The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-09-26
Foreign Gossip.

Iceland wants To be- an Independent
icicle. Denmark j. disposed TO freeze 10 il.
however.
In Austria. unless a man can prove To
the Mayor and Council of the town in
which he was born that he j. able 10 sup
port a family. no clergyman i allowed 10
marry him.
The Sultan of Zanzibar needs "a
change of scene 10 restore his nervous
system 10 proper tone. SO lac proposes 10
visit London in September. following the
example Of the Persian Shah.
The Duke of Sutherland. who j. con-
structing M his own cost the Sutherland
and CarthneSs Railway i'm England. j. a
practical engineer. and often mounts he
locomotive and drives his own ears up and
down the line.
The Juggernaut car in India crushed
eight women Ia death at Gooptipara the
past summer The Bengal Government
proposes Ia put a stop 10 the dragging OF
these dangerous car>. a proposition which
the people generally do not resent. al
though the priest, oppose IL.
When the Mahomedan town of Tall
foo. in China. was captured 10y the Chi
ncse. all the Mahomedans were ma~sacrcl.
The Sultan. Suleiman. took poison. but
was decapitated before he died. His head
and body were sent 10 Pckin preserved in
honey.
Maria Monico. a young woman Of
great beauty and courage. l. the leader Of
4 band of brigands who infcst the cnvirons
of CaianZaro. talabria. said 10 bethe most
ruthless and cXtOrtionate ever known IN
that country. Her husband having been
killed in a fight with the gendarmeS. she
swore 10 avengc him. and for that purpose
accepted the leadership OF his band.
Some one who has been in England
says that what seems 10 meet with most
disfavor in the kingdom. on the part Of
Americans, j. the utter misery prevailing
in the shape of barber-shops. No pen ON
earth can describe the horrors of a shave
al the hands of the average barber Of
Great Britain /: the sword were twice a.
mighty In Il ease of this kind. In fact. "A
hand-saw in the hands of a Modoc. the
victim seated boli-upright on the block
that did duty in beheading the wives of
Henry the Eighth. would come nearer the
process.
-Ofice-sceking j. not a peculiar Ameri-
can institution. 30 greedy are Europeans
for official place and pay that il j. said the
French doctor attached 10 the shah ~
ceiyed $1,000 applications in the thirteen
days of his stay in Paris. lie boxed the
letters and sent them to Tcheran. where
he will peruse them at his leisure. One
hundred and fifty personal applicants
logged the steps of the Persian King. and
could not be got rid Of until his carriage
was driven u of the courtyard.
MIR. Moncurc ID. Conway sends 10 the
Cincinnati Commercial the following incl
dent NJ the Rev. Mr.. Surgeons church In
London. The two distinguished men first
alluded 10 are said To- be Bostonians
''Ju,t before the services two distinguished
Americans-onc a former official. and init
mate friend OF the late Daniel Webster
had been shown into a pew. Presently
the pew opener came in and requested that
they would take a seat Just behind. a. "A
distinguished gentleman and lady had TO
be placed IN the pew they occupied. The
two Americans AZ ones complied. and be-
held the gentleman and lady escorted to
the vacated seat-both blacks ~ the ace Of
spades"
"A correspondent writes to the London
Tines that all the young men sent ont by
the Japanese Government. throughout
Europe and America. with the view of APP
plying themselves TO the study of different
branches Of science. have been ordered Ia
return home. The students az present
number 500. The Government has charged
resident ministers To make q choice among
the students. requiring the most deserving
Of them to be pointed out. and the remain
der 10 BE- sent back to Japan. The minis
tiers. how ever. preferred 10 send all back.
advising the Government to submit them
To an examination. after which those who
should have to return to Europe should be-
chosen. TIN reason given for their recall
l. that upon the return of the students
from Europe and America they Were II
BILE to bear a satisfactory examination in
the studies they were pursuing. The fail
ure is attributed Ia a want Of knowledge 81
the language Of the country in which they