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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07

A London Physician says the Former VIII
Cure the Latter.


DIR. Marcel Of London recommends
bicycle riding as a remedy for asthma.
Here is what he says about il in a let
ter To The Medical Record: III asthma
is a form Of mountain sickness and il
that distressing affection Of high alti
tudes a be cured by training for the
exercise OF climbing, why should not
asthma also yield 10 the training of the
respiration carried II by practicing the
respiratory movements needed 10 carry
the tidal air through the lungs OF all
means Of training respiration | think
cycling is the best. When "A person first
takes "A cycling exercise, IL will be
found. especially on going up hill, that
the breath is wanting, the heart beats
uncomfortably and the legs tire. but
after training these discomforts disap-
pear, nothing will be thought Of ascend
ing hills, the heart has become perfectly
comfortable. all breathlessness has dis
appeared and the legs Will no longer
feel any fatigue.
Cycling exercise, first Of all, in
creases the depth of breathing, and that
without fatigue, as the respiratory
movements are automatic. At the same
time ii will accustom the rider instinct
lively TO take in at each respiration the
volume of air required to aerate the
blood. Persons who do not care for CIV
cling out OF doors can take the same
kind Of exercise at home by means Of a
dummy cycle, consisting of an iron
wheel driven by pedals, the resistance
IF the wheel being so contrived as to
simulate bicycle riding. \ strap carried
partly around the rim of the wheel can
be frightened ut will by the rider. thus
increasing the labor and recalling the
effort of riding up hill. My experience
of the results Of this treatment is unfor-
tunately limited to only one person. In
this case it has proved eminently sue
cesstul. This person took TO bicycle rid
ing three years ago for pleasure and in
very great moderation for the first two
years. He observed hat the attacks of
asthma to which he was subject became
fewer. The tightness and Wheeling
which occurred every night have now
entirely disappeared.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07
The LoophoIe.

Mr.. Goodheart-Regarding those kit
tens, my dear, the president Of our So
ciety says the most humane way to
drown kittens is to put them in an or
binary earthenware iowerpot and then
suddenly turn the ~fowerpot upside
down in a pail Of lukewarm water.
Mrs. Goodheart-Why, yes, that is
q good idea, isn't It, because, you know,
there is a hole in the bottom Of the
howerpot for the poor little things to
breathe through. London Fun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07
Trimming with Charity.

Cipollini. a pcm Of a husband, never
allows an opportunity to slip without
extolling to the skies the excellent quail.
tiles of his better half. my wife,. " he
was heard 10 remark the other day. lis
SO kind, so indulgent toward everybody,
that. even when speaking i'll Of other
people, she does not believe a word Of IL
herself. "-Settimand
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07

II l. said that Australian shepherds
an ~forctell the weather from the con.
lition o. the wool on the backs Of their
sh'cp. IN increase in the curlincss IN
~iica.ts bottoT weather.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07
General Repairing & Horses hoeing
House and Lot for Sale.

A good residence on Mill street in
Jasper, for sale cheap, and Of reasonable
terms. The lot has on it a good drilled
well costing nearly 500, furnishing an
unfailing supply Of good water. For
price and terms apply to q. DoANR.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07

Nearly 200 patents have been issued
for horseshoes, but not one Of the inven.
tions has ever come into general use.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
Conflict CT Nature and Art.

A young man here in town who is
studying drawing-I won't say just
how or wherc-went out to a Welsh
rabbit supper at a friends studio one
|evening. The supper was given to cele-
brate an examination in light and shad-
ow which several of the young art stu
Id,nts had just undergone with success.
The young man 1 speak of was full Of
the subject. His mind was still dwell
ing OH it when he started home Half
III hour later a fellow art student came
up with him. He was standing before
an equestrian statue in one of the little
parks and was intently studying the
Shadow Of the bronze rider cast by the
moon.
''Say," said he to tho other student,
"looll at that shadow. I've cast lots Of
shadows and I've studied 'em. That
am t IL bit like it. l know shadows.
That ain an angle of 45 degrees. "
Here he took his friends arm.
"Od boy,' he said solemnly, "that
shadow S all out Of drawing. "-Wash-
lngtun Post.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
SHADOWlNG A FOOTBALLER,
The Scheme of a Team to Down a Sue
cessful Rival.

