The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-01-06
PERSONAL AND ,MPsRsoMAL.

PERSONAL AND iMPERsONAL-
-Kossuth hears the burden Of his
venera ole years impasiently- To many
other observations Of like character
he added Recently in connection with
his 10th birthday: .-For rne. the par
iah without a home. the Preachers
words are full of significance when
he says that for the son Of man the day
Of his death is better than the day Of
his birth
-Mavroyeui Bey. the Turkish minis-
ter. is great favorite in Washington
society. BEING unmarried he cannot
entertain As much as he would like At
his own house. bat he gets up numer-
Gus theater parties which. being proper
ly chaPeroned- not infrequently termi-
nate in charming little suppers for the
young people who are his guests
The new member Of parliament
from India Is Mr.. Naoriji lie is the
son of a Parsee priest. and was the first
native professor in any leading college
in India He held the chair of mathe-
matics and philosophy in the Elphin-
stone College school. and has been .
prime factor in many progressive move
ments for reform in India He has
now lived in England for thirty years
Mrs Langtry has added yachting to
her fads She has just paid $4,000 for
Lord Ashburton's beautiful and swift
steam yacht. Lady Mabel. now at Cowes.
after q long cruise with his lordship and
family. Mrs Langtry is said To have
recently declared that being now 20
years OF age. il was time that she began
to enjoy life. instead Of fooling away
her money and time in theatrical specu-
lations-
-Iontesquieu once applied very hap
PLY the old proverb. Les petits cadeaux
entretiennent ramitie.~ He was at
variance on some parliamentary ques-
tion with gentleman of position and
influence. but who was also somewhat
bigoted Il would stake my head on
it, said the latter 10 Montesquieu
And accept it gladly" Montesquieu
replied: for trihing presents cement
friendship
"A plucky little Louisiana woman.
who runs q big saw-mill ia the pine
districts of the state and whose bust
ness ability has enabled her to amass .
fortune in her unusual sphere. lately
attended a convention of southern lum-
bermen in New Orleans: and the chiv-
alrous southrons. recognizing her abili-
ty. appointed her on several responsible
committees and gladly awaited them
selves of her knowledge of the business
Lord Tennysou lived far longer
than the average British poet Shak-
spcare died at So. Milton at cs. Byron
at 50. Scott at CT. Pope a. So. Thompson
at -. Campbell at g.. Coleridge at g..
Cowper at CO. Butler Mt G.. Burns at 81.
Shelley at 80. Keats at -. Leigh Hunt
ut IS. Chatterton at IS and Chaucer.
''the father of English poetry ut 60
Tennyson was horn three years before
Browning, who died. il will be remem-
bercd. in lSs2l
Mime. Camilla Urso. the violinist.
had . narrow escape from . serious &C.
cident in New York recently She was
walking on the boulevard with her
husband. Mr.. Frederic Luer, in the
early evening. when = man on . big
bicycle with neither bell nor lantern.
ran directly over them knocking them
20 the pavement The law-breaker
made his escape in the darkness. and
fortunately no injury beyond few
bruises was sustained BY the surprised
pedestrians
The drawing-room 1t Hawardcn
castle is . veritable museum Of curioa
Mr.. GladstoDe's admirers have testified
their devotion by the gifts they have
showered upon the Grand Old Man.
Among the go,den-wedding gifts are .
large gold inkstand from the prince Of
Wales a gold model Of an afternoon tea
service and at least half dozen gold
miniature axes One of Mr. Gladstone's
cherished possessions is . pencil-case
made in the shape Of an axe and hear
ing on the blade the inscription: For
Axing Questions This was n present
from the princess of Wales