The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-07

York Academy exhibition the best American
figure composition. The giver is Thomas B.
Clarke, of New York.
A "BETRoTHAL of st. Catherine" oil painting
has been given by the Pope to the permanent
art gallery of Detroit. 1t is the first contribu-
ton to a collection which is to be housed in a
new building TO cost $780, o
BARBARA FREITCHIE's clock, said TO be in ex-
istence yet, is with its hands fixed at 10 o'clock,
the hour at which its pendulum was shot away
by a soldiers bullet. Its final destination will
be the Smithsonian Institution.
ANNA DE La GRANGE, the Countess de Stanko-
witch. once a famous prima donna, is now living
in Paris in easy retirement, teaching music as a
diversion. She does not look to be more than
half her real age, which is now ffty-tive years.
MATTHEW ARNOLD is described as q "terror''
in conversation, continually bringing his inter
locutor up with a jerk to inquire, "Aw-well
now, exactly what do you mean by that termq
Precisely how is that word understood in Amer
leaf" and other interrogations equally madden
ing.
JOHN HUNTINGTON, of Cleveland, some years
ago put $4,000 into the STANDARD Oil Company.
and has drawn large dividends ever since. The
otherday, in New York, he.was offered ST, 900, 900
for his interest, and he sold it. &c went home
with a deed for a 500. 900 house in one pocket
and drafts for 5000, 900 in the other.
GENERAL JUBAL EARLY has the rheumatism;
and his face is said to be drawn up to look some
thing like a hickory nut. He ls ga character" in
Virginia, and not a very good character either,
probably, as he is one of the managers of that
evil institution, the Louisiana State Lottery,
which makes so much trouble to Postmaster
general Gresham.
PHIL ROBINSON, the English war correspond
ent, began a recent lecture by saying that the
first question most commonly asked of him was,
"What were your sensations when you were
first under fret" His candid reply was that the
first time he was in that position he was enorm-
ously frightened. and that the last time his feel
ings were precisely the same.
LITTLE do the readers of American papers
know of the pains and perils of their English
friends who have to consume London editorial
articles. The Telegraph, on Nov. 20, devoted
one column and a quarter of its editorial page
to an article on Secretary Lincoln's order that
the old mule Mesiqua. should be fed for life, The
article contained fully 5000 words.
MRS. WASHINGTON, the mother of General
Washington, was buried at fredericksburg, Va.
In 1888 the cornerstone of a monument was
laid, President Jackson going from Washington
to preside at the ceremonies. Not only has the
monument never been finished, but the tomb is
HeSlecleu' IL as prOpOeeu 10 aSk tHaG Congress
shall make the repairs that are needed, ard SO
end a disgraceful matter.
THERE is a temple in Canton called "The Tenn
pie of the Five Genii." Long, long ago, five
genii came riding on five rams through the air.
They stopped where Canton now stands, and
casually remarked: "May famine never strike
this valley" or words to that effect. Then they
few off, leaving the rams behind, which were
Immediately turned into stone. A temple was
built on the spot, and the five stone rams ale
there in that temple to this day.
SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER, is a striking man.
He has a high forehead, and a thin face, full of
character and determination. His hair is brown,
and his beard. not very thick, but somewhat
long, is of the same hue. He is a pleasant talker,
and looks the man he talks to straight in the
eye. He will take a prominent stand in the
Senate, and will be one of the characters of the
winter. Senator Riddleberger is very fond of
his family, and especially of his four-year-Old
boy, who is as sharp as a steel trap, and has a
face said to be an exact likeness of Oliver Gold
smith.
A GENTLEMAN in Cambridge, Mass, who says
that in his youth SojOurner Truth was a servant
in his uncle's family, and subsequently often an
inmate of his fathers house, writes that So
journer did not then know her own age, but
some twenty or thirty years ago it was decided,
from what she could tell and from what those
who had long known her said, that she WAS
born between 1895 and 1900. This would make
her considerably under the age she has of late
years claimed for herself, and there are other
circumstances going to sustain this g~entleman's
assertion. 't"
Nj. DE BLowITz thus describes Bernhardt's
Lady Macbeth: Nobody remembers having
ever seen greater ~tragical power on the French
stage. Sara Bernhardt, in her white flowing
garments, her body seemingly emaciated with
remorse, her features distorted with horror and
anguish, in powerful tones that made the blood
run cold, detained the scene from beginning to
end with extraordinary force. She showed in
the passage a dramatic insight unexampled at
this moment on the French stage, and the re-
peated and enthusiastic plaudits of a full and
select house were a just tribute to such wonder-
full talents"