Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 June 1878 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER

C. MAM, ruMliher. JASPKK, INDIANA. " ITEMS OFJNTt REIT. t'drmiHHl HHd lAtvrtiry. Grtil IlHinilton is a short little thing, as lively as a drumstick and dignified. Miss Mertha Von Hillern, tho pedestrian, has a taste for painting, and jiroiMiaea hereafter to make art her profession. Max Strakoschhas re-ongaged Miss Carv ff noxt H,"l increased her gslary from 12,000 to $3,000 a month. There is nothing written, I think, in tho Hiblo or outof it, of equal literary merit," gays Thomas Carlyle of the book of Job. Tho oldest book in prose in " Herodotus." Tho oldest printed book with a date is a psalter, printed at Mayciice, lf47. .Mm, Marian Lewos (George KHot) has written a new poem with the title of A College Breakfast Party." It will appear in .July. Mr. Archibald Forbes, tho London newspaper correspondent, will soon come to this country to lecture on his experiences with the Russian army. Dr. Haley, in advocating spelling reform, nays that 30,000 duplicated consonants appear in every copy of tho London Times, exactly one-half of which are wholly useless. Much as the memories of Goothe ami Sehiller are rovoronced in theirown country, the libraries of Munich ami Berlin would not buy their correspondence, lately ofl'orodto them for 4,UUO thalers. A Southern poetoss, who has been .. . 1 i ti ItV-iriir.i."" nthnrwisn Mr. Marv Asiiinv i

Towiisend. Her last pom-"Tho 1 llul Krl fta,b b) oxplosiott of Captain's Story" displays much tragic ! coul "- power. Mrs. Townsoud is a resident of Cicorgo W. Croborgor, a farmer, New Orleans. near Stanton, Va., was putting a piece -Mr. Alcott threatens to bequeath to i of timber in Iront of tho saw, Fn a sawMs literary executors GOO volumes of j Jnillt when from some causo the timber wtiinioiiplaeo books in which ho lias ! !Ie P .violently, striking him and tilruwil nvnrv thintr hn hsix tnan. Iiniiril. i breakttie lllSUCck.

read, r thought which he counted worthy of preservation. Some of the ' rohimcs contain as many as a thousand pp.ges of manuscript. Science and Industry. The sugar crop in Louisiana is reported 15 percent, better than last year. Flexible asbostos, in incombustible material, is being woven into paper and other commodities. In and about Lyons, France, 200,000 women and girls work from 1 1 to 13 hours a day for au average of 40 cents. Ultramarine, with the further addition of sulphate of tin and alum, is said to be used for improving tho color of certain kinds of powdered sugar. Sugar is made from Indian corn at a factory in Davenport, Iowa. The product somewhat resembles maple sugar, and sells readily in tho neighborhood. Cork is coming into uso in Germany a o fill! fAn Kt,1 .A..,k.1n4M i

as a Idling for winter bed coverlets, in j stopped by a rail fcncoto talk toayoung place of feathers. It is said to benotiladv. and. as ho was elimbiiur the fonea

only lighter and cheaper, but decidedly warmer. At tho French Academy of Science recently was exhibited a bar, a sheet, and several crystals o' the now metal gallium, which is hardnthan iron, yet melts under tho heat oi he linger, its freezing-point being about JlO degrees. It is proposed to use it for a thermometer going up to red-heat. Wood is strong in ratio to its weight. Ihe heaviest and densost will prove the wost durable. This should bo selected w weight-carrying purposes, such a; the ties of bridges, where tho two yiali ties of strength and durability aro de wr weight-carrying purposes, such as Mrable. Coarse-grained wood weighs 1 toe heaviest, and, as it contains moro resin than that of a finer srrain. is os-1 t fKa sc ecially adapted for a position which as to contend with any dosrree of damp ness. In answnr in tnmifrina 1in)tin oleomargarine is a wholesome article of of Health says oleomargarine is wholesome, and that no additional legislation necessary beyond the enforcement of ie law passed by the last Legislature requiring every receptacle in which it is oHured for sale to be stamped or brandw with the word "Oleomargarine.'' School ami CHHrtth. "-"Peter Cnntint lias crii-,i,i 1,.. l.tu : . nl? of fotmtling h colloge for women m South Carolina. ,(r:Tho H"ly Seo has changed tho wthcdrnl Church of the Diocese of Mncew es, Ind., to Indianapolis, in tho same State. ntrT,,i0 Vh)h Academy, at Andovcr, fwss., ,ha i just celebrated its first cenl'S,;aUng.nia"y distlnuishod Kts -Kducation is moving on rapidly in ss; Tliat State has nearly 700 more public schools in operation than L7 "lyw., Similar reports come 'rom all parts of the South. Cn . 801,0018 under the control of ml:0,"?0" ilcho01 Il0Rrd taushew, nd $460. greRt numb8l'd() not8ot of"S6 iT-DVanil,Vi pastor 'g nation on account of a reduction of

