The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-04
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

GENERAL BUTLER is at st. Johns, N. B.,
keeping house on his yacht, the America.
Ex-PREsIDENT and Mrs. Cleveland will
spend the latter part of August with DR..
Joseph Burnett, at DeerfOOt, SOuthDOrO,
Mass
THE finest private collection of coins in
Boston is said to be owned by man who
made a fortune baking beans. 1t is valued
at 500, 600.
A CONCISE prayer said to have been Of
fered by an earnest New England deacon,
was as follows: Lord, give us grace to
know Thy will and grit to do it-y
A COUNTRY paper in West Virginia apollo
gizes for having given brides age as fifty
instead of twenty. What vengeance the
lnsulted woman wreaked Is not mentioned.
THE stealing of an umbrella on a clear
day is held to be a theft by an Omaha
judge, but the stealing of the same article
on q rainy day is said to be justihable on
the ground of self.dsfense.
PRINCE WARAwAN, brother of the King
of Siam. is engaged in translating the
Arabian Nights into Siamese The trans
laticn is being published in numbers,
which are described as extremely well
printed and illustrated with good engrav-
ings
clares that Mr.. Robert Garrett's restoration
to health is now assured. He attends to
his large correspondence, and on his return
this fall to Baltimore will resume active
business life and take personal charge of
his large enterprises.
THE Princess of Wales adds to her many
other accomplishments that of being an
able and competent musician. Not infre-
quently at private concerts at the st. James
Palace she plays in the quartets. Her
Musical talents are the more remarkable as
she suffers from slight deafness.
FEARGUs O'CoNNoR, the noted chartist
agitator, in speech to the British Com
mons once referred to the possibility of
BeelZebub becoming sovereign, whereupOn
Sir Robert Peel dryly observed: The
honorable gentleman would then certain
ly enjoy the confidence OF the crown"
On Sundays, when on the imperial yacht,
Kaiser William officiates himself. The
crew is drawn up on the quarterback, and
in front of a provisional altar, covered
with the war ensign of the German navy,
the Kaiser reads, in loud voice, a sermon,
and concludes the service with some Col
lects and the Lords Prayer.
JOHN TYLER, son of the dead ex-Presi-
dent, is gradually sinking. His entire body
has been paralyzed for nearly o year, and
he is finally giving way to the consequent
hamilton. When in health he was tai
ented, witty, learned and cOmpaniOnable.
For several years past he has held q sine
cure in the Treasury Department.
WHEN Mr.. Andrew Clark entered London
Hospital as an assistant he was in poor
health. Poor Scotch beggar." said one of
the faculty, "let him have place; he can
not possibly live more than six months"
He is now, after these many years of emf
nent service, Sir Andrew Clark, perhaps
the most famous physician in England.
If reports are true, Emma Abbott has had
made the costliest dress known to the mod
ern dressmaker. 1t cost $4,000. This is
more than three times as much as Sarah
Bernhardts best gown, which cost 81 200,
and nearly seven times as much as Mime.
DOche paid, 5000, for all the costumes she
used in creating the Dame aux Camelias."
WHEN Mrs. Anna c. Parks, one of the in
spectresses at the New York custom-house
who on Tuesday caused the arrest of the
Italian woman, in whose hustle was found
q peck of dutabie Jewels was asked WHY
she suspected the cnlprit, she answered
that she marked her out for search because
she knew that Italian women don't wear
bustles.
VIM. K. DICKKRsoN, principal defendant
in the suit growing out of the forgery of
the will of the Philadelphia millionaire.
Robert Whitaker. and sentenced to the
eastern penitentiary. In Pennsylvania, for
ten years, will be released next SATURDAY..
his time having been committed two wears
and one month for good behavior. nicker-
son was an accomplished lawyer: in fact.
too accomplished for his own good.
THE behavior of the Shah's retinue
caused the worst possible impression at all
| the houses he visited last week. says the
| London World Lady Salisbury very
| nearly lost patience at their grumblng
| about the position of their rooms, but it is
satisfactory to know that their persistent