The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS,

MRS. w. Ii. VANDERBILT is said to be ar excellent
cook, and to pride herself kind of sponge-cake
which she has invented.
WoRTH's blacklist just issued has the names OF
1000 women who, through vanity, order better
dresses than they afford.
GORDON was told that the Mahdi concealed pepper
under his fngernails, so that when wanted he could
draw from his eyes copous flood of tears
MoNcURE d. CONWAY who has lived in London
for twentyone years. has taken house in Brooklyn,
whore he proposes to make his future home
EBEN E. RExEORD, author of Silver Threads
Among the Gold and other popular songs, has been
appointed postmaster at Sheocton, Wisconsin.
MRS. BEHRENs, who wrote to her lover II wischt
hot wings dis mnet wot ie too you aud skwis you
my heart and tell you how l fei dis moment" evil
IDENTIFY spells by ear.
THE average Sunday plate collections of Rev. New.
man Halls church in Westminster bridgeroad Lon
don is P175, and OF Rev. @. II. Surgeons congre.
CATION, in the great tabernacle, 1915.
GEN JOHN A. LOGAN, after the national encamp
men G. A. R., at Portland, went to Thousand islands,
where he is enjoying the fishing and trying the effect
of Canadian wind DO bronze his complexion.
COURIEB-J OURNAL Mr. Lockwood has written
poem, beginning Three little flies in the
pane" Mr.. L., doubt means well, but he has
greatly underestnated the number of those flies.
A LEADING optican says he would not advise any
person to tinted glasses without first consulting
an ocust, in order to get nearly possible the
precise shade to be worm People not cautious
they ought to be about the treatment Of their eyes,
SCoTCH shepherd dogs are now employed at the
Cape in herding osriches, work which they perform
with great sagacity Two men on horseback and one
dog viii drive a troop OF 100 to $50 fulgrown birds
with much six eight men on horseback
No aluInnus of Amherst College has been United
States senator while Bowdoin has sent to the Senate
George Evans, James Bell, William Pitt Fessenden,
Franklin Pierce James w. Bradbury, Alpheus Felch
and John 7. Hale. who classmates and William
p Frye.
FIRST hen: ''There comes the woman to drive us
out of the garden" Second hen: Eyes, and she's
picking up stone, too! Let's fly out quick" First
hen: mo, no. stay here" Second hem But she's
aiming right for u.s." First hen: Yes and if we move
might get HIT"
THE bronze with which the statue of Gambetta will
be cast formed of Chinese captured by Gen.
eral Palkao in 1860 The officer of Napoleon LII
imagined that he supplying the material for
the Qualification of the who was destined to over
throw the empire.
COLONEL BOB INGERsoLL and his family have left
Washington for the summer. They will make their
headquarters at Marbehead Mass. The Colonel
said No member of our family wanted to go
where the others did, so we compromised by going 10
place whore none of us wanted to CO."
A PoLYGLOT representation of Hamlet was lately
given at Stockholm. S;gnor Posi-, as Hamlet played
in Italian Ophea spoke FINNISH and the rest of tho
company delivered their parts in Swedish. AS Ophelia
was the beauty of the company is needless to add
that all the sporting fraternity in the audience in
at the Finnish.
THE Western Union Telegraph Company is about
to swallow up the Baltimore & Ohio. The Boston
Transcript, which speak with knowledge says the
settlement of differences between the two corpora
tons will be followed by advanced telegraph rates.
'as it is impossible to do business for any length of
time upon the present abnormal rates"
DURING the last hundred years the English race has
multiplied fvefold the Russian fourfold the German
two-and-ahalf fold and the other European races
in smaller proportion, Italy having nearly doubled
and France and Spain having added only about so
per cent. to their population An easy problem would
be to find the length of time before the English race
rules the world.
SHE kissed her pug-with haste arose
And ralned upon that creature S nose
storm of oscillations sweet
The dude reclining at her feet
Remarked as he looked sidewse I'D:
II wish that I'd been born pup. y"
Then smiling coldy from her throne
She SAID: And were you born full grown2"
San Francisco Wasp.
ASouTHEEN physician has studied the subject Of
the difference between the compilations of Northern
ers and Southerners. In tropical countries the com
plexon of the people is that of convalesciug from
fever and indicates that the conditions of the blood
no longer susceptible to febrile influences The
number of red corpuscles in the Northern blood
rapidly disappear in tropical regions subjected to
malaria.
PROFESSOR c. X. ADAMS of Michigan University,
who is likely to succeed President White, Of Cornell.
is man who has fame gradually teacher.
He was tutor almost the butt of students, whc
gave him the nickname of "Droop Eye" because of
certain sleepy look he habitually He has de.
veoped, however into scholar Of note successful
educator and author, and man widely respected and
exceptionally popular
THE olive tree begins bear in four years from cut
tngs and both oil and pickles of the first quality
be produced in California. The olive crop of south
ern Europe is estimated to be worth 175, 600 600
francs and since it has been demonstrated that Cali
forna soil and climate are well adapted its culture
olive planting is receiving much attention. The
latest bulletin from the California University Es'
pertinent Station is devoted to this subject.
THE President usually spends his nights In the IL
brary with Lamont. Helikes good drink Of straight
whisky aud takes II moderately. He has few choice
oaths which and again he uses, by Jehovah"
being the favorte. lie rarely invites any one meet
him socially. About every other night Villas manages
to be at the White House Villas is closely intimate
with lamont so, indeed than he is with the
President. This accounts FOR the hstrng being
out to him.