The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


London Geological Garden.
LIEUTENANT WEIssMAN the German ex plorer, has
discovered that the river Kassai heretofore believed
to join the Congo above the equator, and falls
into Lake LeopoldH.
THERE is other journalist in Philadelphia who
owns rctting horse equal to the famous pair belong
ing to Mr. Singerly, of the Record He also the
best Holsten COW in the world.
CAPT. JAMES B. EADs, of ST. Louis the distin-
guished engineer is going to Brazil by invitation of
the Emperor to examine and report on the harbor
of Rio Grande do Su the most southern port in the
empire.
IT is gossip in London that Bancroft the actor. has
been offered the honor of knighthood and that in Mr..
Henry Irving's case the similar tender, made by Mr.
Gladstone and declined with thanks will be increased
by Lord Salisbury to the rank of baronet.
PROGRESSIVE euchre at the summer hotels has de-
veloped the fact that fashionable and mice lady
and gentlemen players cheat at cards, so as to win
the often expensive prizes awarded. One of these
days it may be reproach to be called fashionable"
man or woman
Il AM perfectly aware" writes Miss Kate Field,
that the greatest authors have written for money
they should. But he who writes to live regardless
his own fitness for the task cannot equal him who
lives to write. Did Helen Hunt jackson write 'Ro-
mano' for money!
WHAT is the good of Greek TO young ladyl Well,
Miss Call well gersed in it that she took the
place of her brother in the chair of Greek in the Iowa
State University while he absent account of
i'll health Now that her brother is dead she is likely
to be elected to the professorship.
If, as rumored Mr.. Archibald Forbes, the English
correspondent is going to marry the daughter of
Quartermaser general Meigs. he will have the oppor
tunty to extend his American acquaintance till he
finds gentlemen he surmised in extremity he
might among american Presidents"
THE following is a verbatim copy of notice posted
recently by schooldistrict committee in Vountown,
Conn Il Hereby Notify the Legal voters of -
Chool District of the Annual meeting will held at the
Chool House - to Chuse and Elect Chool officers
and other bsiness that comes at the meeting"
THE blue in the United States flag and uniform
was adopted from the English Wings, our natural
champions in the colonial days, whose colors were
blue and buff. George ", then Prince of Wales,
jealous Wing. When at Mrs. Crewes garden
party, he gave as toast "True blue and Mrs.
Crewe."
PIrTsBURG Chronicle: " tSocksfussendem bachr cried
Bismarck. Socks came in and looked nquirrgly at
the Chancellor. Dit you blaze dem Carolina J1ants
in de ize chest nit dem utter dngs l hef got nit
Africa9 'Schure!' WE'LL den take em Duet and send
um pack Dem Spoonyards say dey will ofer,
and den re git dot koolera.'"
For years prior to his death the fourth Duke of
Marlborough lived in complete secluson i'll
of Benheirn Palace, where he died in 1910, "a mel
ancholy instance, observes contemporary writer,
'of the results of extravaganza" Since that dukes
day money has into the family save by the
sale of books pictures. etc., while great deal has
gone out of it,
A NEW HAVEN CONGREGATIONAL minister asto1ished
his people recently by frankly saying in regard the
recent Catholic total abstinence parade in that CITY,
that he had never seen notable procession OF
men, both in ''calibre conduct continuance and gen
ersl demeanor" What the Catholic Church under
takes J." he said, ut always accomplshes because it
works from the heart"
THE Secretary of State is in receipt of dispatch
from Charles l.. Scott. United States minister to
Venezuela giving details of the honors paid by that
government to the memory of General Grant. The
flags all public buildings placed at half-nast
for period of ten days, and the Minister Of Elk
terror Relations by executive decree, made off,
cal visit Of coincidence the Legation Of the United
States at Caracas
AN original portrait of Alexander Won Humboldt is
in the possession of the Berlin antiquary Herr Mai
tt is in silk to resemble copper engrav-
celebrated Lyons portrait-weaver Carqulet who was
without rival in his art, and who died last year at
the age of eghty-one. All the noabilties who came
to Lyons visited his workshop which contained hun
dreds of diplomas and medals conferred on him.
II is said that there is not q gambling house in
Boston which is not protected by tAick bolted
door at which watchman always stands. Electric
communications warn the occupants as soon as any
unknown person comes in sight so that by the time
an entrance has been effected by batterng down the
door, the chips money, and other paraphernaa are
ali secreted, and the gamblers chatting and srnok-
ing together in the most innocent manner. It is
practically impossible for the police find game in
progress.
"ONE of the relics in the Norlands library" SAYS a
writer in the Lewiston Me.) journal, us the Wash
burn crade-the cradle in which I'll of the seven
Washburn brothers rocked. 1t looks like
picture have of cradle imported in the May
flower. It is me-made piece of furniture con-
structed of pine boards inch thick, rudely dove
tailed together. 1t has buggy-top and solid pine
rockers shaped like half-moons, with no twists or
scrolls to decorate them, but scars whore
chips apparently had been knocked out of them by the
paternal cowhide boot crack has necessitated the
mailing of large clea5 on the inside The outside is
painted dark green tint. The inside never was
painted but is well Drowned by age. It's associations
make this of the most remarkable cradles in
existence. Four congressman have rocked in it. Two
ministers plenpotentary to foreign countries have
been lulled to sleep within its pine boards. Its
soporic influence has been grateful to Governors
1t has held Secretary of State, whom saw looking
at it with smile the other day By the side of the
cradle, and equally venerated by the family is very
old spinning wheel, operated in the chimney
corner Of the Washburn homestead by Martha Benja-
min Washburn, the mother of the renowned seven
sons"
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