The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-19

tell you," said the Senator, pressing his thin lips
together; "the Democracy twenty-f five years ago
took out patent for making - fools, and it
has never been infringed upon"
A PERSONAL friend of Robert G. Ingersoll says
of the champion unbeliever: 81 love the man,
but dread his tongue! 1 had rather give a
hundred dollars than meet him in hotel Lobby,
for am unfortunately, one of the many he de-
lights in using as a strawman to pubcture with
his personalities and epigrams. One gets tired
of that sort of thing even from friend"
MGR. CAPEL was asked what struck him most
forcibly in this country, and he replied, 1.-THE
precociousness of children" He says that while
in Baltimore the Archbishop took him to call on
lady. While making the visit a boy aged four
years came in the room. and his mother said:
"My son. speak to the Archbishop" He obeyed
readily, and, holding out his hand said: GLOW
do, Archl"
On very grand occasions. his Majesty of Daho-
mey dispatches gorgeously-got-up ambassador,
with royal umbrella over his head, to take his
compliments to his good friend the ocean. 1t
is an office of much dignity and honor, but
not greatly sought after, because etiquette pre-
scribes that the ambassador. after being taken
out to sea in a canoe, shall be thrown overheard
to the sharks.
81 NEVER saw lady comport herself more
thoroughly like lady than Mrs. Langtry did
while we were coming over" says Congressman
Ochiltree. "She quiet, attentive to her
mother, and studied in her room. From what
could learn in London 1 judge her old friends
greeted her as cordially after her return to Eng
land as if nothing disagreeable had been written
or said about her over here"
SOME tlmo ago DIR. Cowan, who was a surgeon
in General Forests confederate cavalry divis-
ion published letter stating that when Col.
Bob Tngersoll was captured in Tennessee he
loaned Ingersoll $50, which had never been re-
turned. few days ago DIR. Cowan was sur
prised to receive letter from Col. Bob inclos-
ing check for 1900, being the principal and in
terest of the amount borrowed.
AT Gasten, during Prince Bismarcks late
visit his famous dog Reichshund, which nearly
killed Prince Gortchakoff at the Berlin congress,
attacked and killed the dog of a Gastein house
holder Bismarck, who witnessed the scene, not
only punished the dog severely, but after a
few days called on the owner of the dead dog,
apologizeG for the savagery of Reichshund, at
the same time promising new and better speci-
men in place of the slain hound.
MATTHEW ARNOLD, who is now on his way to
America, presents the curious spectacle of an
atheist who believes that the Episcopal Church
ought to be sustained in England. Although he
does not believe in Christianity, and, in fact, de-
MES the existence of a God, he holds that the
vulgar populace are being kept in better order
by believing in Supreme Ruler He believes in
CULTURE not as the remedy for crime but as
the general elevator for the masses.
HENRY LABoUCHERE says: "I notice that a
black woman was hanged in America the other
day for the murder OF her husband. She APP
peared on the scaffold with a large sunfower
pinned on her dress. Black satin went out of
fashion for some years because a certain noto-
rious murderess Mrs Manning) was hanged in
q dress of that material. curious to see
whether this untoward event will have any effect
on the popularity of the sunhower."
STORY of Mrs. Carlyle's, recently published,
is that on a certain day Carlyle was expected to
arrive home after short absence. Mrs. Carlyle
had done "charwoman's work" to get all in per-
feet order for her husbands return. When all
was complete-his dinner ready, his armchair in
its usual attitude, his pipe and tobacco as he
loved to find them, all looking comfortable as
possible-Mrs. Carlyle sat down at last to rest
with quiet mind. He arrived, and, ''after he
had just greeted me, what do you think he did2
He walked to the window and shook it, and
asked, Where's the wedge of the windowi and
until we found that blessed wedge nothing would
content him."