The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-06

| ministry. one-third to aid struggling churches,
| and one-third to the Presbyterian Board of Mis-
| Sions.
/ IT is told of DR.. D. H Agnew, the eminent
surgeon of Philadelphia. that early in his
career he became discouraged by an unsuccess-
| fuI case of tracheotomy. gave up his profession,
and went into the coal business. In that pur-
suit he failed, and then went back to surgery.
MAYOR HEWITT. of New York. celebrated
Christmas by sending eighteen dozen rattles
with whistles in the handles to the babies in the
big hospital on Randalrs island Even after
CHRISTMAS, toys poured in the Mayor for this
| purpose An oblong box marked dynamite"
| proved to contain a jack-in- the-box.
AMONG the many men scattered throughout
| the country who resemble President Cleveland
| is Colonel Lowering. who recently ran against
| Oliver Ames in the Massachusetts, gubernatorial
election. His picture has been added to a pho
| tographic group of men who resemble the Pres
| ident now in possession of Washingtonian.
nIDDLE-AGED man. with a young woman on
his arm, entered the home of parson in Au-
| guste, Me-. and said that they wanted to be
and as they walked in, the man said cheerfully,
as ne looked around "Oh, yes I've been
married ia this room once before" Then the
ceremony proceeded.
Miss ANNA H. WHITNEY, the proprietor of
the Chequasset Kennels at Lancaster, Mass, is
this country Always lover of animals, Miss
Whitney gave up her vocation of school teach
ing, which she followed for thirty years. and
wen to Europe, where she secured the best
stock obtainable, and thus started the Lancas-
ter kennels.
AT dinner given in Washington not long ago
Joseph Chamberlain and Senator ingalls, had
contest of wit. All sorts OF subjects were
touched upon, and the flashes of repartee were
brilliant. Observers who prejudiced in
favor of Mr. ingalls, were obliged to acknowledge
that in good-natured debate allowable at din
ner party Chamberlain was fully the match of
the Kansas statesman.
ENGINEER KITTRIDGE, inventor of the canti-
lever bridge. is living in Hartford Conn, in
handsome style. His wife is a native of that
city. Mr.. Klttrldges success asx an inventor
has made him rich. He began life in an humble
way but by energy and ability has gained
high place in the civil engineering profession
be is a tall, fine looking man, and he has trav-
eled extensively In this country and Europe
THE "best hundred books" craze in England
has got down to the 'sbest three books for
young men" Mr.. Ed,fr nd Gosse suggests
Shakespeare, Boswell's Il fe of Johnson" and
Macauleys Essays" Wife Archdeacon Farrar
recommends Dante, Shakespeare and Milton.
The average young man. whether English or
American, will have no difficulty in choosing be-
tween Mr.. Gosse's and the Archdeacon's lists.
THE Art Review has this interesting and in.
structive paragraph: "a bibliopegist is a bib
hophile with special regard for book bindings.
bibliotaph is book miser. A bibliopole is a
bookseller for bibliophiles A biblioklept is a
stealer of valuable books. Mr.. Lenox, who
would not let Prescott see his Mexican
scripts, was a bibliotaph, and Sam Pepys was
bblioklept. Bibliotary is the worship of
books
SPEAKING of DR.. Mary Walker who is now in
Washington seeking an increase of pension, a
correspondent says: ''She speaks of her pants
without any rush of blood to her dry and sallow
countenance, and occasionally fills the gaps in
her rafting talk with graceful, manly expectora-
tions. Her dress is neat but evidently not new.
1t now consists of little six ard half beaver
hat, a thick blue overcoat, dark blue suit with
a cutaway coat, and a walking stick
PRINCE BIsMARCK's recent indisposition arose
from very common cause. The Prince is-or
rather, would be if he were not Prince
somewhat gross feeder. The German stomach
Is not very sensitive these matters. Wurst
and schinken are the staple delicacies of the
land. Prince Bismarck in his early days could
manage food compared with which ham and
sausage are light and digestble trif1es The
Chancellor has still his ancient appetite, but
hardly his ancient digestion. That is the story
delicately told. Prince Bismarck has had the
collie, but is better now, though somewhat
weaker by his attack
DR. EDMUND DE BREssENsE. in his correspond
ence in the Christian World, has this to say of
the new French President: apart from the
great historic which he bears, he has a
stainless reputation alike in public and private
life. His home circle seems to belong to the
good old times. He has serving their coun-
try, in the army, some in the higher
branches of industry; he has daughter worthy
of her mother married to of our most es-
teemed magistrates, and group of young chill
dren. NJ Sadi- Carnot has always been firm
and moderate Republican, holding aloof from
radicalism, and simply doing his duty.
Above all. his election is grand triumph of po-
litcal honesty such as does honor to France and
to the Republic"