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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
ECHOES OF NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mail and Express.
Ladies in mourning who "go out" wear court
train black silk, heavily trimmed with Grape.
Artificial smilax is now used extensively to
trim the edge of the table cloth at dinner par
ties.
Fancy note paper and ENVELOPES have appar-
emily been temporarily revived in fashionable
circles.
Every woman has tailor made suit nova
days, even if the material is the cheapest to be
bought
Weddings are becoming fewer and fewer and
beautifully less-weddings of kind that inter
est society.
New salad bowls have three cucumbers for
legs, and the bowl proper is formed of the veg
etable flower.
The newest long kid glove from Paris is
fastened all the length of the arm by tiny kid
straps and buckles
Men who wear sealskin or astrakan- trimmed
overcoats should not be displeased if they are
pointed out as actors or gamblers.
Should business depression" sink any deeper
in fashionab bic purses several of the Long Island
hunters have made arrangements to have their
pink coats dyed black and lined with some warm
material
society novel based on ''real life, and from
the pen of three Murray Hill ladies, who write
''for fun is to be published in March. The
money derived from the sale of the book is to be
given to charity.
Small umbrellas are too effeminate and now
ponderous swells carry one the size of Califor-
MIA spruce with lions head for a handle. If
one does not believe they are imported from Lon
don, he can inquire at the nearest custom house.
| Several prominent artists are making consid-
| cradle money trying to develope a taste for
! painting" in young ladies who have indulgent
parents, or young wives whose husbands have
not yet informed them how much they are worth.
IA charming innovation" says the American
Queen, "and one that is becoming appreciated
is for morning wear the warm and coquettsh
corduroy jackets tight fitting in the back, loose
in front with side pockets. These jackets are
now worn with bonnets of the same material
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
A New Use for the Frog.

A new use for the frog has been discovered.
medical correspondent of the Lancet says that
finding the treatment of graduating wounds by
skin grating is il country practice, liable to fall
into disuse through the unwillingness of patients
to part with the little bit of skin necessary, he
has lately been induced to try experiments with
other substances as a substitute for human
CRAFTS. AS the outcome of these experiments he
finds that bits of skin from a decaptated frog
make CRAFTS which admirably answer all pur-
poses forming source of supply always at
hand in the country except during the winter
months and being easily applied on account of
their uniformity in thickness. and necessltat-
ing no pain to suffering humanity The
skin of single frog yields CRAFTS
for an enormous extent Of surface and
preserves its vitality so long that, if
the patient is at distance the portion of skin
required can be carried by the surgeon in his
pocket for an hour or more without injury, pro-
vided it is wrapped in gutta pereha or other
waterproof tissue to prevent drying The frog
is so extensively used for experimental purposes
by surgical Swans that the appropriation of its
skin for the convenience of human beings
whose own skins require renewal is not pro
ceeding to which it can reasonably object more
especially as it is decapitaJed before being thus
utilized The public, however, would be inter
ested to hear little more about these frog
CRAFTS before adopting them generally. Does the
skin Of the frog when grated retain its pc.
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A Sufficient Reason.


The Russian legation at Georgetown became
after old Baron Bodisco's marriage to the young
and beautiful Miss Williams. the scene of bril-
liant weekly entertainments, given, it was as
serted. by the special direction of the Emperor
Nicholas, who had special allowance made for
table money. At these entertainments there
was dancing, an excellent supper. and room
devoted to whist. Mr.. Webster, Mr.. Clay, Gen
eral Scott, and several of the diplomatic corps
were invariably to be seen handling 'fifty-two
pieces of printed pasteboard," while the old
baron, who was not good player, used, as the
host of the evening. to take hand. One night
when he had thus sat down to play with those
better acquainted with the game than he was
he lost over 81, 600, and at the supper table he
made the following announcement in a sad tone
Ladies' and gentlemen 1t is my disagreeable
duty to make the announce that these receptions
must have an end, and to declare them at an end
for the present-because why2 The fund for
their expend, ladies and gentlemen, is exhaust
and they must discontinue"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
Irving and Terry.

