The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-29
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


CLERGYMAN in Nevada recently received his
salary in the form of poker chips, which
deemed at the bank.
VIcToR1EN SARDoU still has jet black hair, but his
face is like parchment with hard conceited mouth,
with its corners pinned back into SMILES"
THE preachers at Ocean Grove this year have re-
ceived circular from the clergyman in charge
questng them to keep their sermons inside of forty
five minutes at the most.
COLONEL FRED GRANT has declined the position
offered to him in the engineering department of the
Chicago & Great Western. because his mother wishes
him to reside with her in New York
ARTIFICIAL honey imported into England from this
country has been found, on analysis to be made of
wheat starch treated with oxalic acid. The
fraud cannot be detected by the TASTE and the English
stomach is suffering accordingly.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, publishes paper on Monday
thus allowing the printers to keep the Sabbath day
strictly 1t is said to be the only city in the United
States having 80 900 inhabitants, with railroads.
steamboats, telegraphs and telephones, that has no
Monday morning papers.
A BERLIN professor says that it takes ten times as
long to commit to memory eighty meaningless
syllables does to master eighty that have
p 1t T99d BE st SG to ne eys the ID
Democratic political document.
NOTED trainer of animals says that for elephants
five gallons of and whisky are prescribed for the
chills. Solid drugs given in pills. A pill eight
inches in diameter and containing thirty shillings
worth of qunine, relieves cold, while pepsine pill
is given when gets off his feed.
MIR. GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, a resident for six
years of his life in Concord, Mass has been invited
to assist in the celebration of the 25Oth anniversary
of that famous town which fred the first shot heard
tbar ,r1J
session, fired the School of Philosophy.
SHOULD the Duke of Abercorn live four wears
longer there will only have been two holders of his
peerage in 100 years. still remarkable in
stance occurs in the Ntzroy family. The second
Duke of Grafton enjoyed The dukedom from 1890 to
1857. and his successor till l8I1-only two in 100
years.
Mr.. RUsKIN says that ''horseracing should be con-
Quoted without whip spur and only for laurel
crown, without any money" The only race which ap-
proaches this ideal takes place in Sena where the
ward for the winning horse consists in public feast in
which the horse is toasted and partakes himself of
bucket of wine
THE death of I'll. H" the talented poet and
autoress caused by the high French heels on the
shoes she wore. In June, 1884 she fell down a fight
of stairs at Colorado Springs and suffered from COM
pound fracture of her leg. The confinement impaired
her general health and going to California for change
of air, was poisoned by sewer gas in San Francisco
and never rallied from nerve exhaustion"
AN old Tenneesean. recently deceased left a large
property in trust to be used for the purpose of sup
pressing the habit prevalent in rural regions of using
ones knife in eating. He had always felt the dsad-
vanages arising from his lack of training in such
matters, and had fairly become monomaniac on the
subject frequently calling attention to those whom
he noticed INDUCING in the of the knife in lien of
a fork
THEY had queer discussio at court in Birmins.
ham, England lately The jury complained that thew
could not the face of witness whereupon law.
yer complained that the position of the jury with
their backs to the light prevented him from noting
the expression on their faces when addressing them
The judge then suggested that counsel and jury |
change places but nothing was done to prevent repe
tons of the growls
A MANITOBAN farmer sharpening stake with |
when flash of lightning accompanied bv a |
sirge clap of thunder came from the only cloud vis
Bile, small Immediately overhead The bolt |
struck the head of the AK splitting into two pieces
and breaking the handle The farmer was knocked to |
the ground insensible, but speedily recovered, and
upon searching about found the fragments OF his ak |
forced deeply into the ground.
IT is considered unlucky in Florida to be the first |
OF
remaining members of the family will soon follow.
In the Of citizen of Madison county who died
recently these evil consequences We're it is believed
arrested by cutting down tree incasing section of
the trunk in coffin and burying it with appropriate
ceremonies. On the morrow the remains of the dead
Floridian were inferred in adjacent grave.
Do LEWIS does not believe in the use of shoulder
braces but advocates weight on the head instead
He says: Mature furnishes the needed braces to
keep the shoulders in position aid when you use the
artificial these natural become weak for want of
exercise The best way to STOPPING shoulders is
to carry weight the head half hour morning and
evening. Make the weight large. There is no other
single exercise valuable carrying weight on tho
head. bag of sand weighing from twenty to eighty
pounds is good weight"
AN ingenious London has suggested to the
authorities that certain church yard in watering
place ten miles from the city, be reclaimed and used
a burial ground for the paupers of the whole of
London. The bodies, buried in the sand of the sea.
shore, and imbedded in concrete, which will harden
Immediately, will in time form wall to keep out the