The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-29
BREAKFAST TABLE CHAT.

| REV Dr. JOHN HALL of New York, is to have
a $75, 900 parsonage on Fifth avenue.
TUE late Mrs. Ann S. Stephens the famous
novelist, was the first woman to send tee-
graphic dispatch under the ocean via the At
| lantic cable.
| AMONG the voters at the recent Alabama cleo
ton was Thomas Garrett of Homan's precinct,
who cast his first vote for John Adams in the fall
of 1896 He was then 20 years old, and on his
next birthday will be ITO years old.
| SENATOR LOGAN and Governor Ager of Mich
igan dotted their coats and joined, the other day,
in operating the big saw that felled to the ground
| a California redwood 285 feet high 1t was esti-
mated that the tree would cut into 1O8 cords of
| wood or furnish 81, 900 feet of lumber
| Mr.. GEORGE CASEY has In his greenhouse at
| Auburn century plant that is 80 feet high and
| the stem is inches thick at the base. 1t has 30
| Towering branches with over 5000 buds and
| bright yellow flowers The plant was purchased
| by Mr.. Casey in 1897 and is about 90 years old.
| A WAsHINGToN wheelm Imam, on Sunday. rode
| his bicycle the whole length of the stone coping
of Cabin John bridge, twelve miles from Wash
| ington. The coping is less than foot wide, the
| bridge is 200 feet long, and had he slipped off in
the center of the span, he would have fallen 125
/ feet.
"REGARDLEss of feet or hands" writes Min
lister Cox, ''the Turkish women must cover their
| faces. Then they are indeed secluded. No reck
| for any other part Of the body. AS is generally
| the case if their vashmaks are not handy they
| take hold of their skirts and with them hide
| their bushes"
| AMONG the few "Aaroniden Hebrew families
which have preserved something like detailed
/ genealogy is that of the chief rabbi of Great
Britain, DR.. Nathan Adler. Until compare
lively recent period it is said, complete geneal
Il hoo 70 &ho lob
priest, was in the possession of the family, but
| it is now lost
| Four books, written by Women's Christian
Temperance Union women. are now being pub
lished by the Woman's Temperance Publication
Association, all the stock of which is owned by
| white ribboners. Eight periodicals and millions
| of pages of temperance literature published
yearly by this association, which has recently
declared dividend of 4 per cent. Its capital
stock is $4,000.
THE late Wilson G.. Hunt. at reception one
evening, heard young man express desire
for a drink of whisky. sits the worst liquid
my friend" said he, "you can take in your stom-
ach and l will prove it to you" He then OBJ
| tanned piece of raw beef, and put it in glass
of whisky. In half an hour so he took the
piece out, and asked his friend to feel of it. 1t
was almost as tough as leather.
THE young Queen of Spain is deeply devoted
to the baby king, and may be seen any day in
the palace gardens at La Granja, sitting under a
tree with the child in her lap, while the little
princesses play on the grass at her feet Rigid
Spanish etiquette is completely laid aside whilst
the court is in the hills and the Queen enjoys
| taking long walks with her children in the sur
rounding country without any attendants She
devotes the afternoon to state business and the
| evening TO music.
THEFTs of money from garments hanging in
the clothes-room of Meriden factory led the
electrician of the establishment to try to catch
the hitherto undetected thief. He connected a
pocket book in the pocket of pair of trousers
with wires that terminated at gong in distant
room, and so arranged the wires that the gong
would ring when the pocket-book was moved
The pocket-book was moved, the gong sounded,
and the thief was caught
JULIAN HAWTHORNE has been the victim dur
ing this spring and summer of special and
inexplicable persecution at his home at Sag
Harbor, Long Island. His fences have been
destroyed at pight, his cattle stolen or i'm
pounded; his other property injured and whole
series of petty plaguings let loose him from
quarters unknown. At last accounts Mr.. Haw
! thorne was thinking he would have to give up
his home in the town unless the situation should
| be improved.
PARAsoLs carried at Saratoga this summer
have never been equaled in magniicence there
before. One dealer alone says he has sold sew
eral, each over 800 in price. She has some as
| high as $l75, whose covers are OF fine point lace
| The parasols wholly of lace, lined with lawn
| through which easily see from the in
side. called filtration parasols" because the
lady carrying one. if she chooses to screen her
face with 1t. cannot be recognized, while she car
see plainly all who come near her. and SO can
! avoid or welcome gentleman as her wh;ms die
tate.
IT. said by the friends of William J. Kendall
who swan the whirlpool at Niagara, that when
he made the attempt he was about as willing to
die as to live. He had become quite discouraged
had been discharged from the Boston police
| force, ana his wife, whom he loved had sepa
| rated from him account Of his habits just
before he left Boston be said to one: 'sYou will
hear of me doing most daring act. but you will
never me again." To another he said he had
nothing to live for, and should shortly do that
| which would make him or finish him up. His
| friends do not believe that ne received any
money for the deed.
THE story Of Miss Helen Blanchard of Port
land, Me-, as told by the Press of that city de-
serves wide mention. She was the daughter of
well-known Portland merchant who was un-
fortunate in business. After an unsuccessful
attempt at keeping a boarding house in Boston
she obtained work in a Philadelphia clothing
house One day. in q fit of desperation, she
abandoned the shop to invent band In gentle
meas hats To prevent perspration. which proved