The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-20

hearing. Persons were never her theme, unless
public characters were under discussion or
friends were to be praised, which kind Office she
frequently took upon herself.
M. SARDoU thus tells of a friend In need: I'm
the midst of all my misfortune / met an amiabls
cobbler who has made my boots for six years on
credit, because ne had faith in my genius. This
was MS own expression. Since then he has often
visited me at Marty, where he wished TO have q
house beside my mansion. IF it had not been
for me you would never have made your way,
he used to say. i have done nothing toward it;
but l knew that you were somebody, and at
least. my dear sir, you attained your object 10
my boots"
r. J. BURDETrE thus hits off Philadelphia: 1
was one Of the pastors best sermons, and he waz
describing heaven. It was a place of marvellous,
matchiess, transcendent beauty, he said. ALI
the mansions were of red brick, with solid white
shutters four inches thick, no cornice, brass
door-knobs, and white marble steps. with angels
continually scrubbing them through the count
less ages Of eternity. Eloquent preacher, said
the stranger in the deacon's pew, at the close OF
the service. philadelphia man, amt her
"Ah,' said the deacon, somebody told you"
1T is not generally known that Mr.. Ruskin.
among other ''by-works' of his literary life. has
been a constant and careful military critic. The
general points respecting battle tenor and con-
duct which he had gathered from his reading
were intended to have been enforced in an alb
stract of the battles Of Frederick the Great,
which Mr.. Ruskin had in preparation when
Carlyles too swift death took away all my heart
of IT" Some reflections on the comparative
merits of great military commanders are now
published instead in the concluding chapter of
Mr.. Ruskins little book on Sir Herbert Ed
wardes.
GENERAL LoNGsTREET thinks that his uncle,
William Longstreet. Of Augusta. Ga, should
share with Robert Fulton the laurels Of the in
ventor of steamboats,. This ingenious Georgian
was big With the idea as early as 1888, but it was
not until 1903 that he successfully ran a boat by
steam in the Savannah. He suffered much ridi-
Guile. and it was of him that the scoffer sang
throughout Dixie thus:
Can you row the boat ashore,
Billy boy, Billy-boy2
Can you row the boat ashore,
Gentle Billyl
Can you row the boat ashore,
Without a paddle or an oar,
Blly-boya
ATToRNEY-GENERAL GARLAND has been foesed
to take conspicuous ground as an anti-dress-coat
champion. He remained away from the Presi-
dents state dinner Jan. IA rather than attire
himself in regulation costume. A friend. while
smilingly demonstrating with him the next day,
said: you ought not to take a stand like that
1t exposes you to much badinage. You are left
SO alone in that position" "Alone!" exclaimed
the Attorney general; why, man. I've got the
whole State of Arkansas at my back" .sYou
don't mean that" protested the friend. IL do.n
insisted Mr.. Garland; II mean to say that il
there is a dress coat in ali my bailiwick I don't
know of 1t, and that / should hate to be con-
WINGED there are any'in hiding there"
ACCORDING to the jewish Chronicle, Baron
Alphonse de Rothschild is not the first Hebrew
who has been admitted into the French Acade-
my of Fine Arts. The late Achille Fould, the
celebrated Finance Minister to N Napoleon III, was
elected a free member of the Academy in 1854.
The illustrious composer, Halevy, also had q
seat in the body as a tltular member. The cleo
ton of Baron de Rothschild raises the number
of Jewish members OF the Institute of France to
eight. his colleagues being NM. Breal, Joseph
Derenbourg. Henri We'll and Oppert, Of the
Academy of Inscriptions and Bellies lettres;
Adolph Frauck. whose election dates back to
1874, of the Academy of Moral and Political
| Sciences; Loewi and Maurice Levy, of the Acad.
| envy of Sciences. The most famous section of the
Institute, viz: the Academy Franchise, is the
only one which has not yet given a fauteuii to
lew.