The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30


MIssorRf Is the only State IN tho nation In
which q price Is put on the head 81 u rat.
Yor can no longer say .Pa'cnt applied
fer and stand anybody on. II has been de-
c.dei that The term Is no protection 70 tho
inventor.
Az Englishwo,n- named Lee, native of
Manchester, who cmlgratci 70 New York
with small band Of disciples shortly before
the outbreak ofthc Revolutionary War, was
the founder Of the religious sect known ns
'..5hakcrs.v
TnrEE arc no titles legally In use Ia this
country; but II Is customary, out of cour-
tcsy. ID apply the title Of Honorable 10 per-
SOFAS holding elective Offices and the higher
appoin,iye Offices OF the government, such
as members OF the Cabinet
TnE gold used ia the United States Assay
Department for testing Is absolutely pure
being tone thousand fnc.r and for con-
vcnience Is usually run into long, thin strips.
resembling very much lengths OF tape or
ribbon. There IS exactly so in q twenty
dollargod piece the alloy beng in excess
81 this valuation.
Tur first patent for grip pulley was Is.
sued In 1870, 10 Andrew Hallidic, Of SaE
| Francisco, Subsequently he took out many
! patents on the equipments OF cable roads,
/ and N 1872 lie succeeded In securing enough
! corporation 70 justify the construction Of
line on Clay street, In San Francisco, Cal
! The first car was run ON the line Aug. !,
4 1873
CHAnLEs T. ELLET, noted engineer, born
January !. 1910. and died June q, 1852,
| planned and built the first wire suspension
bridge III the United States across the
Sclluyiisiil River ut Paramount, which was
opened 70 the public on january ?. lci2- In
1874 IL was replaced by doubic-dccked
bridge. which has q length OF l,2g5 feet
from shore 70 shore, to which must be add
cd l.:35 feet for the abutments and APP
proacncs.
POSTAGE STAMPS were first issued in this
country in ISL. but provisional issues were
in circulation five years prior TO that time.
Tho first country 10 adopt postage stamps
was Great Britain; the date. 1870. Nine
years later they made their first appearance
ia France, ard in 1851 were adopted by Italy.
Brazil ISSUED stamps as cary Is 1913; Bo-
Twain 1867 Chill, in ls5,; Paraguay. in 1870;
Uruguay, in lh5j; Venezuela. Ia 1883 and
United States Of Colombia in $50.
DAVID EIrrrxuorsr was the first director
or tie United States Mint 1T Philadelphia.
lie was appointed by Washington April a.
l.as, and renamed in charge u The esiab-
lishncnt until june. i;.5. when his dcclin'
ing health compelled him 10 resign. There
were ten directors In an from 1872 TO 1851
James Pol.sck being the last to hold that
title, as upon his resignation in the last
named year II was changed 70 Sapcr!nicrd
cnt The director Of all the United States
mlnis i located at Washington. in the Treas
ury Department. The present Incumbent IL
ID ..f I4s..t.
Tue term .Star-Spanglcd Banner" wa:
first applied to the fsg ~ the United States
in poem written by Francis s. Key on tAs
morning after the British attack on For
MciIcnry at Baltimore in .Sl2 The bonn
baramcnt, which took place during Tho
night, was witnessed by Mr.. Key, who, will
some friends, watched with intense anxiety
for the return Of day. At length the ligh
came and they saw the American flag sii!
flying from the fort, the attack having failed
La the excitement OF the moment he wrct'
the now famous song, the first verse o
vhlchso graphically describes the scenes @
tine night and morning.
Harvard COLLEGE, or University. as II II
now called. was founded at Cambridge
Mass in 1928, six years after the seetlcmcn
OF the colony. S490 having been appropriate
In three suns for the support OF . school Q
college. Ia 1913 it was called Harvard II
honor or Rev. John Harvard, who gave !
g. so The first president OF the ins,itu
t;on was Rev. Henry Dunster, who assumes
tuat position in 1910. Yale College, sit
uated at New Haven. Conn, was founded
ia lso0, a. the collegiate school Of the colo
ny Of Connecticut, under the trustccshiI
or tho ten principal minister's OF the colo
ny, VINO each contributed Il gift OF books.
1t vas first established at SayDrool, and ID
1916 removed TO its present location. Anons
it's carly patrons " re Governor Yale, who's
name il bears, and Bishop Bcrkeiey.