Several years ago young athlete
named D-was conspicuous as foot
ball player. He was swift runner, a
reliable drop kicker and an excellent
all round player. He had proved such Il
tower of strength on his college eleven
that rival teams feared him, and when
rumors to the effect that he had received
money for his services were circulated
steps were eagerly taken by the foot
ball authorities of an opposing college
to investigate his amateur status. If he
had received money, as alleged, he was
no longer an amateur and could be de-
barred from a place on the team.
Accordingly an emissary was dis
patched, with the usual oppressive col
lege secrecy, to the village of S.
where the suspected player resided when
at home. The father of D. was a
we'll to do farmer, and the spy, passing
as book agent, experienced little diff
Guilty in getting him to talk about his
son.
"Famous?' he said, with no great
show of enthusiasm. "Waal, s'poso
the boy is famous, but there isn't much
in this football"
"But fellow as famous as he is must
get good salary" the spy suggested,
with craftily assumed air Of innocence.
"Nopo," said the farmer. Football
players don't get salary"
"That's odd," continued tho spy.
IT heard he was kicking for cash. -
"Waal, that's right. Io is, " the IA
Their slowly admitted.
The spy was secretly overioyed. He
chuckled inwardly and fairly Rugged
himself with delight. In fancy the rival
team was already deprived of her strong
est player.
$50 he's kicking fer cash at college,
is he?" be echoed.
"Yes," the farmer said YEARLY,
Eyes, he's kickin for moro cash most
every letter | get. y
And then the disguised spy kicked
himself, metaphorically speaking, all
the way back to college, -lIarper's Ba-
Ear.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28

Tho Russian PEASANTS, more especial
l. those residing in the neighlorhood
Of Moscow, have a peculiar and origi
nal method Of treating themselves for
that Lane of mankind, rheumatism,
Many cures, even i'll very bad cases. are,
it is claimed, effected Ly making the
ratient take ant baths.
The manner Of preparing these baths
is as follows: An anthill is sought, and
when found sack is filled with ants.
ants eggs, and, if it be considered nee
ossary, II certain quantity of the earth
which composes the hill. The sack is
then closed Theoretically and carried to
tho home of tho sufferer. A warm bath
is already prepared here, and tho sack
is plunged bodily into tho hot water
Soon this latter begins to give off pc
culiar pungcnt odor, characteristic OF
formic acid. The bath is now ready for
the patients immersion. The action of
the bath on the skin is one Of intense
irritation, and the result seems to be a
drawing out of the evil, and tho conse-
quent disappearance of the rheumatic
pains.
1t is advisable for any one who may
be tempted to try this remedy to be
careful not to remain too long i'll the ant
bath, as the consequences might be Il
total DISCRIMINATION of the skin, which
would peel Off, due to the violent action
of the a, id.-Now York Commercial
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
Tho Letter ID.

Tho Semitic people called D Daleth,
d door or opening, whence tho Greek
doItt, To us in its present form it is
not much like il door, as we know, but
if the orientals lived in tents shaped
like the letter B it is not wonderful
they should have doors the shape of a
b. Ger form of the letter is greatly
changed from tho ancient d, but a
glance at tho Greek delta, which is a
right angle triangle, shows it identical
in shape with the triangular tent door
closed by flaps of canvas, and when one
Of these was drawn back shape was
represented which must have been ia
nlliar to all orientals.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28