"on, and what legislation was necessary to prevent its imposition on tho publio M a tlairv butlnr. th

The University at Athena, Greece, has 72 profoors whose salaries are paid by the Suite, aiyl l.fiOO student. A student's only expense in for subsistence. Men from the otherftreat universities of Europe go there to study modern Greek. The great work of this university, it is said, is to restore classical Greek, Tho Congregational Church aUIay denville, Mas., was supported principally by the llaydeu family ami their relations, who ran the manufacturing interests of the place. The manufacturing company failed, and now tho Church is unable to support its pastor, the Hev. Mr. Hawko. lie goes in search of another tield of labor. The needlework departments of girls' schools in Boston are proving very successful. In the Winthrop school sewing has attained the place of a fino art, and in the upper classes the girls are taught to " out and (it " by measurement, and drafting. The teacher of sewing gives two lessons, of one hour each, each week, to the girls of tho lower classes, and one losson, of one hour each week to the girls of the first class. There is n secession of colored Methodists in the South, started at Atlanta, Gii., from tho African Methodist Episcopal Church. The scccdors complain that tho six Bishops of tho Church live in the North, and that while the two colored Methodist Conferences in Georgia arc required to pay $1,500 apiece, tho Bishops seldom come South, and, say tho reformers, "they do no good when they come, but only ask for monoy." ll)m mid MinliHfi. During a recent storm near Dawson, Ga., Miss Moore and Mrs. Smith wore killed by lightning, and three others in tho room were injured. At Little Bock, Ark,, Mrs. Mylen-

rrtn liir iif.Mn her littlo daughter, iind a neigh bor's child wore horribly burned, tho -Near Oil City, Pa., lightning stntck a.tre ndor which four men had taken shelter during a storm, killing Thomas JJouson and in son, and severely ixir juring his son-in-law and a man named Fink, tho latter probably fatally. William Jackson Miller, at the Favorito Mills, Mount Vernon, Ind., was caught in a belt revolving 100 times per minute, and dragged around the shaft 30 times, having both legs torn off at the knees, his arms crushed, and his body horribly mutilated. Ho died in four hours. A youngjady named Lida Murphy, residing at Newportagc, Ohio, was accidentally shot and almost instantly killed a few days ago. It is not known whether tho gun with which the accident was caused was in her own hands or that of an 8-yoar-old boy who was in hor company. James Spicer, a youne man of Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Ind., in retuminsr from a souirrel hunt, i: ' . . n . . . to move on, a rati broke, striking the hammer of his gun, which was discharged, the whole charge of shot entering his left side, inflicting, it is thought, mortal wounds. George Botts, 14 years old, and a playmate started out from Lansing, .Mich., to shoot at a mark, both having loaded revolvers with them. Returning home, young Botts in a tragic manner cried: "You villain, die!" and snapped his pistol at his companion, who told him not to do so again, as some one might get hurt. Betts then hold tho revolver to his own temple to show it was empty, fired, and fell dead, shot through tho head, of the Key. G. I. Botts. uo was a son Foreign Note. You can get a nice room in a Paris hotel now for $14 a day. Society in republican Paris seems to bo as brilliant as it could be under a monarchy, and MaoMahon costs only $200,000 a year, against Louis Napoleon's $0,000,000. Tho Socialistic press of Gormany boasts no loss thau 75 publications, with 135,000 subscribers an increase of 18 in the number of tho papers since last yoar. Tho French Government proposes to spond 600,000 francs iu fetes in honor of tho Exhibition. Tho dates are not fixed, but will probably como at tho time of the distribution of awards. Karl Uussell was for half a century the President of the British and Foreign School Society, and the fiftieth anniversary of his election was celebrated a few days before his death. A singular and fatal accident occurred in Bladen County, N. C, recently, at a funeral procession. While tho pooplo were in tho church, so mo children went into the graveyard, and one of them, a little son of Capt. Brown, attempted to climb tip a tombstone which was not properly secured to its base, when it suddenly fell on him, crushing his head to a jelly, killing him instantly. Concerning Prince Amadee, Duke of Aosta, ex-King of Spain, some one writes to tho London World ; " I had believed him, on the faith of authorised sayings, to Lo a disconsolate widower, who could scarcely be dissuaded from becoming a monk, a Prince half craised with grief; but I found him fall of fuu and sparkle, brimming over with life, aud very willing to enjoy any ohanoe happiness that mif htfaU in kis way."

