The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-24

from small grains of sand and clay attaching them
soidly to walls that hammer and chisel must BE-
used to brak them off.
AGEoRGET0wN lady. who called at the White
House last week. inquired who was the original Of the
fe-sze picture Of General Grant that hangs In the
Red Parlor. She has been abroad for twenty.fyA
years.
GOVERNOR PINGREEs arbor day proclamation In
Vermont was prefaced with the remark Of the High.
land laird: "Jock when We haze naething else to do.
you may De sticking in tree; it viii be growing Jock
when yerc sleeping"
LIVES of great men all remind us.
We can live a life of ease
By skedaddling and behind us
Nothing leave but plenty of absence old boots and
disappointment for creditors to seize.
-Binghamton Republican.
LONDON Truth says there is considerable talk of
making Lord Lorne the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
1t is a question, however, whether the Prince of
Wales reception has been of character to warrant
sending any member of the royal family permanently
to Erin's isle
A JEALOUS Christian woman in Lowell has left hes
husbands bed and board because he viii not be com
verified She has reached the perfect state" and ID
so outraged that her husband otherwise exemplary
man. will not come to her way of thinking that she
will no longer live with him.
A CORRESPONDENT of the London Times SAYS tina
Ameer of Afghanistan is a hale. large man. full Of
conversation. He prides himself on his powers Of
organization, on his varied travels and extensive
knowledge thus acquired. He appears extremely SELF
reliant He notices everything, and makes very perth
nent remarks
The most pathetic thing in Mrs. Clusters delightful
book Boots and Saddles" is her recital of the pledges
which General Custer exacted of his officers and con.
frned by their most solemn asseveration, namely,
that in of his their capture by the Indians
when she was with them she should be shot dead on
the spot before being permitted to fall into the hands
OF the savages. This pledge she says. well
known to her during her equestrian excursions with
the General.
ABOUT year ago an English gentleman. travelling
in Germany, came officer employed in super-
intending details of military railroad transport.
He had been captain during the Franco German
war, and had allowed his company to be surprised.
After being imprisoned for eighteen months he waa
placed in the military railroad transport service, and
told that he was never to receive promotion. Being
surprised by enemy is the one objectionable sin
for the Germans.
NINE DE KALoMINE, tho divorced wife of the Grand
Duke Of Hesse, who is now known as the Countess
Czapska Romrod mas left Dresden, and will probably
settle at Florence Naples. 1t is understood that
arrangement has been made betwesn the Countess and
her late husband, and that she is to receive hand
some allowance from the Grand Ducal treasury,
while, the other hand, all papers and corres
spondence have been given up and she undertakes moi
to return to Darmstadt.
SIR PETER LUMsDEN. who has waited in by no
means comfortable quarters Herat through the
dreary winter for his Russian colleague Lessar until
be delayed is well qualified by ability and experience
FOR his present position. Born in 1929 and entering
the Bengal army in 1S49 he has continued since then
to active service in India. He has served on the
northwestern frontier in numerous expeditions on
political commission in Afghanistan in central Indian
military operations in 1858 and in all the army
grades upward.