Thcro is in Utica an old man of un-
au,ual intelligence who is known to
Ehayc graduated from no college, and yet
Whose perfect English, including syn
stax, crlhography and pronunciation,
ENould stamp him as an educated man
liz any company. Ono night this old
Euiau was seated in the rooms Of the
ECu4hurM club, when he consented to be
|iltcN lowed as follows:
"Ipom whom did you get the fou:.da-
|tiau Of your education?"
"Frum Webster"
"Dauicl Webstor?"
"No, but Noah Webster, through his
|slrlIing book When | was IL, could
spell cvrl,, word in that book correctly.
Il had learned all the reading lessons it
contains, including that one about the
'oll man who found some rude boys in
ibis fruit trees one day, and who, after
trying kind words and grass, finally
pltld them with stones, until the
young scapegraces were glad to come
down and beg the old mans pardon. "
"Wcisters spelling book must have
been wonderfully popular"
"Yos." And a genial smile lighted
up the ancient face. "There were more
copies Of it sold than of any other work
ever written in America. Twenty-four
is the number up to 1S47, and
that had increased to SO, 100000 in
1860, since which tilno I have seen no
account of its sale. Yes, I owe my ed
ucation to the spelling book. Utica
OhslrNnr
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
Melting Iron.

The working and works of the great
furnaces III this country are interesting
IN the extreme to those who are fond of
knowing the processes by which famil.
lar articles are made. At one of these
establishments 1000 tons of iron ore,
coke ana limestone are consumed each
gay Long trains bring this mixture,
Whlch Is known to the workmen as
BURDEN" into the works. The cars
are brought up on trestles and emptied
into long bins. The furnace is kept full
and burns continuously. The gases rise
and are carried off, and tho solid mat
ter, gradually dissolving and softening,
steadily descends, when the space thus
left vacant is Immediately filled by the
burden" An examination of the inte-
rlor OF the furnace would show q top
layer OF crude material with tempera-
ture OF about 500 degrees +. A few feet
below this the temperature of / 900 de-
grees f.. has decomposcd the limestone
and formed carbonic acid and lime. Be-
meath this there is a stratum with tenn
perarure of 1900 to 1,70O degrees. In
aud is taking up carbon. Below this the
iron is melted and fills the receptacles.
Above the iron is the Stag, which es-
capes through hole at tho top of the
hearth. At the bottom of the hearth is
narrow opening from which the cast
iron is taken, A furnace is tapped six
times day and furnishes about 700
tons of iron daily. When the furnace is
empty, the tap hole is closed with clay.
When it is again filled, this clay is
broken out and the melted tai at
white heat flows down through the
channels, spreading to the right and
left into the smaller deprcssions pre-
pared for its reception. These are SO ar
ranged that the molds at the extreme
edges fill first, and those near the fur
naces are the last ones to be completed.
New York Ledger.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
Fireproof Sheet Iron Curtains.

one of the regulations in certain
E1rol theaters was that every thea
ter br supplied with sheet iron cur
TAIN, by which, in case of necessity, the
auditorium could be completely isolated
from the stage. This curtain, which
was enormously heavy, had to be coun-
tcrialmccd by massive iron weights,
bNt SO evenly was the weight distributed
that the screen could be raised or low
cred Instantly by the pressure of but
ton controlling an electro magnetic ad-
mt. The first theater in Europe
to Use the electric iron curtain was the
Noncdio Franchise, in Paris, and the
installation was made by an American
electric company. This curtain is worked
w 4 two horsepower motor and can be
lowered at maximum rate Of four and
oh'rholf feet in a second. In many the
a'rrS the iron curtain is now superseded
ny one Of asbostus, which is infinitely
lvNS cumhrous and equally serviceable.
y iautauquan
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
BRITISH HISTORY WRONG.
a Misleading Account of the Battle os
White Plains

