The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

AsrRoLoGERs are about to pick out i wife for
the Emperor of China
OF the ,426 persons treated by NJ. Pasteur for
fang wounds but four have died.
A COMPLETE set of school text books to be scld
at cost are being prepared for California
GERALD MASSEY, the English poet. has en-
tered enthusiastically into the home-rule fight.
RECENTLY published English reports show
that there are 725, 900 more females than males
in England
TYNDALL's theory that the sky is blue because
of particles of dust in the air is now accepted by
DR.. Il. Won Heimholtz.
To ADD to all the sorrows of the present Tory
Ministry, Lord Salisbury is said to be the worst
dressed man in London.
NEW HAVEN News: 'sCan alawyer be honest9"
asks an exchange Don't know. No precedent
has been established
IT is expected that Mrs. Cleveland will open
the Minneapolis exposition by touching tels-
graph KEY in the Adirondack cottage, which will
be connected with the exposition building by
wire.
THE wonderful popularity of Gen Lew Wal
lace's brilliant novel, Ben Hur, is undated.
More than one hundred thousand copies of the
book have been sold and edition follows edition
with bewildering CELEBRITY.
A WARKwoRTH, Ont, minister prayed one
recent Sunday morning as follows: Lord. bless
our servant girls who are detained from
joining in the worship of Thee by the sleeping OF
their masters and mistresses"
LAST year the richest American merchant, FL.
B. Clafin; the richest American railroad man.
w. H. Vanderbilt. and the richest American
planter Edmond Richardson, died. 1t is notable
a N 0t one Of ia ed n One
dropped dead at his desk, another IN his hall,
ana the other in the street.
BALDWIN county, Alabama, has probably the
oldest voter in the United States in the person
of Thomas Garrett, who is 119 years old. He
cast his first vote for John Adams for President
in 1876, when he was twenty nine years of age,
having been born in Maryland in 1867 he is the
father of twenty-one children, and Democrat.
In some of the rural districts economy is a
virtue that by no possible means be carried
to an unreasonable point. At Fort Ann, N. T.,
Mr. Cossey as reported, said he would have
cared nothing about his daughters elopement,
which occurred last Sunday eff she had not
spoiled two hills of potatoes by jumping out of
the window"
PROBABLY the largest literary prize ever of
fered is of 81 000, 900, to be given in 1925 by
the Russian National Academy for the best work
on the life and reign of Alexander l. In 1926,
shortly after the death of Alexander I. the sum
of 5000G roubles offered by one of his favor
lite Ministers to be given as prize century
after his death, and it is this sum at compound
interest, which will amount in 1925 TO 81 00O. 900.
THE last glimpse of Ouida sin a square cinque
cento villa framed in acacias. There is recep-
ton on the steps and in the hall by dozen dogs
of all sorts and sizes, in the drawing room by
lady, clad in sweeping robes of pale pink satin.
1t is 4:30 P. NJ. Pink satin cap, pink satin shoes,
red silk stockings and huge red silk sash;
vague consciousness of conviction that the
gorgeous disregard for the possible that pervades
the books of the lady In flesh color pervadeS her
surroundings also.
A RUSSIAN newspaper, one of whose reporters
recently called upon Tolstoi writes that the
great novelist now lives in common country
house, consisting of one immense room, and
filed with all sorts of necessary articles, includ-
ing libraries of useful books and manual tools
His children work in turn at the bench or at the
desk. When the one quits his manual labor the
other leaves his intellectual task and takes the
others place Tolstoi's literary works are now
read all over the world.
A BANKRUPT, whose affairs are under investi-
of subsistence. He had been engaged to lady,
whose uncle paid him ESQ year for being en-
gagged to his niece. Most men would have thought
THIS gOoQ enough DuL THIS one was not easily sat
isfed. He gave up the engagement and married
a dress-maker. and when asked why, said, BE
cause it was very unhappy engagement all
along" Whether he was happier with the dress
maker does not appear, but probably his credit
ors were not. for all he had to offer was shill-
ing in the pound and lot of pawn-tickets.
A FRENCH journalist describes Stepniak, the
celebrated Russian writer and Nihilist, whom he
met at Alphonse Daudet's country house, as
man Of about thirty years, of herculean build,
with massive head and the strength of an ath-
lete His bristly beard covers all the lower part
of his face save the mouth-the horrible, blood
red mouth of a savage. Yet this face occasion
ally exhibits child-like gentleness which
minds one of the quiet good nature that distin-
cuisines at times some of the larger beasts of
prey. His muscular strength which is extra
ordinary, is kept up by constant practice in gym
nastcs The writer him lift chair, on
which a heavy man was seated, with one hand
and place it on a table His mental faculties
are remarkable, especially his prodgious mem
DRY and vivid imagination. He speaks all the
European languages with more or less fiuency,
and his knowledge of history, politics and ma
tional economics is marvellous.