The Indianapolis journal., 1885-03-19
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mrs. JAMES B. BECK wife of the Kentucky sena.
tor, is an exceptionally good horsewoman.
LADY JANE MoNTAaU wrote of her sex. II have
one consolation in bainT, ea~ Toman-that Is, can
nayec Zoe unfortunate enough to have to marry one
Mr. VIM. A SLATER, of Norwich Conn, the richest
young in New England, is said to make good use
of the $40 600 900 he inherited from his father be-
ing very charitable.
CHARLES GODFREY LELAND, now In London has
had delightful day over q remarkable collection Of
manuscript letters written during period of fifteen
years by Thackeray to intimats friend and nevcr
one of them yet printed
GEORGE RIDDLE Of Carroll county, Missouri Is the
father of twenty-five daughters-among them five sets
of twins-all living and at home, and has 400 acres
OF land for each So they not likely to stay at
home long after reaching marriageable age.
CORK has been, by German inventor powdered
and mixed with starch and wafer, and the mass
thoroughly kneaded at boiling heat then poured into
moulds and dried at high heat 1t comes out in
whatever ornamental shape the artist desires.
GENERAL SPINNER is said to have ian album of
fifty photographs of young ladies' many of whom are
his correspondents. He is greatly beloved by the
young, who make of him confdant in their love af
fairs and engagements. asking of him paternal adj
vice.
LARGE mouths in sweet women are the present
fashion. and the maidens who up snuff no longer
purse up their lips in the prunes and prism STYLE The
wide, natural style of wearing the mouth is supposed to
have originated with the popular bellies who have
pretty teeth
lAUNT THOMPsoN'S equestrian statue of General
Burnside to be put up in Providence represents the
General surveying the army through fed-glass, aad
there is talk of similar design for General Butler
only he will be looking through telescope of the
longest known range
PRESIDENT BARRIOs, the Gautemalan usurper mar
ried his wife when she was fifteen years of age He
went to the convent, where she was at school, and
commanded the authorities to give her up He as
sumed so bold front that they were glad to let him
have her to get rid of him. He has seven children
HERMAN STREcKER, of Reading, Pa, is stone
cutter who makes the CHI fly in working hours and
devotes his leisure to butterflies of which he has the
largest collection in this country and moreover is
standard authority among entonologists; but 1t is
from cutting not the butterfly that he gets hts
grub.
"A CANADIAN Episcopal bishop, of Scotch birth, was
the guest time ago, of certain rector in Buff
fao. Speaking of his visit afterward the old gentle
man said: They are all coed people, and most kind,
am sure; but, do you know, my dear, they gave me
water to drink az the table and upon going bed as
ANYONE desirous of making Sarah Bernhardt "bon
over has, to be fully grated only hint that she
has an idea of playing in Germany. A French paper
having lately announced that she would appear as
Theodore in Berlin she has expressed her aazement
that Frenchman could have SO degraded himself as
to give currency to such infamous libel.
GRAY boards or gray locks rarely ever seen in
Teheran Persia, the most venerable men having
dark red hair. The is because ALL from the
highest to the lowest dye their hair. This is done
first with henna which gives it a reddish tint Many
prefer to leave it thus But others add to the henna
second stain of indigo and the combination of the
two colors i'm PARTS to the hair darkbrown hue
1T is interesting to know" says London Truth,
what is the penalty exacted from Freemason who
betrays the secrets of his order M. Andrieux late
project of police has been expelled from the Lyons
Lodge of Perfect Silence for making too free with
Masonic mysteries, and by way of adding insult to
injury he that by their laws the lodge are
bound to have his throat cut his body disemboweled
and his mutiated remains laid out the seashore at
low water. NJ. Andrieux is awaiting the execution of
this sentence with philosophical resignation"