The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-07
FOREIGN FACT AND FANCY,

| suggest name for a very fine hunter of his.
Lord Norbury, himself q good Sportsman. who
knew that Mr. Pepper had had a fall or two,
advised him to call the horse "Peppercaster."
Mr.. O'Connell, whose arrest by the civil power,
as he was proceeding to meet Mr.. Peel was sup
posed net to be quite involuntary ON his own part,
was soon after arguing law point in the Com
mon Pleas, and happened to use the phrase, al
fear, my lords, | do not make myself under
stood" go on, go on, Mr.. OConnell," replied
Lord Norbury, mo one is more easily appre-
| hended"
must tell you an aneedote Of old Talleyrand
Murray wanted an autograph to engrave. S. E.
benlgnantly consented, and taking long sheet
| OF paper, wrote his name You guess where
at the very extreme top of the page, so close
that the French lady, who wrote with a feather
from the humning birds wing, and dried it
with the dust of the butterfys wing, could not
have squeezed in an o. U.
Lady Warrender told me one day that her al
lance with Sir George was a crying proof of the
falsehood of the proverb ''tlIat marriages were
made in heaven" 1 veutured, as she had taken
laughing tone about it, to say that on the
! contrary, l thought it strong proof of provi-
dental arrangement, as there would otherwise
have been two unhappy couples instead of one.
She laughed very good -humoredly, but believe
the joke was plain truth
DEFINITION FOR CONSCIENCE
All the Year Round.
teacher, giving reading lesson to his
class In the presence of inspector, asked
the boys what was meant by conscience-a
word that had occurred in the course of the
reading. The class, having been duly
crammed for the question, answered as one
boy, IAN inward monitor" But what do you
understand by an inward monitorf put in the
INSPECTOR To this further question only one
boy announced himself ready to respond and
his triumphantly given answer was, IA hiron-
Clad SIR"
HOLMAN HUNTS PICTURE.
Paris Morning News.
Mr.. Holman Hunts great picture of the
Flight Into Egypt" is now within a day or two
of being completely finished. The work has had
a singular history. The canvas obtained in
Palestine proved bad that, after years of labor
spent on the picture, the attempt to cure the de-
fects of the canvas had to be abandoned; and in
January of last year Mr. Holman Hunt com
mence6 repainting the whole work on new
vas. 1t is this second picture that is now fin
ished In about ten days the work will be
brought to Paris to be photographed and it will
be exhibited in London before Christmas
WHY SHE WAS LOVED
Paris Figaro.
1t is related of Mime. de Circourt, at one time
a reigning belle in Paris, that her mother once
said to her; My poor child, you are too ugly for
anyone ever to fall in love with you" From
this time Nine. de Circourt began to be very
kind to the pauper children of the village the
servants of the household-even the birds that
hoped about the garden walks. She was al
ways distressed if she happened to be unable to
render a service. This good will toward every
body made her the idol Of the city Though her
complexion was sallow her gray eyes small and
spnken, yet she held IN devotionto her the great
est men of her time Her unfailing interest in
Others made her, it is said perfectly irresistible
HEIDEI,RERe CASTLE.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Heidelberg Castle, the most magnificent and
picturesque medieval ruin in Europe, is in dan
ger of destruction. A railway has been carried
under it, through tunnel the blasting of which
has shaftpra6 naPtg while the fb0DdppipO
trains do further damage society called the
Sehlossverein has been organized to raise funds
for its preservation, and an appeal is made for
assistance. Annual subscriptions as low as three
marks twenty-five cents) are asked for and
the New York banking house of Knauth, Nu-
ehod 81 Kuhne is authorized to receive eontribu-
tons from Americans who may be willing to
help to preserve grand structure which is one
of the chief delights of tourists IN Europe.
COFFEE AT PUBLIC HOUSES.
London Truth.
The public house is the poor mans club. He
goes there for company and sociability as much
as anything else, verify believe that if there
were half as many coffee houses in the country
as there are public houses, the drinking either
of beer or of spirits would be reduced by 60 or
20 per cent. Take, for instance, man trudging
along the road with a cart. Ere passes a public
house every half mile and often more fire.
quently. He is dull. He is irresistbfy impelled
to go into one of these houses and have O nip"
| The nip means warmth, rest. and a few words
| interehanged with others If he could have
equal opportunities TO obtain these by buying a
cup of coffee, is it not very probable that he
| would prefer them2
AN EARL IN BAD WAY
London World.
regret to hear that the Earl Of Dalhousie is
| breaking up his establishment at Brechin Castle
| and proposes retiring to more economical quar-
/ tiers at Gannachie mere shooting lodge in the
foothills to the westward of Brechin. It is prob
able that both Panmure and Brechin Castle will
| be let. Lord Dalhousie's nominal rentrol is
| little short of $50 900 year, but he succeeded
/ to debt of quarter of a million sterling and
/ to estates which had suffered from long period
i of neglect The effects of this neglect heset him
| self enthusiastically to remedy, by giving his
/ tenantry generous concessions of rent, building
| new steadings and laborers cottages and engag-
! ing in extensive improvements, which, in the
! present bad times, yield no return on the
/ somewhat lavish outlay. Hence the necessity
/ for retfenchment, which / trust will be but
| temporary.
| wELL1NGToN's SYMPATHY
! Sir George t. Napiers Memoirs.
About the middle of the night, as DIR. Hare was
| sitting doing ina chair opposite Lord Marchs
| bed, who had fallen asleep, the dOorof the room
gently opened and a figure in white cloak and
military hat walked up to the bed, drew the cur
| tains quietly aside looked steadily for a few
seconds on the pale eountenance before him.
! then leaned over, stopped his head and pressed
| his lips on the forehead of Lord March, heaved
d W totpo -b4lo FOOHni when
the Doctor, who had anxiously watched every
movement beheld the countenanee OF Welljng
| ton, his cheeks wet with tears. He had ridden
many mile that night alone, to see his favorite
| young soldier the son of his dearest friend.
| He then returned to his headquarters, having
first made every inquiry respecting the sick and
| wounded, and given such orders as were neces-'
sary. Does this betray want of feeling in the
| Duke2 Nneeds no comment The fact speaks
for itself.
,BuecLEUcHs @ ODDLY HERITAGE
London Truth.
The entailed estates in Scotland to which
the present Duke of Buceleuch has sue
ceeded extend to upward of 450, zoo acres,
and include the magnificent seats of Bowhill
Drumlanrig Castle and palkeith Palace The
uresaIt annual rental is about l70 600 which is