The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

In his study Mr.. John Morley is one of
the most orderly of men.
Mr.. WANAMAKER, as Postmaster-general
occupies smaller and palmer offices than
any other member of the Cabinet
THERE is only four months difference in
the ages of Sullivan and Kilrain, Sullivan
being thirty years, eight months old, and
Kilrain thirty years, four months
PEOPLE with theories about hands, eyes
or noses can deduce their own conclusions
from the fact that General Boulanger's ears
stand out at an angle of forty live degrees.
EDWIN BOOTH is a prominent figure at
Narrangansett Pier this season. He is
stopping for the summer at his daughters
cottage and spends q great deal of his
time in long walks.
LORD BALFoUR, of Burleigh. is direct
descendant of Robert Bruce, and has in
his family archives deed signed by that
monarch cOnferring upon one OF his an
cestOrs the title to a small estate at Clack-
mannan. which has ever since remained in
the possession of the family.
JOHN A. MAGINNIs. who was killed by
stroke of lightning at New Orleans on
July 4, was the husband of BOSS"
Tweed's daughter. He married her in the
zenith of Tweed's power and the descrip-
ton of the ceremonies and wedding
presents was one of the sensations of the
day.
AN observer of human nature has dis
covered that when Chinaman is pleased
he takes off his shoes and opens his mouth
At matinee given at the Chinese Theatre
in New York on the Fourth, new comedy
written about a thousand years ago. was
D esented, and bare feet and open mouths
were the rule
A LAW school for women is to be estab-
lished in New York next fall by Mrs. Emily
Kempin, LII. D. The system of teaching
will be that of European universities, all
the instruction being given in the form of
lectures. Mrs. Kempin is graduate of the
University of Zurich, Switzerland, and is o
lawyer of note.
THE city editor of the Muncie, Ind,
Evening Herald is woman-Miss Minnie
McKillip. She is anenergetic newsgatherer,
meeting trains, getting interviews at the
hotels, and furnishing the printers with
more copy" than anyone else on the paper.
Miss McKillip is eighteen years old, petite
in figure, and is said to be quite pretty.
SENATOR FAULKNER. of West Virginia.
was presented with war" diploma from
the Virginia Military Institute on the
Fourth, after delivering an address before
the alumni association. He was 9ne,nber
of the corps of cadets which would have
in the battle of Newmarket. May 15 1864
and shortly afterward dispersed.
ALLEN G. THURMAN is again suffering
considerable from infiammatOry rheuma-
tism. When asked the other day how he
felt. he replied: II am suffering about as
much as / can. / thought the warm
weather would help me, but as yet have
obtained no relief from it," Mrs. Thurman
says. she will take the ex-senator to the
West Virginia hot springs before long.
ONE of the wealthy railroad men of the
West is John b. Carson, of Chicago, vice.
president of the Louisville, New Albany g.
Chicago road. Besides owning the Colum-
ba Theater he has other heavy invest
ments in Chicago real estate, and is worth
more than million. He began life as q
water-carrier for the thirsty workmen in a
Cleveland ship-yard forty years ago.
EDWIN BOOTH has not given up smoking,
as has been reported. He was observed
recently at small railway station on the
Connecticut shore of Long Island sound
dressed in gray and putting black, strong
cigar with the air of an enthusiast His
face was pale, his eyes haggard and he
walked like an old man. One shoulder
was at least two inches above the other.
| Those who saw him were astonished at his
feeble appearance.
EMERSON A. STEARNs, an eminent botan-
1St, WTiJeS tO tue DOSlOu 10 say
that the golden rod would make the best
national flower. ''Its period of towering"
he says. "is unusually .long-three months
| at least July -September). In form and
| color it is graceful aud superb. its rich
golden hue typifying perfectly the precious
metal which Americans so INCREASINGLY pur-
sue." He also recommends that the name
| of the flower be changed to golden plume
THE recent report of the illness of the
! Queen Regent of Spain Mad its origin in
that tactful lady's desire to avoid being
| mixed up in a social feud. Places had been
| given for the same tribune in the Cortes to
| Sonora Martos. wife of the Speaker and
| Sonora Cavalejas, wife of the Minister of
| Justice. The latter came first. Sonora
| Martos, on finding her and two other ladies
| in possession of the best places asked her,
through an usher to yield Ise her seat At Are re-
| paid for the place, the Cortes not being an
| opera-hOuse or circus" Feelings were
| vented in high words on both sides. Senor
| Martos went to Senor Sagasta about it.
| But the men were unable to settle the mat
| ter among themselves, so they appealed to
| the Queen Regent. She heard them through,
and then: without giving any decision, re-
| tired to her apartments and went to bed,
| pretending to be i'll. A day or so later she
| was taken into the country. 'for her
| health" How the ladies settled the trouble
| is not recorded.
THE PICNIC ANTS.
Oh, the red-hot naughty ants,
| How they Chamber up your pants
| At the picnic in the cool and shady glen
| How they seem TO take delight in
| The obnoxious sport of biting
Giddy girls and modest gentlemen.
It's delightful when ones cooing
| TO the damsel he Is wooing
| To feel the playful creature in his pants,
| And upon the ambient air
| lie throbs a soulful swear
| AT the foolish, dreadful monkeying of those ants
oh, il sets the brain a-throbing
To feel those insects bobbing
| Up and down upon ones system in their merry
| Clee.
There's hut one way you can right em,
And that is to flee and fight 'em
Meath the shadow OF some distant friendly tree.
Canon City Record.
| COMMENT AND OPINION.
| THE trust nuisance has become int oler-
able IL has infected gas companies supar