The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-06
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


SENATOR BAYARD has habit of poutng when deep
in thought.
Mr. CLEVELAND evidently does not believe the So
cent dollar to be Shakspeares ''cogn of vantage"
Miss R. E. CLEVELAND, who will probably be the
mistress of the White House for the next four years.
is thirty eight years old.
Boston girls have organized mutual aid matrimo-
Mai society. Whenever member marries the
others are assessed to set her up in housekeeping
HENRY CABOT LODGE, mindful of the fearful treat
ment Froude has received for his manipulation Of
Carlyes correspondence frankly says that he entors
upon the edtorshp of Emersons letters with fear and
trembling.
A CHICAGO clergyman startled his parish not long
ago with the following singular announcement; Re-
member communion service next Sunday fore
noon. The Lord win be with us during the morning
services and the bishop in the evening"
Mr. ANAGNoS, of a Boston kindergarten for sight
less little folks recently received $40 600 from good
Samaritan who wore mask. The Homeopathic
Hospital of that city also has just received 1876 900
from an unknown friend of the unfortunate
THE professional sword swallower does not pursue
his business. as is supposed with mpunity. sword
swallower lately died of hemorrhage in an English
hospital and the medical opinion to be that all
of these trife with and shorten their lives.
The wood parts Of roller skates made Of box
wood, the same as that used in making wood engrav-
ings. Boxwood was very plenty and the roller
skate has sent its price away up of reach Of
tho wood engravers who are grooming and wishing
the would abate would discover
substitute for lockwood Their business is seriously
affected.
IF-Christ--had-not ded-for-thee- thou-badst-
damned Dobbns was the name of in England
in the days of Roundheads, but Dorchester county
Nd presents two names almost as odd The owners
of the still live Cambridge, the Chop.
tank They Julia Jane Augusta Dominica Rustis
Ro Bo Bustis Jack and John Henry Land Runner
Run-outa and Surveyor Bandana Beaver Dam Rem
devious God Bless Busticue"
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS is suffering from pro-
longed insomnia it is said the writer says she
has been in poor health since the death of her
brother Moses Stuart Phelps, hunting expedi-
tion and that she has done little or no literary work.
since that event 1t would be more true to say that
Miss Phelps has not for many years possessed good
health, and though her brothers death was great
shock to her. it did not check her literary work. but
the most highly poetic of all her productions Beyond
the Gates" has been written since and probably
drew large part Of its inspiration from that
THE royal seraglio Of Persia contains Europeans
or male persons the age of eleven. Each royal
fagorte has her separate pavilion and her staff of
wants ner equpages, her jewels and her The
principal favorite generally has some hgh-sounding
title conferred upon her, such The Delight of the
State" The ladies are never seen abroad unveiled,
save one or two of the handsomer or moro Eighty oe
their number, who sometimes when driving in their
glass coaches, purposcly give rather liberal display
Of ford charms to passersby in carriages or on horse
back. 1t is quite certain that man save the King
enters the royal harem or having done So leaves it
alive
IL Que of his speeches, delivered in New York Mr..
Webster said: ~ has so happened that all the public
services which have rendered in the world In my day
and generation have been connected with the general
government. think ought to make an exception
was ten days member Of the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature and turned my thoughts to the search of some
good object in which could be useful liz that position:
and after much reflection introduced bill which,
with the general consent of both Houses of the Massa
chusetts Legislature passed into law and is now
law of the State, which enacts that 20 man in tho
State shall catch trout in any other manner than with
the ordinary hook and line
PRoFESsoR BhACKIE recently remarked 10 a Lon.
don journalist that there is far too much of every.
thing nowadays. far too much eating, far too much
drinking, far too much preaching far too much
writing far too much speaking. AS think sermons
would be vastly improved if they only preached
once month, so | think newspapers, as rule, would
be much more interesting and influential II they would
express their opinions in their leading columns only
once or twice n week. instead of wearying their read.
crs by repeating themselves day after day For my
part take up subject and stick to it until have
mastered my subject. At present l am studying
English. history and with that in hand pay no heed
to tho babbe." Il am only philosopher no 70.
marked later and philosophers don't make tho laws
We little about politics; in fact attention to poll.
ties as they ordinarily understood. entails too
great a waste Of brains"