The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-21

zeal position, and Lord Lorne is not thought a
greater parsonage because he is the Queens son
| in-law
| ALEz4NDER AGAssIz, who was fifty years old
on Thursday, is compelled by ill-health to tenn
porariy withdraw from his duties as curator
OF the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cam
| bridge.
Ina New York dry goods store, the other day.
woman from the country was observed with
her dress securely fastened by shawl pins to the
frock OF her little girl, whom she didn't propose
| to lose.
| CANON FARRAR's earnings were not $25, 900,
but about $15, 600 and $40 gold coin. The eagle
was paid by an admirer for ticket and the
Canon says he is going to keep it as pocket
| piece and souvenir.
WHY women are like ducks: Because they
are not all tame Because there is a good deal
| of sport to be got out of the wild ones. Because
| they may be captured. Because they may be
| sold. Because they are always dressed in some
fashion for dinner. Because they have long
| bills. Because there are always plenty of them
| in the market
| LAKE Glazier, the newly discovered source of
the Mississippi. is sparkling little lake, which
nestles among the pines of a wild and unfre-
quented region of Minnesota, just on the dividing
rage which forms the great watershed of North
America. 1t is about mile and half in great
|
| ceedingy pure coming from springs.
| THE antique silver bottle that laughs coquet-
tishly from the buttonhole of the fashionable
fair ones bodice contains nothing stronger than
altar of rose, or thimbleful of cologne 1t takes
| many shapes, this bottle, sometimes resembling
a tiny pistol, and again, the pilgrim" form, or
| it is an out and out flask, which makes the good
Prohibtionist scowl with disapprobation until
he knows its contents.
| nf 1oo1+; e.
company is generally spoken of as more dar-
ing Spectator than his father Speaking Of Mr..
Vanderbilts death, ne recently sad 'The
| dramatic incident of my life was the sudden
| death of Vanderbilt in my presence. l shall
never forget 1t. 1t came like a fearful dream,
| and so swift was the change from life to death
| that 1t could scarcely be realized"
| SILVER quarter of dollar was found in
| the intestnes of a four-pound trout which was
| being dressed for the table at Virginia City,
| New, IL short time ago. 1t was covered with
| black coating nearly an eighth of an inch thick,
! and had evidently been in the trout's stomach
| for long time. The coin was probably dropped
| by some fisherman, and the fish, seeipc-stte gilt
terlng coin, darted<at and swailowesiv.
| THE late General Shields was the on,,y man
eves elected from more than one State to tfs
/ United States Senate. He was first elected for
| !"
because not naturalized for the necessary peri
o. He was reelected, and served his full term.
some years after he served an unexpired term
| as senator from Minnesota, and his last official
service was q very brief term as senator from
| Missouri.
| A PARODY by poet of one of his own lines
deserves place among the curiosities of litera-
ture. DR.. Holmes engages in that playful exer
| else in his recent birthday tribute to Mark
Nyua uhar
| l saw thee last" provoked a smile from the Doc
tors admirers whose memories are retentlve, for
| they had not forgotten an earlier poem of his,
| La Grisette" which begins "Ah, Clemence.
when l saw thee last"
| In the Chinese maritime reports it is stated
that the Amis savages of South Formoso char.
den their children by bathing. The infant is
| thrown into tub Of cold water on the day of
| it's birth. and month afterward is taken to the
| river sea and allowed to struggle until tired
| out. The Amis children can swim long before
| they are able to walk. 1t is said that the thar
| dened" ones become strong because they were
| born so; the treatment knocks out the weak
| ones.
| THE late Lord Ranelagh left three illegitimate
daughters by woman of great beauty but OBJ
scure birth One of them married the Hon.
Mark Napier second son of Lord Napier, re-
membered as a boy in Washington when his
J
preceding Lord Lyons and who is now the very
able barrister who conducted Arabs defense.
Another is welded In Australia. and the other is
| Mrs. Langtry's sister in-law having married Mr..
| LIE Breton. her brother, of jersey island.
| GoNERNoR RUsK, of Wisconsin, is somewhat
original in his ways Last summer he was asked
with his staff, to attend a soldiers reunion at
| Minneapolis Instead of appearing with gor
geous militia cavalcade, he took along squad
of crippled veterans, paying their expenses at
| hrst-class hotel There was not man in the
| party who had not lost an arm or leg or been
| desperately wounded in some manner. Their
| appearance was the feature of the reunion, and
| the old fellows still talk Of their trip with the
| Governor.
| A BEES working tools comprise variety equal
to that of the average mechanic. The feet of
the common working-bee exhibit the combna
tion of a basket, brush and pair of pincers.
| The brush. the hairs of which are arranged in
| symmetrical rows is only to be seen with the
microscope. With this brush of fairy delcacv
| the bee brushes it's velvet robe to remove the
| pollen dust with which it becomes loaded while
sucking up the nectar Another article, followed
like spoon, receives all the gleanings the insect
| carries to the hive.
OUT of the 401 members of the present Con-
gress, senators and representatives there are 285
| lawyers. The Senate has ffty-seven lawyers out
of seventy-six members. Messrs Stanford and
Camden have, however, practced but seldom,
| while Mr.. Pay ne retired a number of years
| since. The States of Rhode Island, Virginia
Nevada and New Jersey have no lawyer in the
| Senate Twenty-Five States send none but law
yers; the States of California, Kansas, Nebraska,
Minnesota. Wisconsin, Michigan, New York,
| Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia
and Vermont divide their seats with the lawyers.
| There are four manufacturers, one planter, one
lumberman, one civil engineer, one merchant,
| two mining operators, railroad president,
two bankers one retired merchant and one
| journalist in the Senate.
COMMENT AND OPINION.
| 1t is evident that Cleveland was not born with