The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26

accidentally bitten open. The alleged pin proved
to be nothing but small soup bean. neatly covered
with the preparation and perfectly representing the
| regular quinine pill as put up in capsules.
Ross WIEANss sister, Mrs. Celeste Hutton, o. Bal
timore has rented cottage at Newport for the sum
mer and, she inherited $5, 600 600 from her
father the late Thomas Winans 1t is thought she will
succeed in struggling through tho
AN educated Chinaman prettiy explains the ignor-
ance of Chinese women. He says: Woman has Io
need to perfect herself; she is born perfect, and
science would teach her neither grace sweetness
those two lords Of the domestic hearth inspired by
nature"
GOOD example Of the manner in which students
who i'm for several subjects at the time get
their ideas mixed is that of youth who having to
answer the question, WHO Esaua' replied, "Esau
was who wrote fables and sold the copyright for
bottle of potash"
NEW YORK company has put on the market
portable electric light tire apparatus for which is
about the size of thick pocketboo and weighs just
ahalfpound The first cost is So and replenshing the
battery costs about IL cents light equal to about
three candles can be sustained for four hours by
each charge.
Two magnificent banners of Blaine and Logan,
costing 500, the hands of their en-
thusiastic originator Mrs Osgood, of San Francisco
The portraits painted by artist of repute and
the mountngs of rich velvet. with silk and satin
trimmings and gold and silver bullion and fringe.
They now for sale,
THEATRICAL manager, speaking Of the proper
pronunciation of the word drama says: sit depends
upon what part of the country one is in In Boston
eau it drawmah in New York drahma in Philadel-
pha drama, in Chicago drammer but in ST. Louis in
order to make myself solid with the citizens, l have
to talk about the draymy"
HOoSIER farm was among those who made
pilgrimage to Washington to attend the Inauguration
festivities. He noticed the word cafe conspc-
uousy displayed the front of many places of en-
tertainmens Turning to his fellow sightseer he
marked: This hyare Mr.. Caffey must own nearly all
the stores in Washington"
ILLUSTRATING the lose way in which the word
billion Tin England million millions) is used Sir
Henry Bessemer reckons that billion seconds have
not elapsed since the world began. as they would
reckon 31,678 years, seventeen days, twenty-five
hours, forty-fve minutes, five seconds A chain of
billion sovereigns would pass 1856 times around the
globe.
The letters Of Catherine de Medics are to be given
to the world. Count Hector de la Farrere is editing
them and has just published the first volume at Paris
This volume covers the peace Of Ambose, when
French Catholics and Protestants made common
cause against Elizabeth of England, the taking of
Havre. the ending of the first civil war. and Cathe
rines meeting with Phillip II and Alva at Bayonnc.
A TRAVELLER in equatorial Africa visited tribe
whore the young women distinctly lady-like in
both manner and physique, with figures slender and
well formed. But the young men are not allowed to
marry until their strength begins to fail, and after
marriage they for month the dress of maid
Ia L.
the face of the male savage loses its habtual scowl
and becomes pleasing and genial"
THE famous "Codex Argenteus" the four gospels
translated by Bishop Ulphias is preserved in the
University of Upsala 1t is written on 1872 leaves of
parchment, in letters of silver ground of faded
purple. 1t kept in glass and under lock and
key 1t dates back to the second half of the fourth
century, and, besides being of value to the religious
world, it gives the secular world all the knowledge it
possesses of the early Gothic the parent of all
the Germanic tongues.
THE house containing the room which the late eccen-
trio Earl of Dysart kept locked up for fifty years in
Norfolk street, Strand, London is now known as the
Dysart Hotel The present Earls heir is his childess
sister, Lady Agnes Tollemache-Scott who would, in
the event of his DEATH become countess in her own
right She is married to young man who was at one
time stockholders clerk in Wall street, but who
now pays $4,000 a year for a Scotch moor and
gives 81 500 for hunter.
A BOSTON man, who has recently removed to New
York. sends wall to the Traveller newspaper of his
native place, touching the lamentabe lack of women
in New York. He says:
II, myself, know Of Eve widowers, having good
commercial standing, with homes of their own, rang
ing in age from forty to years, who are
very DESTROYS of again marrying. This town is full
of men but not women Take Boston, Lowell, and
other manufacturing districts East and in
the majority many of them longing for the time when
they can make change"
ONE of the keenest things said on the bench is
attributed to Judge Walton. While holding term Of
the Supreme Court at Augusta he sentenced man to
years in prison for grave crime The respond
ents counsel asked for mitigation of the sentence,
on the ground that the prisoners health was very
poor. Your Honor, said he. II satisfied that my
client cannot live out half that term and beg of you
to change the sentence" WELL under those circum-
stances, said the Judge, 81 will change the sentence
will make it for life. instead of years." It is
needless to add that the respondent chose abide by
the original sentence which the judge permitted him
to elect.