The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-13

DcauiiUl lake.
Tl- Cuiicd 't,ta- ha- l1,o1D,0lo
workimgn0nen.
There ar. l06. i56 miles oi tcle-
lphonn wirc in EaIIand
Th,rs ur,in r w5rll osrr i2D,
DOo SPEECHES ~ Il,wermg plants.
Gold i rapidly replacing sugar a.
the ch;cf staple II British Guiana.
There are fiiiy-.iyc dogs in the
United Kingdom ;o every l,ooO i'm
lliabitants
The bodies of Women contain a
smaller proportion of bone th1n
Those of men.
sagadahoc m an- ending place.
The la lial- applied i I, ihr ~ 'uth
of the krnneb-c.
| Brittany was thus named bccan G
for many centuries il Wa elaine |
5y tie kings oi Britain.
More than one hun.'rei calliag,.
professions and occupations are open
To women OF the present day.
In The worlds miuts from 1880 to
1890 there was coined ., 1874 tons OF
gold and 81 2S5 tons u silver.
Australia means "souih," and
the land now known by that name
was formerly called New Holland.
Normandy was thus named be-
Cause it was conquered and inhab-
tied by the Noisemcn or Normans.
Kurdc-tan was 50 called because
the ruling tribe in it, plains and
mountains was ;hat Of the hurd-.
In France the average Of offspring
to each family is , %, the smallest
average Of any country IN Europe
Z Coleridgc was 50 abs, minded
that he often passed hi most inti-
mate friends in the street without
recognizing them
4 The censorship of newspapers ex-
ercsed in Finland by Russian funct.
ionarie~ j. far from b ing ~ilecurc
During the year 1884 no less than
> ,613 numbers Of papers were seized
and 2O5 newspapers OF divers opin-
ions were seque>tered.
The "ncw woman" is beginning to
ask why the title Mr. may be
given To man whether H. j. mar
ried OF single, while the equivalent
title Mrs can only be given 70
married woman. She thinks til
discrimination i badge of thr.ilI
dom.
The wax palm tree Of South
America. which growsto nm altitude
iof 10. .OOO feet ab,v, the sea level,
i completely covered with coat
ing which consists of vegetable
wax and crystalline RESIN. Mnen
mixed with talow this substance j.
made into candles.
The Chinese believe that the
water from melted hailstones i pois-
lonous and that the rain which falls
ION certain feast davs i a sure cure
lfor ague and malarial fever. They
lonce believed that they could whip
the Japanese but this notion has
been thrashed cut of them.
4 A single purchaser in this coun-
try haS secured all the original Du
lMauiicr drawing-in Trilbv and Pet
ter Ibbctson, paying 81 800 for
them. This is a much money a.
ii cost Queen Isabella t. fit out
columbus on his first voyage, with
/ all incidentals and ct ceteraS.
In order To foster thebutter trade,
the Canadian governmenthas offered
TO buy the winter butter made by it,
citizens for shipment to England
paving for il 20 cents a pound
The opposition papers ny this sud
den development Of paiernalism ].
intended to secure the farmers vote
A transparent mirror glass, re-
Gently Introduced in Germany, re
fleets light on one side, from which
it l. practically Opaque, while iron
the other side it l. transparent. II
lis proposed 70 use this type Of glass
Tor glazing windows in city resi-
dcnccS. for. while il will not cut of
light or vision from the interior, il
Will prevent outsiders from seeing
into a room.
The official ntlcranccs ot the Ger
man war minister are unusually pa
ciic this year, bat the fact remains
that more than 5000 workmcn ar
kept engaged night and day il
making cartridges and other am
.. munition. Forts along both th'
! castcrn and western boundaries have
been newly equipped, and, Will
the empire il talking peace, onl,
the button need be touched to brini