The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-02
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

JoSfPH CHAMBERLAIN once WrOto
comedy which was Immediately rejected as
unsuitable to any stage"
THE fashionable London wedding-ring
has recently been of dull gold. but Princess
Louise went back to the old fashion and
chose hers bright.
COUNT TOLsTOI is doing no writing at
present, because, he says, he has quit smok-
ing. In the old days he smoked much: the
smoking stimulated his brain and he wrote
freely.
AT Manchester the Chamber of Com
merce presented an address to the Shah.
Before it was read the Shah asked through
his interpreter, if it was very long, mo.
your Majesty" well, then, read it, but be
quick as you CAM"
A POVERTY society" has been started in
Russia, the object of which is to popularize
poverty among the poor. and to teach them
that their lot is not one to be repined at,
since the finest pleasures of life can be en-
jOyed independent of money.
In spite of all the gossip about Queen
Victoria's intention to take a long sea voy-
age, the fact remains that, after visit to
Wales. she will go to Balmoral, where she
will be joined by the Empress Frederick
sciatica at the Isle of Wight.
Mr.. CLEVELAND is said to be the most
superstitious man who ever occupied the
White House. He never began an impor-
tant letter or document on q Friday, and
when fishing never places his left hand be-
fore his right in holding the rod. If he
does, he says, he might as we'll go home, as
no fish will bite that day.
GOVERNOR BEAVER, of Pennsylvania,
determined when he assumed his present
Office, to visit every county III the Key
stone State. He has just completed his
task by his visit to Pike county. AS there
are more than sixty counties in Pennsyl-
vania he has been obliged to do a vast
amount of travelling to effect his purpose
''NED" is the only survivor of the four
famous Bradford brothers of Atlantic City.
These men formed what was known as the
hundreds of bathers at Atlantic City owe
their lives. Michael, the third brother,
was the most heroic of the four. He died
at Philadelphia in 1877. He and the others
who have passed away died prematurely
from exposure and hardships in their noble
calling.
NEW YORK city gives an annual pension
to each one of its blind poor. There are
now SIS names on the pension list. and the
pension is sS7. The superintendent of the
outdoor poor, who has supervision of the
is, tends to encourage the beneficiaries and
prevents them from becoming paupers. 1t
is often a great help to them i'll paying rent
or providing little stock of goods in the
humble trade they carry on.
PROF. EDWARD p. CROwELL, of Amherst
College, dean of the faculty and professor
of Latin language and literature, is stone
blind. When he lost his eyesight. some
| five years ago, he rendered his resignation
| to the trustees, but they refused to accept
| it. Professor CrOwelPs knowledge Of the
| textbooks was such that he is able to hear
| his classes as usual, and to conduct recita-
| tions as though he had the open book be-
| fore him. He breaches and performs his
| duties as dean of the college the same as
| ever.
In summer Louis Kossuth lives at villa
near Rivoli, in winter IN the Via Del Mile
| at Turn, and is always accompanied by his
| sister, who adores him. His two sons are
| employed in different departments of the
| Italian administration, away from then
father, whom, however, they visit occa
| sionly. Many Hungarians live in Turin.
| and in the winter evenings Louis KOssuth'.
drawing room, which Is full of patriotic
| souvenirs, is the scene of much lively con
versatiOn, almost always turning on Hun
| garian affairs. At IL O'clock the Genera
retires to bed. rising early in the morning
| when his first business is to read all the
newspapers, which are sent to him il
| quantities from his native country. Fol
| several years he has been busy writing his
memoirs but the work goes on very slowly
because the writer often allows himself
| to fall into reveries, recalling past times
| and he sometimes remains for hours thus
absorbed, without writing line, and wher
| his sister comes to beg him to rest, sh,
| finds the sheet of paper before him still
empty. And the good old man, with hi
white hair and vivacious eyes, smiles
| rises from his chair, and taking his sister,
arm, walks up and down the room.