New YORK Letter.
Henry Irving's engagement just closed, has
been, it is said, far more successful pecunarly
and artistically than he had dared to hope for
During his spring engagement he expects to pro
duce "Richeleu," "Vanderdecken" and Eugene
Aram,' and perhaps several other parts not yet
personated in the United States 1t is not i'm
probable that he may make a third pro-
fessional visit to this country He has been
urged to do so repeatedly, and his profits have
been much larger than they would have been in
London The gossip about Ellen Terry's mar
riage to Irving has been revived here. The re
port is absurd. She is Mrs. Kelly, and has not
Separated from her husband and Irving has not,
as is alleged. obtained divorce from his wife
Cynics say that Terry and Irving are too good
friends to wed one another
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
Like His Mother Used to Make.

At UNCLE JAKEs," ST. 30, MO-. 'S4.
Il was born in Indiany,' says a stranger lank and
SLIM
As us feers in the restaurant was kindo' guyin' him,
And Uncle jake was sldiR him another pun kin pie
And extra cup o coffee with twinkle in his eye
81 born in Indiany-rnore n forty year ago
And hant been back in twenty-and I'm workin'
backards slow;
But I've ct in every restaurant twixt here and SANITY
Fee
And want to state this coffee tastes like gittin home
to mel
Pour us out another, Daddy says the eler. warmin
A-speakin' 'crost sauee.1ul. as Uncle tuck his
cup
"When l ssed your sign out yender" he went on, to
Uncle jake
"'Come in and git coffee like your mother used
to make
thought of my old mother. and the Posey county
farm,
And me little kid agin ahangin' in her arm
As she set the pot a-bn-broke the eggs and poured
EN- IN
And the Teller lindo' halted, with trimble in his
chin:
And Uncle Jake he fetched the feers coffee back and
stood
AS solemn fer a minute, a undertaken would,
Then he sorto turned and tiptoed lords the kitchen
door-and next,
Here comes his old wife out with him, a-rubbin' OF
her specs
And she rtshes fer the stranger and she hoers out
Its him
Thank God we've met him comm! Don't you know
your mother Jim!'
And the feller as he grabbed her, says,-'Yon bet
haint forgot
But" wipin' of his eyes, says he, Your coffee's
mighty hot"
james Whitcomb Riley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
Faded Flowers.

You ask why keep these flowers poor and faded
When all the earth is budding into bloom
And why with folded hands sit so lonely
Shutting the sunlight from my quiet room.
If / would | am too tired now to gather
The Mays sweet wild-howers and the budding rose;
Tired of the sunshine and the garng day glow
Yet seeming WEAKNESS is sweet repose.
I know my flowers only withered leaflets,
And yet a subtle sweetness fingers there
A hallowed something linked to days far brighter
charm freshly gathered bud wear.
You say the orchard boughs sweetly flushing
And royal pansies heck the borders gay,
And summer sends across the sunny hilltops
Her kisses on the fragrant breath of May
All, me- know the white and purple lilacs
And where the lilies of the valley grow;
Where tender hyacinth and dainty
First lift their heads above the winter snow.
know how fair the hedges unfolding
And how the orchards scatter their sweet rain
And something in the thought of all their beauty
Comes Ger me witha throb akin to pain.
And yet they cannot hold the tender meaning
That once l read in these poor faded flowers.
They whisper not, in all their fragrant breathing
OF happy days and swiftly vanished hours.
30 with young hands and gather your fresh roses
Halowng each garland with your hearts best
thought,
Anon you Il find, amid the withered treasures
mystic meaning wondrously inwrought
Mrs D. NJ, Jordan, in The Current
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The Secret of Long Life.
Philadelphia Times.

