The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


will duplicate his og-cabin home, now famous at
Washington City.
THE cultivation of eucalyptus trees for fuel has
been begun at Los Angeles, Cal 1t is said that
acre of them, after lapse of four FIVE years, will
yield as much income of grapes.
GENERAL LEW WALLACE wore his army uniform
court and fulldress occasions at Constantnople.
Mr.. Cox will have to go back to the black swallow
TAIL unless he has Turkish costume made of some
stuff with sunset colors.
THE physicians who made autopsy of the body of
Miss Kate Smusey, found that she to her death
from consumption. They found no evidences of star
vaton which suggestive that the nine months fast
wholly of the imagination.
JUDGE JOHN *. PORTER, dangerously i'll at
Waterford N. Y. will not be remembered much for
his judicial for his connection with two of
the famous trials of the country He helped to
defend Beecher and to prosecute Guiteau.
MONTREAL detective offers to deliver Louis
Riel. dead alive in Ottawa, for $4,000. Sir
John not likely to entertain the proposition in view
of his costly experiment in 1863 when he paid 900
to get the distinguished halfbreed out of the Domn
ion.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND lately received calls from
beautiful Russian lady and her brother. She was tall
and picturesque with golden hair and born in
Golden, and sometimes The New Jerusalem she
sweetly said
NINE JUDO the notorious chic actress of naughty
plays at the Paris Varieties going take her fare
we'll of the French stage in series of performances
of favorite characters then she will rest month
two after which she will star" all next season
this unfortunate country
LUMINOUS trees reported to be growing in
valley near Tuscarora, Nevada. At certain seasons
the foliage gives out sufficient light to enable any
at hand to read small print, while the luminous
general effect may be perceived some miles distant
The phenomenon is attributed to parasites.
In social conversation with his staff one of them
asked Gen. Joe Johnston how many times he had
been wounded. He replied eight times" The staff
remarked that he the most unfortunate general in
this respect that he had known. mo, sir" said
he the most fortunate for it only by the mercy
of God was not killed upon either occasion"
A PULLMAN city has been established in Russia;
thrty-fve thousand workmen of large engineering
works lodged in small cottages most of which
to accommodate two families only. refectory,
laundry, hospital benefit society, a technical
school and cooperative store constitute the public
institutions of the place. and the cooperative society
pays iourishiug dividend.
THE Right Honorable Sir Edward Malet is the envy
matte promotion, to be ambassador to Berlin-with-
out doubt the most important of British legations
at forty and to marry the daughter of almost
the weathiest duke is ar extraordinary for
the younger son of secondclass dipomatist without
powerful political connections.
LUCY STONE: called at her pensionoffice by invi-
tation Of Miss Sweet last November. So neat and
homelike were the rooms that they might have been
the living rooms of pleasant and refined family.
Her fine corps of young women assistants well cared
for, well paid joy to Miss Sweet was
like gracious queen among them. Good WILL good
order and systematic business arrangements vis
BILE everywhere.
Mr.. SoRBY x-president of the Royal Miscropical
Society," of London, has recently issued paper in
gard to the cause of the color in autumn foliage The
high green color is attribute of high vital power
After death there is change of color The grades
of color are in ratio to decreasing vital powers. This
statement of the is not, however, original with
Mr. Sorby; for it has been presented just clearly
by American observers.
THE New York Sun has good advice to
smokers celebrating these points; Smoke light-col-
ored cigars they are milder; never smoke empty
stomach do not smoke the whole of the cigar the nco
tine poisonous oil of tobacco concentrates in the
stump" do not smoke more than three four
| cigars
teeth. These hints seem good but we have never
seen a really good reason for smoking at all.
1T has been definitely decided to widen the Suez
canal and it is estimated that the work will consume
two years; but the benefit of the enlargement will
make itself felt before completion. The increased
waterway will be capable of almost indefinite
amount Of traffic and that it will Unnecessary indi
Gated by the fact that the business of the canal has
in the past doubled itself in five years. 1t is be.
lieyed that this rate of increase will continue.
THE birthday of Washington Irving celebrated
in New York by the Irving Club. There were fifty
members present and one of them fellow-vesty-
man with the author at the Tarrytown Episcopal
Church Chief Justice Noah Davis told story about
Irving and Doctor Peters. Irving physician, who
present-how that when Doctor Peters, in Irving last
illness, tried to cheer him by saying 'Weu soon
have you we'll again" the patient answered, "Well,
Doctor, man can wish you greater than
do.n This was mild wit, but then the circumstances
must be considered.
GRANT once made visit to Lieutenant general
Winfield Scott. Ho accompanied by Brigadier-
general Van Vliet. The lieutenant generals of
the United States armies had short but inter
esting conference. When General Grant was about
to take his departure General Scott arose, took a
copy of his autobiography which had just been pub
lished and wrote on the fly leaf:
From the oldest to the ablest general in the
world. WINFIELD SCOTT"
This he presented to Lieutenant general Grant. No
comment is needed on such compliment, but it may
be of interest know that Grant showed the book
his friends by the score and spoke repeatedly of the
compliment the most gratifying experience of his
eastern trip.
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