The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-22

to go to Washington and die in harness." is said
to be one of the few remarks of Mr.. Anthony
since he rallied from his severe illness Of last
summer.
THE wife of Mr.. W. II. H. Murray has just re-
turned from Europe with a diploma from the
Vienna Medical College, both as physician and
surgeon, being, her friends say, the only woman
in the country with this certificate.
DIR. PAUL GUssFELDT who has been endeavor-
ing to ascend the highest peak of the Chilli
Cordilleras failed to complete his task owing to
the extreme cold, but he was successful in TAX
ing some fine photographs of very remarkable
region.
AMONG the names Of the favorite cats at the
big Boston cat exposition are: "Tommaso Sal
vini," Games A. Gardeld," oscar Wilde"
"Mary Anderson" "Dom Pedro" "Levi," CDR.
Tom," "Ben. Butler" and "Lucus Tarqunius
Priscus."
THE real reason for the alleged refusal of the
Comte de Chambord's widow to allow the Comte
de Paris to he the chief mourner at her husbands
funeral was that the Comte de Paris was afraid
of arrest and exile from France should he par
ticipate in it.
THE King of Siam, who is only boy of twenty
years, has allowed his inger-nails it is said, to
grow until they are more than foot in length.
This deformity reduces the monarch to state
OF absolute helplessness, and for that reason,
probably, the Siamese regard long nails as one
of the peculiar attributes of sovereignty.
Mr. BLAINE gets from the publishers of his
new book 900 cash down and a royalty of
fifteen cents a volume. There are advance or
ders for 100000 copies, and it is expected that
fully 100000 will be sold. This would yield the
author $3.50, 900 in all, which is somewhat more
money than the average writer of books gets.
WRITING of Missionary Shaw, Mr.. Labouchere
saws: "If st. Paul had claimed redress to the
tune of 100000 sestertii, because the Romans
did not treat him a gentleman, aud because
his choice Falernian wine was drunk by limo
thy and other converts, it is hardly likely that
his successors would now be at the head of the
Catholic Church"
MARIE ANToINETTE's harp has come to light
in an old curiosity shop in Berlin. FIeury the
Queens valet, carried 1t off as a souvenir, but
being reduced to great poverty. he was forced
to part with it, and sold it to a lady of Bruins
wick; after which it passed through various
hands. The harp is richly inlaid with ivory, and
still bears the name of the maker.
Ex-CONGRESsMAN MCLANE, now the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor of Maryland, ar
rays himself in the prOdigious neck apparel and
waistcoats which prevailed half a century ago.
He is now seventy years old, was in Congress in
1S47, and afterward spent three years as minis
ter to China, since which time his home is full of
Chinese furniture and ornaments.
AT Gastein, during Prince Bismarck's late
visit, his famous dog, Reichshund, which nearly
killed Prince Gortchakoff at the Berlin congress,
attacked and killed the dog of Gasten house
holder. Bismarck, who witnessed the scene, not
only punished the dog severely, but after few
days called on the owner of the dead dog, apollo
gized for the savagery of Reichshund, at the
same time promising a new and better specimen
in the place of the slain hound.
MR.. CRAWFORD, author Of CDR. Claudius," is
an exceedingly rapid writer. This seems a gra-
tutous statement in view of the facts; but he
writes more rapidly than would appear, even
from the manner in which he publishes his sto-
ries, He has exceedingly methodical brains, and
before he puts pen to paper he has thought out,
not only his plot, but the manner in which he is
going to frame it, SO that when he sits down he
writes straight until he has finished his story.
He writes legiole, bold hand, and there is
scarcely an erasure in his manuscript.
AN ex-confederate surgeon relates in the
Cleveland Leader that once during the war,
while a terrible thunderstorm was raging,
"Stonewall" Jackson ordered General Malone
to take his men and charge the Union forces.
Then, tired out, Jackson lay down under tree
and fell asleep. Soon he was aroused by one of
Mahoue's aids, who said: General, 1 am sent
| by General Malone for orders. He says the rain
has wet the ammunition of his troops, and wants
to know whether he shall return" Replied
Jackson: "Ask General Malone if the same rain
which God sends to wet his ammunition will
not also wet that of the enemy Tell him to
charge them with cold steel" Malone made
| the charge.
| HENRY IRVING is in person a good deal above
the average height, is angular, and somewhat
| awkward in his movements even the stage
| His face is clean shaven. the absence OF
beard making his marked features look even
more prominent than they otherwise would.
The face is capable of the most wonderful
changes of expression, as it would need to be to
enable the actor to achieve success in such a
| wide range of characters as Irving mas person
ated. His hair, which is dark and absolutely
devoid of souri," is worn long, after the manner
| of Du Maurier's esthetes. "Irving" is a pro-
fessonal name simply, and it was because he
| would have to drop it that he declined knight
| hood. His real name is said to be John Henry
| Broadribb.