The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-13
BREAKFAsT-TABLE CHAT.

FATHER HYAcINTHE speaks no English. and says
he Is too old to learn.
NEW and pretty glove is made in Paris from the
skins Of young Florida alligators.
Miss LAURA FIxEN, the prohibition Queen, of
Minnesota has given new name to whisky. She
calls 1t calamity Juice"
CALIFORNIA; wheat crop has for years been more
valuable than her yield of gold which is likely to be
soon beaten by her fruit
AMERICAN beef in the English markets is now sold
as Scotch, and such brings four cents more per
pound than under its true name.
A SCIENTIFIC wag at Newport lawn party put salt
the carbons of the electric lights. The effect was
to discolor the faces of the guests.
GAS lovely as a dream in hght-blue silk is how a
gushing reporter describes Junata Miller daughter of
Joaquin Miller in her gambols among the children at
Saratoga.
AT Pernambuco snake of the boa class is largely
employed to drive rats out of houses. 1t costs fifty
cents to dollar, and requires only saucer Of milk
once twice week.
THE late Senator Anthony is said never to have
used tobacco until he was fifty years old. Then he
was advised by his physician try smoking for bron
chitis; but it did no good, and he gave it up
W. r. TRAyERs, it is said, recently attendeda party
in Newport and was asked by a. lady when it would
be o'clock. He replied: "It-it is-n-notsseven-
o'clock but-itwill time Lcan-say
It,
THE lawyers of Madame Patti and the Marquis do
Caux have arranged that the latter shall join with
Patti in application to the divorce tribunal which,
1t is now expected will give its assent to their legal
separation.
THE quadricycle is the name given to wheeled
vehicle invented by James o. Brown, of Boston. 1t
has two small wheels in front and two large wheels
behind. The inventor says it is far superior to the
bicycle or tricycle..
WHEN the Maori King sailed from England, three
weeks ago he gray alpaca dust coat and cheap
summer helmet. From his right ear suspended
by q black ribbon a sharks tooth and from of
his buttonholes hung bunch of fish bones.
THE Texas Cattle Queen Mrs. Emeline Rogers.
has induced her young husband to abandon the minis
try but permits him to enter the Legislature It is
probable that for the sake of domestic peace, she
draws the line in politics at nomination for the pres
dency.
An English banker, possessed of peculiar advan-
tages for forming opinion the subject estimates
that the of letters of credit issued this
in England for foreign travellers falls short of the
usual sum by about $40, 100000. The cholera is
held responsible for this falling off.
On Sunday, Oct. 26, the congregations of the
Union Of American Hebrews will hold special service
fore professsorship in the Cincinnati Hebrew Union
College, honor of the great philanthropist who
that day win celebrate the hundredth anniversary
of his birth.
TEE Rev. Miles Grant who is called a Boston
evangelist" has been warning the people of Chcagt
to prepare for the destruction of the world. He
prudenty refrains from fixing date for the event
which he claims will occur in few months a few
years. BE also volunteers the somewhat ambiguous
prediction that Gods people will to their ow1
this fall.
THE late Duke Of Wellington used to say: I'm ali
right. If they abolish the House of Lords shall &
over to Belgium. I'm Prince Of Waterloo there
When the great powers swallow up Belgium CO
still live in Spain. where am Duke of Ciudad Rodri
go And if Spain colapses snail retire to Portugal
where shall end my days Marquis of Torres Yed
ras and Count of Vimiero."
A CORRESPONDENT writes to Nature: "Last night
rescued frog from the claws of cat, and, to M
great surprise it turned and, after gazing at me
few seconds jumped slightly toward me, hating afte
each leap and looking up into my face 1t thus grad
ually approached and in about two or three minute
had actually climbed upon Of my feet Its NUT
appeal for protection was most remarkable and coul
not possibly be misunderstood
PATRICK SULLIVAN, of Sheboygan, was found dead
last week. under suspicious circumstances. He wa
found in dense thicket with note signed "P. S.
lying on his lap stating that he had committed sui
eide A bloody knife was lying by his side. The onl
thing which shook the confidence of the communt
In the late Mr.. Sullivans word the fact that hi
head was completely severed from his body, and wa
discovered in brook about quarter Of mile dis
tant.
MRS. WELDON, whom her must look up to wit
PRIDE having alone and unaided defeated host of e,
gIlsh lawyers and n. D. s. and proved distinct CO..
spiracy to entrap her into lunatic asylum, posesse
remarkable eloquence. Her arguments, as read, al
close and crushing, and she is described having
Wondrous charm Of expression. She is not proli
but expressively concise. She is energetic, full
animal life. Her nervous and intellectual organz.
tion is intense.
THE bastnado Is still one Of the authorized punis
ments in Egypt, and so terrible that even the sile
and muchenduring Arabs scream. with pain after I'll
6rst few strokes First the victim is laid on his fac
pm stone and held there firmly. Then his legs al.
raised until the fat soles of the feet are uppermos
and secured in that position The lash is species
cat but with FIVE strands instead of nine and it sting
and outs frghtfully The torture is inflicted for yer
slight offenses and mains the sufferer for many day
AN Indian boy at Acambaro, on the Mexican n,
tional road recently asked employe of the roc
bow he could calculate the difference in diameter DC
tween the inside Of cylinder and It's exterior. III
boy was scarcely sixteen years of age and the rairo
man was thunderstruck at a question he could n
solve Going with the boy to his hut he found that
had actually constructed two miniature engines On,
of them was stationary engine with annex tn,
second was tiny Baldwin engine, both in runnir
order The Mexican Edison had constructed the mi
chimes with file and knife. The railroad man III
formed Mr.. Gonzales, who Immediately took the be
and sent him TO Baldwin's Locomotive Works, at Phi
ndeiphia for term Of five years. at his cost
complete the education of the talents with which ~
trre has SO wonderfully endowed him.
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