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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-25

Az attempt was made to assassnate
Felix Faure. president of the French
republic. while he was en- route TO
long champs on the 18th, to witness
the grand prix. A clumsily constructed
bomb was exploded in a thiclet as the
president passed by, but injured no
one. Several arrests were made, but
II is believed the real culprit escaped.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-25

THE annual report Of the Indiana
state geologist, issued on the 18th,
says that the average gas pressure of
Indiana has decreased about 20 pounds
in the past IL months, and that the
supply OF natural gas Is slowly but
surely failing. Manu- lcturing cstab-
lishments that consun 800. 900 feet of
gas day cannot be -.iuplied with
out exhausting the field. The In
diana production Of oil last year was
AS60. 900 barrels.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-25
ouN's COMMERCIAL REVIEW

There Is Evidence of Gradually EnI.ry,.
business in Every Important Departm.,,
me ir"of OF This Clearer. as IL should
br' in the Industrial Than In tn. Tr.,,,..'
fieid A Generally Fairer outlo,l k
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-25

utcs- Failure TO meet his obligations
and prospective penury induced him
to commit the deed. lie was 90 years
Odd and bachelor.
Hon. S. f. NICHOLSON. author of the
famous Nicholson temperance law. was
a recent visitor to Richmond. lie is
engaged in organizing branches of the
Good Citizenship league. In reply to
questions by a reporter as to his re-
ported candidacy for governor. Mr.
Nicholson said ne had no am bition
along that line. but would have no OBJ
jections TO representing the Eleventh
district in congress
THOMAS HINES was sentenced at La
porte to not less than one nor more
than fourteen years for stealing a BIZ
cycle The sentence was imposed un-
der the new indeterminate law.
THE Indiana Democratic Editors as.
ISOLATION met at Paoli the other night
WILLIAM Brown. while drunk, as
claimed. insulted passengers on T., C.,
C. & st l. train No at Sellevsburg.
and stabbed Conductor Wilbur Robin
son in the back. brakeman George
Shipman was also cut when he went
TO Robinson's assistance. Brown was
arrested.
CONTRACTOR ESErcHr. of the new
Gas Belt Electric street railway. put
900 trackmen and graders 10 work Just
north of Anderson the other day.
Mrs JONI GAP. a washerwoman, of
Hartford City. has fallen heir to an So
acre farm in Wabash county. and $780,.
600 in cash. The estate was left her
BY her grandfather.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26

There Is no doubt that all animals,
wild or tame, four-footed or with wings.
have a deep-seated aversion to wet
weather. Even water fowl will seek
dry hiding-piace when 1t rains.
Did you ever watch the actions OF
cattle before o big storm? If so, you
must have seen them grow more and
more uneasy as the clouds threatened.
You also saw them run up and down
the field, as If seeking to escape some
Impending danger Finally, when the
storm comes, they draw closely togeth-
er, and, with lowered heads, present
picture Of despair.
Whel 1t rains the domestic animals
always keer indoors, or, failing that.
they seek sheltered places and creep be-
meath the hedges and thickets-in short,
In any convenient place where they are
not entirely exposed to the downpour.
1t is the same with fowls. They dis.
like tie rain, which soaks their feath
ers. They seek sheltered places, and
creel under wagons and squeeze in be-
hind boxes and boards. Chickens do
not mind wettlng their feet, as they
will scratch the muddy ground soon
after a shower in search Of worms and
bugs.
wild birds do their best to keep vut
OF the rain. They find shelter in many
ways. Some OF them build a roof over
their nests, in which they keep more OF
less dry. Others choose a house unoei
the caves, or under a projecting Cliff
where they are safe II ON the discom-
forts that the rain brings But most
OF them are without any adequate shell
ter that is the result of their own fore
thought. They take rts"ge In any pace
that they happen to fihi ut hand. If
you watch them before the coming OF
the storm, you Will see them looking
around for shelter. n the storm comes
suddenly. the small and helpless ones
seem bovilGercd, f,ying from tree to
tree and fram limb 10 limb. Quite un-
able to make UP their minds 10 tenn
porary hiiing place.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
BREyITIEs or FUN.

