The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-17

rhyme Bayreuth with nute ana
beaut-spelled fieuth and beauth.
INNLNI with humorous intent-reminds
one of Bill Nye's experience
at Nice. These people here remarked
Nye, plaintively, "spel il Nice and pro-
nounce it neese-foreginers always spell
better than they pronounce So the Ger
mans have no difficulty in spelling the name
of their Wagnerian city correctly, but. in
their ignorance, they pronounce ii TO rhyme
with Detroit, instead of with flute.
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The two-year-old at one of the city
churches last Sunday certainly had a cor
rect musical ear. He had behaved with
great decorum through the service, and
was listening with rapt attention TO the
soprano solo. Gounod's 80 Divine Re-
deemer.' AS the singer successfully took
the highest note in the composition with
accuracy and a full, round tone. the de-
light of the baby listener passed his powers
of repression, and he joined in in perfect
accord. taking the high note like bird. and
only marring the effect by holding it for a
second or two after singer and organ had
gone on to less trying tones.
The weather should take thought and re-
form. Just because cold is cheap and plen-
tiful, il has exceeded its allowance by more
than four hundred degrees since Jan. /,
and had overdrawn it's account two three
hundred degrees before that time. Unless
it begins economizing cold Immediately, it
will find il has an awful deficit to make up
next summer, when cold is scarcest and
most precious Or. to change the figure, ii
has sold itself nearly seven hundred de-
grees short on cold this winter, and is going
to get dreadfully squeezed next July, when
there is no cold in the market.
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Weir is big English mastiff of porten-
tous size and dignity He does not care
much for his masters family, which con-
tains no children or young people, but
spends most of his time on the front porch
of a neishboring family. abundantly sup
piled with both. His owner, however. is
still allowed the privilege of feeding him
his large and expensive rations. Weir has
constituted himself the bodyguard of a
young lady In the neighbor's household, and
accompanies her on all walks. If she turns
her steps downtownward. he walks behind
her with dgniied approval. If, however,
she recklessly turns in the opposite drec-
ton and essays to walk toward the coun-
try, Weir gently but firmly demonstrates.
That is. he stands exactly in front of her
and keeps on doing so, no matter what
efforts she makes TO walk around him.
He also attaches himself especially to
Dick. who is the only person in his adopted
family from whom he will take orders
DiCk-christened Aubrey Kirke Campbell
but called Dick from the eternal fitness OF
things-is a happy-gO-lucky youngster OF
fifteen. Weir has one great antipathy; he
is the deadly fee of all tramps and ped
dlers No person belonging TO either OF
these classes ventures on Weir's street
after one experience of his dangerous dog
ship. The other day a tin-peddler drove
I'D the street He was tin-peddler of the
highest respectablity. well dressed, with a
good horse and wagon, and his load SC
packed that IL did not rattle. But Weir's
dnerring instinct somehow detected the
awful fact that he WAS a peddler. and nc
launched himself from the borrowed front
porch like thunderbolt. only a little less
fierce and dangerous than an African lor
or a grizzly bear. The peddler waited fol
but the first glance at the formidable beast
rushing at him open-mouthed. before he
whipped up his horse and yelled
call OFF your dog"
The family looked at Dick. expecting i'm.
slant action, but Dicks mind was en-.
sibility, and he yelled back. in an injured
tone:
But he isn't my dogi'
Luckily, by the help of his good horse
the peddler escaped with his life.