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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-12-27
MEDICAL SUPERSTITION.
outlandish Practices Still Prevail In
Parts Of Germany.

All sorts Of outlandish medical
ideas and practices are TO be found
in active prevalence in the marsh
lands Of the Weser, north of Bre-
Imerhaven, and in the Luneburg
heath, a barren region between the
Elbe and Aller, in Germany.
In both of these districts the
touch Of a corpse's hand is still re-
yarded as curative Of many local
dis. In the Wesermarsch the prac-
Itice is to steal secretly into the room
where the dead person is laid out
and with the dead hand stroke the
afflicted part. In the Luneburg
heath the application is especially
used as cure for warts and for
cramps in the stomach.
Less grewsone is the remedy for
he-nia still applied in the marsh
country. On the night Of st. John
the Baptist's day, june "a, the pa
tient must be dragged through the
split Of a cleft ash tree. Three men
bearing the first name of John
must perform the operation, and it
must be conducted in dead silence.
Some Of the cures depend, on the
contrary, upon verbal formulas. For
hiccough the sufferer must cross
a little wooden footbridge over a
,tream--an easy matter in the
marsh lands with their manv drain
age bitches. As he crosses he must
repeat the nursery rhyme:
snip-op un TX gungcn ober dat steg
5nik-op fult herin un TX gung veg.
This bit of dialectic German may
be translated:
Hiccough and went over the bridge;
[ went on. Hiccough fell in the ditch
For erysipeias fire is lighted
and a pinch of ashes from it is rub
bed on the skin 10 the accompani-
ment of a saying to the effect that
The ashes and the sore went over the
Red sea together, the ash came
back, but the sore never again. Nj
merous other sayings supposed to
have the force of charms, usually
when uttered simultaneously with
some action, are quoted. The Lune-
burger, for instance, who has warts
makes the sign of the cross on the
warts while gazing at the crescent
moon, saving, "What | see, that |
win: what | wash, that disappears
Ii rhymes in the German dialect.
Sometimes the formula is not
spoken. The Wesermarsch folk
have a saving which they write on
slip of paper when any one has
fever. Then they burn the paper.
The Luneburgcrs have no formula,
but they write the name, year OF
birth and birthplace of the sick per
son in a lonely place three nights
unning. Other remedies for fever
consist in swallowing spiders or dust
lied from a church bell.
When a tooth comes out the loser
must throw it backward over his
head. Hair combings must not be
Thrown out Of the window, because
The birds might get them and fly
away with them. In that case the
person who was separated from
them would speedily become bald
IAllgemeine Zeitung.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-12-27
1908!

AS New Year approaches, she whispers of coaches,
And lockets and breaches without any end;
OF sweet rosy pleasure ard joy without measure
And plenty of Leisure to share with friend.
For holiday pleasure, why these are the times for it,
Pardon me, then, for so trifing a lay
This stanza shall end it, if can find rhymes for it
May you, dear patrons, be happy today.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-12-27
Turning the Tables.

Laughing. Tommy Mischief
Hid n crooked pin
In the seat OF grandpa's chair.
U know II was a sin-)
Dear old loving grandpa,
Seeing Tommy near
And knowing well his failings.
Had good cause TO fear.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-12-27
Imitation HorsshaIr.

Imitation horsehsir Tor pyroxylin,
as 4 Is locally called) is cellulose
Product and is furnished to the
manufacturers in the form Of thick
threads Of every imaginable color
" a German manufacturing trust.
lhc thread is finished and made
INTO braids in the same way the
real silk or real horsehair is pre-
pared. Horsehair is now only used
Tor white or black braids, as it does
not take the dye as well as the imi-
tatlon article, and the cost is great
er
To Exterrinats coekroschss.
Try wet tea leaves as a means
" destroying cockroaches. Squeezs
'hese with the hands and lay on
heets OF paper around the kitchen
wi when shutting up for the night
Inc cockroaches 20 to the leaves
and the tAnnin kills them.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09

