The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-16
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

VERY few salesladies marry salesgentlemen
Nor a stone or memorial tablet marks the
grave of John Brown.
AMERICANS in London write home some very
queer stories about Mrs. Lilly Langtry.
A CHECK drawn by Vanderbilt passed through
the Lincoln Bank few days ago, for Sc. 000, 600.
CANON LIDDoN has been ordered abroad by his
physicians for heightened period and to take
perfect rest.
JAMES r. RANDALL, who wrote "My Mary
land" when he was twenty two is about to pub
lish his first collection of poems.
AN octogenarian attendant at the recent En-
gish Church congress said that he had only
heard one sermon against war In his life.
G. N. CRAWFORD, the Paris correspondent Of
the London News, has just died from singular
cause wasp stung him in the carotid artery,
whereby he was poisoned
ELDER Cross, of Michigan, has raised terri
bic storm among the ladies of his parish by de-
claring in sermon that young ladies who
dress beyond their means invariably wear holes
in the heels of their stockings.
DURING the recent cold snap at st. Louis men
were watching along the levees all day and night,
ready to step on the ice the moment it was able
to bear them and stake out 'claim" to An area
for cutting. Such claims are always respected.
A RED lily twenty feet high is the latest flow
er marvel. 1t combines utility with beauty, as
a silk thread three feet long can be taken from
it. 1t is really amaryllis of the genus dory.
anthes and grows in Australia, the land of won
derful blossoms,
Mr.. RALPH DIsRAELI is to succeed Sir Will
lam Rose as clerk of Parliament. The Office is
worth e. 900 year. Mr.. Disraeli is now clerk
assistant, with E2, 100 year, and he will proba-
bly, be succeeded in that post by Sir Erskine
May, who finds his work in the House of Com
mons too onerous.
THE residents along lumber fume in the
mountains above Chico, CAL. have a novel way
of getting their mail 1t is started on a raft from
the head of the f1nme at regular dates, and the
people below watch for it, take out what belongs
to them. and then send the raft with its precious
cargo Oh the way.
SENATOR HARRIS, of Tennessee is described as
man of spare figure. of medium height, and
slightly round-shoudered. He has a large
head, a round full forehead, clear, brown eyes,
a large, irregular shaped nose, and sharp,
smooth shaven chin. A long, dropping, white
mustache concealS his mouth. He is man of
reserved manners.
THREE statues have just been brought to light
from the cellars underneath the old courts of
law, at Guildhall, London, where they have been
hidden for many years. They formerly stood in
front of Guildhall Chapel. and are life-size rep
reservations of Edward vi. Charles l. and his
consort, Queen Henrietta Maria. ALI three pos
sess great artistic merit
ALREADY the claim set up for the Vanderbilt
mansion of being the most elegant in the world
is disputed. 1t is declared that the chateau of
Penha, built by the retired King of Portugal for
his morgapatic wife, Comtesse Edla cannot be
rivaled 1t cost millions and Labouchere says
that lone would fancy Gustave Dore planned it
for the mistress of his SOUL"
Mr.. Gladstone is, as is we'll known fond of
using postal-cards for his communications. Al
though the law is that nothing must be written
on the address side of the card save the address.
he invariably puts either his name or his initials
there. Thus the recipient is subjected to a
charge of two cents extra postage. Probably
the extra autograph is worth it.
DURING the last thirty years the consumption
of malt liquor, which had been very inconsidera-
BILE and confined to few localities, has greatly
increased in Ireland Brewing in the last CEN
fury was, in some parts, very fourishing in
dustry, but when the duties on barrel of corn
brewed into ale became nearly double the duties
the same quantity distilled into whisky, the
latter became the popular tipple.
THE business of painting the huge signs upon
fences and barns which assault the eye in all
parts of the country is in the hands of few
contractors in New York and Chicago One
firm in New York spends from $40, 900 to $40, 900
a year in this way, paying from one and one half
to two cents square foot for the work. The
bigger the sign the better. Many can be found
reaching 300 feet in length, and the biggest of all
lat Newark O. is more than 800 feet long and
contains only one word.
VENERABLE mal-carriers seem to be not alto.
gether uncommon in Sullivan county, New
York. where Frederick Richards, who is ninety
two years old, and who carried the mail on a
fifteen mile trip for sixty years recently gave
up his route. and it was taken by Adam Lnkle-
paugh, eighty-two years old, who is now carry
ing the mail there Richards has twin sisters,
Mrs. Betsey Brace and Mrs. Catharine Ryder.
both living at Richmondville, Schoharie county,
New York, at the age of ninety years.
WILLIAM HENRY HURLBERTs latest story is
that on the English service, whether it be naval.
military or civil, three applicants for position
are examined at a time. Two of these appli-
cants are idiots, that the favorite may have no
difficulty ia passing. Not long ago subordi-
nate rushed into the presence of his superior