The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15

body while the hearse was followed by dozen Hun
garian gypsy bands with draped instruments.
MRS SHERIDAN has a favoritc picture which rests
on easel in the paror 1t shows a long stretch of
dusty road, and single horseman riding for life ITO
Winchester twenty miles away"
ALBERT PULITZER, the young proprietor of the New
York Morning journal, lives almost entirely in
Europe at present and has an income of nearey $50,
600 year. His health is delicate.
THERE are still some lf-dozen wooden houses in
London. One is in Wellclose square, the
Tower and another in the rear of it. They very
| old but in good repair, and and comfortable
| OLIVER DoUD BYRON announces that he has
dropped the Doud as remotely suggestive of dude and
hereafter viii write his name and wishes to be known
as Oliver Byron, the Oliver being retained to distin
quish him from the late Lord Byron.
| A New ORLEANS correspondent pleasantly advises
anyone coming to the great Southern exposition on
pleasure trip ito come in private car or, better
still, in yacht, else to come on oor flying trip
| disembarrassed Of invalids or children"
LENSES for the great Lick telescope said to have
been at last successfully cast and need only polishing
to be ready for use. The San Francisco Call says;
In looking through this telescope it is reckoned that
the moon will be brought within thirty miles of the
| to solve problems heretofore insolvable."
REV. Mr. BARHAM, the ''Ingoldsby Legends" man,
hoping for clerical preferment through the nstru
mentality of friend but the friend sent him brace
of quail His reply in his note of thanks was:
Many thanks. my dear lord, for the birds of your
/ giving;
Though wish with the dead, you had sent me the
living"
THE largest and finest memorial stone in the Wash
alton of Philadelphia. The stone sent by Switzerland
bears this inscription: "This block is from the orig.
inal chapel built to William Tell in 1888 on Lake
Lucerne Switzerland at the spot where he escaped
from Gesser" 'Snce it sent here, the Historical
Society of Switzerland has demonstrated that such
| persons as Tell and Gessler ever existed
NINE SCALCHI is not enamored of the English Ian.
guage She is reported to have called it devilish;"
but she still labors. with amusing results to learn
enough to add ballad two to her repertoire She
is now ready to risk Sullivan's "Lost Chord" with
what is described pretty, broken accent that is
irresistible She spent many hours last in try
ing to pronounce tie words of this famous piece and
only successful after they had been written out
| for her in Italian fashion.
LORD BRAMwELL recently, in giving judgment in
important Scotch lawsuit took occasion to review
| briefly the celebrated case of Shyock VS. Antonio
| (Shakspeares Reports), and Said II quite GER.
tain that would have decided that in the way
fair Portia did; not, perhaps, upon all the
! sons but upon some of them AS matter of fact,
Shylock had the pound Of flesh which could be
called hist had never been appropriated to him. and
he could only get it by considerable crime, less
than murder But if the pound of flesh had been ap-
propriated to him. should have given the pound of
| flesh to Shylock."
held every Monday the vestibue of the Art Acad-
| envy. most motley crowd assemble, from which
| the painters choose their models The prices vary
according to supply and demand The average rate is
10 cents an hour Models for painting from nature
command "a better price, for their task is most
fatiguing one; hence good strong models are always
greatly in demand, and the factotum of the artists,
nicknamed "the handsome August is priceless
jewel in the search for models Among the studies
of the younger art students may readily detect
complete gallery of portraits of the most current
Berlin models.
CURIOUS Indian Tchborne trial has just been &C.
cided at Ahmedabad, after four years litigation. A
young Brahmn and his wife went pilgrimage,
during which he totally disappeared and has not been
heard Of since. Soon after the widow affected to
ognize her lost husband in a devotee who lived the
banks of the Nerbudda. The religious man owned to
the soft impeachment, set up house with the lady,
and proceeded to make free of her property.
The jealous relatives however, doubted his identity
and brought the question into court. One of the most
conclusive pieces Of evidence against the mpostor
that he had forgotten to speak understand Ell
glsh, in which the Br admin had passed credtable
examination.
PRESIDENT BARRIos, of Guatemala, who proposes
to wade through slaughter to throne and shut the
gates of mercy Central Americans generally, is a
sort of Spanish Indian, noted for his rapacity, his
cruelty and his rascaty He has enriched himself by
approprating everything that in his way. Many
stories told of his tyranny and greed. He has all
the requirements of despot. When he first obtained
power in Guatemala he began relentless war upon
the Jesuits and finally succeeded in driving them out
of the country. He visited New York few years
ago, and purchased a residence for $3.50, 600 He
left his family in that city for short time, and the
suppositien was then that he intended to evacuate
Guatemala for his good. He held his ground
though, and called his wife and children back to
the land of centpedes and revolutions.