The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-14

THE late Jean Baptiste Dumas the French chemist
was appointed by Napoleon, in 1868, master of the
mint. But he had faith in the stability of the EN-
pire and never took up his residence at the mint,
fearing lest he should be surprised there by revou
ton in which his valuable scientific collections would
be dispersed and destroyed.
THE report that Mr. Nathan Appleton has under
taken the rescue of General Gordon at Khartoum on
being investigated, turns out to have for its sole
foundation the fact that he has gone to Europe in
tending to make voyage up the Nile since receiving
a legacy of the income of 100000 from his half
brother, the late Mr.. Thomas G. Appleton.
Mr.. Cox, known in familiar story as Sunset, is
too cautious permit the bee to buzz about his
Have you any presidential aspiratonsg" asked the
Washington Capital gossper of the little joker from
New York. 'Oh, no. replied Cox, quickly. "There
are so many Jumbos in the presidential from
New York that there's for the baby ele-
plant"
A CURIOUS device of journalistic enterprise has
been hit upon by the Bonapartst Petit Capora which
informs its readers that in order to prove the interest
it takes in their welfare it will place at their disposal
on and after June l. two eminent physicians of the
faculty of Paris. These doctors will be attached to
the staff of the newspaper and will give gratutous
consultations to the subscribers and their wives.
In Vienna it is said that since the great financial
collapse eleven years ago the suicide mania
never so acute. The latest reported are those of
mineowner from Leipzig, in hotel; theatrical
manager well known throughout Germany at Carls
bad an engineer, drowned in the Danube at Vienna;
and private in a regiment engaged in celebrat-
ing the seventy-ifth anniversary of the victory of
Aspern.
STONE of the Chicago News marched into Cyrus w.
Fields Office with consequential air the other day
and said ''Mr. Field have come to buy the Mail and
Express. What do you ask for It'll" Field looked up
from some papers and cooly said $50 you want it,
do youY Wellyou may write your check for just ST.,
900 600" But really, Mr.. Field" responed Stone,
Il am in earnest" $50 am l." replied Field, "and
am very busy. Good day"
TYPOGRAPHICAL errors, as general thing, not
calculated to enhance the value of publications of any
kind but the Lenox Library, Of New York city has
in Its possession two Bibles which priced by col
ectors as much for the quaint that occurs in
the printing as for their antiquity They are known
as the Wicked Bibles" One is English version.
bearing a London date of 1851, and the other is
German edition, published century ago. The
riosity which the same in both of them consists in
the coinca omission of the word mot in the seventh
commandments Both are perfect however, in other
respects.
EX-SENATOR SHARON was interviewed on things in
Speaking of his son.n-law, Sir Thomas Hesketh he is
reported to have said Hes thoroughbred He
knows his father-n.law.
IT'S very fine thing 10 be father!n-law,
very magnificent thfeetaed Bashaw,'
as the old play has it. Hcskcth is a good one.
doubted him at FIRST and sent three men to Liverpool
and London--it cost $40 000-to hunt up his
record. 1t good one, but, say ito Senator
Jonesl it would have been jolly idea if Hesketh had
concluded at The time to hunt up mine, CHI"
WHAT ought wife to call her husband in speaking
to a third personl Should she say my husband, or
should she use the without any prefix las
Mrs Carlyle used to talk of Carlyle) or should she
adopt another plan of that ladys, and speak, MS it
were of Mr. on" Perhaps it is matter of indiffer
ence in England according to the Pail Mall Gazette;
but in France womans usage in the matter is taken
as a test of breeding. In the provinces it seems,
wives speak of their husbands as monsieur, as II