The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-31

Foreign Notes.
-. have searched for truth. and no.
where could find il, not even in my
self; therefore l de- This singular
note was found on the body Of Russian
n0bleman who recently committed sui
eide with a pistol.
DR.. Falk has been nominated a. n
candidate for the Prussian Landtag i'm
more than a dozen constituencies. the
people not having forgotten that while
he was Education Minister the teachers
increased BY 1000 and the pupils by
100000.
Much interest has been felt in Flor
ence al the discovery 81 over Goo paint
ings belonging to the masters Of the six
tenth century. laid away To rot and
perish in Government buildings /; the au-
thorities intend placing them ia the roy
al gallery II the Ufiizi.
Eastern Siberia i menaced by FAM
inc; the prices Of grain are higher than
were ever known before, and the poorer
classes are suffering severely. The har-
vest j. extremely poor and the cattle
plague has increased the evil. there
being ia many villages not one beast left
alive
The French ambassador 10 Ger
many had lonE private conversation
with Emperor William N Baden Baden.
The circumstance j. much remarked
upon and j. regarded a special and
striking evidence II the good relations
existing between France and Germany
"A real duel was lately fought Al
Prpinster. Belgium. by Count de Veysy,
who j. noted for enormous wealth. and
Baron De vanlDo. They used pistols,
and the Baron was killed The Count
was arrested. and, though he offered e
give 500. COO bail. was put in prison.
"A young Nihilist girl. named Gobie-
slawSka. made her escape from the pc
lice Of Moscow in novel way The Of
ficers had discovered the house in which
she was concealed. and were about T.
make the arrest, when 70 their surprise
they saw = balloon rising from the gar
den. II was soon ascertained that i
contained the object Of their search and
two men. who rapidly disappeared
leaving the officers 10 gaze helplessly ant
disconsolately after them
An English newspaper. the Liver
pool DAILY Nttcs. has for year pas
used four type-setting and seven distrib
uting machines. AT saving II about
$1,000 per annum. a. compared witt
the same amount II work BIZ hand. Ths
cOmpositors working the machine carr
better wages than their fellows ri thu
case. while the saving 10 the establish
menr i over % per cent The machines
are used for every kind If composition
except tabulated and displayed work
the matter being set. spaced and JUST
fled with greater accuracy than ~ hant
labor Each machine costs $50. ans
the average speed l. 5000 ems per hour
Odds and Ends.
"A brass banda doilar-store brace
let. I
49,. This world i bit a iieeting show. :
and il i the same way with the circus
A RIDDLE.
Between thick .~cf hedge of bones
\ small red.dox now bark, now nloanS-
-z4uSu0l unFuuV v
-zuuI I8m<tIu suI
The trouble with a Young fellow II
love j. that he imagineS that every bod,
else i in love with his girl too, while !
the truth were known. a. likely n not n,
one but himself ever looks At her.--Sa
lem Sunbeam.
Two members If the Irish bar
DOYLE and Yelverton. quarreled one da,
80 violently that from words they cams
81 blows. DOYLE. the more powerful
man ~ the two. Knocked down his AL
versary. cxclaiming most yehemently
You scoundrel. III make you behave
YOURSELF To which Yclverton. rising
answered with equal indignation, !" No
sir. never; / defy you. ! defy YOU
You cant 10 II"
Many a man sits up nights nv
weeks NJ a stretch, Sundays included
composing communication for tn
press on a slate. and then having spen
another week copying II until Il nigh
he mistaken for piece Of engraving
ne walks into the editors office and RI
marks. with very badly assumed care
lesSness that wouldn't deceive woode
cigar sign Indian: "There's something
Just scratched off that thought yo
might use. ---.ifbany ErMing JoHrnG'
,, The following i a copy If the lctte
70 hi client in Colorado ~ 4 prominen
attorney who has just succeeded in PR
curing for him divorce: THE Judg
has removed az disabilities, and you ca
now marry a Squaw. elopc with =
hciress. WOO widow, sue and be- sue
for breach a promise. send bouquets I
damask-chccked school-marms, writ
poetry to the cook and make fool I
yourself generally. without regard |
race. color Or previous condition I
servitnde. Very truly yours ctc.-
81. Loais RePnbiicm.