The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-08

~uScn NictoTia mas II seems. q very
large hand She takes ~ glove.
Her fingers are short and out Of pro-
portion 10 the rest of her hand. and
she invariably wears black glove,
which. no matter what the fashion
may he, never exceeds three button
length.
James Berry, the English ex-exe-
cutioner. has reached the end Of his
rope as lecturer AMI is anxious TO
drop back on the Other platform. He
Il appealing 10 the sheriffs In the
United Kingdom 10 give him "a fresh
start in life. he says, by helping 9TH
ers 10 start out OF il.
Mrs Mary Anderson Navarro is
writing a book of "reminiscences OF her
stage life. and il seeking items about
her early appearances from friends in
various parts Of the world She is
spending the summer in Switzerland
and writing leisurcly. The hook will
be looked for with great interest
Walter Besant. the novelist, is now
fifty-four years Of age and has been
writing for twenty five years. He is a
fiDe-looking. portly man, a graduate of
Cambridge. where he studied for the
church The fine descriptions of trop-
zeal life which appear in some of his
early novels were gathered during his
residence as n professor ut Mauritius-
augustus IIemenway, a retired
farmer of Canton. Mass. has invited
all the public-school teachers Of that
town. twenty-six in number. to take a
ten-days' trip To the Worlds fair at his
expense. lie is former member Of the
Massachusetts legislature. where he
served on the committee of education.
and is now member OF the Canton
school committee.
President Lincoln's library con-
sisted Of three books. the Bible, PHI
grim's Progress ana a copy of The
Revised Statutes Of Indiana contain
ing the Declaration of independence
and the constitution of the United
States" says an early friend Of the
great man. .'and his education formed
on this basis was sufficient TO take him
TO the presidency"
A correspondent who saw the en-
press OF Austria at recent reception
says that she presented handsome
and striking appearance 1.-The face,
surrounded by ringlets. looked young
still, framed as it was in the laces of a
broad collar that fell over fashionable
puff sleeves. A veil Of lowered gauze
fell from the tresses that were set ur
like tiara on the white brow. The
old smile reappeared every moment
and the easy grace for which she was
famous in the days when society saw
more Of her."
Lord Cromer. the British diplomatic
agent at Cairo and the real ruler o.
Egypt. is a very interesting English
man. 1t is his habit to read Homer il
the original Greek for half an houi
after breakfast every morning. and hi
afternoons are given up to lawn tennis
At the time of the recent crisis" il
Egyptian affairs he ordered the khediv'
to dismiss his prime minister within
twenty-four hours. sent to Malta ant
to Alden for troops 10 support him IL
ease of emergency. and then went on
and played tennis until sunset
Queen Victoria is not permitted &
handle newspaper or magazine Of an.
kind. nor a letter from any person out
side of her immediate family. Ever,
day secretary cuts from the papers al
articles which he thinks would interes
her. fastens the clippings TO a sheet c
silk paper ornamented with gold fringe
and presents it TO her majesty. AZ
! American lad once sent her choic
collection of the flowers OF our conn
try. which she kept for three month
and then returned with kind lette
expressing her enjoyment in lool<in,
over the specimens and explaining VIII.
She could not retain them.
AlIMaP0liS