The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

HARpERs MONTHLY will be thirty years
old next June
IT is remarked at Washington that the visit
ing Mormons look 'like the people you meet at
spritualistic seances."
PRINCE BISMARCK sent autograph letters of
thanks-reproduced in fac-simile by the hectic
graphic all persons who congratulated him
upon his recent birthday anniversary.
SEVEN great labor unions in England, having
an income of over $l.6OO,OO0. spent in disputes
in 1882 only $1,000. Their highest work is in
preventing strikes through conferences and arbi-
tration.
GENERAL ANsoN g. McCooK the Secretary
of the United States Senate, and for three terms
q member of Congress, will be married in June
to daughter of Ex-Governor McCook, distant
relative.
THE prolific Koch family, in Berlin have asked
the Emperor, the Grown Prince and Prince Will
lam to stand as godfathers to the three last boys
and announce that they now have nine boys,
ready in due time to be recruits in the German
army.
A BLUsHING young woman entered the circuit
clerks Office in Perryville, Mo-. the other day,
and asked If a certain young man had taken out
license to marry certain young woman. She
looked much relieved when the clerk said mo-
the first claim on him..
ORDERS given by Secretary Manning before
he was taken sick, for the purchase of furniture
for his Washington residence, and for the pur-
chase of a pair of carriage horses, have been re-
Gently countermanded. This fact is commented
upon as being significant in connection with the
reports of his retirement from the Treasury De-
partment at an early day.
DR.. C. E. FELTON, has boldly declared in
l IA.
bellies are the ugliest women he has ever seen in
his life. This is in direct opposition to the pop
ular belief that the Baltimore bellies are the most
beautiful women in the United States; but, all
the same. it is obvious that Dr. FELTON, does not
intend to visit Baltimore during the coming
summer.
THE deepest boring yet made is said to be at
Schladebach, near the line between Leipsic and
Corbetha It has been made by the Prussian
government for the purpose OF ascertalnlng the
presence of coal, and was bored with diamond
drills. It's depth is 1890 metres, or 1900 feet,
its breadth at the bottom two inches, and at the
top eleven inches The temperature at the bot
tom indicates 1872 Fair.
AMONG those who called upon the President,
the other day, was a little man with a big pair
of opera glasses, which he purposed leveling at
Mr. Cleveland as he entered the room.
He waited impatiently, but when the President
did appear the little man was yanked into line
by the ushers had shaken the executive hand,
and was out in the corridor before he had time
to think of the opera glasses.
IT is said that the eocentrcites of BARLEY
Campbell. the dramatist are caused by insanity,
and that his friends will take measures to have
him put under legal restraint He has dissipated
most of the available part of the large pro- "
which he has made from his plays in forcin.
successful ventures upon the public. Luc,
he has good deal of property in real esta
which he cannot transfer without his wifes sig
nature, and Mrs. Campbell refuses to let them
CO.
TOBACCO blindness is becoming common af
Fiction. At present there are several persons
under treatment for it at one London hospital
1t first takes the form of color blindness. the
sufferers who have smoked themselves into this
condition being quite unable to distinguish the
color of piece of red cloth held up before
them. Sometimes the victim loses his eyesight
altogether. Although smoking is to large
tent the of the malady, and so gives it it's
name heavy drinking is also partly responsible.
THOMAS A. STRATToN, of Lincoln county,
Kan, observed Arbor Day by planting IL, 600
trees with his own hands his timber culture
claim. They were two-year old Russian null
berries. and were put four feet apart each way.
He began at A. NJ. and quit at 6 P. NJ, with
rest of an hour and half at noon. Before any
body pfenounces this story fraud it is well to
explain that Mr.. Stratton is the inventor Of q
tree planter He drove a team hitched to the
machine, riding along at his leisure and putting
the trees into the ground.
IT is said of Governor Mcdaniel, of Georgia,
that he stammers badly. but disikes. above all
things, to have his nearer try to supply the word
on which he at the time happens to be laboring.
While talking. the other day. with young man
whose father he knew. and whose fatherinlaw
he did not know, he began: "How's y-y-your
f-f-ffath- faith" "Oh," said his friend who
was in a hurry, my fathers right we'll" II
d-d-didn't m m mean y-y-your fath-fath father
said the Governor, Indignantly, II MN meant
| y-y-your fath-fath- er-in-law."
Mr. JOHN r. BRANTLEy, of Douglasville, Ga,
with creditabe brotherly feelings comes to his
sisters in the following card in the village
| paper: Certain INSCRIPTIONS women who have
| no regard for truth have, with view to injurng
my sisters business, circulated report that she
| is stuck up and does not respect country peo
| pie. This is a false and malicious representa-
tion whose aotnor is as deceitful as she is ugly
| My sister especially soliclts the patronage of
| people who live in the country, and l guarantee
| that she will give them every attention and
| courtesy"
| Mr.. E. W. ERNST, an intimate friend of Mrs.
| Frances Hodgson Burnett says that this author
usually writes in the breakfastroom with her
children playing about her, laughing and crying
by turns. making no end of noise. but not in the
least disturbing their mother. When perplexed
and weary she will stop and play with the boys.
| She usually works at plain desk along which
are arranged with pardonable vanity, all her
| published works in handsome bindings, placed in
| the order of their appearance. She generally
! employs dull pencil and odd scraps of paper
for writing materials, working very fast when in
| the mood.
COMMENT AND OPINION.