The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-26
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

A SALOON in Lincoln, Neb., which pays thousand
dollar license is kept by widow who has lost two
husbands by tie of liquor.
ATToRNEYGENERAL GARLAND's present joke is
that the first removal he made in his department
the removal from his private Office of the bronze
statue of Henry " which Mr.. Brewster so highly
priced.
THE remains of Alexander IT. Stephens are soon to
be placed in vault the grounds of his old home,
Liberty Hall. The place has been purchased by a
memorial association. General Toombs will deliver
an Grafton at the refinement
Miss MARGARET BLAINE, the daughter of the ex-
Secretary, is Miss Bayards rival in fearless horse
manship. She has beautiful figure which appears
to the best advantage in the saddle and her riding
habits are models of good taste
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRIcH of the Atlantic
Monthly, tried to ride a bicycle once. When they
gathered up the fragments the bicycle still un
| injured. Mr.. Aldrch thinks now that it is very
mean who will not let his wfes relations ride
bicycle.
CORRESPONDENT, evidently not 'mugwunp
says that George William Curtiss hair and whiskers
are now gray and eft to riot, like wild vine in
autumn; his eye is faded and the lines of and
years have plowed up his faow face and buried his
brilliant smile.
secarian schools is about to be taken in Lewiston
Me- The school board having voted to pay the teach
ers of the ST. Joseph Catholic parochia school, they
to be called to do the for the teachers
of the French Catholic parish school.
MAN who died in Brooklyn year ago bequeathed
$11 500 ito be expended in prayers for the soul of
the testator the souls of his family and all souls that
may be in purgatory. The executor still has 81 600
of this fund and the heirs have brought suit to
strain him from paying out any of it for prayers
Ross BROWNE, the traveller, in describing Smyrna
remarks that he but person there who seemed
to be doing anything and he falling from the top
of house. Bob Mallory of Kentucky, when in
Congress- was once asked if New Castle, the county
seat of Henry, in his district, improving. He
replied that it was-a house had burned down there
recently.
THE Jewish Advocate thinks it strange that if ac
curacy was the object chiefly desired representa-
tive of the Roman Catholic Church was invited to
sst, and still more remarkable that in translatng
book the original of which written in Hebrew by
Jewish poets and seers invitation extended to
a Jewish scholar who surely might have been
pected to have superior qualifications for the work"
THE Rev. Dr. McCosh, of Princeton, in address
in New York said: "At the age of nine or ten comes
the true time for learning languages. Then the child
acquire more in this department than man Of
twenty five. AT this date first began my own Latin
and think that Greek may well be begun year or so
later This language period continues until about
twelve and up till this time don't approve abstract
scientific teaching
AS an instance of the warmth which often attends
religious discussions Providence paper recalls a
story about one John Rowland, barber and Uni
tartan of that city, who got into a controversy
with one of his customers devout Episcopaan. Fl
nally Mr.. Rowland said WHO are you that knows
much more than the rest of as?" ''Who am r.!
said his aged opponent, with his face covered with
soap lather why, am humble, praying Chris
tian, you id heather you."
A MASSACHUSETTS veteran vented his feelings
the movement to relieve ex-solders from the
operations of the civilservce act as follows: II
regard the amendment as insult to intei-
gence. Many soldiers have held and do hold Offices
and so far / know they ask favors; and
cannot learn that this change has been made at
the request of any considerable number of soldiers.
Good voted for it, but the whole thing is the
work of demagogues, who expect to make them
selves solid with the soldiers and that fact shows
that they believe that they can be caught with cha
PARIS is waiting with feverish impotence the APP
pearance of the Comtesse de Castglione's memoirs.
Although recluse. the Comtesse was once prom
inent in society at the French capital and her rela
tons with many of the favorites intimate 1t is
related of her that her hair although golden cloud
like Ttaus Venus in the morning is often jet black
at night, IS taints varying in the of twelve
hours frequently as the colors of chameleon She
has passion for diamonds. wearing them on her
dress in her hair on her slippers and around her
ankles In the days Of her glory she the perfec-
ton of statuesque beauty,
VICTOR HUGO was great lover of children and
was continually made to feel their watchful care The
alteration for the young became of his ruling pas
sons. jules Caretie the novelist relates: Zone day
he said to me- DO you know how I define paradisel
A place where parents will always be young and chill
dren little" He passionately fond of his grand.
children Georges and Jeanne and one of his greatest
joys was when he had a number of staid political
friends in his parlor work to finish to come in
with doll hanging out of his coattail pocket and to
walk about with Georges and Jeanne troting behind
him. their eyes riveted the paythng until slowly
and softly they relieved grandpa of his burden.
GOVERNOR WARREN, of Wyoming says that
woman suffrage has not lowered the character of pub.
lie officials in that Territory. On the contrary the
women consider much moro carefully than men the
character of the candidates. and beth political parties
have found themselves obliged to nominate their best
men in order to obtain the support of the women
As business man, city, county and Territorial
officer, and Governor of Wyoming Territory y
he adds, Il have much of the workings of woman
suffrage but have yet to hear of the first of
domestic discord growing out of it. Our women near
y all vote and since in Wyoming as elsewhere, the
majority of the good, and not bad, the
| suit is good, and not evil"
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