The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-27

One-ifth Of the African continent
is desert.
In 1873 silk raising was firmly
established in South Carolina.
As rule, a mans hair turns gray
five years sooner than woman's.
lie is the greatest man who does
most for his fellowmen.- Ram s
Horn.
Three townships in Muskegon
county (Mich.) have more than
900 acres in peppermint.
In Great Britain weather forecast.
are extensively telcgraphed through
out the agricultural di istricts during
the hay and harvest season.
Statistics prove that nearly two
thirds Of all the letters carried b,
the postal service OF the world are
written, sent to, and read by English
speaking people.
The largst State building in tn
United States is the capitol of Tex
as. 1t is also seventh in size amons
the great buildings Of the world
1t cost x3, 500, 600.
The Oldest book in the world i
said to be the ''Papyrus Prisse" il
the National Library in Paris, whicl
is attributed to the thirty-fourtl
century before Christ.
The largest aerolite which Ia
fallen since the dawn Of histor,
tumbled into the frozen soil Of Green
land in 1870. Ii is now in tn
museum at Copenhagen. 1t weigh
40 900 pounds.
An enormous flight of carrie
pigeons was gotten up in Paris late
ly. Sixty thousand birds were le
loose in one morning from the neigh
borhood Of the Eiffel tower, 800
of them at one signal.
All employees of the Boston .
Maine railroad have been forbidden
by an order just issued, from usin
tobacco in any form while on duty
and also when off duty if wearin
/ Uniform or railroad badge.
) The Manhattan Life building
New York city, which is $50 fee
high. is the tallest business edific
i'm the world. Ii is seventy fee
higher than the famous Trinit
church steeple.
General Greeley, the delegate {
! the United States to the comm
Geographical Congress, will con
. tribute a paper on the scope an
, value Of Arctic explorations, sui
ject which he is qualified to treat i
r view Of his Arctic experiences.
I Lord Roseberry on his retiremer
Z distributed only five baronetcie'
e This was in marked contrast wit
the liberality Of Mr.. Gladstone, who
a it was once said, "was for years i
the habit Of creating baronet abou
. every three weeks, specially o
; rainy days"
1t has recently been decided i
!, San Francisco that no foreign flal
will be allowed to he carried in th
:, parades or displayed in any Of th
! other public celebrations of Ind'
pendence Day in that city. Thel
! was much general discussion ovs
the point, but it was decided th'
:, Independence Day was distinctivel
;. an American day, and only Il
!. Stars and Stripes have right
& public recognition in its patriot
:, celebration.
= Much dissatisfaction with Il
Prohibition law has been EXPIRE sst
D in South Dakota Of late, and the
,s seems every probability thlt
i. change will he made at the ne
,e elections. One big brewing cor
N pany of Sioux Falls is SO conide
4 of the change in public sentime
4. and the result to follow that fl
is days ago it again obtained contr
r, of the big brewing establishme
re which it formerly owned, and is a
is vertising for bids for extensive a
/, ditions to the plant.
W Inquisitive Yankee visitors to I
a. Ammen ram, while lying at Bat
a have been unable to refrain frc
We meddling with the machinery Of I
u guns, and other interesting pieces
he mechanism found about the sh
ne despite the big placards desiri
=, them to keep their Hands Oh
d. which the ,flicers plentifully strew
d, about the vessel. So in order
ne discourage such investigators sew
OF al Of the machines, which seem
MS most to attract the inquisitive, WI
a connected to powerful electric b
ers terry, the Hands OF" sign beil
Of course, retained also. Since
idea was put into effect the shi