--Yeast-"Your landlady says you
are behind with your board" Grim.
sonbeak-'Well, she's dead wrong.
I'm ahead. I owe her $45. "'-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
--Miss 1ngenue-"Do you think 1t
is unluclky to get married on Fh'iday3'
Miss Fortitude-''I think It is un-
fortunate to get married on any
day. ."-6omerv1le Journal.
AT the Matrimonial Agents
''Do you think we shall suit each
other2" "Splendidlyl You possess
O very fine loud voice and she Is ter
ribly hard Of hearing. "--Plaude-
recke.
City Man-''How far is your
house from the station2" Subur-
banite (hesitatingly)-"Well, that
depends on whether you ore running
to catch the train. ."--Somcrville
Journal.
--Riggs-"Hallo, old manr Briggs
--"Excuse me, sir; you have the ad-
vantage Of me-" Eyes, I guess ]
have. We were engaged to the same
girl, but you married her. ."-YonlS.
ers Statesman.
--Stimpson's Lnck--"Grcat luck
that find OF Simpsons" II haven't
heard" "Found 500 bill in his
last summers coat. ""Good heavcnsl
l didn't know he was q widowerl"-
Detroit Free Press.
AN irate female seeks nd;nit-
tance to the EDITORS sunctum. ''But
/ tell you, madam" protests the
clerk, "that the editor is too busy to
talk TO anyone to-day" ''Nevcr
mind; you let me in. I'll do the
talking. "--Tit-Bits.
Visiting Acquaintance-'Don't
you find it q great deal cheaper TO
live out here in tho country than ii
was in the city7" Mr.. Sububs-
"M-no, it's about the same. My
wife brought her chatting dish along
with her. ."-Milwaukee Journal.
--Teacher-''How many weeks in
the year, Tommy Timkins7" Tommy
--"OnH so this year. Teacher
'|You know very well that there arc
52," Tommy-"No'm; not this year.
Pa says he's going to take two weeks
of. '-Ro1bury Gazette.
Watts - Actually, on my
uncie's Pennsylvania farm the hills
ore 30 steep that they have to SOW
the seed with shotgun Potts
'TndeedH I've got o missionary
uncle In Africa who has been sowing
the seed on the Gospel with q repeat
ting rife for the last ten vtars, I'm
dianapofts Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
FACTS IND FIGURES.

Tiers ere five pi1ic coryic.s TO cur
female convict in English prisons.
The o"orage cost of a criminal nrna-
?cutIon In Great Britain is at p esent
ti65.
The eclectic medical schools OF the
United States have en- attendance OF
women eQualipg 1917 per cent. OF Che
vhole.
Most of the shoes Worn in Japan are
made of straw or wood. In the whole
'ountry there is but one factory whore
'cather footwear is made.
The crocus is one of the most ancient
II floral names. It WAS used by 1heo'
phrns,us, born about 372 B. C. He gives
.he name as of Chaldean origin. :.
Within the last decade the popula-
tion OF Europe hns increased by about
30. 900, 900. of whom Russia contributed
l2,510000 and France only $1,000.
Spain is In the same position with re-
gard to Cuba Ms the man who has lost
million dollars In bucket shop and
!s Just going to throw another million
dollars after 1t.
Soap has been In use for 5000 years.
and is twice mentioned in the Biblo. A
few years ago soap-boiier's shop was
discovered in Pompeli. having been
buried beneath the terrible rain OF
iahes that fell upon that city 7e A ID.
The soap found in the shop had not
lost nll Its efficacy, although 1t mad
been buried 1900 years,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
Hrna AND yHzns.

