The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-09

tached. His affection Is heartily recipro-
Gated by PETE" The little fellow accom-
panies his master on all his walks. and
especially delights in chasing sticks that
are thrown for him.
In the parish books at Prestwitch. date
17S6. the following entry occurs: ut 10
ordered that 1Ss a year. and now coat
every other year. be given to George Grim
shaw for his trouble and pains in waking
sieepers In church. whipping out dogs.
keeping children quiet aud orderly and
keeping We pulpit aud church walls clean"
TOTALLY blind and with his paralyzed
hands falling helplessly In front of him,
the Rev. DR.. George Douglass 10 not an i'm
pressive looking pulpit orator. and yet
there is no preacher IN Canada who can
equal him in the sweet-voIced expression
OF brilliant thoughts and IN she flowing
current of poetic aud pathetic argument.
MARIA MORAN 10 Q pretty eighteen-year-
old girl of Newark. n. j., whose name IS
one of praise In that city. When courage
failed the regular nurses she volunteered
for service at the small pox hospital there.
The health officer of Newark says he thinks
that the modest heroine has in her the ma
terial of which Florence Nightingales are
made.
THOMAS SMITH, O millionaire landowner
of Detroit. kept dairy most OF his life
and laid up wealth. He was already three
score.and-ten when he decided Co mary
again. His bride. VINO Is q little over
fourth of his age. now lives in q luxurious
separate establishment. while the nom
agenarian is q paralytic and lives at the
old dairy.
MADAME PATTI somewhat surprised her
manager. on her recent trip from Louis
willie to Pittsburg. when she had . special
train, by asking to have the speed slack
ened OF rather the train stopped. At that
particular moment It was ma king remark
able time. Her request having been COM
piled with, size stepped of the cars and
exercised her pet Skye for fifteen min
utes. and then allowed the journey TO be
resumed.
A CORRESPONDENT who saw ex-Secretary
Balfour, the new leader of the House, at
the opening of Parliament. writes that
though this much-hated man appears kind
", genial and modest. there is in his big
lower jaw something that makes one think
of q man of steel and adamant rather than
of flesh and blood. Yet Balfour used TO
lounge about clad In satin dressing gown
embroidered with lilies, and would not
read the newspapers because they bored
him!
CONGRESSMAN Lou" STEWART. OF Hi
nois has one home interest that he never
neglects. Whenever circus comes any
where near Plano. the town which his
farm adjoins, he hires special train and
takes ali the children of the place TO the
show at his own EXPENSE. When he was
n0min ated last fall he declined to either
contribute anything towards his election
or TO print or circulate tickets or any thing
else with his name on them, but he had q
comfortable majority.
1arr pouI Ri oh hos IN cd
mist or fog ball with which to envelOp
yonr enemy in q deep mist nay, even
thick fog. These fog balls are easily
broken spheres. containing ammonia and
acids. which. upon escaping, create a fog
that envelOps all around 1t. until blown
away by the wind. Battles, though. are
not always fought on MINDLESS. calm days.
But, says the inventor. with this toy
around them il will be impossible for the
enemy to find the range, or to reply TO the
fire of the attack.
ABBY H. DICKINSON. late of Hatfield.
Mass. gave $500 to Franklin Academy. Ne
braska, $500 to the American Missionary
Association, $500 to the Women's Board Of
Foreign Missions, $500 to the American
Home Missionary Society, $500 to the For
eign Sunday school Society. 500 to Mount
Holyoke College. South Hadley. $500 10
New West Education Commission and $500
to perpetuate the memory of Benjamin
Waite. who rescued party of Hatfield peO-
pie taken captive by Indians in 1917 aud
carried to Canada.
The Athenaum says that it will interest
the admirers of Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
to know that the opening incidents. which
some critics denounced as unnatural, took
place under Mr.. Hardy's eyes. He Was
standing ut the corner of q street In q small
town in Dorsetshire. when a tIpsey man
staggered past, saying. "Pve got great
family vault over at -" Mr.. Hardy's
curiosity was reused. and he found that
the mans statement was true. he repre-
ssnted one of our oldest Norman families.
The novel grew up from this incident, sup
piemented by other facts.
HOW TO KEEP SECRET.
woman might a secret keep,
Aud safe forever lock il,
II she would only think 10 put
The secret in her pocket
Nopl