The Indianapolis journal., 1885-12-07

thing brought grist to his mill, from Dante to al
manac He was not actuated by greed of gain but
by the desire to establish monopoly of talent in his
own person. About the age of twenty-three he
ceved the plan of illustrating forty of the great
| masterpieces of literature, from Homer downward,
and by 1866 he had executed seven.
THE Emperor of Germany, who makes unctuous
speeches declaring that religion is all in all to him.
deems it consistent Herewith to tear from their
homes in winter women the eve of childbirth, and
paralytc old men, and pack them over the frontier
for no other cause than that they born Poles,
He is thus responsible for the death of dozens.
THE boys in Chinese mission schools usually prefer
women teachers, perhaps because these sym
pathetic and patient with them and there is story
of one who in the absence of his teacher put
under the instruction of man. He seemed uneasy
and unhappy and when asked how the lesson had
gone burst out with 'Me no likee man teacher Me
want old gall"
1T is said that General Casimir Pulaski never
for his services to this country during
the Revolutionary war and committee of Polish
citizens of Philadelphia is about to call upon Congress
to do justice to the memory and surviving heirs of the
old hero After gallant service of more than two
years he died the field of battle at Savannah, in
October. 1779.
KING LUDWIG, of Bavaria was taking solitary
walk the other day in the Bavarian Alps when his
passage through field was suddenly impeded by an
angry OK The King waited patiently for some time
for the beast to on, and then seized rail and
charged the OK bayonet fashion, and with success
This pleased the romantic monarch so much that
he had himself photographed in the same position of
attack
THE Burmese ladies have very peculiar cigar case.
But there two objections to its becoming pop
ular here of which the less important is that each
cigar case holds only cigar; and that the cigar
case is the ladys Instead of wearing ordinary
earrings, the Burmese women have a large hole in
their ears and wear cheroot in it till wanted The
really great advantage of this cgarcase is that it is
never left behind.
PREMIER BRIssoN of France, is described as
grandson of Coligny, amended by Voltaire" He can
bend but not sacrifice. He is a sincere Republican.
lie has bad manner, and is not calculated to win
men. He is reserved, cold and simple In domestic
life he is model and the of his happiness to
be at home He is good writer, lecturer, fair ora
tor and not bad President of an Assembly but his
forte is hardly that of good Prime Minister
WILLIAM K. CRAMER, editor of the Milwaukee
Wisconsin, is of the most remarkable journalists
of the Northwest. He has been deaf since boyhood.
and is totally blind, yet he is of the hardest
workers and most thoroughly posted in the pro-
fesson. He has been in harness nearly fifty years. and
his Office hours are regular when he was young
He knows the city thoroughly, and without diff
Guilty go alone to any point house he may desire to
visit.
GEORGE ELIoT's advice to a young friend is
worth remembering. "Be accurate" she said, and
added, MY dear child the great lesson of life is toll
erance." Parting from Mr.. Lewes at the door Of
their house. day Mrs Cash asked him if the secre
of George EGot's power not her wonderful SYM
pathy. "Unquestionaby it s" he replied; "she for
gets nothing that has come within the curl of her
eyeash; above ALL she forgets who has ever
spoken to her one kind word"
AN interesting Byron relic sold recently in Lon
don. This a copy of Shenstones Works in Verse
and Prose" (three Volumes 1777) with Byrons auto
graph signature in each volume and with four pages
of his writing in VOL iii. 'eulogstic of Shenstone."
Perhaps the chief interest of the relic lies in an
epigram written by Byron in one of the Volumes
cannot understand says Dick,
What tbs that makes my legs so thick.
You do not understand says Harry,
How great calf they have to carry.
OWEN Brown the only survivor of his family who
was actually at Harpers Ferry has gone to Cao-~ia
to live at Pasadena, with his half-brother Salmon.
His halfsisters Annie and Sarah, also reside in that
State. The latter is married cher name is Adams),
the former is not. John, Jason and Ruth elder chill
dren live in Sandusky bay, Lake Erie-the first two
on PutnBay island, while Jason lives by on an
other little island Ruth is the wife of Henry Thomp-
son. whose brother William was killed in the Harpers
Ferry raid.