The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-21

beast ut onco turned It's head and listened. Tay.
lor repeated the same words, when the animal
came to him and rubbed its head against the
bars, and looked in the face Of the speaker with
evident delight. It was probably homesick, and
sound it had heard in its native land was
vastly comforting.
SQUIRE DICKSON. of Clayton, Ga, was awak-
ened just after midnight on Friday night and
asked to hurry down and marry a waiting
couple. He hurried down, and found that
Jephtha Litteton, aged eighty-two, and MRS
Ruthey Ann Thompson. aged seventy y-fve had
eloped from their children, and wanted to be
married at once. They were accommodated.
PRUssIAN botanists claim TO have discovered
the different species Of trees from which the va
rious kinds of amber once oozed. From their
researches it would appear that once upon
time the land which is now the Baltic sea was 3
superb forest of conifers some of them those
giant trees that are to-day the pride Of Califor-
mia. others the ceiars which still tower supreme
in the East, together with the frs, spruce and
cypress Of England and other countries
FATAL, Byronian, thirsting after beauty in all
every court in Europe, .I remember at Moscow
one day. said my old Partisan informant,
"Liszt sucked orange and left the empty
rind on his plate. Immediately the ladies pres
ent seized the precious relic. divided 1t into parts
and each ate her share as if it were the sacra-
ment. A French Imperial Princess who was
present refused to participate in this rite, and
Lszt never forgave her"
A RoNDoUT man tells this timely yarn: He
says that he bought some green dye. intend
ing to color some eggs for his children for Easter
and laid the packages on q bench in the back
yard, and forgot about it, When he thought to
get it he discovered that his hens had eaten
most of the dye stuff. The next day he found
three bright green eggs in the nests; the next
day three more shade or two lighter; the third
day the eggs had just the slightest tinge of
green; the fourth day they resumed their normal
appearance.
MRS. HELEN BLAKE, of Kensington, lately died
intestate ana left large estate which reverted
to the crown. But an unexecuted draft Of her
will left 80 900 each to Member of Parliament
Dillwyn and The OConnor Don, and as it was
clearly the wish of the testator the money has
been paid, minus ST. 900 legacy duty, to the two
gentlemen, neither of whom remembers ever to
have even seen Mrs. Helen Blake. who is pre-
sumed to have been captivated by their eio-
quence in the House of Commons.
IT is solemnly asserted at Washington that at
the National Democratic Convention of 1884 AN
eminent statesman who had risen to make q
speech raftifying the presidential nomination,
after delivering extravagant eulogy of the
candidate, reached the climax where he was to
utter his name, only to forget what that name
was! Under pretense OF taking drink, he
turned, and in an agonized whisper asked a
friend behind him. "What is his name9n "Cleve
landw was the reply. "No! mol" gasped the other
his own name; not the place he comes fromW
Louis HAHN. of Pittsburg. is we'll known there
as '"The Little Chief" Whenever there is an
alarm of FIRE. the boy, clad in the garb of fire.
man, is always seen dashing to the burning build
ing He is almost monomaniac on matters
pertaining to the fire department., and knows
more about the department. than most Of the
firemen. He can do what every member of the
department confesses himself unable to do and
that is, to be given the number of box and
then tell its exact location and what engines will
respond to the alarm from it. Time and again,
when in an engne-house, this test has been
made. and young Hahn could never be deceived
He keeps posted on every new box. In his room
he has fixed up several wires and eongs, and
often enjoys himself in practicing on them. So
far has his FIRE department proclivities gone that
it is his great desire to have wire run to his
house and gong placed therein, that he may
hear each alarm of fire. He knows every fire.
man and freQuentS every en- gne-h house.