The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Unconsidered Trihes.
BREAKFAST.TABLE CHAT.

NIKoLA TESLA, the electrician. says that
the time will come when ship will be able
to telegraph to the shore without cable.
HERBERT SPENCER. the philosopher,
lives very quietly near Regents Park, Lon
don. happy in the companionship of o few
old friends and his books.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET. who has been
wrestling with incompetence in this coun-
try, 10 reported in the Parliamentary Stats
tics to be the owner of two licensed inns.
LUCIEN JOHNSTON, of Baltimore. who has
received recently the degree OF licentiate
in theology from 1.-The Schools of the Prop
uganda at Rome" is q soon OF Col. Richard
Malcolm Johnston, the writer.
LADY SALISBURY. wife Of the British
Premier, has become o member of tho
women's committee formed to look after
the exhibits of English women at the
worlds fair to be held at Chicago.
THE new Senator from Kansas, Mr.. Per-
kins, 10 a large, portly. smooth haven man,
affable and neatly dressed. and, as o West
ern paper observes. unlike his colleague.
Senator Feffer in that he wears his clothes
az if he were used to them.
The Duke of Marlborough predicts that
in q not-distart future America will revel
in the possession of representative class
of Landed merchant mobiles who will vie in
luxury and wealth with anything that tho
old world ever produced"
Rosa BoNHEUR, the famous artist. has
just finished new painting at her studio
in Paris. She has gwen it the name of "Le
Depigne." 1t pictures ten horses in their
natural size. 1t Is said that the artist has
already declined an offer of 100000 francs
for this new work.
r. b. NOBLE. of Richibueto. New Bruins
wick, Canada, believes in combining relig-
ION and business. He is q Iobster-canner,
and on the cans he affixes q abel which il
unique In it's way. In connection with q
picture of q lobster are the words: God
Is Love. Selected Crown Brand"
JULES VERNE's wonderful tales, in which
science and fancy 60 shares with him, are
written in little observatory on the top of
his house at Amiens. The house-top was a
favorite polntof vantage in scri ptural DAYS,
and is coming into favor again with stu
dents in the country and tenement-d wellers
In the city.
ANOTHER woman has decided to risk the
hardships of a journey in Africa. On one
of the last vessels which arrived at Zanzi-
bar a few weeks ago was Baroness Anna
Won Northumberland. the daughter of q
well-known German nobleman. The Bar
oness intends TO join an expedition To the
interior of the country.
NJ. LUBIN. a distinguished French savant.
has discovered, it is claimed, O cure for
dipsomania. He administers nitrate of
strychnine hypodermcally in minute doses.
Alter ten days Of this treatment chronic
alcoholists acquire such loathing for
stimuiants that even sniff of their once
favOrite bever age causes nausea and head
aches
How many English.speaking people who
read of the attempted suicide ofthe famous
French autaor. Guy de Maupassant, know
how he pronounces his first name. The
English .'Guy." pronounced to rhyme with
high" is familiar enough as slang term
and as a proper name. But the French
name seems by the very best authorities 70
be correctly called "Gwee"
SENATOR PLUMB died a millionaire, but
he was once just as green as any other
youth about business matters. il the story
an old friend in Kansas tells of him is true
| The future Senator had saved up 500, and
had IL on deposit In a local bank. He want
ed TO use the money and one day asked the
president OF the bank for It, He told
Plumb to sign check. The young mar
looked up and SAID. "Ehin "Make out
| check for the amount and sign it," replied