The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-10

diva,s guests in taking her husband. thus
gaudily attired, for one of the many liveried
footmen of the castle
NJ. Berlier. the well-known engineer, has
laid before the governments of Spain and
Morocco a project for the construction of a
tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar The
execution of this plan would have immense
economic consequences, so that Its fate Will
be followed with interest. NJ. Berlier is the
inventor of a new method of subterranean
boring.
THE monkeys in the vicinity of Hardwar
India says Science. are said TO be seri-
ously affected with the bubonic plague,
which they are supposed to have contracted
through visits to infected rooms in the town
OF Hardwar. The proposed DETERMINATION
OF the monkeys with a view of putting an
end TO the disease so far as they are con-
cerned, might clash seriously with the re-
Igious views of the Hindus.
Nine. Patti, who is in Paris, writes to
friend in London that she is in good health.
but greatly depressed by the recent loss of
her husband. She has Cancelled her en-
engagement at Monte Carlo. and intends
avoiding the Riviera this year, she does
not feel equal at present to going into So
ciety. She will, in all probability. return
to Wales very shortly, and remain there
quietly until late in the spring, when she
viii resume her professional engagements.
Don Jaime-with an accent on the ''e"
lis the heir to the Carlist claims to the
throne of Spain, and when he was a school
boy at Beaumont College, near Windsor,
England. schoolmate was seen kicking
what Don Jaime had done to merit such
treatment the lad answered: Nothing, sir,
but you see he may come to be King of
Spain some day and / should like to be
able to say that once kicked the King of
SPAIN"
Through the efforts of the Glasgow
Mauchline Society cottage homes have been
erected in Mauchline in memory of Burns.
1t was the home of his wife, Jean Armour,
and is the scene of many of his poems. A
tower and museum are in course of erec-
ton, and it is the desire of the promoters
to raise $4,000, so that an endowment fund
may be formed to enable the inmates of
the homes, which are open to poor and re-
spectacle people of any country, to receive
a small weekly allowance.
Paris is 10 have new hippodrome on the
Boulevard Clichy. The cornerstone was
laid on Jan. TO- and it will be completed by
November. The building will have an area
for performances of IS by 6S meters. The
seating capacity will accommodate 5000
persons, while including the standing ROOM
the building will hold 10000 persons. The
building will have frame of steel. and will
be constructed of stone and brick. Much
attention is to be bestowed upon sanitary
81 etHSelle anu IL IL stated 10 pe the IN
tention of the medical officers to insist on
the introduction of an antiseptic and fire.
proof substance for the Innings and seating
accommodation, which will give the hippo
drome special advantages over any other
place of the kind in Paris. The total cost
is to be between 100000 and 100000 francs.
A song of other days, I'm told,
Ran: viii you love me when I'm old?'
Another, as I've heard folks say,
Was: "Will you love me when I'm gray?''
But | nurse struggling locks.
My SYSTEMS thrilled with rendng shocks;
Wherefore, my song, dear love, is calleda
wilt love me, sweetheart, when I'm bald?'
Philadelphia North American.