The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mrs. BURNETT is pushing her pen through the
chapters Of another novel.
Elk KING THEBAw's nominal prison at Madras
is next door to large distillery.
A CHICAGO paper says the only reason the
devil is not socially recognized in Philadelphia is
because he has no grandfather.
GEN. LEW WALLAcEs ben Hur" is still hav-
ing an immense sale. The Methodist Book Con-
Germ reports an increasing sale since the origin of
it's production has been made public.
GARCIA. the first teacher in Europe to apply
scientific knowledge to the education of the
voice, is still living in London, but on account
of his advanced age has given up teaching almost
entirely.
Mr.. BLArNE's two eldest daughters have be.
come Roman Catholics. The first, who married
Colonel Coppinger was baptized shortly after her
marriage, and the second, Miss Margaret, has
followed suit.
SENATOR FAIR. when on the Comstock. wears
an old gray flannel shirt, in which he plunges
down into the silvery veins Of the old bonanza,
shaking hands with the miners whom he has
known as Jim, and Sam, and Joe for twenty
years.
A RUSSIAN woman, professor of physical sci
ence, has been appointed to take charge of that
department in the college for women at st Pet
ersburg Qualified women assistants have also
positions as teachers Of mathematics and natural
sciences.
JOHN B. COUGH would always talk entertain
ingly, but he was dull writer. His autobiogra-
ply was written by drunken Englishman
named John Ross Dix. Mr.. Dix destroyed about
ten gallons of brandy in his effort to write up the
cause of temperance and its great apostle.
OLIVER PAYNE of the Standard Oil Company,
has given his sister, Mrs. Whitney, the wife of
the Secretary of the Navy $500, 900 to enable
her to entertain on liberal scale and illustrate
the Jeffersonian simplicity of the administration.
JEFF. DAVIS is described by the latest visitor
to Beauvoir as standing erect, and, save for his
full white beard and silver hair. showing no
signs of senility or decay He dresses in black,
wears planters broad brimmed hat. and carries
cane, but does not lean upon it.
Boiling sheeting, which is quite different
from boiling cloth, comes in dull reds, olives
and dull blues, and makes handsome summer
cottage drawing-room valances when embroid-
cred in old yellow in outline designs. Kensing-
ton crepes come in ivory white and soft colors,
and make lovely curtains when trimmed with
ribbons Of contrasting colors.
NUMEROUS explanations have been given as to
the origin of the expression painting the town
of having first used it, or at least its equivalent
In Winters Tale" act ~, scene 3, he makes
Florizel say:
See. your guests approach;
Address yourself to entertain them sprightly
And let's be red with mirth.
PHILADELPHIA Gail: Ethelberta: sI want
pair of slippers for pa. Number tens please,
and-squeaky." Genial shoemaker: ''Squeaky,
miss9 I'm afraid we haven't any of that kind
Ethelberta: Il am SO sorry. Couldn't you make
him soueaky pair2 There Is q certain young
gentleman who visits me frequently, and-and it
would be very convenient for him to know Just
when pa is coming"
ANDREW Hess who died at Erie, Pa, on Sat
urday. ct the age Of ninety two, served as an Of
ficer with Napoleon two years, and until his ex-
lie in Elba. After coming to America he and
eight others formed select circle, of which Hess
was president. They met daily at their club
room in Erie for over sixty years. Some time
ago they began to die of old age. and now only
left.
young men Of certain stamp to beware of Da-
kota, in these TERMS There is no opening for
any Of the embrYotic or ruined specimens of
humanity outside of the cemeteries If the
verdict of the community in which you now live
seems to be that you have not enough ability to
throw stones at the chickens don't come out
here, where, owing to excessive and exorbitant
freight charges. cartridges with which to prac-
tice on you cost two cents apiece"
THE Baltimorean: A young lady bought a
love powder from an agent, on East Balti-
more street, few days since. for which
she paid twenty FIVE cents. Upon being an
alyzed it was found to be pulserized white
sugar. pure and simple. 1t was wrapped in
pretty gilt paper and tied with bit Of white
ribbon. There was about thimbleful of the
sugar. and one young man could swallow half
hundred. and not feel the slightest inconvenience
nor would he feel like loving girl by the effects
produced.
SENATOR GEORGE. Of Mississippi is a quiet
looking individual. with full beard and heavy
mustache of yeowish-white, thick, long, brown
hair, falling over a rather low forehead. He
dresses in an unbecoming, dark snuff-colored
suit Beginning his legal career as a court re
porter, he rose to be chief justice of the Supreme
Court of Mississippi. and resigned that position
for the Senate. Associated with Senator Blair
upon the committee on education and labor. he
has become interested in many of that gentle
mans views and is especially friendly to liberal
measures and discussion on the side of labor.
THE lovely Queen Maraherita, of Italy, is at
present in painful trouble on account of her
royal spouses beard. About year ago it began
to turn gray. This was too bad as his Majesty
Is only forty years old, and, in the eyes of her
Majesty. the handsomest man in Italy She
purchased a bottle of patent hair-restorer, and
ordered his Majesty to use it. King Humbert
demurred but, as the Queen insisted he first
took the precauton to apply 1t to the ears OF one
OF his hounds. The next day the CANNES ears
were bright green. When the Queen asked
next morning II his Majesty had used her rem
edy King Humbert begged her to apply 1t TO her
pet parrot, and let him knor the result next day.