The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-06
Educational Column
CONDUCTED BY GEO. r. WILSON co. sur

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the tenth century, B. c.
/. Sapphires Of small size, but grea
brIlliancy, have been found il
North Carolina.
The fishermen along our coast.
and In our waters catch $50. .O0O, 90,
worth Of fish every year.
The value ol the farm product,
of New England has steadily dc.
clined for number of years.
A law for the prevention of cruel.
~ To animals Is being discussed by
the Egyptian council of ministers.
Arkansas, the name of the State.
is officially pronounced as spelled
but the official pronunciation of the
river IS Arkansaw, although spelled
IN the slme way a. the State.
The proposed statue to the mem
ory of Franklin Pierce at Concord.
\. H.. will he completed and ready
Tor unveiliny, i is expected, on
the ftn oI july next.
:" A great, big, good-natured man.
six Ieet SIX, weighing $50 pounds.
and fond Of talking is the de-
-cripiion of Ii Hung Chang, given
by John w. Fosters secretary.
There are between six hundred
and one thousand deaf mutes scat
tered through the city of Chicago.
and they are industrious and fairly
prosperous. earning their living
honestly and uncomplainingly.
That lightning does sometimes
strike twice in the same place is
proven in the case Of windmill in
Bates county, Missouri, which was
last week struck by bolt in exact
~ the spot where il was similarly
struck three years ago.
Achvlka, in Siberia, is a re-
rnarkable temperance society. Its
members meet in churches on the
1t Of September and swear before
the altar that they will drink no
wine or liquor from Tomorrow
morning" They then 90 out and
drink hard all day till no ma1 or
woman is left sober. For the rest
Df the year they are total abstainers.
Nabi, a bandit chief Of the eau
asus, believes in thoroughness.
The villagers of Khodshaan lately !
captured one of his band. Nab; |:
oaded a train of pack horses with /.
iaphtha, swept down on the village 1
With his band, killed all the men. !;
soaked the houses with naphtha !,
md burned them to the ground !
md carried off the women and :
hlldren TO his refuge across the
'ersian border.
According to Professor Baird
here i IN the imperial aquarium, Of
T. Petersburg, a pike that first saw \
he light at the close of the fifteenth n
entury. lie still appears to be G
ute a young fellow. notwithstand-
~ his centuries and his long cap 81
witty. The professor saws that
lere j. nothing very extraordinary N
this case, and he mentions sew a
raj other fishes in the same aauari-
m thatare more than l5Oyears old. q
Americans who 60 to Italy to be -
iucated in music have a great ad
an'age-if they master the Italian - !.
nguage and study its melodies -
therwise they have none. The -
hole secret Of the musical nature -
the Italian people lies in the =
lture Of the Italian language. No G.
ne can speak it habitually without -
scomlng unconsciously educatedin - -
e laws Of melody which underlie -
music. :,
a Connecticut man has patented 90
machine for making hats out of
BOD. A log Of wood, cut square. m
q to the machine, is converted in. ~
strips OF wood much resembling =
.celsior. II is claimed that when
ese are moistened they can be tw
,vcns much more readily thantb
raw, and make durable hat ~
ne inventor says the substance is
Inter in weight than straw. and ac
at because Of its easier manipu- J :,
ilon and lower cost it will super =
de the straw now used for head no
ar. =,
The great Texa. Fruit Palace alive
'ler, Tex, opened last month.
Ter l. in the center Of fruit belt len
out as large as the State Of NewIati
rsey. Texas cllims that thelof
lits of this region are the finest inIty.
, world, and are marketed two VII
,nths earlier than elsewhere inlan
Union. The growth OF theare
II industry in this region has to
"a phenomenal, and the best tri
mers are changing from the old
pies OF cotton, sugar cane AMI
n 10 fruit growing. nr;