The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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MAYOR CUMMINGS, of Bangor, Me-, has again
vetoed standard time on the ground that solar time is
according to zone of the inevitable laws of God"
THE deep bass of the organ ceased suddenly in a
church in Lewiston, Me-, when a lady's voice was
heard by the whole congregation distinctly to declare,
Il don't care one bit; 1 do want a piano"
REV. DR.. HENSON, of Chicago, introduced his lee
ture on fools" with the remark that his observations
were made in Philadelphia. Philadelphia papers init.
mate that the lecturers observations were confined to
a looking-glass.
A PHILADELPHIA hotelkeeper seeks to scare the
rural visitor into turning off the gas with notices
thus: 1.-The relatives and friends of guests who blow
out the gas will have to pay for the amount of gas
wasted before the body will be delivered"
THE old house selected by Dickens as the scene of
many of the incidents recorded in the "Old Curiosity
Shop, is now about to be demolished in consequence
of its dangerous condition. The house is IA Ports
mouth street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in London.
THE new novel by Miss Dudu Fletcher, 'vistigia,"
is soon to be published simultaneously in London and
Boston. Miss Fletcher herself writes of it; II hope
you will like my new book. 1t certainly contains
my best work. and in going over the proOf-sheets l
have really found that 1 like it myselfl'
APART of the mystery" of Dickens's uncompleted
novel, 1.-The Mystery of Edwin brood" will be re-
vealed in the February Century by Mrs. Alice Meynel,
in describing How Edwin brood was Illustrated. "
Several of the unpublished studies made by Fields,
the artist, for the story will accompany the paper,
WASHINGTON letter: Major B~utterworth is flour
ishing as Commissioner of Patents. He is proving
one of the most popular and efficient officers ever at
the head of that bureau. The position requires both
judicial and executive ability of a high order, and it
turns out that the Major possesses both in such a de-
gree as to eminentlv fit him for the place.
Mrs. BEECHER is said to be rapidly failing. She
has not been out of the house for months. Mr..
Beecher is seventy and looks sixty. Mrs. Beecher is
not yet sixty and looks over eighty. Both of her
daughters have married well and are living in Chica-
go. Mrs. Tilton is teaching music in Brooklyn. Mr..
Tilton is living quietly in Paris, busily employed at
b~ook-making.
Hon. George H. Pendleton, who now retires from
public life, is a compaetly-built, wellpoised, handsome
man, who would be recognized as a polished gentle
man in any society in the world. His manners are
not far from perfect. No one can claim a. social posi-
ton which is higher. He has lived like a prince and
entertained like a lord at his beautiful home in Clifton
these many years.
NUBAB PASTA, the new Egyptian Premier, was
born at Smyrna, in 1925, of an Armenian family. He
was educated in France and served his country
in many important diplomatic positions. He
was Minister of Foreign Affairs under Ismail and left
Egypt when that leader was overthrown. He has been
decorated with several orders, among them the Legion
of Honor, in 1867.
Henry B. Payne, of Cleveland, the new senator
from Ohio, is a small, slender, refined-looking gentle
man, some seventy-four years of age. He has what
would be called a highly nervous organization, and
is quick in mental and physical action. He is
alert, impressionable, and receptive. He is popular
in the best society in Cleveland, being an innate gen
tleman of great suavity of manner and ample fortune.
''Our readers will remember" the London Athe-
naum says, 1.-THE amusing story told in Anthony Troll
lope's autobiography about an old woman who came to
the postofice and asked him when he was going to
marry her daughter. Several of Trollope's early
companions are still at st. Martin's-le-Grand but
nothing is known there of tho incident. But there is
a tradition of d visit paid to the novelist of a less
comic and even less agreeable character"
GENERAL CHARLES GORDON, generally known as
Chinese Gordon" was only thirty years old when
placed in command of a division of the Chinese army.
He always went unarmed i'll battle, even when fore
most in the breach. directing his troops by waving a
little cane. AS he was uniformly victorious in his en-
gagements, his Chinese soldiers considered the cane
to be a magic wand which insured his protection and
their triumph. The General is a lofty and admirable
type, honest as he is brave.
In "a letter to the London journals, Lord Waveney
bears strong tribute to the beauty and suitability of
Irish poplin for wall decoration, for which it is now
being used by tho Queen and in the best English
houses. He also proves that it is economical, which is
the most important item in the question. In 1914 he
had the drawingroom of his London house hung with
Irish tabaret, yellow, with white stripes. The color
and brHliancy, :" he says, remain undiminished in in
tensity after near forty years wear in London. A
ruby tabaret has lasted equally WE'LL
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, jr, is in Florida, visiting his
uncle. Judge Thomas Settle, at whose home, in Rock
ingham county, North Carolina, he lived for much of
the time during several years following the war, in
company with his brother, Robert NJ. Douglas, now
United States marshal for that district. Stephen was
then studying law. and in 1850, when he was only
nineteen, he was made a member of Governor Hol-
denis staff, and appointed brigadier-genera of militia
during the campaign against the ku-klux khan. In
person he is short and stout, and he is popular as at
public speaker.
MARGARET BRENT, said John i. Thomas in u lee
ure b efore the Maryland Historical Society, was the
first woman in America to claim the right to vote.
She landed in st. Mary's City, on the st. Mary's river,
in 1G3S. She was connected with Lord Baltimore
either by blood or marriage. LEONARD Calvert. Lord
Baltimore's brother. suddenly prastrated on his
| death-bed, and not having timeto make his VII said
to Margaret Brent: ''Take all and pay ALL" Then nc
asked for a private conference with her, and she re.
ceived his diving words. She took the Governors
house and lived in it. As Leonard Calvert was agent
of Lord Baltimore, she claimed coutrol of all rents,
issue, and profits of Lord Baltimore The court