The Indianapolis journal., 1894-11-07

The Empress Josephine, il is said, once
paid s. 600 for dress, and so angered the
Emperor that he ordered the dressmaker
to be sent to prison.
The elephant is commonly supposed to be
a slow. clumsy animal. but, when excited
miles an hour and can keep 1t up for half
a day.
The blessing Of Palestine is a small falcon,
or hawk, which destroys the field mice.
Were the hawks extermlnated the human
population would be obliged to abandon the
country.
The late John Ruskin liked nothing alb
normal or artificial and he regarded
the production of chysanthemums as an
unhallowed attempt to grow flowers at a
season when nature meant that there
should be no flowers.
The camePs foot is a soft cushion pc
culiarly well adapted to the stones and
gravel over which 1t is constantly walk
ing. During a single journey through the
Sahara horses have worn out three sets or
shoes. while the camel's feet are not even
sore.
An instance of the German Emperor's
kindly thought is shown in his sending a
costly locket, symbolicaly embellished, to
a little girl, the daughter of the station
master at Freisack, who on his recent visit
to that town presented him with a poem
anu DOuquel Vi VIII lloWcTs
A country cat can always be kept at home
by cutting off her ears or for a time by
clipping out the hairs in the interior. The
long hairs serve to keep out the drops of
dew that fall from the leaves of plants and
grasses, and when the hairs are removed
the cat will stay at home rather than claw
the water out of her ears.
In the course of an eloquent speech a
candidate at Blrkenhead, England produced
a poem which he said had been sent to him
anonymously, that he was unable to
thank the author privately, but must do so
publicly, for the poem was good one. He
then proceeded to read the poem, which
was Longfellow's ship of State" AS the
candidate Is a university man the opposi-
ton is having sport with him.
This little story about DR.. Holmes comes
from the Book Buyer: ''Dr. Holmes several
years ago asked a friend, What is your
idea of happinessr And the prompt answer.
-Four feet on the fender gave him great
satisfaction. Some time later, perhaps a
year or more, this friend found DR.. Holmes
in his study, sitting alone by the fire, look
ing y. not very happy TO the, the visitors 81 so SO,
feet on the fender"
Mrs. Lynn Linton, the English novelist
and essayist, was the youngest of the
twelve children of a clergyman with linn
ited income, and was obliged to get her
education as best she could. She not only
never went to school. but she had neither
governess nor tutor, and taught herself
about all she knows. In spite of her lack
Of training and the fact that her father
held in disfavor the higher education Of
women. she always loved study of all kinds.
and was especially attracted by languages.
She learned to read French, Spanish. Ital-
ian, German. Greek, Latin and even little
Hebrew
Sir Henry Wrjxon. of Victoria. Australia
who is now in this country for the purpose
of studying its labor conditions, paid the
following tribute to the United States Su-
preme Court the other day: I'VE recognize
the Supreme Court of the United States as
one of the greatest judicial institutions in
the world. Its decisions command the
greatest respect in every English court
While its decisions may not have the same
technical precision those in England,
they are broader in principle and are rec
ognized as fountain heads of the greatest
principles of law