The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-16
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE King of Siam has christened his new
born son George Washington.
If you wish to pick good orange, says the
New Orleans States, take the rusty coated and
juicy ones. They have thin rinds and more
juice"
NEW YORK school teachers are mulcted In pay
if they resort to corporal punishment for their
pupils. female teacher was lately fined one
days pay for that offense
BIG turtle was caught near Lincoln Parish,
La and its head was cut off, Three days later
a chicken found the head and was picking at it
when the jaws snapped, caught the chicken and
killed it outright
ANDREWS. the Georgian. who last year walked
from Atlanta to Boston, is now on his second
trip, accompanied by the same little dog. The
peculiar thing about it is that the pedestrian is
ninety-six years old.
He was carpenter He had lifted his ham
mer to strike nail Did he strike4 Not much!
He paused, then returned the hammer to his
box The 12-o'clock whistle had blown. He
working by the day.
NINE. GovULL, aged ia years, and formerly
maid of honor at the court of Emperor Paul I,
was buried recently in the cemetery of Smoensk,
Russia. Behind the hearse walked with firm
step the younger sister If the deceased, aged 113
years
JUDGE STALLos latest scientific work, tThe
Concepts and theories of Modern Physics, has
been published in French, and will soon be
issued in Italian and German also. 1t is said to
have received much praise from European scien-
fists.
LONDON playgoers will be called upon this
week to hear an operetta written by woman,
the first instance of the kind on record we be-
lieve The composers name is Ida Walter, and
she is the daughter of the well-known proprietor
Of the Times.
RoDERIc FATTY, little Apache, a pupil in
the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa, recently said
to his teacher ~ don't like 'Roderic Fatty l
want new name" "iVhat name do you want2'
II would like 'Roderc Reconciliation said the
little redskin.
FLIEGENDE Blatter: Missionary Ito newly
converted chief of acannibal tribe)-Well. Luke,
how about cannibalsm? Four weeks ago you
slaughtered your father; have You not improved
aince2 Cannibal-Yes, indeed, my teacher; since
then have only eaten a couple of very distant
relatives
HARPERs Bazar Young Featherly had been
imparting some information to Mrs De Towser
which interested that LADY very much. II am
quite surprised. Mr.. Featherly," she said, ito
hear of this. 1t only shows that-that-" zone
is never too old to learrP prompted Featherly,
CALAMITY.
PRESIDENT DWIGHT, of Yale. whose back
shows sharp curve he walks. says: "a lit
tie girl, after watching me walk for while, re
marked: Mamma, think he is the stoopedest
man ever did see'" The worthy President al
ways enjoys a good story, even though it be at
his own expense
LONDON World The good folk at Twicken-
BAN much interested in the proceedings of
Mrs. Langtry who has hired Meadow Bank for
the season. The amusement of the Jersey Lily,
] hear is to convert her lawn into circus, where
her trained horses, which great pets with
her, 60 through their performances.
THE mother of ex Khedve Ismail Pasha, who
died ten days ago at Cairo. was one of the most
wicked old women imaginable. She was noted
for her depravity, and the men who once entered
her palace at the Abbassieh. just outside Cairo.
never emerged therefrom again. On several
occasions her carriage pelted with stones
and she herself mobbed by crowds Of women,