The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-20


misunderstand why it came to be given.
IN the matter of artistic and ornate lying there
has been an unending struggle between the
Orient and the Oecident, with enthusiastic
hackers of each, Here is one from New York:
"a man in gaping dislocated his jaw, A sur
geon restored the bones to the proper position
and made his charge, which the man thought
too high, and refused to pay. The surgeon
changed the con Versation and soon told his best
story. The patient laughed heartily that
the bone became again displaced, and the sur
geon reset 1t after receiving payment IN ad-
vance"
| The fellow who can paint disappointed cred
itor telling funny story to a recalcitrant
debtor deserves recognition, and in time will
probably come 10 DO a rival of Eli Perkins The
| West, nothing dsmayed trOts out the following,
and asks judgment on the same:
"last September, several young ladies and
gentlemen from Bodie Cal, visited Lundy Oh
/ one of the ladies' dropped small earring over
| beard. On Monday last, John Murphy, a Mill
| Creek miner, caught three pound trout in
Lake Lundi while fishing through "A hole in the
ice The lost earring was found imbedded in
| one OF It's giils."
| What is remarkable about the latter cameo
dote" is that the narrator did not place the jewel
in the ear of the fish
"THE truth is-if upon such a subject the truth
! may be spoken-the expletive which begins
with the fourth letter of the alphabet is a com
! peDdious form of expression, for which no exact
| equivalent can be found. 1t comprises COM
! pete group OF emotions and sensations within
the limits OF single sy liable. 1t Is very wrong,
| but very convenient, Ii is an idiotie expadienJ
| FOR the relief OF the overweight mind; but
| for all that 1t administers relief in sensible
| degree"
The above paragraph is not clipped from the
| Rocky Mountain Clarion, nor from the Arkansas
Scalp-lifter. Horrible as it is, 1t is from no
other paper than the London World. Probably
| II the World could hear little calisthenics in
the way of ornate sw earring as executed by a
Western cowboy, it would not be 50 anxious to
| apologize for the habit
! AN Iowa Judge has been called on to decide, II
not theological point, at least a case in which
the scriptures figure largely freight train
wrecked within his jurisdiction last summer
| contained of Bibles, which neighboring
| rural residents at once appropriated and dis
trtbuted. 1t does not appear that any
other merchandise was disturbed. A
| few weeks later every possessor of
a Bible was arrested, but only one confessed to
! having committed crime, and he was sentenced
| to sixty days Imprisonment. The rest, prob
ably on the plea that they thought the gospel
was free, were discharged That Iowa neighbour
| hood is good field for missionaries to visit.
WHEN handsome Providence woman fell
upon the Icy sidewalk the other day, five
gentlemen calamity rushed to the rescue, and
| helped her into a neighboring store. She said
she feared her leg broken and then each Of
| tho anxious attendants wanted the others to
run for the doctor while he remained to cheer
the sufferer. The lady said she would prefer
carpenter rather than physician, as the injured
! limb was a wooden one. and ten seconds later
five estimabe citizens, who suddenly remem
seen silently vending their way TO their several
| places of business.
"THE Japanese language has no good eguiva-
lent for hell, and the trauslators of the New Tes
lament are perplexed. One OF them discusses
the difficulty in an article: SIS JigOku hellP
JigOku consists of ID eight immense hot bells
| ranging one beneath the other in tiers. Each of
| these hells has sixteen additional hells outside
| its gates, and like so many anIechambers, so
that there are in all 1876 hot hells. (2) There
eight large cold hells, and (3) there the same
number of bells of utter darkness The trans
ator concludes that Jigoku will stand for hell"
Chicago Herald.
Let's see. Jigoku is derived from "Jigago,"
equivalent in English TO ''Chioago" Yes, Jigoku
will stand the test very well.
Now comes a Washington correspondent who
whispers: at is announced in a sub rosa sort OF
! way that Miss Alice S. Blaine, daughter of James
G. Blaine, is to be married to Colonel John ].
Coppinger U. 8. A., next month" As the public
| has been familiar for some months with the par
ticulars of the engagement, aud knows all about
the brIdegrooms pedigree, his age, and his favor
| lite brand of hair-dye, well as what the bride
is to at the wedding, 1t is to be inferred that
"su0 rosa" is Washington Latin for "full-page
I'd"
BUSINESS is business in Rhode Island. The
natives of the little State are nothing II not
| ri rift On daU Of rhat
Commonwealth, while on his way home from the
| funeral of his wife, was arrested on a writ for a
debt due for medical attendance. Not having
| the money, he was locked up. Another Rhode
! Islander has been sued for tomb rent for his
dead wife.
| at is said to he the purpose OF Mr.. Tilden 10
| leave his splendid Gramercy Park mansion to
the city of New York, with all Its books and
works Of art."-Ex.
| This is a generous thought but New York
must not feel certain of the prlze. In after
years, when Mr.. Tilden sees young aud grow
! ing family around his hearthstone, he may
change his mind.
IT would be interesting just at this time, with
the thermometer at Battle City, NJ. T., 400
below zero, TO hear from the scientific gentle
man vino made the discovery that the equator
had Slipped" up to about midway the United
States. Probably 1t "slips' back again in the
winter
BILLY THE KID" has just been killed in Ore
gon. short time ago he came to his death in
New England, and about the same time in Col
orado, and some time before that in New Mexico
II this sort of thing keeps on, the whole flock
| will soon be killed off.
| ELDERLY and conservative Phadelphiaus are
ngitated over proposition TO dignity the ancient
thorOughfare in that city known as Cats Elbow"
| by giving it more euphOniOus name. The