The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-10
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


The Princess of Wales is cat6phile. She said re-
Gently; "If have saved one cat from misery shall
feel that have done something.
NEGRO witness in Macon Ga testifying in BIZ
cycle case gave this the result of his observations
IF You ride slow you turn YOURSELF if you ride
fast you turn over somebody else"
i GAsTRoNoMIc tastes, says Sir Henry Thompson,
necessarily differ races, habits, digestive force and
supplies of food also differ, and it becomes to
be dogmatic in treating of these matters.
ONE of the greatest euriosities in Japan is the
derful variety of coins that are used daily In some
instances it takes 1000 pieces to make adolar.
These are called cash, and are seldom received by
foreigners.
JAMES pawn the novelist, says Of his brothers and
sisters of the pen: Ny experience of and
women of letters, which has been continuous and
tends thirty years. is that for kindness Of heart
4 they have equals"
M. DE LEssEPs thinks that if a woman were once
admitted to the French Academy in ten years it
would contain men. because the immense superior
ity Of the women would be plainly evident that
i masculine candidates would no longer be possible.
Mr.. BEN SHILLABER relates that once when Mr..
Jerry Noble, Of Portsmouth, N H. was upon the witt
ness stand he gave such impression of the extent
of the world he had that the Judge remarked:
Mr.. Noble it seems that you have travelled much
Yes, sir, said Jerry, Il have travelled great DEAL
but principally in Rockingham county,
i YOUNG man in prison at Karlaus, Bohemia has
constructed marvel Of ingenuity in the shape Of
watch eight centimetres in diameter and two in thick
ness, made from the only materials available to him
straw thread, two needles and small piece of paper
as dial plate It goes for six hours and with little
more necessary material could be made to 60 for
twelve.
The small prices obtained at the Liverpool sale of
wild beasts have created something like panic on the
continent. The Monde nlustre announces it as new
horror-.le krasch DIES faunes.n Whatseem to have
specially alarmed the French financial mind the fact
that tiger which had eaten two keepers consecutive
", was sold for 1920 francs-'only 600 frames a
| keeper!''
SECRETARY FoLGER's minute attention to the bust
ness of the Treasury Department Is Illustrated in
story told by of the Washington correspondents
A friend calling in and finding him, as usual, busy
with some minor details, said: Judge, find there
is thing here that you do not do" what is
thatp inquired Mr.. Folger. you don't run the ee-i
vator,' said his friend. 35,,
/ ACCORDING to the Lumberman's Gazette, paper
bottles largely manufactured in Germany and
Austria. They are made of rags wood pulp and
straw and coated on both sides with defribrinated
blood, lime and alunina. They are manufactured in
parts, and are submitted to high pressure When
completed they viii hold spirits acid ETC., and are
not easily broken. Theireost is very low.
GEN. BUTLER opened speech some years ago by
saying II fear and love few This is certain
| " true of his feeling for newspapers. He went to
Newfoundland two or three summers agoss A cap.
tain in the queens navy told him there, was not a
newspaper in the province. Ben clasped his hands
seemed to close his eyes, and exclaimed deyoutly
laf
TIRE munifcence of Han-Qua, the great Chinese
millionaire banker draws attention the fact that in
China nearly all the bankers are also pawn brokers
Goods pledged at from quarter to half Of their
market value and at the end of three years become
the property of the banker. Legal interest in the
Flower Kingdom is 20 per cent Or as much there
under as the lender will accept Bankers interest
runs as high as 30 per cent per annum.
The faces of Europeans, rule, broader than
those Of Americans. The common distance in this
country between the centers of the eyes is three
and threeeighths inches but among foreigners It is
three inches and half. Sometimes this is increased
from to three-eighths of inch more If specta
cles with the frames too narrow the focus Of
eye conflicts with that of the other and effect is
produced very similar to that of being crosseyed.
| A MOST dainty incident is related Of the little
daughter of Col Thomas Wentworth Hggnson who
recently celebrated her third birthday. The festiy
ties of the occasion greatly delighted the soul Of the
wee maiden, who evidently thought birthday was
something to be kept when found, for when, on
the following morning. she woke to find the world
once more running in its everyday grooves she
looked all about, and then cried out; "Oh mamma
whore Is my birthday.p
FoR twenty years quaint character named Oeil
vie Stannard had lived on small island in Pelham
bay, Wsstchester county, N. T., without ANYTHING
happening 10 him. While drunk, last week. Sannard
fell through the ties of railroad bridge but caught
ON spike and was saved An hour later he was res
cued while asleep On the track before Al
train. In the afternoon he fell from his boat
bay, but was caught by the bridgetender again As