The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-27

questions are asked ma But try to be inn
partial. even though good many hours Of valu-.
able time are wasted"
IT il said that the Dean Of Westminster Is dis
posed to sanction the placing in the abbey OF .
stained-glass window in memory of Richard
Trsvithick, the fertile inventor of the locomo
tive engine, and Of so many widespread applica-
tons Of steam.
THE announcement is made Of the engage
ment Of Hon. George Converse to Mrs. W. A.
Neil The former who has been widower over
year. was for a time counsel for both sidss In
the celebrated Neil divorce proceedings, which
attracted SO much attention.
CONSTANCE S., the famous Holstein heifer Of
the "Record farm" herd is dead She was owned
by William NJ Singerlv of the Philadelphia
Record, and was valued at 81, 0O0. Her record of
eighty three pounds Of milk in one day has never
been equaled by any two-year-old.
One gets striking idea Of the magnitude Of
this country from the statement Of Rev Dr.
Barrows, that if the entire population of the
globe, estimated at 1400 900 000 were divided
into families Of five, the State Of Texas alone
could give each family half an acre Of land to
live upon.
The Richmond State is alarmed at the posi-
bic growth of prohibition in Virginia, because
the idea may be applied to the use of tobacco
U.s.
the same constitutional and moral right to make
tobacco political question the liquor pro-
hibitionists have to stop the sale Of liquor"
A SAD PARTING.
Farewell kind friends. he sadly. said.
And bitter tears of anguish shed.
Let us refuse to think of pain,
And fondly hope to meet again;
FAREWELL go at dutys call
As umpire In game OF ball.
SENATOR DoLpH Of Oregon, is regarded by
the ladies as the handsomest man in the Senate
He is tall and broad -shouldered, and speaks with
rich, deep bass voice. His chief claim to ad-
miration ia his magnificent full beard, which
falls in wavy profusion 10 the middle of his
waistcoat He has, besides. a striking face and
majestic bearing which attracts immediate at
tentiOn
MUzzAFER ED DIN. the lately deceased Ameer
of Bokhara-a khanate which contains scarcely
1000, 900 inhabitants-had at his death one of
the largest domestic establishments OF Asia.
His household consisted Of sons, 10 daughters,
ESQ wives, 800 female slaves, 10 female BARRIERS,
y female cooks, midwives, % needle-women,
and 90 washerwomen. Among his male attend
ants were astrologers private physicians, z
chaplains and A eunuchs.
HIS ANGER WAS RIGHTEOUS
The editor looked at the letters that came
Ind regular daily need
He tore up long one without any name,
And an Old Subscriber s screed,
Then his rage vehement and strong,
And he cut him many caper-
He struck poem column long,
And written manifold paper.
lid Bits.
"THE best preserved man In Congress for his
age is the Hon. William D. Kelley, Of Pennsyl-
vania, who enjoys the title Of Father of the
House." says the Atlanta (Gal Constitution
'He was seventy-two last Monday. On that
day he walked up to the Capitol with the elastic
step Of man of forty. His eyes are bright and
strong enough to defy glasses; his thick. brown
hair is not even sprinkled with gray; his voice is
one Of the clearest and most ringing to be heard
in the halls OF Congress. Few Of his colleagues
do more work"
A WASHINGTON letter to the Cleveland Leader
says: "Many people suppose that the Presidents
marriage will be distasteful to Miss Rose Cleve-
land because it will displace her as mistress at
the White House. This is a mistake. friend
of mine tells me he knows that Rose Cleveland
lately sent letter to one of her old school
friends in Lebanon. Pa, where she used to teach,
in which she stated that though she liked the
life at the White House, she was tired Of it. and
that she would be glad when the Presidents
marriage, during the coming summer, relieved
her from it. This is the first announcement OF
the marriage have heard which comes from the
White Housar