The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-23

There are 500 900 acres OF soil In India
under jute cultivation.
The Diaro Espanoi. the ministerial or
gan OF Spain, has published an article on
religious freedom.
The Norwegian Government has
granted a credit of $4,000 for an expedi-
uon 10 be sent out next year 10 explore the
sea between Iceland, the Farce Islands,
Spitzbergen and Jan Maven.
The French convicts al New Caledonia
have turned their attention To the manu-
facture of cigarettes. and their productions
with native tobacco are in great demand
through civilized Australia.
Thick glass is hereafter TO be cement
ed 10 the walls Of the London hospitals,
thus making non-absorbent surface
which can al all times be kept clean with
ease. adding much TO the sanitary condi-
ton OF the apartments.
The Paris Figaro asserts that there are
Ilanv American women in that city, living
freely in the mud and mire Of the deDii-
monde, and acting as spies tor Germany.
They are said TO extract information from
the official French gentry. who are drawn
into the circle OF their fascnations.
In London. Canada. the other day,
they had circus and hurricane at the
same time. The two did not harmonic
well. Very suddenly. a. the performance
was at its height. the air darkened. the
lightning flashed. the wind rose, and rain
fell in sheets. The canvas fell down with
"A crash upon the menagcTie, and the ami
mails and spectators alike were overcome
nv terror and wild confusion. The ex-
cItement resulted in the death of one of
the ladies present.
There Is nothing which man can pro-
pose, however ridiculous, but that some
one will be- crazy enough 10 take it up.
Tyndall's PRAYER test has found somebody
10 try 1t in the Peculiar People. who have
hired an old building I'm London Fields,
and stuck upa notice inviting the halt. the
lame. the blind ard incurable generally 10
present themselves To be prayed over.
Measles. smallpox. and all similar ailments
receive the sane medicine. A number of
the sect are already under commitment
Ia the Old Bailey to be tried for man
slaughter, and the rest are on little better
terms with the police.
The reports sent to Rome by the Ital-
ian Geographical Socicty's expedition 10
Tunis are looked upon as very encourag.
ing and as likely TO insure the sending out
OF the larger expedition under contempla-
uOn tOtNplOrt FL uatoFidi AiTici. lnttlH
gent Africans In the United States sholld
certainly display some interest in these ex-
peditions into the wilds of their ancestral
land. Ii would seem reasonable to expect
some of them to Surpass all the Living
stones. Stanleys. and Spokes, i'm the field
in which the latter have won their fame.
Any intelligent American-Airican, capa-
bic of bearing his own expenses, will be
allowed to join the ltslan expedition now
organizing.
On opening "A bale Of cotton at the mill
OF one of the largest Liverpool splnners,
the other day, much surprise was mani
tested al the discovery within II Of box
OF luciier matches bearing the following
label: Superior telegraphic matches; ,
manufactured by Cappics & Marston. 81.
Louis; every box warranted" The
matches were OF the ordinary kind, and on
one or two Of them being tried they Were
found 10 ignite with the greatest readiness.
The cotton came TO Liverpool from Mo-
bile. and the most serious consequences
might have resulted had the least amount
Of friction been applied to the lucifcrs dur
ing the voyage. or even after The cotton
had reached rs destination