The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-09

theatrical managers are extravagant, and
under the pressure of last year scores or
use denying the fact that Jews are the
best managers and closest ngurers we
have and a man has to figure close TO
make the business pay.
Police Judge Stubs seldom INDUCES In
any levity while On the bench. He listens
to considerable slang. for many of the per-
sons brought before him could not speak
good English II they wanted to. The tramp
Is especially slangy. One of them was on
the stand not long ago and he defended
himself in his w vocabulary. The witness
said nit for mot" "chewin' de rag" for
.wrangling, and he offered ito drill out of
town" but he preferred TO go to work.
You go TO work." queried the judge as
he looked down on the hobo, II guess nit"
he said with al effort as he marked down
five and costs for the prisoner. One day
court who had a head which should be the
envy of every football enthusiast In the
land. The hair was about six inches long
and 1t was arranged in true chrysanthemum
fashion.
my good man." asked the Judge kindly,
Ito what football team do you belong? You
ought TO be a first rate player. What do
you think of the new rules?"
The tramp told the time worn story or
cage after a job" and he went to the work
house, in default of a small fine.
There Is an alleged returned missionary
making a canvass OF the city, endeavoring
to sell a tract said to be written by himself,
telling of his hardship while among the
heather in Africa. He will take something
to eat, If the tract is not purchased, and
old clothing Is also acceptable. The man
is poorly dressed. but nevertheless conducts
himself with a naughty mien. After offer
ing his tract for sale and it has been de-
clined he viii say to the person at the
door:
Are you a friend OF Jesus?"
Seven OF every ten women, when ad-
dressed thus. reconsider their first refusal
and purchase a tract. They seem to fear
that they are akin to an angel una
wares. but the so-called returned mission
airy is not an angel II the reports made to
by them as a fakir who is playing the mis-
sionary dodge as a means OF gaining a i've
lihood.
81 don't believe the modern way of SPELL
Ing Is as good as the old way. in which
we were instructed when young" remarked
Controller Trusler. When asked for his
reasons he replied: "WellA, nowadays they
teach a child to spell by sound. but the
old way was to spell by letter. You can't
spell English words by the sound. We had
spelling books when / went TO school and
a scholar was expected to know ncw TO
spell every word in them / have got down
my old Speller and / am trying TO teach
my children how to spell. The other day
/ asked my boy how to spell mystery and
this sounds something like the answer l
received, 'me-is-ta-r-e.' / right then and
there begun an investigation and l found
that there was a score of words that they
couldn't spell. But the teachers object to
any home instruction fer the reason that
1t interferes with their system"
cit is going to take the country about five
years to fully recover from the Democratic
panic of last year." said a prominent man
ufacturer to a reporter yesterday. "but 1
predict that never again in this country
will 1t be so easy TO make large fortunes,
as II has been in the past. We are not max
ing anything like the money that we were
a few years ago. but on the other hand
buyers are not getting as good material
as they did then. Competition is very close
and a manufacturer TO stay in the field at
all has got to sell low and figure closA
The day for making fortunes in the manu-
featuring business is over"