The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-24

be good deal of burden While there has been no
excitement about the Presidents health and while
there is special for ALARM it is known that
Mr.. Edmunds concluded that it would be best for him
to remain presiding officer of the Senate for the
present"
PARIS is very energetic in the establishment of in
dustrial schools. The first opened included
workshops for teaching different branches of wood
and metal industries, and proved such that
now two similar have been started. One for in
sructon in porcelain glass and enamel work. another
for carving wood and marble, and finally school
for cabinetmaking, have also been established.
NJ. PAKOvITCH, Russian officer, twenty-seven
years of age, has mastered the French, German En-
glsh Danish, Swedish italian, Polish, Finnish Ser
bian, Czech Japanese Chinese, and Malay languages
Besides these he is acquainted with three different
Japanese, one South African and two Chinese dia-
ects and is at present occupied with the study of He
brew. Mezzofanti the celebrated linguist lived till
he seventy five and before he died he spoke fifty
eight tongues.
M. lola the novelist is still comparatively young
having but just passed his forteth year He is the
of italian engineer, and, curiously enough,
failed to pass his graduating examination at college,
He then turned to journalism, in which he spent two
years living in precarious and wretched fashion lit
orally from hand to mouth. Fame and fortune have
since come to him, however, but, though of the
weathest writer's of the day, he still leads busy and
unpretentious life.
with the arrival of Mrs. McEroy at the White
House" writes Washington correspondent of the
Boston Transcript 'the circle of ladies most promi-
nently identified with the winters social life in high
official circles is complete Not one among them bears
her part more unostentatousy than this goodlookng
little Albany lady the sunny side of forty who
oh hat
much trial privilege for her to leave them even
to and stand at her brothers side in great
tional pageants."
| THE Queens new book, 'Life In the Highlands" is
expected to be published by the middle of February
It is in one volume octave and will contain eight por-
traits beside many wood cuts from drawings made by
the Queen and Princess Beatrice The book tells how
John Brown became her confdante, stating that
Brown was especially recommended by the Prince
Consort while the latter was dying, as man who with
unostentatous devotion would lay down his life in
standing between his sovereign and all harm. Under
the order of Queen Victoria the artist Angel has
painted a lfe-size portrait of John Brown.
WONDERFUL bedstead, made for an East India
prince, is show in Paris, 1t is made partly of
silver. At each stands beautifully modelled
female figure Qife size), holding delicately-con-
structed fan, and wearing wig of real hair. This is
TO De regularly dressed by the court Darber once
week. On the great potentate getting to bed the
weight of his cody sets certain machinery in motion,
the effect of which is that the silver madens gently
fan the sleeper If the figures at the foot of the bed
required to exert themselves, in like this
be accomplished by the aid of clock-ke appara-
tus. Moreover should the dusl1y owner of the bed
wish to be lulled to slumber by the dulcet sounds
of soft music, this be done by touching spring.
The bottom of the bed contains a large music box.
MoNsIGNoR CAPEI. has drawn down upon him the
wrath of part of feminine Washington. He rashly
mentioned in lecture which he delivered last week
that he had sisters who married and sisters who
were nuns, all of whom were useful and happy, but
he expressed gentle disbelief in there being any hap
piness for women that remained in the world and
unmarried. He added that he would advise
every of thirty if she should have offer in
the next years to accept it. Part of the audience
were amused at this plain speaking and the rest
enraged. Next morning he engaged to deliver
address before Ladies tabernacle society.
Every member of the society present happened to be
unmarried woman, they made ferocous and
simultaneous attack on the Monsgnor. 1t is sad to
relate the regeneration of so eminent religious
man but he backed down completely took back all he
had said, and contradicted himself fatty