The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-24
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

MEssRs. IRWIN and Abram Garfield. sons
of the late President, have entered the
1888 class at Williams College.
FRANCIS PARKMAN, the historian, has
gone TO his summer home at Jamaica
Plains, Mass. He is as fond of roses and
horticulture as his brother historian, Ban
croft, and is fonder still of rowing on q
lake Just In front of his house.
III is now claimed that the actual feat of
sending portrait of the person using
the telephone wire has been accomplished
abroad. The portrait appears as q shadow
on ground glass as in the Photographic
camera. Edison is working out the idea in
this country.
THE name of Madison University, Hamil-
ton, n. T., is to be changed to Colgate Uni
yerslty of Wisconsin, at Madison, Wis.,, and
also TO do honor to the William Colgate
family, who have been lavish with gifts to
to the college.
WHO is shes" is one of the minor ques-
lions of the hour in New York. "Whom
can Eddie have marriedp The Eddie in
question is Edwin Gould, jays son; for Ed
win Is said to have been secretly married.
1t is further said that he is now in Europe
with his bride. who is SHEEP
CARDINAL MANNING's silver jubilee testi-
monial now amounts to a total of over
10000 Among the ''hereticaP' subscribers
are Sir Charles and Lady Dixie (who con-
tribute ESQ, Sir John Lubbock. Sir Alger-
non Borthwick, Mr.: Mnndella. Sir Francis
Sanford, and Mr.. +. ID. Mocatta.
The monument to Miles Standish, at
Duxbury. Mass, is nearly completed. 1t is
to be 1l6 feet high. and stands on an emf
hence 800 feet above the level of the sea.
NAx ton, 49,
nent object as they, enter Massachusetts
bay. 1t can be distinctly seen fifteen
miles outside of Cape Cod.
The Shah of Persia is growing tired of
sightseeing. He is not the man he was on
his last visit to England. He is more IT.
ritable and likes to sleep great part of
the time. Some who have seen him think
that he Is suffering from some organic dis
ease. At all events, his lack of vigOr is
very pleasing to the English people, who
prefer him In a quiet state.
The sale of the Angelus has started anew
the much-debated question, Who was real
ly the pioneer artist in the village of Babi-
zon, the location of the famous Babizon
school! At little inn kept by a peasant
named Gaune, forty years ago, DiaZ and
GerOme. both left their work in the interior,
but it is said that before them painter
named Martin stopped year at Babizon.
and started its fame.
ACCORDING to custom Premier Bismarck
always remains standing when talking
about affairs of state to the Kaiser. AS
the old Chancellor suffers from rheumatism,
this is not an easy sacrifice to ceremony,
but he has such deep-rooted respect for
loyalty that he refuses to give in to the in
tirmities of age in this matter. The
Kaiser, however, never remains seated
when Bismarck is making his reports.
THE Duke Charles Theodore. of Bavaria,
who mastered the subject of eye diseases
and their treatment, in order that he might
serve the poor, has returned home from a
long sOjourn at Meran, where he treated
over one thousand cases, including nearly
two hundred in which operations were
necessary, among patients of the humber
classes. His wife accompanied him and
acted as nurse. A noble duke" indeed.
The roll of years is beginning to tell on
Mrs. Emma ID. f. n. Southworth. the famous
stOry-writer. She is now seventy-twOyears
of age, and, although still bright and act
I've, requires constant attention, owing to
defective eyesight. The authOress lives in
Yonkers, at the home of her son. who has a
lucrative medical practice. Her regular
yearly income IS 81, 000 and. with this and
the royalties on her many books, she is able
to live comfortably.