The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-02

his countenance wears expression Of thoughtful
serenity and good nature In conversation he is less
volube and INDUCES in fewer gestures than is usual
among his race.
A VESSEL off Para reports falling in with a mass
of spiders floating in the air. The rigging and sails
covered with the web the long threads of which
formed the balloon for the tiny aeronauts For sever.
al miles this spider continued the captain es
timating that there were millions blown from land
THOSE who have read the new story Her Wash
ington Season." will be interested to know that Miss
Frelnghuysen, the daughter of the Secretary Of
State is portrayed in Miss Endicot the heroine Mrs
Don Cameron in Miss Maitland, Mrs Laugbton in
Mrs. Vandelen and Mrs. Ogle Taylor in Mrs, Ogle-
thorpe.
LONDON has Womens Trade Union which is uss-
full in various ways. 1t furnishes rooms in which
women may examine advertisements in the different
papers and in which monthly social evening meetings
are held. It has established circulating library a
seaside house subscription, swimming club and a
womens halfpenny bank There are three and one
malt millions of working in London, and the
union is movement toward help in the best way.
MRS BLAINE is described as ''cold-mannered and
stately She has fine presence, and is thoroughly
liked by her friends But she would not be popu-
lar mistress of the White House. and the people
could not get very her Her entertainments
would be faultess but thoroughly American as she
is, and scorning all pretense she is nevertheless
elusive. She cannot help it. She is natural and too
honest to be polite other than what she is. Shl
lacks tact"
LARGE families rare in France that when
they are to be found they deserve to be mentioned
Pere Morand has just died at Megreve in Upper Sa-
voy leaving behind him fifteen children, sixty-ive
grand children, and thirty-one great-grandchildren.
eminent, who aggrisved at the increasing depopu
lation of France compared with her neighbors pro-
pose to present medal to the family with an nscrp
ton to the effect that "Citoyen Morand ben merte
de la patrie."
NOT long ago speech of one of the most prom.
inent members of Congress- was in type and in pos
session of the occupants of the reporters gallery
era days before it delivered and all through this
speech in cold type before the congressional audience
knew that the speech to be made were the words
applause Laughter" and great laughter insert
ed at what the author of the speech supposed
appropriate places His Judgment good, for in
most instances, far the speech delivered be
had rightly guessed at the humor of his audience.
THERE is headstone in the Yazoo City, Miss, GEM
etery bearing the following inscription on one side
Sacred to the memory OF George NJ. Hancock, born
in Frederick county, Virginia, Sept go 1906 died in
1azoo Olty, Oct ZS, 1888 aged AZ years and ~
days" On the opposite side the following:
Sacred to the memory of John H. Hancock, born in
Fairfax county Virginia, Dec 8, 1876; died in YazoO
city March g. 1854. Here lie two grandsons of John
Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of indie
pendence The fact of their being buried here is not
generally known at least among the younger portion
of the community
No wonder, they are saying in Washington, that
General Ben" LIE Fevre has received a unanimous
denomination for fourth term in the House of Rep
resentatives. In Washington he keeps a bureau of
clerks busy sending Seeds agricultural reports pub
docs etc. to his constituents; and in his district he
spends his time kissing the babies chucking the girls
under the chin prasing the housewives bread aud
butter and talking with the grangers about the crops
and live stock He has about life-tenure Of
Office have. He is big man-big
bodied big headed, big hearted-overhowing with
good nature and pretty toe the party line every
me