vile country modern conveniences
in the homes to be erected for
their families. While Brownsville
Is contemplating the issue of bonds
for $40, 900, Los Angeles is about
to issue bonds for $4,000, 900 for
the making improvements to her
waterworks. Her people know
that in a very short time the city
will have a population of 2,O00,-
600. While there is only secret
opposition to the propose bonding
of this city, it behoves every citi-
zen to become a committee of one
to work for the success of the bond
issue election and the future well
fare of the city. Municipal
ownership means that Brownsville
gets waterworks and electric lights
without increasing taxation, and
that the amount we should pay
for city water and electric lights to
a private company will pay, more
than pay the interest on the bonds
and provide a surplus for a
sinking fund.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09

IT IS a mistake to suppose that
only the well-to-do citizens will be
benefited by the erection of water
works and an electric lighting
Plant. While it will soon double
the value of property here, it is
only small part of the good to be
done. Every person in the city
will be benefited if they all decide
20 take the good water that it is
the intention of the city fathers to
supply to consumers, and Indirect
1y this viii benefit every one for it
is certain to reduce the amount of
sickness. Even the doctors will not
kick about this, for they know well
enough that these Improvements
will bring such a large number of
people here that they will have all
they can attend to in the ordinary
course of events. Then again the
benefit the poor man will feel most
IS the increased demand for labor,
which will follow the building of
the waterworks and the lighting of
the city by electric lights. Hun
dreds of people will build their
homes here, aud business houses
wiii multiply. affording all the
werk the people can attend to at
good wages.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
A Monster Flower.

Can you imagine blossom as
large as a carriage wheel? On the
island of Mindanao, one of the Phil
ippine group, was found by some ex-
plorers such flower. Far up on
the mountain of Parag, 1000 feet
above the sea level, some explorers
were wandering when they came
across great buds larger than a
cabbage head. Greatly astonished,
they searched farther and presently
discovered a full grown blossom,
five petaled and three feet in diam
eter 1t was carried in low lying,
luxuriant vines. The natives call
it bolo. It was found impossible to
preserve it fresh, so they photo
graphed it and kept several petals
to press and by improvised scales
found that single flower weighed
twenty-five pounds. 1t was after
ward found to be species of raf-
fiesta, first found in Sumatra and
named after Sir Stamford Rafies.
The new flower was called Raflesia
shadenburgia, in honor of its dis
coverer, DR.. Shadenburg.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
Subscribe to TIE HERALD.
DEALINGS Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed con.
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus.
tachian Tube. When this tube is infam.
ed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it IS entirely clos
ed, Deafness is the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness lcaused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Cata1rh
Oure. Send for circulars free.
F. J.CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
MISSoURrs HIDDEN LAKE.
Remarkable Body of Water In the
Heart of the OzarIIs.

itSdIh VI tHS OZdThSs
In Oregon county, No, and Full
ton county, Ark, are grouped
Grand gulf, Mammoth spring and
Spring river. Grand gulf is the
GROWING wonder of the group. The
shallow streams, about one-fourth
of mile distant from each other,
flowing in the same direction over
an elevated plateau, suddenly drop
into canyons 500 feet deep. These
two canyons form a junction half .
mile below, where they strike a
mountain lying directly across Their
path. This mountain has been tun-
neled by the action of the water.
and the natural bridge thus formed
is no less a curiosity and almost
equal in size to the famous Natural
bridge Of Virginia.
After passing through this noun
tain the united stream strikes an
other mountain and tunnels It for
several hundred feet and Their
spreads out into an immense under
ground lake, the area of which has
never been ascertained. Many par
ties have entered the tunnel and
picnics have been held by torchight
on the margin of the lake, but still
it remains mystery. No light can
exist long over the bosom of the
lake, and nothing can be heard save
the faraway rumble of the waters
as they rush on.
This underground lake is a reser-
voir wll.ch supplies Mammoth
spring, the largest spring in the
world, with its 10000 cubic feet of
water a minute. The most surpris-
ing feature in connection with this
extraordinary natural curiosity is
the fact that when these great can
yons are filed with water. even to
the arch Of the natural bridge, hun
dreds of feet deep, the volume of
water in Mammoth spring is not in
creased. Mammoth spring covers
eighteen acres Of ground 200 feet
deep with crystal water. - South
west. 4
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09

