The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
The Empress of Russia has an amber tea serv-
ice which is said to be the finest in the world
HARPERs' Weekly says that Jay Gould con-
trolls securities with par value of $439, OO0 00O
SENATOR MITCHELL, of Pennsylvania, is ill
| with sore eyes and partial nervous prostration;
| the results of overwork.
| FANNY KEMBLE once declared that it required
walk of twenty miles day to keep down the
| devil that possessed her.
| BIsMARcK's wife is described as tall, aristo-
cratic-lookiug woman, with decided but pleasing
features and of elegant but simple taste in
| dress
| GENERAL SHERMAN is going TO remove from
| St Louis to New York and the New York girls
are sending to the st. Louis girls for their
| muzzles
| In France culinary art is closed book to
women. The chef is the real autocrat He
measures like druggist, while woman
guesses at the quantity.
DR. MooREHoUsE. lately Bishop of Melbourne
and now Bishop of Manchester is fond of using
tobacco and has had brand named after him,
| the "Moorehouse Mixture"
| MRS JULIA WARD HOWE thinks that woman
suffrage is question of time" possibly long
tlme-out Susan B. Anthony. who is energetic in
| her efforts, is sanguine of speedy success.
PAPA, l guess there amt any plumbers in
| heaven said six-year-old youngster one rainy
day. "Why not my son9' "'Cause the sky
seems to leak so easy.'-New York journal.
WHITTIER says that yellow is his favorite
| color, because he can always distinguish it..
while the red apples and green leaves on a tree
all look alike to him as far color is concerned.
| THE latest style in hair dressing is called
| Sweet disorder" 1t is said that in order to be
fashionable in this regard all girl has to do is
| to let her hair Ego as it lays" il the morning
after night OF uneasy rest.
! THERE was once an American who, being
presented to the Gar, shook him warmly by the
| hand and asked kindly after his wife and chill
dren. The court gasped. That will seem moth
| ing in comparison to what will happen one of
| these days
| Mr.. CHARLES RUSSELL, member of Parliament
for one of the London divisions refused to rustic
round in a judgeship at $50, 900 year, on the
ground that his practice as barrster is one of the
most rem lucrative in England. But he is com
| paratlvely poor, on account of alleged gambling
| proelvities.
1T is diverting to ind," says London Truth,
abiding to the new budget of Beaconsfeld let
| ters that when Lord Role tumbled down the
| steps of the throne at the coronation, his fall
| was regarded by the foreigners present as part
the ceremony, being a tenure by which he held
| his barony.'"
| In addition to Mr.. Boehme's fine statue of him
| in the Embankment Gardens, Thomas Carlyle
has another monument at Chelsea, in the form
| of white marble tablet bearing portrait-bust
There being legal obstacles to placing it on the
| famous house at No. "a Told No. 81 Cheyne row,
it has been affixed to No. 40 Cheyne walk.
Ex-PREsIDENT ARTHUR has always been a
high liver. and his attack of collie which he suf-
fered while cruising on the Talapoosa, few
years ago, is of too late date not to be readily
| recalled. His condition has grown worse rather
| than better since then and his physicians it is
| said, now restrict him entirely to pepSiniZed
| milk. This has tended to greatly depress him,
and he prefers to remain entirely alone, with
| one or two of his most exclusive friends.
| THE editor of the Boston Journal recently
| told correspondent that the report that srow
| had fallen in the West when the mercury was
| 3O0 below zero is an error, asserting that it is
| then ''too cold to snow" The St Paul Pioneer
| Press denies the assertion most emphaticaly,
/ saying that, in Minnesota, it does snow, and
SHOWS furiously, when the mercury is 800 below
zero. These. the editor adds, are terrible storms
! for the people who are caught in them.
| The immense quantity of peanuts grown in
Africa South America, and in our own Southern
States afford not only pleasant article of food,
but very large source of oil production. The
seed contains from 45 to so per cent OF a nearly
colorless, bland, fixed OIL not unlike olive OF,
and used for similar purposes; it is a ondrying
OIL which changes but little by exposure to the
| air, and remains fluid even at several degrees
| colder than thlrty-two degrees Fab. A very
| great quantity of soap is manufactured from
this kind of oil; indeed some Of tue finest toilet
| soaps imported from France are Of this material.
| SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN must be most desir
able matrimonial ''catch." The places that claim
the honor of being the home of his bride-elect
will soon rival in number the birthplaces of Ho-
mer. Boston has a claim of long standing that
Miss Geraldine Yum Yum Ulmar is the future
| Lady Sullivan. San Francisco is positive it is a
daughter of the Pacific coast, who even now is
| plays her engagement ring. Chicago looks upon
these aspirants with lofty scorn and points with
| pride to wealthy ex-pork packers daughter
Louisville winks a blue-gras eye and is conf
! dent of the charm of certain fair Kentuck-
ienne. And New York Anglomaniacs persist in
their faith that his fnancee sis English, you
know" Really. it would be interesting to know
| if the accomplished composer seriously thinks
Of marrying at all.
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