Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-08-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Personal and Literary.
=" Ouida," the novelist, resides in
Florence, Italy.
Sarah X. Bolton has become associate
editor of the Boston Congregationalist.
Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks, the butter
sculptress, has gone to Europe, where
she expects to create Juror.
The wife of an ex-Congressman
and daughter of former United States
Senator now makes an honest living
selling milk at Washington.
Mrs. Clara Lucas Balfour, the au-
thor of many well known tales, chiefly
connected with temperance, died at
Croydon, England, July 3, in her 10th
year.
Mr.. John Payne Collier, now in his
goth year, contemplates new edition
of his History of Dramatic Poetry. He
says: "My brain will stand it, if my
hands hold out.''
"A translation of Bunyan's Pilgrims
Progress has just been completed in the
Russian language, and is published in
cheap, popular edition.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore receives
about $500 year as the proceeds of
her lectures. Her lectures are prepared
with the greatest care, and are never
delivered until they are perfectly finish
ed in every point.
Lady Blanche Murphy, well known
in literature, is a daughter of the Earl
of Gainsborough. She ran away with
her music teacher and married him, for
which her parents disinherited her, and
she began writing for newspapers.
The husband and wife ere. soending the
sammer at North Conway, n. Il.
George William Curtis says of Bry-
ant: &c The great distinction of his life
was his Americanism. He was an
American in the love of liberty, SIM
plicity of life, integrity to his own pur-
suits, political independence and high
sense of public duty. There are many
small things called Americanism, but we
can think ourselves fortunate that we
can look at that life and say that it was
truly American"
1T is said of Prof. Fawcett, the blind
member of Parliament, that no sooner
had he recognized that he was hopeless
| ly blind for life-he was shot in the eyes
by companion while out partridge
shooting-than he determined that it
should make no difference" except per-
haps that his career should be political
rather than legal. Already entered at
Lincoln's Inn, he relinQuished, after
some thought, a legal career entirely,
and, to the amazement of his friends,
proceeded to active political work.
| School and Church.
The summer law-school at the Uni
versity of Virginia opened with an at
tendance of over 80.
The Irish language will hereafter
form portion of the curriculum in the
primary schools of Ireland.
Caroline L. Rice, at the Wesleyan
University in Massachusetts, is the only
girl in class of so students. Last year
she carried off the mathematical prize,
and this year the one in psychology.
Queen Victoria has just appointed
a commission to inquire into the law
and existing practice as to the sale, ex-
change, and resignation of ecclesiasti-
cal benefices in the Church of England,
and to recommend remedies for abuses
if any are found to exist.
1t is stated that there are 100000
pupils enrolled in the public schools OF
the United States. The average daily
attendance is 100000. The estimated
population between and 16 years Of
age is 100000.
Bishop Simpson, of the Methods
Episcopal Church. will give the mex
regular Lyman Beecher course of lee
lures on preaching at the Yale Theo
logical Seminary, which were delivered
last year by DR.. Dale, of Birmingham
England.
DIR. Alexander Winchell has beer
dismissed from the Scientific Lecture
ship of Vanderbilt University, becaus,
his views of the antiquity of man and OF
other subjects are considered by th'
Southern Methodists to conflict with tn,
Word of God. Prof. Winchell charac
terizes his dismissal as "ecclesiastica
prescription for an opinion which mus
be settled by scientific evidence"
AT the Woman's College in North
, ampton, Massachusetts, the experiment
al plan of locating the students il
groups of %, forming home-like fami
, lies in dwelling-houses, has succeeded
admirably. Each family is under tn
charge of cultivated and experienced
. lady. The students connected with thi
! college are governed on the geners
I principle that they are old enough an
sensible enough to take large share il
the charge of their own conduct. The
: are at liberty to attend whichever of tn
r village churches they may prefer, an
to mingle in general society as much a
a their college duties will reasonabl
: allow.
Science and Industry.