The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL is to marry the dow
ager Lady Lyttleton. She il about forty years
old.
SECRETARY BAYARD, commenting on the mu-
sic in New York on Thursday, remarked, as the
band played the Marseillaise, THAT tune strikes
me with an inexpressible sadness. 1t is not mar
tai music: 1t smacks of the revolution and
bloodshed.r
BISHOP NINDE, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, writes that he had pleasant voyage to
England, and has now gone on to Bulgaria.
Thence he will go to. India by steamer from
Venice to Bombay. He and his daughter are in
excellent health.
SIR FRANCIS DoYLE's book has the public eye
in England at this moment Sir Francis babies
brilliantly. I'm Fox's time men drank, as Gren-
vile told Sir Francis, a great deal of wine; yes,
sir, a great deal of wine In ours they drink a
vast amount-yes, sir, vast amount-of soda
water and tea"
A YOUNG Nashville lawyer has become pub
lie benefactor by inventing a station indicator.
The machines can be attached TO each car in
train, and by the pulling of cord brakeman
registers the approaching station The dial on
which the words are printed is in full view of
the passengers.
ONE boy in Springfield, Mass, is so bright
that he has got into the newspapers. The bright
ness consisted in asking his school-teacher how
far procession of the Presidents of the United
States would reach if they we're placed In row.
When she gave it up he answered. From Wash
lngton to Cleveland"
PRINCE CARL, of Sweden, is six feet high and
twenty-three years old, the favorite of the royal
family, with broad shoulders and face of the
classic type. His photograph is found in every
window, on bottles of cologne, boxes of face pow
der packages of candy and everything else that
will catch the eye of the women of Stockholm,
who adore the handsome young prince. He is
democratic in his manner and favorite OF the
people.
MEASUREMENTS have shown the thickness of
the human hair to vary from the two-hundred-
and-iftieth to the six-hundredth part of an inch.
The silk worms thread is one fve-thousandth of
an inch thick, aud the spiders web only one
thirty thousandth. Blonde hair is the finest
and red the coarsest Taking four heads of hair
Of equal weight, patient German Psychologist
found the red one to contain about 80. 900 hairs;
the black. 100000; the brown, 100000 and the
blonde, 100000.
Mr.. JAMES E. MURDOCH the veteran actor,
relates that at the outbreak of the war he was
PLAYING in Hamlet at Milwaukee. The play
was half finished when there was tumut in the
house. The actors paused A man sprang upon
Ln0 SLaRS ana READ LscOlnS call 10r l0,UUU
troops. The play was never finished, bnt Mr..
Murdoch, in the garb of Hamlet, stood by the
side of Matt Carpenter and made speech for the
Union. Next day he packed up his wardrobe
and never reopened the trunks until the war was
over.
Mr. BARTLETT, who married the Baroness
Burdett-Coutts. now rides in carriage en-
blazoned with two coats of arms, his wife's and
his own. The latter is surmounted by three
crests, Bartlett, Burdett and Coutts. 1.-THE
young man" remarks Life (IIondon) comes of
quite a respectable New England family. and,
indeed his fathers cousin is at this moment the
leading fshmonger of New Bedford. But l
think that worthy man would be astonshed to
see into what heraldic splendor his family has
blossomed."
1T is announced from Paris that Pasteur has
sold the secret of his prophyactic against hydro
phobia to manufacturing company for 250, 000f.
Hitherto the preparation has been sold at the
cost price to any one who called for it, and this
report has occasioned much discussion. But
from common-sense point OF view there seems
no reason why chemist should not be entitled
to large reward for his labors as well as sur
geon. Should DR.. Sawbonee, for instance,
ceive $50, 0O0f from Baron Rothschild rs fee
for a successful operation, would any member
OF the medical profession criticise him for itR
IT is told of Gambetta that once when in the
heyday Of his power. when he went to some agri-
cultural department to Gust reactionary candis
date in favor of one of his friends, he inquired
about the agriculturists wants I'VE are sad
ly in need of rain, came the answer. "I'll see
about it when get to Paris" promised Gambet-
Ia. And his listeners believed in his promise
The record runs that the rain came down in tor
rents day or two after, and that when the re-
dictionary candidate presented himself he was
hooted at LET your party do as much for us
as Gambetta and we'll elect you," they said.
DR.. DEXTER, in a recent card on the Andover
controversy, in the Boston Transcript. said: II
beg to say that the only suit against those gen.
tlemen 1.-THE professorsl to which am party, and
the only one know anything about is friend
ly one to determine whether or not they are
guilty of perhaps, the most stupendous breach
of trust of century not unmarked by such
crimes. One would think that in community
of high minded merchants and ingenious bust.
ness men such an endeavor would be received
with decent candor, rather than in a spirit of
persistent If not malignant misrepresen tation."
This statement, as we learn" says the Boston
Advertiser, lis regarded by able lawyers as a
clear case of libel, bringing its author within the
reach of the law"
A Mysterious Vessel