Simon Cameron is about the only man have
ever known to Quit public life while he was still
able to deal with the world 1t has been some
thing more than ten years since he went out of
the Senate and voluntarily retired to his country
home to spend the rest of his days in enjoying
the best pleasures Of old age. He has Travelled
eight or ten thousand miles year since, and de-
voted himself to his friends and to his own com
fort He loves young company. In health,
spirit, and ambition he is not over forty, al
though he is turning eighty-six. He seeks men
of his own spirit and with blood warm enough
to make them see the rosy side of life, hasn't a
single characteristic of an old man about him,
and have often heard him say:
1.-THE secret of life is to keep moving. Men
grow old only when they sit down long enough
to get rusty l want to live just as long as |
can be happy. When / reach the point when
my friends, standing on the corners and seeing
me come up the street say, Lets get on the
other side there comes the old FOOL / want to
die. Men make a great mistake in this life by
holding on to any position after they have lost
their grip and their company has become un-
pleasant to their associates"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
Rrnant,s rendtr Conscienee.

The following very pretty scdote is told of
the late William Cullen Bryant, ne poet by a
former associate in his newspaper Office, which
illustrates the good mans simplicity of heart
Says the narrator
''One morning, many years ago, after reaching
his office, and trying in vain to begin work, he
icrned to me and remarked:
! cannot get along at all this morning
"Why notP asked.
"'O,' he replied, 1 have done wrong When
on my way here little boy flying kite passed
me, The string of the kite having rubbed
against my face, seized it and broke it. The
boy lost his kite, but did not stop to pay him
for it. L did wrong. l ought to have paid
him.
This tenderness of conscience went far toward
making the poet the kindly, noble, honorable
and honored man that he was whose death was
felt as "a loss throughout the land
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14


Sir John Lubbock continues his curious ex-
periments with his dog. and he hopes in time to
make the creature as accomplished as the aver
age biped. 1t is about sixteen months since he
began the education of this wonderful poodle
IVAN" His idea was that the dog, if he wanted
anything should ask for it, and, as his bark
might not be Ineligible series of cards were
arranged by which he might make known his
desires. Thus card labelled Food" is laid
within his reach, and when he is hungry he
takes it up in his mouth and brings it to his
master. In the same way if he wants to go
out, he picks up card with the word Out
upon it, and brings that up. Another and very
favorite card with him is labelled Bone" for
its presentation is followed by the bestowal of
a toothsome morsel The pieces of cardboard
about ten inches long and three inches wide.
Having succeeded in teaching the animal so far
Sir John has been lately trying experiments in
order if possible, to teach it to distinguish color
But this has hitherto, he says proved failure
One circumstance, however, initiates against
The success Of the education moyement-Sir
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
Mqzart's First Public Performance.
New York Tribune.


The German Gartenlaube brings to light a
copy of the progralnD of what it terms Mo-
zarts first public performance. drawn up by his
father in Frankfort in 1764 1t runs as follows:
"My daughter twelve years old and my son OF
seven, the son being the great Mozart, will exc
cute the eoncertos of the greatest masters on
several kinds of pianos, and my boy on the vio
lin likewise. My son will cover the fngerboard
of the piano with cloth and play as if it wero
not covered. He will guess both standing near
at distance any note, any accord sounded
on the piano, on bell or any other instrument.
In conclusion he will improyise as long as de-
sired both on the organ or the piano. in all keys,
even the most difficult, as any one may choose.
But his rendering of organ music differs greatly
from that of the piano" Mr. P. d. Townsend,
the translator of Jahn's Mozart" however, says
in The Pail Mall Gazette, that that was not
Mozart's first performance, that event taking
place in Frankfort on August 80, 1863 ''The
passage quoted from the Gartenlaube," he adds,
lis taken from newspaper announcement not
programme of the concert It was here that
Goethe heard Mozart L saw him as a boy =
seven years old, he told Eckermann, when he
gave a concert on one of his tours. myself
was fourteen. and l remember the little fellow
distinctly, with his powdered wig and his sword"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
IN THE BY-wAYs OF LIFE.
The Scanty Living Made by Little woma
with Red Shawl.

