The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13

been instituted by the Bank of France.
An instantaneous Photographic operator 10
placed in such . position that he can. on
receiving . signal from the cashier. take .
photograph of the person then at tue win.
dow. A valuable record may DO thus pre-
served Of the person TO whom Q check 10
paid. or whose identity it may be necessary
TO establish.
Iris said that PATHS mail exceeds that
of q Cabinet minister. and that a great num-
Der of her correspondents seem to lave the
idea that Craig-y-Nos was intended for .
founding asylum. and that the diva's chief
mission In life Is to fill 1t with cradles All
sorts and conditions of babies have been
generously offered her. until. If she had
taken but half of them. she would be OFF,
ciating in the capacity of matron of u chill
dren's home.
T.. KIRBY SMITH, who Is prominent Just
now because he is the sole surviving full
general of the confederacy. is seventy five
years old. He IA described as white-haircd.
lean, graceful. of medium height and with
undimmed eyes. His beard is truly patri-
archal. He dresses entirely in black. with
q black necktie, and wears on the lett
lapel of his coat q little badge that is In
form and color a miniature reproduction
OF q confederate ensign.
SOMETIMES one has to pay for the glory
of being a distinguished mans wife. Mrs.
j. K. Green. who married the English his
torian. aided him in his researches and
wrote at his dictatlon sometimes as many
as eleven hours a day. This brought on
writer's cramp. but instead of laying down
her pen Mrs. Green merely taught herself
to write with her left hand She has writ
Henry H." English Town Life In the Mid
die Ages" and Town Life in the Fifteenth
Century" all having been written with her
left hand.
1T Is the petty vexations of life, says the
New York World. that perplex and annoy
Secretary Carlisle. Big things disturb him
but little. While he was Speaker it be-
came necessary for him to appoint two ele-
vator boys. and the worry entailed on him
in his endeavor to select the fittest two out
of fifty applicants upset him more than
any other event of his whole term OF office.
II wish that elevator would sink" he said
opeday, after running the gauntlet of q dOz-
EN- b~eseeching mothers. Il never could un-
derstand the need Of an elevator in tho
House. anyway"
A POPULARITY common to rain in the
Bermudas. the WIndward islands. the Ha-
waiian Rroup and the Alaskan waters 10
that il isn't very wet. In none Of these
regions do the natives fear the rain, and
even foreigners soon come to know that
they take no harm from being caught ont
in a storm. 1t WAS noted by men on the
ships lately patrolling BehriDQ sea that a
portion OF the deck, slightly protected,
dried out white even in the midst of q
shower. ana that wet clothing hung under
q slight shelter on deck dried In an at
mosphere apparently saturated by n hard
rain.
"TA-RA-RA BoOM-DE-AY" has Just reached
Sierra Leone, and, according to reports. il
has touched the natives in their most sus-
ceptible spot. At q recent concert. attend
cd by q large f~ree-llst gallery audience,
made up of natives. mostly clad in shirts
only. one of the singers gave 'Ta-ra-ra"
with the usual gymnastic acoompani.
ments." The effect was magical" says
the report. The native audience rose to
their feet. kicked up their legs and howled
their 'Boom-de-sys' In their ve~ruacular.
The more timorous portion OF the audience
retired. the CONCERT was stopped. and the
whole place was given ND to the devotees
OF 'Ia-ra.ra.' The seats offered no obsta-
c!es TO the performance of the dance, and
the yelis of the singers were heard all over
the vicinity" At last reports ''Ta-ra-reh
was In possession of the coast.