The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MRS. HAYES is said to read with equanimity the
sneers of the newspaper men at her husband.
A SUMTER county, Georgia, farmer has horse that
takes its fodder to the water trough and vets before
eating it.
1T is understood that the journals and correspond
ence of Ralph Waldo Emerson will be edited by his
literary executor Mr.. William Wood.
Mr.. j. w. CROSS, the husband of George Eliot, is
said to have resided in New York from 1862 to 1872,
while occupied in the banking house of his uncle Mr.
William Wood.
II CAN say as he went to heaven" remarked a
Fort Scott citizen. of deceased townsman. 'but he
paid bill of eleven years standing only the day before
he died, and you can judge for yourself
A FASHION paper says Ladies' will not dress as
much as usual the coming season" If this is so,
it viii be necessary after awhile for to wear
shades their eyes when they attend fashionable
receptions.
PROFESSOR RIDGwAY, of the Smithsonian Institu
tion reterates in London publication his prediction
that 'the English sparrow in the United States is
national misfortune, which is likely, in the flu
ture, to assume calamitous proportions"
NOTING Henry Irving's Harvard address, the Lon
don Academy observes that it displays literary skill
which Mr.. Irving's former appearance in print had
certainly not prepared to find" But the Academy
new secretary.
ONE of the most splendid collections Of armor is
that of Mr.. Stittert an Englishman in Florence 1t
is mounted with great taste in vast hall. He esti-
mates that for twenty years he has spent at the
rate of IS. 900 it. He means to leave it to
the city of Florence
CHINESE engineering is entitled to credit for the
successful completion of bridge an arm of the
Chinese at Lagang. The structure is described as
being FIVE miles in length, entirely of stone having
three hundred arches seventy feet high, and road
way seventy feet wide.
In view Of the rapid increase of slang and newly.
coined George Augustus Sala calls for the forma.
ton of society for the protection of the English
language, ard for the publication of an Index Ex-
purgatorius which shall do away with meaningless
and detestable innovations.
COLONEL jim BowIEs famous dagger, which served
him in many combat and was the pattern of subse-
quent bowie knives is now on exhibition at New
Orleans 1t is doubleedged weapon, with horn
handle and curved blade fifteen inches long and an
inch and half wide at the hilt.
IT is said that Hawthornes works are more widely
read in the South than in any other section, while
Dickens and Thackeray have more readers at the
West than in the East. James and Howells are
favorites at the Hub, but mo good" in New York.
Eastern novels in demand all through the West.
SPEAKING of the great mortality from pneumonia
in New York, Dr. Nagle the registrar of vital salts
tics says: Ladies' leaving places of amusement
are not careful enough in wrapping themselves up,
and often you will them shivering in the lob
bies Of theaers and music halls while waiting for
carriages"
CAPT. JOHN A. SLOAN after writing subscription
history of the North Carolina troops in the war and
securing only fourteen subscribers returns them their
money, with letter. in which he says: IT shall fold
the old flag around the manuscript and put it away in
vault, write an epitaph on its wrapper, Soldiers,
here lies your history by your side in this vault all
that is known written about you; so fares it with
your cause; it, too, sleeps as dead man stone for
its pillow"
AMONG the chief characteristics of the late General
Mcdowell were his patriotism and intense Republican
ISM he was so earnest Republican that he Travelled
from the Pacific coast. where he was stationed to
New York to vote for General Garfield. Five times
did ne journey from San Francisco to Now York to
cast his vote for Republican president. On his last
trip he said This is tho fifth time have returned
to New York to vote. 1t makes pretty long trip to
be sure but would be willing TO take it many times
if could help Republican principles even to the ex-
tent OF one vote"
MINISTER well-known by name throughout the
land who has of the bestequipped houses of wor-
ship was showing friend, not long since, through
its various rooms, when they to the kitchen
which was connected by a speaking tube with the
pastors study. On the wall printed in large let
tors, The Lord win provide, while in smal-r lot