The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-25

removed. and that the aesthetic appearance Of
the portioo has thus been greatly improved.
The new square that is to be laid out in front of
the Pantheon will be 528 feet long and IT'S feet
wide. This Is scheme that involves the de-
struction of private property to the amount of
1000, 900 lire
EYES," said a Cincinnati doctor after reading
solemn warning in an antiice-water newspa-
per. Eyes," said he, gulping down a gObleJ of
clear liquid he had drawn from an Arctic cooler
eyes," he repeated, filling the glass for anoth-
er draught, 'ice-water is a deadly summer drink,
and have forbidden its use in the families with
in my practice"
OF the English an English reviewer says that
they are an inarticulate and sad race who are
dropping the world "gladness" out of the Ian
guage. And he adds that they are singularly
deficient in secondary occupations, not going
out readily as Continentals, not enjoying con-
versation so much, being consciously dull, and
feeling time burden, with no relief but sleep.
AFTER the battle OF Chicamauga, General
Steedman found General Ward lying in an old
house with a bullet hole in his breast, apparent
ly dead He had been given up by the surgeon.
Steedman had a canteen Of ''commissary" whis
ky. He poured it down the throat of the
wounded man and saved his life. Since that
episode Steedman and Ward have been close
friends.
THE Pittsheld (Mass) Journal says zone of
the compositors Of the journal office is q nephew
of Jefferson Davis, late President Of the South
ern Confederacy. When boy eight years old
he attended a hanging, and being much i'm
pressed with the occurrence, he proceeded to in
augurate himself sheriff, and exercised the
functions Of his office upon a little negro slave
boy, whom he succeeded in putting to death by
suspending him from a tree until he was dead
He was severely spanked for his prank"
SIR HENRY THOMPSON has written letter to
the London Lancet about cigarette smoking. He
points out that in the East cigarette without a
mouthpiece is rarely smoked more than half way
through, and thus very little of the offensive oil
of tobacco reaches the smokers mouth. Here,
where tobacco is dear, he suggests that holder
should always be used, and he says that he him
self invented one, which opens transversely in
the middle, disclosing a small cavity which is
filled with cotton wool to catch the oil.
Smoked simply" Sir Henry continues, "and
with cotton wool interposed, do not hesitate to
regard the cigarette as the least potent, and,
therefore, the least injurious form of tobacco
smoking"
MULEY HAssAN, Sultan of Morocco, and cab
solute Ruler of True Believers" is probably one
of the richest sovereigns in the world. Unlike
other mlllionaires, however, he does not invest
his wealth in profitable securities, but, like a
monarch of the Thousand and One Nights" he
boards it in underground vaults, with which the
greatest bank and trust vaults Of civilized cities
cannot be compared. The treasures Of gold,
silver and gems buried 100 feet deep, sur
rounded by tenfold walls of alternate stone and
metal fifty feet thick They are reached only
through subteranean labyrinth of the most
intricate description, and are guarded by band
of armed Africans, who, having once entered
this service, never again ascend to the light of
day. They live and die in an Aladdin's garden.