The Indianapolis journal., 1889-12-01
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

bears her pain with fortitnde.
JOHN w. DWIGHT owns the largest farm
In North Dakota. His tract of land Is al
and
SAX Francisco family used a phono-
graph to cheer their mothers illness. and
also TO preserve the tones of her voice after
death.
REv. DIR. WIrfTRow. of the Third Pros
byterian Church. of Chicago. has a salary
of $4,000. and devotes one-tenth of il an
nuaiiy to charitable purposes
The high cost of living at Washington is
troubling Cougressmen, and may lead to a
movement in favor Of having Representa-
uves' salaries increased to $1,000.
In New England. when the mercury goes
below the freezing point. the greeting is
Good morning. Squire; regular buck
wheat-cake weather this; isn't itr'
SECRETARY BLAINE attributes his good
health 10 the fact that he has given up his
habit of eating meat three times day. He
eats eggs for breakfast. cracked wheat for
lunch ami roast meat for dinner. Since he
adopted this regimen his health has been
greatly improved
Miss SUSANNA NJ. DUNKLFE. of Newton.
Mass, the first woman to be bank treasurer
in the United States. with the help of a
clerk now handles $4,000 IN money each
year. In the fifteen years of ofherexperience
she has but twice taken in a counterfeit
blll-ln each case a $40 one.
THE great Okefinokee swamp. of Geor-
gia, is to be sold at public auction on tho
9TH of January. next. Here is an oppor-
tunity 70 buy $4,000 acres of the best
swamp lands in the world all capable OF
reclamation There are two parties ready
to start the bidding at l2i2 cents an acre
A DISTINGUISHED foreign divine. visiting
America for the first time. on the occasion
of the Catholic congress travelled between
New York and Baltimore on the Congress
sional limited Of tho Pennsylvania rail
road. and he said TO a reporter that lone OF
the most wonderful things he experienced
was the eating of a dinner between New
York and Baltimore while the train was
going at the rate of sixty miles an hour"
MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE has arrived nc
San Francisco in excellent health, by the
way of the Northern Pacific She has ac-
cepted several invitations to lecture dur
ing her stay on the Pacific coast. as the
guest of Mrs. A. Maillard, Marin county.
and, before she leaves San Francisco. re-
ception will be given in her honor by the
Century Club. While ut Portland she filled
the pulpit of the First Unitarian Church
on two successive Sundays.
SENATOR JOHN c. SPooNER's signature
upon hotel register is nearly as big as
himself. A boy of sixteen years of age, il
he had full and well-kept beard, would
have as much flesh and bone about him as
the Wisconsin statesman. The little Sena-
tor is ranked among the ableSt men in Con-
gress. A curious fact of his senatorial
career Is that he sprang into prominence as
an orator in the first speech which no made,
and that speech was sort of funeral ora
ton.
AMONG the first-class clerks in the PEN
sion Office at Washington is the widow OF
the late confederate general. George Pick
EFT. She was married during the war,
when the varying fortunes of the conflict
had placed her and her lover on opposite
sides of the lines. and the meeting for the
ceremony was attended with danger and
adventure. Mrs. Pickett was fifteen years
old then. and now. in her forties. retains
much of the beauty which made her
charming bride.
INTERESTING things are told about tho
Mexicans. Funerals are conducted in
street cars, black one, made for the pur-
pose. doing duty for hearse, and ordinary
cars serving for the mourners. This use OF
street cars is not confined to the poor. and
when eight horses are used for the black
car, 1t is quite expensive. Smoking Is so
universal that except, perhaps, at funerals,
Tue car conductors SMOKE as tuey collect
the fares. and even shopmeu when selling
goods. Even the tramDs smoke and most
of the women. Cigarettes are smoked
more than cigars.
CARDINAL GIBBONS is happy illustra-
tion of the scriptural saying that the hum
BILE shall be exalted. Born of humble par
ents. and in early life a poor grocer's boy.
he is now a prince of the church. in whose
presence the proudest Roman mobiles must
stand IN respectful reverence. His habits
are simple and nethOdical; he rises at $3.50.
says mass at T. breakfasts at 3. takes ak
at 10 and attends TO any special business re-
quring his personal care. dimes at 2. after
which he receives visitors. takes "a walk
about dusk. sups at and retires at 10. All
the time not otherwise employed, the Car
dinal spends in his library.
AMONG the baby monarchs who in recent
years have been prematurely thrust upon
their thrones is King Thantai. of Anam. n
quaint youngster of nine years. He seems
to realize the responsibility of his position.
and, disdaining childish amusements. APP
plies himself to study. Having mastered
the intricacies of the Chinese alphabet. he
is now studying French. and is not averse
to occasional excursions into the realms OF
philosophy. His favorite toys are minia-
ture railway train of fine mechanism-the
engine or which steams ana pnns, and
draws the cars over real rails-and q little
steamboat of similar perfection.
MILE. Rosa BoNHEUR dresses when at
home in mans attire. and TO those who know
her in her own house it is hard to imagine
her dressed otherwise. so used are they to
seeing her in her studio and park wearing
a large blue blouse. embroidered at the neck
and shoulders. similar to the biOnse which
the peasants wear. The years which have
whitened her hair and acceDtuated the
lines in her face have by no means lessened
her energy. Her ability for work is the
same now as in former days. and her fertile
imagination continually presents her with
new subjects. Il have enough In my mind"
she often says. Ito ill two or three life
times"
To decide wager. Mr.. Fullerton. of New
York. got piece of canvas end ten cents
worth of paint. and painted a landscape.
He had never touched brush in his life.
and he took only twenty minutes 10 daub
the paint on the canvas. 1t was done in
the presence of a committee and was about
the worst danb any body ever saw. He had
it put into a gilt frame. attached n card to
il announcing that IL had been painted by
George Innes, explained the bet 10 an aue-
tioneer and had the picture put ON sale.
That picture sold, as an Innes. Tor sl!3.
The bidding was spirited. and many OF the
bidders commented on the picture rs
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