The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-06-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

OOOh WLiCA Will 10 ~ compendium VI IL LILO
bad things said about doctors In all lands
and all ages. 1t is expected to be the larg-
est book ever printed.
THE proceedings of the Japanese Parlia-
ment are reported verbatim by means of a
stenographic system original in Japan. The
characters are written in perpendicular
rows from right to left.
BRYCE WILLIAMS, one of the few sur
viyors of Waterloo, died recently in Perth.
He piped to the Seventy-ninth Highlanders
on the field. and also took part In the entry
of the victorious British army into Paris.
THE Sultan will hereafter keep cool while
sitting In state. as a system of fans, worked
by a shaft from the rear, can be set in mo-
ton when he desires. The power behind
the throne Will be a muscular Turk, who
turns the crank.
Mrs. ASHTON dixie manages to take
care of her household, run a newspaper,
discharge her duties as a member of the
London school board. and has on hand a
scheme to defeat the wiles of certain
French legislators.
SIRFRANCIS Cook, the venerable English
man with a Portuguese title who is now the
husband of Tennie c. Claflin, denies the
story that he is preparing to secure a di-
vOrce from his gifted wife. Sir Francis is
seventy years of age, and is quite wealthy.
He has a large family of children by a for
mel wife, and he is said to dOte on his
present spouse.
MAY WRECK JAMES Is the unhappy cog
IN inflicted upon one of the innocent
infant survivors of the Conemaugh disas-
ter. The child is three weeks old, and at
the time of the flood had not been named.
1t was being dressed by its mother when
the flood came Inc was swept from her m
brace. 1t was rescued seven miles down
the river the next morning, after having
been on the water the entire night.
Miss LAURA WHITE, who, when a student
at Ann ArbOr, was the first to solve a
problem in mathematics sent over from
one of the English universities, who studied
architecture In both this country and
Europe. is now practicing her profession in
Louisville. But the country is still safe,
as neither she nor women like her can vote,
unless it may be for school directors or
some such soul in certain places far East
or far West.
Mr.. B~RADLAUGH's motion to abolish per-
petual pensions has shown up the peculiar
history of one of them. On the list is q
small pension standing to the credit of q
Scottish peer for the fulfllment of a sine
cure office. For " generations not a
penny has gone into the family Golfers:
This peers grandfather, being in need of
ready money. sold the pension to a Ports
mouth mOney-lender. whose heirs and
assigns draw it to this day.
THE ambassadors to Germany from the
Sultan of Mandara have had a lively time
IN Berlin. Bismarck gave them a pleasant
reception at Wilhelmstrasse palace. He
presented the dusky diplomates with brace
let's, and in return they gave him a mag
nificent spear sent to him by their Sultan.
After indulging in wine and beer the ne
groes executed a war dance In the Princes
parlOr. They broke several pieces of furni-
ture, but were readily forgiven. They
were much impressed by the stature of
Bismarck, who lowered above their tallest
representative.
THE Duke of Portland is the luckiestm man
in England. When he was born the
chances against his ever holding his pres
ent title were very great. But he became a
peer very early in life, and his income is
sufficient to keep a whole multitude of
wolves from the door. His racing stable
consists of only sixteen horses, but he has
won the Derby two years in succession. and
this season he will probably carry Oft the
leading three and f0ur-year-Old events. He
is as fortunate in love as in other ways, and
is mad1y devoted to six feet of handsome
English girlhOOd.
PRINCESS DE METTERNICH will visit
Paris in a few days. Very seldom does she
come, because Partisan society is not what
it was before 1870; because, unfortunately
for society, the cocOdettes of the empire
are now assigned a second rank. 1t was
the Princess who found Worth; it was she
who made VirOt the fashion. She was
spoken of in the salons. in the clubs, in the
newspapers, and a wittioism without an
owner was always attributed to the Prin-
cess de Metternich. She played, she
danced, she sang French songs and Viennese
songs but talked so wisely and SO we'll that
an old philosopher said of her: THAT
is a marvel; she is wisdom itself
concealed by a mask of jolly"