PARTICULAR attention is direc-
ted to the article on Los Angeles
published in another column,
which shows what the Development
Of Southern California meant to
that city. A few years ago Los An
geles was only little Indian Viii
1age, now 1t is the metropolis of
Southern California. The resour-
ces Of Southern California do not
equal those of the Rio Grande
Valley. With the development of
this Brownsville country the riches
produced viii create a city in this
section as large as Los Angeles and
as beautiful. Brownsville will be
that peerless city if the taxpayers
here awaken to the fact that it is
up to them to say whether the city
shall put away its swaddling
clothes and take its place as a real
city with every facility for Civ
ing capitalists who wish to help in
Lie work of developing the Browns
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09

SOME of the newspapers IN
Europe are anxious to see the
United States involved in war
with Japan. and the dispatch of a
suong feet to the Pacific by the
United States lends color to the
reports of the delicacy of the sit
uation. While we believe that
Japan will insist that her citizens
must be respected by the hoodlum
element of the United States and
protected by this government, it
IS nc more than every decent
american desires and it is certain
that cur government will punish
dndiv;duals indulging il the brutal
pastime of batting the japanese.
There is no serious cause for such
q thing as war, and we are con-
Gdent the present tension will be
adjusted.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
TUESDAY. JULY 9, 1907

A NorED English scientist has
invented a wonderful machine by
which he is able to hear even the
fierce storms on the sun millions
of miles away, but he has to place
she invention in a very quiet spot
IN order to obtain results. Such a
machine would never work in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. The
noise of the growing crops would
kill ali storm sounds from old Sol
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
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For Rent.

A good farm of so acres now in
cultivation in corn and cotton,
with three room house; Will also
sell my farm horses, wagon, tools,
etc. Call on me on St Charles
street. opposite the Convent.
E. E. WINN. Jy2-6t.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
TEXAS LAND

TEXAS LAND
Homes for a miIIiOn-.-DO you want oae?
Life may be a struggle for You and yours.
Get a new start in Texas. Get on the
land. The last cheap fertile farm land
in the United States. Take your choice.
Il, 900 acres on the Rio
Grande river, Brewster
county. ...---..-..-.b zoo per acre
5000 acres imp. ranch,
Kimble county. 2.25 per acre
5000 acres, valuable
ranch, imp, abundant
water, Kerr county. $50 per acre
1 1000 &C res, Webb CO.,
alternate sections -. 500 per acre
II 600 acre ranch, mr. RR.,
Webb CO. ....-.. 2.75 per acre
sc, 900 acres, one of finest
ranches in Kerr county,
highly improved. .-. $50 per acre
az, GOO acres on R. Grande,
magnificent ranch. $50 per acre
3 $50 acres, partly irriga-
ted, on Llano river, line
Improvements ...- 500 per acre
2, ia acres on Nueces
river, McMul1en CO.. SEQ per acre
10, 900 acres on Leona
river, agricultural, open
land. ..... 500 per acre
$4,000 acres Dimmitt and
LaSalle counties, near
Woodward land 49,. 700 per acre
q, 500 acres near Encinal,
magnificent land. - $50 per acre
80, 900 acres open black
sandy, well improved,
artesian water, Nc
Mullen county. $50 per acre
4, 200 acres Nueces val
ley, near Cotu1la - $50 per acre
10, 900 acres black, good
farm land, II miles of
railroad, Bee county. 500 per acre
p, 900 acres chocolate
loan, on R. R., 95 per
cent agricultural, La
Sale county. 500 per acre
so, 900 acres; artesian,
highly developed, rail-
road runs through it.. 500 per acre
IS, 200 acres, R. R. runs
through 98 per cent
agricultural ..-... 1000 per acre
Al, 600 acres Nueces CO.,
black and chocolate
loan, railroad ...... 1000 per acre
THE ADAMS.KIRKPATRlCK co.
HICKS BLDG SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-07-09
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-10
Primary Campaign Cost Him Less
Than Hundred Dollars.
HIS FRIENDS SPENT SOMETHING
Money Was Paid For Cards, and Car
riascs Were Used. But the Judge
Does Not Know Details-other Can
didates Have Not Filed.

