The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-14

forDa aguardiente, but spoiled his punch By
mixing 1t with salt water and forgetting to put
in any lemon or lime juice.
SUNSET Cox is still telling about the negroes
toast "Here's to Gen. Butler, who, though he
has white skin, bless God he has a black
heart"
The angels neither marry nor are given In mar
riage, says the good book, nevertheless there is
Mrs. Angel praying the court for divorce in
Koscosko county.
DANIEL O'CoNNELL was once challenged to
hight duel by the grandfather of Perry Bel
mont because of disparaging remarks of the
Irishman concerning American shareholders.
JONATHAN NEwcoMB, of Bath, Me-, who died
last week, is believed to have been the last sur
vivor of the victims of the famous Dartmoor
prison. where he was confined between five and
six months.
IN one of the Yorkshire churches two shelves
are filed each Sunday with loaves of bread for
the poor. No person is entitled to loaf unless
he sits the entire service out. We're 1t not for
this restriction it would be very expensive 70
keep the custom up.
REASONABLY well-to-do clergymen were the
late Rev. Sir Frederick Vincent, canon of Chi
chester, and the late Rev. Richard I. Lancaster,
of Cheltenham. Their wills, just proved, dispose
OF personalities amounting to about 81, l500oO
and 1856, 200, respectively. a-s.arf ats
COUNT Won MoLTKE received the news of his
sisters death two weeks ago, while on his way
to attend his nephew's wedding. Curously
enough, six years ago he got word of his broth
er's death just as he was starting to attend the
wedding of another nephew. accent
EMINENT medical authority from Philadelphia
has pronounced hopeless the condition of Mr..
Justice Stanley Matthews son, who is suffering
from tuberculosis. The sisters of the youthful
sufferer have been cabled at Paris, France,
whittier they went month since, to return al
once. -os..
THE lady who has had charge for many years
of the Womans Art School of the Cooper Insti-
tute, New York, writes long letter to the Critic
Of April Ia, describing Peter Coopers almost
daily visits to the olassrooms, and showing how
keenly he was interested in the good work of the
school.
Mr.. CUMMINGS was candidate for alderman
in St. Louis. He wrote to The Spectator: "Give
me little puff. If you ask any one who knows,
you will find that am worthy o. support.
enclose 80" The editor printed the letter by
way of a "lirtle puff" and gave the money to
charity.
''WHERE is Prince Gortschakoff stayingS"
som ebody asked Coumoundouros at time
when he and the Russian Chancellor were birds
of passage at Geneva. 81 don't know his adj
dress, but if you watch for him at the leading
print shops you will be sure to fall in with him.
He goes to them to study his own photographs,
which are on view In the windows"
A COUNTRY clergyman who recently preached
in an Austin church is great admirer of the
writings of Charles Dickens, and quotes from
his novels almost as often as he does from the
Bible. He surprised his congregation by wind
ing UP gorgeous peroration with: SIT is thus
you see, my brethren, the Scripture says,
'Barkis is willing, but the flesh is weak"
A CHILD has been born in Turkish Kurdistau
with full beard and mustache, perfect set of
tnirty-two teeth, and no fewer than forty dis
tinct and well-fOrmed fingers. Naturally such
a prodigy attracted great attention, bat several
visitors inspected it at their cost for it snapped
its thrty-two teeth at everybody who came
within range with such energy and success that
it became necessary to extract all the front
ones. 1t is wonderful thing to see the nfaut
lying in its cradle, stroklng its beard with Iva
in