The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-24
CIIPIOUS FACTS.

i,UJB Americans NV
Coal brings $I2 a ton in London. ers-
The Chinese had the first com wee
pass. ;,v n thelIrn
world H., 90 .o-.s % y. y,
Germany has "a ,s6o, 900 acres o. deI
forest ooo 900 oaol,
letters every year "a. an
Great Britain had the frst lie
station in 1924. 'n'
There are $50 protestant mission OF
aries in India. =.
Suntiower-paper i the ia'e pl
7 thing in Kansas. ..s az.
r England's wealth Is estlma'eo a. 81
: SO, 600, ,Uo,Uoo- aorsd <,
t sh' p on the Atlantic; ,,,s, r
,oethe. the great German poe'' p
+ was a tallor's son III I.
: a Scotch castle has cost hve NH
,r lion dollars to build.
= About 10000 900 copies oi Inc
N R;ble are sold annually.
~ There are now los women minis
or ters in this country.
IN rncl,d's Elements OF Gecme'rs
n dates back to 300 b. c.
nd a single bakery in New io'A
X makes %. 600 pies day
~, The first United States war-shiP
he ~as a cruiser Of 11l5-
.re ~ "aS c.nais stretch over 25,sl1 miles
Of of the worlds surface
sli. They have three harvests year
the in some parts Of India, Cd.
~ 4 single cheese, made IN Canaos
,ere weighs - 900 pounds. =,
-css New York State has q large
,,cv ,.onnlation than all Canada.
,csn stone saw. in use at Ru'iahu
and Y, does the work OF 100 men :,
- There are O.OO0 suffering chii'
- - n the schools Of Germany.
I :; - coo bushels Of oysters are ca
4 he On eyerv day in New York CITY,
: y. Paper false teeth are moue
80 .cbievement-paper bei-quilts as
M M. Iocomotive engineer travels
: "a average. 2O,OOO miles year
" TIE moi TO Greenwich Obser'
fnan- I,orv near London, is made oi pap
' and Termite ants in South Airica
.r;can ,an have nests twelve feet high
fully man in Kansas City has :. I.
used I'm Years older than himseii
d the Photographic engineers say.
II our DC i one foot hig
than in loou.
z ifoii The worlds steam power el'
! - a;vs ~ 900 900 HORSEPOWER, OF ''ia'
~ 9 - / 600 .OOO, 900 men
- sd A gum tree has been dlscov'
, S.,anI;, Australia that i ilo iee' hit
smoothI,he tallest tree on earth
r wear The coldeSt place in the woi
nto be- he interior OF Alaska whicii :
rom the degrees below zero
ded by I, took 21,0OO sounding,
are at 90 hor;n : to excavate He'll
We geti-near New York City.
NIT the Dr Samuel johnson : (the
Duld all ~ armchair was recently so
Lord ar,,;on IN Wales for $2'o.
III. H. The first dictionary was con
ooN nv the Chinese about iiio
~ and contained 1000 charac'e
bridge in China il five an
'ne fourth miles long-and a tuu
lnd, : Wsx;co i 81 500 feet in leng'
~ ~ wa, An apple e-tree recently ole"
=, ;, no - Connecticut. which was
,s ,sn, ;ntoI,o be a century and a hall ole
, his pic T. every mile Of railroa
nd said space left between rails LOT
me that s,on amounts to seven ie'
e for the Inches.
the money r. earliest coins made fol-
ne. Then ;ca were cast in Bermuda ~
rds Of my lnn,v two pieces are now III
! u'oP ence. m ,.ar.
cried. - During the past ~ year
lex me uplooO divorces have been g'a
Of all my ri. country-9O per cent
ever unan- - women.
sherman IL a.. "a o5O 600 worth
that little ,ssJ annually in the Unite'
asked u ne - 5nO. .Ooois made into -oi'
up nfa far and forks.
y cams avhsn 49, 4 Harrisburg. Pa, man
IL va, AT umbrella that has been ~ J.
70 < 'Ge ,;rh, 40. On, N los years. Probably !
m yer been lent.
50 great was the year !
ter houses. whales that the pr,ce o. y
build them-'i l. only y a pound ''"
Of before :.
There are, ;nhabi,an,
% s.h,!os Sfp ,heI.quare mile Of e,,nr, se,tl,s'
nghA'he - Irn;,ed aies.--Comior''