The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

\ Mr.. Claiborne Hardy, late Secretar,
Of War In the British Cabinet, is 70 b
made peer. He has selected the titls
Of Lord Oxford, presumably from hi
having represented that city in Parlia
ment. The title has been extinct fol
many years, although Il was first illus.
trious In the family OF de We're, and
Robert Harley, Earl Of Oxford in the
last century, was . great collector o1
MSS. and books
1T Is rumored that the new Pope Il
about to present Queen Victoria with
the " Golden Rose" which the pontiffs
are accustomed to give yearly TO Catho-
lie ladies Of royal lineage who have
shown their devotion to the Holy
Church. The Queen Is not Catholic,
but Is supposed TO have deserved we'll Of
the church because she has made no fuss
about setting up the Papal hierarchy in
Scotland.
Madame Rachel, who calls herelf
" Arabian Perfumer to the Queen, - and
who now and again swindles weak head
cd members of the British aristocracy,
male and female, by selling cosmetics
at enormous sums, processing that by
their application they are to be made
" Beautiful Forever" has only recently
got out OF prison; and there is every
chance Of her going back again for
swindling Mario's married daughter by
selling her lotion called Jordan Wa
ter
Jeanne Donste Is little pianiste
only seven years old, who has lately per-
formed before Queen Victoria. When
at Buckingham Palace, the little lady
wore white artificial camellia. "Nho
gave you that P" asked the Queen. "Ohi
that's my talisman, your Majesty;
Mdlle. Albani gave it to me for good
luck Her Majesty went over to a cor
BELLE, took out red camellia, and
gave It TO the child, saying: swear
that beside it, my dear, and may both
lucki''
A novel discovery has been made in
the library of Lyons, France. II is
map of the entire system of the central
plateau of Africa, which has of late
years been explored by Grant, Baker,
Livingstone, and Stanley. The system
Is traced upon globe which was con-
structed in 170l, and contains in detail |
The sources Of the Nile and Congo.
The map was executed by order Of Fa- !
hers Placide de Saint Amour, princi-
pal OF the monastery Of the third order
II ST. Francis, by Crispurien of Toulon, /
md by the monks Of Bonaventure and 4
iregoire, both connected with the above
The report does not
mention the names OF the explorers.
The modern maps place the source Of
he two rivers slightly to the northward
4 that just discovered
John Bright's father seems to have
'een an extremely kind-hearted mill
'wner. We are told that on winter
lights he would stand at his mill-gates,
antern in hand, giving directions to
men to look after the children
TO whom he was especially kind) on
heir way home. His work people were
0 well paid as TO enable them, II care
III, to make = provision for old age,
nd for those overtaken by calamity
ension was provided. He would never [
i've pair Of old boots to man in dis
ress, but give him an order for new
air. A reformed drunkard, who aver I
ed that alcohol had caused tho roots Of
Is hair to perish, once went to him for I
subscription for wig. Mr.. Bright I
lanced over the list, and finding that /
ie contributors were poor people I
eclined to contribute unless the money
as returned. Then he gave him
andsomo wig.
Odds and Ends.
There are blossoms and blossoms. !