The Jasper weekly courier., 1892-07-22


= DR.. Won Forkenbeck. the chief
brs gomastcr - Berlin. who han juso
died Of apoplex.v. was almost the bcso
known % 0erE snn politicians Ever
since the turbulent days q 1888 he had
taken an active pm r. p0liticA and
from 1874 % 1870 he was shc prcsident
Of the lower house.
Lady Ulrica Durc0ubs. who =
said 70 have heen the prsstia~t woman
present ~ the second royal drawing
room. y tall and dark. wjsh milk
white skin that contrasts effectively
with her dark hair. Her face = bovaI,
and ''seemx when she looks at you." -
observer relates. ITO be AL eyeA"
An the act objects belonging 70
the jurist. the late BENJAMIN II. Brew
ster, have been presented the Philadel-
phia library company under the will Of
his sister. There are vases. bnsts and
fignrines in terra Gotta. paintings in
oil. and drawings in water color and
pen and ink. Ills library OF 5000 vol
umes. chiefly on Roman history and
archaeology, y also presented tc the
library.
Profit on books in England Il said
70 be about as follows: shilling
shocker" pays its expenses when II has
sold 1000 copies: threc-shilling book.
upon which grade and all higher grades
the price of the cover has to be ac-
counted for. becomes profitable after u
has sold 1.5co; . six-shilling hook when
II has sold 1000; two-volume library
book when IL has sold 400; and three.
volume hook when II has sold 500.
w. 8. Hobart died the other day in
San Francisco. worth $4,000, 900. In
1870 he was = carman in the Chollar
mine. He received &4 . day for push
ing an orc-car in the lower levels. He
made little money in stocks and put
Il into teams with which he hauled ore
TO the mills He prospered at this and
finally got . contract to extract ore
from the Chollar mine on q certain
royalty. This was the Foundation Of his
fortune.
-Zola's new historical romance on
the '.war Of 7O-'71" is the work Of A.
teen months Of labor and the author
himself believes II to be the most inn
portant book he has ever written II Is
rcplete with personal and documentary
evidence. in the collecting Of which NJ.
Zola visited the battlefields Of the east
ern frontier, questioned many survi-
vors Of the fights. and consulted three
hundred volumes Of war history and
military records
To..- T.l.~..~h.-. ~. rz.a<- -
itor and member Of parliament. was Al
one time attached to the British lega-
tion at Washington, and a number Of
characteristic stories Of his ecccntrici-
ties are still cure Mt at the capital. One
relates that during brief trip to New
York he was mistaken for celebrated
Irish patriot by some Irish-Americans
who met HMM = saloon on side street
on Broadway. He encouraged the de-
lusion to the extent Of eating dinner
given in his honor by tho friends Of the
cause, and finally gave them the slip
without revealing his identity.
Walt Whitman's late home. little
frame house worth about e1.500 or
$1,000. Is to be bought and preserved in
his memory IL Mr.. Traubel, one Of the
executors Of the poets will. can raise
the money. Already circulars asking
for subscriptions have been sent ont 70
Whitman's admirers Mr.. 1raubel says
that the two bedrooms, where Whitman
did AL his literary work. and the par
lor would be kept as Il is- The interior
will, however, be somewhat repaired
and repainted. The PHILADELPHIA Press
says that Whitman left . number Of
manuscripts, containing both prose and
poetry, which have never been pub
lished. Among them was : poem ''Co-
lumbuA~ recently written. on the COM
ing Columbian expedition.