The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-21

Nd Is 1900
ished by having cayenne pepper rubbed into
their lips When that scheme is IN effect in
| America there will De n remarkable boom in
cayenne pepper.
IIDBITs Countess arises and finds her pet
dog dead-Heavensl how foolish 1 was to go to
bed rouged. Fido evidently kissed me during
my sleep and has ignobly persisted.
lsMAIL PAcHA, the ex-Khedive left Naples
aud went to Constantinople TO live. because he
was unable TO keep the young men of Naples
from making love to the odalisques of his hareln.
| LAST year no less than 1913 persons were
| lynched in this country Texas heads the list
| with fifteen lynchings, and Mississippi comes
| next with fourteen. Eighty of the victims were
| negroes.
Epoch: "And you love me- darling he said,
| passionately ''and win always be glad to see
me!n Eyes, George" she replied. tenderly 81
| love you, but while coal is no to 81. 80 ton I
think it will be safer for you to stay away"
PRESIDENT CARNoT. of France. believes in his
/ lucky star Even as a school-boy he felt that he
| was destined to be great This will encourage
| the American youngster. and his name is le-
! gion, who cherishes the conviction that he will
some day occupy the White House.
| NJ MEIssONIER who has completely recovered
from the partial paralysis of the thumb, which
affected his painting. has just finished large
water-color drawing of incident in the wars
| of the First Empire and a picture in oil, both of
] which works destined for England.
| PAX CHUNG YANG. the Corean minister to
| Washington. when presented to President Glove
land, said: IL now for the first time see face to
face the ruler of the great United States and de-
| liver to him in person the credentials which
| bring by order of my King" That was great
! event in Paks life.
| WALT WHITMAN is living quietly at Camden
| and enjoying existence much as he can under
| adverse circumstances. He takes great inter-
est in all the leading topics of the day and likes
| to talk about his travels He recently said:
Denver, Col, is my favorite Western city. 1t
l should want to live in the West. to use
Western term. think should squat at Den
| YER"
| CHICAGO cigardealer says that if he had no
| other way of reckoning time he could tell the
day of the week by the kinds of cigars he sells
TO those of his customers who clerks. Early
in the week they come in proudly and call for
two for quarter" By Wednesday they ask
for 1Ocent straight and when Friday comes
along their formula is s'Give me q good
5-center."
SPRING FIELD Republican: Nine Janauschek,
the actress, exhibited one of her superstitions
during her recent visit to Portland. She ar
rived at the opera-house before the hour of
opening the doors, and pounded long and we'll
before the door-keeper un willingly admitted her,
saying he did not see why she could not 60 by
the stage door. Nine. Janauschek however
will not turn back. Her manager says he has
known her to miss train, TO wait at place
for hours and have her food brought to her,
rather than retrace her footsteps.
BISHOP GARRETT. of Texas, has been telling
the Women's Episcopal Missionary Society of
Washington that they should quit spending so
much money on South Sea islanders and send
few missionaries to the Lone Star State. I'VE
want pioneers. :" he says-''men who know how
to take care of themselves along the frontiers
10 of fha
mouth of a revolver of the yell of adrunken
cowboy. Men with muscles of steel, who can,
any of them, throw yearling steer wire
fence as easily as he jerk a lawless coyote
ont of a religious meeting il he attempts to
make disturbance"
THE following story is told of the Emperor of
Brazil: The other day at Cannes, the editor of
scientific French journal waited upon his
Majesty, with the request that he would
tribute some articles matters of scientific in-
terest connected with his dominion Ger
taiuly," replied the Emperor; 'but what rate of
pay do you give2' The man of letters though a
little surprised. having named what be was in
the habit of giving Dom Pedro added, smiling
Yes, that will do very well. You see. l would
gladly write for nothing; but am not at liberty
to do SO, ever since l began writing have
given every penny have earned by ray brains
to an orphan asylum in my capital.
On the Czarina's fortieth birthday anniver-
sary, Nov. &c last. the Gear gave her necklace
composed of forty emeralds In order to collect
forty stones of blameless perfection and suffi-
cient size. Russian agents had been engaged for
nine months in travelling to all the great Eu-
ropean cities in search of emera]ds. The Cars
purpose had to be kept profound secret, since
If IL had been known that SO great potentate
in want of many emeralds the price
would have risen to prodgious height The
CZarina, although she possesses more splendid
collection of jewels than any other European
sovereign, delighted at this unexpected
addition to them that she danced around the
salon like child. with the necklace in her hand.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Transcript
writes from the Hotel Cavour, Milan. under
date of Christmas: 1.-The first night arrived
here was much pleased by the looks of two
ladies who sat at the table d'hote
mother and daughter, both fine looking, with
charming manners We found that we
had mutual friends. aud the mother told me a
great deal about Bar Harbor. The daughter, a
fine, stylish. lovely girl, made herself agreeable
The father, it seems, is very much
troubled with rheumatism, and keeps in his
Imagine my surprise when the propri-
etor of the hotel told me. this morning, that the
ladies I sat near at dinner the wife and
daughter of Mr.. j. G. Blaine and the proprietor
added. II cannot quite make out who he is. as
he never shows himself / told him that Mr..
Blaine might be future President. But
that failed to convey any idea to his Italian
brain, and he only shook his head, and said, T