The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-03
BREAKFAST CHAT.


1T is said in Washington that John Sherman
made 100000 last year in Washington real
estate.
PICTURES of Mary Anderson taken in London
represent the young actress in profile, with an
excessively diaphanous rament over her bust.
IT should not be forgotten just now that Oscar
Wilde remarked of Henry Irving's legs that
one was ga symphony and the other beauti-
full poem"
IT was Ensign George G. Foulk, of the navy,
who taught the Corean embassy how to play
poker. He is the only man in the United States
who speaks their language, and will be sent
home with them as a sort of general guardian of
the party.
PERHAPS Mr.. George Could who is said to be
counting Miss Aston will, in case of blue blood
obstacles, remind the family that this is the
tennial of John Jacobs arrival in this country
with $25 in his pocket and some old flutes in his
csrpeu-bag
JULES VERNE is fond of yachting, but does not
know how TO fish. At fifty years of age he Is
feshier than he was, and his hair and beard are
almost white. In blue pea.jacket and leather
sou'wester he has all the appearance of o
genuine sailor
THE Turkish post officials at Constantinople
said to be perfect models of poiteness.
They answer all questions most fully, addressing
the inquirer as 'My lamb" and 'iMy SOUL" and
solemnly assuring him that the letter intrusted
to them shall be safely delivered.
SENATOR JOSEPH E. BROWN of Georgia, who
is eccentric, received letter asking Tor his as
sistanee in the building of Baptist church.
He replied that he could not leave The Senate
long enough to be of much service, and that he
not good stonemason, anyway.
THE poet Whittier has an mistaken faith in
the future of Quakerism In a recent letter to
friend he says; ''That central doctrine of ours,
the divine inwardness and universal light will
yet be found the stronghold of Christendom, the
sure, safe place from superstition on the one
hand and scientific doubt on the other"
WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT, the millionaire, is
remembered by an od-tmer who lived years
ago the "Raritan House, G. Vanderbilt,
Proprietor" as a chubby-faeed little boy who
used to deliver to customers the shad his father
bought IN the "city." Young William never car
ried basket, but always strung his fish on a
willow or hickory "withe."
Mr.. BENJAMIN, the American lawyer, to whose
popularity In England among people in his own
profession there have been few parallels, in
writing from Paris to friend here, announces
great Improvement in his health. He says he
hopes to be able to visit America at some early
time The proposed portrait of HIM by NJ. DIillais
has been fully subscribed for.
THE Cologne Gazette tells how it came to pass
that King Alfonso became honorary colonel of
the Uhlans stationed at Strasburg. There were
TWO regiments of Uhans available, and the
uniforms of both were submitted to the King,
who preferred the one with yellow cuffs to that
with white cuffs. and the one he preferred hap
pened to be quartered at Strasburg.
PRINCE EDWARD, the son of the Prince of
College, Cambridge. 1t is stated that he ia not
to attend the ordinary lectures, and special tut
ton will be provided for him, but he is to keep
chapels and halls. In the chapel the masters
pew, on the right of the masters stall, has been
given up for the use of the Prince and his snite,
In hall he will dine at the high table, sitting ON
the right of the president. and he is to wear
silk gown instead of the ordinary blue stuff worn
by the Trinity undergraduate.
A DISTINGUISHED physician of this city, whose
habit is to smoke five or six cigars every even
ing, but none at all during the day, has long
pursued the plan or not smoking during the
month of October. His idea is. he says, to allow
his system to recuperate thirty days annually.
The effect of tobacco, in his case, is slight
aceeeration of the movement of the heart.
This aeceleration becomes clearly defined by the
end of every September, but ceases entirely at
the beginning of November, after his period of
abstinence, leaving him in good condition for
another years wrestle with the weed.
A GENTLEMAN who penetrated into the unset
tied regions of Florida recently met there Srot-
ted Tail, the chief of the remnant of the Semi
noles, who still inhabit that region, and Leaping
Panther the old chiefs son. The royal pair
were dressed in all the pomp OF the traditional
Indian, with leggings and moccasins of buck-
skin, adorned with great protuson of glass
beads and strings of wampum. They wore coro-
nets of feathers, and had mantles of dressed