The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-07-14

The SUBJECTS of the lecturer. for the
coming winter have been announced
by the American Literary Bureau,
Cooper Institute, a. follows
Theodore Tilton will discuss 1.-The
Mind and How rs Use It." and the
''PrOslem II Life Mr.. Tiifon l.crured
two hundred and seventeen times last
winter. Mr. Beecher had seven hun
dred invitations, but only lectured thir-
ty-hve times
Prof. David Swing. d Chicago, will
talk about "Heroism in Common LIFE
and elements Of Power
Wendell Phillips viii tell II the .sIOst
Arts "john Brown and "Street
Life IN Europe" He viii not 20 Sut
Of New England
james 81 Bailey (the Danbury Nsrs
mani, will read from his ..Life in Dan
bury" He hasnever appeared in pub
lie. His first appearance will be in
Danbury.
Bret Harte is now busy on hi play
for the Union Square Theaser He viii
be in the field ia November, with the
"Argonauis q 49, Progress Of
American Humor.~ and readings from
his OWN works
"Eli Perkins" melville ID. Landon)
lecturcd ~ times LAST winter. lie has
prepared new lecture, the .-PhilOsO-
ply Of Fun in which he will produce
laughter and show philoso1.hicaiiy how
il j. done-enalyZe Il. Mr.. Perkins,
old lecture, ..The Perkins Family in
which they say the humOrist produces
r. rra arrs
partly rewritten. Mr.. r. lakes the
field in November His next literary
work viii be 4 novel after that = play.
Marx Twain will not lecture, but viii
read . limited number II nights from
his published works Tie viii tell his
whistiing story, and describe .'Buck
Fanshaw's Funeral
Anna Dickinson vii coufine herself
strictly 10 the stage, appearing IN New
York in the autumn, and in Western
cities during the winter
Thomas Mast viii stick 10 cartoons.
lie has such a dislike % the platform
that nothing will induce him 10 take il
again lie can draw big houses, but h.
chooses 70 draw them on paper.
John 6. SAKE, the pOeiical humOrist,
is now lying seriously III AZ his resi-
dence, No. - First Place. Brooklyn.
and will probably rot take the lecture
field next winter. The poet thinks be-
is gsing 70 die, bat bis wife says that
be had q similar attack years ago, in
Albany, and recovered. II j. 10 be
hoped he val again get better
Mrs. Scot--SiddDEs is in Australia.
She viii not return 10 the United States
till late in the Autumn. She has not
\ vet informed the bureau whether she
viii read or not Her place viii De
taken BY Dr J. y Niliers and Helen
Potter
Bayard Taylor i writing editorials
Tor the Iri5rgne His lecture subjects
this winter will lie schiller and
Ancient Egypt" lie viii make one
Western trip. DR. Jay J Nillcrs, the
e nopular reader. Will have three lectures.
"Funny People We Meet. ..Hum0Ti-ts .
Past and Present. and Eccentric Char
acier-.m In his reading he win person
ate John b Cough, "Mark twain, Il
"Eli Perkins. f" Josh Billings" carte
mus Ward. Dickens, Sol smith Rus
sell, and many others
NJ ID. Conway j. presiding over his
little church in London. @nd viii not
return 10 this country for two years.
Paul du Chaiilu will talk about
Among the Cannibals, :" :. The Dwarf
Country Lost IN a Jungle" and
the Great North lie J. writing >
new book which viii be out in NOvem-
ber
"Graee Greenwood VIII remain in
Europe, from which place she j. now
contributing acharning series If letters
10 the New York Tinies
Gen. Judson Kilpatrick. the iInpe.u-
onscavalryman, viii deliver his "Narch
10 the Sea- and new lecture, = The
Growth of Century"
:. Petroleum " Nasty Cd. x Locke
will tell Us about :. BETSY Jane" II
seems that the humOrists hayethe most
calls in the lecture field. They almost
invariably draw the largest houses.
This year the public viii kAge chance
10 hear al Of them MARX Twain.
"Eli Perkins," :" Josh Billings" De
Cordova, Mr. Bailey. and = Petroleum
V. Nasty The Detroit Free Pres
man will not lecture this artumn- He
Is held in Detroit this winter By 4 con-
tract on the Free Press
John Il. Cough leciurei $50 times
last winter Ills new lecture, .-Biun-
ders. = viii run again this year- Mr.
Coughs prices are from 800 - $50
lie i. perhaps, the highcst-pricet lee
turer in the field, excep. Mr.. Beecher.
who usually receives $500 sometimes
500: and a. high a. $1,000 has occa-
sionally been paid him for one evening
The general fees u lectures are about
as fellows Bayarf Taylor, sl25s Brct
Harfe, sl2s; -Eli Perkins," cleo /.
Mrs. Scott Siddons. $50: Theodore
Tihon, $50. Carl Schurz. 500; Nasty,
800. Mrs Livermore. slo1; Susan b.