The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-23
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

GROVER CLEVELAND measures eight inches and
three quarters across the back of his neck in straight
line.
A CROOKED mouth, unless caused by disease, de-
notes a crooked, unreliable taIker; all congenital de-
fects of the organs of speech indicate mental or moral
deficiencies.
FRouDE's last chapters in "Carlyle's Life" from
1884 to 1881, will include many pen-pictures of men
of that period. 1t is said that Mr.. Froude has almost
completed his work.
INDICATIONS point to an almost solid Swedish vote
for Blaine and Logan in the Northwest. The editor
of one of the Swedish organs, in Chicago, says that he
knows of seven Swedes only in that city who will vote
for Cleveland.
In the way of books, one of the greatest curiosities
extant is a volume belonging to the Prince de Ligne,
in France, entitled esThe Passion of Christi Every
letter of the text is cut out of a leaf, and being inter.
leaved with the blue paper, it is as easily read as the
best print.
DOMESTIC postage in Mexico is higher than foreign,
and there is not a postal card in the country. Pre-.
vious to the 1st of last January there was apostal
card in use costing three cents, but it could only be
used in sending to foreign countries, and mailed only
at the Office where purchased.
DR.. WALTER QUINCY SCOTT, president Of the Ohio
State University, has accepted the position of princi-
pal Of Phillips Exeter Academy, and will begin work
in the fall. Mr.. Perkins resigned last year, to become
principal of the Adelphi Academy, at Brooklyn, and
Prof. Fernald, of Williams College, an instructor at
Exeter in l860-61, was offered the position, but de-
clined.
1T seems curious to read in a London paper that
Baron Rothschild has purchased a large breeding stock
of white and Berkshire pigs. as he intends to estab-
lish a large herd at one of his farms in France. The
idea of the head Of a Hebrew house so eminent going
in for wholesale breeding of the unclean animal is
enough, surely, to astound all Israel, from Dan to
Beersheba.
THE total muster of the House Of Lords is 518. OF
these five are members of the royal family, who, in ac-
cordance with usual practice, abstain from divisions
on a political question. OF the remainder, 288 rank
as Tories, and 21S are usually classified as Liberals.
But many nominal Liberals, like Lorn Bradbourne
and Lord Dunraven, usually vote against the govern.
ment on party questions.
wHATEvER may be charged to the Grant boys, it
cannot be said that they are not bearing their mis-
fortunes bravely and gracefully. Ulysses s. Grant,
ir., has closed his Morristown cottage, into which he
moved after the failure, and viii devote his time to
raising horses on a Pennsylvania farm; and Fred,
having sold his carriages and horses, is I trying to rent
his villa az Morristown. The sturdiest skeptic can
hardly fail to admire their pluck.
Mrs. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR., has prom
isedto contribute a piece Of her needle painting to the
coming exposition in Cincinnati. The work she will
send is a panel, and the subject a sunset which she
sketched from her window. 1t Is valued at $500.
This win be the first time that Mrs. Holmes has al
lowed any Of her needle painting to go on exhibition,
and the favor has been extended IN this instance
through the influence Of personal friend in Cincin-
matt.
FLoRENcE MARRTAT says that when Dickens was
writing David copperaeld, = and at a time whom its
publication in serial form was about half completed,
an American firm procured somebody to write a CON
clusion, and thus put a bogus article on the market.