The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-16
ITEMS OF INTEREsT.
Personal and Literary.


-Taricon, the .second Dickens Is "A
Hebrew.
The last book Of Miss DE La Rama,
calling herself "Ouida,n Is 1.-TWO Little
Wooden Shoes"
Louisa Muhlbach had five different
hooks in 4 more or less forward state OF
preparation al the time of her death.
Rejected contributors form so large a
class in England that they support two
magazines whose pages contain nothing
that has not been declined by the umappre-
catiye editors OF other periodicals.
Colonel William McEdgc, of Marion,
Iowa. formerly of the both Iowa Infantry.
has accepted the position Of Chief of Stlil
in the army of the khediye of Egypt. and
has started for his post. lie Is "A graduate
OF West Point.
The Je,oish World says that the poet
Longfelow j. much taken up with the po-
etc brillancy and genius OF the celebrated
Jewish author, Jehudah Hallcyi, and con
templates rendering some of his prOduc-
tons into an English version.
The author of the hymn. Rock Of
AGES. Glen for Me-" wasan English Epis-
copa clergyman named Toplady. The
author of abide With Me- the we'll
known hymn-chant. was Rev. Henry
Francis Lyle, of Devon; and the popular
HMM. Nearer. my God, TO Thee, was
the production of Unitarian lady, Mrs.
sarah Flower Adams, wife of an English
engineer.
An elegant and tasteful villa in New
port j. the summer home of Miss Char
iotte Gu-hman, who. with a wcll-wOn for
tune. has now almost wholly Withdrawn
from her professional labors. Her hair Is
white. but her heart is young, her mind
bright. and her hospItable courtesy seldom
equaled. In the home circle she j. said 10
be even more charming than on the stage,
ever winning afiectionate admiration from
those who share her friendship.
John ;. Hopkins. reputed the wealth
lest citizen OF Baltimore. died on Dec. ~
at 80 years of age. In March last Mr..
Hopkins gave property valued at $1,000
OOO to found a tree hospital for INDECENT
sick, connected with which is training
school for nurses. lie also made ample
provision for home for cOlored orphans.
and set apart fifteen thousand shares OF
Baltimore a Ohio Railroad stock, valued
al Sl0.O00.00O. to found university on his
Clifton estate. Mr.. Hopkins was unmar-
ried
The T-ib1fae tells the following good
story Of Professor Smell, who has been
Professor Of Mathematics at Amherst for
many years. and who. before the war. had.
il !, said. only the small salary OF eight
hundred dollars a wear. After the war
wealth began to roll in upon Amherst
College. 1h, man gave fifty thousand
dollars. that man another fifty thousand
dollars. and 80 on till the Golfers were
OVERLOOKING. Then the college trustees
concluded to raise the salaries of the
professors. and from eight hundred dol
lars they put il up to twenty-five hun
bred dollars per annum. Smell was Sit
ting in his study when his wife came in 10
announce the good news. He was porting
over well-thumbed mathematical treatise.
Ebenczer." said she. : what do you
think? They've done it, Done ity'
said he. done what? who = Z" Why. the
trustees They've raised your salary to
twenty-five hundred dollars year, =
Smells face became radiant. THANK God.
Elmiri - said he. ''now we can have a
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