The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-16
4 LITTLE or EVERY THING.

AT the present rate ~ expansion In one
hundred years the English language Will
be spoken BY half Of the people q the
world.
A LARGE boa constructor lately so; loose
in a New York animal store, and squeezed
aud swallowed a Mickey fastened By q
chain.
AT Lexington, KY, a lawsuit that was be-
gun In 1871 has just been settled. II re-
lated 70 "a land claim. aud the sum IN dispate
was originally about 1900.
THE commissioners OF the Yosemite Val
ley have ordered the demolition of miles 81
fences and many unsightly buildings. lenv-
ing more space for campers and tourists
VERONA. y. G., Is sand 10 be the duIlest
city in North America. Business men get
down TO their oficc al p. m and leave at
p. m After that the town Is completely de-
serted.
The size Of the canvas On which Millet
painted .s~L'Angelus.' the famous 3ilo.cnO
picture, is 2lil by 25il inches The paint
Ing was paid for at the rate Of s3oi.W per
square inch.
A SCHEME for Matching cartridges for
stocking Montgomery County, Pa. Is 70 be
put in operation by the Game Protective
Association OF that county. The eggs Will
be bought In large quantities and hatched
In artificial incubators.
AnsETTA AND MIRtAM Boocs, maiden sis
tiers. who committed suicide the other day
in jackson County. W. Va, left a letter
bearing both their signatures in which they
stated that they were tired OF life. as there
was nothing in it for old maids that was
worth the living.
RrcEST storms have washed thousands
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the vicinity OF Sunbury. Pa, and a number
OF farmers have taken legal action TO re-
cover damages from the Mineral Mining
Company, the Philadelphia a. Reading rail
road and other operators.
THERE has beer q competition among
stenographers TO decide how many words
can be written on a postal card Sylvanus
Jones, OF Richmond, VA, has taken the
prize by writing 35.s4 words. Mr.. Jones
is q shorthand writer employed by me
Erighthopc Railway Company OF Richmond
Az artesian well in North City. a suburb
OF 81. Augustine. Fla, is said 70 have the
largest flow Of any artesian well ia Tho
world. I, is an cight-inch well and is flow
exceeds the highest expectations. From 4
measurement made BY DR.. J. n. Rainey ths
flow exceeds 5000 gallons per minute. 81
orer II 100000 gallons every twen'y-fou'
) hours.
CAMPING out is capable OF much luxury
A large camp at the .Adirondacks contains
about forty acres. The sleeping apart
: ments are all in separate tents, the draw
ing-room and dinins-room being IN a Yer,
D pretty log cabin overhangIng the lake. j
. one place is an artistic childrens' play
house, and in another a perfectly rci.-'
tennis cour, shaded by lofty birches. Til
stables are near.
Q AGERMAy peasant who arrived at Cast
Garden recently with only seven francs !
. mis- pocket had been told by an emigrafio
4 agent that gold was so plenty in this coui
try that people gave golden trinkets I
: their children to play with and trlmmc
the carriages. buildings and streets wit
the precious metal He therefore sold hi
little place, bought . ticket for New lor
and rave q farewell feast 70 his neighbour
He was 70 be sent back.
THERE IL an old man In Washingto
named Roger Evans. who claims TO has
polished the boots Of every President sine
u the time OF jackson. He has been oblige
y ut times TO resort 70 peculiar devices 10 .
b complish his designs on the shoes o. . ne
n Executive. Up to q few weeks ago nc hs
Y not been able to capture Harrison's ZEE
but he met the President one day recent
a about . block from the White House. HA
2 rison's shoes were very dusty, and in Al 4
slant Evans had his box on the ground. IN
I before the President realized what had hal
/ pened had begun 10 WELD his brushes 81,
I orouslv. Harrison had 10 submit.