The Indianapolis journal., 1885-02-09

been in my placer 1 said would have kicked him
out of DOORS The good old Doctor--a man of peace
in all respects-looked at with queer expression
for moment. and then remarked, thoughtfully: I
wish you'd been there Henry"
THE prospectus has been issued of the Pir@us
Athens & Peloponnesian railway 1t will, when
pleted, have total length of 400 kilometers, Of
which sixty y-seven kilometers open and at
work. There is a government subsidy of 20 900
dracbmas per kilometer, equa; to So 400 per mile.
What pity it is that some of the ancient Athe
mans could not back and take hand in the
speculation!
MRS Tom THUMB (nee Lavina Warren) and Count
Rosebud are soon to we'd There were two of tie
Warren sisters, both inidgets. One died early. Tom
Thumb Charles Stratton) is not long dead Since his
day midgets have increased until they are no longer
novelty. The remarriage of his widow will create
such sensation as did the nuptals of General Thumb
and Lavina Warren, so admirably worked as an ad-
vertisement by Barnum.
VANDERBILT possesses the only real memorials of
the First Napoleon in New York-a set of solid gold
spoons and forks that secreted and carried
away from the Tuilleries by Jerome Bonaparte
Their highest value, apart from their history, is
found in the adornment which graces the handles.
These oval, and in the spoons each contains an
exquisite miniature Of the Queens of France. The
handles of the forks each display an enameed minia
ture of the Kings of France, of equally exquisite
finish. They made by the court jeweler for the
Empress Josephine and were only used state occa
sons at the Tueries.
All CHAINS baby the birth of which occasioped
great interest in Chinese circles in New York the
other day, is to have grand banquet in its honor
the thirteenth day after it's birth The principal dish
will be salad of sharks fms, birds nests. porkers,
sea-worms, devil fish, chickens, ducks and celery On
this occasion the doctor will be the most honored
guest at the table, and after the banquet he will be
presented with the infant After shaving the head of
his little patient the doctor will his clothing
and give him BATH Then the babe will be clothed
in pale blue robe and presented to the guests at the
table 1t will then be the proper thing for them to
make up purse for the child.
WHEN Mr. Hendricks was in New York, his recent
flying trip, Democratic friend inquired how he
to make the noted hickory broom" speech in Brook
lyn. He replied in substance: It all to me in
flash of memory from scene of my boyhood. My
father old-line Wing. In the exciting days of
the first Jackson campaign, the Democrats raised in
our town the first hickory pole had ever seen They
| topped it off with hickory broom. 1 remembered,
as I sat there at the Brooklyn banquet, how first
came into view of the pole and stood gazing at the
broom in mid air. An old citizen, Democrat, com.
ing along asked him what the broom meant. why,
said he, it is to sweep the Wings out of the depart
ments after Jackson is elected With that reminis-
cence in my mind you readily how 1 made
| that speech"
A PRIMA DONNA usually let's four hours eapse be-
tween eating and singing. After the OPERA she may
eat the little supper that is so highly priced by all
singers not because of its conviviaty for it be
simple and light but rather because it can be eaten
with the knowledge that there is plenty of time for
digestion. Sweets, highly-spiced food of any kind,
and nuts must be carefully avoided Different sing
different drinks for refreshing the throat,
cording as their experience has taught them Miss
Clara Louise Kellogg writes in the Critic that she has
| found beef tea to be of great service Some a
| gargle LIE Franc the tenor, famous for his high G,
favored salt and water The singers of past generation
depended great deal upon sulphur and so do those
of to-day only they take smaller doses. They take
it homeopathically. Patti puts great deal of de-
pendence upon it, and do others who are homeop-
| athists.