The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-29
ABOUT PEOPLE.

E1A1ES gives 1O,OUO IOWdru
paying for the new Methodist Episcopal Church
at Fremont, Ohio.
EX-GOVERNOR LELAND STANFoRD's income is
about $3,0O0O00 year. That, We believe, was
the income of A. T. Stewart
| KATE FIELD has become an enthusiastic con-
vert to the hOt-water cure for dyspepsia, and
has adopted this simple drink at every meal, to
the utter exclusion of tea or coffee.
THE last word Uncle Remus has to say about
Brer RABBIT has wide application: "Bess yo'
soul, honey! Brer Rabbit mout 'er bin kinder
fibble in de legs, but lie want no ways cripple
| und' de hat"
| CARLYLE, Disraeli and Emerson are not in the
Encyclopedias Britannica ION account of its rule
not to give biographies of living people,, and
they were all alive when their place in the al
phabet was passed
APmLADELPHIAN writes to the New York
Sum 81 find our young men, and. of course, our
young women. as ignorant of the Ameri can his
tory before the year 1861 as though they were
living in Japan or Fill"
THE CROWN PRINCE and Princess of Germany
will spend part of their English visit at Balmor
al, where the Princess has not been for many
years, and where, twenty-seven years ago, the
Prince proposed for her hand
| JENNIE JUNE is slender and weak-eyed and no
| longer youthful. She has a contract with her
husband, providing that each of them shall fur
nish half the household expenses. But she does
most of the work, just the same.
THERE is still living in Nebraska a man who
was scalped several years ago. and who is now
bald-headed But he OWES his own scalp, and
| sometimes takes it out on Sunday afternoon
and looks at it with tender recOleetions:
Ex-CoMMIssIoNER OF AGRICULTURE LEDUc
thinks dom esticated ostrches will soon be pref
cradle to mules for street-ear service, and when
| WORD out will be valuable tor beef, This beats
! LeDuc's tea, which tasted like NORWOOD and
acted like arsenic.
ONCE when a band Of Indians wrecked a
! Union Pacific train each buck tied a piece of
calico or flannel to his horses tail, and riding
| f1ercely away, unrOlled the goods jumper I'M
rolls fire hose, and the ground was in a sort of
terrestrial fourth of July for miles round.
NOTWITHSTANDING the ravages of cholera in
Egypt, the Hon. George s. Batchellor the
American member of the International Tribune,
has remained at the post of duty in Cairo He
has presided over all sttings of the court and
ceived the public daily at his office.
AMERICANS are not the only iconoclasts. H.
H, hunting for relics Of Burns's life in the re-
gion of Masgiel, and noting their disappearance,
said 1t was pity that the house had been taken
down. "Deed, then. it such thing"
spoke up an elderly man. SIT was ma moor
than a wreck, an Pm the mon who did it,"
SHAKESPEARE uses more different words than
| any other writer in the English language. There
| are about Is 90 0 different words in his plays
| and sonnets, while no other writer uses as many
| as 10000, few writers 5000 words, but
the great majority do not employ more than
J 5000 In conversation only from 5000 to 5000
| different words used.
AN Austrian scientist has succeeded in light
| q hndV ba
pose of facilitating the performance of surgical
| operations. 1t is expected that patent medicine
| manufactures will now furnish an electric light
| with each bottle Of medicine, so that the
purchaser can illuminate his inside see that
the only genuine liver rejuvenator is not tam
perIng with his lungs or his never-dying soul.
| THE Rev DR.. Atticus G. Haygood, of Georgia,
| was born and raised, says the Athens (Ga)
! Banner, in Oconee county His father began
business life clerk in Watkinsville a
salary of $40 year. He "close" but
strictly honest man, and always gave certain
percentage of his income to the church. During
the first year OF his membership his contribu-
lions only amounted to fifty cents, but they soon
came to be more than his entire salary had
| been.
| MISS CoLENso writes to friend in England
that Cetewayo has written her letter on the
death of her father, the late bishop of Natal.
| "Cetewayo had got my message sent the day
after the funeral" she says, "and says that he
will try-as bid him-not to despair But to
him it is again as when Mpande (his father)
died-his one great trust is gone He urges that
he surely has the first right to set up the tomb
stone, since Sobantu has done much for him,
and begs her to let no one be beforehand with
| him in this"
JOSEPH Cook is said TO rival Conkling in the
u,
He walked into the amphitheater at Chautau-
qua the other day in the most theatrical man.
ner, while the orchestra were playing. The
orthodox audience were ill-mannered enough to
interrupt the music by applause. In his lecture,
the Rev. Joe gave long sohloquy, purporting
to be uttered by Jesus Christ, and the strange
! audience again applauded. He has the same
initials as our Savior. The egotism of a man
who can claim to give the opinions of Christ
upon current event is simply paralyzng
Miss MILDLY MORGAN, the livestock reporter
of the New York Times, happened to be left in
charge of n cottage in a New Jersey village,
where she visiting, few days ago. To her
appeared two villainous looking II amps. "Wen
have you anything for us, old woman9" asked
one of the fellows. "Oh, yes," was the answer
'.just wait and I'll bring it down." Miss Morgan
went quickly up stairs, and In half a minute re-
turned with seven-shooter firmly grasped in
her right hand. This is what have for you,"
said she. GLOW do you like itq" The tramps
did not wait to answer the question, but got out
as fast as their legs would carry them.
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