The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-05

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! been slightly deranged for some time
committed suicide BY throwing hersel
!. into the river.
Foreign Notes.
/, Queen Victoria, will, II i reported
|, 20 10 Berlin shortly 10 witness the mar
] rage Of her granddaughter, Princes
! Charlotte, to the Prince Of Meiningen
, The Rubens Festival, held NJ AMI
werp, August l9th-2lst, was a grea
event. There were concerts, balls, pro
cessions, decorations, Examinations
and every thing that could add 10 III,
brilliancy Of the fefc.
j. -Gambetta put out one Of his owl
eyes when child in fiji OF rage. III.
was placed by his parents in the keep
ing Of some people who had III treated
him, and he wrote 10 his father that Il
ne did not take him back home he would
put out one of his eyes. No attention
was paid to the childish threat. but
Gambetta kept his word and tore out
an eve.
Mr.. +. w. Blyden. the new Liberi-
an ambassador TO England, is the first
minister ever accredited 10 that country
by negro State He is Of pure negro
blood, and was educated chiefly in Ii
IBERIA He has excellent ability, has
been professor in the College Of Libe-
ria, has contributed very clever articles
10 Fraser, and has served in the Libe-
rian Government. Ne has Just been re-
ceived by Lord Derby.
-London's nobility flutfer over an
other Of its frequent scandals, yiscount
Frankfort de Montmorency. an Irish
peer aged Il, having been sent to 4 lun-
attic asylum by his friends to prevent
his marrying . woman with whom he
was years ago concerned In 4 divorce
case. The lord. whose family name
was formerly the plebeian name Of
Moues, has not been credit to his or
der, having in 1852 spent year in jail
for sending an outrageous letter to Lord
Henry Lennox, and conspiring for
scandalous purposes
The following story is told about
Aristarchi Bey, who married the daugh-
ter OF Prussian General: 1.-The Cen
eral was not blessed with much wealth,
but with many manageable daughters
One day the Turkish Ambassador called
upon him and asked II he might hope
to become the Generals son-in-law.
with pleasure replied Gen. BONN.
delighted. How many do you want?'
Aristarchi, seeing that the General took
him for Mussulman, replied with some
trepidation that he was q Christian. and
wanted only one. What nuisance,'
grumbled the General. We'll, take
whichever you want,'-
-Dunrobin Castle, where Gen. Grant
Is to be the guest Of the Duke Of Suther-
land, stands close TO the sea in the re-
mote northern county Of Sutherland.
and has for many centuries been the
home of the chiefs Of the Sutherland
clan, which the Duke represents in the |
female line on account Of the marriage I
Of his grandfather. the first Duke, with
the Countess Of Sutherland in her own
right The present Duke was chiefly
educated by son Of Baron Bunsen, who
was tutor 70 the late w. b. Astor. and
subsequently, Prussian Minister in Eng
land He is practical scientific man, /
and devotes his energies 10 put works Of I
on his estates, on which i
he expends not less than ESQ 600 a year.
He has made railroad at his own cost.
and Is now reclaiming vast tracts Of \
Sutherlandshire land.
Odds and Ends.
A business that couldn't succeed
without strikers: The match trade.
The lover who l. kicked OF the
front stocp may be said to have q good
start.
-Dobson thinks his wife has got re-
igion, became she is always singing
: Sweet, Buy and Buy" to him.
-" The best way to cure a CRYING
:hild," says an advertisement ssis to
,uy II baby-carriage. That il, to
Seep the bawl rolling.
Miss Long, Of Oregon, has married
|ir. Little. She, Of course, saws, Glove
ne Little" and he, Of course. saws,
Love me Long" And the legitimate
'esult Of il all will be that = Long hav-
nc come a Little, Little will soon
'ome a Long.
A lady having attempted to explain
he new birth 10 class Of lads al 4 sun
lay school, asked one whether he would
lot like TO be born again. No. was
he reply. ''Why MOI, my boyP'' inquired
ne teacher. "Acos l might be born
Vench," answered the boy.
Here is Turkish fable: Abdullah |,
rent TO the house Of Nasereddin to bor-
ow his mule. Nasereddin, who was !
eady lender, said that the mule was not !
4 home. At that moment the mule !
rayed loud enough 70 wake the echoes.
What did You say, Nasereddin, that =
our mule was not NJ homee-but hear !,
i'm" 60 thy way, false Abdullah.- |
aid his neighbor, "you are not true
riend, for you believe the mule and re-
use TO take my word '
Commenting on . recent statement
the effect that /" professor Hall. the !
iscoverer Of the moons Of Mars, began
f. as = carpenter" q correspondent
AVS: THAT Is probably the reason :
ny il was hewho first saw the satellites. 9
nd Il not only adze to his honors. but s
myers well for future aspirants for a.
.onomical fame, though It's plane that I
y case Is the exception rather than the 4
ale. We square away 70 let any other
raft compass this that can. We have
one our level best" h