The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

at hts home near Sparta Ga.
MILE. THEop just from Paris declares that Chic
pschutt" and tottn have all gone out of fashion and
tres hal hal is now the correct thing to say.
LORD BYRON sold his manor Of Rochdale in Lanca-
shire at ludicrousy low sum- in 1924 in order to get
money for the Greek cause. II is now Of immense
value
It is now considered certain that Ferdinand Ward
the brilliant young fnancier who coniured with
Grants name. has several millions nicely slowed away
for some rainy day
COLONEL DAN RICE, the veteran circus clown, was
recently presented with 81 900 ring by promi
nent rabbi. Of Baltimore, as evidence Of apprecia
ton Of Jewish people of his numerous donations
CORRESPONDENT says the king Of Cambodia has
sent to the Buddhist Pail College at Ceylon brush
made of his own hair, which is to be used only for
sweeping the room in which the image Of Buddha is
kept
ABOUT six hundred German newspapers are pub.
ished in the United States of which seven are in the
New England States, 2o8 in the Middle States eighty
FIVE in the Southern States, and $50 in the Western
States.
PARsIAN marchioness has taken service in a
Marseilles hospital for the cholera victims
Sheis pretty and young dresses in plain calico and
has been very useful She is fulfilling vow made
THE first brewers of tea were often sorely per
picked with its preparation It related OF party
to whom was sent present pound Of tea that
they boiled the whole at once in kettle, and sat
down to eat the leaves with butter and salt, and
wondered how any person could like such diet.
LEGISLATORS are pretty much the same the world
over. During the recent session Of the French AS
senby the members drank 1000 quarts of beer 500
Of brandy, and 5000 quarts Of miscellaneous"
drinks It is suggestive fact that the debates of the
Assembly have recently been especially violent and
acrimonious
EMPREss EUGENE's long black cloak and black cane.
on which she leans constantly attract the deepest
sympathy Of the gay world at Carlsbad She lives at
the Chateau of Westminster near the Schloss-
brunnen and is accompanied by the wife Of General
Bourbad and NJ. Petre, formerly project Of the police
under the empire.
JAPANESE magic mirrors are in the market These
are made Of fine FURNISHED metal and when lightly
breathed upon disclose geometrical patterns, land.
scapes, or faces Their manufacture is secret but
is believed to consist in welding the pattern in one
kind Of steel iron upon plate Of different Kind
One which reproduced faces sold at Philadelphia for
$11O.
WooD pavement is to be given up in London, and
the old Macadam system restored The former is said
vantages, but has led, according to Prof ryndalls
report, to serious affections Of the eyes and lungs:
that is BY continual watering the wood became satu
rated with street filth and then under the influence
Of the hot sum- gave forth perncous species Of dust
The people Of Genoa have already begun to discuss
the proper method of celebrating the fourth centen
NAL of the discovery Of America Some are in favor
Of sending twelve Genoese captains as typical
both Of Columbus and Garbaldi to debark on the
same spot that Columbus first trod Others favor the
shipping over for temporary exhibition in the new
world, the fine statue of the great navigator which
stands on the piazza di Colombo.
PARIS tradesmen begin to utilize science for adyer
Using purposes. late notice reads. .aTea and
coffee contain annic acid the essential part Of oak
and hemloclG milk contains abumen and fbrin in the
same manner as flesh and skin. Add milk 10 cofea
and turbidity of which each particle is tan
nate Of fibrin e., atom of leather In a Ifet;ma
man thus consumes q hundred pairs Of boots Init
no man could thus the elegant and scientific
footwear only to be found at s Rue de .r
ALEXANDER DUMAS, fills, spends very little time IN
writing down his dramas After thinking deenlv ovar
his subject studying it celebrating the scenes and
characters in his own mind he sits down and writes
the play straight off frequently finishing it in two sit
tngs, and IN certain cases--in that Of aF4elose
Palanquet for instance-he has been known to sit
down and not stir till he had finished the play, tour
de force which brought on asevere attack of that
special malady known as the writer's cramp.n
FIJI correspondent writes TO an English paper,
Often, while sailing among the South Sea islands.
have passed hocks Of birds, principally terms and
whale birds resting in vast numbers on the sea Il
is remarkable that however rough the sea NAV be at
the time yet where the birds rest there is not ripple
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whether It purposely deposited BY the birds with
the intention Of quietng the water or whether they
do from natural causes is question the answer to
which think would interest many of your readers
REMEDY which the writer has tested many times
without failure is published in The Popular Science
Monthly, which says that it can always be used BY
some one else upon person who has the hiccoughsn
and generally by the sufferer himself. You say 70
your friend something like this: nSee how close to-
gether you hold the tips Of your forefngers with
out their touching Now keep your elbows out free
fromyQur sides. You get your fingers closer than
that. They are touching now. There-now hold them
so. Steadya By this time you can generally ask,
Now why don't you hiccoughs' The involuntary
tendency to breath slowly and steadily when the at
tention is fixed performing delicate manipulation
counteracts the convusve action Of the diaphragm.
The following is given the real reason why Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnettwas dropped from the list Of
contributors to the Century Magazine; IT all grew
out Of the ending Of Through One Administration
The finale did not suit Mr. Watson Glider the editor
Of the magazine who Is very much afraid Of offending
the goody.goody folks, and therefore TO any
thing appearing in the Century To which the objection
of Immortality might be raised by very nice people.
heard II said that Mrs. Burnett fatty refused to
change but that Glider remained here SO long and
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finale Of the stony but disclamed all responsibility
for Il 70 her friends fancy she has rewritten the
dsn0snnent which she regards as The righton and
some day, perhaps she viii bring out an edition q
the book. winding e up in her own fashion"