The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-26

strength of nature, and singleness of fidelity Not
having children of her own she has initiated the ex
ample of those who sheltered her husbands brethren
and found posterty among the children of the needy.
1T is on the cards that Arab will be back in Egypt
before long the views held by him for the
Improvement of his country being identical with those
of General Gordon. The latter thoroughly believes in
Arab and never conceals his opinion He subscribed
to the fund raised for his defense.
The most remarkable if not the largest collection
of photographs in the United States is owned by De-
tective Henry Weyl, of Philadelphia It contains
two thousand pictures of crooks" and with them
newspaper clippings describing them and their ex-
plots, reports of trials and other memoranda.
SHERIDAN's solicitor calling one day, found the
wits wife alone, and walking about in violent state
of excitement. He asked her what was the matter.
Her only reply that cher husband was villain"
After time she added, with some hesitation. "Why,
have discovered that all the loveetters he sent
were the very same as he sent to his first wife
| A CORRESPONDENT of the London Electrician gives
the following instant remedy for toothache:
with small piece of zinc and bit of silver (any sill
yer coin will do the zinc placed side of the
afflicted gum and the silver the other by bringing
the edges together the small current of electricity
generated Immediately and painlessy stops the tooth
ache.
THE Bell telephone is probably the greatest fnan,
cal success of the 1t that everybody who
has touched it in the way of propretorship has be.
come rich The poor school-teacher who invented it
is worth millions. The man who helped him in his
poverty with little ready money lives in splendor
and luxury. 1t has made fortunes for hundreds of
stockholders in local companies in various towns
FROM The Northwest the story that when
Wendell Phillips there some six or seven years
ago he attracted to bright little girl in fam
lily with whom he spent day two that he laid his
hand on her head and said If I live twenty-five
years longer trust shall hear of this little one as
the Governor of Minnesota" The mother inquired:
Why, Mr. Phillips, would you approve of such a
thing!' To which he replied: Certainly why not!"
Mr.. Emo, owner of the Fifth-avenue Hotel property
and one of the weathest men in New York is the
brotherin-law of Governor Phelps. of Missouri who
was the custodian of the body of Nathaniel LYON
Miss Phelps married Mr.. Montgomery a native OF
Pennsylvania who built, with Scotch capital rail-
road through the Willamette valley in Oregon, and
sold the road to Mr.. Willard. Mrs. Montgomery has
almost national reputation for her sweetness of ma
ture, vvacity and beauty.
THE wife of Attorney general Brewster is a plump
and handsome brunette; she has been or less in
public life ever since her father Robert J. Walker
was Secretary of the Treasury. Her first marriage
unhappy and ended in a divorce After her
fathers death and season of work in the treasury
she married her fathers friend Mr. Brewster who is
twenty years her senior She has one son by Mr..
Brewster, and her husband legally adopted and gave
his name to her three other children.
THE formal separation between Prince and Princess
Frederick Charles, of Hohenzolern, and the breaking
up of their establishment is grievous blow to Berlin
society" The magnificent palace on the Wfhelms
strasse famous for its and splendid collection OF
which the Prince inherited year ago from his
father, Prince Karl. has lately been redecorated
great expense and has been refurnished in the most
costly manner. 1t expected that it would become
the of brilliant Inequalities but it is to be
entirely shut up the Prince will retire to Glienicke
his residence near Potsdam