The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-17
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ANNA DICKINSON was once paid 81, 500 for single
lecture.
QUEEN VICTORIA has another elephant as gift
from King John, of Abyssinia.
THE British government spends about S., 900
year in the photographing Of criminals
BOMBAY husbands cut off their wives noses for
punishment. In a single week five such cases were
lately reported.
THE Salvation Army claims thatits colors flying
in nineteen countries and that it prints eighteen jour
mails in six different languages.
A NEW form of dynamite is made from poplar wood
flour, and resembles a vanished doughnut 1t is as
explosive as the ordinary kind, but far safer.
GEORGE W. CHILDs is reported to have given
memorial window of the late Bishop Simpson to the
new Asbury Methodist Church, Thirtysecond and
Chestnut streets.
DIR. Lucy M. HALL Of Brooklyn, and her friend
and associate physician, Dr. Eliza Mosher have &C.
cepted the appointment of joint professors Of hygiene
and resident physicians at Yassar College.
ARMOUR, the Chicago pork man, says that nerve,
capital hope and good liver required for sue
cessful corner" speculation. He has had $1,000
900 up without losing his appetite for Chicago pump
kin pie.
DIR. JAMES COLLINS BROWNE the inventor of chic
rodine died in England on Aug. 30 He was in about
his sixtysixth year and was known in the yachting
world for his experiments in the construction of
yachts on the principle of the kala fish.
ONCE when NJ Theirs was visiting in London he
wrote to Mr. Elice. who was at that time Chancellor
of the Exchequer note to the following effects
Ellice-I wish to become thoroughly acquainted with
the financial system of England: When you spare
FIVE minutes7"
SOME time ago Sir Moses Montefore sent to Mrs.
W. s. Hancock gift Of some very beautiful wood
iad NV
and Mrs. Hancock makes return by composing a
piece of music to commemorate the coming centennial
birthday of Sir Moses.
On the invitation Of Commissioner Butterworth.
agent at the Cincinnati Louisville and New Orleans
expostions Of the Interior Department Thomas Mast
will go to Washington to consult with Mr.. Butter
worth about colossal sketch which he wants drawn
representing the genius of invention.
MAN is living in Switzerland who takes all of his
food from the end of stick His daughter had been
in Marseilles as nurse, and returned with all her
clothing She died together with her sister and
sisernlaw and the old father has not since passed
beyond his little patch of land Persons who wish to
see him at his boundary throw stone at his door.
A BOOK has been recently composed. printed and
bound by lunatics in the asylum of Konradsdorf,
Stockholm. In the hope of beneftting demented
author small printing press was set up in the asy-
lum. The inmates generally showed an interest or
liking for the novelty and the author consented to in
struct them in Typography The subject of the book
produced under these strange circumstances was
madness and the psychological condition Of the de.
mented.
a. j. BLETHEN, a briefess young barrister in Maine,
went West about five years ago and by hard work got
an interest in the Kansas City Journal The Others
day he sold his interest for 700, and now, in
partnership with William E. Haskell has bought the
Minneapolis Tribune. Young Haskell is son of E.
B. Haskell editor Of The Boston Herald. The Tribune
was established in 1880, and has been very success
full The consideration is understood to be approx
mately par for capital stock of $500, 900.
LIEUTENANT ScHwATKA and his companions Of the
Franklin search party of 1870 have taken the present
opportunity to reterate their opinion that arctic ex
petitions should be manned by minimum of white
men-that only the leaders should be Europeans and
that the hardest work should be delegated to the
Eskimo and their dogs, who better fitted for it
than the soldiers und sailors to whose lot it generally
falls. The Lieutenants own experience certainly
goes far to confirm his Judgment in this matter.
The famous Chinese Viceroy Ii Hung Chang,
whom General Grant declared be the greatest states
he met his tour around the world, was friend
of General Gordon. On the occasion of Gordons last
visit China he became Disguised with the state Of
Viceroy and offered to rake him emperor C1ive me
5000 men, he exclaimed, and will march on Pc
kin and declare you emperor" But Lii declined and
now has the pain of seeing all of Gordon's fears
realized.
JOE HOWARD, in Philadelphia Press: Called Back
is a tremendous fzze, ditto Mantell The Mallorys
pay 50, 400 week for the simple theater, and pos
sibly the ushers Don't take any stock whatever in
the paragraphs published from end Of the country
to the other about the success of this piece Il
achieved failure the night of its presentation and
has not had one paying house since. understand
that ManteH receives 1850 a week. So far as his
efforts in this piece concerned lie would be dear
at $50. The hit of the piece is made by Ferguson,
and by no means indorse him throughout.
MARION CRAWFORD, the prolific and popular Ameri-
can novelist Is like many other young men, persist
emit smoker Of cigarettes, which, like most Spanards
and.some Frenchmen, he makes himself very adroitly
When writing he has little Roman bowl full Of to-
bacco and book of cgarettepapers at his elbow and
whenever he pauses for thought the time is utilized to
manufacture fresh cigarette favorite cat lies as
his feet on whose gold collar is inscribed "Im r NJ
Crawford's cat whose cat are you4" and two tiny
lovebirds in rustic cage that once in Sam
Wards rooms Clinton place stand near the win
dow Mr. Crawford's friends in New York, some of
whom recently him. by the way, claim to have his
authority contradict the report Of his matrimonial
engagement
Mr. RoBERT BUCHANAN is over here spending his
time between New York and Staten Island. He has
honored with HIS presence for the purpose Of bring
ing spectacular drama in New York In which his
tern-law, Miss Harriet Jay, is to play leading
part. TO modification be it said, Mr.. Buchanan
is not favorably impressed with America Hell one
Of the unfortunate Englshmen who unable TO End
anything fit to eat in New York But will not COM
plain-so long cooking pleases the French pal
ate. We have higher idea Of French taste in the
matter Of cooking than Of English and would rather
have our dinners praised by Partisan than Lon
dcner Poets, as a rule are not epicures, but Mr..