The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-18
MINOR MENTION.
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MINOR MENTION.
SOME one without the fear of snakes before
his eyes, and evidently without experience in the
line of delirum tremens, has stolen an anaconda
from one of the museums on the beach at Coney
Island. The reptile is twenty-six feet in length,
and is not small enough to be tucked away in
ones vest pocket, so the wonder is how it was
that it was got away with without attracting
attention. AS rule thieves do not carry away
large snakes In justice to the ladies it should
be said that no woman is suspected of the theft
After snakes reach the size indicated. the heel
of the seed of the woman does not bruise the
serpents head to any apprecable extent.
MR.. GLOVER, of Missouri, called Mr.. Lowry
of Indiana a blackguard and a liar day or two
ago. and Mr. Lowry responded by denouncing
Mr. Glover as an sirrepressibe fea.' Mr.. Laird
of Nebraska, referred to Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana
as liar; sni the latter desired it to be known
that Mr.. Laird was perjurer, as we'll liar,
further exchange of compliments being prevent
ed by the interference of friends. after the first
had been emphasized on Mr.. Cobb's nose In
wade Congress, the gentlemen from Indiana
have difficulty in holding their own with ease
and dignity
THAT venerable chestnut" is again on the
road, about the pastor taking his summer vaca-
ton while Satan keeps open the year round
Very true; but the man anxious about the safety
of his soul need not be in any doubt about it.
The gates of heaven are open the year round.
too. 1t is the business Of preachers to point out
what men should do of their own volition. The
road to repentance and good works is free from
distractions, and there is no excuse behind the
absence of the pastor, who has doubtless earned
his vacation. The laborer is worthy of his hire,
and the Lord does not scale his obligations
THE people Of the United States are in the en-
joyment of several negative blessings of magni-
tude enough to call for the profoundest graft
tude. They are not the victims of cholera, like
those of Italy and Austria are; they are not be-
ing swept away by plague Of smallpox as
they are in China, nor is the yellow fever calling
for its victims by the thousands, as it is in some
of the South American states. It is we'll TO oc-
casonally think of these things, and to be crate
full in accordance with the amount of good things
that are here to be enjoyed.
THE Augusta (Ga.l Chronicle has proved re-
creant to the GEORGIA watermelon, describing
them as having "a seductive external beauty,
but diaboical disappointment within" This is
the impression they have made in the North,
but we hated to say so, lest some one should
charge us with waving the bloody shirt We
are SO anxious to preserve the entente cordiale
that we are willing to eat anything the South
sends up, and ask no questions.
THE skeleton of man found under sidewalk
in New York, where it had evidently lain for
many years, has created singular degree of
interest in that city. Perhaps this is because
New Workers are so accustomed to having their
family skeletons hung in plain sight, in horse
cars and aldermen's offices, for instance, that
they cannot understand why one should be hid
den away in closet or other place of conceal
ment
THE Columbus tGa. Enquirer claims to have
known a gentleman before the war who vol
unfairly listed lands and slaves for taxation, the
existence of which was only in his imagination
His idea was that it added to his Importance,
and so it did ThatYas before the war; long
before the war. They do not do so now.
AN ardent admirer of the Queen of England
has written her an adulatory letter. But when
he went to the ladys house to get his answer, he
was handed over to the police 1t is evident
from this that the Queen has passed her salad
days In some countries disparity of age does
not count
VARIOUS theories have been propounded to &C
countfor Mr.. Gladstone's reading of Dante after
the elections were over. but no one has vet sug-
gested that he might be trying to keep in sight
OF the Concord philosophers who are now consid-
ering the Italian poet from every possible view.
tsMIss" LYDIA THOMPSON has Cancelled her en-
gagement to come to the United States on ac-
count of the illness of her daughter, who is prob
ably worn out watching over her grandchildren.
This will be sore disappointment to the young
of the age of Samuel Tilden.
THE suit of Miss Minnie Papin against the
Chicago News for damage for Islander having
come to an end by disagreement of the Jury.
the News gets in its revenge by printing pict-
ure OF the lady 1t does not pay to fool around
newspapers with damage suits.
THE New York World has said something il
would rather have left unsaid. Speaking of the
chess match now in progress in London, the