The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-17

| The Fr1nce or Saxe-Coourg-Gotna Is mighty
hunter. In threedays at Walsee. Austria he
| brought down more than 700 head of game, and
in six hours at Stiftingen he shot sixty wild
| hogs.
OUIDA gives her female intimates French
kisses. To impart q French kiss you seize the
recipient by both cheeks. and holding those
pink bulwarks firmly, kiss her squarely on the
| mouth. "
PROF. MARIA MITCHELL, who has just re-
signed the chair Of astronomy at Vassar, is sew
enty years old, and had gained high rank in her
science forty years ago. She will probably be
| made professor emeritus
THERE is a prospect that Talleyrands me-
moirs will appear this year. The papers are
ready for the printer. but the period of delay
twenty years-does not expire until May The
| original manuscript IS in England
SENATOR HAwLEY and his Philadelphia bride
| bad the honor of being asked to she first state
| dinner of the season at the White House-the
| highest social honor in Washington. Mrs. Cleve-
| land has taken fancy to the Senator's wife.
AT Orlando. Fla, dog is owned by much
coveted belle. which, whenever a tiresome VS.
itor stays too long, will stand up in front of him
and begin to yawn and show other signs of be-
ing sleepy 1t is said the hint is readily taken.
ONE Of the things which the English claim to
| be able to do far better than their Yankee cous-
ms is the paving of the business streets of great
| cities. But an English pavement recently tried
/ dismal failure.
| IT is noted. apropos of the papal jubilee in
| Rome. that Cardinal Howard. who. as an officer
of the guards rode at the head of the process
| sion at the Duke of Welngtons funeral. now
brings up the rear of the cardinal bishops about
| the Pope's throne
PHILADELpHIANs wear glasses more generally
even than Bostonians. Their average eyesight
is bad because their houses are poorly lighted,
the windows being shut in. according to i'm
memoir rial custom. by outside shutters, inside
blinds and heavy curtains.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN is said to be much
taken with the charms of Miss Winslow, of Bos-
ton. who is now rivaling Miss Adele Grant as
the belle of Washington. Mr. Cham erlain does
not believe in the "three-mile limit" theory so
lar as American beauties are concerned.
ACCORDING to 1.-THE Boston Record" Master
Josef Hoffman, recently told Miss Nettie Car
penter, the charming young vionist, that since
meeting her he had reconsidered his determine
IN wait for you "oh, but it's IL returned
he, who'll have to wait You're all ready"
BISHOP BOWMAN, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Dr. Reid, missionary secretary, and
Mrs. Reid, are in Mexico. making an annual
tour of inspection of the missions. They will
attend the annual conference at the City of Mex
leo, on Jan. &C. and the general assembly of all
evangelical workers at the same place, on Jan.
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JOSEPH PULITZER editor and proprietor of the
New York World, left to-day for southern Cali
fornia, going by way of New Orleans, where he
expects to Stop for few days rest. Mr.. Pulitzer
IS accompanied by his family, and he goes to
California by order of his physicians. He has
for seven weeks been confined to his house by
of a serious affection of the eyes, which
has practically disabled him, although his
general health is very good.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON is engaged on two
novels in his retreat on the Saranac river. One
bears the rather extensive title of 'The Master
OF Buifantrae; the Full Account of the Strange
Manner of His Life and Death. Edited from
the Papers of the Late Ephram Mackellar. late
Steward of the Durrisdeer Estate" The other,
which ia nearly finished. is called Harry
Shovel: Romance of the Peninsular War"
THE of electricity as motor is spreading
in all directions. The latest is that Swedish
farmer has hit upon the ingenious idea of light
ing his farm by electric light. having purchased
"a dynamo and connected it with a waterfall
close by. AT present the machine is only used
for lighting, but the man intends also to employ
I it for working threshing machines, etc. The
light has been found cheaper than paraffine oil.
KAsHI NATH. a Hindoo astrologer has
astonished Europeans in his native country by
his pewers of divination. He predicted mans
death on certain day and it happened. He has
testimonials from Lieutenant generals and
members of council, who note two extraordinary
things about him-frst that he tell 1.-The
present, past, and future of mans life by look
ing at his face merely" and second, that he is
above pecunfary VIEWS"
MAN named Percell, recently arrested for
perjury in his divorce suit in Kansas City,
blanes his attorney for his trouble and says
that the lawyer fixed up the schedule of ques-
tons and answers and that he followed his d-
rections in swearing. His reasons for getting
divorce were that he and his wife could not live
pleasantly together, and that when they went
to church they could not keep step with each
other
IT is interesting to learn that scraps from Gil
bert and Sullivan's opera, 1.-THE Mikado," have
been sung before the great bronze image of
Buddha, at Kamakura Japan. Col. George P.
Bissell. of Hartford, Conn.,, and a party of
friends, stood last summer before this famous
statue, and the natives gathered around and
seer up great clatter the startled Americans
broke out as man in the well known chorus
'Here's a how dye do" The Japanese were
awed by the song and thought it was offered as
invocation to Buddha.
A SOLITARY female vuture had dwelt for
twenty five years the Botschorn, in the up
per Valais Switzerland, and escaped countless
attempts at capture. Recently during severe
weather poisoned fox left below the cliff
proved successful bait and the bird was found
dead. The body was stuffed and placed in the
museum at Lausanne. It measured across the
wings lightweight and one-half inches. 1t is
possible that two solitary specimens still
remain but it is quite certain there is no nest,
and the species is believed to have disappeared
from Swiss territory.
THE problem as to how Chauncey NJ Depew
escapes dyspepsia, in spite of all the elaborate
dinners he attends, has been solved. Some one
who watched him at a recent banquet at Del
monico's GAYS: HE knows what to eat and how
to drink Watch him barely taste that soup.
Only two entrees are taken at all and they are
hardly partaken OF. Yet this is the only dinner
he has eaten during the day. Now we have
progressed far as Westphalia ham. OF this
Mr.. Depew eats heartily. Up to this time he has
drunk wine Champagne is now introduced
Of this he drinks sparinely Other dishes come
and go, un til choice of chicken is brought
on This is wholesome and substantial OF these
two dishes and of this single wiue his meal is
made"
OUTSIDE Of his family and the classics La
mar has hobby and that hobby is Jersey cows.
He has herd on his farm in NJ ississippi, and
he sold Senator Mcpherson the bull that took
the premium at the New Jersey fairs. This