The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-24

likely to spread beyond London.
MARSHAL MCMAHON lives now in very quiet,
unobtrusive way in Paris. He goes thence for
few months every to his Chateau de Scilly,
near Autun, where he has rare collection Of Irish
relics and memorials.
Ats dinner recently given by Mrs 1Iacley in Paris,
the table covered with veritable grassy lawn In
miniature; the centre-piece replaced by small
pond of water, in which fishes leaped about Rare
flowers took the place of trees.
THE Rev. DR.. Huntington, rector of Grace Church,
writes from Rome that he must not be accounted eli
gibe for the vacant place of Up. e. Bishop of Mary
land In of his election he adds he would think
1t his duty to decline the honor
THE Dean of the Greek Cathedral of Constantnope
is visiting in Philadelphia. He is an Englishman and
expects to lecture. This is the way his visiting card
reads 80 Protopresbyteros tou Patriarchikou
Oecumenikou Thronou Very Rev. S. G. Hatherly."
Mrs. FERDINAND WARD is said to be dying of new
GUS prostration at her mothers home in Brook
Ign. It is confidently expected that Ward will make
startling confession, and then blow out his brains
with revolver He told friend that he would never
face a criminal trial.
The President has given final sitting to Mr..
Heay the artist who is painting his portrait for the
White House collection. Mr.. Healy goes to Paris
next week and will take the painting with him to be
completed there Inc PRESIDENT Is very well SatlSne0
with the artists work.
LEILA ]. ROBINSON, the woman lawyer of Massa-
chusetts, has lately made her appearance peader
in court with signal She the attorney of
deserted wife who petitioned for maintenance and
the custody of two children. Miss Robinson gained
her triumphantly
MR.. FERDINAND WARDS downfall is regretted at
Stamford Conn., account of his iberality to local
institutions Among other things he subscribed
SIS, 900 to the Presbyterian church, 81 900 to
the proposed soldiers monument, 81, 900 to the
Young Mems Christian Association and 800 to the
Stamford cornet band.
BISHOP WARREN, of the Methodist Church was
struck in Mexico by the odd and sometimes fantastic
appelations of the small stores. grocery in a
seven by twelve feet displayed the of THE Phil
osophy. On the grog shops may be the following
frank and significant titles: 1.-THE Charmes of the
Seductress," THE Birth of Venus" 1.-THE Kiss of
Love, " THE Toast of Bacchus," 1.-THE Life Eternal
1.-THE Vesuvius" ''The Shipwreck" 1.-THE Delirum
Tremensr and THE Little He'll
AN exchange says that by means of ingenious
instrument invented by DR.. Lombard of New York, it
is ascertained that woman's body is warmer than
that Of by three-fourths of degree, and some
times high onehalf of degree, while in no in
stance has the warmth of males body been found to
be greater than that of female"
THERE is a controversy to whether eagle will
sit on limb and let himself become encased in ice.
Edward P. Roe related instance of that kind, and
his accuracy was questioned. John Holder now tells
how, at Bloomington H., he had eagle brought to
him covered by ice completely that it could not
legs or wings and fell from the tree which it
had perched, and was captured by boy.
TENNYsoN tells how he offended by natural
image. When among the Pyrenees he sketched
waterfall ''Slow-dropping wells of thinnest lawn
The critics Immediately discovered that lawn"
the material used in theaters to initiate waterfall
and that 'Mr Tennyson should not go to the boards
of theater, but to nature herself, for his sugges
tons" And he had gone to nature herself.
HENRY IRVING tells good story apropos of Amer
lean respect for the of sexes. While somewhere
out West he and Miss Terry visited county Jail.
The jailer took them through his bird cage, and
vastly gratifed by their praises of it's condition and
management Finally Miss Terry asked him where
the female ward was: 1--WE are in it now miss said
he ''but the fact is there ladies in the jail
present"
SENATOR COKE, of Texas, has remarkably power
full voice and it said that when he discussing the
pleuro pneumonia bill and got his Unbelievable wide
open the pages put cotton in their and wedged
the window sashes to keep them from rafting and
breaking the glass At the climax of his vocerations
Coke announced that he intended to speak that the
whole country would hear him. and then, he
paused for BREATH Beck remarked: Guess they will,
Coke, if they're not stone deaf"
CHARLES O'CoNoR, though a millionaire, spent less
on himself than many man with an income of
81, 800 The New York correspondent of the Troy
Times says of him: His appearance in public
almost plebeian both in countenance and apparel 1
have never indeed beheld of his professional
greatness with so inferior face. He looked more
like retired mechanic grocer than a professional
dignitary but when engaged in legal combat his APP
pearance entirely changed. His clear and pene-
trang eye then seemed to read every purpose either
in judge, or jury witnesses and often had freez
ing expression of contempt set off by that self-con-
seriousness of power which enchanted the auditory.
He in court without making all presented
his intellectual strength and also his readiness for
every emergency"
Mrs, LEoNOwENs, former governess to the King of
Siam, in recent interview with the Siamese Prince
a mission to the United States government,
received with great expressions of cordially and
gratitude. He says that he would hardly recognize
the Siam of to-day comparing it with that of fifteen
years ago, and he attributes the great regeneration
that has taken place largely to her influence on the
King and the young princes committed to her care,
of whom he is one and all of whom are now occupy
ing high positions. Slavery has been abolished as
well as the imprisonment of children for the debts of
their fathers the system of Jurisprudence has been
reformed postof6ces have been established public
schools endowed where the European languages arc
taught, and the system of prostration, which
qured all persons to enter the presence of superior
on his hands and feet is entirely done away with.
Discouraging Omen.
New York World.