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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10
CURING ~nICCoUoHs.



"Why don't you stop that hiccoughing!'
said one business man 10 another - they
met ut the corner Of Fourth and Vine
streets at the noon hour. The man ad-
dressed was all but in commissions.
stop nothing," said h@ I've been try.
ing every old remedy i ever heard of and
every new one hat every fool friend was
klnd enough TO suggest. I've held my arms
over my head for ID minute and extended
them like a sign board until they ached.
held my breath until ] was all but ready to
drop from apoplexy. I've drunk nine swal
lows of water nine times over, | guess, and
two or three chumps have tried TO scare me,
and did il, too, but to no good. Then an
other enthusiastic amateur physician hit me
in the middle of the bach when ] wasn't
looking and escaped before | could land on
him. would not have lone a thing TO
him il / had caught him. But the h~iccoughs
are here. and to stay, fear,
"Set 'em up If ] cure your
Evil /? I'll set 'em up for a month and
throw in a big cold bot besides if you CURE
EN-
Then they adjourned TO a moistening es.
Enlistment, and the good Samaritan said
to Dan; Dan. give this gentleman a lump
of white sugar"
He took it and dissolved it in his mouth,
and the hiccougns went as If by mage,
probably because their stay was over any.
how, and not on account of the remedy, but
it cost the cold bottle just the same and
some drinks besides. Still, he thinks he got
out of it cheap enough.-Cincinnati Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Description of an Excellent Cooler fsA
small Dairymen.

A well for keeping dairy products and
also fresh meats Is a desideratum on
many farms. For ordinary use the well
should be dug 4 by O feet. with a gut
ter or groove. down one side, is inches
square. IL should contain 2 or 3 feet
of standing water. IL should be In
easy reach of the kitchen, and attached
to the house if possible. The curbing
should be no larger than the well. A
platform. which fits inside the well,
slides up and dow between two tim
beers, which rest on the bottom of the
well and are long enough to reach up
three inches above the curb. These
two timbers should be planed. The
framework Of the platform has o
board nailed on each side of il, forming
. groove which fits OF the upright tim
beers at each end of the wall. This
makes it rigid and keeps it level. The
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10
RAILROAD SO MILES LONG.
IL DeHc. the State of Georgia nd the
Railroad Commissions Order.

Railroad Commission's order.
There is an obdurate little railroad
in Georgia which has not only shown a
disposition to fight all the rest of the
state. but which seems serenely conf
dent that il will win. 1t is only 36 miles
long and runs from Dublin TO Tennille.
Its name is the Wrightsville & Tennillc
railr Dad. and is especially distinguished
for it's prosperity and its pugnacious
qualities. Last year the cotton grow
ers along the line of this road were
compelled TO ship their cotton over the
Georgia Central because the road re-
fused to issue through bills Of lading
over any other line. Some of the grow
ers wanted to ship their cotton over
the Augusta Southern. but the Wrights-
Vile & Tennillc refused TO give them
through bills over that line, and made
no pretense TO disguise their prefer
ences. The result was that the Georgia
Central got nearly all the cotton and
the Augusta Southern got left.
The matter was carried before the
railroad commission and that body
handed down a decision ordering the
Wrightsville e. Tennille railroad TO is
sue through bills of lading over all
railroads and not to play any favorites.
The commission also ordered the at
torney-general Of the state to begin
proceedings for damages against the
recalcitrant railroad and to try the
issue involved before the state courts.
Acknowledgement Terrell has prepared
his case and will go down to Dublin to
try it before Judge Hart. The defense
will be represented by former Senator
A. +. DAILY. of Wrightsville. Not only
is the right Of the state to manage its
railroads involved in the trial of the
case. but the interstate com
mission is interested as well. The line
of the Georgia Central runs entirely
through the state. while the Augusta
Southern line-the destination of both
being Savannlh-carries the freight
north to Hamburg and then south over
the Port Royal route through South
Carolina. This brings up the inter-
state commission question,
and not only the railroad people of
Georgia but the cotton growers as well
are deeply interested in the result OF
the legal contest.-Atlanta Constitu.
tfop
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Chief Justice Peters. of Maine, has a rep
utation for telling witty stories. AT the re.
cent commencement of the University OF
Maine he told this one:
Il knew a young man who was seven years
getting through another college. Then he
went into the ministry, because he didn't
have sense enough to practice law. He
went into the Episcopal ministi Y because he
didn't have to make prayers and could steal
his sermons Then he went out and got the
degree of ID. ID. from a university. One would
have done just as well, and such a degree
isn't worth much."-N. Y. Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10
A Sick Church.

