The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-23

quirinal all the old furniture porcelain,
glass, etc, that had gone out of fashion
since Victor EmmanuePs day. He made IL
a veritable clearing-out sale.
The Yellowstone region in Montana has
produced a prize yield Of potatoes. $40
bushels TO the acre, and is said to grow
wheat readily, but there is no grist mill at
Billings. its chief town.
George Washington's copy of Ciceros
Cato Major" printed in Philadelphia by
Benjamin Franklin in 1744. was sold at
auction in London last week. 1t is a rare
edition of interesting work.
Lost children in Japan do not long re-
main astray. 1t is the custom for parents
TO label their children with their ad-
dresses, that in case they go astray
any wayfarer may send them home.
There are certain disadvantages con-
nected with the ownership of valuable
Jewels 1t is said that Mrs. Potter
Palmer's jewels are so costly that when
ever she wears them private detective
is present.
The thakore of Morvi, who will soon be
at the worlds fair. is a grave. thoughtful
and businesslike man of middle age, an OBJ
server. and an experienced traveller. who
looks less like an Eastern prince than
either the rajah or the nawab.
"Absalom. my son. what was that note
the messenger just brought your" in
quired old man Clamwhooper. Nothing
in particular. father, only a billet-doux
from friend" Indeed, How much did
he say there was doux ?'-Texas Strings
once in St. Paul S15O-a-day laborer had
lung trouble. He went to Southern Cali
fornia and began keeping bees. Last year
he sold $4,000 worth of honey. Bees do
well in Southern California, for flowers
bloom at all seasons, and they keep on lay
my up honey for the winter that never
comes
The serpentine dance appears to be paw
ing good dividends. Lois Fuller has re-
turned from Paris and her visible assets
consist of her mamma, a manager, a maid,
private secretary, and twenty-seven big
trunks. When Loie left US she had but
one unsuccessful breach-of-promise suit
Washington Post
"A proper sitting position" says some
body, requires that the spine shall be
kept straight, and that the support needed
for the upper part of the body shall be
felt in the right place" Therefore sit as
far back possible in the chair, so that
the lower end of the spine shall be braced
at the back of the seat.
NJ. Diefenbach, the famous but eccentric
Bavarian painter, who refuses to wear
modern clothes and walks about the
cided to come to this country. He is a
vegetarian, and for years lived in a little
hut outside of Munich. which was place
of interest to many people. Recently he
has been in Vienna.
Lieut.. Peary's wife is not the first woma n
10 brave the perils and hardships Of arctic
exploration. About thirty years ago J. W.
Taylor of London was placed in charge of
an expedition sent out from London to COL
onize the east coast of Greenland, and was
accompanied by his wife, an accomplished
young woman. who lived with him two
years in an isolated settlement. on Cob
wins island.
The oldest wooden manufacturer In
Maine is Joseph Robinson, who came to
America from England in 1887 with his
wife and child, and with cents in his
pocket. He is now eighty-three years old,
and has been engaged in wooden manu-
featuring as apprentice, workman and
master for seventy-three years, during
which time he never has had a labor
difficulty of any kind.
Modern tapestry as one of the fine arts
would be in very low water" says the ST
James Gazette, were it not for Mr.. Will
lam Morris efforts to revive the time-hon-
ored craft. For upwards of two years his
works at Merton, in Surrey. have been en-
ployed on the manufacture of a large piece
for the dining room of Stanmore hall: and
the undertaking is now rapidly approach
ing completion. 1t is certainly among the
greatest art efforts of the century, and the
value of it is in no sense to be measured
by its price, amounting to some thousands
of pounds"
In Nantucket, Mass, Is still to be seen
the house in which the justly famed Quak-
eress Lucretia Mott, was born, and for
very many years lived. 1t is in town, >"
as the huddle Of houses on the islands
har side is called and stands at the meet
ing of two narrow stony highways known
as School and Fair-sts. A large frame
structure, with the hip roof common to
its era Of architecture, wide, many-paned
windows, and hospitable doorway opening
upon double fight of steps leading side
ways to the street, it is much the same in
General appearance as when first built
The only noticeably modern touch is in its
paint which is of the fashionably creamy
yellow, with Snishings of dark green. The
present occupant of the historic dwelling
is Judge Dufriez of the Nantucket district
court.