The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-23
BREAKFAST TABLE CHAT.

OSCAR WILDE wanted to leave his and heir
unnamed until the child should be old enough to
choose for himself, but learned that in order
to have the babe christened name imperatively
required.
THE Duke of Ratibor who presided over The Bis
marck Testimonial Fund Committee reports that the
total amount raised 1865 900, of which 1915
600 went to purchase the Princes ancestral estate of
Schonhausen.
MR. CATION WooDvILLE, the English artist, claims
descent from the De Wydevilles, Lancashire, from
which family Edward " choose his queen, but Wood
vlels sure of an even more honorable descent since
his maternal great-grandfather Charles Carroll,
of Carrollton.
The Mexican editors who recently did this coun-
try, have been welcomed home again as though they
were heroes returning from They point with
pride to the fact that they travelled 900 miles in
the land of the Yankees without accident of any
kind. The trip cost them about $75 apiece
PRESTON s. BROOKS JR.. son of the man who
saulted Charles Sumner is dry goods merchant at
Sewanee, Tenn He has the gold cup and the two
goldheaded canes presented to his father by South
erners. Il could never see he said recently, why
that little affair Of my fathers created such wide
interest"
Mrs. LIPP1NcoTT-"Grsce Greenwood"-who re-
visit to Italy whittier she will return in fortnight,
says her daughter has devoted herself to musc-par
ticularly English balladsnging-and to languages for
about years but to Italian opera proper she had
only given about eighteen months previous to her
debut at Milan last April.
REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE believes in good lv-
ing and considerable of it, for the literary man. He
works from thirty to sixty minutes before breakfast
on cup of weak coffee and a soda biscuit. He has
five meals after that. hearty breakfast is one,
extended lunch another dinner at half past is the
third tea at or the fourth and supper just before
bedtime the fifth Never go to bed in any danger of
being hungry" is one of his notices. People are
kept awake by hunger quite as much as by bad con.
science"
THE letters of Thackeray which are about to be
published reported to be of more than ordinary
interest. 1t is stated that las was his won't Thack-
cray enriched those letters with numberless little PEN
andnk sketches all of which will be faithfully repro
duced." Further, that the letters published with
the full authorization of the surviving members of
Thackerays family The gentleman to whom they
were written a very old friend of Thackeray, and
also of Lord Tennyson, and one of the best of the
Poet Laureates sonnets is addressed to his memory"
GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, the oldest of the mourn
crs who followed Grant to the grave, is seventy
years of age. Sheridan is but fftyfour; though he
looks older-beng much the youngest of the great
military generals the Union side. Sherman is
sixty-fve. Buckner sixty-four, Sickles sxty-three
Hancock sixty-one Schofeld ffty-four and Wade
Hampton sixty.seven Admiral Porter is seventy two
and Admiral Brown seventynine If Gen. Robert E.
Lee alive he would be nearly eighty and "Stone-
wall Jackson sixtyone. Abraham Lincoln would be
seventy-six and jefferson Davis seventy seven.
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figure and spare in the face and wearing only small
'goatee' on his chin. He does not show trace of
the worldly air common among literary men of the
day. He does not look sophsticated neither has he
the slightest aeotaton of awkwardness or roughness
He is simply quiet unassuming American of the old
school-almost typical Uncle Sam" in appearance,
who to Judge from his face is simply and terribly in
earnest. He lives modestly in Brooklyn, does be-
long to the Authors Club, and is never met in the
regular New York gatherings of writer's. Rrieny he
is man of the people modest, Intelligent active, and
gifted with peculiar power of expressing rhythmic
ally what the people think and feel.
A WASHINGTON correspondent says of General
Lew Wallace: He is agreeable man. quite literary
in his appearance as military. He wears English
suit of mixed goods, has good broad shoulders, and
would appear to be of about fifty. He told me
that he had two novels in advanced state one
of them being tale of Constantinope at the time of
its capture by the Turks and the other if I remem
ber is American book of domestic life among us.
His tale of Ben Hur paid him S3 200 last year in
royalties. Referring to general compensations Of
literature General Wallace remarked II think that a
considerable publishing house has stated that when
author gets $500 royalties novel he was consid-
cred to have written a successful book"
On her piazza at Mount MacCiregor in the spot
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Mrs. Grants form in it's robes of widowhood, may
be discerned during almost any of the snshny hours
of the day, and with her children DIR. Douglas she
talks continuously of the departed dwelling on Incl
dents of his past life we'll its closing scenes
Mrs Grant is in very good health considering all that
she has gone through. Once in a while she sends
over the hotel for Dr. Douglas for some temporary
arrangement of her system; but her habit of absorp-
ton in her children stands her in good stead now for
their society in good degree fills up her mind and
dverts it from herself AL the members of the party
but Mrs. Grant, ST., whose meals are served in her
cottage, to the public dining of the hotel
where they have corner table.
this morning" writes a Berlin correspondent of
the st. Louis Globe Democrat IL stood within three
feet of the Emperor his Majesty took his usual
walk in the Kurhaus Gardens. He wore a tall silk
hat of the latest London FORM with very brm;
black frock coat, unbuttoned with Grape band on
the left sleeve; white waistcoat; black-and blue
striped scarf with plain gold pin in it, loose gray
trousers large comfortable shoes and carried stout
walking stick About fifty little girls from twelve to
sixteen years old crowded about him with bouquets
of corn-fowers. The Emperor chucked pr city little
blonde maiden under the chin pulled her ear gently
took her bouquet, and said with pleasant smile,
'Ach vie schon.' The Emperor then stopped at a
hat shop and selected large brown felt hat; then
walking further, he bought about fifty dollars worth
of Bohemian glass punch bowls drinking glasses etc.
which he ordered sent to Berlin"
NJ ERNEST REMAIN looks strikingly like toad; that
is, of course, vivacous and gentlemanke toad He
is about middle height, slightly bald stout and short
necked. His eyes very disappointing; they ex.
press in general way genality and sagacity but it