The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-19

Jones, OF Richmond, Va, who wrote upon
o card 81, 764 words. Mr.. Jones is a short
hand writer employed by the Brighthope
halfway company, OF Richmond.
CHRISTINE NILSSON may never sing in
public again. During q recent illness in
Paris she was troubled with deafness and
loss of memory, from which she has not
yet recovered. The furniture of her house
in London has been moved to Paris, where
she and her husband will in future make
their residence.
Mrs. ANN SHAFFER, of Findlay, o, WHO'S
seventy years old and in good health and in
the possession of all her faculties. is unable
to go to sleep at home unless her husband
beats drum In front of the house. 1ir.
company of home guards, and during this
period his wife's strange mania Was deyel-
oped.
SECRETARY BLAINE was asked by Bos-
ton reporter, the other day, whether he in
tended to resign. His answer was that he
certainly would go fishing to-day if it
didn't rain. When the reporter pressed the
question the Secretary rejoined: "Yes, It's
aconfounded shame the way the weather
prophets have fooled u.s." That closed the
interview.
MRS. LEONORA BARRY. investigator Of
the works of women among the Knights of
Labor, will sail for Europe, on the City of
Rome, on July "a. She will be one of the
party of sixty working men and women
VINO will visit the Paris exposition and all
the industrial centers of Europe for the
Scripps syndicate, under the direction of
Frank X. Burton.
MIR. RUsKIN was once asked if it would
not be well for the Welsh language to die
out and be replaced by the English. God
forbidp' he replied. ''The Welsh language
is the language of music: There is no
genius about the English language. The
Scotch have got all the poetry, and the
Irish all the wit; and how the devil we
got Shakespeare, do not know"
GENERAL SHERMAN and party on Satur-
day assembled the top of Pixies Peak.
While the carriage was being loaded q
photographer attempted to take picture
OF him, but the General turned his back
with the remark that photographers were
a nuisance; On the top Of the peak the
sandwich, while the others clustered
| around him and related "reminiscences.
PRINCESS CLEMENTINE has made a good
match for her granddaughter, the daugh-
| ter of Archduke Joseph. Prince Thurn
| and Taxis has yearly rent roll of $780,
| 900, and is the nephew of the Empress.
Still. the match is regarded as mesalli-
ance at the Austrian court, and the En-
/
the fact. She replied that she did not care;
| she intended to marry the Prince, anyway.
THERE will be an incursion of English
! players into New York the coming season.
Among them up to date may be mentioned
the Kendalls. Wyndham, Barrett, Terris
| and the London Gaiety Company in
Faust" The Kendalls and Wyndham
carry their own support. Barrett and
ferris viii be supported by American COM
|
| tober in .".Othello,o THE Gladiator" and
| Samson"
| THE most valuable book in the world is
said to be Hebrew Bible at the Vatican
in Rome. In 1919 Pope Julius, then in
| great financial straits, refused to sell it to
a syndicate of rich Venitian Jews for its
| weight in gold. The Bible weighs more
| than 325 pounds, and is never carried by
less than three men. The price refused by
| Pope julius was therefore about SIPS, 900,
| and that too, when gold was worth at
| least thrice what it is now worth.
| EX-KING MILAN of Servia. will reside in
| Paris for time. He is after the late
Due de Morny's house, on the Champs
Elysees He has an allowance of 10000 o
| year from the Servian civil list. but he is
| likely to spend $4,000 He is deeply in
| debt, and owes the Emperor of Austria and
the Servian treasury. large sums. He also
| mas an unsettled wine score around the
corner. 1t is believed in Europe that Rus
STA paid him large sum TO abdicate.
| DETAILS of the EmperOr's life aboard the
imperial yacht Hohenzollern appear in the
| papers. He comes ON deck at s o'clock and
breakfasts on coffee and eggs and hot and
| cold meats, finishing with glass of sherry.
| He interchanges kilograms with the En-
| press at every station. After q simple din
| ner of soup. fish and meat, with light
wines, German champagne and coffee, he
| prOmenades the deck. smoking, and retires
| at o'clock. He is in splendid health.
The finest private collection of pearls in
France belongs to Mile. Dosne, sister-in-
law of Theirs. 1t is valued at 100000
francs. Nine. Theirs. her sister, shortly
before her death. gave to the state pearl
necklace worth 100000 francs. This neck
| lace Is now in the Theirs Museum in the
Mile. DOsne. has the finest jewels of all
/ French women, possesses diamond neck
l lace valued at l zoe, 0O0fr francs Nine. Henry
Say has q necklace of white and black
pearls worth 100000 francs
FASHION writer's still gossip concerning
Mrs. Cleveland, the latest being in this
vein: "Mrs. Cleveland always dresses well,
but is not extravagant in her expenditures.
She is very fond of white. and it suits her
admirably. The Recamier style is becom-
! ing to her, and one of her favorite toilets
| is of rich white faille franchise with long
| train, narrow skirt and short pulled sleeves.
| 1t is trimmed with bands of silver embroi-
| wears her corsage very decOllete, and this
| one is filled in with white tulle sprink led