The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-18
ABOUT PEOPLE,

NAA' A""OA "OuuihSJ duu IhaU IL SNh9S4ASHNS
the atmosphere of the White House has been ex-
tremely frigid for him ever since.
On Thursday next the remains of the Illus
trious surgeon and physician, Harvey, will be
removed from the vault under Hampstead
Church and placed in sarcophagus in Harvey |
Chapel, at the Royal College of Physicians.
DIR. ROBERT B. DIXON, author Of "Fore and
Aft" is less than thirty years DID, tall, slender,
active and affable. He was graduated at the
Harvard Medical School, and is considered to be
one of the most promising young physicians in
Boston.
A coLoRED pastor led his congregation to the
diamond-fed in Houston, Tex, where the boys
were playing base ball on Sunday, and there
the brethren and sisters knelt in prayer. They
occupied all the bases apd thus effectually stop
ped the game.
GENERAL SHERMAN now adorDs himself with
pair of huge Chinese spectacles with thick
frames of tortoise-shell, the eyes being COM
pletely shaded by branches from the outer edge
of the glass. He purchased them during his
Western tour.
GREAT many people in Washington have
supposed that Senator Spangler in ga Wash
ington Winter" was but another name for Mr..
James @. Blaine, but diligent newspaper cor
respondent claims to have found 1t an exact por-
trait of ex-senator Stewart, of Nevada
AhE oeoiy 10 lOlu VI OcudbUI HOo NoAOOs u
North Carolina, that soon after his second mar
riage he rem arked to his bride: "My dear, I'm
stubborn fellow. and you may anticipate
trouble. Now, in the beginning, while I am sub
missive, want to give one piece of advice. II
you follow it Wen get on mighty well. 1t is
| this: Make me do just as I darned please"
! MR.. GEORGE RIDDLE, while passing through
Detroit. was approached by a reporter, who
asked: "What is your racket, Mr.. Riddle?"
Racket I-dOn't think 1 quite understand
you" care you professional actor or a pro-
fessor of Greek?" Neither. And want to tell
| you that since the production Of the 'CEdipus'
have frequently been embarrassed by being
called a Greek scholar or a Greek dramatist."
| IN writing of the whims of great men p Ger
man writer notes that Schiller inspired his muse
by the smell of rotten apples which he kept in
his desk; Handel loved to think beneath weep
ing willow; Haydn wanted champagne by his
| side when writing; Goethe surrounded himself
with works of art, and Lafontaine often wept
over his own romances. Beer is good enough
for Eli Perkins when in the throes of fabulous
composition.
THE King of Siam is most extraordinary
looking man. Karl is apparently about twenty
years of age, and the most remarkable fact con-
corning him is the inordinate length of his nails,
each of which measures about half yard This
deformity is considered by the Siamese an at
tribute of sovereignty, and, of course, reduces
the monarch to state of absolute helplessness
He can do nothing for himself, and is Obliged to
have recourse in every instance to his aide-de-
camp.
LORD VAUDEVILLE, ga noble Lord he is" at
tended the prize-ight at Harry HIPS place,
Flushing, Tuesday of last week. He carried
pocket flask of liquor, which he twice presented
TO one of the bruisers called the "Prussian," and
he also carried an heirloom watch which was
picked from his pocket by one of the cOngenial
spirits in whose company he was found. Lord
Vaudeville should be ashamed of himself, and
his loss should teach him to choose better as
sociates.
MR.. Sob KwANG Pom, secretary of the COrean
embassy, is evidently person of good taste.
He SAYS "The women of America all far
more beautiful than any others have seen.
notice most women wear black clothes; many
wear blue, and when the weather is warm white
is very commonly worn. Some women wear
their hats and bonnets tilted back, show
ing the front HAIR while others them
squarey on the head. or the two, the former
style is the nicer to see."
SLAUGHTER BAssETT, OF Lexington, KY, paid
So for the front door sill of the old court house
at that place when the building was torn down.
1t is of stone, and is priced by Bassett because
Henry Clay and Aaron Burr stood upon it when
the latter asked Clay to defend him, and he
pledged his honor that he was innocent of an at
tempt at Western conspiracy. Receiving the
pledge, Clay appeared in Burr's defense, but
afterward declined TO speak to him when he
found out that Burr had lied.
1T is told of a prominent Wall-st set broker
that in his office he is found stretched at his
ease on sken couch, hatening in a dreamy
way to an entertaining magazine article being
read to him by his lady amanuensis, while Sec
ond lady clerk rocks softly to and fro In willow
chair by the window, and the mild sunlight
casts fitful shadows upon the richly decorated
walls" They toll not, neither do they spin; yet
Solomon a little after the prime of his glory was
not much better off than one of these.
AN Illinois woman named Margaret Robbins,
wife of a well-todo farmer, got mad at her hus-
band ten years ago because he lost some money
she brought him, went to bed saying she wonld
never get up do stroke of work, and has
been there ever since. She felt tired three years
ago, started to go to the breakfast table, fell an
broke her ankle, and has not left the sheets
since. She is as cross as a BEAR scolds every
thing an inoh high, keeps broom handle with
which to pound the patient daughter who waits
on her, and knows every bit of gossip and scan
dial going within thirty miles.
1T is said that the new portrait of Hawthorne
is the result of artful strategem the part OF
John LothrOp Motley. Hawthorne, who could
not endure to have his picture taken, was be-
guiled by Motley into the studio of London
photographer 'to examine some portraits" The
novelist dropped into chair and Motley, going
to the other side of the room, called his atten-
tion to some object. He looked up with that
glance of quick intelligence which his friends
remember we'll. and at that moment the pho
tographer privy to the little conspiracy, OK
posed the plate. This portrait of Hawthorne is
said to be the best in existence.