The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
CHRISTINE NILSSON says that she never goes on
the stage without trepidaton, and when she feels
weak or has an important part always kneels down
and says her prayers
In Siam the women agitating the question of
their rights They have so far as to petition the
King that their husbands shall not pledge them for
gambling debts. 1t is not considered probable that
the King will grant such preposterous request.
'REMENYI speaks English as she is spoke.p Re.
Gently at social gathering at Washington after rem.
dering one piece the programme, he said to lady
who was congratalating him; ''You bet done got
dat piece played up like brick and don't you forgot
Mr.. ROBINSON. the Governor of Massachusetts,
has sent to Mr.. Bruce President of the State Senate
| novel messages blade of grass six inches long
The little bit of green reminds Mr. Bruce of his
ton last winter that the Legislature would adjourn
! before the grass is two inches long"
Dr. BAsCoM, the president of the Wisconsin State
University gives terrible report about that instit-
ton He declares that a large number of the young
men sent to Madison become disspsted and are
ruined. Rowdyism and drunkenness prevail among
| the students at rate that is alarming
| WHAT promised to be pure love match was broken
off the other day when Philadelphia discovered
that his intended bride had used four eggs in making
pie when eggs forty-fve cents dozen. After
worrying about it for week he concluded that
woman extravaganza would bankrupt him in five
years.
ExPREsIDENT HAYES is said to have a more elab
crate set of scrap books classified and ndexed than
any other public man in the country. He began the
collection of Scraps when he was young lawyer in
Cincinnati. When he President he kept one of
his clerks constantly busy cutting and pastng slips
from the newspapers.
PRINCE LEOPOLD was the only member of his fam
lily who ever was in police court. He went into the
Bowstreet witness box to give evidence to the out
rage on the Queen committed by the crazy
lad Mclean, of which he had been an eye witness
seated he in the carriage with his mother He
gave evidence with great cearness and succinctness
GENERAL JUBAL EARLY publishes card, saying
| .tSome one has sent to communication clipped
from newspaper which is headed, An Interesting
Letter from the Wife of General Early To prevent
all misconcepton especially the part of my lady
friends, Iwish to state that she is lady whose
quantance have never yet made, and when do
find her she viii make herself known to the public
| through the newspapers" o, sae.
THE wound in the face incurred by Colonel Baker
while in action recently is far more serious than was
supposed. The Colonels cheek bone was broken and
spintered, and iron bullet weighing four ounces
firmly fixed in the bone that it had TO be drawn out
This long and most painful operation performed
without the aid of chloroform, and Colonel Baker is
reported to have borne the pain without inching al
though he tainted once during the operation.
CARLOS AGUERo, the Cuban revolutionary leader,
is man below the medium height and weighs only
lis pounds. He has black curling hair and small
mustache which turns up the ends. His smiles
grim and there is look of ferceness about his face
but ordinarily he is the most harmless person imagn-
able in appearance. Aguero belongs to wealthy fam
lily in Puerto Principe. He is not yet thirty and has
been in arms against Spanish authority in Cuba al
most continuously since he was fourteen. No who
knows him doubts his bravery.
| BISMARCK one evening attended a gathering of
prominent at the house of Russian nobleman.
During all the conversation he particularly
castle, cutting friends and opponents unsparingly
When he to take his leave and walked down
stairs the host called pet dog that frskng about
and led him to side. Are you afraid the dog will
bite met asked Bismarck "Oh, no, replied the host
I'm afraid you'll bite the dog" And the Chancellor
in such grim mood that he took this
| pliment and went away smiling.
THREE Scotchmen-Dr. Watson, Mr. John MeClar
and Mr.. Robert McKenzie-were walking over the
Reichs bridge, which spans the Danube in Vienna at
height of seventy feet, March %, when the two
younger men leased DR.. Watson, saying that his cour
age would fail him had he to jump from the bridge
into the river. All at DR.. Watson mounted the
parapet, and, before his friends could hinder him.
jumped into the river which seventy feet below.
Despite the GOODNESS of the water and the current Dr.
Watson to the shore where he was taken into
custody by the police,
THE following letter appeared in Punch: "Dear
Mr. Punch There is not the least particle of truth in
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