The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-21
BREAKFAST CHAT.

GENERAL HANCOCK is getting uncomfortably
stout.
CHARLES H. REED who was of counsel for
Guiteau, is the attorney for ex-senator Kellogg.
SCOTCH minister; "John, John, I'm afraid you
are on the broad road" Inebriated parishioner:
"Wee minister, as far as I'm concerned the
breaddh is a. required"
MRS HELEN M. COUGAR will at once re-enter
the lecture field. She will speak at Decatur,
Mich, April "a. Subject: "The Liquor League
vs. the Women of the Nation"
Miss DAWES, the daughter of Senator Dawes,
decided that Pittsfied, Mass, ought to have a
public park She made plan ana @sed pen and
tongue so persuasively that the town has voted
in favor OF the scheme.
SLAB of marble, marked &c. Gross Brock"
has remained in the freight Office at Greeuville,
Ala, for the past seventeen years. 1t was origin
ally intended to be erected over some soldiers
grave, Whosel Where4
MRS JOHN w. LIFE is the richest woman in
Colorado. Her husband, who died short time
ago, was considered the cattle king of the State,
and at the time of his death owned twice as
many cattle as any other ranchman Colo
RADIO.
MATTHEW ARNOLD insists that In revising the
Old Testament beauty and power shall not be
-
ing, and that even where the meaning is not at
all clear the charm and music of the old words
shall remain.
MR.. JOSEPH JEFFERSON has just left his lovely
home in Iberia parish to fulfill some Northern
engagements. In his Southern home the fine old
actor is simply adored. All classes of people
are fond OF him, and apply to him the quaint
phrase: ale is just the whitest man that ever
lived in this country"
A TURIN jeweler has made tiny boat formed
of single pearl, which shape it assumes in
swell and concavity. Its sail is of beaten gold,
studded with diamonds, and the pinnacle light
at its prov is perfect ruby. An emerald serves
as its rudder, and its stand is a slab OF ivory 1t
weighs less than half ounce. Its price is
$5, 900.
FORTRESS MONROE correspondent says:
"Miss Aver, of Lowell, is guest here. Her
valet patrols the hall In front of her room
whenever she is from 1t, to protect her diamonds
aud other valuables, of which she has profu-
sion of the most costly description. Count Bet
TIM has become quite devoted to Miss Aver,
whose beauty is sufficient to absolve him from
the suspicion of necessarily sordid motives in adj
dressing her."
THE editor of the Washington Republic is
worried over modern estheticism, and fears
that "very soon from some pulpit in Washing
ton we will be started by an aesthetic preacher
announcing how Evie ate the apple and gave
also to her husband, how Mole chose the better
part, how her sister Matte gave her attention to
household affairs, how Ruthie CLEANED in the
fields of Boaz, and how Sadie by faith gave
birth to Isaac at the age Of ninety"
THE compilations of these English girls are
exquisite showing not only the results of a
humid and favorable climate, bnt that which is
more essential as a factor-good health No
tight acing, no late hours, no hot bread and ice
water, no candies or sweets, no characterization
to family rule, no rushing into womanhood while
yet school girls. Again, nine-tenths OF these
young ladies have never known what it was TO
violate the wish of parent a prOpriety of
action or speech.-Collier.
A LETTER from Mrs. Jackson (''H. IN on her
mission among the Indians of California, says
that she reached san Jaointo. an Indian village
of 1T people. who live in good adobe houses,
have wheat and barley fields, orchards Of peach
and apricot trees. all fenced in and properly
ditched The valley whic.. includes these fields
and orchards which the Indians have cultivated
for one hundred years has been divided In
ranches, and an irish trader In San Bernardino
owns this Indian village, from which its inhab.
itants are to he evioted
ATTORNEY GENERAL SHERMAN, returning from
Boston one evening 10 his home In Lawrence.
was somewhat surprised In q railroad depot to
see his youngest son, aged three years and a
half, sitting with one foot the backing block,
while IA stalwert bootblack was kneeling down,
polishing off the child's tiny shoe. When the
little fellow saw his paternal relative he did not
relax his dignity. and showed no signs OF re-
cogntion. except to ask for five cents to pay for
the "shine." The mite was taken home and put
TO bed, where he belonged.
A SINGULAR expedient for saving money is re-
ported from Dresden An artist of that city,
having received check for several thousand
dollars in payment for a picture. went to the
government bank and deposited the money. On
receiving the certificate of deposit he iminedi-
ately tore it into hits "What have you doneq"
exclaimed the Mortified bank clerk at Will be
two years before you get anotherl" "That
ia the reason have destroyed the paper" cooly
replied the artist. "The money is now safe for
that length of time at least"
BOSTON Journal: "West Indians have q curl
GUS test for determining whether person las
negro blood in his veins IL is oallod the nose
test. The negro has no division in the griste or
oartilaginous portion of his nose, such as all of
pure white blood eau feel at It's tip with the end
OF the fpger. This is the last thug to yield