The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-27

| without ever going to law.
THE president OF the Adams Express Company
seems to have a pointed way of answering
questions. When asked in the Jersey Central
suit if he swore "like gentleman" to whatever
papers his lawyer prepared, he replied promptly:
Eyes, would not Keep dog and bark myself"
His legal questioner got none the best of that
exchange
William Penn celebrated his 239th birthday
on Thursday by house-warming. AT all events
there was celebration of the day in Penn's old
house, which has been moved into Paramount
Park, Philadelphia. and any one who says the
shade OF the old Quaker not there to see
what was going on does not know what he is
talking about,
George @. Cannon, that eminent Mormon
apostle, told New York reporter the other day
that he was "out Of politics and out of rel gon."
No one will doubt the truth of the latter half Of
his assertion, but the absence Of religion will
not prevent George Q from running just as hard
AFTER the presidency OF the Mormon Church
whenever there is a vacancy.
! WASHINGTON Librarian Spofford recommends
students to 'read for ideas, not for words" He
adds rather cruelty, "Mosr writers of books
have been at the pains to make the envelope of
their thoughts more bulky than the thoughts
themselves" and "YOu will find more ideas in q
| single short essay OF Lord Bacon than in many
acres of average literature"
Ex-Governor TILDENs forty thousand-doliar
dining room, in carved satin-wOod and blue tiles,
is at length entirely completed by the arrival of
massive brass chandelier, designed by ME-
Calvert Vaux In harmony with the general spirit
of the decorations. The Governor is expected to
entertain his friends in this magnificent bali
quoting chamber early next winter
| CANON CROMWELL was among the visitors at
the exhibition of ralins n al are
ly held in London, and related there to a friend
that when he was at Oxford his examiner was
DR.. tafterward Bishop Hampden "What is
your full names' asked Hampden. "John Ga
briel Cromwell" was the reply; to which the ex
aminer quickly added: Saint angel, regicide!"
THE newest acquisition of the Tussaud temple
of fame is a figure of Marwood, the executioner.
lately dead in England. Marwood gave the final
sitting for it during his last visit London. Tine
| successor OF MarwOod is one Bartholomew
Binns. about whom not much appears to be
known. When asked why he applied for the
post he answered that he liked popularity. He
could not understand how he secured it, as he
was one of the last who applied and had nothing
in particular to recommend him.
| AT Spasskoe, the favorte residence of TOurge-
nef " hen he visited Russia, the novelist main
| tanned home for old women, an infant school,
and free dlspensary for the peasants of the
| neighboring villages. TOurgeneff, besides main
tanning these institutions, paid for the instruc-
| tion of peasant boy of Spasskoe at the Moscow
| Agricultural School, and distributed annually
about $50 in small pensions to the poor OF the
village. The estate of Spasskoo comprises sew
eral buildings of stone and wood. Near the
chief building there is II small cottage in which
| T0urgenef nved when he wrote "Tue Tales of a
| Sportsman"
A X had Q6 mi n
the presence. of the Sultan, and gives his i'm
pressions thus:
Ellis Majesty struck me as being a perfect
gentleman. His manner was exceedingly cOur-
Je0us and friendly, tin@td, however, with little
nervous anxiety-not shyness or timiiity, hut
Jnst that amount OF hesitation betrayed the
Sultans fears that he might be asserting him
self TOO much. when his desire to place him
self on conversational level with his guests.
He seemed man of great intelligence OF
thought. His intellect, ] should say. rather
of metaphy steal order, and his mind was given
to searching out and studying detailf rather
than considering suhjecls generally. His Males
ty, as we presented our adie1s desired me to
write to him when in New York"
HASLAN is said to have accumulated a COM
Portable fortune by his oars. He lives well, but
is no spendthrift, and never drinks "a drop of al
coho He works very hard. az have Travelled
thirty miles today" he is quoted as saying,
"and all with my own wind and muscle. went
about twenty of 1t in my boat. and the rest on
| my iCSS Ouy HOI tudI Is DOb oAcbpIIOHdl. 40
az much as that every day. from early in the
spring until late in the fall. You see my races
are rather frequent, and 1t is necessary that
should keep my self constantly in perfect condi-
tion am, therefore, In training all the time.
My diet is always carefully regulated as
though was to pull race the next day"
THE number Of wealthy members of Congress
increases. Colonel Lyman, OF Massachusetts, Ia
one OF the new members who will entertain
deliberately next winter. He inherited great
wealth. Washburn, of Minnesota, has rented
Don Cameron's house, and will give lavish re-
ceptions or the new senators nearly all are
rich. Bowen OF Colorado. is a mining lord
Sabin, of Minnesota went from Connecticut
twenty years ago, and is now very rich Dolph,
Of Oregon, is thrifty corporation attorney.
Coquitt is one of the best to do men of Georgia,
aud Gibson, of Louisiana, inherited wealth.
There are not many poor men left In the Senate.
Count out Blair, Frye. Kenna, Jones, of Florida.
and Rddleberger, and the rest are accounted
rich.
THE best years of Thackeray' IS life were given
to the affectionate of his Insane wife. Her
disease was that of violent type, except at In
tervals, but she required constant oversight and
attendance. To secure this Thackeray bought %
house in the country near London, in which the
invalid was surrounded with every comfort that
love and sympathy could devise. AS she sui
eraved his presence, and seemed unhappy when
| he was out OF her sight, Thackeray made fire.
quent visits 10 her in retirement. These wero
the hours which his enemies declared were spent
in the midst of all kinds of follies and excesses
They were devoted instead, to soothing the In
valid reninings and qnieting the unreasonable
suspicious of a wife dearly beloved, but hope
lessy insane II is not to DO wondered at that
Thackeray's views of life were tinged with a
profound melancholy. The was never
lifted during his lifetime. But his forttude, his
loving kindness and his for his afflicted vito
ceased only with his DEATH