The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-10

,oone. 725 900 people are engaged in its manufac-
t,,re and sale and it wastes annually 100000 600
bushels OF grain Imagine this grain in train of
cars, and it would extend track 900 miles
long or two trains reaching from New York to Mag
ara"
GRANT smokes a medium strength cigar, which he
imnorts from Cuba He talks while smoking never
lets cigar go out and smokes the stubb on wooden
'tootbpick Sherman smokes nervously, and is
always reighting his cigar Sheridan enjoys quiet
smoke, but can't do anything else while heis smok-
ing Butler rarely lights cigar, but carries the
wrong end in his mouth. Logan smokes only at long
intervals but when he smokes at all it is neessanty
SOMEBODY who read Western newspapers remarked
the curious fact that the Cincinnati mob threw no
stones; it used only "bowlders" and 'rocks" and
'dornicks and ''brickbats" So we should read thus
'Dayid took from his bag bowlder and slang it, and
the rock sank into the Philistine's forehead" "A
dornick is heavy a FOOLS wrath is heavier" "Woe
unto him that saith to the dumb brickbat arise" IF
his son ask bread will he give him bowlder!" And
'They rocked Stephen"
THE College of Cardinals now includes the greatest
genius and first divine among English-speaking Roman
Catholics Cardinal Newman and in Cardinal Hergen-
rether who appointed in the same year, it has
secured the greatest German historian except Dol
Prince Furstenberg archbishop of Olmutz, are also
regarded as men of much mark Haynad is considered
next to Strossmeyer the ablest speaker and most
adroit logician in the council.
Mr. TERRY, of England, has invented tricycle.
which is capable of being converted into boat.
When used on the road the machine is an ordinary
rear stearer. The operation of converting it into a
boat is very simple and takes but half hour All
mounted, the apparatus forms decked canoe, COM
Dining all the conditions necessary for proper buoy
Ancy even at The buoyancy is moreover in
creased by two air bags which attached to the
two sides at the upper part of the open space
MATTHEW ARNOLD has delivered his lecture on
Emerson in London, and London does not like it.
Vanity Fair says: The lecture was reeled off in a
yawning lazy, indolent fashion; it Only in
terasting because of some kind of critical mpudence,
Mr. Arnold had had the bad taste deliver at Bos-
ton to those who reverence the memory of the gentle
New England philosopherpoet. The lecture brought
the sage of Oxford into anything but good repute.
Where not dull the lecture tissue of captious
contempt, rather than of analy ticsl criticism.
THE gossips have found out what it was that broke
down Lord Randolph Churchill's health and made
him leave Parliament some weeks before the close of
last session. One night he and some fellow-states-
men were standing on the Thames embankment, at a
friends garden gate when Big Ben struck midnight.
Some one remarked upon the delberateness of the
ringing, and wondered whether a man could run from
there to the Tower steps before the last note was
struck. The young Tory leader thought he could a
wager was made the following night appointed
for the enterprise and Lord Randolph won; but he
Overexerted himself that the others had to carry him
to bed and next day his physician ordered him off to
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