The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-08


-Rudyard Kipling was twenty-five
years old last December He has been
writing since he was seventeen. and =
. hard worker, frequently putting In
fourteen hours At his desk. At snch
times he lives life 81 seclusion, seeing
no one but his most intimate friends
Edward Everett Hale. who il lectur-
Ing on the Pacific slope, told reporter
who asked for his photograph that
There was one published In we'll
known magazine few years ago; that
Is, Il was supposed 10 be = picture Of
me. My friends called II the Yelled
Prophet Of Khorassan.
Austin Baily. rich farmer. resid-
ing near Humbolt. Tenn. asserts that
he spent only twenty five cents In three
years, when he began TO get start
IN the world. and that fifteen cents Of
that was spent for pocket comb. Mr..
Baily Is now estimated 70 be worth at
least hundred thousand dollars.
The Queen Of Italy Is extremely
fond Of lectures, and was recently much
interested in lecture on the singular
subject Of Reformation Of the Italian
Alphabet" by Sig. Frisoni, and also
Herr Halbig's lecture on ''Etrurian Art
and Civilization" The queen shook
the learned German professor by the
hand, and expressed her great delight
at the lecture.
Despite their subjugation to British
rule the Princes Of India are still able
to indulge in royal whims and extrav-
agances. One Of them recently had
made q bed at Paris worth twenty five
thousand dollars. Its canopy is sup
ported by four automatic female figures
that wave fans to cool the air. The
mattress Is a huge musical box. which.
when one lies upon il, plays operate
airs.
A Russian writer who is now in
New York says that American books
are better known in Russia than Rus
sian books in America He says that
the works of the American poet Long
fellow. which resemble those OF the
Russian poet Jookovsky. have been
translated into Russian by Michialov-
sky, Weinberg and Minaeff. and that
other American poets are known
through TRANSACTIONS
Arab Pasha and his associate exiles
in Ceylon have prayed the British gov
eminent to be restored to Egypt on the
ground that the Singalese climate is
prejudicial TO their health. The khedive,
who was consulted by England, said
that their presence in Egypt would be
too dangerous for him TO consent. Next
the medical board appointed by the for
eign Office reported that the exiles were
perfectly we'll of where they were.
The tremendous variation in prices
for valuable books Is illustrated by the
figures for the valdarfer 'sBoccaccio.~
In 1912 the only perfect copy in exist
cncc was sold at the disbursal Of the
duke Of Roxburghc's library for two
thousand two hundred and sixty
pounds. A Roxburghe club was
formed in honor of the sale. A copy
with flve leaves missing was sold ~
Gently for two hundred and thirty
pounds
Mrs. Elizabeth Custer. widow Of
Gen. Custer, is Woodworking literary
woman. She has lately gone to Allan
tic City, in order 70 rest and gain
strength for writing series Of talks
about Life on the Plains. which sho
will deliver before women's clubs and
school boys and girls, who are generally
her devoted admirers and fast friends.
Her Boots and Saddles" and Follow
ing the Guidon" have never lost their
first popularity.