The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-15

theoretical American possesses. has not in
vestigated the origin OF his family and is
unable TO say whether he belongs to the
noble house of Hay"
Mrs. Booker T. Washington the wife of
the negro educator, not only teaches in the
institute at Tuskegee, but helps many of
the poorer class to put into daily practice
the principles taught there.
A German paper records the arrest, near
Passau, of a vagabond whose work book
contained ffty-seven samples of four-leaved
clover, which he had spent his time in col
lecting for luck, instead OF trying to get
a job.
Walter Kittredge, author of ''Tenting on
the Old Camp Ground is living at Reeds
Ferry, N. H. He was a popular singer long
before the war, and wrote, many Of !. his
equal to "Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground which Mr. Kittredge wrote and
composed on the night after he was
drafted into the army.
A Massachusetts man recently tried to
get divorce from his wife because she
called him "a fool" IAN idiot" and "a
brute" and told him he "handn't sense
enough to know when he was insulted.
The court held, however, that, though the
husband was affected injuriously in his
health to some extent, the vile was moved
in part by what seemed TO her good mo-
tives and by desire for his success IN
life"
delivered before the Congress of Astron-
omy and Astrophysics some time ago. in
dcated his belief that the telescope of the
future will be much more powerful than
the present instrument. He said; Inc
horizon of science has been greatly broad
ened within the last few years, but out on
the borderland l see the glmmer OF new
lights, which wait for their Interpretation,
and the great telescopes of the future must
be their interpreters.
Florence Nightingale, who has just cele-
brated her seventy-seventh birthday is i'll
and not expected to recover. She has long
been an invalid, and will leave at her death
a magnificent memorial of her achieve
ments as a pioneer in the work OF nursing
the sick and wounded on an ORGANIZED pan
in the shape of a nurses nome, 10 Whlch
she devoted the 100000 subscribed by the
English people as 81 national tesumon1al OF
gratitude at the close OF the SrlIhean wal H.
the horrors of which she did so much 10
alleviate.
Nanssen is said to have given great Of
Tense to the Young Norway party, to
which he was supposed to be devoted, by
going to Stockholm to lecture before the
prince and the Swedish ministers, and as
surfing them that he bore CORDIAL greetings
from the people of Norway. NOt content
with that, he actually called for the SWed-
ish national hymn after dinner. me re-
suit this PoTS Of a adyce TO
"Go back to the north pole, tor there Is
. nothing more for you to do in Norway.
The powerful chemical effects of the sun
are felt even by precious stones. The ruby,
sapphire and emerald suffer less than other
colored stones in this respect but 1t has
been shown by experiment that ruby
lying in a shop window for two years, be-
came much lighter in tint than it's mate
kept in a dark place during that Perlod'
GarnetS and tOpaZeS are more easily al
fected. Pearls are said to show deteriora-
ton with age but il they are = not Worn dnr
fu1Iv during brief vacations spent in quiet
and darkness. The only species of unluck
which the practical person e pens s , the
opal will bring to it's owner is that or loss
if the stone is exposed carelessly TO heat.
1t is liable to crack, being composed prln-
cipally of silicic acid, with small pro-
portion of water.