The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-26

who takes the Academic prize for virtue
this year, Is said 10 have been the means
~ restoring the reason Of no less than
800 insane men and women. She en-
tered the Asylum Of La Saltpe,riere
, twenty years ago TO care for her insane
mother. The latter died year ago.
Sir Curtis Lampson Is about 20.
lie has conducted the fur business about
AZ years. and Il supposed 10 be worth
from ~, 900, 900 10 -, j0O,O 900. Sir Cur
It's (who is vermontcr by birth, as also
i his wife) has very handsome house
in Eaton Square. London, where Mr..
Peabody long resided with him.
The Hon. lyon Keith Falconcr, a
popular Dissenting preacher in London,
Is a famous bicyclist, and on Sunday
mornings rides 10 church on that vehicle,
accompanied BY crowd Of friends, also
on bicycles. On arriving at the church
door, each rider takes his instrument
into the vestry, and gives II a rest until
the services are concluded, when they all
roll themselves home again.
"A correspondent at Rome tclc-
graphs that the Pope has written an au-
tograph letter to the Emperor Of Ger
many, summing up the results Of the late
negotiations, and suggesting the En-
peror's direct Intervention in the way Of
clemency as the only way to re-establish
harmony II il reported that Bismarck
knew and approved Of this step before
hand.
The late Infanta Pillar, daughter Of
ex-Queen Isabella, was remarkable for
her beauty. She was 10 years old, and,
had she lived, would probably have
married the Crown Prince Of Austria,
unless political reasons prevented. The
uncertainty about her marriage-for it
is said the attachment between herself
and Prince Rudolph was mutual-wore
upon her. Without being actually I'LL,
she grew weak. Sea-baths were order
ed; and while bathing at watering
place on the southern shore Of the Bay
Of Biscay she was seized with fit,which
resulted in her death.
The Grand Hotel Of Paris, one of
the most celebrated in the world, was
recently sold at auction for no less than
$4.212,O00. This magnificent structure
is situated on the Boulevard dies Capu-
cines. in the very center of fashion and
gayety in modern Paris. 1t Is entirely
isolated from all other buildings, covers
an area of about 5000 square yards, has
a frontage on the boulcvards Of 800 feet !;
its facades contain 40 windows in addi-
ton to those in the court-yarsls, ground
floor, and entresol; and il has about 700
rooms, all furnished in the most luxuri-
Gus style. Its dining-room is said to be
the most magnificent in the world.
Odds and Ends.
-" Investigator wants to know what
Is good for cabbagc-worms. Bless your
soul, man, cabbages. of course. A good
plump cabbage will last several worms q
week.
Til. young man who, wishing To
know the pronunciation Of word, was
advised to consult authorities, inter-
viewed the Mayor, three Alderman and
the Sheriff. -B Boston Post.
A Georgia young man asked his
sweetheart whether she had ever read
:. Romeo and Juliet" She replied that
she had read Romeo, but she did not
think she had ever read Juliet.
A Momentous Interview: "Good
EVENING" ssGood evening"" "This
i pleasant evening" "A very nice
evening .May / see You home this
EVENING"" "well, not this evening"
GOOD evening" Good evening"
Thus evening matters all around.
Don't remain in ignorance for the
want Of asking. If you don't know why
bartender fills your lemonade glass
four-ffths full Of pounded ice ask him
and he will tell You that he does it be-
cause ice. which can be used over and
over again, il cheaper than lemons and
sugar. Detroit Free Press.
80 You made fool OF me-" said an
irritated man to his wife, "and that's
the way you got me to marry you. =
my love- swcctly responded the wife,
"you do yourself an injustice. Call
yourself fool If you please, but remem-
Der that you are in all respects a self
made man.
He was plain old granger, and
when his son informed him that he had
determined TO 20 10 college and learn
something, the old gentleman looked
straight at him and said z Now, look
a-here, John, you may learn readin'
ritin', spellin', 'rithmetic and little
Biography, but II you grapple with any Q
them there dead langwidges, Ill kill You
when you come home, SOS they doh
YOU some good"
-"Old ST. of the Atlanta Constitn-
tion j. reported to have received $25, 200
from the Dowagcr Anna Paulina Cath
cart II Somcrsetshire, England, for res
cuing her from a perilous situation I'M
der locomotive once upon a time.
Some folks are always having streak
If good fortune, but when we risk our
life 10 get some fellow out from under q
I hnrse-car or something Of the sort. il il