The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-22

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
The chausauqua Literary and = =.
roll. n" "
Iennyson i said % b. merely \, !.
shadow u his former self. talkiny I, n
diihcuity. shutting in his walk. ,,4
taking but slight interest In curr,,,
! Affairs. M
The Dictionary Of FOSSILS. issued \,
the State u Pennsylvania, contain,
shirty-fcur pages in small print 80,
rreting statements found on the 9th.
eos pages
AT the Exposition TniverselI. y,
1879. held AZ Paris, the highcs, award \,
any author u juvenile hooks Was give.
70 Thomas w. Knox. author of the .-I:.,
Traveller Series and other works n,
young people.
In writing 10 DE- Witt Talmage in
praise Of one Of his books. Vilki.
Collins spoke u ''the vise words whfrh
tell married people how 70 hear wi.b
each other and TO HELM each o,h.-
under the trials and troubles Of their
lives
The Journal Of Education saws tha,
Little Lord Fauntleroy has made NOR,
little boys graceful than all the schools
combined lie has done away with :
deal Of bcisterousncss and deal mora
axkwariness.-
Henry Russell's song. "A Life on
the ocean Wave has been adopted a.
the rOy1l march ~ Britain's marines
Mr. Russell resides in London ana il
now very old man. lie j. the father ~
". Clark Russell author Of The Frozen
Pirate. first Published in the Detro..
Free Press. and other SEA stories.
John Bright. who was lover a
poetry said that he always selected
American poets a. more clear. intelliri-
bic and unconventional. Whittier.
Longfsllow and Lowell he classed a. a.
wavS clear a. running brook. a. bright
a sunshine. and refreshing as hreex4s.
while the English poets aim at subtle
ties
Miss Helen Gladstone has taken 10
journalism Miss Glaisrone-s cxnrri-
erce ~ women will warrant her writing
with authority on their affairs She Ia
Tor nearly ten years been closely con
nnctsd with Ncwnham College. Csm-
bridge. first As student. then a. se,.rs-
tary - Mrs Sedgwick. whom shc she
ceedcd a. vlce-principal Of the college.
Some one writing OF Miss Mary l.
Booth late eslitress Of Iiarper's Eazar.
tells how she supported herself ~
sewing while she wrote for the press
gratis She was learning her profes-
sion- a. she herself expressed II. and
she certainly learned il "a some purpo-e.
The New YORK World says her success
may h. an encouragement 10 a certain
brave little woman in New York. Who,
~hilr supporting herself by writing tsn
hours day in little insurance Office
attends at classes in the evening. where
he J. busilv striving To attain sufficient
lrcEeiency in her chosen profession 10
i've b. Il and give up her les congenias
Sir Edwin Arnold. lecturing upon
ne -Iahabharata-- said: This is tho
'-eat epic poem Of India IL containi
'ser 2so.ooo lines besijs,kp VIZ
4 about 1900 lihes:H
light times - muck
Odyssey combined,
lis thrown in Some NJ list ~ G
erived its name from words meaning }
book Of weight indicating that tho
DDS preferred it above all Others: but
his i fanciful- and its real origin Is
rom words meaning great war Of Bha-
ata-' The poem Is highly valuedit
right almost b. said worshirej
throughout India The natives consider
hat even % have heard il j. sanctifyinr.
nd 10 have read il through frees oas
nom sin