The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal aud Literary.

Joaquin Miller says that Bryant i .he
second greatest poet that America ever
produced. Joaquin Miller being the first.
Of course.
Bret. Harte. II is said. can command a
higher price for his work than any literary
man in the metropolis. Scribner's Month";
IN has paid him as much a. 500 page.
ami like n sensible man he would take
more ii lac could get IL.
The Nation begs a correspondent 10
'cNcuse H. for saying that one minute Of
LOngiellow's Rain I'm Summer takes
IL further out OF doors than all Tcnny-
sons highly finished and 1--WE admit most
admirably picturesque landscapes. and
scas,apes and skyscapcs.''
Poor ArtcmuS Ward. with all his
cleveness. was a very modest fellow. He
used 10 say privately, Nobody knows
any better than myself how little amount
20. But if people insist on being such
fools a. To pay me handsomely for PLAYING
the fool, I'm not such fool a not TO take
the fools money. \ fool aud his money.
according TO the proverb, are soon parted.
and. according 10 the fact, am the
parter.'
Asa Packer, of Mauch Chunk, is one
of the wcalthiest men in Pennsylvania. or
indeed in the Republic. He is worth at
least SO 100000. and began life without a
penny a. the driver of a canal-boat on the
Lehigh Canal. His immense fortune came
mostly from the purchase. at low rates. of
coal lands in the region of his present
place of residrnce-the lands advancing
enormously within short time after he
bought them.
TO look ut Mr.. Proctor, the Secre-
tary OF the Royal Astronomical Society of
London says letter writer, - YOU would
never suspect the existence of scientific
knowledge In his head. lie parts his CLOS
~ black hair IN the middle: his face j.
flushed, n though he reveled i'm plum
pudding, good ale. and plenty of sleep.
How man with 30 short a neck and such
brold shoulders can gaze al the stars will
ever remain mystery. In manner he i
agreeable, easy. and pleasant and he
leaves a good impression wherever he
goes
The London Acaieny says: - As our
readers have long been expecting series
Of articles on Jinius. by the Lord Chief
Justice of England. we beg 10 inform
them that. although the work has been in
terruptcd BY the Geneva Arbitration and
the terrible Tichborne case. il has not by
any means been rclinquished. A good
deal has already been written. and the
Chief-.justice has spent many hours. won
from his laborious weeks. at the British
Museum in collecting evidence. The ser
vices of an eminent expert in handwriting
have also been called into requisition.
In the Washington correspondence of
the Louisville C1urlcr-JolO7di occurs the
following paragraph. abiding TO one OF
the clever young ladies who are peryading
the capital this winter: Miss Amy Charl- !
ton j. another English visitor. who. by
her frank. natural manner and warm adj |
miration for our city and so iety. has made |
a permanent and lasting impression. She
j. a splendid type of strong. healthy. |
perfectly developed woman. Our girls |
would be rather mortified il their hands. /
feet or waists were as large: but the /
strength portrayed in these is only an in |
dication OF the strong, vigorous character /
and warm heart thar goes ont To all who |
are congenial. | don't believe that Miss |
Amy Charlton will ever be troubled with l
nervousness and Mysteries. Then, too.
she knows . much more than our girls |
She speaks five languages. she talks about
authors and their works. besides great /
deal OF general information about all the /
world.