The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST .
Personal and Literary.

The mother of Gov. Booth presides at
his receptions.
The first lady ever appointed Collector
of Internal Revenue l. Mrs. >. Nj. Parker
of the Fourth Indiana District.
joaquin Miller was recently presented
10 Harriet Hosmer in Rome. lie looked
AT her critically and then said: "Hosmer,
| like your eye
The arcadian defines Journalist as
man who spends the best days OF his life
i'm comforting regulations on others and
getting none himself.
Miss Bates Of indianapolis has left
100000 TO the poor OF that city. Her
will i said 10 be unaccompanied by any
written conditions or directions a To the
distribution.
-Gustave Overlook. the son-in-law of
Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren. has been created
a baron OF the German Empire. lie i
now Consul-General at Hong-kong, "A po-
sition Of responsibility, requiring brains
and tact. and which, If the incumbent
prove successful, is sure to secure for him
the higherrewards of diplomacy. Madame
Overlook was proyerbial in Washington
society for intellectual culture, grace OF
manner. and for those higher womanly
qualities of goodness and benevolencc that
made her universally esteemed.
Charles Kingsley. or Rev. Canon y
Kingsley. of Westminster Abbey, j. 10 be-
the next European celebrity among US.
and may be- expected within week or
two. He will lecture. though he comes
not mainly for that purpose. Although
rs the author of Alton Locke" and - lIy-
pata : he has achieved distinction. he Is
equally famous Is "A prcachcr-One of the
best. indeed. in England. and when he
breaches in the Abbey. attracts large audi
ences. He j. one of the chaplainS in or
binary TO the Queen. and has the reputa-
ton OF having "A very decided will OF his
own upon ecclesiastical and other matters.
Ralph keeler. the late Cuban cor
respondent OF the New York Tribune, left
Kenyon College III the end of his Junior
year. III 1851. He paid no college fees. but
on leaving gave the President his note for
the full amount OF his indebtedness. which
was paid IN full ten years later on his re-
turn from Europe. The money was with
certain other funds. set aside for the bene-
fit of poor students, and denJminafcd the
Ralph Keller Fund.- Before leaving for
Cuba Keller wrote To college friend eX-
pressing il n his desire that in case of his
death all his literary property Including his
copyrights. should be devoted 10 the in
crease OF the fund which bore his name.
Most men of wealth who are suillc-
iently Interested in educational or charita-
bile Institutions To endow them with
money DO 30 in their wills. and become
known as philanthropists only afler they
are dead. There are notable exceptions.
however. and 10 these is now 10 be- added
the name Of James Lick OF san Francisco.
who j. about To devote million TO an en-
terpri>e AT once scientific and romantic.
Beneath the pure sky of Nevada, upon a
lofty promontory overlooking Lake Tahoe,
the clearest of earthly lakes. beside which
the waters OF Como are but a those of a
common pond. he purposes 70 build an
observatory which, while il shall be- used
for the study and advancement OF astrono-
my. shall also form monument to HIM
self. The observatory is to be furnished
with the finest astronomical instruments.
and Mr. Lick will endeavor 10 collect
about il the most eminent and able Scicn-
tiiic men. High up in the sierras the at
mosphcrc j. OF wonderful purity, and it Is
believed that more accurate observations
and truer results can bc obtained there
than from any observatory which now ex-
iSts. II /. saidthat beneath this magniii-
cent institution Mr.. Lick designs that
his own remains shall rest when his LIES
work j. done. If so. his mausoleum will
attain q place in history similar to that
accorded 10 the pyramids