The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-17

his teeth" "He is horizontally reduced" an
other said of Mr.. Morrison, who was not re-
elected. and who. consequently, goes out on the
4th of March. bragg haint got nothin' to brag
on now Clipped in third. at which there was
a general smile. So statesmen whipped and
cast away may form jest to keep the blues
away.
THE almanac for 1887 gives few items of
general interest: New Years Day comes on Sat-
urday. Washington's birthday on Tuesday, ST.
Valentines Day on Monday, April Fool Day on
Friday, Memorial Day on Monday Fourth OF
July on Monday, Christmss on Sunday, Easter
Sunday will be on the 10th of April Lent begins
March 2. There will be four eclpses, two of
the sun and two of the moon. One, Feb 8, yisi-
BILE as partial eclipse in the United States.
The others that occur, as follows, are not visible
in the United States: The ANGULAR eclipse of
the sun. Feb %; Aug 10, of the sun.
FRESH escapade has been perpetrated by the
Grand Duke Michael, brother of the Gar. This
imperial scaregrace, being the other day at
Frankfort-on- the Main, accosted very insulting
ly lady in the street The lady took refuge
in store, whittier the chivalrous Mike followed
and renewed his persecution Upon this the
lady appealed for protection to the proprietor of
the premises, a sausage manufacturer, and he.
calamity espousng the cause of a female In dis
tress, laid hands on the Grand Duke. dragged
him to the door, and. applying his boot-toe with
the proper impetus, sent the Muscovlte masher
flying into the street.
SPEAKING at a political meeting, lately, Sir
Frederick Miner took occasion to vindcate
Lord Randolph Churchill from the charge of
being IMAM without heart" Lord Ran
dolph, he said, was the savior of his life years
ago, when they were travelling together on the
| continent. AT Naples he (Sir Frederick Millinery
was stricken down with fever. Lord Randolph,
who was then at Rome. on hearing of his illness,
posted at once to Naples and nursed him day
and night until some friends arrived from Eng
land. The result of the long and wearisome
watching by his sick bedside was that Lord Ran
dolph suffered very much in health, and yet that
was the man who was described as having no
heart
THE popular but rather eccentric j. Hyatt
Smith used to tell with great glee how he es-
capped seasickness in the English channel. He
suffered from this malady on the Atlantic, the
Mediterranean. the Adriatic, the German
ocean-every where. in fact; and he expected a
like experience on the channel. On the
steamer, however, he got into earnest converse
| tion with a hard-headed Scotchman, who made
vigorous defense of the Southern Confederacy.
Mr.. Smith, Who was ardent supporter of the
| Union. became greatly animated in controvert-
| ing the Scotchmans argument and as he said,
| forgot all about being seasick. In narrating
| LnlS lDclQenC ne WOOlO AOQ: NOW, II you WANT
| to escape seasickness can tell you of sure
| preventive Get into an argument with stub
| born old Scotchmen'
| AMONG the prizes of the Paris Academy of
| Science the present year is one of $500 for the
most impor tant improvement of steam engines,
or any other invention contributing most to the
| progress of steam navigation; a gold medal for
| the most interesting observation on work most
conducive to the progress of astronomy; 81. 900
for the best work on the theory of Jupiter's
satellites. discussing the observations and de-
Quoting the constants contained in it, especially
| that which furnishes direct determination of
the velocity of light; 5000 for any important
| Improvement in the theory of the application OF
| electricity to the transmission of force ST. 00C
| for the work most conducive to the progress OF
| organic chemistry; also on the influence exer
cised on earthquakes by the geological coustitu
ton of country, by the action Of water. or oil
any other physical causes.