The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-23

Arch bishop OF Canterbury was thus relieved or
part Of his task. Instead of engaging in prayer
for the safe delivery Of the child he had only to
offer the usual thanksgiving.
A GENTLEMAN was walking on Main street,
Hartford, the other day, when he noticed that
workman. who was digging trench, had
brought up with the dirt some sort of coin.
He asked the man to name a price for it, and
the reply was three cents" Paying the money,
he got what proved to be a Connecticut copper
of IT'S.
THOMAS JORDAN Of South Lewiston, Me- is
eighty four years old. Last winter he lost the
Of an eye and didn't discern it until spring.
He went into the field, one day in spring time,
and noticed that things looked passing strange.
He clapped his hand to one eye Blank darkness!
One eye was totally blind. and. strangest of all,
it had not panied him, and he had not known it
BEFORE
A JACK rabbit was the means Of reuniting a
pair that had been separated thirty-two years.
The Rev. Colon Anderson. of California caught
a rabbit Que night that was frightened into sub
mission by lantern the dominic carried. The
story got into the papers, was seen by his mother
in Scotland, whom he supposed long since dead,
and she wrote to him. The two recently had an
atfectlouate meeting in Scotland.
CHRISTINE Missions tour through Germany
and Denmark does not appear to have been one
of unmixed triumph. Her reception in the Dan
ish capital was marked by unexpected GOODNESS.
At Hamburg, Frankfort and Leipzig particularly
at Leipzig, the thermometer fell still further A
German periodical devoted to music speaks of
her dramatic mimicry as ''masq uerading," and
of the remnants of her once rich voice" At
Cologne however, the popular enthusiasm rose
to the old pitch, and compensated the songstress
for her previous disappointments.
AMONG the Is, 314 couples who got married in
Rarlip last WAR xyara S6l xuidovvS divorced
women, and one man who had the courage to
marry woman who had been divorced three
times There were 95 marriages of cousins of
uncle and niece, 2 of nephew and aunt One
man of twenty five married a woman of nearly
sixty, and one man of seventy five girl of
twenty five. In So cases the man was Is to 20
years younger than the BRIDE in 9 cases 20 to %
years younger, in i case about 30 years younger
March, April and May September, October and
November were the months in which the great
est number of marriages took place.
COUNT MUNSTER, lately German ambassador
in London, once at Buckingham Palace re-
ception engaged in an undertone conversation
with another diplomatic officer, when up came
superserviceable court functionary, slapped him
according to the World. London--smaruly on
the shoulder, and informed him that people
were not supposed to to the palace to talk. I"
The Count and his companion were only whisper
ing to each other, but under any circumstances
so brusque q reproof would have been very in
discreet The ambassador pulverze the official
with a naughty Bsmarckian stare and replied
IL do not come here sir, to receive lessons In
manners" and at once summoned his attaches
and quilted the throne room in high dudgeon,
and drove direct to the Foreign Office, where he
lodged formal complaint against the court
functonary for insulting impertinence, and an
nounced that unless he received full and ample
apology he would lay the matter before his gov
ernment The case at once submitted to
the Queen, who ordered that proper Il. O. post
abjeetl letter should be written to the Count by
the fussy court official and as he was made to
eat any amount of dirt on the subject, Count
Munster was graciously pleased to accept the
explanations and apologies with which he was
overwhelmed, and the incident" terminated