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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
HISS AND SPIT AT FOES.
cats of All Species Intuiti,eis Roper
Their Enemies by Display
of Ferocity.

Everybody has seen cat hump It's
back and hiss and spit at dog. Even
The Youngest kitten instinctively rec
ognixes an enemy and makes a showing
OF defiance at its approach. This BLUM
at intimidation is general among the
species. 1t is curious and remarkable
TACT that many different kinds Of crea-
lures which have their homes in shall
low holes have a similar habit OF spit
ting when an enemy approaches FUR
thermore. il is probable that the eN-
preston OF cat at bay is part OF The
same instructive Stratagcm. We know
how general is the horror Of the serpent
tribe throughout all nature, and hence
il seems likely that the serpent-likc as
meet Of the head of an cnraged cat. to-
pether with its threatening hiss. might
disconcert an enemy sufficiently 70 give
an advantage TO the cat.
Curiously enough. cats of all species
have their tails marked transversely
in a way which resembles the marking
~ serpents. and several naturalisis have
remarked how similar are the sinuous.
waving movements Of the tail of an
angry eat TO the movements of the tail
81 a snake III state Of excitement. The
t-uc iabby cat. when il is curled up
asleep. has a curious resemblance To a
coiled serpent. and the same is true of
many wild eats of different varieties
and coming from different parts Of the
world.
II this really is an instance of pro-
teciive mimicry il is possible that the
chief foe guarded against was the eagle.
Eaglcs are very fond of cats flesh. and
IL has been remarked by naturalists in
various parts of the world that these
formidable birds habitually make war
upon the smaller creatures of the kind
Chicago Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
FARM POULTRY HOUSE.

to accommodate a hot-hed sash, and
would need three of them. The parti-
tons should divide the house into four
equal parts, n scratching pen and a
roasting and nest room on each side.
Place the water, ground bone and
grit in the roosting or nest room and
do all of the feeding in the scratching
room, and also keep the dust bath in
<ALs room right under the glass so that
the sun will shine in il and keep il dry
and warm. For cheapness and dura'
bility would cover the roof with Ne
ponset roofing and paint il well; board
up the sides and ends and batten the
cracks.
This style Of n house is the mt ST
roomy and convenient OF any ! know
Of. and almost any farmer can build
one. To start one. draw your plans
first. TO "A scale and see how your lum'
Der will cut to advantage. Hang a cab
bage or other vegetables in the roos'
room so that the fowls can pick it from
the roost board and the floor. and fal
off once in awhile for exercise. The
plans are plain and self-explanatory.--
+. f. Page. in Ohio Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
CENSUS OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
Nav Correct statistic. "s FAR" ana
Factory Dairy Products May
u~ secured.

va. hington, Oct. 10. - The law re-
80. the statistics for the twelfth
,ensus of dairy products tfarm ana
,.etoryl 10 be taken on separate schcd-
ul.s The Division of Agriculture will
AZ The amounts of milk and cream
produccd and sold, and the amount OF
noney received from their sales; also the
ouantity and value ofall the butter ana
,b.esc made on the farm. On the manu-
fac,ures schedule will be taken the guam
,ity of butter and cheese made IN fac
tories. cooperative and otherNi Use, to-
,ether with the quantity and cost or
raw materials milk and cream. cost OF
Labor. capital invested, character and
value OF plant and machinery, etc, etc.
After the two forms of schedules shali
have been returned TO the census OF
ticc in Washington, the like statistics OF
dairy products on each will be console
dated. and thus show, what never here
,ofors has been shown. the total yield
of milk in the United States and the
amounts and values of its several prod
nets. This assertion is based on he as
sumption that the farmers shall FUR
nisn to the enumerators. fully and ac-
curatcly. the information which the
schedules may call for.
In some sections the records of cheese
factory and creamery operations for
The current year are destroyed. agree
ably TO previous vote of directors or
pairons. For 1899 they should vote in
stead. TO have prepared and preserved
for the use of the census enumerators,
who will appear on June !. 1900, the
statistics which the law says shall be
gathered. In many eases failure TO
do this will prevent the enumerators
from securing any returns, because new
managers. or new secretaries. or new
boards Of control may be in charge on
June /. 1900. who will know nothing OF
The factory statistics of lsg9-and the
figures for 1899 are the ones the law says
nall be taken.
Farmers VINO keep no records OF theis
transactions will find themselves IN the
same dilemma. on the arrival of the CEN
~ cnumerator, as factory which de-
stroXs its records Therefore, Chief
s,atistician Powers is appealing TO all
Of them to prepare in writing, while the
necessary facts are fresh in mind, such
a statement of milk. cream. butter and
cheese products as will enable them tc
reply promptly and accurately TO tie
inquiries which the law says the emu
merators must take. II they shall fai
TO do this. the statistics of dairy prod
ucts in their county will he incomplete
and will compare unfavorably viii
those of counties wherein the returns
are more accurate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

