The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-05-14

RonERr FORTUNE. an English author
and botanist, employed In 1857 by the
United States 10 collect in China seeds
Of tea shrubs ard other plants, Il dead;
aged sixty-seyen years
THE mother q Mr.. J. G. SAKE. the
poet. died recently in Vermont. Al
though In her ninety-tirst year. she was
comparatively vigorous woman. her
hair not having even turned gray.
M. Louis FAvRE. the engineer-in-
chief who built the ST. Gothard tunnel
fell dead in the tunnel on the eve Of the
completion Of the boring. His bust
In marble Is to be placed over the en-
trance.
TuE Introduction to the Study Of
Sign-Language Among the North Amer
lean Indians" BY Colonel GArrick Mai
lery, u. =. A.. has just been issued from
| the Government Printing Office at Wash
ington.
BUCKLE acquired nineteen languages,
among them Maori and Walloon. and
wrote and spoke seven with nuency'
| but. like so many persons VINO accom-
| plish such intellectual feats. he only
passed Disraeli's fatal ST. by q very
| new years
| MR.. AUSTIN DoBsoS, the English
writer o. rcrs dc socictis, was born IN
1910. began TO write poetry when ne
was twenty-five years old. and the first
collection Of his .vignettes' was made
in 1874. He has be5n Government
clerk twenty-five years
Princess ELIZABETH Of Roumania lisa
literary lady. She Is the author OF sew
eral works, and has also translated sew.
eral Roumanian poems into English and
German. She has just received the
medal OF merit from the ministers for
these literary achievements.
PRrScE BISMARCK is more than six
feet three inches high, and Is BY nc
means thin. He wears q Uniform. and
the lapels Of his coat, Of bright yel
low. ovcrspread his immense chest IL
writes ut his desk nearly all night long
and then he sleeps until about noon
lola. the popular French novelist
works always in the morning; he can
not write after having tasted food
Personally. he is the ordinary type Of
well-to-do tradesman. and only tw'
things strike one while in his society
his lisp. and the extreme smailness
: wilderness and delicacy of his hands
PRor. NeRDESsKJoLD. the successful
.. Arctic explorer. has protited by 81
Journey 10 Japan to buy collection Q
: valuable Japanese books. These work
{ number .O36. but as every volume doe
= not contain more than 100 pages. &C
!. cording 70 the Japanese style. esc
work comprises many volumes. and IN
1 whole collection embraces over 10000
! separate volumes.
]. Mrs. FRANCES HoDGsoS BURNETT
: the novelist, has gone TO Niagara FALL
!. to have her foot on Canadian soil whe
!. her new novel. "Louisiana." Is put
J. lished in London. so rs TO get the beI
= cit Of the British copyright law. Sh
y vii stay only 50 long - this object n
= auirss. and, on her return, she Hoposs
i 10 take her first glimpse at New Fl
g.lnd. staying for q few days vii
friends in Springfield.
MISS CHARLOTTE NARY YoSGE- n
author, is now fifty-seven years Oh
She Is a woman devoted to reiigiol
q work. The profits Of her book. y
4. Daisy CHAIN amounting 70 $1,000
- she used in building missionary 60
= lege at Auckland. New Zealand; while
= large portion Of those erived fro
- 1.-The Heir Of Redclyffer went 70 u
equipment OF the late Bishop Selwyn
y missionary schooner. The Southel
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