The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-02
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

"I'n adopt three of them if you'll
adopt the other two" said the city
treasurer to his chief clerk yesterday.
What do you say?'
1t was a genuine flight OF steps. The
eldest child. boy. had reached the ma
ture age of six years. Then came two
little girls. than another little boy-a
very little. little boy, then a baby in
arms. With those five children. the
| mother, a delicate, refined little woman.
had travelled from Wilmington up TO
this city in search of truant husband.
1t was sad story, says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer. The fellow had desert
| ed her, she told the treasurer. and she
had followed him, on information which
led her to believe that he was located
somewhere in this city He had left her
almost penniless with those five little
ones on her hands. When she had sue
ceeded in bringing them to this city and
had ascertained that he bad moved on
she was quite penniless.
The little family were driven by the
thunderstorm into the south portal OF
! the city hall, where Treasurer McCreary
| happened to see them He was joking
| when he invited Chief Clerk Smith 10
| divide the children with him. but he in
| vtted the whole family into the treasury
| Office, and divining that the youngsters
| might be hungry sent out for sandwich
| es. for milk, for a cup of tea for the
mother, and then set on foot collection
! leading off himself. and raising over s.
for the stranded family, quite enough to
| tide them over present difficulties, and
! after they had dined sumptuousIy in
| the large room opening on the east cor
| ridor the treasurer had them escorted
| to the Pennsylvania depot and put
! aboard the train for Wilmington
More than that word was sent upstairs
| TO Capt. Miller, and before the deserted
! wife had left the city hall. Detective
/ Geyer had heard her sad story and had
| given a chivalric pledge TO find the wonl-
ans husband if he had located in
! this city. And the little woman had
! been so cheered and comforted that. ere
she left. the tears that had dimmed her
| eyes as she told her story had cleared
| away like the storm, giving place 10
| smiles and sunshine.
Prof. David Swing was, Of course.
one Of the conspicous figures Of the re-
| cent literary congress. and charmed
| every one by virtue of his affable de-
i meanor and ready fund of extempore
Wit. The good professor told a number
of charming anecdotes TO the little
groups of people with whom he came
into contact, one Of the most amusing of
which related 20 the ghoulish joke played
upon him by rascallS printer: for he
will never believe it was an accident.
Some time ago the professor entGsed into
a contract to write a weekly essay on
any topic he might select for Mr.. John
r. Wilson's Evening Journal. one Of the
oldest family newspapers in Chicago.
/ The article was always printed in loaded
BREWER on the editorial page. with the
words by David Swing in large CAPT.
ha
professor undertook to chasten a few Of
his fellOw-writerS, whose composition
was not all ii should be from a gram
NAUTICAL standpoint He quoted examples
+ literally and entitled the article, Some
Bad English" The foreman Of the
Journal composing room, mindful. posi-
bly,, or some of the kicks made by his
men on the professors rather quaint
handwriting. so marked the title and
the by" etc, that the article appeared
under the startling black-lettered cap
ton, Some Bad English by David
Swing" The professor says that he has
never recovered from the shock.
The eccentricities of James stephens.
a homeless negro of giant proportions.
astOnished Judge Martin in the Tombs
police court yesterday morning, says the
New York Recorder. During the pre-
vious evening James had amused the
residents of Roosevelt-st. A policeman
had found him walking on his hands
and knees and making grimaces at a
large crowd Of men. women and chill
dren.
He imagines he's a monkey. your
honor" explained the policeman in
court land I had all l could do 10 make
him walk straight like any other man."
Justice Martin looked at the prisoner.
How is this. James" said he, were
you drunk?"
." Deed l wasn't, boss called out the
negro. Use "A monkey. L am. Jes' here
from Souf 'Merica. Jes' you look
Before any one could stop him the
negro dropped to his knees and started
to crawl. Two policemen lifted him to
his feet.
"HoP on hor onr' he shouted. trying
to pull away. "Lemme show yer.
Take him away" said Justice Martin
'I'n commit him to Bellevue for exam
ination. He's very bad"
1t is rather curious that the Duke de
Veragua is the second remote descend
ant of one of the discoveries of America
to have visited this country and have
here been in embarrassed circumstances.
The other descendant appeared in the
forties in the shape of a beautiful Italian
woman calling herself AMERICA Vespucia,
claiming to be a descendant of the per-
son after whom the two continents are
named, and desiring to be paid by con-
greSs for her ancestors service. AS she
was attractive and fascinating a good
many susceptible statesmen. such as Mr..
Webster, for instance, believed her story
and We're rather in favor of helping her.
But there were enough insusceptible peo-
pie about congress to block the lady's
game and she finally gave il up and
retired to the shelter of Mr.. Parish's
roof tree at WATERFOWL. Mr.. Parish
was the great man of that period in that
part of the state. where he lived in con-
siderable style. and as both he and the
lady were generous with money the pub
lie sentiment of the locality endured the
irregularity of the affair and AMERICA,
the claimant lived in the Parish house
for many years. She eventually re-
turned to Europe and disappeared.
One of the prettiest and certainly one
of the most aristocratic looking girls at
Bar Harbor this summer is Miss Maize
Sturgis of Philadelphia. who has for two
or three seasons been a belle at all So
cial gatherings in the Quaker city Miss
Maizie's arm is probably the most beau
tifully moulded in all quakerdom. and its
dimpled elbow has been acknowledged
by more than one university of Pennsyl-
vania undergraduate to be the most
fetching thing he ever saw. This beau
tvs sister, Mrs. Jimmie Potter is
quite the most popular chaperone in
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