The French government announces
there Will be a financial congress az the
Paris exposition. and all leading imam
aial institutions throughout the world
have been asked TO send representa-.
tives.
A boat Is feet beam, As feet long
and ten feet deep is TO convey Firmin
Moindron. an old sea captain, from
California TO the Paris exposition. This
vessel is to be hewn out of the trunk
of a redwood tree. ard will be schooner
rigged
One of the attractions Of the Paris
exposition will be gigantic umbrella
$50 feet high. made by a Chicago
man. To each rib Of the Umbrella q
car capable OF seating 80 people viii
be attached. and these cars will be lift.
ed TO a point even with the top OF the
structure. when they will be held long
enough 10 allow the occupants TO enjoy
the view.
The lighting OF the Paris exposition
will call for 10000 horse power. ~ the
Paris exposition Of 1855, the mo tive
power was only $50 horse power; in
JsG7. GIG horse power; in ISIS. 1850
horse power: in 1889. $500 horse pow.
err; in 1900 II is thought that $4,000
horse power Will possibly be needed. but
about one-half that -.ill probably an
Svrer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

is the opt description "a Sw.nson's "5
Drops" i has saved tie public, in less
than five years, more money than the ma
tiona debt Of this country, when you meas
ure the value of health restored, suffering
humanity relieved Of it's agonies and dis.
eases Money which otherwise would have
been expended N funerals, doctors and
drug bills, loss Of labor, etc. swanson 3
Drops" never fails to cure. II has cured and
is curing millions Of people afflicted with
acute and chronic rheumatism, sciatica,
neuralgia, asthma. Ia grippe and catarrh Of
all kinds. II Will cure you. Try IL. Large
sized bottle 81 90. sent on receipt Of price,
charges prepaid; 25-cent sample bottle sent
free, on recipe Of 10 cents TO pay for mail
irg Agents wanted. Swanson's Rheu-
matte Cure Company. l6i Lake ST., Chicago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

The major, just returned from Boston,
tells in strict confidence this story:
II had engaged my berth, and was stand
ing on the rear platform live minutes be-
fore the train pulled out OF the Park
Square depot, when middle aged woman
and handsome girl, both ladies. passed me
and entered the car accompanied BY a
gentleman y-looking chap who carried their
baggage. 4 moment later this fellow pus ed
up 10 me and said he was IN a most emhar-
RAISING position, had his sister and mother
aboard, and had lost his mileage book. lie
would introduce me TO them and give me
any security for SIS. ] said needed ne . her
introduction nor security, but would gave
him ten dolars-..ll | had to spare. lie in.
sisted on giving me his diamond scarfpin,
and then rushed into the station 10 see II
he could get more cash. As the train pulled
out without him. he came running wildly
after il, but had 10 give II up.
Then the porter approached me tenta-
lively. Was that man annoying you" be
said. | told him no. lie insisted on carrying
the baggage Of to aides inside. sab. an
an'-dld he get any money on, Of you"
. 'Of course he didn't. sand L. but tool
the first opportunity OF examining that pin
II was worth about five ceI;s. Buffalo
News
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
brown or rich blsck2 Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE t%S h,s sns
RELIGION AND PHILANTHROPY

