Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-09-09
PERsONAL ANn LITrRARY.

Mr.. SoTHERN, speaking Of his pres
ent Illness, says he has as many lives rs
cat, but this may be his ninth.
LLOYD r. WEIGH, principal chief of
the Cherokee Indians in North Caro-
lima, died of consumption recently.
BEN PERLEY PooRE has ameerschaufn
pipe, presented TO him by joaquin Mill
er, which Tennyson smoked and coll
Ored.
Mr.. CoNwAY says that Carlyle
neither reads nor writes, but lies on
sofaand longs for death. Carlyle will
be eighty-two In Decembcr.-
DAN MACE can tell to fraction of
second how fast he drives a horse, with
out consulting n watch. and some other
drivers have the same faculty.
The three Longfellow brothers
Prof. Henry W., and the Revs. Samuel
and Alexander-have been visiting to-
gether at their old home in Portland.
Me.
EDWIN BooTH, after visiting Ger
many. Italy and France, viii return to
London in September. He has not as
yet made any definite English engage
ments.
SALvINI, the great Italian tragedian,
has been engaged to appear ia this
country the coming season, and Il COM
pany is already in process OF organizes
tion to support him.
PROF. H. NJ. PAUL. formerly of the
Naval Observatory at Washington, has
sailed for Japan, where he will take the
position of Professor of Astronomy at
the University of Toxic.
ALICE in Wonderland is to be mar
ried. She is Miss Alice Liddell, daugh-
/ ter of the Dean of Christ Church, au-
thor of the marvellous tale, who wrote it
| for her; and she is engaged to Mr.. Reg
inald Hargreayes, of Cuttnells.
GEORGE ELIoT's retirement from
| literature is mentioned as settled
thing by the Literary NetOS. 1t quotes
her as often saying that her late hus-
band, Mr.. Lewes, was a great mental
stimulus to her, constantly encouraging
her in her work. Isn't that rather
sighting her present husband9
JAMES RUSSELL LowELLs speech at
the Savage Club supper has been much
mirable in itself,n says the London
World, perfectly delivered in soft,
low-toned, and yet penetrating voice. !"
Mr.. Lowell is described as a wonder
fully young looking American, whom it
is difficult TO believe is siXty-one years
old
IT is feared that the death of John G..
Saxe's wife will have fatal effect on
the poet He has been bedridden for
some time, and was devotedly attached
to her, having in several of his works
drawn his best woman, both as TO love-
illness of person and beauty of moral
character, so plainly after his wife that
friends always recognized the portrait.
Miss SAKE, the only living daughter. is
also an invalid, and could not attend
her mothers funeral.
NAPOLEON b. ARTHUR deserted hi:
wife and family at Marysville, Ohio
twenty years ago, TO elope with a neigh
boris daughter His wife remained OF
the farm, and reared their children
while he wandered about the country
A poor, broken old tramp presented
himself recently at the homestead
This was the wreck OF the husband anC
father. He begged for food aud lodg
ing, expressed the utmost contrjtiOI
for his bad behavior The wife actet
with promptness. She set the dog OF
him, and he barely escaped with hi
life.
JOSHUA JACOB, wealthy and infiu
ential member of the Society OF Friend
of Limerick, Ireland, has arrived II
Philadelphia with his family and sery
ants, and will settle on a farm II
Chester County, Pa One of hi
reasons for leaving Ireland is his obiec
ton to the law which makes vaccinatiV
compulsory. The Government has en-
/, forced the penalty of Is against hiI
several times. A singular coincidenc
has occurred in connection with MI
| Jacobs purchase of farm. The orig
; inal owner of the property was Isaa
, jackson, great-graudfather OF MI
Jacobs mother. Mr.. Jacob knee
! nothing about his relationship TO tn
first owner of the farm when he weI
: TO buy It; knew nothing about tn
: American branch of his family, and 81
5 lected part Of Chester County thickl
+ populated by branch of his mother
family without knowing it.
u --s- s------
To MAKE a pound of pork require
Y theoretically, four pounds of corn, a
Z lowing for waste, undigested matte
II and for the sustenance of life. IL
y scarcely possible that a pound of POI
y can be produced on less than this.
, practice the best results attained ha'
approached this very closely, aud fo
d and half pounds of corn have pr
/ dueed a pound of pork. But as mix'
e food is more healfhful than all cor
e there is economy in feeding was
|, milk, boiled small potatoes, cut Glove