The Indianapolis journal., 1895-12-08

Nearly all the monarchs of Europe have
their lives insured. The most notable ex-
ception is the Russian Emperor.
1t is not generally known that the wife OF
Sir Philip Currie, the British ambassador
In Constantinople, Is the lady known TO the
world as Violet Fame.
At Halle. in Germany, hereafter any stu
dent seen with fresh cuts from a duel on
his face will be handed over to the police
by the university authorities.
Paderewskis home in Paris is near the
house that Victor Hugo occupied. He is
is a complete invalid, but inherits his
fathers acute and comprehensive mind.
A new English swindle is to advertise for
ladies ito dress high-priced dolls.'' and then
on the promise of good pay to. extract a
deposit as a guarantee that the high-priced
dolls will be returned 1t has been worked
through the mails with great success.
The cookery book to which George Au-
gustus Sala often referred, In half-playful
vein. as his magnum opus. has now been
published. 1t contains S91 recipes, every one
ally. % He believes bel t that there there ' is national
school Of cookery, but does not disdain to
go to the kitchens Of foreign countries for
hints.
Georgia boasts new woman" She is
Miss Lydie E. Smith, of Fort Nudge, and
she is a farmer. With the help Of a hired
the crop of twenty-acre domain. She is
six feet six inches high, an expert horse
and rife saS and
calls the wearing of boomers "a disgrace
on the name of woman
1t is not generally known that our revo-
lutionary war produced a modest Joan Of
Arc. Her name was Deborah Sampson. and
she lived near Boston. Inspired by the guns
of Bunker Hill, she wove material for a
Y11 c0rrli iro crrif Cnnflnanfal
soldier under the name OF Robert Shurt-
left. She served through three campaigns,
saw much active service and received ed, a. an
min Gannett and lived to be sixty-seven. .
A fourth Hebrew has now become a peer
of Great Britain-namely, Baron Henry de
Worms-and one who well deserves that
honor. The other three Hebrew peers are
Lord Rothschild. who received his coronet
in 1885, and was the first Jew to- be so hon.
ored; the second was Nj; Cyril Flower;
who is entitled to undying gratitude by
reason Of his gift of the beautiful Batter
is Lord Wandswcrth. recently known as
Baron de Stern, who received his coronet on
the retirement of Lord Rosebery from the
premiership.
I'm our country we see but one variety
of Chinamen-the laundry variety. taken
| from the lower class of the indoor coolies,
exuberance of our hoodlums." (Thus Mr..
Francis Tiffany. in his new book of travel,
| This Goodly Frame the Earthly He Is
| no more like the breed at home than If he
had been boiled along with the shirts In
| one of his own laundry vats and lifted
out on stick, shrunk and dripping. In
| his own land John Chinaman is big, portly
| fellow, who walks as though he owned the
earth. He could swallow an average Jap
| anese without looking larger"
|
| Who waits until the wind shall silent keep
| Will never find the ready hour to SOW.
Who watcheth clouds will have no time tc
reap.
| Helen Hunt Jackson.
'Your father-does he listen
To the still small voice. my sister,"
She shook her head: Hes workin'
In the boiler factry, mister"
| Kansas City Journal.
Mr.. Farmer" she said. will you tell me
| please,
Is this the way to wareham?"
| The farmer looked up from his work with
| grin,
| At the bloomered girl on her bicycle thin
| "Well yas," he said, eff 'tain't no sin,
| / guess that's the way to wear EN-"
| Chicago Record