The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-27

"A kitchen table with As MANY
drawers beneath IL as writing desk
and having q high back like = side
board. full OF pigeon holes for kitchen
utensils. Is n recent addition 70 tho
hired girls comfort
The average annual death rate In
this country from cholera. yellow
fever. smallpox. typhoid fever. diph-
therin and scarlet fever. all combined.
does not reach the enormous total OF
deaths from consumption.
"A California paper reports that
several bcc-kccpers OF San Diego
County lost both bees and honey re-
Gently The weather was 20 warm a.
70 melt the combs and drown the busy
little workers in their own sweets.
A correspondent or the New York
Tribune writes: mo wooden craft 81
any account disgraces this enlightened
age IN carrying human beings across
tho ocean. Steel vessels have snpcr-
seeded the old--'yle reets Of wood"
France has tine largest national
debt Ia the world, During the cen
tnry she has changed her government
again ana arain. Her cities ara heav-
lily gnrrisoned ana her people are bur
ceped by The expense ~ y ..pcac.~
army ~ more ihan .5on.oDp soldiers.
Mrs Elizabeth Faith. who died
recently ~ Louisville. had her cos.n
made under her own personal dircc-
tiun more than three years ago Il
was made u solid walnut lined with
zinc. and trimmed with white six. II
was incloscd in 4 strong cedar book.
and this in still another box made OF
thick oak lumber.
The Baltimore Baptist strongly
condemns The practice Of extending
sympathy and friendly aid to men
whose solo claim 10 such attention Is
based upon the commission OF some
terrible crime. ''Such things it
says. fare blot upon our civilian
tion. and il j. time good people
frowned 'his maudlin sympathy out
Of existence.
The rapid growth Of Italian bar
Der shops in New York City is alarm
ing the old-timc BARRIERS. The Italian
fiye-ccni shaving shops arc now 10 be
found not only in Little Italy" and
other quarters in which swarms Of
Italians have taken up their abode. but
also IN other localities up town. down
town and on both sides OF the city.
For many years great part Of the
trade has been Ia the hands vf German
philosophers. who now find il hard 10
compete with the Italians. even when
they charge a dime for using the
lather brush and razor.
There have been big gold nuggets
found in various countries. but the
largest that was ever discovered. the
silver Dollar states. was found in New
South Wales. Australia II was un--
earthel on May 10. 1872. Is weight
WAS go pounds. height four feet nine
inches. width three feet two inches.
average thickness four inches. and 4.
was worth $liS. 500 II was found inn
bedded in thick wall OF blue slate at
- AtIftt " ~tW tttt rum Af4V r1titt*s
An interesting feature OF its history
was that tie owners OF the mine were
living % charity when they found il.
Il man ut Covington. Pa. who wns
fattcning twenty-pound swapping
turtle. wa- aroused early BY the noise
OF : scutlIc in his yard. Repairing
there he found the turtle hanging
20 the nose Of 3OO-pound
bear. Bruin was near the fence. en-
deavoring 10 get over. but his efforts
were interfercd with BY the turtle.
Eventually the bear reached the next
yard. but the man followed and shot
him dead. The turtle all the time re-
tainesi his hold. and refused to let GO
until tho dead beasts nose was cut OF.
Then 4 crawled of. carrying the pieco
e 1e~l ia It's mouth.