The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-21

Foreign Gossip.
| The police espionage of Paris is the
greatest bore that foreigners have to en-.
counter in that peculiar city.
The Princess Imperial of Germany.
Queen Victoria's daughter, has seven
children, three of whom are sons.
EMILE DE GIRARDIN, the veteran Pa
isian journalist and statesman, is seek.
ing separation from his gifted wife, the
Countess de Tieienbach, probably be-
cause she is a German.
Excursions to the great battle fields
around Paris are now the order of the
day. Coaches start from Versailles
daily, and make circuit of the Com.
mune and Prussian fighting grounds.
GEoRoE SAND does not hesitate TO say
that her seventy.6ve volumes have on
an average brought her more than
$4,000 apiece. This is exclusive of her
plays, which have brought her $4,000.
TnE German Ambassador at Athens
receives 5000 year, the English Min.
lister $4,000, the representative of
France $4,000, the Russian Ambassador
$4,000, and the Turkish Minister
go, 1000.
The Rothschilds are to hold a great
family reunion next July. At Frankford.
on-the.M Main, when, it is believed, i'm.
portant change. will he agreed upon in
regard to the management Of the vari.
GUS branches OF the great firm.
IT requires five millions of men, half
a million of horses, and eight thousand
cannon, maintained at an annual ex.
pense of seven hundred millions of
dollars, to preserve the peace Of Europe.
This is exclusive of the cost of forts,
arsenals, ships, wagons, tents, hospitals,
| ETC., etc.
DIsRAELI, in his speech at the literary
fund banquet in London. the other
evening, over which the King of the
Belgians presided, said that !" It was de-
lightful, though at first sight inconsist.
emit, that the Republic of Letters should,
as it were, be presided over by mon.
arch"
The Pope has had a fright. One even.
ing on entering his dressing.room he
discovered strange man kneeling on
the floor. Greatly alarmed, his Holi.
ness pulled his bell until help came and
the intruder was expelled. 1t was only
halfcrazy man who, DESTROYS of speak
ing to the Pope, had evaded the senti.
nels and concealed himself in the
chamber. But Plus TX. was greatly az.
itated for couple of days thereafter.
HENRY w. DurroN, senior proprietor
of the Boston Transcript, was foreman of
the printing Office of Wells & Lilly, Of
boston, at the time James Gordon Ben.
nett was employed there, and the in.
timacy then formed was continued. In
1910, Mr.. Bennett solicited work of Mr..
Dutton, stating that he was not print.
err, but desired to be about a printing
office and enjoy the facilities it afforded
for mental improvement. The only
place where he could be made useful
was as copy-holder to the proof-reader,
and he was given that situation. He
was very studous and correct, and, af.
ter years service, was promoted to be
clerk in the bookstore of the firm on
Court street.
The Marquis of Camden, who has
Just died, is the distinguished man who
resigned the place of Teller of the
Exchequer," an absolute sinecure worth
$4,000 year, because he thought it q
fraud upon the nation. Of course he
would not have done it if he had been q
rich man, which he was not.