The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-28


A man was seen loafng about
building that was being painted at Bel
fast. Maine, recently. When asked .
ne wanted . Job he said that he Wa
only waiting for the men 10 be paid on.
as he wanted to borrow . dollar.-Phu-
adelphiA Ledger.
William ID. Mccoy. United States
Minister to Liberia, who died ut Monro'
vim May II, was a native OF Cambridge
CITY, Ind, and about 20 years Of age
He had been q teacher for many years.
prior to his appointment, and WAS one
Of the most progressive colored men -
the country.
Every spring the emperor Of China
goes to THE emperor's field" piows >
portion Of IL sows II with several kinds
of seeds and superintends the ceremony
while the princes and nine courtiers
perform the same act in honor OF tho
god of agriculture. The empress At
the same time gives her ladies . lesson
in silk culture
Mrs Martha Raymond. colored.
who lives near Woodbury., n. j.. claims
to be lis years old She says she was
born in Virginia in ITS, and some OF
the oldest residents Of Woodbury. admie
that she seemed to be pretty old wom-
an when they were young people
She has been living in that town for
about sixty years
The duke of Newcastle's speciality
in amateur photography Is TO secure
portraits of rare wild animals in their
native surroundings He travels in
quest Of these with Gambler Fenton,
member of the Royal Geographical So
ciety and well known as one OF tho
most expert amateur photographers OF
animals in the world
Judge Mckinley. of Duluth. is in .
singular position He is judge OF tho
circuit court in which his own wife,
recently admitted to the bar, will prac-
tice. And yet he is probably the only
man in the world to-day who can pre-
vent his wife from having the last word
or fine her for contempt if she does not
stop talking when he tells her to.
1T is related of Edwin Booth that
/ he was at one time able to save the life
of Robert Lincoln Both men were in
a railway station. and Mr.. Lincoln had
inadvertently stepped on . track in
frcrt of an approaching engine ABB
sorbed in thought. he had not noticed
the vicinity of the train. and would
have been struck down had not Mr.
Booth sprung forward. caught him in
his arms. and lifted him almost bodily
to a place of safety. The engine was
SO near that it actually grazed Mr..
Lincoln's heels
-Ex-Secretary Of the Navy Tracy -
quoted as saying, apropos of the dis
aster to the Victoria that line-of-
battle ship like her is always exposed
to the danger of capsizing. being top
heavy. The Victoria carried mon
strous gun. weighing 10 tons The
largest gun we have weighs only sixty
five tons This tremendous weight
placed the ship at the mercy OF tho
waves as soon as the water began 70
pour in This accident only re-enforces
what have repeatedly said in my an
nual reports, that, however, il may b
for England. 1t is folly for us to keep .
large battlcship cruising in time Of
peace
-Self-interest is not an inevitable
quantity in human nature There Is .
bluff and hearty old Irishman who
keeps a small book store in n New York
suburban town. who expresses opin-
ions about the wares that he sell&
When a boy inquiries for Daredevil
Dick. the Dead Shot, he says: "whati
Haven't you any better way to spend
your time than in reading trash like
that? here il is You ought to b.
} ashamed of yourself Now, don't you
read it until you've shown it to your
. parents man who had ordered,
. through him. a number Of works ON
} spiritualism and magic, was greeted,
on the delivery of those volumes. with:
MAN. man, Time must be heavy ON
, your hands TO want to be studying rub
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