They dedicated a church in a certain New
York village a few days ago, and shortly
after the incident the daughter of a citizen
living over the way was heard to say to her
mother:
Il wonder what's the matter with that
church. Ma, do you know"
NO" replied the mother. "Why do You
think there is anything the matter with II %
Cause" answered the child, II heard
'em say It was medicated "-Boston Courier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10
Nervousness and Insomnia.


From the Capital. St. John. Kansap.
Hearing that j. Ii. Detwiler, a prosperous
farmer who resides about three miles east OF
st. John, Kansas, had been using DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills with marvellous beneficial
results, a reporter of the Kansas City Star
called upon him for an interview regarding
the matter. We found Mr.. Detwiler a tai,
seventy years. Upon our interrogating him
concerning his use of Pink Pills he gave us
the following, and with his entire consent to
its publication:
# had been troubled for several years
with extreme nervousness. AT first IT did
not prevent me from attending to my farm
duties. About three years ago, however, !
began to grow rapidly worse, then my
nights became sleepless, and could not
sleep two hours in an entire night. be
came terribly affected too with indigestion.
/ became alarmed at my condition, and con-
suited a physician. One doctor told me the
trouble was insomnia, and ! took his medi-
cine for that, but without relief. Another
told me it was nervous prostration, but his
medicine had no more effect than the same
amount of water. Finally, seeing DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills advertised, and noticing
particularly the testimony Of a person who
had been cured by them OF a very similar
disease to mine, I determined to try them
called upon our local druggist, Mr.. j.
Stivers and procured q supply. began
taking them, and in a very short time my
nervousness was less severe. After / had
given them a thorough trial, / found myself
entirely cured. I can now lie down at night
and 90 to sleep without the slightest trouble
Furthermore the cure has been permanent,
and I can recommend Pink Pills to all who
are afflicted as l was, for their equal cannot
be found.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as aa ulfailing
blood builder and nerve r~estorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from a watery
condition Of the blood or shattered nerves
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt Of price, so cents a
box, or six boxes for 81 80 tthey are never
sold in bulk or by the lOOl, by addressing DR.
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Mrs. Bradish-I thought you were GO
ing to spend the summer in your cot
tage, ont or the lake shore?
Mrs. Huntley-We did intend 10 do
90 but we've had to give II up.
why, is IL impossible for your huc-
oand to attend TO business and go so Ear
out every night?"
'Oh, no. he could do IL all right: but
a hired girls beau can't."-Cievelan6
Leader.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Mrs. .Tenspot-I am so glad that you are
engaged TO Harold Willoughby. Was it a
long courtshipy
Miss Skidmore-Not very. Ny cycloms
ter registered about 700 miles-.Indge
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10
A Mild

Beefneck Bill-Wot's come of your pard.
nerg
%Strongarm Jake-I shook i'm. He got re-
ligion already.
"Ol Quit the business, has he,"
"He always wanted to open a safe with
ayer."-Cincinnati Inquirer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES WEST