AHelkttr CoMtHaHtiul L titer.

I'MOM JOHN 0HKNMA.V TO .MMI'.M K. ANDKM40K. Jim AHilrf)H, tny Jn,.Iim. When SrMt wh wrn HcqMHiHt. Yen hadn't kHliiilnndyouiil With piiKllMki paint. Hut now yiHir Jaw in oiled, Jim, Vou't'H tulliMtf yvhai you know, Ami 1 am akalmix 1h my shoes Jim AHttantoii, iny Jo. Jim Anderson, my Jr, Jim, Wt) )lHIIII(Hl flltt flHtld thUher, And tiromlifHl that wh inner would (id hack un mho anlthcr; Wo Jiinnflwl the r(nniH, tint Jamtw, Hill .MII1K, IlOW OOllltl yilH 1)I(IW And puaeh oh wio ami Itathorlord Jim AmturMoii, my Jo? Jim Aii"ritn, my Jo, Jim, I promiiHKl wh wmild pay. Jtut you ltt-picil a t-lmktiliip at Tinea dollar tivory day; Old Kvarta Hliould have wjntyouoH UotiMitl to Oallao IJut liindxlKlit Isn't foresight much, Jim AiiclurMJti, my jo I Jim AmlerMOM, my Jo, Jim, Twhm not a fair dlvldo; You utolH ttiu mule for uh and then Wo wouldn't lutyou ride. And HtaiiKiy M. in Hick, Jim, Anil Haven Ih lyinif low. And I'm the dnadoht Hort of duck, Jim AndcnKin, my Jul -Xem York Smh.

Extract from Gen. Beatty's speoclt tho doadly sins. Graham produced a in tho Ohio Republican Convention : I strong impRUMion upon all who had "Iwfch to amend the report which has j Jyspepia or the blues, arising from iubcen made to you by theCoiiunlttco on Ite- digostton, but did not exactly know olution.t. Thu AdmlnUtraiioii ban bten in-1 what ailed them, So, under his teachdorscd. Xoy, what have you indorsed? Jngs, thousands of semi-invalids in New

are thu Southern policy, tho Civil-hervlco policy and the FlnaniM policy. Now.l uu , thin Administration in an outrage upon the r unts oi me uenu j iichiis or tne booth, tub Civil-hcrvicu poliuv iaham,and thu veto of , .1... .Ml.. I. Ill ..t..- ... - .1... ....I.. 1 iiiu niivcr iiiii wan an vuuri id uuieiti mu uuiy measure which made resumption potwihlu witliout universal Imnkruptcy. Apnluuoc, hisseH and considcrahle uonftiHlon. It I uudcrntiiiid thin Southern policy renewed 1appiauu aim niej i near tne gecxe who are hiding to-day, and 1 give you notice that unlehsyott allow me to speak you will he , plucked in October. I Ilenewcd apnlauo and lii.-ea and cries o( ' that's ro.'j Mr. l ?"Vr.' !."!. ' ?V'r " iUtration, it is a policy by which a Kreat party ha been diiapnolntrd, liumiliated aim net rayed, it in a policy oy wnlch two Republican States of thl Union bave been turned over into thu bauds of rebels j and Democrats. ApplaUHcaml hissen.J It J is a policy which has conciliated Democrats , by Kacriiicing our friends. It is a policy by which he has wronged tho Republicans of ! the South, who went through hell-tire to , put Uutherford . Hayes into tho Executive ! office. It is a policy of cold-blooded Ing ratiiuuc. I L.OIK1 appiHtl'c and extensive Miss ing and confusion. And, fo help me God, 1 will never support any man who stands Xh crto of .n "him down 'CVouPmi "pon.J Gen. Heatty, resuming" i aim-1 piv uesire to say a wont more, anu (toirt are anout saying mat. iutioh or go onj drew .Johnson, and It left thorn without a party and without a following. For twelve inunths these questions have been argued before the people of the United States, an every Mngle day for the past twelve months the Administration has been losing friends, and if you undertake to indorse the Administration you insure the defeat of your ticket." Hot fifteen. Said Haven, with a lengthening face, " We in lift give Jim a lucrative- place in a climate that'H warm. That he do us no harm This, mark, la a strong, special case." Hut O, It in true! and 'tis pity The letter fell to tho committee, And thing they got hotter, For Uongre?tnan Potter Brought out that lugubrintiA ditty. Courier-Journal. The Chicago Times Washington correspondent says of tho Sherman l Syndicate : Xo onu has yet taktin the trouble to show , !h,!,.,l,?i'e.r!",M.,i,i, WJfilS 11H? mR(, , &l"crVc lar Irmn, were belnsf taken at the rate of 45,000,000 per month, which woiild, by the 1st of January, 1S7S, have amounted to over $&0,000,000. On the lot of April, John Slierman went to Now York and arranged with his partners in the Syndicate to take $60,000,000 worth of bondn at 4 1-ti pur eent.j paying them 1 per cfint. for making the trade. Fifty million dollars' worth of 80year bonds at 4 per ottnt. would,at Minnie Interest, cot $50,000,01)0. But bankers and bondholders ahvas calculate on compound interest, and the compound interest on $T0,0)0,000 for thirty years at 4 per cent, ds $102,100,000. The simple intercut on 50,000,000 at 4 1-2 per cent, for 30 years is $56,7SO,000, and the compound intercut for the same time at the same rate la $180,lWi00. This shows that the trade that John Sherman made with partners iu the Syndicate ovcrmtrtiened taxpayers Interest, and allows John partners to make on the money thus wrung , 008,000. That there was no necessity for this iiuui mo fox-si mm uioiiutu inc pmipie $o.Syndicate trade la proved by the fact that

