The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-18

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Dr. BURNETT, of Washington protests against be-
ing distinguished as the husband of Somebody" to-
wit Frances Hodgson Burnett since he is good dem
tist with equally good business and is an expert
in etcLings, of which he has collected houseful.
RICHARD A. PRooToR describes Rev. Talmage's
discourses ,lcerand cancer oratory" and regrets
that ignorant person should have the opportunity
and abuse science he does and spread abroad
among ignorant public the SANDER that
| evolution means infdelity.
/ THE camel has twice the carrying power os an OK
| With ordinary load of 400 pounds he can travel
twelve to fourteen days without water going fourteen
/ miles day. They are fit to work st five years old
but their strength begins to decline at twenty-five
although they live usually until forty. They often
fattened at thirty for food the flesh tasting like beef
PROFESSOR BENJAMIN SILLrMAN of Yale, who
died on Wednesday night, descendant of Signor
Slimani, scientific expert of the last century.
Signor Slmani settled in Connecticut and his neigh
bors called him Silliman, which humorous play the
syllables of his name he goodnatureily adopted The
paradox of Sillyman, the wiseman is familiar in the
| colleges.
| LORD AMPTHILL once found Bismarck reading An
dersons story of the Ugly Duckling, which relates
| how duck Matched swans egg, and how the cygnet
was jeered at by his putatve brethren the ducklngs
/
the river, saluted him one of their race "Ah, OBJ
served Bismarck, lit long time before my poor
mother could be persuaded that in Matching me she
had not produced goose"
JAMES +. LEGATE, who was made conspicuous in
the St John controversy, has figured in Kansas poll
ties for a number of years. His homo is in Leaven
worth, where at various times, he has carried des
perate battles with the redoubtable D. r. Anthony,
one of the figures in Kansas history. The hatred be-
tween these two has been of the most rancorous
character and out of it grew other feuds which re-
suited in several attempts upon Anthonys life. For
the last four years truce to have prevailed
About three years ago Legate left the Republicans to
| join the temperance crusaders.
HEAR from the far north, writes the London cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Telegraph, that Mrs.
| Baillie a lady, believe well known in America is
hard at work nqurng into the condition of the Skye
| crofters. She and lady friend have been poking
about into every hole and of the island They
spent night in of the miserable cabins ''just
to see what it was like" With the exception of
narrow escape from mad bull Mrs. Baillie and her
friend have Jared very we'll in Skye If she prints
her notes with her friends sketches the two ought
make very interesting volume
IT is said that Princess Beatrice whose marriage to
Prince Henry of Battenberg is to take place. has
| many pretty accomplishments. She is not genius
| III any line but she has nice taste in many. She
! writes literary trifes. She composes-she wrote
wedding march lately for the service which made her
niece (about to become ssterin-aw) happy BRIDE
She paints and her drawings the landscapes around
Aixles-Bains published some years ago. She
has kindly wit, great desire to please, and pride
which apes humility She knows all the details
of household management Her weakness is said to be
a lack of selfreliance. Her fancee is young good
looking and agreeable He has displayed no particu
lar qualities.
YEAR ago M. Alphonse Daudet wrote novel
called Sapho, and he has just received letter from
a Spaniard Senior Eduardo Lopez Bago who informs
him that he was charmed with the work that he
could not resist the temptation of transatng and
bringing it out at Madrid. No allusion was made to
payment. Senior Eduardo Lopez Bago then goes on
to say that he very anxious to publish letter
from M. Daudet himself preface and that know
ing how busy NJ Daudet always was he had taken the
liberty of writing it himself and signing it with M.
Daudets His 'admirer, friend, translator"
makes NJ Daudet say at the close of the letter. "All
have to add is my gratitude to the translator of
Sapho; and after the striking proofof your delicate
style and talent of observation, look forward with
much pleasure to the new novel which you tell me
you writing"
WHEN General Bob" Toombs of Georgia. goes ND
to Atlanta of his periodical sprees he throws
off all his Southern dignity and becomes for the time
being 'hail fellow, well met" with everyone Recent
ly he sprnkled little red the town in the COM
pany of aspiring young legislator separating from
him in hour of the night The next day the
General met his whilom acquaintance In the lobby of
the Markham House. the latter approaching him with
gracious bow and saying: "Good morning, General,
how do you do todayG" The General took no notice
of tba I'M t,rned and loolrad af
dow. ''Why General" resumed the other, don't
you remember mel / was with you last night"
el sir what Of it?" roared the old warhorse turn.
| ing upon him wrathfully. Am I to be obliged to
recognize every - fool who gets on spree with
| me?"
MISS MIRANDA DAVIS. of Stafford Conn. is
known far and wide the starving woman" She
is thirty-two years old. and has been starving ever
since the age of seventeen. Occasionally she takes
sip of water and eats few cracker crumbs but that
is all. Sometimes she goes forty-seven days without
food drink. Although emaciated. her general
health is moderately good. Ali efforts to account for
her inability to eat have proven unsatisfactory. To
newspaper correspondent Miss Davis avowed the be-
lief that she possessed by devil. When she
said this spasm stifened her limbs the joints ex.
tending with a series of sharp explosions Her lips
turned lvid, and her eyes blazed to the news
paper mans words, like the diamonds of hell" Miss
Davis declares that all her life she has felt the sway
of the evil spirit tempting her to every species Of
deviltry. She is constantly watched, but has never
shown disposition to be violent or to commit any
crime.
AN industrious, simple and courteous monarch is
"Count Vasilis' estimate of Franz Josef Of Austria
Having urgent business to dispatch one day" he
relates "the Emperor had his dinner placed on his
Trs- u Il
| in an adjoining room. After the meal the Emperor
opened the door and said, You can go; I shall work
alone What do you think Of this foodg 1T seems to
me- your Majesty, that the dinner was not frstrate
replied the aide decamp. The Emperor then ex-
claimed, What difference does that make to youY
You can make up for it at an hotel, while l am
obliged to content myself with this trash. am not