The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

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Baron Ferdinand Rothschild has
published q novel in German called
''vroni," which Is spoken Of as q cred
liable production.
Little Minnie Quinn, aged ~, Of At
lanta, has published a pamphlet edition
OF poems she has been writing since she
was Z years old.
-Woman's World says that President
Eliot Of Harvard University, the cook In
the Parker House restaurant, Boston,
and Mary l.. Booth, editor Of Harper's
Basar, each receive 81, 900 a year.
The memorial tablet on the house
where John Keats, the poet, died, was
unveiled March l in the presence Of the
principal English and American resi-
dents Of the city.
The Japanese Government has au-
fhorized the issue by a Japanese pub
Usher Of an edition Of the book Of
Genesis in Chinese. prepared for the
Japanese by the insertion Of the kun
Ten, the work Of the American Bible So
ciety.
Miss Selma Borg, a lady of Finland,
mas recently given in New York a course
OF lectures on her native land. The
course closed with a concert Of Finnish
music, at which Miss Borg led the or
-chestra herself.
Miss Layinia Goodell and Miss An
,gie King have formed a partnership for
che practice Of law In GAINESVILLE, Wis.
The press Of that city states that the
new firm embraces ability, industry and
enterprise, and Is bound to meet with
success.
Mr.. Arthur Sullivan is q cookbook
ing young bachelor, with a round face
and dark curly hair. Mr.. w. s. Gilbert
is 43 years old, and has q fine head and
ar expressive face. Americans are at
present much interested in these we
gentlemen, who are the authors Of the
popular opcratta of Pinafore.
Mr.. Emerson is quoted as saying Of
Bronson Alcoit: 81 could spare any Of
my friends sooner than Alcott; he al
ways brings me new fire from the en-
pyrean, and feeds me with a holy love.
lie has, too, q strange faculty Of discov-
ering the best books in a library, no
matter in what language they are writ
ten, or whether he knows the language
or not"
The Emperor OF Brazil keeps up a
regular correspondence with the sa-
wants, srtists and literary men Of the
principal European centers. He COM
pliments any notable work by asking
Tor q copy Of Il, and in this way he has
secured mt Rio quite . collection OF
books and pictures. compensating the
a in return with jewels and orders.
Science and Industry.
Street cars manufactured at Bridge
port, Conn, find sale in London, Eng
land.
Japan is now manufacturing boots
for sale In the United States from leath-
er brought from American ports.
During the winter packing season, ,
Chicago packers have butchered 2,sl5,-
~ head, against 2,501,2S 8 head last
season.
The emery mines Of Chester Coun- /
~, Pa, are unsurpassed for the purity Z
OF their produce Here, four or five
years ago, the largest and best mass Of !
emery-weighing 200 tcns-ever found !
on this continent. Wa discovered. !
"A company Is being formed in Mil I
waukee for the purpose Of building a
Touring mill Of 100 run-of-stones capac- !.
ity, this giving to Milwaukee the largest :
Touring mill in the world. It Is claim :
ed that the company will be organized I
and the mill constructed without delay. !
Road and farm locomotives seem 10 !
growing in favor in Europe. One !
English firm has built, altogether, over
LOO Of these engines. OF these the p
British Government has purchased !,
nearly 100, the Italian Government rs. !
and the Russian Government bought n !
number at the beginning Of the 4
with Turkey for the movement Of =
ordnance and stores. :
A cow-hide horseshoe has been in O
troduced, which promises to prove very a
useful. II Is composed Of three thick h
nesses OF cow-hide, compressed into . d
steel mold, and then subjected 70 a chem Il
preparation. II Is claimed for IL
hat II lass much longer and weighs n
only one-fourth as much ~ the common !,
shoe; that it never causes the hoof II
o split, nor does il have the least in i
influence on the foot. II re- a
luires no oaks; even on asphalt the Il
iorse never slips. The shoe Is so elastic y
nat the horses step is surer and lighter. Il
y adheres 50 closely TO the foot that Il,
lelther dust or water can penetrate be- "a
ween the shoe and the ho0f. u
school and Church. M
Every State School Commissioner
Ohio since 1852 has recommended :,
ne establishment of q State Normal !.
'cnool, but p idea seems . far from n