The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-18
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

GENERAL LOGAN has become Royal Arch Mas on.
GENERAL LoGANs book will not be produced till
Feb. 1. It's title will be, ''The Great Conspiracy"
SIGNoR SAIivINI is to be the "best man" at Mdlle
Emma Nevadas wedding Oct. l. Ristori and Gounod
have promised to attend.
THE Duke of Edinburgh is very fair fiddler but a
very poor farmer having lost 81 900 year on his
fancy farm at Eastwell Park which he expected to
make $40 600 year, but is compelled to sell.
GENERAL GRANTS third paper in the Century war
SERIES description of the battle of Chattanooga will
appear in the November Century. The Wilderness
article will be printed in of the winter numbers
CASTELAR, the famous Spanish statesman and
ivaled orator, has been engaged regular con
tributor by the North American Review. His first
article will be the Progress of Democracy in Eu-
rope."
THE Rev. Moses A. Hopkins, appointed minister to
Liberia, used to live in Pttsburg. He went there
poor boy, and worked hotel porter, devoting all
his spare moments to study, and finally prepared him
self for college.
AT breakfast given by distinguished judge to
Mr. Irving, the host asked Matthew Arnold, who was
present why he did not take the title of DOCTOR which
he had seen conferred him at Oxford. There can
never be but one DR.. Arnold" the answer.
Hon. JOHN d. LONG, of Massachusetts, in a recent
lecture Lincoln combatted the generally accepted
idea that Lncolns ancestors obscure inferior
people. He believed his lineage as worthy as the
lineage of the Winthrops and Eliots of Masssachu-
sets.
M. PAsTEUR is said to have discovered sure pro-
phylactic against madness in animals He recently
treated with perfect little Alsatian boy nine
years old, whose mother brought him to Paris from
Alsace where he had been bitten in both thighs both
legs and in the hand
A NATIVE of Madagascar who studied medicine in
Edinburgh and returned home. now has seventy
young men studying under him. and large class of
whom he is training for nurses He is in great
favor with his Queen, and is about to marry the
Prime Minister'S daughter.
WHEN Bismorck made the acquaintance of his pres.
ent doctor he was sick, and peevishy declined to
questions. LAS you like" said the doctor:
'tEen send for veterinary surgeon as such practi.
TONERS treat their patients without asking them any
questions" The Chancellor was captured.
In of his most frequently quoted poems Alfred
de Musset asked that wilowtree be planted above
his grave Years after his death the request tard
lily granted but the tree refused to grow and remains
to this day stunted skeleton. And no one in all
France cares to replace it with living plant.
Mr.. AINswORTH r. SPoFFoRD, the Librarian of
Congress- is described as a curious looking man. dark
as Spaniard, with black hair and whiskers mixed
with gray, eyes like jet, and short 1.-the wry frame
all muscle George Bancroft and he are great friends
aud they often go long horseback rides together
THE novel which Mr.. w. D. Howells is writing
for the Century will be in lighter vein than THE
Rise Of Sas Lapham. though some of the characters
in that story reappear. 1t treats Of simple souled
pure-hesrsed country youth. who comes to Boston
with trashy poem he has written and with other
visible means of support
LIEE' Extenuating: Young rector-"You go to the
kindergarten. little girli' Little grl-"Yeth, thir
Rector-There many little boys and girls at the