The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-27

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Mai. Kerry. . Pittsburgher, who
lately completed n Journey across the
South American continent by steamer
and canoe and mule from Para. on the
eastern side. through the Amazon river
and over the CorLilleras and the An'ses
into Peru, Is said 20 be the first man
not a native to have accomplished The
feat.
AT a dinner given by . working.
mems union in Krainsdorf, Germany,
two socialists refused TO drink TO the
health OF the kaiser. When the cas-
tomary toast was proposed they put on
their hats and left the room. One OF
them Is now serving a three months,
the other a nine months sentence In
the workhousc for insulting his ma
jesty.
Mile. Rcnnp, the sister of the late
acadcmician, devoted herself to her fla
nous brother for years. She made a
home for him in Paris, aided him with
his literary work, suggesting subjects
and criticising his finished works.
Through her assistance he was enabled
to marry, and il is pleasant ITO record
that he was never weary of recount
ing his obligations to her.
One Of Gould's campaigns a. .
dealer in railways was with the Wabash
system of railroads. He got control,
and after effecting a reorganization,
which increased the capital stock and
also the bonded debt, sold them out.
1t is related of him at this time that m
associate said to him: Mr.. Gould, don't
you think you are bonding this much
higher than the property will stand?'
''That may be-" he answered; but tho
American people are mighty partial to
bonds"
AT a time when the Irish situation
seemed critical to the officials Mt Dub
lin, in 1881 or 1882, a certain liberal
peer was delegated to go to Hawarden
and consult with Gladstone. Upon his
return his friends received him with
eagerness. "Well, what did he say;
what policy did he recommends" The
peer blushed slightly, hesitatcd q mo
ment, ands then mildly remarked:
"Well, to tell the truth, the fellow was
so wonderfully agreeable that we never
got ON to the subject of Ireland Mt all"
The pathway to literary success is
not always smooth. The greater part
of the first edition of Ibsen's maiden
effort in literature, his tragedy of Cati-
line, was sold for a trifle to a grocer to
use for wrapping paper; and even
when the dramatist was well started
on his career his chief source of support
was the stipend of two hundred and
twenty five dollars a year he received
as theatrical poet at Bergen. lbsen
showed great talent as a school.boy-
SO much, in fact. that his master, sup
posing him guilty Of plagiarism because
Of the maturity of thought exhibited in
his school-room compositions. attempt
ed to chastise him
Will Carleton surprised the people
Of Kansas City by going about the
streets during a recent cold snap"
there without an overcoat, and assert
ing that he felt comfortable. The poet,
who looks quite unlike one, is forty.
seven years old now. and there are no.
ticeablc traces OF gray in his hair. He
has an athletic figure, and wears q bust
ness suit, with a silk hat, and there II
a diamond pin in his tie. Mr.. Garlic
tons reputation as a writer of poems
of home.' as he calls his Ballads" was
established fifteen years or more ago,
and it is still sufficient to keep up an
active demand for his books. He 10
nowadays a free lance in literature.
producing stories, sketches, and plays
as we'll rs poems. He receives royal
ties at present from six published vol
umcs.