The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-28

me on a point in Homer" He confessed that he did
nos know his questioner but that it pleasure for
old Etonian to spend his holiday in satisfying the
desire fol knowledge of who at the old school,
ELIHU VEDDER, the American artist received $2O,i
600 for his illustrations to Fitzgeralds rendering Of
the "Rubaiyat' of Omar Khagyam. His artistic
captions of the Persian poets meshike fances rank
even higher than Fitzgerads virilo translatons.
VERMONT farmer made net profit of 1880
srom the produce of single hen turkey during the
past season This is equal to 100 bushels Of wheat
in Kansas at As cents per bushe with this differences
1t would cost much to raise and harvest the wheat
as 1t would bring while the proceeds Of the turkey
gain
Two-anda-half- year-old child wandered away from
its home at Mcccasin Springs, u T., few days ago,
and after travelling several miles through deep snow
and sleeping night in the mud it vas found forty
SIX hours after starting badly frossbten but in such
condition that by gooG treatment and nourishment
it soon recovered.
SCIENCE destroys some Of the most cherished pop
ular delusions. Catguss derived from sheep; German
silver was not invented in Germany and il contains
silver; Cleopatras needle not erected by her.
nor in her honor; Pompeys pillar had historical
connection with that parsonage. sealingwax does
contain particle of the tuberose is not ross
but poyantb the strawberry is not berry; Turkish
baths did not originate in Turkey and not baths
at ALL whalebone is bone and contains not any oE
its properties.
QUEEN VICTORIA and Charles Dickens at the only
audience the author ever had with his sovereign
both quite shy when the conversation began but it
away. Her Majesty asked him whether he
could account for the fact that we have good
servants in England as in the good old times' Mr..
Dickens could only do the hypothesis that 'our
system of education a wrong one" The price OF
provisions the cost of butchers meat and bread
lightly touched upon, and the conversation rpplsd
agreeably to agreeable end. These strange
subjects to be discussed by the Queen of England and
the King of Fiction.
The prettiest of literary anecdotes has been reatod
by Wilhelm Grimm, of the pair of famous story
telers One day little girl rang their bell and met
him in the hall with TIE words: "Are you the Mr..
Grimm who writes the pretty tales2" ''Yes and my
brother" 'And that of the clever little tailor who
married the princessi Yes, certainly" Well"
said the child, producing the book ut is said here
that every who doesn't believe it must pay him
thaler. Now, don't believe that princess ever
married a tailor. haven't much as thalsS but
here is groschen; and please say hope to pay the
rest by degrees" just then Jacob up, and the
brothers had an interesting interview with the little
dame; but they could not persuade her to take away
the groschen, which she had laid on the table.
EDMUND YATES fares less agreeably than did Leigh
Hunt, when the latter. was imprisoned in 1Sl2-14
for calling the Prince of Wales IAN Adonis of 3d."
BY his taste and the attentions of his friends
Hunts prison cell was transformed Unto elegant
apartment adorned with bookcases, busts and flow
ers iuxuries of many kinds were showered upon him.
and he cheered by visits from such as Byron
Shelley, Keats, Moore Lamb and Hazitt Poor
Yates on tae other hand is to be put on an allow -
ance of half pint of wine pint of malt liquor
per day. visits from friends be arranged by the WIS.,
ting magistrates and he receive only newspaper
daily His letters are to be regulated by the Govern
ors orders. He to take exercise by himself the
frstclass misiemeanants ground to rise at $50 and
toretre at 9:15.
SOME of the British peers very wealthy, as for
instance the new Duke of Buccleuch. The entsiled
estates in Scotland to which he has just succeeded
tend to upward of $50 900 acres. and include the
magnificent seats Of Bowhill, Drumanrig Castle and
Dalkeith Palace. The present annual renks is aD~lt
$40 O0Oiwhich is at least 20 per cent DIS than tie
return of ten years ago. The Duke also comes into
the Boughton estates in Northants, Kettering,
and he gets property in Warwickshire, noar Rugby.
the two being now worth about R28, 900 year The
Dukes piers at Granton bring in 100000 year. his
minerals and quarries worth nearly as much and
he owns valuable urban property in Midlothian. The
Duke will receive about $500 600 from his fathers
personal estate. His income therefore will be about
227O 900, ON which pittance Duke can live
handsomely