The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-21
BREAKFAST-TABLE II

MAJOR D. W. WHITTLE, the well-known evangelist,
has returned to his home in Chicago from England,
where he was working with Messrs. Moody and
Sankey.
MATERNA has her husband with her. He is one
Carl Frederick. Were he not the husband of Materna
he wouldn't be much of anything, for he is a wee bit
of a chap.
Mr.. H o. HoUGHToN, the publisher, will give the
500 employees of the Riverside Press establishment a
half holiday on full pay every Saturday afternoon from
now until September.
A CABLEGRAM reports that Canon Warren has
been sued for breach of promise by a young lady, and
the letters abound in oscillation" She has evidently
been seeking the bubble reputation at the canon's
mouth.
ISAAC v. WILLIAMSON, a hardly ever heard of Phil
a~delphian, is the richest man in that city and is worth
$40, 900, 600. He is a bachelor, living without osten-
t~ation, and he gives a great deal of money to worthy
charitable objects.
LONDON Truth SAYS of General Gordon: LAS to
his religion, the Christian hero never has pretended
to be a Christian. To judge by his own utterances, he
seems to be a sort of Deist, regarding his own will
as that of the Deity"
THE sea-serpent liar is out with a brass band. His
latest discovery was near New Brunswick. 1t was
100 feet, and travelled at a rate of thirty miles an
hour. 1t is a high-headed serpent too, its topnot be-
ing fully twenty feet above the crest of the wave.
Two judgments against Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines
for 10000 each have just been rendered by the
United States Court. After a lifetime spent in litiga-
ton, in which she has been partially triumphant, it is
said to be doubtful if she has money enough to pay
these judgments.
a LARGE district in Drogheda, Ireland, was sudden
ly~ deprived of water the other day, and the water com
pany's men were puzzled to account for the ~stoppage.
On examination being made it was found that a pipe
haI haan s&oanaJ Nv an nOry,o,, oil oauapal foot ~
length and of unusual thickness.
A KENTUCKY lady who reasons for herself, writes
to a Louisiana editor: Whatever we may consider
the relative weakness or sin of Adam and Eve, if
the story of Eden be true, we inherit life immoral
through Eve and death through Adam. The promise
of redemption was given to the woman; the curse of
death was put upon the man. This is Gods estimate
of the guilt"
WHEN Kaiser Wilhelm attends the races at Chariot
tenburg he generally leaves for home a little before the
end of the sports, in order to avoid the crowd. On a
recent occasion, however, he insisted on remaining
through all. "But, sire, - urged his attendants, there
will then be a great throng of vehicles and the way
will be blocked" "Tut! tut!'' cried he; II know bet
ter than that. The Berlinese will make way for their
king" And they did.
MR.. SAMUEL WARD had completed before leaving
England for Italy the first part of his autobiography,
carrying his life down to the first time he went to
Germany. It was chiefly written AT Dalmeny, Lady
Rosebery acting as his amanuensis. 1t is said by those
who have read it to be full of spirit, and even boyish
gayety. 1t is to be hoped that during his stay in
Italy he may have advanced the story. What was
written may be published for private circulation.
Mrs. GRANT is alluded to in a Galena letter to the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat as 1.-The family fnancier. "
An interesting statement from the same letter follows:
"a few months ago, when General Grant last visited
:. - - M r.
runs our New York house, and no other woman in the
universe could do itbetter than she. l give her 81, 900
a month, and ask no questions. 1 do not live in any
thing like princely style, but there are but few men
who are compelled to keep up appearances that cir
cumstances have forced upon me of late years that
have more to be proud of than myself. Ileave it all
to my wife, who runs our household affairs herself,
keeping the strictest account of expenses and super
intending every department of the family establish
ment.'"
WHATEVER may be thought by the anti
lists of M. Pasteur's treatment of other animals,
there can be no doubt of his consideration for the hui
man species. Ever since his researches on hydrophobia
were published he has been deluged, it appears, with
applications from persons willing to offer themselves
as subjects for his experiments in incubation. Medi-
cal students, p~racticing chemists, and even ladies have
all expressed their willingness to be sacrificed, if so it
should be, at the altar of science, and the offers have
come not only from Paris, but from all parts of the
world. To one and all, however, M. Pasteur has re-
turned the same reply, that until he has fully and
satisfactorily completed his experiments on animals,
he is unwilling to try the effect upon man. Meanwhile
these final tests on animals are to take place before the
commission appointed by the government for the pur-
pose at it's present sitting.
MoDJEsKA is described by an observer as both
ugly and beautiful; and, to prove this, he describes
her at the studio of an artist who had invited a COM
pany to see a portrait he had painted of her. 1.-THE
work isn't a likeness at all. remarked somebody, gaz-
at the original and then at the painting. 'Zat ees
true" the actress replied; ''see! care ees noting SINH
lar. Look at us both. We are not efen ~seesters."
There was more difference than before. But look at
us now" She took a place close by the picture, struck
the attitude in which it represented her, and the faces
were alike. She had readily put her features into
exactly the combination shown on the canvass. She
is no longer young, as can De readily discerned across
the footlights, and the many years of nightly painting
have obliterated whatever of bloom there may ever
have been in her complexion, which is now sallow and
lifeless. Great mobility is the chief characteristic of
her features, and it is when they are in repose that
they appear dull, expressionless, irregular, d~eeplined
in fact, ugly. This aspect is very rarely presented
to an audience,
THE late Bishop Simpson was not prepossessing in
personal appearance. In the vigor of his manhood
he looked more like a wood-sawyert than a man of note.
He was stoop-shouldered, ungainly in his walk and
actions; often careless of his dress, which hung upon,
rather than fitted him, and awkward in his pulpit per-
formances. He had a low and receding forehead, but
the upper portion of his head was well developed, and
indicated hrmness, reverence and c~apability. His
voice was harsh and unmusical. and had no depth of
tone, but, with all these disadvantages, he was an ora
tor who swayed masses and stirred the emotions as
few other speakers could. His energetic and versa
tile intellect made him master of his subjects and.