The Indianapolis journal., 1884-06-04

The French Academy is called on to draw the line and
lay down rules for the correct use of the disputed
terms.
Mr. HERBERT SPENcER's work education has
lately been translated into Chinese having already
been translated into all the living languages of
Europe, as well as in Japanese and Chinese and sew
eral OF the vernacular languages of India.
In Russia the heir to the throne comes of age at
sixteen and is then usually placed in charge OF some
distinguished person especially in the confidence OF
the Car. 1t is thought that Count Adlerberg, who
held high position in the late Cars household, will
be selected now
AT the Partisan Industrial Exhibition which opens
June l. the French Crown jewels and the diamonds of
the French Cape of Good Hope Company, valued at
So, 900, 600 are shown. Private jewellers exhibit
wares worth 81 900 900. Elaborate precautions for
safe guarding have been made.
THE lady who is the wife Of the Grand Duke of
Hesse, but not Grand Duchess is said to be more
accomplished than beautiful. Not word would have
been said against Prince Louis he had not married
the lady Hessian society is up in arms because he
did go through the marriage ceremony.
FIDDLE upon which Washington used to play is
in the possession of Colonel J. Washington and
effort is being made to raise 81 500 to purchase 1t
that it may be placed in Miss Custiss music at
Mount Vernon, where are already the harpsichord
presented by the General to Mrs Gusts her we'd
ding day and the flute upon which he used to accom-
pany her.
DE LEssEPss great boast Is that while still but
seventeen years of age he acted as consul at Cron
stadt and filled several diplomatic posts, maintaining
high reputation, not only for ability but ntegri-
ty, than account rendered by him of transac-
ton, involving several millions of francs is to be
found this note, written by Napoleon the Great:
/ Henceforth let the accounts of M. De Lesseps be
paid without examination"
A SET of gold teaspoons and dessert knives bearing
the monogram and ooatof-arms of Napoleon l are in
the possession of the wife of Captain J. B. Johnson
Pine Bluff, Ark. These articles were presented by
Napoleon to Nine Durat and descended to her grand
daughter, Nine, Stef. of Tallahassee Fla, who find
ing herself in reduced circumstances at the close of
the war, compelled to sell them and they were
purchased by Captain johnson for 500.
| IN lawsuit the collision of a steamer and q
sailing vessel in the Mersey, Judah p Benjamin com
menced with great unction to cross-examne witness
who had been well coached by the other side and had
answered pat all the stereotyped questions Suppose
said Mr. Benjamin, that there had been no steamer
and sailing vessel in the river, would the collision
have taken placer" The witness, quite non pussed
stared with eyes and mouth wide open but answered
not word II shall not examine this witness fur
ther," said Mr.. Benjamin. bowing to the court, and
| then sat down.
| ACCORDING to a report sent by Lieutenant Freder
lex to the Moscow Gazette, there will soon be nc
Kamtchatkans left in Kamtchatka. The population in
district larger than the whole of France which
once above so 600. had in 1880 fallen off to $500
The only occupations of the inhabitants shooting
and fishing; their food consists almost exclusively Of
fish for the annual income of any rarely exceeds
81, for which not even forty pounds of -four be
bought. On the western things are even worse
The mortality in these parts is even greater than il
the east. On the Commodore Islands, however, which
are separated by distance of less than 200 miles
from kamtchatka, the population is fourishng amair
under the benevolent supervision of an American
firm. -'l
| MEIssoNIER absent from recent reception
given by Mr. and Mrs, Levi P Morton in Paris. Had
he come" says Truth QIondon). he would have
fallen in with Mrs Mackey who looked nice nice
could be in very simple pale-rose dress, with dog
collar of small black pearls around her neck She
spoke in really kind terms of the illustrious old
painter. Mrs. Mackey,' adds the writer 'has face
and figure which Dickens would have liked to sketch
IN one of his genial and haif-sentimental moods. Il
would be outrageousy false to say she had classic
| beauty, anything statuesque beyond good proper
tions. She is not tall she is not imposing but she
has prettily rounded figure that looks well in plain
dress or in fine clothes freshness piquancy transpa
| rency of disposition, and nothing that shows
egotistcal sefasserton selfworship She left the
reception early, to go home told, and that
Russell Youngs child, whom she adopted when its
mother died. had been properly bahed and put to bed
Her features well shaped and regular though moi
classical and her eyes are full blush and candid
Miss Nevada, her god-daughter (who in bright
pink tue and dark pearls), with her. Cabane
has just done a portrait of Mrs. Mackey, which
satisfies all her friends. He was at the reception
He is white haired, has white mustaehios and bushy
white eyebrows yet he does not look old"
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