The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-31
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

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sional caterers in New York, and intimates her
ability to beat the men at their own game
| GOVERNOR FoRAKER's wife read the newspa-
showed herself particularly able political ex-
| change editor.
| MRS WILLIAM Fl. VANDERBILT a few days ago
gave to the Rev. DR.. Gallaudet her check for
| 81. 0c0, to be devoted to the New York Mission
| for Deaf Mutes.
| PROFESSOR BAIRD of the fish commission is
about to place 100 600 young Goldfish in the waters
of the Gulf of Mexico He has great faith in the
! success of the experiment
| A WESTERN paper remarks John Smith and
! lady are registered at the Hotel de Broncho We
| believe that we violate confidence when we
state that the lady is his wife"
| JOHN SHERMAN has written an autograph let
| ter to Jacob Bolander of Cincinnati, who nam ed
boy baby after the Ohio Senator, in which he
| sends 'his kindest regards to the mother and
kiss to the baby"
| THE single town of Besancon, in Switzerland,
employs over 600 persons in watch making.
and the annual product approaches coo, 900
watches. A government Theological school is
| maintained there
| THE eldest daughter of British Minister West,
at Washington has this season assumed the
housekeeping duties pertaining to the butler,
| anu she says: Il nko housekeeping. On6 Is so
much happier and better to be busy, you know"
| ALL wood is not buoyant in water. per-
fecty dry stick from any one of some sixteen
| species Of trees growing in the Southern and
| Southwestern States will sink One kind (the
Florida iron-wood) is 80 per cent heavier than
| water. "eo
| THE Chinese minister at Washington, is over
sixty years of age The only English sentences
| the Minister can use are: "How do you dot"
| Goodbye" and Champagne is good" He is
| now wrestling with the sentence "Set 'em up
| again."
| In Germany printed formula at the head of
| the postal-cards reads: Only few lines to day.
1 Then the space left for the message is followed
by the printed formula: "God be thanked am
in good health, and hope to hear you are also.
The weather is; write soon. and give my
love to all. In haste"
| TWENTY years ago." says Henry Bergh,
| speaking of the changed attitude of the public
toward the society with which his name is den-
| tilted. twenty years ago had trouble to get
five dollars, but only few nights ago my door
| bell rang and / was handed a check for $25, 900
from Fl. B. Clafin's estate"
! FRIENDS of Senator Miller, of California. saw
that he is steadily improving that he is confident
of final recovery and that he s great deal bet
| ter to-day than when he arrive here month
| ago. This improvement is 80 marked that his
| intimate acquaintance are highly encouraged
over the manifest improvement in the Senator's
| appearance.
| SIR MASSEY LoPEs, it is said. will assume the
title of 'Roborough" when he is called to the
House of Lords. the name being taken from that
| Of little village near which he has place. The
| real name of the village is Jump but when cor
onet first glittered in the distance the name was
changed Sir Massey considering Lord Robo
| rough" to be more euphonious than Lord
| Jump"
| FIREMAN, employed by the Lehieh Valley
Railroad Company, whose capacity for drinking
enormous quantities of cold water made him
| famous along the line has died after short i'll
ness. ascribed to his inordinate absorption 1t is
! said that he often drank two-quart pitcher
| without taking the vessel from his lips and he
had been known to drink as much as eight gal
| Ions of water IN one day.
THERE is gre at boom in milk drinking in
New York. Wall street INDUCES extensively in
the healthful beverage. Every sidewalk fruit
| stand has its can of milk, and nearly every
! down town bar has 1t on SALE while there are
| numerous eripatetic merchants who deal in the
| fluid. The price varies from one to FIVE and ten
cents per glass, according to the gentility of
the LOCALITY, and the excellence of the article sold
PRINCE ALEXANDER, of Bulgaria, after the
war instituted one gold and 100 silver medals to
be distributed to the most valient soldiers of his
| army. the election of the recipients to be made
by the soldiers among themselves. This is the
system on which the Russian Order of st. George
| is awarded. The elections have Just taken
place, and the gold medal was awarded to
| Turkish volunteer, while thirteen silver medals
were also conferred on Turkish soldiers.
THE Canadian Premier. Sir John Macdonald
on returning from his recent visit to England,
declared that Louis Riel, the leader of the half
breed rebellion was both venal and rsincere
| and that during the troubles which ended in his
death he offered to leave the country if the gov
eminent would give him S., 900. Sir John is in
vigorous health, tall and erect, although more
than seventy years old. His friends often see in
his face resemblance to the late Lord Beacons-
| field
A NORTHERN Democrat in Washington says
that the Democracy of the solid South is ami
mated by the same sentiment that it held under
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