l uesirc : Nimuiy to say mat tins policy or m- scheme of " Thanatopsis " was devised ' middle of the streets with soldiers uuder WSiaffi&'rEi h"UUnS n H StUtnt I armS' ""ft coffrerd-thc one cither to honor or success. It was tried by at Williams, and that " local tradition you visited while herewas filled Millasd Fillmore, by John Tyler and by An- represents him as actually comuosinsr with people, 100 to 150 slcooinr

tne per cent, bonds were taken at tho rate , "" iubuh, ui nu of over Ave millions per month, which Jlartty of names iMjtwecn the poet and the proves conclusively that if the 4 i-a per cent. Senator, but it soon lod, by a roundbonds had been In hiunII denominations and i t.

pmccu at tne various uoveniment, ueposi. jrmi i a rnrrnsnnnilotina r niiAnml torle they would readily have been taken S1FT? ntl a t-orrospondence was opened by the people to a larRer atnotmt , wuicl1 brought tho two youug men into than disposed of ,to Sherman's Syndl-' those relations of friendship and respect eate, and that without costing the which each cherished through life, uovcriinient one cent for premium, whilst Thanatomta ' annnnroil In tho ATnrlh the Syndicate Is paid a large amount. What, .if1? KlmviSr i are the protits made by the premium on mertean Jlevicw in 1810." these bonds, which the Syndicate Is inaklnp, ' -An editorial associate in the 1'osl concan not be so readily arrived at, but that tributes tho following : shown above can easily be calculated by any t ur Bn-ant'S tenderness of tho foolone having a know edge of how to compute i ijauu a unuuniow ui ino iuoisimplo and compound Interest. Not even , ing? of ?lhor persons, and his oarnest Potter's InvatliatlnK Committee could rind I dosiro always to avoid the giving of unout what.Tohn Sherman's Interest In this steal necessary pain, 'were very marked. S'0' !(J.'s.,f'il,; and, W,01" I Very soon after I began to do the duties who knows Sherman believes that he docs nf Htnrarv nditnr Mr Brvanf wkwu not do that kind of work without havlnar his 01 wir oititor, wr. imant, who was divvy In the spoils. reading a review of a little book of wretchedly halting verse, said to mo : Prof. Jordan, of the Butler Univer-1 " I wish you would deal very gently sity, at Irvington, Ind., will, during tho twith poets, especially with tho weaker coming summer, conduct a scientific ex-' ones.' curslon through Kentucky and Tenues- "Later I had a very bad case of poetic

. . . . rf ' , " V portions of the States Visited exploring 1 the numerous eaves by tha way, and making the collection Of Natural-His tory object a special aim The expense for eaoh parson joining the party k estimated at about $70.

mi,, uu niu inuiuiwiii niim ui Aurui utiocy u usai wiui, anu as Air. uryauu Carolina and Georgia. The party will . happened to como into my room whilo travel on foot over the most interesting I was dabatfmr tha mattar in mv mind.

