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

of this he calls attention to the fact that Of the
Ito chairmanships and second places on commit
tees the thirteen Southern States, which cast
less than GOO 900 votes, have received sixty five
OF them, while ell the other States. which cast
10000 Democratic votes, received but forty
five cha;rmanships and second places.
DINING at Holland House one day (as one
learns from the ''Greville Memoirs, y Macaulay
quite wore out his hostess's patience by giving
the most exact information on all sorts of unIn-
teresting subjects, until Lady Holland asked
him with derision and with a view to puzzling
him: Pray, Macaulay what was the origin of
dolll When were dolls first mentioned in his
tory7' AS if dolls were his favorite topic and had
been his chief study Macaulay grappled with
the question. quoted Latin writer's and, re-
marks Greville ''if he had been allowed to pro-
coed. would have told US the name of the first
baby that ever handled a DOLL"
CLAD in a loose dressing-gown, with careless
slippers, a long beard. dim eyes and knotted and
gnarled face, Leopold Won Ranke, says London
Times writer, looks like perfect specimen of
those medi@val philosophers who spent their
days and nights in front of huge, outspread
folos With no companion but penslve cat, and
no furniture ornament to their cells save
skulls and cross bones, sand glasses, elixir
phials and chemical retorts But Dr. Won
Ranke has nothing whatever in him of morose
taclturnity or surly snappishness. On the con-
trary, his nature is still almost sunny and
simple as that of child. Nor does he, nor did
he ever affect any eccentricities of genius
THOMAS SEXTON, member of Parliament for
South Sligo, Ireland. whose recent speech has
made friends for his cause, is printer and jour
nalist. The Chicago Tribune says he is ''the
master of a sonorous and graceful STYLE which,
while distinetively literary rather than forensic,
never fails to fascinate. He talks easily keeps
his subjectmatter in an orderly arrangement
leading always directly toward the object to be
accomplished, and is never at fault for precisely
the word or the phrase he wants His speeches
are little finer to the eye than to the ear his
accent being touched with the fairness peculiar
to one part of Ireland His is the style of speak
ing that charms men into delighted silence. 1t
wants the ardor that infames to great exertion.'
GENERAL GRANT is now said. by Washing
ton correspondent, to have 'left large amount
of valuable papers which would make a larger
book than his memoirs, and which may be pub
lished in the future. They are in Fred Grants
possession, but he is prohibited from using them
at present by his contract in regard to the pres
ent book. Mrs. Grant has given Mr.. Dawson a
large amount of personal incidents and stories
relating to her husband. He has taken them
down in shorthand and ne has already enough
to make book of 700 pages. These incidents
are very interesting, and some of them Mrs.
Grant has had taken with view of their preser-
that they will be published soon, and some of
them may not be published a. all.'
MISS LOVE, who has been visiting Miss Cleve-
land having been heralded through the country
so unpleasantly as the fancee of the President,
every one has been most anxious to meet and
see her. Miss Love is, to all appearances well
past forty, with wavy yellow hair drawn at
either side of her forehead. Her eyes are blue
gray, and her features rather good She is tall.
and at the german wore white brocade and satin,
with much lace. She manages fan gracefully
and is clever and quick in conversation. She is
woman of independent means, and has travelled,
and gone, and done at her WILL and those who
know her secuted the idea of her marrying any
man when the papers rang with gossip about her
year ago. Her picture reached public print
through the perfdy of friend, who sold her
photograph to publishers for a good round sum.
The devices of newspaper correspondents at
Washington to obtain news are often ingenious
and Senate galleries there are large rooms, with
tables for writing and telegraphic facilities for
sending dispatches. The correspondents do
much OF their writing at these tables and one
of them who had been telegrapher sat and
listened to the of his competitors as it went
clicking over the wires. The striking similar
ity Of his dispatches to those of other correspond
ents soon exposed the trick, however, and a
change was made to thwact him. This lazy but
smart. correspondent however. got the news
and his opponents were at a loss for a long time
to find out how he did so. They finally set
watch upon him. and found that he was in the
habit of going up over the House where the tel
egraph wires ran. He had fine sense of touch
and was 80 good telegrapher that he could
read what was going over the wires by wetting
his fingers and placing them upon them.