The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-11-21
Foreign Notes.

Foreign Notes.
1t i rumored that in the course Of hi
expedition To Central Africa. Sir Samuc
Baker discovered gold deposits Of grea
richness.
Frederick Augustus, who succeeds e
the throne OF Saxony. i no Kid. He wa,
forty-five his last birthday. and was mar.
ried long time ago 10 the Princess Caro-
line of the house of Wasa.
"A private lettersays that ex-C omptrol-
Ter Connolly is living very quietly in a
small town in the interior of Ireland. on
the interest Of a miserable pittance of 3d.
100000 obtained in New York in light
industry.
Chill j. beside herself with excitement
over the discovery ofrich beds of silver ore
in the desert OF ltacana. Thssurfacc ore
assays from fifty 10 ninety per cent. pure
silver and people are ilocking 10 the new
diggings in great numbers.
Says the London Court Journal :.
" The habit OF fiourishing manufacturers.
brewers. bankers and irOn-maSters. pur-
chasing Scottish estates. is demoralizing
Scotland. And all old hereditary chief
tlins are disappearing as totally as the
English yeomcn. and the clansmen are be-
illuminating shells and smoke balls
are constantly arriving at the Woolwich
Arsenal for use in the 4 shantee war. The
smoke balls are mere shells. full ofa compo-
sitiOn the burning of which creates a thick
smoke and powerful odor-agencies which
have before now been found to operate
with great effect in di,lodging troops from
ambush and throwing them into confu-
sion.
The mos vigorous and dangerous an
tagonist of the Liberals in England j. Miss
Rhoda Garrett. who recently took the
stump in Taunton in TIE interest Of the
Tory candidate for Parliament. because he
had declared himself in favor of woman
rights. This lady is a younger sister of
Professor Fawcett's wife. whose ability as
a public speaker l. so well known. Miss
Rhoda has but very recently entered upon
the arena of politics, but She bids fair 10
eclipse all the orators Of her sex.
-Four hundred artificial eyes per week
is the ordinary production of a Paris man
utactorv. You can buy a good new eye
from the concern for about 81. This
won't wear more than two years unless
YOU are extremely careful about winking.
but then YOU can have it taken out and
polished so that it will look a we'll as II s.
for some time longer. The Partisan eye
makers send a good many secondhand
eyes 10 the peOr heather of India and the
Sandwich Islands.
Sir Samuel and Lady Baker have ar
rived in London. after long and perilous
wanderings in Africa. Great commercial
results are anticipated from the projected
railway 10 khartoOm. said 20 be the finest
coffee-growing district in the world. SIr
samuel and Lady Baker are greatly amused
az the reputation which the latter has OBJ
tanned for Amazonian qualities. The
simple fact j. She braycd danger and diiii-
Guilty. Just a. Lady Harriet Auckland did
during our Revolutionary war. in order 10
be with her husband i'm moments OF trial.
and to attend to him should he be struck
down with illness.
One of the sensations in Paris just
now is an Eastern iuggler who. with the
assistance of beautiful young lady. fur
n~hcs his audience with very wonderful
illusion. The young lady. atiired in a
rich dress with flowing sleeves. stands on
a dais resting on broad square of Turk
i-h carpet. Two supports are placed un-
der her elbows and the magician makes a
series of strange passes over her with his
wand. when she gradually closes her eyes
and apparently falls asleep. Then the dais
and one of the elbow supports are removed,
and the 1.-THE and spirituelle figure Is seen
suspended in mid-air.
1t Is announced that n society. num-
bcring one hundred members. has been
formed at Hamburg. the object Of which y
10 reintroduce the ancient practice Of ere
nation i'm place of burial. In order To
prove their carneStnesS. II i required Of
each member that he make will in which
he orders that his remains shall be burnt.
Though il may be aqucstion whether our
people are prepared 10 give this subject
the thoughtful consideration il deserves.
yet there can bc but little doubt that such
i practice would result in good a sani-
tary measure. while the ashes that could
be preserved would seem 20 be more
pleasing reminder than the dust 81 the
tomb. or the embalmed remains OF the de
parted.