The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-10-02
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A press dispatch of eleven words was re
Gently sent from London to New York il
twenty-five seconds. "r'
The first woman editor in Texas is Mrs
Bella French, who has started the American
Sketch Book at Austin. s..s.,-.-..t
The new code of Mississippi, to 90 il
effect November ], gives q married woman
the "right" to be sued even by her husband.
/ 4. An old lady in New Scotland, hearing
somebody say the mails we're irregular, said
at was so in my young days-no trusting
any of 'em." rerl ne' aio71 sii ~
Bishop Herzog has left Switzerland fel
! the United States to promote scheme fol
the federation of all Christian Churches o.
the universe. .sl-' 5.sas 'o sIsh1a,
| When a Mormon marries his wife's sister
he chuckles to think that he has contriveo
| to get only one mOther-in.law to two wives
| Boston Post.
The proper time for a girl. to marry il
after she has counted her cash and found
| that she can support herself in case her bus.
band turns politician. T2slsq Is ssh
I A worklady out for holiday goes into
ecstasy over the roses. ''Oh, how lovely
how beautiful One would almost think
they were artificial"
1t is hard to do anything simply because
it is your duty. Once make your duty q
| pleasure and your whole life becomes quiet
happiness. Y. Herald. On" e
Jennie June says that young men and
young ladies-and the real articles, too-firt
ambominably and very publicly on Broad.
way and Union Square.
A switch of white hair which has turned
yellow may be bleached by cleansing thor
oughly and exposing it moist to the vapor
of burning sulphur in a box. RI 49,
We have just read handkerchief Irritation
code, and advise all men desiring to avoid
breach-of-promise suits to wipe their mouths
with their coat tails.--Boston Post III.
Charcoal, laid flat while cold on burn,
causes the pain to abate Immediately; by
leaving it on for an hour the burn seems al
most healed, when the burn is superficial.
Marion asked a big brother Of his little
sister. Marion, do you know the earth
turns round?" "Of tos does,n answered
Marion; 'that's the reason tumbles out of
bed" ,ftFF tEr ISflfIfifffff.
Teacher Suppose that you have two
sticks of candy, and your big brother gives
you two more; how many have you got
then2" Little boy Shaking his head )-"You
don't know him; he amt that kind of q boy"
"Clothe me in dreams" says Miss Fannie
Driscoll in recent poem. And the Elmira
Free Press man, spreading his fingers open
before his eyes to hide his bushes, shouts:
''Oh, now, see here, dear-that's too thin. y
Some one having prcpounded the query,
az 4 L.
community at larger" suspicious married
woman replies: al
A glass SO framed that when the husbsnd's out,
The wife, at home, can see what he's about.
"Does the conversation and carriage of
your new minister become the Gospel2''
asked learned bishop of q simple minded
farmer "Well,r was the reply "his con-
versation is rather fluid and he don't keen q
carriage"
Rev. T. r. Wade agent of the Presbyte-
rian Church Missionary Society ~ Kashmir,
has completed the translation Of the New
Testament intothe Kashmire language. 81
is now engaged upon praysr1book andjs
grammar.
Evils in the journey of life are like the
hills which alarm travellers upon their road;
they both appear great at distance, but
when we approach them,we find that they
are far less insurmountable than we had
conceived ITO % e
Take the elevator" is inscribed on the
| fence of an Iowa meadow. A curious trav.
eler who climbed the fence discovered in
| about ten seconds that the elevator is Of 9
| dark brindle color, with curl in the mid 1le
| of his forehead. go 4e- a7tssiJ sds I
Madame Theirs is said to have no love tt
| speak J of for the present Government o.
France. She did not illuminate her hote
on the 14th of July, on the occasion Of The
national fete, and is, consequently, in the
bad books of those in power. revsi efw 81
The following letter was received by ar
undertaken recently from. an afflicted wild
over: ,"Sur-my waif Is ded and wonts X
be berried to- morrow at Woner clockssJU
nose wair to dig the Hole-by the siad of my
two other wiafs--let 1t be deep uf5E
Some grim people have said that there il
no record to the effect that Jesus Christ eve
smiled. A little girl who heard some on,
say this. repliedy didn't He say Suffer lit
tie children to come unto Mef' And theN
would not have come unless Hehad smiled
The argument of holy life ought TO b
Notwithstanding and Strengthening
every day. Whatever it may prove at tn
first, it ought to prove infinitely NOR
after years of work, trial, temptation ana
battling with the storms.---U nitedt Presby
terrain. AZ ka&4k = GAES a.
An eleven-year-od boy, Jacques Inand
by name, is astonishing the French with hi
marvellous facultyof reckoning. He CA
neither read nor write. IFS calculatinI
power appears to rival that of Jedediah Bux
ton, Henri Mendeux, Oolbnrn and others o
| that class. nef
The young men in certain County in thi
State tell their sweethearts that the wood
are full of bears, and stay till morning. D
course, the girls know that the young ma
are running their health by keeping such Lat
hours, but still they pbjeetto having athos
bears killed. - :. |. =. =
The. Syracuse papers are making asgoo
deal of fuss over the fact that upon ds1snin
watermelon the other day d feadenSUf Oh
city discovered another watermelon insid
of it. The same discovery could have bee
made by opening almost any small boy
Detroit Free Press.
"Oh, Mr.. Lingerie, you've got on YOU
freckled stockingsp exclaimed a sweet chill
on the Ocean House piazsa, where that ger
tleman was the center of an admiring Zen
mime group: "and cousin Julia says ths
they just match your complexionl"-
day Evening Gazette.
peter, what are you, doing t5thss Gboyi
asked sohoolpsststs '"Hs YiAtad to lkkppse '