The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-12

venom but do not die. The writer saw cat eat the
heads and tails of two large ones its wounded places
liberated, but healed
No young lady is quite made who doesn't possess a
tray fitted up with all the paraphernalia for sealing
her letters She must have tray of beaten copper,
with lamp such as the old poets wrote by, with
unique holder for matches and for her wax, and
seal with crest upon it, The newest things in letter
Of oriental leather and the little travelling
inkstand attached to them across end making also
postage stamp and sealing-wax box
CONCERNING the late Adams Coeridge libel suit
and tho chapter it opens in the family life of the
English Chief justice it may be remembered that the
following advertisement to be seen in the Morn
ing Post Q4ondon), of May 4. 1884: Daily Gov
erness.-The Hon. Mildred Coleridge SO Abingdon
road Kensngton, gives instruction in music Theory
and practce), German italian and French, and rud-
mentary Greek and Latin. Literature class
Wednesday afternoons"
THREE cases reported to the French Association
for the Advancement of the Sciences of Immediate
cure of paralysis agtans by means of hypnotic sug
gestion. The patients had become unable to write
legibly but when the affirmation was made to them
emphaticaly during sleep that they could write as
well as other peaple, they did so forthwith and re-
tanned the power after awaking. NJ Liebault showed
specimens of the handwriting as produced before
during and after the hypnotic sleep, and said he had
obtained like results during several years of practice
A VISITOR 20 the queer little town of five hundred
souls and hundred houses standing on stills on
either side of and deep natural canal at the
mouth of the Mississippi, says that the men sit on
their doorsteps and bring down wild fowl with their
guns. The alligator paddles leisurely up the main
street. protected by law because the muskrat of
his articles of diet was becoming nuisance by bur
rowing in the levees These sluggish and good
humored pets open their immense mouths, sometimes
and look yearningly for dead cat dog like
delicacy
Mr.. STURGEON, the great English preacher, evil
IDENTIFY does not think that smoking is incompatible
with the Christian profession. He said in sermon
the other day that if anybody can show him in the
Bible the command, Thou shalt not smoke" he will
keep it. II find ten commandments" he said land
it's much as can do to keep them; and I've no de-
sire to make them into eleven twelve. Why, a
may think it a sin to have his boots BACKED. Well
them let him give it up and have them whtewashed
1wish to say that am not ashamed of anything
whatever that 1 do; don't think smoking makes me
ashamed and therefore mean to smoke"
A WELL educated person who possesses a college
sheepskin, reads his Bible, his Shakespeare and the
daily papers seldom uses more than 8, 900 or 1000
words in actual conversation. Accurate thinkers and
close reasoners, who avoid vague and general expires
sions, and wait till they find word that exactly fits
their meaning, employ a larger Stock and eloquent
speakers may rise to a command of 10000. Shak
speare who displayed greater variety of expression
than probably any writer in any language produced
all his plays with about 10 900 words. Millions
works are built up with 9oOO and the Old Tesla
a11fb hiatt hoe To Tn
the English language there are, all told, 10000.
EVEN the ebony black and obstnatey persist eht
swallow tailed coat hreatents to pass says the Paris
correspondent of the London World 'for the gentle
meu of leisure gaining ground in their campaign
in favor of color. The red coat and brooches were
accepted last in the ceremonial meetings of
high society. This season variety is to be obtained
by the introduction of the blue coat and brass but
tons, white waistcoat and light gray trousers and
powdered hair which latter detail will be considered
extrav LAM and by the brown coat and brass buttons
shawlpatern wastcoat brown cloth breeches carriers
fastened with diamond buckle, and squaretoed,
high -heeled shoes. The black coat will be by
the pschutteux only at the theatre, and in places
where the uncalled-for remarks of the cads might
the serenity of the spectacle of contemporary
calves"
GoLDBERG. the magician, who lately died had
marvellous dexterity in the deceptive handling of
cards and his tricks with them far better than
those of any of the celebrated showmen Still he
remained card mani pulator until his mental
vsgaries brought him to lunatic asylum. Long
Branch gambler said to him Whats the use of run
ming yourself as a pass-thehat show when you could
turn your talents to profitable account Now, I'll
give you 5000 cash down you'll teach to do that
trick with the four aces" II couldn't" the sober
reply IF you gave me s.. 600 600. don't know how
do it" The truth that the trick which consisted
in dealing four at will from apparently we'll
shufflled pack, depended chiefly that dexterous
handling of the cards called paIning; but the de
mented Goldberg convinced that, being himself
the personal devil tt was purely supernatural. All
the while that he was practicing the delicate and
deceptive manipulation he was unaware that the re-
suits were obtained by trickery and skill.