The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-16
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

SENATOR BLACKBURN is said to wear more
jeweiry than any other member of Congress.
GEORGE SAINTsBURY, the English critic, de-
ciares that he is almost tired of looking for the
American novel in which the hero shall not be q
coxcomb.
SIR HENRY PoNsoNBY officially declares that
Queen Victoria never uttered the remark often
attributed to her, that, the Bible is the secret
of England's greatness"
THERE are more than 1000 devices for
coupling in this country, according to railroad
journal, but for uncoupling the American divorce
court has no competition.
ELISHA KENT KANE, who is Prohibitionst
candidate for the Assembly in Mexican county,
Pennsylvania is q son of the late General T. L.
Kane and nephew of the famous arctic explorer
whose name he bears.
w. W. CoRcoRAN is the wealthest citizen of
Washington, and it is said that he has given
away not less than $13. 900 900 in charities He
began life as a clerk in his fathers shoe store
and his father was shoemaker.
SEVERAL kinds Of quadrupeds in the London
Zoo suffer from ccrns on their feet, due to hard
floors, and these produce boring ulcers, which
may extend clear through the foot. Hernia,
| also, occasionally affiicts the monkeys.
| Miss CLEVELAND ia certainly an ssI"deal
editor She uses the singular personal pronoun
IL" instead of the editorial ''we." and managed
to insert it thirtytwo times in her editorials in
the current number of the Literary Life.
| PROHIBITION in Vermont exists in name only,
the consumption Of liquor, according to all &C
! counts, being about as large as ever. Prohibi-
| ton on the statute books and prohibition on the
liquor traffic are two entirely different things.
WASHINGTON rumor is to the effect that
| Gov. James D. Porter will resign as First AS
sistant Secretary of State to accept the Austrian
| mission, and that John Fl. Oberly, of the Civil
service Commission, will succeed him in the
| State Department
| A CHAP who wanted to break off the engage
ment to. another fellow of the girl he loved.
didn't try to persuade either that the other was
false, but just contrived to get them both to join
the same church choir, and in less than week
they didn't speak
GLASS floors are coming into very general use
in Paris. Although they cost more at first, they
| are found cheaper in the end. The rooms below
can often dispense with artificial light and there
| is far less fire risk. Glass, too, will outwear
wood many times.
THE late Sir John Anderson invented for the
British government machinery which reduced
the cost of making bullets from ST. 20 to III cents
cents EACH but never made anything out of it
beyond the salary of $4,000 year.
MRS. GEORGE E. COOKE, of Louisville, KY. is
spending her spare time at Cape May, en-
bordering superb altar-cloth for Calvary
church, Louisville the pastor of which is Mr.
Minngerode, of the noted DIR. Minnigerode,
of Richmond, cousin of Prince Bismarck
A ROMANTIC young lady in London obtained
recently the desire of her heart-she met the
poet laureate at dinner. and the sympathetic
hostess even arranged that she should be placed
next to him. One remark, and one alone, did
the poet address to the gushing maiden at his
side, and it was this: 81 like my mutton in
wedges"
CARLYLE once gave up smoking, because his
doctor told him that it was not agreeing with
him. A few weeks afterwards he was walking
in wood when he saw pipe, tobacco pouch
and box Of lights lying together at the foot of
tree He at once concluded that this was
providential, filled the pipe and lighted it, and
became smoker from that hour.
THE Philadelphia Record says: Twenty
five years ago there was probably not woman
in Philadelphia worth $500. 900. and even man
millionaire was a curiosity Nowadays estates
footing up ST. 000 900 and more are being settled
up almost every week or two, and the list of
women who own millions is by no means insg-
niicant" This simply measures the growth IN
prosperity of all American cities
THE Rio Janeiro correspondent of the Paris
Temps writes apropos Of Sarah Bernhardt's re-
ception at San Paulo, Brazil: sThe success was
immense, and the joy and admiration of the
crowd so great that she was almost borne in tri-
umph. On reaching the hotel Sarah found sew
eral people taking off their coats WHICH they flung
down for her to walk upon, so that her feet
might not tread on ground trodden by the com
mon herd. Some of her crazy admirers even lay
down along the staircase to serve as cushions for
her feet as she walked up to her apartment"
''BY an unfortunate typographical error says
Dakota newspaper. 1--WE were made to say last
week that our distinguished townsman. Profess
sor Kennedy, was about to rig up nobby
baboon for the comfort and enjoyment of his
daughter on her wedding trip over the praries.
What we meant to say was . nobby balloon.
We write this with our left hand. while lying on
our spare bod. with one eye entirely closed and
the other hand-painted, and an inverted chair
across our stomach for writing table The