The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-16

will try hard TO get this if it for yourself
will you not2" And he replied: "a great deal harder,
Miss Anthony. For myself, 1 wouldn't care whether
had it or not but do care for you to have il"
SIR MOSES MoNTEFIoRE has been seriously i'll with
bronchitis He had two attacks, the last more
serious than the first. The weather had been very
severe at the time The last mail advices did not re-
port him entirely out of danger.
''WALKING yesterday along the Rue de Sevres,"
writes a lady from Paris to the London Truth, Il
the following delightful announcement painted on the
side of a porte cochere: Madame Zenobie C,
third story lets out teeth for evening parties and
balls"
MR.. SINTHA, Hindu gentleman, has carried off
from all his fellow students of the Inns of Court in
London, the prize offered by the Council of Legal
Education for such extensive and various subjects
Roman law, Jurisprudence constitutional law and le
gal history
MINISTERIAL decree recently issued in the Grand
Duchy of Weimar enoins upon all public departments
to abstain rigidly possible from the of for
eign words in their official reports documents, etc.
The Grand Duke is DESTROYS of restoring the language
of the Fatherland to pristine purity.
REV. J. G. WOOD, of New York possessed for four
years large lump of dry Nile mud hole in one of
the sides showing that mudfsh was within it. The
other day he carefully cut the lump open, and found
the inhabtant in good condition. doubled up, with its
tail over its head just when it went to sleep more
than twenty years ago.
THEoPHRAsTUs, Greek writer who hourished in
the fourth century before the Christian era in work
entitled the Book Stones, describes earthly
substance which would kinde and burn, and which
used by smiths. There can be no doubt that he
refers to coal and that this is the earliest passage in
which that substance is expressed or mentioned.
NJ DE LEssEPs is untiring. He is candidate for
the place among the French immortals vice Henri
Martin retired to another place of Immortality; he is
pegging away at his Panama canal scheme, and now,
in conjunction with NJ. Rondare, he is entering
the work of changing the Sahara desert into great
inland sea. he succeeds he will be thrice immortal
worthy to take his place 'among the gods"
RUsKIN says; Never buy copy of a picture.
All copies bad because painter who is worth
straw will copy. He will make study of pic
ture he likes for his OWE Use in his own way but he
won't and can't copy; and whenever you buy copy
you buy much misunderstanding of the original,
and encourage a dull person in following business he
is not fit for besides increasing ultimately chances of
mistake and imposture. You may, in fact consider
yourself as having purchased certain quantity of
mistakes, and according to your power being engaged
in disseminating them"
IT has been decided by the authorities at the Indian
Museum, South Kensngton. London, to put up in
place where it be conveniently read DIR. Letners
key to shawl writing furni shing clew to the
full meaning of the shawls shown in that exhibition.
DR.. Lener the dscoverer in 1872, of the secret
of the language of the of cashmere, and he
has described the numerals and colors used
in the manufacture of shawls at length. The
subject is of considerable interest in connection with
the decay of what used be of the flourish
ing industries in Northwestern India.
SIR STAFFORD NoRTHcoTE has been amusing a lit
erary society by occurring upon the subject of Moth
ing though he reminded them that he not the
first person who had attempted to discuss that theme.
Lord Rochester, the friend of Charles H. addressed
very clever poem to Nothing" French writer,
quoted by DIR. Johnson, wrote Latin poem to show
that Nothing is purer than water Nothing is richer
than gold Nothing is higher than the heavens, and
on. The speaker defined mastery inactivity the
of sitting still and not committing yourself in any
action at time when it is not convenient you should
do so.
LABoUCHERR says it's all humbug that the late
gilie John Brown particular favorte Of Prince
Albert, and commended by the consort on his death
bed 20 the Queen He was an ordinary upper servant
when Prince Albert died and then the Prince looked
with ineffable disdain upon those beneath him."
Heaven itself" says the editor of Truth would
scarcely be acceptable to a German prince if he
doomed to inhabit the same regions his sometimes
domestics; and l apprehend that such personages
gard the assurance, In my Fathers house many
mansions, sort of guaranty that such grievous
budding together of patricians and pebeans to be
anticipated"
THE italian papers relate the following anecdote of
Victor Emmanuel Soon after the Kings marriage he
met peasantgirl upon the steps of hr Royal Palace
in Turin. She bringing basket of eggs for the
royal kitchen, and because the King a plain
huntngdress, and alone, she took him for a
want. "Do point out the King to me-" she begged:
II should so like to see him. 81 tho King" he
said" ETH BAH" said the girl laughing in his face.
''The Princess would not have chosen such an ugly
man." The King laughed too, and accompanied the
girl the kitchen where he babe the servants attest
to his identity. He then gave the girl twentyfranc
piece, and left her bewildered
EARL GRosvENoR, the eldest of the Duke of
Westminster who has just died was chiefly remarlea-
BILE for his great and for his age, immense size his
habit which probably occasoned this size, staying
in bed until in the afternoon and his passon for
engine driving. He had been subject from one-and-
twenty years and upward to epileptic attacks, but
when on the engine wild Irishman" was always &C
companied by the usual driver and stoker that the
public suffered no risk His young widow is one of
the beautiful daughters of Lord Scarborough, and
their little boy, Lord Belgrave who is destined to in
herit the vast estates is fine little fellow called in
the family bend Or" after his grandfathers Derby
winner
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