The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-19
BREAkFAST-TABLE CHAT.

bhEAkFAST-TABLE CHAT.
NINE DE LEssEPs is regarded as one Of
the most dev0ut women in Paris.
Ex-CoNGREssMAS CANNON has recently
purchased three newspapers in the district
ne formerly represented.
CHARLES DICKENs's old house in Doughty
street, London, is for sale. or is to be let on
long lease. 1t was from here that he
wrote the letters of Boz"
JULES VERNE in his younger days was q
devotee of the baccarat table. He was at
that time 3 handsome young fellow, with
blonde hair and blue eyes.
VERDI has purchased q piece of land
close TO Milan on which will be erected an
asy lum for aged and impoverished must
clans. The building is already begun.
PARIS requires every vehicle traversing
its streets ut nj ght. if only q wheelbarrow.
to carry q lighted lamp. Safety Is secured.
and the avenues glitter as If swarning with
giant flies.
Miss KATHARINE DRExEIs convent,
which is soon to be built at Andslusia. Pa.
will be equipped with ali modern convent
ences. including electric lights. This 10
asomewhat unconventional innovation for
aconvent
drink with women we'll as their favorite
canQy. lQeY consume IL In large Qu60vl-
ties. and the sale at soda fountains, from
chocolate alone, is more than of all the other
favors combined.
MORE than five thousand ladies In Eng
land are competing for the prizes offered for
design for the best cycling costume tho
best shooting costume, the best golf cos
tune. the best walking costume. the best
tea gown and the best outdoor cloak.
JUSTICE FIELD, of the United States Su-
preme Court. counts as his lost opportunity
to gain gIeat wealth his refusal forty odd
years ago to buy sand lot opposite the
Palace Hotel in San Francisco for q. 500.
That lot. divided In two, has since been
sold for 81. 100000.
PERHAPS the most remarkable Waterloo
survivor 10 Philip George dEpinois, who
was born in 1874, and still discharges the
duties of burgOmaster IN his native village
of Epinoisles Binehe. The Chevalier
d'Epinois was one of the civic guards who
welcomed Leopold i to Belgium sixty years
ago.
ADRIAN IsELIN is one of the leading and
wealthy citizens of New Rochelle. n. Y,
and he is such determined and thorough.
going opponent TO the liquor traffic of the
pretty city that he has determined upon
onying mp all the property upon which
saloons are located and then to clear them
OF the place.
THE saddest sight in all New England is
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her mind is en-
tirely gone. but her health is fairly good.
She rambles around through the Twain
and Warner lawns and is permitted To do
whatever she wants A common pastime
with her is to sit in Twain's carriage house
aud Groom or sing household ditties.
LORD STANLEY. the Governor general of
Canada. does not belong to the intellectual
order of the British aristocracy. He lis best
described as what the boys call Jolly
good fellow" and Is popular and easy
gong nobleman, enjoying life to the ut
most He enters Into Canadian sports and
pastimes with edifying vigor and hearth
ness.
EX-SENATOR SPooNER, of Wisconsin was
the smallest man, physically, in the Senate
during his term, scarcely reaching the
shoulder of some of his colleagues. He is a
successful railway attorney, and an elo-
9uent and effective speaker, ready in de-
bate and able to take the floor at q min
ute's notice. He does not consider his po-
htical life ended.
IT is improbable that Mr.. Justin McCar
thy will be able to resume his parliament
airy duties this session. His recent attack
of influenza has led to the return of CON-
plant from which he suffered q few years
ago. and his medical adviser cOunsels him
not to undertake more political work than
Is absolutely necessary, and to avoid all
excitement for period.
LORD WOLsELEY tells of o curious rellc
In the possession of the wife of the Amer
lean consul at Madeira. 1t is only q simple
paper-knife, but il would be difficult to
md anything more interesting than il. On
one side Is written: 81 broke this, ID. ID.
Porter" On the reverse is inscribed: Il
mended 1t. w. L. Sherman" The owner
met these two great Americans at Gibral-
tar, and remembers them with great pleas
ure.
Ooppr~r Tprp.c~.r, a.. v--:-:.
planter. who died few days ago at the
age of eighty-one. enjoyed the distinction
of being the first native American to be
murderously assaulted in New Orleans by
the Italians from race hatred. In 1859,
after numerous murders of their compa-
triots had been committed by these people
In the Crescent City. Trepagnier interfered
IN an stfray at the French market. where
upon the Italians set upon him with
stilettos and left him for dead. In revenge.
maddened crowd attacked the foreigners
and killed about thirty of them.
THE Philadelphia Record says that the
woman whose profile adorns the silver dol
lar is Miss Anna w. Williams, teacher of
kindergarten philosophy in the Quaker
City GlrPs Normal School. At the time
Miss Willlams's classic features attracted
the attention of the mint engraver she was
principal of the girls school at the House
OF Refuge. Her profile was then consid-
cred to be the most perfect of any woman
IN philadelphia. It. was with great diff
Guilty. however. that she was prevailed
upon TO give sittings to the artist. and only
upon the condition that her identity should
never be revealed would Miss Williams
consent to have her likeness indelibly
stamped upon the hearts of the people-for
1t Is said the dollar 10 nearest the average
American heart But it was impossible to
keep the secret long. and soon after the dol
lars were put In circulation the young
woman's identity also became known.