The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-28


| the wind across the Ohio river. half mile near
iy, and dropped dead among the Kentucky hills.
| 1t may have been wholly an invention of some
precocious liar. anticipating tho progress of
mendacity with civilization, or it may have had
! some foundation on which rather extensive
story was built But in any case it leaves little
doubt that the changes in the condition Of the
country from enlarged settlement have not
affected the violence of wind-storms which used
to be universally called hurricanes"
SAKE, in his proud Miss Mcbride" says Of
people unduly proud of their lineage
| Their family line they can't ascend.
But they find it waxed at the other end
| With some plebeian vocation
and there are precious few of the English nobili-
ty who can't illustrate its truth in their family
tree.r The higher they climb the more likely
they are to find foul or foolish birds in the
branches. The present Tory Premier of Eng
land is the direct descendant Of the Lord Sails
bury that "Peter Pindar" scalded a hundred
years ago with the following satirical application
to his aristocratic idiocy-an address to fly
ascribed to him:
| "Oh happy, happy happy fy
If were you and you We're 1;
But you will always be a fly
And I'll remain Lord Salisbury"
! The present Earl of Shrewsbury, one Of the
most eminent philanthropists of England, is the
descendant of the Countess of Shrewsbury who
| held her lovers horse while he murdered her
husband under the forms of duel. The title
| and estates of Lauderdale, now in contest before
| the House of Lords by American relative,
| are descended from that Earl of Lauderdale
| whose initial letter formed the 81" of the
| "Cabal," name that distinguished the most
infamous political combination in English his
| tory, and Lauderdale was the worst of them all.
There are some pedigrees of unbroken respecta-
bity among the English nobility and gentry,
but not many. Even the royal family can't go
further back than the Queens uncle, George,
| without coming upon drunkard,
| gambler, adulterer, dandy and crib.
| ble," as Thackeray calls him, and
up among the fourth aid fifth limbs of the
| family tree are ancestral vices as notorious as
| the Office, which would exclude any man but
king from decent society, and among many good
| men and women even the crown could not pass
| them into respectful consideration. the world
has moved good deal ahead in the improved
condition of noble and royal habits and senti-
ments since George the Second blubbered over
| his dying wife that he would not marry again;
he would have mistresses"
| ONE man has been found who vouches for the
| pure and perfect Americanism of exMinister
| Lowell His name is Scilley, and he is exit
| gateman at the Pittsburg union depot. He was
New Highlander before he was a. gateman, and
| it is of course hardly necessary to add, is
man of culture. His reason for being positive
| that Mr.. Lowell is thoroughly representative
American is that he. Scilley, once saw him
raking the leaves in his yard, and wearing at
the time bad pair of boots, with one leg of his
pantaloons tucked in his bootleg and the other
out. This seems to settle the controversy
WALNUT is going out of fashion as the mate
rial of costly furniture. The coincidence rs for
tunate. The demand had pretty nearly cleared
out the walnut woods of Indiana, and the most
and the best of the timber was found in this
State And now there will be chance for
second growth before second within of fashion
starts new demand. Thirty years ago wal
nut trees were nuisance Then they got to be
worth more than the land. Now they are going
down again.
Mr. FISH says: II feel cheerful. In few
years shall hold as much property as Messrs.
Gould or Vanderbilt can hope to-six feet of
earth-and shall be just as we'll off into the
bargain" This remark was made, 1t should be
explained, before sentence was pronounced; but
such philosophical cheerfuness. under his Cir
cumstances at that time, cast Mr.. Mark Tapley
far in the shade.
IT has been officially determined that the
Annapolis cadets did not throw kisses at the
pretty Baltimore picnickers. but the question
now is, ''by what evidence did tho board of in
quiry reach this concusionF 1t is mean cadet
who will kiss and tell" and it is hardly to be
suppose that if any of the waited missiles hit the
mark the girls would give them away.
FRITZ EMMETT last week gave benefit enter
tanment at a Philadelphia theater for Pitts
burg hospital, and has RENTED the proceeds,
| something over 81, 900. The hospital has bene-
flied Fritz times too numerous to mention, and
it was no more than fair that he should return
the compliment
TEN years for Buddensiek, the fraudulent
builder and ten years for Fish. the fraudulent
banker. Justice having got her hand in in New
York, after so long period of idleness, seems to
be making up for lost time Will she stay
| awake.
| HAVING disposed of the little Fish, it is to be
hoped that the shark Ward will not be allowed
to get away
BREAKFAST TABLE CHAT.
THE venerable Pasha Musurus may be called the