The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-30
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


first officer killed in the of the Revolution.
THE odd fancy Of Michigan man is to build his
summer residence in the shape of huge lantern.
The site is bluff overlooking Lake Huron, and
when at night the house is we'll lighted up the effect
is curious.
Miss PHGBE BENEDICT Of Bethel, Conn, remem.
bered the other day when she fell out of boat that
if she held down her and kept quiet, instead of
waving them frantcay and shriekng, she would
foat, and so was saved
The African elephant will be extinct in another
hundred years unless stop is put to the indiscrni-
nate massacre now going So says Jose Menges,
the great importer of African wild beasts and proba
bly, the most eminent authority on such subjects.
THE town of Tiverton, England. is noted for
peculiar sweet CONNECTION called 'Tiverton humbugs;"
and the proper thing to do, hands package TO
some fair recipient, is to whisper:
'Other humbugs may fatter or tease you,
But these 1yerton humbugs will perish to please you
POPE LEO XIII has not mastered English pronun
citation fully and recently bewildered the Duke and
Duchess of Norfolk by asking what they really
thought of the character and ability of Corkhu 1t
took them some time to determine that he meant Lord
Randolph Churchill.
LOUIS KOssUTH is living in the Lanzo Valley at the
foot of the Savoy Alps In the fall he will take up
his permanent residence in Naples to be
MS Louis who is employed the italian State
railway. His Francis is manager of the sulphur
| mines at Cessna, Italy.
BITTER rivalry is said to have arisen between
| cornetst Levy and Miss Ada Hewett, the cornet
player who has captured Coney Island She is said
| to be musician of remarkable skill rivaling Levy
in the rendition of many compositions and excellng
him in others. Her familiarity with the cornet ex.,
tends to the limit of perfect imitation of Levy.
GENERAL GRANT" said Rev. DR.. Tiffany last
Sunday, "had constitutional inability to appreciate
music. He told me once that all music seemed to af-
feet him discord would skilled ear, and he would
go a mile out of his way rather than listen to band.
AS each stanza of hymn in church completed he
said he experienced feeling of relief that much of
| the hymn disposed Of"
Col. ROBERT INGERSOLL may be seen strolling
about the outrageous retreats of Madison square
after arduous day in court in the telegraph
He and Train old acquaintance, but they don't
speak they pass by, from the fact that the cele
brated evolutionst does allow any adult address
him, not even his andady he mails her his weekly
board
ONE juryman who served on the Lotinga case in
London is said to have slept pacidly thirteen out of
the fourteen days over which the trial extended.
Through every phase of the trial this good and
true p eserved the same impartial balance of mind
counsel and judge and the charms of the plaintiff and
her daughters. A member of the bar remarked that
he better fitted for the bench than the jury box
STANLEY says that African sunlight, with all its
great heat, appeared to him superior moonlight,
judging from its effects scenery. He attributes
the apparent solemnity of the solemn looking hills
of which he often speaks to this peculiar sunshine
1T deepens the shadows and darkens the deep green
foliage of the forest, while it mparts appear
q cold reflection Of light to naked slopes and
woodess top hills. It's effect is still austerity,
indescribable solemnty repelling unsociability."
| Mr.. AND Mrs. T. MARION CRAWFORD spending
| the at the Villa Coccumella at Sorrento.
Mr. Crawford is busily engaged another novel the
of which is to be laid in Italy He has formed
library and work-roo of in the cliff be-
low the villa which overlooks the sea towards Naples
and is delightfully."- cool. Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford are
often to be sailing in their three asted lateen-
rugged sailing boat in the bay. The boat has been
| christened by Mr. Crawford the Zuhrah q Persian
| term of endearment.
MISS CLEVELAND'S persistent refusal to allow her
portrait to accompany her essays recalls incident
which befcl Mr.. James T. Fields when, in the early
part OF his career he had published thin duodecimo
| of poems A tall lank woman, evidently close upon
half century of age, entered the cold Corner" book
store and asked to the volume. Finding that there
picture ia it, she laid it down with the remark
that the poetry wasn't of so much account for the
poet had lectered up her way; but that if there had
been portrait she and two other girls wanted
copy apiece.
FIVE years ago remarkably bright and pretty girl
of II worked in a San Francisco laundry. The son
of wealthy parents fell in love with her. She return
ed his passion, but said that she won i'd not marry
him. as wished, because she was uneducated and
ba offar IN capd hos al
She accepted this offer. During the ensuing four
years she in a Montreal convent, very apt and
studiOus. The training wrought all the change that
was desirable, and the wedding took place, with
long tour in Europe aferward. The couple returned
to San Francisco lately To show that she had nei-
Their forgotten ashamed of her former EN-,
ployment, the bride grand supper TO those of
her old companions who could be brought together.
AMONG many other peculiarities the celebrated Rig
aud dislik painting the portraits of ladies of the
court IF" he said II represent them as they real.
ly are, they Immediately accuse me of not making
them sufficiently ood-looking; if, on the contrary
fatter them the resemblance inevitably suffers" On
occasion he had consented much against his will
to break through his rule in favor of certain coun
tess who persisted in discuring her otherwise hand
features by nmoderate application OF rouge
In the of the second third sitting his model
complained that the coors used by the painter were
not brilliant enough for complexion like hers and
asked him where he bought them Madame" re-
piled Rigaud IF do not mistake, they come from
the shop where you III the habit of purchas
ing your own
A New YORK clergyman tells this story as being
part of conversation held by him within three years
with Englishrnan, to whom he pointed out General
Grants residence in New York. The Englishnan
asking, What name!" and seeming to obtain no
further light when it repeated to him the clergy
said: "Of course you know of General Grant
He was our President for eight years, ending in
1877" "Ah, remarked the Englishman, still with
no evidence of recalling fact previously known.
Then, too pursued the clergyman The was great
general, and in command of million OF men at