The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-23
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

1T is asserted that about a third of the banking
done in the world is done in the British Empire.
The President has taken up his residence at the
Soldiers Home until the approach of winter weather.
MARK TWAIN is another bust. 1t is bronze this
time, and the work of Mr.. Karl Gerhardt, of Elmra
N. Y. 1t is on exhibition at Hartford.
DAHoMEY takes the palm for ingenious cruelty. The
commander of the forces having beensound guilty Of
high treason, he buried chest deep and then shot
at by the Amazon regiment until dead
Miss CARRIE WELToN, the young lady who frozs
to death in a snow-storm on Longs Peak In Septen-
ber left fortune of $3.50 900 to the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of New York.
IN Lord Maimesburys "Recollections" there are
several amusing answers of children. This is OF
the best A child being asked what at baptism was
the outward and visible sign, replied 1.-THE baby"
THERE is a rumor in England that when the Prin-
Imperial of Germany was in England in Septen1
Der, she paved the way for visit of Prince Bismarck
to Sandringham where he and Mr.. Gladstone are to
have an opportunity of hobnobbing
AN English society journal prints the extraordinary
and altogether improbable story that Oscar Wilde
made $50, 000 in New York city, by suggestions to
shoddy society people to the aesthetic interior deco
rations of their houses receiving in $500
for such service.
THE London aldermen have deposed from his Of
fee Bartholomew Bnns, who succeeded Marwood a.
city hsngman. Mr.. Binns was drunk at execu-
ton, found travelling in railroad carriage in .
class superior to that for which he had atcke and
generally felt to be unworthy of his official posi-
ton.
JOHN MoNIo, native of Ross-shire, who died
few weeks ago in Ednburg was said to have reached
the age of 1O3 years and six months. He served in
the British army during the American Of 1919.
md cd, tO
city poorhouse The wife died there two years ago.
at the age of elghtyfve. Monro himself died in the
poor-house.
KING KALAKAUA is said to be close student,
spending the greater part of his time in his library
reading and writing On all matters of Hawaiian his
tory he Is authority. He traces his descent from
of the great chiefs of Hawaii whose story is
the most poetic and remarkable in the whole range Ok
Hawaiian lore The Queen is also of retiring nature,
and is much beloved for her extensive charities and
kindly disposition.
THERE are two boys-Field by name-hving at Ly-
sander, n Y, who have remarkable facts COM
nected with their history One of them will be q
voter on the 4th day of November and will cast
his first vote The second youth is the twin brother
of the first but at this election from the
fact that he is six weeks younger than his brother
They are 10th strong fne-looking fellows, Of
DIR. MADDEN surprised the British Medical Assooia
ton at their last meeting by showing how common
among children was the habit of liquor drinking and
how many cases of Juvenile alcoholism he had been
called upon treat in his practice. The
found chiefly among people who send small children
to public saloons for liquor On their way home
they take draughts of the liquor and thus are sown
the seeds which may germinste into irresistible
desire for alcohol The Doctor has lately treated
case of well marked chronic alcoholism in boy of
eight, and one of delirium tremens in child of the
age.
DIR. SoHwENINGER, of Munich, has discovered a
new mode of reducing the bulk of the human frame.
1t is, to eat and drink at the time but TO
let two hours intervene. 1t has, it is said cured
Prince Bismarck of tendency to obesity in this way.
Fat people have their choice between four
tens. 1. The original Banting, which consists OF
eating nothing containing starch, sugar fat 2.
The German Bantng, which allows fat, but forbids
sugar starch 3. A Munich system, which consists
of being clothed in wool and sleeping in flannel blank
cts instead of Sheets T. Not eating and drinking AZ
the same time.
HUXLEY gives the following table of what full.
grown man should weigh, and now this weight should
be divided; Weight, 154 pounds. Made up thus:
Muscles and their appurtenances, SO pounds skele
ton, % pounds skin, 10l2 pounds; fat, % pounds;
brain, pounds thoracic viscera, sig pounds sbdom
nal viseera IL pounds; blood which would drain from
body 7 pounds This ought to consume per
diem Lean beefsteak, 5000 grains; bread 5000
grains milk, 1000 grains; potatoes. 5000 grains,
butter GOO grains; and water. $4,000 grains. His
heart should beat IS times minute and he should
breathe Is times minute. In "a hours he should
vitate $50 cubic feet of pure air to the extent of
per cent? man. therefore of the weight mentioned.
ought to have 800 cubic feet of welventated space.
He would throw off by the skin 1s of water.
300 grains of solid matter, and 400 grains of
bonic acid every "a hours, and his total loss during
the "a hours would be pounds Of water, and little
above 2 pounds of other matter.
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