The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-24

ooolly informed him that he didn't have to pay
anything for wife, while a donkey cost him
twenty francs. good opportunity tC "point
the morap as to the different sphere Of woman
in different countries
THE Princess Louise is said to be so dissats-
fed with the society at Ottawa that she and her
husband will go home in the autumn on the ex-
plratlon OF his term of government, when Lord
Lorne will be called up to the House of Lords.
A REPORTER who had the chance TO gaze on
Roscoe Conkling, few days SINCE says the
curly lock has been clipped, his head is growing
bald, and his beard has turned from a silver
gray to golden white He has grown much
stouter.
A MILWAUKEE woman has gone to Albany on
curious errand. She says she was engaged to
marry one Thomas E. Van Loon, of Albany who .
was burned in the Newhan House fire. He left
about $250,000. She claims that she is entitled
to a share of his fortune.
GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE has a monrl-
ment in Savannah, but strange to say there is
nothing on The shaft to tell in whose honor ir
was erected 1t is suggested by the Georgia
Historical Society that an appropriate inscrp-
ton be engraved upon it,
THE late Senator Tabor, in spite Of his enor-
nous wealth, has a frugal mind. He carried Off
when he and his bride left Washington the floral
decorations used at the wedding, though Of
course much faded when they went away, and
the cake left from the wedding feast.
THERE were nearly 100000 colored soldiers in
the late war for the Union-more than one-half
OF them from the slave States; and the spirit Of
these men, says late reunioner, was the spirit
OF the coiored Sergeant Planciancois, whose last
words, as his regiment was about to storm Port
Hudson, were: Colonel, will bring back these
colors to you in honor, or report to God the rea-
son why" -
GALL great statesmen, like Clay, Webster and
myself" complacently remarks Colonel Tom
Ochiltree, "have had their debts paid by their
political friends" An admirer says of him:
tom is good fellow. If he borrows money of
friend and can't repay it he likes him just as
much as ever, whereas most fellows bear a
grudge against those who loan them money
which they cannot return"
A SHORT time ago the daughter of an English ,
gentleman at a school III Paris wrote a letter toy
the Gar expressing her sympathy with him, and
telling him that she nightly prayed that no
might not meet the fate of his father. She adj
dressed her letter. "The Emperor of Russia"
and put 1t in the post. Some time afterward the
Grand Duke Nicholas called at the school,
brought her various presents from the Emperor
and took her out for drive.
MR.. BREWSTER, VINO mas lately taken MS seat
in the House of Commons for PortarlingtOn, is
one Of the tallest members of that assembly,
berg sir feet four and half inches high. He
was introduced by MIR. Tottenham, who measures
six feet three inches. and by Colonel King-Har
man, who is the same height. al three Irish
members sit on the Conservative benches. The
two tallest members in the House-Mr. COtes
and Mr.. Whtbread. who are six feet five inches
each-sit on the Liberal side.
ONE of Napoleon's veterans who survived his
master many years, was wont to recount with
great glee how he had once picked up the EN-
peror's cooked hat at a review, when the latter
not noticing that he was private, said care
lessly, "Thank you, Captain ''In what regi-
ment, sirei' instantly asked the ready-witted
soldier. Napoleon, perceiving his mistake, an
swered with smile, SIN my guard, for see you
know how to be prompt" The newly made
officer received his commission next morning.
SIR JOHN HEPBURN, more Familiarity known as
''Johnnie," and ga popular landowner in the Lo-
thians," recently died in Mexico. OF him
Texas paper says: ga more generous, open
handed young fellow never lived, and all who
knew him liked him. On one occasion he won,
with the single gold-pece left out of the $500
he had brought with him from England, $780,
900 in the course of three or four hours. His
friends begged him to send the money home, as
it would have paid all his liabilities, but, though
he promised not to risk the odd thousand, he
had lost all two hours afterward."
DUDLEY A. SARGENT, professor of physical
training at Harvard College, advises men of
sedentary habits to sit erect and allow the lungs
and other organs fair chance TO do their work.
Walking he commends as excellent exercise
when brisk and spirited but when slow he re-
CARDS it as of little worth Riding in the saddle
is valuable in aiding circulation, but it sends the
blood to the brain, and so may cause headache.
Swimming is one of the finest exercises in the
whole range. Rowing is of great use to help
sluggish circulation or to remove morbid or
bilious condition. Boxing is the best means Of
obtaining command of the body and temper.
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O,Donoyan Rosa Frightened,