The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-01

N
Little Lady Alexandra pnh, who.
10 her mother. the duchess % Fife. were
~ become queen Of England. might
herself some day occnpy the throne, y
pi.turcd rs a baby OF preternnturaiiy
mature expression, with features very
much like those Of her royal great
grandmother.
The truth about the condition Of NJ.
a. iessepS the great French engineer,
| Is that while his physical health Is fa'r'
| " good. his mind Is 80 enfeepleo tn"'
he can scarcely sustain conversation
and That 4 return 10 vigorous health for
him is considered highly improbable by
those close to him.
James whitcomb Rilcy's income
from his rcadingsand ~reciiations g equals
. hank presidents salary. while biil
I'VE, in 1891. cleared SO. 900 from his
aroearanccs on the rcstrnm. Max
O'Rcll and WIN Carleton get 5000
night from their managers. and George
". Cable receives 500 every time NC
reads.
The British commentator stumh'es
hopelcSsly over words and expressions
In Shakespeare which are still common
speech in Vermont. Nowhere in the
world lid the older English survive SO
lonr as among the Green mountains.
The common speech in Vermont IN $500
was that Of S~hakespcarc's time. almost
undefiicd.
Sir Morell Mackenzie was well
known in Louisville. where he once
49, lt. {~D~fta nufiput<
was Mary Anderson Navarro, TO whose
! house in London he was often attract
, al. Ills own home in London was one
Of the handsomest rcsideucesthere. and
Il was filed with treasures Of art, OF
/. which DR.. Mackenz ic was a great lover
y Margaret Fuller used to be accout'
cd n very wise woman. and ptles'
I she was. for Mrs. Sherwood credits hel
with having once said: ''Never tall
; about Yourself. your diseases, vour do
= mcstics or your dresses. Talk abou
? your friends interests. not your own
= Perhaps il was BY putting that precep
n into practice that Miss Fuller game
:. her great celebrity as a converser.
Gen. Butler thinks tina Mr.. Lin
coin had but one falkland that was
ir virtuc-he had such great kindness Q
% beart that he could not punish erin
: inals. The general had tried his hes
Al "a make Mr.. LINCOLN hang dcserter'
Int the president could not be brongf
he 20 do Il. As a result OF his clemenc
- there was at the close OF the war q
K, army OF dcserters numbering more tina
one hundred and seventy-seyen thor
~ sand
"a The most remarkable thing abo'
ns the brilliant carecer If Guy de MAJ
'ly passant, whose SAD mental collapse e
Z. cites the sympathy Of the whole wor'
~ Of novcl-rcaders. is that It was the fru
Dw OF the long and industrious literary a
he prenticeship lie served with Flauber
From that novelist he learned TO a
W preciatc the truth Of Buttons sayin
nc that talent is merely continued p
OF ticncc," and verified It in later life !
- the success that rewarded his pains.
M -Gustave Dore's mstherw was q plai
re- ouiet woman who preferred a domes'
be life and did not shine in society, b
y she had the greatest sympathy wi
her illustrious son. She studied q
this that she might understand his wor
ub- read the booksand newspapers Of viii
az IA was fond, made his friends Il
VIII friends. and humored his many. thou
the harmless wilkins. The great ~artistg ga
nth as a reason for never marrying that
sal WAYS compared all women TO
mother, and they fell far short Of h