Andrew Carnegie's donations to IL
braries have exceeded sl2,000,0o0.
There are Is Presbyterian churches
In the north which have a membership
of more than ! coo each. One Of them
has u membership of 1900.
Bramwcll Booth, who is next in com
mand of the Salvation Army 70 Gen
s. 100000 win be needed for the years
work Of the army.
At the dedication Of the Jewish syn
agogue recently finished at FL Paso
an Episcopal, Methodist and Pres
byterian minister assisted Rabbi Oscar
Cohen in the exercises.
In France any sect with 100000 adj
hcrcnts is entitled TO Il grant in pro
portion to its number. The govern
ment grants TO the Catholic chureh
this year 4l,0sJ.o23 francs. and to The
Protestant churches ] ,495,l00 francs.
OF the 1850 Wesleyan churches in
England seven observe the Lords sup
per once in two weeks, LOAF once a
month. $50 once in six weeks. II once
In two months. APO once in three
months, Gs once in six months, 3 once
a wear, the remainder not regularly.
Fourteen years ago the Chicago
training school commenced. without
money. work which has been so saga
ciously managed that the total current
expenses of about $4,000 have beer
covered by the students. save about
1854. which has been raised without
any appeal to the public in general. j
now owns property valued at slSs,ooo
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
FARM POULTRY HOUSE.
with Scratching Pen, Large
Enough for Fifty Hens.

A subscriber at Sidney, o., asks for n
plan for house that viii accommodate
so hens, with scratching pen at
tached. lie says il must be cheap as
well as convenient. | present the plan
OF house that think will be suitable.
The scratching pen is under the same
roof and is separated by only wire or
lath partition, shown al A. In this pen
all feeding should be done. The size OF
the house is lGx20 feet and nine feet At
the highest point of the roof. The front
slope OF the roof should be six feet long
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

Trials OF feeding bonedust to young
stock have been made in France. -Four
ounces daily fea 70 a calf gave an in
crease of 30 pounds in "a days beyond
the previous - days increase on the
same ration. Thus ~ pounds ground
bone r1ade a overweight increase of 70
pounds. The boncdust is said to pro-
mote assimilation Of the food, tending
to the formation Of flesh.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

Frank j Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner OF the firm OF +. j. Cheney
g. Co, doing business in the city OF Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall : Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. ID.
1856 A. w. GLEASON,
lSea1 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimonials
free. +. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, ..
Sold by druggists. 7Jc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

TO grandma in the rocker Grain-O is good for
the whole family. 1t is the long-desred sub
stitute for coffee. Never upsets the nerves
or Injuries the digestion. Made from pure
grains it is food in itself Has the taste
and appearance OF the best coffee at the
price 1t is a genuine and scientific article
and il come to stay 1t makes for health
and strength. Ask your grocer for Grain-O
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
OkInhou q.

its wonderful resources ard superior ad
yantages to home-seekers are set forth II
a handsome illustrated pamphlet just is
sued by the Frisco Line Passenger Depart
ment. Copy will be mailed free on applica
t,on TO BRYAN SNYDER, Gil A., st. Louis, Mo
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
bigger Man Than wilhelm.

der Kaiser said Mr.. Dinkslspiel. ina
pc Wilhelm der Crosse, bat, by chiminentl!
am Wilhelm der grocer alretty, Heinz
Indianapolis journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

Moves the bowels each day. In order tC
be healthy this u necessary. Acts gently or
the liver and kiupeys. Cures sick head
ache Price - and 51c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

suHcIlIlS, anu q BOOu utaI OF UstNhsAcIlC'
but ! thought all women had these
things and did not complain.
II had doctored for some time. but
no medicine seemed 10 help me. and my
physician thought it best for me to go
TO the hospital for local treatment.
had read and heard so much of your
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
sage Of Sawhaw Says.

