The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-24

tanned it from the Prince of Wales, who, it seems,
had 1t from a native when on an elephant hunt in
| India some years sine.
PHILLIPS BROOKS recently spoke Of his
brother clergyman, Cyrus A Bartol, as "a dear,
moth-eaten angeLn So large is the chancel of
Trinity that wag defines Mr.. Brooks himself
as "a magnificent animal in a semi-circular
| pen"
SECRETARY LAMARs daughter is an artist Of
considerable merit A landscape showing the
Secretarys house in Mississippi, with the Secre-
tary himself reclining under the trees and con-
| templating herd of cattle, is one of her latest
works.
| The chestnut bell has been superseded by a
white card, which is suddenly handed to mar
rator and inscribed:
lam
SOMETHING OF LIAR
MYSELF.
HENRY GLADSTONE the ex Premiers third
son, Is serving with the British army in Burmah,
and was with a party of boatmen and troops
who had to run the gauntlet in launch, on the
| Irrawaddv. amid the sustained fire Of 1880
armed Dacoits.
A CITIZEN of HolYoke Mass, was drinking at
bar the other day with three companions,
when his wife came in, joined the drinkers and
ordered drinks for all hands. 1t is said that no
more effectual way of breaking up a drinking
party was ever known in that section.
MR.. THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, poet and nov
elist, is also humorist. it seems When Dollar
street in Ponkapog was named, Mr. Aldrich
whose summer home is there, objected. There
are" he declared, 'at least one hundred and fifty
scents in it and it should be named Dollar and
a.half street."
VoLTAIREs old home, at Ferney, now belongs
to sculptor, who has preserved the philoso-
piers bedroom in its old state. The room con
talns a bedstead, a table and arm-chalrs. On
the walls are two pictures of Catherine of Rus
STA and of Voltaire himself At Ferney and
through the country roundabout Voltaire is al
most forgotten.
OUIDAs latest novel has for a heroine a brill
liant and vrtuous countess who acts on the
theory that no husband ever wants to be in the
same house with his wife, and no wife ever de-
sres to be in the same house with her husband;
both wives and husbands requiring for their
peace and happiness, the society Of some other
man or some other woman.
CURIOUS marriage ceremony took place re-
Gently in Nurnberg Germany the bride being
the we'll known armless artistic, Fraulein Haus
mann. She welded her impressario, Herr
Hauschild, and signed her marriage contract
with her feet Rings were exchanged and the
wedding ring of the bride was placed on the
fourth toe of her right foot
THE old stone house at Valley Forge, which
Washington made famous as his headquarters,
is still standing, and memorial association has
been struggling for two years to get $4,000 with
which to buy it and the two acres of land that
go with it, They have the money now and will
Hannah Ogden, the owners of the property. The
house and land will be kept intact as a memento
of the revolutionary struggle
CARDINAL JACOBINI papal secretary, who has
been in ill-health for some time, is to take a
years rest. He is only fifty-f and has good
constitution. but has broken down under too
much work His substitute will be Archbishop
Vauutelli, now nuncio at Lisbon, very able
man and skilled diplomatic. But the strongest
man at the Vatican is the Pope himself, who
regularly works from twelve to fourteen hours
day, and is wonderfully decisive and methodical
MISS MAUD HOWE, the daughter of Julia Ward
Howe, and the author of 1.-THE San Rosario
Ranch" is beautiful woman with figure that
is absolutely perfect; such figure as not one
woman in a thousand possesses. She is tall.
dark and stately: most charming conversation
alist and delightful companion. She affects-or
perhaps should say she adopts-occaslonally
the classic style for evening dross and appears in
flowing Greek draperies and with an ivy wreath
on her head.
A YEAR ago a bogus dispatch was sent from
Washington saying that Senator Pike had drop
ped dead in the street on the way to his Office.
To some newspaper mon who called on him that
evening ne said This bogus dispatch has &C.
curately described the manner of my taking off.
/ shall die just as suddenly as that person de-
scrbed. l shall go out like a flash without a
moments warning, save what my doctor has
given me-" Just one year to day from that
date says the Washington Post, Senator Pike
dropped dead while on his way to his Office.
AT the October meeting of the Bostonian So
ciety two Bibles and velvet suit, once belong
ing to John Hancock. were among the treasures
on exhibition The Bibles were curious in va
rious respects. chiefly. perhaps, in that one had
written on the fv-leaf formal contract provid-
ing for its safe return, it being loaned to cler-
gyman. then chaplain of regiment at the
CASTLE who wished the use of it during his stay
at the island in that capacity. The other had on
its fly leaf the written inscription, Thou shalt
not steal, saith the LORD"
IT is said that Senator Kenna, in his usual
much-worn Clothes called at the Public Printers
Office one day lately and was met by the door
keeper, with the remark that mo tramp printers
were wanted" The statesman pulled out his
card bearing his name sans title aud asked that
it be taken to Mr. Benedict The door-keeper,
leaving the visitor standing outside, returned
presently with the reply that Mr. Benedict was
too busy to see the visitor. 'Then," said Mr..
Kenna. ''tell Mr. Benedict that Senator Kenua
wants to see him on business and at once" That
brought things to a crisis
A CLERGYMAN writes to the Boston Advertiser
that he recently preached in one of the oldest
churches in the "old" city of London. AS he en-
tered the porch he was met by a rotund and dig
nifed beadle who led him to the vestry-room,
and, pointing to two decanters said: "Will you
take sherry or port, sirY' The parson smiled at,
not with, the beadle, VINO then explained that
about three hundred years ago good woman of
the parish, dying, left certain sum for the pur-
chase 'of wine and sweetcakes for the clergy"
and since that time wine and cakes have been
regularly supplied at each service.
A RUSSIAN millionaire has recently had built
for HIM. in St Petersburg most sumptuous
smoking-room, which is the establishment of all
the northern capital. It's richness consists not
so much in its furniture, which is model of
simplicity. but in it's walls These are literally
lined with European bank notes Instead of the