The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-25
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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A CONNECTICUT woman sued a married man for
$3.50 for making the match and baking the wedding
cake, services which she performed at the requested
the mans wife before marriage for which the BRIDE
expectant promised to pay
The increasing number Of tanned faces which one
meets the sidewalk suggests the saying of Charles
Reade, when young lady complained to him that the
sun was spelling her complexion: Not at all my
dear, he answered, ''you look like nice ripe pear"
THE delicate white flower of the bucIwheat is the
fashionable flower at resorts where it is sold
by florists undera fanciful title huge bouquet Of
buckwheat edged with ferns and tied with pink rib
bons makes charming ornament for Saratoga
belle.
POSTMASTER BAoKUs of San Francisco, while hunt
ing lately freed by bear that waited fourteen
hours for him to come down and be eaten, while
Backus waited for the bear leaves both Backus and
the bear counting probably in San Francisco
among the heavy-wa
IN one of the state apartments of Windsor palace
are two small silken flags These are renewed every
| year by the Duke Of Marlborough and the Duke Of
Wellington and this curious annual tribute is the sole
condition which these noblemen hold their titles
and estates. A failure to pay it would work for.
feiture.
FALSE were current in Paris fortnight ago
that Victor Hugo had suddenly died What gave rise
to themis not stated. Hugo is still in good health
but he yielded finally to the solicitations of his friends
to attending the meetings of the Versailles
Congress after he had been constant visitor four
days in very hot weather. His age is now eghtytwo
CHICAGO Inter Ocean: Mr.. Richard Smith, jr., who
for several years past has been the Western Associ
ated Press agent for theNorthwest at St., Paul. has
been promoted to more responsible position in the
Western Associated Press at New York, The salts
faction given in his position earned his promotion and
proved him to be veritable chip off the old block
He is succeeded in st. Paul by Mr. @. HI. Dickson
gentleman long connected with the press, and well
known to the journalistic fraternity of the Northwest
AS always the Jews in Toulon and Marseilles have
escaped the ravages of the cholera Of the Jewish
community of A. 600 souls in Marseles only seven
have been seized with this disease Two of these
seven lifelong invalids; another ninetyseven
years Of age, and two others had not observed the
Jewish law. The American Hebrew ascribes this COM
parative immunity to the dietary laws of Judaism,
and lifts up It's voice against the unclean oalfeed
ing things of and land" which Christian epicures
prize so highly
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN left SIS, 600 to Boston to be
loaned in small young married mechanics under
twenty-five who had served an apprenticeship, had
good character and could give bonds for the repay
ment of the money in annual installments The
changed condition Of mechanics, the decay of the app
prentice system and other have made the be-
quest of no value to those for whom it intended
under the rules Franklin laid down. The fund now
amounts to than $500 900, and is increasing at
the rate of $40, 900 annually.
Il NEVER saw Sheridan in BATTLE said an old
soldier in Chicago, last week, land the other
side in the war But would rather see him than any
man living. knew him thirty years ago. when he was
Texas The boys the frontier used to ride good
many miesto hear certain little lieutenant sing
Irish songs. He was sprightly fellow, active as
cat, and the best song-and-dance there was at
that day on the frontier. He could beat any man
heard at Irish song That lieutenant was Phil
Sheridan, and would like to hear him sing now"
F. MARION CRAwFoRD's bride is thus mentioned
in letter from Malta: THE first information re-
ceived on landing at Malta a club announcement
by a traveller from Constantinople He tells me that
Francis Marion Crawford, the Roman American
novelist who has recently returned to Constantnope
intends to we'd Miss Berdan the fair daughter Of Gen
eral Berdan of rihemaking fame and fortune. l
learn that Miss Berdan is typi6ed in the heroine Of
the last novel by Marion Crawford, "A Roman Singer.
If 50, love galantry, beauty, blood and wealth
combined in this wedding which soon takes place.
THE former rigidity of seclusion for is
greatly relaxed in Constantinople, Since they have
commenced leaving their faces uncovered the most
picturesque view is from behind. They still the
VEIL but so loosely that the face be From
the back, however there is nothing but the whits
headdress and the graceful folds of the envelope
the knees below which is usually baroness. On the
street the women are models of property. They
never speak to such occasions, though they
will stare at foreigner with simple and childlike
curiosity. smile is not hard for stranger to OBJ
tain, but it is given not much IN coquetry as TO
worry the guardian eunuch
Mr.. CABLE writes interestingly of the scenes in
New Orleans after its capture in the rebellion; Huge
mobs ran to and fro in the FIRE and smoke, bowling
breaking and stealing. Women and children hurried
back and forth like of giant ants with buckets
and baskets and clippers and bags and bonnets hats
petticoats, anything--now empty, now full Of rice
and sugar, and neal and corn, and SYRUP and robbed
each other and cursed and fought and slipped down
in pools Of moasses and threw live pigs and coops Of
chickens into the river and with one noseless rush
left the broad leyee smoking, cracking desert,
when some shells exploded on burning gun-boat,
and presently were back again like aOck Of eya
birds"