The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-25

geton the sheltered side of leaf but If short rain
on the outside Then there other species that be
fore rain yellow, after blue. In other snails
deep ndantations beginning at the head between tho
horns ard ending with the uncture of the TAIL appear
few days before storm.
SCHAEFER, the billiardst, when playing wears full
evening dress. He has fine diamond stud in his
shirt. Maurice Vignaux also wears full dress suit.
His diamond stud is in the shirt collar Sehaefer
carries his cues in green sack and piece of chalk in
of his vest pockets Vignaux carries his jcinted
stick in a leather case.
THE late Dowager Lady Chesterfelds husband was
so hard up that he was obliged to let Chesterfield
House, and was unable to finish Briefly his country
seat, and his had to sell Chesterfield House; but
Lady Chesterfield who had life interest in the prop
erty after her sons death, finished Briefly and left
$500, OOO besides clearing the estate.
THE so-called brown trout" or brook trout, OF
Europe have been successfully acclimatized at Cold
Spring Harbor, N. Y, where eggs have been taken
from fish two and half years old. bred from eggs
brought from Germany. Tie brown trout" grow
more rapidly than native trout and promise to be
important addition to American waters
1.-TWO of the toes of my buried leg overlap each
other and pal Ne dreadfuy said the wife of Jacob
Berean, of Marlboro, Mass The leg had been ampu.
tated and buried one month. The husband, unknown
to the WIFE, had the leg exhumed and toes straight
ened out and she said she knew by the relief that fol-
lowed the exact moment the act was performed.
THERE scarcely be a doubt of the completely OF
jewery houses in of the great diamond robberies
One we!lknown London house was remarked to have
made amazing strides not long after the robbery of the
late Lady Elesmere's jewels. The value of the jew
elry stolen in England since 1870 would up into
hundreds of thousands of pounds A fashionable
jeweler in league with such operator the master
of THE House in the Marsh" ought to do amazingly
well-if woman is let into the secret.
THE story is again contradicted that Lord Tennyson
received special fee from Queen Victoria for his
lines the Princess Beatrces wedding. 1t would be
just reasonable say that the royal chef received
a special fee for experimenting the details of the
Princess wedding breakfast. The Poet Laureate,
like the royal chef is member of the Queens house
hold and like his culinary colleague is paid for his
services at annual fixed salary. In Lord Tenny.
son s case this fixed salary is 81 900 per annum,
which he has received since 1851, when he sue
ceeded Wordsworth He is also in receipt Of a
further proof of the royal favor in the shape of butt
Of Malmsey wine, given in accordance with prece.
dent.
JUDGE HILTON never walks in the streets. Hekeeps
carriage and pair at beck and call from the time he
leaves his residence in the morning until his return to
dinner, and also sometimes throughout the evening.
glimpse of him in the seat in this carriage 60
ing up down town. is to be obtained almost daily on
Broadway. From the fact that he is rarely seen in
public excepting through his carriage window his
round, flushed face, with its irQngray mustache and
stold sagacious and determined expression the stiff
brimmed high hat, with the carefully brushed IRON
gray hair and capacious collar familiar to compar.
atvely few, though he is of the best known and
most potent in the city, controlling he does
much wealth.
AT Deggendorf where the Danube flows through
rich and beautiful valley, there is church upon
whose walls series of twenty four paintings repre-
sent some remarkable events said to have occurred
here. In the year 1887, the story goes, the Jews
stole the sacred wafer Tor host from the church,
They scratched it with thorns until it bled and the
visage of child appeared they baked it in oven;
they hammered it anvil, of which the block is
still shown; they tried to thrust it down their throatss
but prevented by the hands and feet of the child
Then desparing of being able to destroy it. they flung
it into we'll. which was Immediately surrounded by
radiant glory. The result of this story that the
Deggendorfers who owed large sums2f money TO the
Jews and massacred their creditors instead Of
paying their debts. The priests appauded these do
ings, and after showed the indestructble wafer