The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-17
NEWS n GOSSIP.

NEOO 6NO NODolIs
Miss Kate Stanton has returned from
France where she has been to study the
Workingmen's Palace at Guise. She will
embOdy the result of her observations in a
lecture.
General Gsribaldi has consented to his
nomination as a candidate for Rome in the
impending elections, on condition that he
shall be expected to attend the chamber only
when he thinks necessary. hN
Nonsignor Teodoli, Camer1ingo at the
Vatican, has been captured by brigands
near Frosinore, and they want I5O, 600
francs for him.. Excessively dear tor a
Camerlingo; but the brigands have not
heard of the decreasing Importance of this
sort OF people in the world OF to-day.
The Rev. Mr.. Collyer, who decided not to
leave Chicago, says: II was advised that if
1 went to New York / should be like a
horse dr1fted down from a carriage steed to
an omnibus jade. Just as soon as the New
York folks found l didn't suit, they would
jerk me out, throw me 20 one side and let
me go to the dogs"
An Irishman having arrived from Dublin
at the house of a respectable merchant in
the borough, and having left Ireland three
weeks before, brought with him a basket of
eggs; and mis- friend asked him why he took
the trouble to bring eggs from Ireland to
England. Because" said he. Il am so
fond Of them new laid, and I know these to
be So"
The White House, which is whittier than
ever by two fresh coats of paint, is all ready
for the reception of the bride and groom.
Mrs. President Grant has given up her own
room for the use of the young couple. and
has taken one across the hall which faces the
river, and which was Neliie's room during
her girlhood. Mrs. SartOris' contemplated
visit has caused Col. Grant to change his
plans about a trip to Europe. He viii di-
vide his time bstween the White House
and Chicago.
Mr.. j. v. Whitaker, of Philadelphia.
writes that "a gentleman in that city, Mr..
]. G. Barnwell, who holds an honorary DO
sition in the Mercantile library. has spent
many years in gathering materials for a die |
tionary of anonyms and synonyms. He has
some 5000 items in his collection, hut I fear
there is no chance of its being printed, as.
while the cost of production is known, the |
profits to the producer must, to quote the
words of Herbert Spencer, be relegsted to
the regions of the unknowable.'"
There are now sixty Chinese students SIM
ported by their government in Connecticut
and Massachusetts,. Thirty came two wears
ago., thirty arrived a year since, and thirty
more are expected in about a fortnight. So
far their department mas been excellent and
Their progress quite remarkable. The stu
dents are placed at first in families, two i'm
q place., where their first aim is the masterv
of our language. They are all under strict
supervision and spend each from two to
weeks a year at the Headquarters of
the Chinese educational Commission in
Hartford, where they are carefully exaIain-
a6 "a IN fhclH 0hffO nd
A young girl in Paris, named Marguerite
Belief, who had been unfortunate in a love
affair, resolved to commit suicide. Before
to bed she filed her chamber with
the most odorous flowers, and having COM
closed the room, covered nm her
and went to sleep. She was found in
an unconscious state about noon next jav
and although by great medical skill she was
recalled TO life, her reason had fed. She
imagines she has oeen Transported IN tbe
OF flowers, and has become a mari
gold. Il remember that / loved a butter
fy," she murmurs, "but he has gone
away" eVno
From 1867 to 1870 Gen. o. o. Howard in
vested over three hundred thousand dollars
IN government bonds, and used the intarast
received from u bonds in payment of
hde claims, in order to make nm .
deficit in public funds caused by the nav.
nent OF fraudulent claims. ATTORNEY Co..
raj Williams, to whom was submItted
eTtaln questions in regard to the responsi-
plty OF zen. Howard and BaIloch for sncb
ie OF public moneys, states that criminal
D~secution against them is not barred bv
y limitations imposed by the statutes. hTt
Ly still remain civilly liable. and sniTs
ny be begun against them to recover.
ady Morgan told Lover that it was os b;s
ca she was thinking when in her "Iife ana
Ties of Salvador Rosa" she obieetad so
bias She said: "s cnlld,s
am at a loss to account for that hind
resiance which we see narents
olseh make to their chiIdran,s
visit. For my part, if / had . con-
ano , even desired to become a b;ob
waynn, 1 should certainly net onnosa -
On Incontrary, / believe should make him
preset ola paiy of pistols and a oood ho-sa
20 ooo'and should only say to him. w.
dear 90, l am very unhappy at the cho;6s
you ma, made, but since the osllo-ro
your yoation, in Heavens name pursne n,
10y oIsn lie nke a gentIeman:' and so
flving mo my blessing, I'd let him sect bis
fortune aihe pleased" L"
Gloria planter drained his rice swam
last yer, md planted the ground with corn
last sprng. A hybrid crop is his reward
the stalA blades and cob being that of corn
"niie th'kernels on the cob are rice. Al