Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-10-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.


j. w. Simonton, General Agent of
the Associated Press, will join the army
of lecturers this winter.
Wendell Phillips is getting so infirm
that he will only lecture this season in
places near Boston.
-Edison's yearly income from his
patents is about 100000. He has real
lied in all from them about 100000.
Mr.. Beecher's success during his
lecturing tour in California has been
very flattering. He has cleared $4,000
by ten lectures, and the man who hired
him almost rs much.
Lafayette is described by an old
newspaper as having been man of fine
personal appearance, despite his red
hair, which, contrary to the fashion of
his day, he never powdered.
William Ralph Emerson, a nephew
of the philosopher of Concord, viii lee
ture this fall on decorative art, and
strive to answer the question, I" In a
hundred years, whatP"
Henri Rochefort's namo can not be
used in France on q paper or on a
placard; so in the announcements of
the VielleSSe de Brididt, now running in
Paris, the author figures as an. Henri. u
Secretary Ho, of the Chinese Le-
CATION in England, is engaged in trans
lating Shakespeare into Chinese and has
made considerable progress in trans
lation of "Blackstone's Commentaries
into the same language.
"A pen picture of Dean Stanley,
made while he was preaching his Boston
sermon, represents him with slightly
built and STOPPING figure, neatly cut gray
hair and whiskers of the old English
style, face expressively full of pleas.
ant intelligence and dignity, and voice,
not powerful, but generally distinctly
heard. His discourse was read from his
manuscript in didactic but earnest way,
and without any gestures.
Benson j. LOSING, the historian
who formerly lived in Poughkeepsie, \
Y, has lived for some years past at s
country place called Chestnut Ridge
the summit of high mountain il
Dover, Dutchess County. Here he doe:
his literary work and receives his friends
though he often crosses the country tc
Poughkeepsie, where, as one of the trus
tees, he is prominent manager of Vas
sar College.
John Mccullough says of the frs
season in Philadelphia, in 1857: s'l
was utility man, and my salary was 81
per week, but at last was an actor anC
was happy. On one occasion remark
ed to a fellow-actor that l hoped ont
day to command S15 week. Thi,
seemed to me to be wild, vain aspira
ton, and was completely extinguisheC
when he replied: you Internal fool
you'll never again get as much as yol
do nowl' My cynical friend, may re
mark, is right where he was twent.
years ago"
John Williamson, whose lately pub
lished book on the ferns of Kentucky ha
met with such a hospitable welcome, j
a young Scotch mechanic of Louisville
The illustrations, which are the dis
tinctive feature of his book, are all C
his own drawing and etching, while tn
fresh descriptive text shows much care
full and original investigation. Inas
much as Mr.. Williamson's botanica
studies have been pursued and his bool
prepared in the intervals of mechanics
labor, it is interesting to know that h
has not been negligent workman, bu
that, on the contrary, he is first-rat
metal-worker. Altogether there is muc
to commend in the example of Mr.. job
Williamson.-NeW York Tribune.