The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-06-09


A Fitchburg (Wisl reporter tried
10 vary his occupation by engaging in
theft. lie is now in Jail, but coolly dc"
clares there is more money in larceny
than in literature"
There is a marked difference o.
tween a fort and fortress, according To
the definitions rendered by little
schoolgirl ia Washington. She defined
fort 10 he '.strong place where they
put men in" and q fortress ''simiiaS
place where they put women in"
Senator Edwards. Of the Chautau.
qua district, who is clergyman offered
prayers recently in the New York sem
ate. II was the first time within tho
memory Of any Of the senator's. at least.
that one of the members Of the senate
had opened the session with prayer.
Justice Lamar and Susan H. An
thony were warm friends. The justice
was in the habit Of introducing her to
his friends in this fashion: Now you
must meet Miss Susan H. Anthony.
You will find her one of the most per-
feet gentlemen in the world" Miss
Anthony regarded this as compli-
melt
Judge X. II. Nelson. of the United
States district court of Minnesota.is the
only man on the district bench APP
pointed before the civil war. Judge
| M. p. Deadly. of Oregon. who died few
days ago, was the only other one.
Judge Deadly was territorial Judge In
Oregon. and on the admission OF the
state was made district Judge
| Clement Scott the eminent English
dramatic critic, has just been making .
tour of Japan and he bluntly charac-
terizes all of Sir Edwin Arnold's effu-
sions regarding japanese women as
balderdash Indeed, he says that II Is
an insult to English or American wom-
anhood to institute any comparison be-
tween them and Japanese women
Roswell Bcardsley. of North Lam
sing. n. ", is enjoying his quadrennial
mention as the oldest postmaster. ho
was appointed June %, ISIS. Sidney
T. Palmer, of Gerry. \. ". appointed
July 20, 1871, is second; John G. Marvel,
of Rehoboth. Mass. appointed July II,
ls44. is third: and Warren Cobb. OF
East sharon. Mass, appointed in Feb
ruary, 1916. is fourth The ex-ofiice-
holder ruling doesn't bother them
Sir John Gilbert. president of the
ROYAL Society Of Painters in Water Col
ors of Great Britain, has not sold any
of his water color or oil paintings for
many wears past, intending to build .
gallery for them and present gallery
and pictures to the public. He has de-
cided TO donate the pictures to existing
| I'D - "A
announced this intention and offered
his valuable collection to be divided
among free galleries in the principal
cities of the kingdom
One OF those hard. practical New
England women that occur in maya
zines oftener than in life, called on an
artist in New York city, at his invita-
ton. not many days ago. She looked
faithfully over his pictures and studies,
though there were many of them. be
tokening great industry, and after the
inspection was finished she said. in Z
severe tone: "Yes.it's very pretty. but
| should think you'd get dreadfully tired
. of doing such things. Don't you evel
| want to go out and work.
} A French viscount. who is not n
: richly endowed as he would like tn be
t has invented novel means of feather
ing his nest. He advertises in tho
4 French papers lottery in which tn
great prize viii be himself and his title
Five thousand tickets are to be sold a
twenty francs each, which will brinl
him in over twenty-five thousand dol
lars. The lady who draws the luck
j, number will have the choice of tw
: alternatives. She may marry the Wis
. count with his fortune or she ma
!. share this capital sum. but must frs
: forego all right TO his hand.