The Scanty Living Made by Little Woman
with a Red Shawl.
Philadelphia Press
The hardest hearted and most cynical of men
would have pitied Sarah Hamilton had ne seen
her on Saturday night. She was standing in a
doorway on Chestnut street. above Eighth tax
ing advantage of what little shelter the place
afforded. 1t was stormy night. Overhead the
wind was playing a wild tune on the telegraph
wires. The rain fell fast and was blown in
furious gusts up the street
Travellers were few, but to each one as he
passed the woman would appeal in thin, piping
voice. Wont you buy paper, mister pleasep
The papers were not selling very rapidly when a
reporter came along. "Bad night for business, "
he remarked. Yes" while her teeth chartered
and she drew little red shawl closer around her
shoulders. ''Pm afraid won't make me forty
cents tonight What do l want with it? Why
you see, sir, me room up in one of them little
courts near Tenth and Vine costs me So so a
week, that's forty cents night. Yes, l live
alone; never was married and never want to be-
l don't think much of men, except them that
buys me papers. How OLD am IL Well, that's a
rather embarrassing question to ask a young bit
of a thing like me. l don't mind telling you,
though I'll be thirty-nine come spring" The
conversation was here interrupted by a violent
tit of coughing.
THAT coughs been troubling me ever since
last winter" went on the little woman. II
caught cold one morning when was scrubbing
You see, in the mornings can manage to make
half a dollar by scru5bing out stores l got to
selling papers through being hurt l lived out
doing housework since I was a little girl. 1 tell
you l dressed fine in them days. One day some
thing broke in me side when l was lifting a
heavy stove and had to go to the hospital
After that | sold papers because couldn't do
very heavy work. No, the boys don't trouble
me much. l like them little fellows. Some
times a bad one comes along, but the police at
the corner look after me-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
A BLAsPHEmER,s PUNISHMENT.
The Awful Chastisement of a Man Whose
Curses God Rebuked.

Ihe Awful Chastisement Of a Man Whose
Curses God Rebuked.
| Louisville Courer-Journal
| The people of Lee township, about seventy-fve
miles north of this city, in Brown county Ind are
in a state of excitement over the case of Jam es
Lyman, who was instantly deprived of all sensa-
| tions a few days ago.
| From Mr.. Edward Farris, who is registered
at the Planters Hotel reporter learned the
story of Lymans Affections
| Lyman recently moved into Lee township.
| His family consists of a and two daughters.
| In early years he was seaman, and although
| he tells but little of his past history, it is be-
| lieved from relics and other souvenirs which he
has in his possession that his adventures on the
| ocean would make a volume of thrilling TO
nance 1t is said of him that when eleven
years of age he ran away from his home in
Boston, and, determined to adopt sailors life,
he concealed himself IN the hold of ship, about
to weigh anchor, and was carried off to sea.
On board vessel Lyman soon learned to
swear. AS his years increased his profanity be-
came more voluble. His ship touched many for
eign shores, and by frequent associations with
! the natives, he gradually acquired their manner
OF speech, and in time became the master of
four different languages. In all of these he was
an adept at swearing. Thek slightest trihe met
volley of oaths. Let some one vex him and the
air would be perfectly sulphurous with his
wicked declarations. When excited his wrath
was terrible, and few dared to remain within
ear-shot, while curses and imprecatons rolled
with mighty vehemenee from his tongue.
One day last week, while experimenting a
force of hands in making a clearing a silly ac-
cident threw Lyman into an excess of passion.
Words more blasphemous than ever before ut
tered rolled from his fluent tongue as he danced
about in perfect paroxysm. Suddenly the i'm
pious declarations ceased. Thompson fell face
downward to the ground, and was unable to move
a muscle. A genuine thunderbolt or a bullet
through the heart could not have dispatched
his senses quicker Sight was destroyed, speech
gone and motion impossible. After thirty min
utes' prostration he recovered slightly but he
was unable to regain his lost speech. His eyes
were also dimmed. On the arms of two strong
laborers he was borne to his house, where he
has since been resting in half conscious con-
dition.
Deyout people in the neighborhood look upon
Lymans calamity as a righteous punishment
and fearful warning against disappearing.
They verify believe that it was a visitation
of the wicked mans prolonged sins upon his own
head
The physician who attended Mr. Lyman and
a number of other sensible people in the neigh
borhood, among them Mr. Farris, look at the
strange case from very different standpoint.
They regard it as ar unusual result of quick
paralysis, superinduced by life of exposure and
and recklessness and accelerated by the intense
excitement under which the afflicted man was
laboring at the time of the mishap.
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Asunder.

