The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-23
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


thrown out of an engagement by the Withdrawal of
Hazel Kirke," has gone south on visit to Mr..
Joseph Jefferson, at New IBERIA La.
II NEVER allow business OF any kind to enter my
chamber door," said Mr.. Gladstone recently "In all
my political life 1 have never been kept awake five
minutes by any debate in Parliament"
JUDGE-"Prsorer at the bar, have you anything to
say why sentence of death should not be passed upon
you2" Prisoner-"DIy Lord, 1 am member of the
Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment"
A sPIRITUALIsTIo medium in London. has been get
ting fees as high as $50 from arstocratic dupes by
protesting to show them visions of their departed
children, and his prosecution is recommended in the
iconoclastc Truth.
TBE eldest of Justice Harlan of Kentucky,
preached Sunday at New Yorravenue Presby-
terrain Church, Washington, to large congregation.
He has just entered upon the ministry and gives
usual promise of decided success.
TIE latest words spoken by the lete Frank
Chanfrau upon the stage few hours previous to his
sudden death, scarcely be called prophetic They
occur in kit andar as follows; 81 shall yet live,
Alice to tell you another bear story"
CALVIN BEAL, of Tacoma, W. IT, handed dispatch
to the lady telegraph operator, and seeing the dis
patch the table after being told that it had been
sent, became excited and fred two shots at her,
neither fortunately, taking effect 1t is believed that
he is insane.
THE paper made from sawdust has now been inn
proved until it is of excellent quality, good color
not hard to the types at first and greatly
cheaper in price. Nothing but chips and sawdust are
used in making it. 1t promises revolution in the
prntpaper industry.
ALTHOUGH only thirty-seven years old the Rev.
James K. Ever, just called to the Baptist Church at
Concord, Mass is a veteran of the war of the rebel
lion. He served three years in a cavalry regiment was
nearly captured at Port Hudson, was severely
wounded in the Red river campaign, and was one of
Sheridan's body-guard in the Shenandoah valley.
THE Rev. ]. g. Wilder entered the University of
Vermont with the class of 80, but was obliged to
leave before he graduated During all these years
he has had eye the sheepskin which he failed
get, intending to resume his studies he had
an opportunity The opportunity has at last come,
and Mr.. Wilder now hopes to get diploma with the
class of 80. lie probably the oldest student in the
world
STANLEY the African explorer is not married; he
probably will be. When he first started for At
RIGA he was engaged TO pretty New York girl, who
wept over him for six months gave him up for dead
in year, married another within two years, and
had child before her plighted lover returned from
the darkbrowed continent. This rather embittered
his life. He thought she ought to have waited three
years for him.
DURING the long wait at the White House, the 9th
day, when the New Orleans exposition was being
opened the telegraph operator announced that Tai
mage praying, Secretary Frelinghuysen smiled
and said: "rhat reminds me of a story. There was
once being married, and the minister made
very long prayer When he concluded the groom
whispered in his This may be an anxious, but it
is not protracted meeting"
THE favorte writing paper of the Princess of Wales
is blue bank paper with fac-simile of her signature
of Christian name in gold bronze the upper
lefthahd corner and the day of the week in the same
style on the top line at the right The Queen uses
blackedged paper with the address Windsor Castle,
Balmoral Osborne the top line in plain black and
gold letters and in the upper lefthand corner V. r.
and the crown emblazoned in red black and gold.
JEAN RICHEPIN, the French dramatst whose "de.
serton" gave Sarah Bernhardt such splendid lot of
free advertising lately, is surprisingly ubiquitous
Within month he has been writing drama in New
foundland, killing Chinese at Foo-Chow, living with
the Trappists at Staouel concocting Anarchist plots
in St. Petersburg, wandering hermit in the
Sahara, and living with his wife-hs original wife
and children in Algiers in Belgium, and in the South
of France. That is he has done all these things in
French newspapers.
THE late Gen Sir George st. Patrick Lawrence was
the last of of the most famous families of modern
English history being elder brother of Lord Law
renee of the Punjab, and of Sir Henry Lawrence
When he first entered the military service his father
said to him: 'If you are brought before court
martial let see your face again" and he
never forgot the admonition He saved India in the
mutiny by holding Rajpootana, with its ten million
inhabitants, with only five thousand native troops
and thirty British officers.
THE Baptist Weekly says thatat presiding elders
convention lately held in New York. Or. Dorchester
thus wildly portrayed of the trials of the min
istry in these times. He said: "A preacher has to
contend with many abnormal growths in the church;
with persons fancying themselves the church mill.
tant but who really the church ternagant; with
the church somnolent; with the church of ineffabe
rest with the church of holy cranks with the church
of perpetual tramps, who live star preacher diet
Who is sufficient for these thingsl"
A CLEAN of pleasant lights thrown on the very OBJ
scured memories of Carlyle and his wife by letter
from William Maocal in answer to published let
ter of Mrs. Carlyle giving very picturesque and
thrilling account of episode in which she. Carlyle
and Maccall represented taking part. Maccall
shows many of the statements to be gross exaggera
tons inaccuracies evidently put in for the sake of
effect and suggests the conclusion that Mrs. Caryles
description of her moody lord must be judged in
objection of this tendency. He declares that the
benevolence of both of the most active thought
sui an untring kind and asks whether the generous
and admring estimate of Thomas Carlyle which pre-
vailed before the publication of Mrs Oaryles letters
and Mr. Froudes biography, may not, after all be the
right estimate.
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