The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MISS ANNA L. DAWES, daughter of the senator.
has written for young readers book entitled "How
We Are Governed"
Miss CLEVELAND has invited Miss Lamar. the
daughter of the Secretary Of the Interior to be her
guest at the executive mansion for several weeks.
LAWN tennis is said TO have brought in. like roller
skating, and peculiar disease. 1t is rupture
of muscle in the The ament has already
been dignifed by
COLONEL Bob INGERSOLL asked by friend to
reveal the of oratory His prompt answer was
Use small words to express the dea and be that
the idea overlaps the word at both ends"
MARX TwAIN's real offonse, which prompted the
Concordians TO boot his latest book out of their
library was once making fun of Emerson, and it is
alleged that he has spoken disrespectfully of
Whittier,
VICE PRESIDENT HENDRICKS is said to be an I'm
partial presiding officer in the Senate, but his voice.
unlike Mr.. Edmundss is thin and pitched in high
minor key. difficult and sometimes impossible to be
heard. His manner is hesitating, and his official
speech is not always concise
1T is said that the transpostion Of word
the foundation of Daniel Cark's great fortune. He
had bought II 920 square tosies of land in that part
of New Orleans that afterward became its commercial
center. In the engrossing of the deed the Il, 800
square tosies' carelessly made to read II 800
tosies square, and increased the value of $40 900 to
500 900 900. Mr.. Clark took advantageof the error
and the law of New Orleans powerless to prevent
him.
GENERAL WoLsELEY canafford ophthalmiales than
most men, as ever since the Crmea, he has had the
sight of but eye. When he was doing duty in the
trenches before Sebastopol, shell exploded in ga
bon full of gravel in moving which he and two sappers
engaged. They were both killed outright.
Wolseley got so peppering with the gravel
that he literally stuck full of stones from head
to foot" There not square inch of his face that
had not gravelpellet embedded in it; part oss his
shin bone had been carried away. and his eye-sight
was in so great danger that for weeks he kept
the gloom Of near Baaklava, and so missed be-
ing present at the fall of SebastopoL
THE Chinese know the value Of advertising. Here
Is the lad" of an ink manufacturers of Canton trans
lated SAT the shop Taeshing prosperous in the
trerne)--very good ink fne fnel Ancient shop,
greatgr andfather grandfather father and self make
this ink; fine and hard, very hard: picked with care,
selected with attention. This ink is heavy is gold
The eye of the dragon gitters and dazzes; SO does
this ink No one makes like it. Others who make
ink make it for the sake of accommodating base coin
and cheat while make It only for name Plenty
of A-kwantsaes (gentlemen) know my ini-my family
never cheated-they have always borne good name.
mako ink for the Son of Heaven and all the man
darns in the empire AS the of the tiger extends
to every place. so does the fame Of che dragons
jewell -"
SOME years ago there lived in Powhatan county,
Virginia. very worthy man who enjoyed local repu
tation for power In prayer" 1t his habit when
praying in public to run in. the printers say pas
sages of Scripture and occasionally to add details Of
'Iocal COLOR to Bible narratives a practice which
was attended sometimes by i'll effects distinguished
woman of letters that she personally
heard the prayerser relate to the Lord the story
the prodigal son with embellishments ending as fol.
lows San oh! Lord thou knowest that when he 1gas
yet great way of, his father saw him and had com
passion and and fell on his neck and kissed him.
And oh Lord thou nowest that the father said to his
servants bring forth the bst robe and put 1t him,
and put ring his hand and shoes ON his feet. and
bring hither the fatted CALI and kill it-and oh Lord
Il was the very best Of veal''
'I BELIEVE" writes Pail Mall Gazette correspond
emit "that the connection Of the Hitttes with the
blameess Philippians Of Homer il tho really important
factor in the Soudan question and believe Mr. Glad
! stone agrees with me. / believe that Prince Bis
marcks ranstory policy is less momentous than the
hypothesis that the founders of Troy prehistoric
Germans, and believe Mr. Gladstone agrees with me-
believe Homer was interested in an early edition of
the Athanasian Creed derived by the He'll Of Dodona
from the Phsnicians, who got it from the Hebrews
| and believe Mr.. Gladstone agrees with me- Lastly,
think that 10 hold in ethnology and archaeology opin
ions worthy Of Jacob Bryant Mr.. Casaubon is in
itself proof that a statesman comprsherds the
meaning of plain facts and obvious arguments; also
believe that a casuist Mr.. Gladstsns missed his
chance By not living in Pascals time. And wish he
| had"
THOSE who are about to marry will perhaps be In
terested to know that in former times charge
made for marriage announcements In the newspapers.
MrWater of the London Times, was the first editor to
throw out the suggestion that the bridegroom might
very well pay a email sum to the printer for 40
quaintng the world with thu fact of his happiness
and good fortune The charge at irst was triAing
and was paid regularly to Mrs Walter Is pin money
But Mrs. Walter at her death found it worth while
pass this prescrpve right Of hers to her daughter
and when few years ago it repurchased by the
proprietor 1t assessed at from 24 900 to
$4,000 year. The parsons fee at q wedding was
also much less hundred years ago than now and the
clergyman who united the most arstocratc of parish
toner's seldom received than guinea from the
happy bridegroom. Indeed the three great events of
ife-brths. marriages and dsaths--wers vastly less