The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-01
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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CHINA proposes to adopt postal cards on and after
Jan. !, 1885.
Ex-PEEs1DENT HAYES and Mrs. Hayes win attend
the reunion of the Army of West Virginia at Gumber,
land next week.
CARDINAL NEWMAN, whose health a few weeks
ago gave some anxiety to his friends and disciples, mas
quite regained his strength.
Experience lisa good deal. in favor Of high license.
The Harper law in Illinois has reduced the number of
saloons from 10000 to- $1,000, and increased the reve-
nue. from $780, 600 to $1,000, 900 a year.
Mr.. DAVID s. HART, of Stockton, Conn, now
eighty-fye, has taught school in that town since l847,
and has never yet used glasses that did not contain
good old hard cider or something equivalent.
IT would seem as if religions were dying out in
China, Judging from the fact that a large number of
temples in Foo-Chow are leased by the priesthood to
Europeans for dwelling or business purposes.
DR.. BURNETT, husband of Mrs. Burnett, the novel
ist, is a fine oculist, and has just performed a difficult
operation at the Garfield Memorial Hospital with sue
cess. He is very dark, very handsome and very lame.
BLACK walnut sawdust, formerly thrown away, is
now mixed with linseed gum and nodded into heads
and flower pieces for the ornamentation of furniture.
When dried and vanished it is as handsome and much
stronger and more durable than carved work.
Miss MILLIE VAN zANDT, the American prima dom
ma, who has. achieved such success in Europe, is en-
gagged to be married to Mr.. Waldo Watrous. of New
York, who is extensively interested in the lumber bust
ness. Miss Van zandt makes her home m Paris.
WHAT was your real reason for selling Maud ST"
he was asked. eYou won't give it awayq' Certainly
not" "Whenever | drove her ON the road people
would say: There goes Maud s. With any other
horse they say. There goes Vanderbilt That Is fha
reason.
WHAT innocent darlings children arel Two in Lon
don, hearing that a reward was to be got for dead
bodies, and needing pocket money, proceeded in the
absence of the desired corpse to create one by shut
ting up a three-year-old, m~ercifully discovered In time.
in a dust bin.
THE musical composition known as an ~oratorio,
gets its name from st. Philip Neri. He, a devout
priest, in the full tide Of the renaissance period, with
the aim Of attracting young people and keeping them
out of mischief, more especially on Sunday, gave at
his oratory performances of original sacred music,
TO which he gave the name Of o~ratorios. Many OF
these early ~oratorios still exist.
WHILE any number of baronetcies and bankers have
become extinct, the frstbaronetcy created survives,
and the first London banker is directly represented
in the firm Of Child & Co. Mr.. Francis Child, whom
Pennant terms the first regular banker and father Of
the profession in England, = started in business in the
reign of Charles II. The first baronet was the famous
Francis Bacon's elder brother.
THE Italian nobleman who wagered that he would
cover 31,050 miles of French railways in thirty days
has won his wager. On his twenty-eighth day he was
seen by a gentleman who describes him as having been
completely exhausted and palsy-stricken, like an old
man. He had been going backward and forward be-
tween Paris and one of the southern cities. and it 8 is
believed that he has obtained the stakes at the ex-
pense of his health.
AT the great Republican demonstration on the re-
turn of General Logan to Chicago, last week, after
General Logan was seated in his carriage. waiting for
the procession to move, a gentleman tapped him on
the shoulder and said Pardon me, General, but =
lady sends her compliments from a carriage near by.
and desires to speak with you q moment. Ger
tainly, = said the General, and on reaching the car
riage was surprised to meet Mrs. Logan, who he
supposed was at West Point.
HUMAN H. WELLER, of Iowa, is generally known as
Calamity Weller. 1t is reported that this name
grew out Of a plea which he made several years ago.
in a suit against him upon a promissory note. In de.
Tense he pleaded that in his youth a calamity fell upon
him in the shape Of a stone, which injured his head SO
that he became non compos mentis. and therefore
unable to make a contract. This calamity and the
plea seem to have made him an eminently available
candidate for the National Greenback Labor party for
the Fourth district of Iowa, who elected him to the
Forty-eighth Congress by I'll majority.
AN incident in connection with the cholera epidemic.
which mixes death and greed in an unpleasant manner,
comes from Mines. Near this place a peasant woman
died Of the disease. Her husband, who was we'll
do and miserly at the same time, sought to avoid
burning her clothing by selling it. He therefore
hastily placed the clothing on a wheelbarrow and
started toward Getts, with the intention of disposing
Of it before the authorities could prevent him. On
the way he was attacked and was found lying across
tba harnoxv his holy twfstad and hs face contorkad