The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-29
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

stacking grain while the husband is OH electlon-
eering.
scriptural motto as good one for strikers: .sln
all labor there is profit; but the talk of the lips
tendeuh only to poverty
Mrs NELLIE GRANT SARToRIs. who is now at
her home in the Isle of Wight intends to visit
her mother during the summer, after taking
short trip to the continent.
A BosroN pawn broker has had the audacity
to let tho cat out Of the bag by advertising:
Money loaned on plate and jewels to cultured
families desiring to pass few weeks In the
White mountains
THE Christian Union says: ut is mistake to
60 to church only or chiefly for a sermon Wor-
ship is the expression of reverence and love to-
ward God. Public worshipi is that expression BY
number uniting for the purpose"
SINCE the news of the murder of Bishop Han
nington by native king in central Africa has
been confirmed, the Church Missionary Society
has received twenty-six offers of service. four
from university and three from professional men.
NEPHEW of the late King Cetewayo, after
spending six years in Stockholm in the prosecu
ton of theological and other studies, has re-
turned to his own country and people, and it is
said to be his purpose to devote himself to mis-
sion work.
WHITE mountain hotels will compromise on
the student-waiter question, and divide between
the intellectual tray -handlers and farmers
daughters The latter have to be treated with
consideration, otherwise they punish you by
slow but sure starvation.
HENRY, Henry cries Mr. Edmund Yates,
addressing his friend, Mr.. Labouchere, 1--WE
don't expect much from you but you might at
least write grammar! How was it possible for
you to sign that letter to Mr. Chamberlain, in
Ipt III nEEv Lak.~
SO ardently desreT"
WHAT is called gospel wagon Ia set In motion
every Sunday afternoon in Washington, under
the auspices of the Central Urion mission. 1t is
an omnibus, containing cabinet organ, SIX or
eight good singers and several persons to make
addresses 1t visits three centers Of non church
going people each Sunday.
GAIL HAMILTON. in the North American Re-
view. in referring to Mr. Gladstone's defense of
Genesis against the scientists admits that no
leading American statesman knows enough to
write on Genesis, but holds that we stand equal
to Britain, because great American statesman
knows enough not to write on Genesis.
MOTT STREET Sunday school teacher Ito Wun
Lung, new recruit): 'Do you understand,
Wun Lung, the beautiful song we have just fn-
ished. Where, @ where. are the Hebrew chill
dreaF" Wun Lung: Yep, me understand
Teacher Where are the Hebrew childrenq"
Wun Lung: "Heblew children down on Baxter
stieet.'
SIR JOHN MlLLAIs is engaged on another incl
dent of the night of ST. Bartholomew. His pict
ure depicts the interior of church, with three
Ggures-a soldier, priest and Sister of Mercy.
The ecclesastic is melting the soldier to 20
forth to massacre. while the sister has thrown
herself at their feet and is pleading for the
Protestants.
THE independent is responsible for the fol
lowing: When John Lord, the historian, was
examined for ordination, he was asked by a dis
cip,e Of Dr. Emmons: Are you willing to be
damned for the glory of God His answer came
with the force of an unexpected cannonshot,
No; but am willing you should He did not
get ordained
A WELL KNOWN comedian has, for the past
two years. carefully clipped and pasted in scrap
books all the reported misdeeds of clergyrnen
that he saw. Now. when he hears sermon on
the immortality of the stage, he at once sends the
preacher letter filled with statistics as to the
number of preachers in JAIL the nature of their
sins and Crimes and like pleasing facts.
IN Utah the Congregationalists have churches
ministers and 2l0 members; the Baptists .
churches, 2 ministers and ITO members; Cath
olics. churches, priests and $50 members:
Episcopalians. churches. ministers and
465 members Methodists, churches, Is minis
tiers and 38l members; Presby terians, IL
churches, IA ministers and 3S2 members Lu
therans, church, minister and 40 members.
Total 81 churches, SO ministers and 2498 mem
bers
"A WOMAN who has a very religious husband
was at the breakfast table one morning when
her husbands prayer was longer drawn out than
usual. A suspicious smell of oyerdone circuits
was waited slowly but surely toward her olfact-
DRY organs. She wriggled, aud twisted and
thought of her biscuits, and at last, when her
husband started off afresh on new tack. to
which there seemed no end, she startled the
good man by saying: lord, John. cut it short;
I've bread in the oven"
ARTHUR SHERBURNE HARDY, author of the
new novel. the "Wind of Destiny" and of an
earlier story, But Yet Woman" with which
ne made his literary debut, was never known,
before publishing those clever books, as any
thing else than mathematician He had been
for years. and still is a professor at Dartmouth
College lHanover, N H. where the appear
ance of his first work of fiction created so much
surprise that many of his acquaintance could
not believe he had written it.
A FEW years ago a society of eminent French
men discussed the question. "What language
would child naturally speak if never taughtp
Twenty different results were predicted To
test the matter two infants were procured and
isolated with deaf and dumb woman, who lived
alone in the Alps surrounded with her sheep
a1d chickens. After six years the children and
their nurse brought before the Swans,
who were on tiptoe of expectation as to the re-
suit; when, loi not word coud either OF the
children utter, but NJ ost perfectly could they i'm
itate tho Growing OF cock, the cackling of hen
add the bleating of sheep
THE income of the English Baptist Missionary
Society for this yearis s308, OO0 which shows an
increase over the receipts of last year. The chief
mission Of the society is in India, where it has
sixty three missionaries and l19 native evangel.
iss The missionaries make very hopeful re
ports of their work and of the outlook for India
The Rev. George Berry, of Calcutta, says there
probably never was a time when the indications
Of the working of divine power in the hearts of
the multtudes of India as strong as now.
The people show growing desire to possess and
read the gospels, and crowds listen attentively
wherever the gospel is preached.