The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-26

In print. Two or three times he has been caught. A
peculiarly about Mr.. Conkling is his liking for conn.
pl mentary things about himself in the newsnaners
he is also, which few people know, very sensitive to
criticism.
IT'S now that the schoolma'am begins to remember
She's drawing quite near to the month Of September,
And having enioved herself throu oh the vacation
She views its conclusion with much tribulation.
She feels so much happier. healthier, stronger,
She wishes the season would last a month longer.
And the urchjns, who sit on the wharf catching fsheL
No doubt, when they think of it, echo her wishes.
BEING informed that a man whom he had discharged
for drunkenness was the sole support Of a wife and
six children, a Lowell mill SUPERINTENDENT replied.
1T happens that the man who takes the place has n
wife and seven children. 1t should be borne in mind
that every expulsion of q hummer makes a lob for .
decent worker"
The once Reverend ". II. II. Murray, now the pro-
prietor of an oyster saloon in Montreal. RECENTLY mada
a formal speech of welcome in that place in which he
rapturously declared: 81 know of no pure, name in
American history, past or present, than that of w. r..
Cody" Buffalo Bills press agent must understand
the judicious distribution of free passes.
A NEW London enterprise advertises to employ PEN
sioners of the army and navy as window and houso
cleaners. Life in the barracks and on shipboard in
said TO give men better ideas of ~neatness and house.
work than are found among maid servants,s so thas
housekeepers are always willing to employ the veter-
ans. Windows are cleaned for four OF FIVE cents each
and indoor work is paid for by the hour.
1T is the custom to have a clock in the parlor. but
whether it is right seems to be a reasonable question.
Some women. DESTROYS of keeping their guests in COM
plete ignorance of the heeting hours, have a miniature
t%imepiece concealed in a paper weight or an album. In
either case it is no larger than a watch, and a con-
vex cover of frosted gold will conceal it il set in ths
centre of the binding of ar album, or on the back of q
porte-monnaie.
AN old theatrical manager says that the memory In
taxed more by a pantomirnic role than by an oral one,
and he instances Marie Zoe, who for years was the
leading French Spy of the American stage. The per-
Torrance as the dumb girl was always a hard strain
on her. The pantomime, with its requisite nicely OF
movement and expression. was more exhaustive to
her brain than the heroines of Shakespeare to a
tragedienne. She was compelled a few years ago to
retire because her mind was affected, and now she has
been taken to an insane asylum. Her shattered intel.
lect knows nothing but the French Spy, and she Is
almost constantly going through with it's scenes. Ths
combat with the Arab is f fought over and over, with
out weapon or antagonist; but with a zest and vim Of
pantomime that startles her attendants.
A PUBLISHED portrait of Return Jonathan MeieS
jr, one of the early settlers Of Ohio, leads to an old
"Reminiscences in the Hartford Courant. His father
was a resident of Middletown, and his singular Mans
originated thus: In the early history of Middletown,
Mr.. Jonathan Meigs asked a lady to become his wife.
She refused him, and Meigs felt SO badly that he left
her house weeping. She, observing his grief, cried
out to him when he was a few rods from her, Return.
Jonathan Meigs." He went back, she accepted him,
and they were married. He declared that the words
uttered by the young woman gave him more comfort
than any other that he ever heard. Therefore, wish.
ing to express his gratitude, he named his first child
Return Jonathan Moigs. The son became Postmaster
General of the United States and Governor of Ohio.