The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-26
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

DR. EDWARD A FREEMAN has been appointed Pro
fessor of Modern History at Oxford.
A POEM by Whittier ITO Florence Nightingale of
England will appear in the Brooklyn Magazine for
November.
ROBERT J. BURDETTE has presented to the Baptist
Church of Lower Merton Pa, church bell in
DRY of his wife.
TIME has dealt lightly with John A. Logan. He is
still straight as an arrow his hair but thnly sprinkled
with gray and his eye as sharp and piercing
D. APPLETON g. Co. will publish volume which is
intended to be in sort a reply to "The Bread
winners" Its title 1.-THE Money makers" suggests
the latter work.
ADMIRAL CoURBEr the French commander in
China entered school intending to become soldier,
but changed his mind in of the navy after read
ing one of Captain Marryats novels.
AT convent where light literature is forbidden:
MY child what are you reading9" THE life of
of the saints sister" What saint, my childp ''St.
Emo!n Sister passes on to the nex5 dormtory.
DELAUNAY the great French actor, is inveterate
billiard player-the solitary respect says critic, in
which he resembles President Grevy For the sake of
exercise he walks twelve fifteen miles every fair
day, accompanied only by little black dog
How you coming out in your parish? asked
an episcopal bishop of one of his rectors. The
rector who a Spectator in cotton before he be-
came converted, lifted up his eyes and said: Il am
long on slippers and book marks but rather short
suspenders"
Now let's go down stairs and ride on the electric
railway said city lady to her sister from the
try "Oh, no. was the reply; my John has got
me to ride on steam railroad for the first time but
always said you never could get to ride tele-
graph wire, and you can't
81 thankful to the Nihlists for thing" says
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dearly Our home life has become different since
began to look upon him though he under
tence of death. You can't think how deeply his
aced state attaches me to him." at
DR. HOWARD CROSBY did not begin his great life
work until than fifteen years after his gradua
ton from the University of the City of New York.
He never attended theological seminary but received
the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Harvard before
he had assumed his first pastorate.
FIGARO states that 5000, 600 is the correct sum
guaranteed Nine Sarah Bernhardt for her forthcom-
ing tour in America under the joint management of
Messrs. Abbey and Grau. This is great improve
ment on the financial results of her first tour, when
the great tragedienne took back only $40,0 900.
A YOUNG widow, in erecting a monument to the
dear departed" cleverly awaited herself of the oppor
tunity to nscrbe on the tomb Sacred to the mem
DRY of Mathusin Benuchet who departed this life,
aged sixtyeght years, regretting the necessity of
parting from the most charming and best of women"
LORD DUFFERIN has adopted the rule of appoint
ing married men on his staff in India The posi-
ton of aidedecamp in royal viceregal households
says the London Truth is extremely analogous to that
of footmen and it is quite enough to have large
tabshment of such functionaries without adding
their wives to the strength Of it.
LADY Hope GRANT has presented TO the Museum
r AIT GOLD {,,o
ever which was given to her husband by the officers
of the British army in China in 1860. 1t was pur-
chased by them out of the "loot' of the Summer
Palace at Pekin. 1t is of solid gold and stands twelve
and half inches high The bullion value is esti-
mated at nearly $500
IT is stated that Dr. Sir w. Gull recently received
So 900 each for two visits to Pau and ST 500 for
going to Perthshre and remaining week with pa
tent But the highest record-made in 1769 by Dr.
Dnsdale-has yet to be beaten. For inoculating the
Empress Catharne and her at st. Petersburg he
received $50, 900 in cash, life pension of 81, 500
and the rank Of baron.
THE late Lord Ampthil great admrer Of Car
lyle and when the Empress of Russia went on a visit
to the Queen he told her that among the celebrities
she should not fail to see Carlyle Accordingly,
the historian of Frederick informed that the En-
press Augusta much desired to see him, and he at
once went to her armed with stout oaken staff and
arrayed in boots as questionable as his welworn