The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-11-25
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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Rev. ATTICUs G.. HAYGoOD, Georgia's
to take the presidency of a college for girls.
complete account of his life: II was born
in 1926. and since then nothing extraordi-
nary has happened TO me-"
The bed which the German Emperor and
Empress occupied during their visit to the
Sultan was of solid silver. with Oriental
curtains of SURPRISING richness, heavily en-
proidered with gold.
= THE home of Sir Walter Scott during the
ten years preceding his migration to Abbots-
ford, Ashestiel, in S~elkirkshire, is adver-
tised in Scotland rs to let. Ashestiel is on
the bank of the Tweed, near the mouth of
the CaddOw.
Mrs. FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT never
knew how popular she was until she met
with her recent accident in London. From
all overthe world have come letters telling
her now she can regain her health. TONES.
patent medicines and prescriptions have
come TO her by every mail.
INVENTOR KELLY looks old. He has
changed a great deal in appearance during
the last five years and his hair has turned
white. The effort TO keep his great secret
has worn upon him and his face W deep
lines of care. He still maintains a conf
dent air, however, when talking about his
motor.
BARON HIRsCH has purchased H%onghton
Hall. the ancient seat of the Walpoles, from
the Marquis of Cholmondeley for the sum
of 81, SOC. 900. Houghton Hall is rot far from
Sandringham. the CONTRIBUTORS of the
I Prince of Wales. One hundred and fifty
years ago it was one of the most popular
places in the kingdom.
IT. is a curious fact that the late Colonel
Goodloe, of Kentucky. had a presentimenG
of approaching death. When he was of
fered the Russian mission he found that he
could not afford to accept the place. He
said at the time to an intimate friend: Il
wish | could go. i have a feeling that if l
stay in Kentucky l won't live a year"
NATURALLY, Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll did
not care to ask a clergyman to perform the
ceremony that welded his daughter, Miss
Eva. to Walston Hill Brown, the senior
judge %shee Ge OF e G. ca Barnett nt of the th N State e0 sR.
preme Court. an old friend of the family,
filed the place satisfactorily, however.
making a graceful little address before pro-
nOuncing the couple man and wife.
MIR. is now described as be-
ing in radiant health. He has been taking
an autumn holiday on the coast, and has
been an uneasy target for the eyes of lion.
hunters MILO M ,ie 3 in W wait th for him ador when = he ;s
said, are young ladies. who hang about his
door on the chance of catching a glimpse
of him. The sea has inspired him with the
idea for a new poem to be called 1.-The
Swimmers Dream" and he has written a
border ballad, of which great things are
predicted.
MARRIAGE has worked a miracle in Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps, now Mrs. Ward. She
no longer keeps to herself and the seclusion
OF her Gloucester home. but seeks society
and in it's gayest forms. In her dress she
has discarded the sOmber hues that have
distinguished her gowns for more lively
cOlors. Why writes girl friend to q
newspaper correspondent, Mrs. Ward
actually appeared at our lawn party last
summer carrying a red parasOl." So much
for Cupid and Pegasus as a well-nlatched
team.
GEN. NEAL Dow has an invalid daughter
in Nashua, n. H., who may certainly be re-
garded as a wonderful woman. The lady
has not been able to move from her chair for
years, hut she has been an indefatigable
student, and has mastered the French, Ger
man. Spanish. Russian and Greek languages.
She recently performed the feat of repeat
ing a long passage from her Greek Testa-
ment verbatim. from memory. a ufepth after
She had read it. Miss Dow loses sight of
her misfortunes In her love of study.
TRUMAN BARNES. of Three Oaks. Mich,
was in the attic of his house the other day,
..~unbeknownstv to his wife. He slipped
and fell through the plastering so that his
~legs-like those of the good fat duck' in
the nursery rhyme--"hung dangling down."
Mrs. Barnes thought the legs belonged to a
burglar and she grabbed them and held on.
meantime lifting up her voice IN agonIzing
yells for help. The neighbOrs came. in-
spected the upstairs end of tho supposed
burglar. and all is serene In that household
once more.
Senator from the State of Washington, is a
native of New York. a son of q Methodist
preacher, and the son-in-law Of Philo Rem
ington. the great gun manufactures. He
went to the Northwest several years ago to
look after some property belonging to his
father-in-law. and concluded to STAY and
grow up with the country. President Ar
thur appointed him Governor of Washing
ton Territory. and he made a very good one.
He is a very clever fellow, a good compan-
ion and an intelligent and patriotic citizen.
"ONE of the things that strikes a foreigner
with wonder in this big town Of New York
said an observant stranger from across the
sea the other day. sis the practice. appar.
emily by authority, of painting buildings
white. In lost European countries, if not
in all. to paint city buildings white is for
hidden by ordinance. To any one who has
endured the discomfort of living opposite
ope of these white denominations In the sun.
shiny days OF summer the reason of this
prohibition will be obvious. There j!
nothing SO hurtful TO the eyes rs the fierce
glare from such a building when the sun
shines on it,
JOHN JAMES MAGo. a Guatemalan mill
i~onaire. fifteen years ago was British vice
consul at San Jose. Guatemala, and a poo
man. One day a drunken native comman'
dante ordered him one hundred lashes as (
punishment for n fancied insult. The Brit
, ish government ordered Guatemala To pay
$500 Tor every lash. The money was paid
and Mage was made a comparatively rici