The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


that of the Cathedral OF Cologne-oll
feet
Two ounces OF altar Of roses rep
resent the refined product OF ton OF
rosebuds.
Very few children who have been
brought up on goats milk ever nave
tuberculosis.
Some OF the best sausages exported
from Germany TO the United states
are made OF horses
The average weight OF Greenland
whale is 100 tons, which Is equal 10
that Of SIS elephants.
Barking is an acquired habit win
dogs Wild dogs never bark they
merely howl or whine.
Plates made of compressed paper
are used in some OF the cheap res
taurants in German cities.
The Pacific ocean covers 1S.OOO.ooO
square miles. the Atlantic 25OoO oOo
and the Mediterranean sea l.oOO,OOo.
When gambling is suspected In
private house I'm Melbourne, Australia
/ the police are empowered to enter II
in quest OF proof
The most nutritious and strength
giving food is beef. II can be eaten
/ continuously longer than any other
kind of meat.
Paris is TO erect a public monument
to the memory OF the carrier-pgeons
that rendered such signal service dur
ing the siege of Paris.
or all the people in Europe the
Danes seem most addicted 10 suicide.
Their average is 256 self-murders per
.OO0. 600 persons per year.
man does not fully attain his
growth until after the age OF %, and
athletic exercise extends the period OF
growth 10 80 years.
A recognized humorist runs hotel
In Montana over his clerks desk Is
a sign which reads: "Boarders taken
by the day week, or month Those
who do not pay promptly will be taken
by the neck
Steel ties for street railroad tracks
in Cleveland, O.. have been intro
duced in connection with an extensive
reconstruction on thoroughfares where
wooden ties imbedded in concrete hac
been used. Many Of the latter hae
become decayed.
A teething ring which emits music
is the invention OF A. w. Anderson. o
Seldovia, Alaska. When the chile
bites on It pleasing sounds are emit
ted. so delighting the youngster tina
IL acquires a taste for harmony am
cuts its gums at the same time.
An invoice of whalebone. just sol'
at Dundee. Scotland. realized onl,
$4,000 a ton. which is considerable
below last seasons average. The DC
, cline in the industry is shown by tn
, fact that the American whaling fleet
which once numbered 73G vessels, la
now fallen 10 thirty-three.
Governor Harris. Of Ohio. propose
that convicts who are not professions
, criminals be put at work on the Stat
{ farm. He says: The conditions &
7 our cities breed crime. Most OF II ca
. be traced TO idleness and drink an
5 idleness is frequently the cause
drink
An excellent bill for improyider
working people has been introduce
in the Austrian Chamber of Deputie
i II makes insurance against illness an
: the inability attending old age con
T. pulsory on all workmen and domest'
Il servants whose annual income doe
: not exceed $500.
g A model park Is in course OF CO..
e struction in one OF the worst slul
n districts on the North Side of Ch
I cago. To make room for it, six acre
u OF tenements have been RACED.
y Mace of the tumble-down structure
u there will be, in the course OF re
y months, a playground. swimmir
y pool. a clubhouse, a library, lunC
y room and a baseball field
y The White Plains Daily Record a
N sures us that the following is We
D. batim copy OF local real esta
IS agents letter from a tenant In q
Fourth war: Dear Sir: | wat the
seller steps fgsd right of-my wi
Eel down last mite and like TO bral
le her dam nee-Please send a Blu
st Der and figs our bath tub IL soon
&c time now for us 10 use agen.
The University OF Breslau, CT
r. many. has made a contract with an Z
as cident insurance company to insure
e- students. All students of mathemati'
IS, astronomy. physics. chemistry or phi
macy, botany. zoology, mineralo
es and geology must pay a fee OF 80 Ger
nd each term and be insured against &C
IN dent occurring in the line OF duty L
h policy lapses as soon as the holde
is connection with the university Is 81
OF cred.
Iul The ease with which divorces Z
en- obtained works much evil. in
lg- opinion OF Chief Justice Emery,
In Maine. He suggests that the divol
laws can be perfected In three Wa
first. by granting no divorce M
husband and wife have lived apart
-, a year: second. by publishing the su
y. in the daily papers; third. by givi
-, the court authority TO delay hearin
~ If necessary. so that they cannot
~, ~ rushed through. as is sometimes
90 case now.
=, Too Light Sentence.
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