The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-31
NOTES AND NEWS.

HITHERTO unpublished poem by Sir Walter
Raleigh has been discovered, and will be pub
lished in London by A. II. Bullen in his authol-
ogy of love songs, "Speculum Amantis."
Mr. STURGEON is again reported very i'll; 'sthe
usual result" says q Baptist, 'of undertaking
extra services at this time Of year. His enemy
il cout in the feet and hands. 1t ia feared that
he can preach no more this year. He will 60
south when able to travel.
COOKING delicacies for the sick with a dainty
perfection that cannot be attained by large ca
terers or ordinary cooks is a comparatively new
but very popular industry added to the list Of
peculiar employ ments by which women are, en-
abled TO earn their living In New York.
The silver-weddiug present to the Prince and
Princess of Wales from the people of South
Wales 10 q large silver shield, beautifully sculp-
tured with emblems and illustrations of WEIGH
history. The formal presentation will take
place at Marlborough House early in bsr.
NEW use has been found for photography.
A day or so since a row occurred In which one
of the combatants was badly bruised. He had
mis- wounds photographed before they should
have time to heal, and when the case came ND
he was on hand to show the extent OF his iniu-
ries at the time they were actually received.
Mrs. MARIA LOUISE GENET VAN RENSSELAER,.
widow OF Cornelius Van Rensselaer,. who died
1T Greenbush, n. Y, last week. At the age Of
eighty SIX, was the daughter of Edmond Charles
Genet, known in history as Citizen Genet"
ambassador to this country from the frst
French Republic in 1893. Her mother was Cor
nelia Clinton, daughter of George Clinton, tho
statesman. Her husband was the son OF Col.
Nicholas Van Rensselaer,, who fought at Quebec
and Saratoga, and who brought the news OF the
latter battle to Albany.
PRINCE BIsNARCK's residence at Friederichs-
ruhe is In appearance common and Insignificant.
A red brick wall separates it on three sides from
the road, and on the fourth it is bounded by o
dirty little river. The principal entry is a
wooden door. which might fifty belong to Q
stable or coach-house. A thick mass Of foliage
rising above the wall prevents even a glimpse of
the house beyond it. This house, which is az
ugly as the wall inclosine it, was originally
built by q Hamburg hotel-keeper for a country
retreat.
MR. GLADSTONE recently wrote to q cor
respondent who had asked him his opinion of
the power OF the press for good and evil: II
rate the value of the free press very high, but
the sentiment you incloso could net have been
mine. l am wholly unable to mako the com
psrison. If asked by q foreign visitor, l should
tell him that, in my opinion, the balance of good
done by the press in home affairs is enormous
land especially that to public men its criticisms
are In valuable); but that l have not so favorable
an opinion OF its average action In foreign at
fairs"
THE Splendid Rothschild mansion 10 the Rue
LATTE. Paris, glowinRly described by Disraeli
in 'Coningsby," has been transformed into a
museum as a memorial of Baron James Roth
9Ohh6t WV At ~ AOOOs ~ q OuAAb hth0 tiLAO
of Louis XIV. and was for some time the resi-
dence of Queen Hortense. mother of the EN-
psror Louis Napoleon. Tho Rothschilds bought
it in 1922. Since tho Baroness James died, in
1866. IL has stood untenanted. Baron Adolph,
the head of the French branch of the family,
lives In Prince Talleyrand's old mansion in the
Rue St. Floreutin.
ANNA DICKINSON has been so long before the
public that . general impression seems to have
got abroad that she is an old woman. She is
not. She was born in Philadelphia just forty
SIX years ago this month. and before she was
fifteen years OF age was teaching school on the
outskirts OF that town. She went into politics
before she vas eighteen, and she has been there
ever since. Her interest Ia public affairs began
when she was given q place in the mint at Phil
adelphia. and her first public political speech
was made In q debating club on Chestnut street
She has never stopped speech-making since.
THERE was a lively scene In the streets of
Philadelphia the other day, when one man, Mr..
William II. Kirkpatrick, undertook to get even
with the traction com pany and won. The con-
ductor Of o ear 10 which Mr.. kirkpatrick was a
passenger collected his fare, knowing a culvsrt
across the street TO be open, and that there was
q long car blockade. Mr.. Kirkpatrick didn't
mind the FIVE cents, but he did resent the decep-
ton. and passed the next hour and a half very
pleasantly in notifying people about to board
starting cars that the line was broken, and that
they would have TO pass a long time IN the cars.
In this way he turned back about FIVE hundred
people. When the break was closed he felt that
he had obtained about $25 worth Of ,atisfaction
from the traction company.