The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-06

fan to match.
PROFESSOR HUXLEY has almost wholly
recovered his health, but finds that he can
not do quite as much work as he could be-
fore his recent breakdown.
THERE is Dakota woman who writes to
the Woman's Journal that she pays her
taxes by working on the road, as many men
do. and at the same rate per hour.
PRINCE MURAT. the betrothed of Miss
Caldwell. is entitled to be addressed as
"Highness." HIS wife will also acquire
that lofty privilege by her marriage.
CARL ScHURz has gone to Europe on an
other business trip. He has made consider
able money of late, and goes over this time
to bring back more German capital for in
vestment.
MINISTER LINCOLN writes to Chicago
friends to say that his new duties are not
as eXacting as he had feared. He finds
time. he says. to do everything required of
him, and to enjoy himself besides.
THERE is a man in Cleveland, o., who
claims to have had an interview with the
spirit of Ralph Waldo Emerson. According
to the Cleveland medium, Emerson is
PLEASED at the abandonment OF the Concord
summer school.
BRANDER MATHEWS married one of Lydia
Thompson's dashng blondes, which was
the beginning of his interest in the drama.
He is great lover of the French drama,
placing MOliere above Shakespeare in knowl-
edge of the actors art.
JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY's plymouth
Rock" poem, read at the dedication of the
Pilgrim memorial on Thursday, began:
Here. on this rock, and on this sterile soil,
Began the kingdom not of kings. but men;
Began the making of the world again.
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its lightness rivals the old egg-shell makes
of the Celestials. Especially dainty are
the after-dlnner coffees, one dozen of which,
making twenty-four separate pieces, weigh
only sixteen ounces, avOirdupOis.
The work of remOdeling is still going on
to prepare the old Seward house in Wash
ington for its new tenant, Secretary of
State Blaine. The house was very much
out of repair when he took 1t, and it is said
that he will have spent $4,000 upon it be-
fore it is finished.
Col. A. E. JONES, of Cincinnati, who was
murdered by his negro coachman last week.
was an uncle of Robert j. Burdette. the
humOrist. He was brother of Mr.. Bur-
dette's mother. and when the famous fun
ny man was named In the early days of
long ago, 1T was Robert JOnes-the middle
name in honor of his uncle.
THERE was one thing at Hatfield with
which the Shah was much struck, says
the Manchester Guardian, the magnifi-
cent chapel in which service is daily said
whilst the family are in residence. The
Shah wished to know if all the English no.
bility had prayer-hOuses, and was much
amazed to learn that the son of the Prime
Minister was the parish priest in Hatfield.
In sending to Prof. C. v. Riley, of this
country, the insignia of Knight of the
Il &c NJ H. NJ
lister of Agriculture, wrote: "In comforting
Republic has sought to show its indebted
ness Tor the important services which you
have rendered to the general agriculture of
all countries, and particularly to France.
by your labors and discoveries.
THE Duke of Fife is only the third duke,
not of royal blood, who has been created
during Victoria's long reign. excluding the
dukedom of Inverness. which was con-
ferred upon Lady Cecilia Underwood, and
ated by the Queen are Abercorn and West
minister. Fife is the sixth duke of this
century. 1t may be added that most of the
dukedOms are painfully modern in cOmpar-
ison with other ranks of the peerage.
FERDINAND GUZMAN, the most famous
bandit in Spain. is dwarf, who at one
time kept a small store in Granada. He
became angered at some action taken by
the authorities and took to the mountains.
He is hideously ugly in appearance and
utterly INSCRIPTIONS. The romantic chiv-
airy attributed to Spanish bandits does not
apply to him at all SHe has gathered about
him q crew of the worst cut-thrOats in
Europe, and over them he rcigns supreme.
The Spanish government has determined
to arrest him and his followers.
EDGAR f. LINCOLN. of Topeka. Kan, has
taken out more patents during the last two
years than any man in the country. His
inventions cover all fields, and he has
patented almost everything from an i'm
proved electric-Eght to a celluloid tooth
pick. Like great many inventors he
finds it difficult to make money out of his
clevernesS. Other men reap tho profit of
| his brain effort. His latest design is q
| tOboggan brake. 1t enables a toboggan to
| stop in the middle OF the steepest incline
| instantly If any obstruction suddenly ap-
pears on the chute.
IN note to a French work. which he has
presented to Whitelands College. Mr. Rus
kin asked the reader to mote generally
that the compiler of this book was an ass"
The somewhat fiery sage of Coniston ex-
| the illustrations thus-'X means good, Xxx
| better, XXX best; b, bad, in the sense of
stupid and vulgar; d, damnable, in the
sense of abused skill and vile aim; DIX
means essentially bad, with good under
| qualities. There is no mark OF xB. because
| if a thing be essentially good its fai1ings
| are never to be minded. And no mark of
BIB. because when a thing is essentially bad
| it doesn't matter how bad"