The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-09
BREAKFAST TABLE CHAT.

lectures in the last thirty days in Central Kansas
A PoMPADouR fringe is the newest thing in false
hair. 1t is worn over a cushion and would deceive
the very elect
THE late Sir Moses Montefore frequently sent
checks for the relief of his needy co-refgionsts in
Boston and never less than $500 at once.
MRS. GARFIELD is said to have great aversion to
newspaper men and to have permitted no secular
newspapers in her house for several months.
THEODORE Triton while lecturng in Texas, Wis
tied school where no one of the children knew who
was Abraham Lincoln or who was General Grant.
Ex-MARSHAL BAzAINE the surrenderer Of Metz, is
said to be an impecunous sponger nOmadic French
men in Madrid what the New York vernacular
calls bum"
FARsEEING dentist has pitched his tent at At
lantic City, and on recent Sunday he had five GUS
toners who reported having lost their false teeth
while bathing.
A GREEK newspaper picks the following gem from
recentlypublished novel: THE notary walking
in his garden with both his hands behind his back
and reading a newspaper"
THE only daughter of James D. Fish is to take up
her residence Auburn so as to be near her father
He by the way is quite clipper, to like prison
life, and has developed a very hearty appetite.
MOUNT McGREGoR's name should be spelled with
all "a" 1t was named after Duncan MacGregor still
living in the vicinity who owned the mountain, and
built and lived in the cottage where Grant died.
'PLUNGER" WALTON has gone to Long Branch for
the summer. society journal says that he has
taken his eleven dan ghters with him. and that they
cost 1850 per week for board and lodging alone.
Il WOULD rather marry yellow dog than you"
wrote Stockton (Ca girl to her lover in one of her
tifs and he has filed the letter exhibit in the
suit for breach of promise in which she is plaintiff
and he defendant.
TWO young Philadelphia sportsmen recently
freed for whole day, up in Porter county, by bear
which, as afterward found out. was perfectly
tame-an escaped pet but they paid $50 for the priv
ilege of shooting it.
THE terrors of the cyclone have materially les
sened to certain Dakota farmer since he has ar
ranged trap-door and system of pulleys so that
when he hears storm coming in the night he
can pull cord and his bed will sink into the cellar
SILVER dollar weighs very nearly an ounce.
Hence any letter that is heavier than dollar can
go for single two-cent stamp. A fve-cent piece
added will give the If you have not the silver
dollar five nckels and small copper cent will give
ounce.
1T is said that the editor Of magazine published at
the Virginia Military Institute his alma mater re-
quested General Malone to furnish a history of his
cadetship at the institute to which the following reply
was received Dear SRI am at present too busy
making history to write it."
AN anti-crinone society has been formed at Berlin
the members of which pledge themselves not to
marry or even appear in society with amy woman
who shows herself so utterly devoid of taste as to
readopt this Anticipated fashion"
WHEN Sherman started on his historic march from
Atlanta he is said to have told General Thomas,
VIII he eft b,bip ind To tsla Oft hot
was bound for salt water or hell" Despite its flavor
of profanity the phrase is epgramic enough be re-
vived in this era of war "reminiscences.
THE ladies in some places wearing white and
black bunting twisted around their straw hats as
mourning for General Grant. A popular shop in
Boston black Irvine exclusively to tie its bundles
until after the funeral 1t is hard to tell, sometimes
where mourning ends and advertising begins.
THE members of tho Chinese legation dress in
kind of Mother Hubbard and with bare feet thrust
in cork sandals white linen drawers tied around tho
ankle and white surah silk gown falling to point
below the knees, they have been able to keep cool
during the hot weather of the past few weeks.
IT is easy thing to get ahead of the head waiter
of hotel The latest trick aseribed to that
august functonary is that of seating guests at
table where the waiter is instructed to work very
badly that they will be certain to ask for transfer
to another table, and thus incur the incidental
tribute.
WILLIE SPRAGUE, the youth who recently married
his stepmother's sister, when he was born, twenty
years ago, had 500, 900 settled upon him. This
has gone On accommodating, SO that when he becomes
of age he will have fortune of $4,000 to start
with. Governor Sprague and his wife were present
at the marriage ceremony.
If ague insanity is latent in person It will al
most always develop itself at sea. So Dr. Fourness.
Brice concludes after studying the subject as it is
revealed in the records of North Atlantic emgrant
travel. Curious enough, in nearly every case the
patient has been aling, and has been recommended
by his medical attendant to try seavoyage."
I'm 1880 while practicing in Madison county, Hi
nois, says writer in the st. Louis Medical Journal
Il induced by the representations of an old wo
man. to make the trial in dysentary and diorrhea of
tablespoonful doses of pure cdar vinegar, with the
addition of sufficient salt to be noticeable and it
acted so charmngly that have never used anything
else"
THE American Architect asks the profession at
large to contribute preliminary sketches for "a monu-
ment to General Grant, to be erected By large city
at cost Of not more than 100000 A more de-
tailed programme will be given next week with the
view of accomplishing something more in monumental
art than merely local talent pushing outsiders can
produce"
OCCASIONALLY General Grant would make an apt
and ncsive remark that carried everything by storm
A Bostonian, talking to him about Sumner, said do
you know he doesn't believe in the inspiration of the
Scriptures" Grant took pull at his cigar and re-
Piled: you don't astonsh at all. He didn't
write them, you know" The Bostonian was in
ecasy over the remark and it quoted that night
in every club in the city.
BERLIN papers announce with evident satisfaction
that Minister Pendleton, to whom they vouchsafe the
name of Gentleman George" has taken large
apartment fronting the Thergarten and is about to
enrich Berlin with another cosmopolitan salon. If
their reports be correct, Mr. Pendeton has brought
three elegant carriages and fine horses with him.
Consul.genera Raine is furnishing quarters in the
Margarathen strasse, which he intends to make a