Judge T. j. narham. who ON AZ
gust 10 was chosen 40 succeed him
self in the only judgcship primary ever
held IN Virginia, has filed win The
secretary oi the Commonwealth n
statement of his expenses during the
primary campaign.
The total was Sy,.7l. OF which
amount $50 was paid to the city DEM
&c attic committee as an assessment
fee. Tho remainder Went Ton print
Ing and other incidental expenses.
which are enumerated in the state
mcnt The committee assessed a..
the candidates so. but after the prl-
mary s25 was refunded 10 each.
In his statement, Judge iarham says
some Of his friends had ca-ds printed
and used their carriages on election
day. but that he does not know what
amount OF money was expended by
them in this WAY.
The other three candidates in the
primary. dessrs c. w Robinson Il.
y. Scmmes nnd A. c. Garrett, have
not yet filed their statements
Judge }arhan will be Judge of the
Co poration Court for more than nine
years. His present term docs not ox-
piic FOR over a year. and he will be
elected by the next Legislature ri
Il term of eight years.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-10
Monday. September 9, 1907.
Arrived.

Steamer Bay Port Jensen. BOSTON
Ito White Oak Coal Company in bal
last.
Barge Baroness from noston--lo
White Oak Coal Company in ballast
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-10
Mr.. FARRAR RESIGNS
POSITION AS SECRETARY
Chamber of Commerce Loses Valuable
Officer and Elects MIR. Flower TO
Succeed Him.

Mr. 7. l.. Farrar. who has been
secrctay Of the Chamber Of Com.
merce for number OF years. tcnuorcd
his resignation OF the board of direc-
tors yesterday afterncon. The resig-
nation was accepted and Nh A. s.
Flowers. a VOL known young man OF
the city, was elected to fill the
vacancy.
AR Farrar resigned because he has
engaged in n business which will keep
him away from tho city hail MS ;.mc.
The fact that his action was necessary
was greatly reg cited BY the board.
and resolutions seitiSI' Forth tho fact
Were unanimously adopted
Through the efforts of Mr.. Farrar,
the Chamber has paig ofr-I argc in
dcbtcGness and has. d,.. ing the past
year CT two put side snug sum FOR
building fund. The ilourisn7ng con
dltlon of the organization al present
is largely duo to the untiring work
of the secretary.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-10

1sA writes:
81 hive suffered with kidney and
bladder trouble for ten years past.
"Laat March commenced using
Pcruna and continued for thrco months.
have not ueed IT since, nor have folt
pain.
al believe that I am we'll and there.
fore give my highest communication to
the curative qualities of Peruna."
+ Pc-ru-iia For Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Geo. II. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writcs:
al had not been we'll for about four
years. had kidney trouble, and, In
fact fch badly nearly all the time.
"rhis summer L got so very bad /
thought 1 would try Peruna, so wrote
TO You and began ut once 10 take Pcruna
and Mnnalin.
al took only two bottles of Pcruna
and ono OF Manalin, and now feel
better than 1 have for some time.
al feol that PerunR and Mannlin curod
mo and made n different woman of mo
altogether. bloss thoday picked up
the littlo book and read of your Pcruna.n
IL Is The business of the Kidneys TO
remove from the blood an poisonous
materials. They must hc active all tho
time, elsc tho system suffers. There are
times whom they need little assistance.
Pcruna is exactly this sort OF rem
edy. II has saved many people from
disaster by rendering tho kidneys ser
vice ut time when they were not allie
to bear their own burdens.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-10
Worked Both Ways.

