The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, third, is on the Harvard
athletic committee.
PRESIDENT SEELEY, of Amherst College, is writing
a short life of Napoleon l.
A SCIENTIFIC journal speaks of ''the horse power
of an agent" This is somewhat blind but it is pre-
suned the book canvasser is meant.
THE engagement of Miss Edith Foster. daughter Of
Colonel Foster, exminister to Spain, to Rev. Me-.
Dallis, of Detroit Mich, is announced.
PROF. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL will conduct two
of instruction in Harvard during the present
year. One will be in Spanish, Cervantes don
Quixote), the other in Italian on Dante.
OMNIBUS 'Woll. may hope, then, dearest. that at
some time may have the happiness of making you
my wife9" Eyes. hope so. I sure" she replied;
Il am tired of suing fellows for breach of promise
PoMENADE is a Southern drink, for which rare
virtues are claimed in the way of tastefulness and
refreshing quality. Itconssts of the juice of half
sour pomegranate. diluted with water and sweetened
Miss CLEvELAND's book has dropped entirely out
of sight" said bookseller. "But it never was a tax
ing feature here. It's limited to two weeks
and very slim sale. People would come in and look
at it minute two. and then not buy. call il O
genuine humbug to the trade"
GAYLY chattering to the Gathering
Of the brown nuts downward gathering.
Leap the squirrels red and gray.
Drop the apples, red and yellow,
Drop the russell pears and mellow,
Drop the red leaves all the day.
Whittier.
SENATOR EDMUNDs said. the other day in ver
mont: THAT he now the patriarch of the Senate
Only one member, Mr.. Sherman, preceded him Ia
entering the body and that member has not served
continuously have seen, said Mr.. Edmunds, every
member from the other thirty-seven States of the
Union come into the Senate and go out of it."
NEW YORK Evening Post, Friday: After an address
by Lindley Vinton president of the Vinton Iron
Works. Indianapolis. last evening, the New York Free
trade Club appointed number of delegates to the
forthcoming free trade and revenue reform national
convention, to be held in Chicago on the 18th and
18th of November.
MARK TwAIN's story of the man who came to
Washington in a coach and four after an Office and
went home on foot without the Office is repeated in
the experience of an applicant for the Spanish mission
who, after hanging around the capital for seven
months, has had the expenses of his homeward jour
ney betrayed by subscription among those who pted
him.
ONE of the departments in the forthcoming inter-
national cookery and food exhibition to be held in
London next December will be the .1erature Of the
kitchen" 1t will contain the cookery books of all ma
tons, from the earliest to the most modern iustra
tons of game artistic cards. bills of fare from the
leading hotels of the world and portraits of all tina
great gastronomc writer's of the age. There will also
be department of 'dining-room accessories" and
utensils used in the preparation of all food" The
exhibition will be held in the Royal Aquarium West
minister, and will continue from Dec. to 49, both
dates inclusive 1t promises to be of the most in
terestng and unique of the many exhibitions held in
London the last few years.
Mr.. W. N. JENNINGS, Of Philadelphia, has sue
ceeded in obtaining well-defned photograph of
lightning streak. The picture shows dark sky with
the landscape outlined in black the roofs of soma
buildings in the foreground being dimy lighted up by
the lightning The streak is perfectly defined as an
almost white line beginning the top of the plate
and acquiring distinctness almost at once running
to the ground with undminished clearness The line
has nothing of the zgzag character about it. but is
sinuous and irregular. According to this plate the
conventional picture of streak of lightning in zigzag
lines, may be what the human eye sees but it is NOT
an accurate representation of what happens Mr.
Jennings is now at work trying to obtain the photo
graph of spark of electricity from FRACTIONAL ma
chine.
BRILLIANT social season is promised at Washing
ton this winter says a correspondent. The fame Of
Miss Cleveland's dresses is already abroad. Some
leading bellies have purchased handsome wardrobes i'm
Europe and the dresses being prepared for Washing
ton debutantes the talk of Paris. The Cabinet
ladies preparing to give additional splendor to
what is otherwise assured. The wives of prominent
friends of tho administration from many parts of tho
country will constitute distinct reinforcement II
is said, also, that Washington is to be invaded by
special dress display from Chicago A lady. very
beautiful and attractive, the wife of Chicago pub
Usher, has spent two years among modistes man
rnilliners and tailleures OF Paris and London Shs
sailed for this country recently with the material
suits of her shopping tour contained In thirty trunks
1t her intention to give society people at tho Capital
the ecstacy of behoiding her exquisite toilets.