The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-26
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

IRWIN and Aram Garfield, sons of the
late President, have entered the 1893 class
at Williams College.
THE Heavenly Foot Society" has been
started in China by the women, in rebellion
against the yenerated fashion that CON-
presses their feet.
LEONARD JEROME and John A. Morris
claim to have spent 81 100000 on the new
racing grounds at Morris Park. The in
closure Is said to be the finest In the world.
HERR EDUARD MAUTNER, well-known
Austrian poet and dramatist, died recently
at Baden, near Vienna, of apoplexy, aged
sixty-fOur. Among his works is German
translation of Poe's famous poem, The
Raven
HERE is Senator William NJ. Evartss def
milton of contingent fee: 1T is very
simple thing. i can explain to you what a
contingent fee means in few words In
short, II l lose your suit get nothing; II
win your suit you get nothing"
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS will be fifty
years old on the oath of August Mr.. Phelps
is said to be noted for his democratic man.
ners and unconventional ways. lie lives
plainly, though he has fortune. and
walks, though he has dozen carriages.
AT the royal garden party two weeks ago
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone met the Queen after
an interval of three years. Her Majesty
has taken no notice of them during that
period, but received them on this occasion
III the most ''affable and cordial manner"
THE medicinal treatment for govt now
almost universally recommended for who
ever has it has been enjoined upon the
Queen by her physician, Sir William
Jenner. She must give up champagne and
claret, and drink whisky and AppOllinaris
or any other water.
NINE. EUPHRosYNE LEBLANC, vino has
just celebrated her centennial birthday in
Nova Scotia, has had eleven children, 105
grandchildren. 222 great-grandehildren and
nineteen great-great-grandchil Most
of them are still living She claims direct
descent from Longfellow's Rene Blanc"
Miss LOTTIE FISHER. a Philadelphia girl,
who has been employed in an insurance Of
flee in London for the past year as a ste nOg-
rapher and typewriter, has received an Of
fer from some of the noble English families,
headed by Lord and Lady Churchill, to in
struct class of young girls in her 'specl al
ties.
A NOVEL feature of the Grand Army en-
campment at Milwaukee. this year, will be
a naval battle. The Sentinel says that lit
involves nearly hundred vessels. armed
with bombs and all kinds of fireworks, an
and artillery. all planned by eminent naval
and military officers"
A POPULAR physician of Brooklyn, says
the New York Tribune, has little girl who
expounded the Scriptures to him in the fol-
lowing remarkable manner while reciting
her Sunday-schOOl lesson on Friday night:
THE Lord is my shepherd, and shall not
want. He maketh me to lie thesitatingl, He
maketh me to leland do lots of other
things"
Don JOSE ZORRILLA, who was recently
crowned poet laureate of Spain, is a short,
slender old man, seventy-twO years Of age.
He has fine head, with white hair brushed
back from his forehead. His eyes are
large and dreamy. and his mouth is hand
some. His mustache and gOatee give him
a military appearance. Gorilla, early In
life, deserted the law for literature, and by
1915 had written ten volumes of verses and
thirty plays. He then went to Mexico,
and lived an idle life for twelve years.
Since his return to Spain his popularity
has been constantly increasing.
MILLIONS of people regard the Bible as
the most valuable book in the world. aside
from its mechanical makeup and appear
ance. But in a commercial sense Hebrew
Bible at the Vatican in Rome is said to be
the most valuable book in the world. In
1912 Pope julius, then in great financial
straits, refused to sell it to a syndicate of
rich Venetian Jews for its weight in gold.
The Bible weighs more than 325 pounds.
and is never carried by less than three
men. The price refused by Pope Julius
was, therefore. about 1926, 900, and that,
too. when gold was worth at least thrice
what 1t is now worth.
A RECENT visitor to the top of Pixies
Peak found the signal-service officer melt
ing snow for his water supply. the only one
he gets. The officer said: Sometimes l
stand at the window with my telescope.
The wind without is keen and cutting as a
knife. l can see the houses of Colorado
Springs, twenty miles away, the visitors
sitting i'll their shirt sleeves, slipping iced
drinks to keep cool, and ladies walking
about in white summer robes. l lower the
glass; the summer scene is gone. Green
trees, animal life, men and women fade
away like creatures in dream and am
the only living thing in world of eternal
ice, and snow. and silence"