The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-02-14
GENERAL NOTES.

IT Is proposed to erect at Annapolis the
monument to the memory of Baron De kalo
that was authorized by Congress In l7sD.
WILLIAM W. Aston VINO has a rent roll OF
% 200 houses In New York City ,and an income
of $780, OF year, is the smallest man In the
New York Senate. He shows q studious deVo-
ton to business.
THE first iron works 10 America were erect
ed In 1879 at place called slIing creek
branch of the James river. OF far from James
town. the first settlement OF the Virginia col
ony 81 miles from the sea.
MRS. T. ADoLPHCs TRoLLoPE, the clever nov
elist, il quoted by Miss Brewster az exc aim
Ing: Have you any ug'y women in the Unit
ed States9 For surely only beautiful ones
come to Europe from your country.
W. PRICE, young boy living In Orange,
while playiug with some comrades, was
kicked In the mouth Dy one OF them. A tooth
was knocked out and down his throat, from
which he choked 10 death in a few minutes
A LITTLE boy in Troy, fatally i'll with scarlet
fever, was told the doctors opinion that he
must die, and replied: well, this world does
not amount to much anyway. am going up,
and up where am going can look down and
see bis world not bigger than a pins head"
Mr.. RALPH WALDO EMERSON gave, this
well K, his hundreth lecture before the Concord
Lyceum. The Springfield Repub lean says
that Mr.. Emersons health Is frm. his spirit
cheerful and serene. He secs few visitors,
writes little. reads much and revises those OF
his papers never set printed.
A STAGE load of passengers were startled
when a desperate brsndished knife and
swore he would kill the driver; and they
laughed when the driver savagely drew an
old, black pipe, and the scar, desperate
plunged into pond to escape the bullet.
EpIsoN's grandfather lived to the age of lob
years, and his great grandmother refused to
mount The golden stair until she had Ieat he'd
the renal aole age OF l07 years. With such
signs of longevity In the family, iison can
afford to keep foolIng Us about that light.
1t nay be over 100 years before he lights out
hlmse.f.
THE experiment OF connecting the Dart.
mouth College church by telephones with
residences In the village and at Norwich, has
proved very successful. The services of the
church are heard with great distinctness. How
would IL do 10 establ sh a similar connection
between the students dormitory rooms and
the presidents study and bedroom:
The fact that a steam-engine Is being erect
ed In a four mill In Jerusalem Is q startling
announcement, but IL Is an evidence of the
progress OF civilization. The nndels" who
have thus introduced modern inventions to
the "holy" city are a nrm of Wurte mburg col
onists, who, with the characteristic en- Ter
prise of the Teutonic race, are doing all the
Oriental powers will let them to make the
historic aud Cd world cities march with the
times.
SENATOR BLAINE is quoted by the Telegraph
at Philadelphia as saying the other day that
he looked back upon II years OF consecutive
service In the two Houses of Congress, and
during that time there had occuri cd in THESE
b dies some of the m ost exciting and mo-
mentous discussions that had characterized
Congress since the foundation of the Govern
ment, and In all the leading events he had
more or less taken his part.
The Peoria Democrat says: There seems to
| be a general fee ing among congressman of al
| views on the subject that there should be no
more fnanci i legislation at this sessir n, and
the feeling is shared by the people at large.
| The failure of We AYERS 10000 Ot0 bill In the
House on Monday last, 1t is believed, put an
end to all further attempts In that direction.
| There Is growing disposition TO drop fnan.
| citi discussions for the present as useless and
improbable under existing circumstances.
ONE of q ships crew lately In Africa, having
| become intoxicated, lay down to sleep, " lille
his companions were making examinations
! In the eighborhood. The latter, nearing an
outcry where they had left the inebriate, has
! tened thither, and found that he had been at
| tackled by myriads of large white ants, that
were devouring him alive. Selling HIM by
the arms and legs they dashed him Into q
stream near by, and then waded into II them
selves. The ants were got rid of, but the I'M.
/ fortunate man died.
| The Atlanta Constitution denies that the
| Democrats of the South are hostile to Tildep /,
| and decla: es that, while Individuals may have
their Personal preferences, they are for and
| Wal support the nominee of the National con-
vention, whoever he may be, without a why
or wherefore. 1t says that "our people per-
ceive that the main difficulty Les In elt citing
the Democratic candidate and installing him
| In the White House, rather than IN any
choice between aspirants, particu arly when
| there seems TO be an abundance Of good ma
! Il rial"
Nor every one can identify himself al clear
| ly as q Dutchman OF whom we have read re-
Gently. Having seen In the mornir papers
an account OF an accident In which he had
himself been killt d, and after which he had
been carried to the moTgue, he had a long ar
gument In his own mind and set ms 10 have
| NOR than half convince himself that some.
thing dreadful had happened In spite of his
apparent health and good spirits. He FASTENED
to the Mo'sue and there, sure enough, was q
dead body. Even then he q little uncer-
tain whether he or snol her man had bee
killed. and Immediately began Q close exami-
nation. The clothes of the de ad man were
very like his own, and so was the complexion
and the general cast of counfenance. The poor
Dutcnman was in perfect despair and began
to feel that he had, after ALL been really killed
At lat ne OPEN, the eyes of the dead man
and found them to be blue. With great sigh
Of relief he said: mo. dot can't be me; mine
eyes Is black, but. mein Gott, what a close
shave 1 have had
THE London Truth says that there well
authenticated story of a baroaet who, awak-
ing In the morning afer having retr rned late
overnight from a convivial party, found him.
self 81 IL d with paralysis, almost deprived of
speech and unable to move one side of his
body; being either light-headed or from q
desperate impulse he had bottle OF prime
port brought TO bis bedside and having finish
ed 1t turned his face TO the wall and slept
Wonderful to relate he awoke quite we'll, his
mind Gear, his speech restored and his gen.
eral health as good as ever. He lived for
many years aud daily consumed q couple of
bottles o. his specific. l have heard Sir Her.
cules Lanareish named as the hero of the
above story. This was the topper who, on be-
ing disturbed enc evening In his arm chair q
couple OF hours Ter dinner, was asked:
"Have you finished those three bottles of port