The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Gently that he had never read Lothian, " not caring to
sec himself as others see him in a novel
Mrs. GREEDY, wife of the explorer, is about to
leave San Diego, Cal, which has been her home, TO
come to Washington, where she will await news of the
relief expedition.
DIR. JOHN H. BARRows, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church, Chicago, was defeated for school di-
rector in a Kansas village a few years ago because he
was "a descendant of the witch-burners."
THR Rev. DIR. r. Heber Newton's general health is
greatly improved, but he cannot use his eyes at all ex-
cept at the cost of intense pain. His volume of lee
lures on the books of the Old Testament will appear
this week.
A PIUTE Indian rejoicing ia the euphonious title of
"No-thank you'll don t. drink, recently located at Bis
marck, Dakota, and it is said that before he had been
in town a week he petitioned the court to have his
name changed.
GEoRGE ELIOT, after meeting Lord, then Sir Gar
net, Wolseley, describes him in one of her letters ''as
one Of those men who have the power to command by
means of gentleness of character, calmness of bear
ing, and inhexibHity of resolution"
GENERAL SWAIN, the Judge Advocate general of
the army, and former close friend Of Garfield, is pic
tured as a short. stout man, with a rustic air. He has
dark hair and whiskers, a horid face, is careless in his
dress, usually has a cigar in his mouth, and is quiet
and retiring in his manners.
l. Il q Pohbicdl pAfduoA bnAV Ds NhuulnBtoni HhO'
as his name indicates, belongs to a British family,
should represent France at the court of st. James,
He has, moreover, an American wife, is as exclusive
in all his ways as an Englishman, goes into society
very little, and is as little like a Frenchman as posi-
BILE.
QUEEN VICTORIA has allowed a local photographer
to take a group of herself, her daughter, the Crown
Princess Of Germany, her granddaughter, the Princess
Of Sake einingen. and her great granddaughter, the
Princess Fedora, of Saxe-Meiningen, aged five years,
a group which includes four generations in the female
line.
THE marriage at Darmstadt had some incidents
that made it look like a bourgeoise rather than a royal
wedding. The Princess created immense disgust by
selecting two non-nnble ladies as her bridesmaids.
They were her friends from childhood. When the
married couple were going away there was
throwing of rice and of slippers, after the good old
style.
A BIT of s~treet-car conversation between two Bos-
ton girls is thus published by the veracious Advertiser
of that town: oh" said one, he sent me such a
perfectly lovely bouquet. It was all tuberoses in the
center, with mignonette around that and light pinks
outside. Oh. it was perfectly lovely, and l kept it a
whole week, and then I put it on mothers grave"
A sPIRIrUALIsTIC seance and exhibition of departed
spirits came to grief in a Texas town last week. The
first spirit which appeared surprised the audience and
grieYed the managementby crying out, Ouch! OUCH"
immediately after stepping out of the cabinet. Inves-
tigation developed the fact that some unbeliever had
thoughtfully distributed about an ounce of small car
pet tacks just in front of the cabinet.
A SINGULAR coincidence is related concerning the
recent death of DIR. Yandell, of Louisville. On the
day of its occurrence he described the case of q
patient to whom he administered chloral for angina.
1t relieved him for a few moments, but he then fell
harE in Nc chain onI 1tad nlo Dnn%ar WAS hipoaalf
subject to angina. and a few hours later had an at
tack, for which he took dose of choral. He, too,
experienced a momentary relief from pain, but soon
expired.
AMUSING stories are being told Of the horror
with which the Puritanical delegates of the Transvaal
witnessed some Of the social customs of France. The
Boer ladies appeared at every entertainment with
dresses closed up to the neck, and when the men We're
introduced to the fashionable and nearly nude beauties
of Paris they steadily, when addressing them, looked
over their heads. When they were at the opera they
turned away their heads when the ballet came on. The
Partisan DANES, meantime, having exhausted the
aviary, have now gone to the market garden for
adornment. The latest novelty is a hat trimmed with
srtichokes.
THERE have been dwarfs who were heroes. Corne-
Illus of Iithuanis, the buffoon of Charles v, fought
bravcly in his masters wars. A mighty exploit, too,
was the duel with pistols between Jeffrey Hudson,
the dwarf of Queen Henrietta Maria, of England
Lord Minimus, as he was called-and the German
colossus, Croft. The dwarf killed the giant, as David
of old killed Goliah. The last royal dwarf was the
baby of King Stanislaus, Of Poland, who accom-
panied the King in his retreat at Nancy. The King
wept when his dwarf died. Like Lear, he said: 'Poor
fool and knave, 1 have one part in my heart that's
sorrow yet for thee"
WHEN Senator Palmer, of Michigan, goes TO New
York, and stops at the Fifth avenue Hotel, he always
carries a loaf of Graham bread in his satchel. Before
going to his meals he cuts a couple of slices from the
loaf and puts them in his pocket. A the table he
pulls the bread out and has always something before
him he can eat. In his house at Detroit he has a mill
constructed on purpose to grind this bread, and at
home he will never eat bread made from -four ground
at any other mill. When he first came to Washington
he was invited to so many dinner parties, and was
obliged to eat so much, that he was distressed and sick
most of the time. At a dinner party later in the sea-
son, however, he happened to notice that Senator Ma
hone skipped every other course and only barely tasted
of the dishes he took. He profted by this suggestion,
and since then, when invited to dine, he keeps his jaws
in motion, but only nibbles at his food.
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