate region. Sunk in a cradle
OF Man o'War rocks, first having been
dashed by breakers on the reef. is the
dismantled hull of a schooner Yacht.
possibly of sixty tons burden. The
yacht Is just astern of the old Russian
exploring ship Vdasnik, whose loss was
recorded in 1880. Both vessels aocc1lpv
the same cradle, the reef forming a
ridge on each side to protect the yes
sells lying in the hollow between the
heavy seas In the straits.
so true and perfect is this protec-
ton, Mr.. Stewart said, that the hull
and even the topgallant masts of the
Vdasnlk have for more than 100 years
past laid quietly at the bottom of the
reef
Indian divers of the Hoonah and
Kilisnoo tribes, in their yearly search
lngs for treasure aboard the Russian
man-of-war, on the April spring tides.
wen down into the hull of the man-of-
war April 10, their intention being to
pass line about one Of the guns of
the starboard battery, this to be fol-
lowed by another and another until
the tide had fairly ebbed and the whole
Ii1IillS power VI the Dig faIt the divers
had could be exerted to haul I'D the
gun that they expected to raft ashore.
The diver, however, was down but
a moment. Hardly had he reached the
bottom when his head bobbed above
the surface with a cry that an
other vessel had Joined the Vdasnik:
that a yacht was lying astern of the
Old man-of-war, dismasted, but in the
same cradle of the reef
Then came the question of gaining
knowledge of the yachts identity and
the value of her cargo and fittings
The old Indian diving device of a seals
bladder, filled with air, and extra
weights for the diver, was used. The
next man sent down remained fully a
minute, using air from the seal blad-
der. AS he came on top he gasped out
to those On the raft that there was the
body of woman floating about IN the
cabin of the yacht
He described the body as that Of a
girl or woman between sixteen and
seventeen years of age, we'll dressed
with beautiful hair and features well
preserved
Where the yacht hailed from or who
the people aboard were is a question
distressing those knowing of the dis
covery. 1t was considered best that
knowledge of the wreck be kept from
publication at the time, those knowing
of it believing that some notice of the
yachts disappearance would be made,
Nothing. however, has appeared in
print, and / now feel it my duty to
make the matter public"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-25
BLAST FROM MARY e. LEASE.
Eastern Money Lenders Denounced
in Words That SizzIe

WICHITA, Kan, June 24-Mary E.
Lease tonight launched a philippe
against the Eastern loan companies.
exhauSting her wonderful vocabulary
in search for words sufficiently express
slve of her hatred of the Eastern money
lenders, into whose hands she has fall
en-. She said:
When the slaveholdng aristocracy
of this country, with its cruelty. it's ar
rogance and SelfiShness was subdued,
a fervent thank God went up from
every patriotic lip. for they believed
the republic had passed its crucial test.
But time has demonstrated that the
victory over the Shareholder was not
such great victory after ALL since the
methods used by the slaveholding aris-
tocracy to live upon the toll of others
have been adopted by a more dangerous
element in our national life, known as
land, loan and mortgage companes. The
people will not always submit to that
high-handed injustice which gives East
ern Shylocks money at per cent and
permits them to loan it out to the
wealth producers of the West and South
at 10 per cent in cutthroat mortgages.
l might fill columns day after day with
a recital OF nefarious schemes practiced
by the lately inSolvents lately reorga-
nized Jarvis-Conkling Mortgage COM
pany, as related to me by their en-
ployes. men of sound judgment and
broad sympathies, in their Wall street
office, New York. They have practiced
a system of wholesale robbery here in
Wichita and throughout the West
Nine-tenths of our population have
been defrauded by loan companies, syn
dictates of organized greed that spare
neither age nor sex"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-25
SEED MARKETS
MURDERED BY MAHDISTS.
Baron Dahnis and His Entire Expe-
dition Wiped Gut.

BRUSSELS, June 24.-The Reforme
says it learns from good source that
the entire Dhanis expedition to the
head-Waters of the Nile. including
Baron Dhanis himself, has been massa-
cred.
Baron Dhanis last year enlisted six
thousand men in the Congo Free State.
to take part in a secret expedition. The
British government allowed a number
of its hussas troops to join the ex-
petition but it was officially denied
that an Anglo-Belgian movement had
been concerted against the Mahdists
The general impression, however was
that this force was intended to act in
connection with the Anglo Egyptian ex-
petition up the Nile, and take the
Mahdists between two fires, and even
tually complete the reconquest of the
Soudan. In August last, Baron Dhanis
was reported to have, arrived at Lado
north of the territory of the Congo
Free State, on the White Nile, and
some 1926 miles north of the Victoria
Nyanze. 1t was nthen understood that
the Dhanis expeditions would push on
northward in the direction of Khar-
toum.
Early in December last it was report
ed that the expedition had met with
disaster, and that Baron Dhanis had
been killed. Later Fl was authorita-
lively stated that there was no ground
for the report. and that when last heard
from, in September, the baron was at
Stanley Falls, 600, miles from the near
est dervish forces.