The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-28

but at last he Ia reported to be getting rather
tired OF the continual notice which is taken OF
him. "dreat Scott he said the other day. 40
people expect man to be seventeen feet nign
because he happens to be q SenatorY The Sem
ator can console himself with the thought that
he stands high in the estimation Of the people
anyhow
KING LUZ of Portugal Is forty eight years
Of age and quite a domestic man. His great
pleasure is to be always dressed in an admirals
uniform, with huge brass epaulets. His Majesty
is blond, with mild blue eyes de performs on
all musical instruments, surpasses Frederick the
Great In dute-playipg, speaks several languages,
and is patron of literary and scientific associa
tons. He has translated Hamlet" into Portu-
guese and is now at work on s'Othello."
Mr. GEORGE HEARST. who has been named to
succeed the late Senator Miller, of California,
has most charming wife. who is already well
known and great favorite in Washington So
ciety. She is women of quiet, gentle order
Of beauty, wearing her soft brown hair In
smooth waves beside her face, but Il is her cult
ure and refinement OF manner that constitute
her greatest charm. She was noted as the most
accomplished hostess and entertainer IN San
Francisco.
THE Mahdis grave outside Omdurman is now
marked by plain monument, erected by his
successor. Shekh Abdula. The False Prophet
is buried on the spot where he died in his tent.
his sword and silver helmet lying on his tomb.
where four dervishes watch and pray contin-
uously. Now the grave is enclosed in stone
and brick tower, about fourteen and a half feet
in diameter. The outside wall is whitewashed
and decorated with an inscription, in huge black
letters. stating that the ambassador of God"
rests beneath.
CONSULTATIVE patients are advised by pupil
of Liebig in the Apotheke Verein, to live in
rooms where one or two drachms of sulphur are
melted on hot stove. The first ten days brings
increased cough and irritation, then these cease,
and the patient improves rapidly Persons with
catarrh and in early stages of consumption APP
ply to enter chemical factories where large guam
titles of sulphur are evaporated daily, and are
cured in a few weeks by the inhalations. Cho.-
era and epidemic diseases are never found in
such factories
SOMEBODY points out that this year came in
on Friday and will go out Friday, and have
fifty-three Fridays. Two months in the year
come N on Friday and two go out on Friday.
There are five months in the year that have Ave
Fridays. The phases of the moon change five
times on Friday, and the sun was eclpsed on
March 5, which fell on Friday. The longest day
in the year and the shortest both fall on Friday.
People who have supersti.ious prejudice
against Friday will be apt to see strange coinci
dences In all this.
DIR. HOLMES and Mr.. Lowell are to cross the
Atlantic together They intend to spend the
spring and summer in England, and were to
make the passage in the Oregon on her first trip
from Boston. AS il is they will probably sail on
the Catalonia early in April The Sd was the
date originally fixed DR.. Holmes has never
been abroad but once, and that was ffty-one
years ago, when the study of medicine seemed
more vital to his interests than the pursuit oil
literature. How far his travels will carry him
on the continent has not been absolutely deter
mined, but he will return to this country in the
fall While in England DR.. Holmes and Mr..
Lowell will be together, and may possibly return
by the same steamer.
THE dancing of Mrs. Cecil Clay, formerly Miss
Rosina Vokes, who, with her company Of English
amateurs, has been giving very excellent dra-
matte performances in this country. has been
much admired. It combines audacity and mod
esty in remarkable degree, and one who sees
her wonders how she does it. A Chicago news
paper has found out, and explains that she wears
no pettcoats 'Her clinglng trains are lined
with silk and bordered with lace Underneath
these, silken trousers fall to the ankle. These
too, are edged with lace, and cling to and conceal
the limbs at every movement, having TO the au
dience the appearance of deliberately trimmed
skirts. In these Miss Vokes feels secure, and
her dancing becomes at once revelation of
abandon and modesty."