The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-10

wakened up enough to snort out: Probably
that burned agent has bee putting rather too
much water in the reservation whisky
SENATOR WILLIAMS the new Senator from
California, is man of about ffty-fve, of me-
dunn height welltrmmed gray beard. rather
thin hair, and with the general air OF a success
full business man rather than statesman.
WASHINGTON society has learned that in her
school days Mrs Cleveland was very fond of
dancing, and it is knownthat in the trousseau that
she brought from Paris there were several ball
dresses of dancing length. The great question
now is whether Mrs. Cleveland will dance this
winter. and where.
DR.. w. A. HAMMOND tells Washington re-
porter that he set out to write twenty-four nov
els. and adds: ''You see those piles of manu-
script on those shelvesl There are four novels
finished ready for the press and two begun.
have already published three / attend to my
patients and write novels in the off hours-gen-
orally at night"
A KENTUCKY lady of large experience is re-
ported as saying that there is hardly another
city-North East, South or West-where social
rules are so lax as they are in Louisville. All
most any man with gentlemany appearance
and good dress can. with little effort, get into
society there; and the young women are protect
ed very little by their mothers. Hence plenty
of scandal
THERE has been talk of wedding between
the Princess Louise of Wales and the Duke of
Augustenberg, nephew of Prince Christian and
brother of Princess William of Prussia. He is
clever young man. age twenty-three, and is an
exception to the rule of German princes who
have married into the British royal family in
that he has large estates in Silesia and an in
come from the German government of $75 900 a
year
Mr. A. G. TALBOT, of Kentucky. who is being
pushed vigorously for the Austrian mission, was
married few years ago to a lady of Philadel
pha. Among the wedding guests were three
Congressman, namely, Senators Beck and Black
burn and Representative McCreary, and since
then Mr.. Talbot has been contestant of each of
them for his seat Mr. Talbot enjoys the emf
hence of being thorough Kentuckian who
neither smokes nor drinks.
1.-THE Fields" as a Boston writer tells, are
often compimented at Williams College. In
fact David Dudley and Cyrus ". are looked
upon as the best patrons of the institution ITO
be sure, {" adds the writer. Cyrus w. Fields
name is on the Garfield memorial wndo ", which
he gave to the chapel, in larger letters than
those comprising the name of the man commem-
Grated, but such matter is graciously over
looked in view of the bounty of the family"
In the vault of the Capucine Church at Wen
na where the Austrian soveregns have found
their tombs. is splendid and enormous sar
cophagus. raised by Joseph II over the remains
of his mother, Maria Theresa, and at its foot is
plain iron box, in which are the bones of Jo
seph himself, with the inscription-often re-
peated by him in life-"I have got so far that
love nothing on earth except my mother and the
state Near by is the tomb of the unfortunate
Macmillan. of Mexico. by the side of which the
Emperor Gifted spends an hour in meditation and
PRAYER.
A LATIN lexicon giving the history of every
word in the language, beginning with the earli
est records. and including the ecclesiastical
writings of the Middle Ages, has been under
taken by band of scholars. headed by Wolff1in,
or Munich. It promises to do for Latin a serv
ice similar to that undertaken for English By the
English Pathological Society. 1t is not believed
that such work can be completed in less than
twenty years. magazine devoted to lexi-
geography and grammar will contain the results
OF Herr Wolfflns enterprise, from time to time
they are obtained
ACCORDING to London letter Oscar Wilde is
fading and failing. His long locks. it is said
are no longer curled to look like Roman en-
peror's. The face looking through them is club
by. His legs-those which charmed aesthetic
American rnaidenhood-are encased in long
trousers, and for good reasons. They won't stand
inspection. AvoirdupoiS insists upon marring
the symmetry of ankles and the graceful line
which adds beauty to the stocking. In fact, the
legs are fat and SO is Wilde taken as a whole.
Only his noble height saves him from the ap-
pearance of obesity Marriage adds the writer
has not been good for him. He looks happy but
aesthetic no longer.