The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-12

est interest also the paintings with the most
primitive representations Of men and animals The
plan of this wonderful prehistoric palace be mad
with great accuracy, and it will excite universe
amazement, for nothing like this has turned up.
The capital found is one of the most ancient
Doric order discovered"
AN Arkansas woman whose husband recently
sent to the penitentary wrote the following letter to
her loved Il don't like to shake you that you
are in trouble but under the circumstances it il the
best thing can do The you stole the hog from
has proposed to me, and have consented to marry
him. 1 getting tired of the neighbors throwing it
up to me that my husband is in the pen. l going
to marry this fellow quietly, an when they
around an say your husbands in the pen, l call
EN- liar, an have EN- arrested for SANDER"
MILE. RHEA never wearies of relating how, at the
beginning of her career she to Carvalho with
letter of introduction. She plainly and modestly
dressed He looked her, shook his head, and said,
Il fear you will not do my child you are cold and
too young" But will you not hear recite some
thing3' Not to-day, my child am too busy" May
l come tomorrow" Yes" SO next day she went,
arrayed III the most resplendent nery she could get
to wear. He greeted her with Smiles gladly laid
aside work to hear her rect and then cried in ecsac
1T is Rachel 1t is Rachel again!" And on the spot
he engaged her.
THE late Charles Reade is quoted by Dom Piatt as
saying that American jokes awful exaggeratoIs,
with cheerful disregard of all the rest of the world
regards with solemn respect He told illustration,
of an item he had read in of our newspapers to
the effect that Mr.. Jacob Tomkins an old and valued
citizen, had entered forge the day before, with
pound of powder in his coat-tai and shortly after
went out quite unexpectedly through a hole in the
roof. do you know, exclaimed the novelist, that
if such a statement of shocking casualty to
appear in an English journal, the people would be
very indignant" he really supposed the killing
CURED.
JOHN F. SLATER, whose death occurred at Nor
wich, Conn, on Wednesday, was known chiefly on &C
count of his munifcence toward the freedmen. In
1882 he gave 81 900, 900 as fund for their educe-
ton, and the money is being distributed by board of
trustees to deserving schools in the South The Stat
ers of Connecticut have been noted cotton manufac-
turers since 1888, when Samuel Slater who in Eng
land had been partner of Arkwright the machinist
came over and began to spincotton. Samuel brother
John the father of the John just gone established
the village of Satersville and there and at Provi
dence and at Norwich the machinery of the Skaters
has made music for the better part of century.
OF English DOCTORS Radcliffe made over $35 900
year in the height of his famei Mead $25 OOO Bale;
$45, 000 Sir H Halford, $55, 900, and Sir B. Bro
die, $50, 900 in the year but before his retire
ment, the largest income known. Radcliffe
ceived $S 600 special fee for visiting Lord Abe
marie at Nemur; Granville So 900 and his travelling
expenses for visit to st. Petersburgi and recently
Sir W. Gull So 600 each for two visits to Pau and
$500 for travelling to Perthshire and remaining
week with patient. But the fee of fees that
ceived by DIR. Dnesdale in 1868 for inoculatng the
Empress Catherine and her son, at St. Peters
burg, viz: 100000 paid down. pension of $4,000
for life, and the dignity of baron.