The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-01
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

resources.
HENRY o. FLIppER the colored cadet who made so
much trouble at West Point, now holds commission
in the Mexican army, and gets along very well with
the .Greasers."
MRS. LIvERMoRE says in recent letter that Wen
dell Phillips burned number of promissory notes the
night before he died given by people whom he did not
want his executors to prosecute.
some woman teachers in New Orleans have not
been paid in eleven months but the city approprates
$4,000 to take back the old Liberty Bell, which will
give committee junketing trip
FLORIDA woman, in year. has been wife,
mother widow and wife again. Next year
she hopes to have leisure to write newspaper
ticles about the advantages of Florida
THE wars in Egypt and China have suggested new
fashionable ornaments to Parisians. Real imita
ton bullets now used buttons miniature swords
and guns hair pins and brooches. Ladies
said to look unusually formidable in these tiny
ments.
HELEN HUNT JACKSON is an admirer Of the bril-
liant Colorado wild flowers and it is said that
twenty three varieties of wild flowers, massed each
in its color, adorned the house of this lady for
the edifcation of some Eastern friends invited to
luncheon.
The will Of the Hon. Thomas Hege of Franklin
Pa, provides that should any of the officials of the
Venango National Bank become conscience-stricken
and conclude to return to his executors the 55 900
they stole from him, he bequeaths that sum to the
cemetery"
GENERAL VoGEL Won FALcKENsTEIN, recently de-
ceased at the age of eighty years. fought in the
Prussan army against both Napoleon the Great and
Napoleon the Little-in 1875 and 1901. He
also served in the Schleswig Holstein campaign and
the war with Austria in 1866.
l. VI
in silk and gold the front of their jackets Young
ladies who engaged, it is pointed out by the
respondent who sends this news may wear other
initials than their own" Presumably it is meant that
they may wear the initials of the favored suitor
LONDON journal tells this story of Mr. Spurgeon,
who lately visited San Reno. On one OCCASION when
he crossing the italian frontier the redoubtable
preacher ordered by the douaners to give up to
them certain fruit which he carrying. Thereupon
he retired three PAGES into the French territory and
ate it.
ANTOINE DUJoL, the most lately announced claim
ant of the French throne, is timekeeper in Mar
settles factory $25 month wages. lie says he is
the last of the Vaois line descended from Francis
Due d'Alencon, fourth of Henry III. 1t hatSaot
hitherto been supposed that Francis had any tgiti
mate descendants
DURING Mr.. Surgeons late visit to San Reno,
crossing the italian frontier, he ordered by the
douaniers to give up choice fruit which he was
carrying Not wishing to do this he retraced his steps
half dozen PAGES into French territory and seating
himself by the waysde ate the fruit and then crossed
the frontier untaxed.
A sp1RITUArIsT society in Chicago issues diplomas
purportng to entitle the holders of them to practice
medicine. The price of the diplomas is SIS. The
leader of the society being told that such traffic is
illegal, maintained that the diplomas conferred
right to practice under the religion of the holders
they were of higher authority than the statutes of
Illinois.
THERE is scheme foot to make Philadelphia
the center of Roman Catholic education in the United
States, in consequence of the gift of $500 some
time ago for founding university. 1t is a question
whether the ST. Charles Boromeo Seminary, in Phila
delphia, Seton Hail. at South Orange will be chosen
for the university, with the chances in favor of Phia
delphia.
"BULL RUN" RUSSELL in his recent article in
"Harpers" describes the Prince of Wales as a neat
and effective public speaker The Prince must have
improved Some years ago DR.. Russell complained
that speechwriter in ordinary to the future King
of England it was continual trial to him to get up
speeches short that the Prince would learn and re-
member them.
LEO HARTMAN tells James Redpath that out of
enrolled in the revolutionary ranks between 1876 and
1873 nearly all have been killed or sentenced to hard
labor in Siberian mines II know" said Hartman,
"of only two that alive By alive, he explained
II free-not in prison." Revolutionists once in
Russian prison are the same dead.
AT Portland, Me-, clergyman who manages COS.
pei temperance mission has organized 'Gideons
Band which is said TO introduce Wagnerian effects
in the choruses sung during the services the idea on
which the scheme is founded being taken from Judges
vii, 16: "And he (Gideon) divided 300 men
into three companies, and he put trumpet into
every mans band, with empty pitchers and lamps
within the pitchers"
THE Count de Montgeas, long attached to the Aus
trian legation in London says that the Duke of Edin
burg is clearheaded, sagacious and careful man of
business. His fortune is not proportionate to his
place, and his demands on it great. Hence the
necessity for thrift This has laid him open to &le
charge of parsmony; but he is not parsmonious he'll
simply WISE There is no real nggardiness about him.
as those atteswho have visited him at his house
cruised in his ship.
THE letter written by John G.. whittier-s man Of
peace-in praise of Chinese Gordon man of war
called forth few criticisms of the Friends con-
sistency. Mr.. Whittier now says regarding it, "It
written hastily and it expresses my enthusiastic
admiration, without the qualifying expression of nv
peace principles; and do not wonder that it ia re-
garded little inconsistent on my part Gordon
was no Quaker but he was noble generous selfsac.
rifcing man. would not give any approval of war
which to me is most abhorrent but Gordon was great
er than soldier. He never lifted his hand for fame
he despised the glory and pomp cf the word he loved
humanity regardless of Sect race or color, and his err
rand to Khartoum Of pesce-to save life rath
err than destroy it."
THE widow of General Custer relates that in a Da-
kota Indian dance, a fouryearold boy was brought
TO the circle by his mother and left to make his little
whirng gyrations around the ring of the dancers 1t
explained that he had the right to join in the
festivities of the tribe OF the four indians of rival
tribe left on battlefield, one though MORALLY