The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-19
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

SOME Southern papers put their notices Of the
lectures of Mr. Carl Schurz under the head of amuse
ments."
SPEAKING of Mr.. Lowell's degree newly conferred
at St Andrews the London News says HE must
have wonderful collection of degrees by this time.
A LETTER was received at the Washington postofice
the other day addressed: Hon. Mr. Cleveland, in
the White House at Washington. Please examine
quick
Mr.. TERRIss, while playing Romeo in London with
Miss Mary Anderson, on Friday, Jan. 30 fell on his
dagger in the last and nearly made the peous
ending of the tragedy reality.
STURGEON has turned out 6SS preachers from his
Pastors College in the twentyeight years it has
been established Surgeons theory about learning
to preach is "As dog learns to swim; jump In"
w. w. STORY, the sculptor, has three children now
growing TO maturity of talent. Edith Story (Mme.
PeruzzD has just translated an Indian work; Wedo
Story is sculptor and Julian Story panter-both
of them young men of promising parts,
In piercing child's for earrings, a Paris
jewelcr made the punctnres too high up thus caus-
ing an inflammation which resultedin the childs death
The verdict was homicide through imprudence,"
and demages to the amount of $50 were awarded to
the parents
In his passage through Paris en- route for Cannes,
the Prince of Wales stopped thirty six hours. He
went to see Bernhardt in Theodore. Between the
acts he visited Sarah in her box and warmly congrat
ulated her. The actress ordered bottle of cham.
payne, and the Prince drank to her health.
AT the State woman's suffrage convention, held in
New York last week, one impassoned speaker said:
"At present slave hating my serfdom. l am
here to-day as slave, dragging my chains with me-.
Her letters weren't percevable being, doubt hid
den by the sealskin sacque the fair serf wore.
JOHN HARRIS. colored religious eccentric, living
at Annapolis Md, has adopted novel method of
praying. Every Sunday morning he climbs to the
steep roof of his house, twostory building, and
prays aloud. Yesterday morning he had $50 listeners
to his sermon and novel prayers from hts snowy
pulpit. t9
THE Temple Farm" at Yorktown, Va on which is
the Moore House, where the commissioners to draw
up the articles of the surrender of CORVALLIS met on
Oct 10, 1881, is advertised for sale. II was upon
this farm that the ceremonies of the Yorktown CEN
tennia celebration took place. when the Moore house
was made the home Of the French guests.
DIR. HEBER NEWTON told his hearers last Sunday
that the hymnal for children in the Sunday Of
Science may be expected to give such modern rem
dering of old hymns as this:
Twinkle twinkle little star
don't wonder what you are,
You're the cooling down of gasses
Hardened into solid masses
THE Right Honorable Joseph Chamberlain, the
member of Mr.. Gladstones Cabinet who breaches
socialism for votes only and practices monopoly for
profit, wants members of Parliament to be paid
salaries, and favors the creation of class of PRO
fessional politicians who shall have other bust.
than office holding and thus grow rich in their
countrys service
FREDERICK DoUGLAss's modesty in the presence of
historical figure is thus shown in personal note
from the Washington capital: IA lady showed me
the other day birthday book, in which Fred. Doug
lass, among others, had written sentence. Picking
the date of Abraham Lincolns birthday, he wrote
under Lincolns name: The only public with
whom ever conversed for an hour without being
minded Of my COLOR. "
ACCORDING to recent lecture on hygiene the
pure Londoner Of the third generation very hard to
find because the progeny soon ceases which, perhaps,
is not to be regretted since when it Is found this is
what it is: IA picture of physical decline involving
shortness of statue chest. deformty of
jaws, miserable appearance (squint prevailing).
scrofuous Diseases and small head" The only thing
pure Londoner is fit for is to -lghporter" and sell
papers.
THE principal pawnshop in Mexico is owned and
run by the government, and occupies the old palace
where the viceroys lived while the country was
colonial possession of Spain. The viceroy seldom
lived in the government palace, which stands on the
location of the great Aztec temple. There is ira
dton that every who has lived in that building
ended his days in misfortune and misery. So the
viceroys had palace built the plaza, where
they lived without fear of this superstition.
DIR. TEMPLE, the new bishop of London, was once,
says the London Globe taken for excise spy. The
Bishop who is great walker, had lost his way on
Devonshire road, and very fatigued. Being over
taken by farmers gig he asked fer lift, and of
fered to pay for it. adding that he the bishop
of Exeter. 'Noa noa" said the Farmer as he gave
his horse extra flip, II know you be- you be an
ciseman; know zee by your CATERS" It onght to be
explained that the farmers gigs pay license when
they used for the owners business. The Bishop,
however, trudged on and finished his walk Of about
seventeen miles late in the evening.
A NARRATIVE of his adventures with Don Carlos
is not the only unpublished MS. amid Colonel Burn
abys papers Two years ago he devoted nearly three
months to writing novel; dealing geographically with
the various phases of contemporary political life, and
of which the hero is emirent living statesman
He used to say that this book the only one he
ever wrote without the help of an amanuensis and
that when the time came for him to give 1t to the
world he should, by way of an experiment. dispense
with the aid of publisher. Colonel Burnaby was for
years indefatigable compiler of common
place books" He used to cut out and paste into
enormous volumes extracts from all on the
many subjects in which he took an interest
Doesn't Want Thurman.
Charleston News and Courier.
The Democratic party will expose itself to
public criticism and private contempt If it 20
into the resurrection business. 1t is true that
Al IL H.