The Indianapolis journal., 1883-02-05

deadly work, and after Intellectual struggle of
twOscore years the obstinate bOarder turned up
his toeG to the daisies, He left his landlady
legacy of $1,000, but that was not enough
A PARTY of st. Louis men who found business
uncommonly dull day last week amused
themselves by conducting telephone con-
versation with newly arrived IrishEan. The
man was told that the instrument communicated
with Ireland, and when he howled questions
into it about "Uncle Jerry" and "Toby" and the
'rint Of the land,' he was overjoyed to hear
voice which he "reoognized'' as that of "Katy,
his darlint daughter" When he went off to get
the 'ould woman" to come and hear from home
with her own ears, the funny st. Louis men
laughed till the tears came,
JUST to exasperate Northern readers, the At
lanta Constitution man publishes the following:
, "The fine weather of the last few days has had
the effect of giving the ladies' the gardening fe-
yer. They are out in the warm sunshine giving
the man of-all-work or the gardener, directions
about the work. Fair hands are also handling
The hoe and rake, and the weeds and trash IN
the gardens is being piled up The air in the
suburbs is odorous with the perfume OF burning
brush, and wherever there is garden the work
of clearing up is going on. The 14tn OF February
Is the favorite gardening day."
l. EIGHT inches of snow badly drifted in Iowa
| means loss of hundreds of thousands OF dollars.
The SHOWS of 1881 in that State caused loss of
nearly 81 100000 simply to clear the way for
trains, say nothing of the loss incurred by de-
layed traffic. The SHOWS of the present winter
have been nearly bad. From this may be
formed an idea of what loss must result from
this cause all the West.
| IN "The Great Pyramid" Mr.. Proctor has
taken up one of the Oldest subjects In the world
/ and il wit n haf axaa il
seem almost new He dissents from Professor
Piazzi smyth in all that regards the divinely-
appointed mission of the "Great Pyramid ana
shows his own conclusions on the subject, which
are admirably set forth in his own taking style.
THE people of the great Northwest are discuss
Ing the advisability of telling tie truth about
their cold weather up there. With congealed
! whisky selling in drinks like maple sugar and
| the mercury frozen hard a hotel biscuit,
it would seem that the truth would stand little
show.
J THE English sparrow is as dangerous the
New Albany mosquito, an English physician
having discovered that the bird may have the
smallpox and communicate the same. The spar
row must be vaceinated or extermlnated
THERE is an Ohio man in Buffalo, N. Y, who
has been asleep for over a year. He is probably
waiting for deal in politics which Will
bring Ohio men to their late, lamented promi-
nence once more.
SOME think that the husband of Bijou Heron
just married, chose her next to the aesthetic
stork. But maybe not Let's stork about some
/ thing else.
To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal.
In your issue of Friday Feb. 2, in answer to
the interrogatory, "What day of the week was
| the cold New Years of 1864" you answer ''Sat-
urday" Ibeg leave to differ with You. 1t was
Friday. j. 3. RAGAN.
! FILLMORE, Ind.
But, all the same, it was Saturday.
GA SUBSCRIBER" Pittsboro: Any school child
! can answer your problem