The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-24

cups. celandie wood anemone daffodils.
1arcissus, lily snOwdrop, jonquil, wild hya-
cinth, monks hood, fOxgloVe, nightshadt,
brtony, mezerOn and henbane.
The Cleveland detective who was sent to
England to investigate the claims of Mrs.
]. H. Blackman of that city, to the estate
of Barney Barnato. has returned. and re-
ported that Mrs. Blackman's claims are I'M
rounded. The kaffir king was in no way
related to Mrs. Blackman.
Prof William Thierry Preyer, who died
in Wiesbaden recently, was one of the best
known Psychologists in Germany. He was
a native of England but became a ''privat
decent in 1860 at Bonn. One of his most
widely-read books is The Soul of the
Child lie was one of the most ardent adVo-
Gates of Darwinism in Germany.
Miss Susan B. Anthony. when asked re
Gently to tell of her love affairs, said: Il
never had any worth telling, for there was
not a bit of romance about any of my af-
fairs. ] always said, like the old maid that
the man l wanted would not have me ana
those that wanted me were so bad that the
devil himself would not have them.
A man in South Africa left his property to
be equally divided between two sons. Not
being able to agree they decided to let
President Kruger arbitrate. He said to the
elder: You are the eldest, are you not?'
Yes, was the answer: so you shall di-
vide the property" This pleased the elder
immensely You are the younger" con-
tinued Kruger to the other, so you shall
have first choice!
Senator Hale describes himself as fol-
lows: Here l am we'll dressed, and my
tailor never has to wait for his pay. l live
well. 1 have never done anything very
mean. l am rich. / enjoy my riches
am gentleman in walk and in talk. Some
times 1 am ennui and can't conceal it. If
the Persians be right, that every man is
as God makes him. then [ am that man,
and II every man be as he fashions himself,
then | am that man, too, and the Senate
is full of bigger fools than l am"
Although Senator Perkins, of California,
rides wheel. he is not yet an expert. The
other evening he wheeling through
the agricultural grounds when he met a
man and two women whom he knew. Quite
properly, the senator raised ore hand from
his wheel to lift his hat and the next min
ute he had tumbled into bed of flowers.
You did that very gracefully. senator"
was the comment of the trio of bicyclers.
Il always dlSmount in the presence of la
dies, instantly replied the senator, with
the instructive galantry of Chesterfield.
Society item from the Leavenworth Her.
aid (colOred) Topeka colored papers have
funny idea of what constitutes society;
they imagine that when a girl runs around
from one town to another visiting, and
eating up things, and flirting she is in So
clety She really ought to be in the society
of her mother. helping in the household
duties. There are at present a great many
girls visiting and loating in Topeka who
ought to be nome helping their parents earn
money TO buy ton of coal for the coming
winter. Considering their income, the So
ciety business is greatly overdOne by COL
Ored people.
All Paris is in a state of alarm owing
to the official announcement that fifty rab-
bits inoculated with virus of cholera,
typhus, anthrax, Group and lockjaw have
been stolen from the municipal chemical
laboratory. In spite of all the efforts on
the part of the police to get on the track
of the missing rabbits and of the thieves
who stole them, no Chew has yet been
found. and an uncomfortable impression ex-
lists to the effect that in spite of the strict
supervision to which the markets of the
metropolis We're subjected on the theft be-
coming known, the Virus-infected Dummies
have already been converted into that
popular dish, "gtbelottes de lupln, and
eaten with gustO by unsuspecting citizens.