The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-29
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

1R. F. J. SCUDAMoRE, who recently died in Eng
land the originator of the postal telegraph system
in that country.
AN Engishman caught two rats. tarred them and
set them free. From that time, 1875, until now his
house has been entirely free from them.
THE late Senator Carpenter once described Alex
ander Stephens in this wise IAN empty coach halted
at the Treasury Department and Aleck Stephens got
out of it."
THE Baroness Burdett-Coutts has consented to open
the Hghgate-h tramwsy, which is approaching
completion. This line will be the first cable railroad
in Europe -40. vi
A PLAcARD adorns the door of the house occupied
by the late Thomas Carlyle bearing the legend: mo
questions about Mr.. Carlyle answered here. Please
do not ring" -e .-s LIZ. t..
THE story books that Louise Michel is writing in
prison for young people said to be of kind not
calculated to improve either the the morals
of their readers
A Polish woman who is more conscientious than
many would be applied for license to get married
for three years explaining that her husband in the
old country was not coming over for three years
CHARLES BRADLAUGH the English Parliamentary
atheist resembles Henry Ward Beecher greatly in
personal appearance. He is about the same size,
but does not wear his hair long as Mr.. Beecher
| does.
| Ex-MINIsTER HUNT was tall, northumberland
with almost copper-colored complexion and in
tensely black eyes. His swarthy hawk-nosed face
was always smooth shsven with the exception of a
snowy white imperial
| THERE is under contract to be erected in New
York an eghteen-story building. At present there
are several buildings in that city high as to be
above the reach of the fire engines. The Legislature
has under consideration bill to limit the height Of
buildings
TIE Boston Adver tisc relates thai at recent repre-
sentation of Princess Ida in that city prominent
lawyer entered the museum lobby when a small and
very ragged urchn said to him: How much does it
cost to get in, misteri' ''Thirty-fve cents is the
lowest" Are they really going to fghtl" Fight
what do you meant" ''Why Gilbert and Sullivan mis-
ter" Such is fame.
''BY n strange confusion Of Names" writes Rev.
Dr. Philip Schsf in the New York Tribune ''Dr
LANCE t,c distinguished divine and commentator at
Bonn. was reported i'll American papers having
met with amysterious death in the canal at Ham
burg. Immediately wrote to Dr. Iange and of
his colleagues, and now learn that DR. LANCE, though
eghty-two years Of age is still lecturng in the uni
versity.
IT is said that the handsomest women in New York
are the white haired ones and that in other city in
the world there many at white-hAired and
handsome In Washington there are some 5000
ladies with snowy bangs and curls, and the wiiJer.
haired is the aapghter and mcfc dangerous
she is gentleman WIG ought to know, if exper-
fence teaches anything, say; Beware of women
with premature gray hair"
THE in the Channel issadJ, ont particularly
in Jersey are wonderfully beautiful Ihere ten
women to on this island The women have
rare, peschy comroxions that would put the bloom
on re peach &c blush figures msde graceful and
snewy 10y bodily toll, with rather strongly cut fea
ures eyes like sl2es and lustrdls dark hair. The
girls met On no streets of St. Heier's seem to the
stranger The personicnsipn Of womany ndepend.
,nce beauty and maidenly psserve
CALEB CUsmSG's personal habits peculiar.
Although most charming companion an agreeable
conversationaist aud ud of the table where no was
always delightful hswas solitary man His wife,
bright and remarkable waman. who entered into he,