The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-14

diamond pin, portrait and some manu-
scripts. He said nothing regarding his dis
covery, and sold the pin and portrait to one
NaundOrf, a jeweler, to whom he also gave
the manuscripts. The latter found the let
ters to be instructions on the part of Louis
XVI. to his son, the dauphin. and also dis
covered the portrait to be that of the dau-
phin. Naundorf endeavored a few years af-
terwards to pass himself off for the dauphin,
who was supposed to have died in prison,
but whose fate had never been definitely
certained. The uphOlsterer being on bis
deathbed soon after, confessed his guilt and
exposed Naundorf7s pretensions
Olive Logan writes: The recent actions
for damages for defamation of character
which the empress mother, the Countess de
MOntijO has instituted against more than
hundred journals in France, have revealed
the fact that Eugenie is the granddaughter
o. an American. Yes, the Empress Euge-
nie's grandfather was the United States con-
sui at Malaga under Andrew Jackson's pres
idency, and was also engaged in the highly
hOnOrable-thOugh not either aristocratic,
diplomatic or consular-occupation of sell
ing groceries. This American family after
ward settled in Glasgow, and the Misses
kirkpatricks' whom we saw in Paris were
its youthful representatives and her
majesty's very first cousins, being daught-
ers of the Countess de MoLtijo's
sister, the grand daughters like Eugenie) of
the American consul and grocer at Malaga.
So there you have it. The scandal against
Eugene was, you remember. that she was
born three years after the death of the Count
de Montijo, and was the illegitimate daugh
ter of dissolute noble who traced his line
age back to the Montezumas. whose arms
Eugene has always quartered with her Ma
poleonic bearings, without the addition of
the bar sinister. Like a sensible and honor
oh do Mont,,n hoe Oh
that Eugene was born in wedlock, that
Count de Montijo descended from the Mon
tezumas, and that she herself was the daugh-
ter of the American consul aforesaid. There
is no bar sinister anywhere around.
The St. Louis Republican thus expresses
itself I'VE are unable to see any particu-
lar benefit in the proposed bill establishing
system of marriage licenses. Such a
change can never be made of any conse-
quence as branch of revenue, but becomes
an annoying exaction, exercising a repres-
sive influence on youthful affection and the
population of the state. The legislatures of
Missouri have killed such bill more than
once before, and We rather expect the same
thing will happen now. The present law in
force is liberal in its provisions, and proba-
bly, as effective as any that can be prepared.
1t prohibits, under 5enalty, the mar
riage of minors, and requires all mar
riages to be'properly recorded, and we see
very little use in trying to go any further!
When persons of the proper age desire to get
married the state has no interest in embar
RAISING their actions. Let them marry
as st. Paul says, bat let it be done 'deeently
and in order AS to hunting round for
Ii 5ences, and witnesses, and magistrates as is
still done in England and continental Eu-
rope, no practical benefits result. In ad-
dition to ministers of the gospel, authorize
H. ,orIlfo 10 ,Narfor,,,
marriages with all proper caution for the
legal status of the parties, and a public
record of the facts, and there let the matter
rest If the aim of western legislation is to
abolish unnecessary forms and to simplify
the operation of the law on all matters con-
nected with social development and growth,
there is little use in the law in question"
Honor has been at premium or at dis
count, as the case may be, in the good old
French town of Cannes. On the day before
Christmas one of the local papers made some
unpleasant insinuations in regard to the wife
of NJ. Adam a French senator. Her hus-
band read the article in Paris and started for
Cannes. "Who wrote that infamous arti-
cle?' asked the senator. 1T was l, !" said NJ.
Rancurel, the editor "Ah, indeed, then
take that" rejoined the senator, slapping
the editors face. mo, mol" stammered the
editor; Il was mistaken; it was not l; it was
NJ hlSdl. 1ue SeudlOI ltll tie OAllCt anu
dispatched two friends to NJ. RigaPs house.
The callenge was accepted and day was SET.
When the four seconds met to complete the
arrangements for the duel, letter from the
editor was read in which he confessed that he
had written the article and that he had
attributed It's authorship to his friend merely
because he was overcome with fear. The
senator went to Paris to attend to his public
engagements, bat threatened to return as
soon as possible to seek satisfaction. But he
is not likely to get it, for the editor has dis
appeared from Cannes, after writing the fol-
lowing lines to a friend: You are aware of
my private embarrassments. The affair
which has happened between NJ. Adam and
myself, which it is impossible for me to
come out of with honor has driven me to
despair. By the time you receive this letter
j shall have ceased to exist. III the sea casts
up my body, will you bury me by the side
of my son in the Protestant cemetery OF
Nice. Be kind enough to go to my office.
You will find in my desk a red note book,
on which are written the words, 'Petites In
famies Keep what it contains profoundly
secret. Life is unbearable. Adieu, my best
and only friend.'
The medical management of the voice is
quite as important as the manner of its pro-
duction. and the professor of singing and
the medical musical trainer ought to coal
esce. DIR. Brown pointed out the mistakes
made by teachers in their endeavors to con-
vert contraltos into sopranos and baritones
into tenors. He said rightly that the voice
should be always exercised in notes well
within the range of the singer; he was OPP
posed to the exercise of the voice to its ex-
treme limit. He protested against the sup
position of the existence of any universal
| medicine to regenerate a lost voice, and
blamed the practice of singing masters pre-
scribing for their pupils remedies they
could know nothing about. The general
health should be cared for on general princi.
pies As for the stimulants used by singers,
| he was opposed to any alcoholic
drinks. On this point the lecturef might
have cited the various modes adopted by