The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-05
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Ii cool summers are to become constancy
with US, the Fourth of July will have to wear
red ribbon on it's waist in order to be distin-
guishable from Christmas.
1t is rumored that Homer was a Boston man.
The next divulgemont will doubtless be to the
effect that Menelaus and Helen were the original
| founders and proprietors of the Troy Laundry
Since Indianapolis has become widely known
to be the only headquarters IN the Urited States
for pure cigar-box Spanish is it not rather NOR
tifying that tho Mexican editorial excursion
should have passed Us codly by?
American Fish, and How to Catch Them
is the title of new handbook for anglers.
American fish, and how to tell the truth about
those you don't catch" would be by far a moro
valuable addition to piscatoral literature.
Be it resolved, that it is not kind in editors to
| accept poems and then so arrange their publica-
ton that they are closely followed by an adver-
tisement announcing that somebody's carminar
tive balsam is sure cure for fits
waggish young man at Cambridge was re-
Gently fined $40 and costs for annoying lady by
throwing reflections into her room by means OF
a mirror This drol fellow is now doubtless
Illuminating over the discovery that reflections
are of two kinds-humorous and solemn.
The old woman, who was neat that she
whitewashcd every stick of wood that she
burned, does not appear at all mythical in the
light of the rage for whitewashing rocks, which
has recently sprung up in our city. In one yard
(which names being mentioned no offense
can be took"-the rocks in the fountain, and
even a large stumpof former pcturesqueness,
have been offered at the altar of the god OF
kalsomine. Ahem!
Freckles are now very fashionable, and the
young woman who applies to the nearest news
paper for "a recipe for freckles' is not by any
means to be interpreted as wishing to got rid Of
them. The frecke-faced girl has sort OF
summer at the seaside near to-nature's heart ex-
preston about her which hath fascination all
its own Buttermilk and tansy has had its day.
and first-class eMay Narragansett- PierCo-
ney Island freckles obtainable by all girls
who have energy enough to pull weeds or dig
grass out of the bricks without sunbonnet on.
Talking of locusts, it is remembered that
several years ago one of the tree toad variety OF
'the shrill ciCadp, people of the pine found
its way, in some mysterious manner, into the
Second Presbyterian Church Of this city. just in
time for vening service. When the choir began
30 sing, Sir Locust wound his mellow horn with
an al. of being highly pleased to assist at so
creditable a performance. He was respectfully
mute during the sermon. but joined in vigor-
ously with the closing hymn: and as the amused
congr egation drifted down the aisles and home
ward, it had something new to talk about
Sam Jones says: Don't mix politics with re-
ligion, but mix religion with politics" Some
m nd Tn,
one of our city Sunday schools the kings of
Bible. times were recently under discussion
After some explanation on monarchs and mon
arches, 1.-THE superintendent asked the school
whether it was desirable to live under king.
Before any of the older scholars could reply,
small boy on one of the back seats piped out:
I'D rather have Blaine!" After the smile had
subsidized, the superintendent intmated that if
| the young citizen would wait patiently four
years his fondest wishes might materialize and
then diverted the lesson for the day into quieter
channels
The little book, discriminate" which an
nounces itself "a Manual for Guidance in the
Use of Correct Words and Phrases in Ordinary
Speech very illiberally objects to the use Of
the verb ''catch" in relation to street-cars It
says man may catch" a person, or catch"
some contagious disease on the cars, but he does
not "catch" the car-he overtakes it, This
linguistic restriction should be severely frowned
upon, as not in accordance with the American
idea When a man. by dint of yelling, running.
waving his arms and legs, and otherwise agitat-
ing himself, succeeds in gaining audience with
the driver, and battling the elusive tendencies of
street cars he should be entitled to the free and
uncircumscribed use Of tho entire English Ian
guage by way of reward.
The quantity of model picnic weather which
has recently been distributed in this locality is
entitled to commendatory remark If people
will be so unwise as to leave comfortable homes
and shady porches with rocking. chairs on them
to go browsing about in dim forest aisles where
the gnat and the mosquito abide numerousy:
where the grass is all weeds, and the shadiest
places are always over yonder; where the
children are always falling out of something,
| over something or into something and keeping
their guardians In terror-f people will seek
| such questionable diversion, be it repeated they
! cannot be too thankful when the day chosen
for such reckless junketng is not piping hot
Really viewed in cold blood and retrospectiyely.
the picnic is too much trouble 1t involves too
much baking pies and cakes beforehand. and too
much recuperation afterward. in crowded
cities, for those who seldom see real grass and
trees, such excursions have great value; but in
roomy places, whore every householder who is
cleany can have yard full of fresh air, the
picnic seems almost superfuous, and suggests
the temperance lecture which doesn't reach the
class that needs it most. The thoughtful char
ity of late years, however, which gives the poor
of all our cities day in the woods, has solved
the riddle of the picnc's highest mission Still,
while the average man continues subject to this
disease, it behooves us to accept gratefully ia
vorng circumstances; therefore, to the Signal
Service thanks EMMA CARLETON