The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-12
BREAKFAST TABLE-TALK.

THE constitution of New Jersey forbds the Govern
to make any appointments during the last week OF
his term
MRS. JAMES FISK. JR., the widow of the phenome
nal business man. is said to be in needy circumstances
in Boston.
THE parents of General John A. Logan, of Illinois,
Irish. He was born in Illinois and he is fifty
eight years old.
A LONDON journal asserts the truth of the story
that Lady of wealth, well known in New York, sent
for Italian artists to paint pictures match her
pets
AN Indian named raid.of.Nothing" mar.
ried white woman in Montana, recently, and before
the honeymoon was over applied to the tribe to have
his changed.
SPoRTsMEN in Florida waters have given up hand
and-line fishing for the rod and reel The fish
Jacksonville are sheepshead black fish bass whiting
and young and old drum.
A COOKING exposition was opened in Vienna on the
9th of January, to which Baron Nathaniel Rothschld
sent many curious tropical fruits and vegetables grown
in his own lighthouses in Vienna. ca
THERE is reversion in the general order of things
in Norway For instance, man and his wife travel.
ing charged only fare and half the half fare
according to Rev. DR.. Tiffany being for the man,
DECEMBER 81 is generally accepted the shortest
day in the year but appears that the afternoons be,
gin to lengthen little about December r. and the
mornings to continue to grow shorter until about
January 7.
KINDERGARTENs being under discussion in the Cali
forna school feathers convention, Mrs. A. Grifths
said that in her experience the kindergarten children
had proved to be the most unmanageable youngsters
of any that she had tried to teach.
WHATEVER permanent memorial shall be established
in honor of Sir Moses Montefore the committee in
tend to make it of the widest application far
creed and nationality concerned and of charac-
ter adapted to benefit humanity at large.
The first street was built in New York in 1881,
by John Stephenson, whose is familiar in
modern cars. 1t had compartments, side doors and
seats also ON top. Street cars were introduced in
England in 1860 by George Francis Train.
A NOVEL suit for damages has been brought by
waiter in one of the hotels on the Rhine He at
tempted some time ago to hang himself but guest of
the hotel cut him down in time to his life The
migrate brings suit for undue interference and for
damages sustained by the unauthorized cutting of the
rope, which happened to be one
IT is stated on the authority of Mr. Broadley the
eminent English lawyer who defended Arab Pasha,
that Messrs. Bennett and Barnum actually offered
$3.50 900 for him, the Egyptian rebel to get 1000
to himself Mr. Bennett wished the services of Arab,
first as a correspondent for twelve month and lthen
to hand him to Barnum. The offer was made TO
Lord Dufferin.
AT the establishment of the famous dog modiste Of
Paris, Nine. Ledouble small mats and rugs on
which the animals repose while waiting their turn to
try on their garments. There dresses for different
hours and temperatures of the day Blue is morning
wear, with bunch of violets at the left shoulder.
Seasn paetots for cold days the fur collars be-
ing mounted in silver.
THEY used so have cold winters in oden times. The
Mediterranean the gulf of Venice the Black sea
and the Baltic sea, have all been frozen over. So
have all the rivers of Italy Ice sixteen feet thick
made in the river Pc in 1916. In 1882 houses in
Austria were entirely buried in snow. In 1890
snow-storm in Scotland lasted thirteen days and
nights An entire army crossed the Danube the
ice in 462.
OF all the classic Venuses known to us in modern
times this Venus of Milo is certainly the most popu-
lar 1t is calculated that every year ffty-fve
thousand reproductions of it. in marble plaster terra
GOTTA etc. are sold in Europe; while for its photo
graphs it claim greater sale than Mrs.
Iangtry or Miss Mary Anderson in the zenith of her
fame. In the recent inventory of state property
made by the French government this matehess Statue
was computed TO be worth one and half million
francs or 100000.
Or all the great moneyed experts of the day writes
correspondent, class Jay Gould first. He is truly
a wonderful man, and man absolutely devoid Of what
technically known small vices. He has no bad
habits; he lives very quietly in handsome but not
tentatious home, with family who reciprocate
fegnedly his aectionate and thoughtful courtesy and
generosity. He doesn't smoke, he doesn't drink he
doesn't drive fast horses the road he is conented
with the domestic opportunities of his household.
and when away from affairs is unobtrusive straight
forward, amiable and polite.
THE weight of Tourgueneffs brain has led in Russia
to an active discussion of the general subject of brain
Weights NJ. Nikifarof a wellknown scientist in
recent article declares that the weight of the brain has
no influence whatever the mental faculties. Elo
gives the average weight of mans brain 1 424
grammes and that of a womans as 272, though the
averages given by Krausc are $40 and $50 re-.
spectively. The maximum weight Nikifarof gives as
/ 600 grammes, the minimum as 300. The brain Of
Haussmann the celebrated mineralogist weighed only
2O6 gramlnes considerably less than the average
weight of womans brain.
AWAY down in Prince Edward island ministers Of
Gods gospel are a article, and they generally
live good many miles apart. So, when there are
any couples in an isolated place wanting to got
married, where minister is not they all choose the
same date for the happy event. import minister for
the occasion and make job of it, Here is recent
marriage notice from the island; At Bloomfield, by
Rev f. B. Blerk Mr. Masnne Aucoin TO Miss Marie
Gallan Mr.. Andre Pitre to Miss Mathilda Pinault.
Mr. Sabn Arsoneau to Miss Lille Blanchard, Mr..
| Francois Gallant to Miss Catherine Richard, Mr.
jacques Poirier TO Miss Marie Gallant, Mr. Matthias
Gallant to Miss Agnes Gallant Mr. Joseph Poirer tc
Miss Clara Arseneau, Mr.. Noise Lo Brant to Miss
; Eleanora Gallant.