The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-11-17

The pope has consented 70 act n
godfather TO the king Of Spain at hi
approaching confirmation and frs
communion. Mgr. Cretoni, the nunci.
ht Madrid, will represent the pope a
the ceremony. and will tie the bearer
oil some very handsome presents.
-Tolstoi, the Russian novelist, take,
the ground that work makes man., a,
well AS the busy ant. cruel. 1t Is, he
declares. the characteristic of Grim,
inals; and 10 make a virtue OF work
such as Zola has attempted to do is as
monstrous as to make a virtue Of the
act Of feeding.
Henry NJ. Stanley has made a col
lection of nineteen legends that were
related to him during his African
travels. and they are to be published
by the S~eribners under the title: "My
Dark Companions and Their Strange
stories Henry's stock of legends is
said to be inexhaustible.
Judge Barker, Of the supreme iu-
dicial court Of Massachusetts, has sur
Prlsed the lawyers not less than the
newspaper men by issuing an order
f~orbidding the newspapers to publish
reports of a breach of promise of mar
rage suit on trial before him, or to
make comments thereon.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, who was
with the last Peary expedition, and has
just been doing some summer explora.
ton in Greenland on his own account.
anticipates great results from Peary's
present journey. He thinks il will add
many miles to the northern limit of ex-
pioration, and that 1t is quite possible
the pole will be reached.
Louis Kossuth writes TO a friend in
Hungary: II am weighed down by the
Of years, and my eyesight grows
dim. l now see only outlines and not
/ can not read, and when writ
ing only guess ut the characters which
! trace. Nevertheless. impeled bv a
of duty, ! completed the third
of my memoirs a few d~aysago."
Prof. Elliott Coues, Of Washington.
is in Montana gathering material for a
new volume Of the history of the ex-
expedition of Lewis and Clarke.
Ina the preparation Of the four volumes
Of the work already published he saws
ne has handled over three thousand
manuscripts. He will go from Mon
to Idaho to continue his investi.
cations.
The description Of Zola's personal
given by G.. A. Sala is in.
'eresting. According to that keen and
inprejudiced observer, the French nov.
is a noticeable little man. with a
Ugh forehead, rather a Thackerayan
lose. abundant black hair, black
and be ard just trimmed with sill
'er. He is a marvellous conversation
list, bright, alert. often eloquent, al
Ways fascinating. occasionally para
Iwoxical."
Mrs. Ella Bentley, of the Donald
La Chief, strikes out thus:
In close proximity to the south side
+ the Children's building the glass
oof of Horticultural hall catches the
un's rays and throws them back in a
thousand ~glittering facets. What q
OF poetry the exposition manage
tent displayed when they grouped To-
ether women, children and fiowers.
n earthly trinity bestowed upon man
, reconcile him to the loss of para
Mrs. Campbell Wilson. a prosper
as florist of Cleveland. O., started with
cash capital of fifteen cents and an
de btedness of something over one
nndred dollars. by going out and So
orders and personally deliver
the plants and flowers, she cleared
I the debt on her small establishments
one season. In the fall she erected ,
one at a cost of three hum
and fifty dollars. which she F,
cared Of debt by the same mean in /,
20 years. Her business rules are as :
lows: Advertise thoroughly. Carry
9 best stock. Sell at small profits. :
lprovc every opportunity to increase !
lde." :
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