The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-26

every visitor for refuge in case Of storm sudden
dislike of the Meals are served in general
dining in the tents as desired; and the bills
of fare include the primitive dishes of campers well
as the products of French cookery.
IT is not San Francisco, widely Photographed but
Sacramento Cal, to which Mrs. E. B. Crocker offers
to give her magnificent art gallery valued at $780,,
900, provided 800, 0G0 morei raised for museum
to hold (which ought to be inducement to the
citizens not only to raise the money, but build big
city around the museum.
THE question of gloves has absorbed the intellect of
the British military authorities and in order to secure
uniformity the major-general commanding at Wool
witch has ordered that all soldiers out for walk are
to take pair of regulation gloves with them one OF
which shall be and the other may be carried in
the hand. The advantage of this apparently is that
only one glove need be bought at time.
The positively last " man from Khartoum says
that after the betrayal Gordon and four friends killed
at least 200 Arabs from the palace. Then their
munition gave out. moment later the door was
thrown open. Gordon appeared on the threshold. He
was calm and serene. He was smoking cigarette
and had sword in his right hand There was mo
ment's pause then Arab raised his rife and shot
the hero dead.
A DIAMOND bangle is the gift subscribed for by
people OF WINDSOR TrlnceSS beauflce
There thirteen stones and the cost is 81, 500.
Some titled Windsor women have chosen toilet set
of silver with each article engraved with B B.. and
the royal coronet. The presents will altogether be
more numerous than, owing to the unpopularity of
at first anticipated.
DIR. TROITSKI, a result of a number of observa-
lions, states that in every case varying according to
the condition of the individual there is exhilara-
ton of the pulse rate and slight elevation of tenn
perature from smoking. If the average temperature
| of non smokers represented by 1000 that of
moderate smokers would be OO9, while the heart in
the former making 600 pulsations, in the
latter it would beat $50 times-hence the harm of
tobacco smoking.
THE results of series of observations carried out
by the photographic Bureau at Washington, in order
to determine the length depth and duration of
waves have been published. The largest wave OBJ,
served is said to have had length of half mile and
to have spent itself in twentythree seconds During
storms on the Atlantic sometimes extend 600
feet and last from ten to eleven seconds The most
careful measurements of the heights of waves give
from forty four to forty eight feet extreme
limit.
RICHTER said either live piousy or die
religously without a wife. Malherbe said the two
Saville considered there strength in womens
looks than in any laws. Victor Hugo didn't believe
that detested serpents much from fear, but
more through professional jealousy. Boucicault
wished Adam had died with all his ribs in his body.
The only thing that consoled Lady Bessington for
being a woman was that she could not be made to
marry one.
In Maine according to the Boston Globe to give
the sign of distress to any member in good standing,
pound three times on the outer gate, give two hard
kicks and one soft one the inner door give the
password. Rutherford B. Hayes" turn to the left
| through dark passage, turn the thumbscrew of
mysterious gas fixture ninety degrees to the right
holding the goblet of the eGcampment under the gas
fixture; then reverse the thumb-screw, shut your
eyes, insult your dgester leave twenty five cents
the gas FIXTURE and hunt up the nearest cemetery,
| that you will not have to be carried very far.
"a SUBSCRIPTION list" says the London Academy,
lis being formed in England with view to present
ing free-wil offering to the American poet, Walt
Whitman The poet is in his sixty seventh year, and
has-since his enforced retirement some years ago,
from official work in Washington owing to attack
of paralyss-rnaintaned himself precariousy by the
sale of his works in poetry and prose- and by
sonal contributions to magazines. Mr. w. NJ.
Rossetti, Endsleigh Gardens Euston Square acts
| treasurer, and Mr. Herbert H. Gilchrist, II Well
Road Hampstead honorary secretary for this
scheme
IT is told by the Boston Record that Lord Tenny
and his family including his little granddaughter
were dining at Osborne by invitation OF the Queen.
During the meal the b1 cad plate low and the
Queen took the last piece. Thereupon the little
Tennyson girl, who had been taught that it bad
manners to take the last piece the plate, pointed
her finger at the Queen and said scornfully Piggy,
piggy pig" The guests expected that nothing but
decaptaton in store for the child; but the Queen
nobly to the rescue; You are quite right my
dear, said she; nobody but the Queen should take
the last piece on the plate"
Mr.. HENRY STEVENS has published il London
monograph to explain the falling off in the outer
beauty of modern English books. Only ten classes
are indicted by Mr. Stevens, of whom "one, several,
all may justly be accused if convicted as par
Elephants i'll the dacadence of bookmaking in Eng
land" They the author, publisher, and printer;
the reader compositor, and pressman; the paperma-
kerr ink maker and book binder--and the consumer.
List is enormously represented to be wholly de,
pendent upon small pension for his support, when
in fact he is giving piano lessons at Wemar three
times week at enormous prices and is turning away
shoals of applying pupils
ACCORDING to the Whitehall Review a certain Con
sentative statesman has lately taken into his service
new secretary. One day the statesman informed the
secretary that at certain hour he expected an ndi
viual named Jones to call upon him. to whom he had
assigned interview. At the hour appointed Wis
itor did make his appearance in the staesmans ante
chamber. The visitor short, dark haired quick
eyed and conspicuous for large mustache defantly
cured. The secretary determined to be equal to
the occasion, and to show that the statesman whom
he served had in him valuable assistant He rushed
forward to meet the newcomer with a beaming smile
and said in accents of the most genial tone: Mr..
Jones, believer The dark haired stranger seemed
staggered for moment, and then, drawing himself
up and facing the bewdered secretary he asked him:
"Sir, do look like with the namo of Jones?'
Then, before the secretary had time apologize or
aynIsp +be stranoer handed him n ,,,bcb +lo