The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-19
CONDUCTED BY cEo. R. WILSON co. surr

London consumes eleven IONS OF
salt daily.
Seven million miles of thread are
annually used in the United States.
An echinoderm that inhabits the
West Indian seas has over 10000
arms.
General Lees grandson, Robert
+. Lee, lawyer, il over six feet in
height.
Queen Victoria has outlived three
Cars of Russia and two Emperors
OF Germany.
France imports about one half OF
its government tobacco from the
United States.
When the gulf stream passes out
Of the Gulf of Mexico, its tempera-
ture is about seventy degrees.
October 81, the day on which
Nevada was admitted to the Unior,
is a |, gal holiday in that state.
Many towns in Europe have local
holidays commemorative OF some
important event in their history.
The Japs heat their rooms by
means of a square hole in the mid
die Of the floor, which is filled with
Goals, over which a b.anket is hung
horizontally.
According to an English authori-
ty, no fewer than 200, 600 horses
have been imported into England
for hunting and harness purposes
during the last twelve years.
The word bumper, signifying a
drink or pledge, was originality a
toast to the Pope in Roman Catho-
lie countries, drunk in full glass
Just after dinner au Bon Pere.
The administration of the oath tc
witnesses is a practice of very high
antiquity. 1t is mentioned as o.
common use among the Jews at the
time Of the exodus from Egypt.
Salt as a taxable commodity ol
as a government monopoly, is
source of permanent revenue il
Oriental nations, while in Abyssinia
and Thibet salt has been used a,
money.
When any great event occurs il
France the Parisian newspapers
that reach New York about a week
later, are eagerly awaited in the To-
cal French quarter, and are gener.
ally bought up.
In their native haunts tigers are
divided into three classes, the game
killer, the cattle-lifter, and the man
eater. The latter is almost always
an aged beast whose teeth and claws
are no longer service able.
Telegraph lines throughout the
world aggregate 1869, ,l23 miles
of these America has more thar
half, 54s,S22 miles; Europe, 3S2,
927; Asia, 67,S75; Australasia
47,s12, and Africa, u ,6S7 miles.
One of the absurdities of the time
is dictionary Of three or four hun
dred pages, the size Of big thuml
nail, inclosed ina caseof aluminium
silver or gold, and read by means
OF magnifying lens let into th'
case.
Antique coins for personal adorn
, ment are regularly quoted, an'
those most commonly obtainabl
are quoted at prices varying from
! 81 to 1856. The most valuable 0
these coins are those in gold 0
{ Syria, Egypt and Greece, from 3O
to 100 years from B. G. Romal
coins since the Christian era ar
quoted at from $40 to $75.
On Christmas night letter wa
received at the Vienna postofiic
addressed: "To the Dear Chris
child i'm Heaven. In Vienna al
/, residents are registered by the po
lice and strangers must leave thei
passports at the police station
\ The postal authorities referred tn
letter to the police, who returned
to the post office with these word
stamped on: Delivery imposs:
BILE. Addressee not known to tn
police"
While the death penalty il on
a Of the statutory provisions Of tn
criminal code Of Kansas, yet its IL
!, fiction is under such peculiar prc
visions that it is never carried int
!. effect. There are now in the Stat
n penitentiary over two hundred pc
r sons under the death sentence, VIII
y are, under the law liable to be o
: dered to be hanged any day by II
y chief executive Of the State. Bl
the hanging has never been ordere
by any governor since the law WI
passed.