The half OF the world that lives on the
other IS the half that does most Of the
kicking.
Error. though crushed to ear,h. will
the band wagon.
All some men can do is to hoodoo.
All nature is given over to poetry,
even the hen having her lays.
Flowery speakers do not always get
the bouquets.
One might as well get LETT as TO be
gathered up as fragment.
\ rowing blade isn't apt to cut wide
swath anywhere but in his own
finances.
Sound business is evidenced by the
sound of cash. Chicago Democrat
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
Something for a Golfer to Learn

The Golfer-Nou must acknowledge tia.
il requires a great deal q skill TO drive a
ball 100 yards.
The Farmer-Nothing like the skill re-
quired TO drive pig 80 feet. = Stray
Stories.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

isn't it wonderful that one small head
can carry all he knows."
mo. The wonder is where he stores all
he thinks he knows = Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

"Were there no servants in the inteli
ecnce Officer" asked the wife. III was full
OF en-, returned the lonely husband, but
they had all worked for us before. -Phila
delphia Inquirer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

| could not get along without Piso's Cur,
for Consumption. ii always cures.-M Mrs
T.. c. Moulton. Needham, Mass, Oct. -, %
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

If YOU want to be cured Of cough use
Halc's Honey OF Iiorehound and Tar.
Pixies Too,hache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

Many a writer has made a goose OF him
self by taking a quill in his hand.-Ellioit
Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

Let us then he UP ard doing,
With a heart for any fate.
Throw away the rag you're chewing
Either fish or cut the bait.
-Chicag 20 Tribune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
The best Prescription for chiIis

and Fever is bottle OF GROVES TssTFLEs
CuilLT oSIc. Its simply iron and guininei
atasteless form. MOI no pay. Price, 50C
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

The lighting Of the Paris expedition
VIII call for 10000 horse power. At the
faris exposition Of 1853. the motive
power was only ESQ horse power: in
M. GIG horse power; in 1875. 2.50c
h"Fsc power; in 1889. $500 horse pow
'r' IN 1900 Il is thought that $4,000
horsepower viii possibly be needed. but
'ooAt one-half that will probably an
swer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

Lazy people are criticised a good deal. bu
they generally lead long and happy livcs.-
Somegyille (Mass) Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

Every man abuses the fool doctrines Of
Others, and is faithful 70 his own.-Atchi.
son Globe
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

Dreamers are the worlds great archi-
tects: the toilers are lis builders.-L. "A. w.
Bulletin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

<rY GAVE little thought to my hsalth. writes Mrs WM v.
- BELL ago n. Walnut ST.. Canton. o.. TO Mrs Pink
ham. until found myself unable 10 attend to my
household duties
had had my days of not feeling well and my monthly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

~ the dedication Of the Jewish syn
ave recently finished az III paso
az Episcopal. Methodist and Pres.
nFierian minister assisted Rabbi Oscar
'oAen in the exercises.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refundmon lift fails TO cure. &c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-27
THOUGHT.
LESS
WOMEN

Vegetable Compound that made up
my mind to try it. Twas troubled with
falling OF me womb. had sharp pains IN
ovaries. leucorrhea ana painful menses.
i was so weak and dizzy that l would
often have severe fainting spells
took in all several bottles of LYDIA l.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- pf..d p..r,Gor and used the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-06-23
1T WAS a NEAT JOB.

The Surgical Operation That Was
Performed by. the Skipper.
The retired sea captain got reminiscent
with me the other day.
was telling him l supposed that in
the old days the skipper had to be all
things to his crew.
That's right said he why, you
never knew what WAS coming up mkt. A
skipper had to be able to preach IL funeral
sermon. He must also be ablo in the next
minute to whale tho eternal stutfing out
of a sailor that talked back. And, moro
than that, in case he knocked too much
stuffing out of the man he had to be able
TO put it back again.
THAT is to say, tho sea captain that
wanted to be considered as anyways up in
the king row had to he able to do "a good
job as a surgeon or doctor.
why, one time l remember q sailor
fell clear from the main top to the deck
BY good rights the fellow ought to have
in his fall and got off with Il broken leg
But that leg was broken worse than a
sailors pledge when he gets shore leave.
They carried the man down into my
cabin. and found the bone sticking rig hit
out through the flesh.
"Thero was no use talking-the leg had
TO come off And l did it. You never
saw better piece of surgery. l took up
the arteries, made the flaps, sewed the
edges, and the mate, who had been in the
hospitals more or less and had watched
operations there, said that he didn't see
how one of the regulars could possibly do
any better. 1 took my time about it,
never sighted thing, and / felt pretty
proud of the job when the fellow was car
ried down to his bunk"
II don't blame you bit, broke In
How long was it before tho man was
able to be around again?"
"Oh." said the skipper carclcssly, 1.-The
man was deader'n a spike in Tophct the
next morning. l couldn't help that, of
course But did rs neat Il job on his leg
as you ever saw in all your life. Lewis
ton journal.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-06-23