One fare plus $40 for the round trip to
Nebraska, Kansas, st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Black Hills, certain portions Of Iowa, Col
orado and Utah. September 18th, 2lst. Octo-
Der 5th and 18th. ASK your ticket agent for
additional information. l.. w. WAKELEY,
General Passenger Agent, st. Louis, Mo.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Aliens Foot Ease, . powder for the feet
II cures painful. swollen, smarting feet an&
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery
Of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight
or new shoes feel easy. II is a certain cure
for sweating, ~callous. hot, tired, aching feet.
Try it today. Sold 10y all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package, FREE. Write 70
Allen 5. Olmsted, Leroy. N. Y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Clean pastures. with good, clean Wa.
ter and proper care, Is the surest pre-
ventive of bitter milk. Weeds, especial
" ragweed, cause bitter milk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

For Whooping Cough, piso's Cure is a
successful remedy.-M. II. Dieter, 81 Throop
Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. IA, 81.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

If il were not for funerals a great many
men would never hear a demonstrating
ton Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Gridgin-'Did you notice how Brabrook
grabs all the good things there are going?'
Houston-"That's because he's an optimist.
Tie believes that everything is for the best,
and naturally he thinks he is the best
Boston Transcript.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

If a man makes a success in life, he likes
to tell how he started with nothing.-Wash-
lngton Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

When a woman has more than she can
hold in her hand she puts it in her mouth.
Washington Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

ventilate the cellar In which you sr
10 store fruit
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

The busy little bootblack never fails 10 i'm
prove each little shining hour.-Chicago Rec
ord.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Water will often ave . dying tzsss
vine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Some people are better when they are sick
than at any other time.-Chicago Record.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-10

Trees for planting can never b
bought cheaper than they oan tAls fall
The record-union., 1897-04-10

first worthy result of the kind in A
large American city has been achieved.
Toronto, the other of these two ex-
emplary cities, has gone even further
than New York in eliminating the con-
tractor. In this enterprising Cana
dian town, with it's 10000 people,
Street Commissioner Jones has, dur
ing the last seven years. entirely rev
olutioniZed the care of the streets of
the city. He has not only organized
the execution of this work under a dis
tinct department, but out of the mar
gin thus saved from the annual appro-
priations for caring for the streets he
has actually built and equipped mod
est but complete set of workshops.
where the entire construction and re-
pair work of the department is exc
cuted. Not only are the sprinklers.
rotary sweepers, automatic loading
carts and snow scrapers, each after a
special pattern devised by the COM
missioner or under his direction. built
IN these shops, but even the harnesses
are made there, the horses are shod
there, and 1t is the truthful boast of the
commissioner that every article of
manufacture used by the department
Is pIOuuCeU from the raw material i'm
these shops. 1t is exceedingly refresh
ing to find there inventive genius con-
stantly brought to bear to produce an
planes, not for sale in the general
market, and hence of that crude adj
Justment which can be used anywhere
but appliances precisely adpated to
the particular needs of Toronto. with
It's own climate, soil, street mileage.
and pavements. By maintaining thus
its own shops and construction staff.
as other large business enterprises do.
the Street Cleaning Department has
produced an equipment such that the
commissioner, in some kinds of work.
claims now to be accomplishing with
four teams and four men what for
merly required nine teams and severn
teen men. A considerable element of
this saving of labor has been due TO
the automatic loading machines. in
vented in these shops, which elevate
the windrows of litter directly from
the street into dump cart as rapidly
as horses can walk.-George E. Hook
er, in Review of Reviews.
The record-union., 1897-04-10
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
Sensational Charges Against High
Officials in Kansas.

