The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-06-12
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

WALT WHITMAN has been invited by Lord Tenny
to visit him at his home III the Isle of Wight and
in all probability will accept the invitation.
Nor soldier in the Prussian army mas died of small
pox since 1875. Their immunity is thought to be
due to the strictness with which vaccination is
forced
A NEwsDEALERs' war has broken out in little
Long Island town, and the Inhabitants get Harpers
and the Century for 10 cents and other literature in
proportion.
II is istated that letter addressed ITO the greatest
of French poets. was at delivered to Victor
Hugo who forwarded it, unopened, to Lamartine
With equal courtesy, Lamartine returned it, remark
ing that it had mis- carried in the first instance.
AuNIQUE contribution is about to be made to
French literature The greatest writer's of France
each to contribute an unpublished work to little
volume which is to be sold for the relief of the un
employed of Paris
MORRIS KING, hotel porter at Watch Hill, Conn,
stopped runaway team nine years ago. at imminent
peril to himself and refused the reward offered him
by the father of the six-year-od boy who had been
left in the vehicle Last week he received legacy of
ST. 900 under the fathers will.
WHEN the novel "a Newport Aquareli" appeared
two years ago, it was alleged that Miss Maud Howe
had written it. She and her friends denied the charge
with less acrimony in letters and interviews,
and succeeded in misleading good many people 1t
is advertised with Miss Howe as its author.
Miss CLEVELAND has adopted the rule of her
brother the President, not to attend any school
mencemcns If tenth Of the invitations received
were accepted, her whole time would be taken up.
Her interest educational matters can she says be
displayed in sensible and substantial ways
PRINCESS BEATRICE has been presented with set
of silver candeabra the wedding gift of the Queens
Household The manner in which these official
gifts are extracted is highly diverting except to
the donors, who will be heartily glad that there
be no more royal weddings for some considerable
period
PROF. MoMMsEN, walking the streets of Berlin re-
Gently, accosted by little boy, and pleased with
the polite attention, he patted him the head and
inquired his name. "Why, papa, don't you know mes"
cried the amazed little fellow, who indeed the
Professors It's wise father that doesn't know
his own SON. in this case at any rate.
Mr.. RUsKIN, it has been said, is never satisfied
that he has handled subject properly until he has
conradicted himself three times" Some Of the Lon
don papers have been printing extracts from his works
which show him alternating between admiration for
and detestation of the nude in art Now they de-
mand that he shall come out with his final deliverance
and settle the matter
learn that an English doctor claims to have discovered
amethod of reducing that organ. The process which
he calls multiple punctform scari6cation consists
in rapidly pricking the with number of minute
doube-edged steel blades, fixed in handle. From
500 to 5000 punctures made at sitting and the
operation is performed every week or two for some
months. Meanwhile the organ is kept well anonted
At first sight the operation does not seem attractive
but the doctor saws it lis not painful"
"BY the way" said well-Snown teacher, II have
had recently long correspondence with military men
as to the pronunciation of certain army words like
aidedecanp and reveille There is great difference
in the schoels as to how these words should be pro-
nounced Some of the purists insist that we should
gay aidekong' and revaya.' wrote to Grant, Sher-
and Sheridan as to army usage these points.
They all agree that in this should say abide
camp and revalee. They also agree that in England
as well in France it is usage to say aidecong. In
the United States the army and West Point constitute
the authority on pronunciation.
THE rash author Of Women of the Day" makes
public the ages of the women she writes about Nine
Adam, she says Is 40, Miss Alcott 81, Miss Ander-
son &C. Sarah Bernhardt II Rosa Bonheur o. Mrs
Maxwell Miss Braddon) 48, Diana AIulocl Crak 40
Miss Amelia b. Edwards Sd. Eugene of France so,
Emily Faithful so. Mrs. Gladstone % Mrs Julia
Ward Howe 90. Nine. do Novikoh 43, Jennie Lind
Ga Lucca 45, Nine. Nodjeska IL. Florence Nighting-
gale s. Christine Nilsson AZ, Mrs Ophant g. Miss
de la RaIne tOuida) 45. Patti AZ, Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps Al. Christina Rosseti 3d. Mrs. Stowe rs,
Ellen Terry 81, Mrs. Weldon AS, and Mrs Henry
Wood %.
THE oldest paper in the world, the Pekin Gazette.
has lately taken new lease of life. This venerable
journal, alone almost in a changeless land. has
changed its form Established in the year OIL the
Pekin Gazette has been published regularly since
1861. Under the arrangement, three editions
are publshed-the first, the King Paou printed upon
yellow paper constitutes the official gazette of tho
Middle Kingdom; the second, the Hsing- Paou com.
mercial journa also printed upon yellow Sheets con