The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-22

back plain Company G of the One Hundred and
Fifteth.
cHRYsANTHEMuM ball, at which everybody will
endeavor to wear different variety of the bloom,
will be Philadelphia novelty if the plans of the pro-
| jectors succeed.
MAINE newspaper says that the village of Pros
pect Harbor, Goldsboro county has church socie-
ty, no temperance society," no gin mill, drunkard,
and no pauper."
ON the doorplate of st. Louis residence may be
read: Mrs. Gibbs, Elocutionist, Poetess, Washer
and lroner" The washer and roner probably support
the elocutionist and poetess.
| THE Bishop of Lahore doesn't want Brother Barnes
to work for the English Church The Bishop is doubt
less unaware of the of rheumatic Brother Barnes
has cured in the United States.
THE death is announced of the Rev. J. P. Mursell
the eminent Baptist clergyman who, with the late
Robert Mall, founded the Liberation Society. He
lived In Leicester, England and eighty years old
SULPHUR is deposited in the top of Mount Popocat-
apetl at the rate of ton day Recent explorations
show that the mountain is IL 800 feet above the sea-
and the crater about two and half miles in circumfer
| ence.
PROFESSOR RICHARD L. Ely of Johns Hopkins
University, is writing book on labor societies. under
the title of IA Plea for Labor Organizations" He
has received valuable data from the leading trades
unions and other bodies
BY long practice Mr. Cable has learned it is said to
turn with facility from subject to another He is
now writing two separate works. Though rapid
writer when his thoughts have been shaped, he
is slow to shape his thoughts.
WHEN the King of Portugal was in England Queen
Victoria presented Edwin Landseer to his Majesty
a painter whose works she had been collecting "Ah
Sir Edwin, exclaimed the King delighted to make
I of hanc
THE late Dean Stanley always declared if he had
been born in Massachusetts, whore there is an educa
ton test for voters he should have had VOTE
He said that he should have been set down it-
| crate person, for he could never make sum come
| right
| Mr.. GEORGE W. CABLE is acquisition to the
church life of Northampton, Mass, taking special
interest in the Sunday-school work of the Edwards
Church. Last Sunday he organized large class of
| young and women, of which he will become the
| regular teacher.
COURTsHIP among the Pluto Indians is attended
with difficulty. If maiden does not like her lovers
she tells her grandmother, and when the young
comes again the old lady takes shovelful of hot
ashes and throws them in his face This equivalent
| to giving him the mitten.
1T takes Maryland man to shoulder a responsible
ty. His romantic sister wanted to marry her lover,
who was in JAIL and her brother let her climb upon his
back and stand there until she could reach up and
take her future husbands hand while the minister
performed the ceremony.
JOHN G.. SAKE the poet saws the Albany Times
still lives in that city, although his existence is almost
forgotten by the great public He receives visitors,
rarely leaves his ROOM and is permitted to
with him, his and faithful housekeeper
who has been with him than score of years.
He is thought to be near his end.
THE business world will be glad to know that the
death of Horace B. Clan is not to be followed by any
outward changen the management of the great house
which he founded and that his will be perpetual
3D. through his son. in its affairs. Mr. John Clafn
sumes under his fathers will, the great responsible
ties which ne actually bearing in large measure
before his fathers DEATH
SENATOR HALE when absent from Washington de-
votes his time to improving the grounds about the
fine new house he has built on high hill at Ellis.
worth, Me. 1t is the finest private dwelling in
Maine The foundation is blasted out of the solid
rock. Trees and walks beautify what was formerly
a barren hill The Mt. Desert Mountains are con-
spicuous from his front door.
MRS. LIvERMoRE is enthusiastic advocate of
cooperative housekeeping She, with fifty other
families, has experimental with a cooperative laun-
dry and has beer able to reduce the of wash
including dresses and the most difficult pieces She
says the economic results have been obtained in
other departments of housekeeping
'"THE Queen" says a paragraph in the "Greville
Memoirs" wrote to her family and announced her
marriage to them. When she saw the Duchess of
Gloucester in town and told her she to make her
declaration the next day. the Duchess asked her if it
was not nervous thing to do. She said Yes; but
did much more nervous thing a little while ago.
What was thatF I proposed to Prince Albert"
LEOPOLD Won RANKE, the famous historian is APP
preaching his nineteth birthday. The Germany of
literature and public affairs is preparing to celebrate
it in fitting In spite of his extreme age,
Herr Won Ranke shows undated energy and keen
intellect He is little old man with abundant white
hair, tossed careessly back from magnificent fore
head white beard, quite abundant, frames the
lower part of the face and the eyes beneath their
heavy gray brows, have wondrous depth and kindli-
ness.
HE to catch horse car
But did not attend;
For engaged the conductor
In conversng with a friend,
And he madly waved his bundles,
Shouted ''hi' with might and main;
And he fourished his umbrella
But he fourithed it in vain;
For up on that conversation
The conductor would not let;
So the other kept on running,
And he may be running yet.
Boston Gazette
THERE are are the roll of the Hazard
Annex the names of ffty-fve young women who are
pursuing the Harvard of study there; forty
four from Massachusetts, three from Maine two from
Minnesota, and one each from New York and five
other States. This is increase of six over the roll
of the preceding year. Twenty-Five of them are TAX
ing full four years course seven an elective course
of four years and all are doing higher average of
serious and difficult work than the students of Har
ward College,
ONE marked peculiarly about Worth is his great
dislike to perfume in any shape. His workwomen are
prohibited from using scents, and from wearing
flowers, during their working hours And when lady
sends him her costly laces for the adornment of new