The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-04

Tor more imam SIX mOnLn5. W uen dSkeu uOW NO
felt, he said: GAS if my whole body were a foot
in a tight boot, in which 1 had been walking a
whole day"
The number of books announced for fall pub
lication by American publishing houses is 900.
or these, New York publishers announce 473,
Boston publishers 339 and Philadelphia publish
ers I21.
ROBERT BROWNING, the poet, has passed the
season at a newly-disco7ered retreat, under the
brow of Monta Rosa, 5000 feet above the sea
level, and is about to take up his abode in Ven
ice for the winter.
IT was before the mind of Horace Greeley was
at all shattered that he said: 9Th saddest mo-
ment in the history of a young mans life is
when he conceives the idea of getting a dollar
without squarely earning it,"
REV. ]. 8. REAGER, pastor at Tifin, received a
visit from a large company of friends on the
evening of Sept. 81. The occasion was one of
much rich social enjoyment. A fine supper was
served, and Mr.. Reager was surprised with a
gift of $3.50.
Miss BLANCHE GRAY weight SIT pounds, the
New York Bowery queen of fairness, who mar
ried Mr.. David Moses, aged seventeen years, is
said to be gaining five pounds a month, and In
ten years, at that rate, Mr.. Moses may love LILY
pounds of wife.
NELL, buo mObOr HdU, says IL Will D0 lHuliOoSi
BILE for him to have the trial trip of his motor en-
CINE next month, because of a miscalculatiOn
in the "ohromatic scales of the vibrator" Any
stockholder who Is not satisfied with this ought
to be put out on the roof.
IT is not generally known that Prince Bis
marck is a timber merchant in a large way, and
a distiller in a still larger. At Varzin he has
recently had a new distillery built, steam en-
gines put up at an enormous cost, and the re-
suit is that over 10000 liters of Germai eau-de-
vie are turned out monthly.
Mr.. MILES ROCK, assistant astronomer at the
Naval Observatory at Washington, has been ap-
pointed astronomer and engineer commissioner
OF the G~uatemalan government TO locate the
boundary between that country and Mexico.
The boundary line is about Two hundred miles
long, and one or two years will be required to
finish the work. Mr.. Rock has also been COM
missioned by the Smithsonian Institution to col
leet notes on anthropology in the country over
which his SURVEYS to extend.
II is reported that Mr.. VIM. B. Aston has trans
ferred all his estates to his son, Mr.. William
Waldorf Aston, the United States Minister to
Italy, reserving to himself merely an annuity of
100000. The total value of the estate is I'M
known, bur it is probably $70,000,00o, and it
consists mostly of real estate in New York City.
Ii ODieCVS u IHlS sJep IT sdlu 4 20 W PIC
serve the estate in integrity, to prevent litiga-
tion about his will, and to conceal the value of
his possessions.
1T isn't cheek that Barley Campbell is
troubled with. Oh, no. He is addicted to hand
some stationery, and each sheet has a quaint
little device engraved in a corner at the top of the
page. This device represents a couple of min
iature cupids standing upon two closed books
and assailing each other with quill pens. One
of the books is labeled shakespeare" and the
other is labeled ~"Campben." Underneath the
picture upon a scrollappears the line, "a friend
ly tilt for Immortality" Mr.. Campbell may be
in pretty good health now, but there seems to
be danger of his eventually dying of enlarge
ment of the gall.
A SHORT time ago the Queen of Italy, in the
course of a railway journey, stopped at a Ger
tain station and was met By the mayor and mu-
nlcipal big-wigs in all the glory of their robes OF
honor. An elegant luncheon had been provided;
but the royal appetite was uncertain, and the
Queen requested the obsequlous deputation to
get her a glass of wine, which was all that she
required, This was promptly brought, but while
drinking it a drop fell from the glass onto her
travelling dress. She at once sought her pocket
for a handkerchief to remove the stain, but the
worthy Mayor, whose daily avocations behind
the counter had possibly accustomed him to the
purposes for which ladies seek their pockets,
misunderstood the motion Of the Queens hand,
and murmured humbly, but earnestly, "Ah, no,
your Majesty, I assure you it is all paid for!"