The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05

the lady to whom the poet left the sighting legacy Of
second-best bed he replies that it was then Eng
lish law and custom that a mans heir should inherit
his best bed, Shakespeare gave the choicest that he
could legally give to his widow
IN one of the western counties of Ohio, petition is
being circulated asking Governor Hoadly to pardon
young sent to the penitentary for robbing
prominent free-thinker. The plea is that he should
not have been convicted because the victim is a
wicked and perverse infdel."
THE Pail Mall Gazette notes interesting fact with
reference to the well-known song, Il Arise from
Dreams of Thee" 1t was composed by Mr.. Charles
X Saamon who, not recognizing the hit he had made,
sold it for eS copyright and all. The present holder
Of that right derives from it the nice little income of
$500 year.
THE iconoclastc Philadelphia Call has overheard
two ballet girls behind the scenes First Ballet Girl
What darling little breastpin that is. Who is it
forl" Second Ballet Girl: at is a birthday present
for my little granddaughter First Ballet Girl: II
have seldom a stone so bright 1t reminds me of
the great comet of 1872"
ELLEN TERRY is a married lady. Her husband is
Mr. Warden, an actor, and he has adopted the stage
name of Charles Kelly. Miss Terrell is, therefore,
Mrs Warde in private life She is the sister of Kate
Terry, who visited Chicago twenty years ago with
Charles Kean. She has two sisters on the English
Terry.
IT is told of George D. Prentice editor of the
Louisville CourierJourna that in poker game,
when the stakes high, he was accused by his OPP
ponent of betting than his hand worth.
Sir, he replied, he turned the hand down the
table, eff were playing with Jupiter at star ante
would darken the everlasting armament the hand
have just turned down."
DIR. REEvER, of Wheeling, in paper read before
the American Public Health Association says that if
you count the number of deaths in a community for
any given period and multiply it by thirteen-the es-
timated number of sick you have on hand for each
death-you have the average total of sick persons
cared for at expense much greater than would have
been necessary for their support in health"
FRANCIS BEDFORD of the greatest of English
binders, left library remarkable for the beatty of the
coverings of the books, which is just about to
under the hammer ofa London auction-room. 1t is
expected that the volumes will bring exceptionally
high prices. 1t is curious fact that of the
most valuable books of the collection worth next
to nothing aside from their beautiful bindings.
ALPHoNsE DAUDET has in his comparatively short
experience amassed almost inexhaustble stock of
notes about the men he met who lie the Due de
Morny private secretary. He is finishing another
novel now which will trouble. The characters
he introduces all well known and two of them at
least historic. AS usual most of the incidents
described not only founded upon facts, but
facts.
MANY visitors to Boston go to the Old South
Church to Miss Whitney's statue of Harriet Mar
tneau, and not few of them wish to the artist.
OF these apparently not all ae able well to deal with
unfamiliar names, for the other day stranger called
upon Mrs. Whitman, the portrait painter and intro
ducing herself apologized for the intrusion on the
ground of her desire to the maker of that statue
of Miss Sadie Martnot!'
ARAB PAsHA, who is now in exile in Ceylon
ceives allowance of $50 month from the English
government. Madame Arab is not with her husband,
as she prefers to live in Egypt. Toubla Ishmet who
exiled with Arab recently requested to be sent
to some drier climate than Ceylon the ground of
i'll health, and was offered the Cape which he de-
chned and subsequently Jaffna, which he also de-
clned He has therefore elected TO remain in Ceylon
He receives $50 month
THE reproduction of La Dame aux Canellias " at
the Porte ST. Martin Theater Paris with Bernhardt
Marguerite Gautier, has met with immense success.
This has renewed the gossip concerning Dumas and
Marie Duplesis. who was the original Marguerite.
Thepapers publish letter written by Dumas to her
in which he says Il not rich enough to love you
as wish poor enough to be loved as you wish
be- Let both forget" Marie sent this letter back
tied round with ribbon of the Legion of Honor, and
accompanied with bantering note in which she said
that who could write such letter as that mer-
tied the cross.