The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05

Professor r. L. Garner. who went to
Africa to learn the monkey language, has
a volume on "Gorillas and Chimpanzees."
The Gaekwar of Baroda possesses the
most costly sword in the world. The hit
is so set with precious stones that the
weapon is worth at least G220, 600.
During the month of August the little
King of Spain spent an hour every day
running barefooted along the beach at San
Sebastian. He is q healthy boy, but not
robust.
Miss Juliet Belts, of Norwalk, Conn, one
of the Daughters of the Revolution" died
Friday at the age of ninety-four. She was
the laughter of Captain Hezekiah Belts,
who served in the Continental army. The
house she occupied in NorwaIk was built
upon the foundations of the one destroyed
when the British soldiers burned Norwalk
during the Revolutionary war.
Charles Evans has been appointed secre-
tary and librarian of the Chicago His
torical Society. He is a native of Boston,
and had six years training for library
work withs DR.. William F.. Poole in the
Boston Athenaeum. Later he was with the
Enoch Pratt Free Library, in Baltimore,
and recently has been rearranging the
twenty thousand volumes belonging to the
Mccormick Theological Seminary in the
Virginia Library Building, the gilt of Mrs.
Mccormick.
Mrs. Simon Bolivar Buckner. wife of the
vice presidential candidate, is one of the
most beautiful women in Kentucky. She
belongs to a distinguished Virginia family,
being a descendant of Fielding Lewis, a
near relative of George Washington. Her
maiden name was Della Claiborne. She
was for several years a belle at White Sui
phur Springs, where she met General Buck
ner. They were married in ichmond in
1885. Mrs. Buckner is a tall and graceful
brunette, with black hair and eyes, a
straight nose and a handsome mouth. Her
figure is neither slender nor stout. Her
y, N n re charming and she iC aS f1-
nous a conversationalist as a hostess.
The English poet, William Morris, who
died on Saturday, was a singer for whom
many lovers of poetry claimed the court
laurels after Swinburne's ineligibility had
become recognized. Indeed, Morris was the
most worthy candidate next to that brill
liant prosodist. The young bard, William
Watson. cannot be ranked above him as
yet. and it would have been only fitting
to nave chosen as T~ennyson's successor the
poet who had supplemented the 'Idylls of
the King by u Defense of Guinevere.
But Morris. in recent years, occupied an
anomalous position, striving to be a So
cialist and a printer of editions de luxe at
the same time. Such d combination neces-
sarily placed him in a fantastic light. and
his true title to greatness became slightly
clouded.
Apropos of ex-senator Philetus Sawyer's
eightieth birthday, which was observed on
Tuesday by a great reception at his home
III OSIihOSb, "io NAN INV ~ ONA A'A
tells some interesting anecdotes about him.
He has two daughters whom he trained TO
work in the kitchen as though he did not
own a dollars worth of property in the
world. On a certain Thanksgiving day.
when he considered their education in the
culinary arts about complete. he told them
that he expected particular friends to din
ner and wanted them to eXpend all their
skill in preparing the best and daintiest
dishes for his guests. The dinner was pre-
pared and passed along to the dessert to
the satisfaction of all concerned. When
the dessert was served each of the daugh-
tiers found under her plate a check for
$25, 900.
Goodbye. Shirt Waist. a sad farewell!
- Regrets and tears are plenty;
You made old girls of thirty odd
Look like young maids of twenty.
Kansas City Journal.
She could have what she asked for. no
doubt.
And yet with a shipper and poubt,
Some pate de foie gras
She ordered, when, all.
What she wanted was frankfurts and
kroubt.
Detroit Tribune