The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-31

by wheat grow up, and plenty squirrel come and
catch heap. Then leaping machine come cut
him, and cost too much, and when thasher man
come, take all wheat pay him, and his gang eat
up my tlee fat hog and cuss me cause not give
'em pie Jlee time every day. no likee farm any
more"
FOR some time Miss Louisa NJ. Alcott has been
at work upon a new story for boys and girls. 1t
is sequel to ''Little Men, and is to be called
"Joe's Boys, and How They Turned Out" Miss
Alcott hoped to have the book finished for the
fall, but owing to the illness of her father she
has been obliged to put off it's completion indef-
nitely.
| ROBERT RAwLINsoN we'll deserves the honor
| OF the baronetage which Queen Victoria has
seen fit to bestow upon him thus late in life
| he is now seventy three years old. The son of
working builder, he became a stone.masOn at
| the age of sixteen, and then, by sheer force of
ability and industry, worked his way up to the
foremost rank of British civil and sanitary en-
| gineers.
| KANSAS postmaster likes Postmaster general
! Greshams order. He says: "When the wife of
the first or second-class postmaster officially re-
quests him to beat the carpet, weed the onion
bed, or whitewash the back fence, he can draw
out and read Postmaster-generai Gresham's
order forbidding first or second-cass postmasters
from absenting themselves from their offices
Then he can 20 out from the sheltering roof of
his domicile absorbed in the beautiful thought
That there is no cloud without "a silver lining"
A PECULIAR and laugha Die incident in conneo-
ton with the marriage of Miss Fortescue to
Lord Garmoyle, son of Lord Cairns, is the fact
that Lord Cairns has bought up all the ''shop"
portraits of the lady, and she has been forbidden
| to cit again. His lordship could not stand the
idea of seeing his daughter.in-law in theatrical
attire, side by side with Others. but perhaps less
correct luminares of the STAGE on sale for the
small sum of one shilling. What price his lord
ship paid Cor these hundreds OF photographs has
not TRANSFERRED, but there is no doubt that the
vendors have reaped harvest.
STORY is told of Tom Marshall, of Kentucky,
that he once spoke of a ruling a certain trial
as without parallel "since Pontius PLATE pre-
sided on the trial of Christ" This struck the
judge as rather disrespectful, and he imposed
fine upon the lawyer who protested against
it most earnestly. 81 confess, your honor"
said Mr. Marshall, "that what said was a
little hard on Pontius PLATE, but this is
the first occasion in the history of Kentucky
jurisprudence that to speak dsrespectfully of
fontius PLATE has been declared contempt of
court"
COUNT NAPOLEON BERTRAND, son of the COM
paniOn of Napoleon L at st. Helena, used to
hire q room in a hotel ana so to bed for three
| months, after having given orders for food to be
! brought TO him once day, and not word to be
spoken by the servant. He was asleep during
the siege of Paris. One day the bread was 80
abomlnable that he flew into a rage, and forced
the waiter to tell him the reason, which was
that the CITY was besieged by the Prussans
Count Bertrand was stupefed for moment.
At last he got up and wandered about the hotel
for a time, saying to himself. "Paris besieged?
| besieged2 What ought Bertrand to dot" And
| after few minutes reflections he said, "Ill go
to bed" And he went TO bed, and slept out the
siege.
| ANOTHER prophecy has been brought to light
| in Paris "In the year 1888 the country of
France Will see a number of men die who will
have exercised influence on its destiny. From
be surprised by some fatal news. Towards the
middle of the year will expire the last descend
| ant of dynasty which will have ruled France
for several centuries. This Prince will die in o
foreign land, and his death will be concealed for
| three days. Shortly after the death of that
Prince one of the last survivors of the Corsican
family will seek to reign in the capital. He will
| assemble his partisans and march on Paris at
| their head. The Parislans will go forth to meet
| the pretender. There will be battle and great
slaughter, and the pretender will be killed before
arriving at the gates of Paris" Comte de Cham
bord is dead. and it depends on Prince jerome