England's pickpockcts hold their own
against all foreign competition. In Lon
don alone over 100, 900 men, women and
children gain their daily bread entirely by
this INSCRIPTIONS mode of living.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-06-23
HIS Hair TURNED WHITE.
Peculiar Experience of the Man Who
Dealt In High Explosives


"NitroGlyccrin, sir; high explosives ac-
ecmplishcd it." said Il well dressed man
with ii youthful face and Snow white hair
to a chance acquaintance ut the Great
Northern.
But your face is not SCARED? 1t would
seem that an explosion
An impending explosion it was Two
years ago | WIS the most successful well
shooter i'll America. could make the oil
loosen up where others had failed. The
secret lay in the explosives l employed. l
made them myself and had the business
down fine. At that time | went to New
York to figure on big blasting contract
that would have made nc Il pile. l failed
to make the arrangement, and the very
day the negotiations fell through started
suddenly for England on similar mis-
sion.
lis there such thing as high explo-
sives ripcning?' asked the Englishnan
was accompanying on the second day of
Our voyage
The question brought me to my feet
and caused an exclamation of horror to
escape from my lips. Many explosives
undergo ripcping process, which adds
greatly to their destructive power, ut the
same time decidedly increasing the danger
of handling them. That made by me was
of this character. Indeed % days after IL
was compounded it was almost certain to
explode of its own volition, so to speak
Now, on the upper shelf of the checkroom
of my New York hotel had left a large
grip containing a 90 pound can of this
compound, the ripeninS of which meant
destruction and death.
''FOr an hour was almost in state of
frenzy, freely denouncing myself as
multimurtlcrcr. In vain drew an awful
picture of the devastation that would over
whclm II certain New York hotel in exact
ly II days and called upon the captain to
put his ship about. He promised to trans.
fer ne to west Found steamer if an op-
portunity presented itself, but fortune
failed me, and ! was Obliged to cross the
ocean. On the morning of tho twenty
fifth day of the life of my ripenIng high
explosive | sprang from carriage and
rushed into the hotel.
'No rcpriCvCd murderer ever exro-
ricnccd greater JOY than l did as saw tie
last OF the terrible fluid disappear i'll IL
catch basin. Ten minutes later l started
back from the mirror Of the hotel bar,
where had gore for braccr, in absolute
dismay My jet black hair had turned
white rs SHOW. '-ChicagG Chronicle
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-06-23

llhSSS- LOW
and jealousy
a Il 5 ed by
Helen Of Troy
made historic
trouble for
two nations.
Nobody ever
conceived all
ugly Juliet.
IIeroineS Of
romance are
always beau
tiful.
! d ca S of
beauty differ
I>,t +LA @-o
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-06-23

In all times and among all people
beauty and love are associated. We all
believe that Eve was beautiful.
Esther found favor because of her corn-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-06-23

In an English coal mine few years ago
callous youth vicioUsly prickcd pony
with his pcnknifc. The wounded animal
kicked out furioIlsly, oycrturning and
breaking several safety lamps The
naked flames fed the foul gases in the air
and created an appalling explosion, which
wrought the death of over u hundred
miners.
Sun rays, shining through n dccantcr
of water on to the cartridge of u loaded
rifle, slew u sleeping man on lounge
near by The innocent owner of the rifle
was arraigned for the supposed crime and
was sentenced to death, when the testi-
mony of II shrewd detective solved the
mystery and secured his reprieve.
A German family, seven in number, lost
their lives by somewhat unique accident
They slept in one large apartment, light
cd by gas Before retiring the father hung
his overcont above the gas burner. Dur
ing the night this garment slipped and
fell on the tap, turning the gas full on
and so suifocating the slumbering in
matcs.-Chicago Times Herald