THE AUTHOR OF THANATOPSIS.

KcwIhUbwhow vflliH I.l William OhUsh MrjrMMt. From the Xew Vorlc Sun. Mr. Bryant was a man of the simplest tastes and habits, From early youth he delighted in the country, and loved to roam over iu hills and through its valleys. Ha was an expert gymnast. Aftor he had passed the milestone of fourscore, lie could outwalk many a young man at ns rural noma in uerKswre or, on the pavements of tho metropolis. 1 Forty years ago he listened to the lec-. tures on hygiuneaud dietetics of that er ratio gonitis, Sylvester Graham, the founder of what was once known as the Graham system, and even yet lingers among us'in the shape of Graham bread. Graham was a superb leqturer. He was a native-born orator, and carried his audiences along with him to the extremest lengths. He not only discard - od spirits and wine and every form of t alcoholic beverages, but placed the ; drinking of toa and coffee, and the eatI ingof meat, and the use of pepper and i coiuiiinents or mat description among t . 4l , , ,7, , . 1 f tho dos d fell back upon Graham broad. Among them was Mr. Ilryant, who gave an elaborate review in the Evening I'oiUoi Graham's two volumes, which brought him and his system into prHminenco before the public. It is from Graham's theories that Mr. Bry ant caught the idea of making his breakfasts on oatmeal, a practice, we believe, which he pursued with unfaltering assiduity for a long series of years. i he venerable subject of tins notice had a hiffh sense of personal dignity. , which he was ready to assert in his quiet ' way on an proper occasions. We have heard it stated that durinsr Dickens's last visit to this countrv Air. Hrvant called upon him and sent tin his card. For some reason never, perhaps, clearly explained, tho great English novelist declined to receivo the great American bard. Probably no slight was intended, Nevertheless, when the press of New York City gave Mr. Dickons a reception just as he was on the point of sailing . fur Kiirnnn Mv Rrtrnnf wui invitrwl tn ' I,rosldc' IIe dccllned to accePl tho in vitntion and Mr. Horaco Greeley took " pmeu. a writer m tno 1'osl says that the ino poem wnue seated on a rock in a lovely ravine known as Flora's Glen, on the outskirts of Williamatown. For nearly four years the work lay in its author's portfolio, untouched, save for tho purposes of occasional correction ; then it was sent to the North American l . t t .a Itt view, with so modest a note of Intro filiation flint itG antliriT-atilrt waa Inff- tn considerable doubt. "Tho Mevicw&t that day was conducted by a number of youncr literary gentlemen, united under the name of the North American Club.1 .A committee of publication managud the busii ness oi tne periodical, while two mem- ; bora, Richard II. Dana, and Edward T. ! Ch&nninsr. had tlin nditnrial clmiurtmnnt in charge. Dana read 4 Thanatopsis carefully when it was submitted, and turned it over to his associate with the remark, that it could not nnssihlv ln l lm work of an American. There was a l tho beauty nd gr.mlc.ir of tho ideas, to which, in his opinion, none of our native writors had attained. Channinsr, and others of the , club through whoso hands the manuscript was passed, concurred in this " view. One day, while tho poem was still under consideration, Dana received . intelligence at his Cambridge home that tho mysterious author was a member of tho Massachusetts State Senate, which was then in session. Throwing every 1 thing else aside, tho editor seized his hat and cane and set out for Boston on foot. , Arrived at the State House, ho sought the Senate Chamber, and had pointed out to him tho person he was looking a without waiting for an introduction, he started for home again in great disap nointment. The mistake on tho part of rf V lift V WIV lMUlltmVlWIVIi 1 IU 1 said to him that I was embarrassed by his injunction to deal srentlv with poets, and pointed out to him the utter impossibility of finding any thing to praise or even lightly to condemn in the book before me. lie answered ; No, you oan't

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praise it, of course; it won't do to lie aUout it, hut1 turning the voleme over and inspecting it 4 you might say that the binding is securely put on, aad that well, the binder has planed the edges pretty smooth.' "

