The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-25
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
AN ex-Russian officer urges the United
States to postpone its worlds fair, as all
Europe will be engaged IN wal in 1882, and
Will have no time to visit
OF 100 samples of safety envelopes to
prevent rifiing in the mails, which were
submitted to the conference of postofice
inspectors at Washington, all we're rejected.
THE Hon. Hannibal Hanllip is a member
of the committee that will solicit gifts of
cakes, pies, doughnuts and other eatables
for the coming G.. A. r. fair at Bangor, Me.
The debating society of fredericksburg,
Berks county. Pennsylvania. has come to
the conclusion that "a cross and clean
woman does not make a better wife than a
dirty and good-natured one"
The trial of j. Frank. Colon. of Minnc-
apolis. for forgery will prove one of the
most famous in the annals of Minnesota.
His victims are defending him so as to
prove there were no forgeries and that their
paper 10 good.
THE French are now able to put in the
field seven armies, of a total strength of
100000 men, equipped for q prolonged CAM
paign. and supported by an ample reserve.
This Is hve times the force that Napoleon
III "a III lou.
The Count of Paris was seen at the Arts
and Crafts exhibition in London. the other
day. with the Countess on one arm and an
umbrella. under the other, reminding one
irresistibly of the caricatures of his royal
grandfather.
EMILE DE LAvELEY, the European pub
licist, says that a hundred years hence,
leaving China out of the question, there
will be two colossal powers in the world
beside which Germany, England, France
and Italy. will be as piRmies-the United
States and Russia.
MRS. TODD, the wife of the Amherst as
tronomer. who has gone to Africa to observe
the eclipse, helped her husband wonder.
fully in his preparations. Size re;,d every
! book concerning the coast to which, the ex-
petition is going. and read to him selected
passages daily. She also worked up formu-
las and details OF geography for HIM.
THERE has been completed, recently, at
the capital. q painting which is attracting
much attention. Iii 10 the work of Harrison
Eastman, of Washington. 1t represents
the arrival of the Mayflower at Plymouth
ROCK. The picture was painted for Mrs.
Leland Stanford, wife of Senator Stanford.
of California and is the result of long and
1t ls said that the price paid for the work
is S25, 600.
AUGUST JEssUP, who is engaged to Lady
Mildred Lyon, daughter of the Earl Of
S~trathmore, is q Philadelphia, not, as re-
ported. a New Yorker. Mr.. Jessup inner
tied q large fortune from his father. the
late Alfred Jessup. Mr.. Jessup is twenty
nine years of age, and has lived abroad
about eight years. He has handsome apart
ments In London, a house al. Torquay and
lodgings in Rome. He is rather handsome
\ ami has nIanaInn N 0nnapo pA ~ nall rna6
and scholarly in his tastes.
IT is a matter of interest that all of the
Cronin jurors are American, and all of
them Protestants. although four OF themdo
not claim any particular denomination
Three are Methodists. two Presbyterians,
two Episcopalians and one a Congregation
alist. Their OCCUPATIONS are even more va
rious than their religious faith. One is a
farmer, two are real estate agents, two arc
statesmen, one a drug clerk, one q draughts-
man, one an upholsterer. one a machinist,
one a sewing machine agent, one O clerk
and one a cashier.
did You note that old tavern we Just
passed" said a fellow-traveler to an Al
bany Express writer. as they passed a low
frame structure near Karner's Station, on
the line of the New York Central railroad.
THAT once belonged" he continued, Ito
the father of United States Senator Leland
Stanford. 1t was far back Of the days OF
40 when the father of Leland Stanford took
the contract for building the e~mbaukmenf
for the bed of the old strap-rail railroad
which connected Albany and Schenectady
Just after he had completed raising the
embankment a series of very heavy rains
came and washed away d large portion OF
the earth he had piled up. By the terms OF
his contract Stanford was obliged to repair
such damages. and, though it nearly ruined
him. he was loyal to his agreement, and by
selling his property, a gOOd-sized farm, be
secured ready money enough to continue
his work on the road-bed. When this trans.
action was ended he had a little ready
money left, and with it he purchased the
property we havejust passed.
/ OCTOBER.
The brindle COW, with halfclosed ewes.
No more stands kuee-deep In the tide.
And with her tail whisks of the flies
That settle Oh her hide.
The brindle bull leaves not his feed
To chase Ger brook and knoll
Tho girl who carries through the m lead
"A crimson paras0l.
Boston Courier.
'TWIXT LOVE AND UTY
The married man with troubled phiz
sits down and sadly signs "Alack."
His pocket-bOok divided is
'Twixt overcoat and sealskin sacque.
Washington Capital.