The Indianapolis journal., 1891-02-22
BREAKFAST-TABLE CHAT.

THE household and personal expenses Of
Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard's family are caro-
fully noted down, and che annually gives
away in charity q sum equal to her ex-
penses.
VICroRIEN SARDoU. whose latest drama,
''Thermidor." !" was suppressed by the French
government" is fifty-nine years of age,
rich and famous, though his first literary
efforts were failures.
MRS. WORTH. the wife of the famous
Partisan dress maker, dresses very plainly.
1t goes TO prove the truth Of an old proverb.
If Mr.. Worth were shoemaker his wife
might have to go in her bare feet.
A GRANDDAUGHTER of Gen. Israel Put
nam, Mrs. Lille Putnam Norman, died at
North Adams, Mass, Tuesday. She pos
eessed the sword he carried in the flight
from the British down the stone steps
JAMES LANE ALLEN. the Kentucky nov
eIist. lives at Lexington. where the scenes
of some of his stories have been laid. He
is q professor of Latin in Bethany College,
and an earnest student of comparative
philOlogy.
WEALTHY Atchison. Kan., woman made
her will recently. and she says in it that at
the end of five years all her fortune is to
be given to her husband if he can prove
that he has visited her grave ten times in
that length of time.
SENATOR VANCE smokes thirty strong.
imported cigars day. He is also wor-
shipper of Andrew jackson. going every
morning TO Lafayette Park, where he
stands in front of the JAG ks0n statue and
reverentially lifts his hat.
The Rev. John Wesley. the great Metho-
dist preacher, gave his last sermon to the
people of England. Feb. 2S 1871. He
preached sixty-one years. and delivered in
that time ~. 400 sermons. As q rule he de-
livered fifteen week, and only ceased
working few days before his death.
JAMES LIDGERwooD, New York gro-
Ger. who died recently, was one of the very
Few men in the United States who ever re-
fused public place because there was o
salary attached to it. He was q warm
friend Of ex- President Cleveland. and dur
ing the latter's administration was offered
an Office. but declined it. as the statutes re-
quired him to- receive pay for the duties
performed.
On his last birthday. about year ago.
General Sherman said TO o writer: IT am
too old to hope for many returns Of the
day. And then life is so uncertain. Death
seems to come nowadays almost without
warning. Think of Walter Blaine and poor
Mrs. Tracy. But many man has sprung
up in readiness when have had the trum-
pets sounded. and L am still q soldier.
When Gabriel sounds his trumpet shall
be ready"
THE correspondent in the latest London
divorce sensation. of which the aggrievet
husband il member of Lord Salisbury's
Ministry. is Ellis Ashmead Bartlett. Con-
servative member of Parliament for Shelf
field and Junior Lord Of the Admiralty.
He is an elder brother of William Lehman
Ashmead BARTLETT Burdett- Coutts. whose
marriage with the elderly millionaire peer
ess created such q sensation In England q
few years since.
NINE. BARRIos. the widow of the celebrat-
ed President of Venezuela, is now staying
in Washington. She has had an interesting
career. At the age of nineteen she met
Barrios. and loved him. Her father object
a an TO the Sy Ss sr sna When srpps s into
leased the marriage took place. To Presi-
dent and Mime. Barrios twins were born
within a year, and at the age of twenty
three she was left widow with seven chill
dren and fortune of S7.000.000.
THIS story about Edwin Booth is narrated
by some one who supplies dramatic
gossip to the Detroit Free Press: An actress
who played the part of old woman in his
over too we'll blessed with this worlds
goods. On the final night of the season,
somewhere mp IN New England, MT. Booth
presented her with book. Of course she
appreciated the courtesy, and resolved to
of her association with the great actor.
But what words could describe her emo
tiOns when q few days later, on turning
over the leaves of the book, she found be-
bill '''o
IT is probably not generally known that
Henry G. Work. the author of the stirring
song, Marching through Georgia" is also
the author of that once popular song. my
Alansom Work. was IN Abolition martyr,
who was sentenced to twelve years i'm
prisonment, in Missouri. for assisting fuei-
tive slaves to escape. Mr.. Work composed
until March. 1865, he at that time being con-
nected with Chicago publishing house.
Subsequently. he earned quite reputation.
and considerable of fortune, which he
afterward invested in fruit farm In New
Jersey. He died. in 1884 in comparative
poverty, having lost his fortune In the
venture.
WHEN q young man. Charles Bradlaugh
was strong believer in Christianity and o
member of q Bible class in the parish Sun
| day school. While thus studying the Bible
he came across one or two apparent contra
| dictions and went TO the rector for light.
| But the rector was stern man OF the old
school, and instead OF helping the young
man out of his difficulty. rcbuked him Sc
verely for daring TO find any contradictions
| in Gods Book, and advised him to believe
everything he read in 1t without asking
any questions The advice was we'll meant.
! but was the worst that could have been
given in this particular case. The young
| man at once quit studying the Bible or be-
| lieving in it, and the rest OF his career 10
| known to the public.
THE hustle in a house
The morning after death
Is solennest of industries
Enacted upon earth
The sweeping up the heart.
And putting love away
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