The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-26
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

MICH, are married women.
IT is said that the word dyspepsia" is never
heard in the Gladstone family.
Mr. GLADSTONE has but three fingers on the
| left hand the forefnger being gone.
PRESIDENT DIAz is said to suggest by his
manner and garb one of the gallant brigands
who live chiefly in the minds of imaginative
writer's
Mr. ROBERT GARRETT, now on his way home
on the Aurania, has been travelling in England,
France and the Low Countries, and has gained
much in health.
HENRI MARTEAU, an eleven-year old violinist,
was recently presented by the municipality of
his native city (Rheims) with golden palm-leaf,
suitably inscribed.
DURING the excitement over the debate be-
tween the Taylor brothers, the public has over
looked the fact that Tennessee has Attorney
| general named George Washington Pickle
AN Omaha woman so mad because her
baby did not secure the prize at fair that she
went away and left it. The father found it in
time to prevent it being sent to an asylum.
The story comes from Boston of dude who,
having been asked TO say grace at formal spread
at which he took leading part, bowed his head
slightly, languidly lowered his eyelids and MUIR
| mured "Oh, Lord, Enthusiastically"
'Is anyone waiting on your inquired polite
salesman of a maiden. 'Well, can't hardly
tell, she hlushingly replied; sometimes think
there is and then again amt certain; but Willis
| so sort of funny, you know" and then she
| bushed again and asked to look at lace collars.
AT recent revival meeting down in Virginia
an old farmer arose to his feet and paralyzed the
congregation with the following preface to his
| Experiences" Dear friends, am glad to have
this opportunity to mingle together and to spend
these happy hours whore I couldn't if [ wasn't"
THE Macon lGa) Telegraph says the feet of
| cow which goes into the swamps every day have
| the appearance of having melted and fattened
| out The hoofs are nearly foot long. and while
walking the Tapping noise is like that made by
| person walking in shoes several sizes too long
1T is suggested that reunion of the de-
| throned-or uncrowned-royal personages of
| Europe would be an interesting event The
group would include Isabella and Don Carlos. of
| Spain; Eugene, "Plon-Plon" and the Count de
| Paris of France; the Duke of Cumberland
| king Of Hanover), and Alexander, of Bulgaria
THERE is great dearth in tenor and soprano
voices of the first excellence in England. The
| Gaiety Theater management was lately afraid
| that new opera would have to be abandoned
| for want of tenor singer. There was even
| longer hunt for soprano for London theater,
when 1t was notorious that salary was no object
MRS Cox is great comfort to the American
Minister to Turkey When he visited the tomb
of Hannibal the other day, she was as usual
| ready with her sympathy. "Cheer up" she
| SAID as she saw her husband overcome with
| emotion. 'You will meet him soon in brighter
and better world Sunset assured her there
was no hurry.
Mr. URIEL CRocKER, of Cohasset, Mass. who
has lately completed his nineteth year, enjoys
alone the distinction of having assembled twenty
feet above the top of the Bunker Hill monu
ment, being used a test-weight to try the
tackle that was to put the cap-stone in place
Through his efforts SAC, 900 Of the monument
fund was raised.
JUDGE JONES, of Minneapolis, has presented
the Women's Christian Association of that city
with property worth 100000 for the purpose
of making a home for aged women, wornout
ministers and their wives The property con-
sists of eighty acres all wooded. on which there
| is twelve room cottage and three-story build
| ing containing forty rooms.
WILLIAM G. PRIME, of New York city, who for
ten summers has driven through New England
| in his own carriage, resting on Sundays and 60
| ing to church wherever he might happen to be-
| says in the New Princeton Review that there is
no disputing the fact that in the rural districts
of Vermont and New Hampshire the people
| have lost the habit of going to church.
QUEEN VICTORIA is very strict in the matter
| of court etiquette. She even makes grammat-
cal rules. She wishes to be referred to as Her
| Majesty, not her Majesty. This is more modest
| than the requirement of Russian royalty, which
| has the names of the imperial family printed on
| the title-page of the orthodox prayerbooks in
! big capitals, while the name of God appears in
| small type.
| Mr. JOEL c. HARRIS {"Uncle Remus") who
| has had months vacation, taken because of
| his health, does not improve, and has gone into
the mountains for another month He has
nervous affection which has so far resisted med
| ical treatment Mr.. Harris is one of the most
absorbing workers in journalism, and it is prob
| able that rest and the mountains will restore
| him to health.
| A WEALTHY merchant Of London has recently
| celebrated a novel kind of golden wedding. Hav-
| ing been faithful reader of two or three Lon
don newspapers for period of fifty years, he in
| vted the proprietors to a magnificent banquet
| The host stated that the perusal or newspapers
Cor fifty years had been the most agreeable dis
traction of his longlfe. This recognition Of the
| press is without precedent.
THE King of Spain has just had his first pair
of shoes placed upon his royal feet. The court
shoemaker gave reins to his fancy and turned
out a pair of white leather shoes embroidered in
| gold. His Majesty was pleased to observe "Goo!"
| and endeavored to put one of his shoes in his
royal mouth. AT the same time three hundred
| pairs of shoes were given to poor children of
Madrid by the Queen Regent.
| BICYCLE riding, like roller skating has pro-
| duced new class of disease. 1t is an affection
of the spine and kidneys. resulting from the
| continual jar of the machine. Six or eight cases
/ of tare known that cannot be classified by their
| symptoms with any heretofore known ailment.
| In every instance it can be traced to the wheel.
/ It exists only however, in men OF feeble organi-
| cations and elastic constitution.
THE Indians Of the Allegheny and Cattaraugus
reservations remnants of the Six Nations) are
abandoning the customs of their fathers relating
to burials. Until within comparatively short
| time the habit has been TO sew the body up in a
blanket not forgetting TO place inside gener-
GUS supply Of meat FOR food, wampum for fer