The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-20

Miss Edna Dean FRI ctcr. poetess.
wants Ia be known ~ IA" apostle Oh
maize n the national Hover. >he
considers Indian corn ~ being tho
most di,tincfivcly American product.
Tie oldest mathematical book IN
the worlA H. called the "FapNrus
Ehind.~ II il IN manuscript. of course.
and was written by one Ahne>, m
Egyptian. who lived IN the year .opu
II. 4. The book j. now in the british
museum.
samuel Minturn Peek, the poet
laureate OF Alabama. lives IN quaint
home on the outskirts Of Tuscaloosa.
lie j. handsome. genial and brilliant,
medical graduate, though he does
not practice, a good pianist, a hne
singer and an entertaining conyersa
tionalist
Judge A. H. Norton, the old gentle
man with unshorn hair and beard.
CARRYING cane given him BY Henry
Clay. who has been seen nj all rcpuo-
lican national conventions. died AT
Dallas. Tex. recently. lie made = vow,
in l~44. not 10 have his hair cut til
Clay was elected president. and paid no
toll TO BARRIERS for the last odd fifty
years.
Here is another evidence If the re-
gard i'm which the lady who figures un-
der another name in 'Dodo" has been
held by her conntrvnen. The dedica.
ton OF the late John Addington >y'
ponds Essays. Speculative and >ug'
oil N
Margot Remnant, in memory OF long.
dark winter nights at Davos. made
luminous by witty conversations.
The late Chief-Justice Stone Of AL.
ALBANIA was held in high esteem n a
man, as well rs in great reputc MS a
jurist. He served on the bench for
more than fifty years. in that time de-
Gliding more than two thousand four
hundred cases Gov. Jones. in an
nouncing his death. said: NO greater
or purer man ever lived or died in Ala
bama. and none whose death was a
greater calamity"
MAY lIrorlslvn~ squandered savings
were contributary cause 70 three sui
cides. those of the Young woman her
\ self. Of r. 4. Lovecraft and Of a young
\ Hebrew who was their partner in a
I luclSlcss business enterprise. The Young
Hebrew had the business knowledge
needed for the undertaking. and he
was reputed honest and industrious.
but when he saw the venture must be
a failure he threw himself beneath the
wheels of a train.
Mrs Lydia Hoyt Farmer. author
of "a Knight OF Faith. "a short His
tory Of the French Revolution. The
Life Of La Faycitc.' etc. and editor Of
What America owes to Women" has
been the recipient of note Of thanks
from Queen Victoria. To whom Mrs.
Farmer recently presented a copy Of
the beautiful white and gold expo>i-
ton edition of the well-known work:
THE National Exposition Souvenir.
What America Owes To Women"
Pietro >barbaro. once member OF
parliament and one Of the most remark
able men in Italy. died a few days age
in the top story Of Roman tenement
house. The king paid his funeral cx
penses Before he was twenty years
old he was famous as an authority on
political and economic subjects. In
1866 he fought for the freedom Of LON
hardy In 1870 he became professor
of political science and the philosophy
OF law at Modena. His star began I,
descend soon afterward on account o.
the grave and uncalled-for attacks
which he made on public men. lie go
the idea that it was hisduty 10 tell thu
world everything unworthy which hi
could learn of men in public life. III
spent many years in prison on this nc
count. lost the places which he ha'
filed with honor. and died 1.-THE best
hated man in Italy"