Mr. iiryant was nroiounujy a religious an. lie was a Unitarian of the oW i man Massachusetts typ whereof Dr. Wil- ' hllvry Channing was tlie okief ajKHKie. , The dead pot was stricken down l prnmuoi auuiy mac awakened reminiscences of his early struggles in the cause of liberty, equality, and fraternity. At the unveiling of the statue of Mazzinl in Contral Park. I he stood with bare head undera blazing sm while he delivered an eloquent eulogium on the Italian patriot. From j the exhaustion of that last day's toil lie 5 nevor recovered. Retiring to his home, j he wrapped the drapery of bis couoh 1 b"t him, and lay down to pleasant dreams. What as Earthquake Is Like. A resident of Caracas, writing to a friend in Montroal, gives the following description of the recent earthquake at that place: Wo had on the 12th of April, about twenty minutes to nine p. m., about as lively a shake as I want to experience. I first hoard a loud, rumbling noise.and then it seemed as though a thousand-ton engino was rushing over the pavements, and then a scream like a hundred engines run mad, and then the house began to shako and the tloor began to rise up, aud about that time I was out in the open yard. Thore were a few risins;3 in the lloor of the yard, and all was over so far as Caracas was concerned. A few pictures and mirrors ion to tne ground in some of the houses; in the cathedral an image or two fell down and nothing more. But the town of Cua, about twelve miles from here a beautiful and flourishing placo was by the same shock entirely destroyed, and from 300 to 400 lives lost. Our President has sent money, provisions and troops to the place, and has done every thing possible to allevi ' ate the sufferings of the people. His wife, ' Nina Helen, " and family, rushed into j the I'laza and had tents put up, and for many days slept therein. Thousands of j people left town that day; in fact, all that could; tho rest slept in the Plaza, , some in tents and on cots, but the matnrift' on Itio VinnnTitui nil nn lin ciito. ! walks and for fow days tho aPPear" ' anco of the city was really ludicrous j uvury jiarK, square, wme street or open , space was lined with tents, and the thore nightly for a week or more, some on the oare ground and some under tents, and the tents were wonderful to behold, both there and in the town. Tents, shanties, gypsy encampments, tents of canvas, white, striped and speckled, of calico, of coffee-bags, of old sheets and of paper any thing answeri rt1 TTfnstltr Itinera tiuiama mnro ,tAt we had daily shocks, but light ones, and people nogan to sleep m their houses. uuiy v uk. uauw un nu cnurcn processions also. In one proco9ion a woman became alarmed and screamed, and immediately a stampede began to the cry of "temblose," and then women and children were crushed and injured by being trampled upon, and one woman killed, but there was no " temblose.' Tho President issued an order stopping processions, and closing the churches until Easter, and on Sunday, the 28th, at half-past o o'clock, while tho fashion 1 fllto the utmost, um another sevore shock and stampede. Women with lonr trains fell and were trampled on aad hurt, and among the men wero thieves, who wrenched off earrings, bracelets, chains, etc. And that was all for Caracas. Not so, howover, with the town of Ocumarc, about the same distance from here as the illfated Cua. Ocumara had the best part of tho town destroyed, viz., all the fine houses, while tho cottages of the poor were saved. OrlgiN ef a Fepalar Seng. " Old Itosla the How" was the favorite Universal song, all around and alwut here forty years ago, and It now comes up seals and Is the most popular of all songs. The same mav be said of the first of the operatie sonjrs, " I'm Afloat," and of that sweetest of specie, If we may so call It, " Listen to the MookhiK Bird -J,WHc. The name of this song is not " Old ltosin tho Bow;" it is " Old Rossum the Beau." It was written by Colonel W. II. Sparks, formerly of Natchez. We think he told us he wrotothe song while a resident of our city. Old Rosen m was somewhat after tho Beau Brummel order, and was a peculiar friend of the Colonel. We met the Colonel at Atlanta last summer a year ago we had kttown him from the days of our earliest childhood --where ho was boarding at tho Kimball House, with hisyoung,beautiful and devoted wife. Ho was something over 80 years of age, and seemed as attractive and lively as though ha wero but 40. He met tho Now York Stale Press Convention at the city, and his remarkablo store of information, anecdotes, life and vivacity made him quito a lion with them, Wo believe the Colonel is now residing on his plantation in Ixniisana. Colonel J. P. Walworth and some other of tho elder citiaens of the Nat Chez will remember the genial and agreeable Colonel W. U. Sparks. NtUekes Shh. A Mr. I). Mackenzie is agitating a project in London for opening up Central Afrioa to IsSuropeaa coumeree and. civiliaatioa.

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