The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-15

doc sneezes the bystanders at exclaim Give,
whereupon the replies: with you" The
Moslem, when he sneezes, cries OUT praise to
Allahl and the Jewish sneezing formula is Good
life"
THE first historic novel in Iceandc has been pub
lished in Canada by lady bearing the euphonious
of Torfhildur Thorusteindottr Holm. The title
of the novel is easier pronounce it is "Bryniolfur
Sveinsson" and the plot is laid in Iceland in the mid
die of the seventeenth century
THE Hon. Wayne MacVeagh contributes to the
March Century paper ON THE Next Presidency" in
which the ideal President pictured and the author
ventures the opinion that the political party nominal
ing the man who approaches nearest that ideal will be
successful in the coming election.
DURING the six months in which the battle of Tel
elKebir fought the receipts of the telegraph
company which forwardol press dispatches to London
1920, 900 more than in the half year that fol
lowed This fact is cited as an illustration of the
traordinary development of newspaper enterprise
A LETTER carrier says the Rochester Post Dispatch
recently consulted physician in regard TO pain in
his chest On examination it was found that of
the patients shoulders three inches lower than
the other one and that lung compressed This
due to the crushing weight of the delivery pouch
bearing on the shoulder for months.
THERE forty-eight lady students in the Har
ward annex, and it is the testimony of some of the
Harvard professors that the average scholarship of
the is above that of the classes in the college
This year. thiryve out of the fortyeght ladies have
chosen Greek electives. Two enthusiastic girls from
Texas sold land and travelled two thousand miles to
get to the college.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND, of New York, discourses
upon the methods of newspaper men in marrying him.
They work it very nicely. They get point
every day. First. am going South then 1 am going
to call on lady, and next to be married. After
day two they discover that the lady lives in New
Orleans, and now believe they call her Marsh. It
great deal of trouble but I'd rather take
hand in the matter myself.
AT grand party in Washington, the other night,
while q crowd of departing guests were waiting the
lackeys in attendance shouting for 1.-THE Russian
minister's carriagel" 1.-THE German minister's car
riage" 1.-THE British minister's carriage' and
just then wag passing along yelled out: 1.-THE Irish
Minister'S carriage!" The coachmen, like many
parrots, took up the cry and quickly, from box to
box passed the shout for the Irish Minister'S
riage.
THE Boston Traveller says that the requests left by
Mrs. Eddy TO Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony
800, 600 to each-were not left in trust for the
suffrage cause, has been enormously stated, but
left absolutely to each Wendell Phillips drew up the
will and when he read it to Mrs Eddy he asked
Now if Mrs. Stone Miss Anthony chose to stand
on India wharf and throw this money into the sea
they could do so, could they notl' Certainly they
could" Mrs Eddy replied land could say
them nay. I trust Lucy and Susan absolutely"
WASHINGTON society is interesting itself just
in young handsome Mexican named Iturbide, who
will be remembered when child as the little prisoner
of State in Maxman's court and who is hereditary
heir to the throne of Mexico, being grandson of En-
peror Augustine 1. His mother, related both to the
revolutionary families of Washington and Greene, is
living at the old Greene mansion George
town Heights She was, in her prime, great beauty
but her ambition led her to marry the dwarfed nose
less, but welleducated Prince Imperial of Mexico
Their son. the present society man, Mr.. Iturbide, still
cings to the hope of gaining the throne but he has
little to say about his past history his absurd
hopes.
Miss MARION LANGDoN is now known as the most
beautiful girl in New York She is tall her figure is
exquistely moulded and her eyes superb She is
quite dark and extremely graceful Whenever Miss
Langdon consents to dance with the leader of ger
the struggle for invitations is breathless and pro-
longed. Miss Langdon has been engaged several
times but in every instance the engagement has been
broken off quietly and nothing heard oft. Last
summer her engagement to Perry Belmont
officially announced and the marriage to have
taken place this spring at Newport, but for
which has never out the affair broken
off Everybody says that Mr.. Belmont didn't do it
and that the rupture was entirely due to Miss Lang
don's caprice.