The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-11

ally getting lighter. until at the extremity they
assume perfect Wilderness. The tree has not
been grated, "budded" or interfered with IN any
way.
Dr. RIeHARDsoN, OF London most cele-
brated physician and one who has given several
years of study on the benefits of cycling. is en-
phaticaly of the opinion that there IS no exercise
for women that is superior to trlcycllng
Mrs. L. G. HITCHCOCK, the wife Of a printer
now employed at Waco, Tex, claims to be the
daughter and heiress of the late Thomas 81
Blythe the California millionaire. and Will begin
suit to secure possession OF his estate. which Is
estimated at $3,00O,000
GossIPs say that the White House honeymoon
is far from waning yet Every evening the
couple are seen much together. and when the
President goes to his Office to examine congress
sional bills or to WRITE Mrs Cleveland goes with
him with fancy work or book.
TROY Times: Young Clerk Ito mis- employer)-
Sir, there's a lady wishes to speak to you. EN-
ployer ton returning to the ofice)- Eice judge
OF beauty you are. must say. Clerk-You see,
sir. didn't know but what the lady might be
your wife. Employer-So she is.
FREDERICK 7. FRELINGHUysEN's grave at
Newark n. j., is surmouuted now by granite
obelisk forty feet high. The shaft bears this
inscription. "A diligent and conservative states
man, sincere friend apd wise counselor, busy
in the affairs of life he walked humbly and
trustfully with his God Biased are the pure
In heart for they shall see God
BUCK GRANT was interviewed by Denver
reporter. the other day. and asked how he came
by the nickname The explanation was simple.
When the Grant family moved from Ohio to
Missouri he was little boy. and some one called
him, in joke, "The Little Buckeye The name
stuck, but in the process of time sthe little and
'eye" was dropped, and the name as it now
stands remained.
THE editor Of the Valley Falls Register of
Kansas shows a properly thankful and devout
spirit ia the following paragraph: "Our receipts
being reduced the editor arose with the sun
Monday morning, and with his little pop sent
bullet crashing through fine rabbit sent US by
the hand of Him who seeth the sparrow fall, aud
meat became plenty in our larder There was
JOY in our household. and fresh meat plenty once
more.r
MINISTER Cox has been bitten in the wrist by
the watch dog of the house he has rented at
PriEkipo. In renting his house, he had objected
to take the dog, and the animal was accordingly
removed. But after Mr.. Cox had been week in
occupation of the house, the dog returned to his
old haunts, and finding Mrs. Cox in the garden,
attacked her Mr. Cox went to the assistance of
his wife, and, in defending her from the ferocous
brute received bite. He has not yet started
for Paris. however.
THE bad little boy of Rome. N. Y. has in
vented machine for soaring timid persons that
he says "knocks the window tck-tack silly
When night has come and everything is
shroudsd in gloom. he quietly inserts the hook of
common shoe-bnttoner under a capboard of a
neighbours house, ties strong cord to the handle
OF the buttoner, and then, drawing the string
tight rubs 1T with piece of resin. The horrible,
rumblng and shaking and groaning that follow
scare the inmates Of the house and delight the
bad boy.
CAPTAIN JOHN HALEY, of the Fort Popham
Life Saving Station, was quietly pulling home
from Bath, Me-, the other evening in the dark,
when he was struck violently on the head and
knocked to the bottom of the boat. The Cap
tain. VINO thought he was alone on the waters,
was not only surprised but. he confessed terri
bly, scared. He was greatly relieved when he
found that a fifteen.pound sturgeon in his even
ing gambolngs, had leaped from the water and
IN his flight through the air whacked the Cap
tain, as aforesaid, and lay gasping at the bottom
of the boat.
The sword of King Arthur was called sEx-
calour,' said to have been given him by the
Lady of the Lake. In the History of Prince
Arthur" however, we read that at the death of
Uther Pendragon there were many claimants to
the crown. They were all ordered to assemble
IN the great Church of London on a Christ
iildS eve l06r6 t09V IOunQ a SWOrQ STUCK INTO
an anvil with the following inscription: ssHe
that can draw forth this sword, the same is to
be King" All the knights tried to withdraw the
sword, but failed.
AN English surgeon few days ago performed
an operation on little boy. The operation was
comparatively trifing The mother, and the
father. and the little boy were in the surgeons
house Just quarter of an hour. 'iWhat is your
feef' said the father "a hundred guineas."
W. fhn 1ry I'm Cot Id
said he had not a hundred guineas 'Ohi then
| will take fifty guineas." But I cannot afford
It," said the father, and had you told me what
your charge would be. would not have come
Then will take twenty-five guineas." After
little more delay the surgeon took ten guineas
on account
W. T. WALTERS, the Baltimore millionaire, of
peach-blow fame, retired to Europe during the
civil war in America, and studied art from 1861
to 1865. He is said to have bought picture
with the first S. he earned He was practically
the first man to discover the merits of Barge the
now famous French sculptor and realist. Mr..
Walters not only buys pictures, he sells then
also. Sometimes he gets tired of picture and
at others secures better example of the painter,
and so disposes of the canvas. Mr. Walters has
become famous, however. through his collection
of bric-a brac. He can also claim the distinction
OF having introduced the celebrated breeds Of
Percheron and Normandy horses into America
New YORK letter. Several Englishmen ar
rived during the week in New York, and they
all seem convinced that Mr. Gladstone is no
longer in his right senses. It seems that he has
become more arrogant than ever, and that his
eccentricties have become outrageous A lady,
writing to friend in this city last week. says:
| II was shopping at IS Ia fashionable millin-
ers) the other day, when las5 entered anu
| accosting the young man who was serving her,
! asked to speak to him for few minutes
Who was thatF I asked when he returned.
THAT, maam, was Mrs. Gladstone. Er. Glad
stone was here yesterday, and ordered forty
bonnets for forty little girls. We did not send
them yet and Mrs G. called to say that on no
account should we let DIR. Gladstone have any
thing he ordered ;"