The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-04

OF stone lDuuI around lIc lilcriit
springs Of the West
What j. probably the large,
apple orchard IN the world, cover
| 80 acres in fairmont, Kan.
\ AT North Cave, by Hull, seven
teen couples have Just celebrate
their golden weddings by >crvic
at church.
: II j. claimed that Hazclton, Pa.
has the only Mohainmedan mosqu
in America where the koran il regu
larly read
In the Loo Choo islands, thougl
there are neither vehicles nor pub
liz lighting. the Inhab talt> hav,
lettsr-boxe> and telephones.
In the Maiay peninsula the ~mal
native states dependent on England
with the exception Of Johore, are L
be formed into on federation.
Mr. Bancroft, who bought Charlie
DicAen~'s desk at the Edmund
Yates, sale has presented the sam,
to the South kensin4ton museum
Medical students in CT ina stud,
copper models of men which are
pierced with 40 holes. and show
the location of an equal number Of
pulses.
Lord Houghton holds that ireland
during recent years has been frccr
from crime than she was duringany
other period OF her maie-ty's reign.
A spanish mathematician, figur-
ing out average allowance of sleep,
illness and the like. saws man
thirty years Of age, has only really
lived about fourteen or fifteen years
Tie blue Jay i proving a decided
pest in California by eating the eggs
Of other bird~. particularly quail and
game birds. - the Olympic club
OF san Francisco has appointed a
st. Bartholomew's day, on which
every one who can buy or beg or
borrow shotgun j. to join in the
slaughter.
In 1892 the cost Of the election in
England was eg5S ,522, an average
.of a little over 1 shilling- a vote.
I'm 1914 each vote cost 4 10 IL Shlll-
ingS, and in 159 over 81. Wilber-
forces election at Hull il. 1907. the
co>tliest that England ever saw. j.
said to have cost altogether ESQ,
O0O. which j. doubtless an exagger
alton.
The domestic servants Of Lonl IN
are now looking 10 organized lab hpr
a. a means OF helping their conli-
ton \ large meeting was recently
held at Hyde park, at which reSo-
lutions were passed favoring the
enactment Of laws protecting dolnes-
tic servants from accidents and reg
ulating the hours of their labor.
The next English church congress
is 10 meet in the city and diocese Of
Norwich. and the non-conformist
ministers Of that city have commun-
icatcd with the bishop Of the do
ceSe in regard to the presentation of
an address Of welcome to the con
greSs in October. The bishop re-
piled that such an address woul be
highly valued. Its preparation has
therefore been taken in hand.
Springs Valley, H., where race
riot took place, has memorable
history. 1t l. mining town, where
ten years ago thousands Of Poles
and SlavS were imported to replace
American miners. Then when the
new foreign element began TO ask
for more wages they were driven out
by Italians. Their negroes replaced
the sons Of Italy, and disorder and
contention have always been con
tInuous.
Convict- in the Michi an state
prison are allowed to keep birds,
and as a result Of this there are fully
600 feathered songstcrs in the prison.
all owned and cared for bv the pris-
oners. Their carollings in the
morning are one Of the odd FEATURES
of life at this institution. Ii j. be-
lievei this and other favors are re-
sponsible for the good behavior Of
the prisoners. a there are fewer out
breaks at Jackson than anywhere
else.
Negroes in Marshall county, Mis-
sissippi, are being wrought up t. a
state Of religious frenzy by the
preaching Of a man aud txo women.
One ~ the converts sci fire to his
house at , o'clock on Monday morn
ing, and he and his wife threw
their effects into the flames When
found they were irving tn drive 4
yoke 81 oxen into the fire. and the
man and woman. when interfcred
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