The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-07

be seen to have thrown out suckerlike roots,
and the young plants will rapidly increase IN
sizs until the apple tree ls covered with dense
mass of mistletoes from top to bottom, laden
with berries. This parasite however, is not
natural to the United States, The summers
are too hot and dry and the winters too cold.
NINE. PATTI-NIcoLINI was presented in Phila-
delphia with pair of large silver and bronze
vases by the Welsh born citizens of the Quaker
City. Her charitable deeds among the Welsh in
the vicinity of Crag-y-Nos Castle were eulogized
by Hon. Horatio Gates Jones in his presen tation
speech. He very feelingly and appropriately
said: "Duw ack bendiths chwi"
THE following letter is said TO be the genuine
production of nine -year-od colored citizen of
South Carolina Dear Affectionately Teacher:
Tse sorry couldn't come to school on Friday,
but couldn't, cause 1t rain, and OATS de way 1t
go in dis world. If de Lord shut de door, no
man can open de door. If de Lord say open de
door, no mau can shut de door. If de Lord say
1T rain no man can stop it rain. But de Lord
He do all things we'll And you oughtn'5 to
growl about 1t. Your affectionately scholar"
PAUL. BERT visited Havre during the smallpox
epidemic there few years ago, and his ohserva-
tions slightly shook his faith in the efficacy of
vaccination as a prophylactic He forthwith
determined by personal experiments to settle the
problem to his own satisfaction, SO he had him
self vaccinated. and few weeks later noculated
himself with the virus of dying smallpox
patient No i'll results were experienced from
this terrible ordeal, and to the end of his life NJ.
Bert remained the most earnest advocate OF vac
cination.
HEBREW journalism says the London
Times, 'has sustained severe loss by the death
of Judah Jechiel Bril- the editor of the
Shutamith, weekly paper published in Lon
don. Mr.. Bril- distinguished himself four years
ago oy the vigor with which he advocated the
emigration of the prosecuted Russian Jews to
Palestine. and, with the assistance of Baron Ed
mond de Rothschid of Paris he collected to-
gether a number of emigrants whom he con-
Quoted to the Holy Land and settled as agri-
cultural colony. He was the author of several
Hebrew books, among them an account of his
experience in founding Russo Jewish colony
10 Palestine, entitled 'Yesod Hamaaloh
WHEN General Manteutfel, in 1866, levied
contribution of p. 100000 forms ($1O, o0o, OcO
Frankfort-o the Main, Baron Mayer Karl Won
Rothschild was indignant and demanded: Does
your Excellency realize the full meaning Of the
word million2 Has your Excellency ever seen
million of money! The general was nonplussed.
as indeed, he had never seer such sum at
once, and to get out of the pickle he altogether
RENTED the contribution. Frankfort thereafter
always considered Rothschild "a bigger man"
than Manteuffel. Before that General Vogel Won
Frankenstein made an assessment of 600
horins ($2 $50 O00l upon the city, and sent "two
was much surprised to learn that the sum of
money weighed about fifty tons.
SOME time ago an English gentleman found a
large turnip in his field of the shape of mans
head. and with the resemblance of the features
of man. Struck with curiosity, he had cast
made of it. and sent the cast to phrenologist,
stating that il was taken from the head of cee
brated professor, and requested an opinion
thereon. After sitting in judgment. 1t was re-
ported that it denoted man of acute mind and
deep research, that he had the organ of quick
perception, and also Of perseverance,. with an
other that indicated credulity. The opinion was
transmitted to the owner of the cast, with let
ter requesting. as particular favor, that he
would send them the head. To this he politely
replied that he would willingly do so. but he was
prevented, as he and his family had eaten it the
day before with their mutton at dinner.