TOPEKA (Kas), April S.-The -spe-
cial committee appointed by the Pop
ulist majority of the State Legislature
to investigate charges of bribery and
corruption noised about during the re-
cent session of the States law makers
got down to business to-day, and the
very first sitting of the committee de-
veIoped enough charges of bribery and
wrongdOing to set political circles
throughout Kansas agog.
Henry Lands, Warden of the State
Penitentiary at Lansing, unbottled the
first sensation when he stated that he
had been urged by a member of the
Legislature to recommend the pur-
chase of additional coal lands adjacent
to the penitentiary property, though he
was convinced that the State had no
use for such lands. Warden Lands
had been told that there would be
$25, 900 in it,
When pressed for further particulars,
Warden Lands stated that he had this
conversation with Ex-Governor l.. u.
Llewelling. He added, however, that
Mr.. Llewelling had not stated who was
to benefit by the $4,000, whether the
State or Others and he also reminded
the committee that no bill for the pur-
chase of such lands had been intro
duced.
But this was only mild as to the
sensation which followed, when Rep
resentative Metzler of Sheridan County
testified that he had been offered sloo
to vote against the Hackney amend
ment to the railroad bill.
Several other witnesses testified as 10
rumors which they had heard, but there
was not other direct testimony.
The record-union., 1897-04-10
HAND-swEEPING OF STREETS
Cleanest Cities on the Continent
Cleaned by Direct Labor.

The two cleanest cities on the con-
tinent to-day are Toronto and New
York, and they are both cleaned by di-
rect labor.
New York not only employs and thus
directs all it's street cleaning and gar
bage dispatch forces, but it has an or
ganized department, with an adequate
and properly adjusted equipment of
horses, carts, brooms, stables and sta
tons, and it pays its men 81 a day and
upward for eight hours work. To be
sure, it has had Colonel Warning, but
had Colonel Warning been a contractor
or contractors superintendent the
metropolis would not have been the
clean city it is to-day. 1t is by the
method of direct labor, under model
conditions of employment, that this
The record-union., 1897-04-10
NOT DUNHAM.
The Man Who Was Arrested Not the
Santa Clara r1urderer.

MARIPOSA, April 9.-The alleged
James Durham, the Santa Clara multi
murderer, concerning whose reported
capture so much excitement was gener-
ated yesterday, turns out to be a no
more fornida BILE individual than an ire
sponsible and comparatively harmless
maniac.
There is little reason to doubt that the
prisoner in Jail here is really William
James Davis. as he said when arrested.
His subsequent fits of insanity were too
real to be simulated. He has been known
in various localities in the county, it
now transipires, for the last two years,
which alone would make his identity
with Murderer Durham impossible. A
careful examination Of his features also
fails to reveal any positive points Of
resemblance while Davis actually lacks
many of the marks on his body known
to be characteristic of the real Durham.
As matter of fact, the story that the
insane miner, who in a quarrel made a
murderous attack on companion, is the
1nuch-desired Durham grew from the
idle gossip of a. group of Wouldbe prac-
teal jolSers with more time than discre-
ton. in their possession. Several of these
humorists pretended TO positively iden-
tify the prisoner as Durham alleging a
prior acquaintance, which in each case
was proved to be fictitious. The prison
er's dementia is considered genuine by
the physicians here. He will be kept in
Jail until examined by the Lunacy Com
mission after which he will doubtless
be sent to an insane asylum.
The record-union., 1897-04-10
No Funds to the Credit of the Muir
darer in Australian Banks.
The rlan Arrested Near COulterville,
Mariposa County, Under Suspicion
That He Was James Durham, the
Santa Clara rlurderer, Proves Not
to be the rIuch Sought After Fugi-
tive From Justice.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9.-Murderer
Buffers attorneys will not receive pay
for their services. One of the last acts
of the mans disreputable career in San
Francisco as a liar and maker of false
confessions was the signing of a check
on an Australian bank for over 81, 400,
payable to his attorneys. 1t was learned
to-day that the news of the issuing of
the check was cabled to Sydney, and the
police Immediately made inquiry at the
bank on which the paper was drawn to
ascertain whether Burgess, HARDWOOD,
Ashe or Butler had funds on deposit in
the institution. Payment Will be re-
fused on the draft when it is received, as
there are no funds to the credit of But
Ter or any of his aliases at any of the
banks of New South Wales, Australia
or New Zealand. The attorneys who de-
Tended Butler will have to be content
with the advertising received through
their connection with the famous case.
The record-union., 1897-04-10
CALIFORNIA WHEAT EXPORT.
Cause of the Terrible Decline During
the Past Decade

