The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-18

Mrs. Antoinette Brown Black veil
intends 70 enter the ministry again soon
Mrs Blackwell was the first ordained
minister among women in this country.
ohe was settled end ordained 1T South
Butler, IN New York. Now after wears
o. broader experience she will resume
her old position.
Rev. DIR. Ingram, who died RECENTLY
IN Shetland 1T the age Of l03. Is said 10
have been the Oldest minister in the
world. Four generations Of the In
grams have lived in the same bouse ~
shetland, and they were long genera
IONS. too. The deceased's father died
at the age Of 100, and his grandfather
at los.
Among the Enelish-speaking peo
pie Of the world Episcopalians rank
first In number, with IL, 10000 Meth
odists are next, with $4,000, 900; and
then come Roman Catholics, with 49,
5VO, 900; Presbyterians, with 10. 900. 600.
Baptists, with S,0O0,000; Congregation
alists, with 100000 and Unitarians
with 1000 600.
Science and Industry.
A vein of camel coal has been dis
covered near Rome, Ga.
In Venezuela they are making -four
from unripe dried bananas.
Over $4,000 tons OF guano have
been sold In Georgia this season.
One million hands are engaged in
raising and manufacturing tobacco.
-Forty-five gallons OF water per
mile j. used in the running Of an ordi-
nary sized locomotive.
An Augusta (Ga.) man has sold
seven bushels OF watermelon seed at the
rate OF thirty-two dollars bushel.
The consumption Of corn husks in
the making of mattresses and the like
Is becoming immense in all our large
cities.
The consumption Of rubber by our
continues as large as
ever. the imports amounting to about
lz'oOo pounds per annum, chiefly OBJ
Iained in South America. The price
ranges from 30 to so cents per pound.
An ingenious kind Of fire-proof joist.
recently introduced, consists of a slip OF
wood five inches wide by five-eighths Of
IN inch thick belted between two Hanged
strips Of quarter-inch iron, making a
Beam quite AS strong as those Of wood
ordinarily employed.
1t is stated that a Minnesota miller
las invented an entirely new process Of
wheat, which does away with
he millstones now in use and substi-
utes therefore a vertically running
,ranite disc in direct combination with
circle segment of French burr. This
lew process produces 80 per cent. Of
The Board Of Directors of the St.
.ouis Fair Association have decided TO
lold two weeks Exposition prior TO
be annual Fair in October. The Ex-
.osition will open on Sept. 22 and the
air on October s. Five thousand dol
ars appropriated for military contests
uring the Exposition and q firemen's
will probably be arranged
The Boston Commercial Ealiefia. in
a article on s'shoddy carriages, /" shows ,
ow they are made so that they can be
old At 66S per cent. below those Of hon
st material and manufacture. The av- I
rage cost Of a set Of shoddy wheels, for
istance, is only 80 or -, while good, I
e'iable set Of wheels costs about sIs,
nd the body j. put together, from the I
oorest material, in the fimsiest man
or possible.
The production Of coffee has in d
reased during the last half-century !
'om 100000 cwt. to s,500,O0O cwt. '
he consumption of the article is esti- d
lated for each inhabitant Of Belgium y
} be S22 lbs. per annum; OF Holland, v
lbs. (; Of Switzerland, 6 .16 lbs. Of Den {
lark, i.s3 lbs. the Zollverein, 4.35
IS !; Of Sweden, GO lbs; OF Italy, :,
"a lbs; OF Great Britain, O.sS lbs; :
ld of Russia, 0.lS lbs. 7