The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-11-27
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


COUNT ToLsToI is engaged in preparing q
new harmony of the four gospels.
EMPRESS FREDERICK has been studying
archaeology with DR.. Schliemann, in
Greece, and has visited Olympus and N.Y.
cen;P.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND writes: MEN
who live only in tow leave no footprints
on the bricks. 1t is the country home that
lasts and tells"
PREACHER STURGEON has had enough of
perfect member in his flock. They gave
him far more trouble thar his 5.997 sinners.
He now serves notice that his is a fold for
black sheep only.
JAMES ID. REID, United States consul at
Dunfermline. Scotland, appointed the first
woman telegraph operator i'm this country,
at Lyons. n. Y. She was known ut the time
as the Lady OF Lyons"
AT a recent examination of California
schoolma'ams one of them wrote in answer
to a question of discipline: Capital pun
ishment should not be resorted to except on
rare occasions, only with the consent of the
parents. and never till the next day."
THE latest harbinger of peace from Eu-
rope is the election of Prof. Ernst Curtius.
associate of the Paris Academy of Inscrip-
tions. No other German has been thus
honored since the Franco-Prussian war.
Mrs. FRANCES HoDGsON BURNETT never
knew how popular she was until she met
with her recent accident in London. From
all over the world have come letters telling
her how she can regain her health. Tonnes.
patent medicines and prescriptions have
COM to her by every mail.
CASTELAR,. the Spanish orator and states
man. told Paris students q week ago that
GhricfoVbov ftoluvn nc dicccuoro0 An,ari-
ca through his sublime faith. This passable
remark was made grotesque when he added
that if America had not existed. God wOuld
have made it rise from the waters to recon-
pense such faith.
MRS. SQUIRE. wife of the new Senator
from Washington. is a handsome woman.
She assisted her husband at Olympia. She
has a remarkably fine face. and is a very
polished lady. She has about 100000 in
her W name. She was a Remington. being
a daughter of the inventor of the Reming-
ton typewriter and rifle.
EMPRESS ~FREDERICK'S opinion of Gustav
Freytag's biography of her late husband
may be gathered from the motto which she
is said to have inscribed in her copy of the
work. 1t is from Schiller's Maid of Or
leans" and runs thus: "The world loves
|. to blacken what is radiant. and to drag the
eminent down INTO the dust"
THE Prince of Monaco. who recently
married the dowager. Duchess of Richelieu,
has more old French titles than he has toes
on his feet. His bride is enormously
wealthy, and the Prince can now indulge
every wish. Palaces. pictures and poetry
are his chief fads. and he cares more for
romance than roulette. On the whole,
there are worse princes in Europe than the
ruler of Monaco.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON, In the December
Century. tells a curious story of q moon
| light performance of 1.-THE Lady of Lyons
and The Specter Bridegroom" in a Mis-
sissippi barn. One old lady in the audience
Lady of Lyons should be allowed their
own way" and a stalwart yopng farmer
warned the villain not to interfere again
IF he knew what was best for him."
DR.. ALEXANDER ROBERTS, an English
writer, has collected in a large volume the
evidence favoring the belief that Christ
spoke the Greek language. The strongest
argument is that the cOnquests of Alexa
der the Great had made Greekthe language
ton in Syria and Palestine three hundred
years before the birth of Christ. The Old
Testament had been translated into Greek
at Alexandria and the Jews of that city
used the Greek language. DR.. Roberts
makes an excellent argument.
STORIES of Nine. Christine Nilsson's hope
less i'll health have been current of late, but
they have been vigorously denied by her
nephew, Mr.. Biorksten, who declares that
her health is excellent. He ought to know.
A correspondent of The Star. of London,
t~estifies to the same effect. He saw her
travelling In Switzerland; a curious com.
pany attending her. There was a tiny toy
terrier, which gave her q great deal OF
trouble; then there were two old ladies
that might have been a hundred; were evil
IDENTIFY sisters and possibly were old serv-
ants. Finally. there was a tall, dark girl
with deep. dark eyes. This was the daugh-
ter of Madame Nelson's husband. and heI
inseparable~ companion.