The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-01
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Hon. S. s. Cox has not yet qualified minister to
Turkey He win not leave before June, as he has
book on hand which must be completed.
PRINCESS BEATRICE will have for bridesmaids at
her wedding the daughters Of the Prince of Wales,
the Duke of Edinburgh and the Grand Duleof Hesse,
all her nieces.
ONE of the greatest curiosites in Japan is the won
derful and almost ndescribable variety of coins that
are used daily, it requiring in instances 1000
pieces to make adolar
THE society of Oxford where Rhoda Broughton,
the novelist, lives is said to be offended because she
has taken off that town in one of her late works
She lives secluded life.
LoUIs of Bavaria has ordered, at Lepsic, $62
500 worth of porcelain and glass furnishing for his
new Herren Chiemsee CASTLE All the decorations are,
of course in the Louis XIV style.
THE Sutlej, one of the great streams of British
India is probably the swiftest large river in the
world; it has descentof IL 900 feet in $50 miles,
an average of about sxty-seven feet per mile.
THE great Catholic family of Won Arnim, which
stands at the head of the arstocracy of Bradenburg
has withdrawn into secluson since Prince Bismarck,
as the family aege, bounded one of its members into
his grave.
DAVID FISHER, the Oldest living exrepresentative
when the two were in Congress together. He pro-
nounces Lincoln to have been 'the most lovabe
public he ever knew"
THE railways in England severely affected by
the general depression. People don't travel because
they cant afford it. Firstclass passengers ride third
and third GLASS passengers hide under the seats and
dodge the ticket collectors
Poor old Dan Rice, once the most famous of
clowns, is holding 1O-cent circus in New Orleans;
and deplores the days when he used to have his
Floating Palace show, up and down the Mississippi
and take In the quarters of thousands of people at
every landing
MRS. JULIAN JAMES the wealthy widow whom it
is rumored ex President Arthur will marry has
the dark beauty and features that betray
her Jewish origin She spent the past season in Wash
ngton and assisted to receive at most Of the White
House leyees.
AT Cedar Key, the other evening Thomas A. Edi-
son was watching the phosrhorescence the water
and group of darkeys near by were also wondering
at the strange spectacle. "What am dat Sam Y
asked one. "Dat9" the reply; ''g'way, niggah;
don you knowa It's da. lightniu glib each
dem fish a 1ectric lamp!"
THE Gaulois describes the nature Of the revolver
panic in the form of an anecdote At dinner
party male guest hesitates whether to seat him
self the left or the right of youthful beauty.
Pardon ne, Mademoisele.' he politely remarks
with an evident air of indecision but would you
mind telling me on which side you wear your re-
volvers'
DIR. Epson, Of New York, has found that common
Rio coffee is put through a process Of poisoning
which transforms into any desired variety and this
is only of the many frauds that he has detected
in the grocery trade. Lead and its compounds are
found in almost every article of prepared food while
copper and arsenic are in common The ways of
the world are peculiar.
THE enormous wealth of the Orleans Princes is
chiefly derived from Louis Philippes mother who, in
consequence of the death of her brother the Prince
de Lamballe became sole heiress of her father the
Duke of Penthievre, the richest subject of France
The Duke died in 1898. His daughter had two days
before his death been divorced from her worthless
husband, who was thus debarred from touching her
property.
FRENCH statistcian has discovered that up to the
present 254O emperors and kings have governed
sixty-four nations. Out of this number 800 have
been driven from their thrones sixtyfour have abdi
Gated twenty four have committed suicide, twelve
have become insane, 100 fell in battle 1913 cap
tured twenty five died martyrs Isl have been
sinated, and los have been condemned to death and
executed according to law.
CARDINAL NEWMAN has just celebrated his eighty.
fourth birthday at the Birmingham Oratory His
Eminence. who is enjoying a second youth rather
than second childhood, shows amount of vitality
quite surprising TO those who some little time ago.
were anxious about his health. He said mass at z
o'clock the morning of his birthday, and later
received visits from number of his friends. With
of these Mr.. Wifrid Ward, of his old friend,
the Cardinal was able TO talk for hour and half,
although few months ago his doctors told him
that half hour to be the extent of his con-
versation.