The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-21

Wilfred Laurier. the new Canadian Pre-
mier, is a poor man. and it is said that If
ne were to die now the estate would not
amount 10 more than $1,000.
Adelina Patti will not sing for the Swan
sea Hospital this year, according to custom.
because the hospital people set the price of
admission at a half guinea instead OF a
guinea; Patti objects to being put on a
silver basis.
Those who have partaken Of peacock
declare that gorgeous bird to be decidedly
tough eating, while il is said of the swan
that the fact of its ever having been a
familiar dish speaks highly in favor of
ancient English cutlery.
Mr.. John Burns. NJ. p. was uninten-
tionally the cause of much merr ment i'm the
House of a few days ago when
he said: Since j came into the House,
four years age. the confidence of the public
in it has much diminished"
Prince Max, the nephew of King Albert
of Saxony, who was recently consecrated
to the Roman Catholic priesthood. after
omcially renouncing his right to the sue
cession as a Prince of the royal house. will
begin his ecclesiastical career in England.
Anne Brown Adams. the eldest of John
Browns three daughters. is having a pain
full experience with poverty in California.
After her house burned down some little
time ago she was forced to seek shelter in
a blacksmith shop. She has six children
and an invalid husband.
Mrs. E. l.. Loring. of Washington, goes
in swimming every day in the bathing pond
at Appledore. and regularly swims four
times around the pond. AS she is eighty
five years old the islanders claim that the
smarteSt old lady on the coast is a guest
there.
George H.. Miller, assistant architect OF
the Capitol at Washington since 1852. has
just died. 1t was he who built the grand
dome of the present ediice. and he who
saw to the placing of Crawford's statue of
Liberty on its apex, and was the last man
down, retreating step by step as the scat
folding was lowered.
Almost the most difficult part of the deli
cate work of making a wax model of a
life-sized figure is that of placing the hair
in the head. To make this natural only
one or two hairs can be stuck in the wax
at once, and the process is a secret known
to only a few persons. Indeed. ii is said
not to be known at all outside the Tussaud
family.
Thomas Morris, addressing the Stafford
shire, England. iron and steel managers,
mentioned having in his possession drawn
wire worth $A.32 a pound, or more than
$500 per ton. Hairspring wire is worth
100000 per ton, and the barbed wire used
by dentists in tooth nerve extraction 81, 150,-
900 per ton. The basic material of all is
ordinary cheap ore.
DR.. McCosh tells in his memoirs how he
once Travelled by stage IN Scotland ana
grieved at having paid first-class fare for
no better accommodations than the rest
had, till they came to the first steep hill,
when the guard shouted, "First-class pas
sengers keep their seats: second-class pas
sengers. get out and walk; third-clasS pas
sengers, get out and push.'
An old pawn ticket which has been un-
earthed at Florence is creating considerable
stir in the literary world. The ticket was
found i'm a curiosity shop in a portfolio of
lows: Il. the undersigned, herewith ac-
knowledge the receipt of twenty-five lire
from Signor Abraham Levi, for which he
four sheets. and two table covers.-March
2, 1870. Torquato Tasso."
Both the Tribuna of Rome and the
Secolo of Milan assert that Pope Leo XIII
is a very ill man, whose sufferings wrought
by rheumatism are something terrible. DR..
Lapponi. the special physician at the Vati-
can, will now allow no interviews. The
Pope rarely ventures out into the gardens,
and when he does he is supported, almost
carried, by his attendants. The last public
audience was given by the Pope on Aug.
4. when he was visited by the American
pilgrims.
Lovely woman stoop to folly?
oh. no she's no such chump.
Upon her wheel she sits uprightly,
And leaves mankind to hump.
Detroit Tribune.