The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-23
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE Father of Waters is just now the Mother
Of Mischief.
SARAH BERNHARpr, whom entertaining guests
at her table, sits on . regular throne with q can
opy over head.
Miss JULIA s. BRYANT, daughter Of William
Cullen Bryant. who has been abroad since her
fathers death, has returned home.
Iowa is . prohibition State, yet there are in
the city of Davenport 200 saloons openly kept.
besides several wholesale liquor-houses.
THERE are twenty-five papers in Milwaukee
published in German and only six in English.
And Milwaukee is . great American city.
IT is estimated that to collect a pound Of
honey from clover $1,000 heads Of clover must
be deprived Of nectar and 3, $50, 900 visits from
bees must be made.
A HARMIN figure ct the recent private view
Of the Grosvenor Gallery was Miss Kate Green
away, in . green plush Rown. Q figured silk shawl
and q green-trimmed hat.
The late Valentine Baker Pacha only . few
weeks before his death bought . nne place az
Dartmouth, England, which his daughter will
henceforth make her home.
THE reconstructed New York Times building
will bs one Of the finest in the city. 1t will be
thirteen stories high, the first two Of granite
and the rest Of Indiana limestone.
nate II IELD, Wuo - Oocu op0uOluS q year OK
leisure in Californis, is disguised with the chilly
climate of San Francisco. She complains be-
cause she has as yet found no balmy days in
May.
The Rev. DR.. Leonard. lately of Brooklyn,
and now rector of ST. Johns Church. Washing
ton, d. c., who has been elected Bishop Of
Southern Ohio, will DO the youngest member of
the episcopacy, being just forty years old.
A DEED for . piece of land in Windsor. Conn,
has recently come to light. which is made valu-
able and interesting by the fact that it bears the
name of Matthew Grant. the first American An
cestor of General Grant. Its date Is April 9,
1861.
MORE than thirty years ago Disraeli, in Q yet
! unpublished letter. wrote. concerning Mrs. Dis
| raeli's first visit to Windsor Castle: II am very
pleased that my wife is going to visit the
Queen. look upon it as o very great compli-
ment, now that / am in opposition. The wives
Of many Cabinet Ministers would like to be in
her place"
The craze for white and gold In the decora-
| ton Of house interiors has been extended to
grounds about the house. One celebrated Cali
fornis estate has drives made of white gravel.
and the grourds are lighted with hundreds Of
gas lamps with shades Of ground glass. Statu-
airy of cleaning marble 10 placed upon the lawns
and the great gates are white and gold.
'HuxLEY and Tyndsll.' says the manager Of
q literary syndicate. will never write anything
| for publication urless they have something TO
saw. l have tried them many . time, and with
| good offers Of money, too. but always unsuc-
| c~essfuliy. They care too much for their fame.
| But when they have anything to say they are
ready to say it. and to charge forit, too"
New YORK Sun Gossip: The Hon Will Cum
back vas formerly Lieutenant7g governor of In
diana, and has been . prominent politician. He
10 q eood-looking man OF nearly sixiy. and .
lively speaker. His clear voice is frequently
heard In the conference. He Is . good deoater.
and 10 food OF . controversy, in which he always
keeps his good humor.
81 HAVE been interviewing B~oulanger.' says q
correspondent of London Truth. lyon would
never guess about what. This morning / heard
him violently attacked, not this time for riding q
black horse, but for wearing . scalp and being q
faux jeune homme. So / went to him 20 qucs-
ton. He said, i give yc- leave 20 wig mo.
Pull my hair ] did So. It was hrm at the
roots, and not even dyed"
GEORGE MULLER, celebrated throughout the
world as a worker for the good Of his fellow.
men. is now eighty-two years old. and a. full Of
zeal and activity 40 ever. He has just returned
TO Eueiand, after q preaching tour OF $1,000
miles tn trough Australia. China, japan and other
countries. Two thousand children greeted him
at Bristol upon his return. the little ones being
inmates of his orphanaes in that city.
THE editor of~the Abbeville Is. c. Medium
has challenged sisher President Mcbride. Prof.
] Davis or Processes Patton. Of NJ South Caro-