The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-18

accomplish in connection with Governors island.
They will take it by storm.
MRS. SENATOR MAHoNE has presented to the
National Museum rare specimen Of the GALL
mule, very handsome aquatic bird, which few
aboard the steamer soon after leaving Havana
and was captured alive by the sailors.
A LADY in Columbia S. G., keeps penny
box" on her dinner-table and when any mem
bers of her family or others speak i'll Of any
person. she requires them to put penny in the
box The box is always full.
AT the foot of Main street, in Danbury, Conn,
stands house built by ElDathan Osborn in
1896 1t is low, hip-roofed house, studded
with enormous beams, and lighted by very
small diamond window panes. When the Brit
ish under Tryon fired the village this was the
only house spared.
The cross is said to be pre-Christian sacred
symbol. In the British Museum a colossal tab
let from Nimroud displays cross hanging from
the breast of Tiglath Pileser DIR. Schleman
found this figure on terra Gotta disks at Troy,
dating, as he supposes from a period of about
$500 years before Christ.
LORD MAcAULAY found time in the midst of
his literary and other labors to cast his eye over
a full-dress affair or two, and he gives this ad-
vice to those ladies in decoilete who may or may
not have known where to draw the line: ssThe
drapery should be so arranged as at once to an
swer the purpose of modest conceaiment and ju-
dicious display
LIszTs leading trait is still vanity-the vanity
which made him say to embassadress who
picked up his handkerchief while he was play
ing, a score of years since, at Weimar: keep il,
madame the vanity which considered the
freak of young girl, who put the part Of
cigar which he had smoked in her bosom, as a
fitting tribute to his greatness.
THERE is photograph of the late Alexander
Ell. Stephens in the possession of Major Lamar
Cobb, of Athens, Ga, in which the Southern
statesman is represented sitting with legs
crossed and the bottoms of both feet resting
squarely upon the floor. This was favorite
position of Mr. Stephens, and 1t ia said that no
one has yet been able to rival him in this aero
batic feat
Miss MARIE A. BROWN, an American lady, has
invented an envelope of peculiar construction to
be attached to the book-cover of any bound book,
preferably in high-class work, in which the or
binary hy-leaf advertisements are inadmissable.
When the envelope is opened, the long length OF
advertisements some eighty inches more, can
either be kept in their folds and read page wise,
or spread out full length.
DR. BROWN -SEQUARD has demonstrated that
for several weeks after death, or during the per-
sistence of the rigid condition which immediate
y follows the cessation of life, the muscles of an
animal undergo slow alternate contracti0ns and
elongations; and he reaches the conclusion that
the muscles in rigor mortis are not dead, but are
still endowed with powers, being, however, in o
certain chemical condition which is antecedsnt
and preparatory to final death.
DANIEL WEBSTER once wrote, after continued
provocation, to the editor Of newspaper which
referred to his private affairs. and especially to
his not paying his debts. He said substantially:
1T is true that have not always paid my debts
punctually, and that owe money. One cause
of this is that have not pressed those who owe
me. AS an instance of this inclose your fathers
note made to me thirty years ago for money
loaned him to educate his boys"
CHANG the Chinese giant has become a citi-
zen of the United States in Kansas City, which
he intends to make his home He will make one
more visit to China, and then return for good
His idea is to open Chinese store. His rela-
tiveS are engaged In the tea business in China,
and he intends to import to Kansas City direct
He admitted to a reporter that he had matri-
monial designs. and that at no distant day he
would take out license, but did not wish to
disclose the name of the happy Kansas belle.
JUDAH HERsH, the oldest Hebrew in New
Jersey. died on Monday at Elizabethport. He
was 104 years of age, and W as born in Bohemia.
There is no doubt Of his age, as the date Of his
birth and the death of his mother were entered
in the public records in Bohemia, and transcripts
were recently sent to America. He never
ILL., although an inveterate smoker. He smoked
a cigar three hours before his death. One of
his peculiarities was that he always wore hat
While at meals or in bed his head was always
covered.
DURING the recent difficulty between Bulgaria
and Servia, Gabdan Etfendi was the envoy from
Turkey to the Bulgarian government He wears
a false nose When he set out from Sofia for
Constantnople, the Bulgarian authorities gave
him passport, upon which the words, "a paste
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ticuar Marks" The Turk Immediately com
planned bitterly to Prince Alexander of the rude
ness Of his employees. The Prince apologized
with smile, and made the diplomatist present
of a snuff box for consolation
MRS ELEPHANT publishes, with her Majesty's
permission. in Blackwood's Magazine for April,
two letters from Queen Victoria to the son and
the widow of the late Principal Tulloch. Writ
ing six weeks ago to the Rev. w. w. Tulloch,
the Queen said: Your dear father was SO kind,
so wise, and it was such pleasure to see him at
dear Balmoral! No morei Never againi These
dreadful words have so often had to repeat
make my heart turn sick. Gods will be donei
= mourn with YOU" To Mrs. Tulloch
she wrote a few days later: my heart bleeds
noble, excellent man, so highly gifted and large
hearted, and so brave whose life is crushed by
the greatest loss which can befall woman.
/ am most anxious to visit you, and trust
LnaI you Will AilOW me To 90 so quietly and
vately, as one who knew your dear husband 80
well, and has gone through much sorrow, and
knows what you feel and what you suffer-"
THE late j. B. F. Bressant, noted in his day
the handsomest actor the French stage and
the greatest favorite with women, was compelled
to leave Russia very abruptly because in his
love making there he was caught poaching on
imperial preserves. Returning home from
bear hunt one afternoon he found an officer of
the Cars household waiting for him, who said,
courteously but frmiy "M. Bressant, am
charged to deliver into your hands the sum of
ten thousand silver roubles. A carriage is at
the door to convey you to Paris, whittier you are
enjoned to proceed without moments delay
But" objected the surprised Frenchman, II
have debts to settle before leave, and FAN
that will be attended to for you after your de-
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