The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-10
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


was woman"
SATURDAY Symphs" is what they call new
series of high-class orchestra concerts lately
started in London
WHO says the Chinaman can not be Ameri-
canized2 A Celestial has just brought suit for
divorce in Arizona.
IT'S He who made the heart alone
Decisively can try us;
He knows each chord. its various tome
Each spring, its various bias.
SENATOR BECK. it is said. can repeat ''The
Lady of the Lake. from memory, knows Burns
by heart, and thinks there are no novels equal
TO those of Walter Scott
AT Oakland, CAL lives Mrs. G. A. Bryant,
now aged. once belle, whom George Nv once
kissed, and to whom Napoleon Ill is said to have
offered his heart hand and. empire.
THE death is announced of Mr.. Baillie, Of Red
castle, Scotland vino was to have acted as
Benjamin Disraeli's second had there been
duel between that statesman and Daniel OCon-
nell.
IT is stated that Governor Hill had applications
from less than IL 900 persons for places on his
military staff. 1t is surprising to note the num-
Der of men who want to be soldiers in time of
peace.
A MODERN wit defines the difference between
men and women: "A man gives forty cents
for a twenty -fve-cent thing he wants, and a
woman gives twenty-five cents for o forty cent
thing she does not want"
Dr. HAMILTON GRIFFIN has told Phila-
delphia interviewer that his mint is about to
suspend coinage-in other words, that Mary
Anderson will retire from the stage the two
ensuing seasons, for rest and travel.
OF the Duke of Seville, who has lately made
himself Extensively conspicuous in Spain, it is
said that he once went to ball without any era
vat The reason was that just before dressing
he had dismissed his valet for insolence and did
not know how to tie cravat himself.
Mrs. MARSHALL FIELD. of Chicago. gave
party in honor of her seventeen-year-old sons
birthday. 1t was Mikado ball, and the decora-
tioEs alone cost $40. 600, or more than ten times
as much as it costs to costume some of the Mi
kado companies now prancing around the coun-
try.
A PHILADELPHIA newspaper man says that
even the vilest elements of our great cities are
controlled to a certain extent by the fear of
death. Ninety-nine out of a hundred believe in
God, heaven and hell. But for this belief they
would be infinitely worse and more dangerous
than they are.
A WOMAN in Bohemia was lately sentenced to
imprisonment for ten days for forgery because
she changed her physicians prescription calling
u
grammes. 1t is said that no similar case has
ever appeared on the court records Of the United
States or England.
THE writer Of the sharp criticism of Secretary
Bayard in the North American Review is said
to be William FL. Hurlburt. formerly the editor
Of the World The name signed to the article,
Arthur Richmond. is nom de plume. Mr. Hurl-
burt wanted to go as minister to Italy, but did
not get the appointment.
THE food of Burmese peasants includes almost
all kinds of reptiles, the grub of ball-rolling
beetle, kind of ant which constructs nests of
leaves in tree-tops (eaten in curries), and hill
rats. The last-named exist in such hordes that
their consumption is almost q necessity to pre-
vent the rats eating the Burmese.
Mr.. WEST the British minister, is Roman
Catholic, and attends st. Matthews Church, in
Washington. In manner he is strong contrast
to his predecessor Sir E. Thornton, having
strong inclination toward French habits and Gus
toms. He has established warm friendship
with the members of the French embassy.
In a marriage register in the Church Of ST.
James, Bury st. Edmunds, says an English
journal, the following curious notice appears:
1882. Nov. 5. Christopher Newsam, Charity
Morrell Charity Morrell being entirely without
arms, the ring was placed upon the fourth toe of
the left foot and she wrote her name in the
register with her right foot"
A BATTALION of warllke Jews in the army of
Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, has had special
mark of attention bestowed upon it. With his
own hands the Prince pinned on the breast of
the commander the gold medal for valor, and he
warmly praised at Prot the remnant of the le-
gion. The battalion, originally FIVE hundred
strong, lost one-fourth its number before
Slivnitza. and in the other battles eighty-fve
men fell
THE entire population Of Berlin is, in round
numbers 100000. OF these nearly 900, 900 are
exempt from taxation, their annual income being
less than the legal maximum, $105. Nearly
27O 600 have incomes ranging between that
figure and $685. Incomes between $25 600 and
5000 are credited to 108 individuals, eighteen
persons have incomes Up to $75, 900, five I'D to
$l00. 900. nine up to $l35 900. and four persons
only exceed this sum.
Boston Herald: A New Haven medical OK.
aminer says that on an average he has ten cases
year Of babies starved to death. He had one
last week of child dying suddenly. Investiga-
ton showed it had been fed on patent food.
and the doctor says it died of starvation. 1t is
the ignorance of the parents, he says, which is
at the bottom OF the trouble. That particular
kind OF ignorance seems to prevail rather more
extensively among the welito-do than the
poorer classes.
A NEwsPAPER item is in circulation stating that
the old friends Of Mr. John Roach had taken lit
tie notice Of his misfortune and shown little
sympathy for him. The item specifies partc-
ularly that Mr.. Roach had never heard from Mr.
Blaine since the day he was compelled to sus-
pend. When this statement was brought to Mr.
Roachs attention he declared it to De without
foundation. Mr. Blaine said he, twas the
first person heard from Immediately after my
misfortune happened. Outside of my own
family have no warmer friend than Mr..
Blaine"
A SPECIALIST in throat troubles was called to
treat Boston lady who manifested so much in
terest In his surgical instruments that he ex.