The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-11
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

| AN entry in Waskingtons diary, dated February,
1853, shows the great number of visitors he enter
tanned at that time. Would any person believe ne
says that with 1O1 actually reported at late
enumeration of my cattle should still be obliged to
| buy butteri"
| THE Royal Irish have scored champion honors in
| the records of military pedestranism. The other
smartest marches Hutchinson's foot, upon Min
den the first Consuls Marengo; the Emperor's on
Austerlitz; Soults Salamanca and the Highland
! ers Quatre Bras.
RACE PAIL, the gypsy violinist, who recently died
| at Pesth, was the husband of four wives and the
father of thirty four children and his funeral at
tended by than 10000 people; but it is not
mentioned whether this popular outpouring
| feeling tribute to his superiority as q fiddler q
| father.
SOME of the Japanese almost worship cats. feline
funeral in great style is reported by correspondent
The coffin of the defunct pussy was covered with
whtesk PAIL and body of chanting priests followed
the cortege to the grave. In due course of time
monument was erected which were inscribed the
many virtues of the cat.
MAPLEsoN arbitrarily changed the opera for the
opening night in San Francisco from "Semiramde to
Linda :" and the result was the crowded house re-
fused to applaud Patti venting their spleen in this
way upon her manager while the following night
the audience went wild over Fursch Madi. who was
wholly surprised by so much applause
Mr.. JOHN WALTER, proprietor of the London
Times, succeeded to that property in 1S47, and is
very wealthy, and member of Parliament. He is
the fourth that has borne that name his great grand
father having arrived in London 12O years ago.
where he engaged in the coal trade. The first
number of the Times was issued Jan. 1, 1885.
A BOSTON clergyman sent to the Longfellow cele-
bration in Portland, last week, poem. In the
Guiding stanza he remarked:
He still doth live with us and God!
His feet through earth and heaven have trod."
"Us and God is like the "Me and Pat Collins are 60
ing to distribute the Maine patronage" which was
lately attributed to Maine politician.
THE wife of Mr. Endicott the Secretary of War, is
described by some newspapers a daughter of
George Peabody, the philanthropist" meaning Mr..
Peabody, the banker. who died in London in 1869.
But that Mr. Peabody was bachelor. The father of
Mrs. Endcott, Mr. George Peabody, of Salem, Mass,
is living, and, though worthy gentleman, is not pop
ularly known a "phianthropist."
LA MEDICINA CONTEMPORARIES gives a sketch of
the life of Pacini the great biologist, who died in
Florence in 1888. In his early researches into the
nature of the blood, he discovered with rude micro
scope of his construction what are known the
Pacinian corpuscles. Years ago, while investigating
the causes of cholera he upon aud described the
vibrio. now known as Koch's comma bacillus
ABRAHAM Isaac and Jacob kie. of Richmond. Pa,
are tripets seventytwo years of age Isaac fifteen
minutes older than Jacob, and fifteen minutes the
junior of Abraham. Their mother died recently,
aged ninety eight Besides these three children she
left nine others, with eighty grandchildren, 120
great grandchildren, twenty-eght great-great-grand.
children and two great-greatgreat grandchildren.
On Jefferson sti eet, Louisville, KY, there is
old house that was once the home of two noted per-
sons, Audubon the naturalist and Rev. Stephen Hol-
combe, who despite his REV, tho greatest
gambler in the South. his favorite game being poker
He is the only who is said to have known a GER
tain method of winning at poker. He is now home
missionary but he cannot be induced part with lis
pactoan secret.
The Comte de Herisson relates that on one occasion
during the negotiations following the Franco
war of 1870 Bismarck offered Jules Favre a cigar
which declined. Then said Bismarck: by not
smoking you have advantage me; you are
more vglant. But then you have this disadvantages:
you more irritable A diplomatic must be ready to
make concessions and tobacco makes feel happier
and, thereby more conclatory."
Mr.. GLADSTONE whom people regard as
growing too old for the office of Premier is in the
seventy sixth year of his age. Lord John Russell,
who active member of the House of Lords to
the time of his DEATH after long il the House
of Commons was ninety years old when he died, and
Lord Pamerston, who died while occupying the posi-
ton ofprenier, eightyone years Old Earl Derby,
Lord Aberdeen, Lord Melbourne, and Earl Grey
also old men when holding places of power.
DR.. c. G. EVERETT, of Cambridge, relates that at
Interlaken Switzerland, he dropped into bookstore
and circulating library 1.-THE good woman who had
has acba hodv md oil into
conversation with her. She told me, among other
things of incident that had happened in her shop
some time before. Two gentlemen in one day;
the one fine looking with white hair and beard
the other younger The older asked her which of all
the books in her library she could best recommend to
him. She brought him Longfellow's Hyperion which
she told him he would be to like for it book
which delighted everybody. After they had gone out,
the younger one came back and said: Do you know
to whom you was recommending that bookl 1t was to
Longfellow himself ;"
Mr. Cook, of the firm Of tourist agents who had the
contract for conveying all Of General Wolseey forces
up the Nile to Wada Halfa accompanied the army in
it's struggles through the cataracts to Dongoa. He
says the Canadian voyageurs the finest boatmen
he over saw. The work they did, and the impetus
they gave the other men, fully repaid the government
for the cost of taking them to Egypt He especially
praises the skill with which they guided tho boats
among the rocks we descending the cataracts Che
way home. After he them steer through the first
cataract he concluded that he needn't trouble himself
further and he felt much at his though sit
ting in his library, while they were accomplishing in
hours the distance that took them thirteen days
on the upward journey.
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