The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-08

body requires but little space and leaves a
free passage for any who wish to walk up
or down. After the chair has been used it
slides back to the bottom step, its descent
being SO managed that the carrying of a
passenger is a matter Of entire safety.
APoRTRAIT of Anthony Payne. the Cor
nish giant, painted for Charles III in 1850,
which has just been acquired by the Royal
Institute at Cornwall, was once the prop
erty of Lord Temple. and after many vicis-
sltudes passed into the hands Of a farmer.
the historian, for SO. At the latter's death
1t was sold to a dealer for $40, and in a few
weeks was res0ld for $4,000.
POPULAR tradition generally has ascribed
the invention of the telescope to an acct
dental discovery. made by a German opti-
clan or some of his assistants. An Italian
savant has been delving into the past, how
ever. with the result that he now conf
IDENTIFY announces that Calico was the
discoverer of both the microscope and the
telescope Documents have been discov-
cred which it is stated bear out this asSer-
ton to the full.
THE late Aaron White, by whose Will each
county in Connecticut receives $1,000 for
law library purposes, was known widely
for his copper-coin mania. which was first
revealed when two men were sent to prison
for stealing 800 from his hoard, but there
was great astOnlshment after his death
when his administrator shipped three ton
and eight hundred pounds from the village
station. This was only a portion of the
whole amount found in his possession.
In all, the remains of SOO,O 600 men who
fought for the stars and stripes find guarded
graves in our national cemeteries. Two
cemeteries are mainly devoted to the brave
men who persisted in the prisons of the
same name-Andersonville. Ca, which con-
ain Is, IA graves, and Salisbury, with its
2.136 dead, of whom 2,032 are unknown.
Of the vast number who are inferred in our
national cemeteries, 5000 sleep beneath
the soil of Southern States, and AS 900 rest
in graves marked unknown.
Ex-MAYoR VAUx. of Philadelphia, is a
quaint figure. He is an old-fashioned
Quaker City lawyer. He wears a swallow
tail coat. a broad-brimmed hat, and carries
a green baize bag. His hair Is long. gray,
and luxurant. He never wears an over-
coat nor carries an umbrella. In his pOlit-
zeal life he Is as uncOmpromlSlng as he IS
in dress. AS the only living American who
ever danced with Queen Victoria he is fire.
quently pointed out to strangers. but he is
ObliviOus to the sensation he often creates.
LADY HoRNBY, wife of the British ad
miral, is character" Years ago she
was struck in the eye by a shot from a
catapult in the streets of London, and lost
it's sight. She is. however, as sharp as a
needle, and her N remaining eye amply
does duty for both. She is one of the most
courageous women alive, and once saved
the life of a favorite cat by herself biting a
mad dog at the tail. She delights in moth
ing so much as startling people. and once
set q hotel full of dOwagers into fits by tell
ing them the secret of her plentiful supply
of exOtics was her habit of going round the
cemetery every morning and snatching
them from the tombs.
Mr.. EDISON believes that the time will
come when transportation through the air
will be the general order of things. The
idea that the air-ship must go up a mile OF
more is erroneous. If it were no higher
han an ordinary building it would suffice.
when the time comes for it to be put in
operation" he said, there will be one
drawback to it, and that is the ease which
it will afford criminals to make their es.
cape from whatever point their crime was
committed. There will be no danger OF
their being intercepted by wire, as is the
case now" 1t may be that the same science
which will give us this sort of navigation
will provide something else by which Grim.
inals who make their escape through the
air will be o~vertaken.