The Indianapolis journal., 1885-08-25
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MOODY and Sankey are wanted in the South next
winter.
SIR MICHAEL HICKs-BEAcH says frankly that
he favors granting the right of suffrage to unmarried
women.
THE Duke of Hamilton has refused to allow the
United Presbyterians to erect chapel the island
of Arran, the plea that most of the inhabitants do
not care for it.
DER SoHALK: "How did you like the opera last
night' Il enjoyed it immen sely; 1 tried my new
antiphone an instrument for deadening sounds for
the first time"
NEAL Dow has now reached his fourscore years
and Portland is in search of professional phanthro
pist who will undertake to manage Maine morals when
Neal Dow has gone.
Mr.. HowELLs is catching it again A number of
Boston women rising up and saying that ali his
female characters are libels the SEX and asking
him what he means by such conduct.
A BALD-HEADED in Louisville, about seventy
years of age recently bitten by number of COM
mon househes and his blood so badly poisoned that
apprehension is felt to his ultimate recovery
THE young named Blair who is accused of be-
ing much of busy body as a member of the ST.
Louis Police Brard, is of the famous Frank
Blair He appears to have inherited some of his
fathers strength of purpose.
"WHERE a European takes his dog out for a walk"
says the North China Mail "a Chinaman carries
cage imprisoned in which is q bird and when he sits
down to rest he hangs the cage upon tree in order
that he may enjoy the flood of melody which is
poured forth from the birds throat"
PRINCESS BEATRICE, upon the conclusion of the
marriage ceremony turned to the Queen and kissed
her on both cheeks, afterwards kissing her hand She
then turned to Prince Alexander and tho Princess of
Battenberg and kissed them also. Her Majesty then
kissed the bridegroom, who afterwards kissed the
Queens hand
BISHOP f. D. HUNTINGTON writes that good
Sunday issue of newspaper keeps vast numbers of
both from church going by counter attraction
1T turns the scale adversely with mutitudes who
hesitate 1t takes up agreeaby the unoccuped hours
It easier than churchgoing and costs less" This
the Bishop regrets.
BASHFUL young Georgian, who was afraid to
propose to his sweetheart induced her to fire at him
with pistol, which he assured her was only loaded
with powder, and after she had done fell down and
pretended to be dead. She threw herself wildly upon
tho body, calling him her darling and her beloved
whereupon he got up and married her.
THERE women in this world" says Rev. Sam
Jones' who haven't struck lick of work with their
own hands for years. They board and lay round
about all they do is shop shop shop He'll is full of
The Rev. Sam would make poor aoor walker in
dry goods emporium. His remarks Would hurt trade
EX-SENATOR MCDONALD of Indiana had a large
audience the other day when he made an elaborate
argument in contested land cases before Secre-
tary Lamar. Many promi nent lawyers engaged
on both sides, and Senator Mcdonald created great
amusement among them when he read from the
Congressional Record to show that Mr. Lamar when
senator committed himself to AcDonalds side of the
case by voting in the Senate in favor of McDonalds
clients when the matter was before the body last
winter.
THE distinguished president of Princeton College
Dr. McCosh, has two daughters, who are great
and back distance of about twenty miles where
they do their shopping. One day dude accosted
Miss Bridget McCosh on the road and said in the
usual manner: Beg pardon, but may walk with
you?" She replied, Certainly" and let herself out
little. After the first half mile the masher began to
gasp and then, she passed with a smile, he sat
down painting milestone and mopped the perspi-
ration from his brow.
TOURISTS used to go from st. German to see
Monte Crsto the architectural folly of old Dumas
which he built at cost of 700 900 francs and sold
to get lid Of urgent creditor for 80 900 francs 1t
was an asylum in his time for all the masteress dogs
in the neghborhood and the grounds open to any
boGy who felt tempted to use them as a promenade
The inhabitants of his menagerie with whom he was
on companionabe terms, almost human in their
intelligence Jugurtha yulture which he bought in