The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-11
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

theological prombems and will hereafter lecture upon
the secret ingredients of Indian paint
A Boston man was taken i'll out West. When asked
if he wanted anything he said "Oh, give me anything
made of beans" So the attending physician gave
him castor oil.
Mr.. STURGEON is in better health than usual, and
hopes by observing moderation in the of tobacco
and in his diet to avoid the necessity of going to the
south Of Europe this winter.
AN English traveller maintains that there are five
other peaks of the Hmalaya range of mountains
higher than Mount Everett (29,0o2 feet heretofore
thought to be one of the highest elevations in the
world.
1T is remarkable circumstance in connection with
the recent taking of the in British Burmah,
that although the whole population is devoted to
cockfghting, only one man was returned as a cock
fighter
p Nj. ARTHUR, grand chief engineer of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers of America. is
Scotchman by birth and locomotive engineer on
the New York Central railroad by adoption. He is
Gftysix years of age.
'MINcE Pie as My Mother Made It." is the title of
the Hon. Edward Virgins lecture in fremont Tenn
pie 1t is witty production and the subject gives
him opportunity to treat of the vital topics of the
day.-Boston Traveller.
MRS. OENEkAL LANDER mas sou uer Sfedb StoHo
house in Lynn, Mass, with two acres of land, but
there is other land belonging to the Landers in that
seaside resort and she will retain for her
use cottage on King street.
MRS. BANCROFT the actress. known Marie Will
ton in the records of the stage has been received into
the Roman Catholic Church, and has joined the corps
of devout practical followers of that faith to which
Miss Mary Anderson and Lolita also belong
THE wife of the Marous de Mores is a handsome
little brunette, who is of the best rifeshots in
the West and who rides we'll she shoots. She is
the daughter of Banker Won Hoffman of New York
city, and while her husband in Jail for murder
kept him company.
SIMON CAMERON. of Pennsylvania. is the oldest
senator living He a senator when Clay, Web
ster, Calhoun, Cass. Benton and Sias Wright were
there and though he has passed his eighty birth
day. is quito vigorous, with eyes undimmed and his
natural forces undated.
MILE. BENoIT. a young Vendean lady who lately
took her medical degree, is now appointed medical
examiner of girls throughout the municipal schools of
Paris. 1t is the business of Mile. Benoit that
girls not overworked, and that they get through
their studies under sanitary conditions.
THE of Solyman the Magnificent marks the
greatest extension of the power of the Ottoman Turks
He captured Belgrade in 1921 and Buda in 1929
The tenth ruler from the Prophet and living in the
tenth century after the Hegra he called the Per-
fectar Of the Perfect Number.
STRIP of Arabian paper dating from the ninth
century, and containing wood-cut, with ornaments
and initials has just been found among the papers
the Austrian Archduke Rainer This relic shows that
the art of wood-cuttng probably of Arabian
origin that it was, at all events known to the
Arabs in the ninth century.
add Nv NnoJ,y 70 tla 4uda
Northied consisted of these two Words 'Consecrate
in England
''Do all the good you can
To all the people you can,
In all the ways you can,
AS long as ever you can.
THE body servants of the Queen in Sweden are
called lopare state attendants and they wait sole
ly the Queen and daughter. These glori6ed foot
very quaint uniform, consisting of tunic,
peticoat and breeches edged with gold lace But the
most surprising part of their attire is wonderful
head Dress consisting of kind of embroidered skull
cap from which rise three ostrich feathers none of
which is less than tree feet high.
II. V. POwDERLY, general master workman of the
Knights of Labor, is Irishman by birth, but has
lived since childhood in this country. Hes machin-
list by trade but looks college professor of the city
type-a pale, handsome face, high forehead, rather
dark hair, studious look, heavy black mustache,
middle stature, well-knit Frame refined Took and a
low voice make up the exterior of strong man. with
brave spirit radical in thought but conservative in
methods and action He is trusted and deserves to be-
WILLIAM MORRIS, the poet, posing as Socialist
leader is thus described His clothes were of blue
serge, frayed at the cuffs and greasy at the seams
He wore dirty. blue linen shirt without collar or
necktie, his iron-gray beard ragged and untrimmed
barely conceahng their absence. His fat clumsy
looking fingers grasped walking stick with handle
of horn. No watchchain, sleeve-linls or personal
adornment of any kind relieved his shabbiness. His
voice was harsh, his language unpublished, and his
sentiments highly socialstic."
SPEAKING of a Newfoundland dog in San Francisco,
which, on being scolded by mother for swapping at
her child SUNK away, but returned with rose
and with extravagant capers laid it at the feet
of the child the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph remarks:
This however, will not discourage the dogs of this
section. We believe that right here about Macon are
dogs that just intelligent. Indeed we are free
to admit that had this feat been attempted by either
Col Bill Parkers, DIR. Mettauer's Mr.. ALI Cletss
celebrated intellectual dog, he would not only have
brought the but would have pinned it on for the
little boy, after first carefully removing the thorns
NEVER, probably since the Guards left London for
Culloden and Hogarth sketched them as thew marched
under Highgate arch to Finchley, have they had
in England scene of military disorder to match the
exhibition made by the city of London militia on their
departure from Aldershot the other day. The regi
ment was a thousand strong, and of that total over
600 men, including m ny non-commissoned officers
had deserted Mars for Bacchus and were in a condi
ton Of or less decided drunkenness BY all ac-
counts the spectacle very extraordinary. The
valiant auxaries moved at will and halted of their
own accord whenever liquor store encounter ed
THE Duke of Abercorn, just deceased. is the Duke
of Brentham of Disraeli's 'Lothar" and was a man
of very handsome presence All his children There
FIVE and six daughters) made what is STYLED
in England great matches" One of the girls is
Duchess of Buccleuch and another would have been
Duchess of Marlborough, had not the marriage been
dissolved in 1888 while Marehioness Of Blandford