The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-25
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

money.
"A GIGANTIC engine Of national Generalization,
was Lord Beaconsfeds definition of the turf in one
of his novels.
THE house where the naturalist Audubon lived in
Louisville, stands in the very heart of the gambling
quarter of the city.
In the crumbling walls of Fort Lafayette is q dis
NAL cell which is shown to visitors the place where
General Stone was confined after the battle of Balls
Bluff.
GENERAL GRANTS memoirs are to include remnis.
cences of the Mexican war as well as of the rebellion.
1t is likely that the volume will be finished within the
coming three months.
PROF. WHITNEY, of Yale College, Is suffering from
peculiar accident He stepped needle the other
night and has been unable to walk since them At one
time it was believed that his foot would have to be
amputated.
THE Rev. Joseph Cook proclaims himself provis-
onal free-trader and q conditional protectionist.
Nobody will ask for explanation" says the Bos-
ton Transcript "for fear of bringing down an avail
anche of polysyllabes then would he be the
WISER"
PERHAPS a somewhat conclusive way of settling the
genius of Miss Margaret Fuller, which is now vexing
the literary coteries of Boston, is to inquire whether
any Intelligent person Of this generation has read
line of her writings. except as curiosity.
MR.. FRANCIS N. BANGS who has been paying his
compliments to 'the terrors of the press once said
to reporter of daily paper Thank God there will
be no reporters in Heaven" ''You are mistaken. -
the embodied terror" gravely responded there will
be recording angel" Mr.. Bangs was so overcome
at tho announcement that he was unable to smile at
the witticism
HE Marie Theresa dollar is the only coin known in
Abysslnia. Cloth aud bars of rock salt ten inches
long by two inches wide and deep, bound with reed,
serve as their ordinary means of barter. recent
traveller says he made everlasting friendship with
village chief by making him present of an empty
worcester sauce bottle. the glass stopper appearing
to be source of delight and comfort to him.
MISS ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS is mentioned as
giving to friend a pretty calendar Of her own
making. She wrote the short selections, admirably
chosen, on fine parchment paper, four inches by two
These leaves made into tiny book with Russia
leather which fastened by bands of rib
bon on cardinal plush panel on the top of which
hung bunch of the friends favorite flower
AFTER travelling seventeen weeks party of four
families, comprising four children four women six
men, seven herses two wagons sTi, two dogs arrived
at their destination In Baker county. Florida, from
north Wisconsin They travelled fifteen to twenty five
miles day. and encountered some very severe
weather. One infant died on the Journey. and two
horses were lost The rest of the party was in good
health
In England there are LA, 900 school teachers, 95
per cent. of whom spinsters. In Athens Greece,
the proportion is quite great while the entrance by
young women into that occupation there means al
most as certainly life of single bessedness as though
they had taken the veil. Occasionally it happens
that one marres but she is ever after regarded by
her late spinster associates having had weakness
in her composition that renders her unworthy of the
profession.
The widow Of the composer Rossini left a sum of
$24O, 900 in 1878 to the Public Charity Department
of Paris, chiefly for the purpose of establishing
tenn of relief for aged and starving chorus singers
whether Italian French. This generous bequest
was to be paid over within five years. In 1883 M.
Quentin received the money from the executors, but
no steps have been taken to apply it to the proper
purpose although there grave of restitution
among the class for which it was intended.
AMONG the most prominent ladies of the "diplo.
matte circle in Washington is Mrs. Helyar wife of
the secretary of the British legation whose costumes
have attracted much attention. One of her recent
toilettes was of white brocade inwrought with gold
brocade. Another included a lownecked velvet bod
ice of the grapered" shade, skirt of illusion over
satin, and satin slippers of fainter hue. Still
another of smoke-colored silk. with clouds of
tulle of the shade falling straight the hem
IT is cold day when some paper docs uot have a
paragraph about Mr.. Livingstone, citizen of the
United States, but living in Florence, Italy. Mr.
Livingstone used to go out riding coach drawn by
twenty horses; but beng forbidden to do that by the
authorities he bitches the twenty horses, tandem
fashion, to three carriages the first of which is driven
by himself, the second by his SON, and the third by
coachman. In this way Mr.. Livingstone has his fun
and vindicates his right to drive as many horses
he wishes. The American citizen abroad is not to
be trified with.
Mrs. KATE CHASE SPRAGUE Is still in France. At
Canonchet there begun the sale of the fine furn-
ishings that beautGed the Sprague mansion nen she
entertained many of the leading and of
the country. Some of the articles were bought with
much painstaking by Mrs Sprague in earlier visit
to Paris One of the cabinets was bought by her at
the Marie Antoinette sale for 50, OOO In the front
part of the hall, which auction ROOM is
the large massive oaken dining table, covered with
brica brac and many of Mrs Sprague's personal Of
fects, including her pin-cushions Under the
hammer too falls the Eastake furniture in the cham
Der honored in the presence of less disting
guished person than Roscoe Conkling. Even the
cnuufen pay innings arc golnB gOmS-gODe.
The College Of France, at the recent Elysian
levee in Paris. was headed by rival of Sir Moses
MonteGore, NJ. Chevreu, dean of that body who will
be 100 years old next August He fills the chair Of
chemistry and is at the head Of the chemical depart
ment of the Gobelins. Though he comes from wine
country, he Is waterdrinker. Notwithstanding his
age he rises at and takes long matutnal walk in
all weathers in the Jardin des Pantes where he lives
and attends to his professional duties which are ar
duous. His father doctor. Though he enjoys
the present, he takes infinite pleasure in thinking
about the past and recalling the images of most of the
celebrated French men and women Of the century.
He dresses according to the style that in vogue in
Charles KS reign, but too absentminded to be neat
in his apparel In going to the eveo he forgot to put
on the white muslin neckcloth which serves him as
cravat.
TWENTY years ago General Grant was laundering
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