The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-25
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

SUuuy ing medicine IN FaflS
THE marquis who is to marry Mrs. Frank Leslie
shoot his initials in board and he writes poetry
with the greatest ease
THE Duke of Westminster, whose wealth is esti-
mated at 5000 900 600 averages per cent. interest
the whole sum yearly
BosToNs library club the Round Table has
elected for president, by a complimentary vote, Col.
T. W. Higginson who has written graceful letter of
acceptance.
CIRCUS man says it requires person of good,
commanding size large features big eyes and strik-
ing contrast between the complexion and color of the
hair to be beautiful in the ring. The greatest circus
beauties are often quite homely in the parlor.
THE Poet Laureate has thus snubbed person who
sent him notice of his lordships self; 'ord Tenny.
son is much obliged to Mr. Henry Romeike for his in
closure, but such notices do not interest him. so he
begs Mr.. Romeke not take the trouble Of sending
him any more"
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA who is coming to this
country next autumn, of course to lecture" will be
welcome, for after saying hard things about us on
his first visit he took it all back when he came the
second time and especially pulled our hotels and
cookery as the best in the world
NEGRO girl at Marcus in Jackson county Ga
has curious deformty in the way of four feet two
extremities the two feet each leg ntersecting
crossing each other Shoes almost in the shape of a
made for her feet The girl has twenty per-
feet toes and four distinct heels.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL writes to friend in Bos
ton that he likes living in London all but the living
He is becoming dyspeptc and attributes it to his en-
tire and enforced abstinence from fresh and salt cod
CLAIMS, buckwheat cakes and baked beans, which
actual necessities almost wholly unknown in Great
Britain.
''HATcHED matched, dispatched was sufficiently
fppant paraphrase of born, married, died but it
reserved for Australian journal the Melbourne
Bulletin, to suffuse the simple record with sent
ment, and under the general heading of 1.-The Garden
of Life" to enumerate Buds" Blossoms" and
Cypress"
FRANK A. BURR, the correspondent Of the Philade
phia Press who has done much important political
work within the last year has accepted the position of
secretary to William NJ Bum, of Philadelphia re-
Gently appointed Governor of Arizona. Mr. Burr is
not in good health and has been recommended to try
the Arizona climate
In writing about some old time DOCTORS the Boston
Medical and Surgical journal says that DR.. Henry
Kittredee of Tewksbury of family so noted for
surgical skill in successive generations that several
physicians in New Hampshire applied to the Legisa-
ature to have their changed to Kittridge
to acquire the hereditary prestige.
which mainly for the of travellers. The sheets
of paper which put up in the form of small book
of about three inches square, coated with soap
and are said to be just good the regulation arti
Gle, in addition to being much handler. There are
fifty soap sheets in each book costing in the aggre
gate about as much ordinary cake of soap.
HERE is a story says the Pail Mall Gazette,
"apropos of the American copyright bill: When
Charles Dickens was in America for the first time
he dned at the house of of the Harper Brothers
the well-known publishers. A little Harper came
to the table; Dickens placed him his knee, and
said, You very fine boy you very fine
boy indeed you are the of the greatest pirate
earth!"
MIR. BRowNING's Forthcoming volume will contain
twelve poems in blank verse. Each poem will be indie
pendent and yet connecting thread of thought will
be run through the whole book making it to form one
poem, with a lyrical prologue and epilogue. The
subjects of these poems will all be of most serious
character and the work will distinguish itself among
those of the poet as being his direct speech to his
resders
MIR. HENRY WARD BEECHER strenuousy denies
that he is about to visit England lecturing tour
He says 'It has been ndustriously circulated but it
is not true. The first knowledge 1 had of it came
from the newspapers, and having made diligent in
quiry at home, ransacked my recollection, and
studied my own purposes, am obliged to dissent
from the statement L was in England once, and had
all the lecturing wanted"
SECRETARY FoLGER has habit of attending per
sonaly to duties that almost any other
would leave to his subordinates A visitor at the |
Treasury Department the other day noticing this
said: well, Mr.. Secretary, you do everything
that is done here, with one exception" And what
is that" you don't the elevator I believe"
No; but the who does is getting-well don't |
know but what will have to take hold of itl'
YEARS ago John Q. Adams loved the prettiest girl
in Alabama. Her parents forced her to marry a
named Jackson who took her to Texas where she be-
came the mother of nineteen children. A year ago
her husband died. Meanwhile John Q. Adams, who |
had married early, had not been idle. He acquired
considerable local by becoming the father Of
twenty-one children. Recently his wife died. He
has gone to Texas to marry Mrs. Jackson The
families will live on the cooperative plan.
DR. Cox vicar Of the ancient church of st. Helens
London tells the origin of the fine window
that has just been placed in that edce to the memory
of Shakespeare. He day showing visitor |
about the church and telling him how the great |
dramatist once played at the Bull Inn, Bshopgate
street. and probably attended service and then in
this very church 'Tler," cried the stranger why
have you no window to his memory?' Because" re- !