The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-08

bidding had reached this point declined all parey and
retired, still happy in the possession of his hat The
market value to Jew broker of the hat would be six
pence to ninepence.
A SoHNEcTADY paper tells sad story of how two
lives were blasted last summer by fy's misstep.
couple married several years ago. and lived hap
PLY until one morning. when fly fell into the wife's
coffee 1t was scooped out by her husband and acct
denta lily tossed upon her plate. She became angry
and left the house The separation is final
Mr.. l.. j. ROGERS son of Mr.. Thorold Rogers, M.
p, has had probably unparalleled career in mathe-
NAUTICAL study at Oxford Before he was eighteen
years old he elected first of three Balol mathe-
NAUTICAL scholars; he won on his first attempt the
junior university mathematical scholarship; he
gained the mathematical firsts" in due order; and
has gained the senior mathematical scholarship,
on the first trial for it.
GU APPELLEE, so often mentioned in the dispatches
m connection with the Riel insurrection owes its
name to the following incident Nets, padding
his down the river in the beautiful valley in
which Gu Appellee is situated, heard the echo of his
paddles reverberating among the surrounding hills,
and supposed it to be the voice of calling
him. "Qui appcllea" (who calls) he exclaimed. This
question contracted into GU Appellee, gave the place
its name
IhEhE are ABOUT 12O herman recruits III tne Oni-
army, all of whom have been compelled to adopt
Chinese names, such Wang Lii Triang, or The Great
WALL The pay of these recruits is very high. ranging
from 5000 to $500 month, and in addition the Chi
government has promised to pay to the repre-
sentatves of any German who may be killed in action
the sum of $4,000 Recruits also called for in
the Chinese navy. the inducement being an annual
salary of So. 600 and life policy for large
The Oldest bank note probably in existence in
Europe is preserved in the Asiatc museum at ST.
Petersburg. 1t dates from the year 1899 B. c., and
was issued by the Chinese government. 1t can be
proved from Chinese chroniclers that, early as
2697 B. c. bank notes were current in China under
the Of flying money" The bank note pre-
served at st. Petersburg bears the name of the i'm
perial bank date and number of ISSUE signature of
mandarin and contains list of the punishments
inflicted for forgery of notes. This relic of 1000
years ago is probably written, for printing from
wooden tables is said to have been introduced in China
only in the year 16O A. d.
MRS. Tom THUMBrwho took second husband on
Monday is no longer the pretty and petite, dolfaced
child she was quarter of century ago. Care and
age have furrowed her brow, the crows have planted
their feet by her eyehds, the bright red blood of
youth has forsaken the veins Nothing peases her
much to be followed by gaping crowds nothing re-
calls wildly the visions of other and happier days
as the obs and abs of paying multitude and when,
turning her back upon the iceb bound rocks of sterile
New England, she sought the limited sheckels of
metropolitan dime museums, she took tremendous
professional tumble to excite general amazement
and almost justify the issue of commission in unacy
TUE potion taken by Juliet in Shakspeares
Romeo and Juliet was wine of the atropa
drago plant which grows in the isles of Greece 1t
is drug equivalent to atropa, deadly night
shade, though little different in its effect. The
Greek physicians made death wine of it, and en-
ployed it do choroform. Before any persons
submitted to the cautery the knife they took
draught of this, and the operation was performed
while they under tie influence of the wine the
formula of which remains to this day Dioscorides
and Phny gave it." Some years ago, DIR. w. B.
Richardson says he had OF the root brought him
from Greece, and he able to make of the
wine, and give evidence as to it's action which was
strictly in accordance with that experienced by Juliet
from the draught administered to her by Friar
Laurence.