The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-20
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

TIE best English society no longer the Pail
Mall Gazette for bustes.
THE average pay of school-teach in the United
States is'said to be about $500 year.
IT is said that Alexander H. Stephens left behind
him journal containing record of his prison expert
ence at Fort Warren.
CHERRY gobler' is beverage to be had at swell
new Partisan restaurant 1t probably is of kin to the
American cherry cobber.
Mrs. SURRATTs relatives say that the proposal to
erect monument to her as martyr which has just
been made by Brick Porneroy does not meet with
their approval.
SAID Miss Louisa NJ Alcott recently when seasick
on board an Atlantic steamer: 'rhey ships
Asia, and Persia aud Scotia; I wonder why it don't
occur to somebody to nasle one NauseaW
Now isn't this pretty caper9
The prince of Wales has stopped his paper,
Vet still that paper will not stop,
Nor does its circulation drop.
New York jour nal.
WRITER says of the seven Theoretically closed,
white-enameled, and gilt shutters of the second floor
of the royal residence at Munich that they hide an
apartment in which protane outsider male or
female, has set foot.
QUEEN VICTORIA gets queer English from her
Prime Ministers, Mr. Gladstone, in his letter to her.
said that he would have been glad to have had an
opportunity" and Lord Salisbury regretted that she
should have seemed to have put aside his preference
TIE following is notice posted in postofice on
the Georgia Pacific railroad: ''Notice-The males on
the Ga Pac arrived evry day at 1910 and 5:25 P
NJ unless the r runs off the track old engine
gifts out fix or the biler bursts or something else
happens"
PRESIDENT NEWELL of the Lake Shore and Michi.
gan Southern railway resembles James G. Blaine, but
he is somewhat taller and less rotuud than that
ca. JJa hoe ba oe
he has years enough to change his hair and
beard to iron gray.
If irst-class ironclad from foreign shore should
steam to New York and capture the town--not diff
cult feat the booty of money alone would be sufficient
to buy a kingdom. The bank vaults of Gotham are
bursting with cash. In addition to this, property to
the value of So 900 600, 900 is at the mercy of one
great war ship.
WHEN people pass each other in the road in Afghan
istan the superiors say to the Inferior MAY you
be tired" To which he will reply: MAY you
be prosperous" When the host receives his Wis.
itor he says: May you GOMEZ" and the stranger
responds: May you ever continued i. e. in the en-.
joyment of your home.
A NUMBER of institutions in Savannah bear the
name of Tefair This is after Miss Mary Telfair
who devotes her fortune to the improvement of the
city and the development of the literary and artistic
tastes of the people The latest of her benefactions
is the Telfar Hospital for Females which is to be
opened in the autumn.
A PROMINENT criminal lawyer of California has
made the following announcement in a San Francisco
newspaper: Hereafter will not defend any of the
criminal class prefer to aid in sending that class
to State prison. where they more properly belong
rather than keeping them free to prey upon the com
munity, as have heretofore done, to my sorrow'
AS evidence of the ignorance which prevails
through Wales, the vicar of large district writes
that he gave to poor woman, whose daughter was
ILL., little jar of extract of meat telling her to boil it
with certain seasoning. The woman complained there
something wrong with the thing. She had boiled
it for hours, and could get charm out of it. The
fact was she had left the jar unopened.
DURING recent revival at Eastman, Ga. one of the
young men always took front seat near the choir
The minister observed this and complimented and
encouraged the young in the deep interest he was
manifesting. The of God was somewhat aston.
shed when he heard that the young explained his
mistaken interest III religion by saying IF l hadn't
took seat the choir, my rival would have been
half way home with Miss - before could have got
to her."
SEVERAL famous writers and orators of Boston
were speaking of their lecture experiences when the
subject of pay was brought up. Each certain he
had received the smallest sum. But Dr. Holmes made
a climax by saying: Listen, gentlemen. had en-
Gagged to give lecture for So After it was over
gravelooking deacon came to me and said Mr.
Holmes we agreed to give your So but your talk
wasn't just what expected and 1 guess teY-ffty
will dew