There Is no suffering equal to fears
for 1t has no limit.
The pleasures OF life are the commaa
which separate our sorrows.
A melancholy reflection The top OF
q bald head in the looking-glass.
1t is sald that dwarfs die of pre-
mature old age, and giants Of exhaust
ion. :.
Let every man do the best he knows,
and II he Is not fool he will do about
right.
There is q policeman in Chicago who
Is an active member OF the Salvation
Army.
Why should a chimney sweeper be q
good whist player? Because he's al
ways following SCOT.
A Methodist, in class meeting, said
that he had been Christian "oif and
on for thirty years."
II wish I had the earth 'Well,
why don't you ask some bicycle scorch-
er to give it to your"
A remedy for hicooughs that is we'll
nigh infallible Is TO eat lump Of sugar
saturated with vinegar.
A grocery stock that changed ownerv
In Bath, recently, included FIVE hundred
pounds OF cheese two years old.
So long as man may find his collar
button, the house Is never in disorder
muses. the Adams Freeman humoriet
"I don't think 1t looks well for n
minister to wear diamonds" "Wh3
not? Aren't there sermons in stonesT'
No churches are too handsome, Is
they are only paid for and made access
sible to worshippers with moderate
means.
ESPECIALLY shun whiskey, fast wo-
men ard the United States" were the
lying words of man who was hanged
In Canada.
Colonel John 9. Mosby claims to
have invented the phrase, "a solid
South" but he evidently neglected to
secure a copyright.
There Is nothing in nature more paS
thetic, perhaps than the sight Of lean
man and fat man casting envious
Elancee at each other.
Happiness is a shy nymph; and II
you chase her, you will never catch
ltls Out JuSI 81 pulSLly Ol bhu wv
your duty, and she will come to you.
WAS the hotel hcmelike?" Very.
Ny husband and had the greatest dir
ficulty In treating each other with com.
mon couTtsy while we were there"
About a sixth of all the elephants
estimated to be living In Africa were
slain last year. At this rate, ivory will
soon be worth as much as diamonds.
A big item: Say, mister" said the
little Fresh Air child, as he watched
the cattle enjoying their cut, do YOU
lave to buy gum for oil OF them cows
10 chew?"
A. cyclone-p!t Ia regular part Of the
equipment OF many Iowa schoolhouses
now, and the children are drilled to
Escape from cyclones as children in
other places have their fire-drill.
Tho reaeon why ships are no struck
" lightning Is attributed to the general
iso which is now made Of wire rope
'or rigging purposes, as we'll as to the
act that the hulls OF ships are usually
constructed Of iron or steel.
IN China the rules for war;" which
'yon now sre Uced for governing the
roops In the field. nre some three thou
and years Old One Of these rules en-
'oIns tho celcetirl soldier 10 spread iq
he camp of the enemy voluptuouS
aiucical airs, SO as to Gotten his heart
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
A Fortune In Dust.

An Italian pays New York eighty
thousand dollars year for the privi-
lcse OF picking over the city's dirt. A
few years ago three or four men were
engaged at dollar and a half day
to trim" the city's dirt.
Finally i. 1t occurred to the superin-
bendent OF street cleaning that smart
man could find enough In 1t TO afford
10 pay the trimmers himself, and, sure
enough, such man was found. Then
an offer OF seventy-five dollars week
for the privilege was made and accept
cd. and gradually the price rose by suc-
eessive bids to two hundred dollars q
week.
BY regular graduations the sums OF
seven hundred dollars two years ago,
sicven hundred dollars last year, and
eleven h,indYed and fifty-two dollars
per week this, have been made, and the
tdty now hos IT'S work done for 1t and
- paid eighty thousand dollars a year
for the privilege.
Dickens was not an exaggerator
when he created fortune out OF the
hust-heaQs which seemed mere incum-
brances on the face of the earth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26

Sailors do not lik> cats, and they
having a saying when the cat Is frisky
The has O gale of wind in her tail; and
l. charm is often resorted to In calm
by throwing the cat overheard to raise
storm.
"And why" the teacher continued,
Should we hold The aged in respect?"
"'Cause it's mostly the old men that
has all the. money" Tommy answered.
and the teacher wasn't able to offer
any better reason.
What do they mean by Sailing a
mine, popcr!" asked the small boy. rs
It anything like sailing meat?" mo,
indeed" answered MIR. Bittwuntz.
"When man salts meat. 1t Is because
he wants to keep It."
Shipping apples 10 England at net
profit Of one cent oarrcl may not be
very lucrative business, but the Massa-
chussetts farmers, who have had the
experience, do not care 70 halvo the
one cent, nevertheless.
Myron w. Reed, n veteran angler,
says that this Is tho laat generation
of trout fishers" Not that trout will
:ease to be- but that they will he hatch
ed by machinery and raised in ponds
and fattened on chopped liver, and
grow dabby and lose their spots.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
Tho Umbrella In Montenegro.

a voivode (grandee OF THE realm)
had come to the conclusion that q
"Frankish" umbrella was a useful and
Indispensable adjunct TO gentleman's
outfit. He accordingly procured one
and waited impatiently for an appor-
tunity to parade 1t in public. At last
fhe fioodgates OF heaven were opened;
the rain decended in torrents, and our
voivode sailed forth under the cover Of
his umbrella to the great square In
front of the Princes palace, where he
struttcd UP an down with a smile Of
Relf-complacency. Suddenly, however,
the Prince stood before him, and,
snatching the umbrella cut Of his hand,
said, Since when has a Montenegrn
begun to wear an umbrella, you cow
hrdp WherelSpon he dealt the owner
a couple of blows with 1t on the head
and Ntterwords broke 1t to pieces.
Since that time pretty considerable
number of umbrellas have been Inn
ported into Montenegro 1t Is true. but
they are only worn when the Prince ia
not about. Whenever the cry Is raised,
"The Prince is coming" the "grandees"
deoamp to hide their umbrellas like
squad od naughty schoolboys.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
.where DO che Woods Come Erom?"

