The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-02


a bank in London. on the Strand. They
speak the English language iluently, and
are said 10 be- thorough business men.
kaiser William could sit on his horse
under a shower Of bullets, but when il
came 10 having an aching tooth drawn he
took chlOroiorm. and was a. nervous a. an
old woman.
Herr Woerlau. a bookseller If Nurem-
berg. at a recent public meeting. spoke OF
the Emperor of Germany and his chancel-
Tor a. Herr Wilhelm HOhcnzollern and
his dragOon. Bismarck He is now serv-
inc out term of three months in prison.
Gen. Charles l.. Stone. a native Of
Greenfield. Mass. and long Of our army.
has been made pasta of Egypt. where he
j. running the military. This j. the highest
dignity that can be attained in that country
by any one out of the royal family. and II
makes his son hey.
The name Of Roger Tichborne will be
handed down 10 posterity by other means
than by the fame Of the great trial which
i now going on. The returns rom the
local registrars in England show that near
IL one hundr,zl children have. by their pa
rents, been named Roger Tichborne.
"A Brooklyn lady of fourteen has sued
a gentleman of sixteen for breach OF
promise OF marriage. We know nothing
a. to the amount of damages claimed, but
we suppose that somewhere between ten
and fifteen cents worth of chewing gum
would be- about the figure C0H5-ieg-JOur-
@al.
The Migrants and low criminals of
London have formed language OF their
own. upon the general principle of spell
ing and pronouncing the suhstantives of "A
sentence backward. Thus they use ye'nep
for penny. O,cf-yenHeps for twopence, crfh-
yenneps for threcpence, dan0p j. a pound.
and penork crown. I'm The street. at
market or in prison. these Migrants use
this language among themselves. thus
keeping their natural enemy. the police
man. in ignorance of their plans. This Of
fetal. however has learned that the curious
phrase = cool ne eselop " means :. look for
the police"
"A peculiar disease has made its APP
pearance in Cloppenburg. Germany. af-
fecfing the mind rather than the body.
and considered contagious. Its victims
are suddenly attacked BY kind of Juror.
nay. frantic madness. but having smashed
some rattling or clinkIng objects their nat
ural c.llmncss returns. When under the
influence of this delusion IL j. said they
commit deeds which any man in his senses
would regard a absurd. cowarlly and in
decent 20 far this sad and extraordinary
phenomenon has hafiied the skill of the
physicians. and premium for remedy j.
about to be offered.
The Russian lady students who some
time ago had the doors of the Zurich Uni
verSity closed upon them. have AT last
found an asylum in the University M
Rerne. The Government has extended "a
them the permission TO attend that mstitu-
ton. provided they are eighteen Years of
age. can furnish certificate of good moral
conduct. have the consent Of their parents
or guardians. ami pass an acceptable cx-
animation. This permission has been
framed soas toapply 10 all female students.
and not merely 10 the f-.- Russian flgi-
tivcs.
The almost incredible statement j.
made bv correspondent Of the London
Lancet. that In some Of the manufacturing
districts Of England where women are
largely employed. the death-rate among
infants under one year old i from ~ 10 80
pcr cent. The cause Of this fearful NOR
iaitv the writer ascriheS TO the fact that
the infants are left at home under the care
Of ignorant elderly women. who feed them
with starch-food. a. boiled bread. Cruel.
ground rice. etc: substances which the in
fantiIc stomach cannot digest. and which
proves their certain destruction if given in
sufficient quantity.
The PruSsian Minister Of the Interior
has Just issueda an cdct. calling attention 70
the fact that fortune-tciling. when carried
on n a business. j. 4 gross mis,icme.nor.
under recent decision Of the Prussian Sill
prsmc Court. n tending 10 promote super
stition, and thereby causing great oficnse.
! All PruS>ian prosecuting officials are
therefore requested 20 proceed criminally
against all persons who shall be found
plying this cuisines" as well n against
all who shall publish advertisements OF
such fortune-icilcrs, and who thereby
make themselves also guilty Of gross
misdemeanor."