The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-11
BREAKFAST CHAT.

'THE greatest of all faults" Carlyle said, sis
to be conscious of none"
AN Englishman bequeathed his two daughters
their weight in Ell bank notes. One of the girls
received e52,200 and the other e59,344.
REV. Dr.. TALMAG has a brother. also a
preacher, located at Port Jervis. He is a quiet
man, just the opposite to the Brooklyn divine.
THE mother OF little Jesse Litton, of Freder-
icktown, Westmoreland county, found him play
ing with a copperhead snake the otherday. The
child's laughter changed to tears when the
snake was killed.
A FRENCH aphorism says; "Women of the
world never use harsh expressions when con-
demning their rivals. Like the savage, they
hurl elegant arrows, Ornamented with feathers
of purple and azure, but with poisoned points.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" extends very far along
the animal series. Parrots hold their food, by
preference, in the right foot, and, though we
cannot speak positively, wasps, beetles and
spiders seem to use the right anterior foot most
commonly.
Two feeble old women, the last descendant is
of Americus Vespucius, have petitioned the
Italian government for a pension of sixty paoli
about SEA- month, an allowance made by the
Republic of florence in 1890. The last male
member of the family, named Amerie, died seven
years ago.
M. WOLF, of Switzerland, claims to have estab-
ltEhed thu facts that sun-spOts have periods of
ten, eleven and one-eighth, and twelve years.
The interval between the minimum and maxi
mum outbu rsts of sup-spots is four and a half
years. After 40 YEARS the nbenomena ooenrr
in the same order.
A DIsTIScuIsHED New York artist was sneak-
ing of an acouaintance who has won some repn.
tatlon in the world of letters. "It ia strange"
he observed tn n comnanion. Chow smart that
fellow is. wbv. 7 have known his father for for
tv years. and he Ia as stupid AZ thew mako
them - "wel - mnsed the other HIt,s nor an
vary oad altar oil. ,bara,s vour n now. be ia
thr,cb,n
sur was in the d,nly-liohtad recartion room
of n civ dry Ooods store. and walking nm tn n
tall mirror nIaced AGAINST the ssu remarrad.
ssWby. how came Won here4, then. observine
some snrprise. NOT TO sav amusement. on the
faces of the other oeeupants of the room. sbe
saw her mistake and explained in prea, CON-
fusiop: 81 thoueht il was nv sister. we're
twins"
ONCE upon a time when a great flood swept
down the Missouri a settler released mia hoes
from their nen and drove tbem to higher eround.
When he returned to rescue his wife and chit
dren he found that thew had been swept away
nv the flood. After gazing upon the scene a
moment he remarked to a nejghbor: "Well. an
all-vise Providence has left me prime lot o.
pork. anyhow"
CHARIEs Dudley WARMER remarks that
August. Notwithstanding its robust name. is a
sort OF fabby, watering-place month. sit is fly
time, it is dog-days time, it is Irritation time. IL
ia a period of general lstlessness and INDIGESTION.
1t is said to be very difficult in August to make
nm tbe mind either TO accent him or reject him.
Ana, worse still, 1t is apt to be the latter part of
the month before he makes ND bis mind to pro-
pose, Indeed, to speak of making up the mind
at all in August is nearly absurd, for there ia no
mind TO make ND"
THE simplest postof6ce in the world ia in
Magellan straits. and has been established there
for MANY years. 1t consists of a small cask.
which is chained to the rocks OF the extreme
cane in the straits. opposite Terra del Fueoo.
Each passjpe shin sends a boat to omen the cask
and take letters out and place Others in IL. The
postofice is self acting, therefore; it is under
the protection of all the nayies of all nations.
and nm TO the present time there is not A single
case to rerort in which any abuse of the pr1yi-
leees it affords has taken place.
PARIS boasts of at least two genuine original
handles. One is NJ. Barley d'Aurevillv and the
other is the Comte de M, who has carried the
art of dress so far chat whenever he designs to
make a visit he cOmposes for the occasion a
special toilet, which, from thu socks to the but
t~on-hole, shall be in harmony with the tempera-
ment of the person whom he visits. 1t is the
Comte de NJ. who has a cupboard full of socks of
all shades, arranged by tones and half tones, a
complete gamut of color, a clavier de chausetts
SO perfect that Massanet will undertake any day