The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-01-17

produced, TO which the name "saccharOse" Il
given. This product has the same compost
ton as cane-sugar, but is readily distinguishes
from it. Saccharose when tasted leaves ,
perceptibly bitter taste III the mouth, and Il
does not ferment in the presence of Yeast
He has found, also, that true saponiacatior
occurs when glucose is acted upon by lime.
At shoemakers' ball in Philadelphia 8
reporter says that "feet Of every size, from 6
fine taper in white kid to pudding shaped
pedals in full skin, welted the wax on the
floor in harmony with the music. They
waxed warm and pegged away until late the
next morning. 1t was whole-soled affair
throughout
A young lady was sitting with gallant
captain in a charmingly- decorated recess
On her knee was dimlnutive niece. In the
adjoining room, with the door open, were
the rest ofthe company. Said the little niece,
in a jealous and very audible voice, "Auntie,
kiss me, too" Evidently something had Just
happened. ''You should say twice, Ethel
dear; two is not grammar" was the immedi-
ate rejoinder.
A pleasant episode occurred at the per-
Torrance of "Pinafore," at the Globe theater.
Just as the captain said "damn it," fine
cameo ring was thrown on the stage. One
of the sailors picked it up and found it in
scribed to Miss lilly Cohen. the leader of
the chorus. The young lady was so embar.
rassed-she is only four and half years old
that she hardly knew how to express her
self, though she finally acquitted herself in
handsome manner in acknowledging the
compliment.-New Orleans Paper.
In some of the English churches the dis
cussion still RACES as to the use of the bag or
the plate in taking collections. The PRAYER
Book lays down no rule on the subject, andthe
whole matter is one Of practice or preference.
The bag used for collections is an ugly thing,
made of black goods and fixed at the end of a
pole about six or eight feet long Objection
is made to it by people who are hit In the
face by the other end of the pole as it goes
on its charitable rounds among the pews The
clergy generally favor the use of plates,
while the laity are loud in their adherence
to the bag.
A poor, half-starved Yankee "pencil-
shower" Il. g. reporter) was the other day
treated to plate of hot soup at restaurant
An English reporter would have said moth
ing about il, but his Yankee brother not only
gets his soup for nothing but makes capital
out of the event. This is bow it appeared in
next days paper--"We acknowledgeour in
debtedness to Messrs. Wideawake for a dish
of very superior soup. We marked it inside
matter, and gave it an early insertion. Our
can always send such articles
without any fear of their being crowded out
or being laid over until next week."-The
Paper and Printing Trades Journal
A story is told of Lord Russell to the effect
Z al xyhap ha x,ioif;nr~
marck, he found him so overrun with work
and visitsrs that he asked him how he man.
aged to get along with so many peorle inter.
rupting him all the while "Oh," replied the
prince, laughing, II have simple remedy. |
When l am kept too long by anybody, I |
give him a dose Of old woman. Nv wife, |
the princess, enters the room, and calls me
out on some pretext or other" Scarcely had |
the prince finished speaking before the door
opened and the princess came in, saying,
My dear Toto (Bismarck's name is Otto), do |
not forget to take your medicine" Tableau. |
But Lord Russell took it all in good part,
and left, that the prince might be allowed to |
take his medicine"
The ladies who listen to debates in Con- |
yress are said to be indebted for the privilege
10 Mrs. Langdon of New Hampshire, whose !
y
ladies had before been excluded from the |
galleries, but when the famous Jay treaty |
was brought home there were heated debates |
in the House of Representatives on its rati6- |
cation. One night at party Mrs. Iangdon |
her regret to Fisher Ames of |
that she could not hear the |
arguments, especially his speeches.
Mr.. Ames gallentiy replied that
he knew no reason why ladies should not be |
permitted to hear the debates. "Then." said |
Mrs. Langdon, elf you will let me know
WHEN you next intend to speak will make
up party of ladies, and will 60 and hear
YOU" 1t was done, and the galleries have
always since been open to ladies.
Feminine influence, am told, is playing
no inconsiderable part in italian affairs Just |
now. According to Roman gossip. the retreat |
Of Queen Margherita to the balmy shores of
Bardighiera had its original cause in domestic
difficulties that seem to point to the fact that
The present king is in more than one respect
not the true son Of his father; while, on the
other hand, the last ministerial crisis at Rome
was unduly protracted in consequence of the
fierce rivalry which is raving between Sig
nora Depretis and Signora Carroll. The
ormer lady's husband was quite ready to en-
,er the cabinet in the capacity of secretary
Tor the foreign affairs, and verything seemed
10 be settled by this arrangement, when the
wife of the premier raised an absolute OBJ
ection, and declared iercely that she would
On no account hear of such thing, the
ground of her opposition being that her
rival would have the use of the splendid
palace of the Consulta. facing the Quirinal,
while she would only be allowed an inferior
And she won the day, too.-
London World.