The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


among Indians to use
Mr.. MATTHEW ARNOLD is now on his way West on
a lecturing tour, which will embrace Chicago st.
Louis indianapolis Cincinnati, Columbus and other
cities.
WALT WHITMAN in the Critics l should say real
American poetry-nay, within any high sense, Ameri-
can literature-is something yet to be. think the
best and largest songs yet remain to be sung
Mr.. HENRY GEORGE has not sold his English rights
in Progress and Poverty" at first reported.
The transaction with his publishers in reference
to his new work Social Problems which is now in
press
THF Khedive is not of the resgning kind He will
hold to his job as long as England enables him to
fleece the fellaheen Tewfk likes his ease his wine,
his dinner and his hare He does not fancy exile in
London or in Ceylon.
SARAH WINNEMUCCA, who is in Boston, sent
thence to her brother Naehes chief of the Piutes
greatcoat Christmas present Naches, being clad
comfortably gave the coat to Lee Winnemucea, who
is blind and who cannot work.
THE following sweet memorial verse follows an
obituary notice in the Baltimore Sun, Jan 5:
He heard the angels calling him.
From the celestial shore
He Topped his wings, and away he went,
To make one angel more.
KEsHUB CHUNDER SEN, the head of the Brahmo
Somai was described by Americans who met him in
Calcutta a tall plain manwth heavy features, large
and singulary penetrating eyes, and full, sensual
mouth His family is of eminence, and his daugh-
ter is the wife of the Maharajah of Kuch Behar.
ARTHUR ORToN alias Castrow, the claimant of the
Tichborne estates now serving fourteen-years i'm
prisonment is about to be released and many of his
faithful followers, whose stupid faith in his cause
makes curious chapter in the history of mpositions,
and i'm IN
living.
IT is related that Goethe and Eckermann once in
Wiemar saw a married lady whom they knew received
with apparent willingness kiss from gentleman
who was not her husband. IF had not this,
said Eckermann, Il would not have believed it,
Hush, hush said the discreet poet; Il have
it and don't believe it"
CHRISTMAS cheer in England takes the form of Civ
ing the postmen hot drinks when they around.
1t is curious to learn that the practice has become
common that the Postmaster-general felt called upon
last month to issue circular begging people to
member that this is mistaken kindness which is
calculated to bring the posman into trouble and dis
grace"
GOVERNOR IRELAND, of Texas offers TO give
tilted check for $40 600 to any person who will show
that he has failed any constitutional preroga-
tive that promised to stop fence-cuttng. Still the
lawlessness is unchecked and land in Texas west of
the 9Sth meridian comprising nearly half the of
the State cannot be sold so per cent of its value
year ago.
GENERAL BUTLER has stopped smoking. The rad
cal change of habit is adopted by advice of his physi
clan. The Generals capacity for work has always
been something enormous and with the advance of
years he shows not the slightest desire to reduce his
hours of labor but he feels loss of vigor and is
bahit ic ca1c, al TO
weaken his powers. He is nothing of an invalid how
ever.
THE village of Tracade, New Brunswick contains
hospital for epers which has twenty-five inmates.
A Nine Pinault, of st. john claims that she cure
them by the use of galvanic battery with certain
medicine she has compounded and the government is
considering her proposition. Some years ago medi-
cal practitioner was engaged by the government who
thought he could cure them, but his method proved
an entire failure.
PROFESSOR PUTNAM, of Harvard, lecturing upon
his own explorations of the Turner altar mounds of
Ohio, said that among the 100000 specimens found
were showing how large space the mound
builders and their trading allies covered this CONT
nent There grizzly bears teeth that must have
come from the Rocky mountains, alligators' teeth
from the South and pearls fromsthe seashore Thou
sands of pearls found in altar all drilled for
stringng.
CHICAGO reporter says of Miss Ellen Terry: She
is lovely beautiful divine. Tall slender the persona
fcation of grace bright aabe, vvacous, and has all
the charm and freshness of girl of seventeen Her
hair Is fine and wavy yellow as gold cut short and
clusters around her face in thick loose ringets Her
eyes are blue us vioets large brilliant and full of
feeling her complexion fair and rosy her features
sensitive and one tires looking at her beautiful
white teeth"
A NEW YORK pastor, who recently made night
tour of the concerhas and dance of the city
makes this remark: "There was thing which
did not see in New York which is, unfortunately too
common in London and that is brutality There does
not exist in the lower quarters here that brutal spirit
so common across the water There is disorder in
these places Everything goes along very quietly But
in Paris and London brawls Of hourly
in the dens of vice"
THE smallest savings bank in the world the dilec-
tors Of which the smallest directors in the world
is the Irving Penny Savings Bank of Brooklyn esab
lished in Public School No. 8. 1t has according to
its last annual report, Ia accounts, and the total
amount in bank on Dec l was $267.33 The bank
pays per cent interest on over $5. Each de.
positor has tiny bank book The officers of the bank
are boys and girls The accounts audited quarter
ly by the trustees of the school The bank receives
one-cent deposits. '1
MIR. BARNUM's sacred elephant, from the herd Of
King Theebaw the holy whisky bloat is male fifteen
years old seven and half feet high with two,foot
tusks and like sacred elephant should be, kind and
gentle His retnue consists of two Buddhist priests
Tone Irish and one Americana and three of Barnums
hgh-priests or agents. The priests have documents
under the royal seal to show the Sacred pedigree of
the BEAST and also line to the effect bearing the