y man who IA lodgCr and II board
or was not treated well hy his land
lady In the matter Of food surrcp;i-
tlously put a piece of butter Into his
soup. The landGady observed the act
You do that. ! suppose she said.
because You think the soup ncccs
strengthening" We'll" hc answered
partly on that account and partly be-
cause think the butter needs weak
cning"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-10
Feast Of Rosh H0shnnna Celebrated
The World Over.
APPROPRIATE OBSERVANCE HERE
Hebrew Merchants and Business Men
Closed Their Places OF Business and
Solemn Services Were Held
Yom kppur Comes Next.

Rosh Ilasnona, Jewish New Years
Day. was observed rs holiday yes
torday 10y The Hebrews of this city
and throughout the country. All tho
stores and places OF business of 10.
brew merchants and business men
were closed Ill, ing the entire day.
AT sunset Sunday evening. the year
5GGS, according to the jewish calen-
dar was ushcrcd in Services were
conducted ut the Y NJ Is. 4 nall by
the reformed Hebrews, ana the ortho.
doX congregation ncld services al syn.
agoguc Alath lcsllurun
The orthodox congregation will also
celebrate today, us the old church
rites require the observance of two
DAYS. or from Sunday at sunset until
today nj sunset.
Lunar Months.
Tho jewish year is divided into
twelve luna months. each month be.
ginning when the new moon appears.
"Tishri' is the first month of the
year and "Rosh Hashonna" occurs on
the first day df that month. In the
present age of civilization, the exact
day upon which the new moon an
years is known many months in adj.
vance. but before the era of printing
this fact could no, be asccriained so
easily by the dwcllers OF the Holy
Land. Tho astronomers watched for
the approaching new moon ana wlien
signs of il appeared the news would
IL spread broadcast throughout palcs-
tine. so that all the dcyout might Gel
citrate the beginning of the year.
Followers of Tradition.
In tlncA In.
before the Christian y. news tray.
ellod slowly ana 1T took moro than Il
day before all the people of Palestine
were notified that the time for cole
hraiion hal arrived To make tho
holiday uniform throughout the lana.
solely for commercial f,easons. those
who were first to get the news oh.
served two days. while their brethren
In the more remote corners OF tho
land obsc ''cd the second day only.
Al the present time. the exact date
is known to all the jewish world. but
the orthodox branch Of the church
reluctant TO break away from esian
lishcd custom ana traditions clings
firmly 10 tho two-day celebration
Civilization Overriding Custom.
Tho reformed branch of tho church
is of the opinion that modern civil.
zation should override custom and
that the observance Of the first day
of the new year is sufficient This
important change has been made in
all holidays in the Jewish church one
l'anch observing two days while the
other observes but one.
The Day of Atonement
For ten days following .Rosh Has.
honna.' the dcvout worshippor oh
serves period of repentance N the
end of which comes the day of all
days in the jewish calendar. "Yom
Kippuit' the Day of Atonemcnt.
Both branches of the Jewish church
observe this day with equal devotion
and solemnity From sunset on Tues
day evening. the 18th. until sunset OF
the next day. the pions do not taste
Il morsel of food or drink. Solemn
services are conducted in the evening
and at sunrise in the morning the
worshippe $ thronG the religious
houses and remain there until sunset
Wednesday evening.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-10

Cos" Company for bunker coal,
steamer Castloventry CHD. phila.
ieinllia Smokclcss Fuel Company for
bunker coal.
schooner Florence NJ penly. Jane
son. Washinston--to Chesapeake e
ohio Coal Agency Company in bal.
last.
Sailed.
Schooner Mary w Bowen, Chase
Nodolk.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-10
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