The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-11-28


The result of the improvements made
in Paris under the empire j.. that each in
habitant has 10 pay over thirty-one francs a
year 10 pay for the interest on the sums
borrowed and the sinking fund.
To relieve the more habitable portions
Of Siberia from the incubus II steady inn
pOrtation OF criminals, the Russian Gov
eminent have determined To make the is
land of sachalin the principal penitentiary
of the realm. Large fortified prisons for
thousands OF conyicts are in course of con-
struction on what was formerly Japanese
ground, but which does not, at present,
seem 10 contain many natives except saw
age Amos.
The following advertisement j. ex-
tracted from the London Times: ITO
Americans and others.-A noble and his
wife. keeping a most comfortable establish
ment near town, would receive two Ameri-
can or English ladies or gentlemen 10 in
trOduce them into the best society. High
references asked. Terms according TO re-
quirements. Private sitting rooms. car
riages, etc. Address Lady -
Few people have any adequate idea Of
the extent to which the inhabitants OF IIol-
land have an interest i'm American rail-
roads. In proportion 10 its population.
not over $500, 600 that country owns more
railroad stock than any other country in
Europe. amounting to nearly 100000. 900.
besides large amounts of United States
bonds, and other American securities.
in Japan every house must be dccked
with flowers on New Years day: and. TO
supply the great demand, the shops are
fun of dwarf peach trees. bearing double
blossoms. and growing in large china vases
and pots. The japanese gardeners have
apcculiar talent for raising dwarfplantS and
trees. and so general j. the national fancy
Tor such miniature products of vegetation,
that toy and fancy shops abound in very
minute and delicate limitations Of plants
and flowers out of colored paper.
The writer of a work on Persia tells Of
the place Of refuge or sanctuary ia which
offenders of the deepest dye. such a muir
derers. or those guilty of high treason, are
perfectly secure. though it, locality Is
peculiar one. no other than the royal sta
bles. Here any criminal may remain in
definitely. being fed the while at the royal
expense. until lac either receives pardon
or j. induced. BY some other means, TO de-
sert his haven of refuge. Some few OF the
mosques are endowed with similar priyi-
lcges, though to less degree.
The reader who. by means ofthe cable
kilograms =" special = letters. endcavors to
make his way through the tangled maze
OF Spanish politics. finds his bewilderment
greatly increased by the duplicate names
which many leading characters in spain
happen now to bear. and which newspaper
correspondent. rarely take the trouble 10
discriminate. For instance. there are two
SalmerOnS. Francisco and Nicolas two
Orenscs. the Democratic father and Con-
sentative son: two Caryalal~. the Finance
Minister and the dcmagOguc of Malaga
two Gonzales. both in the same cabinet:
and two Don Alphonsos. the brother of
Don Carlos. and the son OF cX-tluecn lsl-
bella.
M. De CandOlle Is not the only Euro
pcan naturalist who believes that English
j. destined 10 become the common scicn-
tiiic language OF the world. Dr. Il. Tho
veil. Professor of Zoology i'm the swedish
University of Jpsala. also holds this opin-
ion. not only because English ''is far more
widely diiluse,l over every part OF the earth
than any other cuture-lan.uage and that
already two of the greatest nations publish
in it the results of their scientific labors.
but because English. on account of its sim
pie grammar. and a. combining in nearly
the same degree Teutouic and Roman ele-
ments. is BY most Europeans more easily
acquired than any other Language" DIR.
Thovcll j. even 20 radical a To propose to
deny the authors of works written in little
understood languages, like the Slavic, the
credit of priority in scientific description
or discovery.
- Marshal Bazaine." saws a correspon-
dent, who has gained admission to the
trial. ''is the very type OF a French soldier.
and all who have seen the engraving, rep |
resenting him charging at the head of his |
troops nj the capture of the MalakOff. can
form very good idea of his present appear |
ance. He has a large. round head. hair cut |
short. light mustache. and very small i'm |
perial. His face is deeply bronzed. and he
looks a. weaihcr-worn aS his epaulcts. Ii
was notexactly aiiectation. but a sentiment
of honest pride. which made him put on
his old service-epaulets, blackcncd by many
a storm. and by the smoke of many a bat
tie. and to wear the KEPT worn by him in
the field. His judges arein new uniforms.
and wear the three-cornercd. or rather the
with white plumes, belonging |
to the grade of general in the army. Ba-
zaine is calm and impossible. confident in
the result of the trial, and very anxious TO |
prove his innocence Of the charges pre-
ferred against him. There are rumors that |
he has the power of doing 80. by compro- !
missing others. which he will not consent |
to do ; hut he gave a sealed packet of docu- |
ments to I.achaud 10 be opened and used
only ut the very last extremity"
Odds and Ends.
The great popularity of false hair has
created artificial butter, of course.