The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS


torally conduct the Home Interests department. of
The Brooklyn Magazine.
"THE Blot on the 'Scutcheon," Barretts new at
tempt, has already been burlesqued by Dixey 1.-THE
Scotch on the Bludgeon,"
Now steals the papa home at dead of night
With dolls drums, rocking horses and gew-gaws,
While mamma truly pious, thinks it right
To tell the youngster lies bout Santa Claus.
you must come and see me, my dear" said a lady
to little girl of her acquaintance. do you know
my numbera" "Oh yes, ma am, responded the limo
cent child. Papa says you always live at skies and
sevens"
DR. Do LEWIS recently hundred kegs of
beer delivered trucks from brewery in Iowa City,
Ia, where prohibition is supposed to be enforced,
from which he concludes that prohibition is simply
deluson and snare.
THE Yukon river in Alaska, is so long, says Lieu
tenant Schwata that if its source were at Salt Lake
its waters might empty into New York bay, and its
mouth is so wide that New York would be side
and Philadelphia on the other
THE Rev. Sturgeon has been hoored by of his
female Pensioners, who gratefully thanked him for
the expression of his firm belief in the bottomess pit
since if the pit bottomess she could go through
and come out high and dry the other SIDE
THE Washington obesk will not long retain the
proud distinction of being the highest structure in the
world. An iron tower 1000 feet in height, is to be
erected in the grounds of the French exhibition in
1889. Passengers will be carried to the top in an
elevator
MR.. JOHN MARTIN, of Maysville Ont, last week
deliberately decided to starve himself to DEATH but
of the neighbors. dissenting from tho decision,
daily forced down Martins throat gallon of oatmeal
mush through garden hose till John humbly begged
to be permitted to resume his regular meals.
JUDGE CATION of Tennessee, attended the inaugu-
ration of Franklin Pierce in 1858, and paid SO for
weeks board including fifty cents for candle light, at
the Mansion House, now Wizards. The Judge
writes to friends that he would like to engage weeks
board at Wizards next March at the same price.
NORMAN LOWELL, chief of the largest and wealth.
est band of gypses in this country died recently
Elizabeth N. j. His wife, the queen, died in May
last at the age of 100 years. Their eldest son will
rule until next spring when there is to be great
gypsy council and consolidation of several bands
under one head.
THE Rev. L O. Wilder is the oldest college student
in the United States and probably heads the educa-
tional roll of honor the world He entered the
University of Vermont with the class of 80 but
unable to complete the course Now, though in his
SD year, he is jogging along with the class of S5,
and hopes to take his degree next June.
DIR. WOODROW having been removed from the fac.
ulty of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Co
lumbus S. c. for teaching that the Bible be
ced with the theory of evolution, retors upon the
trustees that they may take their places with those
Wesleyans who, only century ago, declared that any
body dsbelieving in withcaft discredted the Scrip
lures.
GENERAL BUTLER has one daughter and one son.
The former is the wife of Ex-Governor and ex-senator
Ames, of Mississippi. The eldest SON. Benjamin F.,
ir. who graduated from the West Point Military
Academy, died in 1882 Paul the remaining son. is
engaged in the manufacture Of percussion caps at
Lowell Mass. His mind has a mechanical turn, and
he has quite record an inventor.
THE parson had been invited TO dinner. While
grace was being said Tommy eyed the unwonted good
things set before him with pleasurabe anticipation.
MA" he said when the parson had concluded, do
you know why pa doesn't give thanks every day at
the tablet" His mother shot warning glance at him.
"Cause it's only when the parsons here that have
anything worth worth gvin' thanks for"
STORY is told of Bishop Bloomfield revisiting the
university chapel at Cambridge after long absence
Finding the same verger there whom he remembered
in his college days he said to him. You have much
to be grateful for" 81 have, indeed, my lord re-
Piled the old mau, 'for 1 have heard every sermon
that has been preached in the chapel for fifty years.
and bless the Lord Christian still"
NEW WORKERS never know their neghbors. Alex
ander Mason, of that city surprised by the ap-
pearanee of half dozen friends who came to condoe
with his widow the other day because they had read
the death notice of another Alexander Mason who
had lived only two doors off and it turned out the
first Alexander had heard Of the other,
although the two had lived alongside for years.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, the most radical of Mr..
Gladstones colleagues dresses in the height of fash
ion wears the choicest flowers in his buttonhole,
drives to the House of Commons III a fine carriage,
drawn by pair of highlnettled horses, and lives in
style: He is eloquent, audacious satirical trife
reckless does not always pause to wonder if he is tell
ing the truth and can accept the ugest repartee and
give in kind.
MRS A. D. EVANS, whose husband now dead, once
was United States senator from Maine has auto
graph album filled with the of her distinguished
contemporaries. Among them is that of Davy Crock
ett then representative in Congress, who wrote,
word for word as follows: Mrs Evans of main re-
quests The hunter from the west write his name in
her Album. Her curiosity shall be gratt6ed by
Sentiment wishing heth and hapness-and Safe ar
ival at her residence with her family and friends"
A JAPANESE village is about to be erected in
Kensington Gardens London 1t will comprise five
streets of shops, where all kinds of Japanese goods
will be made and sold. There will also be a hair
dressers shop, where English ladies have their
hair dressed in Japanese fashion, which will possibly
be the mode during the next six months; photo
graphic shop where Londoners can be photographed
in Japanese costume, lent for the occasion; tea
house and restaurant There will be altogether
about 200 Japanese men, women and children in the
village
THE red velvet banner which Miss Florence Marry
at invariably displays some part of the lecture
platform bears her monogram and arms. Woman in
England has right, rule, to display coat Of
arms. and Florence Marryat is one out of about a
dozen only who possess that privilege. Her father,
Captain Marryat, asked, after the Burmese war,
what reward he wished f rom the government for his
services. He refused knighthood, and chose instead
to take an extra coat of that his daughters and
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