The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-16

don and the Mahdi. Mr.. Morgon is especially popu-
lsS among the club men Of New York. as well as
among his old companions in arms. He married Miss
Trenholm daughter Of the Secretary Of the Confeder
ate Treasury.
LORD CHARLES BEREsFoRD has justified IN the
rescue of the Wilson party the prediction that any
hot work in the shape of brisk fighting to be done
in the Soudan. he would be conspicuous figure. This
nobleman, brother of the Marquis of Waterford has
gained notoriety as daredevil and Is determined
to maintain it.
EMPRESS AUGUSTA has a custom of bestowng upon
female domestics, in Prussia and Alsace- Lorraine
who have served in family for forty years dis
tnction consisting of gold cross and diploma bear
ing the royal autograph signature Forty years is
long time to keep servant girl. but during the
past eight years the Empress has awarded ], 156 of
these distinctions.
EX-SENATOR BUcKALEw, of Pennsylvania. relates
that he heard the famous Governor Ritner call
ing the roll of prothonotaries by counties m al
phabetic ORDER He had gone through the AS and was
among the BIS when an inpatient man from Center
county wanted to know how long he would have to
wait. 'Zenter COUNTY," replied the Governor; IVY
way down at de emit of de list OBJ course NIT de zets
MRS AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON, the novelist, has
of the pleasantest homes in Mobile The house is
surrounded by grove of live oak and thicket of
cameias, the latter being Mrs. Wilson's favorite
flower. She places white camellia at her husbands
plate at table at every meal land he has never she
says, been without flower at any breaking Of breed
in our home since married. sixteen years
ago."
AFTER Henry Ward Beecher had submitted to an
interview in which he expressed admiration for Mr..
Cevelands attitude since the election and predicted
that he would do well that the people would want
him four years more he said to the reporter There
you have got all you want guess. I understand
how it is When there isn't anything to do they say
Go and see Beecher When die reporters, think.
should raise monument to me. If I were politician
l should be very polite, but plain citizen /
talk freely without regard to what other folks think
CHILD with two tongues is said to be living at
Yonkers. The second tongue has grown from the
root and top of the first. The mother first noticed
it when the child was three days old. It then
quite small, but it is nearly large the real
tongue The anterior part of the upper tongue looks
natural but the posterior part is CONSTRUCTED and
round, giving the unnatural growth a pear shape.
The child two years old, has never experienced
any difficulty in swallowing its food in breathing
looks natural in every other way and has always been
healthy.
THE arm of A. l. Davis, of Hartland, VT. was so
badly mangled short time ago as to necessitate
putation. and the Injured member was buried, but
those who attended to this duty failed to wash and
clean it. Soon after Davis complained of bad feel
ing in the hand. He said felt as though full of
dust and insisted upon having it taken up and washed
While sitting in with his wife, neither of them
knowing that the elimination had taken place. he
suddenly exclaimed: ''They pouring warm water
on my hand" This was thought to be imagination,
I...Ao
had dug up the hand which was undergoing the very
operation described by the owner.
AN chronological bore had just begun afresh on the
eye of the common houseiy, which he declared
sderng the size of its owner to have the largest
gan of vision in the whole animal world. 'You pre-
to deny the fact state gasped out the aston
ished man; 'why, Button, Culver" But before he
could finish his sentenceSydney Smith was vehement
ly down on him m ore with his Eyes. sir, the
weight of tradition the nfallibe instinct of poetry is
against you. For what is the verdict of poetry on
this very issue Why. I. said the fly, with my little
eye saw him de- I" At the table in roar.
and the discounted bug fancer lapsed into silence
and suffered the talk to become general
SAYS Mr.. Wallis Mackay. the Pail Mall Gazette's
artist-correspondent Immediately after his return
from Khiva, l was commissioned by the editor of
now defunct illustrated paper to make a character
sportrait of Captain Burnaby it being impossible to
procure photograph of him at that time mono being
in existence Early one Sunday morning, by appoint
ment, waited upon the gallant and lustrious travel
er at the Albany-st barracks. After pleasant
chat and smoke he in sort of uneasy and apprehen-
sive manner, said Well when you going to put
me through this ordea9 I assured him that he had,
during his most interesting conversation. been
scously sitting for his portrait and required nothing
but the pleasure of seeing him, he had prom
Used, in his habit as he lived horseback. To this
request he. with much good humor and evident
amusement retired, and soon returned in rough blue
jacket, with astrachan collar, and cap of the same
material. Huge boots came well above the knee.
When it very cold across the steppes, said he.
two layers over this so you may imagine cut
pretty figure on a small horse AS it was he seemed
to tower perfect giant"