The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-02
CURRENT NOTES AND GOSSIP.

acres OF ground.
THERE are thirty-two miles Of elevated
railway in New York City.
CLEoPATRA's NEEDLE. in Central Park. Is
gradually crumbliDg away. Can't stand the
climate.
WONDERS will never cease. A printeT Up
in Maine got religion, quit drinking and be-
came a preacher.
MATTER inclosed in a sealed envelope.
though the corners may be cut or the ends
notched, is subject TO letter rates.
If you wanted to send q suit of clothes by
mail that weighed six pounds you would
have to make two packages of ii.
LIoUIDs, poisons, explosives and inaam-
msble articles are not received for mailing,
no matter how carefully wrapped.
To CURE h~iccoughs, take something that
viii make you sneeze. Every man who
stays out late should carry a snuff-box,
especially if his wife is in the habit of sitting
up for him.
81. d. WATMoUeH, of Philadelphia" as
the Baltimore American tells, lis now on
his annual hunting cruise in the waters of
the James and Appomattox in a sloop.yacht
fitted up in the finest style. His beautiful
vessel and Der equipments always attract
much attention.
THE books printed in the South during the
war are now in demand among collectors.
One of these was q spelling book printed on
common wall paper. Another, more ambi-
tious, was illustrated with the old trade cuts
found in newspaper Offices, producing a
comical effect. Upon the title page is the
legend Printed in the fourth year of the
war of independence"
The paradise OF tramps has been located.
1t is in GiIroy, CAL, and the presiding deity
isa benevolent lady who never by any
cbance turns the wanderers from her door,
but furnishes them with food. cigars INC
good advice al lib. As each recipient OF the
good lady's charity departs he leaves a
chalk mark on the gate, and a constant
stream of impecunious visitors is the nat
ural consequence.
In the time OF Louis Nv. OF France the
ladies at their toilet thought nothing of
destroying half a dozen pairs of gloves be-
ASAS thOJ 6Oh OuO pau y A9 LANJ WOAc
made of white skins, bat ornsmented with
little ribbons and fine r~osettes. English
sewn gloves were in the greatest request,
and it used TO be a common saying that
Tor q glove TO be good three Kingdoms
must contribute to it-Spsin for the leather,
France for the cutting and England for the
sewing.
JOHN WEEMs one of the wealthiest farm
srs of Henry County, aged seventy-seven,
IN receiving Miss Helen Walker, OF Austin,
Tex, aged twenty five, who was coming to
visit bis grown daughter, greeted her with
"You Christmas giftl' says a Griffin, Gs.,
telegram. The lady replied that she stood
alone in the world, when Weems claimed
her as his prize, and q convenient magistrate
bound the letters. The old man alternately
wept and laughed over his strange good for
tune.
The new Cathedral at Moscow, Russia,
cost SO, 0OO. 600. 1t commentaries Russia's
deliverance from Bonaparte in 1912, and has
been half a century building. The scaffold-
ing alone cost $3.50, 900. 1t is q wonderful
structure, in the form of q Greek cross, with
i've great gilded cupolas, magnificent win.
dows, elegant paintings, costly chandelabrs
and rich marbles. The cathedral cover:
$1,000 square feet, and will accommodate in
its central area, the main auditorium, 10000
worshippers. The bells cost $751; 900, one Of
them weighing t~wsnty-six tons.
SENATOR BRowN was asked, the OF her day,
at a banquet, If he was ever drunk. He re
piled: Never but once. When I was a boy
l was sent to mill by father on a very cold
day. When 1 reached the mill I found the
wheel frozen into the creek, which was
solid mass OF ice. We were obliged to have
some meal ground, so We got axes and cut
the ice so as TO free the wheel. This chilled
US very much. and the miller supplied Us
with whisky. When 1 got home 1 was pretty
badly mixed. Ny mother was disposed to
sympathize with me, but my father was
very emphatic. He addressed me q very
forcible argument. which 1 never forgot
Atlanta Constitution.
OK September 4. 1s43. in the commune o.
Aaisonfort, in France, two young men
named Lenfant and Melfant, quarreled
while playing at billiards, and agreed at last
to settle their dispute by a duel with billiard
balls, after which they drew lots to see
which should get the red ball and throw
first. Melfsnt won the red ball aud the first
throw, and the two at once took their posi-
tions in Q garden at q measured distance OF
twelve PAGES from each other. Mslfant, when
the signal was given to throw. made several
motions, saying I'd his antagonist: 81 an
going to kill you at the first throw Ani
then be hurled the ivory sphere withiieadly
aim and effect, for it struck Lenfaut ia I'll,
middle of the forehead. and he dropped
dead without Q word.
A LITTLE Newport child OF rich parentage
carefully nursed and richly clothed ant
guarded tenderly by its elders, was driving