White Plains
In Its series of supplements recount.
ing 1.-The Battle Honors of the Services
The British Navy and Army Illustrated
once Ill awhile says something about
the British forces in the Revolutionary
war. When it does, it is pretty sure to
be inaccurate.
The cover of one issue of the "Bat.
tie Honors' has spirited picture of
Bragg's grenadiers winning the battle
OF White Plains, where they won tina
mama of the "Slashers," because they
threw away their fintlocks and carried
an lntrenchment with their short
swords. The picture is entitled "Tho
Slashers at the Battle of White Plains,
l775."
The battle Of White Plains was
fought, as matter of fact, on Oct. 20,
l776. 1t is stated in the publication
that Washington sent s, 600 men to &C.
cupy hill above the ford of the
Drunk, and that this position was
carried by the "SlasheY' with their
swords. 1t is also said that "soon after
this turning movement General Wash
lngton, abandoning his stores, retired
with his army toward Connecticut.
AS matter Of fact the position re-
ferred to was held by 1,40O Americans
under General McDougal and was car
ried by a British force Of 1000. One
would think from reading the British
version of the fight that tho "Slashers"
whipped the entire American army.
There were other British regiments en-.
gagged in the work of carrying Chatter
ton hill, and it is unfair to them to give
all the credit to the "Slashers. -
OF what took place after the position
was carried the version given by The
Navy and Army Illustrated is delibor-
ately misleading. The facts are that
when the hill was carried General Nc
Dougal retired to Washington camp
with loss of SO prisoners and 100 kill
ed and wounded. The British lost 1923
killed and wounded. Howe did not dare
to attack Washington, but sent for re-
endorsements, and on Nov. moved
his augmented army to Dobbs Ferry
Washington, being confronted by supe-
rlOr numbers, retired, not toward Con-
necticut, but across the Hudson to New
Jersey OH Nov. 8.
When nation starts out to write its
military history and distorts it in some
particulars, it makes ono doubt tho
truth of all, The truth about tho baltic
of White Plains would rebound just as
much to the glory of the "Slashers" as
does the perverted account published by
the navy and my.-New York Press.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
{ TSODE OF THE LATE WAR.
Last Night Of a Southern Soldier on tho
Battlefield.


Battlefield.
Don t leave me, captain! Oh, don't
leave me !'were the words that came ia
me with an agonized shrek from bleed
ing and dying Confederate soldier on
the evening of the great battle of NAL
vern Hill, July /, 1862. He, mere
youth OF II years, lay in heap, gasp
ing for the breath which was fast leav-
ing him, along with the rays of sun
light, Oh that sad and memorable day.
l, for whom that piteous cry was meant,
was staff officer of the brigade to
which the Louisiana regiment, the sol.
der boys regiment was attached.
Well mounted, was galloping back
across that bloody field to report the
duty l had performed when suddenly
arrested in my course by the voice of
despair and woe, coming from my
stricken comrade. The day was fast
passing away into darkness, darkness
that seemed to enshroud this valley of
death. The terrific cannonading OH both
sides that had lasted for hours from the
surrounding hills Malvern hill being
the central point of attack by the Con-
federates) was supplemented by the
booming of artillery and bursting of
shells from the gunboats on the ada
cent James river.
Nature seemed to revolt at this scene
of blood and carnage. Thunder and
lightning and an avalanche of rain came
i'll quick succession with such great
force as to cause the stoutest heart to
quake. This great battle was the sew
enth days fight to capture the city Of
Richmond. 1t was not an ordinary bat
tie, but demons fight and the final
encounter between those two giants of
war Robert E. Lee and George B. Nc
Clellan. 1t gave the laurels of victory
to the southern chieftain, believed with
tho tears of broken hearts
Without stopping to consider what l
alone could do for the dying youth
amid the chaos and increasing darkness
of the night that prevailed, turned
back and dismounted to keep a lonely
vigil with the dead. My horse, which,
strange to say, had seemed frenzied with
fear, became quiet and tractable as
though he knew there was safety with
his master. | called the boy, who had
swooned away from loss of blood, and
was glad to know he was not dead.
Giving him the bride of my horse to
hold, | tore the sash from around my
waist to bandage his torn and bleeding
limb.
The 10y was praying and called down
Gods blessing on me. His petition to
heaven seemed to be heard. The storm
of wind and rain, although still high,
was abating Naught but the mournful
wall of the wind through the surround
ing forest could now be heard. The
great armies that had SO lately confront
ed each other in battle array had SEEM
ingly vanished from the scene. was
alone Oh battlefield with the dead.
Wet and dripping, with the chill of
night upon ME, | waited for morning,
and he. too, the brave soldier boy, was
waiting for morning Oh, God, will it
ever come?
He clasped my hand with hope and
confidence and seemed to lie happy and
without pain. believed he had gone to
sleep Morning came. and he was still
asleep-asleep to wake no more. -Daw-
son A. Blanchard in Washington Post.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28

