The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17
ITEMS OF
Personal and Liferary.

-LN-~tillitI DbtAAlAlt utiltc~ NV ttl'it
that h. j. going to enter journalism.
Miss Thackeray writes to a friend
fsr -he hopes 10 visit the United States
nrxi year.
-Iucv Iarcom, the pOctcss. teaches
English literature and composition at the
Academy Of Bradford. Mass.
Miss Bella Lockwood has been adj
mirr.,l to practice In the supreme Court Of
nv District OF Columbia. and her first ease
us. a suit for divorce brought in behalf of
DIE wife.
Gen. q. II. Bcauregard. while recently
visiting the battlefield AT Manassas. sus-
rin~la fall from his horse, whereby his
thumb was dislocated. a leg bruised. and
,ih.r seriou. injuries inflicted.
Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps refers to
Wis smiley. the Quaker preacher, a. "a
woman who has "A voice n sweet Is Il
nbiu's. a face a. serene ~ a madonna's. and
purpose a. fixed a a Quaker's, and who
wear. her bonset into the pulpit besides
Mr.. Ruskin has now fallen afOul of
Darwin. and declares. ia his last essay. that
eve might sufficiently represent the gem
IN manner of conclusion in the Darwin
Ian system by the statement that. if YOU
MsNu IT. NIAAA ~ ~ W ~ NH'fls NiiiA
H. handle forward. so a. To develop itself
into neck 10y moving always in the same
f~p4tion. and within continual hearing of
i .team-whiStlc, after a certain number of
nvolutiOn>. the hair-brush will fall in love
with the whistle; they will marry. lay an
e-g. and the product will be- a nightingale"
The London 1thcn0iam administers the
allowing sharp rap 10 Mr.. joaquin Miller
e - ...l .. IA. loo. -. 80.
f1-mnate enough 10 incur the displeasurc
II Mr.. Joaquin Miller. Cur reviewer. hav-
ins said that his new book was a dull ro-
nance. Mr.. Miller. who thinks otherwise.
writes 10 u that lac wishes to tell him to
h. teeth that he j. a liar. "A coir0rd. and a
cur. Mr.. Miller states that he has written
without consultation with his publisher.
We think that a gentleman OF the high
reputation OF his publisher. will be- shocked
when he hears how sadly wanting Mr..
Miller i, ia the courtesies of life and the
advantages Of clucation.'
-NaDaiehi Hirakaaa S~huR5unshi. or the
D1ilV HirakaHa Neirs. j. the title of an all
yenturou> pioneer of a coming era. which
j. published al Jeldo, Japan. The COM
mon method OF printing. both in China
ami Japan, ha> been Tor ~ by the means
OF carved wooden blocks. The letter-preSS
Of the DAILY Huukana Ne'cs j. printed
with movable type. A distinct space i
left between each word. and the use of the
comma and period introduced. This pa
per i published by the society for the
Dispersion Of Darkness significant
name truly-whose two-fold object i
stated 10 BE- the enlightenment of the coun-
iry by ~proyidinga medium of home and
"reign news. n to demonstrate that the
ue of nifty sylllbles (which constitute the
clements 81 the I" fIirakana'' OF the Japan
te J. amply sufficient for literary pur-
fp-. and that il will be- no loss To aban-
Goa the borrowed Chinese characters.
While England has been bountifnl in
supplying candidates for the lecture plat
form in the United States. il is CRAFTY ing
% hear that her bounty j.. In a measure.
'+ing ~rtciprocated. Miss Emily Faithful
.hlly matched by a young lady who for
ueriy resided in II. Louis. but who j. now
>ai 10 H. making a our of England and
roturing before large and apprecia.ive au-
lence>. The young lady's name il Mary
,. Besdv, formerly "A teacher In the public
shoots. over a year ago she became dis
satisfied with her position. and feeling that
.hr Was fitted for something better than a
~ho0lmistre>>. She rendered her rcSigna-
lon aud went 10 England. with the inten-
iQn ~ remaining there a year to improve
hr~elt IN some branches in which she felt
r-cif Ia be- deficient. and to make closer
Iuaintancc with the English people. At
hr having found out what they had To
zach her. she deemed il but fair 10 "a
neither she might not be able to teach
r. m something IN return. Accordingly |
sWa. mn.N.. "a I..fttrTt..s fgttr tlr....rl. 81. I
jlr't kingdoms. with a success that aston
'htl even herself. Her lecture j. highly I
raised by careful critics. and fully Statistic,
.Ar British nation Of an advanced Amcri-
pa woman. She tells her audiences in q
Jain. straightforward way the social and
Intellectual condition OF her sex in Amer
n and announces her intention OF return
2 hilher az some future day TO join the
ann, u those who labor for the advance
Aent u womcn.-St. Lons Democrat.