The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-07-04
ITEMS OF INTEREsT.


Personal and Literary.
Mr.. Eugene Schuyler Is writing .
,;te ~ Peter the Great Of Russia, which
iii take a very different view OF that
notentate's work from any hitherto pre-
sented.
Mr.. Small. OF the Atlanta (Ga.)
consfi,ufion. intends TO revise all OF his
writipgs In the negro dialect, and TO
print and publish them in book form.
nnder the title "CncIe Remus His
songs and Sayings"
Mr.. Alvin Clark Of Cambridge. the
leader Of the telescope makers Of the
world. is now rs years old, and still full
81 energy and skill. For 40 years Mr..
CLARK was portrait painter, and earn
ed s2O, 900 by his art before he began
his telescope experiments.
Mr.. Frederic Harrison denounces
the collecting Of rare books and forgot
ten authors as the most foolish of the
collecting manias Of the present time.
He thinks that there is much to be said
for rare china and curious beetles, be-
cause the china Is sometimes beautiful
and the beetles are droll; but rare
books are commonly, by the nature Of
the case, worthless books, their rarity
consisting either in some printers blum
der or in something exceptionally nasty
or silly.
Mile. Sarah Bernhardt, painter,
sculptor, and actress, proposes, during
her present engagement in London, to
offer scene in drawing-room enter
tsinment that will be entirely new in
dramatic history. She will model IN
CLAW q portrait Of the actress playing
with her. The work will be completed
in about Is minutes. and during this
time Mile. Bernhardt will amuse her
audience by giving, in witty CONVEX
sational dialogue, her ideas on sculp-
ture and works OF art in general. The
medallion she means to give TO her
hostess as souvenir of her skill and Of
the occasion.
MIR. Joaquin Miller gives, in the
Independent, the following rs his idea
Of poem: "To me poem Hiust be
apicture; and !. must be picture, II a
good poem. so simple that ! can under
stand it at glance, and see 1t and r.
member II, as would see and remem-
Der sunset. also demand that it
shall be lofty in sentiment and sublime
in expression. The only rule l have
for measuring the merits of written
poem is by the hold that it takes on my
mind and memory. do net want TO
remember the words, but do demand
that it remain with me picture and
become part Of my existence. Mr..
Miller cites "Evangeline as answer
ing his requirement, being a succession
Of pictures, and beautiful in language.
school and Church.
The Russian Society of Hygiene
propose TO print books in white on a
black ground, in order to check the in.
crease Of myopy in scholars.
w. c. DePauw Of New Albany,
Ind, has generously offered to purchase
50 scholarships from the DePauw Fe
male College in that city, on which he
proposes u allow poor girls, unable e
pay for tuition, TO attend that institu
ton.
AT the sale Of pews at the new Cath
Ole Cathedral in New York, few days
ago, So we're disposed Of for $12, 525 the
highest price paid being 1910 Only
the right u choose pews were sold, and
the buyers are required to pay an anuu
al rent Of from 800 to S160 for theil
use.
The New York Herald, speaking o
''cramming" practiced in schools, say
that the unfortunate pupils are dis
tracted BY the multiplicity Of the task
TO be memorized, and are weakened
physically and mentally by the strair
upon their faculties.r The Herald call
Tor the formation Of an Association TO
the Suppression Of Useless Knowledge.
"A most unique trial of skill is /,
take place in Philadelphia this month
Awealthy Episcopalian has given $500
which l. to be spent inprizes to be giveI
70 the young Students OF divinity win
can do the best reading either Of tn
services Of the Church or the Scriptures
Students from five Of the seminaries vii
compete for the prizes. Nine gentle
men are TO sit a. an examining board
and with this select congregation befor
Them the young orators are to exhibi
their gifts and graces.
The Presbyterian General Assembl
a. Saratoga took strong ground agains
heaters and operas. It formally con
demned attendance on them as incon
sistent with Christian duty, since
not only gives countenance and supper
70 an institution justly described BY
lormer assembly rs a school OF i'm
morality, but Is in itself spiritually hurt
ml, and tends TO obliterate the lin
which should always be plainly visibl
between the followers Of Christ and tn
world.u
Science and Industry.
Memphis Il To hnild a cotton fak