The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-17

stairs, the host called pet dog that frisking
about and led him to side. "Are you afraid the
dog will bite me9" asked Bismarck. ooh no" re-
piled the host; I'm afraid you'll bite the dog" And
the Chancellor was in such grim mood that he took
this as a compliment and went away smiling.
THE worshipers at a church in Solano, Col, went
Sunday night usual to service, but found that
the bats had taken possession of tire house and
thick and aggressive that the service was necessa
rily postponed On Tuesday the deacons inaugurated
bat hunt, and behind one of the window castings
found and killed 241 of them
CHAUNCEY DEPEw says: 1.-THE sooner poor doc
tor lawyer clergyman recognizes that his genius is
for merchandise or types the skilled trades or ac.
counts the better for himself the profession and the
world. 1 have secured positions for two lawyers
one as brakeman, the other freight-clerk-and
both advancing with earnest strides and confident
antcipations toward the presidency of the road"
THE will of the late Thomas Chenery, editor of the
London Times has been probated. The value of the
personal estate under at $105, 900. Lega-
ces of So 500 left each of two executors The
residue of the estate remains upon trust for the main
tenance of his sister, Miss Mary Byron Chenery who
is an invalid On the death of Miss Chenery the resi-
due of the estate with any accumulatons goes to the
children of his friend, John Mcmillan.
A WORK entitled "a Curious History of Swearing
has just been issued in London. According to its
scholarly and intelligent author when says, Il
don't DAM he is not swearing at all but
ly quoting the Duke of Wellington who invented the
expression and introduced its use. 1t appears that
there used to be coin in India of innitesima value
called dam" and that is what the man doesn't
care" So, too according to the author of the book
the phrase, don't curse milder form of the
iron Dukes OATH but merely the equivalent of don't
q
''cress."
Mr.. EDWARD B. GILLETTE, of the Massachusetts
bar, tells amusing bit of advice given him by Mr..
Choate; LET me give you my dying advice said the
great lawyer. Never cross-examine woman, 1t is
of no They cannot disintegrate the story they
have told they cannot eliminate the part that is
for you from that which is against you. They can
neither combine, shade qualify. They go for
the whole thing and the moment you begin to cross
examine of them instead of being bitten by a sin
gle rattesnake you bitten by whole barrelful.
never, excepting in absolutely desperate, dared
to cross-examne woman"
WASHINGTON Critic: The general objection to Mrs
Joseph K. Mcdonald is that she is too pretty. She is
unquestcnably very handsome woman with ma
tured and melowed beauty that is triumph over
time-she say to the old fellow with the scythe
that he has proved powerless to harm her. She has
no wrinkles; her hair is white and very beau
tu her teeth good and she has attained the uste
mieu in fgure-she is neither stout thin but emil
nenty shapey. She is naturally afable and her de-
sire to have her husband in the White House has
added to her endeavor to please. She is well known
in Washington, where she spent several winters be-
fore she became Mrs. Mcdonald.
They learning how to advertise in Paris. Gu
rious was witnessed the other day in fashona-
BILE quarter. fashionaby dressed young man walked
into well-known cafe; then having managed to at
tract some attention, he sauntered up and down the
garden finally seating himself at a small table To
him came a person, who from his conversation
proved to be tailor, and who accused him in warm
words of being ungratefu stating that he had dressed
him credit for five years. The young fellow fired
up and declared himself insulted. A crowd gathered
and eager listened to the high words Finally to
convince his quondam tailor that another house was
cheaper and better the late client pulled out the bill
for the garments he The name price, address,
ETC., read aloud, and the open-1nouthed crowd
drank it in. The enterprising tailor who got up this
little drama found his profit