The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-23

Rain, hail and snow The country was all
amazement when the day arrived for it actually
rained, hailed and showed violently.
NINE. ADAM, the well known French journal
ist, writes from midnight until A A. NJ. Her
| dress in her study consists Of negligo costume
or white silk, with pearls about her neck instead
OF collaret, and with tiny red kid slippers on
! her feet
| GEORGE Brown, a young convict in the
Georgia prison, has been pardoned By Governor
Mcdaniel. because of his services to the authori-
ties during tho recent mutiny. His crime was
murder, for which he had been sentenced first TO
death: but this was COMMITTED TO Imprisonment
| for life.
'SIR ANDREW CLARKE, Gladstoue's physi.
cian," cables Justin Mccarthy, is of the opinion
that Gladstone's physique is perfectly sound.
and that he has years of good work in him yet
Gladstone is not man likely to throw up the
sponge in such cause as that he has lately
adopted"
EVEN paper as carefully edited as the Lon
don Times is caught once in q while. The Times
recently called Mr. Ruskn ''the Gladstone Of
art criticism" and in another column printed
Mr. Goodwin Smiths remark that Mr.. Gladstone
combined the violence of q reyolutionist with
the despotism of Pope.
OLEoMARGARINE was the product Of the sega
of Paris 1t was there made for the first time
by Frenchman, named Mege, from the fat of
dead animals of all kinds. and sold to the starv-
ing popuace Yankee ingenuity has added to
its composition other substances and various
poisons, and taken out patents.
THOMAS STEVENS, the bicyclist, who is travel
ing around the world, sailed from Constantinople
for India June %, He was held nineteen
days prisoner in Afghanistan when within ten
days journey of Calcutta, and could easily have
reached his goal had the English military author
tiles not had strong reasons for not letting him
behind the scenes on the British frontier.
THE Prince of Montenegro has been an.
other visit to Vienna, where he has been feted
by society. and at the same time abused by the
newspapers as a Russian cats-paw. The Prince
is now at Baden, where he may be seen every
morning at the Caroline spring, accompanied by
his four pretty daughters. who bear the rather
poetic names of Stana Milica, Helena and Aana-
A SMALL. girl of Boston, in composition de-
scribing different nationalities, wrote: China
man-Color, yellow; habits, eats rats and
smokes opium occupation, washing and ironing.
Negro Color, black; habits likes liver; occupa-
ton. beats carpets. American-Color. white;
habits eats beans and fishbails Sunday morn
ing; occupation, builds churches and school.
houses"
MISSIONARY BISHOP WHITAKER writes con-
corning his election to be assistant bishop OF
Philadelphia:- 81 do thoroughly appreciate the
good opinion of my friends, and it would be in
excusable In me to be ungrateful for such an
expression of confidence in me as was given in
the unanimous vote of the convention. / appre-
ciate it all. and dare not say that it was not
ordered of God. But shrink so from assuming
so great trust that have not yet been able to
say that will accept, although the feeling Gomez
upon me more and more that this is a call from
God which ought not to decline"
VAssILI VEREscHAGIN, the celebrated Russian
painter, contributes an article of personal recol
lectons of the late General Skobeleff to the cur
rent number of Nine. Adams Nouvelle Revue.
Vereschagin accompanied Skobeleff during the
latters early life in Turkestan. The anecdotes
and exploits of the daring General, as related by
Vereschagin, would be deemed inventions were
they not contemporary facts and well authentic
Gated. Skobeleff's courage surpassed by
only one thing says Vereschagin-his supersti-
ton. He would charge whole horde OF
Tucomans singlehaIded for the fun of the thing
or an example to his soldiers, but he would
leap up from the table pale with fear If the salt
stand happened to be upset, and he would swim
his horse across the Danube to show that IL
could be- done, but he would not dare enter
room where three candles were lighted at the
same time.