Many boy has asked this as, for the
fourth or fifth time in the season, he
has bent over the onion or strawberry
bed, and taken out every one that show
cd its head above the surface. But
they won't stdy pulled mp. In u few
days another crop Is ready to try the
patience of the young gardener. No
wonder many people have thought
weeds were in some mysterious way
created in the soil. But we know that
every one comes from a seed which in
some manner has found Its way in:o
the earth, and waited, sometimes for
years, for a favorable time to Sprout
and send up a plant to provide another
supply of geecs II Is wonderful how
these inanimate things, having no pow
er to carry themselves, manage to trav-
el to new homes, even to emlgrate to
new countries. The dandelion. the this
tie, and other seeds furnished with
towny appendages, ride upon the wind,
and may be carried miles before find
ln,' resting place. Some seeds, like
those of the burdock, and cookie, have
strong little hooks ready to lay hold OF
the first man or rather floaters, and the
currents in the streams and even of the
ocean bear them safely to foreign
lands. The seed pods or vessels Of some
plants are made so that they fly open
with snap when the seeds are fully
ripe, and scatter them over the ground
The seed of the Sand Box Tree is con-
tained in a sort of spring box which
explodes with bang like a musket,
and sends the seeds flying In every di-
rection. Some seeds are strongly af.
fected by moisture and dryness, when
dry they are curled up, when wet they
straighten out; this gives them roll
Ing motion which moves them at ul-
most every change of weather. TIE
animated oat and the species of gera
mum called "Stork's BILL" are examples
of this kind. The birds swallow many
seeds, and deposit them uninJurcd T.
new places; In this way some plants
find their way to distant islands When
we find SO many ways in which seedA
may be carried about. and when 1t is
remembered that many of them may be
for years buried In the soil, and yet
retain their life, we need not wonder
that they spriIg w almost everYwher@
If the boys will pull up all the weeoA
In the garden before they go to seed,
they will not only keep their own prem
ises pretty clear, and have less work to
do each year, but they vii! also help
their neighbors, and thus lie doing some
good in the world.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
sETs AID TEAF.

In, cscrp'ng frem FIRE, creep or
'owl along the room with your face
> the floor.
thereafter" said tho schoolmaster.
.r he welloped the unruly boy, you
,ill remember that It is better to give
:han to receive"
New Orleans hns Just given up an
other cherished institution, the street.
car mule, electricity having entirely
superseded That useful animal.
No man cS1 put his neighbor's hat
on tho owners head properly Did you
ever notice III The owner OF the tit,e
always replaces 1t to suit himself.
Misc DclleHcld (rclating an accidenD
Then / dropped my voice, and Mr.,
fiarllet dnterrupting)-That wouldn't
hurt II. Yours Is ruch roSt voice,
you know.
The average womnn can't fselp wish
ing that sho knew inst what the men
were caying when doad silence falls
rs she comes into the room, observes
the Somerville Journal.
The lawyers arc the governing pro-
fesalon OF the world. The newspaper
men have tho last word. Thus the DO
nestle relations OF siviiiEation are d.
vided.-Adams Freeman.
A hardware iSeaier In Western city
closes an Advertisement hs follows:
Carpenters In the county wtshing TO
purchase n kit OF tools will please SEND
Tor one OF our catalogues"
There ia on exhibition in O Pitts
Geld. Me-, drug store brick bearing
the imprint OF a baby foot. made In the
eoft clay Rixty-four years ago by SAM
uel Walker, a we'll known resident.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
John Il. McT4ean'a
Great Newspaper.

