The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-04
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

WOMEN are taking advantage Of the ~opportu-
mites for education at the London University.
Already this summer Isl have matriculated for
admission, which is fifty moro than last year.
But the young women are still considerably be-
hind the young men, Of whom LOAF matricu-
lated at the last examination.
HORACE GREELEY told this story Of himself:
Soon after he went to learn the printing business
be went to see q preachers daughter. The next
time he attended meeting he was considerably
astonished at hearing the minister announce as
his text: my daughter is being grievously tor
mented with a devil"
ONE of the latest patents is a shset-metal cof-
fin, made by machinery, and at such light cost
that it compares with stove-pipe. 1t is lighter,
far less expensive, quite as attractive and fully
as convenient for the occupant as are the high
priced caskets, which are so much money vast
ed when buried in the earth.
AN old writer says: "a long chin declareth a
man to be peaceable, yet a babbler. They that
have little chins are much TO be avoided and
taken heed OF, for they are full of impiefy and
wlckedness, and are spies like unto serpents.
If the end of the chin be round. it is the sign of
nice manners; but the chin of a real man is
square
SwINBURNE being asked to send to q maya
zine q bit of verse, of mot moro than sixteen
IuCc. lonCtO1s lear Il can 0aTQlV un0eT-
take to supply verse to order, in point Of length
or otherwise, and in any case / should certainly
not think it worth while to let q magazine have
the first fruits of anything of mine for less
than $50"
AS coal and coal weights are subject to doubt in
the popular mind, the following answer tos query
by the New York World may cause some think.
ing: ''There are 40 cubic feet in q long ton Of
stove and nut coal Of 2. 24O pounds. or 35.7 for a
-l--s q nnn
measures les cubic feet, or 3.s tons. You re-
ceived 1000 pounds for q ton."
A FUNNY incident happened at Easton, Pa :,
the other day during a bail game. Umpire Grace
Pearce had not been giving satisfaction. Finally
he was in imminent danger of being mobbed.
whereupon he ran to Manager Fine and said: 81
want protection" The reply 'Vote for Harri-
son and you'll Get 1T restored the crowd to good
humor and Grace escaped with his life.
THE Gackwar Of Baroda has decided TO be-
come the p~ossessor Of the finest garden in the
world. He has employed Mr. Goldrius. a well.
known English landscape gardener, to lay out a
plaisance and park overlooking Baroda from the
hills. 1t is to exceed in beauty and extent any,
thing ever attempted. Before beginning his
task Mr.. Goldring is to visit all the native courts
of India to see what he has to compete with.
VI. DUMAS brought up his two daughters in a
very street way, never allowing them to 60 to
balls or similar gatherings. Before her mar
riage Nine. Lippmann only went to one evening
party aud twice to the theater-to see tragedies
Now, che goes everywhere aud is one of the
most brilliant leaders of Partisan society. She
copies many Of her fathers manuscripts, and
| often criticises them to his profit. He had 70
rewrite the first act OF Denise twice before il
suited her. She is q woman of
! beauty.
THE growth of the number of women who
have entered professions within the last ten
years is something rsmarkabls. There is scarce
ly q vocation in life which does not now have q
number of representatives among the gentler
sex. A mining company in St Louis 10 com
posed entirely OF women. The medical profes-
sion 10 constantly receiving large accessions of
feminine practitioners. There are Q number OF
women book keepers in Liverpool, and quite a