The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-07-27

Breaking through . glass door. she
dabblei herself Ia blood, and n 4 RAG
ing it of delirium cast herself upon IT,
King. The latter, who was not aware
u the hopclessncss Of her ~lnnacy. wa
~ Mortified ~ the appearances 81 .
woman clad only in linen and covered
with blood that he imagined. with q
superstition characteristic u the ace,
that Il was the White Lady. whose
ghost, according to-time- honored tradi-
ton, invariably appeared when death
was around the house Of Brandenburg.
He was seized with = fever and died IN
six weeks.
More ridiculous was the death Or the
French Marshal. DE Monfrevcl, s'whose
whole SOUL says ST. Simon. twas but
ambition and lucre. without ever hay
ing been able 10 distinguish bis right
hand from his left. but c~onccaling his
universal Ignorance with an audacity
which favor. fashion and birth protect
ed lie was = very superstitious man,
and one day . salt-cellar was upset a. 1
public dinner in his lap. and 50 fright
cned was he that he and announced
that be was a dead man. He reached
home and died In a few days, in l716.
literally scared 70 death by the absurd
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Thomas Nav. the historian Of the
Long Parliamcnf'' and translator Of
" lucan's pharSalia.'' and one 81 the
most versatile authors ~ the seven
tcenth century. was found dead n his
bed with signs Of having been stranclcd.
He wa very faf: had zone ~ he'd
drunk. and tyinr his n;cht-can strings
too tight was found strancled. The I'D
authors whom a drip too much and the
accident OF going 10 bed booty killed
form quite 4 list. sir George E~tneridrc.
author ii ..Sir Foplinc Flntter.- hay-
inc passed the evening with some Ia
borious old soakers. STAGGERED out 10
light them downstairs. lie fall over
and broke his neck. Lee. the rival 81
DRYDEN. was going home drunk, and.
falling in the street. was run over by a
draw: and Edgar Allen Poe. the most
brilliant Of American poets. died Of ex-
posnre and ill-treatment when recover-
mo from n debauch. a pinch Of snuff
accidentally dropped into q glass Of
wine that Jean baptist Santeul. one 81
the greatest Latin poets France ever
produced. was drinking, killed him in
4 few hours. Eating TOO many melons
killed Argyropolis and the melancholy
Cowlev. who had been 10 4 merry-mak-
inr with Rev. Thomas Sprat. aftcrward
Bishop 81 Rochester. Roth were drunk
and Iay down 10 sleep by a haystack.
Cowley caught q cold and died. xenoc-
rates accidentally walked into 4 well.
and Charles Lamb stumbled and pro.
duccd d rupture which ended his life.
William Dupraf. the Bishop IL Cler-
mont, was the victim Of an accident
which indicated his weakness of char
acter. He was the posSes<or Of the
most beautiful beard that. up 70 his
time. had ever been seen in France, and