The Indianapolis journal., 1889-11-15

president OF the now bankrupt company
hacked at the deck with q silver pick. and
then prepared n dispatch for Francs an
nonncing that work OH the Panaina canal
had begun.
SENATOR EDMUNDs, of Vermont, says his
daughter is about as skillful in law as he
is. Sire acts Is his amanuensis. and advises
with him when doubtful legal points arise.
Such daughter Is a jewel In the parental
crown.
HoN. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS has practi-
cally given up his law practice. has estab-
lished Offices in New York, and is devOting
his time to the iron interests of the upper
peninsula of Michigan. which. he says. the
pass 81 season shipped more t nlsrv than
tons over the output of last year.
EDITOR ALDEN. who controls the destinies
of Harper's Monthly Magazine. is tall,
thick-set, Notwithstanding man. with
bristling beard hair streaked with white.
and a pair of brilliant brown eyes. He Is
not as fierce as he looks, and his success
with the magazine proves that he has more
literary genius than his appearance would
indicate.
NJ. S. LANGLEY, who was Thackeray's
private secretary. kept diary. The rec
ord of daily events is a full one. Notes of
the great authors conversation and re-
maTkS nave Detn yOtteQ down from uav 10
day. and his opinions on all sorts and con-
ditOns OF men and events are IN the chr0n-
lcie, and his personal peculiarities have
also been noted.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD writes to the London
Telegraph that, in conversation with Whit
tier, he had been praising Emerson, and la
menting that a great authority, known to
them both, had compared the Concord phi
iosophers style in prose to the shooting
forth of stones from a sack" '.Ah. but"
said Whittier. Thou knowest well. friend,
they are all precious stones"
HERR vON ROTTENBERG. Bismarck's pri-
vate secretary. was classmate of Herbert
Bismarck, and was engaged in mercantile
HIM Through political pamphlet he had
written. Bismarck told the young man he
might become his secretary If he was not
afraid OF work, as his hours were usually
from In the morning until at night.
w. P. EDISON, an elder brother of the
great inventor. lives few miles from Port
Huron, Mich. He was born in Milan, o.,
tifty-eight years ago, and went to Port
Huron in 1854. He was actively identified
with the organization of the street-railway
system. and WAS superintendent of the road
for many years. He has also been inter-
ested i'll vessel and steamboat property
| there.
COUNT ToLsTOI. the famous Russian novel
ist. is a keen-eyed. serious-lOOking, earnest
hammered man of commanding presence,
with a broad. bald forehead, and a patri-
| archal white head. He is rising sixty-two.
| and is one of the few who really practice
what they preach. He lives in the top gar
! ret OF his former palace, the state apart
| ments being occupied by poor peasant
| families. and he spends most of his time i'll
| agricultural labor. narrowing or moving.
| or mending the huts of the peasant women
| who are widows.
AMONG Senator Edmundss many witty
| speeches and crushing repartees hardly one
can have been wittier or more crushing
than his answer to some speech of Sena-
tor from Texas. The Texan Senator had
! Just sat down hot. exhausted and con-
/ yinced. Senator Edmunds got up and in
his driest manner sent this rustling across
| the aisle: Now. If my friend from Texas
| has any good reasons for his proposition. L
wish he would kindly state them instead
OF giving us the poor reasons and keeping
the good ones TO himself"
| GEN. CAssIUs NJ. CLAY, the late Colonel
Goodloe's great uncle, has record with the
knife which is noteworthy even for Ken
! tuckian. He had three personal encounters
| before the war in which knives we're used,
! api in each case he succeeded in killing his
cpponent fourth victim he cut almost
| to pieces but the man was stitched up and
1 recovered y few years ago he killed a
/ negro who had insulted him, again using
the knife. Governor WarnOth, of Lons-
ana. saved his life in New Orleans few
years ago by vIvisecting with knife a
man who attempted to assassinate him.
= LINES on ETIQUETTE.
4 My dearest girl, beg you'll not
| Begin Your sentences "Oh. say!"
| Eschew likewise 1.-the SOUP" "(ireat Scott."
i For slang, my love, is not All fait.
PUCK
HIS FATE Is SEALED.
/ The turkey that's at present living
| And strattng round sOprOud and gay,
4 Will soon he slaughtered Tor Thanksgiving
And stuffed with sage ct cetera.
Boston Courier