The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-12-28
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Louis XVIII of france was iron.
Ically styled by his subjects The De-
sired. He was forced upon them by
the allied armies
The manuscripts Of the hfth and
twelfth centuries are written with
verv rood black ink which has not
shown the least signs OF fading or OBJ.
liberation.
LII Chang-fnng. the adopted son OF
Viceroy Lii Hung Chang, since his re-
turn from the peace conference IN
Japan last April, has been occupying
his leasure hours In supertntending
the building Of handsome house IN
foreign style inside the capacious gar
dcns Of his father at Wuhu
Gustav Freitag ordered in his Wi!
that all letters written to him shoula
be restored to the writer's or tneT
heirs, and that nothing OF his own
should be published that he had not
expressly intended should be printed:
..What is not finished or is failurc
he wrote, '.does not belong to the
market, and do not wish to annoy
readers by my youthful efforts.
The German Emperor William has
sent q portrait of himself to the emil
nent painter Andreas Achenoaeh, VINO
has Just celebrated his eightieth birth
dav at Dusseldorf. Herr Achen bach
has received large number OF con-
gratulatory letters and kilograms IRON
| various academies of art and from MS
admirers
| The sultan of Turkey spends dve
Thousand dollars daily for his table.
He has no dfning-room and the serv-
ants serve his meals wherever they can
| lind him. The dishes are covered ana
sealed with the imperial seal, winch Is
put on in the kitchen by the grand
vizier, the idea being that the sultan
may be certain that his food has not
l A. tn mr.
| Mr.. Eivind Alstrup. who accom-
panied Lieut.. Pcary in his first great
| Journey over the ice-gap OF Greenian:
| to Independence bay, is writing a book
on the experiences of himself and gal
liant leader AS a matter OF honor, Mr.
Alstrup will not have the work trans,
lated and published in English until
| after Mr. Peary has issued his book.
| But three members of the supreme
court were not appointed by either
| Mr.. Harrison or Mr.. Cleveland. These
are Justice Field, appointed by Presi
dent Lincoln in 1868; Justice Harlan
of Kentucky. appointed by Preslden,
Hayes in 1877, and Justice Gray. OF
Massachusetts,. appointed by President
Arthur in 1881 to the vacancy which
the late Roscoe Conkling emphaticallJ
declined to fill.
The Codex Upsal differs from ever.
other known manuscript in the FAC
that it was written with silver ink OF
violet parchment. the initials being OF
gold The secret of the manufacture
of this silver ink is not definitel.
known, though it is suspected tina
some solution of the metal was etn
ployed in .he writing and then subse
ouentlv treated with chemicals to Civ
the metallic luster and effect.
Mrs. Newcomb MCGEE, of Washing
, ton city, daughter of Prof. Newcomt
: the famous astronomers, has the dis
, tinction of being the second woma
, elected a fellow of the American Assc
citation for the Advancement of Science
, She is also u member of the Anthre
, biological society. She was graduate
in medicine from the Columbian I'M
versity in Washington. and is now q
work in the Johns Hopkins hospital i
$ Baltimore. Mrs. McGee has visite
. with her father all the great observ:
tories of Europe, and now accompanie
: her husband on her geological exped
i | tiOnS.