The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-12
MORNING TABLE CHAT.


whom 90 per cent owners of their own holdings,
MRS. D. G. Croly, Jennie June, whose weekly fash
ion letters are widely published, as much as
most do with their pens.
The Queen, says London Life, is now in better
health than for several years. She makes visits
sees people, and transacts more business than
she has been able to do for many months past
REvIvALIsT Mrs. LOWRY, so-caled reformed
actress" told the ladies of Trenton, N j. that they
could not expect to be holy while they eat brandy
sauce with their apple dumplings and play euchre
o nights
DISCOVERED among the ruins of the Zuni and
Aztec cities spindles and whorls remarkably like
those employed by the Hghlanders in Scotland. The
position of would indicate antiquity of at
least two thousand years
PICTURE by Thomas Cole, once the foremost land
scape painter of the country sold at auction last
week, in Brooklyn, for 1925. 1t represented the
Night Attack of Cortez on the City of Mexico" and
in excellent condition.
THE latest indignty offered to the memory of Car
lyle credit him with having invented the word
dude" In his journal on July 49, 1885, he wrote;
~ seldom read any dud of book novel the like,
where the writing seems flow along like talk, with
out certain pain, certain envy"
THE Duchess de Persigny, rich French widow, is
descendant of Marshal Ney. She is extravagant
she is wealthy having spent $40 900 during trip to
Japan and $3.50, 900 for villa at Cannes Her son
has caused the courts to take legal possession of her
property for fear of being left penniess orphan.
AN American is said to have introduced in England
perforated linen suit made of coat vest and trousers
all of piece with valve at the bottom of each
trouser leg to close the perforatons in of wet
weather The whole structure weighs only two
pounds and is donned by of hinge-like ar
rangement at the waist 1t is unfortunate that the
present state of weather does not favor such suit
DR.. ARTHUR NEwsHoLME in his recent work on
hygiene, favors tea but points out that the common
way of taking it, with food in sips makes it unwhoe
some. Of coffee he makes the valuable remark that
insufficient roasting gives it the property possessed
by green tea of causing sleepessness. But cocoa
is shown to bear the palm over both. The resem-
blance of its constituents 10 those of milk is very
striking.
WHEN General Butler, with his Eighth Massachu-
setts Regiment went to Washington in 1861, he had
great difficulty in getting pilot at Havre de Grace.
A strong Southern sentiment prevailed, and no one
would volunteer. He, however, found a competent
man, and said to him. II understand you are
pert pilot in this bay. You will steer to Annapolis
If you run us ashore, we shall you up" The
voyage had no mishap.
THE eucalyptus tree has hitherto been in favor for
its antmalarial properties which especially IA
milar in Australia where it of the loftiest of
timber It has however lately lostfavor in the
province of San Pedro Brazil from the belief that it
stimulates the generation of poisonous dragon fly,
which attacks all living creatures to whom its sting is
fatal within few minutes The destruction of all
eucalyptus trees has, therefore been ordered in San
Pedro,
AT the funeral of wealthy Chinaman in Carson,
c
parcels done up in rice paper from the carriages
they going to the cemetery. small boy opened
one of the parcels and found that it contained dime
In a moment the street alive with boys of all
ages, who fought with each other like bashibazouks
to get the little parcels they fell to the ground AL
together nearly 500 dimes distributed in this
way at the funeral, and the people than
convinced that the Chinese must go.
MR.. w. H. VANDERBILT; l living a private
life and am enjoying myself Ny health is splendid
and enjoy the society of my family. go out for
walk in the morning and ride in the afternoon, when
circumstances will admit, and find quiet life all
that expected it to be. think have good to
congratulate myself that I know when to retire
There few who satisfied to stop and they keep
on until the end stops them. I have retired from
business, and if my is mentioned in connection
with railroad stocks, don't ask me. My Corne-
lius and William X. attend to all my affairs
THE general impression that Robin Adair" is
Scotch song is erroneous. The melody Is Irish ard
the words are English Robin Adair, says a
spondent was an Irish surgeon, whom accident
brought into the presence of Lady Caroline Keppel
sister of the famous English admiral of that name
Mutual love followed their acquaintance, and during
the enforced absence which Lady Carolnes relatives
brought about she wrote the song and sang it to
air which her lover had sung to her. They
finally married with the parents consent, and spent
few happy days before the death of Lady Caroline
Her husband never remarked He lived to the
age of seventy-fve honored favorite of the king
George III.
AFTER receiving his appointment minister to
Germany, Bayard Taylor wrote to friend 1T is
something amazing for an author to receive that
am more bewldered and embarrassed than proud of
the honor. If you knew how many years have
steadily worked, devoted to high IDEAL which
seemed to recognize anG sneered at by cheap critics
as a mere interloper in literature, you would under
stand how incredible this change to me. The
great comfort is thisI right in my instinct The
world docs appreciate earnest endeavor in the end
have always had faith, and have learned to over
look opposition, disparagement misconception of my