The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-20

1t is somewhat astonishing to find an
English new spaper solemnly asserting that
Queen Victoria's physician has been urging
her to learn to rid a bicycle.
A London brute not only declined the
leap year proposal made to him by a lady,
but sent her. instead Of the new dress
which he owed her In CONSEQUENCE OF ms
refusal. an elaborate outfit OF grave clothes.
Admiral Dot, the well -kno dwarf, who
has exhibited himself all over the world.
now IN a hotel at White Plains. n. Y.
Major Atom, also Ia the same category. Is
the admiral's night clerk.
1t Is said that at an inquest he'd In Lon
don recently twelve Of the fourteen jury
men who inquired into the death of a man
named Robinson were named Smith: the
remaining two were named Jones and
The Prince OF Wales does not take so
much interest in his wardrobe as he did
some years ago. He is still one of the best
dressed men In the world. and his influence
on mems fashions is as great as 1t ever
was, but those who have charge OF his at
tire complain that he has lost HIS old en-
thusiasm on the subject of dress.
A woman who had stolen a pair Of shoes
was taken to the Mayors office in wilkes
barre. Pa. on Wednesday. and permitted
to choose between a term In Jail and wear
ing a placard on her back bearing the
words: Il am a shoe thief. Look out"
She chose the latter and paraded TIE
streets during the day with the placard.
Paul Kruger's sa.ary as President of the
Transvaal works out at about $1,000 per an
mum. with f400 a year for coffee money
l.. e.. for entertaining purposes. The old
gentleman keeps well within the f400. for
his official entertainments are neither num-
erous nor costly. AS regards his private
fortune. this may be put roughly at a mill
lion sterling. How he made 1t Is known
only to himself and his Maker. ahS
Congressman Elijah A. Morse. Of the
Twelfth Massachusetts district. has written
a letter announcing that he will not be a
candidate for reelection. and also declining
to permit his name to be considered In con-
nection with the governorship, for which
ne has been mentioned at the coming con-
v%ention; Poor health is the cause OF this
step, which Is aiken at the advice Of his
physician. Mr.. Morse has been in public
life for twenty years, is serving his fourth
term In Congress. and had been assured
has been given him by three conventions
In the past.
Judge Coffey, who used to be locally
famous In San Francisco, had fiery red
hair. Once upon a time ex-Judge Bowers
was arguing a law point before Judge
Coffey. Il see around me-" he remarked,
"many gray-haired awyers whose opinions
/ have no doubt agree with those / have
just expressed to your Honor-men whose
snowy locks testify to" At this ~juncture
Judge Cofey leaned over his desk, and in
his mildest tones interrupted: At nave no
doubt you are right. judge, and your def
erence to gray-haired men Is very appro-
pirate, but I'd like to remind you there's q
red-headed man whose opinion Is Of most
Importance in this case"
Frank Jones. the brewer Of Portsmouth,
n. H., Is not disturbed by the fact thai the
Auburn Me) Methodist Conference disap-
proves Of his appointment as a trustee OF
the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, because he
is a brewer. II didn't know that I was
going to be chosen" he says, but this will
make me accept 1t sure and certain. Six or
seven years ago Penobscot county. in
Maine, was 1900 in debt. Well, they put
all the rum-sellers In Bangor and the other
towns In that county into court once a
year and fined them 800 all around. Now
the county is out of debt. I wonder how
those Maine Methodists like the idea of
been filled in that way?"
The jaybird sat on a hickory limb,
And q sad, sad bird was he;
His grief and his woe Tor his woe and his
Was a pitiful thing to see.
oh, why do o weep?" the field mouse
Said the bird. 4 learned to-day
That the thing YOU see there holding the
Is also called a jay"
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