The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-12
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Miller was a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Express.
Mr. w. W. STORY was born wealthy, and he de-
voted himself to sculpture with great deal of self
denial
DUDLEY SHERIDAN, grandson Of the famous
Richard Brinsley Sheridan is in the railway business
in the City of Mexico.
A LONDON society" paper asserts that Mary An
derson charges the photographer $50 guneas for the
privilege of taking her picture
CLEMENTS Inn, in London, was sold fortnight
ago. 1t fetched 1915 900 The understanding is
that the Bank of England will occupy the old hall
NJ. DE LEsSEPs appears to keep running account
with nature He often sleeps for twenty-four hours
at stretch, and then goes whole week with
out moments doing.
IT is said to be no longer a secret that the
son Thomas Mast did not engage in the last presideu
tal campaign, in Harpers his dissemination to
boost Garfield or to abuse Hancock.
RUSSIAN lady named Kowalewsh occupies the
chair of mathematics at the high-school in Stock
holm, institution which is said to promise to be-
rival of the universities of Upsala and Lund.
SANTA ANNA once said of our old rough-and-ready
General Taylor at Buena Vista: Il whipped thatd-d
Yankee general five times that day, but he did not
know enough to be aware of it. There's no use in
fighting such that"
LORD TENNYsoN is to be introduced by Earl sgd
being the two peers to the Queen his place
in the House of Lords 1t is stated that the Queen
has expressed eager intention to confer him the
Garter at the first fair opportunity He will be the
first poet who has ever worn the blue ribbon.
THE Russian army now consists of S64 219 men,
2S,07O of whom officers. They are distributed as
follows among the great military districts: ST. Pet
ersburg, 80, 40 men, Finland 10, 445 Wilma, 104,
3G6; Warsaw, 1102S7; Kieff So 6S4; Odessa, 63.-
433; Kharkof, 90, lac; Moscow 1885, Kazan,
39,S26; Caucasus, 80, SOD Eastern Siberia, 17,059,
and Turkestan, 26,679.
JEFFERSON DAVIS closes a recent letter to the Hon
George W. Jones of Dubuque Ia, with these pathetic
words: please give my affectionate remembrance to
your good wife, whose gentle smile of welcome at Sin
snnewa has not been clouded by the many and sad
years which have interviewed. May God bless you and
yours the sincere prayer of who through all the
changes of life, has faithfully loved you"
LONDON letter: Il told the other day that
John Bright possesses the rarest and most refined po
etieal taste that there are few men in the kingdom
who compare with him not only in his wonderful
knowledge but in his appreciation of poems written
by the masters of the past or the asprants of the
present He talks wonderfully well on poetry, and is
happier than when bringing out some new man
by making public illusions to the good things he may
have done"
HENRY LABoUcHERE says he once came across an
aged physician at New London, Ct. He asked him
why he lived there He said that he had visited grave
yards in all parts Of the world and noted the average
age of death. Having found that the average
highest in New London, and being DESTROYS Of nhabt-
ing this planet long possible he had taken up his
abode there THE only real test of the salubrity of
district adds Mr. Labouchere, is its death rate; all
else is mere interested theory"
GARMoYLE's muchtalled-of letter to Miss For
tescue not the abrupt shake" it has been repre-
sented It was an elaborate document of pages
fooscap divided into three parts giving why
Lord Cairns his father, objected to the marriages why
Lady Cairns his mother objected and why he himself
objected His own objections evidently seemed suffi-
Gent to suit Miss Fortescue, she brings her suit
against him and not against the prospective father
motherin-law.
THE noo episcopari is generally regarded figure
Of speech but with the late Cardinal Luigi Bo it was
reality. In the last election for Pope the first
scrutiny was given for Gioachno Pecci the next
largest number of surages being given to Luigi Blio
who at once effaced himself by kneelg before the
future Leo XIII, and, far in him lay transfer
ing the given to himself AS result the election
was concluded next morning, in place as has been
frequently the case, of lingering for weeks.
months
IT is mistake to suppose that the Princess of
Wales is the leader of fashion in London We're she
So crinolettes high shoulders and Unfortunately high
heels would never have been SEEN nor loud combna-
tons of color and elaborate head gear The Princess
is celebrated for being always dressed in quiet and
perfect taste She goes in for rather severe style of
tailornade garments just now Of course she is ini
tated If she appears in gray pink hat, many
the gray and pink heads to be seen; but for who
will follow the Princesss quiet adylike style twenty
will follow the lead of some eccentric original cee
brated actress.
JUSTICE DAY of the English bench while visiting
model show prison in the provinces recently noticed
tread-mill and his curiosity being excited, he de-
t,r1nne to try the labor TO which in his time he had
sentenced many prisoners. So stepping onto the
machine he told the gently demonstrating warder to
set It going After about and half minutes ex-
perence his lordshps curiosity was quite satisfied
and he ordered the mill TO be stopped Then he found
tt at although the mill to do the shortest pos
finished so the Judge had to go on grinding until
twenty minutes had expired.
Mr.. JOHN MORLEY wrote a book in which he
spelled God throughout with a small g, and it,
over cost him his nomir alton for Parliament at Not
tingham in 1880. But it is due to Mr.. Morley to
give his explanation of the matter as it appears in
letter to friend of his As to the popularity says
Mr.. Morley, of the printing of the to which
you refer god for God) it is quite true that in of
my books did adopt it. did so for reasons of
speculative kind, which need not now explain But