The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-02

"A hIDGEWAY, Mltn., woman mas kept tracK OF
her baking for year. and finds the score to
stand thus for family Of six Cookies, 1905:
pies. Ss2; cakes, 262; fried cakes ys, ioaveg OF
| bread, 698; besides numberess johnnycakes,
shortcakes. pancakes and buildings
REVENUE OFFICER MCDONALD, of Atlanta,
says that the best detective on his force Is wom-
an, ssand lady, too Shelves near Atlanta, and
| is particularly skillful in working up cases and
locating stills. He says she has no end Of nerve,
| and does not work for the cause Of temperance,
but for money.
ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN Of New York, is q man
of affairs and fine pulpit orator He is the
youngest of the archbishops, and by great odds
| the handsomest. He IL tall, just stout enough
to be manly without being ungraceful, has dark,
laughing eyes, black hair, smooth, white COM
plexion and features almost perfect in their reg
| ularity.
| PENNSYLVANIA woman raised a family OF
twenty-four boys Thirteen were in the Union
| army and one in the confederate Eleven out
of the thirteen were killed the field of battle,
and the one in the confederate army has NOT
been heard from. Two out of the thirteen
turned home and one of them has applied for
pension
| ARCHBISHOP RYAN. of Philadelphia. is fully
six feet six inches in height and stout in proper
ton; has large, wellshaped head covered with
rather coarse rad hair, and broad. rosy face
which has all the characteristics of product of
| the Emerald Isle. He is large and strong intel
lectually as well as physically. He is esteemed
the finest Catholic pulpit orator in the United
| States.
AN official in the Indian Bureau gives figures
| to show that the future millionaires will be In
dams. They are decreasing in number at the
| rate OF live or six thousand year. The lands
| they occupy are Increasing In value, and when
only few thousand Indians remain, he says, it
Ia natural to suppose they will be very rich
juggling from the past it is natural to suppose
| that the longer the Indian lives the worse off he
| will be.
Ex-SEcRETARY BENJAMIN H. BRIsTow, now
leading lawyer at the New York bar. is described
| By recent observer as being portly man, and
! of kind and genial rather than dignifed pres
| ence. His face is feshy and pale, his forehead
high and broad, and few struggling hairs still
| find root in the crown of his large and wellset
| head. gray mustache and short chin whisker
keep one of his hands busy stroking them most
of the time"
| The mask which base ball catchers now wear
was the invention of Fred Thayer. He was
training the Harvard nine, in the winter Of '76
| and ~. when Harold Ernst, one of tho fastest
| of pitchers, was on the nine Jim Tying, who
| caught, said he would not stand behind the bat
unless he could get some sort of protection for
| his face The result was that Thayer fixed up
| sort of cage, which has gradually become the
improved mask of to-day
NINE. KUKI, wife OF the Japanese minister, is
| described as about q medium height woman,
| ~ith an harmonious figure and hair of superb
| black, very abundant and inclined to curl about
| her brow. She has a lovely rose-tinted olive
| complexion, clear and fawless, and although
she is the mother of five children, the last born
| in this country about ten months ago. her face
is as smooth and full that Of girl of sixteen,
and, indeed, she looks about that age.
COUNT LEON ToLsToI, cousin of the Russian
statesman who is organizing the reaction, is now
working at shoemaking. He does all his own
work. The Count has nine children, the eldest
| of whom has just finished his course at college
| When the young man asked his father, little
while ago, what profession he would like him to
| take up, the answer he received was: 'sGo and
sweep snow; all my children must earn their
own livelihood. l shall give all my fortune to
| the poor"
THE Rev. DR.. Maclaren, of the Central Pres
| byterian Church in st. Paul. awoks and saw
burglar creeping into the room with revolver
| in his hand. The Doctor reached over the side
| of his bed, picked up small stick, and pointing
| it directly at the intruder. said: snow, if you
| don't get out Of here I'll shoot you dead.
would hate to shoot you Sunday, and disturb
| the quiet of the day, but If you don't start you
are dead man." The burglar turned on his
heels ran through the house, and escaped.
| Dr. JOHN Brooks who died recently in Samos,
Mo-, left the following directions concerning his
burial: place me in a square oak box, dressed
plain inside and out, without staining, varnish,
| or cover; no lining; make pallet of my blankets
/ in the bottom of my box; no pill ow; lay me on
| my right side, with hand under the side of
| my face, the other hand folded on my breast
| with my knees drawn up, as if l were sleeping
| Dress me in a plain white robe; socks, but no
shoes; cover me with white sheet folded back
| NV Shn ir1ct at I vnt1l1 Al ;t
| in natural sleep; my grave to be walled with
brick and bricked over the top to keep out the
| rain"
| PRIVATE DALzELL totally denies the stories
of his broken health. poverty, approach to the
almshouse, etc. To the Wheeling Inteligencer
he writes: II have not gray hair in my head.
am only little past forty, my youngest child is
baby. and am happy as king on his throne.
| am hungry as saw-mill three times day.
| have plenty of grub and good wife to cook IT,
| She can lick any man that calls me old l am a
| lawyer, therefore honest man; have houses
and land enough, clear of mortgage, and earn
| So, 600 year by the law STILL II any man has
| anything to give away shall not refuse it, AS
| for the poor house-wel we'll, how this damna-
BILE world is given to heavy lying on the slightest
provocation"
| MARTIN IRONS is ffty-two years old, wild
over, and the father of two living children, a
boy of nine years and girl Of seven. He was
born in Dundee, Scotland and when eight years
| old accompanied his parents to New York, where
| they settled, and where the family have since
lived. Young Irons was given by his father
common school education, and began work as
| apprentice in machine shop when he was six
teen years old When he was eighteen he left
| his home and went to New Orleans, where he
remained until 1856. when he moved to Hanni-
BAL Mo. He was married ten years ago, and
| shortly afterwards removed to Sedalia where he
| Joined the Knights of Labor, and was by the
order elevated to the rank he now holds, district
master workman of Assembly 10l, which includes
| between 8, 900 and 10, 900 members.
COMMENT AND OPINION.
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