The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05


IS we'll known as a dramatist, married Miss
Margaret Jefferson. the daughter OF Mr.
Charles Jefferson, the actors son, at Buzz
yards bay last September.
The Princess Louise is engaged in sculp~
turing the figure OF an angel with out
stretched wings. which is to be placed over
the altar in the Prince Henry of Batten-
berg Memorial Chapel at St Mildreds.
1t Is said the new mayor for greater New
YORK will have patronage second only to
that OF the President of the United States,
ana some one inquiries whether 1t is not the
outy OF reEglous people to pray for guild
ance in the choice of the new mayor.
A story is told OF the late Baron Hirsch
that conveys a valuable lesson After
writing message announcing the gift Of a
fortune TO a school the great millionaire
t Went over the telegram carefully second
time condenslng 1t so as to save a franc
The modern tendency to regard any un-
usual crime as a symptom of insanity has
received blow in Germany, where the
perpetrator of one of the most revolving
acts of recent years has been declared per-
fectly sound and sane by the medical ex-
pertS Johann Bittner, the man in question
was not only q libertine and a murderer
but cannibal. His outbreak of primitive
savagery will undoubtedly be made to cost
him his life.
The Emperor of Austria recently sur
prised the workmen who were employed
in the flooded district near Vienna by max
ing tour of inspection at o'clock in the
morning. He asked the superintendent to
present the various forem I,;n to him lin Two
peror addressed these in their native
tongue. saying that he was pleased to see
that the Italians were such good and in
dustrious workmen He showed a marked
interest in the work, and created d most IA
vorable impression.
The heart of Kosciusko, the last of the
great Poles has at last found a resting
place in the tower of an old castle on the
southern end of the Lake of Zurich 1t is
laid away in a bronze urn bearing the in
| scription: "Resurgat Polonia." 1t was first
| suggested to have the words. "Hic est mors
| Potomac" which Kosciusko is said to have
uttered when he fell, sorey wounded, in
| the last great battle against the Russians,
| but one of his biographers produced one of
Kosciusko's last letters, in which he pro-
tested against this and denied absolutely
| that he had ever said such a thing. The
inscription was accordingly changed to
something more in accord with the dead
herO's ideals.
While Mark Twain was in Dresden he
expressed a wish to meet DIR. Paul Lindau.
The result was dinner given by an Amer
lean resident there which brought the two
distinguished authors together. When con-
versation became general DR.. Lindau gave
his views on America. He had been there
for a few weeks and knew it ALL In par
ticular he condemned the climate of Flor
ida. Mr.. Clemens thereupon spoke up: ''I
was there some years ago and spent some
time at Key West. While at Key West
a schooner put in one day with several of
the crew dead from yellow fever Well
there was great excitement in the town
and elaborate preparations were made for
the funeral. A minister was secured to
offciate, and when all was ready he opened
his prayer book and read the marriage
service. There was no funeral service in
the Key West prayer books They never
have occasion to use it,
When woman overhaus her wheel,
1t spoils domestic weather;
She only takes the thing apart
For man to put together
Chicago Record
Man wouldn't have time to sleep or to feed.
To follow the plow or the pen
IL he read all the things he thinks he will
When he goes through the papers again
Detroit Free Press
A little old man of the sea
Went out in a boat for sail:
The water came in
Almost up to his chin,
And he had nothing with which to ball.
But this little old man of the sea
Just drew out his jack-knife so stout
And a hole with its blade
In the bottom he made,
So that all of the water ran out.
st. Nicholas.