The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-17
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE Duchess Of Fife, the recently mar
ried daughter of the Prince of Wales, can't
squeeze her foot into anything less than a
three-and-a-half shoe. More frequently 1t
is a full-fledged four.
ROBERT BURNS WILSON, the rising Ken
tucky poet, began writing verses at an
early age. and is now thirty-seven years
old. and not twenty. as has been recently
stated. His first volume of poems will soon
be published, with the title of Life and
Love"
AS soon as Julian Hawthorne. the story
writer, reached Europe last week, he heard
from this side of the water that his valu-
able library and manuscripts had been de-
stroyed by the recent New, Jersey flood.
He was insured against fire, but not against
water.
HORACE GREELEY once preached Christ
mas sermon in DR.. Chapin's church. He
began by saying: ut has been said that /
am the poorest speaker in America" I. Il.
Barnum, who was present, said that 1t was
really true, but what he said enchanted
every nearer.
THE electric street cars of Cambridge,
Mass, nave been furnished with a plough.
1t isn't a snow plough, but its efficacy was
shown the other day when a newsbOy, who
had fallen on the track ahead OF a car, was
shOveled to one side speedily and without
any broke bones.
THE famous old church of Saint Edmund
the King, in Lombard street, in London
one of Wren's churches-is to be demol-
ished. in the church is buried Shute. who
was sent into Italy in 1850 by the Earl of
Warwick, to study architecture, and who
published. as the result of his studies.
''Architecture's First and Chief Groundes."
LORD TENNYsON's eightieth birthday
has been celebrated by the English press
with a characteristic grumble because the
poet still draws his pension of 81. 1000, which
was awarded to- him forty years ago. His
books sell by hundreds OF thousands, and
he is a rich man. Why should he take
public money, of which other writer's are
i'll sore need, is asked.
Mr.. RIDER HAGGARD has agreed to write
a book, to appear in 1891, about Queen
Esther, for a press syndicate of New York.
The author of "She" and CLEOPATRA" al
WAYS studies localities on the spot, so Mr..
Haggard will have to- give mp partridge
shooting and magisterial duties in Norfolk
while exploring the locality where the plot
of his next novel will be placed.
ONE of the places where Brooklyn people
k to go on Sunday afternoons is the side
walk in Franklin avenue before the beau
tiful gardens of editor Stone, of the Journal
of Commerce. On the afternoons of pleas
ant Sundays the head gardener brings out
the treasures of the lighthouses and places
them near the sidewalk railing. Often
times Mr.. Stone stands near by and talks
about his favorite flowers.
SECRETARY RUsK does not seem to mind
hot weather. He has spent a great deal of
time in Washington this. summer, and has
done a large amount of work. but he is as
clipper as a bird, and his laugh is as hearty
as though the atmosphere was dry and cool.
He SAYS the secret of all this lies in the fact
that he has always taken good care of him
self, and has been very abstemiOus in the
use of alcohol and tobacco.
IT is said that Charles Dudley Warner is
rather annoyed at always being considered
a humorous writer. He much prefers a
reputation as a high authority on criticism
or philanthropic topics than as a funny
man" Recently, in a conversation with
HIM, he told a friend that be was much an
moved at times by being introduced as the
author of My Summer in the Garden" He
much preferred q reference IF one must be
made) to his efforts in bringing about
prison reform.
PRINCE JOSEPH SULKoUskI. who was alb
Quoted from al Insane asylum in the
n~eighborhood of Visnna, a few weeks ago,
now occupies a unique place. He was
captured in Zurich. and returned to an
ASYLUM rear Bonn. The physicians of the
latter institute declare that he is in full
possession of his mental faculties. and has
never been insane. AS he is "A hereditary
peer Of both Prussia and Austria. this de-
cision makes him a law-giver in one state,
and a powerless imbecile in the other.
PROF. j. 7. MAHAFFY, of Trinity College,
Dublin, who is now at Chautauqua telling
Americans what he does not know about
American. history. is a tall man with a
jovial face, small, blue eyes and handsome
teeth. His side whiskers are about the
color of molasses. He dresses in gray, and
wears a gray SLOUGH hat. He has won con