The Indianapolis journal., 1884-02-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
AMONG the inmates of the "Old Peoples Home" at
Chicago Josie Mansfelds grandmother and Cult
eaus motherin-law.
MADAME DE STAEL once said: ''Puls je connais les
hommes, plus Jaime les chiens" The more know
of men the better like dogs.
WHEN teacher at the Carlisle Indian school asked
pupil what is the axis of the earth?" he answered
that it was "a think line on which the earth wheeled
around.
BISMARCK Tribune: A Montana statesman is
named Maginns NJ Maginnis. The middle letter is
thought to stand for Maginns, and vague suspicion
is gaining footing that he may be of Irish descent
THE domination of girls is not alone in this
country. The Pail Mall Gazette records candidate
for service saying to the head of the house (Which
Tn hagnostc, if you please m, but objection to
Christian famiyi'
FRIENDS of Jefferson Davis say that he has deter
mined not to attempt to make any public speeches.
aud that he has lately given evidences of failing in
health rapidly, the change from month to month be-
ing very perceptible.
PERE HYACINTHE while speaking in New Orleans
recently said that by the cesson of Louisiana to the
United States and England, the death warrant of a
great French empire in America was signed. would
almost call this a crime"
Mrs. DAN1E', O'CoNNELL, wife of the liberator's
only surviving son. gave fancy ball in London lately
at which her appeared dressed in legal attire sim
liar to that by his grandfather to whom he pre-
sented a marvellous resemblance.
RESIDENTS of Colorado-men, women and children
have adopted the Norwegian shoe, skee runner
for long journeys CLASSY snow, when going
up steep mountain. Those who have mastered the
art of snow-shoeing go very rapidly on them.
ABOUT two weeks before his death Wendell Phillips
went into the Suffolk county probate Office and exc
cuted his will, which witnessed by some of the
clerks, with whom he acquainted. Mr.. Phillips
probably drew up his will but it has not yet been
offered for probate.
IT is stated on competent French authority that
Irish women have the most beautiful hands in the
world. The next prettiest come from Poland. The
hands of the English too feshy and plump, Ameri
cans too long and narrow the Germans short and
the palms too broad
THE finest poem which Mr.. Whittier has written for
long time will shortly appear in Harpers Weekly.
It is ent tiled 'Banished and is to accompany beau
tiful drawing by Mr.. Abbey, which represents
full group of Quakers driven from the Massachusetts
shores by the prosecutors of 1860.
The late DR.. John B. Wood once said "If you
should gaunt yellow dog running down Broad
way with an old tin coffee-pot tied to his tail and
yelping at every bound, it wouldn't be worth line in
the paper But if the dog should walk quietly down
Broadway with cofee-pot tied to his tall it would be
worth column"
New YORK merchant who has had expert
ence in raising and trading horses. rode up a sub
urban railway station in buggy drawn by ahandsome
steed. "A very decent beast" remarked of his
friends, the descended from the vehicle. "He
ought to be-" the reply sit cost $40 900 to
learn how to buy that horse"
A GENTLEMAN who observed Johnny carefully tax
ing the census of company assembled in the parlor
awaiting a call to supper, inquired What is the
matter Johnny" why, returned the urchin, with
a troubled air, "heres nine of u.s. counting me, and
mamma has gone and cut the two pies into quarters
and that only makes eight pieces"
THE Princess Frederica of Hanover, has opened
an exhibition in London for the benefit of the Lion
don Flower-grl Brigade" The visitors are supplied
with bouquets by little street waits dressed in alpaca
dresses, snow-white caps and bright blue ribbons.
They are said to show remarkable aptitude in the
arrangement of colors in their punches of flowers.
Mr.. CHARLES H. BRAINERD, who is writing the life
of John Howard Payne, says that he finds that when
Payne wrote the famous piece he was very far from
being in needy circumstances. He living in rooms
in the Palais Royal in Paris, and also had small villa
in the outskirts of the city. Instead of borrowing
money of Washington Irving he loaned money to
him.
AN Arab woman, when left widow, mourns her
husband much, but often marries again. The night
before her second marriage she pays a visit to her
first husbands grave. There she kneels and prays
him not to be offended AS however she feels he may
be- she brings with her donkey laden with two goat
skins filled with water. The prayer ended, she pours
the water the grave to keep him cool under the cir
cumstances about to take place. and having well sat
urated him, departs.
A Paris correspondent of the San Francisco Chroni
Gle says: AT grand dinner attended not long ago
saw several ladies who instead of taking off their
gloves, slipped the hand through the
opening made for the three buttons rolled the glove
and stuck it in the lengthy part covering the arm,
thus barring the hand to eat and not the arm. After
the dinner they slipped their gloves again. A
young lady who afterwards asked to play on the
piano did the thing"
SENATOR LoGAN's fve-year-old graudchild was
perched on a visitors knee the other day, cycling
wshfully bright new nickel -hch the gentleman
was offering him. But his mother with look and nod,
bade him not to accept it. The little fellow next
turned the Senator to get his permission to take the