The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-10

never Lutuk or putting themselves T0rW0ru as
shining lights live that way altogether The
only difference is they are apt to be bruised now
and then by heartless unbelievers.
ANOTHER ''old public functionary" has been
discovered-the Hon. Alex FL. H. Stuart, of Vir-
ginia, octogeuarian, who was a member Of
Fiilmore's Cabinet. Mr.. Stuart is just now among
the guests at the White Sulphur Springs.
AN antidote for poison by poison oak. ivy, etc.
is to take a handful of quicklime dissolve it in
water, let it stand an hour and paint the poi
soped parts with it. 1t is said that three or
four applications will cure the most aggravated
cases.
THE late Professor Stowe had way of naming
inanimate objects about him. The cane that
supported him through the latter days he called
st Jerrold" 1t stood at the head of his coffin
While clasped in the hands of the venerable theo-
logan was well-worn cepv of the Greek Testa-
mont. which had been his inseparable companion
for years.
WESTERN inventor proposes to surround OIL
tanks with several thicknesses of wire gauze to
protect them from lightning. He also thinks
that few sheets of the gauze yard or two
wide run hastily in shape of dam across %
creek or river afiame with oil would prevent
damage below it, because the oil would pass
through and leave the flame behind.
AN old Mississippi pilot tells the st. Louis
Globe Democrat that the affection exhibited by
Mark Twain and his venerable mother. now a
resident of Keokuk, Ia is very refreshing She
always had firm faith in her son Samuel. and
says OF him: "He was always good boy, Sam
uel was, though prone to be mischievous He's
always the same 70 me-the best son mother
ever had"
NJ De MuNKAcsYs celebrated painting,
''Christ Before Plate" which brought the mas
ter the title of nobility and worldwide renowp,
and which has been visited by over 500, ono ad-
mrers in Europe is to be exhibited in the United
States this fall at the urgent invitation of many
prominent art lovers The negotiations are
about concluded between the owner. Mr. Charles
| Sedelmever, and the impresario Alfred Fischof,
elder brother of Sedelmeyers brother-in-law. the
! well-known pianist Fischof
TWENTY-FIVE years ago Patrick Driscoll, Just
arrived from Ireland, found pocket-book con-
tanning over $3.50 in Salem, N j. He told his
employer, who advised him to keep it until the
| owner appeared. The other day Charles w.
Dunn happened to speak IN the presence of Mr.
Driscoll, now prosperous merchant, about his
| brother, Samuel Dunn, dead. losing a
| pocket-book years before. Mr.. Driscoll at once
| took a book from his pocket and handed it to
Mr.. Dunn, who identified it the one his
brother had lost. He was asked to count the
money. There was just $l51.78. Mr. Dunn
tried to get Mr.. Dris:oll to keep the money, but
he refused. He said it was load off his mind to
| get rio OF CDat 9l0l.I6.
MARTIN F. TUPPER's autobiography, "My
Life as an Author" just published. is highly di-
| verting, though the humor of the author of
"Proverbial Philosophy" is probably unconscious.
Mr. Upper has cut out and pasted into books
all the cuttings from newspapers about himself
that ever reached him. He gives all that is IA
vorable, but refuses to give samples of the un-
favoroble, because 'he simply declines to be so
foolish" The purity of his muse he accounts
for by the fact that he twas engaged in marriage
from seventeen to twenty-five" Consequently
he ''can have no love adventures to offer for
amusement such AS Ruskin." Nr. Tupper
mildly and modestly repudiates N. P. Williss
assertion that his chief authorial work" PRO
verbal Philosophy surpassed the writings Of
Shakespeare and Solomon
YOUNG couple were strolling through the
Western Cemetery. in Portland, Me-, on Mon
day, when the moldering woodwork over large
tomb gave way, and they fell sixteen feet down
ward among the dead. The tomb had not been
opened for many years, and was filed with
bodies. The unfortunate couple were alone in
the cemetery, and could do nothing except to try
to make themselves heard and at last Mr.. James
Mcdonald went to their assistance, and found
them wedged in between collins. Had the acct
dent occurred little later, they might have re-
manned for hours in this terrible place of con-
inement, as very few persons visit that part Of
the grounds. Both were badly injured, and the
young lady received what is feared may prove to
be great mental AS we'll as physical shock.
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