Without single exception, there
is beyond doubt no greater or more
popular newspaper in the Uniicd
States than the Cincinnati Enquirer
or a more successful publisher than
its proprietor, Mr.. john f. Mclean.
The old-time prices for the Daily
Enquirer have been maintained, ard
its circulation largely increased each
year; hard times and cheaper jour
nails failing to arrest its onward march
and high appreciation of the public
for its true worth and merit.
The Weekly Enquirer at beginning
of the campaign year was offered at
SO cents year, and its circulation
increased by the addition Of over
200, 900 new subscribers; the most
substantial and coveted testimonial a
publisher could desire.
When asked for the secret of such
success, MIR. Mclean frankly answers:
The Enquirer has no opinions to force
upon its patrons, it simply prints the
facts and tells the truth that the reader
may form his own opinions. by
maintaining the price Of the paper,
more news and greater variety can be
furnished, and every class of business
interests catered to, which cheaper
journal cannot afford.
The very liberal support given the
Enquirer by the public at large, makes
it incumbent upon the management
to serve it faithfully with zeal and en-
terprise in minor matters as well as
those of greater magnitude.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
CURIOUS SOURCES OF MUSIC.
a Tavern-kccper Who Entertained Guests
with Queer Instruments.

n Tavern K ccper Who Entertained Guests
with Queer Instruments.
A tavern-keeper named Daintrs.
fiour'-aed in the last century, was able
to pay tunes upon the most incongru-
Gus articles. and his category Of in3tru-
ments included such kitchen utensils as
the gridiron and frying-pan.
A writer who was entertained by uhls
musical genius says that he took n
case-knife. and applying the edge OF Il
to his mouth, treated the company TO
an italian solo. He then took two
clean tobacco pipes, and "after having
slid the small ends of them over the to-
BILE In a most melodious trill. fetched
tune out OF them, whistling to them
at the same time in concert" lie con-
tossed. however, that in bringing this
piece OF music to perfection he bad
broken such quantity of pipes that he
had almost broken himself.
He next manipulated an old frying
eDan In such manner that as he whist
led an accompaniment the music thus
produced could scarcely be distinguish
cd from a bass viol. Then he suggest
ed that a friend should sing, and he
would accompany ON the tobacco pipes;
but the vocalist selected the frying-pan
as an accompaniment, and between
them. we are told, they made most
extraordinary concert" He informed
the writer referred to that he had put
down the tongs and key some years
previously ''as being unfashionable.
This man was also a capital whistler,
and could Initiate various birds to a
nicety. When performing like lark,
would ascend by proper scale of notes
and then fall to the ground, as 1t were,
IN regular and easy manner.
Another publican, named Price, VINO
kcDt the Green man." formerly known
us the "Farthing Pye House," at the
top Of Portland Row, st. Mary-le-tbone,
could accompany the violin exceeding
ly we'll with a rolling-pin and salt
box. In another case, man who used
to frequent the public-houses in the
City was In the habit OF treating the
company to somewhat peculiar music
He would blow out his cheeks with his
breath, and then beat tune upon them
With his fists. and this he could do
with great facility.-Tlt-Bits.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
Oh, How They Hurt.

Neuralgia pains are often so acute,
that the cpoor sufferer becomes, almost,
frenzied with tho intensity of the pain.
Salvation OIL will instantly relieve and
efcctually cure neuralgia, so there
is no reason why q moment's pain
should be endured. Mr.. Jacob Klein,
1896 Main ST., EYan9yille, Ind, writes:
"My wife suffered from neuralgia for
seven years and since she used Saliva
tion Oil, she has not had o spell.
think It's the best linlmcnt have ever
tried, and | would not bo without q
bottle Of it in the house. l had tho
rheumatism for nvo years and had tried
great many liniments, and must say
that Salvation Oh did me more good
than any other remedy" Salvation
Oil is sold everywhere iQg % ceGta,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26

"Ifardbake," said the gent'eman's
friend, II am surprised to hear from
goOd authority that you, a freeIborn
American, are in the habit of looking
up to the titled foreign son-in-law OF
yours"
''If you knowod how high he come"
said Mr., Hardbake, with a Sigh. you'd
see that there wasn't no other way to
look at him" ,"--Ciucinnati Enquirer,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-26
no Moro Trouble.

"This is pretty stout BUTTER" de-
clared Mr. Newly with a frown that
was deep for man who had been mar
ried but month.
Don't eeold Gear!e.' urged his pretty
little wife. "It'n nc! oocur GGain. |
have bought churn and ordered but
termiMI TO DO delivered regularly.
Hereafter we'll have sweet. fresh but
taR,"--Deroit Free Preaa