"What strange methods some mon
adopt to get Wives she remarked as
sbo looked up from the newspaper
which she had quietly appropriated as
hers by right because sho was ilrst at
the breakfast table.
"What's happened now?' he asked
"Why, a New York widower has
mode anplication for one at tho barge
office where the immigrants land, . sho
explained. "Ho says he wants a "o ,:'a
who is thoroughly respectable' Oh KIM,
ly disposition, fairly good looking sooo
to children, obedient'-
"Hold on, )" he interrupted " ha' 3
that last?'
"Obcdient" >, ,,.,
Gle might as well give up Jill
cago Post.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
Smoke and Ligbt.r''<-

ION the approach of a thunderstorm
French peasants often make up a very
smoky fire.. says Industries and Iron,
sin the belief that safety from light
ming is thus assured. BY some this is
deemed superstition. but Schaster shows
that the custom is based OH reason mas
much as tho smoke acts as a good con-
ductor for carrying away the electricity
slowly and safely. Ho points out that
in 900 cases of damage by lightning
G.3 churches and g. 8 mills have been
struck, while tho number of factory
chimncys has only been 3. "
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
as a Detective.

+ use has been found for the
iodine. This is the discovery Of
.,.tjuns in manuscripts. Professor
. .,,l,ts Of Louvain, the discoverer of
No ,rocrss noticed that when sheet
MINER which had been sized and fin
nod WAS moistened and, after being
or,uehly dried, exposed to the vapor
iodine the part which had been
listened became violet, while the un.
oj,t,lod portion became brownish vel.
If auucars that when a manuscript
D.. lrrn altered both the nature and
t.ut Of the alteration can be deter
ned ly the use of iodine vapor. Those
rt, which have been rubbed become
unl.i n on exposure, and when the
Lod lart is subsequently moistened
!rromcs blue, the depth of the color
uou,ing on tho length of time that
cap sure had been allowed to pro.
tl
The process is believed to be due en-
,ely t. the we'll known fact that when
dime is put on starch the starch be-
mes Llue, and the difference in the
1T il, dependent on the fact that a por-
IA Of the starch which is contained in
e size has been removed in the process
the alteration of the manuscript.
oddly enough, the same process will
ycal the extent of pencil marks which
We been erased by rubbing. The iodine
,cr brings out the lines which have
Ii traced by the pencil point disturb
. tie surface of paper, even though
, rubbing has been so carefully done
at it has not removed any of the sur.
,r Of the paper tself.-Pearson's
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
Tie Dread of Death,

To lock upon the face of friend as
no goes away; to be one of group
whose tears will not cease, while the
ono who is dying is calm, confident and
triumphant; to listen to lasting good
bys spoken as if only short and beau
tiful journey were ahead; to see pain
soften itself into peace and tired and
worn body go to sleep like a weary
child-that takes away the dread of
death as nothing else can. When
strong man or frail woman looks upon
such sight, he feels, "Well, l, too
dare go along the pathway that has
been SO light before the feet of the one
| love-. 1t may seem as if meditation
on death were not wise, but that is
mistake. Breeding over it no doubt
leads to fear but, on the other hand,
more fear and suffering result from the
surprises of those who have been too
carefully guarded from the face of the
guest who "knocks at the palace and
the cottage gate.
We should not stay long in the char
mel house, but it is good now and then
to look in, at least often enough to see
that it is not always a place Of chills
and glooms, hut for many a mansion Ct
peace and rest. Look upon the face of Il
good man who is waving his farewell
to the EARTH and you will understand
that he is embarking OH no wild sea
Listen to the goodbys of those who have
loved you, and it will not DO so hard to
speak your own when tho moment to
speak them comes. - Rev Amory H.
BraddOu
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
EurOpean Travel.

Children are taken abroad SO young
that before they have reached an age to
appreciate what they see Europe has
become a twice told tale to them. So
true is this that recipe for making
your children good Americans is to
bring them up abroad Once they get
back here, it is hard to entlce them
away again. With each Improvement
in the speed Of our steamers vanlshes
something of the glamour Of Europe, and
the crowds that yearly rus!: across see
less and appreciate less in lifetime
than our parents did in their Que tour
abroad. -Exchange