The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13

In a recent sympathetic review of the
new edition of "~Dreamthorp." the Chicago
Tribune enormously attributes Alexander
Smith TO England. The author of this one
charming book of essays-a book to stand
on the shelf with the essays of William
Hazlitt, Charles Lamb and Leigh Hunt
to which noble literary fellowship he be-
longs by right and title of intellectual quail
TWAS born at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
Scotland. He lies buried at Warriston. 'by
the foot Of a great Iona cross. which is
powered by a chestnut tree. The cross is
thickly carved with laurel, thistle and
holly, and it bears upon its front the poets
face, in bronze, and the harp which be-
tokens his art. The inscription gives sim
ply his name and dates: Alexander Smith,
Poet and Essayist. Born at Kilmarnock,
31st December, 1929. Died at Wardie. 5th
January, 1867. Erected by some of his per
sonal friends"
If the matter could be carefully investi-
gated no doubt much so-called modern
slang" would be found to be merely old
phrases reset to more piquant usage. For
instance, the recent popular business
phrase something doing has just been
discovered in the casual conversation of
Walter Scotts Master Lowestoffe," in the
Fortunes of Nigel"
"Hark, bark" the Templar said; what
is that?"
"The sound was a distant horn, winded
loud and keenly, and followed by a faint
and remote huzza.r
There is something doing" said Lowe
stoffe, lin the Whitefriars at this instant.
Jump, Jem,' he said, calling out to the at
tendant."
Noah's ark landed in New York this
week and discharged it's cargo. 1t now
travels under a new name, but the fact
that it unloaded sixteen can.els, two ante
lopes. two hyenas. three yaks, two llamas,
two tigers, six dromedaries, fourteen polar
bears. four leopards. one puma, two gil
RATES. and eight elephants. besides a num-
Der of miscellaneous animals, serves to
make the disguise a thin one.
Boston has a new charitable institution
called The Maryanna Home for Weary
Mothers and Their Offspring" According
to that title, there is nobody on earth ineIi-
gible for admission. Or if there is, he will
have qualified by the time he gets through
IeduihS the name
That Buffalo Biz should seek a divorce
from his wife is not particularly remark
able; but that he should charge cruelty
possesses an element of humor. The sturdy
hero of a thousand fights has fallen be-
fore the Cruelty of a mere woman!
A New York man has asked the courts
to enjoin his wife from betting on the races.
Women who play the ponies should avoid
trouble of this kind by always allowing
their husbands a little pocket money to
make small bets of their own.
Russia had better keep her eye on Koko-
witch, the minister of finance, for ne may
be a Jap in disguise. There was a charac-
ter in The Mikado" by the same name
the witch" is a poor disguise-and he was
an awfully tricky fellow.
A New York woman of thirty claims to
have discovered the secret of perpetual
youth, and she has founded a Methusaleh
club. Now, if she stays thirty until shes
eighty, We will believe her. Meanwhile,
we must be patient.
a Pullman car Observation-Disclosures
AfHVNfNO VI GlONh III liz lCt lIuSl.
The public will be anxious to learn what
he did with the rest of the money he made
on that trip.
Another story of gold discoveries in
Brown county follows the tales of finding
priceless pearls in the Ohio river. This
must be what the poets meant when they
spoke of 1.-The fabulous wealth of Ind"
Bishop Potter, of New York, declares that
there is more discomfort in the homes OF
the rich than in the cottages of the poor
He ought to know-he lives in the homes
of the rich most of the time.
why should there be race suicide" asks
a woman writer in a current magazine
when children double the joys of married
life?" Probably because children also dou.
BILE the bills of married life.
When w. r. Hearst becomes President
Congressman Griggs is to be postmastel
general. This will take place as soon a.
Colombia annexes the United States anc
Russia whips Japan.
1t has been discovered that one of the
older apostles of the Mormon Church ha.
never had but one wife and has Away:
been opposed to plural marriages. That
singular.
According to reliable reports. the Car is
more anxious than ever TO have peace. NJ
wonder: probably somebody has told hin
that old saying, Peace hath her victories.
The Chicago Journal alludes to an account
of a hanging as "a moose item" This il
what Weber and Fields would call a choke
Don'd it?
William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet, ha.
gone bach to Ireland. The Celts are expect
ed to revive the moment he sets foot OF
shore.
It is now up to Senator Smoot to prov
that plural marriage in Utah is purely
Smithsonian institution at the worst.
It appears that the Mormons quit preach
ing polygamy in Utah long ago. 1t no long