Fifty years ago two or three hide
droghers Sufficed to carry round the
Horn the whole annual export of Cali
fornia-a few hides and little tallow.
Thirty years ago two successive sea-
sons of drought put an abrupt end to
the pastoral period and the reign of the
wheat farmer was ushered in. The
making of California dates from 1866,
when towns and hamlets Sprang up all
over the State; and whether a man la
bored as lawyer or doctor, merchant or
mechanic, teacher or preacher, his pay
came out of the boundless wheat field.
This era of prosperity based On grain
reached its climax in 1882, when Cali
fornias wheat export footed up $43,
100000. Such tangible success spurred
our rivals to emulation. Australia
learned the lesson to such effect that
her wheat soon outranked in price the
product of California. As early as 1881,
in reply to a description of our header"
which / furnished to the London
Times" I was requested to send de-
tailed information to Southern Africa.
So the Afrikander benefited by Califor-
Man ingenuity at an early date. The
following year Argentina entered the
race with a feeble export of $4,000
bushels. This has grown to an ac-
credited 10000 900 bushels exported in
the half of 1894. Meanwhile, in that
year. CALIFORNIA; output to Liverpool
had fallen to a value of SIS, 424,0 900, or
one-fifth the amount shipped in 1882.
In 1895 it rose a little, to SCOOPS, 1O2.
What is the meaning of this terrible
decline? Simply that California has
been worsted with her own weapons. For
a while inventive ingenuity applied to
grain farming kept California ahead of
the world. The gang pillow, improved
harrows and cultivators, headers and
lastly, the combined harvester, with it's
thirty-mule team, cutting, threshing
and sacking the wheat at stroke, had
enabled the Californian to compete with
cheap-labor countries. For many years
this faculty of invention acted as a
counterpoise to Argentina's propinquity
to the worlds wheat market. Of course
this could not last. The fame of Cali
fornia's harvesting machinery was
noised abroad, and in a single year Ar
gentina imported $3,000,000 worth of
reapers, steam threshers, plows, etc.
The transactions of our State Agricult-
ural Society chronicle the result brief
ly: Argentine wheat broke the mar
ket." The California farmer, handi-
capped by 5000 miles of perilous ocean
navigation around Cape Horn, found
himself unable to compete with the Ar
gentine.-Frederick Berwick in the
Arena.
The record-union., 1897-04-10
The rleaning of Dreams.

To dream of a flock of cranes means
that the house will be attacked by bur-
glars.
TO dream of picture cards indicates
that you will be married to a wealthy
person.
To dream that you will be entangled
in briars means that you will shortly
fall in love.
IT you dream of a crown the token ia
of political, social or ecclesiastical pre-
ferment
Snakes always indicate enemies. To
kill one means success over ones ad.
versaries.
To dream of gold means future diff
ficulties, but ultimate success in vo,r
undertakings.
To dream that you are travelling in a
private carriage fortells poverty and
disgrace.
The record-union., 1897-04-10
A SERIOUS LOVE SPELL.

A young lady sings in our choir
Whose hair is the color of phoir,
But her charm is unique,
She has such a fair Clique,
1t is really a joy to be nhoir.
Whenever she looks down the aisle
She gives me beautiful SmaiSle,
And of all her beaux
am certain she SheauX
She likes me the best all the Whalsie.
Last Sunday she wore a new sacque,
Low cut at the front and the bacque,
And a lovely bouquet
Worn in such cute wuet
AS only few girls have the knacque.
Some day, ere she grows too antique.
In marriage her hand l shall Slque;
If she's not a coQuette,
Which I'd greatly regruette,
She shall share my six dollars a w1que.
Norwich Telegraph