The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-30
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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belts are affected somewhat the same as
women who lace tightly,
A CHIRoPODIsT will henceforth be at
tached to every German regiment.
GOVERNOR BEAVER has received $500,
sent by the Sultan of Turkey for the bene-
fit of the Johnstown sufferers.
EDDIE GOULD was not married after all.
The Mrs. Gould whose name was on the
passenger list of the City of Paris next to
his own was not an acquaintance, much
less wife.
JULIA SNYDER, Winifred Dunlevy and
Charles and Caroline Hollander, all of Phil
adelphia, have been arrested on the charge
of being common scOlds, and placed under
$500 bonds each to hold their tongues and
thus preserve the peace.
FATHER RYAN, of Kalamazoo, is one of
the most expert electricians in the country.
In one corner of his room he has skull so
arranged that it chatters its teeth when
the priestly scientist slyly touches an cleo
trio button concealed about his desk.
COLONEL ROBERT G. INGERsoLL is &C
copied by those who know as one of the
best cooks in New York. He is said to be
gourmet of the highest altitude, and his
friends say he prepares with his own hands
the biggest part of the menu at the private
UlHutrS ue gives dG Ills nome.
THE late Prof. Alexander Johnston, of
Princeton, left in the hands of hispablisher
a second History of the United States"
written on somewhat similar plan to that
pursued in his former well-knOwn text
book. The forthcoming history will be
short and suited to young students.
THE Persian Shah's costumes are gor-
geous and stunning beyond description.
NJ no
belt, fastened with the biggest emerald in
the world; a sash of the Order of the Gar
ter, with an enormous diamond in the CEN
ter; breast plates of diamonds, and an
aigrette of brilliants in his hat.
In 1888 a board of young women of Wash
ington who had been engaged in charitable
work conceived the idea of furnishing a
suburban home for those who otherwise
could not get out of the city, and a place
near Tennallytown was secured. The
home Is in flourishing condition, and up
ward of one hundred children are taken
there every summer.
AT Lacken, the King of the Belgians
ushered the Shah into the great hall, where
stood the Queen and her numerous ladies'
in-walting. "Your harem. sire9" inquired
the successorof Feridoun the Glorious. The
King, astOnished and amused, did not re-.
ply; whereupon Nasr-ed-Deen, regarding
the mature age of the ladies, added in an
nndertone: You will soon have to renew
1T, won't your?
A FRENCH water-color portrait by Ar
mand Dumakesby of. Benjamin Harrison,
sgner of the Declaration of independence,
has been sent to his great-grand son, now
President of the United States. The elder
Benjamin was not handsome. He had re-
ceding chin and forehead, and his nose was
not pretty. In the picture he is attired IN
full Dress with knee breaches, low shoes,
full-cut vest with ruffies, coat of the con-
tinental pattern, and powdered wig tied In
queue.
SEVEN years ago Bridget Miller, of Sara
toga, obtained a divorce from her husband.
She paid Saratoga lawyer $50 for his
services in connection with the case. One
day last week she called upon the lawyer
at his office with the divorce papers, re-
the money which they cost her. She even
offered to return them at half price, as she
had no further use for them. When asked
for her reason she said her husband, from
whom she had been divorced. was dead.
The lawyer refused to buy them.
Mrs. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, nee Endi-
colt, is said to be the most popular woman
the United States has vet sent to England.
Charming as Lady Randolph Churchill is,
anu dttTdCUlVe as is Lazy manueNlllc,
neither of these ladies made such an in
stantaneous success as did Mrs. Chamber
lain. Every one with whom she has been
brought in contact, from her Majesty the
Queen down, has been made captive by the
Puritan bride. Her manners are perfect,
and her bearing is like that of Duchess.
Miss MARY GwENDoLINE CALDWELL,
who is soon to become the Princess Murat,
is noted in Washington for her disregard
and apparent contempt for social forms.
| At grand ball once given by herself and
| sister the later corners looked in vain for a
| hostess to salute on entering, and the
| early gOers were equally perplexed for one
| to whom they could make their adieus One
| of them, keener-eyed than the rest, discov-
| cred her sitting under the stairway en- tete-
a-tete with a society man, she having said
audaciOusly In abandoning her post of
| duty as hostess that she wasn't going to
stand there and be bored all the evening.
A WEEPING peach tree is one of the
| curiosities of Denison, Tex. 1t is visited
by many persons daily. At times perfect
| mist of spray surrounds it. A number of
superstitious persons think that spirits
| operate upon the tree. A leading spirtualist
| visited the tree last Sunday and thought
| that q seance would explain the mystery.
| The negroes attach considerable signifi-
canoe TO the name of the variety of the
| peach, which is known as the Robert +.
| Lee. The most ignorant declare that the
spirit of the dead confederate chieftain il
| operating upon the tree. After dark they
| give the Deighborhood q wide berth. James
| Wallace, negro who has been afflicted
Il inf nh for