The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

IT is said that twenty eight students Of Brown Uni
veasity teach in the evening schools of Providence
and its vicinity.
MAN in Nicholas county, West Virginia has seven
wild bears in pen and is fattening them for market
One of them already weighs 700 pounds. They are
| fed on and fatten like hogs.
MISS MARY ANDERSON will contribute to the Jan.
uary number of Lippncotts, paper OF "reminiscences
of her recent trip England giving her impressions
of London audiences and London society
AT Russian railway stations passengers now find a
grievance book in which complaints are entered
This record of wrongs reaches the central Office once
month when the complaints are investigated
The army of artificial flower makers in Paris is said
to number not less than 80 900 souls. No country
equals France in this art and expert art6cers-gen-
orally girls-can always find work at good wages
CANON FARRAR says the word success" occurs but
once in the entire Bible 1t is found in Joshua i g.
1T is said that Mr.. Swinburne has undertaken the
article Webster for the "Encycopedia Brit.
annica."
WOE unto the nation that is governed by a
child" Such is the maledicton of Scripture The
new Queen of Spain is only four years old. Her
throne is assailed side by the Carlists on the
other by the Republicans.
NEW departure IN art-teaching is that Of Hubert
Herkomer who succeeds Ruskin as art professor at
Oxford The instructor promises to paint portraits
before his pupils, accompanying the work with a run
ming commentary art topics.
AN old woman caught by big policeman on
Sunday evening coming out of saloon with pint of
illegal beer concealed under her shawl. What have
you got there said he, prodding the protubei ance
with his club "a tumorl" No. a can sir"
EVEN queens daughter may be perfect fright, =
it seems. At the opening OF the bridge at Bal
later Scotland, few days ago. Princess Beatrice
costume Of daring crimson with a bonnet of
green and bronze. This Truth thinks, was quite
a triumph of bad taste"
BARONESS BURDETT. CoUTTs has the satisfaction of
knowing that her young American-bo husband beat
the Marquis of Lorne for seat in tho House of Com
mons The Marquis is the Queens son.inlaw, and it
was her Majesty who snubbed the Baroness because
she married young
A BINGHAMPToN commercial agent wore ceuloid
collars. The train on which he was riding slackened
its speed when he thrust his head out of the window
to learn the At that instant spark from tho
engine struck his collar and ignted it, His whiskers
were scrched but fortunately he escaped serious in
jury.
PROF. EATON, of Yale College, in recent lecture to
the students told them it was not certain Eve tempted
Adam with apple in tae Garden of Eden. He thinks
probably it ounce because the apple of the
present day propagated from the crab-apple and
it is not at all likely Adam would have been taken in
by such puckery little bait"
THE doctors in Brussels hospital closely questioned
as to his occupation man who had contracted a
disease of the foot because of too much walking. He
said he pilgrim Fearing that he did not under
stand the question it repeated to him. and after
some urging he explained that he paid pilgrim, -
tramping about the country for hire for those who
wished to proptae certain saints and who could not