Swifter than bird upon the wing,
Swifter than time when Joy reigns king,
Softer than southern winds caress,
Softer than mothers tenderness,
Sweeter than roses in red June,
Sweeter than nightingale's low tune,
Are the thoughts thatI speed to you to-day.
o, messenger, fly, nor my love delay
Slower than sleep to the haunted brain,
Slower than dawn to night of pain,
Stelner than grief that never weeps
Sterner than fate that never sleeps
Sadder than sorrows bitter sigh,
Sadder than exile's yearning cry,
Is the message inborne to me tonight.
o, heart, can it be that once you were light?
Ida May Davis
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Where He Drew the Line.

Papa" said a young girl, blushing deeply,
tim engaged to be married" ''To whomq" 80
a co-coachman, papa" well, my dear" he re-
piled, stroking her. hair fondly, Il want you 10
important matter. If you think you willibe happy
with him l shall interpose no objections
James is a very respectable young mar"
"James" she shrieked, ''the fellow who drives
our carriage Do you suppose for an instant that
1 would marry such low personl The gentle
man to whom 1 have pledged myself is Mr.. De
Browne, the driver of the tally-ho coach ="
What" yelled the old man, jumping up and
Never l dont mind your marrying coachman.
but draw the line on tally-hos"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
Ehe First Snow,

Gay bloom the flowers in springtime set,
And streaky apples linger yet
Twas autumn but week ago
Why, then, these winter fakes of snowi
Summers last rose they disarrayed,
The while she dreamed in peace to fade.
One swallow was inclined to stay;
The white fecks frightened him away.
Winter S cold shock who first endure
Think him unkind and premature;
Complain the summer was too brief,
And mOralize DER each dead leaf.
But as he grips with frmer hold
We grow more careless of the cold,
Joy in the sparkle of his snow,
And nestle by his freside glow.
Dismayed, we note the first gray hair,
Soon others conceive cease to care;
Then gray, outnumbering the brown,
And soon white winter settles down.
And when from youth we've passed to age
We've learned our lessons page by page,
To take what comes for veal or woe
And never fret about the snow
st. James's Gazett
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
He Made 1t Attractive.

Chicago News.
II hear you want to hire good window
dresser97
Eyes, sir" replied the dry goods merehaBs-
"Can you make window attractivel"
'Attractive 1 shd say l could. ] can dress it
so a woman can't git by it 'thout looking iu."
Very well, sir, you may try"
In half an hour the sidewalk in front of the
store was crowded with women all waiting to
get chance to peep in. The merchant couldn't
understand it, since nothing but a solid piece Of
black velvet was hanging in the window.
Il didn't know a simple piece of plain velvet
was so attractive"
"Taint that" said the new clerk. They
amt lookin' at the velvet"
What then2"
why don't you see, that black background
makes capital mirror"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-14
An Office 'sfor Gods Sake. !"

vertiser.
Every Democratic member Of Congress is
flooded with applications of constituents who eS-
pect an Office. A South Carolina member said
to your correspondent that he had received let
ter from one man in his district who made a
most pitiful appeal for government position.
"Give me anything" he wrote. Il don't care
what it is; but for Gods sake give me an Office
of some kind" The Democratic senator's and
representatives, in many cases, are anything
but pleased over the prospect of vainly trying to
please all who will bore them for oihce. Some
Democrats are not loath to say openly that if
the pressure should be as it promises 60 con
tinue the only step that can be taken will be to
nuify the civil service law, and allow of APP
pointments in the old way, solely by means of
political influence