The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-11
ABOUT PEOPLE.


1T is said that Charles Reade, the famous En-
giish novelist is engaged in writing a series of
| lives of The parriarchs of Scripture.
| NJ. DAMALA. Bernhardts husband, is disguised
with his soldering In Tuns, has taken his dis
charge and returns to the stage; but not with
! Sara.
NEW York landlady has been formally COM
planned of to the New York board OF health for
keeping katydid in her yard, whereby "hard-
working people are sick and weary for want of
sleep"
THE London papers curiOusy compute the net
profit of Mrs. Langtry's season in this country to
be five times Mr.. Gladstone's earnin gs Prime
Minister, and double the wages of the Arch
bishop of Canterbury during the same period
LADY appeared at the Casino ball at New
port few evenings ago dress of yellow
SATIN. over which was robe made of no less
than ten different kinds Of white lace 1t was a
very unique costume, and afforded material for
any amount of small talk.
| THE widow of ex-Presdent Polk completed
her eighueth year last Tuesday, and was pleas
antly surprised that day by visit from
many Of the prominent citizens of Nashville,
Tenn, where she lives, who brought some fine
floral tokens of the event.
| Mr.. JOHN WANAMAKER has added one more to
his many bene factions TO the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, by giving the Philadelphia
association $50, 900 to pay off Its floating debt
The entire amount of the debt-$200, 000-was
made up by other subscribers.
MR.. VANDERBILTs oldest son, Cornelius, is a
very pious young man, sustains the branch of
| the Young Mems Christian Association at the
Grand Central Depot, and personally conducts
its religious services twice a week. He is also
superintendent of the Sunday-schOol.
HATASio exclaimed Miss Culture Of Roatno
on the eve of departing from the Isle of Shoals
81 deplore the necessity of leaving thee, o sea!
subimest of the liquor bodies Of celestial crea-
ton, but our classes IN ancient literature begin
next Tuesday, and besides, ma expects company
from Salem"
! LAM told that Mrs Burnett confesses that she
is the author of Democracy" 1 am also told
that Mrs. Dahlgren wrote ga Washington Win
ter" in order to make money enough to enable
her to build new house Thomas circle, in
the West End. Ishould want to be pretty well
paid for writing a libel of that sort
RELATIVES Of Martin Luther are being dis
covered in great numbers. Among the earliest
found are a book-keeper in alcirculating library.
a policeman and a registrar in the ministry of
public works. all in Berlin. Tney direct de-
scendants of the reformer's younger brother,
Jacob. Some descendants of Martin Luther's
y
Denmark and bear the name of Wagner.
THE Marquis of Iansdowne, Canada's
governor-general. will not receive a unanimous
welcome in that country. The Toronto Adver-
tser says that the evidence is satisfactory that
he is harsh landlord and narrow minded,
selfish man, and il is glad of it. The reason for
this conclusion is that the appointment will be
all the more calculated to disgust Canadians
with what 1t calls "the present rotten SYSTEM"
and strengthen the feeling IN favor of indie
pendence.
Mr.. LINCOLN. the Secretary of War. was forty
years old upon the first of last August He is
man slightly above the medium height. He is
well rounded, and inclined to be stout. He al
most invariably dresses in black. His head is
square and full. His luxuriant moustache and
full short beard are light brown. several shades
darker than his thick. short-cropped hair. His
complexion is dark and inclined to be sallow.
He has high. wide forehead; heavy, well-de-
fined eyebrows; blue-gray eyes, and q straight,
vigorously -developed nose.
Mr.. JOSEPH JACOBS, in his "5tudles on Jewish
Statistics" dispo ses of the superstition that
John Bright is of Jewish descent. He believes
the statement that Mr.. Brights great-great-
grandmother, Martha Jacobs, WAS Jewess, is
altogether erroneous. That farmer in Wilt
shire hamlet, century and a half ago, should
have courted and won Jewish bride, is wild
| improDability. Jacobs is common name in
South Wales, and Wiltshire is not very far from
the Welsh border. There can be little doubt that
John Bright's alleged Jewish blood is really
Welsh.
MRS. JULIA P. SMITH, the novelist, who was
killed at her home in Hartford on Friday morn
ing by a frightened horse, was a native of Con
necticut. and about fifty years old. Her
as follows in letter written by her TO one of
ner critics: sit seems to me there be
women in the world who have opportunities to
accomplish and to ENJOY much American
women, because there live nowhere else such
fathers, brothers and husbands as ours If can
at all help any young girl TO know what her life
is worth. and try live out its truest value,
am content"
THERE very foolish man in Valley Fur
mace, w. Va. 1t is A. g. Bowman, "cOrrespOnd-
ing secretary of the Valley Furnace Library AS
sOeiatIOn," who recently wrote to Governor But
Ter, of Massachusetts: snow, I write to You
again TO give us such aid as You see fit, ana if
You fail to answer in some manner your silence
will be construed into contempt, and we will try
to hate You with all the bitterness of the past,
and will do our best to believe all about the.
spoon story In fact, you had better give us
81 900 than to have our hatred for we will hate
you with all the bitterness Of yore ana all the
intensity of rebels" In his reply the Governor
says: II never purchase love. and L never do
anything under the threat of hate"
Ex-MAYoR BooKsTAvER, of Syracuse, has
horse named DandeOn and dog named Juno
that are astonishIngy fond of each other. The
ex-Mayor once went driving with Dandelon and
Juno. 1t was his intention to have the horse draw
him down 10 the Wieting Block and to have the
dog follow the vehicle Juno sauntered along
in that busy idle way peculiar to dogs. Dan
deliou forgot all about his responsibilities and
wanted to go back, with the wagon and the ex-
t.,an har I'M I'D Whan ha