The Indianapolis journal., 1885-05-21

appearance during the night Of shining statue
Then great vertical beam of light win spring from
the upfted TORCH whose light it is calculated will
strike the lower stratum of Clouds when any
it enabling the reflection upon them to be seen far out
at-sea.
AN English writer, Vincent M. Holt by name, asks
"Why not eat insects9' and follows the query by
numerous historical instances to prove that they
palatable and were delicate food. The old Romans
ate the and other nations have affected certain
kinds Ia all seriousness he presents the following
an attractive menu: 'Snail soup, fried soes with
woodlouse sauce curied cockchafer ficasse of chick
en- with chrysosts boiled neck of mutton with wire
worm sauce. caulifowers garnished with caterplars
and moths on toast.n
THE professional amuser' has become an institu
ton of New York society At dinners, concerts club
banquets and parties he is in continual demand and
popular artist in this line is perpetualy the CO.
The stupid half hour after the coffee is served which
usually falls on a party of diners, and which was
formerly filed with tedious tiresome speeches, is
now admirably utilized by the professional amuser
He goes in one of the guests dines is profession
ally jolly for hour after the dinner is over, pock
cts fee of $50 and disappears.
The dispute concerning the will of the late Duke of
Brunswick has been amicabiy settled. The Duke Of
Cumberland will get about 81 100000 and the King
of Saxony about 81 $50 600. The Dowager Duchess
of Hamilton princess Marie, of Baden) gets $780,
900. and the same amount falls to Prince Alexander
OF Hesse father of the Princess Of Battenberg) to
whom it will be windfall as he has been in poor cir
cumstances since the death of his sister, the late
Empress of Russia, who gave him large annual
allowance during the last twentyve years of her ife
Two members of the royal family of Bavaria get
1926, 900.
THE late Empress of Russia according to Count
Paul Vas was once staying with her daughter the
Duchess of Ednburg, attended by large suite. The
Duke gave her to understand that he could not afford
to entertain her. and that he should be obliged it,
her departure, she would order the comptroller of
her suite to pay adequate for the expenses OF
her visit At the moment of departure after lunch
con had been taken, the Duke of Edinburgh drew a
paper from his pocket on which he had noted down
the estimated expenses of the Russian empress and
he added the cost of the luncheon. The London
Truth says that Count Paul Vasi might have added
that when the Empress stayed for few days at
Buckingham palace she paid most of the household
expenses out of her own. pocket.
GENERAL JOHN II. IMBoDEN's ''war paper in the
last Century, is criticised by Gen. r. L. Dabney of
Texas who challenges the accuracy of two of the lit
tie anecdotes that lent life and verisimitude to the
narrative. The writer, he says, cannot have seen
Mrs. 'Stonewall" Jackson and little Julia, still in
long dresses"-the young lady about to be married
in the camp just after the first battle Of Bull Rum for
two reasons: First, the fact that Mrs. jackson was
not there and second the fact that her daughter
not born till eighteen months after McDowells de-
feat The other anecdote. about jackson putting D.
H. Hill under arrest at Edwards Ferry, in Septem-
Der, 1862 for encumberng the ford with his trains,
and saying, smilingly: Thank you, Major!' to
Quartermaster John Harman when that officer dis
solved the deadlock by dint of energy and profanity
is impeached the ground that Hill didn't cross at
Edwards Ferry at all, but at Tooe's ford, six miles
aWay