The Indianapolis journal., 1885-02-15


Jamaica, L. T. has threatened to expel all members of
his church who attend skating rink. 1t is said if he
carries out his threat there won't be enough member
ship left to fill one pew
ARGoNAUT A mendcant approached a Westchester
man the the other day and said: "Dear sir,
have lost my leg' TO which the Westchester
Piled he hurried away. my dear FRIEND very
sorry, but have not anything of it"
YOUNG Spanish artist has lately received 81 900
from California lady for painted fan of black silk.
The SUBJECTS representation of the language of the
fan in three ways: 81 hate you" 81 like you, II
you" and is exceedingly clever, well delicate in
treatment
WHEN Mr.. Beecher was shown the bareneck fowls
exhibition at the New York Fanciers Club he re.
marked: "I knew this sort Of thing allowable
among fashionable ladies' but not aware that
such highly respectable hens would countenance such
display"
AT Xenia o., young procured marriage
license for himself and young lady who had never
consented to marry him and knew nothing of his OBJ
tanning tine legal permit The license issued last
December, and so far the young man has found it
poor investment
CONSTITUTIONAL amendment act introduced by
the government in the Tasmanian House of Assembly
providing for the extension Of the franchise to
married women who taxpayers has reached q Sec
ond reading This is good news-for Tasmanian
maids and widows.
EVERY Saturday evening, when barber shop in
Troy is crowded by young mechanics getting their
hair cut for Sunday, the priest who is a jealous tenn
perance advocate arrives to get signatures to pledge
of total abstinence He thinks he thus saves many
fellow from spending his weeks wages in spree.
MATsADA SoRAKIcHr, the Japanese wrestler,
oil in FL; UIaI,
Miss Ella Bonsall Lodge, of Philadelphia. On their
return they were seen by reporter at their home
Matsada pointed to array of bottles, made sweep
with his hand, and said all in word "Watchugon
toave."
SARAH BERNHARDT's skeleton-not the one she
every day the principal portion of her physical
entity but the that occupied chair in the vesti
bule of her Rue Fortuny house-was sold at auction
with the rest of her belongings seized her creditors
and although in excellent condition-not bone miss
ing or broken-only fetched sixty cents.
IT is nine years since Mr.. Moody held his famous
revival services in the Madison Garden in New
York city. His hair has not become gray, and his
voice has increased in sympathetic quality and in
range He is at present preaching to immense crowds
at New Brunswick N. j., having usual the hearty
cooperation of all the pastors of the city.
SENATOR GARLAND rarely ever goes to the theater
1t is only about once in four or five years that any
thing is presented upon the boards which he to
1t told him that several years ago he went
to see Joe Jefferson in rip Van Winkle" the whole
week through-seven performances-and then
gretted that Rip not to another week.
GERMAN iilt has just been punished by the Mainz
tribunals her aggrieved betrothed having been award
ed $3.50 damages with all the costs. This is the first
time that lady has been sued for breach Of promise
of marriage in Germany, omission not to be solely
attributed without serious reflection either to the
charms of the women or the forbearance of the men,
DEAR little man with the slender legs
Man with the long, long hair,
Why do you dance on YOUR slender pegsf
Why do you rant and rarei
Why do you howl and mutter so3
Why do you clench your fst9"
"Silly chatterer, don't you know3
am el.O-cu.tion-ist."
Texas Sftings.
THE cost of the flowers alone at President Arthurs
recent dinner to the judges of the Supreme bench
into the hundreds outside Of the resources Of the
White House conservatories The central piece
Canadian voyageur canoe its keel studded in stripes
of pink red and white carnations; its rigging of smi
lax and lilies of the valley aud it's cargo Of La France
and tea roses.
1T is stated good authority that no watch win
keep the same time with different people. This is
riousy attributed to the temperament of the wearer
and it is claimed that the physical differ
in gait and movement between different people
will affect the keeping of absolutely accurate time.
The magnetism of the is also supposed to af-
feet the tmeregistering machinery Of watches.
A FRENCH writer ascribes to Sarah Bernhardt
much of the Generalization existing in French
social life. He charges her with having inaugurated
the passion for strange abnormal characters thrilling
stories about the private lives of actresses and the
craving for sensation of every kind 1t is fair to add
that France by destitute of all this sort
of thing before the famous Sarah trod the stage
MAN in Lewiston Me- recently bought cow of a
local cattle dealer. Some jokingy asked him if
he knew that the old as not to have any
teeth in her upper jaw. The man went home, and,
upon examining the cow found that she had no teeth
in that region, and promptly returned the COW. It
with some difficulty that he was made to under
stand that cattle have any teeth In their upper
jaws.
1T has been computed that before Prince Henry of
Battenberg began to bask in the sunshine of British
royalty there only six men in the world from
whom husband for Princess Beatrice could have
been selected. There would not be this number of
royal ladies for the future King of England to select
wife from. Not improbably consort will be found
for him among the descendants of the Emperor
William
PROFESSOR FELIX ADLER: Man is brave, that is
he can overcome obstacles woman Is fair. "None but
the brave deserve the fair and none but the fair de-
serve the brave. The woman who possesses reither
beauty of form and feature beauty of character
is unsexed. We judge by what he does and
woman by what she is Only of late has 1t been ad-
mitted that woman has intellect, and Is merely
creature of sentiment Mans intellect is fitted for
generalization, womans for specialization.
BEFORE George Eliots real name was disclosed to
the public Thackeray thought that her books were not
written by woman. Mrs. Ophant was sure they were
not written by woman Mrs. Carlyle conceived the
writer to be "man of middle age with wife, from
whom he got those beautiful feminine touches in his
book, good many children and dog that he has as
much fondness for as have for my little Nero" But
Dickens said: IF they originated with no woman,
believe that has0.o had -